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Microsoft Word - How do I label an item in a photograph in WORD?

How do I label an item in a photograph in WORD?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 03:02 PM PDT

I want to label various items in a photgraph but can't figure it out.  In previous versions of WORD, I was able to activate the Draw tool bar and get the job done, but I can't figure it out in WORD 2010. Thanks

does your default settings override your document settings?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 03:00 PM PDT

I was told today that a word 2010 document I created needed to have a blank page removed.  This was page number 105.  However when I went back to look at the document I had only 79 pages in the document. 

I was able to contact the person you sent me the email and when we both opened the same word document (he sent me his copy) I had 79 pages and he had 105 pages.  After comparing some of the pages, it was determined that he had a paragraph spacing of 1.5 and I had single spacing. 

 

How can this happen?  I created the document with the single line spacing.  Why is his showing 1.5 line sacing.

 

Doesn't the document settings override each persons default settings?  If not how do we get it to do that?  We had a review on the version I created and all agreed that is was ready to be released.  However when our release group opened it they ended up having the format change and paragraphs that were speciffically formated to only be on a single page not split the page in the others computer.

 

Any help in getting this fixed would be appreciated.

Unable to copy/paste within Word 365 using ctrl-c and ctrl-v

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:48 PM PDT

Hello folks,

I recently purchased a subscription to Office 365 University and installed on a fresh Windows 7 installation.

I was able to copy and paste via the ctrl-c and ctrl-v keyboard shortcuts a day or two ago, but today it is not working.

I am able to copy and paste inside any other program, including other Office programs such as Excel.

Some hotkey combos which use the ctrl key work fine within Word, such as ctrl-w (which closes the current document), whereas other ctrl hotkey combos such as ctrl-S (save current document) do not work.

I tried rebooting, but that did not help. I also checked to see whether a task had hung a part of Word, but there were no stray Word processes in Task Manager when I was closed out of Word.

I've tried in brand new documents as well as existing ones.

I've never seen this behavior before and have been unable to locate a solution.

Any ideas?

How can I get my computer to recognize and delete a print job?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:16 PM PDT

I have had windows 8 for a month and my printer still isn't working properly. 1) I loaded hp psi 1315 printer as the default printer. It printed in black only for a couple of weeks then I had trouble getting it to recognize paper was in the printer, next I had trouble when I wanted to delete the print job. One message "deleting" but nothing happened so I turned off the computer and unplugged the printer then rebooted to see if something would happen.  I have used troubleshooting and got it to delete the job but when I try the same method it doesn't respond. I don't know what else to do. Help and thanks!  

Shift-F9 Toggle Field Code hijacked by SnagIt

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 01:04 PM PDT

This is not a question but an observation. I have been unable to use Shift-F9 to toggle a field code for quite some time. I recently discovered that this was because of my installation of TechSmith's SnagIt program. Once I discovered the interference, it was easily fixed by changing the keyboard shortcut in Snagit. This is easy to do under Tools > Preferences.

The other F-key keyboard shortcut hijacked by SnagIt is Shift-F10.

Although I posted this in the Word forum, it applies to all Office programs, and for that matter all Windows programs.

BTW, I find Shift-F9 to be of limited use. It you have nested fields, it will not necessarily toggle all of the field, but just the outermost wrapping field. For more complex fields, I use the Alt-F9 toggle, remembering that with that one, it is necessary to toggle back.

"Open Recent File" not available in Quick Access Toolbar

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:48 PM PDT

How can I add "Open Recent File" to the Quick Access Toolbar?  I can add "Open File," but not Open Recent File.  I used to be able to do this in Office 2010.  Now, to open recent files, I need to click to the "File" tab to go 'backstage', then click on "Open".  That's annoying - Backstage view obscures my document and I shouldn't have to click so many times to do something so basic and simple.

I saw a comment on this thread: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/sorry-i-bought-office-2013/a3ecec67-e1f3-4fa7-9f65-2c700fe2aa95  where the commenter mentions that he adds "open recent file" to the QAT, but I think he uses Office 2013.

Please help me fix this.

Word docs won't print, but Excel docs do

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 12:30 PM PDT

Three days ago my wireless HP 4500 printer stopped printing Word documents, although it readily prints Excel documents.  Word documents are sent to the print queue which indicates "printing", but there they sit until canceled.  Why?  These are Word 2010 documents on an HP Pavillion P7-1010t running Windows 7.

i cant activate my office account, error code 0x15

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:49 AM PDT

Recently purchased a new Toshiba, satellite laptop, with windows 8, and Microsoft office installed, I'm trying to activate my account so that I can use word, but every time I try to sign in this error message pops and says that there was a problem trying to connect to my account.

issues running office 365

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 11:28 AM PDT

I have had Ofiice 365 running on my laptop for over a month, with the monthly purchase.  Yesterday all of my documents disappeared.  I rebooted the PC by removing the battery and am now able to see the documents in my folders tab but cannot get Word to open.

