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My Microsoft Office Professional Plus hasn't been working for months

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 11:06 AM PDT

Every time I try to open any Office application (Word, Excel, etc) I get a different error code. I've tried both repairs from the Control Panel and those also return an error.

What is going on?!

Sort Doesn't Work!

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 10:48 AM PDT

I have a file of email addresses. Each line ends with a paragraph mark, but WORD thinks I have only a single paragraph, so it won't sort the addresses. How can I sort them?

Also Help has no information on sorting, as far as I can tell.

Mail Merge is putting "0" in place of text

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 10:25 AM PDT

       I have not seen this before and it seems that no one else has either!  the block of fields in my Mail Merge document looks like this (screen capture with paragraph marks showing):

       Columns in the Excel spreadsheet data source all formatted the same ("General" format).  After the merge, everything looks proper except that, where there are entries in the "Apt Num" column, the merge result is a single "0" (zero) for that line.  As expected, if nothing in that column, the merge line is absent.  Have tried everything I can think of and its driving me crazy!  Any smart MVPs out there with a solution?

Word 2010 - labels cant insert a row on 1st line

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 09:28 AM PDT

I have set my labels up with the label size etc and a document has opened up with the gridlines for the labels.  All is well.  However, in the 1st box I want to insert a row so the actual label address isn't not hard against the top of the actual label.  I've tried insert but the whole document moves down a row.  When I jump to the label opposite on the RH side, it will let me insert a row and the cursor moves down to the next line.   What do I need to do to get this to work on the very first label?

Ctrl plus Pg dn

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 07:11 AM PDT

In previous versions of word you could change the way that Ctrl plus Pg dn worked by clicking on the object browser at the bottom of the vertical scoll bar. This facility doesn't seem to be available in Word 2013. Moreover there doesn't seem to be any other way of changing the way the Ctrl plus Pg Dn works.

I use it mostly to scroll a page at a time but once I've used the find function finding the word or phrase becomes the default function of Ctrl plus Pg dn.

How do I change the functions of Ctrl plus Pg dn as I used to do in the past?

Missing word document converted to an internet shortcut?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 07:05 AM PDT

Hello,

A few weeks ago I worked on several documents in Microsoft Word. I saved them to a folder on my desktop, so I could easily find them to save to my school's network when I returned to work. 

When I tried to open the file, it was completely missing from the folder I saved it in. I searched every way I knew how to find the missing document (in case I had accidentally saved it in a different folder, etc.). The only way I have found my files is through searching my C-drive. In doing so, I found the files, but instead of having a Microsoft Word icon next to it, they have internet shortcut icons. When I try to open the file I see an error message. When I look at the properties of the files, I see it is saved as an "internet shortcut". I have tried searching through recent documents as well, and it is no where to be found. See below at the screen shots I took to see what I mean:

How to vertically center a keyboard number character?

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 06:54 AM PDT

Hello

In a Word 2013 document I have the number 5 centered on the page in a 750pt Calibri font. It looks like this:

http://www.bayingwolf.com/Number5.jpg

How can I pull up the number, please, so that it is centered on the page?

Thank you.

Microsoft Office Problems!

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 06:10 AM PDT

Microsoft Word just deleted itself, by itself a week or so ago, now I can only use WordPad, I have 5 assessments due for University and don't have time for this! When I tried to reinstall the Microsoft 365 University package again its saying 'sorry something went wrong, error code 30175-4'. (Oh and the OneDrive keeps crashing!) Help! 

Word Won't Start

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 05:21 AM PDT

Hi,

I am trying to start-up Word, as part of Office365, although I can 'create->new' document within a folder when I try to open the doc' I get the following message:

Opting to 'Repair Now' results in nothing happening; so I can't use Word. Hitting 'Help' brought me to this forum - so can you?

Thanks,

Robin.

Office 365

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 03:35 AM PDT

Hi  I uninstalled office 365 in error.  I have done a system restore, but every time I try to use word it comes up with  error code 1610612703-8 Can anyone help please.

Word 2013 doesn't work if started as "C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Root\Office15\winword.exe"

Posted: 07 Sep 2014 02:24 AM PDT

Hi,

Nuance's PaperPort 14.5 product includes a mechanism to OCR a scanned document and open the result automatically in Word.

