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Microsoft CRM - Reinstall SFO Client

Reinstall SFO Client

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 10:57 AM PST

Hi,

another thing worth trying: search for the file "MSCRM.PST" on the client
machine and delete it. This one is not always removed during uninstall.

Greetings
Michael


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Direct SQL Update

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 10:13 AM PST

The other caveat here is whether or not you are talking about the builtin
territory support or a cusom field you added to "flag" the territory. I'd be a
little careful about updating the built-in Sales Territory membership through
direct SQL. Anytme there is a GUID involved, I get a little hesitant.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 18:20:33 -0000, "Peter Lynch"
<com.SPAMFREE> wrote:

It will be OK if you're careful; but safer and possibly easier would be to
define a manual workflow to set new sales area, which will be easy to apply
to 200 accounts if you can select them based on some criteria in Advanced
Find


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gettings errors when closing opportunities

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 08:23 AM PST

Awesome!! That was it exactly!! If we entered a value of zero for the
estimated revenue it went thru fine. It also goes thru if we select "System
Calculated" instead of "User Defined" for the estimated revenue. Thanks a
bunch!

"RB" wrote:
 

MessageLabs Anti-Spam and CRM EMails

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 07:21 AM PST

Then sounds like they need to research how to define rules in MessageLabs. If
they can define a rule to allow emails from none recipients or maybe by looking
at the pattern in the CRM subject line, but the burden is on MessageLabs to
allow it through.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:49:29 -0000, "Peter Lynch"
<com.SPAMFREE> wrote:

No, much worse; the problem is the sender domain ie the CRM organisation;
whenever they recieve a reply to a CRM email, it will be trapped by
MessageLabs

Ouch!


"Matt Parks" <com> wrote in message
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Outlook Email

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 04:07 AM PST

CRM Users can set their profile to route all inbound email into CRM. It will
then resolve based on their email address. However, this isn't typically
recommended since then all email (even personal) will end up in CRM. If they
are using the SFO client, they can promote individual emails to CRM.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 12:13:05 -0800, Colin Emmett
<microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for you response.

How about incoming email, if a customer sends a new email which is not a
response to a CRM email, is it possible for the router to capture this and
link to a contact if a matching email address is found.


"Matt Parks" wrote:
 

Problem with the first use of the deployment manager

Posted: 17 Mar 2005 01:31 AM PST

You can't use the User Manager to add a license to a use that is already in CRM.
It is used to add users to the system only. To maintain a user that is already
in the system, you need to do it through the web interface.

The admin user needs to have alicense associated wtih it prior to using user
manager to add additional users. Also, depending on the nature of your AD
environment, not all users will apprear in the list due to properties that the
utility is looking for that aren't always there on accounts that have been
migrated from an older domain.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 00:59:03 -0800, "Michael MARTIN"
<microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for you response!

Yes the administrator account was used to install the app, and I know the
procedure to add a licence to a user (and in particular to the
administrator). But the problem is that, when I log-on to the User Management
the list of users is empty!
And I don't manage to enter the Web Interface of MS CRM using that account.

Even without license, the administrator account should appear in the Users
Management listing no?

Thanks for advance :)
Michael


"Matt Parks" wrote:
 

Cuztomization wont work with Outlook client

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 11:39 PM PST

I checked, and sync is made ok..
Any other reason why it wont work?

-Woltore

Callout didn't work on non-admin user

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 11:35 PM PST

Bingo - Peter beat me by a few hours I guess. I have seen this many times
where the file can't write based on the permissions. And the errors that the
postcallout throw, if any, don't lead you in this direction.

Hope this gets you over the hump!

"Peter Lynch" wrote:
 

Internal Email Routing?

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 02:57 PM PST

Hi Scott
Thanks for your reply. I am considering this option using hotmail or
something, but would really like to somehow do this in exchange. I think you
could set up a child domain or use some kind of strange delivery options, but
I'm not sure how this would work exactly. My director is not very hot on the
idea of routing out to hotmail and back. I have to agree with him, this is
probably not the cleanest way of doing this. This may work for a temporary
solution, but I would really like to do it in exchange.

"Scott Sewell" wrote:
 

Customised Tabs & Forms

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 01:07 PM PST

AS I mentioned before, that isn't supported in the current release. CRM 2005
will offer some additional features in this direction though.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 06:39:07 -0800, CRM integration
<microsoft.com> wrote:

Thanks for the response.
I tried using ISV.Config to add vertical Narbar on the left sife.
It works fine.
I am trying to perform the samething on Horizontal tab on the top of the
forms.


Thanks.


"Matt Parks" wrote:
 

Template Subject - Dynamic info?

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 12:51 PM PST

The slugs will also work in the Subject line of a workflow email. So, you can
put !opportunity.name; in the subject and it will expand properly.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:23:04 -0800, "Jakob Benediktson"
<microsoft.com> wrote:

there is an unsupported way of adding information to other emails than just
templates. It's called the slug method. But it is only possible in the body
text and not the subject line. So my word to you would be, I'm sorry, no

The slog method is done like this: &customer.name;

type that in a regular email (net templates) to get information from the
system into it

/Jakob

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CRM Slow

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 10:01 AM PST

I need to download the hotfixes but could not find a download link for
them. Please guide.
Thanks,
Ruf

about installation

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 09:36 AM PST

use small business server which is the only support single server
installation method. Be sure to read the updated chapter 15 of the
implementation guide. Here is the link

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ddbb17dc-fe7f-4309-b03b-1fc1c4eb6a97&DisplayLang=en

--
John O'Donnell
Microsoft CRM MVP
http://www.mscrmfaq.us


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SMTP Service on CRM Server?

