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Microsoft Word - Lost Word Document Last Saved on Server

Lost Word Document Last Saved on Server

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:40 PM PST

I was working on a word document that was saved to a server.  The endnote in text citation function crashed and closed my document.  I re-opened word and saw the auto-recover document.  I tried to open this document without realizing that my server permissions had expired (we have to periodically re-log in).  An error popped up saying access was denied and the autorecover doc closed and is no longer visible.  Is there a way to still recover this document or are the changes I had made gone forever?  Most of the suggestions I have found refer to when this happens with a doc saved on the actual computer and those suggestions have so far not worked.

Any explanation for the strange behavior of Find and the application of bold to paragraph marks before a table in Word?

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:13 PM PST

This strange behavior happens in both manual searches and in VBA using a range-based search. (Well, at least it is consistent in that regard!)

Please excuse the long explanation, but it is a strange behavior! And maybe it is well-known to a few.

Here is the structure of a simple Word document with paragraph marks shown:

----

This is paragraph 1 with some bold text but with the paragraph mark not bolded.¶

This is paragraph 2 partially bolded and with the paragraph mark also bolded.¶

This is paragraph 3 partially bolded and with the paragraph mark also bolded and with a table (not bolded) immediately after.¶

[Table here]

This is paragraph 5 (4 being the paragraph mark after the table above) all bolded (including the paragraph mark) and with a table (not bolded) immediately after.¶

[Table here]


End of document.¶

----

If I search for just the bold font, here is what happens:

- the bold text in paragraph 1 is found/selected (as expected -- it's just for practice ;-))

- the bold text in paragraph 2 is selected, including the paragraph mark

- the bold text in paragraph 3 is selected, including the paragraph mark (except sometimes!)

- the bold text in paragraph 5 is selected, BUT NOT INCLUDING the paragraph mark; HOWEVER, another execution of the search selects JUST the paragraph mark!

Take away the tables, and you always get the paragraph marks included in the initial selection.

So, in these situations, there seems to be some strange effect of the combination of bold applied to an entire paragraph followed immediately by a table.

Occasionally, I have had the paragraph mark excluded from the initial selection in paragraph 3, but I have not been able to reliably replicate that situation.

I have tried applying the bold before creating the tables, and creating the tables after the bold has been applied -- most of the time it doesn't make a difference, but once or twice it seemed that it might have (at least, as explained, the paragraph mark in paragraph 3 was excluded from the initial selection). I have created numerous new documents for testing, so as to avoid any "corruption" from one test to another, but except for the inconsistency that I cannot reliably replicate, all tests exhibit the same behavior.

So ... what practical effect does this have (besides the inconsistencies)?

I am substituting <b>...</b> around the bolded text, except that first I unbold any bolded paragraph marks (including if they result from bold in a paragraph style). BUT when the paragraph mark in paragraph 5 is unbolded, it seems to "back up" the bold selection one character so that the initial selection of the entire paragraph excludes the last character before the paragraph mark!

The result is that I get these "double bold codes" at the ends of some paragraphs: some <b>bold text</b><b>.</b>¶

Easy enough for me to fix in this context, but someone thinking they were getting all the text in the paragraph via one selection or range in VBA would get a nasty surprise!

If anyone has an explanation for this strange behavior, I would appreciate it.

As far as fixing it is concerned, I expect it is just another of the many "bugs" in Word -- many documented 20 years ago and still not fixed -- that we will have to live with. The backwardness of "backward compatibility"!

Style - Using Page Break Before AND Spacing Before Paragraph

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 01:04 PM PST

I am trying to create a set of styles in Word 2013 that can be used by everyone in the office. We want our documents to be set up so that Sections 1.0, 2.0, etc. are always on a new page and have a 48 pt spacing above them, to make the section titles really pop! We want the rest of the headings (Section 1.1.1 etc.) and the body of the text to appear against the upper margin. 

I have made 'Heading' styles in addition to styles for the main body of the text. When creating the style for the Section 1.0 headings, I formatted the paragraph to have 48 pt spacing before, and checked the box "Page Break Before". However, the 48 pt spacing will not show up no matter what I do. It goes to the next page and is placed next to the upper margin. All the solutions I've found are for other versions of Word that do not work for the 2013 version.

I don't know if this is affecting it, but I also created a Multilevel List that links each level to a specific style, which is how I get the 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1 etc. to automatically show up for each section heading and subheading.

How do I get the space before the paragraph to show up???

Merging Excel Data Across Multiple Word Templates

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 12:16 PM PST

I have a report I run periodically that outputs data to an excel sheet in format "name" "value" "value" all in individual columns (i.e., column a, b, and c).  I use the data from this excel to update multiple word templates, which have an embedded table in the same format as the excel.  Is there a way to link the data from the master excel sheet to update these word documents so I don't have to manually?  So, say I have 20 word documents I need to update with updated values from this report I run, instead of manually going in and copying/pasting individually, can I merge the data or link it so I can just run the report and the word templates automatically pull in the new data?  I've played with mail merge but I'm not sure that is the best option.  Any advice is much appreciated.  TIA

Unable to start an Office 2013 application

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 11:41 AM PST

When I try to start an Office 2013 application, I receive an error that it stopped working. What should I do?

Word 2013 - Slow startup ( links with xlsx )

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 10:57 AM PST

Here's our workstation configuration :

- Windows 7 professionnal 32Bits SP1 fully patched.

- This problem is independent of the workstation configuration ( happens on more than one computer: core i7,i5,i3 ).

