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Microsoft Works - When Do We Eat ?

When Do We Eat ?

Posted: 18 Nov 2004 07:19 PM PST

Hi Johnp606,

Success !

Answer: Yes we can.

Do you have another question :-) ?
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"Johnp606" <com(donotspam)> wrote in message
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| I am trying to ask a question but cannot figure it out. Can you help me?

Works Suite 2005 UK

Posted: 18 Nov 2004 05:42 PM PST

Gee, thank you Kevin, for reference and informative response! That was
quick. :)

What I can not understand yet --

1) why does Microsoft UK site not list the latest version of this product to
be 2005, like it does with, let's say, AutoRoute? This confuses people into
believing that Suite 2005 they find on the Net, can be, indeed, just a typo
of vendors.

Having not seen Works Suite 2005 reference on a web site, I would quite
expectedly not search for the product out there, as I suspect some
components could be OLD... Neither did Google find it;
AND Amazon.co.uk added to confusion, listing delivery date as 15-Oct-2005
and "accepting pre-orders" only.

2) Another question is - how comes it was out in Aug/Sept, if Money &
AutoRoute were updated quite recently? Does it mean that Suite was delivered
with OLD components?

(I own Money & AutoRoute 2004 and would really hate receiving my order for
70+ quid just to find that there are same good ole components I had paid for
a year ago...)

*** Is there anything an MVP can do to expedite Microsoft to update their UK
Website -- to reflect proper versions of Works Suite 2005 and all its
components? I'd be keen to buy the Suite provided that I'm 100% sure it has
ALL the NEW components (2005 editions).
__________________
Maximilian


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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document created in works

Posted: 18 Nov 2004 11:49 AM PST

----- Original Message -----
From: Susan
To: Ken
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: document created in works


Ken,

When I opened the attachment and saved to desktop it immediately converted
to Word - so I guess that means it works!

Thank you for your help.

Susan


"Ken" <ne> wrote in message
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Hi Susan,

Copied this post with it's Works 6.0 Word Processor document attached to the
email address you provided.

Ken

"dendinsd" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Thanks Ken, e-mail address:

edu

"Ken" wrote:
 
any 
to 

How to save calendar entries

Posted: 16 Nov 2004 10:17 AM PST

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for posting info about Works 8.

Ken

"Jeff144" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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You could also Export the appointments you wish to keep to a backup drive.
Save them as iCalendar (the default for Works 8) or vCalendar (the default
for earlier versions) and you will be able to import them later into Works
Calendar or any other calendar program that supports iCalendar or vCalendar.

This way may be preferable if you will be using a different version of the
software. The .wcd file isn't compatible between versions. The first time
you run Works 8 after an upgrade, it goes through and brings the .wcd file
up-to-date. If you try to copy an old .wcd file into an existing Works 8
installment, you may run into some problems.

Jeff

"Rick Johnson" wrote:
 
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Importing a font

Posted: 15 Nov 2004 04:52 PM PST

I have the font installed in the Windows fonts folder, but Works will not list
it as available. Is there a folder within Works that I have to drag to?

Can't Copy of Move Works Files After Installing Norton 2005

Posted: 15 Nov 2004 01:09 PM PST

I don't care for Norton either, but if you want to try something else before
uninstalling Norton, try disabling script blocking and the office plugins in
Norton.

DavidF

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them 

Works 7 Label question

Posted: 14 Nov 2004 04:12 PM PST

thank you chuck, i will check it out.


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Live life well.


