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Open Office - [discuss] Possible major gain for ODF?

Open Office - [discuss] Possible major gain for ODF?

[discuss] Possible major gain for ODF?

Posted: 20 Apr 2007 10:42 AM PDT

I've heard that some say that UOF is better than ODF


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[discuss] Columns

Posted: 19 Apr 2007 04:09 PM PDT

Hi,
 

It goes like this:
1. click the arrow button at the right end of the toolbar where you want
the Column button.
2. from the menu, choose Customize toolbar.
3. Click Add.
4. Select the Format category, then the Columns command. Click Add.


Uwe
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[discuss] Terminology in OOo Impress

Posted: 18 Apr 2007 01:51 AM PDT

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On 4/19/07, Christian Lippka - Sun Microsystems Germany <
com> wrote: 


Gruss Christian!

I think that the main problem that exists today (OOo 2.2) is that in the
task pane you can select a Page Master, but if you want to modify it you
have to access the menu "View > Master > Slide Master". Using within the
same user interface two different terms to refer to the same object is for
me what causes the confusion in most of the users.

I am not sure I understand the problem you mention. Notes master is already
in use (View > Master > Notes master) and I am not suggesting to replace
this term. The notes master defines the layout of the Notes page and I do
not think there is a consistency issue here.
If you are suggesting that the page master in the Task pane is different
from the slide master, then I am afraid I will have to ask you to elaborate
as it does not seem to be the case.

As for the handouts master, I could not find this functionality. The only
modification to the handout layout is performed manually (no master
involved) or by means of the layout tab in the task pane.

In summary my suggested RFE is to replace any occurrency of "Master Page"
with "Slide Master" and "Master Pages" with "Slide Masters".

Mit freundlichem Gru=DF

Michele

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[discuss] Einstruction/CPS 4.0 suggestion/question

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 06:49 PM PDT

 

It really depends on _how_ Einstruction works with powerpoint. Maybe
it just creates files for powerpoint to display?
If so, you are in great shape, because OO does a pretty fine job of
opening files from PowerPoint.

If it somehow hooks into PowerPoint, then probably impossible without
support from the programmers of Einstruction.

Good luck
Jay

[discuss] Styles Handling

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 04:13 PM PDT

On Apr 19, 3:02 am, com ("Chris Monahan")
wrote: 


can you suggest a good place to learn about OOo's template handling
and styles inheritance?
Writer seems to ignore the outline levels of a Word document's styles.
Maybe I'm missing something...

On a superficial level, the styles in OOs are great. There do seem to
be some areas where improvements could be made...
cheers
Jay

[discuss] Multi language bar idea.

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 02:49 AM PDT

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Hei,
 

this discussion is heading in a good direction. ;-)

Yes, i mean it,
Andr=E9.


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[discuss] latex users

Posted: 17 Apr 2007 02:49 AM PDT

On Apr 17, 11:55 pm, com ("Chris Monahan")
wrote: 

See http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/

MT (who apologises if this turns out to be a duplicate post)

[discuss] ADVICE NEEDED

Posted: 16 Apr 2007 04:00 AM PDT

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Hi, Hester,

On Mon, 16 Apr 2007, Johnny Andersson wrote: 

Most lists block attachments. It's generally very bad form to try to send=
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them to a whole list.
 

If it is in the new MS Excel format, then *nothing* else can read it now=20
or for the foreseeable near future. Lack of interoperability is=20
classically how MS tries to drive new sales.

In that case, you'll have to contact the author of the document [1] and=20
have them send you the file in a better format.

We recommmend OpenDocument (ISO/IEC 26300), since that is what most=20
companies and governments are backing and have started to use already.=20
There is also a great (and growing) amount of software out there which can=
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use OpenDocument. The OpenDocument foundation and a few others have=20
started providing different plugins for legacy applications like MS Office=
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which for various political reasons do not yet support OpenDocument

Best regards,
-Lars

[1]=09Some mail clients or extra filters can be configured to detect and=20
auto-respond to defective attachments. If your program can do that, then=
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you might draft a polite message explaining how senders can improve=20
interoperability.

Lars Nood=C3=A9n (org)
Ensure access to your data now and in the future
http://opendocumentfellowship.org/about_us/contribute


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[discuss] Open Office 2.1 Reads Wordperfect 4.2 Files

Posted: 14 Apr 2007 11:12 PM PDT



Rob wrote: 



very interesting story indeed !!!
forwarded to org, as they might find it interesting
for inclusion on the official testimonilals page
http://www.openoffice.org/about_us/testimonials.html

even though it seems the page has not been updated fro YEARS !!!!! who
maintains it ??????

