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word 360 templates

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:05 PM PDT

I opened a word template.  I modified it by changing the text in a letter.   I saved the document.  I then attached it to an email.  (outlook)  

when I opened the attachment the document with word 360 it was viewed in "read mode" and the formatting was destroyed.  I know that I can click on picture layout and the attachment is reformatted as it should be.  Why does it change formats and how would the person receiving the attachment know what to do to view it correctly?

Microsoft office home and student 2010 won't download

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 02:17 PM PDT

I recently bought a windows 8 laptop (HP Envy). My grandparents have a never used  their Office Home and Student 2010. I have tried everything i could think of to get this to download on my pc but it always gives me a product error and says this product code is not office 2013. I need this for homework! Please help!

seeking possible solution to an unusual case relating to Reference > Mark Index entry > Cross-reference

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT

  • I have an item XYZ listed on pg.2 and XYZ details on pg.273
  • I select the item XYZ on pg.2 and click 'Mark All' under 'References > Mark entry'
  • Index now lists that item XYZ........2, 273
  • After the item XYZ on pg.2, I add within brackets (details on pg.273)
  • Later, I add 5 pages in between pg.2 and pg.273 as a result XYZ details appearing on pg.273 move to pg.278 and Index updates itself accordingly
  • What I need to do so that entry XYZ (details on pg.273) gets updated to (details on pg.278)?

If item XYZ was to be part of TOC, it would be a straightforward case. But that won't the serve purpose.

Thank you.

Word count feature has stopped working

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 12:50 PM PDT

<Moved from Windows 7 > Programs>  <Word Version unspecified>

I do editing of documents that originate in other countries, primarily China (using Word's track changes program). Lately, the word count feature (that tells how many words are in a document) has stopped working. Any help to figure out this problem and how to solve it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Drawing canvas problem

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 12:36 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

I remember posting this last week. I hope nobody deleted my post.

I use word 2007 and windows 7 enterprise.

Word seems to randomly delete pictures from my document.

Please see this video and I hope for a comment on this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLu_soUCtw

Marius

How to find and replace text inside a table cells in word document?

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 11:25 AM PDT

Hi,

In a word document table, I need to find the text Orange, Grapes & Guava in column 2 and

update the text in corresponding cell in column for the same row as "Like".  

 

     Col 1 Col 2 Col 3
  Apple Like
  Orange Dislike
  Grapes Dislike
  Blue Berry Dislike
  Black Berry Like
  Guava Dislike
  Mange Dislike

Please help how I can do this?

regards

Prakash

Enable Search from within Word 2013

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 11:22 AM PDT

We are unable to utilize the Bing (or Google) search with highlighted words in Word. This is the error we get. I can't find a registry key or Office option to allow access to the internet. Yes, we can use the internet (no restrictions).


Update fields in WORD Legacy form fields

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 10:35 AM PDT

I am having an issue getting WORD form fields to update SUM and other function fields, and 'FORMTEXT' calculations. Did something change in WORD (I don't remember ever having so much difficulty setting up a form to auto-calculate on tab-out of the referenced fields.)

Thx!  Doug

Mail Merge with Word 2013 and Exce

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 10:26 AM PDT

I have a form set up linked to an Excel file.  One field (comments) will not always have a value.  If not, the merge leaves an extra space.  Please help me fix.  Thank you for your time.

Julie

Footnote in Word 2010

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 09:52 AM PDT

Every time I try to insert a footnote in Word 2010, instead of a small number on the spot where I want to insert, a full size number appears.  I simply cannot seem to change it.  I shut down and restarted, inserted in several 'test spots" to see if anything changed - nothing.  It still looks like this:

" involvement with the arts forms 1"


I simply cannot get the number right!

How can I make a word document available as a web page?

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 09:10 AM PDT

I want to create a Facebook post for a document about Halloween crafts for families to enjoy. I want to be able to add a link on the post that takes them straight to the document in their web browser. How can I do this? 

Thanks

Word cannot start the converter PDF files

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 05:22 AM PDT

Office 2013 Pro Plus cant open PDF files. Receive the error "word cannot start the converter PDF files". Ran the repair - not fixed. PDF files open fine in Win 8 Reader. No other PDF apps have ever been installed. Just used the default Win 8.1 reader. I'm guessing PDF Reflow is missing or corrupt. Any info on this error /converter? 

Thanks -

Office word serial numbering

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 04:30 AM PDT

want to get some help about ms office 2013 pro.  I have prepared a word document on office 2013 pro. I want its 200 copies in the same document with different serial number ( i.e 100 to 300).
        
