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Microsoft Works - customizable database needed


customizable database needed

Posted: 12 Oct 2007 03:54 PM PDT

Hi Flowers,

If you wish, you may send your databases to me and I'll return them combined
and will instructions for doing what I did.

Alternatively, as Rob has suggested. You can match up the order of fields in both
sets of databases, adding new fields as required and then copy and paste entire
databases from one database into another which is content and format compatible.

Regarding the inability to print, this is commonly as a result of using HP printers
with Works. Updated, backdated or compatible driver replacement should
solve this issue.

My email is : org

HTH,
--
Kevin James
Tua'r Goleuni






care to
"flowers" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|I admit I have not tried a new version of Works since 2004, but in my
| experience the versions since 2000 are not really customizable. I can import
| data from Works 4.5a, but I cannot print mailing labels. The newer version of
| works are rigid and inflexible.
|
| I am looking for a database to which I can export several databases. None of
| these are over 300 records, but it would be a major task to retype everything
| in all of them. I truly do not want to start from scratch, but I already
| cannot print from Works 4.5a at home. There seems to be a conflict with our
| new printer.
|
| Fortunately, I still have access to another computer that will work with
| Works 4.5a. I can update at home and print elsewhere.
|
| This is not ideal, so I really need a newer database. Years ago I exported
| all my data to ClarisWorks for a few years and then exported that back to MS
| Works. The two databases were much alike back in the 1990's.
|
| I do not understand why what was so very easy in 1995 is so hard now. Why
| did Microsoft downgrade Works, so that it no longer allows customized
| databases. I cannot use the rigid template unless I retype all my materials.
| Even though my personal databases are relatively small, there are many
| hundred of records in total. It is quite depressing.



Replacement CD for Works 8.5

Posted: 10 Oct 2007 08:26 AM PDT

Thanks Cajunswabbie - what a simple solution!

Works database V7

Posted: 09 Oct 2007 09:47 AM PDT


"Kevin James" <com> wrote in message
news:#phx.gbl... 

Understood,
also why Nanette may wish this type of formatting.



No highlighter icon?

Posted: 08 Oct 2007 05:07 PM PDT

Many thanks Kevin.

"Kevin James" wrote:
 

Shortcut for date entry in Works

Posted: 07 Oct 2007 05:30 AM PDT


"Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
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8.5] 

Wow! interesting.



Works doesn't open files with non-english names.

Posted: 06 Oct 2007 11:19 AM PDT

Thank you. It seems I need to buy a new version of Works just to open
Cyrillic filenames. Pretty bad. And is it really worth it? Considering that
copy-paste "limit" problem occurs very often I think that in my case the best
decision is to get a copy of OpenOffice. Too much problems and limitations
for simple program like Works. Anyway thank you again.


"Kevin James" wrote:
 

my Word files do not open with Works

Posted: 05 Oct 2007 03:07 PM PDT

Thank you once again Kevin. I'll try this.
You're such a big help.

Mary

"Kevin James" wrote:
 

Works database won't save in dbf format

Posted: 05 Oct 2007 02:35 PM PDT


Hi Brent & Skipper,

Same options exist for Works 9 on Win XP.

See the full list here:

File formats that are supported in Works 9
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940005

HTH,
--
Kevin James
Tua'r Goleuni





"Brent" <undefined> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
| Works 9.0 Database "Save As" options on Vista are:
|
| Works (*.wdb)
| Text & Commas (*.csv)
| Text & Tabs (*.txt)
|
|
| "skipper" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:com...
| > I've just found out that version 8.5 of Works database will not
| > save the Table in DBF format., But version 8.0 will.
| > Will version 9 of Works save a database file in the dbf format?
| > I am using Windows Vista.
| > --
| > Skipper-Can
|



Works 8.5 word processor doesn't open

Posted: 05 Oct 2007 08:21 AM PDT

Hi Kevin,

I got the word processor to open without any problem. The spooler issue
hasn't been resolved yet but I'll just write another post. Thank you for
your help.

Mary

"Kevin James" wrote:
 

file too big

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 06:38 PM PDT

i am using version 8.5. i tried to download the update but still get the
same error message that there is not enough memory.

"hold on to your dreams" wrote:
 

Selecting and block-copying text. How to slow things down?!

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 06:05 PM PDT

Thanks as ever, Kevin.

- Ken in Oz
---
Kevin James wrote: 

Works 8.5 Summaries in DB reports

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 01:13 PM PDT

No problem Canuckie, whatever you decide.

