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Microsoft Word - Moving from VBA to C# for developing add-ins to Microsoft Office


Moving from VBA to C# for developing add-ins to Microsoft Office

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:52 PM PDT

I have heard that it is possible to write apps for Word in C# as a replacement for VBA.  I have just spent over an hour going through a bewildering maze of what seems to be conflicting information on the Web.  I see Visual Studio 2010 and 2013, I see Visual Studio Tools for Office, I see Office Interop, I see MSDN, I see .NET 4.5.  But I cannot find a simple roadmap of what to do if I want to move on from VBA. One of the key benefits for me would be to use the more mature Visual Studio as the IDE in place of the built-in VBA editor which is ... flaky ... to say the least.

I would be eternally grateful if someone can tell me if it is possible, what I need, what would I gain/lose and how much it would cost.  I am a retired software developer currently working on a non-profit project with no possibility of any remuneration whatsoever, so I cannot even think of spending thousands of dollars.  Free downloads would be ideal.

I am using Office 2010 currently but may upgrade to 2013 if needed.

adthanksvance

Stop Word 2013 from printing extra page showing statistics

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:47 PM PDT

I have not found why Word Pro 2013 is printing an extra page showing the information shown in this image followed by my document.

This does not occur when printing any other content i.e. PDF, test print, internet content. This does not happen when printing in Word Pro 2010.

How do I turn this off for Word Pro 2013?

Need to "undelete" an essay

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 12:25 PM PDT

I have office 365 on iPad mini and my essay in word was deleted by mistake. I need help undoing that mistake please.

thank you

Content Control: Address Book Option?

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:51 AM PDT

I'm using content controls to create a form letter.  I would like a field that give the user the option to type in the addressee and address or to choose an address from his/her contacts list.  I can get the Address book into Word on the quick access toolbar.  is there a way to link that to an option in the drop down box?

Thank you.

"Word has run into an error"

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 11:12 AM PDT

hello, so I have had Microsoft Office 2013 for almost a full year and all of my Office programs work except for Word 2013. This is a new error that keeps occurring. Everytime I try to click on the Word icon the message "We're sorry but Word has run into an error that has prevented it from working properly". I have tried literally everything I can to get help with this problem; I have uninstalled and reinstalled Office 2013 over 3 times, I have changed the settings for Office, I have repaired Office and I even called Microsoft Support and spoke to 2 "experts" who could not help. I have also looked at all of these discussions to see if I could find a solution. Although I have read a lot of helpful comments, nothing has worked for me and I really need this program for school. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!

exporting documents new letterhead using batch method

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:48 AM PDT

Hi,

We have documents that were "exported" to new letterhead as the company logo changed over the years. This was done by using a macro. Once again the company logo/information has changed and I am being asked to export the information onto new letterhead.

Two parts to my question:

1) As the information was exported from one letterhead to another the versions of MS Office also changed, therefore old codes transferred along with the information. This makes the documents act strange at times. Can we remove old macros or code before transferring the information?

2) What is the best to move the information wholesale (batched) from letterhead to another?

Thanks!

Word 13 Visual Basics Error: The language VBE7INTL.DLL could not be found.

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:24 AM PDT

Hello,

everytime I launch Word 13 and try to create a blank document, this VB error pops up. After closing it, it'll come up a few more times, then Windows tells me, that the VB environment couldnt be initiliazed. Afterwards Word doesnt work anymoe.

I think the problem appeared when I installed the german language pack on my Surface.

It's not bc of too little RAM, and I already tried creating a new normal.dotm file, the new one has a little ! in the icon... Um, or does it have sth to do with the .dll file?

Any help would be kindly appreciated :)

Preserving text format when copying and paste special-ing from Excel to Word in Office 2010 Professional Plus

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:18 AM PDT

I am trying to copy a fairly complex spreadsheet (one that contains several simple mathematical functions coded into the document -- I mention this in case it might be having some effect on what I'm experiencing) from Excel to Word, but when I do so, the text within the cells is affected ... the spacing between some characters becomes wider, causing other characters to nearly overlap with one another and rendering the text whacky-looking on the whole. I am highlighting and copying the table within Excel, placing my cursor on the destination page in Word, clicking "Paste Special," and selecting "Paste as Microsoft Excel Worksheet Document."

Does anyone have any idea how I can accomplish transferring this table from Excel to Word WITHOUT messing up the text within the cells?

Thanks!

