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install grub to floppy disk

Posted: 27 Jul 2005 11:18 AM PDT

com wrote:
 
http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/grub/grub.htm#_Making_a_Simple_grub_Booter_Floppy. 

Maybe something was not copied that is needed??? like the other stage
and device.map files.
 

The boot sector is just the first cylinder(sector zero of cylinder zero)
of the floppy diskette, hard drive or CD/DVD disc. If not used for the
boot information (MBR) then it can and is used for data, in otherwords
it's all data.

Try the following instead to make a ext2 GRUB boot floppy as root by;

# fdformat /dev/fd0H1440

# mke2fs /dev/fd0

Note; You can use a blank formatted DOS floppy instead by skipping the
two steps above. You will lose the added security (accidentally
deleting a file for example) of the ext2 filesystem using this floppy .

# mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

# grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/floppy /dev/fd0

# cp /boot/grub/grub.conf /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/grub.conf

# umount /mnt/floppy

When you update the kernel all you need to do is mount the floppy and
copy the updated /boot/grub/grub.conf to the floppy. Or you can edit
the /mnt/floppy/boot/grub/grub.conf by hand (for a custom multiple
system boot floppy for example) if you want.


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SMP startup problem

Posted: 26 Jul 2005 12:29 PM PDT

FWIW: I am having similar issues with my dual P2 running FC3. For me,
it seems to go through most of the boot process, but right before it
displays the login screen (if running X startup; else just the login
prompt), the system freezes. At that point I can only do a hard reset,
and try again. It usually takes 3 to 6 tries before it will
successfully complete the boot, and then all runs well. In the kernel
log I get the error:

WARNING: Kernel Errors Present
vesafb: probe of vesafb0 failed with error -6...: 3 Time(s)

This problem does not occur if I run the single CPU kernel.

As for hardware (CPU/motherboard) issues: this system ran several
years with MS Windows 2000, and then RH9 for a couple more years after
that with no problems. So, according to my deductive reasoning,
something changed in FC3 that causes this.

I haven't tried FC4 yet, since that seems to have broken other things,
and I don't feel comfortable with upgrading my main server just yet. I
would be very interested if anyone has any real information about this
problem though.

Just my dual cents worth.

ken AT softsteps DOT com


On 26 Jul 2005 12:29:11 -0700, "Carsten Martens"
<com> wrote: 

How can I get into the GUI of Red Hat Linux 9 ??

Posted: 25 Jul 2005 09:57 PM PDT

Thank you for your suggestions.

HOwever, do not do so as root. Make sure that you have at least one 

Q1. Would you please tell me how can I define that ordinary user? any
special command? I'm assuming if I go to level5 from level3 it will do
it automatically..am I thinking right? please correct me if I'm wrong.


If you want to do root stuff you can always open a terminal and do 

Q2. I really like the idea of defining an ordinary user and keeping the
root untouched. but as you said to do root stuff I can always go into
the terminal and in your word "install" password. Do I really literally
have to "install" or set any password? or it's done automatically? I'm
little confused here. What I'm trying to say here is...Would I get the
prompt for password? If i do..don't I have to set the password before i
get that prompt? How would I set that? or it's the same password you
are talking about which I already set during the installation process?



Unruh wrote: 

Why I don't use Linux!

Posted: 25 Jul 2005 06:28 PM PDT

In message <invalid>, Charlie Gibbs
<invalid> writes

 

Sounds like they need a new support team then. Let me know where that
shop is and I'll find a replacement service team that can do a better
job.

There was a time when Windows needed to be rebooted every six months or
so but reformatting and reinstalling is just dumb these days. It really
screws the uptime statistics. It's possible that their users keep
getting the machines infected with malware, and reformatting and
reinstalling will fix that. But that's mainly a management problem not
really a technical one. Malware, even on Windows, is mostly preventable
if you have the users trained and the support people are on the ball.

Windows server systems can pretty easily deliver 99.99% uptime and with
care they can deliver another .009% too. Seven nines reliability out of
the box is the next target for Windows and Linux/BSD.
 