HTH,
--
Kevin James
Tua'r Goleuni




"Canuckie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Kevin .. I appreciate the offer, but the actual database has a great deal of
| confidential information. I can create another one & send to you if that's
| OK, but it will take me a bit of time to do that ...
|
| "Kevin James" wrote:
|
| > Hi Canuckie,
| >
| > If you care to email a copy of your database to org then I'll see
| > if the database opens in Works 9 (and Win XP). I can also advise you of any
| > problems I may foresee with the report.
| >
| > HTH,
| > --
| > Kevin James
| > Tua'r Goleuni
| >
| >
| >
| >
| >
| > "Canuckie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > |I have entered summary info in report design & included a formula to
| > | calculate a balance, but none of the columns have a summary in the report
| > | view. I was successful in creating this in earlier version of Works (in XP),
| > | but since converting to Vista I can't seem to get this to work.
| > |
| > | Does anyone have any ideas?
| >
| >
| >


converting an older .wdp file

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 05:20 AM PDT

Open the file using whatever spreadsheet or database program
you have [don't double click the file, but select it from
the file/open menu] and it should be converted when you open
it IF you have the proper file converters installed.
An MVP has offered to convert it for you, that might be your
best option if you don't have the proper converters.


"LdyWldKat" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message
news:com...
|I have been given a file from an older version of Works.
It is saved as a
| .wdb file. I need to somehow extract this info to now put
into a new
| database or even to an excel file. When I choose "save as"
there is nothing
| to change the file type too except "all files". I have
also tried just
| changing the name of the file to a .txt but that doesn't
work either.
|
| Does anyone have any other ideas. I can't even find
anyone I know with a
| version of works on their computer anymore.
|
| Thanks for anyone who can help with this.
|
| Have a great day!
| Kat


Deleting word added to personal word-list

Posted: 02 Oct 2007 08:03 PM PDT

Thanks very much, Kevin ...
---
Kevin James wrote: 

Cut & paste limit with just one or two words in works 8??

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 11:11 PM PDT

Hi Chris and KsClie

For a permanent fix,

Clean up Works 8 system files
Clean up Windows Installer files
Reinstall Works 8

Details here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816273

also see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=297061

HTH,
--
Kevin James
Tua'r Goleuni



"KsClie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|
| I have the exact problem...cannot paste even one work!! I hope somebody can
| answer your question.
|
| "Chris" wrote:
|
| > Hi, hope you can help with a works 8 problem?
| > If i try to cut & paste a very small or large amount of text i get a popup
| > warning saying i have exceeded the cut & paste limit. try reducing the size &
| > try again.
| > Have even tried with just one letter or word & still no joy. Is there an
| > ajustment for this some where?
| >
| > Thanks
| >
| > Chris.



works word processor(can not type anything in there)

Posted: 27 Sep 2007 04:42 PM PDT

Maybe I need to install an upgrade?? Or is it possible I have a virus that
my Norton did not detect that is causing this problem?

"HeatherRN" wrote:
 

The look of Office 2003 - Microsoft Office forums

The look of Office 2003 - Microsoft Office forums


The look of Office 2003

Posted: 01 Apr 2006 03:13 PM PST

It's the icon set it uses when it detects 16 bit or less color depth,
however I'm using 32bit color and at a resolution of 1280 x 1024

Office setup

Posted: 01 Apr 2006 03:04 PM PST

Try an Outlook newsgroup
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx



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http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

"Andrea" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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it keeps asking me 2 put my usename and password when testing

Posted: 01 Apr 2006 03:03 PM PST

Are we talking about Outlook or Outlook Express?

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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.

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

Going from Free trial to purchased

Posted: 01 Apr 2006 12:55 PM PST

Thanks JoAnn for your help though. I appreciate your time! I believe I may
have figured it out. The error message (1406) provides results when searched
but it is pretty complex. It seems to be a known issue. I've followed the
steps up til 7-b. I don't know what the Instance Component Set.# is.

