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LILO problem

Posted: 29 Jul 2004 03:01 PM PDT

JohnInSD At san DOT rr dot COM wrote: 

I always thought the "C" drive was a designation invented by Windows,
not having anything to do with your physical hardware setup.

 

I will look into that. Thanks.

Linux installation problem

Posted: 29 Jul 2004 01:17 PM PDT

John Bahran wrote:
 

What is the installation telling you is wrong?

Hmm-- I am wondering whether you are deleting the XP (NTFS) partitions
first. You say you want to install Red Hat "on top" of XP, which I
interpret to mean you don't want XP anymore and would like to use that hard
drive space for Linux instead.

If this is the case, you need to go into the partitioning part of the
install (do this partition work manually rather than automatically), and
first delete the NTFS partitions that Windows is on. Then add ext2 or ext3
partitions for Linux (and you'll need one swap partition as well). And the
root partition would be "/", not "/;" (unless you know something I don't).

While you are at it, it's a good idea to make several partitions. Make the
"/" partition a certain size, and create more partitions for /usr, /var,
and /home (plus the swap partition). This is only a suggestion. It'll
help to keep /var's log entries and other data from scattering all over the
place, and having a separate /home partition means that if you ever upgrade
or reinstall, your personal data and settings can stay intact, as you can
elect not to erase/reformat a /home partition when you re-install Linux.
It's also good to keep /usr separate for a lot of reasons, since it'll
contain program files, information, and other things that can get changed
around a lot. Isolating partitions like this is helpful and safer for
doing maintenance and backup work. For ex. if /usr gets hosed somehow, it
can be important that you can at least access other partitions in order to
use certain repair methods.

I'm not the best one to explain these things, but maybe I said something
useful.

And try to get a newer Red Hat disc if you can ;-)

Swedey

Quick newb questions

Posted: 29 Jul 2004 11:42 AM PDT


"Nico Kadel-Garcia" <net> wrote in message
news:com... 
how 
you 

Excuse me: three-fold. This is what I get for editing after writing my
opening line....

Install Fedora Core 2 from NTFS hard drive?

Posted: 28 Jul 2004 07:39 AM PDT

>> Is that posible to install from a NTFS hard drive?
 

Finally found a reference:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2004-February/msg00931.html

Linux USB Monitor

Posted: 28 Jul 2004 03:41 AM PDT

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| Regards
| Shilpi
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| shilpig at momentum-tech dot com

Check out the article "Snooping the USB Data Stream" by Greg
Kroah-Hartman in the latest (August 2004) issue of LinuxJournal. It was
excellent.

Susan
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SCSI setup

Posted: 27 Jul 2004 10:36 PM PDT

Bambaluc <it> writes:

[...]
 

The module for SCSI disk support, perhaps?

Michael

grub reading wrong sectors?

Posted: 27 Jul 2004 04:21 PM PDT

com (w m r) wrote in message news:<google.com>... 

Turns out that telling the BIOS to use LBA mode to access the drive
fixed it. There must be some BIOS or drive bug as the BIOS changes
the drives natural 6588x16x63 geometry to 823x128x63. So telling it
to use LBA mode must work around the bug.

Mike

Changing root password in Rescue mode

Posted: 27 Jul 2004 09:39 AM PDT

On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 09:39:32 -0700, Tony wrote: 

chroot /mnt_point_here

passwd root

Advanced User Management in Fedora Core 2

Posted: 27 Jul 2004 07:43 AM PDT


"GVK" <iiit.net> wrote in message
news:ce5s3c$18i1$wplus.net... 
synchronize all 
it 
all of 
one. 
the 

NIS can do this, but LDAP is becoming more preferred these days. If you can
spend the time, learn to use it. NFS or SMB can share the files from one
machine to another over the network.

If, however, you actually need the boxes to be independent, look into
"rsync" and learn to use it effectively, preferably over an SSH tunnel.

"Resource temporarily unavailable": a firewall issue?