I have uninstalled and reinstalled the program, restarted and ran a "fix" several times, but still am not able to open anything using word and continue to receive an error message when I attempt to open Word.

This is extremely frustrating!!!  I am not very tech savvy so an "idiot's guide" for resolving this would be greatly appreciated!

How do I insert English letters with pronunciation symbols over the letters (like a Dictionary does)?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 09:18 AM PDT

How do I insert English letters with pronunciation symbols over the letters (like a Dictionary does)?
(This is a valid question for any version of Word.)
I seek to show such "characters" as the "Short" and "Long" (small case or capital) vowels (a e i o u).
For instance, a short "a" in a dictionary is sometimes left as is, or, the "a" may have a curved line above it, like a parenthesis, only sideways.
Also, a long "i" is the letter with a straight line above it, like an underline, just above the letter.
Use the word "Italics" as an example, and even though we all (should) know that the first "I" should be a short "i", many mispronounce it "äee", like the Long "i".
(Obviously I know both the existence of and keyboard shortcut for accent and umlaut marks, so don't answer for those, please/thanks.)
Without going through the forced pronunciation ("äee"), which really misspells the word...
How do I insert English letters with pronunciation symbols over the letters (like a Dictionary does)?

Insert special character in bibliography (also superscript)

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:59 AM PDT

Hi,
I am trying to insert special character in my bibliography and for now the only (temporary) solution is to have a wordpad document full of the special letters (mostly greek alphapbet) and copy/paste them in the bibliogrpahy manager (reference->Manage source->edit ...). I also want to use superscript in my document titles. I am unable to do so.

Do you have an a solution to the styling of my bibliographic references?

Thanks a lot for your help,
M.

Only see tracked changes in Protected Mode

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:19 AM PDT

When a customer emails a Word 2010 document with tracked changes enabled (their changes are in read or underlined) I can only see their red line changes when I open the document in Protected Mode. If I Enable Editing, their red text reverts to black text and their underlines disappear.

I can't save the document with their red line changes and I cannot print the document.

How di I change this?

 

Thanks.

Is there a way to create a spreadsheet listing all the changes made to a Word document?

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 08:17 AM PDT

My organization has many different workbooks that we maintain in order to conduct classes.  The workbooks are just Word documents.  These workbooks must be updated periodically.  Sometimes the changes made are minor (formatting, spelling, etc.).  Sometimes the changes are major (new sections added).

When major changes are made we update the workbook and then send that to our translation team so the workbook can be translated. 

In order to keep track of all the changes we've made we've been tracking them in a centralized Excel spreadsheet where we note the page and item that has been modified.  We use this spreadsheet to determine if there have been enough minor or major changes made that merit sending the workbook, or multiple workbooks, to translations.

We're aware of the Track Changes feature in Word, as well as the ability to print Markups.  However, is there a way to output the differences of a Word Document to an Excel spreadsheet (or other alternative) so we don't have to manually add these changes to the spreadsheet?

Thanks!

I'm trying to install Microsoft word, which I recently paid for and computer says another program is running.

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 07:59 AM PDT

I hope you can help....after over 25 years of playing on a computer I am beginning to be sorry I every bought this new HP Laptop!!

footnotes

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 06:01 AM PDT

footnotes on word 2013 document do not appear on iphone or ipad sky drive document.

List numbering with paragraph numbering that includes the previous heading(s) numbering

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:36 AM PDT

I am trying to create list numbering for paragraphs of text where the numbering used includes the heading numbers that the paragraph belongs to.

So, I would like my paragraphs to be numbered as follows:

1.  Main heading 1
1.a. paragraph of text relating to main heading 1
1.b. another paragraph of text relating to main heading 1
1.1 Sub Heading 2
1.1.a. paragraph of text relating to sub heading 1.1
1.1.b. another paragraph of text to sub heading 1.1
1.2 Another sub heading 2
1.2.a. paragraph of text relating to another sub heading 2
2.  Main heading 2
2.a paragraph of text relating to main heading 2

I can't find any way of achieving the numbering I want.  Is it possible to do?

If it's not possible to do, what is the best way of achieving unique paragraph numbers?

Thanks

Julie

Microsoft Office 2013, citations & bibliography section of word is disable

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 05:06 AM PDT

IN THE NAME OF GOD

Hi, all.

why is Microsoft Office 2013, citations & bibliography section of word disable completely?

Note 1- I installed Windows 8 and office 2013, Activated them before and there is no problem with office. Now I upgrade to windoes 8.1 and now  I have thw mentioned problem.

