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Microsoft Works Suite 2004-patches

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 10:46 AM PST

Hi jml,

In addition, as you have Works Suite, you might want to access Microsoft
Office Online and Check for Updates. I beleive there is a "Check for
Update" selection near the top right side of their page.

Microsoft Office Online
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Ken

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:e$phx.gbl...
| Hi jml,
|
| Works product Updates and Downloads are located here:
| http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/downloads.mspx
|
| HTH,
| --
| Kevin James.
| Tua'r Goleuni
| Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
| Works Help & KB Links:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
|
|
|
|
|
| "jml" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:com...
| |I use MS Works Suite 2004. I've seen patches that list it as software
that
| | needs patching. However, I don't know where to locate the patches that
I
| | need to download. How do I go about locating the patches needed?
|
|

family history

Posted: 18 Mar 2006 08:40 AM PST



Hi,

In addition........

Jim Pedigo recently posted his experience with Hurricane Rita.

He also indicates in his message there are Works templates available on his
website.

You will find link to the website in his message below.

Ken

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Pedigo" <com>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.works.win
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 11:48 AM
Subject: Re: Note on Hurricane Rita

Jim pedigo wrote:

*Note on Hurricane Rita *

I am requesting you send up a prayer for us, We live just East and
North of Houston Texas

We are expecting Hurricane Rita later today.

We riding it out, have boarded up the windows, and have supplies on
hand. I expect to lose all lights, phone, and Internet
later today. Last time we lost power for 3 weeks.

If you have seen the news, they have evacuated almost 3 million people
from Houston, it has been surreal here, I have never seen
them do this before. There are no stores open for 3 counties, there is
no gasoline to be had, banks are closed, the streets are empty.
The banks ran out of cash on Wednesday, the stores ran out of batteries
on Wednesday, Service stations ran out of fuel yesterday.
There are thousands stranded on the interstate trying to evacuate, I do
not believe they will all make it out in time.

I have done all I can to protect my family and friends, it is now in
Gods hands, which is where it has always been.

I have several of our extended family here with us, have boarded up the
windows. we have full gas tanks, supplies on hand
and will ride it out to see what the night brings. (I am also prepared
for looters if it come to that as well,)

We will be out of touch later today, and may be for several days or
weeks. I will let you all know when we are back up and running.

Thank you for remembering us and all of the people caught up in this
situation.

If any of you order the works templates from us, I will not be able to
respond to emails until this has passed. I will respond
to all emails when I can. I am signing off for now to make some more
preparations both here, and with my neighbors as well.

I will post again when I am able, after this is over.


Jim Pedigo

JPedigo@*nospam-*jsped,.com <mailto:JPedigo@*nospam-*jsped,.com
<<mailto:JPedigo@nospam-jsped,.com ( to
send email, remove the *nospam-* from the email address)
--
Jim Pedigo
JSPED Productions
Custom Web Services at reasonable Rates.
MS Works Templates available.
www.jsped.com <http://www.jsped.com <<http://www.jsped.com

Thank you for your prayers, we dodged a bullet with this one, we will be
continuing with our prayers for our neighbors to the east of us.

Jim



"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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| Hi Pamela,
|
| I don't know of any Ancestry templates for Works, but
| thought perhaps this may help?
|
| http://www.cyndislist.com/software.htm
|
| http://genealogy.about.com/od/software_windows/
|
| Perhaps, use Works spreadsheet and borders to store your data in a
| graphical form?
|
| HTH,
| --
| Kevin James.
| Tua'r Goleuni
| Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
| Works Help & KB Links:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
|
|
|
|
|
| "com"
| <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:com...
| | i'm using works 7.0 i'm looking for a template for family history
database
| | for my family researching like family trees etc.
|
|

Opening Works 3.0 (Win) Documents in Works 8.5

Posted: 17 Mar 2006 07:03 AM PST

Hopefully one of the MVP's will see the problem.

Thanks for the reply,
Ken

"Martin" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|
| Thanks Ken, I had feared this might be the case.
|
| Thanks for clarifying it for me.
|
| Martin.
|
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Hi Martin,
| >
| > I believe you have discovered, as others, there doesn't seem to be a
| > converter for Works 3.0 in Works 8.
| >
| > My Works 6.0 has a converter for Works 3.0.
| >
| > One of the work arounds suggested is to reinstall your Works 3.0.
| >
| > You should be able to install Works 3 along side Works 8.
| >
| > The older version needs to be installed after the newer version or else
| > the newer version will uninstall the older one.
| >
| > Be sure to install to a different folder than the Works 8.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Martin" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | Hello, i'm wondering if anyone can help with the following query.
| > |
| > | I have just installed Works 8.5 and need to open some old Works 3.0
for
| > | Windows word processor documents, but get an error message when I try
to
| > do
| > | so. I have spent a lot of time looking on the web but cannot find a
| > | converter. From the drop-down file open list it appears that the
earliest
| > | format Works 8.5 supports is Works 4. Has this functionality just been
| > | discontinued altogether?
| > |
| > | Yours Hopefully,
| > |
| > | Martin.
| > |
| >
| >
| >

Compatibility of Works with Word

Posted: 17 Mar 2006 12:45 AM PST


"DogWalker" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
 

Works 4.5 is generally considered to be the best version.
 

