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Microsoft Word - Office 30 day free trial does not open word docs.

Office 30 day free trial does not open word docs.

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 03:34 PM PST

Salutations,

     The doc that is selected goes to the word blue screen that appears just before it is to open then does nothing with the dot's moving across the bottom of the box.  it reads opening in protected view then never opens.  Thank you for your time and help. 

Error when opening MS Word templates I downloaded.

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 03:28 PM PST

It does this with all templates I downloaded today. 


"There is a problem saving the file.
Usually this is because the disk or floppy disk is too small for the file or is full, RAM memory is low, or there is a permission problem with the drive the file is being saved to.
If the amount of disk space for a paging file is low, save the file to another drive. If the RAM memory is low, increase available RAM. If permissions to the drive do not allow you to save to that drive, save the file to another drive or request permissions from the administrator to save files to the drive.
Note   This error can also occur if the computer is running a version of antivirus software that is incompatible with the Microsoft Office or must be updated."

Some Cross References Do Not Update

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 03:21 PM PST

When I have a cross reference that refers to the first item in a numbered list such as "1.a" in the example below, this reference will not update if another paragraph has been inserted before paragraph 1.a by placing the cursor before the word "On", typing the text, and pressing Enter.

However, the reference will update correctly, if the cursor is placed after the word in the previous paragraph e.g., "Overview", pressing Enter, and then the text is entered.

This problem occurs in all documents so it is not document specific. I also tried using a different computer. Additionally, I created test documents using multi-level numbering, and list number styles and still had the same problem.

I have used cross references in earlier versions of Word and never had this problem. It shouldn't matter how the text is inserted so any light you could share on this problem will be appreciated. I am using Word 2010 and Windows 7.

EXAMPLE:

1.    Overview

a.    On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document.

b.    You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. REFER to 1.a

c.    When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look. REFER to 1.b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Office Home & Student 2013 install

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 02:58 PM PST

I am able to sign in on-line to access word, excel, power point, onenote. My question is: are these apps also supposed to be on my computer so I do not have to go on-line to create a word document?

Scanning double sided documents

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 02:55 PM PST

I have a document that is around 100 pages that I want to scan.  It is printed on both sides of the pages.  The easiest way to scan is is to stack it up and scan all the odd numbered pages first and then flip the stack over and scan all the even numbered pages. 


Is there and easy way to combine the two files so that I have all the pages in order?


Thanks

Document compare, Word 2013

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 12:58 PM PST

Did a document compare, saved it in draft view.  Draft view shows exactly what I need to see to compare two contracts.  But when I shared this with another person, they do not have the font colors I have which made it harder for them, had them view as draft also.  I did not make any changes, revisions to either document.  Saved to a pdf and font color changes. Tried to print, font color changes.  Is there a way for me to share this file and retain the font colors I see?  Thanks to whoever can help.

Word 2013 Heading 1 modification carries over to Heading 2

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 12:24 PM PST

Is anyone else having issues when modifying Heading 1 in Word 2013?  When I update Heading 1 to be UPPERCASE Heading 2 also changes to UPPERCASE.  I have to modify Heading 2 and uncheck UPPERCASE which checks itself. 

 

Is there a fix?

Missing XML "Words" and "TotalTime" properties after editing with "Word Web App"

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:53 AM PST

I just discovered that some of the extended properties are now missing in documents after editing them using "Word Web App".
 

Previously these properties were correctly maintained while editing using the SkyDrive/Word Web App interface.  Recently editing a word doc using the web interface removes several properties from the schema.  This has been tested using IE10 and Chrome on Windows 8, and Firefox on Ubuntu.

 

The extended properties are accessed using the SDK as follows:

 

   stringsWords = pWordDoc.ExtendedFilePropertiesPart.Properties.Words;

   stringsTotalTime = pWordDoc.ExtendedFilePropertiesPart.Properties.TotalTime;

 

These functions should normally work, however after editing on the web now they fail because the properties are missing. 

 

Here are two samples of the app.xml contents from a document edited using desktop Word, and one after editing using Word Web App.  Again, the XML used to stay correct after editing on the web.

 

The XML in a correctly working Word document is in the docProps/app.xml file inside the document:

 

 

And here is the docProps/app.xml from a document after editing with "Word Web App":

 

Several properties are now missing. 

 

Can someone explain what has happened to the properties because we were using them and now they are gone.