Note 2- I repaired office by using control panel/change microsoft office 2015. All progress was done with no error, then I received a meesage to reboot. But after it, the problem was not resolved.

Note 3- I do not want remove office and install it again, becase I lost my serial key.

Thanks.

Tables and cellmargins

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 04:18 AM PDT

Is there a difference in how tables work in Word 2007 and 2013?

I just discovered that if I insert a table in Word 2007 then the text in the table lines up with the text outside the table. The left table border is by default set to 0,19 cm outside the text (the default cellmargin)

If i insert a table in Word 2013 the table text is not aligned with the text outside the table instead the table border lines up with the text outside the table and the text in the table is moved 0,19 cm to the right (again default cell margin)

 

This means that the tables in old documents moves when you convert the document! If you have a design that for example says that tableborder must line up with the souronding text that design will fail when you upgrade the document.

 

Is there something you can do to avoid this behaviour?

 

/Lina

I cannot find a Word 2013 (.docx) file. Please help.

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 03:36 AM PDT

Hi, I am set up for automatic saving but for some reason yesterdays work (Word 2013 .docx) did not save & I cannot find it. Can anybody offer a solution? No documents are showing in 'unsaved files'. 

Thank you very much for your support. 

A suspended process makes Word/Excel loading slow

Posted: 14 Oct 2013 02:18 AM PDT

Hello, 

I have an issue in my Environment.

What is happening (and how the problem can be reproduced):
When another process is suspended (using Process Explorer) opening a document with "double click" on the document file, the Word takes too long to open.
When I "resume" the suspended process, then the document opens.

When a process is suspended, the Word or Excel Software can be opened without problem. And then the File can be opened with File>Open.
The problem is happening only when a document is opened with "double click".

This happens in Outlook 2007. As tested, I am not having Problems in Outlook 2013.
This is not a local Problem. The same happens on other Machines too.

What could be the Problem? Is about some DLL's, other files or sub-processes that cannot be used because they are also used by the suspended Process?

Is this a known Problem? Can you help?
Or at least on what processes, files, threads should I look for to do a further investigation?

Thank you,
Marius.

Problem with Office in Virtual Machine in Mac

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 08:10 PM PDT

Hello,

The mystery: cannot type the @ symbol in a Word document, but can do in Excel and PowerPoint.


Technical details:

MacBook Pro notebook running on Mountain Lion (completely up to date)
Program installed (related to this case): VMware Fusion v6
Virtual machine: Windows 7 Enterprise  x64 (institutional copy)
Software: MS Office 2010 (institutional copy)

I reported this issue to VM Ware which resulted in various tests (including screen shots and all). They got me to try several things and replicated my keyboard and tested it out with identical programs. It worked with them, but it would not here. So, they suggested I contact MS and see what can be done.

Does anyone have any idea, please?

Thanks,

Emile

I cannot copy and paste into word from pdf

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 05:58 PM PDT

Hello Microsoft Office Word Community

I am in the middle of doing an important assignment for school and suddenly I cannot copy and paste (by control c, control p or right click) into my word document from a saved pdf. 

I have not installed any new software, I am using my Home & Student 2010 and running Windows 8, and a pdf I have used previously. Last week I was able to copy and paste from this pdf to a word document but this week it has stopped working.

I can copy from an email to my word clipboard and notepad, and I can copy and paste text that is already in word document.

I desperately need to be able to copy and paste from any pdf to this word document but can't.

Can someone please help me

Regards

Kerry Ellis

Office 07

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 05:29 PM PDT

I have windows 8 and downloaded office 07 home and student, but cannot find where it is. There is not icon on the desktop Where is it?

Translation function

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 04:50 PM PDT

I wrote a book that I want to translate into several languages.  Does anyone have an opinion as to the accuracy of the translator in Word (specifically, 2003, if that matters)?  I can't evaluate it myself, because I don't speak the languages - if I did, I wouldn't need the translator.  And how does it compare to Google's translator?

Shortcut to Changing Page Layout Paragraph Spacing

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 04:29 PM PDT

Hello:

I am working with a document where I need to frequently change the way that a new paragraph behaves when I press the Enter key.  I use mainly 3 different "settings", and so far, I have to do it manually every time I want to change the setting.  So, in a large document where I have to switch back and forth between the 3 paragraph settings, I manually might have to do it 50 times.

For example, in Word 2010, I select the Page Layout tab, then in the Paragraph Section, I change the following settings:

For Heading 1, I want no indents and 12 point spacing after I press the enter key.

For computer code examples in my word document, I want no indents and no spacing before or after each line of code.

For narrative, I need a 10 point after I press enter, and also need a special first line indent of .5 inches.

Is there a way I can create some standard setting so all I need to do is place my cursor where I want the new setting to take place, and then click some kind of saved setting?  Doing this manually is getting a bit much.