Citing resource from an inserted online picture or video

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 09:05 AM PDT

With the new additions, inserting pictures and videos directly from the Internet (online) is a breeze. How can you automatically have your resources cited in the footnotes or bibliography section on your paper (similar to what Google Docs) does for you?

Will System Restore put my deleted Ms Office applications back?

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:26 AM PDT

I have been trying to fix a problem on my computer and as part of it I deleted my MS Office application.  If I do a system restore that I took prior to working on my computer, will it restore my MS Office applications ?

Make spell check ignore partial words followed by a hyphen?

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 08:07 AM PDT

I transcribe audio regularly.  My format requires that I transcribe partial words followed by two hyphens.  The spell check flags every one of these.  Is there a way to get the spell check to ignore them?  I tried adding *-- to the dictionary, but it didn't work.

Thanks.

How To Change Microsoft Word 2013 editable fields default setting. Do not want to have to click "View/Edit Document" to edit fields!

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 06:41 AM PDT

In the older versions of word, when I opened one of our lease documents, which has a text field and check box field, I  used to be able toopen the doc and edit those fields. Now with the new Word 2013, those fields are not editable unless you click "View/Edit Document". Just 2 extra steps but time consuming when you are doing 100's of leases. 

Is there a way in the settings to set it so you can just edit the fields upon opening.  And not have to click "View/Edit Document".

Thank you

Directory name not valid error message

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 06:22 AM PDT

Whenever I start Word 2013 I get this message:


C:\Temp is a directory on my hard drive and I can both read and write to it. 

When I start Word in Safe Mode by holding down CTRL, the error message does not appear. But when I start it normally, the error message comes back.

I have tried deleting my normal.dotx file to let Word recreate it, but that didn't get rid of the error. What else should I check to see where the error comes from?

Word 2013 repair?

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 06:12 AM PDT

Word was working fine u til 2 days ago when it said this: Something went wrong/We couldn't start your program etc......Try repairing from "Programs and Features" on control panel.

Well I can't find this Programs and Features on the control panel............Help.

I did do a restore to previous date and that helped other problems but now this one.

Plus, when it is working it makes me save all my docs to PDF before I print, and when I want to print it keeps asking me to save as PDF when I already have, so it won't print. Suggestions?

I'm not real savvy so simple is better then techie, thanks.

KVL

Merging to Word2013 document with embedded spreadsheet

Posted: 26 Sep 2014 03:28 AM PDT

I am having problems when merging to a word document which has embedded spreadsheets.  This problem has arisen today previously it was working fine.

When the merge has been completed all of the mergefield codes are like this {DATE \@ "d MMM yyyy"} which reverts to the correct information when I toggle the field code.

However the document also has two embedded spreadsheets which show as { EMBED Excel.sheet.12 }.  I can open this document and edit it but cannot get it to display as a table in the word document.  Obviously a setting has changed somewhere but where?

krikirgappa update

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 10:22 PM PDT

I am using Office365 Professional.

All of a suddent, I am getting an additional panel on the top right of my office word program..

It says Kirikirigappa downloader.

How to get rid of this additional downloader toolbar on my word program.

It's happening from the last one week. I assume I got to see this on 18th Sep on my word and still not going off.

I didn't find anything with that name under add-ins.

Creating a drop down box in word 2013

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 06:14 PM PDT

I am trying to create a drop down box in word 2013 - I have searched and it says to go to view > toolbar > forms. But when I go to view I cannot find the toolbar option. I also cant even find a help tab in 2013. Im trying to add this and not very tech savvy - help please!

horizontal pan when editing graphic in Word

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 05:01 PM PDT

Greetings...

Win 7, Office 365, MS Word:

Created new empty doc, creating flowchart-type graphic.

Page=letter, landscape, 1/4" margins all around.

As I add an item to the chart, then try to add/edit text, the graphic slides sideways on the screen to show the left side of the graphic.

Not the part of the graphic I'm working on, the whole other edge of the page, and I can't see the element I was adding!

Arrgh.

This is when I'm zoomed in on the graphic to where the whole page doesn't fit on the screen. Word's window does not seem to be repositioning, so I'm assuming (yeah, ****/u/me) that it's Word and not my display drivers, etc.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Jay

Microsoft Word 2010 - Using calculations in table

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 04:19 PM PDT

Hello,

I am trying to build a formula within a table in Word. Table 1 is where the formula is. Table two is where the information is.

Table 1 - I need to show a % of the following in table 2.

If (table2 c5 = 0, 0, c5/c4)

Word 2010 cannot connect to Outlook 2013 address book for mail merge

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 03:33 PM PDT

I have a problem connecting from Word to the address book.