 

Thanks,

John

Moving Heading Breaks Heading Bookmark

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:41 AM PST

Moving Heading Breaks Heading Bookmark

 

Word 2013 version 15.0.4551.1006 (32-bit)

Win7 Pro x64 SP1

 

MVP Community Moderator, Suzanne S. Barnhill, confirmed this as an important bug which needs fixing.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-word/moving-chapter-heading-breaks-heading-hyperlink/6b42f02d-7bd5-492a-8d18-ecbc3b62dc7e?rtAction=1383402220499


I hope everyone will submit a link to this discussion (the one you are currently reading) reporting it as a bug to

http://office.microsoft.com/suggestions.aspx 

 

Steps To Demonstrate Bug


Say you have a paragraph called "How To Golf" with Heading 1 style.

Say you have a paragraph which says "Link to golf." in normal style.

Select the word "golf" in "Link to golf."

Hyperlink the selected word "golf" in "Link to golf." as follows:

INSERT menu tab | Links group | Hyperlink button | Bookmark button | Select Place in Document dialog

Under the Headings, find and select the "How To Golf" heading. Press OK button.

Now the word "golf" should be hyperlinked to the "How To Golf" heading.

Verify that this is true.

 

Go into Outline display.

Drag and Drop the "How To Golf" Heading to a different location.

Verify that the hyperlinked word "golf" still takes you to the "How To Golf" heading.

The link takes you not to the "How To Golf" heading, but to the previous location of the Heading.

 

Therefore, if you move a heading to a different location, it breaks the correct hyperlinks to it.

 

This is a major bug.

Upgrade to Office 2013 broke embedded spreadsheets in Word Documents

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:39 AM PST

I have been going through the community looking at similar problems but none have resolved this issue.

After an upgrade to Office 2013 all of our embedded spreadsheets in our Word documents are not editable.  We get the error message saying that Excel needs to be installed, which it already is.  We think that it is looking for the old version of Excel which is no longer available to us.

Any thoughts..... 

Word 2010 Envelopes and Labels dialog box is slow to open

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:29 AM PST

We are running Office 2010 on Windows 7 Enterprise edition Sp1 (64-bit).  Whenever a user is in Word and clicks on "Envelopes" in the "Mailings" ribbon, it always takes around 5 seconds for the dialog box to display.  About half the time, the box does not fully populate.  The outline shows up, then the Envelopes and Labels tabs, but the rest of the box is empty.  I am able to type into the address box and the text shows but the box never completely fills in the prompts and white background.Once I close out the dialog box, any time I try to reopen it afterwards, it opens instantly without any problems.  Then, when I close Word, reopen, then access the Envelopes and Labels dialog box, it hangs for about 5 seconds or doesn't populate again.  I'm not sure what could be causing this.  Any thoughts?

Problem with graphics formatting

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:23 AM PST

I work a lot with technical reports using MS Word/Office 14.  These reports have various embedded graphics taken from JPG files, or copy/pasted from other applications.  We also use MS Draw objects such as callouts, arrows, etc, in conjunction with these graphics.  These reports contain inputs from several people, so several computers are typically involved in writing them.

Problem is, lately for many of these objects the format has been blowing up, for no apparent reason.  It happens whenever a file is created on one computer, then opened on mine.  All of a sudden, these objects are now twice their previous size, font sizes change, margins and locations change, that sort of thing.  This even happens with files that I have created, if they get saved on another computer or server, and then exported back to me.

I would guess that this has something to do with my default settings vs those on the other computers, but I can't find anything obvious. 

Can anyone give me some wisdom ?

Can an existing list of addresses be easily converted to a single field to alphabetize and to merge to envelopes?

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 10:05 AM PST

Hi all.  I have 3 lists of names w/ addresses  that need to be sorted to find duplicates, and used for addressing envelopes.  The lists are already typed, and there is no need to break it down into separate fields - first name, last name, etc. - as the lists are to be used only for a mailing with no personalization needed.  Can multi-line text be made into a single field?  If so - how is it done?

I'm trying to find the simplest, least time consuming way to do this.  Looking for suggestions!

Cross-reference question

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 09:27 AM PST

I am wondering if there is a way to edit cross-referenced headings that will not change when updated or opened by another user or another system. For example, if I have the following:

"... a bunch of text that no one will ever read anyway (see 7.5)." where 7.5 cross-references a heading in another part of the document that looks like this: "7.5    Information No One Cares About."

Is there a way to make  the cross-reference appear like the following so that it will not change when opened on another computer or by another user:

"... a bunch of text that no one will ever read anyway (see Section 7.5)."

