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Microsoft Word - Word 2010 Maximizing Problem

Word 2010 Maximizing Problem

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:08 PM PDT

Hello.
I have a problem with my MicrosoftWord 2010 Professional Plus. Let me set the scene.

1. I have a Word document open, but minimized. Thus I see my desktop and Word in the taskbar.
2. I then click on the Word icon on my desktop in order to open a new Word document page.
3. When I click on the icon, my original document maximizes. So I now have 2 maximized Word documents open.

How do I stop the original document from opening? This is very frustrating and confusing when I am working on multiple word documents.


The link below is the exact issue that I am facing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KKGEMxVYYs&feature=youtu.be

THANK YOU!!!

My microsoft word recognizes the wrong language

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:51 PM PDT

I was copying and pasting Korean for my project,

but my Microsoft word recognized this as Japanese.

When I just type in Korean my word recognizes as Korean, but this time the whole paragraph (including other paragraphs)

was recognized as Japanese. I just copied and pasted two sentences because I couldn't crop the original document...:(

Is this just my error or does it happen to everyone? Can it be fixed?

Thank you for reading my question:-)

OMG - All I want to find is the code for Bold in my linking code between Excel and Word.

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:22 PM PDT

I have been reading for hours on how to convert numbers, insert formulas and hyperlinks in my linking code between Excel and Word.  All I want to do is format the text Bold when the word document updates its link. We have been getting half-and-half merged cells for years in one particular section of our document.

 

I want to thank all of you out here, because I have used the more advanced coding to change number formats can do pretty amazing things.  But I simply cannot find any reference in switches, merge codes or field codes regarding bold text.  I have even seen articles entitled beyond, bold, italic & underline in field codes.

 

Thanks!

 

Signed  Desperately Frustrated:-)

Need formatting and font consistency

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:40 PM PDT

Let me start by saying that if it was my choice, I would simply export the Word doc as a pdf and be done with it. However, in this technological era, there are still scores of job recruiters and web sites that insist you upload your resume in Word format. As a visual designer, it's imperative that my Word doc looks identical on every screen that it graces. Yet that seems to be asking a lot.

I created a resume using MS Word 2011 on my Mac this Friday, only to find out that you cannot embed fonts in the Mac version of the software. Not a big deal, I opened the file on my pc to include the fonts. However, pretty much everything was the wrong size, in the wrong place, or missing something. Again, not a big deal. I just re-made the entire thing using MS Word 2010 on my pc.

However, it was the same problem. Even after ensuring I ONLY used .ttf font files and hadn't neglected to embed the fonts in the Save Options, the document looked completely different on my coworker's pc than it did on mine. Bear in mind I didn't jump platforms that time...it was made on one pc and previewed on another. The body font wasn't embedded, text boxes had shifted or been removed, and the entire layout was muddled by the font change since whole sections were moved to the next page.

Essentially, I need a way to create a moderately complex layout with embedded fonts that will look identical on every single computer, no exceptions.

MS Word 2013 not saving...

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:26 PM PDT

Hello,

I've been trying to Save As or Save a document in MS Word 2013 for the past hour and I'm not getting any where...

What can I do to fix this!!!

 

Thanks!

protected word file loses styles when other users open files

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT

I have a protected word file document where no edits can be done to the file.  Only comments can be made. However, when the file is opened by other users outside my company the heading styles disappear.  This happens with some users but not with all. I have Windows 7 Enterprise, 2010 MS Office, but do not know what other users who open these files may have, and if this has anything to do with the problem.  Need to know why the file's styles changes and if it can be avoided.

 

This is office version 14.0.6129.5000 (64-bit)

How to for Styles

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

I'm looking for some advanced info on creating styles (hierarchy/naming, etc.).  I find I'm continually recreating the wheel.  I know there is third party software out there but definitely won't be going that route.  What's considered "advanced" word in most of the training I see out there doesn't cover what I'm looking for.   

 

I'd like to develop some templates.  Can I get some reading suggestions?

MS-word 2007 crashes on resizing of window

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:47 AM PDT

Hello,

I use Vista 32 bit  home premium OS with MS-Word 2007.  I have all the updates installed as of today and not a single update has been skipped.

Since the last few months - ie since some update was installed, which I update, I cannot tell - I have been noticing that when I resize the window on MS-Word 2007, Word crashes and in some cases, some of the tabs of Internet Explorer 9 also crash.

This is exactly how it happens:

1) I use a File Open.
2) I navigate to the specific folder on my C drive.
3) I try to increase the size of the window that is shown (which has the list of files).
4) Word restarts.
5) Sometimes along with Word, some tabs of internet explorer also kills some tabs.

In step one, I could use File save as but execute the same steps as above in 2 and 3 - and 4 happens (and may be 5 as well).