Regards,

Rich Locus

Word2003: Auto Correct not saved, not capitalizing sentences

Posted: 13 Oct 2013 03:38 PM PDT

I am trying to help a long-distance friend with a problem. She's not very computer savvy and when she has a problem, she usually calls me. She lives far enough away that I can't just go there and try to figure out what's wrong.

She's using Word 2003 under Windows 7. She's set in her ways and upgrading really isn't an option for her.

She does medical transcription work and although these aren't huge issues, they're a constant annoyance.

She uses auto-correct quite a bit to save typing common names and phrases. Normally this works fine, but there's one specific case where it appears to refuse to save the definition. She wants it to auto-correct "...i" to "...I". In other words, an ellipse followed by a lower case "i" to an ellipse followed by an upper case "I". When she inputs this, it works fine until she closes Word. The next time she runs Word, it no longer remembers this definition. She has to re-enter it for it to take effect. However, when she re-enters it, she's told that the definition already exists and asked if she wants to replace it. She tells it to replace it, and then it works again, until she closes Word. Then the next time she runs Word, she has to re-enter it again. All other auto-correct entries are saved and work until she deletes or changes them, except for this one.

The second problem is that it refuses to capitalize the start of a new sentence if the previous one ends in a number, or an ellipse. For example;

back in 2008. when I
back in 2008... . when I
back in 2008...". when I

In all other cases, a period followed by a space causes the program to capitalize the next letter typed.

Does anyone have any idea what causes either of these behaviors and/or how to fix them?

Office 2003 doesn't work. - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2003 doesn't work. - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2003 doesn't work.

Posted: 13 Aug 2005 06:22 PM PDT

First off, unless you have a legal (genuine) copy of Microsoft Office, you are in violation of the End User
License Agreement (EULA). Essentially, this means that you are running Microsoft Office illegally (whether you
are having problems or not).

Second, Microsoft Office must be installed from a Microsoft Office CD. Without running the setup program on
the CD to install the software (whether or not you choose to run from the CD or run from your computer),
Microsoft Office will not run.

My suggestion, ask someone at work (i.e. your boss or network Administrator) about installing and running
Microsoft Office OR go out and purchase your own copy of Microsoft Office at a local retail store.


To find out if a Microsoft Office CD genuine, visit the "How To Tell" website on Microsoft.com:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/office.mspx


Other links:
http://www.howtotell.com/
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/howtotell/ww/default.mspx




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

How many PCs can I load MS Office XP for Students and Teachers on

Posted: 13 Aug 2005 06:43 AM PDT

On Sat, 13 Aug 2005 16:36:02 +0100, BBBB wrote
(in article <com>):
 
 


The CSR you spoke to must have thought you meant STE 2003. The Office XP STE
may be installed on *ONE* system at a time. Read the EULA, of which you are
now in violation. I suggest you purchase the 2003 edition, so you will,
again, be in compliance with the agreement.

How to Uninstall/Reinstall Office Professional Edition 2003

Posted: 12 Aug 2005 06:28 PM PDT

Thank You Mary, I am going to try to use the Windows Installer Clean-Up
Utility. I appreciate you attaching the link to this. I appreciate your
help. :)
--
Need Advice Please!


"Mary Sauer" wrote:
 

can't I load my old copy of office onto a new computer

Posted: 12 Aug 2005 11:16 AM PDT

Evadne Cake wrote:
 

I'm glad I never bought a copy of XP!

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

Transforms only work with Enterprise version of Office 2003

Posted: 12 Aug 2005 09:21 AM PDT

Evadne Cake wrote:
 

Yes, I think this is the exact reason it's not been more popular.
 

Yes, I think this is where it's excellent for the non-technical user who
just wants to get it working on a small network, but a nightmare for
anyone running a big corporate network where you really don't want
computers thinking for themselves:)

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

End User Licence Agreement window keeps coming up?

Posted: 12 Aug 2005 07:31 AM PDT

If you have a negative opinion of Evadne's posts, please post to her
privately and spare the people in the groups your uncalled for profanity.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.


After furious head-scratching, Brian asked this group:

| I'll still support it, bitch.
| "Evadne Cake" <com> wrote in message
| news:ngroups.net...
|| On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:31:01 +0100, Yvonne wrote
|| (in article <com>):
||
||| I have just set up a new PC with MS Office 2003, I have activated
||| the s/w properly but everytime I open any office application the
||| End User Licence Agreement window pops up asking me to either
||| accept, decline or print, I accept and can use the application
||| however when I close and reopen, the window pops up again. Would
||| really appreciate if anyone has any tips on how
||| to get rid of this as it is very annoying. Thanks
||
|| You could have answered this question yourself had you not been so
|| damned lazy and STFW as this question is asked - and answered -
|| almost weekly. It would have taken you less time to search than it
|| did to post.
||
|| Log into the main admin account and accept the EULA. And that's the
|| *VERY* last time I answer this question!