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 09:01 AM PST

I agree, shouldn't be any direct problems with that.

Dav

"Razorback" wrote:
 

Idiots Guide to Post Callouts

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 05:27 AM PST

I'm afraid that if you do not have any coding experience, you will find the
world of post-Calouts extremely difficult to master. Not saying you can't do
it, but the coding background is a hurdle that you need to overcome.
Post-callouts are very finiky and there are alot of small things that can be
done incorrectly with them. I'm afraid you will end up spending a lot of time
trying to work with them that would have been reduced if you had the dev
background with the core .Net platform.

Matt Parks
MVP - Microsoft CRM

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On 18 Mar 2005 04:38:18 -0800, "Bouffont" <com> wrote:

Hi John,

Yeah I've seen those articles, although I'm still stuggling as they
seem to assume you have at least some coding exp.

Right then, I'm going to set myself a tast, I'm going to sit down today
and see if I can make head or tail of them, if I can I'm going to try
to write an idiots guide which I'll then post in here and people can
add to etc!

Let's see what I can come up with, in the mean time please feel free to
add any helpful comments everyone!

Tom

John O'Donnell wrote: 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnmbscrm1_2/html/mbs_crmpostcalloutsv1d2.asp 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/CrmSdk1_2/htm/v1d2creatingacrmpostcalloutobjectusingvisualstudio .asp 
complexities of 
that 
one 
what 
more 
the 
request!!! 

Editable summary views?

Posted: 16 Mar 2005 03:29 AM PST

c360 also has a Dashboard product that offers the same features just about
every entity in CRM (save for Activities). Also look into customer
effective...

-Dodd

"microsoft.com" wrote:
 

SFO issue

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 09:51 PM PST

Hi Nathan,

Thanks for the post and thanks for posting the resolution!

Kind regards,

Mike Christl

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use. © 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved.

cant access the CRM interface

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 04:40 PM PST

What is it doing exactly? is there any error?
You will ensure as Jakob said that the DNS and IIS are working correctly
although you will also need to make sure there is no pop-up blocker or script
blocking enabled on that computer you are attempting to access it from.
Also make sure the DNS suffix is configured correctly or the page cannot be
found error will come up.

Regards,
Nathan

"Armando" wrote:
 

E-mail Marketing Blasts

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 03:27 PM PST

Hi Matt,

Thanks so much for this. I will give it a shot. Does not sound so bad and
if it works, it will make marketing happy.

Will test it out and let you know on this thread if I have any questions.

Shauna

"MattNC" wrote:
 

Graphics in E-mail Templates

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 02:43 PM PST

Thanks!

Will try this out.
Shauna

"Biffo" wrote:
 

Cannot add columns to custom views

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 02:35 PM PST

Hi Christian,

Thanks a lot for the post.

A reboot of the server is a good idea, it could clear a cache that is
holding corrupted forms. Are there any errors in the event log?


Mike Christl

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
You assume all risk for your use. © 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved.

CRM services suddenly not working

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 01:19 PM PST

John,
THanks for replying. All CRM services and SQL services are running.
When I modify the web.config (as someone mentioned on here) I get the
following error message from the web browser:

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the
current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about
the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Unspecified
error

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web
request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can
be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[COMException (0x80004005): Unspecified error]
Microsoft.Crm.Platform.ComProxy.CBizUserClass.WhoA mI() +0
Microsoft.Crm.Security.UserCache.GetCurrentUser(Ca che cache, String
username) +227
Microsoft.Crm.Security.UserCache.GetCurrentUser(Pa ge page) +72
Microsoft.Crm.Application.Controls.AppPage.OnLoad( EventArgs e) +104
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +35
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +750

Any ideas?
Thanks

"John O'Donnell" wrote:
 

creating field drop down lists

Posted: 15 Mar 2005 01:17 PM PST

All of the above are correct with a little bit more

1. Go to the deployment manager and add a new field make sur the type is
picklist.

2. publish the changes. Make sure you check the appropriate record type.

3. Stop and start the web service.

4. go back into CRM choose, home, then settings, then system
customization. Note you must have administrator privileges to do this.

5. Select the appropriate record type, click on the form customization.

6. Add the field to the form.

7. Click on the field, then choose properities. Go to the values tab. You
should be able to add your picklist values there.

8. After you are done. Publish your changes again and stop and start you
web service again.


"John O'Donnell" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - Thesaurus in PT-BR for Office 2010 Home & Student running on Windows 8.1

Microsoft Word - Thesaurus in PT-BR for Office 2010 Home & Student running on Windows 8.1

Thesaurus in PT-BR for Office 2010 Home & Student running on Windows 8.1

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 02:17 PM PDT

Cara,

Estou precisando instalar um thesaurus em PT-BR no Office 2010 rodando no Win 8.1. Alguém pode me ajudar? Não achei em nenhum local dos sites da MS nem uma resposta e nem um arquivo que resolva essa questão.

Saudações e desde já, obrigado.

Dear,

I'm need to install Thesaurus PT-BR in Office 2010 Home & Student running on Win 8.1.   Not found solution in any location of the MS sites .