Five years ago I was running a handful of NT4 servers. The only
unscheduled downtime in five years was when the UPS battery failed. It's
a pity that Windows still needs to reboot when some of the patches are
installed, that's pretty much the only downtime my servers had.

It's horses for courses. I run both Windows and Linux. Linux has now
reached the point I predicted a few years back, it's possible to build
and run a Linux system with almost no specialist knowledge. I run SuSE
and Ubuntu boxes, both excellent systems. I also run Windows.
 

--
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.

It must suck to be a Linux user

Posted: 24 Jul 2005 03:00 PM PDT


"7" <ecu.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:CeWEe.76608$news.blueyonder.co.uk... 
Don`t think I want 300 different liveCds <g>.


DVD Players?

Posted: 24 Jul 2005 02:52 PM PDT

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 

Okay.

*Plonk*


boot knoppix from hda10

Posted: 24 Jul 2005 08:29 AM PDT

Dan Jacobson <org> wrote: 

What do you mean by "boot from"? You can install knoppix on disk easily
enough!
 

I don't know what you are on about. Knoppix runs off (for its root) a
special compressed file that pretends to be a (compressed) block device
with a file system on it. It has its own driver in the knoppix kernel.
All you need to do is put that file on disk, put the knoppix kernel on
disk, add the knppix kernel to your boot loader, and change its bt
parameters to point at your hard disk and the file image on disk instead
of at the cdrom and its file image.

Besides .. knoppix comes with an install utility to put itself on disk
with!

Peter

A little bit of advocacy for the weekend: A nice distro for beginners, and a couple of Live CDs

Posted: 23 Jul 2005 02:23 PM PDT

Karla Snodgress wrote:
 
If you don't like it, don't use it. If you don't use it, go trolling in
some other group.

Cheers

Torsten


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Which program accesses my hard disc?

Posted: 23 Jul 2005 10:36 AM PDT


"kai-martin knaak" <de> wrote in message
news:de... 

Ye ghods, I hate these auto-mounting widgets. Nautilus is also not your
friend, but pulling it out tends to violate dependencies, so I wind up
renaming the binary to set it aside without yanking the RPM's.


how big the boot is

Posted: 23 Jul 2005 09:05 AM PDT


"jsuthan" <com> wrote in message
news:42e26acc$tm.net.my...
 

No, that was primarily a LILO interacting with the BIOS limitation. Grub
seems to be quite free of the problem.


Red Hat 9 won't log me in

Posted: 22 Jul 2005 09:43 PM PDT


"Michael Heiming" <michael+heiming.de> wrote in message
news:heiming.de... 
 

Thank you!. Now that's useful, I'll look at it ASAP.
 

You apparently knew the right keywords, my searches gave hundreds and
hundreds of irrelevant hits.
 

Thank you for pointing it out. You've also missed the point that not
everyone here is already running Linux or running from their Linux box.
(This is especially true for those of us who use a Windows games box at home
and admin Linux at work, or vice versa.) And the patch is more obscure (or
at least was for me) than seemed apparent to you.

Why make life tough for the newbies with the "begin" format of replies,
especially your cutesy use of it with the virus.txt.scr line?



Questions : start a new terminal inheriting all the env setting

Posted: 22 Jul 2005 04:12 PM PDT


"Peter T. Breuer" <it.uc3m.es> wrote in message
news:it.uc3m.es... 

And Peter once again leaves out the good bits. What is an environment
variable? Why, it's one that gets preserved! What is a local variable? It's
one that gets reset! Isn't that helpful?

Starting up a new shell re-runs certain shell configuration files, which may
in fact reset some of them automatically. Which files these are depends on
which shell you are using, they're different for bash and csh, for example.
If you're using "sh" or "bash", which are the same shell under the hood in
Linux, run "info bash" and look at the parts about .profile and .bashrc for
more information.


MS OFFICE FOR MAC Microsoft Office for Mac

MS OFFICE FOR MAC Microsoft Office for Mac


MS OFFICE FOR MAC

Posted: 18 Aug 2009 10:26 AM PDT

On 8/18/09 3:43 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Feedback on the partial error seems to indicate that 10.5.8 is involved.

The Forum doesn't allow for posting a full log. You can send me full logs
off list, or use a newsreader to access this newsgroup. (note: the mactopia
forums are just an interface to the newsgroup). There is no limit on a
newsreader message.

If you use a newsreader rather than the Mactopia interface to this newsgroup
you can download old messages and search for answers. If you are not
familiar with a newsreader, Entourage's basic newsreader already has the
Microsoft News server included. All you do is subscribe to the newsgroups
you want. See this article for help subscribing using the Entourage
newsreader:

<http://tinyurl.com/beds97>

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Diane

Moving from Home & Student to Full version of Office

Posted: 17 Aug 2009 08:44 PM PDT

Thank you!

Install Office 2008 and then uninstall Office 2004

Posted: 16 Aug 2009 04:54 PM PDT

I am not reinstalling Office 2008, but will use it instead of Office 2004.

When I installed 2008 yesterday I recall the installer informing me that
it would not install the fonts or the dictionaries, as they already existed
because Office 2004 was already installed. They are in the Office 2004
application folder, but not in the Office 2008 folder.

So if I now uninstall Office 2004 and the uninstaller removes the Office
2004 application folder it will also delete the fonts, dictionaries, templates, etc.

I don't need both versions on my hard drive, but I also don't want to delete
items that the new Office 2008 is using from the 2004 version.

Do you know if I delete Office 2004 that 2008 will still work properly?
 

Upgrade Office 2008 for Mac (Home and StudentEdition) to Full version of Office 2008?

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 03:28 PM PDT

To clarify, Office 2004 Student and Teacher Edition IS eligible for version upgrade. Office 2008 Home and Student is NOT.

The upgrade is intended to benefit customers who bought the previous version of Office for Mac.

Hope this helps?

Corrupted database under Snow Leopard. Can't install 12.2.0 Update

Posted: 15 Aug 2009 12:34 PM PDT

<com> wrote:
 

Really??? I'm really really REALLY surprised.
The installer relies on standard installation methods.
Preventing an installation on 10.6 would mean major headaches when the
new version of the system eventually comes out (you know that your NDA
forbids you to even mention you have access to 10.6 right??).
 

Well it runs according to what you are describing. It refuses to install
telling you the database is corrupted apparently.
Can you install in a new user account??


Corentin

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Can't stop Upgrade Verification

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 11:48 AM PDT

Finally heard back. Can you send me your contact info (email, and phone if
possible) off list?

Send an email to the address listed for this reply or send an email to
dianeross at mvps dot org <--- fix before sending

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Office X and Leopard (10.5)

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 05:23 AM PDT

On 8/14/09 5:23 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

If you have older computers, you might be better off sticking with Tiger.
Leopard requires more RAM and can really slow down older computers.

Office X does work with Leopard currently. You will not get any security
updates with could be important for your business. The last update for
Office X was Microsoft Office v. X for Mac 10.1.9 Update release date
1/5/2007.

<http://tinyurl.com/284v95>

Be sure you are updated by checking the Microsoft Component Plugin to see
that it shows 10.1.9.

/Applications/Microsoft Office X/Office/Microsoft Component Plugin"

--
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Office doesn't want to update even after reinstalling

Posted: 14 Aug 2009 03:14 AM PDT

On 8/18/09 7:30 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

No! The Apple combo updaters will install on the same version as they¹re
applying‹no need to roll back or do a clean install.

Leopard:

Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update (For both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs )
<http://support.apple.com/downloads/Mac_OS_X_10_5_8_Combo_Update>

When you are saying the combo didn't work, are you referring to the Apple
10.5.8 combo or the Microsoft 12.2.0 combo? The Microsoft combo does have
requirements and the combo is simply previous updaters rolled into a combo.

If you can't run the Apple combo then it's not surprising that the 12.2.0
(SP2) updater will not run.
 

Let's look at your re-install. You mentioned your DVD comes with 12.1.0. Did
you restart after installing from the DVD? Did you restart after download
and running the 12.2.0 (SP2) updater?

Dos and Don'ts for a good install

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

Check List to troubleshoot your install

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/troubleshoot/install_08.html#checklist>

Hope this helps!

--
Diane




Restarting your computer after an update is important!

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:43 PM PDT

Well, it isn't the responsibility - or the right - of any application or
update installation to force a restart of the system. [For some types of
Utilities, drivers & specialty software it's a different story.] And if
things go as they typically should there is absolutely no need for a system
restart after applying a successful update to Office. The suggestion being
offered is in the context of when a problem does occur.

Secondly, what Diane wrote is that "This simple step could be the one thing
that will fix your problems." & "Some times the temp folder does not
get deleted after the update is done." Note the conditional terms "could" &
"some times". In the majority of cases the problem doesn't occur & a restart
isn't required.

I don't dispute that the temp files "should" be deleted on completion of the
update, but that's an issue to be addressed by Apple ‹ it's their installer.

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



On 8/15/09 9:02 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

[ANN] Entourage Web Services Update is now available

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 01:31 PM PDT

On 8/13/09 9:07 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

What are you wanting to sync to?

What type of account? (POP, IMAP, Exchange)

Do you use Exchange at work and want to connect via POP from home?
 

First the EWS is for Exchange users only. The Home & Student version of
Office 2008 does not come with Exchange support.

Office 2008 Mac 12.2.1 update can be applied to any version of Office 2008.

If I haven't answered your questions, please provide details so I can fully
understand your situation.

--
Diane


Home & Student Registration Conflict

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 06:54 AM PDT

The Product IDs as shown in the "About" panes for each installation of Office 2008 are different for all 15 digits.

My networking is configured as a peer to peer ethernet RJ45 connected to a switch. There are two MacPros and a G4 each running OSX 10.5x.

We started using the Student Home edition of Office 2008 June of 2008, having had 3 copies of Office 2004 before. I don't remember when the conflict presented itself since it was rare that two of us would launch an Office app at the same time.

Dale

On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:58 PM, CyberTaz wrote:

My understanding is that if the first 15 digits of the PID
match it is a clear indication that the same Key *was* used for both
installations -- on that we agree. However, as I understand it the fact that the first 25 digits *aren't* identical is not definite proof that they
* weren't* installed using the same Key.

Are you saying that the first 15 digits of the PIDs -- not just the last 5
digits -- are different? How about providing fully descriptive details of
your network setup? Perhaps something there may give a clue.

sp1 installation

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 11:27 PM PDT

On 8/14/09 3:44 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Did you do the reinstall?

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Diane

registration company

Posted: 12 Aug 2009 11:30 AM PDT

On 8/13/09 5:45 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Check your contact in the Entourage Address Book. Also check your Account
info under Tools in the Menu bar.

--
Diane

Attn: Diane

Posted: 10 Aug 2009 07:29 AM PDT

Glad it worked and thanks for the feedback.

--
Diane


On 8/10/09 7:29 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"webcrossing.com" <webcrossing.com>
wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - word documents saving in picture manager

Microsoft Word - word documents saving in picture manager


word documents saving in picture manager

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 03:23 PM PST

I know this has been asked before, and I tried the steps advised, but it hasn't fixed the problem for me. All my Word documents suddenly converted themselves to Picture Manager, and any new documents I create do this too. I can open them by re-saving them as doc.x, which is tedious but at least it works. However, I can't open any Word documents sent to me as attachments. Can anyone tell me how to re-set so that Picture Manager doesn't take over everything? I'm using Word 2003 and Windows XP.

VBA for Word 2010 Run-time error 4605

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:20 PM PST

I have code written that allows a user to select a signature for a document. The selected signature image is placed at the bottom of page one at the right margin. I know the macro was working two weeks ago, but when I tried to use it today, I get the run-time error shown below. If I choose debug, it indicates the .RelativeHorizontalPosition line. Once I escape out of the debugging, the signature is in the right place vertically, but at the left margin instead of the right margin. My code for inserting the signature is shown below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    If optBrown = True Then
        Application.ScreenUpdating = False
        'Dim Rng As Range, Shp As Shape, StrImg As String
        StrImg = "v:\users\operations\templates\word2010\bksigs\a487_sig.gif"
        Set Rng = Selection.Range
        Rng.Collapse
        Set Shp = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture(FileName:=StrImg, _
        SaveWithDocument:=True, Range:=Rng).ConvertToShape
        With Shp
            .LockAspectRatio = True
            .Height = 75
            .Width = 250
            .RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin
            .LeftRelative = 50
            .RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionLine
        End With
    End If

Borders around equations don't match the borders around nearby text

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:51 PM PST

I have been writing a math textbook for quite some time using Word.  The latest version (2013 on Windows 8.1) has messed up my borders around text that contains equations.  Specifically, I will have something like


words words words

   Centered equation on its own line

more words


There is a border around this paragraph, but the left and right border on both sides of the equation (inserted using the equation editor) are pushed "outward" another inch or so.


Any clue on what I can do?


I have attached an image for reference.




Also, I should note the paragraph settings here.



As well as the equation settings.



And the borders settings.



Can't delete style from style gallery in Word 2013

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:46 PM PST

Hi,
I don't know is it just me or what but I can't delete style from style gallery
because every time I start Word that deleted style is back.

I tried options Remove from Style gallery and Delete "style name" but no luck.
Well these commands delete my style from the gallery but just for that time while Word is opened.
When I close it and start again this style is back in the gallery.

Am I a moron or what?

Microsoft Word 2010 starter edition, question regarding Headers/bookmarks.

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:07 PM PST

Now I know that you cannot use book marks in the starter edition, however what I am trying to do is create headers within my document so that when I save it as a PDF people can navigate the document with the bookmarks tab. I cannot seem to get this to work. When I save it I select "Use headers as bookmarks" but it doesn't seem to work at all. However it does select a few pages from the first of the document to use as bookmarks for some reason.

Any help at all would be appropriated greatly.

Some Styles not appearing in Cross References in Word

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 01:06 PM PST

I created some custom heading styles. I need to insert cross references to those headings. However, they do not appear in my headings list when I do Insert Cross Reference. How do I get those to appear in my list.

Word document prints with wrong top and bottom margins

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 11:55 AM PST

Running MS Office 2010 on Dell Optiplex Windows 7 computer.  I share a printer with my husband via our home network.  When I print a Word document sending it directly to our printer (HP Officejet 6500A Plus) the top margin is too wide and the bottom margin too narrow--in other words, the whole content of the page is offset downward about 1/2 inch regardless of any adjustments I make to Margins.  My normal setting for margins is "Normal".  However, when I put the document directly or by copying it into my Public folder and access it from my husband's computer and print it from his computer, it prints correctly.  SAME DOCUMENT!

My husband's computer is an HP All-in-One running Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.  Can anyone explain this mystery, and better yet, can anyone suggest a fix so I can print correctly from my own computer?

Mailmerge label issue with Word 2007 and data from Excel 2007: Some zip codes appear as "0" (zero) rather than the actual zip code. Why?

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:56 AM PST

I am trying to generate about 150 labels with Word's mailmerge feature, bringing in Excel data. All works, except that about half of my labels show a zip code of "0" rather than the actual zip code. Help!

Outlook

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:29 AM PST

I am interested in purchasing Word, Excel and Outlook only. How much

Trying to open a document in microsoft word - The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents?

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:22 AM PST

I accidentally deleted a file, after recovery it through file recovery software it started giving me this error, please need help in making the content to display. thanks.

please help me out.

Bulk Mail Merge with Multiple Templates

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 10:18 AM PST

Hello,

I am taking an ambitious approach and trying to improve my current process of mail merging letters.  My current process consists of exporting 4 different data sources from my CMS into excel.  I would then match the exports according to their mail merge template.

My goal is to generate 1 master export, create a macro that will match the content to a specific template, and auto save with a date stamp in the File Name.

I need help getting this macro started and would like to know if there is an existing thread or line of code that I can reference.

Thanks!

MS home student office word stops working

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:45 AM PST

When I try to load a file or print a file I get the message word stopped working program is closing message will be sent if MS solves problem. Driving me nuts

I just bought the product downloaded from MS

Word 2010 and HP Officejet 6500A Plus two-sided printing problem

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:38 AM PST

I installed the current HP printer driver and software for my HP Officejet 6500A Plus printer and now Word 2010 is not showing two sided printing options for HP Premium Presentation paper with the best printing option.
Previously Word showed an option to print on both sides and flip on the short end and completed my printing jobs with no problem.

Microsoft Word wont open fully -- just shows thumbnail in Windows toolbar

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:31 AM PST

Hi. I've been having a difficult problem with Microsoft Word 2013. When I try to open Microsoft Word a thumbnail of the document that I select shows up in the Windows toolbar at the bottom of the screen, but the document will not open!

 

This has happened to me and the past, and the only solution I have found is to do a system restore. Uninstalling/reinstalling Office does not solve the problem. After I do a system restore the problem is solved for about a week until it resurfaces again and I have to do another restore.

 

I'm getting tired of doing all of these restores and losing my settings again and again just so that I can use Microsoft Word. If anyone has a solution to this problem, I would appreciate it very much!

How can I permanently change the paragraph spacing in Word 2010?

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:17 AM PST

I have Word 2010 and none of these solution will work for me.  I have also gone into the Paragraph options and selected "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style.  Then I click on Set As Default.  Then OK.  I am ask "Do you want these changes on only one document or all.  I select all but still does not change the default document.    This could be because when I try to exit it always ask me if I want to save changes to this document.  And it has a .docx extension and is name Document1.  O don't want to save a document.  I want to save to the normal template.

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How can I set the workgroup templates file location in Office 2013 to point at a folder stored on Sharepoint (2010/2013)?

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 09:02 AM PST

Hi All,

Been doing quite a bit of research on this but drawn nothing but blanks or alternative suggestions, none of which are viable.

So the outline of the issue:

Deploying Office 2013 suite to organisation and wanting to have custom templates available for users to choose from, but want those templates to be centrally stored and managed on a SharePoint site. 

In Word 2013, for example, when you create a new document, you are presented with a page to choose from 'Featured' templates (or blank document)

So, if you wanted to have custom corporate templates, you could modify the file location for work group templates, thus creating a Custom Office Templates folder locally on your PC. 

Great. This means when you select 'New' in Word 2013 you can pick from the 'Featured' templates, or the 'Personal' templates area.

However, I have a collection of test corporate templates (for Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc). These are stored on a SharePoint site internally. 
If I try to modify the work group templates location in Word 2013 to point towards my SharePoint site (or any HTTP address for that matter) it won't work.

I know that I could point it towards a Network Share location instead, but I don't want to do that. 

Is there any way of getting it to point towards a SharePoint site, any way of modifying it? Or perhaps an even better solution that I could use? 

Any help, thoughts or ideas would be massively appreciated! And forgive me if any of my logic is off, but it does seem like this should be a straight forward thing to do given that Office and SharePoint are both developed by Microsoft and you would like to think they would inherently have better links!

NOTE: Going to Office 365 is also not an option either!

Eagerly awaiting an answer from someone incredibly clever!  

Can't open word documents sent from the internet

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:56 AM PST

I keep getting a dialog that says safe mode can't open a document attached to a mail message. I found that if I go into the document properties and uncheck this document came from the internet dialog it opens fine, what I can't find is how to turn off the feature that blocks all word documents from the internet?

Thanks Tim

VBA for Word 2010 Run-time error 4605

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:18 AM PST

I have code written that allows a user to select a signature for a document. The selected signature image is placed at the bottom of page one at the right margin. I know the macro was working two weeks ago, but when I tried to use it today, I get the run-time error shown below. If I choose debug, it indicates the .RelativeHorizontalPosition line. Once I escape out of the debugging, the signature is in the right place vertically, but at the left margin instead of the right margin. My code for inserting the signature is shown below. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
    If optBrown = True Then
        Application.ScreenUpdating = False
        'Dim Rng As Range, Shp As Shape, StrImg As String
        StrImg = "v:\users\operations\templates\word2010\bksigs\a487_sig.gif"
        Set Rng = Selection.Range
        Rng.Collapse
        Set Shp = ActiveDocument.InlineShapes.AddPicture(FileName:=StrImg, _
        SaveWithDocument:=True, Range:=Rng).ConvertToShape
        With Shp
            .LockAspectRatio = True
            .Height = 75
            .Width = 250
            .RelativeHorizontalPosition = wdRelativeHorizontalPositionMargin
            .LeftRelative = 50
            .RelativeVerticalPosition = wdRelativeVerticalPositionLine
        End With
    End If

PowerPoint and Word

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:18 AM PST

I'm trying to insert a PPT file into a Word document.  when using Insert-> Object, from file, it only inserts one of the three pages

Word 2010: Macro error: "4605: This Method or property is not available because no text is selected".. Same macro worked fine on Word 2007

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 08:14 AM PST

Hi,

I am running a macro to collect the Words with R_* in a document (huge one..approx 800 pages) and paste in a new file. The same macro was working on 2007 from few years.. just now I migrated to 2010 and the macro broke with error " "4605: This Method or property is not available because no text is selected".

Below is the macro .

Can any one help me in resolving this. appreciate any help

 

Thanks

Raghu

 

Sub collect_calibration()
'
' collect_calibration Macro
'

    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "R_* "
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindAsk
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchKashida = False
        .MatchDiacritics = False
        .MatchAlefHamza = False
        .MatchControl = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
    End With
   
     Selection.Find.Execute
     Selection.Copy
     Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)
     Selection.TypeParagraph
   
    While Selection.Find.Found
     Selection.Find.Execute
     ActiveDocument.Selection.Copy
     Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdPasteDefault)
     Selection.TypeParagraph
    Wend
   
End Sub

Cannot browse in Word so open or saving documents is not possible

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 06:45 AM PST

I have installed office 365 on Windows 7 ultimate. Excel etc. works fine but I cannot browse in Word when I want to open or save a document. I have uninstalled office 2010 and re-installed office 365.

Loosing author identity in track changes

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 06:38 AM PST

I have set up my track changes to show me which changes are made by which author. However, the document formats all changes to "Author" when saved, and I'm loosing the information of who made which comment. This only happens in one of my documents, and I think one of the authors uses a Mac. Is the document corrupt, or I have not found the right place to configure the settings?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Type letter a and get an entire paragraph each time

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 06:18 AM PST

my kids must have accidently done something to the key board as when in outlook or word when the letter a is typed an entire paragraph shows up - the same one over and over... how do i get rid of this? Help please as it is very frustrating.

Custom sort of data on some some text with its associative text

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 06:14 AM PST

I want to sort custom data.
I have data like..

Dhaval Patel

7/3267, Dhobi sheri


Aarav Shah

Nanpura, Surat


Binal Patel

Athwagate



Here, Name (In bold letters) and Addresses in my data.

I want to sort by Names in Alphabetical order with associated addresses.


Importing data in Word's Sourcses

Posted: 20 Dec 2013 02:36 AM PST

I have accumulated a "database" of different books and articles that I want to use as reference material in a document I'm writing. Each entry looks like this:



@book{ SeidenstickerEdward677,
    author_sort = "Seidensticker, Edward",
    author = "Seidensticker, Edward",
    identifiers = "mobi-asin:B005LPUAS6",
    year = "2011",
    month = "Aug",
    publisher = "Perseus Books Group",
    title = "Tokyo from Edo to Showa 1867-1989: The Emergence of the World's Greatest City (Tuttle Classics)",
    custom_collection = "Japan History" }


Is it possible to import this into the SOURCE.XML file that holds the bibliographic database within Word? Can I do this inside Word, or do I need an external utility? Do I need to clean it up in Excel first?

