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Microsoft Works - Lists of software changes which are made in each new Works version

Lists of software changes which are made in each new Works version

Posted: 20 Jun 2007 04:32 PM PDT

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:02:32 -0700, aafuss
<com>, in message ID
<googlegroups.com>, in the
newsgroup microsoft.public.works.win wrote:
 

A wolf in sheep's clothing? :-)

HELP with making a flyer

Posted: 20 Jun 2007 12:22 AM PDT

hi, and thank you for your response.....I'm using Microsoft 2000.

"Michael Santovec" wrote:
 

usnig docs/dbs created in old versions

Posted: 19 Jun 2007 12:07 AM PDT

Ket wrote: 
Works 8 will open works 4.5 files as will Word 2003.

condensing 4 columns

Posted: 16 Jun 2007 09:22 PM PDT


Thanks Kevin,
worked like a charm.
I had been using edit/replace
Hope you/yours are keeping well.
Rodney



"Kevin James" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 
=CHOOSE(A1="",A1,"x")&CHOOSE(B1="",B1,"x")&CHOOSE( C1="",C1,"x")&CHOOSE(D1=""
,D1,"x") 

Works 8.5 spreadsheet pasting currency with comma problem

Posted: 16 Jun 2007 07:23 PM PDT

Hi Ivan,

Once you set the formula up, you may copy the column containing
the strung together value and PASTE over the top AS VALUES

Thereafter, delete the two unnecessary columns, though you would
require them for further imports into that spreadsheet, or use a fresh
sheet for import purposes only. Paste the VALUES from one sheet
to another.

You may also be able to edit the data before pasting. Remove the
commas and then paste.

HTH,
--
Kevin James




"IvanK" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Thanks for the tips, Kevin. Your first suggestion did not work. I am using
| Vista Ultimate. Don't know if that is the reason.
|
| But your second suggestion works, so I am using that, even though it seems
| pretty lame that I should have to add two extra columns just to be able to
| paste a number into the speadsheet.
| --
| IvanKout
|
|
| "Kevin James" wrote:
|
| > Hi Ivan,
| >
| > Works (and Windows) sees the comma (,) as the delimiter (list
separator)
| > for an imported series of numbers. Therefore the numbers preceding
the
| > comma are seen as being a different value to the number following the
| > comma
| >
| > You can change the delimiter in Windows Control Panel>Regional
Settings
| > (and change back again to your current value, if you wish).
| >
| > Alternatively, you could combine the values (say cells A1 and B1 )
into a
| > single value (say cell C1 ) using a formula such as =A1*1000 + B1
| >
| > HTH,
| > --
| > Kevin James
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > Go Control Panel,
| > "IvanK" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | When I try to paste a currency value containing a comma (that I copied
from
| > | another source) into a cell (formatted with a currency value) to replace
an
| > | existing currency value, it doesn't work correctly. It pastes the digits
| > | before the comma as a dollar amount with no cents into the target cell
and
| > | pastes the digits after the comma as dollars and cents in the cell to
the
| > | right of the target cell. For example, if I copied 1,234.56 and try to
paste
| > | it into a currency formatted cell I get $1.00 in the target cell and
$234.56
| > | in the cell to the right of it. How can I fix this?
| > | --
| > | IvanKout
| >
| >
| >

Does Microsoft Works Spreadsheet have the autocomplete function?

Posted: 16 Jun 2007 11:21 AM PDT

Hi Christa,

Unfortunately Works does not have an Autocomplete function,
similar to that of Excel.

However, perhaps a lookup table could be utilised ?

HTH,
--
Kevin James




"Christa Sobczak" <net> wrote in message
news:RRVci.1469$news.prodigy.net...
|I am working on a large document. Names of streets, occupations, names, etc.
| are repeated frequently. Does Microsoft Works Spreadsheet have the
autocomplete
| function, so that I only need to type in a couple of letters.
|
| Thank you for your help in letting me know how to set this up.
|
| Christa Sobczak
|
|

Problems accessing my personal template in Works 8.5 on Vista

Posted: 16 Jun 2007 05:17 AM PDT

Hi Marina,

In addition to everything Kevin said....

I have a template I use quite often so I put a shortcut to in on the
desktop.