Works can save as rtf which Word can read.
 

Save them as .rtf files.
 

I've bought this for $10 on eBay.

works 8.. field size

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 06:49 PM PST


Okay,
Now I know to look for a different product. Thanks!!


"Homer J Simpson" wrote:
 

runtime errors with Works Suite 2005

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 08:01 PM PST

Depending on your needs, Works is a perfectly reasonable product.

Works Suite includes Word as an alternative to the Works word processor.
So assuming that you didn't install Office XP, it's probably the Word
from Works Suite.

I assume that you get the error when you try to use the Word Processor.
Does it happen all the time or just some times?

Take a look at:

You receive a "MS Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error" error
message when you try to close a Word document or quit Word 2002 or Word
2003
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=322201

You receive an error message when you try to close or to save a Word
2003 document
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823585

I don't know if you saw it but another poster suggested this article:
"WD: How to Troubleshoot a Visual C++ Runtime Error in Word".
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555220

--

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


"too-old-for-this" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:com... 

Summation of records within a field.

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 06:59 PM PST

Hi JIm,

Finally got the example posted up on my site for you to see:

http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/Disco.wdb

Record 20 ( last record) has the running totals for all 4 discs.

The report shows individual file listings etc. .

Rodney certainly found a neat utility at Karen's, reminds me of
the good ol' DOS days and DIR.
http://www.computerhope.com/dirhlp.htm#01

Here's an example (dirlist.bat) that stores a listing (in Dir.txt):

@ECHO OFF
dir /s /D >Dir.txt

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
Works Help & KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"jim" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Hi, Kevin,
|
| Thank you for all your interest and help. i very much enjoyed viewing your
| website devoted to MS Works. It's really loaded with information. i'll be
| spending a lot of time there reading and understanding.
|
| i've been experimenting with my CDR database. Using suggestions offered
| here by many helpful people, and ideas read about on your site, i have
| discovered some neat ways to get each disc to display content and usage
info,
| record by record, and then a summary record for the disc. i have used the
| technique of placing a "reset" record at the start of each series of records
| belonging to a CDR.
|
| Your references to MS Works Database "report view" is something i've yet to
| study or use. When the opportunity presents, i will endeavor to incorporate
| your ideas there, too. i'll look for the example you have referred to at
the
| end of your last post.
|
| Also, Rodney posted a response to the question which sounds very promising,
| too.
|
| Thanks, again, Kevin.
|
| jim
|
| "Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
|
| > HI JIm,
| >
| > A database can do that.
| >
| > Then in Report view, you may use Summ ( Sub Totals) and
| > Summart (All Totals) to display records as you wish.
| >
| > It all hinges on how you enter your data and identify the data
| > that you wish to review in the report.
| >
| > For instance if you entered the CDR name/number among
| > other relevant detqils you could separate the report results
| > for each CDR. Similarly, if you list folders you will be able
| > to separate report views for each folder.
| >
| > If the file name and file size is also entered then you can
| > separate your results down to file level.
| >
| > I'll try and post an example later today / tonight.
| >
| > HTH.
| > --
| > Kevin James.
| > Tua'r Goleuni
| > Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
| > Works Help & KB Links:
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "jim" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | Hi, Kevin,
| > |
| > | Thank you for your help.
| > |
| > | i am trying to prepare a database of directories that i have saved on
CDR's.
| > | i want to have a database record represent each directory located on a
| > | particular disc, then, a summary record for the disc. On each
directory
| > | record i want to show disc usage in MB's. Then, in the summary record,
i
| > | want to show the total usage of the disc, and total space in MB's
remaining
| > | on the disc. Each time a record is added before the disc's summary
record,
| > i
| > | want the summary record to reflect the change. In the end, i want to be
| > able
| > | to open the database, and readily see all backup data discs displayed,
with
| > | all contents listed, directory by directory, as well as see which discs
| > still
| > | have space available for backing up data.
| > |
| > | Perhaps, i should be using Works Spreadsheet program, instead. Further
| > | comment would be appreciated.
| > |
| > | Thanks, again, to you and all the others who have replied to the
question.
| > |
| > | jim
| > |
| > | "Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi Jim,
| > | >
| > | > You cannot SUM a series of records in a particular field and have
| > | > that SUM total appear in a record prior to the end of the series.
| > | >
| > | > In terms of a database, each row is accessed 'on the way' down
| > | > and any Total Sum of these rows follows thereafter. As explained,
| > | > it is possible create a Running total for any field(s).
| > | >
| > | > If you want to calculate the Running Sum for 'Field X' and store
| > | > that value in a different field, 'Field Y' then in the first
record of
| > | > Field Y type the formula =Field X + Field Y
| > | >
| > | > For databases, it is usual that GROUP functions are carried out
| > | > within a Report. Use filters, marked records and the function set
| > | > to pick the particular records that you wish to SUM.
| > | >
| > | > It is also possible to 'IF-filter' between records to
exclude/include
| > | > particular records. ( Example excludes units of type "b").
| > | >
| > | > An example is given here, from my website:
| > | > http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/RunTot.wdb
| > | >
| > | > See the report for illustrated totals and in-line record
filtering.
| > | >
| > | > HTH,
| > | > --
| > | > Kevin James.
| > | > Tua'r Goleuni
| > | > Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
| > | > Works Help & KB Links:
| > http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > "jim" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:com...
| > | > | Hi,
| > | > |
| > | > | MS Works 2002, Version 6.0.
| > | > |
| > | > | i want to do a summation of numbers: "Record A" + "Record B" +
"Record
| > C,"
| > | > | all located in "Field X," and have the result appear in "Record 1"
in
| > "Field
| > | > | Y." i know how to write a formula, but i can't find a MS Works
method
| > to do
| > | > | this kind of simple addition within a field. Across fields, yes,
it's
| > very
| > | > | simple: =Field X + Field Y + Field Z. Can it be done by applying
an
| > | > | equation to records located within the same field, e.g., =Field X,
| > Record 1
| > | > +
| > | > | Field X, Record 2 + Field X, Record 3? If yes, how do i proceed?
If
| > not,
| > | > | why? i've searched all through Works Help, and other sources, to no
| > avail.
| > | > |
| > | > | If you can help me, please reply. A focused response would be most
| > | > | appreciated, even a "I have no answer for you." At least, then, i
know
| > that
| > | > | someone has considered the question.
| > | > |
| > | > | Thank you,
| > | > |
| > | > | jim
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >
| >