Basically, I want to be able to add "Section" to the cross-reference without including any of the text from the cross-referenced heading. So far, I have only figured out how to insert the heading number (when inserting a cross-reference as a heading or a numbered item).

Replacing Text in Current Footnote

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:56 AM PST

I sometimes have to paste some text into a footnote which is separated by 2 paragraphs.  I want to automatically reformat all of those double paragraphs into single paragraphs, but only in the current footnote.

How is that done?

How can I format a date to a week format?

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:54 AM PST

My present employer (as well as in my past employers) uses a week format for our payroll and for designating our work week (e.g., January 8, 2014 falls on "Week 2" of the year 2014 or December 9 to 13, 2013 falls on "Week 49" of year 2013.  Now, is there a category or a way to format a certain cell in Excel or Word to change a "Date" to a "Week" format?  It would be very useful for my report card/s.  Thanks in advance!

Comments in word 2013 are not visible after page break

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:41 AM PST

Since switching to word 2013 I'm having trouble viewing comments. I review word documents that have hundreds of comments added.  Once the comments fill the right column, the additional comments are beyond the page break and are no longer visible. Currently I have to cut and paste the sections that are further down the page into a new word document in order to see all the comments. Is there a way to fix this so I can view all comments?

Can't see why page is breaking in Word 2010

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:36 AM PST

We have a Word file that has tables on all pages.  Can't see any page breaks, but pages are breaking even when the table doesn't fill up the page.  What could be causing the page to break?

 

Thanks for the help!

 

Ken K.

Cannot delete formula in Word

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:02 AM PST

I am using Word 2010 with extension .dot (which is a 2007 file) and I typed in an equation using the formula function, and now cannot delete the formula!!!!
Having spent the last 3 days creating my fillable form, I do not want to start over. Anyone have an idea?  I have tried delete, backspace, opening the formula window and deleting there. Nothing works.
Thanks!
Jennifer

Word 2013 nightmare

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 08:00 AM PST

My university acquired  office 2013 for everybody.
I am writing a manual about 220 pages long
I use a lot of tables. Every thing looked ok until I decide to give a style to a column in the table.
Now all tables are broken in half, automatically.
Does anybody suggest something or should I tell my U to return it?

Word 2010 - managing different versions in one document

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 07:38 AM PST

Hi,
I have some documentation file.
Now i need to make 2 versions of documentation. For each version i have different text in few places. 
I don't want to hold and edit two files all the time. I'm looking for a way to edit one file and make from him 2 different versions.
Is there any way to do this?

For example:
Main document: " The file contains <TextA/TextB> ."
document 1: "The file contains TextA ."
document 2: "The file contains TextB ."

Thanks.

Work 2007 Label Mail Merge problem

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 07:13 AM PST

I have done mail merge labels for years.  This year the merge is only merging the first two and last two records.  I am using 2 across labels.  The problem happens when I press update records. All records have the <next record> in them but only the 2nd record and last two records on the page get updated with the data fields . I tried the  solutions in the discussion stream and they did not work.  Is this a bug? 

View "in-Line-Text" image in Word 2013

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 06:58 AM PST

This is about Word 2013 Home & Business. When I insert an image as "In-Line-Text", it does not show in "Print Layout" view; just an empty box shows. If I go into "read mode", my image shows but I cannot edit so I have to switch back and forth between views. This is a time-consuming way of editing a large document. Is there a way in Word 2013 to see my "In-Line-Text" image while in "Print Layout"? If not, Microsoft needs to fix this "problem" (bug) because people cannot use this editing technique. Thanks for your help.

Unable to access Danish proofing tools in office 2013

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 04:55 AM PST

Hi, I recently purchased Office Home & Student 2013 running on Windows 8 64 bit and need to spell check in Danish. In order to do this, I downloaded the Danish Language pack, but found that in language settings in Word told me that Proofing was not installed. By ollowing the "Not installed" link, I was guided to install proofing tools from here:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/9/5/6/9569D91C-72DF-421D-8CEA-D9C04EAD3C49/proofingtools_da-dk-x86.exe

However, even though the package is showing as installed, from within the control panel, the languages option in Word is still showing that proofing is not installed.

If you could provide some guidance on how I can get this working, it would be much appreciated.

Track Changes problem Word 2013 Office 465

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 04:47 AM PST

Tracking option is turned on but is not displaying any marking on the changes made. I never had this problem with other version of Word. Can anyone help me wiht this?