                 Please provide me solution for this.
                                                                         

When I attempt to open a word document, I get a error message

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:35 AM PDT

Hey guys !

When I attempt to open a word document, I get a error message :

Word failed reading from this file. Please restore the network connection or replace floppy disk and retry.

I'm left with 2 options - retry and cancel.

I see my text in teh background, however I can't access it because the popup box is in the way. 

I'm running it off a local hard drive.

Does anyone know how I can repair this ? It's a very important document.

Thanks.

Microsoft Equation 3.0 makes word temporarily freeze

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 02:50 AM PDT

Hello there,

I use equations very often in my documents and recently I have been experiencing a lot of frustration using the Equation editor. Every time I edit or add an equation my MS Word temporally freezes for around 30sec - 1 min, this may seem not so bad, but when you add an equation every 3 or 4 words it really becomes an annoyance.

I tried using other Office products like Power Point and the problem keeps happening, even when pasting the equation into the word document it still takes a while to add the equation.

I installed from MS 2010 to 2013 and the problem is still there.

I am using Windows 7, 64-bit.

Equation Editor Question

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 10:31 PM PDT

My Equation Editor has been behaving strangely in recent weeks. It generally works normally when I open Word. As soon as I press the backspace key, however, two strange symbols appear on each side of the editor field. (The backspace key itself may not be the real trigger... more specifically, I believe the symbols appear when I press backspace or certain other keys without there being any actual symbols in the Editor field.) The symbols are distracting, and they do not disappear when I exit the Editor. What is more, once they have appeared, they reappear whenever I reopen the Editor. Only when I restart Word completely do I get rid of them. Any suggestions about how to resolve this problem would be much appreciated.

Lexmark Printer Preferences window in Word 2013 will not close

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 10:10 PM PDT

When trying to adjust printer preferences in Microsoft Word 2013 (Office 365 with current updates), the printer preferences window will not close and I am forced to open Task Manager to End Task (for Word, I tried to end task for just the preferences window to no avail). The OK, Cancel and 'X' for closing window all blink as if recognized, but will not close the window. The window is responsive, I can switch tabs within it, and change settings, but it won't close so that I can get back to print or edit my document. My computer is running Windows 8.1 Pro with all current updates and I am using the most recent driver from the Lexmark support site (driver is listed as version 2.2.8.1 in Device Manager). The printer is connected via USB (not the wireless option). The printer will still print and default preferences can be set from the 'Devices and Printers' page of the Windows Control Panel, but I am unable to adjust preferences from within MS Office. I tried uninstalling and re-installing the printer driver, but still no luck.

I also sent a support request to Lexmark about this, but I suspect this is Office 2013/365-related, seeing as I can adjust Preferences through the Control Panel. I just figured I'd check with the folks at Lexmark to see if this was an issue they had heard of before. I couldn't find anything similar when searching on Google. 

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3
CPU: Inter Core i7-870
RAM: 16 GB DDR3 (1333 MHz)

Printer: Lexmark X6675 (connected by USB)

How to recover Word document accidentally deleted from Ipad

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:36 PM PDT

I accidentally deleted a Word document on my Ipad (from OneDrive as well) that I would love to recover if there is a way??

How do I save a word.doc as a jpg

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:31 PM PDT

How do I save a word.doc as a jpg?

Word 2013 document has become uneditable and all the text has a gray fill to it. Please help!

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:04 PM PDT

I am not sure what I've done/what has happened to my Word document. It now looks like the below images, cannot type anything without have it write over everything. When clicking, I can only highlight ALL the text. Also, every line and all text now has a gray background fill. What have I done and how can I fix it?!?

I cannot add or remove any text from the document...

Thanks in advance! 

Enable Guest edit via Installed Office to docs on SharePointOnline?

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 07:01 PM PDT

I'm using SharePointOnline.com.  I want to share and document with  someone outside of my organization so they can edit it using INSTALLED Office (e.g., because Web version of Word does not display or enable revision tracking).  I've tried sharing the doc to their Microsoft email address (e.g., hotmail.com or outlook.com) and require login.  They say they still can only edit with online Word (not installed version).

Help?

How do I repair Office Starter?

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

how do I repair Microsoft Word Starter 2010 in Control Panel?