- This is not network related since i tested the file opening locally.

- Running in a Novell environnement ( Zenworks 11.2.3a , Novell Client 2 SP3 IR4 )

- Antivirus Eset NOD 5

Here's the problem :

While trying to open a .docx file with about 20 links to charts contained in 2 specific .xlsx files worksheets the waiting time is about 2 minutes before we can do anything.

What has been tried :

- Copy the files from the network to local folder (.docx and .xlsx) and remake the links.

- Tried disabling hardware acceleration.

- Tried disabling all the plugins ( Druide Antidote, SyGED )

- Tried to disable all form of automatic links update on startup.

- Tried to disable ESET NOD Antivirus.

I'm a little out of option here, is there a KB out there that could speed up the word opening process ?

Thank you !

Help opening a word doc without editing

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:52 AM PST

When I try to open a PDF document of any kind word wants to convert it to an editable word document and I do not want it to open them this way. I want them to open in the original format and then I can convert later if needed. Please help.

Word 2010 Home Version won't start

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:16 AM PST

Word 2010 Home Version will not start.  This includes excel.  When I did a repair I got a error message "Click-2 Run configuration failure".  Please advise.

Remove multiple pages from multiple documents

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 09:06 AM PST

If I have 50 documents and I need to remove the first 5 pages of each document, what would you suggest as the most efficient method for doing this?

Is it possible to create a macro? Do you know of a program that would help me? Any help would be appreciated!

Issues with Search and Replace Straight Quotes to Smart Quotes

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 08:04 AM PST

Has anyone had issues where Word turns the end quote backwards when it appears after cross-referencing codes?

Spelling and grammar "settings" button not active

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:52 AM PST

I purchased Microsoft Office 2010 and got three licenses to download the software to 3 different computers.  I downloaded the Office software on my desktop (Windows XP) and my laptop (Windows 7).  For some reason the "settings" button under "When checking spelling and grammar in Word" is grayed out on my laptop but it is fully functional on my desktop.  Why is it grayed out on my laptop and how can I get it to become functional?

Selecting part of a table, then remove or relace

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:51 AM PST

Hi,

I have a word document that is made up of several tables.

I would like to be able to select a number of Rows in a table that my cursor is currently in.

I have several Tables so I cannot use .Tables(1) as I am not in that table, so what I want to do is say I am in Table 5, Cell 11, 3, I would like to have the cursor move to Cell 4, 1, in that table and then select all the Rows below of this table (ie 4, 1 to 10, 3) I think its .EndOfTable?

Please check my Add Row section is Right?

Please note that I don't want it to be seen what is happening, so I have turned off Screen Updating, but I think the Macro needs to be set to use Ranges and not Selection.

Here's my current Macro...

Sub Programme_Finished()
'Format the Programme Finished

    'System Settings
    StatusBar = "Please Wait...  Making Changes to the Vurrent Table..."
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    'Select the Rows of the Current Table Your In

    Help Here

    'Delete the Rows

    Help Here

    'Add Row
    With Selection

        'Create the Row
        .MoveRight Unit:=wdCell

        'Select the New Row
        .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, _
            Count:=3, _
            Extend:=wdExtend

        'Fill the New Row 'RED'
        .Cells.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorRed

       'Set the New Row Height
        .Rows.HeightRule = wdRowHeightAtLeast
        .Rows.Height = CentimetersToPoints(0.5)

        'Merge the 3 Columns
        .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
        .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
        .Cells.Merge
        .ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = 0

        'Set Font Format
        With .Font
            .Name = "Poor Richard"
            .Size = 10
            .Bold = True
            .Italic = True
            .Color = -603914241

            'Enter Text
            .TypeText Text:="This Programme has Finished!"
        End With
    End With

    'System Settings
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    StatusBar = ""
    ActiveDocument.Save
End Sub

Thanks,

Neil

Change Selection to Range in Macro

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:23 AM PST

Hi,

I have a Macro that will sort a table then make changes to it.

The problem I have is that I have turned off screen updating, but I can still see the screen changing.

I believe that I've been told that if I use Range instead of Selection than I should not see any changes,

but the problem I have is that I don't know how to change the Macro from Selection to Range.

Please if you have the time, can you look at the Macro that I have inserted below and let me know the changes I need to make.  I think the problem is in the Sort part of the Marco but may also have other places that need to be changed.

I also on some of the tables have a row that holds the information for the last Episode information of the pervious Season, but I don't want this to be included in my totals.

So what I need to do is if CELL(4,1) contains 'S' and 'Ep.' acturally as "Sn, Ep.n" Please note that S is Season and Ep. is Episode and n's could be between 0 to 999.  What I have tried but does not work is in BOLDITALIC in the Macro?

Here's my Macro...

Sub Sort_HDD_Programme_List()
'Sort HDD Programme List

    'Settings...
    Dim styStyle As Style
    Dim WhichRow As Long
    Dim WhichTable As Long
    Dim Episodes As Long
    Dim Recorded As Long
    Dim Watched As Long
    Dim NumberOfCharacters As Long
    Dim ProgrammeInformation As String
    Dim ProgrammeName As String
    Dim ProgrammeNameCheck As String
    Dim SSeries As String
    Dim ESpace As String
    Dim WSpace As String
    Dim RSpace As String
    Dim TSpace As String
    Dim EndOfCellMarker As String
    Dim Find1 As String
    Dim Find2 As String

    'Defaults
    EndOfCellMarker = Chr(13) & Chr(7)
    Find1 = "S"
    Find2 = "Ep."