With Word 2013, this doesn't work, because PaperPort launches Word with the following command line:

"C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Root\Office15\winword.exe" "c:\users\Stephane\AppData\Roaming\Nuance\PAPERP~1\14\Temp\file.docx"

For some reason, Word 2013 doesn't work if started with the "short" (8.3) path to winword.exe (even Start / Run / C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~2\Root\Office15\winword.exe) doesn't work).

Why is that?

Can anyone think of a workaround?

Mircosoft Word 2010 won't stop crashing

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 10:46 PM PDT

I'm running a Windows 7 Del notebook, not sure if it's 32 or 64 bit. 

My Microsoft Word recently started crashing uncontrollably. I deleted everything I downloaded since it started, and nothing worked. 

Word still crashes every 2 minutes while I'm writing-it saves most of what I've written-but then does every two minutes for as long as I run it. It also crashes every time I try to change the text font or size, no matter what I do. 

I haven't tried installing and re-installing yet, because I've lost the code for word. If I don't need it again to access it, I'll try.

Any other help is welcome, it's not urgent, but it's driving me nuts. 

Thanks!

Word 2013 freezing with large documents.

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 08:34 PM PDT

Word 2013 freezing with large documents. 2007 fine. Known problem?

transfering a typed document from microsoft works to microsoft word

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:47 PM PDT

Can someone please tell me how to copy and paste a typed paper from Microsoft works to Microsoft Word?

Embedded video feature not working in Microsoft Word 2013 (Windows 7)

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:27 PM PDT

Hey  guys, 

So today I just installed my Microsoft Office 365 that I got from being a college student and I'm currently doing a project for my class.  Everything was until I had to import a online video into Microsoft Word 2013, but then I notice that the "Online Video" (under the insert tab in the Media group section) was dim and not clickable for some reason.  

Can someone please tell me why? 

I running windows 7 64-bit and I'm running 32 bit Office (including word 2013) 

Edit: PLEASE HELP, I HAVE TO TURN THIS ASSIGNMENT IN BY LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!!!! 

How do I ask a question?

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 05:34 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

i can't even see where i can ask a question on this community thing!!!  Hate it

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack - Microsoft Office forums

Office 2007 Compatibility Pack

Posted: 08 May 2007 06:11 AM PDT

Create a file in Word 2007 that has a SmartArt, Chart or Equation in it
(all using the new 2007 features). Save it as docx and open it in Word
2003 with the Compatibility Pack installed. Hit Save As, or make an edit
and save, or copy & paste one of the objects (now images) to a new
document and save it as docx. Doesn't matter. Reopen the document in
Word 2007, go into Office button menu, Convert. You'll see that those
three objects are now images in Word 2007. The compatibility pack made
them non-editable.
Now start a new file and put the same content in it. Save it as doc. Do
the same steps, but always saving it as doc. After you hit Convert in
Word 2007, all the images will become editable again.

There is your gotcha...


Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2007 RTM Issues: http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
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RibbonCustomizer Add-In: http://ribboncustomizer.com
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"Joseph T Corey" <cmu.edu> wrote in message
news:com:
 

Startup Menu of Office 2007 new/open office file (followup questio

Posted: 08 May 2007 05:20 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the reply. But that feature was automatically added in previous
Office versions. Why did it not automatically create in 2007. Please share in
detail the steps to add this feature.

Thanks and God bless you.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

unattended office 2007 MUI installation

Posted: 08 May 2007 04:04 AM PDT

I didn't recognize there was a difference on the MUIs, I thought they were
all considered "products" and picked up the original installation. How can I
tell?

"Ben M. Schorr, MVP" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Trial version crashes OS

Posted: 06 May 2007 09:06 PM PDT

Alright. Here's what I did:

1) Download Office 2007 Trial
2) Do Custom Install option
3) X out all but Excel 2007 choices (folder)
4) Run install
5) Restart computer as directed (no intervening tasks)
6) At restart, computer goes into loop in middle of scroll-bar sequence,
never gets to sign-on (screen stays blank), lots of disk activity... then...
nothing... blank screen forever. I have dual screens and it's the primary
that goes blank (sign-on screen.

It's doubtful that it was hardware because there was absolutely no sign of
intermittent errors or distress either before install, or after I swapped
nightly mirror back-up drive and recovered. Crash appears to be wholly
software generated. If I had to take a wild guess, based on the blank screen
that never comes back, something in the install interfered with my Nvidia
drivers somehow.