Best regards,

Linking Content Controls

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 01:03 PM PDT

I'm used to making forms using Adobe Acrobat, where if you give two form fields the same name, the information you enter into the first will autofill into the second (and any subsequest) fields of the same name. I'd like to duplicate this feature in the Word templates I'm creating, but I don't see an easy solution to accomplish it using content controls. Is there a feature I'm overlooking or a workaround that accomplishes the same thing?

Word 2013 Macro Not Work As Predicted

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 12:35 PM PDT

Sometimes I receive Word documents that have a layout other than the one I prefer. When such a document is open on my screen, I can put it into the format I prefer by clicking on the "One Page" button and then click on the "100%" button. When I record a macro following those same two steps, the result is not the same. The macro below causes the layout to go to a single page, but the Zoom is not 100%. What am I doing wrong? Is Word recording an incorrect command?

Sub OnePage100()
'
' OnePage100 Macro
'
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.PageFit = wdPageFitFullPage
    ActiveWindow.ActivePane.View.Zoom.Percentage = 100

End Sub

Error message when I try to open word 2013 documents saved on my c drive

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 11:51 AM PDT

I get the following error message when I attempt to open Word 2013 documents in my c / local drive: - "Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item".

I can open all the files on the c drive that have been saved from Excel 2013.

Visual Basic not initialized

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:23 AM PDT

I am getting the following message when opening a rtf file in word

Same problem as case 1251652659 WORD says "searching for server" and never stops

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:18 AM PDT

Same problem as case 1251652659 WORD says "searching for server" and never stops searching...WORD will not launch

Trying to Get Chapter Titles in Header and Page Numbers - MIND NUMBING!!!

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 10:09 AM PDT

I have a big book. I want page numbers at the bottom of the page and "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc. at the top. I have found this to be utterly impossible. I have been scouring the web for explanations and everything i have read does not work. Doing a Next Page Section Break screws up my page numbers, and even if it didn't do that, there are still problems with it. This seems like such a simple thing that should be able to be done almost automatically, why is it such a disaster?

DEFAULTING DOCUMENTS IN WORD TO HOME versus FILE

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:42 AM PDT

In Office 2013, how can I default my documents to  HOME as opposed to FILE in upper segment of documents?

Losing files and changing PDF to MS word 2013 open in picture formatting and won't let me edit.

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 09:39 AM PDT

   I've been fighting with MS word 2013 for a while, its losing files and won't let me save, without first asking with every doc. if I want to save even when I've not made any changes.  Lost a 10 page assignment,  I try try to recover and the file would not open it was a DSF file?  I called MS support and the tech said my doc. was gone and I needed to speak with a doc. recovery tech. I'm in summer classes and I DO not have time to leave this with the geek squad who didn't fix it the last time I had it in.

Today I'm trying to open a PDF in word 2013 so I can edit it and it opens under the picture format with an + for the curser, so now I can't edit it. 

What can I do to fix this program? I've repaired three times in the last 3 weeks.  I've check with the "fix it" took and I don't even think 'fix it" is for 2013. All I seen was 2010 and issue before then. 

I think this all started when I tried to share a video with a professor, so I've gotten it all messed up.  

I need a list to follow to try and get this program back to normal, at least until this class is over. 

How to generate a Notepad document from a Word 2013?

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:05 AM PDT

Hello Team

How can I generate a Notepad document from certain sections of a Word 2013 document?

Cannot add page numbers Word 2013 (office 365 small business)

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 08:03 AM PDT

Have tried to removing and re installing office, tried to repair office but I still cannot get page numbering to function. I know I can use field codes, but that is not what I expect and is not the way Word should function, What is the fix, Microsoft, not the workaround. I have wasted hours on this feature since all my work requires page numbers. but not on all the pages (the cover, for one). Most of the time, I manually enter the page numbers. On 50+ pages documents, this is tedious. Need this fixed ASAP.

 

an imbeded excel sheet can't be opened in word, it think it is a picture

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:59 AM PDT

I have inserted an excel spread sheet into my Word 2010 document. After closing the document and reopening, I have lost the excel functionality. It only allows me to edit as if it is an image and not a spreadsheet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

On iPad how do I delete a page from an existing doc ?t

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 07:49 AM PDT

I can not figure out how to delete a page from an existing word doc on my iPad

Word 2013 freezes when you past a 38 digit number between double quotes

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 06:04 AM PDT

Hi,

When I paste the following number in an empty new word document, word freezes (reproduceable):

"16863484103375415255768374467839801554"

It seems the Word autocorrect functionality is causes this freeze. If you set "do not check spelling and grammar" as default, the problem does not occur. However, your gramar and spelling errors are not corrected.

Does anyone know a way to keep the Word grammar and spelling checker working and be able to use these large numbers in word document. By example by disabling certain autocorrection features?

Kind regards,

Norbert

remove

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 04:11 AM PDT

Can you  please provide the instruction as to how to delete my name from Location : C:\Users\Jeannette\Documents.

this is found when I send a document 

Daisy

thanks

Make a macro code for tracker change document highlight but "Run-time error 5852"

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 02:58 AM PDT

Dear

I have a tracker change document(total page is 79) which i want to highlight this via Macro code. the code will be listed below.

