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Microsoft Works - Large field for Works database ver9

Large field for Works database ver9

Posted: 23 Mar 2008 11:45 AM PDT


Change Database views
Why change views?
Use different views to see your database information in different ways. View all your records (all of the related information about one person, place, or thing) and fields (a column in List view that shows a category of information, such as a serial number or purchase date) at once in List view. Form view is best for entering information into one record at a time, and Form Design view lets you customize your forms. Use Report view to organize and print specific information according to your needs.
a.. To see fields (a column in List view that shows a category of information, such as a serial number or purchase date) and records (all of the related information about one person, place, or thing) as rows and columns, on the View menu, click List.
- or -

To see one record at a time, on the View menu, click Form.

- or -

To design a form, on the View menu, click Form Design.

- or -

To see a report you've created with ReportCreator, on the View menu, click Report.

Note If you created a database from a Works database template, some reports are already created for you. If you did not use a template, you must create a report before switching to Report view. To create a report, on the Tools menu, click ReportCreator.

Tip
You can also switch views by using the toolbar (a row of buttons near the top of a window that you can click to perform an action, such as to print or save a document). Click List view for List view, Form view for Form view, Form Design for Form Design view, or Report view for Report view.


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Add a field
Why add a field?
After you have created a database, you can add one or more fields (a column in List view that shows a category of information, such as a serial number or purchase date) so that the database will contain more information. For example, if you have a database of books and you want to add information about whether a book was signed or not, you could add the field Signed to the database. 1 On the View menu, click List.

2 Click the field name (the name that appears at the top of each column in List view to identify each field) next to where you want to add the new field (a column in List view that shows a category of information, such as a serial number or purchase date).

3 On the Record menu, Insert Field, and then click Before or click After.

Works displays the Insert Field dialog box.

4 In the Field name box, type a new field name of up to 15 characters.

5 Under Format, click the format you want.

6 If the format has display options, under Appearance, click the way you want the format displayed.

7 Click Add.

8 Click Done.

Works inserts the new field before or after the field you selected.

Tip
In Form Design view, you can add a field by clicking where you want to add the field, clicking Field on the Insert menu, and then typing a new field name.



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"DON" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
| When creating a database from WORKS DATABASE VER9 the maximum amount of
| columns appears to be 15.
|
| Is there anyway to enlarge these fields.?
|
| The templates that come with it have larger fields. So it seems likely
| that there should be a way to extend the columns under the BLANK format. The
| program claims that you can modify the templates but it seems only to allow
| user to change the title but none of the other fields. When I attempt to
| change the other name of the fields they are DELETED.
| --
| DON

Microsoft Works Spreadsheet - Insert/Chart?

Posted: 22 Mar 2008 01:26 PM PDT

Works is a low end spreadsheet and doesn't have all the features of
Excel, which is a high end spreadsheet. Among other things, charts are
handled differently.

If you are taking a class on Excel, you are going to run into a lot of
these problems trying to do the same things in Works.

As for setting file associations, the procedure varies somewhat
depending on your version of Windows.

See the Identifying Attachment File Types and Setting File Associations
section of
Decoding Internet Attachments - A Tutorial
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/decode.htm#identify


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"Mickie" <com> wrote in message
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How load Calendar directly?

Posted: 22 Mar 2008 08:39 AM PDT

Wonder why your first search didn't reveal it?

By the way, I use Works version 6.0 (WindowsMe) and it's WksCal.exe is
located the same place as yours.