I have noticed that this happens only for word and not for excel, powerpoint or access.

Help - this is getting very frustrating!

Uttam

Track changes not saving in Word after other person applies all changes.

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:39 AM PDT

I have been working with an author on editing their novel. I was running Word 2010, and seemed to be having issues. I would use track changes when editing, I sent my author the work, and she accepted all changes at one time. However, when the document was sent back to me for inspection, I noticed not all of my changes were saved. She went through and edited some sections later using track changes, I accepted all of her changes, and still not all of her changes were saved. She was running the 64 bit version of Word 2010, but I was running 32 bit. I recently upgraded to Word 2013 and am saving our progress in Compatibility Mode, but we are still encountering the same problems. Formatting is also weird when I email her the file. There's big gaps where there shouldn't be. What is happening? This is my business and this reflects poorly on me and it making me overdue on this project. I'd appreciate any help I could receive. 

Where can I find information about creating long documents with Word 2013?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 11:28 AM PDT

I want to create long documents with Word 2013 so that there should be different headers and footers depending on the subject about I write at a given time. Just like in magazines, where some pages have a particular header, depending on the subject discussed there.

Word 2007 - File not found

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:54 AM PDT

Since implementing a restore point (Win 7), word 2007 fails to open .doc and .docx files giving "file not found". Office 2007 has been uninstalled and reloaded to no avail. Files can be moved to different PC and open just fine with word 2007. Files associations seem to be in order. Any ideas?

How do I add ruler

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 10:08 AM PDT

Cannot find anywhere in Office 2010 Starter to add ruler.

calculation help in form fields

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 08:36 AM PDT

I am using word 2010. I created a textbox form field which I bookmarked as hotelcost. I created another textbox which I bookmarked costpernight. I made them both number formats and then I created a textbox and named it hotelsubtotal as the bookmarkname. I made this a calculated field  and the calculation was (hotelcost)*(costpernight). That worked fine.

I created a second set of text boxes

one was bookmarked as costpermeal

one was bookmarked as mealsperday

and I crested a calculated field  called mealsubtotal which was (numberofnights)*(costpermeal)*(mealsperday) 

That calculation was also correct

I want to total  my expenses now and so I created a final text box

I bookmarked it as total

my calculation was (hotelsubtotal)+(mealsubtotal)

my fields automatically doubled in the total field

I can't see anywhere in the calculation including the parenthesis that is causing this to happen. I tried several examples and it exactly doubles them each time.

What am I doing incorrectly

Please tell me

Thanks for the help

Tom

 

 

 

 

next record

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:58 AM PDT

Hi, I'm trying to do amail merge  between word and excel.  I went through the steps but each label 'just has next record.  What am I doing wrong?  

INDEX Word index page numbers linked

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:51 AM PDT

I am creating an index for a large desk guide. I want to have an index.  Is there an option for the page numbers in 2010 Word document to be linked? I do not see or cannot find how to do this.

Is there also a way for this index to span multiple documents? Thank you.

Trouble opening .rtf file in MS Word 2003

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:50 AM PDT

I was sent a letterhead by Outlook via an attachment. When I r-click on the attachment and save it to my documents, it opens correctly in MS WOrd 2003. However if I open the attachment in Outlook and then save as either an rtf or doc, and then open the document, the heading disappears and a blank document opens up. If I change the view, I can see the heading, but it is distorted as it was created in text boxes, not regular text. Please advise.

Sheana

Bold equations

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 06:22 AM PDT

Hello all,

I am really tired,  ,and nothing is working with me.

When I save the equations in un-bold style, after opening the file(the second time ,not the first one), the equations become bold.
I attached the file with one equation
Please help me


Basically , how to remove the bold permanently please.

Windows Photo Viewer

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:10 AM PDT

How do I  keep file pages or documents from going to Windows Photo Viewer each

time I want to print:  I used to be able to save a printed page to my Picture folder

and be able to just print it without it going to Window Photo Viewer.

Remove extra printers from Word 2010 printers list

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 04:49 AM PDT

Hello all,
is there a way to remove some of the extra printers that appear in the printers list? I have installed 4 printers(corporate environment) but i only want to use 2 in MS Word. Also keep in mind that i do not want to remove them from the windows, only from the list of printers in Word 2010.

Thank you in advance,
Dionisis.

how to add back button to word document?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:06 AM PDT

In order to navigate in my document (go back from hyperlink) directly in the document so other people can do the same in my published document.