Microsoft Word 2013 is sending mail merge emails via my msn.com email address instead of the email address I wish to use, that is also the default email address in Outlook

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 03:57 AM PST

This is causing me no end of problems and phoning Microsoft's technical support today has just proved to be a test of my patience (being placed on hold twice for more than twenty minutes before being cut off and having to go back to square one) and ultimately a waste of time (a third call where the guy on the phone would not listen to the problem I was explaining to him for better part of an hour and I don't think he had even done a mail merge before!), so I am begging for help with a solution to this issue.

The knock on effects of this issue are huge for me because all the mail merge emails hitting my msn.com email account incorrectly resulted in the account getting automatically locked out. I was then unwillingly forced to change my password on the msn.com account when trying to see what the problem is on windows live. I don't know why any of the above happens, but being forced to change my password in turn means that my windows phone, laptop, skype, xbox, and outlook have all stopped functioning properly until I reconfigure every device, application, app and software I own to the new password. Of course I am also not allowed by the automated systems to just change it back avoiding a huge amount of unnecessary work. All of the above is annoying enough because none of it is necessary but the problem will happen again unless I change which account emails are sent to.

All I was trying to do was send a message to a list of my family and friends to wish them well for the New Year, but I need my system to use mail merges without issue for clubs and societies I run. My old XP laptop and office 2003 never had half of these problems. Why oh why Microsoft do you put to market products which are so disappointing. It is no wonder people are so keen to go elsewhere!!

I am currently crippled by all my systems being broken and am not keen to reset passwords until I know I can avoid repeating the original issue. How can I stop the msn.com account being chosen?

Searching online I have seen a couple of suggested registry fixes but doing stuff like that is the absolute limit of my ability and I will need a much clearer explanation than I have seen provided to date. Painting by numbers steps will be required if at all possible

I am using a Windows 8 Laptop for what it is worth but this problem is entirely down to the mail merge locking my windows live account and the rest of the pain is secondary fallout. If it does it once it will certainly do it again.

HELP Please. Many thanks if you can

Need to install proofing tools for 2010 Office (home/student edition)

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 01:56 AM PST

Somehow I have lost this function. Repairing Office 2010 didn't resolve it. Help please?

THANK YOU!
Judy

Table changes to a set format suddenly, see prints

Posted: 08 Jan 2014 01:26 AM PST

Hi,


We have problems with imported tables in our Word 2010. The tables start out by looking fine, but as soon as we work in the document the tables change appearance even thoug these tables are not touched in any way. We thing that it happens when we paste text into the document. There must be some underlying format that we cannot change. Please see prints below and help if you can - huge and urgent report!


Should look like this:




Changes to this format, impossible to change back to normal text. When standing in the cell a blue line appears:



Thank you brainies!


Best,

Birgit

Rotate table orientation

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:26 PM PST

I have a word document in portrait orientation running over several pages that includes text, graphs. One of the page contains a 5 X 6 table which by default is also in portrait form. I want to rotate this table to horizontal form, which will enable my columns to expand and display text in a cleaner way. How this could be achieved ? 


Macros disappear with converting Macro embedded template from dot to Dotm.

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:42 PM PST

Several colleagues in a project I am working on and I have experienced a problem with macro embedded templates developed under Word 2003 in the old *.dot format.

To use them in Word 2010 and 2013 such templates should be converted in Word to the new dotm format as they contain macros.

However,  regularly some templates containing macros lose all their macros when they are converted to dotm by the "save as" function in Word 2010 or 2013.

This seems to be a question of the individual setup of the participants computers as this problem has occurred for a user with Windows 7 and Word 2010 but several other users including myself have had no such problems with this particular template.   

On the other hand when users attempt to load the templates in the old *.dot form which is not supposed to work with Word 2010 or 2013 these templates seem to load and work .

Is there an undocumented issue going on with conversion of macro embedded templates where some will work with the newer words in the old form but lose their macros through the conversion process.

What is the problem?

I am marking down Micorosft Word 2010 for Windows 7 but users with Word 2013 and Windows 8 have the same problem


Help!

Properties tab in Word 2003 doesn't permit alteration of Company name for Normal.dot

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:38 PM PST

I notice that each time I open a Normal.dot template as a New (or Blank) document the text Hewlett-Packard appears under the Summary tab of File/Properties in the Company slot.  This does not replace with my company name, but under Author it does permit my name to appear each time.  Where does the default (obviously) text "Hewlett-Packard" come from and can this be replaced with my specified company name that I choose?  

Word 2013 on Windows 8.1 Apps Missing

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:52 PM PST

It stared out listed along with the other Office Apps that I installed on my ASUS Transformer T100... I made it a desktop icon (entitled Word 2013) on my desktop, but then I noticed while it would run when I opened it from there it did not appear when I'd search for its name as an app and was missing from the other Office apps listed on Apps page. I opened Word from its file location and it was entitled WINWORD under Desktop header. I pinned it to the desktop and so I pinned it to start and taskbar... but...

I want it listed under Office, and I want it called Word... why did it change?? Is it because I renamed the shortcut Word 2013? Currently the only was I can even find the app is if I type WINWORD since it does not register as Word.

Compatibility Issues

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:49 PM PST

Hello,


I have a old copy of Microsoft Student and Teacher Edition 2003, is this software compatible with Windows 7?

Microsoft Office 2007 on Windows 8.1

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:27 PM PST

When I click on a Word file, Windows Installer pops up and tries to install Office all over again. When I click on the MS Word 2007 icon itself, it works fine, without trying to install office. I have the program icon set so that it runs Office as administrator.  What can I do to make the program open when I click on individual files? I believe this is an incompatibility or permissions issue. 

Converting a windows document to adobe acrobat

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 04:09 PM PST

I am using the trial version of 365 home premium.  I am trying to convert a word document to an adobe pdf document.  I get a message saying that there is an open dialogue box that must be closed before the action can be completed.  I don't see any open dialogue box to close.  I never had this problem before with the old windows 2007.  Please tell me what I am doing wrong.

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Posted: 13 Sep 2005 08:28 PM PDT

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Grub config

Posted: 13 Sep 2005 01:30 PM PDT

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:30:21 +0200, Paul Floyd <0.0.1> wrote:
 

I agree that the Grub documentation is hard to read for a
couple of reasons, but I feel I cannot do a complete new
Grub documentation for you here.

I haven't read the Grub documentation for about two years or
so, so things may have changed, but what I used to find most
confusing is that this documentation uses old words in new
meanings, as when Grub has a concept of "root" which is another
thing entirely than what we are used to think of a "root" in
relation to mounted file systems.

The Grub "root" is similar to Unix' concept of Current Working
Directory. But then Grub's root is not a directory but a
partition. We could call it the Grub Default Partition (GDP).
After setting the GDP it is possible to refer to files using
a "relative path" relative to the GDP. In your top stanza, the
kernel command har an argument /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8, which
really is (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8.


This supposes that the partition /dev/hda1 (or (hd0,0)) really
has a directory /boot, and that vmlinuz-* is in that directory.

Fedora and quite a few distributions prefer to keep the kernel
and initrd things in a separate partition, other than the
partition containing the root file system. Then, on the Linux'
root file system there is an empty directory /boot, and on the
separate partition there is no directory /boot. Instead the
kernel and the initrd files are in the root directory of the
separate partition, and when the separate partition is mounted
on the root file system's /boot directory, the kernel and
initrd files appear as /boot/vmlinuz* etc.

Conclusion: unless you tailored your setup differently during the
installation of FC4, partition (hd1,6) does not contain a /boot
directory. Change the kernel and initrd lines in the no-joy
stanza to read

kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/sda7 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img

But here I am supposing that root=(hd1,6) line is correctly
pointing to the partition where the vmlinuz-2.6* file and friends
resides, and the /dev/sda7 is the correct name to use for the
Linux root file system. This is what I was referring to when I
wrote in the beginning that I cannot write a complete documentation.
You tell next to nothing about your system configuration, so I
cannot determine what is right and what is wrong in the stanzas.

Some tips: When booting the computer, the boot usually pauses a
few seconds showing a menu consisting of the title lines of the
stanzas in grub.conf. At that point, you can hit the "c" key, and
get a command line. Then you can type

find /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4

Grub will inspect all partitions it can access, and report every
instance it finds of the above path. Somewhat likely it won't find
any. The issue

find /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4

and see if then reports there is one in (hd1,6) If there is,
I guessed right above. If not, I hope you now have some ideas
about how to explore the issue further.

I believe that if you are still with me, at this point the Grub
documentation is no longer so unclear.

(There is another sin against clarity that concerns the two
kinds of "install":

1. Under a running Linux kernel, run the "rpm" command and
install grub onto your system. A couple of files (stage1.5
for various filesystem types, like reiserfs, stage2...)
get installed into /usr/lib/grub*/ (details taken from memory).

2. Prepare the computer to boot using Grub, this is also
called "install grub". At this point, the stages that will be
used are copied to /boot/grub, and stage1 is copied to the MBR
(or whereever you ask grub to install). Before that, a special
copy of stage1 is prepared, containing hard-coded references
to the next stage, as well as a copy of the partition table
that is going to be owverwritten. A backup of the old MBR is
usually also saved in /boot/grub.)

