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Possible external USB hard drive problem

Posted: 03 Sep 2006 03:24 AM PDT

On 3 Sep 2006 07:24:59 -0700, "Glenn Hutchings" <com> wrote:
 

Detection order of /dev/sdX? Maybe BIOS tried booting USB drive? 

Unless you effectively copied /usr/local -> / :( 

Not looking over your shoulder, so can only guess, if it was a box here
I'd boot some install/rescue CDROM and have a look around, maybe temp
install HDD from target to another box for a look -- lots of options...

Grant.
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http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/

Advice for setting up partitions/Semi standard usage

Posted: 02 Sep 2006 07:34 PM PDT

On Sat, 02 Sep 2006 21:34:18 -0500, TwistedDreams wrote:
 

I'll suggest ~6 gig / which will allow more room for updates.

The 4 gig var seems to be a waste.

On my multi-boot system
# du -hs /var
246M /var <=== Mandriva Linux

# du -hs /fc5/var
138M /fc5/var <=== Fedora Core

# du -hs /suse/var
126M /suse/var

# du -hs /kubuntu/var
310M /kubuntu/var

# du -hs /ubuntu/var
221M /ubuntu/var

My suggestions: common /tmp and swap partitions with all other
directories installed in the / partition for each distribution.

I would create a common /local partition to contain common stuff
between distributions.
Example: /local/opt for common third party
application installations, like firefox, java, from the third party
vendor.
/local/downloads partition to hold the download archives.



I have a /site partition for my own creations shared accross distros

$ ls /site
bin config doc ppp sounds

For user stuff, I have a /accounts partition.
Common stuff is linked from /home/bittwister to /accounts/bittwister.
Chopped down ls -al $HOME/ examples:

.bash_logout -> /accounts/bittwister/.bash_logout
.bash_profile -> /accounts/bittwister/.bash_profile
.bashrc -> /accounts/bittwister/.bashrc
bin -> /accounts/bittwister/bin/
comp -> /accounts/bittwister/comp/
.cron -> /accounts/bittwister/.cron
firefox.tar -> /accounts/bittwister/firefox.tar
.jnewsrc -> /accounts/bittwister/.jnewsrc
.mozilla -> /accounts/bittwister/.mozilla

Now I can backup /local/downloads, /site and /accounts on one cd.

Different distributions can have different revisions of the desktop
manager which could step on each other so everything else is in / like
/home.

Your last problem is user/group ids. They can change between
releases and each distro may have different starting numbers for
users.

$ grep bittwister /etc/passwd
bittwister:x:500:500:Bit Twister:/home/bittwister:/bin/bash

$ grep bittwister /suse/etc/passwd
bittwister:x:1000:100:Bit Twister:/home/bittwister:/bin/bash

From now on, I will create the /junk/ account as the first user
account for testing.

All my other user accounts will be 1500+ so I can just
cut/paste to bottom of /etc/passwd, /etc/group and /etc/ shadow on new
installs.

A suggestion for app/system testing. I keep spare ~6 gig partitions
for testing new system/app releases/updates and keep one as
production hot backup.

I'll do a clean install in a test partition, install my custom changes
and if testing says ok, then it becomes the new production partition
and the old partition becomes a test partition.

For doing someting which might dink up the system, copy / into a spare
test partition, change fstab in test, add to my lilo boot loader, boot
test partition and play around.

cannot set system time

Posted: 02 Sep 2006 12:24 PM PDT

The Natural Philosopher wrote: 
.... 
 
 

Way back when the system clock had to be set manually. I don't remember when I
stopped seeing a need to do that it has been so long, on the order of 15 years.
You can boot a computer today without a network connection and get the correct
time. That is from the system wristwatch type clock.
 

I do not have a program called setclock, never heard of it. There is ntpdate
and rdate that I know of. I checked the ntpdate man and "too hard" to guess so I
included what works for me.

Also instead of an ip number set often ntp.yourisp.com works.

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fdisk and reiserfs

Posted: 01 Sep 2006 06:00 AM PDT

On 2006-09-01, Jean-David Beyer <net> wrote: 

Well, either way, he won't be able to see a 'raiserfs' partition. Not
from Fdisk.

