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[discuss] 7-Zip Compression Format

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 11:52 PM PDT

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Oh, crud. Sorry. You are right. I just skipped that word somehow. I saw
"next release" and got the installer stuck in my head. My bad.

The main problem with using 7z instead of zip isn't that it's basically not
supported in anything but Windows (because, as the OP said, it's open
source, so we could intragate the compression into OpenOffice.org which
would make it crossplatform). The problem is, ODF is already a standardized
format. Basically, it's too late to be changing it now. If OOo was the
only one to use ODF, then sure, we could change it anytime. But it's a
OASIS standard, and is, or soon will be, an ISO standard. It is used by
other programs, like KOffice, Writely, and AbiWord. It's out of our hands
now.

Whether or not 7z would have been a better choice, I can't say. But it
would be a bad idea for OOo to start using it now, because then we would be
non-standard to the format we helped create.

Thanks for the suggestion, though.

-Chad

On 7/18/06, Rich <vsaa.lv> wrote: 


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[discuss] Minimum requirements to run OOo2

Posted: 17 Jul 2006 07:46 AM PDT

On Tue, 2006-07-18 at 13:37 +1000, Daniel Kasak wrote: 

Not really. I've tried the configuration I mentioned on an old laptop.
For basic office productivity and web surfing, I found it adequate. It's
not what I'd choose for my main machine, but, as an emergency machine it
was bearable for light duties.

Had I been planning to use it for any length of time, I probably would
have done more to lighten the load, like researching the smallest window
manager, and possibly using AbiWord instead of OOo -- or even emacs and
only starting X when I needed it. There are lots of ways to adjust to
less than optimum hardware if you have to. It's not a big deal unless
you make it one, especially if the alternative is no computer at all.

--
Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177
Burnaby, BC, Canada
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"All the ancient kings came to my door
They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
I said, "Oh yes, very much
But I think my timing's wrong"
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[discuss] Delete dialog

Posted: 16 Jul 2006 01:57 AM PDT

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Hi,
 

i think the original poster has a point, though. That dialog is a severe
break of flow. People are used to hitting DEL to empty the cells
content. Don't we claim "if you can use MS-Office you can use
OpenOffice.org"? This is a usability issue we should think about.

I.e. DEL to clear the content, Shift+DEL to bring up the dialog would
possibly be a better choice.

However, Code Monkey...a friendlier tone would be nice and the OOo
Usability projects issue tracker would be the place to post your complaint.
 

This backspace key functionality is bad in terms of discoverability.

André.

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[discuss] Using BitTorrent Download?

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

On Fri, 14 Jul 2006 17:03:34 -0500, Francisco Saldana
<com> wrote:
 

Right so why dont you download it from here:
http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/



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[discuss] I can't put new visible buttons

Posted: 15 Jul 2006 08:44 PM PDT

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Shoshannah Forbes wrote:
On 13/07/2006, at 13:12, Dr.Rabih AbdulRahim wrote:
 

This happens if you have not turned on Hebrew support in OpenOffice.org.
Go to tools--options--languages tools and check the box next to
"enable CTL".
This will enable proper Hebrew support and add the directionality
buttons to your toolbar.

Shabat Shalom (as it's Friday afternoon here...)

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http://www.xslf.com

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[discuss] Idea: Make Openoffice a Web application!

Posted: 14 Jul 2006 05:43 AM PDT

Florian Staudacher wrote: 

The web application idea is nice for those that have fast and reliable
access to the web.

I remember the first time I used StarOffice and the front end was like a
web application. I thought it sucked. But that it my opinion.

As pointed out by others, there are web applications available and many
are now supporting ODF or working towards it.


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[discuss] Free viewer for OpenDocument, TextMaker, Microsoft

Posted: 12 Jul 2006 04:28 AM PDT

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Hi Martin,

Martin Kotulla (SoftMaker) wrote: 

ohh, aren't you working for that company that put that

"OpenOffice slow, bloated?
Abiword missing all the nice features?"

text adverts on "Openoffice" google searches?
Now want us to help you improve your product? Why?
To make your Office reader as bloated as OOo? Don't think that you want
that.

Goodbye.
André.

PS: Registering www.officeviewers.com to promote your own single product
is just another dodgy move.
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[discuss] Native port of OO to Mac OS X

Posted: 10 Jul 2006 11:57 PM PDT

Phillip Bruce wrote: 

Unless you use the option to hide the X server window and allow OS X to
manage X clients. You can even get X clients to appear as normal apps in
the dock. Try to research your stuff.