This template fills out and signs my personal checks. To use it I tear out
a check from the checkbook, put it into the envelope slot of the printer,
double click the template icon on the desktop, fill in the necessary info,
click print.

To put your template on the desktop, navigate to the template, right click
it, in the popup dialog select Send To, on it's expanding menu choose
Desktop (create shortcut).

Ken

"Marina" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Hello!
|
| I have created an personal template in Works 8.5. Works stored the file in
| the folder C:\User\(User namne)\AppData\Roaming\Template. In this folder
| there are also a file called Normal.wpt. (So everything looks fine...)
|
| But now I don't know how to use my template? When I start works mu
Personal
| Templates doesn't appeare anywhere?
|
| I'm glad for all help!
| //Regards Marina

problems with opening word (.doc) in works

Posted: 16 Jun 2007 03:30 AM PDT

hello.
mogens hansen is my farther in law, and hes put me on the task of salvaging
his docs 8), it was actually me posting from his pc earlier.
first, thanks for the suggestions. before i posted i tried saving in all
sorts of different types and then tried to open the doc in works. obvious it
did not work.
as Michael suggests i think it some sort of corruption, next time im at the
inlaws ill try the zip trick. else he will just have to recreate the doc in
works i guess.. 8/

4.5a Fonts dropdown

Posted: 15 Jun 2007 02:24 PM PDT


"Candy" <net> wrote in message
news:FASdi.10683$roc.ny... 

I still run Works 4.5. The fonts are all there, you just have to scroll
using the bar on the right of the fonts. The names and the way they each
look show up fine for me. Running XP Pro and Works 4.5.

Melissa

MS Works 6.0 error message

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 06:08 PM PDT

I have always used ms6 and it works great for me. I usually don't have time
for a learning curve, especially when something already does the job. Thanks
for your response. Now if I can locate a CD

"gowriv" wrote:
 

works 8.5 features

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 09:49 AM PDT

I suspect that particular sale-person will not last too long
--
oldtone, trying not to be stupid


"kels" wrote:
 

Problem with arabic text?

Posted: 11 Jun 2007 03:31 PM PDT

Not so much a bug as a lack of a feature. Works, to my knowledge, has
never implemented support for right-to-left languages, such as Arabic.
Wordpad and Notepad get it right because they basically leverage the
system-provided controls (which understand RTL text). Works, as I
understand it, has a totally separate code base, which is where it gets
features that Wordpad and Notepad don't provide.

--DaveLovesTrains

<frw> wrote in message news:phx.gbl... 

e-mail from task launcher

Posted: 06 Jun 2007 04:34 AM PDT

Hi Pen, thanks for getting back to me. I have worked it out now, although I
have only got Windows Mail on this machine (Vista HP), it needed to be told
that Windows Mail was my default e-mail client. So I specified this and now
Works Task Launcher>Contacts>"click on envelope icon for a particular
contact>opens Windows Mail and a message already with addressee filled in.
If you are still having your "wierd" problem, this may help.
--
oldtone, trying not to be stupid


"Pen" wrote:
 

Problem installing Office XP PRO - Microsoft Office forums

Problem installing Office XP PRO - Microsoft Office forums

Problem installing Office XP PRO

Posted: 20 Feb 2006 09:11 PM PST

..doc and .xls files should remain intact as long as you didn't
put them in the same folders where the Office program files are
located (such as "C:\Documents and
Settings\<username>\Application Data" or "C:\Program Files"). As
a precaution, you should back up your outlook.pst file (which is
where your emails are stored) in case Something Bad happens.

stoner wrote:
 

Reinstalling MS Office 2000 after formatting my hard drive

Posted: 20 Feb 2006 02:45 PM PST

"Error reading from file" error message when you install <product> on
Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Millennium Edition (Me)
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=248263

(Does this apply or help?)


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Debbie Smith" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Office program has not been installed for the current user. Please run setup to install the application.

Posted: 20 Feb 2006 02:36 PM PST

Yep,
Did that also!
DH

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" <com> wrote in message
news:com... 

How to setup new deafult doc format for Word 2003 ?

Posted: 20 Feb 2006 01:10 AM PST

NO! Only Word can make normal.dot. You can copy various items from a
template into normal.dot by using the organiser, but a template saved as
normal.dot is not the same as normal.dot.