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Sub HighLightTrackInsertions()

Dim oRev As Revision
Dim blTrack As Boolean
blTrack = ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True
For Each oRev In ActiveDocument.Range.Revisions
    If oRev.Type = wdRevisionInsert Then
       oRev.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdGray50
    End If
Next
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = blTrack
End Sub
Sub HighLightTrackDeletions()
Dim oRev As Revision
Dim blTrack As Boolean
blTrack = ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = True
For Each oRev In ActiveDocument.Range.Revisions
    If oRev.Type = wdRevisionDelete Then
       oRev.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdGray50
    End If
Next
ActiveDocument.TrackRevisions = blTrack
End Sub
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
'
End Sub
Sub Macro2()
'
' Macro2 Macro
'
'
    Application.Run MacroName:="HighLightTrackDeletions"
    Application.Run MacroName:="HighLightTrackInsertions"
End Sub

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When I run this macro, the result is "Run-time error 5852 requested object is not available."

the bug will be highlight on " If oRev.Type = wdRevisionInsert Then".

Could anyone solve this problem?

No Office 365 Program opens any files

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 02:46 AM PDT

Hello everyone,

For a while now I've been having the a problem and it is really getting to my nerves now: whenever I try to open a file with my Office 365 University version, no matter if it is Excel, Word, etc., it will start launching the program, showing the small blue/green/etc sign in the middle of the screen reading "starting", the sign then goes away, reappears and goes to the standard program starting screen offering to launch recent documents and standard document (such as blank). Neither offline nor online repair helped fix it (and i tried both several times) and the only way around it that I found was to drag the file into my browser and after "downloading" it opening it through the browser's downloaded file tab. When trying to open files any other way it just reloads the program and goes back to the starting screen with recent and standard documents. Did anyone have this problem too and knows how can I solve it if the online and offline repair does not work?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Jan

Edit: Also when using the browse window when saving it restarts the program and thus discards any changes without saving. Even with the "ways to work around problems" it keeps on screwing up...

University copyrighted materials with office clip art

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 02:15 AM PDT

Hi!

I am a teacher from a Hong Kong university. We are now preparing copyrighted teaching materials, and will distributed to primary schools in Hong Kongfor non commercial uses.

I have searched on the net. Can I simply used the clip art from Office, with "Used with permission from Microsoft" printed? (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/Permissions/default.aspx#ELC) Or, are there regulations or application procedures, specifically for university?

Thanks, Lucia

Microsoft Office 365 Applications Will Not Open

Posted: 21 Jul 2014 12:44 AM PDT

Hello everyone,

I have had this problem for over a month now, every time I click on an application from Office 365, which I downloaded about 11 months ago on to my DELL windows 8 laptop, the application doesn't start at all. I don't receive any messages of an error or anything, the app simply just doesn't open up. It's as if I never even clicked on it. it registers that I click on it, the hourglass icon pops up on the cursor, but a second later nothing happens.

I have tried the quick repair, and when I try the online repair tool it does its thing for about a minute, stops, then says there was an error.

I have no idea how to fix this, I think the package I bought came with two codes so I can reinstall the program again I think, but I don't know if that's a good idea. I don't want to pay another 80 dollars for an application that should be working smoothly only for it to do this again.

if anyone can solve this I would greatly appreciate it!!

Stop MS Office from Downloading Already Offline Files

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 10:35 PM PDT

I have 2 simple requests: Can somebody please show me how I can tell Office 2013 in a language it can understand this:

a) All my OneDrive documents are already available offline. Please read/open them from the filesystem; you don't have to download the document EVERY TIME! This makes me so very mad

b) I have OneDrive app to do the syncing. So, please cut it out with this Upload Center bull. Just save the documents to the file system (as we agreed) and let the sync engines do their work.

I feel bad that I will have to drop OneDrive/Office integration. It's not worth the pain. I'll just work with Dropbox and Copy.com for realtime syncs and use the OneDrive 1TB for storing movies :)

PS: I am running windows 8.1

Let me head over to the OneDrive page and look for the genius that thought that in this day and age, locking Windows 8.1 users to Microsoft accounts and OneDrive is a good idea.

Word 2013/O365 - Design Tab/Ribbon won't stop refreshing - link to video provided

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 07:28 PM PDT

Running Office 365 Pro Plus  (Word 2013)

Version 15.0.4631.1002

Simple example:

Open Word, new blank document

Type some text.  etc..

On the ribbon click on the "Design" tab.

Next to the Themes button on the far left side are little "boxes' that show a preview of what the theme looks like.  These little boxes won't stop refreshing.  I can't navigate any of the menus on this Ribbon section because the boxes wont stop refreshing.


Here is a URL to a screen capture video I took with SnagIt.  Its in a standard MP4 format.

It shows whats happening

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/m9w5lw1g2k2uxdj/AACZNv2cNGcMCwfk2ytiAJOQa

Why is this happening

Edit.  This is a fresh install of Windows-7 64bit with o365 (32 bit)  I already tried to "repair" office365 with no affect.

Calendar Wizard in Word2010

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 06:07 PM PDT

Suddenly, when I try to use the Calendar Creator in Word 2010, I'm not able to create a calendar.  Everything is fine until I click "Finish".  I then get the message "This method or property is not available because no text is selected."  This occurs when I attempt to create one month calendars and when I try to make multi-month calendars.  How can this be fixed?

Can't file search on Word

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 04:42 PM PDT

I can't do a file search on Microsoft Word.  The results are always blank, no file found.

Ubuntu problem - Forums Linux

Ubuntu problem - Forums Linux

Ubuntu problem

Posted: 27 Oct 2006 09:26 AM PDT

On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:54:04 +0000 (UTC), Ignoramus16855 <16855.invalid> wrote: 

It is now completely messed up, crashes with segfault trying to open
/dev/hda1.