"Gualtier Malde (Chuck)" <com> wrote in message
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: Dr. Indera wrote:
:
: > hello,
: >
: > is there a way to set which row on a sheet of labels that the label i
need
: > to print should start printing on, if i don't want them to start on row
1?
: > this would be help reduce wasting labels on sheets where you only
printed 4
: > or 5 labels that last time.
: >
: > thank you.
:
: I'm pasting a copy of a reply I just made to Eric when I asked much the
: same question:
:
: Help is on the way. I stumbled upon a good program called Visual
: Labels, for $19.95. I got their 30 day demo and liked it, but had a
: question about something I couldn't understand how to do. I asked my
: question last night; my reply was there this morning. It does all the
: stuff I ever wanted to do, and more (it makes curved text labels for
: CDs). Here's the URL:
:
: http://www.rkssoftware.com/visuallabels/overview.html
:
: This should answer your questions. In the printing process, one is
: presented with a graphic representation of the page of labels. One can
: "select all" or "select none" and then add/remove labels in any
: position. So if you printed 5 labels of a 14-label sheet, you will be
: able to start on the second label of the third row. Any number of
: pages, of course.
:
: I'm buying it today, but I do recommend the 30 day demo. The help menus
: are somewhat laconic, but try things like resizing, which is fairly
: typical. Remember that all resizing is done only in the label space.
: With Rich Text, for instance, you invoke the tool, click OK, resize in
: the label space, and then go back to the tool to enter and format the
: text. That's the one I had trouble with.
:
: All best wishes,
: Chuck
: --
: The spam has finally gotten to me so I've corrupted the address above.
: Try 'yahoo'.
:

Works WP wont run missing ltkrn13n.dll

Posted: 14 Nov 2004 10:16 AM PST

Hey Kevin ... Thanks for the response.
I took a clue from another post and found LTKRN13N.DLL in another directory
on this machine. Actually, there are 4 different versions installed in 4
locations! I copied one to the Works directory ... Result: a new error msg
.... LTFIL13N.DLL missing. Same procedure ... found 4 versions ... copied one
to Works. Another new error ... sorry I don't recall the file name but I also
found it. When the third file was copied to the Works directory, it worked!!
Go figger!

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

Works word processor problem character spacing

Posted: 13 Nov 2004 04:33 AM PST

I wanted to thank you both very much. I was having the same problem on a new
system and it was driving me bananas. Gracias! Gracias!

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

combatibility

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 06:37 PM PST

I beg to disagree.
Although I concur, opening an MSWorks Database in excel
defeats most purposes, I do have one Excel workbook
that I use as a purpose designed Database, because I like the ability to sort
up to 65,000 records, dropped in from Works.

It is not ideal, but it can be done.




| Excel is a spreadsheet, not a database. The Microsoft Office Database program is called
| Access.

Sending mail from Word Document

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 05:43 PM PST

The Microsoft Internet Mail and News and Outlook Express programs do not come with a spell
checker. They will use the spell checker from any of several Microsoft 32-bit
(Win95/98/NT4 specific) programs. If using Works 4.0, a registry change is required. The
Works 7 spell checker is not compatible with Outlook Express. There are also some
freeware/shareware spell checkers that may work (see the URL in my signature).

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"amar" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Installing Works 4.5 problem

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 09:44 PM PST

Update your printer drivers.


"Jeff" <com> wrote in message
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Labels: Printing fewer than a page full

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 01:53 PM PST

I hear you Chuck, thanks for the reply.

Ken

"Gualtier Malde (chuck)" <com> wrote in message
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Ken wrote: 
Sounds the same as W 4.xx as long as I understand one can specify a
number of labels less than the number on a full page and specify with
which row to begin. And the only labels I've been doing are "Many
copies of the same label". The latter is still an option in W7. But,
as I said above, it prints an entire page of labels - no flexibility.

My disdainful bemusement is expressed above.

Chuck

 

works conversion to Access

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 12:54 PM PST

Hi Amy,

File>Save As your Works database using the
Text and Commas (.csv) file type.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"amy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| I'm trying to convert my Works DB (2.0) to Access... I got the "import
works
| to Access" instructions but I can't seem to make this work.
|
| It says to save as Lotus 1-2-3 but that's not one of my "save as" options.
|
| anyone have some tips for me?
|

Field names into a data list

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 08:16 AM PST

"You're a wonder Mr. Sheen" :)

Thanks Kevin, heaps. (completed in 15 seconds)

After I copied the header line,
I pasted to word proc doc
and did a "replace" command

replaced the arrow with the hard return character. Voila!