Back to the (pre-)booting situation: If you find that the kernel
resides in (say) (hd1,5) instead,
you can exit the command line (Can't remember, was it the Escape
key?), and then move to the second stanza's title and hit the "e"
key. Follow the (very brief) instructions somewhere on the screen,
and you will be able to edit the stanza. You can change (hd1,6)
into (hd1,5) and then hit "b" to boot.

The stanza won't be edited on disk. If the changes work, you will
have to remember what you did, and repeat the changes in /dev/hda's
/boot/grub/grub.conf or wherever the working grub.conf is.

You may find that you can well have a single partition serving
as boot partition for both RH9 and FC4. All relevant files are
suffixed with the kernel version number in question, and they can
coexist in the same directory. I you later upgrade the kernel
while running FC4, you want that upgrade to update the correct
grub.conf file.

I then suggest that you mount /dev/hda1 somewhere (/mnt/hda1)
while running FC4, and copy /boot/*2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 to
/mnt/hda1/boot, and then unmount /boot, remove /boot from fstab,
and make /boot a symlink to /mnt/hda1/boot. I have not tried
anything exacly like this. This reflects how I understand things
work. I believe that after grub has done it's things, and the
kernel has loaded the rest of itself, /boot is not accessed
by a running linux system until you install a new kernel or
someting.

Good luck! (and ask again if you need to)
-Enrique

"su -" permission denied

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 09:30 AM PDT

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 16:30:23 +0000, Abanowicz Tomasz shouted Hoy......
 

Check to see if su is SUID root

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Download and Install Thunderbird (newbie question)

Posted: 12 Sep 2005 05:05 AM PDT

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:05:10 GMT, TooManyPutters
<com> wrote: 
Is there a README or a Makefile?
 
aptitude install mozilla-thunderbird


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debian 3.1 dialup

Posted: 10 Sep 2005 04:06 PM PDT

Thanks very much. By following the excellent pppconfig dialog, I established
the dialup connection on the first try with no trouble at all.

Problems Installing FC4 on a small machine

Posted: 10 Sep 2005 04:11 AM PDT

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 22:43:21 +0200, <co.uk> wrote:
 

:)
 

Not so bad as it sounds, because at this point you are not really have
a running system. You are in single-user mode, and nothing is running
other than the shell you are using and the commands you are issuing.
 

Good. I was (must have been) wrong in saying you should do this step
if it has already done so.

(A technical note that perhaps others can clarify: On older versions
of "init" there used to be two kinds of "single-user state", one in
which init starts a shell before processing /etc/inittab, and one
in which it processis /etc/inittab, but goes straight to runlevel
one. Runlevel one would not really have to be "single-user", it would
be whatever you put into the /etc/inittab.

With the former kind, upon exiting the shell, init continued and
processed /etc/inittab the ordinary way, obeying the "initdefault" entry.

I was under the seemingly incorrect idea that issuing the "single" option
to the kernel -- the kernel passes on all unknown options to init, and
perhpas all known ones too, I don't know -- would invoke the first kind
of "single-user state.

Now I presume that init had processed /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit as directed
in /etc/inittab, the sysinit entry, and most likely continued to level one.

ON my FC4 system, runlevel one has two "services" running, the first of
which is "single". This script runs the other scripts (if any, and on
my system there is one, "cpuspeed"), and then signals init to change
to runlevel S, which is about what I described above.

Another theory would be that modern init does run the sysinit line
in /etc/inittab if this file is present, even when going to runlevel
"S".)

I believe you can find out the current level with ps -fp1, which
will show init's command line as "init [1]" or whatever the runlevel is.

I also believe that processes started directly from init have an
envoronment set up with variables

RUNLEVEL=5
PREVLEVEL=N

(Where "N" means there was no earlier runlevel in my case).

It seems that the login program removes these variables, so when you
log in, they are not there any more. However, I believe the shell started
by init on /dev/console in runlevel "S" does have these variables.
 

This is weird. That one should not be there because you are using tty1.
Or, am I missing something? There should be plenty of people who can
correct me here.
 

??? Can somebody help explaining this? Does mingetty check the runlevel
and just exit if it is "S"? If you ever get back to this point, can you
remember to try

strace -o /tmp/mingetty.strace -f /sbin/mingetty tty2 &

That is, there must not be any program using tty2 already -
ctrl-alt-F2 should give a black screen. This command will write
a line to "/tmp/mingetty.strace" for each system call mingetty
(or any of its subprocesses) does. That sometimes gives a pretty
clear picture of what is going on.
 