Ken

"Rick" <net> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...
| Thanks, guys -- I found it, in a directory I hadn't know about:
| C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Works Shared\
|
| Most of the other Works executables are in the regular C:\Program
| Files\Microsoft Works\. Maybe this other directory is new in Vista.
|
| Thanks, everybody.
|
| Ken wrote:
| > Perhaps Vista is hiding WksCal.exe. There has to be a executable for
the
| > calendar,
| >
| > I do not have Vista, copied the following from a previous post.
| >
| > "In Vista, go to Control Panel, choose classic view on the left pane,
open
| > Folder Options, click the 'view' tab, select the button to 'show hidden
| > files and folders', and I'd suggest you uncheck the box for "hide
extensions
| > for known file types", as it might make it harder to figure out which
file
| > is which." (basically the same as doing this in XP)
| >
| > Also , in search, there should be an Advanced selection to include
hidden
| > files/folders.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| >
| > "Rick" <net> wrote in message
| > news:%phx.gbl...
| > | Right; I have no file WksCal.exe on my hard drive. Maybe they changed
| > | it in Vista so that there's no separate executable for Calendar.
That's
| > | a drag because the calendar is the only part of Works that I use!
| > |
| > | Ken wrote:
| > | > You might try searching for WksCal.exe.
| > | >
| > | > See if you can open calendar by double clicking it.
| > | >
| > | > I do not know about Vista but with XP you can right click
WksCal.exe,
| > select
| > | > Sent To, on it's expanding menu choose Desktop (create shortcut).
| > | >
| > | > Ken
| > | >
| > | > "Rick" <net> wrote in message
| > | > news:u$phx.gbl...
| > | > | I have Works 8.5 on my Vista machine. When I open the Calendar,
it
| > | > | seems I have to open Works first, then click on the Open Calendar
| > button
| > | > | in the upper right. Is there a way to open the Calendar directly?
I
| > | > | don't think I see a standalone executable for it in the C:\Program
| > | > | Files\Microsoft Works\ directory. Thanks.
| > | >
| >

Can't copy from works to Semagic

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 09:02 AM PDT

Rach, I use WindowsMe and XP, have no experience with Vista.

What is confusing to me is your use of WordPad to wash info so it can be
pasted into Semagic.

I use Notepad to wash info when required. WordPad has never worked for me.

The link in Michael's post describes why I use Notepad.

As there is a difference in our systems I am going to back out of this
thread and just monitor.

Ken


"Rach" <rr.com> wrote in message
news:47e1a148$0$4975$com...

| Hmm..I know there are many ways to install and set up Windows. My
| Accessories menu (Vista Home Premium) has no entry for Clipboard Viewer.
Is
| there another way to check it?
|
| I found that I can copy and paste to the web interface for Semagic.. I
| haven't tried another client but that's certainly another way to go.
|
| Rach
|
| "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| news:#9#phx.gbl...
| > Hi Rach, you have an interesting problem.
| >
| > Do you have the same problem if using one of the other offline clients
| > when
| > updating your blog?
| >
| > I have Works version 6.0 and was going to see if I could duplicate the
| > problem but don't know how to access Semagic.
| >
| > When copying, the info is placed on Clipboard, which can be confirmed by
| > using your systems Clipboard viewer.
| >
| > When you try to paste into Semagic, is the info still on the clipboard
but
| > will not paste?
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Rach" <rr.com> wrote in message
| > news:47e150f4$0$30678$com...
| > |
| > | I'm sorry. I should have explained more clearly.
| > |
| > | I blog on LiveJournal. They offer several offline clients to use when
| > | updating your blog, including the usually excellent Semagic one. On my
| > old
| > | computer, I often used bits of documents I had entered in Word 2007
| > (Office
| > | Professional) by simply cutting and pasting them from Word to Semagic.
| > | However, anytime I try to do the same thing by cutting and pasting
from
| > a
| > | Works document, even if saved as .doc, the cut is fine, but nothing
| > pastes.
| > | Totally blank.
| > | I just wondered if anyone else had run into this problem and found a
| > | solution.
| > |
| > | Thank you for your time!
| > |
| > |
| > | "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| > | news:#phx.gbl...
| > | > What is Semagic interface?
| > | >
| > | > "Rach" wrote
| > | >
| > | > | I like Works very much. It's as good as Office, as far as I am
| > | > concerned,
| > | > | and for what I do. However, when I want to cut text from a Works
| > | > document
| > | > | and paste it into the Semagic interface, nothing happens. Simply
| > | > nothing.
| > | > I
| > | > | have to paste the text into Wordpad, and copy it from THERE to
the
| > | > Semagic
| > | > | interface.
| > | > |
| > | > | Any idea if there is anything I could do to fix this problem.
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks!
| > | > | Rach
| > | > |
| > | >
| >