Here are the instructions I've found to correct the problem.
Important This article contains information about how to modify the
registry. Make sure to back up the registry before you modify it. Make sure
that you know how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more
information about how to back up, restore, and modify the registry, click the
following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986/) Description of the
Microsoft Windows registry
SYMPTOMS
You try to install Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 with Business Contact
Manager. During or at the end of the installation process, you may receive
the following error message or a similar error message:
Error 1406 Could not write value to key \SOFTWARE. Verify that you have
sufficient access to that key, or contact your support personnel.
CAUSE
This issue may occur if you do not have sufficient permissions to modify
sections of the registry. These permissions are required to install Business
Contact Manager. This issue occurs when the permission for the Everyone group
of the \SOFTWARE registry subkey is not set to Full Control.
RESOLUTION
Warning Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly
by using Registry Editor or by using another method. These problems might
require that you reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee
that these problems can be solved. Modify the registry at your own risk.To
resolve this issue, follow these steps:1. Click Start, click Run, type
control userpasswords, and then click OK.
2. Create a new computer administrator account.
3. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
4. In Registry Editor, right-click HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software, and then
click Permissions.
5. Click Add, type Everyone, and then click OK.
6. Under Group or user names, click Everyone. Under Permissions, click to
select Full Control in the Allow column, and then click OK.
7. Follow these steps for the following subkeys: •
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curr ent Version\Setup
a. Locate and then click the subkey.
b. Delete the InstanceComponentSet.# string value in the right panel. Note
that # is a number, and the value of this key is
{66563AD8-637B-407F-BCA7-0233A16891AB}.

8. Unregister and then reregister the Microsoft Windows Installer service.
To do this, follow these steps:a. Click Start, click Run, type msiexec
/regserver, and then click OK.
b. Click Start, click Run, type msiexec /unregister, and then click OK.

9. Insert the Business Contact Manager installation CD, and then follow the
prompts to install.



"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
 

Office 2003 Local Installation Source

Posted: 31 Mar 2006 10:02 AM PST

used the setupstd.exe, In the MST generated no source paths where inputed
into CIW during MST creation. I didn't script to delete setup files so to
recap what your saying with all conditions you stipulated met. There will be
no source path no network or CD. So if the files in msocache get corrupted
the resolution is to reinstall this office package again....however the
likehood of corruption of msocache on local PC should be finite on a properly
managed network.


"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
 

Office installs over and over

Posted: 30 Mar 2006 05:03 PM PST

I have this same problem.. I did delete the profile and I have the same
problem. When I make the user an admin, the problem goes away.

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:
 

How to migrate my preferences from one application to another ?

Posted: 30 Mar 2006 06:15 AM PST

ofreeb wrote:
 
Why not save your entire profile? If the reason for installation IS NOT
corrupted profile, then an additional step to what was given here is
copying you entire profile to a different location, or simply use NT backup
to back it up.
--
TIA
Amnon Feiner
http://www.woodcontour.com
Solid Wood and Stone PC Peripherals

Setup.exe vs MSIEXEC with Office 2003?

Posted: 30 Mar 2006 03:13 AM PST

Hi Bob,
 
directly from an MSI directly to solve some problems that 
Using just the MSI isn't considered to be a 'supported 
note the box labeled "important" 
I'd guess there are folks using their own methods and 3rd 

OK, from what I can gather their only concern is "system verification", this
doesn't worry me as the same rules apply to any other MSI deployment. In
other words, it's my job to ensure the system is "verified". However, the
language used in that paragraph says "DO NOT", and that's a concern for the
reasons you stated (not fully supported etc).
 
Point as the source or to use a Local Installation Source 

Yes, well I'm not the only one that thinks LIS is a "barmy" (quoted from a
website) idea. It seems like a security risk to me, where they'll end up
with CAB files in their "hidden" local cache that contain vulnerable older
versions of things like EXCEL.EXE? I took one look at the MSOCache and
OSE.exe when Office 2003 was first released and decided to steer well clear.
 
be 'messier' than putting the parameters in a batch 
batch and ini are text based command lists.

At first I thought SETUP.INI was a good idea, but I have created a tiny
generic deployment tool that can install/manage/uninstall not just Microsoft
products but others too such as Adobe. The Setup.exe for Office is causing
me headaches because I can't use the same calls from the MSIEXEC service;
one example is that my tool can check to see if Office 2003 is already
installed (e.g. from a CD) and then act accordingly such as uninstalling the
mismatched product first and then installing the correct one - useful for
corporate mergers. The other thing is that I want all parameters to be set
in ONE place; I don't want some things set inside SETUP.INI and others in
TRANSFORMs and CMD lines; as I manage Office 2003, Frontpage 2003, Project
2003, that's 3 x SETUP.INI to worry about. With MSIEXEC I can merely set the
properties for all three products at run time. Of course it's still possible
to do the above with Setup.exe, but not in the elegant way I'd like.
 
depending on how / where they might be used 

Yes, if I'd known what the "Office Web Components" were a few months back
I'd never have selected that feature for install! ActiveX was always a bad
idea; if you're going to put something on the "web" it needs to work in
browsers other than IE and on platforms other than Windows. Even for
Windows-only, it's a bad idea as the ActiveX tends to go wrong when you've
got non-admin users and tight security settings and by nature you get a lot
of security flaws found in ActiveX which then allow system level access
because of parts of IE being part of the operating system. The steps users
are expected to take in KB828950 and the "licensing considerations" are
enough to put anyone off; life is too short for such nonsense.