Opening a Works file in Word

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 11:11 AM PST

Hi Denise,

Send your file to com.

Let me know via a post here that you sent it.

Ken

"Ken" <ne> wrote in message
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| Hi Denise,
|
| You could attach you file to your next post, will open, covert it to Word
| and attach it to my return post.
|
| Ken
|
| "Denise" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:com...
| | Thanks Ken - that was my first choice but in my workplace the IT has
| secure
| | access to all things "computer". It's Sunday and I'm here alone.
| |
| | "Ken" wrote:
| |
| | > Hi Denise,
| | >
| | > What version of Office do you have?
| | >
| | > You might try inserting your Office disk and select Custom
installation,
| | > install everything.
| | >
| | > Ken
| | >
| | > "Denise" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| | > news:com...
| | >
| | > | Been reading some posts relating to this but can't find my answer.
| I'm a
| | > | rookie so use words with not too many syallables...
| | > |
| | > | Downloaded a converter and installed it but when I open Word and
| choose my
| | > | file it tells me that it needs to install a converter and asks for
my
| | > Office
| | > | disk.
| | > |
| | > | When I hit the browse button, it's looking for a file called
| data2.msi. I
| | > | just don't know where the download is "addressed". I've installed
it
| | > again
| | > | to see if I can tell where on my harddrive it is, but I can't.
| | > |
| | > | Any wisdom out there. I really need to get this file open.
| | > |
| | > | Thanks!
| | >
| | >
| | >
|
|

Works task launcher causes Word to crash

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 08:16 AM PST

Hi Ken,

Thank you for your quick response. I will try that and repost.

Thanks again,
Jerry

"Ken" wrote:
 

works and sharing .wcd file

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 07:52 AM PST

Hi Ross,

Good luck and perhaps you could post your result.