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[discuss] OpenOffice 2.0.3 Version

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:51 PM PDT

Clois Beckwith wrote: 

It appears that if you format the fields MMM, YY (as others have
suggested), and fill in the first TWO fields, then select them and
drag down to autofill, then OOo "figures out" how you want the
autofill to increment (or, rather, decrement) and it seems to work OK.

--
Andy Luddy
Perform appendectomy to reply
net

search and replace question

Posted: 07 Jul 2006 07:12 PM PDT

Yes, the inverted-P paragraph marker was the example in question. I
was trying to clean up blank lines, etc, but but I've been encountering
the same problem when searching for any non-printing character.

I'm using OOo 2.0.3 on WinXPP, in case that matters.

jm



Andy Luddy wrote: 

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version? Microsoft Office for Mac

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version? Microsoft Office for Mac

Entourage (Office's) settings saved when purchasing Full Version?

Posted: 07 May 2007 09:11 PM PDT

Diane Ross wrote: 
Word 2004 did move the Normal Template to live in the Microsoft User
Data folder by default--as a safer place to keep customizations--but the
My Templates folder is still in Applications/Microsoft Office, and needs
to be saved specially as Diane says: 

Possible issue when migrating Office to a new system?

Posted: 05 May 2007 01:31 AM PDT

Hi Bill:

Sadly, Yes :-)

I used to be a radio announcer. By the time I finished that gig, I had a
freebee of everything the record companies had put out since YOU were young
( :-) ).

And it was all on vinyl. Sadly, the kinds of people you work with in the
broadcasting industry tend to "party hard" and they associate with a lot of
people who are not necessarily "model citizens".

Sadly, one of these low-lifes backed up a truck one night whilst I was
otherwise distracted in the pursuit of the honour of some nubile young lady
(remember those days??).

And after a few years of having to pretend I liked the most woeful rubbish
on air, my music taste was entirely ruined. I just haven't really bothered
with music since... Sad, isn't it...

So yeah, 20 or 30 CDs just about DOES describe my music collection these
days.

I had thought of advising the customer to rip a few DVDs just to warm the
thing up a bit, but I was not sure he had the software to do that :-)

Cheers

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Trouble opening Office 2004 documents

Posted: 04 May 2007 10:07 AM PDT

Are you sure you have applied all of the Apple and Microsoft updates to the
product?

Sorry: We'd love to help but you're just creating a guessing game if you do
not supply the version and level numbers of your software, both Word and the
Operating System.

Cheers

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Fact Balloons and Comments HELP!

Posted: 04 May 2007 10:05 AM PDT


One thing I forgot to mention: a great advantage is that you can easily hide
the comments when necessary by re-defining the style as hidden text, in that
document only. This takes only 15 seconds. However, if I want to run off a
PDF or hard copy for someone who doesn¹t need to see them I¹m more likely to
delete the comments altogether by a search-and-replace command (replacing
text in that style with nothing) -- because I usually have my printer set to
print hidden text. This is also quick to do. I immediately follow that with
a Command-z "Undo" command to restore them. If the document is important and
there are many comments, I do it on a Saved As copy.

Clive Huggan
============

On 5/5/07 9:18 AM, in article
C261FC7D.2998E%com.au, "Clive Huggan"
<com.au> wrote:
 

Find & Replace formating

Posted: 04 May 2007 08:37 AM PDT

.... You need the Match Case box to be checked. It isn't a matter of
_formatting_, it's a matter of case structure.

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[MVP] Office:Mac

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Office 2004 fonts are corrupt...

Posted: 03 May 2007 12:00 PM PDT

On 5/3/07 12:00 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"dot.gov" <dot.gov> wrote:
 

Yes, but it would probably be easier to use "Remove Office" then install
Office from the CD.