[discuss] [moderated]100% free software

Posted: 13 Apr 2007 03:28 PM PDT

> The GIMP for instant messaging
whoops, that should be image editing, my bad

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Microsoft Works - Works 4.5 error message "out of memory"

Microsoft Works - Works 4.5 error message "out of memory"

Works 4.5 error message "out of memory"

Posted: 23 Oct 2004 05:33 PM PDT

Hello Kevin,

Thanks for the advice. Your suggestion triggered my memory of having run
across this problem once before when I purchased my first HP 4200 printer. I
changed the driver to one from a 4050 HP printer and the problem was solved.
Good start to my Sunday morning. I appreciate the quick
response.............Mark

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

Importing data

Posted: 23 Oct 2004 11:14 AM PDT

Thanks, it works, of course. I tested it with a .tsv export of Works
Calendar, after which I spent some time formatting, hiding columns of
unwanted data, etc. Then, after printing, I Edit>Select All>Delete 'd
and saved my work as a template.

However, from that point, the way to get the stuff in to a formatted
database is to open the .tsv or other comma-, or tab-delimited file in
Notepad, Edit>Select All, and Copy. Paste it in the first cell of the
spreadsheet. Using a File>Open will simply create a new database with
the information and it won't be formatted.

Thanks for the reply.

Michael Santovec wrote:
 

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Try 'yahoo'.

Text to Date in Works Spreadsheet

Posted: 22 Oct 2004 06:38 AM PDT

Thanks for the Information - keep up the good work

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Backing up entire calendar

Posted: 21 Oct 2004 03:32 PM PDT

Kevin James - MSMVP Works wrote:
 

Thank you. I hadn't looked in All Users, figuring that the calendar
would be a single-user thing. But even if I had, I'd not have been sure
that mswkscal.wcd was the item. It looks as though a safety backup
would be wise to copy all of those files, keeping categories and such.

In W2000, Works 7, it's: c:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Microsoft\Works, by the way, for anyone with that pairing.

Thanks again,
Chuck

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Try 'yahoo'.

Where do you go to get help?

Posted: 21 Oct 2004 09:58 AM PDT

Kevin,

Thanks, I had see some of these which do not indicate warranty support.
However, the one for Works Suite 2005 which I had not found does indicate 1-year support.
I have e-mailed the problem report there.

Thanks again,
Neil





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help me

Posted: 20 Oct 2004 09:03 PM PDT

Hi Suzie,

In days, take their "sign-on date" away from the "present date".

HTH,
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Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links :http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





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calendar holidays are missing

Posted: 20 Oct 2004 11:27 AM PDT

Not that I'm aware of.....

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MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

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emailing a works document

Posted: 19 Oct 2004 09:45 AM PDT

Re: person receiving the email with the attachment can not open my
attachment.

Try this:

Open or create your document using Works Word processor.

Next, save the document into My Documents folder by clicking File on the
menu bar then clicking Save As.

In the Save As dialog popup for Save in: My Documents should display, leave
as is. Under File name: give your file a name. Under Save as type: click
the down arrow and select .rtf (Rich Text Format), click Save.

Note: most word processors can open a document with .rtf (Rich Text Format)
extension.

Close Works Word processor.

Open your mail program, if Outlook Express, click Create Mail, attached the
above saved document to your mail and send it.

Let us know the result,
Ken

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If I try to email one of my works documents from my word processor, the
person receiving the email with the attachment can not open my attachment.
Any help would be great. I am in college and one of my classes is online and
so far I have been unable to email my homework in and it is becoming a big
problem.

MSWORKS.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows.

Posted: 19 Oct 2004 08:21 AM PDT

There are several causes to this. One is having a Generic Text Only printer set as the
default printer. Another is needing an update printer driver from your printer
manufacturer.

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Works 7- Word Processor- Document Statistics, Spell Check Options

Posted: 17 Oct 2004 04:09 PM PDT

If you are using a late version of Works Suite, you have WORD in it. You
just need to get the settings he told you and it will be there. WORD is a
very powerful, and sometimes difficult to set up. If you are using WORD
your documents will say WORD above the Menu Bar.