The reason for my "rant" is that, I've built dozens of computers over the
years for my family and my business. All kinds. All levels. I can
categorically state that after many installs of a lot of software, that
statistically, every N installs of either OS updates or MS software (updates
or not), my system suffers immediate corruption, usually on restart. This is
not an everyday occurrence. But it has happened enough over 10 years that I
have taken extreme measures to avoid the pain of when it happens (thus the
mirror drive). My "rant" is more about why only MS software appears to do
this the vast majority of the time in an inconsistent and unpredictable way,
even when we, as users, are scrupulous about our procedures and methods.

If there's some magic bullet to never suffer from this problem, I'm all
ears. To blame it always on "operator error" is just a fool's arrogance. If
MS creates a Trial version of it's latest software, I don't believe many
installers would be at my level of experience nor at that of anyone in this
group. A "head in the sand" attitude of "we're never wrong... we're
Microsoft" is not helpful, nor is the expectation that an installer of widely
available software like this has to be at some uber level of OS savvy. The
rant was unfortunate. The reasons behind it are completely valid.

System specs:

Asus A8N-SLI Premium
AMD FX-60 CPU
2 gig memory
SLI-Nvidia 7800GTX's
Win XP pro
Auto updates .All drivers up to date.
No overclocking.

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Office 2007 install tips

Posted: 05 May 2007 08:58 PM PDT

Milly,
Thanks. How do I make a complete backup of my Office preferences?
Mark

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Office 2007 (beta) uninstall utility

Posted: 05 May 2007 01:01 PM PDT

I can only say 10 out of 10 Patrick.

Those pointers, details and advice were 100% successful.

With the particular setup I have I've already sent in two automated bug
reports as prompted within Office 2007 (Word) itself.


Patrick Schmid [MVP] wrote: 

Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007

Posted: 05 May 2007 06:22 AM PDT

I don't do sounds. They tend to annoy me - too many other noises going on.

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Stan Kay" <com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Office 2007 Upgrade conflict from Terminal Server

Posted: 04 May 2007 04:39 PM PDT

Hi Phil,

To add to Harmony's reply. If the edition you have required activation, then it would likely be a retail Office 2007 product.
Retail Office 2007 products can't be used on Terminal Server/Services.

If you're not using Terminal Server, but you're trying to install Office on a 64 bit Windows server that has Terminal Services
running you may need to change some security settings there so that Office doesn't think you're trying to run through Terminal
Services. Only volume license editions/product key combinations are supported there in Office 2007.

==============
<<"Phil" <com> wrote in message news:googlegroups.com...
Hi All,

I have an upgrade version install error on a box running Windows
Server 2003 OS. Dialog says conflict with Terminal Server (which has
not been activated yet). Call Microsoft.

This particular Office 07 Upgrade version is labelled "Service Desk
Edition" although I was suppose to be buying the full retail version,
MS P/N 269-12344 Seems like both Editions share the same P/N

I believe that the "Service Desk Edition" is for Internal Help Desks.

Any work-around other than returning the opened product? Is there a
special MS C/S department that handles these issues? Can it be
resold? Regards, Phil <<
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Office Textbooks

Posted: 04 May 2007 12:45 PM PDT

Jim,
Is this the type of map that you are looking for?

Word 2007 Cheat Sheet
Microsoft Word 2007's new interface is likely to confound veteran Word
users. Here's everything you need to know to make the switch.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010 482

Word 2007 Cheat Sheet: Quick Reference Charts
Find your favorite Word 2003 commands in the new Word 2007 interface.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011 145

Brian Bygland

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

Office Professional 2007 Trial Download in Spanish instead of Engl

Posted: 04 May 2007 05:20 AM PDT

I'm copying what Bob Buckland wrote in the office group discussion:> Hi Swami, 

I tried it, but I still got Spanish. So, when you are at
http://trymicrosoft.com site, before you click on "Try me", click on "Get
more info"; on that page, be sure to change the language back to English
before downloading. It seems Spanish is still the default language on the
site. So Microsoft will have to clear this glitch. Good luck. (But then MS
says the trial period is over!; maybe will have to use another email address).
 
Paul

"dotjb" wrote:
 

Office 2003 Standard To New Computer

Posted: 03 May 2007 12:43 PM PDT

Glad to hear it. :-)

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



"Paul Chamberlain" <net> wrote in message
news:mRt_h.215$news.prodigy.net... 

what happens to office 2000 when 2007 is installed ?