To clarifies: not back button in the ribbon.

hyperlinks changing in Word 2003 docs attached to Outlook 2003

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 02:43 AM PDT

Hi, I work in a large organisation that is still using Windows XP on the network along with Office 2003 and have been having trouble with hyperlinks in Word docs that have been attached to Outlook messages. In the original documents the hyperlink may be to a file in a different location and the full path is used to avoid different drive letter mapping applied by various users and work fine when the doc is copied using Windows Explorer. The problem arises when the doc is attached to a message and either opened or saved from Outlook and the hyperlink is altered by the system to include the temporary internet file location at the start of the address. Any thoughts on how to prevent this?

 

I should also add that I have changed the Word settings so that the hyperlinks are absolute in all Word docs by changing the Tools, Options, General, Web Options, Files settings so that Update links on save is unchecked. I have also confirmed that the original file is saved to a location with shared access and that the files referred to in the hyperlinks are also in shared locations.

macro copy Selected table from multiple table

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 01:28 AM PDT

I have multiple tables in a word document, I want to create a macro which can copy the tables which contains the text "main course", to a new word document

Can anyone help me out.

Why does my cursor keeps jumping around in word

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 11:03 PM PDT

I purchased the new Office 2013 to work with the Windows 8 that came with my newly purchased computer (Lenovo.)

 

The issues is, which has been driving me crazy over the past two months, when typing on the Word 2013, my cursor keeps jumping around on the page. For example, in the middle of my typing a sentence, the cursor would jump to three lines above in the middle of a word and continues the my input there. Whenever I see my writing in word is not changing while I definitely was typing, I will have to stop and started to examine where the words have went. After I find them five or whatever lines above, I will have to delete them, use the mouse to click the end of the writing again and trying to retype and continue to type.

 

I can swallow the problem if it only happens once each document, but it happens 10+ times when I type a two-page essay. I don't think the newly developed software is making my life easier but the opposite.

 

Does this happen to anybody else? Any clues of why or any suggestions, please?

 

Thanks!

 

 

P.s., please note that besides the letter keys I hit on the keyboard, I did not hit on any other keys such as arrow keys. Especially knowing my cursor jumps around, I am extremely careful with hitting my keys. I do not touch the mouse pad, neither.

 

P.s., besides jumping to other places and start insert words, sometimes the cursor would select/highlight a line or half line. If I was not aware of the change and hit a space, the whole selected lines are gone. See, I didn't know how to select lines besides using the mouse, and I did not use the mouse but simply typing, so I am very frustrated with what my cursor does to me.

word 2013 autocorrect stopped working mid-document

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 10:24 PM PDT

I've been working on a document (300 pages in!) and suddenly, for the last 10 pages, the auto-correct has stopped working completely. I can't figure out why. Nothing has been unchecked or changed in the proofing options. HELP!

Fixed text on labels

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 09:20 PM PDT

After adding the 5 address fields to the label template for my sheet of 10-up address labels, I decided I wanted a line of fixed text at the foot of each label.  I added this to the template but when I check the preview, the text line moves up if a given record has less than 5 address lines.  I do not want that text line to move up at all, I want it to stay in the same position at the foot of each label.   I tried adding a text box on each label, but even the text box moves up if there are less that 5 address lines in a record.  Used to be easy with Word 2003, I just selected 'print blank address lines'.   Thanks

Office 2007... how do I 'translate' a document from English to another language?

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 04:04 PM PDT

Ihave documents saved in English, which I wish to 'translate' into Chinese.   How do I accomplish this in MS Office Word??

Ability to add more "sheets" in Word?

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 03:45 PM PDT

Hi, I just wanna share my thoughts, 

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to add more "sheets" Word like how it is in Excel? 

I often want to keep several different clips of articles within the same category in the same file. 
But so far the only way to do that in Word is to stack them up vertically and increase the # of pages. 
If you have 10 pages, the articles in the middle tend to get neglected. 

It would be very helpful if we can add a new page tab and view/work on that tab. 
We can use different tab names to organize different categories of articles. 

lipchang

Microsoft Word Not Responding ... have to hard-restart

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 03:39 PM PDT

I'm REALLY getting sick of this.  MSWord just stops responding.  No particular common factor ... sometimes when I try to save, but not always ... sometimes when I try to type, but not always ... particular vulnerabilities are switching from body to a footnote ... or to the Works Cited section ... BUT NOT ALWAYS!!

 

Windows 7

MSWord 10

4 GB RAM

HDD at about 40% capacity

 

If MSWord isn't suitable for a 50+ page document with references, perhaps I need to find another system.  I'm trying to write a dissertation and I'm having to break it up into 40 page sections.  After 40-50 pages, it starts getting stupid again.  This is totally UNSATISFACTORY.

 

By "hard-restart" I mean holding in the power switch or pulling the plug.  I can't restart from the start control.  It freezes up the whole computer.

I can't open Microsoft Office documents

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 03:23 PM PDT

Hello,

 

Since recent time, I am unable to open any Microsoft Office document. I can not even guess where the problem is. Has anybody had the same problem before?

P.S. My OS is Windows 8.

Thanks!

Printing: Microsoft Word - Envelopes1/not printing

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 02:17 PM PDT

A Kodak flag that reads: Kodak Hero9.1+0527

Printing Microsoft Word - Envelopes1

 

This is on my Windows 8 desktop.  I have no printing order, and can't get it off.  How do I?

there is insufficient memory or diskspace. Word cannot display requested font on Microsoft Office 2007.

Posted: 21 Jul 2013 08:23 AM PDT

Every time I download a Word document from Gmail, I get the following message:  "There is insufficient memory or diskspace.  Word cannot display requested font."  The entire layout is garbled.  Spacing is off and font is different.  In addition, the font menu is limited to about four or five choices.  I tried diagnostics and it said nothing was wrong.  I searched normal.dot and deleted files.  However, every time I download from Gmail the same problem happens.  It seems something is wrong with Word's download settings.  

 

 

Office docs folders very slow to open - Microsoft Office forums

Office docs folders very slow to open - Microsoft Office forums

Office docs folders very slow to open

Posted: 27 Oct 2004 06:12 AM PDT

GENIUS!!!

Thanks


"garfield-n-odie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

student teacher edition??

Posted: 27 Oct 2004 02:03 AM PDT

No, sorry.

Jack Folliard wrote:
 

Each user needs cd once per computer

Posted: 26 Oct 2004 05:45 PM PDT

Bob,
That probably is the solution to the problem although I'm still confused as
to why this happens. I have multiple users on my home computer, use Office
XP, and haven't seen this.
Thanks for the link and the idea.
Jim

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:phx.gbl... 

HELP needed with Office upgrade from 2000 to XP

Posted: 26 Oct 2004 03:55 PM PDT

I checked this. It is set to start on Sunday but the calendar in the
Access app has changed to start on Monday instead (this is not an
Outlook calendar but an app written in Access that has changed
mysteriously from Sunday to Monday being the start of the week.)

Nothing else on these systems has been altered except for the upgrade
from MS Office 2000 to MS Office XP. Could this be an Access setting
or does Outlook change everything for the whole suite? In any case,
the change in Outlook had no impact on this Access DB app.

<Fran>
 

Language Change

Posted: 26 Oct 2004 02:53 PM PDT

Joe wrote: 


And learn to read eBay listings more carefully.
--
My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
lose his marbles?

activate office on "new" computer

Posted: 25 Oct 2004 11:37 AM PDT

Yes. Worst case scenario is that you will have to call MS at a toll free
number.
So, begin the install, try to activate. You may get a "call MS" dialog box.
Do that. Talk to the MS type, telling them that you're re-installing a
newly formatted computer that had MSO previously installed and activated.
You will be given a series of numbers to input, and then you're up and
running. If it's been more than 120 days since you first installed, you
probably will not even have to do that.

kip


"kellytrout1" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Can I still instal Office 97?

Posted: 25 Oct 2004 10:45 AM PDT

"Roy" <microsoft.com> wrote in
news:16f001c4bc3b$f00d91d0$gbl:
 

You're very welcome but it seems I was no help at all. Glad you were
able to get it resolved.

MS Word Very Slow Opening

Posted: 25 Oct 2004 09:36 AM PDT

It looks like you are loading Add-Inns at STARTUP. I suggest look in this folder what files are listed:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Startup

Generally, there should be none but sometimes you may have PDFMaker.dot if you have ADOBE Acrobat Full version. If you have any other files then check in Word what is loaded by:

Tools, Templates & Addins,

This should let you unload the ones which is wasting your time (by unticking them)!. Same technique should be applied with other applications if they are causing any problems. Some Addins contain what is called "Concept Virus" and so these can steal data from you and transmit them eletronically to the author of these scumware. Bank details and the like are the ones they are mostly after but some also steal emails!

Also, it is a good idea not to load any addins unless they are required at
certain times otherwise there is no point.

Hope this helps.
Micky Mouse Stevens' lies are here:
http://www.microscum.com/ns/mlslies/index.htm

Tom wrote:
 

--
I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

Automate Office 2003 product activation

Posted: 25 Oct 2004 08:42 AM PDT

Hi Tiffany,

If you create an Office Admin Installation Point
using a Volume License Key (VLK) then you shouldn't
need to activate installs created from that Admin Point.
http://microsoft.com/office/ork

=======
<<"Spam only address" <com> wrote in message news:google.com...
That has been a source of contention between us and Microsoft for a
while. Apparently our VLK can be activated X number of times but we
still have to go through the incredibly irritating phase of doing so.

Hmmm, does Office XP offer automated activation?

Thanks,
Tiffany >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx



"Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE, MVP]" <org> wrote in message news:<phx.gbl>... 

Solution Accelerator for Proposals

Posted: 24 Oct 2004 10:43 PM PDT

Hi Bob
Thanks for the info, the folks in that privatenews server don't seem to
helpful, I got the following response to my question, and it seems I'm not
the first to be treated this way:

This newsgroup has been assigned to discuss the Business Scorecards
Accelerator and the Office Excel Add-in for SQL Server Analysis Services.
It is not currently used for the Solution Accelerator for Proposals.

Paul

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:phx.gbl... 

want to delete search engine list

Posted: 23 Oct 2004 08:59 PM PDT

David Senior [MVP - Most Valuable Provocateur] wrote: 


That's as may be, but this is an /Office/ group fuckwit!



--
My great-grandfather was born and raised in Elgin - did he eventually
lose his marbles?

How do I reinstall Office 2000?

Posted: 23 Oct 2004 01:05 PM PDT

If every door open to you fails then you need to visit Micky Mouse Steven's (org) website from wher you can get the serial numbers:

http://www.serialarchive.com

Send you email of thanks to him direct.

Hope this helps.


AJM wrote:
 

--
I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

Office XP can't find PRO.MSI

Posted: 20 Oct 2004 08:21 PM PDT

Yay! Thanks for posting back.

--
Susan Ramlet
Office MVP
______________________
Please reply to the newsgroups so that all may benefit.



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tape drive: Error with sense data - Forums Linux

tape drive: Error with sense data - Forums Linux

tape drive: Error with sense data

Posted: 08 Oct 2004 05:36 AM PDT

[cold.system removed, non-existant group col.help removed]
[FollowUp-To: header set to col.misc]

"Mr. Murphy Wong" <hk> writes:

[...]
 
 

[...]
 

[...]

Why didn't you simply change the tape? "Sense key medium error"
is indicating that the tape itself is damaged. That should have been
your first target.


Michael

--
Michael Buchenrieder * greenie.muc.de * http://www.muc.de/~mibu
Lumber Cartel Unit #456 (TINLC) & Official Netscum
Note: If you want me to send you email, don't munge your address.

Problem with 2 users in diferent groups

Posted: 08 Oct 2004 01:32 AM PDT

Deiviz <com> wrote: 
 

Change the directory's mode to use bsd file creation semantics.
Set the directory to g+sw, and make sure its group is "sharegroup".

Peter

Mounting non-Linux partitions

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 06:45 PM PDT

the black rose wrote:
 

You can simply type your entry into /etc/fstab, and there are other entries
there to use as examples.

But if the partition is NTFS, be careful -- writing is not safe.

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

help with allowing ftp access.

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 12:14 PM PDT

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This is better.

The "connection refused" error occured because you had no ftp server running.

The "421 Service not available" error comes directly from the ftp server. A
"4xx" level message is one that indicates a transient error condition. The
"x2x" level of the message indicates that it is a reply referring to a control
or data connection. So, you are connecting with a live ftp server, and it is
telling you that it cannot let you continue.

So, this indicates an ftp server configuration condition that's causing the
ftp server to refuse connections. Take a look at the man page for your ftp
server (in.ftpd) and see what configuration files are used. Take a look at
those files, and see if there's anything that would cause the server to reject
the connection with a 421 error. Try the /etc/ftpaccess file, and see if there
are any date/time limits set, or client address restrictions.


- --
Lew Pitcher

Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | GPG public key available on request
Registered Linux User #112576 (http://counter.li.org/)
Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing.
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debian sarge DVD apt setup fails during base install

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 11:42 AM PDT

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 13:10:50 -0700, Paul Lutus wrote:
 

Did all of the above before seeking help here. As of tonight I was able to
get it working. Ran base-config for the twenty-somethingth time, and
during apt configuration chose filesystem as opposed to editing
sources.list, pointed to /usr/local/src/dvd1 and apt was happy. It may be
that when I first tried to do it that way with the actual DVD that I
forgot to mount the disc. I shouldn't be making that mistake after the
last few years of using linux, but at this point I won't swear I didn't.

Next step is to start over from scratch and see if it works correctly this
time. I want to identify what and where I find any glitch other than the
user ... if there are any;-)

Thanks, Paul, for your response.

Nemomarii

rw vs. umask in mount call, also, conditional mounting

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 08:28 AM PDT

On Thu, 2004-10-07 at 08:28 -0700, gonzalo briceno wrote: 

The 'rw' option is something passed to the mount command that tells it
to mount the selected item as both readable and writable; 'ro' is the
complementary option, which says to mount it as 'read only'. If you
specify 'ro' then that will set the *entire* item as read only,
*regardless* of individual file permissions.

The umask basically sets up the 'default' permissions set that will be
applied to any new file created within that mountpoint (actually, it's a
bit more complicated than that; check 'man 2 umask' for details--it's
essentially a 'mask' for allowable permissions). Essentially, requested
permissions => umask filter = actual permissions applied to created
file. Note, you can use chmod to change the actual permissions of the
file later; the umask only applies to newly created files.
 

Well, technically, no, because the mount command defaults to whichever
option (rw vs. ro) is most appropriate for the media (I believe so
anyway; somebody please correct me if I'm wrong, as the man page doesn't
specify). For instance, a CDROM will always be mounted as 'ro' because
'rw' is meaningless to a CD. However, it's always better to explicitly
specify it in the /etc/fstab file, just so it serves as a reminder of
how the mount point is set up.

Anyway, your presumption isn't true; if you want to be able to write to
the mount point *at all*, you *need* to specify the 'rw' option (whether
explicitly or through mount presuming it for you).
 

Yup. If you need to *ever* be able to write to the device, you *need* to
specify the 'rw' option, either explicitly or through mount presuming it
for you. If you specify 'ro', you won't be able to write to that device
*at all*, regardless of individual file permissions. Think of it as a
master override.
 

Probably not the way you're thinking. Each slot on your card reader is a
separate drive, as far as Linux is concerned, so each slot is assigned
its own device, regardless of whether there's actually a card present or
not (technically, /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are the drives
themselves; /dev/sda1 and /dev/sdb1 refer to the first partition on the
media inserted into the drive). You *can* (and should) have a separate
line in /etc/fstab for each slot. Entries in /etc/fstab just define
*how* to mount the device, not whether it is *actually* mounted
(well ... actually, mount scans entries in /etc/fstab at bootup to
determine which ones to mount automatically, by checking for the 'auto'
and 'noauto' tags).

Supermount has nothing to do with recognizing new drives and/or
partitions; *all* it handles is the mounting and unmounting of removable
media (CDs, floppy disks, media cards, etc). The detection of new
potential devices is handled through the hotplug mechanism. Try
unplugging your card reader; if everything's set up correctly, the
entries in /etc/fstab defining the slots in your card reader will
shortly disappear. Once you plug it back in, they should shortly
reappear (although they will be the defaults that Mandrake sets up,
rather than any customizations you may have made).

Grub: can grub execute a script/batch file?

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 06:35 PM PDT

Sean Cleary <com> wrote: 
 

Then why do you ask the boot loader to do it now, instead of leaving it
to the [d]O/S, like you did before?
 
 

Oh. Well, the windows o/s as it comes has no driver for linux file
systems, so you would have to put your grub.conf and other stuff on a
vfat filesystem so that windows can edit it (and so can linux).

Grub is lacking in the "do what I want, not what you want me to do"
department.
 

Well, you can't do that all in grub. The grub boot loader (second
stage?) reads the conf file to find out what image or boot sector it
ought to transfer control to next. That's where the "default" info
comes from. There is no "default" info implanted into the boot sector or
map file as with lilo, so you have toedit that file.

Thus you need to boot an operating system that can launch an
application that can edit it. It seems to me that you will have to
handle the windows "default" by doing whatever trick you did before
with msdos and moving into place a grub.conf file that says "boot to
a windows boot sector and let it decide via its boot.ini what to do
next".

 

Well, find out.
 

File: grub.info, Node: Command-line and menu entry commands, Prev: General co

The list of command-line and menu entry commands
================================================

These commands are usable in the command-line and in menu entries.
If you forget a command, you can run the command `help' (*note help::).

* Menu:

* blocklist:: Get the block list notation of a file
* boot:: Start up your operating system
* cat:: Show the contents of a file
* chainloader:: Chain-load another boot loader
* cmp:: Compare two files
* configfile:: Load a configuration file
* debug:: Toggle the debug flag
* displayapm:: Display APM information
* displaymem:: Display memory configuration
* embed:: Embed Stage 1.5
* find:: Find a file
* fstest:: Test a filesystem
* geometry:: Manipulate the geometry of a drive
* halt:: Shut down your computer
* help:: Show help messages
* impsprobe:: Probe SMP
* initrd:: Load an initrd
* install:: Install GRUB
* ioprobe:: Probe I/O ports used for a drive
* kernel:: Load a kernel
* lock:: Lock a menu entry
* makeactive:: Make a partition active
* map:: Map a drive to another
* md5crypt:: Encrypt a password in MD5 format
* module:: Load a module
* modulenounzip:: Load a module without decompression
* pause:: Wait for a key press
* quit:: Exit from the grub shell
* reboot:: Reboot your computer
* read:: Read data from memory
* root:: Set GRUB's root device
* rootnoverify:: Set GRUB's root device without mounting
* savedefault:: Save current entry as the default entry
* setup:: Set up GRUB's installation
* automatically
* testload:: Load a file for testing a filesystem
* testvbe:: Test VESA BIOS EXTENSION
* uppermem:: Set the upper memory size
* vbeprobe:: Probe VESA BIOS EXTENSION


Note "savedefault".