Use of ALL CAPS in the ribbon tabs and status bar messages in Office 2013

Posted: 26 Oct 2014 03:56 PM PDT

In general I'm happy with Office 2013 but someone at MS has made a serious blunder - almost as irritating as 'Clippy.' They've decided to use ALL CAPS for tab headers and messages in the status bars.

Ask any educationalist and they'll tell you that makes words harder to read at a glance. The words lose their shape. They also take up more space on the screen - something which can be at a premium at times. I'm sure someone will point out that the important bits in legal contracts are written in upper case but those are written by lawyers and I don't think they want to make contracts easy to read or understand.

Now it's possible to change the text in tab headers by right clicking and renaming the tab using mixed case and a space. That doesn't change the status bar though and that extra space takes up yet more space. I'm told it's possible to change the registry to fix the status bar but MS are not going to tell us how. Anyone know?

What's your view? Is this something which irritates? Should MS produce a fix in the form of a check-box in options?

Unable to open file

Posted: 25 Oct 2014 03:28 PM PDT

anable to mopen file

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack Installation Problems - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack Installation Problems - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack Installation Problems

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 05:35 AM PDT

Mezzodiva,
Thank you for the link. I attempted this but was unable to use this
resolution. The first method, the machine does not have that particular
template to add. The second method, subkey 12 and so forth do not exist.
With this subkey and this template missing, I'm concerned that even though it
shows up in Add/Remove programs, the compatibility pack is not installing
correctly (or I'm missing something incredibly obvious :)) Any other
suggestions?

"mezzodiva" wrote:
 

only one user can see office 2007

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 07:06 PM PDT

Yes all users should have those icons in the start menu.

I am not sure what happened that they are missing.

You can place icons (with windows xp) in this directory and they will show
up for all users.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
--
Eric Palm
MSFT Office Setup


"Jonny Lockbox" wrote:
 

Office 2007. One copy on multiple computers.

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 10:19 AM PDT

The only link I provided was part of my sigfile, not a resolution to your
issue. I suggessted you read the EULA and see what it states.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
"Lee Beck" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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"covert a .cdr file to .ppt"

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 09:57 AM PDT

Do you have CorelDraw? The .cdr format is a CorelDraw image. Corel Presentation
may have a .cmx or if it is a show it will have a .shw. There are converters
around.

How to convert a Corel presentation to PowerPoint 2007 format or to PowerPoint
2003 format
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826830/en-us?spid=2522&sid=280
--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

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

Windows XP too old

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 08:10 AM PDT

Got it! Thanks.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
 

Office Home and Student 2007 Config/Install on program open

Posted: 30 Sep 2007 07:37 AM PDT

Did that already, same issue sadly.

Gproup olicy installs of Office 2007

Posted: 30 Sep 2007 03:15 AM PDT

Thanks

"Eric A." wrote:
 

Where is the Dowload for Office professional 2007

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 10:43 AM PDT

download the trial from http://www.trymicrosoftoffice.com

hth
g

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

MS Office 2003 clean re-installation ignored by the computer

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 02:47 AM PDT

Thank you very much for your support!!

Thanasis Soltadis


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:OAv%phx.gbl... 

MS Office Home & Student & Outlook 2003 Compatibility

Posted: 28 Sep 2007 12:11 PM PDT

The other option is to use Outlook's native e-mail capability (the way it
would work if you didn't even have Word installed).

Check in Tools | Optione | Mail Format to see if the two Word checkboxes are
checked under "Message Format". Uncheck them and see if that resolves the
issue.

--
mezzodiva

Please reply to the newsgroup so all may benefit.


"Andrew" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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office 2003 SP3 silent install

Posted: 27 Sep 2007 02:50 PM PDT

Hello TacoBell,

Since you are wanting to use GPO, I am assuming you would use a startup
script.

If you need further help with that in particular, let me know. However it
sounds like you just need the command to use to make the install silent. Here
is how.

1. Download Sp3 locally.

2. Create a folder in the c:\ named Patch. Place
Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe in that folder.

3. goto start, then run. In the run box type "cmd" (without the quotes). hit
enter

4. in the black window that comes up type "cd\" (without the quotes). hit
enter then type "cd patch" (without the quotes). hit enter

5. type "Office2003SP3-KB923618-FullFile-ENU.exe /c /t:c:\patch /q" (without
the quotes). hit enter

6. Now using windows explorer locate the folder c:\patch. You will see some
new files. "MAINSP3.msp" is Office 2003 Sp3.

7. Place MAINSP3.msp into a shared folder that everyone has read access to.
You can then use the following command in a startup script to install Sp3
automatically on system boot.

msiexec /p "\\ENTER_FULL_PATH_HERE\MAINSP3.msp" /qn

It should be noted that in the c:\patch folder you will also have 4 ohotfix
files. You can disregard them. Also you will have "OWC102003SP3.msp" and
"OWC11SP3.msp". Those files are Sp3 for Office xp and 2003 (respectively)
webcomponents. You can also run them from the startup script using the same
syntax if need be.