Posted: 03 May 2007 09:21 AM PDT

Thank you. Thats what I thought would be the case, but just wanted to make
sure.
YJ

"DL" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Resource Kit

Posted: 03 May 2007 08:59 AM PDT

Hi Eric,

Even when I read through it then try some of the steps it does feel like I'm "missing something" too :) I suspect it may make more
sense for folks who haven't previously worked on an Office deployment (not having their 'how I did it last time' memory coming into
play and trying to make the switch, but then, from the questions posted, it's basically still complicated unless you have the
context of the authors who work with their terminology day in and day out.

Being able to script things can be a big help for doing multiple step installs, although that precaching the Local Install Source
(MSOCache) first through HD images or from setup does seem to help somewhat in making the next steps simpler, or at least quicker.

==============
<<"Sabo, Eric" <edu> wrote in message news:phx.gbl...
Bob,
I read through most of the stuff, I was just wondering if I was missing
something or not.

Thanks for the information. >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Customizing Office 2007

Posted: 03 May 2007 05:39 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

At the bottom of the 2nd reference below is a link to
"Customize a multilanguage deployment of the 2007 Office system"
Are you using the process there? Have you added the Language Packs (Language packs can include both user interface, localized help
and proofing tools) in your Office Network Installation Point?

What are the exact steps you're using and products you're using?
(I'm assuming it's volume license media and product keys for Office 2007).

==================
<<"Bob" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
OK! To push this up a notch... I need to install the Finnish and Swedish MUI
packs in an Office 2007 English based installation and deploy through SMS.
Leaving the SMS part out of it, HOW do I include the MUIs? This link:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/49ecd1f5-a7cd-4a60-9674-79fd54ca34951033.mspx?mfr=true

and the ones around it seem to dance around the steps to do it, but don't
have a step by step solution that I can follow. Reading the information on
the /admin switch doesn't cover it either. Neither does this link:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/a81ffb06-863d-496b-af8a-ceb3135a888c1033.mspx?mfr=true

Does anyone have step by step instructions THAT WORK they can provide? I've
posted this question by itself, but there have been no takers in the past
couple weeks to answer it... THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP!!!! >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

office 2003 versions

Posted: 02 May 2007 07:45 AM PDT

You are correct, DL...I had forgotten about that option. I guess when it
comes to upgrade time I would rather not have to remember to dig up the CD.
Either way is perfectly fine and the end result is the same.

Tim

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Where's Rocky ?

Posted: 02 May 2007 06:53 AM PDT

Dear Mr Buckland

Thank you for all your help, it has worked and I have got little Rocky back,
I love to see him on screen, and he brightens my day up. when he comes out of
his kennel. and goes to sleep on my letter. I feel like going to sleep
myself in some of the meetings, that I have to attend.

Thanks again you've made me realy happy again.

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Cannot Install Office 2007 Enterprise

Posted: 02 May 2007 04:29 AM PDT

Thank you Milly. As usual, you nailed it. I had the PDF add-in still
installed. I uninstalled that and I am now installing Office 2007.

Wayne

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl...
Did you have the Expressions Web Designer beta? How about the .pdf
converters? Uninstall each of these and see if you can install your Office
program.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Wayne Wengert asked:

| When I attempt to install I get a popup saying that I must first
| remove previously installed betas. That has been done. dd/emove
| programs shows no other Office 2007 installs. How can I get it to
| allow the install?

Help please Office 2003 screwed up

Posted: 01 May 2007 12:33 PM PDT

Windows installer clean up utility
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290301

"Tim" <timfeld_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:com... 
Typically 
an 
try 
after 
rather 
but 
uninstall 

Why does the confiuration wizard run every time I start Word 2007

Posted: 01 May 2007 11:27 AM PDT

On 1 May, 19:27, Chad Garber (no longer disgusted)
<microsoft.com> wrote: 

FIXED!

After doing a fresh install of Vista, the problem has now been
resolved for me!

My best guess was that the various beta and trial version of office
2007 had left some nasty things lying around.

deploying an Outlook 2007 setting, after the initial install of Of

Posted: 01 May 2007 10:51 AM PDT

Hi ac2006,
 

See below.
 

Note the word "machine" in the sentence above, which is it, user or
machine or both.
 

Yes, maybe you can set it in machine AND user, is that right? If it's a
machine setting, you should be able to set it using an MSP file, if you
can't it sounds odd to me.
 

OK, I understand.
 

I run into this all the time with Microsoft products, things that used
to work suddenly don't work anymore. I have a big list of such items for
Vista, some items of which are with Microsoft Support as we speak, but
it's already clear they have no idea how to fix them.
 

Yes, group policy is always sold as the panacea to user settings, but
the problem is that it then FORCES the setting, all you want is to
change the defaults. I've never seen a good Microsoft tool that does
this. I've always had to use the registry direct to achieve it.

--
Gerry Hickman (London UK)

on my new pc do I have to buy office 2007

Posted: 30 Apr 2007 06:52 PM PDT

"Rebus" <com> wrote in message
news:com... 


No it's a timed thing, not number of uses.

Streets and Trips 2007 - Unattended install?

Posted: 30 Apr 2007 02:58 PM PDT

Thanks for the direction Bob, I couldn't find that newsgroup earlier!!



"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Crontab Issue.....Please Help - Forums Linux

Crontab Issue.....Please Help - Forums Linux

Crontab Issue.....Please Help

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 10:08 AM PST


Jeroen Geilman wrote: 

Or dump them in /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,etc.}. I really like that
approach to creating new cron processes so that they get executed in
sequence with other cron jobs, to prevent things like "updatedb"
soaking up cycles and CPU needed by a dump process.

Recommendations for centralized software package management

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 09:03 AM PST


Davide Bianchi wrote: 

cfengine is a *scalable* pull system. I've done push-based software
changes to over 10,000 machines in one night: it's an adventure. I'd
have preferred to switch to cfengine, but there was too much
infrastructure in place.

You need careful reporting of failures and bugs, and you need a very
good inventory of the systems and their differences to start with, and
you need good security of the package transmission system.

Red Hat Linux SOHO router setup

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 05:33 AM PST

Thanks to the Old guy, and all the others who replied to my post:

First off an anecdote from another old guy (65 years of age) that I
found amusing:
Excerpt from a post on Google Groups comp.os.linux 

 

 

 



Thank you Frank. I am now aware of the need to learn an entirely new
language. :)

I will do my best.


Probably that means I ought to get out a fine cigar, warm up the easy
chair
and turn on the Yankees. Damn...baseball season is over.


This is truly complicated for a newbie, oldtimer though. Sorry it just
is.
But its fun to see if I can make heads or tails out of it.


Doug

______________________________

Thanks for the suggestion to download the cd images from the redhet
archive via distrowatch. I had googled for iso downloads, and
accidentally stumbled onto distrowatch with the link to the iso images
of the succeeding releases. I have downloaded the 7.3 iso images, and
have yet to burn them to CD. I also ordered a damnsmalllinux CD, but I
doubt it includes an installer. I do like the description of the ted
editor in this distribution. I think I remember it is compiled with
GTK+, and assume it doesn't need an X-window manager to run in a
graphical mode. I especially like the html color-coding, and C-style
auto indenting -- really all I need in a text editor.

I also found a post explaining the difference of the different ppp
methods to connect via an ethernet connection to a DSL modem. I have
yet to figure which authentication method my DSL provider uses.
Information on Linux setup at ISPs is rare. I know with my Fedora 5
installation DHCP works, but I wonder how the ISP differentiates me
from the rest of the subscribers since no identification on my side is
provided.

I'll keep you posted on my progress until all my computers are set up.

Regards,
Léiwe Kléeschen (Dec 6 is the day of St. Nicolas aka Santa Claus)
jiverbean
Luxembourg

file protections on FC5 getting reset (for a dumb*ss)

Posted: 05 Dec 2006 02:47 AM PST


Michael Heiming wrote: 

Thank you. I guess this is different from FC2?
Probably just 'cuz all the device names changed. I don't know where FC5
got /media/ZIP250 from. And usb storage devices seem to jump around on
my system.
Need something like a "hosts" file for devices, to fix them at a scsi
device id or something...

my computer cannot be booted from bootable CD (please help)

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 02:32 PM PST

In comp.os.linux.setup Steve <com> wrote:

| I have windows XP installed, and I attempted to install Linux in
| different partition. I think I chose some wrong installation settings,
| and it turned out my computer cannot be booted from bootable CD such as
| Windows XP, and even Linux Installation CD.
|
| Now, after I turned on my PC, it attempted to load Windows XP, but it
| seemed hang there. When I attempted to boot from Windows XP CD or Linux
| Installation CD, it hanged there too. Any ideas what I should do now?

When you say "attempted to ..." how far does it get to with each?

It sounds like the partition table has been changed. Other possibilities
are that geometry settings in the MBR are changed, or some partition data
is written over with something else. Typos that you didn't notice during
the install could be a culprit. But Windows is also known to mess with
things.