The fonts in /Applications/Microsoft Office 2004/Office/Fonts/ were put
there by the CD Installer to act as a source, backup and repair. They're not
used directly by Office. At the first launch of an Office application they
are copied to ~/Library/Fonts/, replacing any older versions put there by
earlier versions of Office. These are the fonts used by Office and other
applications

The general method of OS X is to look first in your user folder, here
~/Library/Fonts/ . If there happens to be a particular font there, it
overrides any version that may be in /Library/Fonts/ or
/System/Library/Fonts/ - it doesn't even look there for those. In most
cases, once it's done with the user Library, it then looks in
/Library/Fonts/ for any fonts not already found in ~/. Only these fonts from
/Library will appear in the fonts lists. On OS X, most well-behaved
applications installing fonts will do so in ~/Library, since OS X is a
multi-user environment. You or your administrator might choose /Library, but
it will simply get overruled by any user installation of the same fonts.
However, if a user should trash his own fonts, the /Library version will
then come into play. (And it may be that the admin won't let individual
users have permission to remove those.) Finally, if no version of a font
exists in either user or local location the default version in
/System/Library/Fonts will take over. And those can't (i.e. shouldn't - and
don't try) be removed. The system can access these versions as it wishes,
and won't be overruled by other versions of those fonts you might have in
the other Fonts folders which take precedence in other circumstances.

"Remove Office"

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/remove_office.html>

See these pages for more info.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/bad_font.html>

<http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Disable-Fonts.html>
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Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

Upgrade v.X to 2004

Posted: 03 May 2007 08:15 AM PDT

Thanks loads ... you've all been very helpful as usual.

G

Bar code on bulk mail labels

Posted: 02 May 2007 01:05 PM PDT

Well that is interesting news. I, too, am curious as to how Office 2008
will handle these bar codes. It would seem to be something that could and
ought to be done.

-Jim


Quoting from "StevStam" <com>, in article
googlegroups.com, on [DATE:
 

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Microsoft Office (Mac) Re-install after re-format with same product key

Posted: 02 May 2007 12:10 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

There's no limit on how many times you can install Office - your CD key
doesn't get "used up". There's a license requirement that you use it on
only one machine at a time.

Registration means nothing - it's a marketing opportunity for MS.

And unlike WinOffice, MacOffice doesn't require Mother Microsoft's
Activation.

Office 2004 Partial Circular Arcs

Posted: 29 Apr 2007 02:34 PM PDT

On 30/4/07 8:13 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "com"
<com> wrote:
 
For a discussion of some of the differences between Word on the Mac and PC,
you're welcome to refer to some notes on the way I use Word for the Mac,
titled "Bend Word to Your Will", which are available as a free download from
the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html). Just Do a "Find"
command for "PC" and you'll see them. On page 151 there is an article "PCs
and Macs, main differences in Word interfaces" that includes a table of
commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. If you decide to
read more widely than the item I've referred to, it's important to read the
front end of the document -- especially pages 3 and 5 -- so you can select
some Word settings that will allow you to use the document effectively.]

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is 5-11 hours different from North America and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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cannot download updates for office mac 2004 student/teacher edition

Posted: 28 Apr 2007 10:37 AM PDT

Actually: Ping "download.microsoft.com". I think it will resolve to a
different server than the one I am seeing in Australia. I deduce this from
the fact that I am seeing an 8 millisecond ping time here, and that's not
enough time for the packets to get from one side of the Pacific to the
other, so I suspect they have some very interesting re-directing technology
happening in the middle...

Cheers

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"John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac]" <name> wrote in message
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Outlook Web access from Mac

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 05:48 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
<com> wrote:
 

I use Firefox, but with no problems.

Product Key on reinstall

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 07:00 AM PDT


For anyone who has recently switched from Windows: it is very rare that you
need to re-install Office on the Mac; sometimes it only adds to your
problems. See other posts in this discussion group.

Clive Huggan
============

On 28/4/07 12:22 AM, in article phx.gbl,
"Bernard W Joseph" <net> wrote:
 

word keeps crashing

Posted: 27 Apr 2007 03:54 AM PDT

com wrote: 
I would also try re-applying the Combo Updater from Apple, before going
to the Word Troubleshooting pages. There have been a number of reports
recently when people ran software update, and problems resulted, but
downloading the 10.4.9 combo updater directly from Apple and applying
that fixed them. 

Office 2004 - Lost Serial Number

Posted: 25 Apr 2007 05:14 PM PDT

You can start here:
See here to find out how to get a new CD Key, assuming you have a
legitimate copy:

How to Replace Lost, Broken, or Missing Microsoft Software or Hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246


John McGhie [MVP Word, Word Mac] wrote: 

I can't get my stuff to fill the screen

Posted: 25 Apr 2007 05:12 PM PDT

On 4/26/07 3:53 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "PhilD"
<co.uk> wrote:
 


To get the Finder to remember the setting. Close window after you set as
desired then reopen.
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Entourage Help Page
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One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
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"mark unread" in OWA running in Safari or Firefox?