    'System Settings
    StatusBar = "Please Wait...  I'm Sorting Programme(s)..."
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False

    'Change Font Style
    With Selection
        .HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
        .Tables(1).Select
        With .Font
            .Name = "Arabic Typesetting"
            .Size = 10 '12
        End With
    End With

    'Do Sort...
    StatusBar = "Please Wait...  I'm Sorting Programme(s) that You've Seen..."
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = Not ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll
    Selection.Sort ExcludeHeader:=False, _
        FieldNumber:="Column 1", _
        SortFieldType:=wdSortFieldAlphanumeric, _
        SortOrder:=wdSortOrderAscending, _
        FieldNumber2:="", _
        SortFieldType2:=wdSortFieldAlphanumeric, _
        SortOrder2:=wdSortOrderAscending, _
        FieldNumber3:="", _
        SortFieldType3:=wdSortFieldAlphanumeric, _
        SortOrder3:=wdSortOrderAscending, _
        Separator:=wdSortSeparateByCommas, _
        SortColumn:=False, _
        CaseSensitive:=False, _
        LanguageID:=wdEnglishUK, _
        SubFieldNumber:="Paragraphs", _
        SubFieldNumber2:="Paragraphs", _
        SubFieldNumber3:="Paragraphs"
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll = Not ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.ShowAll

    'Delete Hyperlink Style if it Exist...
    For Each styStyle In ActiveDocument.Styles
        If styStyle.NameLocal = "Hyperlink" Then
                If styStyle.InUse Then
                    styStyle.Delete
                Exit For
                End If
        End If
    Next

    'Create Information for all Programme
    StatusBar = "Please Wait...  Updating your Index..."

    'Collecting Information
    With ActiveDocument
        For WhichTable = 2 To .Tables.Count
            Episodes = 0
            Recorded = 0
            Watched = 0
            With .Tables(WhichTable)

                'If the Last Episode of the Last Season is in Row 4, Column 1
                '.Cell(4, 1).Find.Execute Findtext:=Find1 & "*" & Find2 & "*" & EndOfCellMarker, MatchWildcards:=True
                'If .Find.Found Then
                    'Episodes = Episodes - 1
                'End If

                For WhichRow = 4 To .Rows.Count

                    'Get Total Number of Episodes
                    If Len(.Cell(WhichRow, 1).Range.Text) > 2 Then
                        Episodes = Episodes + 1
                    End If

                    'Get Total Number of Episodes Recorded
                    If Len(.Cell(WhichRow, 2).Range.Text) > 2 Then
                        Recorded = Recorded + 1
                    End If

                    'Get Total Number of Episodes Watched
                    If Len(.Cell(WhichRow, 3).Range.Text) > 2 Then
                        Watched = Watched + 1
                    End If
                Next WhichRow
            End With

            'Get Programme Name
            ProgrammeName = Mid(.Tables(WhichTable).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text, 1, _
                Len(.Tables(WhichTable).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text) - 2)

            'Get Series/Season Number
            Series = Mid(.Tables(WhichTable).Cell(2, 1).Range.Text, 8, _
                Len(.Tables(WhichTable).Cell(2, 1).Range.Text) - 9)

            'Working Out Spaces...
                'for Series/Season Number
                If Series < 10 Then
                    SSeries = " "
                Else
                    SSeries = ""
                End If

                'for Number of Episodes
                If Episodes < 10 Then
                    ESpace = " "
                Else
                    ESpace = ""
                End If

                'for Number of Watched
                If Watched < 10 Then
                    WSpace = " "
                Else
                    WSpace = ""
                End If

                'for Number of Recorded
                If Recorded < 10 Then
                    RSpace = " "
                Else
                    RSpace = ""
                End If

                'for Number to Still Watch
                If (Episodes - Watched) < 10 Then
                    TSpace = " "
                Else
                    TSpace = ""
                End If

            'Check to see if this Programme is the same as last Programme entered?
            If ProgrammeNameCheck = ProgrammeName Then
                GoTo NextProgramme
            End If

            'Set Programme Information to...
                '(This Programme has Finished!)
                If Mid(.Tables(WhichTable).Cell(2, 1).Range.Text, 1, 28) _
                    = "This Programme has Finished!" Then
                        ProgrammeInformation = "(This Programme has Finished!)"
                Else

                '(Series: nn ~ Rec'd: nn/nn ~ Seen: nn/nn)
                    ProgrammeInformation = "(Series: " & SSeries & Series & ", Rec" _
                        & Chr(146) & "d: " & RSpace & Recorded & "/" & ESpace & Episodes _
                        & ", Seen: " & WSpace & Watched & "/" & TSpace & Episodes & ")"
                End If

            'Find Programme in Index
            With Selection
                .HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
                With .Find
                    .ClearFormatting
                    .Text = ProgrammeName
                    .Replacement.Text = ""
                    .Forward = True
                    .Wrap = wdFindContinue
                    .Format = False
                    .MatchCase = False
                    .MatchWholeWord = True
                    .MatchWildcards = False
                    .MatchSoundsLike = False
                    .MatchAllWordForms = False
                End With
                .Find.Execute
            End With

            'Add or Change Programme Information
            With Selection
                .MoveRight Unit:=wdCell
                .Text = ProgrammeInformation
                .Font.Hidden = False
                .MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
            End With
            NumberOfCharacters = Len(Selection.Cells(1).Range) - 4
            With Selection
                .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
                .MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=NumberOfCharacters, Extend:=wdExtend
                With .Font
                    .Name = "Arabic Typesetting"
                    .Size = 10
                    .Italic = True
                End With
                .ParagraphFormat.SpaceBefore = 2
            End With

            'Check if the next Programme is the same as last Programme entered
NextProgramme:
            ProgrammeNameCheck = ProgrammeName
        Next WhichTable
    End With

    'Home
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory

    'Settings
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    StatusBar = ""
    'ActiveDocument.Save
End Sub

Thanks,

Neil

Reference Style Editing

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 07:11 AM PST

In my work I use to cite articles, books, etc in my Word files. However, when it comes to finish the document and give the right format to citations, I have to convert everything to text and erase parenthesis one by one in the text and rearrange the bibliography manually because none of the styles provided by Word fulfills the requirements of my "clients".

Is it possible to change the format of the referencing style (in a user-friendly way)? For example, How could I switch Author-Title-Year to Author-Year-Title? How could I add an in-line citation like "Smith (2012) said that..." instead of "(Smith 2012) said that..."?

Thanks.

Getting the Accounting Format in a Table Cell

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:53 AM PST

Hello,

 

Is there an option in word for me to format numbers in a cell as an accounting format like in Excel?  Meaning that my $ is to the absolute left of the cell & I do have commas every 3 integers.

Frustration in Formatting Word Columns & Rows in a Table

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:51 AM PST

Hello,

 

I work in financial reporting & I spend a lot of time with word tables.  It makes me slightly ill when I think about how much time I've spent trying to fix formatting issues where the table has become too big for word & autofit will start to wrap numbers so that it would look like the following:

$1,000,0

00,000

 

When I want to it fit nicely in one cell as $1,000,000,000.  I will spent lots of time fiddling with font size & column widths to get my numbers to fit & not have wrap text.  Is there a better way to work with word tables?

Why is the show margins button missing in word 2013 print preview?

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:37 AM PST

The zoom bar and Zoom to Page button are there, but the Show Margins button is not. I have searched through every option in Word 2013 and I cannot find a way to turn it on, I am extremely frustrated. I am using Office Home and Business 2013 version 15.0.4454.1510 on windows 8.1.

Intermediate Document Save As Dialog Box

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:36 AM PST

I'm hoping someone can assist me, seems I've turned on an option and cannot figure out how to turn it off.  When I do a "Save As" in Word 2013 I get an intermediate dialog box before it brings up my drives to save the document.  How can I turn this off, I don't remember it being on prior and it's driving me nuts.  Below is the screen shot of the box.  Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Office Online create regionalized version of "Documents" file

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 06:12 AM PST

Whenever I try to start a "new document" in the new Office Online (office.com page), Word, Excel, and PowerPoint create new documents in an Arabic-version folder: "المستندات" for Documents. I have switched my regional settings to English/United States in my Live account, Xbox account, billing options, and anywhere I can find it, but whenever I delete this folder and start a new document, documents go into this Arabic file instead of "Documents".

Is this a OneDrive issue or a Office Online issue?

Any advice?

Add an item to a custom Ribbon tab *WITHOUT* an icon

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:52 AM PST

I've created a custom tab and groups in the Word 2010 ribbon.

I want to be able to add items to each group WITHOUT any icons - just text.

Thoughts/Solutions?

Thanks a bunch!!!

Word 2013: Rearranging rows/columns in tables

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:52 AM PST

I know this question has been asked in the past and not answered. I am so frustrated I could scream (in fact, I have).

I need to easily rearrange rows and columns in my tables (which, as a quantitative researcher, I have to work with daily). I recently installed Windows 8.1 and now the tables in Word 2013 are not behaving the way I'm used to.

Whenever I try to rearrange my table rows or columns by clicking and dragging to the new spot, the row where I wish to insert is now replacing my old information, which I do not want! I seriously don't have time to keep adding a row, copying the information, pasting it to the new row, and deleting the old row. This is very cumbersome, time consuming, and inefficient. My production level is seriously suffering at this point. Is there a way to change to this in Word 2013?

I am begging for help here!

Thank you in advance,

Liz

Corrupted .docx file

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 05:51 AM PST

I accidentally deleted the contents of an SD card I had, so I ran data recovery and got all the files back, but a few of the word documents were corrupted. I did a decent amount of Googleing but couldn't find any fixes that worked. Please help. I can send you the files if I need to, but I'd rather not. Thanks.

Word stops responding when a new autor is added

Posted: 20 Feb 2014 02:04 AM PST

Word stops responding when a new autor is added to the existing ones.

Could someone from the Office team have a look at that?

Thanks

Word cannot open document template ~$ilding.dotx

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 07:00 PM PST

When I tried to Insert>Quick Parts, I would get the message "Word cannot open document template ~$ilding.dotx". I finally found this file in C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\ and deleted it. The problem was solved. Search functions would not find the corrupted file.

Mail Merge via Outlook

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 06:01 PM PST

Is it possible to send a mail merge through outlook with both a personalised attachment and text in the body of the email?

Create a Table in WORD 2010

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 05:19 PM PST

In WORD 2010: format cells to make equalateral squares?

Make a border appear only at the bottom of a table row that spans pages

Posted: 19 Feb 2014 04:31 PM PST

I have a 2 column table in Word 2010 with a row that runs on to the next page. I apply a border to the bottom of that row and the border appears where I want it but also at the bottom of the prior page through the middle of the cells. I appended a row to the table and applied a border to the top of the new row and got the same results. If I apply the border to the bottom of the new row, that works but that leaves a gap between the border and the cell contents. Is there a way to make the border appear at the bottom of the row only? Thanks in advance.