--
Eric Palm
MSFT Office Setup


"Tacobell2000" wrote:
 

How can I move office 2003 from old computer to replacement compu

Posted: 26 Sep 2007 04:05 PM PDT



"lla" wrote:
 

New PC - Office Basic MLK with professional trial. no disk Vendor forgot to `preinstall' office. What now?

Posted: 26 Sep 2007 11:54 AM PDT

yeah, that's the plan really. I just wanted to know if there was a
workaround to get office installed & working legally, with the software disc
we recieved.
Thanks.
"JoAnn Paules" <com> wrote in message
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How do I reinstall Office XP on a different system

Posted: 26 Sep 2007 08:02 AM PDT

>I am fixing to get a new system, and I want to install my current version of 

Did you purchase this version yourself or was is it a CD from the
older computer that was preinstalled when you bought it?

If it is the preinstalled version, you can't install it on another
system. See this TechTrax article for licensing info:

Working with Multiple Versions of Office
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=762

(Even though you may not be using multiple version, the above still
provides OEM licensing info as an expanation.)

If you purchased the boxed version, you can install it and if you have
problems with the key, call MS and explain to get a valid key.


Dian D. Chapman
Technical Consultant, Microsoft MVP
MOS Certified Instructor, Editor/TechTrax Ezine
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dian.Chapman

Free PC Tutorials: http://www.mousetrax.com/techtrax
Free Word Tricks eBook: http://www.mousetrax.com/books.html
Optimize your business docs: http://www.mousetrax.com/consulting
Learn VBA the easy way: http://www.mousetrax.com/techcourses.html

How do we add the Acrobat tab to Office 2007 applications

Posted: 25 Sep 2007 12:32 PM PDT

See http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401734 "PDFMaker is unavailable in a
Microsoft Office 2007 Application after installing Acrobat 8.1".

B2P wrote:
 

unable to open a previous version of word with office 2003

Posted: 24 Sep 2007 11:58 PM PDT

On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:58:50 -0700, Cashbackre
<com> wrote:
 

See if this can help ?
http://www.zone-x.com/sku011/sku011-fix.php?gclid=CM_a8P_G3o4CFSUnEAodE0XtMw

Office 2003 Setup cannot continue because the installation source has been corrupted

Posted: 22 Sep 2007 04:05 PM PDT

Son of a gun, I was right after all (in a roundabout sort of way since SP 4
was having problems.)


"April" <dot.com> wrote in message
news:enTg1E3$phx.gbl... 

"Not installed for this user" issue impossible to solve!

Posted: 22 Sep 2007 02:52 PM PDT

Martin,
After much research I found a FREE microsoft # for installation and they
were exceptional and took care of my problem within a couple of hours at NO
CHARGE. If you are still having problems I would recomment that you call:
Microsoft Support hours
Monday through Friday
5:00am - 9:00pm Pacific
Saturday and Sunday
6:00am - 3:00pm Pacific

Microsoft Support Telephone Number: 1-800-936-5700

Good luck,

bamaRN1990

"Martin Andersson" wrote:
 

Word document

Posted: 22 Sep 2007 02:26 PM PDT

Word 97, 2000, 2002, and 2003 all share the same file format. If you
have one of these Word versions, and if the attachment was created with
one of these Word versions, then no converter should be needed. So the
other possibility that comes to mind is that the attachment became
corrupted at some point in the emailing process, and you should ask the
sender to send it to you again.

bheidel18 wrote:
 

Trial Failure

Posted: 22 Sep 2007 05:49 AM PDT

Try:

Microsoft Support
Monday through Friday
5:00am - 9:00pm Pacific
Saturday and Sunday
6:00am - 3:00pm Pacific

Microsoft Support Telephone Number: 1-800-936-5700

They took care of all of my problems with speed and courtesy. The best
support person I have ever had with any support service.