Old Works 2.x sample files

Posted: 15 Mar 2008 04:11 PM PDT



The fellow here has a 5.25" disk with works 2 and Budget.wks
prod him out of his slumber and ask for a copy

http://m.nu/datorer/5.25/

HTH





"Rod Lockwood" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Calculate Age in MS Works Database

Posted: 13 Mar 2008 07:56 AM PDT


Working Out a Person's Age in Microsoft Works

How Works Spreadsheet Works with Dates

Works considers dates as numbers. Each date is assigned a unique serial
number. For example, the 27th September 1999 was date serial 36430.
Fortunately, you don't need to know this but the fact that all dates have
numerical values can be very useful. Windows uses the 1900 date system in
which 1st January 1900 is date serial 1, 2nd January 1900 is date serial 2
and so on.

When you type a date into a cell, Works shows you a date but is thinking of
a number.

Type today's Date into cell A1

To find out the serial number of a date, select the cell containing the date
then go to Format > Cells. Go to the Number tab and click General in the
Category list. The date's serial number will appear in the Sample box on the
right.

Click OK, serial number appears in cell A1

Now format cell A1 from General back to Date.

You can make use of these numbers in all sorts of ways. You can add a number
to a date to give a date that number of days later (or subtract a number to
get a date before), you can take one date from another to find out how many
days in between. There are lots of ready-made date functions too.

Working Out a Person's Age

A person's age is the amount of time since they were born (I know you know
that but the computer doesn't, and we have to start thinking like the
computer). So, all we have to do is put today's date in one cell and the
person's date of birth in another cell, then take their date of birth away
from today and you get their age - right? Well, sort of... you get a number.
Because you took a date serial from another date serial you get the number
of days in between*[note]. It looks like this...

A1| 3/18/2008 (Today)
A2| 9/27/1950 (Date of Birth)
A3| 20992 (Age)

In this example the formula in cell A3 is:
=A1-A2

We need to convert this number of days into a number of years. Most years
have 365 days but every fourth year has 366 days. So the average number of
years is 365.25. Let's modify our formula...

A1| 3/18/2008 (Today)
A2| 9/27/1950 (Date of Birth)
A3| 57.472964 (Age)

In this example the formula in cell A3 is:
=(A1-A2)/365.25


Note the brackets around the first part of the formula. Brackets mean "Work
out this bit first...". I've used them here to stop Works trying to divide
A2 by 365.25 before taking it away from A1. Works formulas work do any
multiplying and dividing before it does adding and subtracting, but anything
in brackets gets done first.
Now we can see a number of years, but it's still not quite right. We are
getting an accurate result but we don't really want to see the fraction. As
a last refinement we'll wrap the whole thing inside an INT() function to
give us a whole number (an integer). This is better than changing the number
of decimal places displayed, which would risk some numbers being rounded up
and giving an incorrect result. Here's the finished result...

A1| 3/18/2008 (Today)
A2| 9/27/1950 (Date of Birth)
A3| 57 (Age)

In this example the formula in cell A3 is:
=INT((A1-A2)/365.25)


*Note: In fact, to start with, you get another date. Confused? Don't be...
Works is trying to help but has misunderstood what we need. In date
calculations, the result cell sometimes gets automatically formatted the
same way as the first cell in the formula. Because the first cell was
formatted as a date Works showed you the result as a date, although you
wanted to see a number. Just reformat the cell manually by going to Format >
Cells > General.


Inserting Today's Date Automatically

You can save yourself the effort of entering today's date manually. Works
has a function, NOW(), that creates the current date. All you need to do is
place this function into the age calculation formula in place of the
reference of the cell that had today's date in it...

A1| 9/27/1950 (Date of Birth)
A2| 57 (Age)

In this example the formula in cell A2 is:
=INT((NOW()-A1)/365.25)


How accurate do you need to be?

This formula yields pretty accurate results but it isn't infallible.
Dividing by the average number of days in a year works for most people most
of the time, but sometimes it gets it wrong. Supposing the person in
question is a child, who hasn't yet lived through a 366 day year, you should
be dividing by 365 and not 365.25. So how can we get an exact, guaranteed
correct figure? Read on...

Using Nested IF Statements to Tell It Like It Is!