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My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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ANONYMOUS wrote: 

Microsoft Office 12 Pre installation (Urgent develope idea)

Posted: 20 Feb 2006 12:29 AM PST


It already does in Office 2003. You get the option to either remove the
old version completely thus saving HD space or you can keep the old
version and still install the new version.

This choice is at the start of the installation and unless you are
challenged in any shape or form, you can't miss it!.

As Milly said, any ideas or recommendations should be directed to MS
developers and product managers as per your agreements under beta
testing program.

hth




zemi wrote: 

how do i change back to classic view in office 2003 ?

Posted: 19 Feb 2006 04:58 PM PST

http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2003/interface.htm#classic

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
"john g" <john microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|

my MS office set-up CD doesn't work

Posted: 19 Feb 2006 01:21 PM PST


You will need to contact MS for repalcement CDs. Read this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326246

When you say: "I can't get the "product ID")" what exactly do you mean?
You will need the serial number that came with the original package. It
is normally on the sleeve of the CD. Has the sleeve been lost or
destroyed as well?

hth


shelleyS wrote: 

office 2000 profesional and office 2003 standard trial on same mac

Posted: 19 Feb 2006 10:31 AM PST

Yes. If you want to run more than one version of Office, they need to be
installed in the order that they were released. Office 2003 was there first
(even if it is a trial version).

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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

When I click on a saved Word Doc MS Office openes but not the Doc

Posted: 18 Feb 2006 02:57 PM PST


Good. You are always welcome. Now you are an expert and can solve
peoples' similar problems.

Best regards,



george_batten wrote: 

Formatting computer,can I save Office XP folder

Posted: 18 Feb 2006 06:09 AM PST

garfield-n-odie [MVP] wrote: 

Thanks but too late. I forgot to check that.I'm learning. I still have
other computer to work on .I used the Product key from cd and it
installed ok.

Download Microsoft Office Viewer

Posted: 18 Feb 2006 04:40 AM PST

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en

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"thirumalairajan" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Are there new GPO/.adm templates for Office 2003 SP2?

Posted: 17 Feb 2006 08:42 AM PST

The SP1 templates are the latest and greatest. (Still no word from
Microsoft when the SP2 versions will be out.)

Tip: Consider carefully what you apply via domain group policy objects and
this means that this is what it is and the end user doesn't get the option
to configure to taste.

Tip: If looking to configure Office 2003 on terminal servers, be ruthless
where it counts. (No PST creation, No AutoArchiving, No Cached Mode for
Outlook.)

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

how do you remove Office 97 without cd

Posted: 16 Feb 2006 06:40 AM PST

If you're upgrading to a newer version the installer will try to remove the old version for you. If not, then you may need to use
the procedure here.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/158658/en-us?FR=1

========
<<"Removing Office 97 no CD" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
Had CD when instaled lost over years ><<
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Let us know if this helped you,

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MS Office System Products MVP
 

Pricing and Packages for '2007 Microsoft Office System'
http://microsoft.com/office/preview

Nothing in Office will open Microsoft Office for Mac

Nothing in Office will open Microsoft Office for Mac

Nothing in Office will open

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 11:57 AM PST

What you give no indication of is your current update level of Office 2008,
and you did not say what the OS X version is for the other MBP. If Office is
not fully updated on each Mac (12.2.1) it may well be the cause of the
problem. Confirming your update levels & repairing disk permissions would be
the first step before chasing symptoms.

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



On 11/1/09 4:35 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Should I keep OFfice 2004?

Posted: 01 Nov 2009 10:35 AM PST

Thanks, Diane. If you can help me out a bit more, are you saying the "Remove Office" would be in the Office 04 set, and would it remove only 04? Or it's in the 08 set and I should make sure it only finds 04 files? (Not that it'd be the end of the world if it removed the wrong one, but just so I don't waste time and effort.)

using 2004 on two comps. simultaneously

Posted: 31 Oct 2009 07:45 PM PDT

Hi Chuck;

Just to clarify a bit, nobody "buys Office", they buy a license to *use*
Office & each retail license applies to a single user. That user is entitled
to install on one stationary & one portable system, but is not allowed to
run any of the software on both at the same time. If the computers are on
the same network there are safeguards built in that prevent doing so. That
applies to any installations on separate Macs if the same Product Key is
used for those installations.

The only *legitimate* "workaround" is for each user to install using their
own respective Product Key (license). IOW, either you or your wife need an
additional license, which can only be had (for the retail package) by
purchasing another copy of Office.

As Diane points out, the Office 2008 Home & Student Edition (referred to as
Student/Teacher in 2004 & prior) includes 3 Product Keys (licenses), so up
to 3 users can install the software as indicated above. Each of the other
editions include only one license. You also have to consider, however, that
the Home & Student licenses do not permit commercial/business use of the
software -- they're for personal (not-for-profit) use only.

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


On 10/31/09 9:45 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Font selection list mix up

Posted: 29 Oct 2009 09:37 AM PDT

I haven't used Suitcase since prior to the intro of OS X, so I can't comment
on its current reliability, but I did notice that you mention having updated
OS X... Have you also updated Office 2008 *&* Suitcase as well?

It's also possible that the Office Font Cache (12) file is damaged or
corrupt. You might try removing it while no Office apps are running to see
if the problem continues. Also, there could be a corrupt font cache,
especially if you don't restart your Mac at least every other day.

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



On 10/29/09 12:37 PM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"bphillips" <com> wrote:
 

Update 12.2.0 Failure

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 11:40 AM PDT

You need to start your own thread and give _your_ info. You don't mention
what version of Office or what OS you are using. You say you tried all the
options, but how do you know you tried everything? We need details to help
you.

--
Diane

buy office... how?

Posted: 26 Oct 2009 03:46 AM PDT

Probably one of these Amazon sites will take your order:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=gw_br_intl?ie=UTF8&docId=596896&pf_rd_p=466881 133&pf_rd_s=left-nav-3&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=468294&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OL E&pf_rd_r=0RD8ZAW0BT6HT00MR4QA

Or check out Apple's home page www.apple.com which there is a link to
the international locator page:
http://www.apple.com/choose-your-country/


--rms

www.rmschneider.com





com wrote: 

Won't read or see install disc?

Posted: 24 Oct 2009 11:57 PM PDT

Justin wrote: 

Since the disc reads OK in some players, use a computer that can read
the disc to create a copy.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

will office 2004 and/or v.X run under Snow Leopard w/ Rosetta?

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 02:20 PM PDT

On 10/23/09 3:56 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Glad I could help. 

Yes, I work with clients doing instruction and database recovery and
upgrades. I'll contact you off list with my info.

--
Diane

Removing "link to previous" in section footnote

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 09:44 AM PDT

I've read through your series of messages several times but I really can't
understand what you're describing. The Link to Previous & Different First
Page attributes pertain to Headers & Footers -- those settings have nothing
at all to do with Footnotes aside from enabling their formatting to be
different in each Section. Also, Footnotes aren't "linked to previous
sections". They are placed either at the bottom of the same page as the
noted text or are at the end of the Section in which that text is located.

I'm not sure how you were attempting to access Help, but this is a
reasonably good summary of Sections. There is a good deal more as well:
__________________________________________________ ____
About sections and section breaks

Sections are a part of a document where you can set specific page layout and
formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change
properties (such as line numbering, number of columns, or headers and
footers) for a portion of your document. For example, format a section as a
single column for the introduction of a report, and then format the
following section as two columns for the body text of the report. Word
treats a document as a single section until you insert a section break.

[Graphics Excluded]

Each section break controls the layout and formatting of the section
preceding the break. For example, if you delete a section break, the
preceding text becomes part of the following section and uses its section
formatting. The last paragraph mark (¶) in the document controls the section
layout and formatting of the last section in the document. If the document
does not contain sections, the last paragraph mark controls the layout and
formatting of the entire document. You can change the following layout and
format options for a section:
Margins
Paper size or orientation
Paper source for a printer
Page borders
Vertical alignment
Headers and footers
Columns
Page numbering
Line numbering
Footnotes and endnotes

The following table shows examples of the types of section breaks that you
can insert. In each illustration, the double-dotted line represents a
section break.
[Tables won't display properly in newsgroup messages.]
Section break type
Description
Next page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next page.

Continuous
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the same page.

Odd page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next odd-numbered
page.

Even page
Inserts a section break and starts the new section on the next even-numbered
page.

See also
Insert, delete, or change a section break
Insert or delete a manual page break
Print specific pages and sections
__________________________________________________ ____

If what you've managed so far doesn't work out as well as you expect it
might not be a bad idea to submit a new message in the Word Forum rather
than this general forum for Office. Try to be as explicit as you can with
your description of how the document is constructed and exactly how you want
it to be different. It's also good practice to specify your exact update
levels of both Office & OS X.

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


On 10/23/09 12:40 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Office 2004/Leopard - Programs Crashing

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 08:21 AM PDT

RickGreg <com> wrote:
 

:-\
Hum, I had hopes...
 

I really don't think so. I use SuperDuper! to create sandbox drives and
have multiple bootable drives mounted all the time without any issue.

Can you see anything that consistently pops-up in the crash logs?? Any
reference to spelling for instance?
I can't really "read" these things, but sometimes seeing something that
comes back all the time helps narrozw it down,

You can also create a dummy user account on the Mac and see if it still
crashes from there.

Corentin

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2008 Office Setup Assistant Problems

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 06:41 AM PDT

Prov1 wrote: 

Hi,

Additionally, there's a small printer icon next to the major topics. If
you click the printer icon a Word document containing the topic will be
downloaded to your computer.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

How do you create themes for Office SW

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 05:20 AM PDT

com wrote: 

Hi Tomas,

This topic is covered in our Dummies book. To read the book on line:

1. Log into Amazon.com
2. Go to this URL
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies
3. About 1/3 the way down the page, look for the Inside This Book Learn
More section, and in the Search Inside this Book field type:
Document theme
4. Click the Go button
5. When the book opens, click on page 24 in the left panel.
6. Read the heading Discovering new Office-Wide Themes

Themes are discussed throughout the book, so be sure to follow the
additional links in the left pane of the web site.

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

Upgrade from 12.0.0 to 12.1.0 not possible

Posted: 22 Oct 2009 08:16 AM PDT

On 10/23/09 2:16 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

See the solutions here:

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/error/not_found.html>

--
Diane

Please Help Me Out Of Word Hell

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 02:55 PM PDT

Hi,

it's difficult for me to say as I don't have the document in front of me.
Some formatting won't work because the invisible formatting made by the
source (the webmail interface) was probably copied across before you started
editing the list. My suggestion: never paste rich text content if you can
avoid it. It is generally not a good idea to rely on webmail interfaces (see
Bob's comments for further details), so I would suggest starting all over
with the document, by pasting the plain text from the original source into a
new Word document.

If you often need to write documents, consider saving them on a USB flash
drive, or perhaps give Google Docs a try. These two solutions are more
reliable than the one you are using right now, and you do not have to waste
your time reformatting everything.


On 22/10/09 7:57, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

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Microsoft MVP - Macintosh

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Awful Ecommerce Experience/Customer Service

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:09 AM PDT

On 10/21/09 12:09 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Just so you know Marshall Nam is a representative for Microsoft. Hopefully
your opinion will improve now.

--
Diane

Mail

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT


Justin wrote: 


From Wiki:
Entourage import/export limitations

Entourage cannot natively read Outlook Personal Folder files and cannot
read Outlook archived emails without first re-importing them back into
the main Windows Outlook database.[citation needed] As a result, this
makes it impossible to directly transfer email data from Outlook
(Windows) into Entourage (Mac).

Although Microsoft has released a PST Import Tool for Entourage 2004 for
Mac, this does not solve the problem of exporting data from Windows to
Mac, because this utility can only import PST files from Outlook 2001
for the Mac.[citation needed] It is incompatible with any PST files
created with Outlook for Windows.[citation needed] In other words, the
Import Tool only allows transfer from Mac to Mac, *not Windows to Mac.*

Figures, Microsoft hindering a Win to Mac migration.

Anyone else still waiting?

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 02:40 PM PDT


com wrote: 

For that I am truly sorry.

Office Macros

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 11:25 AM PDT

Howard Brazee wrote: 

The underpinnings (the VBA compiler for Mac Intel processors) is being
built from scratch. It's a complete redesign!

-Jim

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP
Co-author of Office 2008 for Mac All-in-One For Dummies
http://tinyurl.com/Office-2008-for-Dummies

"Newer version is already installed" error

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:27 AM PDT

Who did you get the Mac from?

I have a feeling that Office 2008 may have been installed previously
[perhaps the free trial] and has not been properly removed. Unless you know
what you're looking for there may very well not be any visible signs of the
residue, but the installer will find those remnants.

Try having a look at the complete removal process described on Diane's
Entourage site & see if that will enable you to install. In particular see
topics 2d & 5d-#4 as well as a Spotlight search for "normal" plus any files
whose name contains com.microsoft so you can delete them. There may also be
a Microsoft folder in HD/Library/Application Support ‹ Trash it too:

http://www.entourage.mvps.org/install/index.html

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



On 10/19/09 11:08 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

Product ID and invalid Product key message

Posted: 19 Oct 2009 08:16 AM PDT

com wrote: 

Here's what I did when I had this problem - right at the end of my
semester when I had projects due.
I turned off auto updater.
Before you do this, wait a few hours and see what others say - they may
be an easier way.


Delete these two files:

$HOME:Library:Preferences:Microsoft:Office 2008:Microsoft Office 2008
Settings.plist

where $HOME is your home folder, and

HD:Applications:Microsoft Office 2008:Office:OfficePID.plist



I don't know if you have to do this with every user on the machine however.

*Cough*NeoOffice*Cough* sorry, packing dust.

Microsoft Word - Word 2010 Template - Double Click Opens new Template, not a Document

Microsoft Word - Word 2010 Template - Double Click Opens new Template, not a Document

Word 2010 Template - Double Click Opens new Template, not a Document

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:22 PM PST

When I double click on a Word template, the document that opens as a .dotx file, not a .docx file.  This happens on canned templates as well as templates that I have saved.   I have tried running a "Repair" on Microsoft office with no success.

 

Any ideas?

How do I print "2 pages per sheet" properly? It comes out a mess!! (Pics inside)

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 01:46 PM PST



Please review my settings at the top, I swear they SHOULD BE CORRECT. I've done this before, but I remember it being a HUGE hassle...and didn't seem like it needed to be :(

Can anyone assist? I'm trying to make it look like HOW IT IS in the HP Printer Options preview....two 5.5" x 8" docs side-by-side...TWO PER SHEET.

THANK YOU!!!

draw pump curves

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:46 PM PST

can you tell me if i can draw pump curves in word 2010   i cannot illustrate it, but one curve would be say starting from the extreme left, and then slope down gradually and smoothly towards the bottom right corner of the page

if we can do this i think i will be able to do other curves in other directions using the same principle


thank you

Change indent in the first line of every paragraph?

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:38 PM PST

Does anyone know if you can change the indent of the first line of every paragraph in a Word document already indented by default?  I have tried MS help but it has been futile.


Thank you.


practicalcogitator   

Watermark visibility on paper

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST

I've encountered a small problem wit my watermarking of documents.
In the background of every document I make, there is a faint Weierstrass p (℘) in the background based on the template I use.
However, I've discovered that its visibility varies when I print the document. I use the text color named "White, Background 1, 5% darker" (r/g/b 242), which is quite weak, but not too weak, as I want it to be somewhat faint and thereby not dominating. I've also hooked it up to be partially transparent.

Here is the deal: Whenever i print a blank page with little on no text the watermark is fine. If I use the automatic color setting on the printer, it is slightly lighter, but still tolerable. Unfortunately, if the page is covered with text, then a black-and-white print will have it considerably weaker. The same document printed with color will make the entire watermark disappear.

Is there someway to change this behavior, so the watermark stays non-dominating but still slightly visible on both a black-and-white and a print with color?

Word 2010, tables getting cut off and can't change "keep with next" paragraph option

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST

I am exported a document from a database to Word.  The table is getting cut off the page and does not wrap to the next page.  When I go to the Outline view I can see all the text, but in the print view it just disappears from the page.  I have tried going the following with no success

  1. The file is saved as a .docx
  2. Table properties/table/wrap
  3. Row properties is marked to break across pages
  4. Paragraph...all the options are dark blue, not checked or unchecked.  I think if I could uncheck "Keep lines together" the table may display properly.  So when I click twice to make it unchecked, then select OK or I have even tried it as default, when I return to the option it just shows dark blue again.  By the way, anyone know what the dark blue box means?
  5. This is a personal computer so I should have the admin rights necessary to change this.  For Word 2010, I have given Everyone full permission, yet I still can't change these settings.
Any ideas how I can get the table to fully display across pages and/or how I can change the paragraph options.

thanks....

Word is Gone

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 11:16 AM PST

I got a new laptop with windows 8.1, I'm new to the whole windows tile experience and felt overwhelmed by it, so in cleaning up all the tiles I felt I'd never use I think I've uninstalled the word program. I still want to view and edit documents, and it came with my computer, so is there a way to get it back without paying for it?

Tables mixing up in word

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 10:01 AM PST

I've had a recurring issue where i'm creating a specification document which contains several basic tables. A table may be on a number of pages.

For instance if table A is on pages 1 and 2 and table B is on pages 3 and 4. When i add table C it sometimes puts a blank page (page 5) and starts table C on page 6.  When i try and remove page 5 the first part of table C sites in the middle of table B whilst the rest sits correctly on the new page 5.

 

I've tried various page break set ups but never seem to able to stop this happening and end up starting the document from new.

 

Any advice????? Cheers  

"Do you also want to save changes to the document template?"

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:32 AM PST

I am working on a document that was created as a new document in Word 2013.  After starting the document, I went to the Design tab and applied a style that I had previously inserted into the QuickStyles folder from previous Word versions, and applied the Style Set to the new document.  

Whenever I change the document, though, it prompts me with the question: "Do you also want to save changes to the document template?"

I always choose "no," and I would like to disable that question in some way.  Any ideas?

Document formatted differently on Win7 O2010 than Win7 O2007, XP O2010 and XP O2007

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 09:04 AM PST

User sent us a Word document to post to our web site.  She believes she edited it last in Office 2007.  It does not render properly in the combination of Windows 7 and Office 2010.


We've tried the document on

Windows 7, Office 2010 = 3 pages

Windows XP, Office 2010 = 2 pages

Windows XP, Office 2007 = 2 pages


The attempts were not done on the user's computer so whatever template it may be referencing is inconsequential since it doesn't exist on any of our test computers but renders correctly on two.

TOC to normal

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:56 AM PST

after updating the TOC, i then want to remove the links so that it is regular normal text with no relation to the original document. How can i do that? THX

Turn off Font Change Display

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST

When I highlight a word the below display box appears giving me the options to change the font, font size, bold, italics, underline, etc.

 

How do I turn this option off?

 

 

 

Create Multiline plain text content control in Word 2007 Template

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:01 AM PST

I have created a simple Word form.  It contains a plain text content control that will contain various lengths of information.  How do I set the format for the control box so that the text for the second line begins right under the first line.

Font and windows on Office Word changes very unstable

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 06:59 AM PST

I have Windows 8 and Student Office 2007. My font continually changes while I am working on the document. I don't do anything to make this change. Sometimes it goes from small to large and vice versa. Sometimes when I set the size to 12 or 14 it still comes out  really small. When I print it out though it comes our large, sometimes too large since I increased the size to accommodate the document while it's still on the computer. I can't help but think it is an issue with Windows 8. I can't go to 8.1 because it causes my Internet Explorer to stop working and it won't work with Family Tree Maker. I have had to do a full recovery twice. 

Directory name is invalid on word following windows 8.1 update

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 05:30 AM PST

I have been working on a document for the past few weeks on Microsoft word, yesterday I received a message telling me to update my computer to windows 8.1, I did this and restarted my computer. When I came back to my computer and went onto Skydrive to find my document it and at least one other were not there (not on skydrive on my computer or online)  the only place I can find the document is when going onto Word and trying to open recent documents at which I get the following message: 
 The Directory name is not valid:
 (C:/Users/Lucy/.../draft 1 essay 1.doc) 

This document is very very important and any help would be really appreciated! 

Word 2007 hour glass comes on and off constantly.