Davide

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Quake, it can lead to problems if attempted at work.
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raid 1 and df command

Posted: 31 Aug 2006 08:02 AM PDT

Allen Kistler <moc> did eloquently scribble: 
 

He said hardware RAID 1.
So, I think he's probably got a promise card.
The crappy ones that aren't supported by the latest kernels as anything but
disk controllers. Cos if he's got a REAL hardware raid card, the operating
system should've only been presented with 160gigs worth of hard disk space.

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linux live

Posted: 31 Aug 2006 04:31 AM PDT

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:01:49 +0530, Aravind
<bosch.com> wrote: 
64 MB is not enough RAM for most live CDs. Try Damn Small Linux.


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court follows th' iliction returns.
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reboot on reset

Posted: 30 Aug 2006 04:06 PM PDT

On 30 Aug 2006 16:06:27 -0700, com
<com> wrote: 
If ctrl-alt-del doesn't work, you can try the magic SysRq key. If you
have kernel source or a kernel-*-doc or linux-*-doc package installed,
the information should be in Documentation/sysrq.txt.gz. (Magic SysRq
has to be enabled in the kernel configuration.)


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....and is best for educational purposes.
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ext3 overhead - switch to another fs?

Posted: 29 Aug 2006 02:23 PM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup com: 
 
 

[..]
 

LOL...I had read your initial post and was really curious about
it. Big thx for coming back and clearing things up!

Good luck

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capacity exceeded.

GRUB takes 30 seconds to load stage 2

Posted: 29 Aug 2006 06:15 AM PDT


Douglas Mayne wrote: 

Thanks for the advice, Douglas. I think I've solved the problem now by
changing which drives are masters/slaves etc.

My original setup had both my harddrives on one IDE cable, with my
primary one being the master. I had two DVD drives on the other IDE
cable.

Having switched it so that both hard-drives are on different IDEs
(primary is master on IDE1, and secondary drive is slave on IDE2) it
seems to work fine.

No more Grub waits :-)

- Duncan Jones

Serious problem with Linux on an old PC

Posted: 29 Aug 2006 03:37 AM PDT

Matt Giwer wrote: 

I have.

A lot depends on the amount of RW its doing. I have a friend who
evaluates extremely large mathematical matrices on a 24x7 basis..each
one is many times too large for physical memory, and the disk activity
has to be seen to be believed.

He gets about 18 months out of an IDE disk.

When running big SCSI equipped RAIDED mail servers, we had failures
after about three years.

OTOH or public DNS servers lasted forever..far less activity, nice cool
machine room etc. etc..

Constant seeks and headup/headdown seem to be worse than just spinning
away..

Trouble installing RHEL4.3 from external USB DVD drive

Posted: 28 Aug 2006 10:49 PM PDT

LENHOF Jean-Yves wrote: 

Unfortunately, I have a laptop, and not a BladeCenter, although it's
also IBM.

USB flash drives on FC3 are incredibly slow!

Posted: 28 Aug 2006 11:04 AM PDT

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:20:44 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Will do, but it may be a while. I'll be changing HDDs for FC5 and I'm
in the middle of a project.

Regards,
Charles Sullivan

bluetooth linux box not discoverable?

Posted: 28 Aug 2006 04:00 AM PDT

On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:21:39 -0700, -r dind wrote:
 

Congrats. good for you.

Dave

Alternatives to MS project Microsoft Project

Alternatives to MS project Microsoft Project

Alternatives to MS project

Posted: 06 Aug 2005 06:25 PM PDT

I had wondered about the size of a project file and if it would become a
problem at a certain point. It's also the reason I do not plan on using the
document attachment feature but rather just use links, or someday if I'm real
lucky and get it approved, let sharepoint store the documents and do all the
stuff to let sharepoint work with project.

But I do have another question on the file size matter. It would seem at
this time that project uses its own unique data file structure based on what
has been said. I was wondering if you knew of or had seen any information
regarding if MS has plans to convert the project data file structure over to
embedded SQL?

I would have thought that this would have been something that would have
already been done by now, but perhaps they just never have gotten to it or
they just don't plan on doing it.

Thanks,
Ira

"davegb" wrote:
 

EVM without Costs?

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 12:57 PM PDT

I'd agree that SPI is not really about money but that doesn't mean it's
bogus. I see the monetary aspect of it as merely establishing a common,
convenient unit of measure - regardless of whatever units you choose to
track, the index is a ratio and whatever unit you choose is canceled out in
the calculation. It's simply a way of tracking the ratio of man-hours
scheduled with man-hours performed. If you used hours for schedule
performance calculations and currency for cost performance, you'd double the
number of data fields you'd need to worry about in the baseline. Since the
resource rate establishes an identity relationship between scheduled
man-hours and scheduled cost, and actual man-hours and actual cost, one can
use currency as a common measure and simplify the reporting process. It
also simplifys extrapolating the "S" curves to determine Estimated
Completion Date and Estimated Cost at Completion.

Tracking duration doesn't cut it because it doesn't take into account the
effort required versus the effort expended. Time is only coincidental to
progress - the real measure is how much useful outpout is required versus
how much has output been achieved. True, output is generated at a rate that
associates it with the passage of time but the reason for doing the project
is not to pass the time, it is to generate the output. Measuring time
doesn't seem like its measuring anything of signifigance in terms of whether
you've gotten any benefits for your efforts.

Not that you said otherwise, but I'd interject the least reliable method of
tracking progress is % Physical Complete because it's such a loosy-goosy
notion. If one is designing an engine, just exactly what objective measure
constitutes "50%"? Half the drawings done? The engine block but still
working on the cylinder head? Fuels system done but still working on the
cooling and electricals? Front half done but still working on the back
half? I just can't wrap my head around why so many people want to use it
since except in very rare circumstances it's something virtually impossible
to measure.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"John" <com> wrote in message
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Mulitple Rates for Individual Resources?

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 07:50 AM PDT

Hi,

if you use a project server resource pool, there's a solution for your case.
The link is http://www.bogdanov-associates.com/eng.asp?rubr_id=493

Regards,
Vadim


"Al Wallace" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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how do I get rid of this in my graph(####)

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 07:16 AM PDT

Hi,

Enlarge the column width.
Better still: never type dates into project; it is a tool meant to calculate
dates for yopu.

HTH
--
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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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Which version of project to teach

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 06:48 AM PDT


Stephen Holton wrote: 

Colour coded gantt bars wrt resource

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 05:46 AM PDT

Actually, I've just found the answer in another thread. Sorry for wasting
your time.

"samoff" wrote:
 

Changes in future time periods do not appear to be reflected

Posted: 05 Aug 2005 03:19 AM PDT


Hi Anders The Sheep ,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Anders The Sheep wrote: 

Resource cycle through 20 working calendars

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 11:58 PM PDT

I'll second the other comments on this. From a human factors perspective
this is an incredibly bad idea. The fatigue and burn-out factors for fire
departments, railroad and airline crews, etc that work rotating shifts is
immense and take an extremely heavy toll in lost efficiency, health issues,
job safety considerations, etc and they work far less onerous shift patterns
than what you're suggesting. I think you'll find this to be extremely
costly, if not disasterous, in the end.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs


"Peter W" <Peter microsoft.com> wrote in message
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locking up certain tasks in a template

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 02:43 PM PDT

Not at all, Gary, there's nothing wrong with working within a standardized
framework and accepted procedures. Training in effective methodologies and
professional standards is part of the educational process of many
professions - accounting, law, medicine, surgery, forensics to name a few -
and I don't see project management as any different. The problem as I see
it arises when the project managment role is pushed down the organizational
heirarchy in such a way that it leads to a disconnect between the project
manager's responsiblities and his or her authority to make the decisions
required to achieve those goals. I've done classes, for example, for clients
in the health care industry where hospital ward clerks and charge nurses
were given the designation "project manager" and sent to classes in MS
Project. Yet they had absolutely no authority to determine or even the
ability to find out what tasks were required, what resources were deployed,
what timeframes were required or "nice to have" or even possible, no access
to cost data, fundamentally no real management role at all. "Project
management" was simply a clerk collecting information on what the resource's
bosses expected them to do and when they were expected to do it, and
tracking whether they did it. When a PM is handed a template of the
required project framework and told to use it without their having any input
into whether it should be applied in the instant project, their role is
headed in that same direction regardless of their title. The client's need
for a certain reporting interval, etc, can and IMO should be handled as part
of the project's reporting plan, the development of which is part of the
PM's role in during the project inception phase. Certainly the PM shouldn't
ignore the requirements of any of the stakeholders, but the plan shouldn't
be handed to him as a fait accompli with mandatory compliance either.
Determining the reporting requirements in consultation with senior
management, the clients, and other stakeholders and incorporating them into
the overall project strategic plan is so fundamental to the role of a
manager that it shouldn't be left to SOP. Guidelines yes, but templates,
no. As point man for the project, the PM is the one that should be
consulting directly with the client regarding their reporting needs and not
simply following a predefined procedure.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs




"Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]" <gary AT chefetz DOT org> wrote in message
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Microsoft Word - Using Paste Special, I can convert a large table to an image but part of the table at the bottom does not appear. Is there an unseen boundary?

Microsoft Word - Using Paste Special, I can convert a large table to an image but part of the table at the bottom does not appear. Is there an unseen boundary?

Using Paste Special, I can convert a large table to an image but part of the table at the bottom does not appear. Is there an unseen boundary?

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:55 PM PDT

I am creating calendars using a table and to be posted on my website. I normally use "Print Screen" and "Paint" to convert my tables to images. However, sometimes I cannot get all of the table on the screen to use "Print Screen". So I need to find another way to convert large tables to images without breaking up the table, at least one calendar week at a time (i.e., the first week is one table, the second week is another table, etc.).

These are some things I have tried:

1.  I entered HTML code to float and connect two images without gap in between; I received this info from the creators of the website theme I am using. The problem with the code is the calendar and info is centered on the page and I was informed you can not use "float" as center. Do not want to use as "float: left" because it looks awkward.

2.  Without HTML float code, a broad black line appears between the tables/weeks; I understand it is called "padding". I could work with that if the line only appeared between the separate weeks (i.e., the first week is one table, the second week is another table, etc.). However, it does not work if the data in a particular week is very long and overflows into the next page; that week becomes divided with that broad black line running through and looks awkward and disconnected.

3.  PowerPoint does not like tables.

4.  I don't have a PDF converter at this time and am not sure that will even work. Otherwise, the tables look too small to "Print Screen"; re-sizing makes blurry.

5.  I discovered "Paste Special" which seemed to work by using the size 11x17; this way I could get a very long table/week on that size page. It seemed to be going well until I had a long table that encompassed two pages (using size letter/landscape). I moved the table to size 11x17 to get it all on one page. 

This is my problem:

Using "Paste Special", I highlight the table, copy it, go to another document or page, use "Paste Special" to paste as "Picture (Enhanced Metafile)". Although the table converts to an image, it is not picking up the entire table at the bottom.

I am flabbergasted! I have looked through MS Word, search engines and tried everything to discover why it is not picking up the entire table. Even though I transported the table from the size letter/landscape to 11x17, it appears that where the image stopped picking up the info from the table image is where the info stopped on the first page of the two-page table that was previously on the letter/landscape size.

Could it be still recognizing the boundary of the letter/landscape size and not picking up the info after that? And if so, how do I make it appear? What is more interesting, is when you click on the table that is now an image, it even shows the extra space where that data should be showing but it is not.

I am also open to other ways to convert whole tables to images if you have any.

Once I conquer this, it will be smooth sailing and I will be able to make as large of a calendar week that I want because the info/events will grow. I have updated info for my July 2014 calendar, but because of this dilemma, I am unable to post it.

Your prompt attention would be appreciated! I have my upcoming August 2014 calendar to do and hope I will be able to post.

HELP! Thanking you in advance!

microsoft-word-2013 losing parts of documents

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 02:00 PM PDT

I am working on a project with two other users who have older versions of Word. Sometimes after the documents have gone through a few rounds of editing with the other users and are sent back to me, I only see the first few pages of the document when in Editing mode. I save the document, and can see the whole document. Then, when I switch to editing mode, the last pages disappear and I am unable to view them. However, if I open the document on another computer with an older version of Word, all pages are visible.

I've tried saving in Compatability mode and also not in Compatability mode and the same thing happens.