Supposing it's August and you need to know old someone is...

· The person was born in 1975. How old are they? You can't say.
· The person was born in August 1975. How old are they? You still can't say.
· A person was born on 23rd August 1975. How old are they? At last! You have
enough information. You can say for certain.

In order to calculate someone's age precisely you need to know the year in
which they were born, and whether or not hey have had their birthday.

If they have had their birthday you subtract their birth year from the
current year. If they have not yet had their birthday you subtract their
birth year from the current year, and then subtract 1. Easy! We do it all
the time without thinking about it. But explaining the rules to Works is a
bit more complicated. Here goes...

=IF(MONTH(NOW())>MONTH(A1),YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1),
IF(AND(MONTH(NOW())=MONTH(A1),DAY(NOW())>=DAY(A1)) ,
YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1),(YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1))-1))

I've written this calculation on three lines for clarity but you should
write is as a single expression without spaces. It assumes that cell A1
contains the person's date of birth. Here's what it says...

· IF(MONTH(NOW())>MONTH(A1)
If this month is later than the month of the persons birthday...

· YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1)
....subtract the year in which they were born from this year because they
must have had their birthday.

But what if we haven't passed the month in which they were born. We might be
in that month, or we might not have reached it yet. Let's find out...

· IF(AND(MONTH(NOW())=MONTH(A1),DAY(NOW())>=DAY(A1))
If we are currently in the month of the person's birthday and it is either
their birthday today or we have passed it...

· YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1)
....subtract the year in which they were born from this year because they
must have had their birthday.

But what if this isn't the month in which they were born. We know we haven't
passed their birthday so...

· (YEAR(NOW())-YEAR(A1))-1
....subtract the year in which they were born from this year then subtract 1,
because they haven't had their birthday yet.

Phew!


About IF Statements

An IF statement contains three parts:

IF(Logical Test,Value If True,Value If False)

Logical Test: This is a question or circumstance than can be answered yes or
no, or true or false.

Value If True: This is what the function should do if the answer to the test
is yes or true.

Value If False: This is what the function should do if the answer to the
test is no or false.

In other words, you ask a question. If the answer is yes you do one thing.
If the answer is no you do something else. What the IF statement does could
be to display a number or piece of text, or it can do a calculation (which
is what is does in the example I've used here).

But what if you don't have a simple yes/no question. The solution is a
nested IF statement. Instead of inserting a number, piece of text or
calculation, the value if true or value if false part (or both parts) can be
IF statements themselves. They normally need a bit of working out (!)
because they have to use the same logical process as Works does. If it
doesn't work first time, try writing it a different way. And try
"translating" it into English as I did above.

A nested IF statement says something like...

"If the answer is yes, do this. If the answer is no do this or this
(depending on..."

And if you think the Age Calculator is complicated, consider the fact that
Works can handle up to seven (count them!) nested IF statements in a single
calculation.



"Rich/rerat" wrote

| crimsonk91.
| In a new or existing Database:
| 1. Create a Column/Field, and label it "Birthday" (w/o quotes).
| a. If you already have a column/field in your database for birthdays,
| use that column/field name in the formula.
| 2. Create a second or additional Column/Field, and Highlight the whole
| column/field, if you want to do this for multiple records. In the formula
| field place the following formula:
|
| This formula will round up or down to the nearest tenth of a year.
| =ROUND((DATE(2008,12,25)-Birthday)/365.25,1)
|
| This formula will round up or down to the nearest whole year. (Less
accurate
| than formula above)
| =ROUND((DATE(2008,12,25)-Birthday)/365.25,0)
|
| 3. If you want a person's age today, to the nearest tenth of a year, the
| formula would be:
| =ROUND((NOW()-Birthday)/365.25,1)
|
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| "crimsonk91" wrote:
|
| > How can I calculate someone's age from birthdate to a certain date in
the
| > near
| > future? For example: How old will I be on December 25, 2008.
|
|
|
|

Forms Design

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 04:31 PM PDT


Thanks for posting your outcome Robert,
Cheers.


"Robert Bruce" 

Removing Works 2000

Posted: 12 Mar 2008 02:43 AM PDT

You're Welcome and thanks for posting back.