Anyway, the links you posted have clarified the issue of Setup.exe vs
MSIEXEC, I think it's worth trying my new MSIEXEC system to see if it works,
and in theory it will also work with Office 2007.

--
Gerry Hickman


System Requiemenets for Office 2007

Posted: 30 Mar 2006 02:53 AM PST

My poor computer is just barely meeting those requirements - but it does
meet them. Whew!

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:%23$rnFz$phx.gbl... 


install Office XP Pro with Publisher 2002 bundle on another comput

Posted: 29 Mar 2006 05:44 PM PST

Good - it's doable. :-)

Uninstall it from your old computer.
Install it on the new computer. Select telephone activation. Call MS and
explain the situation to them. Easy peasy.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]



"jacchops" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Full 100% Uninstall Office XP

Posted: 29 Mar 2006 01:26 PM PST

Well I updated OL (2k to 03k) recently and did'nt have any of the problems
you mention, but then I was using the same accounts, and in the process I
created a new 03k pst.
Using the mail applet would get rid of all, including profile, but as I
understand it removing the data file merely removes it from the profile. ie
its not deleted.
I did finish up creating a new profile, had some OL probs, whether this was
because of upgrade I cannot say.



"Hughes" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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steps: 


Laptop Crashes When Using Word 2003

Posted: 28 Mar 2006 01:40 AM PST

Yep on all counts with regards to drivers.

With regards to the MSConfig.exe, did that over the phone with tech support.
Still no joy. I will definately try your dependancywalker website when I
get home tonite

Thanks for all you advise, will let you know how I get on

Dee

"DL" wrote:
 

"Send To - E-mail Recipient" Not Working

Posted: 28 Mar 2006 12:48 AM PST

First, have you tried uninstalling all of Office (make backups of your files
including the .pst file for Outlook) and run the Windows Installer Cleanup
Utility? Then try reinstalling only Office XP and see if it works.

--
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.

After furious head scratching, Polyprod asked:

| "Polyprod" wrote:
|
|| I am running Office XP and recently installed outlook 2003.
|| I could no longer use [file] - [Send To] - [Email Recipient] to send
|| current documents as e-mail.
|| So I uninstalled outlook 2003 and re-installed Outlook XP hoping to
|| bring this facility back but it didn't work.
||
|| I just get the message
||
|| "Excel could not start the e-mail program.
|| "Check your network connection. Make sure Office is installed
|| correctly, your e-mail program is set up correctly, and you can
|| connect to your e-mail server."
||
|| Any ideas on how to get this feature working again?
||
|
|
| Thanks for responding Milly,
|
| I have just tried "Detect And Repair". It went through all the
| motions, asked for the disc, then completed.
| Unfortunately it still doesn't work.
|
| I have tried changing the default e-mail program to outlook express,
| restart computer, then tried sending a file using send-to from within
| Excel but it gave the same respanse :-
|
| "Excel could not start the e-mail program.
| "Check your network connection. Make sure Office is installed
| correctly, your e-mail program is set up correctly, and you can
| connect to your e-mail server."
|
| Changed the default prog back to "Microsoft Office Outlook" then
| restarted computer.
| No Luck, same response.
|
| Thanks a million for finding the time to respond.
|
| Any other thoughts?


user agreement in word 2003 won't come up

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 08:24 PM PST

Hi
Thanks for your help, but it didnt work I went through detect and repair it
did a few things and then said office was installed correctly yet it still
wont load the templates.

Thanks again for the help, do you havce any other ideas?

"ANONYMOUS" wrote:
 

No manual on how to install office 2003

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 02:38 PM PST

Surely the answer is 'if its too good to be true it aint true'
There are any number of 'internet suppliers' selling Office products at
'knock down prices'

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<org> wrote in message
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http://www.microsoft.com/office/editions/prodinfo/enterprises/compareprofstandard.mspx 


Activation following new graphics card

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 10:54 AM PST

See:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302878/en-us#5d
Frequently asked questions about Microsoft Product Activation

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826526/en-us
"Your installation cannot be activated" error message when you
try to activate Office 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326851/en-us
Activation and registration of a Microsoft product


bilgey wrote:
 

Product Key Recovery

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 08:08 AM PST

You can use product like AIDA32 (free inventory tools) on one of your PS were
office is install and obtain your Product Key.