In the Envelope and Labels window, when looking to mail merge, there is no icon for the address book.  I have attached how it should look but have circled the icons that are missing on the PC in question.

Also, after creating a quick launch icon, it is grayed out.

Machine Specs
Word 2010, Outlook 2013 on a Recent Windows7 PC.

Adding automatic paragraph number also adds strikeout text

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 03:19 PM PDT

I have a document with multi-level lists tied to the built-in heading levels.   I am entering the text in track changes for a client.  When I enter my Heading 2 text, I turn off track changes.  However, even with track changes TURNED OFF, the document enters the previous number as strikeout text in front of the new number (in redline text)!   I tried accepting just that change, but Word ignores it (I'm in Word 2013 and "accept this change" is greyed out; "accept and move to next" just moves to the next line of text without changing anything).   How do I fix that?????

Cannot open a 97-03 Word file in Word 2010

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 03:09 PM PDT

Hello,

I have some very old files that I am now trying to open in Word 2010.  The files were created on an old computer and I had the hard drive contents transferred to this computer years ago.  The Type of file according to the list of files is Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document.  In the same folder I also have duplicates of each file with the addition of ._ at the beginning of each file.  When I double click on the file (without that addition) I get a message saying that: Word was unable to read this document. It may be corrupt.  I tried the Open and Repair feature and it did not work.  I also tried to open in IE and it did not work.  Please let me know how I can open these files.  Much appreciated!

How to put a text over an equation in word 2010?

Posted: 25 Sep 2014 12:06 PM PDT

Hi,
I want to make this formula in Word 2010 in equation tools, but I do not know how insert character "o" up this formula that are shown with red arrows.

I also used Matrix 2*1 from equation tab but it did not exactly same as bellow.

 

Change workstation's domain, exchange account - Microsoft Exchange

Change workstation's domain, exchange account - Microsoft Exchange


Change workstation's domain, exchange account

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 11:35 AM PDT

billan <microsoft.com> wrote: 

So - the user is moving to an entirely unrelated AD domain/forest? If so,
export the mailbox to PST using Outlook import/export (or exmerge on the
server). Then when the workstation is connected to the new mailbox, either
exmerge it back in, or open the PST in outlook and select/copy/paste data
into the mailbox (don't use Import in Outlook).

If you mean that you'll be moving the user's Exchange mailbox to another
server, don't worry about the OST file - a new one will be generated from
the mailbox data.
 

No. OST files are mirrors of a mailbox and are permenantly linked to the
mail profile/mailbox for which they were created.



Aggregating NDR's sent to multiple mailboxes

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 09:36 AM PDT

Sorry, I think my verbiage was confusing. When I wrote "undeliverables
coming from external mail servers" I was referring to the bounced NDR's that
are like a normal message. The "Mail Delivery System," "Mailer Daemon," and
"we're blocking your address as spam until you reply" type emails that hit
our inboxes.

What I got from your message is that I can grab the true NDR's by tweaking
exchange to send a copy of them to a mailbox. That's 80 - 90% of the battle
right there. To get everything else I might be able to use our anti spam
software to identify and possibly aggregate those - probably a cleaner
solution than creating and maintaining outlook rules.

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Exchange 2007 Marking old Email as Unread in public folder

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 10:30 AM PDT

On Jun 12, 1:46 pm, "Mark Arnold [MVP]" <org> wrote: 

We do not have replication on our Public Folders stores. I do not
think that is the issue.


Delivered email resend again

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 02:26 AM PDT

Hi,
Checked the message tracking and it was the same email that was sent before
with the same old date 10 May 2007. Any clue?

"Tzahi Kolber" wrote:
 

SMTP Outbound Email stops after Gateway Server is rebooted

Posted: 11 Jun 2007 10:32 AM PDT

Both of these sound like good response. I will try this on Saturday. I think
I tried the Stop and Start services of SMTP, however I will report back next
week. Thanks for the help.


"John Fullbright" wrote:
 

MSExchangeES not starting, code 0x80070001

Posted: 08 Jun 2007 11:22 PM PDT


"John Fullbright" <fjohn@donotspamenetappdotcom> wrote in message
news:%23%phx.gbl... 

OK, so I took the account of the mailbox I'm going to register my event sink
to, and added it explicitly to Permissions and Mailbox Rights of the
mailbox, giving it explicit "Full Control" and "Full mailbox access". Then I
put that account in the Identity page of the COM+ application, and restarted
the application; re-registered the event sink. Still, the service will not
start, and the event sink doesn't work. Any other suggestions?
 