Ken

"Thistle" wrote

| Ken
|
| Many thanks. That worked and my spelling checker in Word 2007 is now
working
| properly.
|
| Thistle
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| >
| >
| > I would try using the removal tools described in this article.
| >
| > http://support.gateway.com/s/SOFTWARE/MICROSOF/sHARED/7513181faq24.shtml
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Thistle" wrote
| >
| > | Hi!
| > |
| > | I thought I had removed Works years ago (and I've thrown out the CD.)
| > |
| > | Now when I try to use the spell checker in Word 2007 it tries to
install
| > | something and asks for the Works 2000 disc.
| > |
| > | Works still appears in the Add/Remove Programs list but there is no
Remove
| > | button.
| > |
| > | How do I get rid of the last traces of Works so that I can use Office
2007
| > | without hinderance?
| > |
| > | Thanks in advance.
| > |
| > | Thistle
| >
| >

microsoft works has failed

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 07:32 PM PDT

If you can manage to find the installation files for Works, I think the
easiest way would be to just reinstall it (you may have a corrupted file in
the Works folder). If your Dell came with an applications and drivers DVD,
it's probably in there somewhere, but probably not simple to find. On my
Gateway laptop, the applications and drivers DVD has a bunch of numbered
folders in an 'Apps' subfolder. By browsing through them in Windows
Explorer, I can usually find some file name to give away what that folder
holds. Or, use the search feature to search the DVD for anything with
'works' in it. My install file is works8.msi, yours might be the same, and
the search should find it.

I have the same version of Vista you're using, with all current updates and
there's not been a problem, so that's why I think it's just a corrupted
file, not a daylight time issue or such.

Dell support may be able to tell you which folder the Works is in; if you
can find it and run a setup.exe or .msi file, you might be able to just
reinstall Works.

Another option might be to go to control panel, programs and features (which
is the old add/remove programs) and select Works and click the uninstall
button; it might give you a list of options, one of which would be 'repair'.
(obviously don't choose the uninstall unless you have found the installation
files). I don't know for sure that Works will offer the 'repair' option,
but it seems likely.

Good luck,
Gary


"jbl on Vista home prem" <microsoft.com>
wrote in message news:com... 

Installation Key

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 07:19 AM PDT

Johnny,
Previous Works "Suites" versions would include MS Word. The Product or
Activation (starting with WordXP/2002) key used for the installation process
was for the MS Word component, not the MS Works' components. The Word
Processor program is a "stripped" down version of MS Word. If you open the
processor program, you will notice that there are very few toolbars (less
features), than the MS Word program. Simple example is that the word
processor program, does not allow you to use macros in it, as MS Word does.
Well at least this is true in MS Works8.5, which I have installed on my PC
now, and I think that was true for earlier versions.

Check closely, the MS Word program that was included on the MS Works/Word
CD/DVD, may be just a trial version. Especially, if it was included with a
new PC. I bought a new Dell a year ago, and it came with MS Works8.5 plus a
trial version of MS Office 2003. MS Office 2003 still had to be activated
over the internet with an "special" activation key that came with the CD.
This would only work for about 30 days, before many of the features would
stop, and make the product almost useless. Then I would have had to call MS
up pay for the software, and get a new key. And the ironic thing is that MS
is would not let me buy MS Office 2003, but wanted me to purchase MS Office
2007.

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"Johnny" <com> wrote in message
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The strange thing is that both programmes came in the package, on a single
disk. MS Works 9 didn't need a product key, but Word does.

I must say that I can't see any difference between MS Works Word Processor
and Word 2002 that I had been using; but the only thing is that in the
former, when I try to import an image the import doesn't work.

Cheers.

Synch Works 2007 calendar between machines?

Posted: 08 Mar 2008 09:56 PM PST

You might try using the calendar's find function (just click on Find
without giving it any search criteria) to see if your data is actually
there, just assigned to a calendar that it can't display. You can open the
appointments and assign each one to a calendar. It's slow, but you can
sometimes recover your data.