Regarding Microsoft Office New Requirements

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 09:21 PM PST

Hi Friends,
           While using MS word i got a thought why word document not contains - sheet as per like MS Excel. We can add Word1,word2,word3 etc in one word document . I t helps to maintain a project documentation for separate module wise in single word document. I am waiting for your reply.

Thanks & Regards,
Suresh Palaniyappan.

problem inserting pictures into all office applications

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 08:50 PM PST

If I insert a picture into ANY Office 07 application (word, excel, powerpoint, publisher...) the picture is all yellow. This only occurs in Office. It does not occur in photoshop or any picture viewer, including microsoft's. So, I think it must be something with Office settings, however, there doesn't seem to be any place to configure something for all office applications universally.


I think this mainly happened after I upgraded to 8.1 pro from 8.0. Also, when you insert any picture into any Office 07 app, when you right click on the picture, the "edit picture" menu item is disabled and greyed out.


I've already tried color management and fiddling with the .icm color profiles, "use my settings", etc. I knew it wouldn't help because as I said, it's only Office 07 that is screwed up.

How do I import/export table data from word *.docx to excel or access?

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 08:11 PM PST

Hi,

I have created some docx files in developer mode with tables and drop boxes. I want to export the data to excel or access.

 

How do I do this?

 

Ian

Word 2010 64 bit File Open Error

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 07:45 PM PST

Running Word 2010 in 64 bit on 64-bit Win 7 Ultimate and starting Word and then clicking Open causes an error in a VBA window regarding Ptr Safe Attribute:  "The code in this project must be updated for use on 64-bit systems.  Please review and update Declare statements and then mark them with the PtrSafe attribute."


All I want to do is open a Word document that is not in the "recent" file, because all docs in the "recent" file open just fine when clicking on them in Word.  If I go to My Documents and click on a "non-recent" Word document, it opens just fine with no error message.


How do I update the Declare statements, which ones do I update and how, and how to mark them with this attribute.  When VBA first came out, I was darn good at it in Access, but I don't do VBA very well since the first update of VBA became almost as complicated as C++, and how did I get this error? 

Inserting picture into Word

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 07:15 PM PST

When I try to insert a picture from a file on my computer into a Word (2010) document, all I get is the picture squished into a single line.  When I point to the "line", I can se that the entire picture is there, but as soon as I releease the pointer, the picture reverts to the single line again.  How do I get a whole visible picture embedded into my document, please?

Scribble not working on Office 2013

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 04:21 PM PST

I have Office 2013 that came preinstalled on an ASUS Transformer Book T100TA (touchscreen).

The scribble function does not seem to be working on Word or Powerpoint.  When I select it to draw freely, it only gives a straight line, not a free line. 

If this cannot be resolved, are there other recommended options to draw on the touchscreen and import it into a word document as a picture?

Inverted text in WORD version 14, 32 bit

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:28 PM PST

So I've designed a nice Christmas card to send out.  It's A4, then you fold it along the long centre-line, then along the short one, and you can stand it up like any other card.  The pphotographs at the front and the text on the back are fine - they appear at the bottom of the landscape page.  The top half, however, when folded over, is upside down.

That's O.K., for I have created two text boxes, one each side.  Then I entered the text and formatted it, etc., and I then rotated the text by "selecting" each text box in turn, and using the Flip Vertical icon in the Format > Arrange menu.

And it looks just the way I want it.

When I go to print this, the preview looks fine; but the actual printout does NOT rotate those two boxes !!!

This is also the case if I print to a .pdf file.

Help !

Is it possible to apply "keep with next" to some lines within a paragraph without applying it to the whole paragraph?

Posted: 19 Dec 2013 03:11 PM PST

I have a few lines that I would like to keep together on the same page within a larger paragraph that does not need to all stay on the same page.  Unfortunately, when I try to apply "keep with next" to the few lines that need to stay together, Word applies it to the whole paragraph.  When I try to remove "keep with next" from the lines that I don't want to have it, Word removes it from the entire paragraph.  Is there a way to get word to do what I want?