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 04:32 AM PST

Word 2007 hour glass comes on and off constantly so that I cannot use the program, perhaps indexing? How do I fix this problem?

Word 2010 stopped showing .eps files

Posted: 03 Jan 2014 03:13 AM PST

Hello people of the internet,

I work in IT support and have a customer who suddenly can't view her .eps files in Word 2010 and the entire office pack.
It's a thing that suddenly just stopped working. Until a couple of weeks ago, there was no problem at all.

She is accessing Word through Citrix which connects to our terminal server. The problem is on the server itself and trough Citrix.
Iv'e been seaching trough almost the intire google, and none of the answers seems to help. I've tryed reinstall the filter, reinstall Office, checking the file block settings in Word, making it a .doc document. But nothing seems to be working.
If i download the files to my own pc, Word opens it without any problem, both 2010 and 2013.
If i convert the .eps files into .png etc. (wihch is not an acceptable solution), Word opens it without problems too,.

Office and the server is fully updated etc.

Do mind that all this is running on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard terminal server.

You would save my day if you could come up with the soloution!


Thank you,
Rasmus Gyldenvang

Word 2013 : Changing which thesaurus is used in word

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 06:56 PM PST

I opened the thesaurus for the first time today and it asked me to select bing, dictionary or something else. I chose bing, but I don't like its results. I want to change to use another provider but I can't figure out how. I am using English(Australia) as my language but the thesaurus is using English(United Kingom) because Australia wasn't available.

Any help would be appreciated,

Thanks.

 

Old title: Changing which thesaurus is used in word

Microsoft Word 2013 randomly stops and goes into "Not Responding" Mode.

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 05:33 PM PST

Hello,

I have been struggling with an issue with my 2013 office. Whenever I use 2013 Word and use it for around 5-10 minutes, or hit save after making multiple edits to any documents after 5-10 minutes, typically around the same period of time. Word freezes and goes into not responding mode. It doesn't save any progress I made. I haven't attempted to work with any of the other programs, I have the professional suite. I've dealt with support twice on this issue and even had them take control of my machine and look into it themselves. We ended up force uninstalling word 2013 as it would not allow me to simply uninstall it via control panel programs and features. We were able to successfully install it without any issues and it was working fine for the first couple days. And after not using it for about a week, now the same issue is reoccurring and I can reproduce the error with ease. 

I cannot find any similar issues specifically related with this details for any other customers. If I do not receive any resolutions shortly, I will have to bring my machine to the Microsoft store for them to investigate my machine and see what the occurrence is. If anything, the file being downloaded is corrupted as I do not have any issues with any other files whatsoever on my machine. 

Word 2013 gives File Conversion Dialog on Word 97-2003 .doc files

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 05:04 PM PST

Word 97.2003 opens fine on Windows 7/Word 2007 machine. But when I try to open in Windows 8/Word 2013 it displays a dialog 
Title: File Conversion   filename  
Select encoding that makes the document readable  Windows  MSDOS  Others. ....Preview says SafeGuard File encryption:  
Encrypted file is Garbage.

MS Office 2013 Products (Word, Powerpoint) cannot insert cli"online pictures".

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:37 PM PST

What can I do to fix this problem.  MS Publisher has no problem searching online but MS Word and Powerpoint both give me a response that the server is down. 


Thank you,

Joyce

Mail Merge Template with Auto Numbering

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 04:14 PM PST

Hello,

I created a mail merge template that has auto numbering.  My problem is, when I save the merged documents and reopen it, the numbering changes. 

Instead of seeing:
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  


  1.  
  2.  
  3.  

I see:


  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
    
     4.
     5.
     6.



Is there a way I can prevent this from happening?

How Do You Set Details View When Opening/Viewing Templates in MS Word 2010?

Posted: 02 Jan 2014 03:26 PM PST

I would like to be able to see the Details View of files when I choose to create a new/view choices for MS Word Template documents, in the Explorer view that comes up when saving or opening a Word document file. See screenshots below. In other words, when I try to view or open previous or existing Word templates, I am only shown the large icon layout view, and I have no other choices as I normally do when opening/viewing/saving Word documents. How can the inner "Word Explorer" view be changed to Details view?

This is the problematic view I'm trying to change:




And this is the kind of view I want:




Thanks
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