Very much appreciated.

how to set up microsoft office basic edition 2003 to work with sca

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 07:14 AM PST

hit Tim,
thanks for getting back to me. Yes I know I am trying to open a txt file.
When I scan to OCR I made sure it said rtf. It is only a letter I am trying
to scan so I can fax it out . Any other suggestions?

"Tim" wrote:
 

Works 4.0 database compatibility

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 05:16 AM PST

Hi Petst,

Yes it is, with both versions.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"Petst" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Hi,
| I have one old Works 4.0 database?
| Is it possible to open and use it with Works 8.0 or 2005?
| Thanks

Works 8.0 DB format question.

Posted: 09 Nov 2004 02:22 PM PST

For some reason the links about merging I included didn't come through.
Links to those articles can be found here:

http://support.microsoft.com/ph/1188

DavidF

"Keith Yockey" <att.net> wrote in message
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hated 
more 
here: 
had 
WP 
currency, 
when 

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 09 Nov 2004 12:22 AM PST

but it' s not sonic stage, the program is works (?!?)
bye!

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

Reporting

Posted: 08 Nov 2004 05:15 PM PST

There are workarounds, (eg I use 4.5a)
One database I have, has 36 reports.

HTH



| The limitaation on Ver. 6 is 8 reports, does the newer version do away with
| this limitation?

Page number problem

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 04:35 PM PST

hi kevin,

yes, that did the trick.
what i did wrong was not to set the starting page number to zero.

thank you so much.

--
Indera
* * * * * * * * * *
Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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: Hi Indera,
:
: Perhaps this helps:
:
: Place the page number placeholder in either the footer or header.
:
: Choose File>Page setup>Options - no headers and no
: footers for the first page.
:
: From File>Page setup>Other options set 'Starting page number
: to 0.
:
: HTH,
: --
: Kevin James.
: Tua'r Goleuni
: Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
: Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
:
:
:
:
:
: "Dr. Indera" <spam.me> wrote in message
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: | hello,
: |
: | i'm trying to create a document that has a table of contents on the
first
: | page without a page number.
: | i want the second page <the first page with content> to have page number
1.
: | i've gone into the page set up and checked the option , "no header on
first
: | page", but no matter what i do, i can't get the page number to start
with
: | "1" on page 2.
: | i'm hoping someone can tell me what i'm doing wrong.
: | i'm using version 7.
: |
: | thank you.
: | --
: | Indera
: | * * * * * * * * * *
: | Don't just live life.
: | Live life well.
: |
: |
: |
:
:

DOS ver. of Works

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 03:02 PM PST

Bob,check out http://usuarios.lycos.es/scratchupload/ under downloads (free)
"Bob Newman" <net> wrote in message
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message 
of 
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Differences in Works 7 and older versions

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 02:00 PM PST

hi kevin,

i checked out the format gallery and it's terrible <smile>.

yes, my windows search works fine. i take it that there is some correlation
between windows search and the link on the history page in works.

yes, works is on the programs page. are you saying that if it's there it
should also be on the task launcher page? if so, i don't know what's wrong.

thank you for answering my questions. i was afraid that things had been
stripped out. i hope they are put back in, in future versions.


--
Indera
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Don't just live life.
Live life well.