Did you get the confirmation questions?

Did the computer not hang at any point?

If you had no other screens available (the mingetty processes
not showing in ps) could you still ctrl-alt-F2 or ...F3 to get
another screen with another shell?

Or did you only inspect /var/log/messages after all runlevel 3 daemons
had started?

If the "rc 3" script ran to completion without hanging the computer
it indicates that the problem was with the graphical interface,
which is started from /etc/inittab, the line

x:5:once:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon

This line is not run except in runlevel 5. So, setting initdefault to
3 appears to be the right thing.
 
# and unconfigures removed devices. Remembers
# earlier configuration in /etc/sysconfig/*
 
# lower levels if load is low. Requires hardware
# support. Saves energy.
 
# The latter if multiple PCs on the home network
# access internet through this computer.
 
 
 
# You want this.
 
# the /etc/fstab at a suitable time after the basic network
# has been started. 
# on your hardware, could be obsoleted by acpi. 
# early in the script. Do you run zero-conf autoipd? 
# if ACPI is supported. Somebody knows if apmd can be
removed? 
# IIRC does nothing unless you enble something somewhere 
# a mail server. 
# too, let it be. 
# not permanently on. (If you run backup through it, and
power is
# off during the normal backup hours, anacron can reschedule
it when
# power is back - and example 
# usb plug-and-play devices? 
# day the Epson is /dev/usb/lp0 and the Cannon is
/dev/usb/lp1 and the
# next day it's the other way around 
# the next upgrade. 

A trick: What is "kudzu"? Ok, got one file: /etc/rc.d/init.d/kudzu.

Try the command:

rpm -qf /etc/rc.d/init.d/kudzu

This answers "what rpm package owns this file?"
Answer: kudzu-1.1.116.2-2

Then, omitting the version (too error prone)

rpm -qi kudzu

Get information about installed package kudzu. The
description field usually tells something. If not perhaps

rpm -ql kudzu | less

See the list of files belonging to this package. Notice
man pages, html files etc. Or if there are other file
names that are less mysterious to you, this package is
related.

I hope this brings you a step forward.

-Enrique

Fedora networking out of the box

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 03:12 PM PDT

On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:21:51 +0200, Nico Kadel-Garcia <net>
wrote:
 

I too don't know. Perhaps you should install and run ethereal on eth0
to see what goes over the wire from your dhcp server or you adsl modem
or whatever applies to you.

On my system, I have an ADSL modem and use ppp-over-ethernet, there
is a script /etc/ppp/if-up that ultimately (through calling a script
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post) that sets up resolv.conf.

If you have a regular dhcp server, I believe you need the package dhclient
and, of course, you need to run the daemon contained in it. Also, with
the package installed, man dhclient, or any other documentation file
below:

$ rpm -qlp /fedora/links/dhclient-3.0.2-12.i386.rpm
/sbin/dhclient
/sbin/dhclient-script
/usr/share/doc/dhclient-3.0.2
/usr/share/doc/dhclient-3.0.2/dhclient.conf.sample
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/dhcp-options.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/var/lib/dhcp


-Enrique

Can't get pc speaker to work.

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 07:11 AM PDT

Michael Heiming <michael+heiming.de> wrote:
 

That's what I get for doing it from memory. :-) You only need that for a
different kernel version or if you've applied patches that add new
options though.

I'm surprised it took someone that long to spot it. ;-)
 

It might ease things up for you and the OP but I use Gentoo so it's near
useless to me. I did say these instructions were generic and I don't use
SuSE. :-)

--
Andy.

newbie debian 3.1 question

Posted: 09 Sep 2005 03:04 AM PDT

Thanks very much for the replies. I am certainly glad I tried debian out.

Linux with software RAID5?

Posted: 08 Sep 2005 04:02 AM PDT


"Davide Bianchi" <net> wrote in message
news:onlyforfun.net... 

And a more recent distribution than SuSE 9.0 and RedHat 9. RedHat 9 is
end-of-life and deprecated, SuSE 9.0 is still wildly out of date and SuSE
9.3 is vastly superior.

Distributions that support dual core Athlons

Posted: 07 Sep 2005 02:09 PM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup Nico Kadel-Garcia <net>:
 
 

Irrelevant, if you go to rhn, the first available .iso AS4(x86)
is the update:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 Update 1 (x86)

Same for RHEL 3:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Update 5 AS (x86)

Only an idiot would download the base release and then all
patches to upgrade if one can simply grab the update .iso
including most updates.