Posted: 27 Jul 2004 07:07 AM PDT

Doru-Catalin Togea wrote: 
I do not know what firewall you are running, but I run one built with
_iptables_. Originally I set it up to reject everything not particularly
enabled. It is still like that.

But also, originally, I made it log every message that it rejected. Right
now, the only change I made to that was to throttle the logging rate, and
to stop logging pings (that are almost entirely refused) due to the great
number of them I get.

If you do that, you will be able to see just what requests are being
rejected by your firewall and can adjust it to accept those you need to
accept. Every once in a while I get mysterious failures which usually mean
some server has changed to a new IP address and I must open that port from
that address. But it is rare and so far has been only with Intuit,
Quicken, and TurboTax.

--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 20:10:00 up 1 day, 5:11, 4 users, load average: 4.11, 4.14, 4.10

How to rebuild vmlinuz and initrd.img from scratch for pxeboot environment

Posted: 26 Jul 2004 10:43 AM PDT

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:38:56 -0700, Olivier BOURDON wrote: 

It's usually a good idea to keep the old kernel, and have a backup boot
selection ("man lilo" or "man grub"), so that if the new kernel is
"busted" you can still boot the old kernel and make repairs. That is less
important nowadays, since there are several ways to boot rescue CDs, but
it is still rather convenient to use that feature.

--
Juhan Leemet
Logicognosis, Inc.

Domain Name Website Naming

Posted: 26 Jul 2004 07:33 AM PDT

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:33:05 -0700, Charles Kendricks wrote:
 

In your domain's zone file:

foobar.net. IN A 123.231.34.56
www.foobar.net. IN A 123.231.34.56

Debian Exim4 w/ Fetchmail (easy?)

Posted: 26 Jul 2004 01:51 AM PDT

com (JVarsoke) wrote in message news:<google.com>... 

Okay, like I thought, pretty easy. Turns out I have a .forward in
$HOME which refers to procmail. But I never asked Debian to install
procmail. So a little "apt-get install procmail" solved all my
problems. Silly me; too used to distros that insist you install the
kitchen sink along with the base packages.

-j

ethernet connection working at 1.2Mb/sec

Posted: 26 Jul 2004 12:00 AM PDT

Hi,

thanks for the infos I didn't know about.
On Tue, 27 Jul 2004, Michael Heiming wrote:
 

my problem here is that dmesg gives me something
that looks good to me:
100bmps (or something like this ) on both sides.

BUT

mii-tool run ONLY on one side: on the other I get some error message.
The side that gives me problem has a strange motherboard.
This motherboard (low-end ECS EliteGroup :-)) ) seems to handle ethernet
in a funny way:
It seems that TWO devices are taking care of it:

1) SiS900
2) Realtek 8201BL (or something like this)
Do I have to expect conflict between both of them ?
Sorry about not giving exact error messages
(my computers are at home, no internet, yet)

Luciano
 

ethereal not found on Fedora Core 1

Posted: 25 Jul 2004 07:10 PM PDT


"TCMA" <ca> wrote in message
news:google.com... 
it. 

Configure yum.conf to talk to a local FTP mirror of Fedora Core 1, and use
"yum install ethereal".

booting from external usb hard drive?

Posted: 25 Jul 2004 09:46 AM PDT

On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:46:18 -0700, ziliath wrote:
 

I was able to do this using the SuSE 9.0 Pro installation disk. (Tried
Fedora Core 2, but it didn't find the external USB drive.)
Just told it to keep off my WinXP and Linux internal drives, and
install Linux and put the GRUB loader on the external drive.
 

Didn't try that approach.
Although my BIOS appears to allow booting from a USB device, it totally
ignored my request to boot from the external USB drive.
However, by booting the SuSE installation disk instead, its installation
process (the 'boot existing Linux' part) then found the drive and booted it.

I suspect it was able to do so because it had already loaded sufficient
USB function to make the external USB drive accessible.

Maurice Batey
(Retired in Hampshire, UK)
www.maurice.eurobell.co.uk
(Remove 'antispam.' to reply)

Kernel OOPS - still crash!!

Posted: 23 Jul 2004 01:11 PM PDT

> Probably easier to track down bad memory, defective boards, tired cooling

right, memtest find out bad memory.now I'm trying to find out the right
stick mem.
thanks
ciao

Gantt Bar Sizes Microsoft Project

Gantt Bar Sizes Microsoft Project

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

You're welcome, Lisa:-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Lisa wrote: 

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
news:phx.gbl... 

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

Another thought for aj ... the Project developers hang out at
microsoft.public.project.developer ... may be a good resource for you.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms




Rob Schneider wrote: 

Microsoft Word - Can no longer send document from MS Word with Save And Send.

Microsoft Word - Can no longer send document from MS Word with Save And Send.

Can no longer send document from MS Word with Save And Send.

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:42 PM PDT

Until a few days ago, I was able to send a document in MS Word 2010  using the Save and Send application. Now, I get an announcement that a document cannot be sent to my mail client (Outlook). I have been able to copy the document in Word and paste it into an Outlook email, but it was much simpler and with several useful choices when I could use Send and Save. I should mention that I am not very knowledgeable about Word and have learned what I know from the excellent tutorials made available. Is there a simple answer to this problem?                    Thanks/ Rich   

Vertical alignment in Text Boxes is greyed out.

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 02:33 PM PDT

I have a page with text boxes and would like to set the vertical alignment to Center but all three options are greyed out.  Document protection allows for unrestricted access.  Is there any way to unlock the allignment settings?

VBA code to exit current table in Word 2010

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 10:48 AM PDT

I have created, via VBA, a table and want to force the cursor to exit the table AFTER IT ENDS.

I have tried moveright 1 character, but doesn't work.

TIA

Where to download an OFFLINE copy of a dictionary for Word?

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:41 AM PDT

Word no longer includes a dictionary (which seems hard to believe), and I'd like to use one. However I am not always online, and wonder if anyone knows where to find a downloadable dictionary for OFFLINE use? Perhaps one could use the perfectly fine Word 2010 dictionary.

 

Anyone know why Microsoft devalued Word in this peculiar way?!

 

Hopefully any answers will also apply to Excel...

Where are the default documents opened by Word and Excel 2013?

Posted: 03 Jun 2013 09:36 AM PDT

Where are the default documents which Word & Excel 2013 open?

 

I want to change headers & footers, default bullet indents and other items that I do not believe can be done by simply changing the 'defaults'.  Nearly every version of Word & Excel seems to change these directories and how this works - creating endless confusion and frustration for customers.

 

For Office 2010 I believe the following applied:

WORD: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotx

EXCEL: C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Excel\XLStart\Book.xltx

but these no longer work. A Search of Office online is useless as was my initial Google search: most responses deal with changing defaults, but do not address location of the default templates...

 

Thanks!

 

- John

Microsoft Word - Word GUI Windows 8 Start page

Microsoft Word - Word GUI Windows 8 Start page

Word GUI Windows 8 Start page

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 08:49 PM PDT

I have windows 8 installed on my laptop. I inadvertantly "unpinned" Word icon from my Start page. How do I recover it?

Trouble with header/page numbers

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 08:33 PM PDT

I foolishly decided to experiment and open up my doc in another word processing program, and now the header (for pagination) is totally messed up. No matter how many times I try this, inserting page number will give it to me ONLY on the first and last pages of this document, and not in any pages in between. What I'd like is to have the page number suppressed on the first page, and then on the next page, start with page number 2.

Can anyone help me with this? I have tried opening up a new document and simply copying and pasting the text into it, but the problem remains.

I have linked the file here.

how do I magnify document before printing

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:22 PM PDT

how do I magnify document before printing

Copy normal template from word 2013 to Word 2010?

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 03:29 PM PDT

I want to copy the normal template from one computer that is using Word 2013 to another computer that is using Word 2010.  Is that possible?

Word 2010 opens a new process every time I open a new file; cannot close without problems with Normal.dotm

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 01:23 PM PDT

I'm running Word 2010 on Windows 7. Every time I open a second Word file from Windows Explorer or from an internet URL, Word opens a new process (sometimes two), as visible in Task Manager|Processes. When I try to close one file, I of course cannot because my normal.dotm file is in use by another user (ME!!!). I am getting bored with having to click about six times before I can close a file. If only a single file is open, it of course closes gracefully, but I often open many at a time and would like to be able to close them without harassment.

 

My User templates is set to: C:\Users\Frank\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates

My Workgroup templates are saved elsewhere on my F: drive

 

Who can save me from frustration?


Frank

Can't close Word 2000

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 08:33 AM PDT

Windows 7.

 Problem with Microsoft word 2000 opens and works fine but I can only close it using task manager I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling but problem still the same. it had worked o/k for 18 months or more!

 

insert multiple endnote at the same position of the body text

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 08:07 AM PDT

I use end note some times I insert more than one endnote in the same position of the text. so the word insert nos in this way 23456 I want to convert them to this style 2-6 is that possible?

Changing the font and paragraph of a blank document

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 02:13 AM PDT

Whenever I open Word 2013 (which I run on Windows 7), I usually click on the blank document which opens up ok, but no matter how I try to change the font to open on Normal as Arial and have 0 points for paragraph, whenever I open a new blank document it always reverts to Calibri 11 and after paragraph spacing of 8 points. On older versions I could set up a normal blank document with the default settings of my choice, but not with 2013. Is there anything I can do to stop this?

Is there a way I can add a header to my gallery with the spacing

Posted: 31 May 2013 02:00 PM PDT

I want the spacing to be retained when I save it to the gallery so that when I insert it into my other documents, it takes on the spacing of when it was created, and not the margins of the new document.

How do I get rid of linked styles in our templates?

Posted: 31 May 2013 12:58 AM PDT

We have a number of Word templates that were created in a pre-version of Word 2003 and these templates have been modified at different times using all the subsequent versions of Word. At the moment they are residing in Word 2010. In the list of styles, there are a number of randomly located linked styles (when they first appeared I cannot say). What I mean by randomly located is that not all styles of a certain type are linked. For example, only Heading 2 is a linked style, not the rest of the heading styles.

What I want to do is change the style type to Paragraph, but when I try to modify the styles, the Style type alternative is greyed out and cannot be changed. I can always select the Disable Linked Styles check box in the Styles list, but that still leaves these random styles in the list for all to see. I'm starting to get uncomfortable questions from users as to why there are only a few of these styles in the list, and since I am responsible for the templates, I want to remove these styles since they are of no use to us.

Thanks,
Lars

After installation of Office 365

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:14 PM PDT

I installed office 365 successfully I think.  Where do I go to open and use Word.

Microsoft Word - How do you get rid of edited markings on word 2010?

Microsoft Word - How do you get rid of edited markings on word 2010?

How do you get rid of edited markings on word 2010?

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 10:25 AM PDT

On my word document I have edited words that are red, and there are lines on the left side of the page. I've turned off tracking changes, and I've also tried changing the final: show mark to other settings. But whenever I reopen the document the red and lines are still there. How do I change all of this back to normal? 

why can't i select more than one image

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 06:21 AM PDT

For some reason I am unable to select more than one image. I use to be able to, but something must of changed and I can't figure out what it may be. I tried other forums using MSO help, but the information is pretty  vague. I am using Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 32-bit with OS 8. Thanks in advance for any help I can get or information as to why I am suddenly having this problem.

How do I get paragraphs to break across pages in a 6X9 template?

Posted: 02 Jun 2013 05:06 AM PDT

I am in the process of preparing a book for publication with Amazon / Create Space - in their provided template for a 6X9 book.  I dropped the complete manuscript into the template... but ALL paragraphs are intact and will not break across pages.  Forcing the break inserts hundreds of unnecessary Paragraph breaks and un-even gaps at the bottom of most pages.  Is there a radio button in Page Layout or somewhere... to cause the pages to break normally across pages?

Text in previous column moves

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 05:12 PM PDT

When I center the first line of text in the 2nd column, the last line of text in the 1st column is also centered.  How do I break that connection?

Microsoft office document

Posted: 01 Jun 2013 08:21 AM PDT

I have a microsoft office document (under properties says "file type is Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 Document (.doc)) that is used as a template. Each time I tab, it jumps to a new area (field?). How do I turn off this feature so that I can add/change information in other areas that are not in these darkened areas (fields?

Open Word documents in separate instances

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:13 AM PDT

My old computer ran on Windows Vista and would open each word document as a separate instance. Now I have Windows 7 64 bit and this does not happen.  I work on large text files, some of them over 10,000 pages long, and can have 4-5 documents open simultaneously. In the past, when I would send one of them to the printer, the others would carry on working fine. Now, I have to wait for all the open documents to repaginate, and if I try to cancel repagination all word windows stop responding and I have been losing hours of work. Any way to get 7 to work like Vista in this regard. I have aLenovo W530, Intel Core i7 3820QM @ 2.70GHz, 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz. I checked with resmon and CPU and mem are no where near being used up.

Can one 'alphabetize' the styles in the ribbon Style list?

Posted: 31 May 2013 06:30 AM PDT

Hello.

I have a list of styles that I like, headings 1 through 4, numbered 1, 1.1, 1.1.1, and 1.1.1.1. However, when I go to the style box in the ribbon at the top of the page, they appear in helter-skelter order. One would have hoped for an alphabetical order (or numerical order in this case), or at least a an automatic placing of the most recently used ones at the top.

Is there a way to make that happen?

Thanks,

Peyton Todd

Microsoft Word - Trouble opening documents after Windows7 re-install

Microsoft Word - Trouble opening documents after Windows7 re-install

Trouble opening documents after Windows7 re-install

Posted: 31 May 2013 09:00 PM PDT

My computer had a virus so had to re-install windows7.  I can open word documents in my documents folder but if I try to open documents on the web (like a bank statement) all I get is symbols. 

 

Anyone advice on how to fix the problem?

printing 2010 word doc (changed to 2003 style) in booklet form

Posted: 31 May 2013 07:05 PM PDT

printing a 42 page  (21 sheets of paper) booklet with word 2010 document (changed to 2003 style) and the duplex page prints upside down.  Is that a word problem or a printer problem?  And only 22 pages (11 sheets of paper) print even though printer is set on "whole document".

 

Windows 8  64 bit

Word 2010

Permanently change line spacing

Posted: 30 May 2013 05:47 PM PDT

How do I change the line spacing to "single" permanently so I don't have to change it every time I open a new document? I have already gone into Change Styles-line spacing-set as default, etc. Nothing is working. Would someone please walk me through this? Thanks

Error trying to open Microsoft Word 2003

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:30 PM PDT

Hello, I am getting an error message trying to open up Microsoft Word 2003 "There is a problem sending the command to the program". 

I ran the >sfc/scannow. 

The scan found errors but could not fix - "Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. Details are included in the CBS.Log windir\Logs\CBS\CBS.log. For example C:\Windows\Logs\CBS\CBS.log". 

Can someone pleaswe help me?   I am not sure how to find the log & correct.   Thank you. :)

Need customization as per requirement in MS word 2003

Posted: 30 May 2013 05:50 AM PDT

Hi,

     I am regular user of Microsoft Word 2003. In that i need customization and this customization will activate in single click. I have been mention my following requirement option below. 

1.                  Margin should be as:

Ø       Top: 1     

Ø       Bottom: 1

Ø       Left: 1.25

Ø       Right: 1.25

Ø       Gutter: 0.0  

Ø       Header: 0.0

Ø       Footer: 0.0

2.                  Paper Size should be A4.

3.                  Orientation should be Portrait.

4.       left alignment

5.         Font "Times New Roman".  


Can we this parameter do in word 2003 by coding or other way. If this possible could you help me out?

Microsoft Word - Text to appear on next page when type a text at the bottom.

Microsoft Word - Text to appear on next page when type a text at the bottom.

Text to appear on next page when type a text at the bottom.

Posted: 30 May 2013 10:07 PM PDT

Hi, I have no idea how to do programming or macro writing in Word.
My question is if I write say "hello" at the bottom of the current page after writing the letter, the header and footer of the current page appears on the next page together with page number at the header.
thanks

Envelope printing problem in Word 2010

Posted: 30 May 2013 01:05 PM PDT

In Word 2010 after typing a letter, then highlighting the address I go to 'Mailings' then 'envelopes', then print.  For some reason the envelope now prints with very large text.  I have checked the font and it is on size 12.  Any suggestion as to what might have gone wrong.

How expand a 1.1.1 type heading down to the 1.1.1.1 level

Posted: 30 May 2013 01:01 PM PDT

I may have Word 10 but I know it is at least Word 7. (Word 7 is what it says when I press F1; the old Help > About way seems to no longer exist.)

 

 In an important (by now 172-page) document I've been working on for about three years, I have headings running from 1 to 1.1 to 1.1.1, and now I realize I will need a 1.1.1.1 heading. I almost certainly established my current headings based on Shauna Kelly's masterful and detailed explanation, but now as I tried to expand down to level 4 (i.e. 1.1.1.1) I ran into trouble, and messed up my 1.1.1 headings. Fortunately I was able to retrieve a recent copy of the document with the headings intact.

 

With my now septuagenarian brain, I would hate to start the process all over again step by step, for fear I would REALLY mess things up as I did already in my earlier attempt. If we assume (as I'm 99.99% certain we can), that my current headings were created in the list style recommended by Shauna, could someone please provide a series of simple steps for simply extending my present system down to level 4?

 

Many thanks!

 

Peyton Todd

(I had to choose Petun  Tahd since I was unable to reconnect to my previous incarnation in my real name)

Mail Merge using distribution group as From

Posted: 30 May 2013 09:15 AM PDT

I have Office 2007. I am using Word, Excel and Outlook.

When trying to do a mail merge I am able to get everything that I need with the exception of the From field in the email.

The email has my default email address in it.

I would like to use a group distribution in the From field.

Is there a way to do this?

Streamline mail merge and pdf creation

Posted: 30 May 2013 07:40 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

On a monthly basis I receive a report of hours contained in an excel spreadsheet where the data needs to populate a Word file in the form of a certificate. This is usually done using a mail merge from within Word. After the certificates are populated, I have to create a pdf of each file separately and then each of the certificates is emailed to a separate email address.

As I'm trying to streamline this process, I wondered whether anyone could offer any time-saving advice. I don't think I could save any time with the mail merge part, but it's very time consuming having to create a separate pdf file for each page in the merge results and then having to attach each file to a separate email. I wondered if a macro of some sort would help with this. Is it possible to click a button attached to a macro and have each page of the mail merge results create a separate pdf and then attach it to an email? Maybe I'm asking too much here but just thought I'd run it past everyone in case there is in fact some time saving function that I'm missing out on.

Really appreciate any advice.

In the "page layout" section of word, A5 is no longer given as an option under "page size." Why

Posted: 30 May 2013 04:31 AM PDT

As above, when I open the "page layout" option of word, I can no longer choose "A5" under "page size.
What has gone wrong with my "Word" program and how an I put it right?

NUMPAGES defaults to one when document saved.

Posted: 30 May 2013 03:50 AM PDT

I have a document with a first and subsequent footer. When I save this to the LAN the field NUMPAGES reverts to 1 when in fact I have 9 pages. It carries on as it should for page 2 onwards.
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