I decided to forget this Ubuntu stuff like a bad dream and go back to
Fedora Core, which I run everywhere else. My son wants Fedora core
also (he is 5.5 yo and likes Fedora better).

i

Changing Motherboard and processor

Posted: 27 Oct 2006 08:17 AM PDT

Daniel James <aaisp.org> writes:
 

Stick in your new motherboard and new drivers and boot up. That is (
almost) iti, assuming that your processor, motherboard, are supported. FOr
example If you are changing over to a Commodore Pet motherboard and
processor, you are out of luck. Or even to an old non-PC Mac from a PC.

Places of potential "problems"-- video card, sound card. You should rerun
the video selection program and sound selection program.


 
This is why distros use modules NOT built in. They need to run on a huge
variety of hardware.

 

Which is why Gentoo demands that you build your own from scratch. Except
for a few situations, it is a silly procedure to follow.

 

I believe that this is nonesense.
 
 

dumb Ubuntu question #1

Posted: 27 Oct 2006 08:14 AM PDT

Michael DeBusk (net) wrote:

: > part a/ sometimes the app appears not to be 'compiled', if that's
: > the right word. How do I turn it into a file that my install
: > program can recognize.

: If you're talking about installing from source code, I'd recommend
: avoiding that for now. I've done it, and it can be a headache. Look for
: a package, especially a debian package (with the ".deb" extension), and
: install that. Red Hat packages (with the ".rpm" extension) can be
: converted with a program called "alien"; install that through Synaptic
: Package Manager.


well, the assumption there is that the package exists as a .deb or .rpm
(the latter can be problematic because it was not "packaged" for ubuntu).
A lot of software exists which is not in the official repositories at all
or they are not updated often enough. For example, Firefox 2.* was
released few days ago and it exists in ubuntu 6.10 but a week ago, you
could not readily get a .deb. You had to install from the web site.

anyway, most well-created packages will come in a ".tar.gz" which is
compressed .tar file. "tar -zxvf filename" will extract the files for
you. The first thing to look for is "INSTALL" or "README" and you will
probably see instructions about "./configure", "make" , etc. Do these
without a "sudo" . Then if everything goes well do "sudo make install
....".Instead of the last one you can try using "checkinstall" (sudo apt-get
checkinstall) .See http://asic-linux.com.mx/~izto/checkinstall/ . This
latter allows a nice uninstall method and I beleive it will let you get
dependencies automatically too.

This is fairly generic but not always true. other programs will have
their own instructions.

Windows Update Problem

Posted: 26 Oct 2006 06:15 PM PDT

On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:03:19 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
 
<snip> 
Yes. There is a command called proxycfg.exe. I believe this is independant
of the control panel "internet" settings, also.

C:\> proxycfg 192.168.0.1:3128

Without this setting, Windows update spins its wheels, then fails without
indicating why. Typical.


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New to Linux, need installation help

Posted: 25 Oct 2006 08:46 AM PDT

On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:05:31 -0700, Keith Keller <san-francisco.ca.us> wrote:
 

Funny, I thought it was Crap ;)

Grant.
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ULTRA SLOW LINUX [PHP HTTPD]

Posted: 25 Oct 2006 08:32 AM PDT


co.uk wrote:
 

OK, let's start with the easy bits: *WHICH* Fedora Core Linux? There
have been 6 published.

Then, look at the web pages that are slow. Do flat text files there
appear much more quickly?

Then, if it's specific to those web pages, review the contents of the
web page. Add little debugging statements to publish timestamps as it
executes different stages.

Reconfiguring software RAID after disk names changed

Posted: 25 Oct 2006 08:30 AM PDT

Marek Zawadzki wrote: 

Use mdadm to set up the array again.

Is it possible to install Ubuntu on my Compaq?

Posted: 24 Oct 2006 10:23 PM PDT

In article <com>,
com says... 

And the default is to warn people not to use NO security, unless you
like a lot of unsecured spots all over the place, and when we teach
people about security we always tell them to NOT use WEP.
 

No, I've clearly stated that the default driver did not include WPA
ability, that it should include it, and that if they are going to
include WEP they should also include WPA, by default.
 

I could say the same about people that don't understand the human side
of computing, that don't understand security, that completely miss the
point of having a secure network/device.

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single home partition multiple linuxs?

Posted: 24 Oct 2006 04:26 PM PDT

Bit Twister wrote: 
Thanks for the input. I think I will stay with what I am doing. It kinda looks
like it is ok. When I started with Linux I was running Caldera and they only
asked for the swap and root partitions. I switched to Slack and just kept doing
the same. It works so maybe it is not so wrong.
Thanks again for your input.


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Adding packages to kubuntu - in particular, mozilla

Posted: 22 Oct 2006 03:47 PM PDT

> > Mike WN5PMROnly Kubuntu doesn't use synaptic - it comes with Adept. Start Adept 

Thanks much. Installing Adept to install Synaptic and then using
Synaptic to install packages worked damn well.

SD

Means of saving bash_history regularly

Posted: 22 Oct 2006 09:42 AM PDT

On 2006-10-22, Unruh wrote: 

man bash:

If the histappend shell option is enabled (see the description
of shopt under SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS below), the lines are
appended to the history file, otherwise the history file is
overwritten. If HISTFILE is unset, or if the history file is
unwritable, the history is not saved.