You could find it on :
http://www.blue-hardware.com/divers/download/telecharge98.php


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
 

winword.exe stays open

Posted: 27 Mar 2006 04:09 AM PST

According to office updates, I have the latest release. I repaired word, I
think I try Outllook.

Jan Pirrong

"Amnon Feiner" wrote:
 

Outlook Toolbar Issue

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 08:21 PM PST

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something unclear, please continue to use this web, we are glad to be of
any assistance.

Once again, thank you for choosing Microsoft!

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email address book

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 03:31 PM PST

Well, if you don't mind running a little code, you can change your contacts
to all display the way you want - see:
OL2002: How to Change the File As Field for All Contacts
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291144/en-us


--
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.

After furious head scratching, tbsrrs asked:

| No PDA on this computer
| I did import contacts to outlook after clean install of XP Home from
| ME but all the names were listed last first for a few months and then
| something caused some of them to list first first. Checking the
| original contact list doesn't show any difference between the ones
| last first and the ones first first.
| Any suggestions???
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| Do you have a PDA or have you recently imported addresses to the
|| contacts folder?
||
|| --
|| 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.
||
|| After furious head scratching, tbsrrs asked:
||
||| when clicking to in a new email message some of the names are last
||| first and some are first first. It did not use to be this way
||| something made some of them change in the last few weeks. I am quite
||| experenced and have tried all I can think of to correct this. I am
||| running outlook 2002 and win XP home SP2. I hope someone else has
||| had this happen and been able to correct it.


Installing new copy of Office 2003

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 02:46 PM PST

does the versions match?
"tlernst" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Word Label setup

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 02:43 PM PST

Did you try Format - Paragraph?

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"chesjak" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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2000 & XP: Concurrent Installation

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 02:43 PM PST

Agree excessive hassle ... likely ditch 2003 (WORD & OL) for a later day.

I have clients that use only Word 2000 and use of XP or 2003 in editing
(inserting Comments, etc) does NOT result in completely compatible when
re-opened in 2000, even when the 2000 compatibility options are selected. We
have over the last couple years with various new users run time and time
againinto this lack of backward compatibility .... with many efforts to find
work-arounds that just never get there.

Thanks for the reply

"DL" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Launch Delayed

Posted: 26 Mar 2006 02:00 PM PST

Hi Bob,
 

Thanks for the link; it's one to watch.

--
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Margaret

Microsoft Word Starter 2010 default formatting issue

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST

Hello all,

My Microsoft Word Starter 2010 has recently been setting my cursor to the extreme top of the page as the default. My margins are set all at one inch, and I have the document set to show the white space between pages. I don't know what to do, please help! Attached is what a default document looks like for me. I want the page to automatically be set up as if I were to write a paper.

Thanks in advance.

Problem printing an envelope

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST

I'm using Win 7, Office 2010.  After opening Outlook and Contacts, I open Word and click on "Mailings" and open Contacts addresses.  When I attempt to print address onto an envelope, I get a MS error message: "The number must be between 1 and 31" and I can't continue.  In the past, I've never had any problems doing this.  Can anyonem offer any help?  Thank you

Word Dictionary requires LiveID account.

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 12:14 PM PST

We just installed 365 Mid Sized Business on our desktops and have ADFS setup and everything seems to be working fine... 

The only exception is that all the users seem to be required to setup a LiveID account to get the Dictionary feature.  Is there a way either use the AD accounts to login to the Marketplace or a batch process to create LiveID accounts for all our users?  Having each individual create their own account is not going to work and having the IT staff do it for them is going to be time consuming. 

Thanks

Steve

Can you save signature?

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:19 AM PST

I am using a windows tablet with word 2013. Is it possible to use the pen to write a signature and save it to enter again later?

Word 2010 and Excel 2010

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:16 AM PST

I created several Word documents last week -- a text box (red color border) with black text inside to be used as signs.  These printed just fine on Friday on a HP OfficeJet 6500.  Yesterday (Monday) I created an Excel spreadsheet with 4 columns, a combination of color and black text but didn't print it.


Today the spreadsheet will only print the color text and very very light black text which you can hardly see --- I tried printing last week's Word documents and the same problem resulted.  I then tried printing a Word document from 2 months ago and it too printed the black text so faint one can hardly read.