To boot into your installed system, assuming it is still in an OK state
on disk, using a CD, you need to specify at the boot prompt a partition
to be mounted as the root filesystem. This is usually "root=/dev/whatever"
done at the prompt. You have to start typing quickly or the prompt will
timeout and use its default (which may be an initial ramdisk that just runs
the installer from the CD).

Example input at prompt if you installed Linux on partition 4 of the primary
IDE disk: root=/dev/hda4

Since you posted online, you have something that works to get online with.
There are a number of rescue disk images available if the installer CD you
have doesn't do the right things.

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| Phil Howard KA9WGN (ka9wgn.ham.org) / Do not send to the address below |
| first name lower case at ipal.net / net |
|------------------------------------/-------------------------------------|

install problems

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 01:11 PM PST


Eef Hartman wrote: 

Hmm. I read that that the X Server has an option called
ForceBIOS, which somehow tells the BIOS to accept a new
resolution.

This is the command that I found:

Option "ForceBIOS" "1280x1024=1280x800"

But I haven't tried it yet... very busy....

Need Good Info re Dual Boot Install

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 10:01 AM PST

On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 12:31:10 -0800, Richard Vaughn wrote:
 

Is there a drive order problem. Windows is sensitive to which drive it
boots off of, it wants to be on the first drive (take this with a grain
of salt, I don't know a lot about Windows). Linux doesn't care where it is
so it can be on the second drive.

Dual display: one X and one text?

Posted: 04 Dec 2006 06:53 AM PST

Matt Giwer wrote:
 


The machine is in a server rack where one connection is to a kvm switch
to show the console (text mode) and the other video connection drives a
42" plasma screen in another room (via a kvm extension) for 3D
visualization.

It isn't absolutely mandatory that the primary console be a text
console. It could be X as well but I'd prefer it to be just text (hence
the question). If it is an X session, it would have to be a completely
different X session from the one on the plasma screen. I thought this
would be a pretty basic thing to be able to do but it isn't proving to
be so. It is looking more like I'll end up with a serial console to
another machine since noone else seems to be able to do this either.

Debian Download

Posted: 03 Dec 2006 07:42 AM PST


Alan Adams wrote: 



Thanks fren.
I think i'm on it,on the way downloading.
Thanks

Grub error - can't access HDD

Posted: 03 Dec 2006 12:56 AM PST

B H2 wrote:
 
 

Unfortunately I don't run ubuntu,
but I think all distributions can be run in "rescue mode",
where Linux runs on the CD, but can look at the hard disk
to see the setup there - and also re-install grub.

I always use Knoppix for this purpose,
as it is remarkably good at running on almost any machine.

--
Timothy Murphy
e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

hda purchase

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 07:37 PM PST

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 22:37:55 -0500, linxlvr wrote:
 

OK.
I purchased a WD caviar SE 7200 rpm sata 160 GB
It seems to be recognized by fdisk,
so rebooted w/ my original drives to dwnload a fresh copy to install deb from.
Can I get a second drive later and raid them w/o it affecting the install?
(Hardware raid in motherboard w/ an identical drive)

--
dw

How do I "clone" the root account / create a second admin account ?

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 11:16 AM PST

"Tom F." <com> writes:
 
 
 

In particular, run
su
enter the root password and you are root. Do the job you need to do and
then exit.


 
 

Do it as root. Log in to your account aand then su to root.

 
 

You certainly can, however it is silly, since that user IS root. There is
no difference.

Eg make a user
altroot with uid 0. If you log in as altroot you will then BE root. It is
the uid that is important, not the name.


 

How to find out the current version of Linux + softwrae from COMMAND LINE ??

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 10:33 AM PST

Matt Giwer wrote: 

By that I mean this from Dreamhost

Linux wiggle 2.4.29-grsec+w+fhs6b+gr0501+nfs+a32+++p4+sata+c4+gr2b-v6.189 #1 SMP
Mon Feb 7 13:23:30 PST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

Microsoft Word - Need to keep outside text from moving when entering text into a content control box

Microsoft Word - Need to keep outside text from moving when entering text into a content control box

Need to keep outside text from moving when entering text into a content control box

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Hello,

I am very new to creating forms. I have read all of the relevant Help and Forum posts/discussions I could find, including links given in the answers, and cannot seem to find an answer - I think because this should be a common sense thing and my poor brain is overlooking something obvious!  