Help in adding medical dictionary as my default dictionary

Posted: 11 Aug 2005 08:59 AM PDT

Don't use words you can't spell. Microsoft does not offer a
medical dictionary for Office. But you can purchase any number
of third-party dictionary add-ins for Word.

Betty and Bob Frost wrote:
 

Can I use 1 CD to install Office on 2 computers if I have both CD

Posted: 11 Aug 2005 08:50 AM PDT

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:48:11 +0100, Susan Ramlet wrote
(in article <#phx.gbl>):
 

To elaborate on what Susan has said (though she is perfectly correct) the
versions must be identical - e.g. you cannot use a Pro key with the STE disc,
or vice versa. The key and media must match.

Re-installs on every Word launch

Posted: 11 Aug 2005 07:39 AM PDT

Login as the user and delete the following registry keys

hkey>current user>software>microsoft>office 11> word

hkey>current user>software>microsoft>office 11> excel

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

How do I install MS Office 97 on a computer running Windows XP?

Posted: 10 Aug 2005 10:30 PM PDT

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

On a computer with SP2 installed? SR2 tries to reinstall and update the HTML
parts of Office 97, I don't know of a way around that since SR2 doesn't allow
a "custom" install. Anyway, it sure failed for me, I installed Office 97 by
deselecting the HTML options and all the updates went well until I tried to
install SR2. I don't recall the errors now, it's been a while.


--
David R. Norton MVP
<com>

I need office 2000 small buisness product key, I lost mine

Posted: 10 Aug 2005 05:40 PM PDT

Hi Scott,

While MS no longer has replacement disks available for
Office 2000 support is still available for use and setup
of the product. Contact the Office support folks through
the numbers on http://microsoft.com/worldwide or http://support.microsoft.com

=====
<<"stuller40" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
My computer recently had a bad power supply and fried the motherboard and all
data was not retrievable. Needless to say I had Office 2000 small buisness
loaded and lost that too and the real kicker is that I no longer have the
original 25 character product key to go along with my two disks so I can't
re-install. So unless someone can help me out I will have to re-purchase the
Office software and I really don't want to spend another $190.00.

Desperate to get my computer back to 100%
Thanks
Scott >>
--
Let us know if this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

For Everyday MS Office tips to "use right away" -
http://microsoft.com/events/series/administrativetipsandtricks.mspx

Removal/Install Office 2000

Posted: 09 Aug 2005 01:02 PM PDT

This cd and the cd key work on every other computer except for the one im
having the problem with. If I had to guess there is probably something in
the registry from the previous install confusing it

"Gerry Hickman" wrote:
 

windows xp home edition 2002

Posted: 08 Aug 2005 01:41 PM PDT

On Mon, 8 Aug 2005 21:41:04 +0100, ray wrote
(in article <com>):
 

Another idiot. Did you have an Office-related question? Doesn't your Windows
XP have an WU icon then - or are you just too stupid and lazy to look for it
(as well as too stupid and lazy to find the correct group)?

fedora upgrade help - Forums Linux

fedora upgrade help - Forums Linux

fedora upgrade help

Posted: 03 Feb 2005 01:51 PM PST

Thufir Hawat wrote: 
yes, as you mentioned, i checked them all, to be sure

so the only logical conclusion i could draw was the flat panel...
unless i become aware of other facts i haven't discovered yet...

thanks

kyle

debian sarge 2.6.11 kernel?

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 02:32 PM PST

John Hasler <gt.org> wrote in 

Hmmmm.... Are we both talking about the scary message that comes up when
you run make-kpkg? That message was pretty scary. It even said "I assume
you know what you are doing. Now that is scary.

I dunno. I was just assuming that the problem was with initrd/cramfs ...
whatever the heck it is. I think it's a good assumption, though, because
when I'm booting the 2.6.8 kernel it syas found "found cramfs" very early
in the boot messages. All I really know is that after installing the
kernel, my laptop wouldn't boot.

But I don't really know why it crashed because I'm blind and it crashed
before it fed any text to the serial port where the speech synthesizer is
connected. Nothing came out there.

This is indeed scary if you're blind because to go back to the old kernel,
you have to cursor odwn to the other kernel and the thing isn't talking yet
at that point. Picture yourself trying to recover from a kernel panic w/o a
monitor.

So maybe I was closer to geting the thing to work than I thought. When I
asked the Magic 8 ball if I should try again it said "Outlook good".

I'll have to think about it though. It's a lot of work and daisy (that's
her name) is working (more or less) at the moment.

I have a plip connection to the outside world so I do have an internet
connection even though I have no pcmcia. Downloaded emacspeak audio
desktop, an mp3 player, I'm all set eexcept for ethernet.





--
Puddles

Ways to keep my Debian box updated over dial-up (3 KB/sec)?

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 02:24 PM PST

follow up set to comp.os.linux.setup

com wrote:
[..] 
CD-RW 
download- 
 
 
I do 
is a 
 

bittorrent would allow you to download everything at home in that you
can resume downloads. maybe download the entire distro and
update/upgrade via the hard drive? very lengthy process, of course,
and, it's more of a nce-in-a-while solution rather than a day-to-day
maintenance.

--
Thufir Hawat

Samba and symlinks

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 02:03 PM PST


Jules wrote: 
[snip] 

This is standard _Windows_ behavior (actually an illusion). No files
are actually copied/moved, the files are not "present" at the location
of the link, Windows just displays the name of the linked-to file
automagically.
 
realising 
rather 

You need to be clear just _how_ you are accessing the Samba shares from
Linux as they are not equivalent. Eg., smbmount is available only on
Linux and it "translates" Win behavior (or in this case, fails to) to
be more consistent with Linux filesystem behavior. Thus links will
show as links, not as the files they point to -- just as links are
treated for other Linux fs types. Links _may_ be followed when you
_access_ them with the 'follow symlinks' set in smb.conf, not when you
simply _list_ directory contents. This is why link names are usually
the same as the filename to provide a measure of transparency. The
link creator must provide this.
 

Can't remember about this one. In any case, your problem has to do
with smbmount -- if that's the way you are accessing the Samba share.
The server sends the same data over the wire (as it must to "conform"
to NB/CIFS). The smbmount code, otoh, _knows_ it's running on Linux
(since it only runs on Linux) and uses the data to be most consistent
with Linux fs behavior. The assumption being that this would also be
the most useful. Not so for your tastes.
 
I'm 
need 
the 
around 
to 
your 

Because you are following the link to _access_ the file the link points
to. Standard Linux behavior. Standard behavior for FTP (which
smbclient is modeled on in some respects).
 

Linux is not Windows. The treatment of all sorts of filesystem objects
and attributes differs. It would be _inconsistent_ to have one part of
the filesystem tree on Linux behave in the standard Linux fashion and
some other portion comform to Windows behavior.
 
Yes' 
 
[q]
However from my client (also a Slackware box) I just see the symlinks
as though they were referencing files on my local disk; I was hoping
the Samba server would present the actual files that the symlinks point
to.
[eq]
This is how smbmount is designed to behave. It is not designed to
behave as your stated wish to behave as a Windows box.

I may not be understanding your "problem" (would not be the first time
with my dense skull).

I also don't have Samba shares available or any Samba components loaded
on this machine I'm using, so can't do any quick tests to _see_ if I am
understanding your situation.

If you are using a gui client on your Linux box, I can't remember how
all of them handle this. Windows users are often bewildered by this
explict reminder of the distinction between links and files, especially
if they use the default setup that "hides" known filetype extensions.

If I'm completely offbase just s*&tcan this and tell me to go play with
my own toys.

hth (if not, ignore it;)
prg
email above disabled

FC3 + laptop + no sound

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 12:48 PM PST

Jeff Krimmel wrote: 

Thanks for the thoughts, I *think* the utility was run successfully at
install time, but I've installed three other systems in two weeks, so I
can only say that it has checked config on other installs, and I'll
double-check in an hour or so.

To your other point, I've checked setting with both aumix and alsamixer,
used mpg123, mpg321, "play" from sox, whatever the desktop "CD player
is," audacity, xmms, and mplayer with the output directed to both oss
and alsa drivers, plus whatever it does without forcing, which works on
other systems. They all worked (I didn't try forcing mplayer output)
previously.

I've had minor problems with speaker selection with 2.4 vs. 2.6 on
multichannel cards (I have to formulate a sensible question on that),
but no "doesn't work at all" issues previously.

I'll report either later tonight or tomorrow morning.

--
-bill davidsen (com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me

Permanently disable mouse acceleration

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 10:53 AM PST

com wrote: 
Are you REALLY sure that the settings don't change because you have the
wrong values in the hotplug script? Do you have a hotplug script (I
haven't FC3 here to check). Are you sure your mouse isn't lying about
its resolution? I have plugged both PS/2 and USB mice in without getting
any behaviour which violated the law of least astonishment.

--
-bill davidsen (com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me

kernel source for fedora

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 02:35 AM PST

Tom F. wrote:
 

.... yep. that is why i said this thread should be entertaining
since the OP has been stumped on the SIMPLEST of tasks, and
NOW they want to build a kernel ?!?!??! i'd say a good book
is in store and the OP should be sitting down with it and
reading all about the theory and practice of the basics of
Linux, then move on to more challenging subjects. but i
doubt that this will happen. others will continue with these,
what almost appear to resemble, a chat room.
--
<< http://michaeljtobler.homelinux.com/ >>
"There's nothing wrong with teenagers that
reasoning with them won't aggravate."

How to install glib 2.3.2 on debian woody?

Posted: 02 Feb 2005 01:04 AM PST


Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
woody 
so 

It's a binary version and I the source code is not distributed.
 
and 
For 
new 
ones. 
it. 
location and 

So I could place them in some directory, say /opt/mylibs and then
append this "/opt/mylibs" to the path? Would that be all?
Where could I get a binary version of glib 2.3.2 for my system?

mount: special device dev/hda2 does not exist

Posted: 01 Feb 2005 09:56 PM PST

I'm not in FC3 right now, so I can't do an ls.

I can tell you that I replied to my own first post as soon as I found
how correct my syntax so that mount did what I intended it do do. I
didn't know the command I was looking for was:

[shell] mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2

I thought I'd tried that, but must've been mistaken. sorry 'bout that.

Yes, the problem is solved, I wasn't giving the command I thought I
was.

--
Thufir Hawat

installing mpg123 failed -what did I do wrong

Posted: 01 Feb 2005 01:14 PM PST

On 2005-02-01, StewartW <com> wrote: 

You could always try mpg321.
mpg123 is on the 'non-free' group. but am not
sure if that affects with your apt reference.


--
- Pat Tongco
2.6.10-ck5.012105

Catch 22 trying to install doc package

Posted: 01 Feb 2005 12:25 PM PST

Norm Dresner wrote:

[...] 

rpm -i --nodeps

=arvi=

"Sync out of range" problem on suse 9.1

Posted: 01 Feb 2005 05:56 AM PST

On 1 Feb 2005 05:56:04 -0800, vivekian <com> wrote: 

I had that problem when first switching from CRT to unlisted LCD monitor.

Try: SaX2 -l (which starts config in standard 640x480 vga)

And after selecting your monitor or one that closely matches check and/or
set proper horizontal and vertical frequency ranges. Although, I do not
know why yours works with startx from runlevel 3 and fails to work with
runlevel 5, unless there is something in your home dir that alters it.

tomsrtbt and DOS installation

Posted: 31 Jan 2005 10:27 PM PST

Lenard wrote:
[..] 
[..]

Thank you for the link, that's exactly correct to use SBM.
--
Thufir Hawat

"Warning: unable to open an initial console"

Posted: 31 Jan 2005 08:44 PM PST

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Jeff Krimmel wrote:

[...]

Well, I fixed the problem, but unfortunately I don't really know how I
did it. I ended up installing the SELinux packages (policycoreutils and
selinux-policy-targeted), uninstalling the off-the-web 2.6 FC3 kernels,
and reinstalling an off-the-web FC3 kernel. That particular kernel booted.

My only guess is some weird coupling between the udev and SELinux
packages. Before I did the whole SELinux trick, I noticed after every
reboot (when I was looking at the system from a recovery CD), the /dev
directory lacked many of the devices (most notably the /dev/vc devices)
that exist on every other FC3 machine I have administered. I read a ton
about udev but could not find anything that would point me in the right
direction.

I ended up changing not a single thing with udev, but installed SELinux
and uninstalled and reinstalled the off-the-web kernel, and that worked
fine. I wish I knew more about what exactly happened, but that's as far
as I got with it.

Thanks for your time and the responses,

Jeff

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redhat install on P II, 256 MBRAM, 400 MHZ

Posted: 31 Jan 2005 03:20 PM PST

On Tue, 1 Feb 2005 08:21:40 +0100, Michael Heiming <michael+heiming.de> wrote: 
 

Not only that, but 256M of ram is more than enough for any desktop manager.

Using recent linux version with the 2.6 kernel will run faster than a distro
running on an older kernel such as 2.4 or heaven forbid 2.2.

Two versions of Autoupdate, does not recognize new version. Microsoft Office for Mac

Two versions of Autoupdate, does not recognize new version. Microsoft Office for Mac

Two versions of Autoupdate, does not recognize new version.

Posted: 18 Aug 2008 05:48 AM PDT

i don't think I included the url, sorry:
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/hoopla_punta/Picture4.png

Update Installer not finding Office to install to!

Posted: 17 Aug 2008 06:50 PM PDT

I have this issue as well. I hope that someone answers you soon!

Critical Update for Office 2008

Posted: 17 Aug 2008 03:39 AM PDT

I've noticed that response from MS servers has been exceptionally slow
today. Perhaps you'll have better luck later on.