Well, I've been given a simple task: to setup a mailbox that could forward
the incoming messages to an sms-gate, replacing the Subject of the messages
with a specific mobile phone number, but leaving the Body untouched; and one
such mailbox for each of our system administrators and software developers
(about 10 or so). I couldn't find a way to do that using a rule in MS
Outlook (I mean, replacing the Subject), so I thought it would be a better
idea to use server-side event sinks. But maybe Outlook can help me with my
task? Any suggestions in this direction?

--
Yuri

 


Archiving Infromation Store

Posted: 07 Jun 2007 04:32 PM PDT

Stup88 <microsoft.com> wrote: 

Well, you can *store* PST files on a server, but MS doesn't support
*accessing* a PST file across a LAN/WAN connection in Outlook. It leads to
performance problems and possible data corrupution.
 

I suggest that you disable autoarchive in Outlook; you can do this via group
policy.
 

See
http://www.exchangefaq.org/faq/Exchange-5.5/Why-PST-=-BAD-/q/Why-PST-=-BAD/qid/1209
(you'll need to click to expand the text)
 
 

Sure - there's also Quest, and many others. You might look into trial
versions and set up a lab/test environment.
 



E23K authenticates to DC in different subnet

Posted: 07 Jun 2007 09:06 AM PDT

Check sites and services. If the subnet is not associated with the correct
site there, it's in the default first site by default.


"Tim Gowen" <org> wrote in message
news:%phx.gbl... 


Email address type in global address list/address book...

Posted: 07 Jun 2007 07:04 AM PDT

Adam <microsoft.com> wrote: 

No prob....hope this helped.


Mailbox access delegation

Posted: 07 Jun 2007 05:05 AM PDT

Hello Mark,

Thank you for your helpful reply... as usual :-)

Regards
--

M. Ali Qureshi
=======================
Lord works in mysterious ways...
....and SysAdmins at mysterious hours
"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <org> wrote in message
news:com... 


NDR received one year later

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 02:07 PM PDT

The recipient is internal.
The NDR indicate that the destiantion mail box is full.
Yes, the Exchange Server has been rebooted.

Thank you.

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Some users unable to access OWA

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 12:47 PM PDT

I wish it was that easy. It's hard to get an exact count. They have many
remote users outside the office that rely on either OWA for email or VPN
connectivity for full network access. I know of 2 users that are in the
office and atleast one outside the office. It's possible there's more, but
I'm just a consultant and work remotely as much as I can. I've got about 20
exchange servers that I manage and none of them have this issue. This server
has no history of crashing, just one day I got the complaint. A MS update
maybe? I can't even track it back to a date now.

I'm tempted to just delete the user and recreate them, but then I'd have to
deal with their profile issues because of the SID changing. I'd rather find
a server based fix if there is one.

I appreciate the replies.

"Michael Dragone" wrote:
 

Unable to delete public folder

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 06:17 AM PDT

M. Ali Qureshi <com> wrote: 

See whether
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1068012,00.html
helps.


E2K Service issue

Posted: 05 Jun 2007 10:46 AM PDT

Its very possible. If your harware is not running properly it can affect
Exchange.

--
John Oliver, Jr
MCSE, MCT, CCNA
Exchange MVP 2007
Microsoft Certified Partner


"mperone A+ mcse, ccna" <microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:com... 

Windows crashed while working w/ Project 2003 Microsoft Project

Windows crashed while working w/ Project 2003 Microsoft Project


Windows crashed while working w/ Project 2003

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 01:11 PM PDT

Mike - thanks!

"Mike Glen" wrote:
 

Project PRofessional 2003 Formual Question

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 12:07 PM PDT

Haris,

Thanks for the formula did know that existed. I have one more question....
Is there a reason why on the rollup the units convert back to days?

Thanks

Bill



"Haris Rashid" wrote:
 

Using Project Professional 2002 with Microsoft Project Server 2003

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 11:47 AM PDT

hi Pedro Caetano Barros,

Project 2002 is compatible with Project Server 2003 but not 100%.
Project Professional 2002 users who are allowed to connect to Project Server
2003 can use only the features that are included in Project Professional
2002. New features that are included in Project 2003 are not available to the
Project Professional 2002 users. The Project 2003 features that are not
available to Project Professional 2002 users who are allowed to connect to
Project Server 2003 include the following:
• The Risks command on the Collaborate menu.
• The Save command in the Save to Project Server dialog box when you save an
administrative project.
• The Delete command in the Open from Microsoft Project Server dialog box.
• Managed timesheet options and Actual Work Protected options.
• Enterprise Resource Multi-Value Outline Codes in project plans.
• The proposal of resources to project assignments.