Peter

Laurenz Albe: I apolgise.

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 06:33 PM PDT

Laurenz Albe <com> wrote in message news:<ck2sge$htd$nextra.at>... 

No, you are not a trouble maker. You are a kind helpfull person.
Sean

Changed root permissions, can't log on..

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 04:37 PM PDT

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In comp.os.linux.setup Moe Trin <example.tld>: 
 

Yup, quite shorter and seems to work, I'll see if I can remember
next time typing the command.;)

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To kernel 2.6.8:after compiling and installing, no initrd.img generated

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 11:26 AM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup, wildchild uttered these immortal words:
 

I use this:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-kernel.en.html

It talks about a 2.4 kernel but it works with 2.6 as well. It's never failed
for me.

--
Andy.

do you need to 'register' a custom module in linux 2.6.x

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 10:17 AM PDT

On Wed, 2004-10-06 at 10:17 -0700, gonzo wrote: 

Modules in 2.6 end in a .ko extension (for "kernel object"); however,
using a 2.4 module in 2.6 will, very likely, just fail to work, as the
API is certainly different (although perhaps not in ways that matter to
this module), and the ABI is probably different.

AFAIK, the only way to use a 2.4 module in 2.6 is to recompile it from
source, using the desired 2.6 kernel as the base. If the APIs that the
module relies on have not changed, that should work; if they have
changed, then the module will need to be adapted to the 2.6 APIs.

Also, if you do not have MOD_VERSIONS enabled, this just won't work,
period, as the kernel will be unable to verify which ABI the module is
compiled for. It *may* appear to install, but I wouldn't rely on it.

After a quick search, however, I'd guess your hopes of getting it to
work under 2.6 are probably doomed; check
http://netevil.org/node.php?nid=90

You can also check out the same search results I browsed through at
http://www.google.com/search?q=rtl8180%20linux%202.6

What happened to GRUB?

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 01:18 AM PDT

On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 13:33:01 -0700, Nick the bubble wrote:
 

Good, now boot with the FC2 installation CD or DVD at the displayed menu
screen type; linux rescue

Answer a few questions and read the screens as they appear, they will tell
you how to use the 'chroot' command. Follow the chroot instructions and
type something like; /sbin/grub-install --recheck /dev/hda


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How to enable new videocard in Fedora?

Posted: 05 Oct 2004 01:40 PM PDT

Digital Puer <com> wrote: 

Are you sure it is supported? I looked at

http://www.nvidia.com/object/products_supported.html

and it wasn't there...

Laurenz Albe

[Debian/Knoppix] LVM at boot time

Posted: 04 Oct 2004 09:44 PM PDT

Bill Marcum <com.urgent> wrote: 
 

Well, er, :

$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are
# to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with
# a '#', and everything on the line after them are ignored.
jbd
dm-mod
ext3
rtc
ide_scsi
.... etc

so, the point is not here.

--
Laurent Bloch - http://mssi.auteuil.inserm.fr - INSERM

SB 16 ISA

Posted: 03 Oct 2004 09:18 AM PDT

Dzn wrote:
 

You never said what the problem was. No sound? Since your sb module is
running my guess is that everything's fine, but you need to turn up the
volume with a mixer.

I have a Soundblaster 16 ISA non-PnP soundcard and whenever I install a new
system I have to personally enable it. I've always had good luck running
sndconfig.

--
OS squared: open software times open standards.

move linked tasks together without setting lag time Microsoft Project

move linked tasks together without setting lag time Microsoft Project

move linked tasks together without setting lag time

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 03:57 PM PDT

Hi Kenny,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

That's what Project is designed to do! Reading between your lines, I
suspect that you have typed in dates into tasks, which is not a good idea as
that is what Project does so well: ie calculate the dates and create an
acceptable schedule for you. Every time you enter a date (or move a bar on
the Gantt chart) Project will assume that's what you want and puts in a
Start No Earlier Than constraint. These constraints will affect the
flexibility of your project and produce the results you're experiencing.
No - the best way to use Porlect is enter Tasks, enter Durations and enter
the Precedence (logic) links (with lag as necessary) and then leave Project
to do what it's best at - calculating the dates. Had you done that and put
in the appropriate lags that you needed, then you would not be posting here!
Sorry :( but your only sensible way out is to remove all the constraints
and enter in the correct lag figures.