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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: Hi Indera,
:
: 1. Toolbar customisation has been reviewed in recent versions of
: word processor and spreadsheet. Tools>Options gives the
: currently available customisations. The database has not undergone
: restructuring to the same extent and has a more adaptable toolbar.
:
: 2. Easy Format and Easy Text have been replaced with Format>
: Format Gallery and Tools>AutoCorrect.
:
: 3. Bookmarks have faded from view, hopefully they shall return.
:
: ----
:
: 1. Works History list implements a circular stack consisting of 500
: entries. The oldest entry is overwritten by the latest entry, when
: the list reaches its maximum size.
:
: 2. Does Windows Search operate correctly for you i.e. Start>Search?
:
: 3. I don't believe that tool tips can be switched off from within
Works.
:
: 4. Programs should self-register with the Task Launcher at install time.
: Does the Works word processor appear on the Programs page ?
:
: HTH,
: --
: Kevin James.
: Tua'r Goleuni
: Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
: Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
:
:
:
:
:
: "Dr. Indera" <spam.me> wrote in message
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: | hello,
: |
: | i'm going through works 7 based on a training manual for an older
version of
: | works and i've come across some things that appear to me be missing.
they
: | are listed below. below that is a list of questions i have that are
specific
: | to works 7. i'd appreciate any feedback on these items.
: |
: |
: |
: | missing items
: |
: | 1. the ability to customize the toolbar in the word processing and
: | spreadsheet applications - has this option been removed or can i just
not
: | find it?
: |
: | 2. easy format and easy text - have they been removed from version 7?
: |
: | 3. bookmarks - have they been removed from version 7?
: |
: |
: |
: |
: | works 7 specific questions
: |
: | 1. is there a limit to the number of files displayed on the history
page.
: |
: | 2. i seem to have a history page problem. when i click on the link "find
: | files or folders, i get this error message - "cannot launch find in
files
: | applet". how do i correct this?
: |
: | 3. tool tips - is there a way to turn them off?
: |
: | 4. task launcher - is there a way to add a word processing icon to the
home
: | page, like the link/icons are there for the spreadsheet and database?
: |
: |
: | thank you.
: | --
: | Indera
: | * * * * * * * * * *
: | Don't just live life.
: | Live life well.
: |
: |
: |
:
:

Opening a *.dbf file

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 01:46 PM PST

Yep, I've archived your post, but realistically, I cannot see how
exporting to a relational db is helpful.
I have often wanted MSWorks to open more records in flat file
and I notice opening 90,000 records in dbfview is painfully slow.

So I guess the default of 30,000 records for works is still relevent
albeit I have a dinosaur 366 celeron.

Other advice was to open in Access, and set a limit to 60,000 records.
I am not sufficiently versed in Access to do this.

Cheers



| Glad it helped.
| BTW at http://usuarios.lycos.es/scratchupload/ they have a copy of Lotus
| Works Ver1. I had used it for years and still keep it handy. It's an early
| Suite type program and it has a relational database and macro capability..
| The Word processor and Spreadsheet of course were quite primitive.

Editing personal dictionary

Posted: 05 Nov 2004 09:04 PM PST

Corrected (NoteBook to read Notepad) and added (click Options) to Microsoft
Word. See below......

Hi Chuck,

Re: Proofing tools...

CUSTOM.DIC is the file used by my Microsoft Works Suite 2001.

As it is shared with my (OE) Outlook Express version 6.0 I find there is an
"Edit custom dictionary" button there. Open OE, click Tools on the menu
bar, click Options, select the Spelling tab.

Or I can open my Microsoft Word, click Tools on the menu bar, click Options,
then select the Spelling & Grammar tab, select Custom.dic, clicking
Dictionaries... will get me to an Edit button.

Or I can search for custom.dic then open with Notepad. Note: Custom.dic is
in the Proof folder which is in the Microsoft folder which is in the
Application Data folder. The Application Data folder is hidden on a
WindowsXP operating system, so when searching for custom.dic one has to have
"Show hidden files and folders" ticked.

Open Folder Options in the Control Panel, selecting View tab will display
where "Show hidden files and folders can be ticked. Or open My Documents,
click Tools on the menu bar, click Folder Options.

Warning: when in Custom.dic do not add words, just delete the ones you do
not want.

Ken

"Gualtier Malde (Chuck)" <com> wrote in message
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I believe I knew once how to remove words that I've added to a
dictionary, or edit them, but can't find anything about that now.

Please get me on track.


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