The 2 key files for calendar are mswkscal.wcd and wkcalcat.dat.
Wklntsk1.dat is probably best not moved between machines, as it contain
paths that aren't guaranteed to be the same across machines (you can see
these paths if you open the file in a binary editor).

--DaveLovesTrains

"Gary R." <com> wrote in message
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Green underlining

Posted: 06 Mar 2008 04:32 PM PST

Ron Sommer wrote: 


Gratitude to Ron - Ken (in Oz)

MS Works Calender, holidays?

Posted: 03 Mar 2008 02:42 PM PST

Re: Do you know anything about that "language" they use for defining the
calendar, like where I can find information about it?

No, suspect internet could be your friend here.

You could go back to the 2002 holiday, open it, set the recurrence as
desired.

Ken

"Erik" <com> wrote in message
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| Ken,
| You are quite right - how could I miss that ... and if I go back to 2002,
| it's all there!
| Since you obviously state date, year and calender type for those
| not-date-fixed holidays, one might conclude that the "language" is
supposed
| to extrapolate, if everything is correct.
| Do you know anything about that "language" they use for defining the
| calender, like where I can find information about it?
| / Erik
|

date auto insert

Posted: 03 Mar 2008 10:35 AM PST

The MOD function means to get the remainder after dividing by the given
number.

Date/time fields are stored internally as the number of days since Dec.
31, 1899 (sort of - see below)

A value of 1.25 corresponds to January 01, 1900 6:00 AM

The INT() gets rid of any fraction. Not an issue if you are starting
with a date, but if you use the NOW() function, it includes a fraction
for the time of day, and we don't want that because it will confuse the
IF comparison.

Dividing by 7 to get the remainder (the MOD() function) gets us to the
day of week. As it happens, with the starting date used by Works, a
remainder of 0 corresponds to Saturday, 1 is Sunday, and 2 through 6 is
Monday through Friday.

Due to a bug in Works date calculation (it treats 1900 as a leap year,
when it wasn't), the day of week calculations for Jan. 1 - Feb 28, 1900
will be wrong.

--

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


"bry25_uk" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Works 9 problem

Posted: 03 Mar 2008 05:33 AM PST


"Alex" 

Thanks for posting results,
it seems an inherent problem in Works that this occurs
when sorting under form view Alex.




 

Vertical text???

Posted: 02 Mar 2008 08:41 AM PST

You're Welcome, glad it was of help.

Ken

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

| Ken, that was extremely helpful. Thankyou for taking the time to reply
:-) I
| almost purchased Works 9 today. I'm glad I waited...
|
| Trevor
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Perhaps this info from previous thread helps....
| >
| > From: tobeamiss <microsoft.com>
| > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 22:18:00 -0700
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > Can anyone tell me how I can rotate the page so have information printed
| > sideways on the page. ex...a flyer with phone numbers on the bottom
that
| > people can rip off the page? thanks.
| >
| >
| > From: "Michael Santovec" <net>
| > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:22:34 -0700
| > Local: Wed, Jun 20 2007 1:22 pm
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > What version of Works are you using?
| >
| > One option is to use WordArt. Select Insert, Object, Microsoft WordArt.
| > The text in WordArt can be rotated. You'll want to rotate 90 degrees.
| > You'll also need to resize the WordArt box.
| >
| >
| > --
| >
| >
| > Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
| >
| >
| > From: Erik Jan <microsoft.com>
| > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:40:42 +0200
| > Local: Wed, Jun 20 2007 1:40 pm
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| >
| > I thought that wordart was taken out of Works 8.5.
| >
| > Erik Jan
| >
| >
| > From: "Kevin James" <com>
| > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:12:56 +0100
| > Local: Wed, Jun 20 2007 2:12 pm
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > Hi Erik,
| >
| > You are correct to believe that WordArt has been removed from
| > Works 8.5 - as part of the update ( see item No.4 ):
| >
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/international/update_1001.mspx
| >
| >
| > I believe that is why Michael first queried which version is used.
| >
| >
| > Regards,
| > --
| > Kevin James
| >
| >
| >
| > From: tobeamiss <microsoft.com>
| > Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:48:00 -0700
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > hi, and thank you for your response.....I'm using Microsoft 2000.
| >
| >
| >
| > From: tobeamiss <microsoft.com>
| > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:18:00 -0700
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > I awaited a reply to my last post and then finally thru determination
and
| > perseverence, here's what I did........
| >
| > clicked on 'insert', 'add text box', then typed in the text
box.....clicked
| > on 'format', then 'text box', then the 'size' tab, and then rotate 90.
So
| > thank you anyway, I figured it out for myself. I did it a few years ago
| > without 'word art' and just couldn't remember.
| >
| >
| > From: "Ken" <Thanks>
| > Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 10:45:57 -0400
| > Local: Mon, Jun 25 2007 9:45 am
| > Subject: Re: HELP with making a flyer
| >
| > Hi tobeamiss,
| >
| > Thanks for providing your resolution, great work.
| >
| >
| > Ken
| >
| >
| >
| > "Pentaholic" wrote
| >
| > | I am using Microsoft works 6.0 with Windows XP version 5.1 to attempt
to
| > | create posters for the purpose af advertising locally. I need to type
| > text
| > | vertically(perpendicular to horizontal) along the bottom edge of the
page
| > to
| > | provide people with phone number/e-mail "tear tabs" to take home with
them
| > so
| > | they retain the required info without disturbing the actual poster.
I'm
| > sure
| > | many of you have seen this practice.
| > |
| > | Is this possible using Microsoft Works 6.0? If not can anyone please
| > | provide info on alternate products that will allow me to accomplish
this
| > | endeavor? Perhaps there is a downloadable update for Microsoft Works
6.0?
| > |
| > | I am reasonably inexperienced with this software and would appreciate
any
| > | insight that some of you more seasoned users can provide...
| > |
| > | Thank-you,
| > | Trevor
| >
| >