Java to Firefox Linking Problem - Forums Linux

Java to Firefox Linking Problem - Forums Linux

Java to Firefox Linking Problem

Posted: 29 Nov 2005 10:52 AM PST

Tim wrote:
 

Using the Shell Konsole I had opened a new session using the pulldown
Menu options of "Session==> New Root Shell" which I thought gave me a
root session. Then again I've had Linux installed for all of 2 days now. 

That worked just fine and I really appreciate the help. I just need many
more hours of RTFM under my belt.

cYa
SKooter
http://user.txcyber.com/~goldwing

Wiki software

Posted: 29 Nov 2005 03:29 AM PST

Doru-Catalin Togea wrote: 

pmwiki.org (my favorite)
Small, fast and I think the easiest and most flexible. Very active
community.

GRUB Loading Stage2Read Error

Posted: 28 Nov 2005 10:05 PM PST

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:05:08 +0100, alan <com> wrote:
 

Seems alarming, because it looks like it fails during the load of stage2.
The problem I point at below with grub.conf should only affect what happens
after stage2 is loaded.

[...]
 

^^^^^^^^^^

Numbering starts at zero. With only one stanza below, there is no default one.

I don't know if this explains the error message you get, but I would try to
put "default=0" and see if it makes a difference.
 

It does not work to boot from grub when grub is running under a kernel.
The only purpose of running grub under Linux, is to issue "setup" commands.
(Which is what grub-install does for you.)
 

The error message is of course silly, but the overall behavior is
perfectly expected.

 

No, what happens is that when running under Linux, the program allocates
about 100 000 bytes in order to *simulate* the boot environment. This is
of course not enough to load a kernel and an initrd.
 

Looks correct to me.
 

OK, but should not make any difference.
 

The feeling I have is that something is going wrong during grub-install,
and I wonder if the fact that you are running grub-install under a chroot
environment could trigger a bug in grub.

Grub-install tries to find out if you have a separate /boot partition,
and what partition holds your root file system. For this it uses the "df"
command. "df" uses /etc/mntab, but when running under a chroot, "df" does
not have access to a valid /etc/mtab, and might get confused by that.

Do you have a floppy drive on your computer? No? Argh, when the world for
once goes forward and drops that unreliable beast, then you need it.

(If you can boot off a floppy, copy the files /usr/share/grub/*/stage[12]
to a floppy (obs obs obs don't copy them as files into a fat-formatted
msdos floppy, copy them to a raw floppy block device, eg.

cd /usr/share/grub/*
cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0

then boot off the floppy. You get a grub prompt, which permits you to

Grub> find /grub/stage2
(hd0,0)/grub/stage2
Grub> root (hd0,0)
Grub> setup (hd0)

take out the floppy and any cdrom, and reboot.)

Not having a floppy, try to run grub without chroot.

Check if you have grub-install and grub in your path on the rescue cd

sh-3.00# type grub
grub is /sbin/grub
sh-3.00# type grub-install
grub is /sbin/grub-install

If you don't have it, add the sysimage directories to the path:

sh-3.00# PATH="$PATH:/mnt/sysimage/sbin:/mnt/sysimage/bin"

Run grub-install with the --debug option, to see what it ends up
doing. You probably also need to use the --root-dir option since you
are running from a CD.

sh-3.00# grub-install --debug --root-dir=/mnt/sysimage /dev/hda

You should see it assign values to "grubdir" and to "grub_prefix", and there
should be a call to "install_boot_block (hd0,0) (hd0)".

If this went well, you should now be able to boot your new system.

If not, a last attempt: from the rescue cd, run grub's setup command
directly:

sh-3.00# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup --stage2=/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd0)
grub> quit

Again, you should now be able to reboot.

-Enrique

Installation of Mandriva-Linux Limited edition 2005

Posted: 28 Nov 2005 02:23 PM PST

"co.uk" <co.uk> writes:
 
 

? If you set it up with C and D then there is no free space. You will have
to erase one of those in the Mandrake setup (choose expert) and then tell
mandrake to make one swap and at least one partition in that freespace.
 

Just tell Mandrake to remove one of the partitions. If you are already
using both for windows, you have not left any room for mandrake and cannot
install it. YOu need some disk space to install Mandrake on.
 
 

why 6 ttys in /etc/inittab?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 07:05 PM PST

On 28 Nov 2005, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.setup, in article
<dmfke1$2aq$itservices.ubc.ca>, Unruh wrote:
 
 

Assumptions not defined: core dumped
 

Depends on how many gettys you are running out of /etc/inittab. Many of
the distributions default to six, as in

# Run gettys in standard runlevels
1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty1
[...]
6:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty6

but some run other numbers - most of our servers run only two, while our
standard workstation install runs six. We have several individuals who
have customized installations, with up to eleven gettys for some obscure
reason. The 'return to X' is on the next function key beyond the last
getty you are running.
 

Don't have network access? Originally, we'd telnet (or, for more security
horrors, rsh/rlogin) in, but sane people use SSH today, with access very
explicitly limited to the local LAN (or even specific hosts on that LAN).

Also, have you tried 'Ctrl+Alt+Backspace' to shutdown (and restart if you
are using a GUI login) X?

Old guy

FC4: How do I get Apache working ?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 02:42 PM PST

> Cannot seem to get Apache working. 