Posted: 24 Apr 2007 11:56 PM PDT

In article <googlegroups.com>,
com wrote:
 

I don't see a way either. OWA is very limited with non-IE-for-Windows
browsers.

bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)

PC - MAC compatibility

Posted: 24 Apr 2007 08:22 AM PDT

Hi Deena:

I am afraid you have had some very bad advise if someone told you to wipe
your Mac Book drive :-) Well, you will get plenty of sound advice in here
:-)

The shop should have told you that you need 2 GB of RAM to run Parallels --
preferrably 3GB. That's because parallels runs a guest operating system
alongside your Mac OS X operating system. Now, if you think about a house
guest, they don't eat any less food, sleep in a smaller bed, or fit in a
smaller bathroom just because they're guests :-) Operating systems are just
the same. Windows XP needs 512 MB of RAM to run properly, Windows Vista
needs 1 GB. Parallels adds another 100 MB on top of that (that can be
confusing: Parallels requires a minimum of 512 MB of RAM free before it will
agree to start, but it will settle 100 MB higher than whatever the Guest OS
is using.)

Mac OS 10.4 needs at least 1GB of RAM to run properly. If you add these
together: 1GB for OS X, 512 MB for Windows XP, and 100 MB for Parallels, you
need 1,600 MB of memory, before you run any other applications. They will
need more!

If you don't have that much RAM, the system attempts to substitute hard disk
space for RAM. As you have discovered, that makes the system
treacle-in-winter slow :-)

What the shop might not be quite so ready to tell you is that your Macbook
was supplied with all its memory slots full, so you will have to take some
out to put some in. If you want to take your Macbook from 1GB of memory to
2 GB of memory, you will have to discard BOTH the existing 512 MB sticks of
memory and snap in TWO 1 GB sticks. Fortunately, this is easy to do (you
will even find pictures showing you how on the Apple website) and you will
find a ready market on eBay for your discarded sticks of RAM :-).

Now, I use both Entourage and Outlook, depending on whether I am on a PC or
a Mac. You could, of course, use a Hosted Exchange Server. If you did,
your Outlook, Entourage and Blackberry would just connect to it. I used to
work for these people, who offer that service:
http://my.bigpond.com/emailandmessaging/premiummail/solomanagerplus/default.do
However, a moment's thought will show you that their charges are absurd!
And that's because an Exchange Server is such a beast to manage: Microsoft
has a lot of work to do there... There are several providers who offer
Hosted Exchange Servers all over the world. The benefit of that is that you
get to share anything that Outlook and Entourage can do with all of your
devices. At a substantial cost!

However, I believe the best alternative, as others have suggested, is to use
IMAP for your email server. This means that you do not have to synchronise
your mail ANYWHERE. All of your mail remains on the mail server: Entourage
and Outlook only have to display it to you. Entourage is one of the finest
IMAP clients on the planet: Outlook 2007 is not quite as good, but it's
improving :-)

I just log in to which ever computer I am using at the time and I can see my
mail account. Not synchronised copies of it: I see the real Inbox. I am in
Sydney, my inbox is somewhere in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. Who cares:
I can instantly see what's in it :-) The provider I use is www.fastmail.fm
There are a variety of services out there that offer the same thing: and
women are generally a bit more skilled at shopping than men (so they keep
telling me...) so hit the web and go shopping :-)

The first place to look would be the provider that supplies your email now.
They often offer IMAP service for a small extra fee. If they do, you will
only have to change a parameter in your setup: your email addresses will all
remain the same. ISPs hate offering IMAP, because it makes them responsible
for storing the email. But you did not get into business for yourself by
being a door mat: make them an offer they can't refuse and they will soon
see things your way...

The key parameters when buying a mail service are "reliability, reliability,
reliability". I work for myself also: I can't afford an email provider that
suffers fainting fits: the one I use has not inflicted an unscheduled outage
on me in the past five years.

Amongst the reliable providers, you then go shopping for "Storage" and
"Bandwidth". Bandwidth is rarely a large concern: email doesn't use much (I
never use anywhere near 1,000 MB a month ...). But storage can be. My
current provider offers 2GB as standard, and I had a clean-up last week so I
am actually using only 70 MB (which is very light for me: my Archive mail
store, where I put the old and boring junk is 400 MB).

Once you move your email to an IMAP provider, you will find that your
Blackberry will happily connect to IMAP server and show you your email just
like Entourage and Outlook. You can also configure the Blackberry server to
poll your IMAP server and alert you if anything comes in.

