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Microsoft Works - Please Help ME!

Please Help ME!

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 07:24 AM PDT

Yes but, the software came with the computer I bought
through QVC television shopping channel. And what do you
mean my PID is and OEM number? 15901-OEM-0096751-06883
is that not the PID number?
 
get assistance from 
things you can't 
wrote in message 
and 
case 
REALLY 

product key for word

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 08:14 AM PDT

"when I load it" It IS installed? Then I suggest that
you go to this web site, download and run Belarc
Advisor. Running it builds a profile of your computer
and software. In most cases, the key numbers are
included in the software profile. Even if you do not
acquire Word's key number, you will likely benefit from
reading the profile.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

 

Works 4.5a won't install on Win XP Home

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 09:53 AM PDT

Dear Kevin,

Thanks for the quick reply and the link to the MS Knowledge Base article.

Richard
com

XP won't open works 95

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 08:33 AM PDT

Hi Alan,

If you require a viewer then perhaps this helps:
http://cws.internet.com/file/11510.htm

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
Website & FAQ for Works: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm





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Works- Streets & Trips - Put data on Hard drive

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 08:25 AM PDT

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321128
Streets & Trips 2002: Program Prompts You to Insert the Works CD-ROM When
You Try to Start Streets & Trips

The info in this article applies to Works Suite 2004
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MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

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Works 8 Spreadsheet

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 06:17 AM PDT


"Brian Kvalheim - [MSFT MVP]" <com> wrote in message
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/aug04/08-16Works8LaunchPR.asp 
what 
now 

Triple Dittos !!!
Until they pull their heads out of their corporate arses, I'll stick with
Work 4.5a

Jeff

Corrupt Templates?

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 04:20 PM PDT

You're Welcome John
Thanks for the Feedback

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MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

"John Murray" <com> wrote in message
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trick! 
ways 
clicking 

Coping and Pasting..

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 02:45 PM PDT

Yeah see,
Mine works flawlessly,
CTRL A
CTRL C
CTRL V

and I took 4 pages of text, (no graphics)

must just be my setup.
W98se and Works 4.5a (The definitive ver) :0)

If I need to save graphics, I just "Snagit" and take a scroll page image.

Cheers David




| Rodney,
|
| Here is one example where I can recreate the issue. Go to
| http://support.microsoft.com/ and Select All > Copy, open a new Works doc
| and paste. I get the out of memory error when I try the default paste or the
| RTF paste.
|
| DavidF
|
| "Rodney" <com.au> wrote in message
| news:phx.gbl...
| > G'day David,
| > I am still scratching my head,
| > I have been copying HTML for years
| > never a problem.
| >
| > Can you offer a site/link where yours fail please,
| > and I'll try it on my system.
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > | Rodney,
| > |
| > | I just tested this myself with Works 4.5 and Word 2000. If you copy
| plain
| > | text, such as in this newsgroup, then there is no problem. However, if
| you
| > | Select All and copy a HTML formatted newsletter/email with integral
| graphic
| > | elements, then I get the same error message in Works, and must allow
| Word to
| > | download the HTML code for it to work correctly, though I can paste as
| plain
| > | text without the graphics. It would seem that you must Paste Special and
| > | convert to plain text when you copy HTML formatted text with Works.
| > |
| > | So much for our 'insightful' solutions }:>)
| > |
| > | DavidF
| > |
| > | "Rodney" <com.au> wrote in message
| > | news:phx.gbl...
| > | > G'day James,
| > | > well, can you enumerate the steps as you
| > | > attempt to do the paste please?
| > | >
| > | > Have both OE and Works open.
| > | >
| > | > I open the email,
| > | > CTRL A (to select all the text)
| > | > CTRL C (to copy to clipboard)
| > | > select the works task launcher
| > | > and open a blank word proc doc
| > | > CTRL V
| > | > It <must> paste.
| > | >
| > | > If not, you have a problem with either your
| > | > process, or your computer.
| > | > You are not trying to copy the email rather than the text itself are
| you?
| > | >
| > | > HTH
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > com.au
| > | > (Remove gum to reply)
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "James M" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | news:812c01c484a3$d3cd0160$gbl...
| > | > | Hey Rodney and David...
| > | > |
| > | > | thanks for the help but it did not take care of my
| > | > | problem if you know of anyone that has the same problem
| > | > | please let me know..thanks again.....
| > | > | >-----Original Message-----
| > | > | >Good point David.
| > | > | >I know between Excel and Works
| > | > | >the copy can fail if you open either program <after>
| > | > | >copying to clipboard.
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >| In addition to what Rodney said, you might try opening
| > | > | your Works document
| > | > | >| BEFORE you select and copy the E_Mail. Do you use
| > | > | Norton AV? DavidF
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | >.
| > | > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

Can Works read a Word form field?

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 01:28 PM PDT

James,

Have you tried emptying your cache and rebooting? Someone smarter than me is
probably going to have to come up with a solution for you. But, I have to
ask, is the extra step to use Paste Special really that hard? Good luck.

DavidF

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Office 97, Works 4.0 and XP Home?

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 12:08 PM PDT

Thank you.

Steve

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Works 6.0 Address Label Problem

Posted: 16 Aug 2004 10:46 AM PDT

On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 19:49:36 +0100, "Kevin James - MSMVP Works"
<org> wrote:
 

That solved the problem.
Thanks,
Matt

Microsoft Word - Spacing between list and text (Word 2007/2010)

Microsoft Word - Spacing between list and text (Word 2007/2010)

Spacing between list and text (Word 2007/2010)

Posted: 26 Jan 2013 04:59 AM PST

Hello,

A friend of mine got this problem and, unable to explain it, I'd like to share it with you.

We have a numbered list but some spaces between the numbers and the text are bigger than the others. Here's a photo. If I trie to delete and remake these numbers, nothing changes. By adjusting the number position and the text indent - which affects the whole list - the difference remains.

If I choose Follow number with: Space instead of Tab, the problem's solved but however, it's a bit absurd and annoying if we want some spacing (although I can't tell what my friend really did to come up with this).

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

Word "through" setting of text wrapping

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 09:58 AM PST

I posted this question on another Word forum a year or so ago; no one could supply an answer. Perhaps Susan Barnhill will know. I can't for the life of me tell what the "Through" setting in Word's text wrapping does. I don't think I need it, but it would be nice to know. I have looked it up in MS help to no avail. 

Attaching a Local Template

Posted: 25 Jan 2013 02:05 AM PST

 

Is what follows an example of attaching a Local Template?

 

1. Office Button

 

New

 

The New Document window opens.

 

2. In the New Document window towards the top left hand corner I click on:-

 

Installed Templates

 

 - so that it's highlighted in orange then, on the right hand side, I click on (for example):-

 

Oriel Letter

 

 - then I click on:-

 

Create

 

A new document now opens.

 

3. In the new document that has just opened I save it as (for example):-

 

c:\word\local_template_testing_jan_25_13_2.docx

 

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

My internal ref q 138.

 

Cant open any previous office documents

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 07:47 AM PST

When I try to open a previous office document e.g. a doc or a docx or even a pdf or a powerpoint file whether from the nas shared drives or on c:\
I get an error and basically I cant open any of them.

In Word I get:

Word experienced an error trying to open
the file.
Try these suggetions.
* check the file permissions for the document or drive
* make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space
* Open the file with the Text Recovery converter


I have another laptop next to this one where I installed Office 2013 and there everything opens perfectly, so it is something with the installation on this machine.

Open Office - [discuss] 7-Zip Compression Format

Open Office - [discuss] 7-Zip Compression Format

[discuss] 7-Zip Compression Format

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 11:52 PM PDT

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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline

Oh, crud. Sorry. You are right. I just skipped that word somehow. I saw
"next release" and got the installer stuck in my head. My bad.

The main problem with using 7z instead of zip isn't that it's basically not
supported in anything but Windows (because, as the OP said, it's open
source, so we could intragate the compression into OpenOffice.org which
would make it crossplatform). The problem is, ODF is already a standardized
format. Basically, it's too late to be changing it now. If OOo was the
only one to use ODF, then sure, we could change it anytime. But it's a
OASIS standard, and is, or soon will be, an ISO standard. It is used by
other programs, like KOffice, Writely, and AbiWord. It's out of our hands
now.

Whether or not 7z would have been a better choice, I can't say. But it
would be a bad idea for OOo to start using it now, because then we would be
non-standard to the format we helped create.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

-Chad

On 7/18/06, Rich <vsaa.lv> wrote: 


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http://www.whatisopenoffice.org/
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[discuss] Minimum requirements to run OOo2

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 07:46 AM PDT

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 13:37 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote: 

Not really. I've tried the configuration I mentioned on an old laptop.
For basic office productivity and web surfing, I found it adequate. It's
not what I'd choose for my main machine, but, as an emergency machine it
was bearable for light duties.