WORD 2010

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 01:41 PM PDT

Dear Madam or Sir:

          Given that I am unable to find anything on my own courtesy of the wonders of "Search" functions, I am stuck with being here.  My question is simple, to wit:  How may I permanently set the "Display" feature in WORD to 0 (zero)?  I do not care to have to continually go through "Options" to repeatedly do this.

Respectfully,

Greg Falasz

Track Changes Pop Up at Bottom of Screen

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:33 AM PDT

Hello. I just got a new computer and had to install my old version of Office 2007. However, on my new computer, when I use any type of Macro that I made myself, it pops up a horizontal box showing that change (e.g., a pre-written comment) at the bottom of the screen, in addition to the vertical view already on the right (I use Track Changes).  Do you know how to get it to stop popping up that bottom screen? It's driving me crazy!

BEX WINWORD.EXE aplication crashes when opened

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 10:29 AM PDT

When opening any office aplication, box comes up "Microsoft has stopped working" the problem details for word say,

  Problem Event Name: BEX

  Application Name: WINWORD.EXE

  Application Version: 14.0.7125.5000

  Application Timestamp: 53745315

  Fault Module Name: unknown

  Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0

  Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000

  Exception Offset: 00000000

  Exception Code: c0000005

  Exception Data: 00000008

  OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.256.6

  Locale ID: 2057

Additional information about the problem:

  LCID: 1033

  skulcid: 1033

If i open another doc it works ok however documents downloded from nrt will not open. any help would be good cheers rob

problem signature:

Word 2013 x64 Equation Editor freezes and crashes Word.

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 09:43 AM PDT

Dear ladies and gentlemen,

since installing Office 2013 Professional Plus in English on my Windows 7 Professional x64 desktop machine, I had the problem described in this thread as well.

I tried both the x86 and the x64 downloader / installer of Office, both produce the same problem.

1. Does the 'Equation Editor' feature work properly in other Office 2013 applications?
Yes, it works in Excel 2013 and Powerpoint 2013.

2. Do you receive any error message?
No.

3. Download and install the compatibility pack for Office and then verify the results.

I tried this and it didn't work / help. Especially this doesn't apply to x64.

4. Repair Office 2013 installation then check if you're able to find 'Equation Editor' options.

I tried this and it didn't work.

5. I didn't install any Add-Ins yet, I think:

6. I deactivated hardware acceleration:

No improvement.

7. I ran sfc /scannow. It didn't produce any negative results:

7. I used the following fix-it cleaners to remove old MS Office data, but I think it didn't find anything.

8. Cambria Math Regular seems to be installed:

Is this sufficient? What about the differing icon, compared to other fonts?

Other than those solutions, I am really out of ideas (from Google) right now!

How do we write a macro to enforce our desired business rules?

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 09:04 AM PDT

Our agency has a similar problem and would like assistance correcting the problem.  We've combed through several forums and tried all of the suggestions, but the problem persists.

We would like to create a template document that allows users to open, fill in a few form fields in a table, perform spell check, use Review Tracking, route the document using email, add comments, and other similar tracking type behavior.  The problem we run into is adding a header image, footer image, and form version and descriptor that cannot be deleted by the users.  If we use document protection, by default it prevents users from using document tracking, and this functionality is critical to the use of this template document. 

We tried using picture and text content controls set to "content cannot be altered" and "content cannot be deleted."  It works wonderfully, with one small catch:  The error message that pops up when attempting to open.   I've included screen shots of these errors, but the text reads "The file 323001_IOC-Electronic (Option D) cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents."  Details Unspecified error Location: Part: /Word/header1.xml, Line: 2, Column 0," and "Word found unreadable content in "323001_IOC-Electronic (Option D).  Do you want to recover the contents of this document?  If you trust the source of the document, click Yes."  

If we change the image from "behind text" to "in line with text," the problem goes away but then we have no control over placing the image exactly where we need it to be.  And if it's set to "in line with text," we can't place any text over it (e.g, the TO, FROM, SUBJECT lines).

Can you help us fix this issue?  You can find the document here: http://1drv.ms/TXyi7O, on my sky drive.

Word Outline view defaults to 'Show First Line Only'.

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 08:21 AM PDT

I'm using Office 2010, on one of my laptops, Word has started to tick 'Show First Line Only' as the default option in Outline view. Is it a bug? Any ideas on how I fix it. The only reference I've been able to find is several years old and has a system of complicated (to me) macros. Anything happened in the meantime?