OK, that's email: What about your Calendar and your Contacts? These are
things you ARE likely to want to synchronise, so you can use them at times
when your connection is not available. My IMAP provider offers a Contacts
list: nowhere near as good as Outlook or Entourage, but handy to have.

You can publish your Outlook or Entourage calendars to a web server, from
which you can view them on anything. See
http://office.microsoft.com/client/helppreview.aspx?AssetID=HA101743551033&QueryID=s2 OBh9YUx0&respos=3&rt=2&ns=OUTLOOK&lcid=3081&pid=CH 100776881033

You can find other solutions here:
http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm#other

Notice the one thing I have not mentioned is "Synchronisation"? That's
because it is inherently complex and unreliable. PC <-> Mac <->
Blackberry?? That's not just "brave", that's thrill-seeking :-) I have
never known anyone who synchronises a hand-held device who has not blown
away ALL their contacts and appointments SEVERAL times. I simply won't do
it. My business data is too valuable. Your mileage may vary :-)

Hope this helps

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Microsoft Word - HOW CAN I ACCESS a simply learning module for Microsoft Word ?

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HOW CAN I ACCESS a simply learning module for Microsoft Word ?

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I have been given this computer  which has some idiosyncrasies(perhaps because it was made in Ireland) and am struggling with learning how to utilize Microsoft Word to the fullest.

PS I am a senior citizen with no interest in a training program to become certified etc.  But that's all I see on the screen.   Thanks  

When I open Word 2010 the page orientation is landscape and does not respond to instruction to change to portrait

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 06:31 PM PST

I am attempting to create a word document in Word 2010.  When I open Word that is a blank document displayed in landscape form.  When I go to Page Layout and give the instruction to change to portrait the change is not made.  When I attempt to create a new page in portriat the page shows in landscape and won't change.  When I exit Word and wait a minute and re-enter Word the blank page in landscape still shows.  When I give the close command the computer asks the save don't save cancel question and I click don't save the blank page closes.  When exit Word, logoff and shutdown and stay shutdown for about a minute then restart the computer, go to Word 2010 that blank horizontal white page is back and won't change to portriat.

Word 2010 header and footer formatting problem.

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 06:26 PM PST

When I am working on a document, the page numbers show up as {Page} instead of the actual page number.  The page numbers appear normal when I print them.  How can I remedy this?

Change styles shown in template document

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 03:10 PM PST

I am trying to create a custom template which shows only the styles I use in the styles window in the ribbon.  When I eliminate the ones I don't want, and the ones I do want are showing, I then save the template.  BUT - when I open the template again as a template, or create a new document from it, the style window automatically resets to the normal template default.
I do a lot of my work using a speech recognition program. If the styles I want are showing in that window, I can use a speech recognition program to apply them. Otherwise,I have to rearrange the styles again each time I use the template. Is there any way to fix the styles window so it shows only the styles I want? I do not wish to create a custom style; just have the ones visible that I use the most.

Hide options in word

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 12:05 PM PST

I have a friend who uses Office 2003 - Word 2003.

 

His son has changed by accident some option and now his Word shows some things in all four sides of the page. See the screenshot:

http://store.picbg.net/pubpic/CD/DB/8f704a6220a7cddb.png

 

I tried to remove it, I searched the Net, I searched the Word options, but I couldn't find how to fix this.

Additionally, I reinstalled his Office 2003 (uninstalling,manually removing files/folders leftovers, manually removing some Office reg keys) but still nothing.

 

Can you help me get rid of these lines ?

Typing gibberish

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 11:27 AM PST

When I am typing text, occasionally I find myself typing gibberish. That is, the keys print letters abnd numbers not on the keyboard. Thi is some type of virys, but I have been unable to track it dowm. Any suggestions?

Extra space between some heading level 4's and normal text of previous heading level 4's

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 05:46 AM PST

Word 2010 is producing extra space between some heading level 4's and normal text under the preceding heading level 4's (up to about five or six inches), even though the paragraph and heading styles are identical where this problem exists and where it does not, and it doesn't seem to matter how I set the paragraph and heading styles. Also, there are no page or section breaks where this is happening, even though the result looks very similar to a page break.

Local Template vs Global Template

Posted: 24 Jan 2013 04:22 AM PST

What is a Local Template?

 

All I am looking for at this point, please, is a simple and accurate defintion of what it is and nothing more.

 

Thanks and advance for any replies.

 

 

Typing in Word 2007

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 01:52 PM PST

In MS Word 2007, I have a list of names going down the page. One name has a blank between it and the next name in the list. When I click that blank space to type in a name, the previous name gets highlighted. Why?

Word 2010 Crashes When Opening Documents From File - Open - Desktop

Posted: 23 Jan 2013 10:55 AM PST

I have a Windows 7 32 bit machine, running Office 2010.  Whenever I try to open a document, from within Word, which is located on the desktop, Word will crash.  This doesn't happen if I start in safe mode, or if I start Word by going to the run line and typing in winword.exe /a (which enables all add-ins.) When I manually disable all add-ins, Word still crashes.  It's highly frustrating to say the least.  I've tried recreating normal.dot, running office repair and removing all items from the startup folder.  Any suggestions are appreciated!

Formatting Numbers in a Merge Field

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 08:54 PM PST

Hi All,

I have mail merged document.

In my access query , num1 column has 0.30 value.

But when i open mail merged document, it shows, 0 3

its not showing the point. instead of point(.) its showing space.

even i tried toggle field codes.

if i do this,

{MERGEFIELD num1\##.00}

it shows me 3.00 value.


If there is 0.35 value in num1 then, its showing .35 which is correct.

only issue is if num1 has value like 0.30 or 0.40 or 0.50.....

it will show like 0 3 or 0 4 or 0 5.... respectively.

(num1 column's datatype is currency.)

Can anyone tell me how to resolve this issue?

Mail Merge questions - Data Sources and checkboxes

Posted: 22 Jan 2013 03:21 PM PST

I have a Word Doc I'm using with Excel to put out variable data into a letter as a Mail Merge (MM).  We will reuse this again and again.  Everything works pretty well but...

 

1)  I complete the Excel sheet with the fill-ins.  Save it and close. Open the Word doc and it prompts to allow the SQL.  Answer Yes.  I then have to navigate or "point" Word to the Data Source (Excel sheet) location which is a network folder/share which also happens to be the same place/folder that the Word doc launches from.  That completes.  I then quickly just commit the doc with those settings and close.  Come back in; it doesn't go to where I just pointed it, instead it reverts to "My Data Sources" on the local drive.  And I have to do this every single time I open the Word document.  Isn't there a way to "permanently" tell the Document where its data source is instead of me having to navigate/drill up/drill down to it every time?

 

2)  When I come to Edit Recipients, Word always checks every box in all rows in the data window including rows that are blank.  I have to uncheck all and then recheck the boxes/rows at the top which are my desired fill-ins.  If you don't un-check and re-check, then Word prints out the merge including all the blank letters with no fill-ins - wastes a lot of paper!  I don't know why it checks all boxes and not just the ones with data in them.  I'd even take having Word NOT check any boxes and let me select them.  As it is now, the default mode selects all boxes.  Where is there a setting to instruct Word to not check every box, every time I do a mail merge?

 

Thank you for any input.

 

 

Microsoft Works - 7.0 Uninstall/Reinstall failure AGAIN!!

Microsoft Works - 7.0 Uninstall/Reinstall failure AGAIN!!

7.0 Uninstall/Reinstall failure AGAIN!!

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 09:48 AM PDT

Since word processing seems to be the dominant area of
concern at the moment. why not try a custom install of
only Word and see how that goes? If successful, perhaps
you could later install the other components of the suite
that you want. This approach might require that the
installer install Works, but that's OK. The complete
Works Suite will not be installed, if you uncheck Money,
PictureIt!, Encarta and Streets & Trips (or whatever is
included with Works Suite 2003. I am looking at Works
Suite 2001.) Or is that what you have done already,
since you have not mentioned the other applications
individually?

 
the 
program 
Add/Remove: 
the 
msconfig 
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the 
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problem 
but 
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Word 
programs 
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Clean Uninstall?

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 04:04 AM PDT

Thomas,

I assume you would like an honest answer, so, no, I did
not mean Office Student/Teacher.

I purchased my laptop at Best Buy so I had no choice as
to the software installed. I have Win XP Small Business
Office 2002 on my home desktop (I am retired) and use
only Word, Excel and Outlook. That's what I would like on
my laptop, but MS makes it too damn complicated and
expensive. I can't determine how much purchasing Office
2003 out of the trial will cost but it's sure to be much
more than Office Basic 2003 (99.00 on a new computer).

Works 7.0 only complicates the issue as I have no desire
to have to convert Works documents to Office documents
and vice versa. Besides, the last time I used Works there
was a real issue with the Task Launcher which Dell
finally had me delete!