Good Luck

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Ken:TExt docs cannot open - see below also..

Posted: 16 Oct 2004 10:09 AM PDT

Aldus sprak DavidF op 18-10-2004 19:49:
 

What always changes is the location of floating images or textframes. So
it will be best to put pictures inline and notuse text frames.

Erik

Microsoft Word - MS word trouble.need urgent help

Microsoft Word - MS word trouble.need urgent help

MS word trouble.need urgent help

Posted: 11 May 2013 10:44 AM PDT

i was making a file on word when suddenly something happened and i'm not able to fix it.please help me
please visit the link http://s84.photobucket.com/user/smritisonkar/media/Untitled.jpg.html.
how do i get these pages back to normal....i tried many things but nothing worked

In Word 2007 large fonts!

Posted: 11 May 2013 08:49 AM PDT


Suddenly when I open word the cureser is flashing in HUGE fonts? No matter what I do I am unable to correct?? Even though the font size reads 11 or 12 or 8 it doesn't matter? Can someone please help?! It w/b truly appreciated! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE! :)

Files being saved in Temp folder not sure why...

Posted: 11 May 2013 06:58 AM PDT

This is really frustrating...

 

I have a zipped folder which I have saved in My Documents.  When I open each Word file they are in read only, I have to convert and save the file as another name,  It wont let me save the new file in the same folder but ends up wanting to save the files in a Temp folder...why is this happening? 

How do I set the Cursor position for a specific line in centimetres for Office 2010 like 2003?

Posted: 11 May 2013 06:16 AM PDT

In a Word document I need to start typing at a particular point (ie the Cursor position) which might vary according to the stationery and window envelope I will be using. I now know how to start at say line 6, but this would change according to font size. How can I indicated the position in measurements eg centimetres? I need this information in the bottom status bar as I had with Office 2003.

 

I always knew depending on paper size that I had to start typing on line say 6.5cm!

 

 

How to start numbering on page 2?

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:43 PM PDT

In Word 2003 when I clicked inserted page numbers, I was offered the option to leave page one blank and begin with no. 2 on page 2.

It was simple and "user friendly." Now I've tried Word Help and online help, and it's as if nobody has ever heard of doing such a thing.

Or for some reason I'm just not seeing the answer.

Again, I want to add page numbers to a document, without "1" appearing on page 1. I thinks that's a common practice.

Thanks for your help.

Font on email & Word

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:38 AM PDT

Hello, I want to change the font on Word and Windows Live email and keep it at the same font without it keep changing back to what it's set at already, I would appreciate any help please.

File name and path in footer,

Posted: 09 May 2013 10:28 PM PDT

What is the easiest way to inset a file name and path in my footer, and for it to update if I change the location of the document?
Thanks in advance!

How do I make Arial 12 the default text?

Posted: 09 May 2013 06:07 AM PDT

I tried everything but that Calibri 11 keeps popping back every time I return to Word 2013. I clicked the Ctrl+D icon - customize text - and it looked good for a while, but that Mafioso Calibri was back this morning. All I want is that Arial 12 is the default font and font size. Can someone tell me how to do this? 

Microsoft Word - Problem printing tables, text wrapping

Microsoft Word - Problem printing tables, text wrapping

Problem printing tables, text wrapping

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT

(Sorry for this convoluted explanation of the problem I'm having, but this is the clearest I could explain it! If there's a way for me to upload this document somewhere for people to review, I can do that. Thanks!)

One of my co-workers is trying to print a document she created on Word 2010. The document contains several separate tables, some of which spread across the page horizontally and others that take up part of the page vertically. There are also a couple of text boxes on the page. Here's a diagram of what the page looks like (T= Table, B=text Box, Letters in BOLD are where the problems are)

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT   
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT     
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

The text in Bold does not print. I believe what is happening is that, when I send the page to print, the text is somehow being moved about a line down within the table, hiding it from view. (If I make the fonts larger, I can see the very top of the text on the bottom of each cell, or if I make the text a superscript, it raises the fonts enough so it's visible when I print.) Please note that when I print the file to a PDF, I get the same result, so I'm fairly confident the problem is not with the printer.

I found a solution, but that caused a formatting problem. If I turn the text wrapping option to None, the text prints. The problem with this solution is that if I turn the text wrap off for the table on the far left, it will not let me place any of the tables or the text box to the right of it (it shifts them to the next page.) On the other hand, if I turn the text wrap off for the tables on the right hand side but leave text wrapping on for the table on the left, formatting is fine, and everything prints except for the text in the table on the left.