Hope this helps,
bamaRN1990


"JAMES FITZPATRICK" wrote:
 

office professional 2007 suite

Posted: 21 Sep 2007 01:16 PM PDT

Try here
http://office.microsoft.com/ar-sa/default.aspx

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
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"download office 2007 pro suite" <download office 2007 pro
microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How do I make Office 2007 work with windows live mail

Posted: 20 Sep 2007 09:20 PM PDT

I am having the same problem and I have been trying to get my E-mail and fax
to work after upgrading from Windows XP to Vista, because using Windows Mail
my buttons options are all grayed out.

Does this mean I am unable to use Windows Mail with Office 2007 Office Home
Student edition? If so this is really crazy that Microsoft would not
integrate Windows mail into Office 2007 products in order to use all
functions.


Can you Download Outlook 2007 and is it guaranteed to fix this issue?

Awaiting Reply
Thank you
DJ
"Drazen" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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And away we go - Forums Linux

And away we go - Forums Linux

And away we go

Posted: 17 Jul 2007 12:46 PM PDT

On Wed, 18 Jul 2007, Mr. N. Marshall wrote:
 

It doesn't really matter that your swap space is divided in two, but if
you want, delete both partitions, then create a single swap partition,
and use mkswap to set it up.

Remember to modify /etc/fstab in consequence.

--
Yves Bellefeuille
<ca>

A funny thing happened on the way to an installation

Posted: 17 Jul 2007 12:07 AM PDT

Ivan Marsh wrote: 

No. I don't recall the exact message but it was something very dejected and
hopeless. Sorry to anthromorphize but it couldn't get started. I found pieces of
the database but no way to put it back together. I guess yum was in the middle
of updating it when the power dropped. That suggests it does not follow good
design policy of keeping the old until the new has been created. Or maybe I know
a lot less than I think I do. I have no problem with the latter.

--
Drug use is a vice. Stealing to pay for drugs is a crime. The cost of drugs
is high because the vice is considered a crime. Is there any sense in this?
-- The Iron Webmaster, 3820
nizkor http://www.giwersworld.org/nizkook/nizkook.phtml
Iraqi democracy http://www.giwersworld.org/911/armless.phtml a3

Is there a nifty way of adding or inserting text into a line

Posted: 16 Jul 2007 11:23 PM PDT

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:23:21 -0000, voipfc
<com> wrote: 
sed '1s/^/new text/' file > newfile


--
Encyclopedia for sale by father. Son knows everything.

Slackwaswitching to libata

Posted: 16 Jul 2007 02:32 AM PDT

Jerry McBride <net> said: 

Jerry, this was done on a Compaq Evo N800c. However, I would expect this
to pretty much work on more or less any "well-known" ATA controller chip.
--
Wolf a.k.a. Juha Laiho Espoo, Finland
(GC 3.0) GIT d- s+: a C++ ULSH++++$ P++@ L+++ E- W+$@ N++ !K w !O !M V
PS(+) PE Y+ PGP(+) t- 5 !X R !tv b+ !DI D G e+ h---- r+++ y++++
"...cancel my subscription to the resurrection!" (Jim Morrison)

Adding a second distro..how to in simple terms

Posted: 15 Jul 2007 02:22 PM PDT

Yves Bellefeuille wrote: 
Ahhh... maintenant je comprend. I think I will stick with my original
idea of adding Gentoo. I'll probably give it a try on the weekend
unless I get brave before the. At least I'm using a backup strategy so
if I lose it all, I'll be able to get it back.

BTW - What distro do you use?

--
N. Marshall
There are 10 types of people in the world:
Those that know binary
Those that do not know binary

Setting up Linux dual boot with dos

Posted: 15 Jul 2007 12:01 PM PDT

On Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:01:45 -0700, ta_white2 wrote:
 
<snip> 
I recommend taking some time to read grub's (boot loader) doentation.
Then do some practice sessions to gain familiarity with how it works. grub
is a very flexible boot loader, and can be thought of as a mini, self
contained OS whose job is to load other OSs. It is not tied to GNU/Linux,
or any other specific OS.
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html

You may also need to worry about disk translation modes if you are
attempting to use old hardware with MS-DOS and/or old hardware with modern
disk sizes. AFAIK, vintage DOS could have trouble going beyond certain
partition sizes. This is one are where old hardware could be difficult to
get working, especially if no BIOS update is available to give LBA
mode by default. There are several disk size "barriers" which could come
into play, especially when wanting backward compatibility to DOS.