I'm planning on using my son's copies of Word, Excel and
Outlook 2003 and see no reason to use up hard disk space
with Works and the trial Office.

OK, I've got my Nomex suit on if a flame is headed my
way! ;-)

Paul

 
programs) and you will get 
not matter. Note that 
Office - it will upgrade 
computers only, not at retail. Did you mean Office
Student/Teacher?) 
message 
can 
delete 

remove winXp & leave win2000

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 01:37 AM PDT

Take your new WinXP disc and insert it in the drive. Follow the steps in the
setup program - it will ask you what partition you want to install on - just
pick C:

Make sure that you do a reformat and clean install and not just a repair.

Thomas

"mahmoud osama" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Professional 
version 
yours, 

Clip Gallery vs Clip Organizer and Lost Access to ClipArt

Posted: 15 Aug 2004 12:16 AM PDT

Thanks, Kevin,
Things are much better now.
I appreciate your help and prompt answer.
Mae
 
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm 
message 
installed 
for 
interested 
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Re-install of 7.0 Problems

Posted: 14 Aug 2004 05:49 PM PDT

Hi Linda,

Often, even after using Add/Remove Programs there are remnants
of a program in the Windows registry.

There are two utilities provided to help clear the way for a successful
reinstall, they are the Works Clean-Up Utility and Windows installer
clean up utility.

These two Microsoft Knowledge Base articles help explain the process
that usually allows Works to be successfully reinstalled.

Works: Utilities to Help with Troubleshooting Works
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297061

"... When You Try to Install Works 7.0 or Works Suite 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;816273

HTH
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
Website & FAQ for Works: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm





"Linda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Works sheet and data base

Posted: 14 Aug 2004 01:21 PM PDT

You mentioned that you had Office 2003, which includes Excel, so I presumed that you
already have Excel installed.

See Kevin's response regarding installing Works.

--

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


"Dave Neve" <fr> wrote in message
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Would someone please help restore my sanity??

Posted: 14 Aug 2004 10:22 AM PDT

Hi Bill,

Since Works 4.5 is not installed you may proceed to install
Works 4.5 as normal, and use Works 4.5 with WinXp almost
as you did with Win98SE. Works 4.5 may be unaware of
technologies that have come after it.

Works 8 database is similar to Works 7 database and mail merge
proceeds as shown in these videos.

How to perform a mail merge in Works 7.0
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832797

How to perform a mail merge in Works Suite 2004 by using Word 2002
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832796

Neither Works 6 nor Works 7, uses Word as the word processor for
mail merge but Works Suite versions do use Word.

The works word processor program file is named WksWp.exe and is
available in all versions of Works, Suite does not display it in the Task
Launcher nor are the templates provided for it. Suite uses Word and
offers templates for that instead.

Works: How to Create a Shortcut to the Works Word Processor
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=280678

Recent versions of Works does not carry formatting of numerics across
in a mail merge and this is a major deficiency of Works for many users.

Works: Mail Merge Fields Printed Without Numeric Formatting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=246066

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
Website & FAQ for Works: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm





"Bill Edgeworth" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Screen Saver And Spell Check

Posted: 13 Aug 2004 07:41 AM PDT

The Microsoft Internet Mail and News and Outlook Express programs do not come with a spell
checker. They will use the spell checker from any of several Microsoft 32-bit
(Win95/98/NT4 specific) programs. If using Works 4.0, a registry change is required. The
Works 7 spell checker is not compatible with Outlook Express. There are also some
freeware/shareware spell checkers that may work (see the URL in my signature).

Spell Checker or Custom Dictionary Errors
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=178238

Spelling Checker Does Not Run on Message in Outlook Express 5 & 6
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=224176

Spelling and Grammar Options Not Available in Outlook Express 5
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=232950

--

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


"Sid" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Works 6.0 Data Base Report

Posted: 12 Aug 2004 08:03 PM PDT

Thanks Kevin. I followed your instructions and did get the report. One
problem I have is that I must use Portrait mode rather than landscape to
keep report formatting.
Someone emailed me to try CutePDFWriter. Once I created the report in Works
and used smaller fonts because I changed to Portrait, when I went to print
it I got printer panel and I selected CutePDFWriter. It created a PDF file.
I'm going to go that route since most people have adobe and I can email as
an attachment.
Thanks again.
Dannie


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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does 
it, 
it to 

upgrade or purchase?

Posted: 12 Aug 2004 03:35 PM PDT

Jerry wrote:
|| There is no upgrade - you will have to buy Excel at a computer store.