Any suggestions??? This is driving me bonkers!!

Constructing custom bullets

Posted: 09 May 2013 05:56 PM PDT

In Word 2000, one had the ability to specify the amount (in inches, etc.) of the indents, both for the bullet and for the text that followed immediately.

 

In Word 2010, there is a bullet menu on the Home tab, but the drop-down menu does not contain a means for customizing the bullet/text placement.  This capability must certainly still exist, except that I have not been clever enough to find it!

 

Gordon

Houston, TX

How to replace all bold phrases with the same phrase with ** before and after?

Posted: 09 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Hi,

I'm creating a Wikidot (wiki platform) website and when you create a new Page and paste in text it loses all Bold and Italics. You then have to go back and put ** before and after every part of the text that had been Bold.

I want to use Replace in Word prior to copying and pasting to find the bold phrases and then replace them with the same phrase, but with the ** before and ** after the phrase, rather than manually do it.

Title title title

becomes

**Title title title**

Does anyone know how this could be done?

thanks!!!!

Unwanted automatic text deletion

Posted: 09 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

When I try to add text to an existing document the existing text is being automatically deleted.  How can I stop that from happening?  There is nothing unusual about the document, The format is Normaland it still happens if I clear formatting.

Why text boundaries changed in 2013

Posted: 09 May 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Hiya Fellas,

I've a question to do about the new Word version.

Why, when I work with a 97-2003 .doc document of Word, It shows it normally, like the next picture.


But... When I want to work with a 2007-2013 .docx document, appears this:



It doesn't happened with the older versions, just with this 2013. You could try, and tell me if I'm lying.

If wanna activate these text boundaries, must go to File > Options > Advanced > Show Document Content > check "Show text boundaries".

Try pressing "enter" in the document, and you will see the same like in the above image.

Can you tell me what is wrong here?

Thank you.

System update updates microsoft windows

Posted: 09 May 2013 07:50 AM PDT

cannot get my  windows word 2010 to open. keeps referring me troubleshooter with no effect after running the troubleshooter

Office 2013 (Windows 7) has worked well for several weeks, but not will not start up any programs?

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Office 2013 Professional Plus (32 bit version) has been working well since clean installation approximately 2 weeks ago on a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit OS.  Today when I tried to open any Office applications nothing happens.  I have attempted both quick and online repairs, both of which fail.  Also tried to start individual applications in Safe mode, and then the OS in safe mode again no response.  I have also tried a clean boot, and this also had no effect.

Windows updates are fully up to date, up to a single Defender update as of 7th May 2013.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

configration progress

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:07 PM PDT

every time I start Word 2007 the progran goes through "configration Progress" to start. I have reinstalled Word a couple of times, but I still get the "Progress"!

MS WORD Print Layout - How to change appearance of background screen either side of the white page of text in WORD 2003 & WORD 2013

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:01 AM PDT

I have two computers, one is PC bought 2003, WinXP WORD 2003, other is Laptop 2013, Win8, WORD 2013.

 

My Question is :-

 

When using WORD I prefer using the View Print Layout/Reading Layout which shows my work against a screen background, how can I change the appearance of the background colour?

 

On my PC (WORD2003) some ~ 8 years ago I managed somehow but now can't remember how ? to change it to grey and would like to now change the colour again and would also like to change the Laptop (WORD2013) in a similar way so both computers have the same appearance.

 

I have seen many help items for changing the page colour, but this is not what I am asking - it is the appearance of the screen background colour outside the actual Word document which I would like to modify.

 

The Laptop Word document currently appears as a white page surrounded by white background and is like working in a snow drift and not very easy on the eyes.

 

A step by step technical know how of how to adjust the Word 2003/2013 set up would be much appreciated.

