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Office 2003 Help and Compare Default Questions - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2003 Help and Compare Default Questions

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 12:56 PM PDT

Hi Bob -

OK, got my default help search off the net. Never would have tracked that one down by myself.

The Excel question is about getting 2 (or more) sheets out of the same workbook side by side. Just fooled around some more and found New Window is now not grayed out. Failed to mention that before. Now it's there, and side by side works. What happened? Who knows?

Summary - I'm OK now. Thank you very much.

My transition to Office 2003 has not gone well. I often long for the "good old days" of Office 2000

Thx again
Dave


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
Hi Dave,

You can use the Help Task Pane (Ctrl+F1 then use the drop down
arrow at the top to select 'Help' and choose the 'Online Content
Settings' to turn off the default to search online help.

When you do a search in Help you can choose the 'Search' dropdown
in the results to set the areas that the app looks for in Help.

For Excel, have you opened two workbooks?
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP010404861033.aspx

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<<"Dave" <com> wrote in message news:%phx.gbl...
Had to reinstall Office 2003. Couple of questions, hopefully related

1) In Word, when I click on Help, how do it get it to use installed help rather than going on the web?
2) Same question in Excel
3) In Excel, the Compare Side by Side is grayed out. How can I make this active?

Thx much

Dave>>
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Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

How do I completely uninstall Office 2003 incl. User Settings?

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 10:40 AM PDT

See http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832765 "'Warning: You are
viewing this page with an unsupported Web browser' warning
message appears when you visit the Office Update Web site".

bhall wrote: 

Reinstallation of Office XP

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 06:46 AM PDT

I thought that Ihad carried it out correctly, but obviously I had not. Having
carried it out again, I have now reinstalled Office and updates without a
hitch. Many thanks for your assistance.

Very appreciated. I can now atleast temporarily slow down the pace of grey
hairs appearing.

Steve


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Outlook 2003 Crashes receiving and sending email

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 04:26 AM PDT

ok
I ran scanpst.exe against the original .pst file I was using, and it
repaired some errors
I then deleted and created a totally new profile with a new name
the only thing i wasnt sure if I did correctly was configure the new
profile to use current .pst
what i did was import contacts, mail etc from current .pst into the new .pst
I wasnt sure if this was correct?
Unfortunately the problem remains... a few emails arrived ok, but when i
tried to forward a basic plain text email to one of my contacts it crashed
again!!
Could this be because i did not configure profile correctly?

thanks
kieren

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
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admin install point

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 01:17 PM PDT

Anything for GPO installs? It seems all I can do is patch the current admin
install, but it seems that does an uninstall and then a reinstall or am I
wrong on my assumptions.

Aaron

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Office SP2 installed - Then Outlook crashes - problem

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 06:13 AM PDT

Thanks Tom. Problem was corrupt archive.pst. I guess SP2 install was
unrelated.

"Tom Felts" wrote:
 

Will older versions of MS office work on my new XP laptop?

Posted: 11 Oct 2005 07:40 PM PDT

Office 97 products will work just fine. I don't know about Office 95
ones.

HTH,
TC

"Installation source for MS Office not available"

Posted: 11 Oct 2005 12:22 PM PDT

On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:22:26 +0100, Alex Coleman <com>
wrote:
 


Open Admin tools/Services

Make sure the "Office Source Engine" service is running.

If this service is not running then Office updates and many times the
Office Setup (if you already have Office installed) will not run.

Auto Update Issue

Posted: 11 Oct 2005 10:56 AM PDT

I have disabled the automatic download and install feature.

The four files are the ~35-45M files for the four most recent office
updates for Office SP2. They are on my system as BIT####.tmp
files...just sitting there with no other action to install them.
Changing the extension did not allow any installations, either.

Any ideas what went wrong with the download process?

Henry

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 04:20:42 -0700, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)"
<75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote:
 

fax facilities with broadband modem and OfficeXP

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 01:34 PM PDT

Try http://www.vonage.com or Google for "VOIP providers".

Archie wrote:

MST, MSI, Deploying via GPO - how to silent install

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 12:10 PM PDT

set it to do by computer, and actually my problem was in that I didnt do an
advanced assign so as to be able to assign the mst, got it figured out

thanks for your help



"neo [mvp outlook]" <mvps.org> wrote in message
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which MST to apply transform to?

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 09:53 AM PDT

Thanks!


"neo [mvp outlook]" <mvps.org> wrote in message
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Activation and installation mix-up

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 08:12 AM PDT


You are welcome sharke. I am glad everything works fine for you.

Best regards,


sharke wrote: 

Office activation fails can't find needed file, any suggestions?

Posted: 09 Oct 2005 02:39 PM PDT

And please be so kind as to provide the instructions for "de-activating"
Office remotely, 'k?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hello asked:

| It is an unwritten Microsoft policy to check that its "customers" are
| still using its products. This can checked by deactivating the
| products (remotely) and asking to reactivate online. This way they
| can ensure people continue supporting uncle Bill and his quest to
| remain the richest man on this planet.
|
| If you can't acivate then the only way is to reinstall everything all
| over again including OS so that the machine gets its spring clean
| once in a while.
|
| Hope this helps you and you will continue using M$ products without
| which you can't survive!!.
|
| Hello.
|
| bdt wrote:
||
|| Friday Word popped up a message that said Office xp pro had changed
|| significantly and needed reactivation. I hadn't changed anything to
|| my knowledge but--okay.
||
|| I popped in the original office xp pro cd the wizard was
|| asking for. It went forward briefly and then said it was unable to
|| find the file mainsp3op.msp. I'd guess it's looking for the files
|| for office sp3 i installed several weeks ago. unfortunately I don't
|| have them (don't know where to get them) and the wizard won't
|| proceed without it. I can't repair, reinstall or uninstall office
|| without that file either. I'm stuck with a wortless install of
|| office. I can't even recover the disk space.
||
|| I tried recovering from a recent norton ghost image I'd made but
|| that didn't help.
|| the next time I tried an office product it asked for reactivation
|| and I was back in the same place. any suggestions?