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Knopix 5.0.1: Customising

Posted: 22 Oct 2006 09:04 AM PDT

Maurice Batey wrote: 
glad to have been of help Maurice. Enjoy.

Mike WN5PMR

vim - sed search/replace compatibility

Posted: 21 Oct 2006 01:02 PM PDT

> On Oct 23, 2:46 pm, Chris Cox <net> wrote: 
[...]truncated


Hay, I cant read that! (I'm getting old) Could you use some other char
other than '/' in that s///... like s!!! (or s,,, if you have history
problems)

ANYTHING but / is so much easier to read (without the \/s in there).

Even better to avoid command scripts to interactive commands and use a
tool designed for what you are trying to do. And ' can quote those
'\'s for you too, but then sed uses them (bummer).

My sed (GNU sed? on Fedora 5) has edit in place... how about yours?

SED(1) User Commands SED(1)
NAME
sed - stream editor for filtering and transforming text
[...]
-i[SUFFIX], --in-place[=SUFFIX]
edit files in place (makes backup if extension supplied)

.... a quick test
echo 'one \two/ three' > xx
sed -i.BAK 's!\\!/!' xx
diff xx.BAK xx
and I get
1c1
< one \two/ three
--- 

... I guess since you need to replace '\\' you will need '\\\\' and it gets
really ugly, so how about

nasty='/Documents/%20and/%20Settings/Tom/Desktop/Web/%20Pics/'

FS='/'
BS='\\\\'
worse="${nasty//$FS/$BS}" # This is a BASH-ism, dont try with ksh etc

sed -i "s!file:///C:$nasty!/pics/!" $1

.... ok, I don't know if it will work anymore...
Now I remember why I'm not a programmer anymore.

... Just ignore me. I do.

Linux version for dual booting?

Posted: 21 Oct 2006 07:58 AM PDT


***** charles wrote:
 

Yeah, laptops are the hardest systems for configuring. They tend to
have new graphics chipsets that no one in the Linux world has had the
time or energy to integrate new drivers for, and other strange
peripheral chipsets that can be very difficult to integrate. It's why I
prefer not to work with brand new laptops, but those that are about six
years old, so some other person has the opportunity to work out and
publish any difficult workarounds.

hibernating (S4?) with no swap

Posted: 20 Oct 2006 03:37 PM PDT

In article <uni-freiburg.de>,
LEE Sau Dan <uni-freiburg.de> wrote: 

FWIW, it unmounted all the filesystems (TYVM, swsusp) then aborted on 2.6.18.
 

Well, the main reason I would use suspend-to-disk is so it _wouldn't_
use battery.
 

Thanks. I'll look into suspend2. Any idea where I find that, or is
Google my friend here?

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best distro to install on CF card?

Posted: 20 Oct 2006 08:51 AM PDT

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:44:07 +0000, Peter Lynch wrote:
 

How much RAM do you have currently in the box? You don't need much, if
all you're going to do is run a very limited -- no X, shell only -- task
specific system. Something like that would only require a few megs of RAM
for the system ram disk. And by a few, I mean 4 megs or so.

I have a little floppy "rescue" system that loads a fairly complete system
(shell only) on a 4 meg ramdisk, but only uses 2.6 megs of it, leaving
ample room for logs, temporary files, etc.

Stef

accessing the simplest grub prompt when booting from HD

Posted: 19 Oct 2006 05:05 AM PDT

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 15:42:15 -0700, neuneudr wrote:
 
The boot loader is a fundamental concept of operating systems. The
function that the loader provides may go unnoticed, especially if your
computer arrived with the OS preinstalled, and the boot loader is
functioning correctly. Even when you first install GNU/Linux, you may not
have noticed that the loader was changed. That is because a lot of the new
setup programs hide complexities from the end user in the name of
"user-friendliness." IMO, they may not be doing you any favors. It is
better to understand this concept from the start. That way, if you
"break" the loader, you'll be in a better position to understand what
needs to be done to fix it. The idea behind the loader isn't really that
hard to understand. Take a few minutes to read the documentation. This
looks like a good overview which supplements the official documentation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRand_Unified_Bootloader

Back to your original question...
This screenshot shows the grub boot menu:
http://www.xmission.com/~ddmayne2/10.2-live/screenshots/ss01.2006-07-23.png

If your grub loader is installed correctly, then it should display
something similar for you. Notice the bottom of the screenshot which
states:

"...Press Enter to boot the selected OS, 'e' to edit the commands before
booting, or 'c' for a command-line."

Pressing 'c' will give direct access to the grub shell and its pre-boot
environment. That may be what your original question was driving at.

Also, when the loader cannot find its menu (because it absent), the
default action is to go directly to the grub shell at boot:

grub>

--
Douglas Mayne

setup network problem

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 08:29 PM PDT

On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 20:10:28 -0500, net wrote:
 
Interesting unable to find my dvd I downloaded a new set of isos blew
them to CDs and tried again to reinstall. Everything worked no nic
problem and audio now works. It found all things that it should have.
I tried this again because of the other person(thank you) saying that
lspci should show the nic even thru it was on the motherboard. I had
tried reinstalling from the dvd before but this did not help. I found
the dvd later and booted and had it check the dvd , it said it was
fine. In retrospect I am glad this happened(my problem), I believed I
learned more in a couple of weeks than I have learned in a long time
just using linux.

simple Q again

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 01:41 PM PDT

On 18 Oct 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.setup, in article
<googlegroups.com>, Swingingming wrote:
 

I suspect that is a typo - should be a '.tgz' file, which is a tarball
compressed with gzip.
 