Okay I have Apache working now :)

I followed some of the following instructions :-

http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_4_installation_notes.html

Aaron

Grub hangs - two hard drives and a CD

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 12:55 PM PST

imotgm <com> writes:
 
 
 
 

It all depends on the bios. Some bioses cannot read from all drives. Since
on booting the system MUST use the bios to read the disks, lilo,grub,
windows, whatever cannot boot from disks that the bios cannot read from.

And some bioses demand that the first disk be the master on the first ide
controller.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Can grub run on NTFS partititons?

Posted: 27 Nov 2005 06:07 AM PST


"mst" <org> wrote in message
news:org... 

He didn't ask that. Grub is a boot-loader. The important bit is usually put
at the beginning if the hard drive, in a bit of space set aside for exactly
that, and it should be able to boot a Windows box just fine. It will
normally replace the Master Boot Record or MBR created by your Windows
installation, and if you un-install Linux later you may need to use a
Windows CD or other means to replace the boot loader.

The part that goes in /boot on the Linux operating system is the rest of it,
but the critical bit for grub or lilo is the bit that goes in the master
boot record.

FC4 on Dual Pentium III

Posted: 26 Nov 2005 11:47 AM PST

> From experience, it generally installs *BOTH*. The information about which 

Thanks for the info.

Aaron

Microsoft Works - Can't shut down IE

Microsoft Works - Can't shut down IE

Can't shut down IE

Posted: 25 Dec 2007 12:46 AM PST

Thank you Mike for the response. This is a different case, because the
computer
is not here before me. It is a computer a fellow has about a mile from here,
but when
get to his place, I'll take your instructions with me. Thanks again for the
feedback sir!



"Michael Santovec" wrote:
 

Degree and copyright symbols

Posted: 23 Dec 2007 10:28 PM PST



G'day Steve,
info is found under help / Character map

Character map can be sourced in XP from
start / all programs / accesories / system tools / character map

If you get a sheet of symbols you can use the num lock
and use for example 0169 for the copyright symbol





"Stephen O. Frazier" <Stephen O. microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:com... 

Works Mail Merge ---HELP

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 10:56 AM PST

YOU ARE A GENIUS!! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You have NO idea how
happy I am right now! I'm doing my happy dance. I will now get my cards out
TODAY! Better late than never!

Sally

"Ken" wrote:
 

Date to text:

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 05:23 AM PST

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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

Adding Holidays to Works 8 Calendar

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 07:02 PM PST

The Works Calendar used to include the holidays, but more recent releases
have that feature removed.

However, because the calendar supports importing iCal files; you can do an
internet search for iCal holiday files and import that into your calendar.

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

Squished images

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:43 AM PST

Hi Robin,

I have Works Suite 2001 which includes Works Word Processor version 6.0 and
Microsoft Word version 2000.

Like you, using Works Word processor, If I just right click on the image
without highlighting it or anything and copy/paste, it comes out fine.
However, if I highlight any text along with the image, it come out squished.

It looks like your version of Works Word processor functions the same as
mine.

However, if I highlight text along with the image and paste it into
Microsoft Word it comes out okay.

I do not know why.

Ken


"Robin" <net> wrote in message
news:com...

| If I just right click on the image without highlighting it or anything and
| copy/paste, it comes out fine. However, if I highlight any text along
with
| the image, it come out squished. So I guess it has something to do with
| formatting with text.
|
| Thanks
|
| "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| news:phx.gbl...
| > If you copy the NBCU PHOTO image on this webpage, does it paste
squished?
| >
| >
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071221/ENT/312210004
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Robin" <net> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | Using Works 8.5, when I copy/paste from a website, the images in the
| > page
| > | are squished. How can I make it where the images paste the same size
| > the
| > | copied? I have tried resizing, but it is time consuming and never
comes
| > out
| > | correct.
| > |
| > | Thanks
| > |
| > |
| >
|
|

Importing mail lists from Excel to Works 9

Posted: 20 Dec 2007 10:06 AM PST

Post back if you need more info, remember, save your Excel data in a format
the Address Book can import.

Ken

"Rob" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Ken - thanks for the extra details. I am using Windows XP so will check
out
| the Windows Address Book - this might be the ticket!
|
| Have a good one!
|
| Rob
|
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Rob, I use Windows Address Book as my data source for printing labels
with
| > Works Word processor.
| >
| > For that matter Microsoft Word can use the same data source to print
labels.
| >
| > If you are using Windows XP you have Windows Address Book.
| >
| > The data set you have in Excel can be imported into the address book.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Rob" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| >
| > | Thanks Ken - I appreciate the response. :) Anyone else have
first-hand
| > | experience with version 9?
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Ken" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi Rob,
| > | >
| > | > I use Works version 6.0
| > | >
| > | > The sort answer to your query is Yes.
| > | >
| > | > Excerpt from
| > http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/more/worktogether.mspx
| > | >
| > | > for Excel, you can save it as a tab-delimited.txt file.
| > | >
| > | > you can open it in Works:
| > | >
| > | > Open the appropriate Works program, Database or Spreadsheet for
example.
| > | >
| > | > Click File, and then click Open.
| > | >
| > | > Browse to the folder that contains your file.
| > | >
| > | > In the Files of type list, click the file type. For example, Text
| > (*.txt).
| > | >
| > | > Hope this helps,
| > | > Ken
| > | >
| > | > "Rob" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:com...
| > | >
| > | > | This doesn't really clear things up for me. My question is more
| > basic.
| > | > |
| > | > | CAN Works pull data from Excel? I'm assuming YES, but don't have
the
| > tool
| > | > | yet to check for myself.
| > | > |
| > | > | I have a mail/phone list in Excel and want to get it into a Works
| > | > database.
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > | "Ken" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > Microsoft Works and Microsoft® Office, Working Together
| > | > | > http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/more/worktogether.mspx
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | > | > "Rob" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > | > news:com...
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | I am new to Works - haven't purchased it yet. I want to use
works
| > to
| > | > | > | maintain a mail list and print labels. I have a data set in
| > Excel.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Is Works capable of importing data from the Excel sheet? Is
there
| > a
| > | > | > | preferred data source?
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Thanks in advance...
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Rob
| > | > | >
| > | > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >

Adding photos to database

Posted: 19 Dec 2007 07:54 AM PST

Your consideration may include dispensing with this solution altogether,
it is hazard prone.
Make your Folder your database, eg "Home Inventory"
If you name your files with a date precursor eg "20071220 edwardian desk"
etc
they will all fall into date sequence when viewed by windows explorer,
or any image program you use.
If you save your MSWorks Home Inventory with an exclamation ! eg !Home
Inventory
the database will remain at the top of the tree, and your images below it.
You are not restrained to poor thumb images, nor by file extensions, you can
have
*.jpg sitting alongside HTML, alongside *.gif, alongside excel or anything.
Updating an image will be a breeze, and freedom will be comforting.


"Bob H." <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Printing multiple pages on a single sheet

Posted: 18 Dec 2007 10:38 AM PST

You are Welcome.

-mae

"Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...
| Great information, thanks mae.
|
| Ken
|
|
| "mae" <msn.com> wrote in message
| news:phx.gbl...
|
|| They sent me the news of the changes.
|| In that newsletter are several links that might provide a copy.
|| http://www.socialsecurity.gov/employer/w2news/
||
|| -mae
||
|
|| "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
|| news:phx.gbl...
|
|| | Hi Dennis,
|| |
|| | Sounds like you have found a work-around.
|| |
|| | Was hoping I could download the form.
|| |
|| | Ken
|| |
|| | "Dennis Marks" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
|| | news:com...
|| |
|| || I had them mailed to me from the IRS.
|| || I ended up leaving the line off and doing a second pass with the word
|| || processor to add the ssn.
|| || --
|| || Dennis Marks
|| ||
|| ||
|| || "Ken" wrote:
|| ||
|| || > Hi Dennis,
|| || >
|| || > Where can I get the same form you are using?
|| || >
|| || > Ken
|| || >
|| || > "Dennis Marks" <microsoft.com> wrote in
| message
|| || > news:com...
|| || >
|| || > | The IRS has added a new line to the top of the new W2s. This makes
| the
|| || > form
|| || > | one line too large to print two forms to a page. I tried changing
| the
|| || > paper
|| || > | size to legal but it still only allows one form per page. I have
| been
|| || > playing
|| || > | with all the settings and so far I can get the top form lined up
| but
|| | the
|| || > | bottom form is one line too high. Adding the extra space between
| forms
|| || > causes
|| || > | the bottom not to print at all. What can I do? Both top and bottom
|| | margins
|| || > | are at the minimum allowed. Headers and footers are zero.
|| || > | --
|| || > | Dennis Marks
|| || >
|| || >
|| |
||
|

Works Version 8 and Labels

Posted: 17 Dec 2007 06:36 AM PST

Thanks Ken. That was a big help.
Don

"Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Does Works7 have a database size limit?

Posted: 16 Dec 2007 05:09 PM PST


"Gene3" <valid> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Well you should be fine, I cannot comment on MSWorks 7, I have 4.5a
which always used to dislike out of date printer drivers, and out of memory
was a usual glitch.
Good luck.

Works8.5 download keeps trying to install

Posted: 14 Dec 2007 02:40 AM PST

Hi Sandy,

The security update for Works 8 or Works Suite 2005
http://www.microsoft.com/products/works/international/Update_1001.mspx

has been out for some time, I do not recall others posting about problems
installing the update.

You could redownload the update or order a CD.

Either way, I would use the cleanup utilities (completely get existing Works
off the computer) , clean boot, then reinstall.

Example of how to do this can be found at...
http://support.gateway.com/s/SOFTWARE/MICROSOF/sHARED/7513181faq24.shtml

Then install the security update using clean boot procedure.

Good luck and let us know your results.

Thanks,
Ken

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

| Hi Ken,
|
| Thanks for your response. Yes, already thought of that... in fact I went
| into MSConfig and disabled all startup TSR's. That didn't work. Went
into
| Safe Mode. That didn't work! I thought I'd try something like Winzip
over
| the weekend; or maybe I've got a bad download?
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > You might try disabling the anti virus protection or clean boot before
| > clicking executable.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Sandy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| > | Hi to all,
| > | New to the Discussion Group. I downloaded recently the Works 8.5
Security
| > | Upgrade. On doubleclicking the executable, a window pops up saying
| > | extracting cabinet files (I think) with a progress bar. The
indicators on
| > | the bar go so far then it starts over and continues to display this
| > behaviour.
| > | Anybody know what's going on here? Thanks for any replies.
| >
| >

envelope printing in works 8

Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:00 AM PST

I, too, am having trouble printing envelopes. I printed about a dozen, then
when I came back to print more at a later time, my envelopes shoot through
the printer with the message "Print Cancelled". I had to press OK to tell
the printer to accept the different size, but when I do that I'm now getting
the message. It worked before but not now.