Office 2000 upgrade -- can't find qualifying product

Posted: 09 Oct 2005 02:00 PM PDT

Geoff,

I read all the documentation, including the Knowledge Base article I copied
into this thread. It clearly states that there is a fix and that technical
support has that fix. Nowhere does it say I'd have to pay for the fix. I
own a legally purchased copy of all the software involved, but because of a
hard drive failure I had to reinstall the software. Microsoft has failed to
support its own software, and has failed to live up to the promises of their
own Knowledge Base.

I came here for information, and find myself surrounded by dense
(intentionally or unintentionally) Microsoft cheerleaders who would rather
berate a user than offer help. Their only reply to any question seems to be
to pay Microsoft and shut up. Well, I'm choosing to shut up now.

It was childish of me to respond in kind to Millie's nasty response to my
original post. I apologize for falling to her level. This conversation has
gone from useless to incredibly annoying, so I think I'll bow out now.

"Geoffw" wrote:
 

error CAB file not found

Posted: 09 Oct 2005 10:56 AM PDT

that is the error im getting a little whie after the set up starts:

It can't find that CAB file and roll back the instalation.
 

Any ideas?

Thanks


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

What happened to my Word, PowerPoint, Excel and ? programs

Posted: 08 Oct 2005 04:49 PM PDT

I finally did find the Office XP 2003 Standard versions of Outlook, Word,
Access, Excel. I have not tried each at this time. Outlook is a better
version and I hope that the other applications are, as well. The problem I
encountered was due to the downloaded files being spread around in the
....Programs directory, while before I was able to see them at a glance. Also,
I did not see them when I went to Control and look at the programs that came
up in the Uninstall window. Other programs were there, but I sure did not see
any of these Office 2003 programs.

I have been messing around trying to get them back together in one place. I
used Powepoint to view a presentation someone sent me as an attachment to an
Outlook message. That worked, although now my Desktop Shortcut that I made is
not opening the PowerPoint program. I guess I did not have the correct file
when I made the Shortcut.

How many more problems I will have with the files for the programs remains
to be seen. Do you know if I am allowed to delete the Office 2003 and then
reinstall the update? I wonder if Microsoft's downloading program will
accept my downloading two and if this will give me a cleaner download
experience? Do you feel this is a useful option for me now?

Thank you for your reply. Yes, I see I am in two threads, so I will stick
with this one. I didn't realize they were connected. sorry.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Installed successfully but can't start.

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 08:48 AM PDT

Thanks Peter. I do not see "online concierge" on MSDN subscriptions site any
more. By the way, what does A.B. mean?

"Peter Foldes" wrote:
 

How to unistall Office XP without the CD

Posted: 06 Oct 2005 10:54 AM PDT


"bob smythe" <com> wrote in message
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A dirty way to do it is to delete all the office and word excel etc folders
then go through the registry and delete any reference to microsoft office,
Word, Excel etc. then run a reg cleaner. I have done that. Just keep using
find and deleting the reg keys making sure it is only office keys you are
deleting

Ron

upgrading office xp and 2000 to 2003

Posted: 05 Oct 2005 03:05 PM PDT


Can you show me how to automate this? I need help uninstalling office xp or
2000.
"com" wrote:
 

How to Install office WITHOUT the Image Writer

Posted: 05 Oct 2005 06:44 AM PDT

Thanks - but we were trying to do this for imaging so that we wouldn't have
to do it at every user's PC. However, I did find a generic PC and was able to
let them let me start an install. It works the same way as if I were going to
try and reinstall it. Problem solved!!!!

"Mary Sauer" wrote:
 

how can i reload ms office if my backup is scratched

Posted: 04 Oct 2005 08:11 AM PDT

If you wanted a suggestion specific to Office 2000, then you
should have included in your original question the fact that you
have Office 2000.

If you read my original reply, you will see that I tell you which
Office versions are available from the link I provided.

If you read the linked article, you will see that only the last
part talks about OEM software (programs that came with the
computer). The basic tech support charge is $35, not $235.
Microsoft will waive the tech support charge if you only order a
replacement CD from them, but they WILL charge you for the
replacement CD (usually something between $10 and $30). Not that
any of this matters, because Microsoft no longer offers
replacement CDs for Office 2000.


corbin clay wrote:
 

Windows installer files .MSP

Posted: 04 Oct 2005 01:58 AM PDT

Hallo Susan and thanks for answering me. I cant find a solution to my
problem on the link you give, so heres the history of how the problem
occured:
I downloaded the trial version of Office 2003 from MS
When the period was over I decided to purchase and tried to download.
For some reason it wouldnt download so i cancelled it.
Followed the MS instructions about uninstalling 2003
Then I started getting major probs starting programmes (ExcelXP/WordXP)
Decided to purchase Office 2003 CD and installed, everything now OK
again
Tried to go online to update the grogramme and thats where I get
stopped.
MS cant get into my PC to find out which updates I need.
It tells me I dont have the MSP file.
Thats where I am today. I have installed SP1 which hasnt helped.

How do I restore the file associations for Office?

Posted: 03 Oct 2005 04:46 PM PDT

2003 Professional.

"Timothy L" wrote:
 

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Posted: 03 Oct 2005 10:57 AM PDT

Works a treat!

Thanks Steve.

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