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Microsoft Word - Print only odd pages, refuse to print even pages

Print only odd pages, refuse to print even pages

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 03:07 PM PDT

2013-09-16

6:00 PM

 

I purchase Microsoft Word 2010 wordprocessor from Microsoft Online Store.  I downloaded the software to my computer.

 

My problem is Microsoft Word 2010 wordprocessor only print odd number pages.  When I want to print even number pages, the printer print odd number pages.  When I want to print even number pages at the back of the odd number pages, the printer again print odd number pages.

 

How do I correct this problem?

Quick question about recovering Office data

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:33 PM PDT

Hi.

My computer under Win8 recently broke down and I had to get a new one, which works under Win7.

I was able to recover most of my files except for the data and parameters from Office 2013. I always thought I was covered through File History so I never troubled to save these.

Is there a way to retrieve them, especially the entries from my Outlook calendar and the settings from Word?

Thanks in advance.

Word 2010 spacing betwen lines in business letter header has changed

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT

BEFORE:

 

Date

 

Name

Address

City, State, Zip

 

re:  xyz

 

NOW:

 

Date

 

Name

 

Address

 

City, State, Zip

 

re:  xyz

 

I am not able to change the spacing in the header section of a business letter.  Word is putting too many spaces between each line.  The weird thing is that in  the body of the letter it maintains single spacing between lines (just not the header with date, name and address).  Your help appreciated!

 

How to Put Five Lines in Default Return Address in Word 2010?

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:24 PM PDT

Our return address on envelopes is five lines long. I'm looking for a way to put a five-line default return address in the Mailings - Envelopes button. I have been able to force a five-line address that is repeatable, but as soon as I close Word it drops the fifth line.

I've tried everything I can think of to get a five-line address in the Envelope button on the mailings tab. I have tried altering the normal.dotm template; modifying the return address in the Options button under the File Tab (File - Options - Advanced - Mailing Address, using compatability options for All New Documents); modifying the return address in the Envelopes and Labels - Add to Document and clicking on "Set as Default". Nothing works.

Any thoughts?

Name field not being updated via macro code

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:29 PM PDT

Hi all,

Have a macro that inserts a file into an existing document (basically, it inserts some pre-formatted text that is in a .doc instead of a lengthy code to create the text).

That text also has a field embedded in it - "UserName".

For whatever reason, the field does not get updated when it is inserted.  I have tried issuing an Update call to update all the fields but it is still not updating.  What I get is the author's name of the *inserted document* not the person who is authoring the document.

I have tried a number of ways to do this programmatically - the user's can right-click the field and choose "Update" but they want it done automatically.

Thanks,
Albert

Missing Registry subkey

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 01:24 PM PDT

The following Registry subkey is missing from Word 2010:

 

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Options

 

DisableSaveAsLossWarningOpenDocumentText

 

The absence of this means I cannot turn the message on & off despite the fact that the Microsoft support tells me that I can.  I asked a colleague to look in his Registry and similarly the subkey for Word was missing.

 

It's interesting to note that for both Powerpoint and Excel the counterpart Registry subkeys are present and work.  Looks suspiciously like a programming omission to me.  Does anyone have any ideas?

reducedfunctionalitydialog preventing use of Word 2010 full version

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:45 PM PDT

We have had several users trying to use Microsoft Word and they are unable to interact with the program. Upon opening task manager I see that "ReducedFunctionalityDialog" is running. When I saw that I thought perhaps our KMS activation was not working, but I confirmed that the product is in fact licensed and the KMS server is working properly. Force closing word and reopening it seems to solve the problem but I'd like to know why Office doesn't think it is licensed or if this is being caused by a different issue.

Some tidbits about our environment:

  • Windows 7 Enterprise x64 with Service Pack 1 and updates as of August 2013
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Professional Plus (32-bit) with Service Pack 1 and updates as of August 2013 except Service Pack 2

Any help is appreciated.

-Stephen

Why can't word 2013 count captions?

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Hi,
When insert images into Word, and then insert captions, why is the numbering in a random order
I insert a caption for an image, it starts with figure 1, then goes to 2, 3 and then 4
But, on the next page, it starts off at 2 or 3. Not 5, as it should
Why is this? Can I fix it?
Thanks
George

Misspelling not working - MS Word 2007

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 11:35 AM PDT

When a word is misspelled, the word doesn't get corrected automatically.

Please correct this issue.

Quick Parts do not insert correctly

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:47 AM PDT

Lots to not understand regarding Quick Parts.....

 

When I highlight the object I want to use as a quick part, either on the text layer or header/footer, I notice that positioning is off.  If there is a tab in the quick part, it is not in the same position.  If the quick part involves a table there is extra space below the table.  Example:

 

1.  There is a 4 cell, 2 row table with one paragraph mark below.  I have highlighted the two rows, including cell markers and the single paragraph mark.  When I insert the quick part, an extra return is added, pushing the top margin down.

2.  The footer is centered text with a centered tab below where the page number field is.  This is followed with a return with text at the left margin.  When inserted, the tab for the page number is not correct and a second paragraph return appears after the text below.

 

I thought formatting was contained in the paragraph marks, so was careful to make sure I captured them in creatiing the quick part, but it seems to have a mind of its own.

 

There's probably something here that I'm missing or do not understand..... can someone please clarify?

 

Thanks and regards, Lenny33

TOC Styles right indent

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:37 AM PDT

How can you set the text of the TOC Style right indent without the page number changing indents also. Whenever I add a right-indent to paragraph of a TOC Style it also indents the page number.

Pre-existing Word 2007 files open blank

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:36 AM PDT

All my Word files are opening blank, with zero characters.  I have tried opening through Word and by double clicking the file objects in the various folders.

What can I do to correct this.

Thanks

Paul

Creating and Saving Cover Page

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 10:08 AM PDT

This question is in regard to Word 2010.
I need to create a SIMPLE cover page that only has a few lines of text, no fancy formatting or anything.
I need to then be able to save it and insert it into several documents that I already have without messing up the formatting or page numbers of those documents.

(Actually I need to set this up and test it on my machine (W7-Office2010) and then move this solution to another machine (XP-Office2007)).
Thanks in advance.

Can anyone give me the numbers for the Technic color scheme?

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:57 AM PDT

It's only on ofice 2010 but I have office 2013 and need it for an assignment.

Can you transfer Microsoft products?

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:40 AM PDT

This Christmas I received a PC computer for use in college from my dad, who lives in Alabama.  I installed 2010 Microsoft programs like Word and Excel and all the other kinds while I was down there visiting.  I go to college at Ball State in northern Indiana, and was informed a few weeks in that for my major I needed a MacBook.  I will be picking up my MacBook this weekend from my mom, who lives in southern Indiana, and we will trade computers.  I was wondering if there was a way for me to transfer all of my Microsoft programs from my computer to my new MacBook.  I am not sure if my dad has the Microsoft CD any longer and if he did he wouldn't be able to send it to me in time before I needed to write papers.  Thanks!

Word starter update and opening attachments in email

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 09:16 AM PDT

Since 14 September 2013 I cannot successfully send Word Starter 2010 attachments using yahoo, gmail etc (in Chrome or IE).  I have tested this by sending my self a copy of the email.  The word starter document icons have changed colour from blue to orange, whereas they have remained blue on my harddisc/pc and can be opened easily.  I am using the attach button in email - drag and drop does not work.  When I try and open the attachment which is shown as a box at the top of the text box a warning box stating unknown publisher message comes up followed by a box which says I do not have the software to support opening the attachment and invites me to buy one of the word/office packages for sale.  The box does if I already have word I have to enter a product code but I cannot do this as word starter (which I understand is free anyway) came with the computer when I purchased it in Dec 2011 and I was not given such a code (I suspect as word starter is free no product is given anyway).
I have searched the word updates list and discovered that  microsoft updates were made the day before these troubles started i.e. on 13 September.  No word updates were made to one of my phones (iphone) I use to access email, and I was instantly able to open the attachment in the test email I sent tomyself and which, as I say, cannot be opened on my pc post the updates.
Winndows 7 is installed on my pc.  I don't know whether the 32-bit 64-bit point is relevant - the 13 Sept updates involved both.  I do not know what my word starter software is in this respect.
Shall I uninstall the 13 Sep 2013 word update?  I fear that uninstalling the 13 Sept '13 update might unistall all of word starter 2010 onb my pc.
 

Footnotes

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:59 AM PDT

I have two different computers and both are using Microsoft Word 2010. I am creating a paper and using footnotes. When creating a footnote the paragraph spacing before and after is at zero and the Page Layout spacing is at zero before and after. After creating the footnote, one computer will show the text and the footnote separator line with no space between vertically. The other computer will show a space in between the footnote text and the footnote separator line. What causes the settings to be different?

 

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Searching Libraries and Drives Produces Incomplete Results

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 08:17 AM PDT

When I use the search feature to search the computer for words/phrases in documents stored on my flash drive the results do not show 1) anything I have written in a comment balloon 2) the word in the actual paragraph that is highlighted connecting the balloon to the phrase and 3) randomly leaves out other Word formats; I have Word 2007 currently but many of the documents I search are saved in Word 2003.  I have the folder options set to show all file types. 

My OS is Windows 7 Home and the Office product is 2007

Thanks - Sandee

Why would a module (macro) not show in the "macros" dialog in Word but it shows up in the VB Project explorer

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:59 AM PDT

I only have one macro that does this and I cannot find a setting anyplace that says "hide this macro".

Albert Gostick

save as problems

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:41 AM PDT

In either Word 2007 or Excel 2007, if I attempt 'save as' the application fails with 'Microsoft Word/Office has stopped working' and I have only the option to close the program. A file saved with the same name completes successfully and I can rename it later. Tried reinstalling Office but to no avail, suggesting the fault may lie outside Office - any ideas?.

Office appears to be opening word docs. in picture mode

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 07:10 AM PDT

Some previous docs can be opened, but many can not.  And what used to be simple e-mailed word doc. attachments can not now be opened.

 

Last week I was unable to open a doc. and allowed Office to "update" in hopes of opening the doc. I was not able to open that doc. and now can not open others it seems to think are pictures.

 

Please note that I did try to uninstall and re-install office with no better success.

 

Thanks in advance for anyone who can offer advice/help,

 

Bill

Word Document compatibility mode

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:43 AM PDT

I am sure this was answered somewhere, but now I really need to know how......

Every time I open a Word Document it is running in compatibility mode.

I know that when I started using this version I wanted to use my previous template.

I think this has something to do with repeated "other issues" that I experience in using the new Word.

Can some one please help?

Issue with Acrobat XI and Word, Word has stopped working.

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:36 AM PDT

Hello. I'm having an issue with Acrobat XI and Word 2010 and Word 2013. Whenever I try to create a PDF using the Acrobat tab on the ribbon, I get a message that Word has stopped working. 

This has only started to happen in the past month or so. 

I have installed the updates for Acrobat. 

And I have tried numerous times formatting and reinstalling Windows 7 (64-bit). 

Any ideas why this would happen and how to fix? I'm so stressed with full time work and trying to study that its making me depressed because I need it for my course. 

Open command opens Libraries instead of designated file location

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 06:30 AM PDT

I don't use the Libraries at all, preferring to have my documents on my D: drive in a folder named
Word.  I have many sub-folders, but most of my documents belong in my DOCS sub-folder, so that is the folder I have specified as my AutoRecover file location and my Default file location in the File\Options\Save page as D:\Word\DOCS\.  And on the File\Options\Advanced\General\File Locations page, under File types:, Documents are located in D:\Word\DOCS.

 When I open Word 2010 and click on Open, it opens my DOCS folder.  But subsequently, sometimes the next time I click on open or after a few times, it opens Documents in Libraries.  I have to click on the down arrow at the right of the field and select D:\Word\DOCS to open the correct folder.  This drives me CRAZY! 

I have Windows 7 on a 64-bit H-P system.

What can I do to correct this?

 

Print current page - word 2013

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:36 AM PDT

Hi,
When I want to print current page in word office 2013, the previous page of current page is printed!!!! (Notice: The problem occurs only when I use Persian language in office)

Mouse won't consistently select a full line of text

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:31 AM PDT

I am suddenly experiencing an intermittent erratic mouse. At times I cannot highlight a full line of text to cut/copy and paste. Sometimes I can sweep and get the full line then later only one word will highlight. Sometimes it will grab and move letters within words around. Any ideas what could be causing this -- it's frustrating and slowing down my work.

Cannot access Word Starter 2010 docs

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 05:21 AM PDT

Word Starter is installed on my win7 home premium, but now when I try to open a WS doc I get a pop-up saying I the file necessary to open it is not installed -  with an option to buy Office. How do I open my WS documents as I have previously been doing?

 

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remove the preview at the back of your document in microsoft word. and also to remove the name of the document at the top of the screen .

Posted: 16 Sep 2013 02:11 AM PDT

Is it possible to remove the preview at the back of your document in microsoft word and also to remove the name of the document at the top of the screen .

My Micresoft Office Starter just stopped letting me open any files. What could be the problem????

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:48 PM PDT

When I bought my Windows 7 computer it had Microsoft Office Starter as a download.  I've been using it and now, all of a sudden,  it won't let me open any files.  It's still on my computer and I can use it but can't open any files I create or have created.    Is there anything I can do to fix the problem?????

 

How do I re-install Office Starter (now that the old way to do it doesn't work anymore)

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:31 PM PDT

Hi

 

Let me start by saying that I have VERY LITTLE computer knowledge. As soon as people start using the slightest bit technical language I don't understand what they're saying at all and it's like another language to me, e.g. I had to google OEM to find out what that means (Original Equipment Manufacturer)

 

After the auto update from Microsoft the other day which turned everyone's (who uses Office Starter) Word documents into DOCX files 

the first thing I did was to un-install Office Starter 2010 - because that is what has fixed the problem in the past when I couldn't open word files, although they've never turned orange docx on me before. I've always been able to easily re-install Office Starter 2010 using Office 2010 like it says to in these instructions (it has always worked in the past):

 

If Word Starter 2010 or Excel Starter 2010 cannot
be opened, uninstall and reinstall Microsoft Office
Starter 2010:

1. Click "Start" then "all programs" and make sure you
see Microsoft Office 2010 in the list of installed 
programs. You'll need to use this program later 
to reinstall Office Starter 2010 on the computer.

2. Open the "Control Pannel" and under "Programs" click on "Uninstall a program"
3. Click Microsoft Office Starter 2010, and then 
click Uninstall (or Remove in Windows XP).

4. Click Yes and follow the instructions to uninstall 
Office Starter 2010.

5. To reinstall Office Starter 2010, click Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office 2010.

6. Click Use. See image.

7. And then click Open. This will re-install Office Starter 2010.

If the error continues to occur, you may have to do a full
restore of the computer to reinstall Microsoft Office Starter 2010.
We recommend you contact the computer manufacturer to talk
about your options before you do this.

 

BUT NOW when I follow these instructions the box in the image above is there BUT where it says "Use Office Starter 2010" NOW IT SAYS "Try Office free for a limited time" and where it says "Use" it now says "Try". So now I can't re-install Office Starter!!

 

Does anyone know if there is any way I can re-install Office Starter (other than the method above which doesn't work anymore)?

 

I rang the Microsoft Help Line and after explaining my situation to the tech guy I gave him remote access to my computer but EVEN HE COULDN'T FIX IT!!! He said I would need to get another Office Starter 2010 and he said the only place I can get one from is my computer manufacturer (Acer) and to contact them and ask them for a copy. He said he will leave my case # open and call me back on Mon to see how I go at getting Office Starter from them. He also said Acer will probably advise me to do a Factory Restore and to back-up my computer before doing this.

 

I rang Acer a moment ago to see if I can get Office Starter from them somehow, but I was told they are experiencing a high # of calls at the moment and they took my phone# and said they will call me back in an hour or 2.

 

If there was a Microsoft office near my house I would go down there and start trashing the joint like they have trashed my life and computer at the moment. This is absolute bullsh**. Microsoft have wasted thousands of hours of people's time with their stuff up, why didn't they pay someone to work over the weekend to fix the problem? That would have cost them 8 hours pay to save people thousands of hours in wasted time. Shows how much they care.

 

I'll post back here after I speak to Acer about getting another Office Starter.

Why wont my word documents open? File saver?

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 08:09 PM PDT

I have office 365 and anytime i try to open a word doc it said file saver and gave me three options (i clicked open with installed software) then i checked the box not to show again. now anytime i try to open a document nothing happens. i have to start a new word document then go to file>open. 
HELP
are my professors able to open my documents that i've attached and turned in? 

Need to get this fixed.

When I try to do the mail merge it shows next record instead of the data

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:34 PM PDT

I have walked through the Mail merge wizard but the information on the Word doc comes up as Next Record instead of the data on the excel spreadsheet.

Updating cross reference CTRL C & F9 and entire text disappears

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 04:33 PM PDT

when look at file size text all txt seems to be there?

can i copy a folder to a flash drive or do i have copy each individual file and then put them back in the folder

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:44 PM PDT

Can I copy a folder with multiple files in it to a flash drive or do I need to copy each individual folder and then put them back in the file.

How can I deal successfully with this message,"Microsoft Office cannot verify the license for this producrt. You should repair the Office program by using Control Panel.

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:37 PM PDT

How can I deal successfully with this message,"Microsoft Office cannot verify the license for this product. You should repair the Office program by using Control Panel. It keeps blocking my use of the Word Software.

 

Until I solve this, My Word Software will not work.

Smooth fonts in Windows 7 ?

Posted: 15 Sep 2013 03:24 PM PDT

I upgraded to Office 2013. Fonts look awful in it. I reinstalled Windows, I even tried a different graphics card! The same problem... Office 2013 vs Wordpad
http://tinypic.com/r/118ht0k/5


I noticed that e.g. in ebay when I want to list a new item, fonts look like this (pasted to wordpad on the right)
http://tinypic.com/r/jaxgle/5

Why is that? I tried two graphics cards and a fresh install of Win7 every time... I am confused here. It is acceptable in ebay etc, it is NOT acceptable in Office. When I zoom in, it is better... I tried to follow some online tips: disable hardware acceleration etc. I used to have office2010 it was fine...but I can see it applies to my system/default fonts in some places as well... Of course I went through 'cleartype' options.

Disabling 'aero' does not help

Microsoft Works - Microsoft Works Font Size

Microsoft Works - Microsoft Works Font Size

Microsoft Works Font Size

Posted: 15 Dec 2005 11:56 AM PST


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

What I said. "Type the font size (say 4) into the box (where it says 8, say)
and press ENTER"

Works fine.

Merging Databases

Posted: 14 Dec 2005 06:02 PM PST


BTW
if you, (like me) have over 200 fields
and need to enumerate them for checking.

Create a report (just use "Report1")
on the first option re fields inclusion in the report click "add all"
then click "done"

copy the row of all the field names to clipboard
paste to a word proc document
click "show characters"
then do an ALT E E
carry out a replace of all ^T with ^P

all your field names will be in a list down the page

HTH





--
pookiethai at iprimus.com.au

"Rodney" <com.au> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
|
| Easy peasy.
|
| firstly just make sure both databases are mirror imaged
| on field postions
|
| eg: Field 1 (say color) in DB1 matches field 1 (color) in database 2
| Field 23 (say total cost) in DB1 matches field 23 (total cost) in database 2
|
| When you have confirmed this, just <select all> in the
| secondary database (the primary database must contain the
| confirmed field positions and the correct field formats/formulas)
|
| copy the secondary database
| and paste into the first cell of the first blank row
| of the primary database.
|
| Check for confirmation of field positions
| you may have to re-initialise the formulas
| by simply selecting the whole field in question, and hitting "delete"
|
| when you are happy with the result
| now is the time to check for duplicate entries.
|
| ALWAYS ALWAYS make a copy of the two databases
| as a backup, in case of errors of process
|
| (I use a temp folder when carrying out this procedure)
|
| MSWorks will only hold 32,000 records
|
| HTH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| -
| pookiethai at iprimus.com.au
|
| "Chris" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
| | Does anyone know how to merge databases in Works?
|
|

WORKS WEBSITE - Revamped

Posted: 13 Dec 2005 12:35 PM PST

Hi DavidF,

My point being, and in particular is, related to this paragraph:

"[...] if you took it away from them, they'd say, "You can't take that
away from me." Breakthroughs are critical for us. All we get paid for
are breakthroughs, because people who have our software today can
keep using it forever and not pay us another dime."

Whilst we have Works 4.5a, and it can do what we require, then we
need not buy a newer version - particularly if that newer version does
not have the "breakthrough" technology that we seek. Or, as in our case,
the past functionality was taken away from us.

I was attempting (badly, so it seems) to support the statements you made
and as I had recently read this article and similar ( Office 12 and XML)
http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/developers/fileoverview.mspx
I thought you would be interested in reading it too.

This seems to be the situation that many uses of Works 4.5a find
themselves in; particularly with regard to mail merge formatting and
text wrapping.

Regards,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works & Word) 1999-2006
Works Help & KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"DavidF" <com> wrote in message
news:ukbyYr%phx.gbl...
| Ok...I read it, but I am not sure why you wanted me to read it?? What was
| your point?
|
| DavidF

calendar in Works v 8

Posted: 11 Dec 2005 09:57 AM PST

Perhaps.

The Calendar may stop responding when you try to start Works Calendar
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=888947

Hope this helps,
Ken

"pjb17" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...

| When I open calendar in works v 8, the programme closes down and I get the
| usual "programme has encountered an error" message. I have tried
| reinstalling without success. Any suggestions? Initally, the calendar was
| opening under other user accounts but now it is not working in any of the
| user accounts. The other programmes in works seem to be trouble free.

Unable to set default font in MSworks 6.0 word processor

Posted: 11 Dec 2005 08:04 AM PST

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you... did I say Thank you??
Jane

"Ken" wrote:
 

Works Suite 99 Fails on XP Home

Posted: 11 Dec 2005 04:59 AM PST

On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:19:53 -0000, "Kevin James - MSMVP Works"
<org> wrote:
 
Thanks for that Kevin. Did it - no joy. Bought WS 2005 on eBay.

Address envelopes

Posted: 10 Dec 2005 04:11 PM PST

This did help out with my problems, thanks very much
--
Butch Mawyer


"Ken" wrote:
 

problems opening a works document in word 2000

Posted: 06 Dec 2005 01:42 PM PST


"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
news:uUiD7%phx.gbl...
 

You first.

does anyone have the key

Posted: 25 Nov 2005 11:42 PM PST


"Wayne Cordova" <net> wrote in message news:com... 
Yes, here is my key. Use it wisely and in good health. Cheers.

BUZZ-OFFF-YOUU-PIRATE-@$$HOL

It takes more nerve than I have for pirates to blatantly ask for product keys
in a newsgroup populated by MVPs and people who invested their hard-earned
monies in the very products he/she wants to steal.

Manufacturing Microsoft Project

Manufacturing Microsoft Project

Manufacturing

Posted: 15 Nov 2004 12:33 PM PST

Hi Randy,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

I'm sure someone has, but Project is not designed for production. If your
processes meet the definition of a project (a unique undertaking with
clearly defined start and finish dates) then Project will do all you ask.

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

Randy Galliano wrote: 

Is there a way to save a MS Project Timeline as a PDF output??

Posted: 15 Nov 2004 08:09 AM PST

There is no built in way of saving it to PDF. However, there is a
software call ACROPDF that allow you to print to a virtual printer which
generate the PDF.

This is the link :
http://www.acropdf.com/


Bill wrote: 

Can someone open all tasks in my master plan without accessing th.

Posted: 15 Nov 2004 07:09 AM PST

Yes, they can, provided (as with any plan) that they have MS Project
installed on their system.

Sarah

why is the project 2003 scheduling an activity for a resource dur.

Posted: 13 Nov 2004 03:09 PM PST

If you have created a resource calendar that conflicts with other calendars,
it will take presedence over them.

"Steve House [MS Project MVP]" wrote:
 

completed tasks in PWA showing on resource assignments

Posted: 13 Nov 2004 09:45 AM PST

Thanks for the responce Dale. I was using Collaborate - Publish - New and
Changed Assignments. I wasn't sure exactly how the different publishing
options worked and it intuitively seemed like the choice. Would that be the
reason that my tasks are not updating?

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

msgbox

Posted: 13 Nov 2004 06:17 AM PST


Anna,
You're welcome.
John

Hours in MSP 2000

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 12:19 PM PST

David --

You are welcome, my friend! I "read between the lines" in your original
post and hoped that my answer would help you.

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


"David McTavish" <co.uk> wrote in message
news:6wkld.26607$news.blueyonder.co.uk... 

Error When Baselining

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 12:19 PM PST

How can I tell if I have SR-1 installed? Since I posted this message, I have
opened an older version of this file and can successfilly baseline the plan
so I think it's a problem with the file... Is there a way to "fix" it? I
have already tried the Save As.. .mpd. Anything else?

"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

Critical Task with Slack

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 11:58 AM PST

That was the nub of my question and you are quite correct, that is a very
appropriate use of the SNET constraint. I asked because many people
introduce constraints in an attempt to get the schedule to conform to some
pre-conceived idea of what it "should" look like and almost invariably such
a strategy ultimate creates far more problems than it solves. I wonder if
this might be a situation where a SF link would work well. We have tasks in
a chain A->B->C->D and also task B1->C, B1 being that task the we're talking
about that the consultant is on. B1 needs to finish just in time for task C
to begin, C's timing being driven by the sequence A->B->. Would it work for
you to schedule C as the predecessor with B1 as its *successor* with a
Start-to-Finish link? I think of "predecessor" meaning the task controlling
the timing and "sucessor" meaning the task whose timing is controlled in
this sort of context, the idea being that the start of C determines when B1
must end and so in turn that determines the latest B1 can start.

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



"Bill Swihart" <com> wrote in message
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Is there a quick key to get to the end of the "Task Name" line

Posted: 12 Nov 2004 09:04 AM PST

Hi Joe,
If you haven't found it already, the keyboard shortcut for indent is
[ALT]+[SHIFT]+ [Right arrow key]. Outdent is [ALT]+[SHIFT]+[Left arrow key].
If you like keyboard shortcuts, you may turn on the display of the shortcut
in the screen tip of the toolbar buttons. Go to Tools --> Customize -->
Toolbars.
Click the Options tab, click in the "Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips" check
box.
Hope this helps.
Julie


"Joe" wrote:
 

Resource % calculations on fixed duration tasks

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 03:18 PM PST

The percentage is NOT the portion of the task's work the resource is doing.
It is the percentage of his workday that resource will devote to that task.
I could have a 1 day task, 8 hours duration, with 4 resources assigned 50%
each. That means that over the course of the 8 hour day the task takes,
each resources contributes 4 man-hours of work.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Andy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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SS Dependency

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 10:05 AM PST

The SS doesn't quite mean they'll always start together - it means that the
start time of the predecessor determines when the successor is *able* to
start. The start of 172 (after taking into account any lag or lead times)
thus defines the EARLIEST that 173 can start but there are any number of
factors that might drive 173 to start later than the link might dictate,
things like the required resource not being available at just that right
moment, for example.


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

"Monica" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Reading Project Documents without Application

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 09:58 AM PST

I discovered that someone in the office had a copy of project. I believe
I've seen utilities to read Word and Excel without the application, and
thought something similar was available for Project. Thanks for your
assistance.

"Mike Glen" <glenATmvps.org> wrote in message
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Finishing tasks early, before baseline start date

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 09:01 AM PST

If I can jump in - a project plan is not supposed to be a passive document
simply recording when people do work. IMHO, it is a PROACTIVE document -
your role as project manager is similar to the conductor in an orchestra and
the project plan is the symphonic score. You plan so as to accomplish the
project's goals on time and under budget and then you advise the resources
where they need to go with what tools and when they need to be there to work
on the tasks at the times you have determined they are supposed to take
place. You may have the occasional task that you find can start earlier
than you originally thought but that should be a relatively rare event. If
it COULD start earlier, that's where your plan should have showed it
scheduled in the first place. In the planning process you should have
determined the earliest that conditions would permit it to start and
directed the resource to work on it at that time.

Steve House [MVP]

"David" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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saying 
this? 

How do I schedule a 3 day task over 20 days?

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 08:33 AM PST

Hi Julie,

Thanks for the reply, I have tried your method and whilst it does work, does
not reflect the whole story, there are 28 tasks in total some resources will
own 3 or more tasks others 1, when I got to scheduling them all in the whole
thing got very complicated and went awry!!

I consider myself very profficient in the MS suite but am humbled at my lack
of understanding of Project. A steep learning curve over the next few days to
get this project plan to resemble what I want it to look like and many more
months to learn the product to a profficient level.

Thank you for your time and suggestion.

Regards

KevD

"JulieD" wrote:
 

Scheduling nightmare!

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 05:14 AM PST

You're welcome, Kev :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


Email Signatures wrote: 

how do i set up a bar chart report in project

Posted: 11 Nov 2004 02:49 AM PST

Hi Derek,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

Strictly a report is a print out of your data on paper. If you mean a view,
then use the + and - to the left of the summary task name to open or
collapse the details. For a Project summary, set it up via
Tools/Options.../View tab, bottom right.

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

Derek Dench wrote: 

what does the insert key look like

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 10:42 PM PST

Mine is a truncated four-faced pyramid, roughly 1cm square, black, with the
work "Insert" printed on it.


"MS Project 2k user" <MS Project 2k microsoft.com> wrote in
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Can I highlight cells (yellow, red, ...) in Project?

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 02:54 PM PST

another alternative is to use a customised field with a colourful graphic in
it (tools / customise / fields)

Cheers
JulieD

"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote in message
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MS Project Ceritification

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 02:43 PM PST

Steve --

As always, excellent comments based on your years of experience! Well said,
my friend!

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


"Steve House [MS Project MVP]" <send.hotmail.com>
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Master Project Dependency Functionality

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 11:34 AM PST

As long as the individual plans are just updated versions of the previous
individual plan you should be OK. If they are totally new, then you can
expect that things will get screwed up sooner or later.

--
-Jack ... For project information and macro examples visit
http://masamiki.com/project

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Project Gantt Chart Durations?

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 07:44 AM PST

Steve,

thanks - this was what I was looking for.

"Marie Garcia" wrote:
 

Resource actual hours

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 07:18 AM PST

So much for that theory <grin>

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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"Steve W." <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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pop-up window

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 07:05 AM PST

Hello Anna,

Project VBA can "read" the size screen with some functions which call API :
GetSystemMetrics
GetForegroundWindow
GetWindowRect

then you are able to adapt the size of your pop-up window.

You'll find some documents on these functions on this site :
http://www.allapi.net/

Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret [Project MVP]

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Is there a tool to find "widows" and "orphans"?

Posted: 10 Nov 2004 06:27 AM PST

John,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Re: "All tasks MUST have a successor but not all tasks will necessarily have
a
predecessor. The former is driven by the philosophy that if a task
doesn't "feed" something (i.e. another task or end milestone), then why
spend effort on the task. The latter applies to tasks that may start
independently of any previous tasks (e.g. a particular resource doesn't
become available to work on the project until sometime after the project
is started)."

I agree with this assessment, although most of the time when a task has no
predecessor it was an logical OVERSIGHT, hence my desire for the "tool"
Gerard has described.

Re: "Something else you might want to do after you have addressed widows and
orphans is to apply the "Summary" filter and ensure no Summary lines
have predecessors or successors. If they do, I recommend you change them
so they apply to performance tasks or milestones. Links to Summary lines
are allowed by Project but they generally cause problems."

I generally agree with this guideline, although in this same discussion
group I have seen arguments that go both ways. I think that for the most
accurate computation of critical path you want to link tasks as the lowest
level possible rather than at the summary level.

Sincerely,

Victor Schwartz

"John" wrote:
 

Multiple Installation Question Microsoft Office for Mac

Multiple Installation Question Microsoft Office for Mac

Multiple Installation Question

Posted: 25 May 2008 09:47 AM PDT

Hi Berk -

IIRC the offer gave you the option of taking either the Home & Student
edition (which provides 3 product keys) *or* the Special Media Edition
(which includes only 1 but has "other stuff" included). I can't remember the
specifics and there were a couple of promotions which ran concurrently.
Unfortunately, all promos have ended & the sites have been taken down, but
you should have kept a record of what you submitted.

The EULA for the 2008 Special Media Edition (which is what it sounds like
you have) allows installation on one "desktop" & one "portable" system for
use by the owner of the license and permits running one installation or the
other at a time. If you are in fact upgrading to the new Mac (replacing the
previous unit) rather than *adding it* to your 'collection' of active Macs
you should have no problem. There is no limit to the number of installs
using the same key. It primarily prevents Office apps installed using the
same key from running simultaneously on a network.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 5/25/08 12:47 PM, in article C45F1052.23D%net, "Berk"
<net> wrote:
 

Anomaly? Office 2008 Remove Office failed to zap some old preferences

Posted: 23 May 2008 11:40 AM PDT

"Norman R. Nager, Ph.D." wrote:
 

I have Office 2004 and Office 2008 set up in different Users. That keeps
preference files completely separate. I use fast user switching when I need
to check something out in Entourage 2004. 
 

Thanks for the nice compliment. The unprecedented set of improvements in SP1
was attributed to the reports sent in through the MERP tool. There were
almost 50 improvements to Entourage alone.

--
Diane

Language

Posted: 23 May 2008 06:18 AM PDT

Bob Greenblatt <com> wrote:
 

The serial number is valid no matter what localization of Office you use
though. If you "lay a hand" on an English install CD, you can install it
and use your serial number with it.
If I were you, I would uninstall the French version using the
uninstaller first though.

Corentin
--
--- Mac:MS MVP http://www.cortig.net/wordpress/ ---
http://www.mvps.org - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
MVPs are not MS employees - Les MVP ne travaillent pas pour MS
Remove "NoSpam" to e-mail me - Retirez "NoSpam" pour m'écrire

Will ODF support also be available for Office 2008?

Posted: 22 May 2008 05:18 AM PDT

Bob Greenblatt schrieb:
 
 

Thanks, I will do so.

Regards,
Jürgen.

service pak 3

Posted: 20 May 2008 07:46 PM PDT

In article <caR9absDaxw>,
<com> wrote:
 

Wintards - it's their way...

program terminates unexpectedly

Posted: 20 May 2008 05:14 PM PDT

Your effort to be helpful is certainly appreciated, but what does all this
have to do with the problem stated by the OP? Especially since the OP
reported back - a week ago - that the problem had already been resolved as a
result of Diane's initial response.

FYI - The only reason for the distinction in specs between Mac Office
Professional & the other 2004 editions is due to the inclusion of Virtual
PC, which requires more system resources to run. There's no difference in
the other Office apps themselves from one edition to the other.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 5/26/08 11:32 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Microsoft CRM - Creating an Account from a contact

Microsoft CRM - Creating an Account from a contact

Creating an Account from a contact

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 02:05 AM PDT

The only other option I can think of would be to develop a custom ISV type page
that did this type of "add".

I am curious though as to why the PostUrl didn't work. In theory, this should
be able to do what you ask. You would need to query the newly created Contact
to see if it is associated with an Account. If not, then you should be able to
create the Account and tie the Contact to it. The hitch though would be to make
sure you have a field in the Contact form to hold the naame for the new Account.

Matt Parks

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On Tue, 15 Jun 2004 05:00:12 -0700, "lindad"
<microsoft.com> wrote:

Try having them create a Lead instead and then convert the
Lead to an Account and Contact. 
which 

need example code to get the contactID from SFA/conts/edit.aspx...

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 01:45 AM PDT

Thanks for your Advice!!!

But how can I get the ContactID out from the URL and save it to
another table in SQL Database? I try to make an extra Button
"Attachments" and I want to save the ContactID with the path of the
file to my new table "ContactAttachment". This is seriously a problem
for me. Do you know a way to do that?

Thank you!!


Daniel


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

Convert Oportunity to Account

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 07:17 PM PDT

Ian,

What is the opportunity associated with? When you create it, it needs to be
associated with either an Account or a Contact, that's why there isn't an option
to do this type of convert.

You might want to consider using the Lead object as that will then support the
conversion you are looking for.

Matt Parks

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On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 19:17:51 -0700, "Ian" <microsoft.com>
wrote:

We are using CRM 1.2 Sales with Standard License, and
would like to convert an Opportunity to an Account. (We
don't have the option to convert Opporunities to Sales
Orders, Invoices, or Quotes in Standard.) I can see in
the Deployment Manager where to create the custom mapping
from Opportunity to Account...but there are no menus
within the application to kick-off this functionality.

Would this be a fairly easy customization, or would it be
like, advanced customization?

If this is more complicated, does anyone know if this
functionality might be included in next release?

Thanks,

Ian

Email to Queue for Internal Emails

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 10:05 AM PDT

interesting idea. Keep in mind though the both hotmail and yahoo have been
known to block crm specifc emails becuase of the guid.
"kat" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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MBS Website Dog Slow

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 09:56 AM PDT

the MBS site has been particularly slow today however its only a temp thing
as normally its at least usable if not fast.


"Vinícius Pitta Lima de Araújo" <com.br> wrote in message
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slow? 
for 

SFO Contact

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 08:26 AM PDT

Let us know what you find. I have not found in FAQ and
having a similar problem.
Ed 
the 
problems 
from 
when 

Grid Error cause by CRM User

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 07:06 AM PDT

Is not much data. I already deleted and re-import and the same error
occurred, but this time I imported data for more than one user.
This time I can see with no problems the activities imported, but not the
accounts and contact. However, with the dialog for select user, contact,
account or oportunity (eg.: for a appointment) I can see the contacts and
accounts imported.

I am very confused now. :) Can you help me?

About the user:
I don't setting nothing for this user. I tried reassign a license for him.
Finally, I removed manually the user. I know who that is not a good idea,
but I am testing and will reinstall.

Thank you for the help and sorry my shuffled english. :)
[]'s
Vinícius Pitta Lima de Araújo

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If so, 

Customizing Activities view

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 06:02 AM PDT

You can also develop your own solution by going through
the SDK 
Everyone 
see 
all 

Reporting fails from outside of the router

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 04:44 AM PDT

John: Anything unusual about your setup? I haven't tried this yet, but just took Microsoft's word for it (I know, that wasn't very bright, but I'm a trusting person). We have a client who may not go with Microsoft CRM because of numerous reasons, but this was one of the big ones. I guess I need to try it out to see if we can duplicate your success...

"John O'Donnell" wrote:
 

how to get the ContactID from ContactBase to another table

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 04:34 AM PDT

Are you created the button in the edit form or view?
If you created the button in the edit form, the right contactId will be
passed with the url...
However, if you created the button in view form I think who you can't get
the selected contact Id. You must make your own view page with this
function.

PS. Where are you from?

Hope this helps.

[]'s
Vinícius Pitta Lima de Araújo


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report print paper format

Posted: 13 Jun 2004 08:50 PM PDT

na, printer is set to a4 and prints all other stuff we print prints into a4

"John O'Donnell" wrote:
 

How to make a custom grid work like a CRM grid

Posted: 10 Jun 2004 02:29 PM PDT

To take the processing away from the server, you should
also check out some javascript sites for sorting columns
and to handle the click events.

You will find the examples at www.csharp-corner.com very
simple but once you get your head around the working
samples you will be able to change it to mirror crm's
grids.
 
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