Evidently something has reset itself within Word and Excel.


Help !  



Brenda

novice suffering various problems with office. help!

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:10 AM PST

Problem one. while using office to write, 61 pages so far, I managed to accidently copy a page and it now appears in a home frame, twice as numbered pages. They refuse to be removed and seem to be protected. I believe them to be related to the picture function. What can I do to get rid without losing any other pages? Problem two. When I delete or change script it is highlited in red and I have to right click to select eithe add or remove. It's a **** of a problem and time consuming. I must have selected the function myself but I dont know how, or how to remove it. Problem three I must be accident prone as I have suddenly got two files running exactly the same with the same file name, like a mirror image except that I can alter each one independent of the other one. I have added a number2 to one of them. How did it happen and can I get rid of one without affecting the other? What a mess. Please make my day.

How to manage font list in MS Office 2013?

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:09 AM PST

While it is great that Office allows me to select from a large number of fonts, I really only draft in about 6 different fonts.  I need the rest to be installed so I can properly render documents that I receive from others, but I don't want to have to scroll past 40 useless fonts every time I want to select Royal Society of Chemistry font for a word or a paragraph.  

I have searched on this issue and the only advice I've seen is to delete all the other fonts.  That is a non-starter because I actually work with other human beings who have their own favorite fonts and shouldn't have to embed fonts just to work with me.  My computer has the capacity to store all these fonts locally, I just don't want to see the cluttering my drop-down list every time I draft a document that needs a second or third font.

Surely EVERYONE who changes fonts while drafting documents would appreciate the option of having a sublist of fonts that require NO SCROLLING to select.  Hmm.  Would my problem be solved by creating styles that embed those fonts?  Is that possible?

Thanks,

Michael Sullivan

PS:  The mandatory "Office Topic" drop-menu doesn't seem to permit me to say that I'm asking a question involving a setting that affects the entire MS Office array of applications.  Shockingly, it won't let me identify my OS as Win8.1 (it limits my options to Win7, Vista, and XP).  I'm guessing there's something broken here, given that the previous drop-menu listed Office 2013, which is designed with Win8* in mind, yes?

Keeping text only when copying from other programs

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 11:03 AM PST

After I reinstalled Windows 7 on my new computer, the Office "Options" keep changing back to defaults even though I checked the "For all new documents" window. For example, I had to change it to "Keep text only when copying from other programs". This was with the Office 2007 version. Now, that I switched to the 2010 version, it does hold the option but does not do what it is supposed to do. When I copy paragraph from the Internet into a document, it is pasted in all the original formatting, even though the Option is expressly states "Text only". Coupled with the formatting brush that is not working properly this is a time-consuming nuisance. 

How do I alphabetize a list of Hyperlinks without losing the links?

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 10:56 AM PST

With a modicum of success, I can create most of what I want but the process is tedious.
I have a list of hyperlinks in a word document to be alphabetized for easier use. 

I can copy/place each one but the list is long.
When they were copied into Excel to sort them and copy/paste back to the document but they seem to lose the link.
I tried several "Paste Special" options but they did not seem to work.



Formatting brush is not working

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 10:55 AM PST

The formatting brush has been working about 20% of the time. Even if I double-click it, it gets lost on the way to the paragraph that needs to be modified. I started having this problem a couple of years ago with the 2007 version and now I have the same problem with the 2010 version. Even when I manage to have the cursor turned into a brush, it either gets lost on the way to the paragraph I need to modify or does not change it at all. At least in the old version I did manage to have it modified when I was able to bring the brush over to the new paragraph, but not in the new one.

Unable to open a word document

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 10:20 AM PST

I have recently bought a new laptop and installed Microsoft office university that I had running on my old laptop. I am trying to open a word document (my new laptop is IE 11 and runs on windows 8.1) but when I do I get message "Sorry, we couldn't open 'https://............'.


This document opens on my old laptop so I can't understand why it won't on this?


Help Please... 

Office 2010 Word

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 08:55 AM PST

My mouse pointer keeps becoming unstable. Jumping around like it is not loading. This only happens in Office programs. I reloaded software twice now and it only corrects it for a little while. Ran deep virus scan and found none. Anyone ever seen this?

Strange results printing Calibri in word 2010 with image. PS-printer.

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:47 AM PST

Hi!

I have a problem printing from Word 2010 (ps-drivers). This is a problem I have come across several systems (different versions of Word and different printers). O2010 SP2 installed on at least some of them.