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



On 8/17/08 6:39 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

product key confusion

Posted: 16 Aug 2008 04:12 PM PDT

com wrote:
 

Office is not an Apple product so they can not help you.

I suggest you first try to work with the store where you purchased your
product. Show them you're missing the Product Key and ask that they
allow you to trade for a copy of Office that's complete. If necessary,
request that they open a package so they can compare it to yours.

If they will not help you then contact Microsoft (it's not that bad).
Start here <http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub> and follow
the links to get to the appropriate E-mail addresses and phone numbers
for your location and product.

Provided you can show proof of purchase then they should be willing to
provide you with replacement Product Keys.

Know beforehand that you're allowed two free product support calls. If
they request you pay first you can refuse. If they insist on payment
upfront then you should be refunded (or not charged) once they
understand the problem.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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Cannot Connect for Download

Posted: 16 Aug 2008 01:50 PM PDT

re cannot connect for dowload

me too, same server connection problem with all microsoft updates via microsoft download centre. Experiencing same error with flip for mac. Sorry can't help, but share your fustration, someone help please.

line spacing in Excel

Posted: 16 Aug 2008 11:53 AM PDT

As I said, I don't have X available but if you want to send me a copy of the
file I'll be happy to check it over. Depending on what I can find there are
others who may able to compare it using Excel X.

The the title of the Alignment & Spacing section in the FP is a misnomer -
there is nothing there that has to do with spacing at all (other than
Horizontally by way of Indentation), let alone Line Spacing for text. The
only thing that influences spacing between lines of text in a cell is
Vertical> Justify, but it offers no actual line spacing control.

Fonts have Leading values designed into them which determine the line
spacing which defaults to what most people refer to as single spaced. The
standard is 120% of the Font size. Word processing programs, Desktop
Publishing programs, etc. normally provide control over line spacing, but
Excel does not.

Based on that plus the fact that your Office X installation may be using a
different version of Verdana than what's used by Office 2008 it may very
well make the difference. I don't claim to have the explanation, I'm just
exploring possibilities :-) Run Font Book to see if you have duplicate of
Verdana. Ruse Edit> Resolve Duplicates if there are any & see if that makes
any difference.

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


On 8/18/08 8:28 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Converting from a PC to a Mac

Posted: 15 Aug 2008 12:32 PM PDT

Both of these questions are already answered in this thread - in fact, the
message immediately above your "reply".

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


On 8/15/08 7:51 PM, in article caR9absDaxw, "TonyK"
<TonyK> wrote:
 

Office Mac: 2008 Home Edition and Remote desktop

Posted: 15 Aug 2008 06:52 AM PDT

Bob Greenblatt wrote: 

I believe the OP may be referring to Remote Desktop Connection.

Microsoft does make a Remote Desktop Connection client. You can download
it from Microsoft's website:

<http://tinyurl.com/6hdc3n>

This will *not* work with Remote Web Workspace. That is a Windows-only
solution.

Hope this helps!

--

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Cant install Office 2008

Posted: 15 Aug 2008 01:38 AM PDT

"com" wrote:
 

This is not a Microsoft error. It's a Finder error. Try downloading and
running the latest Tiger combo. Doing so overwrites potentially
problem-causing files. Combo updaters will install on the same version as
they¹re applying‹no need to roll back or do a clean install.

Mac OS X 10.4.11 Combo Update (Intel)

<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosx10411updateintel.html>

--
Diane

Installing Office2008

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 07:35 PM PDT

Copied from the iMac page on the Apple site:

SuperDrive.

iMac doesn¹t have a disc tray. CDs and DVDs slide right into the
slot-loading SuperDrive.

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



On 8/16/08 10:40 PM, in article caR9absDaxw, "Cecilia
Perez " <> wrote:
 

The value become wrong when get value byusing AppleScript while other worksheet is active.

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 06:09 PM PDT

On 8/14/08 9:09 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 
Looks to me like things are working fine. .973.... IS 11:23PM. You need to
get the text of the cell, not the cell's value.

--
Bob Greenblatt [MVP], Macintosh
bobgreenblattATmsnDOTcom

Office trips on firewall every time app opens

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 04:25 PM PDT

Glad you got it sorted - and thanks for posting the solution :-) It stands
to reason since AutoUpdate is a separate app & is typically activated by the
other Office apps on launch - at least if it's set to automatically update.

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



On 8/15/08 11:12 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Problem installing Office 2004 11.5.1 update

Posted: 14 Aug 2008 01:18 PM PDT

wrote:
 

Consider the top level of your hard drive the "root". When you
double-click its icon to open it you'll see Applications, Library,
System and Users folders.

You want the Applications folder that you see at the "root" of your hard
drive. You may possibly have one or more Applications folders that
you've created yourself in other locations but you want the top-level
Applications folder.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

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