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

kennyb wrote: 

Analyze Custom Field data in Excel Wizard

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 01:01 PM PDT


Scott,
Or, you could be even more awesome in your boss's eyes by writing your
own custom macro to export the custom data. Keep in mind though that you
will need to develop the algorithm for timescaling the custom fields you
developed. But to answer you basic question, yes it can be done in any
version of Project. I've done it many times and I believe Jack has also.

John

Deleting sub-projects within a master project which uses a resource pool.

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 11:55 AM PDT

Each subproject is a peice of equipment that we
manufacture. Once the equipment is completed and shipped
i would like to remove it from the schedule so that i
have just the euipment left to manufacturer. At this
moment, i have 20 sub-projects in the master project.

This number fluctuates up & down but usually stays close
to 20.


 
subproject to one line 
When 
delete 
removed 

Compare Project 2003 Standard vs Professional

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 10:44 AM PDT

JackD --

Thanks for the correction. Sometimes I hit Send without reading the message
I'm about to send. Very similar to what I also do with my mouth, when I
speak without thinking about what I'm going to say! HA!

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


"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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Import Calendar from another project

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 08:57 AM PDT

you're welcome

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Material Resources

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 06:40 AM PDT

Jan,

Ik zal me dan uiteindelijk toch maar moeten verdiepen in VBA. Alvast
hartelijk dank voor uw antwoord.

Mvg,

Hendrik
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form 

Project 2002 transfer data to P3 Primavera

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 01:22 AM PDT

Hello Michael, hello Mike,

P3 can read mpx files : in P3 menu : Tools/ MPX conversion utility.
Now Primavera supplies a tool which converts mpp files to mpx files. But if
you still have a Project 98 software, you can do this conversion yourself.
NB : the dependancies on Project summary tasks will be lost... but a good
planner don't uses such links ;-)

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret [Project VMP]


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Graphcial Indicators in MS Project

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 04:08 PM PDT

No.

equals week green
equals over week red
equals on target yellow
equals NA white

I hope you get the idea - use the exact phrase as in the formula.


Mike Glen
Project MVP
 

Customizing Prinouts

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 03:01 PM PDT

Hi Shelly,

You can remove the Gantt bars by clicking on the divider line between the
table and the chart and drag right over to the right. However, if as I
suspect this is a regular requirement, then I would create a new view
incorporating your table. Try View/More Views.../Task Sheet/Copy/and give
it a new name and select your Project Status table.


Mike Glen
Project MVP



Shelly Ryder wrote: 

add rag status red,amber, green

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 12:11 PM PDT

As a starter, see the link that Mike Glen provided you ...

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms



microsoft.com wrote: 

freezing the first column

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 11:02 AM PDT

Thank you it did work 
first column". 

Display incomplete predecessor(s)

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 11:00 AM PDT

Hi Ron

i've been in the same situation myself and have found both the Network
diagram & the relationship diagram invaluable in the hunt for those
predecessors that should have been marked as completed but aren't. Other
than that i've not come across any filters or code to help.

Cheers
JulieD

"Ron" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2d4e01c49b4d$daff0670$gbl... 

Don't want certain tasks in Critical Path

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 09:43 AM PDT

You're welcome, Jenn :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Jenn wrote: 

Foreign Calendar support

Posted: 14 Sep 2004 01:44 PM PDT

Yes, that's correct, you would be unable to import or create projects with
dates prior to 1984. But why would you want to? A "plan" implies future
intent so other than as a purely academic demonstration, why would we create
a project file for, say, the building of the Panama Canal? Projects that
straddle today's date, with some activity in the past and more in the future
that you are moving over into Project to better manage the future activity
will have most likely started less than 20 years ago. Now if we ever get
time travel MS may need to rethink the situation .... <grin>

The date range is actually driven by the way numbers are stored. Dates are
stored as an integer count of the number of 1/10 minutes "ticks" that have
passed since "moment zero." A reasonable value, 1/1/84, was arbitrarily
chosen as the start point and the register is full and overflows back to
zero again when the number of ticks equals 2^32-1, which turns out to be
31/12/2049.

Science, transportation, communications, and other businesses world-wide
tend to use the western Gregorian calendar even in those countries where
there are other traditional calendars in everyday use. An idea I've floated
to some of my classes when you encounter a situation like yours where you
need to coordinate projects with non-collocated resources in differing time
zones or that use various calendars is to follow the military and global
aviation example and as an organization standardize on UTC (Universal
Coordinated Time, GMT, or "Zulu Time") as the date and time measure that all
the organizations activities are referred to.

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


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