To recreate the problem:

Word 2010/ new doc:

1) Pick format "Title" (from the standard formats included in word 0210) and write: "Printer test".
2) Select the written text and change font to calibri, bold
3) Insert a image in png format somewhere in page or make a screen clipping.
4) Make a page break and pick font calibri, bold, and write something on page 2 (make page break or something if necessary).

If i print this on a ps-printer all of the lower case letter "o" (not upper case "O") is printed as a question mark in square (the letter used when printer can't  write the chosen letter).

As far as I understand it, the problem is connected to kerbering Calibri when there is a png image in the document. I picked format "title" because it has kerbering activated by default. Somehow it effects the text on page 2. I have other results as well but the missing bold lower case o:s is the strangest one i have found.

Also see other maybe related problem with image in document when printing: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-word/text-disappears-when-image-placed-on-page-bizarre/1af75a8e-f11d-441a-b2c5-649963669215

It will be interesting to hear if anyone else out there get this result!

Assistance is required about Microsoft Indic tool

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:45 AM PST

Dear Sir,

I use  Microsoft Indic tool for typing in Hindi at my program (JSP) and insert this Hindi text to database. But when i retrieve the same text in my report (pdf) this gives the out put in Hindi but wrong format like टेस् ट  in place of टेस्ट and निर ि  in place of निरीक्षण. I used iReport tool to making the report in pdf.

 There are many font type available in iReport tool. If I got that which type of font comes automatically or used to type in Hindi, when we type by MS Indic tool.

If i got to know the font type of " Microsoft Indic tool" for Hindi typing, may resolved my problem. Please help ........ I shall be thankful to you.

Bullets in Office 2010

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:17 AM PST

When I click on the bullet tab in my tool bar nothing appears on my document.  The indent happens, but no bullet.  Why is this happening?

Cannot open Word document due to dialog box

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:04 AM PST

When I try to open up a word document with Microsoft Word 2013 this message comes up: "Word can't do this because dialog box is open. Please close dialog box to continue". This message does not appear when I open any other Microsoft Office application.
I can't see a dialog box and so cannot close it.  I have read that changing settings in Norton can resolve the problem, however I don't have Norton. Is there another solution to this?

Thanks

Cannot Open Office Attachments From the Web

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 06:50 AM PST

I have Windows 8.1 and Office 2013 on several new computers. I can open Word and Excel documents from a flash drive with no problems. When ever I try to open a Word or Excel document from the web, (email attachment or Moodle website) it will not open. Excel gives a memory error and Word only says it cannot open the file. I saved a Word attachment to a folder and it still would not open.

I am really mad and upset at the same time

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:14 AM PST

I wrote my whole 4 page essay and now it is all gone what the ****? why do you even have the system called "recover unsaved files" when it does not work? I bought this for more than $100 and it does now worth a dollar. Screw word

What's the most portable way to easily allow users to add a letterhead to a Word document?

Posted: 28 Jan 2014 12:56 AM PST

I would like to find a way to allow users to easily add a letterhead (some text and a logo) to pre-existing Microsoft Word documents. Methods I have considered have been macros, templates, and quick-parts, although I am looking into other solutions. We have a central SharePoint site so ideally the solution would be easily accessible and share-able through a SharePoint document library - that is, easy to bundle up and easy for a user to install.  Any help would be appreciated - I'm not exactly a Microsoft Word power user!

Why Is Word Crashing?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 10:25 PM PST

Hi, I am running Word 2010 on Windows Vista (64-bit), Intel Core2Duo T9900 w/ 4 GB RAM. Although all my other Office applications seem to be running fine, Word seems to be having a difficulty doing anything (even saving) when I am connected to my home network.

When I am at school/work, things seem to run OK. I can edit/save long documents containing multiple ChemDraw images and generally do everything I usually do.

Recently, when I am back at home, Word just crashes whenever I try to do anything. 
--If I download an attachment and try to "enable editing," Word stops, "spins," and then crashes. 
--When I try to save any changes to the same long document as mentioned above, the same thing happens. 
--If I try to cut or paste anything externally (aside from small paragraphs of text from other docx files), the crashing continues. 

Sometimes it will save if you give it long enough (20 minutes or so), but I generally don't have the patience for that, so I close the program (which "is not responding"). As I said above, the rest of Office seems to be working great, and I have never had an issue with anything like this before.