Ken

"Ross" <rr.com> wrote in message
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| | Can you copy mswkscal.wcd from Desktop to Laptop to a different location
..
| . .
| I tried that and yes it can be done that way, but I can already copy the
| same file, if I am sitting at my desktop with the profession XP. What I
| want to do is run this nifty sychronization program I have, that will
| sychronize my laptop with my PC, that is each day when I come home from
| work, it will copy any files I have changed during the day over to their
| appropriate directories on my PC. The problem is that I keep track of my
| dates an appointments with Works Calendar and for some reason, although
the
| directory that has the data file from that program been shared on both
| machines, I can only copy it if I do it from the pc.
| Anyway, I finally decided to to the fee-based support thing with Microsoft
| to see if they could figure it out After two hours on the phone with a
| technition changing umteen settings, it still wouldn't work. So the guy
| said that he would refer it to a bunch of research guys and that they
would
| contact me this wednesday night at 9:00 P.M. with the results of their
| probe. At least if they don't find out what it is, I am not out the $35.
| And calendars are closed -- I went to regedit and made sure nothing was
| running in the background as well.
| Thanks for your help
| Ross
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ken" <ne>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.works.win
| Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 11:45 AM
| Subject: Re: works and sharing .wcd file
|
|
| | Hi Ross,
| |
| | Can you copy mswkscal.wcd from Desktop to Laptop to a different location
| | other then C:documents and settings\all users\application
| | data\microsoft\Works, perhaps into My Documents folder? Then move it to
| | correct location.
| |
| | Another thought.... Make a copy of mswkscal.wcd, then rename it to a
| regular
| | type file, will it copy from Desktop to Laptop? Then renamed back to
| | mswkscal.wcd.
| |
| | Another though... Are the calendars closed on both Desktop and Laptop
when
| | trying to copy mswkscal.wcd.
| |
| | Just some thoughts for trouble shooting.
| | Ken
| |
| "Ken" <ne> wrote in message
| news:%phx.gbl...
| > Hi Ross,
| >
| > Can you copy mswkscal.wcd from Desktop to Laptop to a different location
| > other then C:documents and settings\all users\application
| > data\microsoft\Works, perhaps into My Documents folder? Then move it to
| > correct location.
| >
| > Another thought.... Make a copy of mswkscal.wcd, then rename it to a
| > regular
| > type file, will it copy from Desktop to Laptop? Then renamed back to
| > mswkscal.wcd.
| >
| > Another though... Are the calendars closed on both Desktop and Laptop
when
| > trying to copy mswkscal.wcd.
| >
| > Just some thoughts for trouble shooting.
| > Ken
| >
| > "Ross" <rr.com> wrote in message
| > news:SsXQf.90$nyroc.rr.com...
| >
| > | Hi
| > |
| > | I am using a PC with XP professional and a laptop with XP home. I have
| > them
| > | networked, with a Netgear wireless router. I have had no problem
sharing
| > | folders and thus transferring information between the computers, with
| > one
| > | exception. I use the Microsoft Works Calendar -- same version of Works
| > is
| > | installed on both machines -- I do my work for my job on my laptop out
| > on
| > | the road, and I transfer the info I have done in particular day to my
PC
| > | when I get home. The problem is that When am at my PC, I can tansfer
the
| > | mswkscal.wcd(data file from Works calendar) from the laptop to the PC,
| > but
| > | when I am at the laptop and try this, I get a "Cannot copy mswkscal:
| > access
| > | denied make sure the disk is not full or write protected" popup
message.
| > I
| > | have tried every one of the tricks offered on a trouble-shooting page,
| > | without success. I don't have this problem with any other folders. on
| > both
| > | machines, the mswkscal.wcd is in: C:documents and settings\all
| > | users\application data\microsoft\Works Thanks for your help in advance
| > |
| > | I have tried to fix it using suggestions from the web like:
| > | Using Regedit.exe ...
| > | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\Lsa DWORD KEY
| > | "restrictanonymous" = 0
| > | did that, didn't help
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | Ross
| > |
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

Works 7 Spreadshhet Problem

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 06:09 AM PST


"JohnB" <net> wrote in message
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Why SUM a formula? There's nothing to sum. Just use =(I44/H44)

works7 to access

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 09:03 AM PST


How to import a Works database file into Access 2000 database
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=197894

Works: How to Import a Works Database into Microsoft Access
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q154167/

Also, you may try this.

Save your Works database to Text and Commas format (*.csv)

Then, either Open in Access and link the csv file to a table

or,

File>Open>Blank database (in Access)

File>Get External Data (Import)

Change the file type to Text files and import the *.csv file.

Ken

"patriarch" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| want to send d'base in works 7 to a computer using office 2000/access.
sent
| as attachment to email, access won't open meaningfully - get underlying
code
| which is gobbledegook. MS referred me to a website which said "file- save
as'
| works for windows2/works for DOS' " Does't seem to work

form design

Posted: 08 Mar 2006 04:00 PM PST

Kevin,

Thanks, inserting a rectangle really helps on alignments.

Thanks again, Dave

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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Microsoft Word - Very Frustrated and Confused

Microsoft Word - Very Frustrated and Confused

Very Frustrated and Confused

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:51 PM PDT

* Title must be 2 to 200 characters long.

I have been trying to open the Office programs for 2013, and none of them will.  It says that something has gone wrong.  I have already "repaired" the program from the "Programs and Features" setting in the Control Panel. The icon has a shield type symbol in the bottom right corner.  This is very frustrating, seeing as I have a project for school due tomorrow, and it's not been working since I installed the dang thing.

Setting Default Printer

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:39 PM PDT

This should be easy but I can't find it.  

How do I set a particular printer to be the default printer.  

mail merge rules (Skip Next If) Not Working

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:09 PM PDT

I am using Word 2013 to create mailing labels using a data source in Excel 2013. There is a group of records that I wish to exclude from the mailing labels list, and these are designated in the Excel spreadsheet via a column titled EM and a value of Y. I insert the "Skip Record If" rule at the beginning of the label and set the parameters to field=EM, comparison to Equal To, and Compare To = Y. When I run the mail merge, the records that have Y in the EM field in the Excel data source are not skipped.

I then tried to use the Edit Recipient list as an alternate approach. I selected Edit Recipient List, then selected filter, and Field=EM, Comparison=Equal To, and Comparison With=Y. When I hit OK, I get an error message saying that the Value is not Valid. If I instead leave the Comparison With field blank, then it accepts the filter command, but does not filter out the records with a blank in the EM field.

Any advice on how to get Word to skip these unwanted records is very much appreciated.

How to determine if a logo is in a document (programmatically)

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Hi all,

I am writing a macro to loop through a few hundred documents looking for a logo to be updated.

How do I programmatically query the document to determine the number logos?  I was looking for something like:

lnNumLogos = document.shapes.count

if lnNumLogos > 0 then .....

But the logos are not in the shapes collection.  i.e. even when there was a logo, .shapes.count = 0

But I could not find a .Pictures collection or .GraphicObjects or something like that.

Note that I need to get the count whether the logo is in the body of the document or in the header/footer.  And I realize that I will most likely get some false positives with other graphic objects - I just need to narrow it down so I can manually open these templates for further inspection.

Thanks.

How to get rid of the "Your Margins Are Pretty Small" Warning?

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Hi,
How do I get rid of the warning in Office 2013 that says "Your Margins Are pretty small, some of the content you print may be cut off. Are you sure you want to print?"?
I set my margins to small by default, as I know that my HP printer can print to that size. (I have been printing like this for about 2 months, with no cut offs!) However word refuses to acknowledge this.
Is there some sort of global setting that stops this? As the amount of times that I have hit quick print, and then gone to the printer and then realised that it hasn't printed, because I forgot to click yes to the warning! It is really annoying!
Also, I really do not want to follow the steps in KB166055, as I would have to do that for every single document, and even then it decreases my margins, to sizes which word considers "Acceptable", which wastes paper, and  messes up my document organisation completely! These "Acceptable" Margins are massive!! Can I stop it without changing my margin size?
Thanks
George

My Microsoft Word Starter 2010 just turned all my file icons gold and said I now have to purchase microsoft office

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:22 PM PDT

My Microsoft Word Starter 2010  just turned all my file icons gold and said I now have to purchase Microsoft office to get my documents. And the formatting changed. Is this normal? Do I have to purchase MO? I have never had this happen to me before
HELP PLEASE!!!!!

I want to flag ": as a grammar or spelling error

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:21 PM PDT

Is this possible?  I do a lot of Copying & Pasting day to day, and this little error I make is a hard one to see.  Can I have a way to flag this?  I tried AutoCorrect, but that is for when you are typing usually. Plus changing ": to " would still leave an undesired space.  That would be even harder to spot.   Any suggestions? 

Word 2010 changes the label in captions (from table to figure or vice versa)

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:17 PM PDT

This is a new document, started yesterday in a clean template. I copied content from another doc and pasted it, UNFORMATTED, in the new document for edits and formatting. After a few hours, I noticed that in some of the captions, Word had changed the label, but the correct style (either "table caption" or "figure caption") was still applied. (Note: I've seen this happen before in corrupted documents, but this is a new doc that contains nothing unusual!)

I tried deleting the custom caption styles and re-applying them, but that didn't help. There's no sign that anything has gone wrong unless I page up in the document and look at tables and figures that I captioned earlier. Not all caption labels are changed, but I haven't determined a pattern to the changes.

This is a confidential document so I can't even show you a sample of what's happening.

I know that the first suggestion might be to say that the document is corrupt, but I don't know how that could have happened in a new document when all the content was pasted as text only (or JPGs). It's nearly 150 pages and I don't have time to start the formatting all over again!  The template has been working fine for months for many users.

Suggestions, ideas, especially solutions, will be gratefully accepted!

Joyce

Gmetrix error

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:17 PM PDT

I have a gmetrix account, and I have installed the application. It works until I start to choose a question pool for training. It tells me I need an Add-In, although I have all add-ins, and all the green check marks are present. I need this to revise for my Microsoft Exam. Is there some type of error?

Office 2000: Error message opening Word re: visual basic and hidden module AutoExec

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 12:08 PM PDT

I'm running Win7Pro - refurb machine new to me
I installed my Office 2000 and other software
I installed AVG 2014 free edition

I tried to download some compatibility programs from Microsoft so I could use my PhotoShop software with the operating system
I couldn't find right program and ended up downloading other stuff not relevant I think
Then I stated having some issues, can't remember exactly what but seemed 
I uninstalled some Visual Basic programs C++ or whatever that were connected to AVG
Then I had to remove AVG manually from Registry because it was unusable

I uninstalled Office 2000
I reinstalled Office 2000 hoping that would fix problem with opening Word, it didn't

Now when I open Word still getting same error message: 
  Microsoft Visual Basic
  (yellow triangle)  Compile error in hidden module: AutoExec

So I understand now not to uninstall visual basic stuff

Why is normal.dotm always saved?