Consecutive numbers in the text.

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 08:07 AM PDT

I am to give a presentation with slides.

My text will be along these lines:-

Here is a picture of my grandfather (1)... and my grandmother (2).... and the house they lived in (3)...

The numbers indicate the slide number, and are the cues to press the Advance button.

How can I put these into the text so that they automatically re-number when I insert more text & slides in the middle?

How to Recover corrupted word files?

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 06:45 AM PDT

Recently I have been digging for old Word (2013) files and I have found that some of them are corrupted. How this happened is a mystery to me, and if someone could comment I would appreciate it.


However, what I am concerned with is recovering some of them. Whereas some I can let go without much issue, others are very important. I would appreciate any help in recovering them, either with procedures I am yet unfamiliar with, or using specific software. Free would be preferable, but if best-in-class is pay and I need it, I'll buy it.

Thanks for your opinions.

How do I create links to different parts of the same word document?

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 05:05 AM PDT

I wrote a list of 120 references at the end of a large document. Now, I need to create links from other parts of the document to those 120 references at the end of the document.

Explanation:

1. Somewhere in the document I write something like this... "This issue was addressed in manual 23"

2. I need manual 23 to be clickable and take the reader to that reference section at the end of the document to the line that starts with manual 23

How do I do this?

Indent Numbering - List Style?

Posted: 12 Jul 2014 05:01 AM PDT

So I have a document that has various levels of Headings and bodytext and indents.

For example, this is what I am after:

1. Heading1

    Bodytext

    (a) indent text1

1.1 Heading2

    Bodytext

    Bodytext

    (a) indent text1

    (b) indent text1

1.2 Heading2

    (a) indent text1

         (i) indent text2

    (b) indent text1

    Bodytext

    Bodytext

    (a) indent text1

    (b) indent text1

I have looked at the ShaunaKelly Numbering/Numbering article and about creatign a StyleList but this does not work because the indent lists style does not always follow the same style and the "Restart numbering" does not always occurs, especially if the content is copied into a new document, which will happen a lot. When that happens the default appears to be "continue numbering" so start getting (aa), etc.

How do you get Restart after Style to be flexible, how to get the numbering to be restart and not default to continue?

fyi, these indents are to be "Bodytext" not "Headings".

Many thanks

Text boxes float.

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 11:34 PM PDT

I am producing a workbook for students to complete.

It follows this type of layout.

The question will be here. 

Followed by an answer box here

The next question will be here

Answer here.  The answer is wihin a text box.

This is a screenshot of part of a page.

As I alter the questions the boxes float around throughout the workbook as the text moves position.

Is there any way to stop this?

Is there a template that I could follow to make this easier.

Message "Please wait while we connect to your account"

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 10:20 PM PDT

I saw the thread about Office 365, but I have Office Home & Student 2013.  

Starting earlier this week it would say "Please wait while we connect to your account."  It wasn't a problem until last night when I wasn't connected to the internet at the moment and I had a presentation to do.  I wasn't able to do my presentation because I had no internet to connect to where I was at.  

This is extremely frustrating!!  Whatever the error is, please tell me what to do to fix it.  I have had this same Office Home & Student 2013 since January 2014 and I have never, ever had this problem.  My account is a valid account, I can sign in through the website and it connects when I'm online, but I need to be able to access Office anytime - even when I'm not connected to the internet.

Odd and even pages in Word 2013

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:35 PM PDT

I don't seem to be getting my head around these in 2013 at all.   I have tried entering the header and then inserting a page break, but that does not seem to work.

I need to have the header below and then the same text but in smaller font in black on the head of the following pages.er

Word 2007 with track changes last line of page issue

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:31 PM PDT

I have a long document (over 100,000 words) that was edited using track changes  The document is double spaced and page numbers are at the top of the page.  As I got to the end of the changes the editor requested, the document started crashing on my 2007 laptop.  The document was 'recovered' and so I moved it to a newer computer with a bigger graphics card, thinking that might help.  

