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Microsoft Word - It has now been two weeks since I have been able to use Microsoft Office Home 365

It has now been two weeks since I have been able to use Microsoft Office Home 365

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 01:52 PM PST

Hey to all you 365r's,

Does anybody have a solution to another one of Microsoft's new OS (only kidding).  I don't know what to think about this problem.  I am tired of not being able to enjoy my computer.  No, I do not have an IT Certificate, but  I think owning a Microsoft product should require that you have one.  It is bad enough, that we don't get paper manuals anymore.    Oh, I love Microsoft, don't get me wrong.  I really was enjoying Office 365 until it had a meltdown.  So far, the  Office 365 on my new 27" Imac looks beautiful and a bit different than Microsoft.  It looks kind of classy on the Imac. 

I have owned Windows cpu's since they were born.  I could never understand why my daughter, a creative designer only used Apple computers.  Now, 15 years later, she has done more creative, constructive, and has fun on her machine than I have on mine.  I know I am going to get a lot of different responses with this email, but hey isn't there something called "freedom of speech" well, knock yourself out, but if you have come up with a solution on how to get this working again, please let me know. 

Thanks you all, and have a wonderful day,

Autorecover HELP HELP!

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 01:42 PM PST

So, I was in the process of writing what is probably the most important word document i've ever typed. As I went to save (I know i should have before but I was so into it i didn't) the Save dialog froze and the Not Responding thing came up. I chose to restart the programme and two autorecover files appeared. One was from ages ago. The other was from 21:26 (it crashed at 21:25 strangely). I clicked on it but an error dialog came up saying the  .EXE file 'could not be opened'. I clicked okay and it was lost. Tried reopening word and that auto recover had gone. I'm using Office 2010 on Windows 8.1 and I looked under Recent>Recover Unsaved Documents but the folder was empty.

Could someone please help me find it in temp or ~ files as I'm so upset right now? :(

Word 2013 print date and path

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 01:05 PM PST

In the past I could print the date and path on each word document that I create with one click.  I have been attempting to set this up in Word 2013 but cannot  figure out how to do it.  Does anyone know how to do this so with one click I can insert a header which will have the date and path in each new document?

Hidden Frames or Pictures in Word doc

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 12:14 PM PST

I seem to have a bunch of hidden picture frames or text boxes or something in a Word 2010 doc. I tried searching for them with ^g and it appears to find them but I can't see them. Even if I highlight the page, they don't always show.

I also tried this VBA code to remove them but they're still there.

Sub RemoveFrames()
Dim frm As Frame
For Each frm In ActiveDocument.Frames
frm.Delete
Next frm
End Sub

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated.

Multilevel numbering will NOT work even with all the right boxes checked AND ListGal.dat deleted in both vers. 210 & 2013

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 11:34 AM PST

Hi, I am having the same problem (in Office 2010 & 2013) that Word will not automatically update the multilevels upon entering and tabbing.  A work around is entering and tabbing to the next spot and then clicking on the multilevel button and then the multilevel of choice-EACH TIME I change to a new level.  I know it worked previously last year on the 2013 because I typed a ML research paper for a kiddo and taught them how to do it.  Now it is not working on either machine. ?????

I checked with MS online help and it said to make sure that the Automatic number/bullets list checkboxes under Options/Proofing/AutoCorrectOptions/AutoFormatAsYouType/ApplyAsYouType are checked.  They were.  So I unchecked them, closed Word, restarted computer, restarted Word, checked them back on, closed Word, restarted computer.  Still not auotmatic updating.  

So I then checked what Stefan Blom and others suggested:.  To check the box for Set left and first indent with tabs and backspaces, but it was already checked.  Repeated the procedure above as with the other checkboxes but again with no success.

Even tried Stefan Blom's suggestion:  ... However, you may want to start by exiting Word and deleting the ListGal.dat file in your user profile, just in case.

You'll find the file in the %appdata%\Microsoft\Word folder. To open the folder, hold the Windows key as you press R; in the Run dialog box, type %appdata%\Microsoft\Word and press Enter.


Without success either....


Any further suggestions?  Thanks, ToBT

Office 365 Home Premuim - Word and Excel 2013 Lagging and shows not responding

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 10:57 AM PST

Hi ...

 

I have here a Sony Vaio laptop connected to home network via wireless (Broadcom).

No problem with internet surfing or streaming. No issue with networking experience.

 

However, when I launch Word 2013 or Excel 2103 (only 2 applications I used commonly), it started up and display the usual template selection.

From here onwards, it starts to lag and show either Word or Excel not responding.

It lags and for every click or character I type it takes awhile for it to change or display.

I cannot get much done.

 

Can someone help me with this.

Thanks in anticipation.

 

Regards,

Mahmood Ahmad

Word crashed every time i try to make this macro

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 10:48 AM PST

the macro involves
image previously selected (pause recording to select images)
  1. go into size and position menu
  2. change size to 6
  3. add .1" to wrap menu for space under image
  4. lock anchor
  5. hit ok...this is when word crashes

Defaulting focus to a custom tab in Backstage?

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 10:13 AM PST

I've added a custom tab (Corporate tools) to the Ribbon and a custom tab (Informations requises)  to the backstage of an addin (MyCorporateRibbon.dotm) I created.

I placed the Ribbon custom tab first (before the Home tab) so it gets focus by default the way the Home tab usually has it and I placed the Backstage tab at the top (insertBeforeMso=TabInfo) so it has focus by default (the way the tab Informations usually has it) when no other behavior is specified (when you open Word, its Recent that has focus, when you click on the QAT print preview its Printing that has focus, etc.)