I'm using a HP Officejet 6310.

"Ken" wrote:
 

OWA : users prompted to log on twice - Microsoft Exchange

OWA : users prompted to log on twice - Microsoft Exchange

OWA : users prompted to log on twice

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 11:28 AM PST

Thanks a lot -- that worked!

Do you know if there's anything we can do to make these settings permanent?
The Integrated Windows Authentication checkbox gets checked off by default
after a reboot, and we'll have to remember to uncheck it each time.


"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" <dk> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Outlook Server Side Rules

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 10:27 AM PST

No problem Joe...I'll keep looking and post any progress.

If you find a solution would you email me at rscott at the domain t4np.com.

Thanks,

Rob

"Joe" wrote:
 

Outlook Clients still point to old Exchange 5.5 server

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 09:05 AM PST

Here is the deal.

The old server became very unstable hardwarewise. It was decided to build a
new server and then move the mailboxes from the old one to the new one. The
old server also hosted the offline addressbook as well as a public folder,
all of which have also been moved the other server. The problem is, if we
leave the server plugged in everything works fine but as soon as we unplug it
from the network, some users are getting the 'requesting data from' the old
server. The common trend seems to be when the users are trying to access
someone else's calendar, that when they get the pop-up message.

Thanks



"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
 

Email Issues with exchange (Reply) to Martin Blackstone

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 08:27 AM PST

OK,
Its quite possible your ISP is blocking NetBIOS packets. If that's the case,
there isn't anything you can do about it.

What you are attempting to do is potential network suicide. It is totally
unsecured and will probably result in you being seriously hacked.

If you are using Exchange 2003, you should explore RPC over HTTPS

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

User to change own address info?

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 08:09 AM PST

Mark,
Thanks for the tip. Instead of using that tool I found this to try:
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=272198



"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Email issues with exchange- I need help!!!!!!!

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 07:33 AM PST

Yes remotely. What ports should I need to have open. Internetally, I'm
fine. Also, do I need to setup a Front end server. I will disable the ports
exposed to the internet. I just don't understand why the POP3 is working
with my MX Record but the exchange option is not. As of right now I only
have the Root Exchange Server role is back end server. Please advise
--
Jermaine Wells
Network Administrator


"Martin Blackstone - MVP" wrote:
 

STM file keep increase significantly

Posted: 28 Feb 2006 01:54 AM PST

Have try but doesn't seems to be fix the problem.
the STM file still keep increasing.

Anyway thanks.

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

Messages Submitted to Categorizer! Ends!!!

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 01:54 PM PST

On that note, If your FE is in the DMZ, you'll want to either open ICMP to
the internal network or disable the ldap ping protocol.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320529/en-us


"Nuevo" <com> wrote in message
news:ujmQV6$phx.gbl... 

2000 - 20003 Exchange Help

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 12:08 PM PST

... make it a member server if you already have Domain Controller(s) that you
intend to continue keeping in production after deploying this new server.
--
Bharat Suneja
MCSE, MCT
www.zenprise.com
blog: www.suneja.com/blog
-----------------------------------------


"Ky IT Guy" <com> wrote in message
news:OnaCjN$phx.gbl... 

Lost Connection after install of SP1 to OS

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 11:40 AM PST

KB 898060


"SPG" <com> wrote in message
news:tAIMf.4118$news.atl.earthlink.net... 

Missing Emails

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 08:37 AM PST

>yes I have recipient filtering enabled, the user is part of the ORG too.

Are you sure that your policies are synchronized across your MXs? I
note that primary MX mail1.rounder.com is not responding.

--Sandy

Installing Exchange 2003 when Exchange 5.5 is Down...HELP!!!

Posted: 27 Feb 2006 07:13 AM PST

I would stop the Exchange 2003 roll out. I would get your 5.5 backup and
running. Assuming you have mailboxes on them, you currently have users
who cannot access their mailboxes. I would get the 5.5 server going and
then go back to 2003 roll out.

Just my opinion,
Nurv

Ramon A. Alicea Jr. wrote: 

Distribution list problem

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 12:08 PM PST

My last post in incorrect, DL's don't have the ability to delegate 'send on
half'


--
Teo Heras
MCSE
Blog: http://teoheras.blogspot.com/


"Teo Heras" wrote:
 

net stop MSExchangeIS never completes

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 07:37 AM PST

Andy,
 

Having rebooted the servers yesterday (Saturday) for MS patches, tried
stopping IS today (Sunday), on one server it stopped OK, the other never
stopped.

On the failed one I was monitoring the stop with SysInternals
ProcessExplorerNt, and can see about half the threads quit before all
activity stops.

I think I'm going to have to call PSS.

Forward to:

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 04:39 PM PST

Hi, thank's for your answers, in fact finally I have both SMTP addresses for
only one account, like say Leif!

Regards!

"Leif Pedersen [MVP]" escribió:
 

Exchange 2003 not accepts a message

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 01:26 AM PST

Jim,
this user doesn't have trouble with any other senders (for now :) )
This particular client cannot send to any user at this domain.

Yes, I am using RBLs. I didn't think about that because the sender doesn't
have any notification. Message just bounce back.
Probably you are right. The issue is that there is no any error.
May be our domain just blocked on senders mailserver?
What do you suggest to check? No one from our domain not complains.

Thanks,
Michael.

"Jim McBee [MVP Exchange]" wrote:
 
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