Had I been planning to use it for any length of time, I probably would
have done more to lighten the load, like researching the smallest window
manager, and possibly using AbiWord instead of OOo -- or even emacs and
only starting X when I needed it. There are lots of ways to adjust to
less than optimum hardware if you have to. It's not a big deal unless
you make it one, especially if the alternative is no computer at all.

--
Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177
Burnaby, BC, Canada
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield

"All the ancient kings came to my door
They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
I said, "Oh yes, very much
But I think my timing's wrong"
-Dan Bern, "Jerusalem"

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[discuss] Delete dialog

Posted: 16 Jul 2006 01:57 AM PDT

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Hi,
 

i think the original poster has a point, though. That dialog is a severe
break of flow. People are used to hitting DEL to empty the cells
content. Don't we claim "if you can use MS-Office you can use
OpenOffice.org"? This is a usability issue we should think about.

I.e. DEL to clear the content, Shift+DEL to bring up the dialog would
possibly be a better choice.

However, Code Monkey...a friendlier tone would be nice and the OOo
Usability projects issue tracker would be the place to post your complaint.
 

This backspace key functionality is bad in terms of discoverability.

André.

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[discuss] Using BitTorrent Download?

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:34 -0500, Francisco Saldana
<com> wrote:
 

Right so why dont you download it from here:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/



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OpenOffice.org
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[discuss] I can't put new visible buttons

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

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ikechukwu celestine <com> wrote: Dear shoshannah forbes,
This to bring to your notice about your mail as regard consideration of you to showcase your performance in on going project in Africa.We want to award you a project as regard your area of specialization.
Your file number will be forwarded to you, when you show your interest on acceptance.
And we will attach with EASTERN ARIZONE DEVELOPERS.We are able to pay startment fees.
Kindly attach the information of yours---your name ----passport no---etc.
This will be forward to EASTERN ARIZIONE DEVELOPERS---FOR YOUR VISA.
The EASTERN ARIZONE DEVELOPRS-----will process the YELLOW PAPER---which will cover secutrity,accomudation air ticket.
Dr prince Jonhnson will deliver a copy of your document bearing mode of payment.
Our Payment schedule--------annually----(7.4 million dollar).This in accordance of WEST AFRICA ACT PROJECT of 1912.
Remember to attach your processing fee for inducement of your name on yellow paper .This will qualifies you and other securiety purpose.
It is expected you will make your position known to us within 48 hours after the receipt of this mail.You expect to pay (4000dollar) to our agent in Africa.
Best regard,
Engr Celestine Ikechukwu.
IN ACCORDANCE OF ECONOS PROJECT ACT OF 1912 AND SECTION 12 SUB SECTION 13C OF ECONOS WEST AFRICAN ACT OF 1896

Shoshannah Forbes wrote:
On 13/07/2006, at 13:12, Dr.Rabih AbdulRahim wrote:
 

This happens if you have not turned on Hebrew support in OpenOffice.org.
Go to tools--options--languages tools and check the box next to
"enable CTL".
This will enable proper Hebrew support and add the directionality
buttons to your toolbar.

Shabat Shalom (as it's Friday afternoon here...)

---
Shoshannah Forbes
http://www.xslf.com

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Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.


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Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
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[discuss] Idea: Make Openoffice a Web application!

Posted: 14 Jul 2006 05:43 AM PDT

Florian Staudacher wrote: 

The web application idea is nice for those that have fast and reliable
access to the web.

I remember the first time I used StarOffice and the front end was like a
web application. I thought it sucked. But that it my opinion.

As pointed out by others, there are web applications available and many
are now supporting ODF or working towards it.


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[discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft

Posted: 12 Jul 2006 04:28 AM PDT

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Hi Martin,

Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: 

ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that

"OpenOffice slow, bloated?
Abiword missing all the nice features?"

text adverts on "Openoffice" google searches?
Now want us to help you improve your product? Why?
To make your Office reader as bloated as OOo? Don't think that you want
that.

Goodbye.
André.

PS: Registering www.officeviewers.com to promote your own single product
is just another dodgy move.
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[discuss] Native port of OO to Mac OS X

Posted: 10 Jul 2006 11:57 PM PDT

Phillip Bruce wrote: 

Unless you use the option to hide the X server window and allow OS X to
manage X clients. You can even get X clients to appear as normal apps in
the dock. Try to research your stuff.