It does behave like that but only from the SECOND show of the backstage .

Example:

1) Launch Word
2) Go backstage: Recent tab is selected (thats normal); select a document from the list.
3) Go backstage: Information tab is selected
4) Click on any other RIBBON tab (ex: Insert)
5) Click on backstage: Informations requises (custom tab) is selected

From now on, it remains the default if no other normal behavior preceeds. Unless you open another document or create new on. In which case we are back to #3.

Example2:

1) Launch Word
2) Go backstage: Recent tab is selected (thats normal); click new document OR staying on Corporate tab (which has focus because its the first tab on the Ribbon) use the new document button to create a new document (from whichever template you fancy)
3) Go backstage: Information tab is selected
4) Click on any other RIBBON tab (ex: Insert)
5) Click on backstage: Informations requises (custom tab) is selected

From now on, it remains the default if no other normal behavior preceeds. Unless you open another document or create new on. In which case we are back to #3.

I do not understand why it does that but clearly, something does not initialize at the right time....

Is there a way to bypass or catch the events open document or create new so that it gets to the #3 right away. I want my user to see the custom tab the first time it goes backstage of a new document or a newly opened document.

How to Convert handwritten hardcopy notes into accurate editable-text-soft-copy notes magically direct automatically????????????

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 08:27 AM PST


How to Convert handwritten hardcopy notes into accurate editable-text-soft-copy notes magically direct automatically????????????

MY QUERY-----WITHOUT TYPING READILY, HOW EXACTLY CAN WE CONVERT INPUT MANUAL HANDWRITTEN  SCRIPT (ACCOUNTING/ FINANCIAL NOTES) DATA SCANNED DOC. DIRECT AUTOMATICALLY INTO OUTPUT SOFT-EDITABLE TEXT (APPLICATION) FORMAT FOR MICROSOFT OFFICE PROJECT???-------AS SIMILAR TO----ONE NOTE TECH APPLICATION??? 

Dear Sir/Mam
            I want to convert my handwritten accounting hardcopy notes (manual handwritten hardcopy notebook) into complete exact accuracy editable-text-soft-copy notes such as it should be able to change numbers,figures,totals, formulaes,capture data from forms,documents.Software should correct & eliminate till zero errors such as spelling mistakes, corrections uptill perfection as like in Ms Office-Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. 

I WANT AN SOFTWARE FOR FUNCTIONING (ATTRIBUTE PROPERTIES) AS INPUT-TO EXTRACT THE ACCOUNTING-INFORMATION-DATA BY IDENTIFYING-RECOGNITION OF MENTIONED MANUAL HANDWRITING  (NON-EDITABLE)  NOTES SCRIPT FROM A SCANNED HARD-COPY AND FINALLY TO GET IT CONVERTED  DIRECT AUTOMATICALLY INTO AN ACCURATE OUTPUT-SOFT-EDITABLE TEXT-COPY-APPLICATION FORMAT.

I WANT TO HIRE AN SOFTWARE (E-COMMERCE) DEVELOPER FOR STANDARD HANDWRITING RECOGNITION SOFTWARE FOR TO CONVERT EXACT-ADVANCED INPUT SOLUTION FOR MANUAL HANDWRITTEN SCRIPT (NON-EDITABLE ACCOUNTING/ FINANCIAL  NOTES) DATA  DIRECT AUTOMATICALLY INTO SOFT-EDITABLE TEXT APPLICATION FORMAT.

IS ANY MICROSOFT OR 3RD SOFTWARE OR OTHER GADGET RESOURCES AVAILABLE OR HELPFUL ME FOR THIS???????????????????? IS IT POSSIBLE???????????????????????? 
IF YES PLS.. CALL ME EARLY AS I'M REQUESTING TO SUPPORT ME??????? 

CONTACTS:
GIRISH WADHAWA (INDIA), 
*** Email address is removed for privacy *** 
Mobile: <removed>
INDIA (ASIA).
   

Office Word

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST

Since the latest update, I have to re-install Word 2007, and Word 2010 every time I open a document.  My troubleshooter says my programs are incompatible, but offers no help in becoming compatible.  What's going on and how do I fix this?

Using Ms Office Home at work

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 04:08 AM PST

I'm struggling to find a definitive answer as to whether this is an option or not? 

At work all of our computer's use ms Office Home version... Some 2007, some 2010. Some Window's 8 some 7...Though I don't see how that would make a difference 

Just wondering what the policy was on this and whether anyone could link me to the information? 

Cheers

Problems with printing 8 pages on one sheet - margins seem askew and uneven?

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 03:41 AM PST

I'm attempting to print an A7 book - that is, 1/8th of a normal A4 piece of paper - and I did a test print of the first 8 pages, using Microsoft Word's "Print 8 pages on one page" feature - however, when they printed out, the spacing between the pages was uneven, with a greater gap to the left of the page, meaning when the signatures were folded and put together, the spacing between them was off, and looked untidy. Some pages were further towards the top, some towards the margin, some towards the bottom - it just looked extremely unprofessional. Therefore, I ask - is there any way of fixing this so that they are all EVENLY spaced across the page, so they can be cut to small A6 signatures of 4 pages, without there being any bizarre unequal spacing issues?

All office 2013 applications open with no menu bars, no ribbon and no tabs. How do I get them back?

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 03:05 AM PST

When I open say word I get a very bland screen with a narrow blue menu bar at the bottom that just lets me flick between 3 different views. There is no menu bar, no quick access bar, no tabs and no ribbon.  I can't format, print or anything.  How do I get them back?  I have tried ctrl F1 but that does nothing.  This makes all the applications unusable and I need some help please.

Microsoft Home and Student 2007

Posted: 25 Jan 2014 02:04 AM PST

When I attempt to open any Word document it requires me to wait whilst it configures, extremely frustrating and time wasting, how can I resolve on a Windows XP SP 3 system ? I have attempted repair using disc but problem still persists. How can I resolve ?

"Print custom range" does not work properly in Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:42 PM PST

"Print Custom Range" dos not work properly in Microsoft Word 2010.  I input for pages: 1, 3, 5, 7 and got only pages 1 and 5.  I repeated this process after Restarting the computer and once again printed only pages 1 and 5.  Does anyone have a solution?

 

My configuration:

Windows 7, Professional -- Service Pack 1

Installed RAM:  4.00 GB

32-bit Operating System

Microsoft Word 2010 Version: 14.0.7106.5003

 

 

Microsoft Support Engineer, Ratandeep replied on December 12, 2013:

Please post your query in Microsoft office forums.

Note:  Original query posted to Microsoft Windows forums on October 23, 2013

Additional information since original post:

  1. Printer is: Ricoh Aficio SP C210SF. <Multifunction Color Laser Printer/Scanner/Copier>

  2. Downloaded latest driver <"new driver"> from Ricoh web site:

  • New driver and old driver gave identical results on all documents tested:

Conclusion:  Problem unlikely to be a driver only issue.

  1. I have recently tried the Print Custom Range on numerous Word documents and found the following:

  • All documents print properly except those containing an "Attachment 1".  Attachment 1 is a four page graphical representation of information from a web site taken several years ago.  I did redact the original document to remove sensitive but unclassified information from it and it is under the file name "Test Document - 22-Jan-2014".  When I tried to print pages 1, 3, 5, 7  I print only pages 1 and 5 just as originally reported.  I do not want to make Attachment 1 available to the general public at this time.  I want to make the original non-redacted version of the Test Document public in the near future because it impacted over 98% of the voting public.  I am sure the Microsoft software engineers will be able to resolve the Print Custom Range problem with my "Test Document - 22-Jan-2014".  How do I go about sending this "Test Document - 22-Jan-2014" privately?

 

Thank you,

 

Bill Wise

24-Jan-2014

 

Surface RT, Word's Multilevel list Troubleshooting

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:01 PM PST

I was working on a paper and I selected the multilevel list option that way I didn't have type up the numbers each time. At first it worked great but now for some strange reason everytime I select the multilevel list option, the first number appears but after it does not continue. I was wondering if any of you know how to fix it that way everytime I press enter, the number continues on.

                                                                                         Thank You

What's the best way to paste images/ diagrams from PDF file into MS Word 2010?

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:48 PM PST

Hello

What's the best way to copy images/ diagrams from PDF files and paste into MS Word 2010? Thanks.

every time I open MS Word 2010 or Excel in fact any office app (but not Outlook) Windows Installer pops up

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:54 PM PST

Pop-up with "Please wait while Windows configures Microsoft Office Single Image 2010". That slows down the productivity and is quite annoying! It seems to come after some kind of win update. Also it did happened once before. Don't remember how did I fix it but it was (I think simple as use the Windows FixIt). Tried fixit this time - No success.
Computer background: Win7 Pro, 32bit, MS Office Professional Plus 2010, and MS Office Home Business 2010 showing in Programs and Features, and most typical apps nothing special. I have done already research here followed a few suggestions no success.
The MS Office Home Business 2010 is the one I have a hard copy of. 

Office 2013 (all programs) crashed after saving as pdf

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:39 PM PST

Office 2013 came installed on my computer (which cost extra).  All of my office software crashed after saving as a pdf.  I tried running diagnostics on it, but the program told me it couldn't fix the problem until I upgraded to windows 8.1.  So I upgraded.  Now I can't find Office 2013 anywhere on my computer.  It just disappeared.  I'm a student and I can't afford to buy this software again.  Please help.

Selection.Goto behavior

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:51 PM PST

Is there a way of knowing when the following code fails?

Selection.GoTo what:=wdGoToGraphic, Which:=wdGoToNext, count:=1, Name:=""

ie when there is no "next graphic".  Currently it just does nothing and continues, which is not good.

Ideally I'd like the same behavior as Selection.Find.Execute, which returns false if the find fails, but the API definition for Selection.GoTo does not mention any return value.

type changes color

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:38 PM PST

Windows 2013 changes color and underlines without any prompting. and I can't figure out how to change back to my default.

Find and Replace Chapter Heading

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:19 PM PST

Hi,

I'm trying to Find and Replace all of the chapter headings in a Word doc. The chapters all begin with the word "CHAPTER" in the following format:

CHAPTER XI.



I want to
1. Maintain the text.
2. Format it as H1.
3. Insert a section break just before the word "CHAPTER."

I've used the following two wildcards to find the text without success:

^13([CHAPTER]) ([A-Z\.])^13
^13([CHAPTER A-Z\.])^13

Any suggestions?

I have a problem creating a TOC.

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:27 PM PST

When I create an entry for the TOC, it is capturing an entire paragraph and not just the topic words. The TOC then contains all that information. I have to go in and delete the words not wanted to create a simple looking TOC.  What is worse, if I want to add an ebtry, every entry already in the list is refreshed and has all the previously deleted information reinstated.  I have to go back and edit out all the extra information again and again, and again.

What am I doing wrong?

How do I create an index without having to search for terms?

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:20 PM PST

It may have been an early version of Word or possibly some other processor but the method to create a index was much easier that it seems to be now.  I recall ckicking on "Create Index" and the system would scan all words and create an alphabetic list eliminating duplicates and indicating the pages that the word was found.  There were two lists, one for common words (a, the, and, ...) which could be deleted as needed and all the rest of the words similarly listed but one then deleted those that one did not want in the index.

Granted, in a very long document, this would have its problems in length but I still believe it is easier than looking through the document and going though a routine of mouse calisthenics to place the entry.  At any rate, none of my work is that log.

I would also like to have it hyper-linked so that when one clicked on the word, one was delivered to that page (those pages).

Had this option disappeared? Might it be that I am just not seeing it?
Maybe somenoe can tell me what the softeware was if not MS Word.

How do I design a "return to TOC" for a long document.

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 05:11 PM PST

My document is only 10 pages long and have created a table of contents for the many topics discussed.  I can click on the TOC entry to get to the item in question but I would like a button in the footer to return to the TOC on a click.  How do I do this?

Editing Word 2013

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 04:10 PM PST

I have Word 2013 on Windows 8.  After the 8.1 update, whenever I open a Word file it is in a non-editable  mode.  There is no ribbon.  To edit it I have to copy the file (Ctrl A, Ctrl C, Ctrl V) to a new file. 


I do not have this problem with Excel. 


There is help for disabling edit, but none for enabling it.  Is there a reason for this insanity? 


Andrew

Word 2007 - Text Form Field (Calculate on exit) Issue

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:26 PM PST

Once I protect the document, and you can only tab thru the form fields created to enter data.  I receive a pop up window on the fileds set to "Calculate on exit"  This pop of field appears to be a custom pop up that I unknowingly created.  The top of the pop up window has my phone number which was one of the date fields I created.  ANY field checked to "Calculate on exit" will immediately display this custom pop up window after you tab thru the field.


Any suggestion where to turn this customized pop up window OFF?

Upgrading Office 2003 Small Business to Pro - Microsoft Office forums

Upgrading Office 2003 Small Business to Pro - Microsoft Office forums

Upgrading Office 2003 Small Business to Pro

Posted: 24 Mar 2006 07:52 AM PST

It would appear then that I need to add Access to the existing installation
and forget about upgrading.
--
Dusty


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

how do I get the product key from my existing computer

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 05:09 PM PST

On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:09:01 -0800, Courtney wrote in microsoft.public.office.setup:
 

Which version of Microsoft Office? AFAIK nothing will work for version 9 (2000).

There are several programs to show that key.

Key Finder by Magical Jelly Bean:
<http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml>

ProduKey by NirSoft:
<http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html>

Belarc Advisor:
<http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html>

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After downloading MS Office 2003, no longer have Adobe Acrobat.

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 04:15 PM PST

Before you've downloaded the Adobe Reader (it's no longer called Acrobat
Reader), make sure you have an antivirus program installed. (How could you
not have one installed/current these days?)


--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



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

Strange Office 2000 behavior.

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 10:19 AM PST

We where reinstalling because the 1st install was in french and for
some reason the user wanted to use a multi-lingual version of Office
and to finally go back to only french (don't ask me why those request
where accepted).

We where uninstalling using add/remove program and installing with with
the same command line we used to install on all computer (msi with a
mst).

The installation was basically a normal install of office 2000, so
per-machine.

Office2000 Installer Problem

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 06:58 AM PST

Hi,

You may be experiencing the problem where MSIEXEC starts for the wrong
product? When you start Outlook, an Installer pop-up starts in the
middle of the screen and then asks you for a disk, is that right? If you
are able to see the title bar of the Installer pop-up it will tell you
the product it's trying to "repair" and then usually the first step to
fixing it all is to get rid of this other product first.

Then uninstall the whole of Office and then re-install it. Test your
Office CD on a different machine first to ensure there's nothing wrong
with it.

AWJ wrote: 


--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

Error Installing Security Update for Excel 2003 (KB905756)

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 03:39 AM PST

uh I've tried to use windows and office update.
Neither worked, so where can I download these patches?

Apply CMW file after Custom

Posted: 23 Mar 2006 01:44 AM PST

I also have the same question as Bob Buckland I just deployed office
via group policy and I want to make some modification like add some
components I used custom maintenance wizard and I have the .CMW file I
wanted to apply to the already deployed offcice to make these changes
where do I add it in the group policy is it the same place as with the
SMT file is so which one will take effect first help.

Dawit

User license problem

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 01:23 PM PST

It amazes me that some people will assume a problem is related to Office
first. If I couldn't get my email, I wouldn't blame Outlook. I'd call my ISP
and make sure everything was okay on their end. And if it was I'd get them
to help me verify my settings.

I guess everything is Microsoft's fault. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Peter Foldes" <com> wrote in message
news:ueZ%phx.gbl...
They all forget this Jo-Ann. Anyway they never finalize a disc so they can
continue to do other things with it. (hint to the poster)

--
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Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

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

Office 2003 Installation Source Troubles

Posted: 22 Mar 2006 03:00 AM PST

so far no answers here... I really hope someone could give me some
advice.

What I did meanwhile:
- used the MSI Cleanup Utility to remove the Frontpage 2003 install
- tried to update Office 2003 Standard: no go
- Removed the Office 2003 Standard MSO Cache using LSItool.exe
- again tried to update Office 2003 Standard: no go.
- Reinstalled Frontpage 2003
- Checked if in the registry all keys to a valid source where still
there according http://support.microsoft.com/kb/884298/en-us
- Checked if all needed files in Windows\installer are still there and
with good permisisons - they are.

When running an update, I always get that "Update Failed"
Ohotfix.log gives me this:

Starting the log on 03/22/2006 at 18:58:21...
Loading the resource .dll...
Reading the settings...
The settings are:
IsNormalUpdate=1
AdminUsesShortFilenames=1
AdminPath=""
MessageTitle="Office 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2)"
CopyFilesToRerun=1
ShowSuccessDialog=1
RebootInQuietMode=0
RunSetupWatson=1
RequireAllPatchesNeeded=0
RequireAllProductsAtMinVersion=0
MinProductVersion=""
MinMsiVersion="2.0"
UpgradeMsi=1
MsiUpgradeURL="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20610"
OHotfixLogLevel="v"
MsiLogLevel="v"
OHotfixUILevel="n"
MsiUILevel="n"
FeatureToCheck=""
Making sure only this instance of the bootstrapper is running...
Making sure the environment is okay for patching...
Getting the patches...
Getting the products to patch...
Seeing if patch C:\DOCUME~1\Paul\LOCALS~1\Temp\IXP000.TMP\MAINSP2f f.msp
is needed...
The update failed.
Finished processing the update on 03/22/2006 at 18:58:21.
Encountered error 1612 while updating.
Launching Setup Watson...
Could not find dw.exe.


So it's about "error 1612 while updating". Can't find a lot about this.

Meanwhile, some news:
- when going to Office Update -> check for updates -> still doesn't work
- BUT I went to Microsoft Update, which suggested me Office SP2 and I
could even download and install it!
So I'm now on SP2 but still in the same situation as before: can't apply
any other updates (not manual, not through Office Update). Can't Repair
& Detect, can't re-run setup, can't even remove Office without that
"local Installation source error" or "update failed" error.


--
Paul

How do I add an "insert address" button to Office

Posted: 20 Mar 2006 09:00 AM PST



"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Can you create a Linux partition from Windows? - Forums Linux

Can you create a Linux partition from Windows? - Forums Linux

Can you create a Linux partition from Windows?

Posted: 16 Oct 2005 05:35 AM PDT

On 16 Oct 2005 05:35:47 -0700 net wrote:
 

The mere consequence of creating a Linux partition
does not mean you VR will work, unless you mean to
create/copy a [driver] file to that Linux partition.

Anyway, you can create the partition with Partition Magic
or use a Linux LiveCD.

What VR tool are you using that requires this?

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Which Linux Distribution(s) is/are suitable for beginners ?

Posted: 16 Oct 2005 12:25 AM PDT

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005, bountifulharvest wrote:
 

http://distrowatch.com/ is a useful resource. You might want to have a
look at the "major distributions" section (at the top right on the main
page).

For beginners, I recommend using whatever your friends or co-workers are
using. This makes it easier to get help.

Note that some distributions, such as Knoppix and Mepis, are "live
CDs" that can be run directly from the CD without having to install Linux
on your hard drive.

Follow-ups set to comp.os.linux.setup.

--
Yves Bellefeuille <ca>
"America is less a beacon of hope than a dangerous force to be
countered." -- US State Department

Compiling kernel: Missing ACPI and APM drivers

Posted: 15 Oct 2005 09:08 AM PDT

Peter T. Breuer wrote: 
I am not sure about that. Perhaps it does and the _make install_ step
renames it. It may depend on what distribution you have. By the time it is
in /boot, mine are called

-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3539604 May 17 18:00 vmlinux-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3543696 Sep 7 13:34 vmlinux-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

or

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363325 May 17 18:00 vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1363903 Sep 7 13:34 vmlinuz-2.4.21-37.ELsmp

depending on whether you want the compressed ones or not. And these, of course:

-rw-r----- 1 root root 330776 May 25 21:45 initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp.img
-rw-r----- 1 root root 327816 Sep 29 06:26 initrd-2.4.21-37.ELsmp.img

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/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 14:40:00 up 7 days, 13:02, 3 users, load average: 4.28, 4.23, 4.18

How to make GPL compatable?

Posted: 15 Oct 2005 05:47 AM PDT

On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 14:47:40 +0200, sandy <com> wrote:
 

"Compiled the kernel mode to get a specific module"... May I ask what module?
Do you mean... Your distribution supplies a kernel where the module in question
is not enabled, neither as module nor compiled-in? But the module in
question is part of the kernel source distribution?

Or, are you adding a module to the kernel? A module that you have written
yourself? If so, are you willing to release the module under the GPL?
If so, add a line

MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");

at the end of your file.

-Enrique

mounting a DOS partition in Linux

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 07:33 PM PDT

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.os.linux.setup.]
On 2005-10-15, Ian St. John <usa> wrote: 
 
 

You'll want to customize the line to match your system. What does "fdisk
-l /dev/hda" show? It will tell you which device holds your DOS
filesystem:

# fdisk -l /dev/hda

Disk /dev/hda: 12.0 GB, 12072517632 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1467 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 260 2088418+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 261 1467 9695227+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 261 746 3903763+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 747 989 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 990 1232 1951866 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 1233 1263 248976 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda9 1264 1467 1638598+ 83 Linux

On this machine, device /dev/hda1 has a FAT32 filesystem, so to mount this
automatically from /etc/fstab I use the line:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat umask=0000,rw,users 0 0
 

fdisk can identify partitions either by volume name or device name. I use
device names here, thus "/dev/hda[nn]"


--

John (dhs.org)

Kernel module Help me

Posted: 14 Oct 2005 06:22 AM PDT

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: 
I imagine you are right about this. On that basis, I have decided to skip
FC3 and FC4. They are going to use up a lot of FC numbers this way. I wish
they had used FC 2.4.* for stable versions with 2.4 kernel releases and FC
2.6.* for stable versions with 2.6 kernels, etc., and used the odd second
digits for the unstable versions, such as FC1 probably was, and FC2
certainly was.

Maybe in 2007 I will try the (latest -1) version of FC*. I run RHEL 3 on my
main machine and RHL 9 on the other (which does not do much: runs BOINC
mostly (climate prediction, protein folding, setiathome) under Linux and
Quicken and TurboTax under Windows XP. My main machine firewalls it with
iptables firewall, and is _very strict_ when it is running Windows.

--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 13:40:00 up 7 days, 12:02, 4 users, load average: 4.47, 4.31, 4.21

resource allocation - newbie question Microsoft Project

resource allocation - newbie question Microsoft Project

resource allocation - newbie question

Posted: 14 Mar 2005 09:17 AM PST

Hi Jo,

Try Tools>Level Resources. Make any desired changes within the dialog box
and click the Level Now button.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.
Julie

"Jo" wrote:
 

How can I place a watermark such as "Draft" in a MS Project Plan?

Posted: 14 Mar 2005 09:05 AM PST

Hi Bobm,
You're welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie

"Bobm" wrote:
 

problems with actuals

Posted: 14 Mar 2005 03:43 AM PST

Hi Jan,

In the actual column, I see 0 everywhere. When I go to the ressource usage
view, I see that the protected actals a re correctly positionned.

We have resolved the problem by restoring from backup the specific project.
I suspect that the project manager did some "weird" copy-paste anyway from
another project.

Thanks for your attention
Fred

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

HAVE A PRODUCT KEY NUMBER THAT DO NOT ACTIVATE MY OFFICE PACK..WH.

Posted: 13 Mar 2005 03:19 PM PST

Costco has a reasonably decent warranty policy. Best bet is to call the
store where you bought the computer or the manufacturer if the computer is a
name brand.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


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

Earned Value Analysis--Physical % Complete Values

Posted: 12 Mar 2005 06:35 AM PST

Hello Tim,
You can't, (without any personal formula)
The only use of the Physical % Complete is to alter the calculation of the
BCWP if you allowed this in Tools / Options / Calculation / Earned value /
Default Earned value method : Physical % Complete.
This BCWP will roll-up to the sub-summary or project !

Gérard Ducouret

"Tim from Minnesota" <Tim from microsoft.com> a écrit
dans le message de
news:com... 
project 

Trouble with dependencies in Project 2003

Posted: 11 Mar 2005 01:49 PM PST

Hi Laura,

The "Actual Finish column you inserted, is that a date column you are
entering the date in?

There is an Actual Finish field in project where you should be recording the
Actual date the task is finished. That will push out the successor tasks as
you need. Choose Insert>Column and in the field list, select Actual Finish.
(You may want to check out the Tracking Table as well. It contains Actual
Start, Actual Finish and a number of other tracking fields.)

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

"Laura" wrote:
 

Which two tool bars are displayed as default in Microsoft word

Posted: 11 Mar 2005 12:49 PM PST

There are three toolbars displayed at startup by default in a freshly
installed copy of Word, not two. Sounds like a question from school - why
are you expecting us to do your homework for you? You only learn if you do
the research yourself.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


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

Earned Value calculation by Physical % complete ...

Posted: 11 Mar 2005 11:23 AM PST

Hello,

Check also if you allowed this in :
Tools / Options / Calculation / Earned value / Default Earned value method :
Physical % Complete

Gérard Ducouret

"Project Slave" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
message de news:com... 
schedule, 
realized 
taks 
of 

Microsoft Word - Update TOC field (completely) with VBA

Microsoft Word - Update TOC field (completely) with VBA

Update TOC field (completely) with VBA

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:08 PM PST

Is there a way to make a TOC field update completely (that is, more than just the page numbers) using VBA?  I'm trying Selection.Range.Fields(1).Update and variants but it always adjusts only the page numbers.

Any ideas?  Thanks.

Mark

I Cannot Use microsoft word becasue it says I need to ACTIVATE it.

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:09 PM PST

My mom and I bought this computer like  6 months ago, and I recently need to use Microsoft Word for school. So I'm trying to use it and it says I need to activate it and it asks for my Microsoft email and a password but then it says that my email doesn't associated with Office It says to please use the email associated with office. I have only one email address so now I don't know to do and I need to type my paper. Help

Find all NORMAL text that is not Times New Roman, 11pt

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:27 PM PST

I need to find and replace all text of NORMAL style with a custom style. However, I don't want to lose any italics or bold formatting.

Is there a way to use Find and Replace but tell it NOT to change text that is any combination of NORMAL/ITALICS/BOLD?

 Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Cannot Print Word 2013 documents

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 12:20 PM PST

I cannot print word 2013 documents.  All other office applications will print, emails, PDF's but will not print a document from 2010 office word. 

WORD Equation Editor Bug

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 11:37 AM PST

In the equation editor in Word 2010, if you choose a Product symbol (Pi) with an initial value and end value, the equation looks OK in the editor, but when you switch back to a normal view, the Product symbol is replaced with a Coproduct symbol (inverted Pi).

Formatting Issues in Multi-level list

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:44 AM PST

Made a template of a multilevel list and has been working very well for my needs.  I have run into a problem where one of the list (A-second level) was loner than usual. Once you go past the single character (Z) in double character (AA), the formatting is all off and I am unable to fix it. 

MS Word Dictionary

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:39 AM PST

1. How can I upload a new word or proper name to Microsoft's database so that when people who have the latest updated office dictionary write it out, it does not get underlined in red? Please note that I do not mean "add to dictionary" where words and names are only recognized locally.

2. How can I add synonyms to words to installed dictionaries in various languages?

Thank you.

Can I get Word 2010 cover page templates for 2013?

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 10:14 AM PST

I have MS Word 2013 and I am in a silly class that requires MS Word 2010.  I have to add cover pages and stuff, which is all stuff I know how to do but I am going to get marked off for using the incorrect template.  I was given an .xml file earlier that had all of the themes from 2010 and I added that to my 2013 folder with all the themes...can I do the same for cover pages?  I am running windows 7 64bit OS and I do not have access to word 2010.

How do I get a hyperlink to work inside an if statement?

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:55 AM PST

I am working on a project where I am needing to have a hyperlink appear based on a mail merge value. I am having no problem with the if statement, except for the fact that my hyperlink only shows the text, and so is not formated to look like a hyperlink, and does nothing when I click on it.

Is there a way to get a hyperlink to work when nested inside an if statement in Word 2010?

Thank you,
Matt

Microsoft Word 2013 read only compatibility

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 09:22 AM PST

I have absolutely no idea how this problem came to be but every person who works for Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for creating such a terrible product. People choose this product out of convenience and fear. People are afraid to use another product because of compatibility fears. I just want to do basic word processing nothing fancy and I have had nothing but bother since I got this. Why can't Microsoft not make things easier for people? 
Look at the following image and tell me how to sort this mess out. I have scoured forums, tried solutions and nothing works. Every time I want to save a document it wants to save in 1997-2003 or something like that. I select Word Document and it seems to save but when I open it it says the below.


For love of Christ why?

TOC Codes show in document text

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 08:41 AM PST

I have a document where the TC codes are showing in the main text of the document.  The ALT F9 doesn't work to hide the codes as it is the document that contains the problem and not the TOC itself.  The sample below illustrates my problem.  I have tried everything to correct this...Word Option, ALT F9, CTRL *, etc.    Any suggestions would be wonderful!!!  I am using Word 2007.  Thanks.



2.1 Formation {TC"2.1 Formation"\f\c\1"2"}


Help!

Word version 2010 Question

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:31 AM PST

I am using Word version 2010. I have a document in which I need redlines from both the author and me to be reflected in different colors. I need to provide a legend to others reviewing this document that identifies which color represents the author changes and which color represents my changes. However, every time I open the document, the redlines are reflected in different colors and when others open the document, the redlines show up in different colors than mine. Is there a way to permanently fix the color for author redlines and my redlines so that all reviewing this document will see the same colors for the changes?

Windows 8.1 / Office Home and Student 2013.

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:10 AM PST

Running 8.1 with office 2013 I find that when I download a word document from the internet, it appears to download but will not open in word. All I get is a new window opening stating " unable to reconise file formatt or extension".

This operation work fine until about one week ago. Any Help please. Alan.

Greyed out text

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 07:07 AM PST

I don't know what I have done, but when I saved my document-- suddenly all the text throughout the document is is highlighted-- in grey. 
I do not know what I have done, and all of the simple fixes ( no highlighting) seem to do nothing. 
Any suggestions.  

Text disappears in multilevel lists

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 06:46 AM PST

I created a multi-level list and began typing.  when I got to the right margin, the text I typed did not appear on the screen.  There was no paragraph marker at the end of the line.  When I hit Enter, the text I could not see appeared in the next numbered paragraph.  There was a paragraph marker at the end of the first line of text in the second paragraph.  But if I continued typing so that text should wrap to the next line, the text and the paragraph mark disappeared until I again hit enter, when the text appeared in the third numbered paragraph.

I have been creating multilevel lists in Word for years on this machine, running XP and Office 2010, and have never previously had this problem.  I assume some setting, a style, or something has changed.  I'll be grateful for a solution to this problem.

Sharp black shadow on shapes - gone in Word 2010?

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 03:59 AM PST

Seems like Word now offers only the very subtle, blurred-edge shadows shown in the in Format Shape gallery. Call me old-fashioned, but I need the simple sharp-edged black shadows of yore. How do I get this? In an old document that has these, running the VBA code:

 

      MsgBox Selection.ShapeRange(1).Shadow.Type

 

Gives a value of -2. But if I try to *assign* that value to a shape's shadow, it throws a value-out-of-range error.

 

Short of the clumsy idea of keeping an old shape that has the sharp black shadow and reusing it forever, how can I get that "legacy" (sigh) shadow from this version of Word (pref. using VBA)?


Thanks for any help.


Mark

Copy and Paste

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:55 AM PST

I tried to copy and paste a message from Word to an Outlook Email but was unable to.  Then I discovered I was not  able to past into my other email setup or any Excel or Powerpoint documents.  I can only paste into another Word document.

Office 2013 - Lost Icons and Function Headers

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 02:55 AM PST

During my last usage of MS Word 2013 all was fine, about a month ago.

Currently, I can open files, but functions and Icons are missing on the Top.
Mouse "Right Click" does not work and I am unable to Sign In.

File. Save etc buttons are all missing in the program.

Please advice

Rgds/Collin

Forgotten Password

Posted: 24 Jan 2014 01:48 AM PST

Greetings all,

 

So I created a password to open my delicate file in Word 2013 a few weeks ago. Upon completion I saved the document, protected it with a password and now that the document is urgently needed, I cannot seem to remember my password. Is there a way that Microsoft can help me in recovering the password to the document I created...and sadly forgot the password.

 

Your assistance would be tremendously appreciated!

Blank dialogue windows in ms office

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 10:18 PM PST

Hi, 

I have Windows 8.1, MS Office 365 Home Premium. 

I have an issue with dialogue windows. I normally use Word. After I've been working for a while, all right-click context menu boxes are blank (clear). Also, if try to close a document, the usual "do you want to save changes..." dialogue is blank, too. Same happens with MS Excel. It works normally after restart, but then it happens again. I couldn't find a similar issue anywhere. 