 

My first question ever online ends: thankyou anyone who can help with this !

my e mail account don't work 'arf sharp and office97w'ont run - Microsoft Office forums

my e mail account don't work 'arf sharp and office97w'ont run - Microsoft Office forums

my e mail account don't work 'arf sharp and office97w'ont run

Posted: 07 Aug 2004 09:03 PM PDT

See here or OE help
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/
or ask in an OE news group

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Office Update aborts while searching for available updates

Posted: 07 Aug 2004 11:09 AM PDT

Piotr and Michael--

You can get the downoads from here. I'm not sure but I think this issue is
going to be fixed with MSI 3.0 available in Windows XP SP2 when it RTMs to
the web around and about August 25 via Windows Update. Meanwhile, you can
access the updates directly and easily from here:

Downloads for Office 2003:

http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate/downloads.aspx?CategoryID=CD010224941033&CTT=4&Ori gin=ES790020041033



Best,

Chad Harris
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Exactly the same problem. I have office 2003 installed over XP. Goes up to
40% and the same message. Any suggestions?

Office 2003 SP1 MUI avaible ?

Posted: 06 Aug 2004 12:19 PM PDT

The MUI SP1 updates should be publicly available this month.

Sloan Crayton
Microsoft

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The "From" line in e-mail

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 02:55 PM PDT

You'll need to change it in the properties for the email account that you're
sending with.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


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Multiple VLK's and a single installation point?

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 02:52 PM PDT

That mostly makes sense to me. However, I don't think that I fully
understand.

If we maintain paper records for each computer, and say purchase 200
licenses under one VLK, and purchase another 50 under another VLK, Must I
create two installations, one for the 200 licenses, and one for the 50? Or
can I maintain a single installation, with a single VLK, and install it on
all 250 machines?

Richard

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Updating OffXP on the server

Posted: 05 Aug 2004 06:39 AM PDT

Hahaha, no i specified the variables

msiexec /a X:\Office XP Pro\Pro.msi /p C:\kb832671\i forget the name.msp
SHORTFILENAMES=TRUE

I'm not looking at it now so I don't remember the msp file, but thats' the
command.

Now I'm doing this on win2k, but that shouldn't matter right? I mean the
msiexec command works the same on 2000 or XP...the only thing i can think
and i'll try changing it, the name i used for the folder office is installed
to, I'll rename it to something in 8.3 format..

Thanks

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2003 Pro Upgrade

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 12:24 PM PDT

> "Charles Weaver" <microsoft.com> wrote in 

1) You cannot upgrade products of the same version line - it is not
supported.

2) Why do you need the key? You don't have to install the qualifying
product, merely insert it when prompted.


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lose his marbles?

Office 2003 SP1 Update gets HotFix error

Posted: 04 Aug 2004 05:49 AM PDT

Typically this step addresses that problem, too (they have the same cause).
See the KB article at
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;304498 for other
potential causes of Office Update detection failures.

Sloan Crayton
Microsoft

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can't reinstall office xp pro after deleting from windows xp syste

Posted: 02 Aug 2004 04:39 PM PDT

Hello Danna,

The log file information stated you tried installing Office XP SP-2.
Instead you need to install SP-1 first for Office XP. But, you mentioned
that you have deleted the Office installation files already. At this
point, you may try this. Please note that the method involves editing the
registry; so make sure to back up the registry.

1) Back-up your registry 322755 HOW TO: Backup, Edit, and Restore the
Registry in Windows 2000
<http://support.microsoft.com/?id=322755>

2. Strart registry editor and delete the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Prod ucts\9040820900063D11C8EF0
0054038389C

3. Delete this key and all of its subkeys:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\10.0

4. Under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Installer\Folde
rs, delete the key with the information: 9040820900063D11C8EF00054038389C

5. Delete the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall\{9028
0409-6000-11D3-8CFE-0050048383C9}

6. After a reboot, try to install Office XP; then run office update using
the link: http://office.microsoft.com/officeupdate

Please try the suggestions and let me know the status.

Regards,
Jagadeesh.P
Microsoft.

xwindows help - Forums Linux

xwindows help - Forums Linux

xwindows help

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 10:09 PM PDT

"DanB" <net> wrote in
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ATI has good video drivers for linux. Go to www.ati.com and then download the
linux drivers and install them. I get this error too with my nvidia card when
I update the kernel and forget to reinstall the video drivers for it. You
have to install the 3D video drivers for your card and when you update the
kernel, reinstall them as they are kernel version dependant. It is not a big
deal and is a quick and painless process.

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Posted: 15 Jul 2004 10:40 PM PDT

Hi Dave,

This sounds like a developer-type question to me. Try posting on the
developer newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project Newsgroups. FAQs,
companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at this
web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

davegrr wrote: 

Gantt Bar Sizes

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 03:00 PM PDT

Hi Brian,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Bar Styles give the option of 6 shapes, 10 patterns and 16 colours gives 960
combinations, and there aren't any more :(

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Brian wrote: 

Project duration and dates

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 01:05 PM PDT

It sounds like you're confusing hours of work with hours of duration.