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[discuss] OpenOffice 2.0.3 Version

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:51 PM PDT

Clois Beckwith wrote: 

It appears that if you format the fields MMM, YY (as others have
suggested), and fill in the first TWO fields, then select them and
drag down to autofill, then OOo "figures out" how you want the
autofill to increment (or, rather, decrement) and it seems to work OK.

--
Andy Luddy
Perform appendectomy to reply
net

search and replace question

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:12 PM PDT

Yes, the inverted-P paragraph marker was the example in question. I
was trying to clean up blank lines, etc, but but I've been encountering
the same problem when searching for any non-printing character.

I'm using OOo 2.0.3 on WinXPP, in case that matters.

jm



Andy Luddy wrote: 

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version? Microsoft Office for Mac

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version? Microsoft Office for Mac

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version?

Posted: 07 May 2007 09:11 PM PDT

Diane Ross wrote: 
Word 2004 did move the Normal Template to live in the Microsoft User
Data folder by default--as a safer place to keep customizations--but the
My Templates folder is still in Applications/Microsoft Office, and needs
to be saved specially as Diane says: 

Possible issue when migrating Office to a new system?

Posted: 05 May 2007 01:31 AM PDT

Hi Bill:

Sadly, Yes :-)

I used to be a radio announcer. By the time I finished that gig, I had a
freebee of everything the record companies had put out since YOU were young
( :-) ).

And it was all on vinyl. Sadly, the kinds of people you work with in the
broadcasting industry tend to "party hard" and they associate with a lot of
people who are not necessarily "model citizens".

Sadly, one of these low-lifes backed up a truck one night whilst I was
otherwise distracted in the pursuit of the honour of some nubile young lady
(remember those days??).

And after a few years of having to pretend I liked the most woeful rubbish
on air, my music taste was entirely ruined. I just haven't really bothered
with music since... Sad, isn't it...

So yeah, 20 or 30 CDs just about DOES describe my music collection these
days.

I had thought of advising the customer to rip a few DVDs just to warm the
thing up a bit, but I was not sure he had the software to do that :-)

Cheers

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Trouble opening Office 2004 documents

Posted: 04 May 2007 10:07 AM PDT

Are you sure you have applied all of the Apple and Microsoft updates to the
product?

Sorry: We'd love to help but you're just creating a guessing game if you do
not supply the version and level numbers of your software, both Word and the
Operating System.

Cheers

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Fact Balloons and Comments HELP!

Posted: 04 May 2007 10:05 AM PDT


One thing I forgot to mention: a great advantage is that you can easily hide
the comments when necessary by re-defining the style as hidden text, in that
document only. This takes only 15 seconds. However, if I want to run off a
PDF or hard copy for someone who doesn¹t need to see them I¹m more likely to
delete the comments altogether by a search-and-replace command (replacing
text in that style with nothing) -- because I usually have my printer set to
print hidden text. This is also quick to do. I immediately follow that with
a Command-z "Undo" command to restore them. If the document is important and
there are many comments, I do it on a Saved As copy.

Clive Huggan
============

On 5/5/07 9:18 AM, in article
C261FC7D.2998E%com.au, "Clive Huggan"
<com.au> wrote:
 

Find & Replace formating

Posted: 04 May 2007 08:37 AM PDT

.... You need the Match Case box to be checked. It isn't a matter of
_formatting_, it's a matter of case structure.

--
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[MVP] Office:Mac

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Office 2004 fonts are corrupt...

Posted: 03 May 2007 12:00 PM PDT

On 5/3/07 12:00 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"dot.gov" <dot.gov> wrote:
 

Yes, but it would probably be easier to use "Remove Office" then install
Office from the CD.

The fonts in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Fonts/ were put
there by the CD Installer to act as a source, backup and repair. They're not
used directly by Office. At the first launch of an Office application they
are copied to ~/Library/Fonts/, replacing any older versions put there by
earlier versions of Office. These are the fonts used by Office and other
applications

The general method of OS X is to look first in your user folder, here
~/Library/Fonts/ . If there happens to be a particular font there, it
overrides any version that may be in /Library/Fonts/ or
/System/Library/Fonts/ - it doesn't even look there for those. In most
cases, once it's done with the user Library, it then looks in
/Library/Fonts/ for any fonts not already found in ~/. Only these fonts from
/Library will appear in the fonts lists. On OS X, most well-behaved
applications installing fonts will do so in ~/Library, since OS X is a
multi-user environment. You or your administrator might choose /Library, but
it will simply get overruled by any user installation of the same fonts.
However, if a user should trash his own fonts, the /Library version will
then come into play. (And it may be that the admin won't let individual
users have permission to remove those.) Finally, if no version of a font
exists in either user or local location the default version in
/System/Library/Fonts will take over. And those can't (i.e. shouldn't - and
don't try) be removed. The system can access these versions as it wishes,
and won't be overruled by other versions of those fonts you might have in
the other Fonts folders which take precedence in other circumstances.

"Remove Office"

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/remove_office.html>

See these pages for more info.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/bad_font.html>

<http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Disable-Fonts.html>
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Entourage Help Page
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One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

Upgrade v.X to 2004

Posted: 03 May 2007 08:15 AM PDT

Thanks loads ... you've all been very helpful as usual.

G

Bar code on bulk mail labels

Posted: 02 May 2007 01:05 PM PDT

Well that is interesting news. I, too, am curious as to how Office 2008
will handle these bar codes. It would seem to be something that could and
ought to be done.

-Jim


Quoting from "StevStam" <com>, in article
googlegroups.com, on [DATE:
 

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Microsoft Office (Mac) Re-install after re-format with same product key

Posted: 02 May 2007 12:10 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

There's no limit on how many times you can install Office - your CD key
doesn't get "used up". There's a license requirement that you use it on
only one machine at a time.

Registration means nothing - it's a marketing opportunity for MS.

And unlike WinOffice, MacOffice doesn't require Mother Microsoft's
Activation.

Office 2004 Partial Circular Arcs

Posted: 29 Apr 2007 02:34 PM PDT

On 30/4/07 8:13 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "com"
<com> wrote:
 
For a discussion of some of the differences between Word on the Mac and PC,
you're welcome to refer to some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac,
titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from
the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html). Just Do a "Find"
command for "PC" and you'll see them. On page 151 there is an article "PCs
and Macs, main differences in Word interfaces" that includes a table of
commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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cannot download updates for office mac 2004 student/teacher edition

Posted: 28 Apr 2007 10:37 AM PDT

Actually: Ping "download.microsoft.com". I think it will resolve to a
different server than the one I am seeing in Australia. I deduce this from
the fact that I am seeing an 8 millisecond ping time here, and that's not
enough time for the packets to get from one side of the Pacific to the
other, so I suspect they have some very interesting re-directing technology
happening in the middle...

Cheers

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Outlook Web access from Mac

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 05:48 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
<com> wrote:
 

I use Firefox, but with no problems.

Product Key on reinstall

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 07:00 AM PDT


For anyone who has recently switched from Windows: it is very rare that you
need to re-install Office on the Mac; sometimes it only adds to your
problems. See other posts in this discussion group.

Clive Huggan
============

On 28/4/07 12:22 AM, in article phx.gbl,
"Bernard W Joseph" <net> wrote:
 

word keeps crashing

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 03:54 AM PDT

com wrote: 
I would also try re-applying the Combo Updater from Apple, before going
to the Word Troubleshooting pages. There have been a number of reports
recently when people ran software update, and problems resulted, but
downloading the 10.4.9 combo updater directly from Apple and applying
that fixed them. 

Office 2004 - Lost Serial Number

Posted: 25 Apr 2007 05:14 PM PDT

You can start here:
See here to find out how to get a new CD Key, assuming you have a
legitimate copy:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246


John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac] wrote: 

I can't get my stuff to fill the screen

Posted: 25 Apr 2007 05:12 PM PDT

On 4/26/07 3:53 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "PhilD"
<co.uk> wrote:
 


To get the Finder to remember the setting. Close window after you set as
desired then reopen.
--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

"mark unread" in OWA running in Safari or Firefox?

Posted: 24 Apr 2007 11:56 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

I don't see a way either. OWA is very limited with non-IE-for-Windows
browsers.

bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

PC - MAC compatibility

Posted: 24 Apr 2007 08:22 AM PDT

Hi Deena:

I am afraid you have had some very bad advise if someone told you to wipe
your Mac Book drive :-) Well, you will get plenty of sound advice in here
:-)

The shop should have told you that you need 2 GB of RAM to run Parallels --
preferrably 3GB. That's because parallels runs a guest operating system
alongside your Mac OS X operating system. Now, if you think about a house
guest, they don't eat any less food, sleep in a smaller bed, or fit in a
smaller bathroom just because they're guests :-) Operating systems are just
the same. Windows XP needs 512 MB of RAM to run properly, Windows Vista
needs 1 GB. Parallels adds another 100 MB on top of that (that can be
confusing: Parallels requires a minimum of 512 MB of RAM free before it will
agree to start, but it will settle 100 MB higher than whatever the Guest OS
is using.)