--
Douglas Mayne

Help Installing Yum

Posted: 13 Jul 2007 03:09 PM PDT

On 15 Jul, 10:04, Nico <com> wrote: 
 

And I'm following up to myself: "rpm -U" is only really a problem for
packages that will support multiple copies at the same time, such as
kernels and a few obscure packages such as db1, db2, db3, and db4.

Help With Yum?

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 05:33 PM PDT

On 13 Jul, 06:16, Netlurker <tekzone.com> wrote: 

Unfortunately, that package is rather hazardous. It has no version
number in the downloaded package name, and it adds a whole stack of
repositories you really, really may have to beware due to legal
issues, such as NVidia drivers for which you haven't signed an NVidia
user agreement to install.

POP3 debian email server problem

Posted: 12 Jul 2007 04:44 AM PDT

Andy68man wrote: 

It always help to bounce ideas around, and check everything logically
one step at a time!

Actual Hours and percent complete Microsoft Project

Actual Hours and percent complete Microsoft Project

Actual Hours and percent complete

Posted: 18 Oct 2005 08:25 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"% Complete vs Actual Work"
<microsoft.com> wrote:
 

complete,
Just as an adjunct to Julie's response, consider this. When a plan is
created Duration, Work and other fields are entered (or calculated by
Project) as estimated values (regardless of whether the "?" is shown on
the Duration). When a task is completed, the actual values describe what
really happened. Therefore the original estimated values are no longer
valid and Project overwrites them to agree with the actual values.
That's why the baseline fields exist - to capture the original estimates
for later comparison.

John
Project MVP

resource views/printing limits

Posted: 18 Oct 2005 07:45 AM PDT

Hi Mikejw,

As you have discovered, the display of the [Resource Names] field is limited
to 256 characters. Not knowing how you created the list of resources, I can
only offer the suggestion of adding the [Resource Initials] field to the
table as an alternative. You may need to edit the resource initials in the
resource sheet to make them more meaningful (Project by default only picks
up the first letter of the first word you enter).

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

Julie
"mikejw" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Marking milestone as complete in PWA

Posted: 18 Oct 2005 12:56 AM PDT

Thanks for your prompt reply. I realised to late there is a seperate Project
Server group, sorry for that!
A pity there is no way to mark a milestone as complete other then to
allocate some amount. Thanks for answering my question.

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Showing the effect of progress after the Status Date

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 06:36 PM PDT

That's great, thanks for the help. I had worked out a way using modifed
fields and excel but this is obviously far easier.

"pratta" wrote:
 

Server vs Central

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 02:41 PM PDT

In article <com>,
microsoft.com says... 
Hi Sarah,

Here's the version list:

Microsoft Project Central (v.1)
Microsoft Project Server 2002 (v.2)
Microsoft Office Project Server 2003 (v.3)

Project Central and Project Server 2003 are very very different
products. In fact you can't buy Project Central anymore.

You might want to check out the following webcast:

Support WebCast: New features and benefits in Microsoft Office Project
Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;835299

Good Luck

--
Rolly Perreaux, PMP
Project Server Trainer/Consultant

IT Summit Series
Advanced Microsoft Technology Training
http://www.itsummitseries.com

Pusing global.mpt changes out to projects

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 01:07 PM PDT

In article <e8n$phx.gbl>,
"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote:
 


Jan,
Actually the Auto_Open was doented but you probably won't find it
unless you look back to Project 98. It has since been replaced by the
Open Event. It was actually the Auto_Open that I was referring to in my
post (as I said, it was several years ago).

John

Require multiple resources to work at same time

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 11:18 AM PDT

Hi Justin,

You're welcome for any and all support/assistance I can offer.

In a post to this newsgroup titled "10/05/2005" John Sitka and Steve House
[Project MVP] posted some very insightful comments about MS Project being a
"tool in support of a thought process". MS Project is merely a piece of
software, the skills and knowledge that you bring to the table will never,
in my opinion, be replaced. Yes, Project does "schedule", but only based
upon the information (tasks, resources, priorities) you provide.

Hope this helps.

Julie

"WhyIsEverythingSoConfusing" <com> wrote in
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Weighting resource loading based on project probability?

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 09:59 AM PDT

In article <com>,
andylv <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Andy,
Ok, so what about my comment in my second paragraph? In other words,
what's the resource allocating algorithm that you want to use? But in my
mind, twenty five percent allocation for 25% probability projects and
100% allocation for "sure thing" projects just doesn't fly.

Thinking about it for a while, the idea of directly tying resource
allocation to project probability seems like a bad idea. But here's
something that might work and it does at least make sense. Clearly the
sure thing project needs to be fully loaded with resources. What I might
do for projects that are iffy is something like the following. If a
project is 75% likely, lay out a plan that has all the critical elements
covered (i.e. basically leave out the detail). Then load that project
with resources to ensure the critical tasks are covered. For the project
that is 50% likely, lay out a plan to cover the startup critical items.
For a one year project maybe that's the first 3 months worth. Then load
that plan. For the 25% project, identify the most critical tasks to get
started, maybe equivalent to the first month's effort. When all the
projects are loaded, sum up the required resources and then multiply by
1.25 (assumes 80% efficiency for all resources).

At least that might be an approach I would take. If you or somebody else
has a better one, let's hear it.

John
Project MVP

Show link to your notes. You tell what can be done but don't show

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 09:14 AM PDT

Hi Ian,

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback. Yes, the site is an invaluable
resource.
Julie
"ianpooley" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Recurring task groups

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 09:00 AM PDT

Well. That certainly is easier (wow, I must be especially slow today).
Changes/additions to the recurring tasks is easier with that implementation
too.

Thank you!

--------------
Justin


"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Adding a delay / lag in an activity that has started

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 08:46 AM PDT

Thanks dwolf... appreciate the help!

"dwolf" wrote:
 

Setup question, hours per week on a task

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 08:42 AM PDT

Duration is the time from when the task starts until it finishes without
regard to whether work is continuous or not. Duration also only counts
working days and non-working time is ignored. If the task extends for 4
work weeks, say the whole month of November in round numbers, that
represents a duration of 20 days. (Each 7 days on the wall calendar gives
you 5 days of duration since the weekend days off don't count.) Assuming
your resources work 40 hours per week, 5 hours per week represents a 5/40 or
1/8 of their total avaiable work time. This is the equivalent of a 12.5%
assignment level. So making the task a 20-day duration task and assigning
each resource at 12% results in 5 hours per week for a total of 20 man-hours
of work per resource with the task beginning Nov 01 and extending about to
Dec 01 (minus a couple of days). That has them each doing 5 hours per week
and its up to them how to work it around their other 35 hours of
activities - it's not our job to micromanage their workday minute by minute.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

"WhyIsEverythingSoConfusing" <com> wrote in
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How do I distribute a schedule picture (no editing)?

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 08:26 AM PDT

Hello,
Have a look at the FAQ # 16 : Project viewer
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Gérard Ducouret

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Time Constraint Symbol on every task ...

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 07:36 AM PDT

OK :-)) !

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project MVP
+32 495 300 620
http://users.online.be/prom-ade
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Determine Outline Level in Project using Visual Basic

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 06:52 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Walter L. skinner" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Walt,
Gerard's suggestion will certainly work if you are using foreground
processing. In your previous post we didn't explicitly discuss
foreground versus background processing, but background processing is
generally always the better approach - faster and more efficient.
Background processing simply means that the code is working directly
with Project objects regardless of which view is active. Foreground
processing operates by selecting objects in the current view. However,
some of Project's objects can only be operated on in foreground
processing (e.g. font characteristics).

A basic (no pun intended) VBA loop to cycle through all tasks in a file
is as follows. I have included the syntax for determining the Outline
Number.

For Each t in ActiveProject.Tasks
If Not t is Nothing Then
OL = t.OutlineNumber
[your code here to p the task name info]
End If
Next t

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Can Project put cashflow report to Excel, months in column?

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 04:46 AM PDT

Hi Phillip,

Glad to have helped and thanks for the feedback.

Julie
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Viewing resource availability

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 04:07 AM PDT

Hi WSH,

You're welcome and thanks for the feedback. Glad to know the resource graph
shows what you were looking for.
Julie
"WSH" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Merging two project files... ??

Posted: 17 Oct 2005 03:11 AM PDT

Hi Jan,

Yes, I agree that they should have been in the one file.
I am enquiring about this on the behalf of a client...

So I hear you confirming what I have suspected (after looking right
through
most of the features in MS Project)... that there is no simple way to go
about this.
That a VBA routine might be the only way to automate it. Hmmm...