MS Works Calender, How to backup?

Posted: 02 Mar 2008 07:18 AM PST

Your are Welcome and thanks for posting where Mswkscal.wcd is located on
Vista.

Ken

"Erik" wrote

| Thanks for valuable information, Ken!
| In WVista it is placed in C:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Works.
| And yes, ProgramData is a hidden map.
| / Erik
|
| "Ken" <Thanks> skrev i meddelandet
| news:phx.gbl...

| > A) Where do I find the calendar data that should be copied?
| >
| > Calendar data file is... Mswkscal.wcd.
| >
| > It's location is different for each operating system, if Windows XP....
| >
| > C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Works
| > ------------
| >
| > B) Can I change the location of these data permanently?
| >
| > Not that I know of.....
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > PS:
| >
| > I should mention, by default, the Application Data folder is hidden on
| > Windows XP.
| >
| > To show hidden files.
| >
| > Go to Control panel and open Folder Options or open My Documents, choose
| > Tools on the menu bar, then choose Folder Options on it's menu. Either
| > way
| > opens the Folder Options dialog window. Choose the View tab then tick
| > "Show
| > hidden files and folders", click OK.
| >
| > While there you might also want to uncheck "Hide file extension for
known
| > file types"
| >
| >
| >
| > "Erik" wrote
| >
| > | I want to include my MS Works Calender in my backup. Thereof two
| > questions:
| > | A) Where do I find the calender data that should be copied?
| > | B) Can I change the location of these data permanently?
| > |
| > | / Ku
| > |
| >
|

How can I open very old Office and Works files in Works 9?

Posted: 29 Feb 2008 10:13 PM PST

For the older Works files, you may need to get an older version of Works
(e.g. 4 which is also known as Works 95) and use that to open the older
files and save to a newer format. You should be able to get it cheap on
the Internet. You might even need to go in two steps and then convert
the Works 4 files in works 6 to 8.

Going from DOS format is a big jump. I think Works 4 can still import
them. My Works 6 can import Works for Windows version 3 files but not
old DOS versions.

I'm little surprised that you have a problem with Office 97. What types
of files are these? But the Works 6 through 8 should be able to open
them and save to a format that Works 9 supports.



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cannot paste anything into MS Works Word

Posted: 27 Feb 2008 07:29 AM PST

See if this applies

Error message when you drag or copy and paste text and picture objects
into Microsoft Works: "The information you copied exceeds the size limit
for pasting into the Word Processor"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=268762

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