I am creating a form from a blank document. Following the directions from the basic Microsoft Help files, I have used the Developer tab to insert a text content control box into the form.  I also have plain text on the same line, and when I type a response into the content control box, I do not want the text down the line to move. I've tried all of the options I can find for setting properties of the box, or restricting editing of the form, but cannot seem to figure out how to keep what is entered in the box from causing changes in the rest of the line.  Help, please and thank you!  =)

How do I open Microsoft word documents using Microsoft Word Viewer instead of Microsoft Word, since I don't have it?

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:51 PM PDT

So I downloaded ms word viewer, so when I tried to open a Microsoft word document I was given the option of opening the document with either Microsoft word (I didn't buy it) or microsoft word viewer, but I chose microsoft word instead. Now whenever I open files it just says "You are trying to use office, but you don't have office". Is there any way I can go back and open files with microsoft word viewer?

Recovered document date and time

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 01:21 PM PDT

Hello all

This is my first post so I hope this is the right place to ask a question.  I am also fairly new to word so please forgive me if this is a silly question!

I have been working on a large document for a couple of weeks, and have typically saved it frequently on a memory stick.  However, today when working on the document a recovered file came up, stating the date as 01/01/2016 01:00 and it said this is the original file.  The date is the part that concerns me, I didn't open it.

Can anybody shed any light on why this may have happened and could it be a fake copy of my document somehow to try to access my confidential document?

Thanks

25Reds

How do I switch columns?

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Split from this thread.


PLEASE tell me how to switch columns after first creating them; while they are still empty.  I've tried alt tab, cntrl tab, alt page, cntrl page, etc. 

MS office takes too long to open large documents

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:38 PM PDT

Hello,

I am using Word 2013. Every time I open any document, the start window shows "Word is finishing analyzing your document" and then it takes several minutes before finally opening up the document. The time varies with the size of the document, as for example it takes 5 to 6 minutes before opening up a 6MB file.

Please help as this is very frustrating. 

Navigating Word with arrow keys

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT

I have Office 365.  Using Word I frequently use a landscape format and two columns.  When I navigate down the text of the second column using the keyboard arrow keys and accidently go too far, the cursor jumps back to the corresponding line on the first column on the page.  Is there any way to make the cursor stop at the end of the text in the second column when scrolling down using arrow keys, as it did in previous versions up to 2010?

Insert citation greyed out

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 12:07 PM PDT

I have a 19 page word file (my thesis) so far.

What I can't understand is why the "Insert Citation" button (and only the Insert Citation) is greyed out only on pages 14, 15, 16 and half of 17 and on others it works without problems.

I see the exact point after which it greyes out on page 17 (somewhere in the middle of the page).

What seems to be the problem here?

HOW DO I CREATE A COPY OF AN EXCEL DOCUMENT WITH SURFACE 2

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 11:03 AM PDT

hi folks,

I'm sure there is something simple that will do this. I used to right click and a text box would open and i would click copy and lo and behold i would get a copy. however, with the Surface 2 Power Keyboard, the mousepad is absolutely useless for right clicking. The double tap does nothing. So, does anybody know a keyboard shortcut i can use to replicate the function i need?  thank you

Word 2013 is not working (no respond)

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 09:43 AM PDT

I can access to the screen where I can choose the certain type of document, but when I choose the type of document, it freezes up and says (no respond). I have been using Word without having this type of problem about a month. But like 7 days ago, it started to do this. All the other Office programs work fine, but only Word freezes up and doesn't work with the message "No Respond" 

I already re-installed it, but it did not work out.  Please help me with this! 

P.S Excel has the same problem when I try to load the file.

Two "pages" on one page??

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:59 AM PDT

I have laid out a 60-page booklet as 8.5" x 5.5" pages.  A little late(!), I realize that what I need is to have two separate 8.5 x 5.5 pages (including footers) on each 8.5 x 11 page, so it can be printed and then folded to make the booklet.   In Word 2013, can I somehow do this -- have two independent pages on the same page?  Like I say, each one has to be exactly like the original 8.5 x 5.5 page, including footers.  To make matters worse, the page numbers are of course not continuous, since it'll be printed and then folded to make a booklet.

I realize that I can print what I've already created and then paste them all onto 8.5 x 11 sheets, front and back, but I'm hoping for an electronic solution!!!