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:56 AM PDT

I have a shortcut in a custom QuickLaunch toolbar. This shortcut is set to open word without opening a blank document. So, why is it that every time I open Word and then close it without doing anything at all, it tries to save the Noramal.dotm? This auto saving of Noraml.dotm causes problems when I have multiple instances of word open as the first instance locks the file. Therefore, when I close the second instance first, the Normal.dotm file is locked and I get an error.

Word 2010 - Form text field - size resets to default when printing or creating a PDF

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 11:03 AM PDT

Word 2010 - When I add text fields to a form, and need it to be larger than the default; I add the field, restrict editing to filling out forms, manually make the field the size I want, and then stop protection. 

Example, On this ___ day of ____________, 20__    Notice how the line for the month needs to be longer than the default size of a text field.

Ok.....for the past 21 years of using Word, whenever I create a PDF or just print the form, the field size stays as it appears above.  SUDDENLY, this past month, anytime I print or create a PDF, Word 2010 literally resizes my field BACK to the default size.  So it comes out like this:
On this ___ day of ___, 20__      

 

EDIT - Upon further testing what is happening is that Word is clearing the fields upon printing (or creating a PDF)

I tested this by entering default text (I used "hi").  I locked the form, entered data into the field, thus replacing the default text, and when I created the PDF file, it contained my default text ("hi").

 

Form w/ default text - on this ___  day of "hi", 20__ at 9:00 a.m

Form w/ data entered into locked field - on this 26th  day of November 2013 at 9:00 a.m

PDF RESULT - on this ___  day of "hi", 20__ at 9:00 a.m

 

HELP??

How do I group Tables? ( In Microsoft word 2013?)

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:53 AM PDT

How do I group a few tables in Microsoft Word 2013?

(If someone smart knows/could work how to group tables It would be a great help to me, thanks-:

I have 2 tables that I want to group. 
(The two tables are different sizes one is a smaller table 
and the other is a bigger wider table),
I want to select and group them, but I cant work out how to group Tables together?

Where has my file been saved by Word?

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:39 AM PDT

I just downloaded a file from dropbox (I clicked 'open' not 'save'). It opened in Microsoft word and I began editing it. When I had finished I clicked the save button. It didn't tell me the document was read-only nor did it direct me to 'save as' so I assume it has saved somewhere. However, when I then searched for the file name, I could only find an old file of the same name and not my newly edited version (basically the original document I had uploaded to Dropbox from my computer). Where has my edited file been saved? I have searched for the file name in the computer and cannot find it. Has it possibly been saved under another name? Is there another way that I can recover this file?

Changing style won't "stick"

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:36 AM PDT

Using Word 2010, I had "Normal" set up Times New Roman (12 pt) and single spacing. Everything's been fine for over a year. Today Normal defaults to Calibri 11 and multiple. I can change to what I want for the current document, but it doesn't hold for future documents. I don't understand why what I had set up became undone, and I have no clue how to get it back.

Ed LeRoy

Remove Read Only from an open file or access macro from another file.

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:29 AM PDT

I open Word file attachment from an email and the attachment is marked read only. My problem is that I cannot start a macro that I

want to use on that file. The macro is stored in a separate document and the macro are not visible when the read only file is the

active document. I also cannot change the trust permission on the Outlook Temp folder and I have no need for the file after I have

processed it so I would like to avoid Saving the file locally. All these files have similar file names or strings.

1. Is there a way to create an event that triggers a macro from my Word macro file when I open the attachment ?
2. Can I launch the macro from Word macro file after the attachment is open and have it locate the open file based on the string in
the file name. This would help me get around the fact that I cannot launch the macro when the attached file is the active document.

I'm asking because I don't even think this can be done. If it can, please show me.

Thanks

Sending email with file attachment

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:26 AM PDT

I'm looking for a Macro that can attachment my active document to an email with the subject line including the file name with a string and places an email address on the document in the To field and a fixed From email address.

I don't want it to send the email, just set up the email to send.

Thanks in advance

Get Count Variable of items in list

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 10:03 AM PDT

I have reports that contain numbered list items, one per report. I need to count the number of the items in these list, then list

that number on the report.

Thanks for the help

Rotate VIEW in word.

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:12 AM PDT

Hi,

    How can I rotate the view of a document in word?

 

Let me clarify:   I wish to rotate the VIEW of a document in word with out changing anything on the page.

 

I just want to see the whole project AS IS rotated 90 degrees, and then make any last minute changes in that VIEW.

 

If why matters -  I have text going Right to left, and some rotated.  I wish to see it better.

 

Please, Tell me it cannot be done, or how to ROTATE the VIEW 90 degrees if it is possible.

 

Please do not dirty the thread with non sequiturs, tangents, massive header code inserts, or opinions. 

I have exhausted my search and posted here as a last ditch effort after reading useless and indirect replies to other's similar questions.

 

Thanks so much,

Kevin

Word stops responding when using thesaurus/dictionary or checking grammar/spelling

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:05 AM PDT

I have Word 365 University.  When I click the "spelling and grammar" button or right click on a red/blue underlined work and click spelling/grammar, a box immediately comes up and says "Word has stopped responding."  The same happens if I try to use dictionary or thesaurus.  When I restart word, all my settings are erased.

Can not open Word or Excel documents in Windows 8 receive the follow error message.

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 09:01 AM PDT

 I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, has not helped.  These documents are .doc

 

Shouldn't the convert automatically??? - This is getting painful.

 

 

Error Message

 

Word experienced an error while opening this file:

Try these suggestions

Check the file permissions for this document or drive

Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space

Open the file with Text Recovery converter

 

 

 

microsoft office hang event 1002

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:30 AM PDT

Hi ,

 

 

only ms office word hangs and all other office application works fine.

event id is : 1002

any help guys on this.

 

System
- Provider
[ Name] Application Hang
- EventID 1002
[ Qualifiers] 0
Level 2
Task 101
Keywords

0x80000000000000.

 

 

 

Unable to get Word 2010 to connect to Office.com to use the online dictionary

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:22 AM PDT

Hi,
Has anyone had the problem of using a Word doc, highlighting a word, right clicking to use the Look Up feature, and on the right side bar it says you must connect to the internet? This is the SECOND time this has happened, and the first time, we're not sure what we did to fix it. I use that application lots, and not having it available is a real pain. Can anyone assist me? I've gone in to control panel and did a repair on the program, but that didn't work. 

How do I setup email notifications when our card is charged?

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 08:17 AM PDT

We subscribed to Office365 and get charged every month. I'd like to receive an email invoice when we're billed so my accountant can log it. How do I set that up?

When I type a dash with a space directly following it, Microsoft Word crashes.

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 07:06 AM PDT

When I type a dash with a space directly following it, Microsoft Word crashes.  I have checked the proofing auto-correct settings. Those did not help. I also ran a repair to no avail. Also the double dash followed by a space crashes too.

mail merge address labels spaces between words

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:35 AM PDT

Word 2010 and Excel 2010

I use the mail merge wizard and create address labels.  The labels include extra spaces between first name and last name and also between city and state.

XXXXXX                     XXXXX

XXXXXX ROCKY POINT                

XXXXXX             , NY          XXX31

I don't have extra spaces in the Excel list and I haven't been able to find this problem online.

 

Thank you so much for any help!

 

Jo

Merge field called Next Record

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 06:23 AM PDT

Hi,

 

This question regards merging in Word using Avery label 5147 (2 11/32 x 3 3/8) with 2 labels per sheet that are used for merging names in an Excel list onto these labels (used for name badges). 

 

The fields are in 2 text boxes on the two labels on the screen to center position them properly on this label format.    Yet after I put in the Name and Company field I inserted a "next record" field because when I do the final merge with my excel data, I want the next name in the list to appear on the badge below the top one, so I have 2 different names on the 2 labels on the sheet.

 

But I got an error message that the merge does not accept the "next record" field when I did the merge.

 

Any workarounds that you might suggest is much appreciated!!  thank you

 

Craig 

Word 2010 Table Row "At Least" Height Pagination

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 05:43 AM PDT

I create a table with a single row set to a height of at least 5". When the content of the row extends it onto the next page, the part of the row that is on the next page is 5". This repeats on each subsequent page and technically makes the row height at least 5" x the total number of pages it through which it extends.

 

So, if the row extends through 3 pages, its height is at least 15", or, at least 5" on each page.  This is not what I intend when I set the "at least" height. Is there a workaround that keeps the "at least" height and doesn't magically extend the height of the row on each page?

Why is "New Times Roman" font NOT in windows 8? It is required for APA style writing

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 04:55 AM PDT

I am flabbergasted that this was taken out. Virtually every college student that has to write a scholarly paper has to use APA. I need a safe place to download from . 

word 2007 - apply watermark to cells in table

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:59 AM PDT

I am trying to add a watermark to the back of a business card.

I have tried using both the 'Envelopes & labels" Wizard in Word 2007 & the Avery Wizard for Word 2007, but both ignore the table cells & apply a watermark to the whole page.

I have also tried following these How-to's -







- but they all apply a watermark to a sheet/document in Word 2007, not individual cells. The closest I have achieved is to place a graphic in individual cells, but then I cannot convert the graphic to a watermark.

Image changes colour when saving in Word

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 03:35 AM PDT

I have a Word document with an image in it as a header. The image is blue and an inserted pdf. However, when I save the document the image mysteriously changes to brown for no apparent reason! Why??? 