Find a command line, and run the command

tar -ztf /path/to/name.of.tgz

making the obvious corrections. Look at the file names it is reporting.
Do they begin with a directory name

[compton ~]$ tar -ztf downloads/arping-2.01.tgz | column
arping-2.01/ arping-2.01/openbsd.h
arping-2.01/Makefile arping-2.01/solaris.h
arping-2.01/LICENSE arping-2.01/arping-2/
arping-2.01/arping.8 arping-2.01/arping-2/install-sh
arping-2.01/arping.c arping-2.01/arping-2/configure.in
arping-2.01/README arping-2.01/arping-2/arping.c
arping-2.01/arping.yodl arping-2.01/arping-scan-net.sh
arping-2.01/freebsd.h
[compton ~]$

In this example, there is a directory name (arping-2.01/) and this means
that the contents of the tarball will be placed in a directory named
arping-2.01 in "this" directory. On the other hand, it might have an
absolute pathname (/usr/src/arping-2.01/ for example) which means that
the files will be placed somewhere else. Lastly, it may be lacking a
directory name, and all you see is filenames, like this

Makefile arping.yodl arping-2/install-sh
LICENSE freebsd.h arping-2/configure.in
arping.8 openbsd.h arping-2/arping.c
arping.c solaris.h arping-scan-net.sh
README arping-2/

which means it will drop the files "right here" (which gets messy). In
this latter case, make a directory (mkdir directory_name), and move the
tarball into that directory (mv tarball.tgz directory_name), and change
into that directory (cd directory_name).

Execute the command 'tar -zxf tarball.tgz' (making the obvious correction)
and then change to the directory where the "new" files are located. Run the
command 'ls' to see what you have, and then start reading - paying attention
to the files in all CAPITAL letters - like README.
 

Unfortunately, that depends entirely on the instructions that are found
in the tarball. Start with the README and see what it tells you to do.
Make sure this source is meant for your distribution and release. Pay
attention to the kernel version numbers (run 'uname -a' to see what you
have now). You will probably also need the development packages, including
the compiler and GNU 'make'. These are not installed by default, so you
may need to install them before going further.

You may find additional help in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandriva
but I'd suggest you post from your ISP's news server RATHER THAN GOOGLE
because some otherwise helpful people don't see posts from groups.google.com.

Old guy

Unable to boot linux

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 12:04 PM PDT

Kiran Kumar wrote: 

In my other post I meant created a Logical partition as with parted or some
other tool and then install on that logical partition. It reads like you tried
to create the linux partitions by hand. You do not do that.

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How to fix bootfiles installed with VMWare?

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 09:28 AM PDT


Allen Kistler wrote: 

That's what i found out t. Downloaded the rescue-cd, used chroot and
reinstalled the kernel. And then it added scsi-hdd support:)

Booting Linux from an external USB drive

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 07:20 AM PDT

Mike wrote: 
Try using the flash drive in a USB-1.1 port. I don't care if it's
slower, it's usually a working solution.


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hi, simple question

Posted: 18 Oct 2006 01:16 AM PDT

Good point. I was assuming that, in the setup stage, he was probably
operating as su. For a long time after I started learning Linux, I
couldn't see a reason to be anything but root. ; )



On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 12:54:03 +1000, faeychild <com>
wrote:
 

New Install Needing Partition Help

Posted: 17 Oct 2006 01:53 PM PDT

Im at that point where Im wanting more security on my system, like
partitioning /home, but I do not fully understand partitioning. I have
read and read over the past four days so I have pieced together
something that I think is correct.

I was told not to put the /root account on a primay and only /boot on a
primary. I dont know if that is correct or not. But I did it the other
way - now I wonder if I have to, or need to, change it.

FC5 Install Hang: ACPI: Assume Root Bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] bus is 0

Posted: 17 Oct 2006 07:14 AM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup Jim Garrison <com>: 
 
 
[..]
 
 
 
 

Really? Iirc the same kernel parameter were mentioned in the URL
I posted...
 
 
 
[..]
 

Glad to hear!

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Microsoft Word - Word for iPad won't list OneDrive Files

Microsoft Word - Word for iPad won't list OneDrive Files

Word for iPad won't list OneDrive Files

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 07:35 AM PDT

I have been using OpenOffice on my Windows computer and OfficeSuite on my iPad since Microsoft Office was not available everywhere.  When Word for iPad came out, I purchased Office 365 and have it on my computer and iPad.  I am having trouble with my Word for iPad.  The app itself works fine, but I can't open my files on Onedrive (which is where I save my files so I can access them everywhere).  When I open Word for iPad and go to my OneDrive Documents, I get an error to check my internet connection (but only when I go to Documents, it works fine when I go to Music or Pictures or Recent Files), but I am connected.  Very annoying and I had to go back to OfficeSuite and will have to not renew my Office 365 if not fixed soon.  This has been a problem for months, and still not fixed.

ms word program and file does not open

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 02:14 AM PDT

"Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file" error when you try to install, update or start a program or file

heading automation in the header

Posted: 20 Jul 2014 01:23 AM PDT

Hej!

I have a problem with the automation of the headline.

In the header, I want the heading formatted with "heading 2". But, if there is no "heading 2" under "heading 1", there should be "heading 1" in the headline.