Copying table cell wraps the cell content in square brackets that I cannot remove

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 10:16 PM PST

When I select the contents of a table cell and copy it, Word 2013 puts square brackets around the cell contents and I cannot find any way to remove them. Picture shows an example. Hiding paragraph marks and other non-printing characters does not get rid of them. They do not print, but nonetheless I feel that they should not be there. Any idea what causes them and how to prevent them?

Fill in field for protected document

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 06:26 PM PST

I created a protected document in Word 2007 which had three fields I could tab to. Into these fields I would enter names and dates as appropriate. I am now using Word 2013. I screwed up the document and tried to fix it but I do not know how to do it in W13. I need to be able to open the document, tab to the first field and enter my client's name, tab to the second field to enter a date, and a third field for the client's name again. These are the only changes I allow in this document. I seem to be able to protect and unprotect the document alright, but I cannot inset a text field. (I am not sure I am even using the right terms here!)

WORD PROGRAMME - Locked-in Capitals

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 05:23 PM PST

While using WORD for a long document I must have inadvertently touched the wrong key or something because my typing suddenly changed to all capitals (what was already typed remained OK as upper and lower case) and will not revert to upper and lower case - just stays on capitals!!  It's not the CAPS LOCK key (I don't think it is anyway) but I can't find my way out of it. It's only when on WORD this applies - when on emails or other programmes it's normal. Please advise
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Language for spellcheck will not reset for current document

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 05:20 PM PST

The language for Word 2010 spellcheck will not reset for current document from French back to English. How can I accomplish this?

Associating H2s with Table Captions?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 04:48 PM PST

I'm wondering if there is a way to associate H2s with tables that follow them. Here's the problem: The H2s I use to identify tables show up in my table of contents as I want, but if tables wrap to another page, the H2 does not repeat along with the table. So, there's the remainder of the table on the following page without any identification of what it is (except for the proximity to the previous page).

To get around this, I had thought I could insert an extra table header to identify the table that would wrap to subsequent pages. Needless to say, this wraps  just fine, but now the table of contents doesn't see the table names (which were formerly identified by the H2s).

Another workaround I tried is to insert H2s directly into the table heading, but of course, the font and margins are enourmous--but they do show up in my table of contents. Related to this, I created a new style based on H2 that I had hoped would show up in the table of contents, but I can't seem to get it to show up. I can see this style in the table of contents editor (it is on the same level as the regular H2), and this special style is picked up in the table of contents as an H2 when it's outside tables--just not when it appears inside the table. Am I missing some steps in this solution?

Can anyone think of other creative ways for me to to have my cake an eat it too: to have table headers/captions show up both in the table of contents and have them repeat at the tops of tables that wrap from page-to-page?

I should mention that I don't think regular Word table captions are appropriate because they seem to follow a pattern of "Name" and "Number"--neither of which seem appropriate for my tables and their names.

Word 2013 formatting

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:59 PM PST

Greetings. 

I'm trying to achieve something for a few days now. 
In the picture below, on the first two captions I marked (4 times in red) the areas that I'd like to have coloured in black, and on the third I drew how I want it to look. 

As you can see from the printscreen, it is an automatic style-managed formatting that I'm using for those captions, and I want to, whenever that "caption" style is applied, that those areas are coloured black. 
Note: captioned text spacing, tabs and indent should remain the same - the only difference I want is those areas in black. 

Any ideas on how to achieve that? 

File and Image Size Issues

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 03:44 PM PST

I'm working in a huge, 750+ page document that has been split into multiple sections. I have created figures, each in their own individual document, and inserted them into their appropriate section. One of my goals is to determine the size of the document without the figures. The other goal is to determine what causes the computer to crash, whether it's the document size or something else. The computer frequently crashes even with the smaller, split sections, and I'm having trouble figuring out if the documents exceed the maximum text limit of 32 MB. The total size of the sections with figures is 121.40 MB, but the total size of the figures alone (in their individual state) is 248.37 MB. Why is this? How do I know if the figures were compressed when I copy and pasted them into the sections? Is there a way to calculate the size of the figures vs. the size of the text without moving anything around?

Thank you!

Labels will not print properly

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:26 AM PST

Margins move when I print labels. Print preview they look correct but they move down when printed.

Is abiword compatible with Microsoft word 2010? Does anyone out there use them together?

Posted: 27 Jan 2014 09:12 AM PST

I write and want to swap files from one PC to another at times, but don't relish paying again for Microsoft Office 2010. Does anyone use abiword and is it compatible with Word 2010 and does it work adequately enough to work efficiently?