Sorry to contradict you Jerry, but according to this Microsoft Page
http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/howtobuy/default.mspx#XSLTsection126121120120
d1961's Works Suite 2001 does qualify for an Excel upgrade.
(see below)
----------------------------------------------------
Upgrade Eligibility
Determine whether your current version of Excel qualifies you for the $109
US upgrade price. The following products apply:

.. Microsoft Excel
Excel version 2002, Excel 2000, Excel 97

.. Microsoft Office XP
Office XP Developer, Office XP Professional Special Edition, Office XP
Professional, Office XP Small Business Edition, Office XP Standard

.. Microsoft Office 2000
Office 2000 Developer, Office 2000 Premium, Office 2000 Professional, Office
2000 Small Business Edition, Office 2000 Standard

.. Microsoft Office 97
Office 97 Professional, Office 97 Small Business Edition (version 2), Office
97 Small Business Edition (version 1), Office 97 Standard

.. Microsoft Works
Works Suite 20061, Works Suite 2004, Works Suite 2003, Works Suite 2002,
Works Suite 2001, Works 2000, Works 8.0, Works 7.0, Works 6.0


1 Planned versions of Microsoft Works (up to version 8.0) and Microsoft
Works Suite (up to version 2006) will qualify you for the upgrade versions
of Microsoft Office 2003 Editions.
---------------------------------------------------------------

|| "d1961" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
|| news:508f01c480bc$b7335c60$gbl...
||| I would like to have Excel on my home computer, currently
||| running Works Suite 2001. Can't find any answer in
||| support for this simple, non-technical question. Can I
||| purchase an upgrade or do I dish out big bucks for a
||| separate program?


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Font cache error in Works 6.0

Posted: 12 Aug 2004 04:28 AM PDT

Hi Colin,

The number of fonts that need removing varies with your computer
configuration though most systems are stable with fewer than 500
fonts installed.

It is know for this issue to arise with as few as 300 fonts installed.
Font file size can vary considerably.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
Website & FAQ for Works: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm






In news:597501c48143$300a4d70$gbl,
microsoft.com <microsoft.com> wrote: 

Upgrading from Works 4.5a to Works 7.0

Posted: 12 Aug 2004 02:27 AM PDT


"Jim" <grizzlyAIN'com> wrote in message
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Thanks to both Kevin and Jim for the advice. I need to take stock.

Steve

IME and works on XP

Posted: 12 Aug 2004 01:43 AM PDT

Hi Kevin

Problem solved. It was possible from control panel/
regional settings to install Japanese language support
which includes the IME. It was then possible to input
Japanese into works word processor and other apps also.

thanks for your help

Lee
 
Works 
ime/default.mspx 
http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm 
it a 
in 

Works v8.0 History

Posted: 09 Aug 2004 05:56 PM PDT

Kevin James - MSMVP Works wrote:
|| Hi TSMDM,
||
|| Define properly functioning ;-)

Hello Kevin

I was using the OP's definition "Can not individually delete an item from
the history. It is ALL or nothing". Frank was referring to the fact that in
v7.0 individual items could be deleted from the History. This is a feature
that is no longer available in v8.0.

|| History stores a list of all recently opened files - the History.
||
|| The entire list is safeguarded, and individual deletions are not
|| allowed, you can't change History :-)
||
|| If a file has been deleted/moved from its previous known position,
|| then the option is offered to remove the entry from the History list.
||
|| I believe that what we require here is a customised approach, yet
|| customisation appears to be a diminishing functionality of Works.
||
|| HTH,
|| --
|| Kevin James.
|| Tua'r Goleuni
|| Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
|| Website & FAQ for Works:
|| http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm
||
||
||
||
|||||| -----Original Message-----
|||||| Can not individually delete an item from the history. It
|||||| is ALL or nothing.
||||||
|||||| Time to figure out where in the registry the History is
|||||| maintained.
||||||
|||||| Back to the drawing board.
||||||
|||||| Frank Mahala
|||||| com
|||||| <erase works to reply>
|||||| .
|||
||| Now that I just purchased my own copy of v8.0 I see what Frank
||| Mahala is talking about. This isn't a bother for me, because I
||| don't open files from within the History files anyway, but I can
||| see how it is going to be minor peeve for those who do. It seems
||| that Microsoft fixed some things, and broke some othersin this new
||| version. I wonder if a properly functioning History file will be a
||| new product feature in v9.0? <grin>
|||
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