Mac OS 10.4 needs at least 1GB of RAM to run properly. If you add these
together: 1GB for OS X, 512 MB for Windows XP, and 100 MB for Parallels, you
need 1,600 MB of memory, before you run any other applications. They will
need more!

If you don't have that much RAM, the system attempts to substitute hard disk
space for RAM. As you have discovered, that makes the system
treacle-in-winter slow :-)

What the shop might not be quite so ready to tell you is that your Macbook
was supplied with all its memory slots full, so you will have to take some
out to put some in. If you want to take your Macbook from 1GB of memory to
2 GB of memory, you will have to discard BOTH the existing 512 MB sticks of
memory and snap in TWO 1 GB sticks. Fortunately, this is easy to do (you
will even find pictures showing you how on the Apple website) and you will
find a ready market on eBay for your discarded sticks of RAM :-).

Now, I use both Entourage and Outlook, depending on whether I am on a PC or
a Mac. You could, of course, use a Hosted Exchange Server. If you did,
your Outlook, Entourage and Blackberry would just connect to it. I used to
work for these people, who offer that service:
http://my.bigpond.com/emailandmessaging/premiummail/solomanagerplus/default.do
However, a moment's thought will show you that their charges are absurd!
And that's because an Exchange Server is such a beast to manage: Microsoft
has a lot of work to do there... There are several providers who offer
Hosted Exchange Servers all over the world. The benefit of that is that you
get to share anything that Outlook and Entourage can do with all of your
devices. At a substantial cost!

However, I believe the best alternative, as others have suggested, is to use
IMAP for your email server. This means that you do not have to synchronise
your mail ANYWHERE. All of your mail remains on the mail server: Entourage
and Outlook only have to display it to you. Entourage is one of the finest
IMAP clients on the planet: Outlook 2007 is not quite as good, but it's
improving :-)

I just log in to which ever computer I am using at the time and I can see my
mail account. Not synchronised copies of it: I see the real Inbox. I am in
Sydney, my inbox is somewhere in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. Who cares:
I can instantly see what's in it :-) The provider I use is www.fastmail.fm
There are a variety of services out there that offer the same thing: and
women are generally a bit more skilled at shopping than men (so they keep
telling me...) so hit the web and go shopping :-)

The first place to look would be the provider that supplies your email now.
They often offer IMAP service for a small extra fee. If they do, you will
only have to change a parameter in your setup: your email addresses will all
remain the same. ISPs hate offering IMAP, because it makes them responsible
for storing the email. But you did not get into business for yourself by
being a door mat: make them an offer they can't refuse and they will soon
see things your way...

The key parameters when buying a mail service are "reliability, reliability,
reliability". I work for myself also: I can't afford an email provider that
suffers fainting fits: the one I use has not inflicted an unscheduled outage
on me in the past five years.

Amongst the reliable providers, you then go shopping for "Storage" and
"Bandwidth". Bandwidth is rarely a large concern: email doesn't use much (I
never use anywhere near 1,000 MB a month ...). But storage can be. My
current provider offers 2GB as standard, and I had a clean-up last week so I
am actually using only 70 MB (which is very light for me: my Archive mail
store, where I put the old and boring junk is 400 MB).

Once you move your email to an IMAP provider, you will find that your
Blackberry will happily connect to IMAP server and show you your email just
like Entourage and Outlook. You can also configure the Blackberry server to
poll your IMAP server and alert you if anything comes in.

OK, that's email: What about your Calendar and your Contacts? These are
things you ARE likely to want to synchronise, so you can use them at times
when your connection is not available. My IMAP provider offers a Contacts
list: nowhere near as good as Outlook or Entourage, but handy to have.

You can publish your Outlook or Entourage calendars to a web server, from
which you can view them on anything. See
http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetID=HA101743551033&QueryID=s2 OBh9YUx0&respos=3&rt=2&ns=OUTLOOK&lcid=3081&pid=CH 100776881033

You can find other solutions here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm#other

Notice the one thing I have not mentioned is "Synchronisation"? That's
because it is inherently complex and unreliable. PC <-> Mac <->
Blackberry?? That's not just "brave", that's thrill-seeking :-) I have
never known anyone who synchronises a hand-held device who has not blown
away ALL their contacts and appointments SEVERAL times. I simply won't do
it. My business data is too valuable. Your mileage may vary :-)

Hope this helps

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