Thank you for your help. 

Page numbers not counting properly?

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:35 PM PST

I have a 106 page document with section breaks and different odd/even footers and recently my page numbers stopped counting correctly. They start on 1 when they should start on 4 then skip to 5 and show the rest of the document as page 1. Nothing I do resolves this issue. Does anyone have any idea as to what might be causing this and what I can do to fix it?

Find and Remove Complex String

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 09:26 PM PST

Can anyone offer suggestions on how to find all strings similar to the one below:

 

1865]              JOHNSON TAKES THE OATH                  289


These strings usually have a paragraph mark before and after, and tab marks separating the numbers from the all-cap letters. I tried the following but it did not find the string:


^p[1-2000]^t[A-Z]^t[1-500]^p

Equalize line spacing while using two alphabets

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 06:22 PM PST

I'm typing up a document that requires switching constantly between English and Sanskrit, often using them in the same line together (individual word translation). The text is primarily in English; but when Sanskrit characters appear in a line, the spacing between that line and the one beneath becomes larger than the spacing between those that are all in English. I'd like the line spacing between every line to be the same throughout, despite alternating between two alphabets. 

I'm using Times New Roman for the English, and have tried several different Sanskrit fonts, to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Find and Replace Paragraph Mark and Lowercase ^13[a-z]

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 04:55 PM PST

The wildcard expression ^13[a-z] works wonderfully for finding all of the words starting with lowercase letters after a paragraph break. 

I need to then replace ONLY the paragraph break with a simple space.

If I do a find and replace using ^13[a-z], it then replaces the letter at the beginning of the lowercase word with the space, thus misspelling the word.

Example before Find & Replace:
Spaulding, one of the Naval Committee, allowed himself to be used in the

intrigue, and, to his discredit, called for the documents

After Find & Replace (note "intrigue" is misspelled:
Spaulding, one of the Naval Committee, allowed himself to be used in the ntrigue, and, to his discredit, called for the documents 

Any suggestions on how to avoid this error would be greatly appreciated.

Create custom tabs on the Word 2013 ribbon

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:53 PM PST

Office 2007 saw the addition of the Ribbon feature, which some users found confusing. However, you can use it to your advantage by adding your own custom tabs containing commands you use often. This allows for quicker and easier document creation.

We're using Word in our example, but you can create custom tabs in the other Office apps as well.

To create a custom tab, right-click on the Ribbon and select Customize the Ribbon.

The Customize Ribbon screen on the Word Options dialog box displays. The tabs available on the Ribbon are listed on the right side of the dialog box. Click New Tab at the bottom of that list.

A New Tab is added after the tab that was selected (which is the Home tab by default). To give the new tab a different name, right-click on the New Tab (Custom) and select Rename from the popup menu.

On the Rename dialog box, enter a name for the tab in the Display name edit box and click OK.

Every tab must have at least one group of commands on it. When you create a New Tab, a New Group is automatically added.

On the Rename dialog box, enter a name for the new group in the Display name edit box. You can also select an icon from the Symbol box to represent the new group when the Ribbon is resized. Click OK.

NOTE: You can add multiple groups on your tab if you want to categorize the commands you add to your tab.

Because the Home tab was selected when we created a new tab, the new tab was added right after the Home tab. You can move the tab to a different position on the Ribbon by selecting the tab to be moved and clicking either the up arrow button or down arrow button.

To add a command to the group on your tab, select a command from the list of commands on the left. You can filter the list by selecting an option from the Choose commands from drop-down list.

To add a command to the group on your tab, drag the command to right below the group name (or other command name) until you see a horizontal bar. You can also add commands by selecting the group, then selecting the command and clicking Add.

NOTE: You can use the up and down arrow buttons to rearrange the commands within the groups on your tab as well.

When you have added all the groups and commands you want, click OK to accept your changes and close the Word Options dialog box.

The new tab displays on the Ribbon, providing convenient access to the commands you use most often.

You can also backup your custom tabs so you can re-import them if you have to reinstall the Word (or other Office programs) or if you want to move the same customizations to a different computer; for example, if you have to replace your computer.

To backup your customizations, right-click on the Ribbon again and select Customize the Ribbon. At the bottom of the Customize Ribbon screen on the Word Options dialog box on the right click Import/Export and select Export all customizations.

On the File Save dialog box, navigate to the location where you want to save your customizations backup, enter a name for the file in the File name edit box, and click Save. You can copy this file to an external drive for safekeeping.

If you want to remove any custom tabs you've added or any changes you've made to the built-in tabs, you can reset all your customizations by clicking Reset and selecting Reset all customizations. If you only want to reset changes on one built-in tab (not on custom tabs), select the tab to be reset, click Reset and select Reset only selected Ribbon tab.

If you've selected to reset all customizations, a confirmation dialog box displays to make sure you want to do this. Click Yes to remove all changes to built-in tabs and all custom tabs you've created.

NOTE: No confirmation dialog box displays when you select Reset only selected Ribbon tab.

You can also remove a custom tab by selecting the tab and clicking Remove. This will not affect any changes you've made to built-in tabs.

NOTE: No confirmation dialog box displays when removing a custom tab, so be sure you want to remove it before you do so.

The ability to customize the Ribbon bar by creating your own custom tabs is a useful feature for making it quicker and easier to work on your documents. The commands you use most often can be grouped together, providing quick access.

Reinstall windows 7 starter vis vis Office

Posted: 23 Jan 2014 03:23 PM PST

if I reinstall my operating system will I have to buy a new copy of office?
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