Since moving the document 3 weeks ago, it has not crashed.  However, a few new issues have developed.  One is that if I am making changes in the 'Final' version, if the number of words on a page increases slightly, the last line of the page will get kicked off and put onto the following page, often with an indent, whether I want it or not.  I have tried every which way to add the omitted line back into it's correct place, but nothing works.  Consequently, some pages have too much space at the end of the page because of this missing line. This issue is driving me crazy!

Has anyone ever heard of this problem and can it be resolved?

Thanks,

Laurie

MS Word 2010 Menus

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:29 PM PDT

Hello Everyone:

Is there away to get rid of the Menu ribbons and have a drop-down menu

I can not stand the ribbon menu very lame.

damon

Merge Files from CRM 2013 online to Word

Posted: 11 Jul 2014 04:12 PM PDT

Hello everyone:

We are using CRM Online 2013 and we need to have a sub-total added to the merge file in Word.

I need these results

Sub total   = (Quote Discount Amount + Total Detail Amount)

Note Sub total should be $6700

Discount Prices is $1885

Total amount  $4815

not sure how to set up the expression for the mail merge Total Detail Amount

{={MERGEFIELD Quote_Discount_Amount} + {MERGEFIELD Total_Detail_Amount}}

Note I'm using ctrl F9 for each pair of field delimiters and then do an F9 to update the fields

Now I'm getting a !Syntax Error, +!Syntax Error, +!Syntax Error, +

Any help would be great getting very frustrated for I have being at this for a few days now

Thanks

Nomad

removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks" Microsoft Project

removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks" Microsoft Project

removing start and finish dates for certain "tasks"

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 10:56 AM PDT

No problem, simply create a new table (View, Table, More tables) and put
custom fields in it. Then apply the table when you want to look/edit the
data, then re-apply the entry table: no screen space lost.

Custom data on the same row as an existing task won't create a new task. For
project level data:
Select Tools, Options
View tab
Select Project Summary Task

Add data only to the new row 0

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trial version -project

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 09:32 AM PDT

That did not work, because I had activated the trial version already, so I no
longer have the "activate product" on my help menu. I do not have the pnone
number to call in....

"Renke Holert [MVP]" wrote:
 

Formula issue

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 06:39 AM PDT

schemr wrote:
 


Glad to help. But if you want you should break it down and see how it
works. make some changed to it and see what happens. play around so you
wll have a firmer grasp on it. Good luck with that other stuff on your
desk! :-)

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Link tasks from multiple, detailed projects into a master project

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 05:28 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Mark Kyprianou" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Mark,
No. Unless the default setting was changed when the master was built
(Insert/Project), the subprojects will automatically be dynamically
linked to the master and vice versa. Updating tasks in either will be
reflected in the other.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

update a task to 100% for more than one resource

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 05:08 AM PDT

FOON --

If either one updates their assignment as 100%, I assume that this means the
task is complete. Therefore, you should use the following process:

1. Accept and update the task progress from PWA into the Microsoft Project
plan
2. Click OK and then click Collaborate - Publish - All Information
3. Select the task and click Window - Split
4. In the Task Form (bottom pane), right-click and select the Resource Work
details
5. Set the Remaining Work to 0 hours for the team member who did not report
6. Click OK
7. Click Window - Remove Split
8. Click Collaborate - Publish - All Information

Hope this helps.

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Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
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Subject: PWA page in Outlook is empty

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 02:01 AM PDT

I think it's PWA issue. PWA is part of Project. So that question about Project.
IMHO

"whatzzup" wrote:
 

Multi Projects

Posted: 04 Aug 2005 12:21 AM PDT

You have to have a common conversion rate otherwise 1d or 1w of work will be
mis-interpreted by everyone!

Every resource has their own calendar so every resource can work different
hours in any particular day. So, Sue can have her calendar edited to work a
7 day week for a particular week then have the following Monday and Tuesday
off. Or you can have machinery work 7*24.

The conversion rate has nothing to do with hours worked on a particular day.
It is purely how 1d and 1w is converted into working hours. Project uses the
calculated hours and the resource calendar to calculate the finish date and
time of a task.

So you want to schedule an all nighter? edit the calendar.

So you want to have a task done only on week ends? Create a baseline
calendar called Week Ends and in the Advanced tab of the task's Task
Information dialog select the Week End calendar.

project uses calendars to calculate dates and times for tasks. Conversion
rates are for converting days and weeks to hours and should be the same for
all projects so you can consolidate.
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"John Sitka" <com> wrote in message
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Linked Tasks

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:30 PM PDT

Task links are permissive, not obligatory. If I have a task that is linked
from a predecessor FS, where the finish of the predecessor is linked to the
start of the successor, what that is really saying is that the earliest that
the successor can start is when the predecessor has finished. But there are
many reasons why it might actually start LATER than that - resource isn't
available, parts haven't arrived, etc. If we have multiple predecessors
lkinked FS to a single successor, the succesor isn't allowed to start until
the latest finishing successor is done.

In the case of a SF link, the successor tasks is allowed to be declared
"finished" until all the precessors have started, meaning that the earliest
its scheduled finish can occur is when the last to start predecessor has
started.

You could try this. Create summary task and indent your 4 tasks under it.
Link the task you want to control as a successor to that summary task,
linked in a SF relationship so the start of the summary task is linked to
the finish of the successor you need to control. Now the controlled task
will be scheduled to finish when the earliest starting of you subtasks
begins. Usually it's not a good idea to link to and from summary tasks but
there are exceptions to every rule and this may be one of them. I think
you'll find that works.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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Create formula that uses resource assignment units in Project?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 03:35 PM PDT

Hi,

When there's only one resource you could use Work/Duration
HTH

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still 
resource. 
want 
Units 

How can change the cell's color?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 02:02 PM PDT

This is what I thought. Am I the only who thinks they should do something
about it?

Im back to using excel now

How do I make the line separators visible when printing?

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 09:16 AM PDT


Thanks, I should have mentioned that it was the "task list" portion of the
printout (left-side). I've since found out that it was a printer issue. I
switched to another (newer) printer and the lines come out fine. Our admin
mentioned that it could be a printer driver issue.

Thanks....

"DonL" wrote:
 

Parallel tasks in same project by same person

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 09:11 AM PDT

Thanks for your help.
Levelling fixed the problem!
Mark

"DonL" wrote:
 

Project .mpp files...

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:41 AM PDT

Yeah...I was afraid of that! Thanks for your quick response...
--
Mark Byington, PMP


"JackD" wrote:
 

Resource callendar

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 07:26 AM PDT

Hey Shiv,
I thought about that but it is NOT what I want, since it doesn't count the
hours that it COULD do it's thing during the weekend.


Thanks
Ian

"Shiv" wrote:
 

lock gantt view

Posted: 03 Aug 2005 05:06 AM PDT

Hi again,

If you really don't know what I wa talking about this may be long..

1. You CANNOT read the properties of a view so you CANNOT detect whather it
has been altered or not.

2. Fortunately, you don't have to know that; you can reset it to the
original state by all means.

3. To be able to reset it to the state you want you have to define and save
that state. In other words, you have to store the View (which has all the
formatting in it) and the Table (which is the list of columns in teh left
side, width and Title)

4. Make a file (could be a copy of the life file) and define the view you
want.
Also set the columns you want to show.
In View, More Views, note the name of the View (probably Gantt Chart)
Note that you can rename it etcetera, try it.
Also look at the View Menu, Table:..... and note the name of the table.
Save this file (let's call it Viewfile)

5. When teh file you want to fix the view of comes along, open it together
with Viewfile and go to Tools, Organizer, Views; copy yiour standard view
from the Viewfile innto the target file
Same with Tools, Organizer, Tables.

Hope this helps,
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Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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how do I put a project end date in project

Posted: 02 Aug 2005 12:25 AM PDT

Jan gave you one way. Another would be to use a finish milestone to show
the project's end, as Jan suggested. But instead of a MFO constraint, set a
deadline of your desired latest finish date on the milestone. When you
display slack times, such as in the Schedule table view, you'll see the
amount of time each task could theoretically be delayed without pushing the
milestone past your latest acceptable finsih while the milestone itself sits
on the date where your present schedule will cause it to fall. Project's
slack time calculations are identical whether you use constraints or
deadlines designate the latest aceptable finish date. But note, as Jan
said in neither case will Project spread out the tasks to fill the allotted
project length. If you want to do that it's going to be a manual process.

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MS Project Trainer & Consultant
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