 

The following solutions with code fields are not working, I have already tried:
  • { STYLEREF "heading 2" } -->  I get the heading, e.g. 1.3, from the last chapter, when there is no subchapter in the following chapter (no subchapter 2.1).
  • IF { STYLEREF "heading 2"  \r \t } > { STYLEREF "heading 1" \r \t } "{ STYLEREF  "heading 2" }" "{ STYLEREF "heading 1" }" --> I get only "STYLEREF" in the header
  • IF { COMPARE { STYLEREF "heading 2" \r \t } > { STYLEREF "heading 1" \r \t} } = 1 "{ STYLEREF "heading 2" } " "{ STYLEREF "heading 1" }" --> I get "COMPARE" in the header

I hope you could help me finding a solution!

Thank you!

Something went Wrong Error // Tried Everything!

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 10:17 PM PDT

For some odd reason, I can't open any of my Microsoft products like Word, Note, Excel, and ect ect. I have tried the whole restarting my computer (about four times), doing the whole change and repair online junk, and I have even tried to uninstall it. Nothing works, and this is quite upsetting because I need these programs... :c

I start school soon, and like I said I need them... I don't know what else to do..

Select text in a single Word section VBA

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:18 PM PDT

Is there a way to select all the contents of a single Word section without selecting the section break.  I want to write VBA code to delete all contents of a particular section every time the macro executes.  However, I want to leave the section itself in tact for new text.  Thanks!

Update Citations and Bibliography column width issue

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 09:11 PM PDT

Hi,

I keep having issues when updating my citation list. As you can see the Column Cells on the left tend to break. I have been manually realigning the column. This works temporarily, but once updated it goes back to the column breaks.

I have looked through all the settings, and have tried editing the table, but keep having the same problem.

Is there a way to customize the Citation Lists? 

Thank you

TOC using sequential numbers from heading style

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:24 PM PDT

Greetings,

Creating a songbook. All the songs have headings; the headings have a defined style, which includes sequential numbering. I want the TOC to show me the name of the song and its number in the sequence; the page number is irrelevant in this situation as there is more than one song on a page (and the pages really aren't numbered). Is there a way to create a TOC from this heading style that will use the heading number and ignore the page number?

Thanks

Word 2013 cannot open or save a .doc file

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 08:18 PM PDT

HELP! All of a sudden, my Word 2013, running in Windows 7, is unable to open an existing document or save a new document in .doc format. If I try to open an existing .DOC document, I get the dialog box:

<filename> is locked for editing by 'another user'. Do you want to:

 open a read only copy

 create a local copy and merge your changes later

 receive notification when the original copy is available.

No matter which option I choose, I get the message "Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions..." Note these are not shared documents and are stored on my workstation.

If I create a new document and try to save it as a .doc file, I get the message:

The save failed due to out of memory or disk space.

I CAN open and save files as .DOCX.

I appear to be having similar problems opening or saving Excel spreadsheets in .XLS format.

Until three days ago, everything was fine. No new apps have been installed. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this problem (and what might have caused it)? Thanks for your suggestions.

Embedded Excel chart is skewed in Microsoft Word 10

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 07:39 PM PDT

Hi, I have inserted an Excel chart using Past Special - Microsoft Excel Binary Worksheet Object into Word10 and only part of the chart is displayed.  When I double click the chart in Word, the entire copied area is shown, however when I go back to the doc, only part of the chart is shown.  Part of the chart is cut out and not displayed at all.  

The same goes with existing document that already has an embedded Excel chart.  When the doc open for the first time, the chart would be displayed correctly.  However if I click on the chart, and then click back out, part of the chart will be cut out and not displayed.  There's no way I can get it to go back to the original state to show everything afterwards.

This is very frustrating and I am almost to the point of abandoning Excel and just type the data in a table in Word and manually do the calculations.  

Please Help

HP computer word 2007 Not able to put insertion point in a document if there is text, pics, etc. already in it.

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 05:57 PM PDT

I am trying to learn Word 2007 & I have an HP Computer. I am taking online classes & I am not able to put the insertion point where I want it in a document. The Schooling People are not any help. How do I fix this?

Got message that Merriam-Webster Dictionary App is being discontinued

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 05:50 PM PDT

I clicked on "define" in Word 2013 to bring up my Merriam-Webster Dictionary app, and got the message: this app is being retired soon. Does anyone know if there's a replacement?

Word "Recovers" Files by Reverting to Older Versions - Complete Disaster - Can't save anything

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 04:16 PM PDT

Word keeps reverting back to older versions of my files, telling me that it has "recovered" them.  There have been no crashes of Windows or of MS Word.  Still it does this _EVERY_ time I re-open an existing file.  I only had one file that I wanted to work on when I started.  This developed into numerous "recovered" files presented in a list which makes no distinction between any of them.  They all had the same name.  So every time I opened Word, I was confronted with a list of papers that all had the same name.  If I click on any of them I am shown an old document to which I had subsequently made numerous changes over a period of time - changes which are not present.  It then asks me whether I want to save the changes that I made - EVEN when I have made no changes, but have simply opened the document to see which one it is.  Since it started doing this repeatedly, I copied and pasted the contents of the document into a new file so that I could at least tell the more recent "recoveries" from the older ones.  This didn't stop the "recovery" behavior, however.

Once I have a document open, I can see a list of documents with different dates/times (spread out over a couple weeks).  I have opened up every single one and they are all identical.


I just paid for this program (much to my regret) before starting to use it to work on this very document and it this is the ONLY behavior that I have witnessed it perform.
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