Userforms and VBA code to populate address in a Word document

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:43 AM PDT

Hi there, I work on a lot of precedent documents which are used by numerous employees in a nationwide firm.  On the template from which these precedents have been created, there is an option on the front page to populate the user's office location - this works first off on the precedent, i.e. it captures my office location as I create the precedents, but when these precedents are then used to create personal documents for people in other locations, the bookmarks do not update, so I was thinking of removing the bookmarks and adding a Userform (with maybe a macro button?!) so the user can select their office location and it will then be placed in the correct place in the document.

All sounds good, but I haven't got a clue how to do it ... I've seen and used macros a lot in the past, and I've come across a couple of documents that have these Macro buttons which were you click on it, you can fill in the details which are then put into the document, but that's as far as it goes - using VBA terrifies me - it looks so confusing, and as to the coding ...  help!!!

So could someone please give me, very easy to follow, step by step instructions on how to create a list of different addresses whereby one can be selected and added at the correct place in the document.

Thank you.

MsWord "not responding"

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 02:41 AM PDT

We have been using 2 PCs with Office 2007 for years.
Since yesterday, both go to "not responding" unless "Balloons" is set to "show all revisions inline".
How can we fix this?

Word 2010 - table header / sub-header rows

Posted: 17 Oct 2013 01:28 AM PDT

I suspect the answer to this question is 'no', but always worth asking just to be sure, as you never know!

I'm wondering if there is a way to set up sub-header rows in a table that appear at the top of each page along with the normal header row, for example:

Header row titles
Sub-header row 1 titles
data data data data
data data data data

=== Page break ===

Header row titles  (now automatic)
Sub-header row 1 titles  (now automatic)
data data data data
data data data data
Sub-header row 2 titles  (new sub-header)
data data data data
data data data data


=== Page break ===

Header row titles
Sub-header row 2 titles  (now automatic)
data data data data
data data data data
Sub-header row 3 titles  (new sub-header)
data data data data            etc.

I thought I might be able to 'trick' Word into doing this with nested tables, but sadly to no avail.  Is there any other way to do this except manually?

Opening a Word doc is now initiating a lengthy Office (2007) Setup procedure. Diagnostics report no problems.

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 10:00 PM PDT

This started after a couple of years using Office. The setup procedure takes quite some time to complete.
Opening Excel is still fine.
Obviously something's amiss. 
Anyone?

A Frustrating Formatting Problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:37 PM PDT

I have several sets of Avery labels in different sizes. I've downloaded Word templates for each, and assumed that they would be accurately formatted for the size and position of the peel-off labels.
Here's the strange thing: The print previews show all entries correctly placed in the cells. However, when they print, the text is not inside the cell. It's near the top or in some cases split between two cells.
I've tried increasing the top margin, but that results in the bottom row of cells being pushed to another page.
Is there some "trick" to formatting documents that contain columns and rows of cells?
Thanks for any help,
Grandpa

PS: Am I mistaken to assume that the print preview should show exactly how a document will print?

Font problem

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 06:10 PM PDT

I have an access program especially made for our non profit organisation and you add a letter to a word document ( microsoft word  v 7 template )and the program imports it as a letter at the top of the receipt. The letter is done in Times new roman but the font in access comes out like an old typewriter has done it.  ( cuts off the tails of g and squashes up letters) It looks real unprofessional. I have tried copying the letter with paste special and unformatted text in case that helped. It didn't.
Does anyone have any suggestions.

Office error 00xc00401c

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 05:28 PM PDT

I jsut bought a new HP laptop with a trial version of the new Office products. I have tried several times today to use my Word 2013, and I keep getting an error code of 00xc00401c- "Sorry we ran into a problem while installing the product key. If this keeps happening, you should try repairing your office product". So I try, and it goes through the whole process, only to have the same error code pop up when it's finished and I am trying to access Word. The trial is for 30 days, and it's only been installed on my laptop for a week. What can I do to get this fixed?

I bought Office home and student 2013 but the Product Key was defective. Best Buy won't give money back.

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:38 PM PDT

Best Buy store manager Robert Fink, Texarkana, TX says it is a Microsoft problem and that MS should refund the $151.54. He can be reached at 903 223-0034. MS provided wrong Product Key but Best Buy took the money and should, therefore, be the one to refund the money. Copyright Law should not apply in this case.

 

Wayne Ryan

*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

Using Word 2010 when scrolling takes over and adds blank pages

Posted: 16 Oct 2013 04:08 PM PDT

That title pretty much says it all. I've been working on a document which is five or six pages long. It is in list format, but the list is not numbered or bulleted - just hand input.

But what is happening, repeatedly, it that I will be scrolling down or just hitting enter and suddenly the document starts scrolling down very fast and adding blank pages. Sometimes this is in the middle of the document and sometimes at the end.

A couple of times I was able to stop it and delete the unnecessary pages. However, at the moment my six page long document is 21 pages long.

I've tried closing the program and reopening it and I have even shut off the PC and restarted it, but it keeps happening. I've used Word for years and never seen anything like this.

Using Word from Office 2010  on a Windows 8 machine.

Ideas???
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