The duration is the amount of (working) time between when the task begins
and when it ends. If we work a normal default work schedule of an 8 hour
workday (that's how Project knows what minutes out of the day count as
working time) a task that starts Monday at 8am and is finished Friday at 5pm
is 40 hours of duration by definition, period, end of story, and it CAN'T be
anything else. So if you say a task has a *duration* of 24 hours and starts
Mon at 8, it simply must end Wednesday at 5, there is no other option. You
cannot say a task starts Mon at 8, ends Fri at 5, and has 20 hours duration
UNLESS the workday itself is defined at 4 hours per day.

Work is the number of man-hours the resource is actually doing something
during that duration time period. The ratio of the two is the resource
allocation percentage of the resource assignment. If I say I have a task
budgeted for 20 hours, I'm usually thinking of man-hours of work. I could
do that work over a 20, 40, 60, 217, or whatever hour duration. (I can't do
it over LESS than 20 hours duration unless I get someone else to work with
me because I can't be two places at once.) If I do 20 hours of work over a
20 hour duration I'm working 100%. If I do it over a 60 hour duration I'm
working at 33% allocation, and so forth.

Fixed dates are a major issue because all too often those dates have been
determined without any regard to whether they are realistic or do-able. The
notion behind ALL project scheduling software, not just MS Project, is that
you are using the tool to develop a model of the project in order to
determine what dates things should be scheduled for so as to meet the
overall business objectives. When you start the process you know that you'll
be able to start as of a certain date (or can assume one), perhaps you know
you need to finish by a particular deadline, and you know what you need to
get accomplished and who's available to do it. But you *don't* have a clue
what dates all the tasks should be scheduled for - figuring all that detail
out is why you're using the software in the first place. Even specifying
start and finish dates when you enter tasks into the Gantt chart table
doesn't really give you truly fixed dates. Entering a start date gives a
Start No Earlier Then constraint while entering a finish date gives a Finish
No Earlier Than constraint. There can only be one constraint so which you
get will be determined by whether you specify the start of the finish date
first - the last one entered will govern. But that's not to say the tasks
won't get moved LATER in the plan if a predecessor link or resource
unavailability or conflict drives them later.

Here's a possible solution, workable if you're very careful. Set the
default task type to fixed units and enter your tasks. You should never,
ever, input start and finish dates except for those few tasks where a
constraint is actually required by the nature of the task itself but if you
really have no choice in the matter, when you set those dates the duration
they represent will be calculated. I'd actually do it in the order finish
date then start date because a SNET constraint makes more sense than a FNET
constraint if you have to have one at all. The duration between those two
dates is fixed and that's not something you can control, period. Now enter
your resources in the resource list. Back to the Gantt chart. Split the
screen (Window Split) and use the Task Form in the bottom window to assign
your resources. For each task in turn, first switch the task type to fixed
duration, click ok, then in the resources section enter the resource name,
leave the percentage blank, and enter the number of hours budgeted for that
task. When you click ok, the resource(s) will be assigned at whatever
percentage produces the budgeted hours of work over the duration represented
by the start and end dates you've specified. If any resource gets allocated
at over 100% you've now got a political problem to solve because it means
that the boss who gave you those fixed dates is requiring people to do more
work in a workday than is humanly possible to do and something has got to
give or the project is virtually guaranteed to fail.

Hope this helps, let us know how it goes...

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



"Lisa" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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can't figure out how to allot resources so that neither the amount of hours
at which I've sent the duration nor the dates move.

How difficult is Project Server to Implement?

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 12:27 PM PDT

I agree. The tool is just part of the problem. Defining and getting
agreement on a standard process and training the users is quite an effort in
a large group.

-Jack

"Rob Schneider" <net.net> wrote in message
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How are percentages calculated?

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 12:12 PM PDT

The best thing to do is look in Help, and ask the question "how is
percent complete computed" and you'll see the article "Percentage and
number fields" and there you can see how these fields are computed.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




JeremyE wrote: 

Linking tasks into master project

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 12:07 PM PDT

Hi Robin,

If you expand the sub-project files within the master, you can link tasks in
the normal way: eg select the 2 tasks an click the Link tool.

Mike Glen
Project MVP



Robin wrote: 

build customized application for MS Project

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 06:40 AM PDT

You could also keep it simpler by using, if available in the company,
Outlook's Task Request process. Customers ask a request of the manager
who in turn delegates it out.

Project would be great if the tasks are true projects ... but if "just"
tasks, you might find the overhead/complexity is too much.

There are also some very nice open source products available for free
that do this sort of thing. Check out Source Forge et. al.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




aj wrote: 

Link Summary or not?

Posted: 15 Jul 2004 06:39 AM PDT

You might want to look for an article by Robert Cooper about Stage-Gate
processes (phases and gates) particularly the stuff he wrote about "Fuzzy"
gates...

some thoughts on lifecycles and phases....
This probably won't answer your question regarding linking of phase summary
task (though I recommend against it)
----
Turns out most companies have lifecycles with phases and gates - however
many gates are "90% there" (from an old Arnold Palmer quote about trees and
golfing).

Think about it, perhaps you have a deliverable of a specific tool made by an
outside vendor. That tool is complicated and will take 6 months to produce.
According to your lifecycle, that tool is not due until phase 3 - which is
typically 2 months long and should happen 4 months from now. Do you wait
until phase 3 to start work on the tool? Hell no! - you start thinking and
acting on that deliverable ASAP....

SO here a phase 3 deliverable is actually being worked on during phase 1 and
phase 2....

Mark
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Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
__________________________________________________ ______

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

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"maarkr" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Can't remove program

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 08:47 PM PDT

Have some kind of corruption on primary HD as could not
reinstall, remove or change features when attempting to
reload Project, reinstalled MS project to different HD and
was able then to remove program. Thanks for your reponse.

Steve Brown 
Sounds like 
that the uninstaller 
Whenever I 
not 
bar 
and 
Since 

Printing in Microsoft Project 2002

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 05:26 PM PDT

Hi Catherine,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

You might like to have a look at my series of Microsoft Project lessons in
the TechTrax ezine, particularly Lesson 8 - Printing Reports and Views, at
this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc (Perhaps you'd care to rate it before
leaving the site, :) Thanks.)

If that doesn't help, I would suspect corruption and you could try the
suggestions in FAQ Item: 43. File Bloat? - Might be Corruption.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Catherine wrote: 

Website Project Plan

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 04:22 PM PDT

FYI, a project plan is a collection of documents. MS Project can be used for
the WBS, schedule, resource plans, effort and duration estimates (and other
documents) which are all PART OF the project plan.

You'll also need things like roles and responsibilities, project success
criteria, project justification, project charter ...

If I were to do a Web sit project plan these would be the hyperlinks I'd
consider:

Project Charter
One page scope document
WBS
Activity Effort estimates
Activity duration estimates
Resouce requirments/resource plans
Team members and roles
Risks and risk response plans
Communication plan (built on the list of key stakeholders)
Assumptions
Network logic diagram
performance measurement baseline (for earned value)

By building this web site, you will know more about your project than you
ever thought possible...
Mark

--
__________________________________________________ _______
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
__________________________________________________ ______

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"Ann" <com> wrote in message
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TO DO CRASHING FROM PROJECT

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 03:35 PM PDT

Start with the critical path(s). Do what you can to shorten it. Then when
the new critical path(s) emerge, shorten them and so on and so on...

Look at your plan and figure out what can be done in parallel but be aware
of the risks as you "parallelize" work

"We can start coding even though the design is not done however we risk
rework once the design is finished" are you willing to take that risk? What
is the risk/reward trade-off? (is the risk worth the reward?)

Best of luck...

Mark


--
__________________________________________________ _______
Mark Durrenberger, PMP
Principal, Oak Associates, Inc, www.oakinc.com
"Advancing the Theory and Practice of Project Management"
__________________________________________________ ______

The nicest thing about NOT planning is that failure
comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
a period of worry and depression.

- Sir John Harvey-Jones
"student" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Printing only Working Days

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 11:47 AM PDT

Thanks Steve,

I figured this was the case, but I just wanted an expert
opinion on the matter. thanks for the assistance, and
keep up the great work.

Jason

 
cancelled because you 
message 
are 
sheets? 

Assignments not appearing in Project Server Task Timesheet

Posted: 14 Jul 2004 11:42 AM PDT

Diane --

Do you see errors in the application log on the server?

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


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