For more information about how to connect to Project Server 2003 by using
Project Professional 2002, see the "Connect to Project Server using Microsoft
Project 2002" topic in the Microsoft Project Server 2003 Administrator's
Guide. To obtain the Microsoft Project Server 2003 Administrator's Guide,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2f446940-147b-447a-b0d3-6088673a53a4&DisplayLang=en


Kind regards,
-------
Haris
http://www.manage-systems.com
---------------------------------------

"Pedro Caetano Barros" wrote:
 

Baseline in MS Project 2003

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 11:21 AM PDT

Hi Pat,

Glad to know that helped and thanks for the feedback.

Each of the fields is defined pretty well in help but unfortunately, they
are not all in "one list" as they cross the three areas of tasks, resources,
and assignments.

As far as the comments about links info, cost info etc being deleted, I
believe you are correct, but if you delete a task the baseline information
for that task would be deleted as well. The summary task would still retain
the information from the deleted task unless you were to rebaseline.

I am not sure precisely what you are looking for as far as "info
retained" -- is there a specific issue you are questioning that we can help
you out with?

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"Pat Walsh" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 


Project 2003 Task - Reminder in Outlook

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 10:52 AM PDT

Hi Dee,

You're welcome. For an alternative to the workgroup message handler, see a
post titled "Exporting to Outlook" on March 12, 2005 specifically the macro
posted by Maurice Birchler. Search this newsgroup for "Birchler Outlook"
and you should happen on it fairly quickly.

I have not tried the macro but perhaps his code will help.

Hope this helps.

Julie
"dee" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 


Microsoft project critical paths

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 09:21 AM PDT

Hi Gerard,

Thanks so much!

Sheila
Gérard Ducouret wrote: 

Under filters the Apply button is dimmed?

Posted: 16 Sep 2005 08:02 AM PDT

You are welcome Aileen. Glad you were able to sort it out.

Julie
"Aileen_H" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 


Program will not open in MS Project 2003 Professional.

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 07:05 PM PDT

Hi Albie,

Pardon me for jumping in. See the following Knowledge Base Article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;887028

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

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


change project end date

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 01:45 PM PDT

I'm afraid editing the end date of a project is all too easy!!! I think you
urgently need to take a course in using Project or get someone onsite to
help you ASAP. The problem is we can't see what you've done. Undoubtedly
you've entered lots of dates which makes everything fixed and therefore time
consuming to edit. You need a fresh start with no dates, get all tasks
linked, resources assigned to reflect real costs and appropriate baselines
saved.

If you can tell us exactly how you fixed the end date, we can help you with
advice on how to undo what you've fixed. Trouble is that you may well have
made many edits most of which may well need undoing and links added etc.

If the contract is also time critical you need an accurate critical path to
tell you which tasks can't be slipped even a day and which ones can be.

You could send your schedule to someone on the group to review and clean up
but that is only a very partial solution as the scheduler really needs to be
at your premises talking with key managers and resources to create a
worthwhile result.

We're happy to help but from your description, if you want value from your
schedule, get onsite help so you can learn ready for the next contract.

--

Rod Gill
Project MVP
Visit www.msproject-systems.com for Project Companion Tools and more


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


How do I calculate a date for a view using PWA admin

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 10:54 AM PDT

jims1000 --

This is not possible. Sorry.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"jims1000" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 


Purchasing Project Server

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 09:49 AM PDT


Hi Chris,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Chris wrote: 



ResourceAssignment MSP 2003

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 09:49 AM PDT


Hi Rick,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Jan De Messemaeker wrote: 



Resource Costing - NEED HELP !

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 06:05 AM PDT


You're welcome, Doug, and good luck! :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Doug Carter - Sarnia, ON wrote: 



Monthly Cost estimates

Posted: 15 Sep 2005 04:58 AM PDT

Thanks Gerard, this allows me to enter an initial set of costs against each
month but they then don't move if I move the task dates.

I am using the Task Usage view split with the normal Gantt View. I enter
the baseline costs in at monthly intervals and then drag the Gantt task bars
to move the dates out further in the future. I would expect the costs to
move also but theyw on't.


"Gérard Ducouret" wrote: