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Microsoft Word - Using Find and Replace


Using Find and Replace

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:06 PM PST

I am an architect, and I have a standard set of notes I use when building houses. Sometimes I use these notes for a new house, sometimes, I use them for an addition onto an existing house. While most of the notes apply to both new construction and additions, there are some notes that refer only to new construction and some refer only to additions. Right now, I have to manually edit the text to remove the notes that don't apply. I am hoping to use find and replace to make my task easier. For example, here is a note that I use right now:

"Provide waterproofing on [new] foundation walls [only]."

For new construction, I would delete the "[new]" to make the sentence read "Provide waterproofing on foundation walls."

For additions, I would keep use the word "new" and "only" and just delete the brackets so the sentence would read "Provide waterproofing on new foundation walls only."

I thought I might be able to tag each bracketed comment so I could search and remove the brackets on the type of project I am writing for. For example, if I wrote my basic note as "Provide waterproofing on [ADDnew] foundation walls [ADDonly]", and wanted to edit it for an addition, I would search for "[ADD*]" and replace it with the word or words represented by the asterisk. If it was for new construction, I would just delete all the notes relating to additions. That would save me time editing the whole document for each of these little items (of which there are a lot).

I've read through the find and replace section, and can't find anything that would address this, but maybe someone knows a good way to be able to do this. I'm using the brackets, but it may be necessary to replace them with something else.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

Text justification in tables in Word 2013

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST

Practically all of our company's Word documents have a header with vertical text (bottom to top) that is horizontally and vertically centered in one of the cells.  In compatibility mode, the text appears as it has in all previous versions.  When the document is converted, the text disappears unless one of the left justification options is chosen.  All of the 9 justification options work correctly for the other two (left to right and top to bottom) text directions.  For bottom to top text direction, the 9 justification options work correctly in new documents created in Word 2013.

Is there a setting or option that can be changed once the document is converted to correct this?

Also, on the same cells, when the text is selected, it is not displayed as highlighted, so it is difficult to tell when the desired text has been selected.

I have checked--my version is up to date.

Lost all local Word documents on 365 for iPad - help!

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 02:37 PM PST

I have just gone into Word for iPad on my 365 subscription. I was asked to sign in, which I though was odd. I have not done anything odd to my iPad, like restoring.

I signed in and all of my documents, saved locally, have disappeared. I tended to save docs locally to the iPad rather than to the cloud drive. 

Where have all my docs gone? The last time I used Word on iPad was a couple of weeks ago and all my docs were there.

Thanks

Scott

PS I tried to post to the Microsoft tech support but gave up because the serial number finding options did not cover the iPad version. Makes we wonder if Microsoft is really interested in the iPad products. 

Problem with Microsoft Word 2013 ABC Check Language

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 12:25 PM PST

While typing my document, everything will be normal. (Just as a note, I'm using the names of a lot of languages in my document). For words like "English', "German", etc., they'll all be OK. But for the ones like "Malay", "Indonesian", and "Dravidian", they are highlighted as incorrect. When I use ABC Check, it says they're being check in Spanish (Spain). How can I fix this? I continuously change it back to English (United States), but the next time I go over it, it is in Spanish again. Thank you for help!

Header Change Size

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 11:26 AM PST

Using Headers - different first page - can the header size be changed on the second and subsequent pages?

How do I turn off compatibility mode permanently in Word 2013?

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 09:47 AM PST

I want to do everything in 2013 and don't want the hassle of dealing w/compatibility mode.  Anything done in 2010 on another machine I just want auto converted to 2013.

Font size and cursor extra large & cannot be changed

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:58 AM PST

Re Word in the Office 2007 for Students and Teachers: Last two weeks the font size and cursor size

stuck on super large.  I have not magnetized the display settings, but they are set on large. I have changed

the cursor size to medium and then small, restarted as required,  but that has no effect. I have

tried changing the font size in Word but no change can be made. I have had windows 7 64 bit on

this HP laptop for three years with no problem except hat Flash player will only install the 32 bit version.

I ran the Word diagnostics several times.  No problems found except the set up diagnostic could not

complete.  Details claimed the original source could not be found, original source was listed as the CD.

I inserted the CD but it had no effect. 

I uninstalled Office 2007 for Students and Teachers and re-installed it.  Problem still exists.

I do not know what else to do.

Microsoft Office Word Error

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:29 AM PST

I recently downloaded new email program called Incredimail. The program works well except when I attach a word document and try to open it, it always comes back with  "word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result".  When I try to open it in Word, it says the "directory path is not valid". Does anyone know how to correct this problem.

Help- cannot open word documents: 'the directory name is not valid'....

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:11 AM PST

Please help, there are several documents on my laptop that I cannot seem to open, this message keeps appearing:

The directory name is not valid.

(C:\... __name of file____ ...)

What does this mean and is it fixable?

Thanks!

Cannot associate .docx/.xlsx with Office 2013 programs

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:52 PM PST

Hi

I have Windows 8.1 OS, and Office 2007 and Office 2013 as well. Until yesterday I was able to open a docx file using MS Word 13, but today when I click the same file it is not opening with Word 13 and instead Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 opens up and starts a 'Configuration Process' and finally opens the file in Word 2007.

When I clicked on the Word 2013 icon, I am able to open it and I can also open the same file using word 2013 but I have to go to "Open" and then select the file in the already opened Word 2013. Else if I double click the docx file it does not open in 2013 but in 2007.

  • I tried right clicking and 'open with' option, but when I do it the default option says "Word (Desktop)", and if I click more options and go to the "C>Prog Files>Microsoft Office 15>root>office15"  to open in Word 2013 and select "winword.exe", it still opens in 2007 and not 2013. But when I click the same icon "winword.exe" directly, word 2013 opens up and not 2007.
  • I also check "File association" and "default progs", but everywhere it says "Word (Desktop)", even after changing the association to Word 2013 icon in office15, I still cannot open the file in word 2013 by directly clicking on it.

Thank same goes for excel as well. May be other progs as well; haven't check for others.

Need assistance, please suggest a solution.

Thank You

corrupt template or encrypted somehow Word 2003

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:25 PM PST

Hi

I have a problem with some word2003 files that has me puzzled. Have tried to fix the master template by the assistance found on this site without any luck. Also have tried outside recovery programs that have all said the files were encrypted.Most outside programs were filled with other things so after a few tries it was time to stop.  Have also tried the help sections in word 2007 and 2013. My hope is to find a way to fix them and also if possible understand more of how it happened to prevent it from happening again. The files came from a family members computer without a backup copy. Will attach a shot of what it looks like trying to open a file.Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Word 2013: Save to desktop directly without clicking on 'browse'

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:32 PM PST

Anytime I hit 'ctrl-s' it brings me to the 'save as' screen. I then have to click 'browse' and pick a save location. As I am not interested in skydrive at the moment, this means every time I save something I am forced to do the extra click (by clicking the browse).

I know this is such a minor issue, but its such a senseless waste of time (always doing the extra click) it has been bugging me more and more recently.

How can I setup Word 2013 to bypass this screen?

My Microsoft Word 2007 has stopped working

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:23 PM PST

I have been using it quite happily for years. Since yesterday, whenever I tried to open a Word document, I get a message from Windows Installer saying 'preparing to install'. 

I have tried restarting the computer, and also uninstalling the latest installed updates.

Please help. Word is vital for my work.

Best wishes.

MS Project .mpp file viewer Microsoft Project

MS Project .mpp file viewer Microsoft Project


MS Project .mpp file viewer

Posted: 10 Jan 2006 03:32 AM PST

Hugh,

Have you considered the "Save as Web Page" option - this will allow you to
provide people with an interest with a "Static" image of your project plan
as of a specific date and also has the benefit of being tamper proof and you
only disclosing the information you want people to have whereas access to an
mpp file allows both access all areas and can be changed "inadvertently".
There is an article on save as HTML in the downloads section of my website.

Happy planning.

--
Dominic Moss

www.projectability.co.uk

Helping people achieve more with Microsoft Project

Tel +44 8707 303 400
Fax +44 8707 303 500
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How do I assign work for 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM in Project?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:36 PM PST

Hi LostProject Manager,

The calendar times need to be entered so they don't span over 12:00 am
(midnight.) For example, if the night crews start work on Sunday night at
6:00 pm and finishes the shift at 6:00 am on Monday:
Choose Tools > Change Working Time to open the Change Working Time dialog
box.
Select all Sundays by clicking on the column heading for Sunday.
Enter 6:00 pm in the From: box. Enter 12:00 am in the To box.
Then select all Mondays by clicking the "M" column heading.
Enter 12:00 am in the From box and 6:00 AM in to To box (first row.)
In the next row down enter 6:00 pm in the next From box and 12:00 am in the
To box.

You may want to take a look at the "Night Shift" base calendar in the Change
Working Time dialog box for some guidance.

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

Julie

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MSP Service Packs

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 03:19 PM PST

Handy link if you're trying to determine what version service pack you have
installed.

Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837241
Client (How to check the version of Office 2003 products)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821549/

Cheers,

Nick



"Ray McCoppin" wrote:
 

Project Profitability

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:33 PM PST

Thanks, Rod, this is great. Optimal would be to have Project track changing
Internal Cost against a constant External Cost saved in a baseline, because
then I could pinpoint to management just what the delays were and how much
they cost us (and also how much innovations saved). But for the scale I need
it this is perfect because I can do it by hand.

"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

Can I "hide" tasks?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:20 PM PST

Hi Sally,

This approach is exactly like hiding tasks, so what do you mean by
"presented with cutting or deleting tasks"? I have never seen MS Project's
filter function present a user with a requirement to cut/delete tasks. If
you can be more specific with the scenario, I can probably give you some
other ideas.

-Bill

--
William Raymond
BLOG: http://www.mympa.org/blog.aspx


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MS Project's future?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:06 PM PST

Hi Andrew,

You might want to take a look at Deieter Zirkler's Blog. Not sure how
often/if it will keep getting updated, but there is some good reading to get
you up to speed. Unfortunately, people in the beta are also under NDA or
we'd be happy to fill you in. Of course, if you have a need for the beta,
you could always contact your local MS office and see if you can get in on
the beta.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dieterz/

-Bill

--
William Raymond
BLOG: http://www.mympa.org/blog.aspx


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Questions about Project Server

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 01:59 PM PST

It is technically possible to put MS Project on a server and interact with
it via Active Server pages. It is kind of difficult, though, but we could
set it up for you through our company, Teledyne Solutions, Inc. Contact my
boss, Mike Legg, at com if you are interested. Using this
technique gives you complete control over your scheduling application rather
than having to change the people to fit the software.
Regards,
Rick

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Need Project consultant

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 01:12 PM PST

Take a look at our web site. We have great experience with large and small
customers both in consulting and training on Project Pro and Project Server.
--
Edward J. Metzler
EPM Solutions
m503.805.7758 http://www.epmsolutions.net



"Laura Guffey" wrote:
 

Group by Custom Field Order

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 12:58 PM PST

I understand you can group by a custom field and specify ascending/descending
order. What I'm looking for is can you define an order other than
ascending/descending.

For example, I have a custom field named Site. I would like to group tasks
in the following order:

Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Denver

This is the same order that I have the pull down menu in and I'm curious to
know if you can specify the pull down menu order or any other (besides
ascending/descending).

Thanks

"calihdog" wrote:
 

Copy Pic: # lines selected appears to be 10: can it be increased?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 09:20 AM PST

Tried that... it worked. Thanks.

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Scheduling Resources based on availability

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 08:08 AM PST

Thank you very much. Those articles are a BIG help. Your comments also made
it more clear.

"JulieS" wrote:
 

Managing One Project with Multiple Sub-Projects

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 07:56 AM PST


Kent wrote: 

Not really. If someone else has the file open, they can make edits.
When they save their edits, the RP will be opened briefly to update,
even if someone else has it open.
 

No. Even though you have only one project open, the resource usage will
reflect all projects. It will level based on all resource needs.
 

Not sure on this one. I don't recall this being the case, but it's been
awhile. Maybe someone else can comment.
 

Hope this helps in your world.

Cannot change start date for a task

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 07:00 AM PST

Babar --

Try the following:

1. Double-click the name of the task
2. Select the Advanced tab
3. Set the Contraint Type as Must Start On
4. Set the Contraint Date to 1/9/06
5. Click OK

Does the task move to its new Start date? Let us know.

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


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Adding vertical, task or time driven lines on a Gantt

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:59 AM PST

Thank you for replying,

This solution begins to address the solution for me but I am not sure how to
force the line to give me a vertical line rather than a line that tracks task
data. Is there a way to make this line ignore tasks?

What information causes the status line to divert to some tasks and not
others? all my actual work done = 0

Thanks, Sally.

"Prj_Mngr" wrote:
 

Multiple Resources per Task

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:20 AM PST

Hello,
The limit of 255 characters applies only for the cells in the Resource
Sheet. The Task information dialog accept a lot more..
In fact, it seems that the true limit is 500 characters. After that, the
Assign button is greyed out.

Gérard Ducouret

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Group By Subtotals

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:06 AM PST

In article <com>,
"harropj" <com> wrote:
 

Jim,
OK, but that's not what you showed in your example. The example shows
group totals for the tasks, not the assignments. Nonetheless, Project
2000 does not total the timescaled data when grouping (it only totals
the static data - left side of screen). On the other hand, Project 2003
does total timescaled values when grouping, (I don't know about Project
2002). Apparently that was a new feature added in the latest version of
Project. Project 2003 also added the option to either total the task or
assignment timescaled values when grouping.

There are a couple of choices. You can upgrade to Project 2003, or you
can export the timescaled data to Excel using the "yze timescaled
data in Excel" add-in for Project 2000.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP 

Master/Sub Project formatting

Posted: 08 Jan 2006 01:03 PM PST

Thanks for such a fast reply - thought that must be the case.

You spotted my split personality :-)

Cheers - Burt?????

Gérard Ducouret wrote: 

Can't change "Data entry options" in Value List dialog

Posted: 08 Jan 2006 09:42 AM PST

Hi Skip,

Next time 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



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Outlining in Master projects

Posted: 07 Jan 2006 12:28 PM PST

In article <com>,
"Sally" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Sally,
You're welcome.
John 

Create a custom Field

Posted: 07 Jan 2006 11:38 AM PST

Terry, I already have the % complete. I'm looking for a way to show where a
% complete should be on the status date. If the task is late, and shows 33%
complete, but on the status date it should be 41% complete I want to be able
to show that as well as the "Complete Through Date" this will give a visual
reference. Hypothetically - a task is 33% complete with a complete through
date od 12/30/05, but on 1/10/06 the status date, it should have been 41%
complete. I want to show in 2 separate columns 41% and 12/30/05.

"Terry" wrote:
 

How do I create a report with specifc columns in Project 2003?

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 04:11 PM PST

In article <com>,
"MSProjectUser" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

MSProjectUser,
You're welcome.

John 

Recording Completion when actual work is <> budgeted

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 03:53 PM PST

Project Management is primarily about Scope, Cost and Time.
It is more about the Tasks and the Durations first, and the Work (Hours) and
Cost follow from that.
Some estimating methods are "quantities based" rather than "Task based".
For example steel structures are often estimated as Hours/tonne, like yours.
This produces a budget for Hours and Costs but does not define the Tasks and
their Durations or any of the scheduling data.
You have still left out some essential information, the estimated Duration.
I can assume (can I?) 80 Hours means 100% of 1 person, 8 hours per day, 10
days.

A.
Status Date = end of Day 5
Planned/estimated/budget/baseline production rate = 8 pages per day
BCWP = 32 pages x $20/page = $640
BCWS = 40 pages x $20/page = $800
ACWP = $800 (you say 50% of Total)
CPI = BCWP/ACWP = 640/800 = 0.8, indicates that what is being achieved is
costing more than the estimate.
SPI = BCWP/BCWS = 640/800 = 0.8, you are behind schedule, ie not having
earned what was planned/estimated/hoped for, for up to the Status Date.
EAC = ACWP + (BAC - BCWP)/CPI
BAC = 80 pages total x $20 per page = $1600
EAC = 800 + (1600 - 640)/(0.8) = $2000
At $40/page Price, your total price would be $3200 and the profit $1600,
except that EAC says that if you carry on like this it will only be $1200.
Your estimated Cost/unit for pages was estimated to be $20 but turned out to
be 800/32 = $25.
Every page you do shaves $5 off your profit which was estimated at $20/page
(Marginal Pain Ratio = 25% (I made that up)).
The estimated production rate was 8 pages per day but in 5 days we achieved
32 pages or 6.4 pages per day.
You now have still to do what was planned (ie Tasks) to be done up to the
Status Date but wasn't, plus all Task which was planned to be done from the
Status Date to completion, by the same old planned completion date unless
you can extend the finish date.
If you are stuck with the same deadline, then achieving it this will be a
challenge if the evidence so far is that the project runs behind schedule
already.
Basically, you have 48 pages to go and if only 5 days to do them in then you
have to immediately get the production rate up to an average 9.6 pages per
day.
If the production rate can be held to the observed 6.4 pages per day then
you need 48/6.4 = 7.5 days, or 2.5 more.
Measure the up to date performance and then re-plan the remaining Duration,
Work, Cost, which amounts to revising your earlier estimates (they were
wrong, performance is what it is, a fact, neither efficient or inefficient).
The great thing about a half time review is that you get to have another go
at the plan for what remains.
Having extracted the necessary data from the past, ignore the past and move
on.

When this project started the CPI and SPI were both 1, but have declined by
0.2 in 5 days. Even holding the CPI and SPI at an unhappy 0.8 for the next 5
days will require something special to be done. In another 5 days they might
follow this "trend" (not really enough data to call this a trend) and be at
0.6 both.

I'll leave the other examples for you. See below.



"J Augenstein" <net> wrote in message
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Sorry, no. Your phrase "40% of the actual work is complete." is incorrect
twice.
40% of the Task (ie 40% of the pages) is complete.
Work is Hours.
The EV acronyms are imperfect in this way too. They should be BCTS, BCTS,
ACTP (substitute "Task" for "Work").
Also, you say "of the actual" work. It isn't "actual". The 40% is 40% of the
total estimated number of pages.
The total "Cost Budget" is $1600 so 50% consumed = $800, yes?
 
CPI = 1
SPI = 1
OK
 
CPI = 960/800 = 1.2
SPI = 960/800 = 1.2
ie you are getting more done than you estimated and you are paying less for
it than estimated, very OK.
 

Define "OK".

Cost is the same, but when I compare that to actual output, 


HOW DO I USE THE PAYROLL CACULATOR

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 11:10 AM PST

You're welcome, Cecilia, no problem. I hope you get an answer to your
problem :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



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Circular Dependencies - how to make?

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 07:44 AM PST

Thanks

Scott Hanebutt

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote: