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Switched from Excel to Outlook 2003. No incoming mail with Window. - Microsoft Office forums

Switched from Excel to Outlook 2003. No incoming mail with Window.

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 09:51 PM PDT

Semofo1 wrote: 

Excel is a SPREADSHEET program, Outlook is a MAIL client. You CAN'T switch
form one to the other. What did you REALLY do?

Which languages (including AutoCorrect) does Office XP include?

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 02:31 PM PDT

Greek-language proofing tools are not included with Office XP. You have to
get the Office XP Multilingual User Interface Pack described in
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291130.

"Jenoudi" wrote:
 

How can I run the initial office wizard to set up my account

Posted: 29 Aug 2004 12:03 AM PDT

If you wish to keep the modified dates of yr email, important for archiving,
Export from OE to OL.
An import will change all dates to the import date.

"Timothy L" <com> wrote in message
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Fast Find

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 11:54 PM PDT

Hi Stephen,

Findfast was discontinued after Office 2000 and didn't run
on Windows 2000. It's possible that Office has activated
the Windows Indexing Service for Office 'Fast Searching'
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282106&FR=1

Disabling or uninstalling the Windows XP Indexing Service
component is one of the 'common' tweaks suggested for some
speed improvement.

http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak545.aspx

======
<<"John Smith" <com> wrote in message news:u%fYc.11879$bigpond.net.au...
Hi Bob
No icon in control panel!
The reason I am going down this path is I am having problems with my PC
slowing down over time
It was suggested in another newsgroup to try this course of action
Does no icon mean Fast Find is not enabled?
Regards
Stephen >>
--
I hope this helps you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 explained
http://microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.asp

desktop to laptop

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 10:35 PM PDT

Q. How many times can I install Office 2003 Editions?

A. You can install one copy of Office Professional Edition 2003, Office
Small Business Edition 2003, and Office Standard Edition 2003 on your main
computer and another on your laptop computer for your exclusive, but
non-concurrent use. To install a version of these Office 2003 Editions on
more than these two computers, you must obtain another license for the
program. You can install Office Student and Teacher Edition 2003 on up to
three computers in your household if a household member is qualified. You
can work with Office 2003 Editions at your desk and when mobile.

Note: Licenses for the 2003 release of Office acquired preinstalled on new
computers are single-computer licenses that cannot be transferred or
installed on another computer.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/faq.mspx (look
under "Installation and Compatibility")



Q. Does Microsoft require product activation for Office 2003 Editions?

A. Yes. You need to activate the software by providing your country/region
name and product identification number, but you don't have to provide any
personal information (such as a name or telephone number).
Learn more about product activation:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/activation.mspx

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/faq.mspx (look
under "Installation and Compatibility")



Product activation should start automatically when you run any Office 2003
Professional Application for the first time.

As long your copy of Office 2003 is genuine and has only been installed on
the number of computers mentioned in it's license agreement without going
over, then you should be fine.


If you are not sure if your version of Microsoft Office is genuine, visit
the How To Tell website for Microsoft Office:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/office.mspx

If you are not sure if your version of Microsoft Windows is genuine, visit
the How To Tell website for Microsoft Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/windows.mspx




"Harry P." <Harry P. @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Problem Installing Office XP Standard for Students & Teachers

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 01:17 PM PDT

Anne,
Have a happy installation...

Chris Schatte

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Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

"Anne" wrote:
 

How to remove and resell Office XP Pro OEM

Posted: 28 Aug 2004 10:35 AM PDT

Steve Cohen wrote: 


Sure you can sell it - but you'd have to sell your computer too. Doesn't
anyone read EULAs anymore?! Let me assist you: -

" Software as a Component of the Computer - Transfer. THIS
LICENSE MAY NOT BE SHARED, TRANSFERRED TO OR
USED CONCURRENTLY ON DIFFERENT COMPUTERS.
The SOFTWARE is licensed with the COMPUTER as a single
integrated product and may only be used with the COMPUTER. If
the SOFTWARE is not accompanied by HARDWARE, you may not use
the SOFTWARE. You may permanently transfer all of your rights
under this EULA only as part of a permanent sale or transfer
of the COMPUTER, provided you retain no copies, if you
transfer the SOFTWARE (including all component parts, the
media, any upgrades, this EULA and the Certificate of
Authenticity), and the recipient agrees to the terms of this
EULA. If the SOFTWARE is an upgrade, any transfer must also
include all prior versions of the SOFTWARE."

So no, you may not sell Office, unless you also sell the system.

In addition, even if that copy of Office had been retail you could not have
sold it as the licence would have been absorbed into the upgrade, so if you
wanted to sell XP, you couldn't, unless you sold 2003 along with it.

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lose his marbles?

Office 2k3 registration

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 08:34 AM PDT

Ted Bealmear,
As stated you must activate or the software will time out and go into
reduced functionality mode. Student/Teacher 2003 allows for 3 installations
on 3 different machines.
If you ever have to reinstall on the machines it was installed on you may
have to use the phone method to re-activate Office.
Read your eula.

Chris Schatte

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"Mercury" wrote:
 

Two configurations for Office ?

Posted: 27 Aug 2004 02:08 AM PDT

To put things as simply as possible:

I use Word and Excel without hardly any customization. OTOH, my wife uses
lots of toolbars and hence needs the document to appear on the screen in
very small fonts. So, would it be possible to have one shortcut for "my"
Excel (like straight out of the box) and another one for "hers", with all of
her customizations?


Daniel

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Cannot configure Sound Card, RH9, New Box - Forums Linux

Cannot configure Sound Card, RH9, New Box - Forums Linux

Cannot configure Sound Card, RH9, New Box

Posted: 26 Aug 2004 05:45 PM PDT


Scratch the sound card problem, I got that fixed.

--
Joseph

GRUB hang dual booted system

Posted: 26 Aug 2004 03:42 PM PDT

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 19:27:21 -0700, Paul Lutus wrote:
 

Again, You are talking out of your ass. Not only will it work, it has been
working on all my computers since I first tried it with Suse 7.2 and
Win2K. I presently boot Windows 98SE and Win2K from hde without issues. I
can also boot Windows from hdc or hdg if I choose.

My present Windows stanza from /grub/menu.lst;

title Windows E
root (hd2,0)
map (hd2) (hd0)
map (hd0) (hd2)
makeactive
chainloader +1

I suppose I'll have to destroy a perfectly good system, because you
proclaim it cannot exist. For a guy with your background, your ignorance
is appalling.

--
imotgm

Why OS takes so much memory?

Posted: 26 Aug 2004 11:38 AM PDT


"Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez" <com> wrote in message
news:SktXc.110485$eresmas.com... 

Disk caching. Why not leave the last N megabytes of disk accessed in the
cache if you're not otherwise using it, to reduce the latency of disk
requests?

how can I upgrade an old RedHat distro ?

Posted: 26 Aug 2004 12:40 AM PDT

Richard Steiner wrote:
 

.... while i agree with what you're saying, overall, i'd be
of the opinion to use slackware for older hardware. i just
cant shake the feeling that mandrake, admittedly very popular,
is not a very *serious* distro.
..
--
<< http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >>
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is
lightly greased." - Kehlog Albran, "The Profit"

Boot Linux to an HTML Menu

Posted: 25 Aug 2004 06:09 PM PDT

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In comp.os.linux.setup L. Mark Bruffey <edu> suggested: 

Sounds like the Kiosk-HOWTO (www.tldp.org) is what you want.

Good luck

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Need some help on kernel modules

Posted: 25 Aug 2004 05:08 PM PDT

Andreas Janssen wrote:
 

Thanks
I now just need to learn about kernel modules

--
There are 10 types of people in this world
Those that understand binary and those that don't
/* If Linux community doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem
*/

help: pipe with tar

Posted: 25 Aug 2004 04:54 PM PDT

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:47:14 -0400,
Nico Kadel-Garcia <net> wrote:

 

You should, however, specify ibs=xxx matching the actual block size of
the tape used when the tape was written. For default block size
of tar tapes would be ibs=20b. Failure do specify the block size may
result in truncated tape blocks and thus an unusable tarball file.


Villy

Fedora Core 2 (FC2) and sis 7012 sound card error

Posted: 25 Aug 2004 03:25 PM PDT

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
This is the result of exectute de configuratin from console, it
recognices my Silicon Integrated Systems sound card but I can't hear test.

[root@algomu root]# system-config-soundcard
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]

Newbie Question About Swap Partition

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 12:33 PM PDT

On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 12:33 -0700, Google Mike wrote: 

The swap partition will never, ever just change size automatically; you
will always need to manually trigger any changes to it.
 

No, it will not increase, or decrease; see above.
 

That depends on exactly how your disk is laid out; if you're at all
unsure, I'd say no. Otherwise, find a local guru and ask them to show
you (not 'do it for you'). Changing the size of the swap partition
generally involves pulling out a partitioning tool, backing up your
entire disk, and repartitioning the drive; unless you really need to, I
wouldn't bother. It sounds like you already have a swap partition that
is easily big enough for anything you'd probably need to do.
 

The magic formula used to be 'RAMx2', but that's not really a good way
of judging it. The real question you want to ask now is, "Do I need more
than 2GB of memory?", because that's what you've got with 1GB RAM and
1GB swap. Remember, though, that accessing swap is many, many times
slower than RAM. Chances are good you could probably reduce your swap
partition and nothing would even notice, even now before you add the
extra 512MB. Think of swap as 'emergency memory' which the system can
use when it runs out of RAM so that it doesn't completely flake out.

Assuming typical desktop use, an average Linux system, today, generally
requires at least 256MB of total memory (that's both RAM and swap
combined), with at least half of that being real RAM instead of swap;
real RAM is always better than swap, when it can be afforded. With 512MB
or more of RAM, you probably won't ever need more than 256MB of swap.
However, this all depends on exactly what you do.

If you run a lot of applications at once, or applications that consume a
lot of RAM (eg: GIMP, editing a 4000x4000x32bit image), you'll want to
set up a relatively large swap partition, to ensure that the system has
plenty of combined memory for those times that it needs it.

As a general rule, however, don't ever set up a swap partition that is
more than double your available RAM; it's not that it will hurt
anything, but it is pointless. If you have 1GB of RAM, and (therefore,
following the swap=RAMx2 rule) set up a 2GB swap, you have a combined
total of 3GB of memory. Before your system comes anywhere near consuming
that 3GB, it's performance will have slowed to a crawl, as it spends
most of its time paging memory in and out of the swap partition
(remember, swap is hundreds, if not thousands of times slower than RAM).
In fact, chances are good that by the time your hypothetical system has
consumed a mere 1GB of its swap space, it will have slowed down to
unusability, perhaps even acting like it has frozen.

The general rule of thumb I'm seeing today is: set your swap partition
to be equal to your RAM, assuming you have 512MB or more; also, don't
ever bother making your swap partition larger than 1GB, especially if
you have more than 1GB of RAM. And this is only if you're a hard-core
power user who runs applications that consume memory like water. If not,
a swap partition no larger than 512MB is probably more than sufficient.

If you have less than 512MB, the old RAMx2 formula is probably good
enough for most uses.

Personally, I've got my swap set to 1GB, but that's because hard drive
space is dirt cheap nowadays, so it doesn't really hurt. With 1GB of
RAM, though, I've rarely seen it use more than 200Kb of my swap space.
Ever. Even when I *was* editing those huge 4000x4000 images in the GIMP
(to be fair, though, GIMP 2 does a pretty good job of paging itself out
to disk without relying on the swap partition, so this may not be a good
example).

Remember though, real RAM is *always* better than swap, when you can
afford it.

Finally, I'd recommend using swap partitions over swap files, but that's
just me. Swap files just strike me as being too easy to screw with,
although that might just be my Windows bias seeping through.
 

resize causes a boot to grub prompt

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 07:03 AM PDT


"P Gentry" <com> wrote in message
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<snip>

Thanks for the references below, I usually get as far as "man xxxx" and
anything beyond that and not found by google is an incantation AFAICT.

It appears my problems it that the disk I am duping the image on is a SCSI
and the system on the "acronis backup image" was built before the SCSI
controller was added. I edited /etc/modules.conf and added "alias
scsi_hostadapter aic7xxx" but it seems there is more to it then that. I see
the aix7 drivers in lib/modules... but it still fails to boot. I did go to
the acronis forum and posted much this same question and got no response
yet. I tried the latest version of true image (8.0) and saw a warning that
what I was about to do would require that I have a linux boot diskette
ready. It gave (acronis true image 8) instructions on working with lilo,
but not with grub. In any event I suspect the problem is the scsi
controller being used to boot a linux image that was built with no
controller present.
 
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/GNU-Linux.html#GNU%2fLinux 
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Command-line-and-menu-entry-commands.html#Command-line%20and%20menu%20entry%20commands 

Advice on mixed Linux/Windows student lab?

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 06:45 PM PDT

Jem Berkes wrote:
.... 

Cool! I think this qualifies as another "way cool stuff you can do
with Linux that other OSes never even thought of".

Cheers!
Rich

syslinux: more than one diskette?

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 12:48 PM PDT

On 25 Aug 2004 13:13:30 -0700, john hrdo <com> wrote: 

dd if=minifs.gz of=/dev/fd0 bs=1028

Or something like that.

You don't mount the floppy and will probably have to do it
as root.

AC

loadlin competitors

Posted: 22 Aug 2004 10:06 AM PDT

Bill Marcum <com.urgent> wrote in message news:<localnet>... 
Yes I was, thank you.

Unable to get net connection with Fedora Linux

Posted: 21 Aug 2004 03:13 PM PDT

Hi,

The output to route -n is


[root@localhost root]# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
203.55.231.88 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
0.0.0.0 203.55.231.88 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 ppp0

To my innocent eyes that looks OK.

I contacted the ISP and they suggested putting the following in
etc/resolv.conf

search iinet.net.au
nameserver 203.0.178.191
nameserver 203.109.250.50

This was sufficient to get an internet connection up and running.
Fantastic!

Thanks Paul and Moe, your help is very much appreciated by this Linux
newbie. I feel I've just gone thru a rite of passage :)

Roy

Updatedb -- is it truly necessary to run?

Posted: 21 Aug 2004 02:31 PM PDT

Thanx for the help everybody!

Jean-David Beyer wrote: 

I can't shutdown correctly

Posted: 21 Aug 2004 01:50 PM PDT

Someone claiming to be Luis wrote:
 

You are shutting down as root, aren't you?
 

Some information regarding your hardware would be beneficial. Have you
checked /var/log/messages for clues?
Something is preventing a clean shutdown. If you don't get "Halt completed"
then, well, the halt hasn't completed.

Tim

--
Fedora Core 2, Kernel 2.6.7-1.494.2.2, KDE 3.2.3, Xorg 6.7.0
21:30:00 up 9 days, 13:56, 22 users, load average: 0.51, 0.34, 0.26
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts

tmpwatch and nfs

Posted: 21 Aug 2004 06:38 AM PDT

Appreciate all the responses and advice. I will check more on the
configuration files for tmpwatch.
I am still curious to know if anyone else on this planet has
experienced such an incident were tmpwatch removed files mounted via
NFS in /tmp.?

Thanks,
Ihab
Paul Lutus <zzz> wrote in message news:<supernews.com>... 

BEST MINI LINUX

Posted: 20 Aug 2004 06:01 PM PDT

jeremiah256 wrote:
 

hal91 is easy to install, even for a beginner like me, and it does fit
on one floppy. I don't know if it has all of the features you want.

jimbo

Backing up a LInux system

Posted: 19 Aug 2004 07:35 AM PDT

Maurice Batey wrote:
 

I tried this on Fedora Core 2 just now, YMMV:

$ man -t partimage > partimage_manpage.ps

Optional second step:

$ kghostview partimage_manpage.ps

Or print the output. Looks better than the original.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

Manual Debian Install?

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 11:05 PM PDT

This is excellent, thanks much for the link!

Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
 

lilo error message

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 11:26 AM PDT

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 03:18:34 -0400, Bill Marcum <com.urgent>
wrote:
 

If "lba32", or "lilo -L" is not recognized, get a more recent version of LILO
that can read beyond the 1024 cylinder limit. Versions after 21.4.4 of 4
years ago support "lba32" addressing.

You'll still have to use the separate /boot partition on low cylinder numbers
if your BIOS does not support LBA32 addressing.

--John

Starting Gnome Terminal in a directory

Posted: 18 Aug 2004 04:21 AM PDT

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:21:49 +0200, Ulf Samuelsson
<dot.com> wrote: 
Could that script be ~/.bashrc ? If so, fix it so it doesn't change
directory.


--
Liberals don't believe they deserve anything they own; conservatives think
they're entitled to everything they've stolen.

Explorer

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 01:23 PM PDT

John Bahran wrote: 

Hi John,
If you mean on the desktop in Linux, those files most likely exist in a
directory called /home/john/desktop or something similar.

At the shell/console, maybe try typing "man konqueror" or "which
konqueror" to see if they are installed. If a man page comes up when you
type man konqueror, it could well mean that konqueror is on the
system...if so, try simply entering konqueror and you'll be in business.
You can try the same test for nautilus, which is the gnome file manager.

If neither of those work, you might also want to go to this page...
http://freshmeat.net/projects/gentoo/
and download this program which is a file manager reasonably similar to
what you might want. There's a link to RPMs for it there as well.

Is a swap partition still necessary in Linux?

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 01:21 PM PDT

In comp.os.linux.misc P.T. Breuer <it.uc3m.es> wrote: 

And I want cool, I forgot to add. The server is in a cupboard under the
desk, running nicely underclocked, with no fan. Silent as the mice ..
 

Peter

GNU screen and TAB key

Posted: 17 Aug 2004 04:30 AM PDT

On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:16:18 +0200, Samuel Tribehou <com> wrote: 

I use screen and vi and have no problems at all. In fact, screen uses
some vi keybindings and there still isn't any conflict.

I'm using both of them right here.

Your problem isn't with screen, it is with your choice of editors.

Some applications just aren't compatible. Some, like emacs, aren't
compatible with anything, which is why they had to turn it into a
self-contained desktop environment with its own programming language.

AC

Microsoft Word - Blank line needed above a Word table that starts on the first line

Microsoft Word - Blank line needed above a Word table that starts on the first line

Blank line needed above a Word table that starts on the first line

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:33 AM PDT

I was given a Word 2007 file that starts on the first line with a table.  I need to add some discriptive text and a Heading 1 title for the first few pages to go into the TOC. 
How can I add a new line one when line one contains the first row of the table>

Thanks

Paul

Save Tracked Changes to a Separate Document

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:05 PM PDT

Can I save my tracked changes as a separate document?  I need to keep a log of all of the changes that I make massive changes to a manual and it seems tracked changes would be the most efficient way to do this so that I don't have to type in each change I make.  Thanks

Help! Grandson clicked on something and Word doesn't work right.

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 02:07 PM PDT

I have Microsoft Office For Home and Student 2007.  Windows XP. Never had any problems until a few days ago.

Don't know what grandson clicked on.  When you click on Word, it reconfigures EACH time! When I click on cancel, it shows: "an error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning properly. Please run setup and select "Repair" to restore this application."  I click on "OK" and it takes me directly to Word!  Annoying to wait for this reconfiguring each and every time.  I cannot find setup to click on Repair as requested.  Also, when grandson is logged on he cannot type regularly; he has to hold down each key about 3 seconds before it will type.  If he does not log off completely, the same thing happens when I log on and try to type.  Anyone have a clue what he might have clicked on???

Line styles in word 2013- Where!?!

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 07:14 AM PDT

Until I installed the so-called much more user friendly Office Professional Plus 2013, I was using 2003 Professional. In 2003, In Word, if you wanted to select a different style of line, you simply went to the top toolbar and selected a drop-down carrot labeled 'lines', and you simply selected what you liked out of the different styles presented, changed the weight, and color if needed, and...done!

Now I'm trying to change the style of a line that runs across the page from a simple 1/4 point line to something a little more interesting & breathtaking. I've clicked, I believe, on every main top menu category there is, and all of the sub-offerings of each. I've Googled until my fingers bled. Nothing.

Two things surprise me. One: I find nobody else asking this question; hence, my intelligence takes a hit. Two: it seems a person needs a Doctorate from M.I.T to use Office 2013.

Oh. The question is: how do you select different styles of lines; not hand-drawn ones, but ones included in the program?

Thank you

Copying word doc content with refferred fields into a new document with actual values (instead of referred fields) only?

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 03:57 AM PDT

Hello,

I have created word templates which include referred fields (SET & REF commands). Excel allows to copy content as VALUES, so the actual content is copied and vlookups etc not. I am looking for a comparable function for Word, so that the REF & SET commands are replaced by the actual field values when I copy text into a new document.

Is this possible and if it is, how?

BR,
Marcus

Microsoft Works - Works 7.0 - Calendar doesn't print when using a 'limited account'

Microsoft Works - Works 7.0 - Calendar doesn't print when using a 'limited account'

Works 7.0 - Calendar doesn't print when using a 'limited account'

Posted: 28 Nov 2004 08:26 AM PST

Thanks Kevin!!! Nice workaround.

I was able to log in under my son's account, right-click on the desktop icon
for Calendar, and update the setting for running the program as another
user.

I then started Calendar, entered the administrator name and password, and
Calendar was able to print.

Good call - thanks again!

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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File compatibility between "Works Suite 2003" and "Works Suite 200

Posted: 26 Nov 2004 08:11 PM PST

Thanks!

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

Works 8 memory problems!

Posted: 26 Nov 2004 12:20 PM PST

On Fri, 26 Nov 2004 15:20:00 -0500, Matt C. <net>
wrote:
 


Try past special. Choose rich text format not html.

If you need to paste a large picture use wordpad.


Greg R

spellcheck for Outlook Express with Works

Posted: 26 Nov 2004 09:51 AM PST

Aldus sprak Kevin James - MSMVP Works op 26-11-2004 20:39:
 

You can also try Mozilla Thunderbird. It supports spell checking, and
you can download all languages you need. I have got Dutc, American
English, UK English, French, German, Italian and Latin(!!!!) Al free!

Erik.

Calendar Error Message

Posted: 25 Nov 2004 09:34 AM PST

Thanks Kevin. I went to the support site you recommended and followed the
instructions precisely, but the problem is till there. I am getting the same
error message as before when I hit the "Edit Calendar" button. Any further
suggestions?

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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works missing installation files

Posted: 25 Nov 2004 04:47 AM PST

You need to share some details. What version of Windows? What version of
Works? Exact error messages etc. You could rerun Windows setup, if it's a
Windows problem. If it's only a problem with Works, knowing the error
message would make it easier for someone to give advice.

Melissa


"Liz" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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try 

Works 7 Calendar Backup

Posted: 24 Nov 2004 05:29 AM PST

Hi Kevin,

Actually, the calendar has always worked ok without the Mswkscal.wcd file.
Could be that Version 7 doesn't need this file. At this time, I'm only
looking for a way to archive the calendar. However, I did find a copy of the
Mswkscal.wcd file on the Works 7 CD and installed it to the appropriate
folder. Then I created a reminder in the works calendar. After this, I
checked the date of the Mswkscal.wcd file to see if the file date was
updated after the reminder was added. Unfortunately, the file size as well
as the date did not change. The date of the file remained at 7/10/2002.

Thanks again,
Tony

Kevin James - MSMVP Works wrote: 

Works 7 calendar has no default holidays

Posted: 23 Nov 2004 09:13 PM PST

Thanks to both who replied. I guess it's not such a big deal, I went in and
put in the holidays I wanted, which doesn't take that long; it offers enough
options for most all (fourth Monday, last Friday, same date, etc.). I was
just surprised to see a blank calendar and thought they must have it setup
so you download the holidays for your country. Guess not. 8^)

Gary

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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MS Works Calendar w/multiple users

Posted: 23 Nov 2004 01:35 PM PST

Thanks Kevin.

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Suppressing Blank lines when printing labels under Works

Posted: 23 Nov 2004 11:10 AM PST

Hi Paul,

Re: checkbox which says "don't print lines with empty fields".

I also am using Works 6.0, however, I do not see that checkbox when printing
labels.

Perhaps it is a feature provided by printer software. My system is using
Hewlett Packard DeskJet Model 812C.

Ken

"Paul" <freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:10:19 +0000, Peter James
<co.uk>, in message ID
<com>, in the newsgroup
microsoft.public.works.win wrote:
 

I may be misunderstanding what you want. Although the blank lines
show when they are displayed on the screen, when you do FILE > PRINT
there is a checkbox which says "don't print lines with empty fields".
Is that what you need or is it that you don't want them displayed on
the screen either?
I have Works 6.0.
--
Paul

Use the reply by email facility in your
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Error Code

Posted: 21 Nov 2004 09:55 PM PST

Sorry to bother you again,,,,, I followed the instructions on the link you
sent me, now I am getting the Error Code 0x80040154 This is
becoming a nitemare,,,,Hope you or someone can help me figure this
out......Thanks for the help
net

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
 

Works 2005 problem

Posted: 20 Nov 2004 08:26 PM PST

Hi John,

Clear HISTORY ?

Open and save files in Works to reinstate HISTORY entry.

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





"Johnp606" <com(donotspam)> wrote in message
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| This was a first time install. I had never used it. So I really do not
know
| why it did this. As a matter of fact I had to go looking to find a floppy
to
| follow your answer.
|
| I did as you suggested and put a disk in drive "A" and it worked fine.
|
| Then, I wrote a document, saved it to my "C" drive docments folder and then
| closed the program.
|
| I removed the floppy and started Works. It went right to the "A" drive and
| gave me the same error.
|
|
|
| "Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
|
| > Hi John,
| >
| > Welcome to the Newsgroup !
| >
| > This occurs since at one time you opened a file from the 'A' drive.
| >
| > Place a floppy disc in the 'A' drive next time you open History.
| >
| > HTH
| > --
| > Kevin James.
| > Tua'r Goleuni
| > Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
| > Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "Johnp606" <com(donotspam)> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > |I loaded Works 2005 and use all the defaults.
| > |
| > | It opens fine and all items seem to work pefectly except when I click on
| > | HISTORY.
| > |
| > | The program give me an error message telling me that the A drive does
not
| > | have a disk in it. This is correct, all my saved correspondance and
data is
| > | on my C drive.
| > |
| > | If I click on CANCEL four times the error message disapears and then it
| > | finds all my History files on the C drive. Then everything works fine.
| > |
| > | help, Please.
| > |
| > | I tried to figure out why it wants to look at my A drive, but I am lost.
I
| > | cannot find anything like a preferences box so I could see if it was set
to
| > | look for the A drive.
| > | --
| > | John
| >
| >
| >

Version 6

Posted: 20 Nov 2004 02:58 PM PST

Thank you Kevin. That worked great.
Dannie

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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Converting Works 3 files to Word & Excel

Posted: 20 Nov 2004 10:57 AM PST

Works 4.5 for around $15 (inc P&P ) here:

http://store.yahoo.com/dirtcheapsoftware/micwor45oemf.html

or here:

http://www.5dollarsoftware.com/miwo40andmo.html

DavidF

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install it on a 
a File, Save As 
Windows 
We 
possible to 

Printing labels on Works 6 or 7

Posted: 17 Nov 2004 02:08 PM PST

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:44:10 -0500, "Ken" <ne>
wrote:
 
Ken, many thanks. You were right. I am grateful. Thanks again.

-
Peter James
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P F James

Calendar duration Microsoft Project

Calendar duration Microsoft Project

Calendar duration

Posted: 24 Jul 2004 01:21 AM PDT

You need to convert from days to minutes because the core data storage
tables store durations as minutes. Hence DateDiff with "d" as the interval
gives you the number of days between two dates and you need to multiply them
by the MinutesPerDay (carries the number of working time minutes in a "day")
variable to get the duration.

You can also use the ProjDateDiff() function and that returns the duration
directly without having to do any conversion to minutes.

Once again I have to ask, though. Why are you doing this? You are in error
in your statement in your original question message when you say that
Project's durations are actual work on a task. They are not. They are the
time interval between Start and Finish expressed in *calendar* time units,
precisely what you say in your question that you want to calculate, and the
exact textbook definition of "duration.". Carsten >> " Is it possible to
calculate and show in a field the calendar time between Start and Finish?"
Other than an academic exercise to understand the date functions, why are
you re-inventing a field that is already there in even the most basic views,
the plain vanilla duration field as shown in the Gantt chart task entry
table?

The phrase "calendar time" used such as in your question refers to the
calendar that governs when the task may be scheduled - initially the Project
Calendar, or, when a resource has been assigned or a task calendar defined,
the resource or task calendar respectively. If our Project Calendar is the
default 08:00-12:00 & 13:00-17:00 M-F workweek, one "day" of Duration is 8
clock hours, the amount of time during a 24 period that the calendar says
work could possibly be performed if we wished. An Elapsed Time (sometimes
called elapsed duration but that phrase can be easily confused with
duration) day is always 24 hours. Work is the amount of effort actually
expended by a resource over a period of duration. For an individual
resource over any arbitrary period of time, the inequality "Work <= Duration
<= Elapsed" will always be true.

So duration is measured against the calendar while elapsed time is measured
by clocks. Thus a task that starts Mon at 8am and ends Fri at 5pm has a
duration of 40 calendar hours or 5 calendar days. Its total elapsed time is
105 clock hours or 4.375 24-hour clock days. Its actual work depends on how
many resources are assigned and what their assignment percentage may be.
Which of these values is it that you're actually trying to calculate -
duration or elapsed time? In other words, for the task running from Mon at
8 to Fri at 5, expressed in hours what number do you want the answer to be,
40 or 105 or are you looking for something else altogether?

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




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Hi Gerard,

Thanks for the reply.
I have tried to fool around with Datediff but with weird
results.
What are the valid time intervals?
If I use your example, why do I need to multiply with the
number of minutes? If I do I actually get a number that
is 3 times the number I am looking for.
The calculation does not work on summary tasks either.
Is this the only way to do it?
 
formula : 
[Minutes Per Day] 
dans le message de 

Task Duration showing on Calendar view

Posted: 23 Jul 2004 01:58 PM PDT

Hi Susan,

In addition to Mark's suggestion, if the project file has
not grown too large, you may wish to put in milestones
for your deliverables. Because milestones have 0
duration, the start and finish dates are the same date.

Then in the calendar view, filter the project for
milestones and the bars which have the long durations
will disappear, showing only your "due dates"

Hope this helps.
Julie 
things out well except I'm not having luck in this one
area.... Is there a way to display tasks in the calendar
view using only the finish date? We have many, many tasks
over long durations so we get lots of bars going across
our calendar. Ideally we'd like to print the calendar
showing due dates only (without the duration bars). Short
of changing all our start/finish dates to the same date,
is there another way to do it? Thank you in advance for
any tips! 

Hiding Rows

Posted: 23 Jul 2004 07:35 AM PDT

Problem solved thanks for the help!!! :) 
For example, 
from the view 
permanently 
be emulated by 
spare flag field 

Resource pool & links to workplans

Posted: 23 Jul 2004 07:17 AM PDT

The only tasks that appear in the resource pool are in the
Resource Usage view. You are right, there are no
tasks "in" the resourse pool.

What is happening is that since the workplan is somehow
attached twice, it is doubling the work assigned to each
resource.

I did save the both the workplan and the resource pool
after breaking the links...

Still working on an fix.
Thanks for the feedback,
Nicci
 
pool". Normally, 
resource pool is 
only. 
pool file and 
files. If both files 
fragment will 

Constraint and deadline difference?

Posted: 23 Jul 2004 06:19 AM PDT

Yep - a deadline on a task effects the slack time calculations in the
project exactly as would a FNLT constraint of the same date on the task.

Steve

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Consolidated Project Security

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 08:06 PM PDT

Hi Rob, thanks for the response.

We do currently publish a pdf version, some formatting and clarity is lost
[ie: when trying to show the whole year] Have worked on this to the point
where we can get decent results printing large format to a plotter. MS
Project print clarity is much better than pdf version though. I do like the
idea of a carbon copy of the schedule for distribution, but this needs to be
a dynamic schedule as we measure compliance to baseline.

Work processes looks like the way to go for now.....
thanks again for the reply,

Duane


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inserted. 
master 
automatic 

Printing on A3 paper - Project 98

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 06:15 PM PDT

Hi Melissa,

The only other pointers I can recommend are in FAQ Item: 44. Printing
Problems.

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
Project MVP


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Date problem...

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 02:23 PM PDT

You said it yourself - you're putting in a plan of action to achieve certain
goals. But the reason for using software like MSP is to figure out what
plan will work to meet those goals and what plan won't. If Project
calculates some dates that don't meet the goals, then trying to do the work
in the manner you've input to Project won't meet them either. Do you really
want to force Project to display planned dates that *won't* work - pretty
pictures that have no relation to reality - or do you want to use it to help
figure out a plan of action that *will* work? You know what tasks need to
be done. You have an idea how long each one will take and the sequence that
the process demands. You know the resource assets you have to accomplish
them with - and those you have certain control over, you can direct someone
how many hours a day they need to work on something, for example, or can
recommend we hire some temps for the month of August. You know the start
date - that you also might control. Given those inputs, Project figures out
for you when it *will* end. You don't tell it the end date - it tells you
what end date you're going to get if you do the work in the manner you've
envisioned. It's a reality check to see if the end date they're claiming is
actually do-able. If it isn't, do you want to just display wishful thinking
and have to explain later why it didn't work out as planned or do you want
it to help you figure out what you need to do, i.e. what to change among the
things you do control, to actually meet the objectives? MS Project is
designed as a modeling tool to help you do just that - perform all the
calculations so you can experiment and figure out what is going to actually
work for you.

It sounds like you're passively recording what people are telling you is
happening or will happen. Reverse the flow of information. *You* tell
*them* what they need to do to make it all happen as it's supposed to. MSP
is project management software and the PM is the driving force, the leader,
the organizer, that sets the direction everyone else in the project is
supposed to follow. MSP is your adjutant in that process, your calculator
that helps you figure out what marching orders to issue the troops so you
achieve the objective <grin>.

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


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OutlineShowSubtasks doesn't (VBA)

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 12:47 PM PDT


Dave,
Is it possible you are working with a master file with inserted
projects? If so, I use the following to "explode" the whole file:
OutlineShowTasks expandinsertedprojects:=True

Just a thought.
John

link MS project columns to specified excel file

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 11:22 AM PDT


Majid,
Yes, you can use a Paste Link, but use caution because paste links are
prone to corruption and they will not automatically follow the files if
the files are moved.

To use a Paste Link, select the Project field cell that contains the
desired data and hit "Copy". Then go to Excel, select the receiving
Worksheet cell and go to Edit/Paste Special/Paste Link. Normally you
should select the link type as "text" but depending on the data,
"Microsoft Excel format" may be more applicable.

Hope this helps.
John

1 task to be used in multiple activites

Posted: 22 Jul 2004 04:03 AM PDT

Sounds like you need to anonymously slip him some materials on project
planning methodologies <grin>. I'm not an expert on use case methods by any
means but to my understanding it is an approach to analyzing what needs to
be done so as to detail the required functionality. The result is a
detailed description of the what the final project deliverable output is
supposed to do, a product specification document. But it doesn't detail
all the individual steps that are required to produce the deliverable that
does what the use case study says is required. In my classes I try to make
clear the distinction between *product* specifications and *project*
specifications. The product specification details where we want to go and
use case studies are a very good way of determining that. The project
specification details what we need to do step by step in order to get there
and its output is a schedule that tells Joe that he needs to be at X on
Friday at 10am with the tools required to do Y for 3 hours.

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


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the RUP iterative software development methodology. Which are not
workpackages in the true sense of the word, due to 1 task could affect
multiple use cases. Apparently this task could take place at any time in
the development of each usecase, and he doesn't want to create separate
tasks for each as these "would not show the true status of this task".
These could also run across multiple project plans, (we create a separate
plan for each iteration). It is his cunning idea that 1 task could be part
of multiple use cases, and therefore could you insert/link this 1 task in
multiple cases. I think he is trying to replicate a "sub project" but only
using a task. 
to understand what he wants myself. 
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are 
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the 
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each of 
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Task Updates using Web Access

Posted: 21 Jul 2004 11:00 AM PDT

Yes! Sean's answer addresses the question!

Suppose you use method (ii) for reporting, and you have a task that was scheduled with 8 work hours. Using your example, the resource has worked for 2 hours (25% of the 8 scheduled hours), so, he registers 2 hours at Actual work. Project calculates 6 hours of remainig work, and a 25% complete.

Now, the resource updates the remaining work cell and writes 2 hours. Now, Project changes the task's work to 4 hours instead of 8, and calculates a 50% advance. If you saved a baseline, then baseline work for this task is still 8 hours.

Method (iii) gives you the same results, with the addition of being able to register how the working hours were distributed every day, allowing Project to know the actual start and finish dates. However, this method requires more discipline and tracking by the resource and the Project Manager.

Greetings.


"mark" wrote:
 

Deadlines

Posted: 21 Jul 2004 09:45 AM PDT

Jack,
Thank you for your response. You are right. It probably
doesn't add to the project flow but my client has written
these deadlines into the contract and I want to see them
when I am looking over the project.

Jackie 
work around this. 
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