The actual tasks also very between files.
For instance... there might be:
[PLANNED FILE]
1. Site X
1.1 Site X - Section 1
1.1.1 TASK Z (Summary Line)
1.1.1.1 Task Z
1.1.1.2 Task Z
1.1.1.3 Task Z
1.1.1.4 Task Z
1.1.2 TASK W
1.1.2.1 Task W
1.1.2.2 Task W
1.2 Site X - Section 2
etc

[ACTUAL FILE]
1. Site X
1.1 Site X - Section 1
1.1.1 TASK Z (SUMMARY)
1.1.1.1 Task Z
1.1.1.2 Task Z
1.1.2 TASK W (Summary line)
1.1.2.1 Task W
1.1.2.2 Task W
1.1.2.3 Task W
1.1.2.4 Task W
1.1.3 TASK T (Summary Line)
1.1.3.1 Task T
1.1.3.2 Task T
1.2 Site X - Section 2
etc

As you can see... at outline level 1 - 3 there is the same structure. But
then at outline level 4 (the actual tasks with start/finish dates etc)
things start to differ. There might even be a task in Actual under say 1.1
that doesn't exist on the PLANNED (Task T for instance in the above
example).

My VBA is not adequate to do something like this so I think I will get
back
to the client and suggest they go about it another way.

Thanks for the help...

Jonathan



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How do I apply material cost as a fixed value per week?

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 03:16 PM PDT

In article <com>,
AncientRebel <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Mike,
You have to remember that Project is a scheduling tool not a Project
Manager. Most schedules are volatile, some more than others. Those that
do change a lot will require the Project Manager to spend a fair amount
of time updating and maintaining the plan. Project will do all the
calculating but it is only going to respond to the information it is
given - it can't do your work for you. However, in some cases, special
processing can be used to help automate custom functionality but that
processing requires the use of one of Project's advanced features,
namely, VBA.

It is possible there are other ways to do what you need (other than
using VBA), but we would need more details. I find that quite often a
user will post a question based on HOW they are trying to do something
when a much better approach would be to describe WHAT they are trying to
accomplish, with sufficient details for background. That allows us much
more freedom to suggest the best method.

With regard to setting a rate and letting Project timescale the cost,
that is exactly what my second suggestion does. Did I miss something?

Lastly, if by "Mac Project" you mean Project for the MacIntosh, the last
version of Project released for Mac was several years ago (version 4.x)
and it lacks some of the built-in functionality you are seeking.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP (and Mac user)

Project 2003 Viewing Multiple Resource Calendars

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 02:19 PM PDT

Hi,

I wrote a VBA procedure showing absence periods as tasks in a Gantt Chart:
it is on my Website ("Abstract in English")
It is (too) complex as I wanted to cover a maximum of cases, still it may
inspire anybody who wants to write such a macro.
The basic principle is that you look for days where the property
calendar.period(theday).working is true for the project calendar and false
for the resource calendar.

Hoiep this helps,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
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Sharing Projects

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 10:41 AM PDT

Hi Steph,

Julie is right, unless you are looking for a way to have seaparate people
updating different parts of the project. If that is tha case then you can do
it by inserting (consolidating) several project files into a master file.

// Lars

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Project Compare Tool

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 08:25 AM PDT

In article <phx.gbl>,
"Jonathan E. \(NZ\)" <comTAKEOUTTHESECAPS> wrote:
 


Jonathan,
Thanks for the info. Whenever I run VBA I don't try to do other
operations on the PC. At best, it diverts processor time from the
running code and at worst, can cause a hang, as you experienced. In the
case of the Project Compare utility I'm guessing it hangs because there
are parts of the utility's code that appear to run in foreground
processing, and that requires the focus to be the active view.

John
Project MVP

Display hours with start/finish dates in Task Sheet

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 07:07 AM PDT

Hello,

Not sure if this is what you want, try this:
On MS Pro, go to Tools>Options>Date Format (drop down list), choose a date
with the time on it. It will show what time the task will start and finish.

"lpspass" wrote:
 

Report of Deadlines in Calendar View

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 06:51 AM PDT

Don't apply the dealine on the task itself, but on a milestone which is
following it whith a FS link. You could add a "Start No Earlier Than" (Oct
7th) constraint on this milestone. Then apply your filter.

Gérard Ducouret

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Assigning Multiple Tasks to One Dependant Task

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 06:42 AM PDT

Sorry for my unclear explanation,
I wanted to say that you can't do that with a multiple selection and a click
on the "Link Tasks" button.
If a task has several predecessors, you can list them in the "Predecessors"
field (separated by you list separator). If another task has the same list
of predecessors, you can copy/paste that list.
In the reverse order, if a task has several successors, you can enter them
in its "Successors" field. If another task has the same list of successors,
you can copy/paste that list.

Gérard Ducouret
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