Thank you!

when I open word and Excel 2013: every time prompted to accept Microsoft office license agreement'first things first', and it's slow to open a file

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Hi,

I am using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 in Windows 8.1, every time when I open a word file prompted accept Microsoft office license agreement under the 'first things first'. Is this necessary all the time? Besides, this is a new laptop with i7-4500 CPU with 8GB RAM and when I open word or excel file, I can tell it is much slower than I open the same file by using office 2007 in other old computers. Is this supposed to be so because of use of Office professional Plus 2013?

Thanks in advance.

Help required in writing citation/reference in APA at the start of statement through Reference Menu in WORD 2013

Posted: 06 Sep 2014 02:19 AM PDT

Hello

In APA referencing style, if citation is inserted at the start of the statement, the author's name is written without brackets i.e.

smith (2010) said…………….          (Correct citation)

But when I insert the citation at the start of the statement through References menu in WORD 2013, it writes the citation as:

(smith, 2010) said……….                                (Citation is in brackets, which is wrong as per APA)

 

Please help me how can I write the correct APA citation through Reference menu in WORD 2013

Thanks

Printing A5 with Word 2013

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 11:56 PM PDT

I have been successfully printing A5 leaflets using an older version of Word. I've now upgraded my PC to Word 2013 and can't work it out at all. A5 paper size isn't given to me as an option when I'm setting up the document. I'm using the same printer that I used successfully before.

Any ideas what to do?

Microsoft Word/Powerpoint won't open

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:33 PM PDT

I can't open Microsoft files by double clicking it after I've uninstalled Microsoft 360 (free trial). I currently have Microsoft 2010 but for some reason, the files won't open when I double click it... it just pops up an error message.

I can, however, open the files by opening Microsoft 2010 Word/Powerpoint>File>Open>[FILENAME].

Everything is fine. It is just that I can't double click the files to open it (for easy/quicker access to files).

Sharing customized word 2010 templates

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 09:22 PM PDT

I have created a customized word template on my personal computer (windows 8.1/word 2013). The customized template includes a customized tab on the ribbon and custom quick parts. I have tried copying this template across to my work computer to test it out before sharing with colleagues. Neither the custom quick parts nor the customized tab transferred across. The only way I could get it to work was copying the Building Blocks template and then recreating the customized tab on my work computer. Is there a simpler way of doing this? I just want to email my colleagues the new template and for them to click on it and start using it without having to create their own tab and install the Building Blocks template in the right location (I guarantee that some will get it wrong!). The work computers use word 2010 and windows 7.

Thanks for any help offered.

Shaun

Booklet page numbers conflict with inside/gutter

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 08:58 PM PDT

My problem comes when I change page numbers in a booklet. If I start a new section on page 4 and renumber it to page 1 it changes the inside, outside, and gutter to the opposite of what it should be (it seems the physical page is an even number, but Word considers it an odd number ... even when printing).

 Any advice for this situation?

Problem with Microsoft Word 2013 - Version of File is not compatible with the version of windows I am running

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 05:40 PM PDT

Hello,

I bought Microsoft Office 2013 yesterday and installed it successfully. Powerpoint, Excel, and the other suites work fine, but when I try to run Microsoft Word 2013 I receive the following message:

The version of this file is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your computer's system information to see whether you need an x86 (32 - bit ) or a x64 (64 bit) version of the program,, and then contact the software publisher.

I have tried running the program in compatibility mode for Windows 7 with no success. I would appreciate any help you can give me. I am using Windows 7 as my operating system

Thank you.

Word 2013 no longer makes editing changes correctly..

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 04:57 PM PDT

Windows 8.1 - Home & Student 2013

This is a new problem for me, and I couldn't find anything similar in a quick review of recent questions/discussions.

My normal editing style (manuscript) is to select and replace with changes, or cut and paste. In my latest chapter, what is on screen reflects my editing changes, but when I print out both the replaced/deleted test and the new text appear on the printed page. I've checked all File settings including 'Options' for mistakes and can't find any.

I recently reinstalled Office due to a font problem and am hoping for a quick fix instead of one that takes another reinstall or a week of back and forth to resolve, so if anyone has encountered this problem, your help would be much appreciated! TIA

Problem with MS Office 2007

Posted: 05 Sep 2014 01:33 PM PDT

Whenever I try to move a window using a mouse, or to reduce a size of a window, and sometimes even to highlight a part of a file, my program becomes unresponsive and shuts down. I have run diagnostics several times (no problems found), re-installed Office 7, and the problem still persists. I have this problem with all components of Office 7, not just Word. OS is Windows Vista, regularly updated. Any ideas how to resolve this?
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