Your claims make no sense to me and I'd be glad if you could
simply stop wasting my time, thx.

[..]


--
Michael Heiming (X-PGP-Sig > GPG-Key ID: EDD27B94)
mail: echo qr | perl -pe 'y/a-z/n-za-m/'
#bofh excuse 327: The POP server is out of Coke

Microsoft Word - How to Modify a Word 2010 Custom Table Style

Microsoft Word - How to Modify a Word 2010 Custom Table Style

How to Modify a Word 2010 Custom Table Style

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:55 PM PST

Using Word 2010, and the Oriel Report theme, how do I modify a custom table style?

When I create a custom table style, I'm not able to modify it.


For example, when I try to change the Header Row to red, it reverts back to automatic:



.

Here's a video (2 mins) showing the end to end process of what I'm doing and where it breaks down:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI7ORlV9eLE&hd=1


Help?

Thanks!


Adam

loss of microsoft student packages such as word and excel

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST

hello,

with reference to the above, I have lost my student package of word and excel.. they have disappeared from my computer!! - help please! - I last used them in December, and when I went to use them tonight the icons were not anywhere to be seen! I purchased them late on last year.. October/November time, and need them for my studies.. can I reinstall them using the product key thing??

 

help please!

 

Thanks

Anita

How do I turn off the annoying Research pane on Word?

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:30 PM PST

It opens up EVERYTIME. This is so annoying! Closing the X on the top tight corner does not help at all. 

Is there some way to turn off this completely unnecessary functionality for once and for all?! 

Where are keyboard shortcuts stored?

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST

On my Windows 8.1 machine, I just created a newer user account, and I thought I'd transferred all application data from the old account I've been using. However, I see that certain stuff has been left behind. 

Right now, I know that at least my keyboard shortcuts didn't come over to the new profile. Can I locate them somewhere and move them?

Thanks!

Ken

File in Use: this document is locked for editing by ..... me, only it isn't it's someone else

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:44 PM PST

I am a junior tech for our local school division, I install programs and so I am responsible for installing most of the users Microsoft office in the schools and offices I'm responsible for.

Lately I am getting a LOT of hate  mail from staff who say that THEIR Microsoft office files are not editable or that they can't open because I have them open.

They get the following pop up- 
File in Use: this document is locked for editing by Victoria mylastname.. Do you want to 1) open a read only copy 2) create a local copy 3) receive notification when original is available"

They say every file seems to be read only.

As I'm a junior tech I have a lot of work to do and no interest nor do I want to snoop through their files, and I'm definitely not opening them and keeping them from editing them.  I am also the tech for the school division's head office and it is an office so they do share files over the network.  So what is happening is someone who I have installed Office on their computer for them has opened the file.  This is totally ok, what isn't ok, is that it says that I'm the one who has it open, if they knew who it was they could say hey I need that file.  But since it's saying it's me, and I don't have it open they can't track down who has it open.

I'm tired of getting the emails and questioned about why I have their files open.  

is there a solution to this issue.  I have asked my senior techs but they haven't found a solution yet.

I set up the machines, install the settings and the programs they require. Then I transfer my user settings to the default user, this where I am guessing my name is being set up as the user who is opening the files.  

Once the new Users have their machines is there a way to ensure that their names are what is used when the File is use warning is sent?

Normal.dot ribbon placement

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:42 PM PST

My Normal.dot selection keeps disappearing from the ribbon and I'm unable to find a way to permanently restore it to its place. Q&A does not suggest an answer to the problem. 

Microsoft Word 2013 partially opening documents, worsens over time until have to completely restart Word

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:15 PM PST

One of our users is experiencing a problem which progressively worsens throughout the day - she normally works with a couple of different Word Documents over, a variety of document types from 97 - 2013. When she opens a saved document, the document often hangs and opens up an outline box rather than a document, closing this and re-opening the document sometimes works for her, but it is noticeably worse after she has been working on more documents.

Completely closing Word temporarily resolves this, but I need to stop it happening altogether as we're starting to roll out 2013 and I don't want this to be a network wide issue...could this be associated with the database in her AppData? Is there any Office "Cache" I can increase the size of? Or am I looking in the wrong place altogether?

Thanks in advance,

Laura

Using line numbers in an index

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST

I have a document with continuous line numbers.

 

How can I have the Index use line numbers instead of page numbers?

Different number of lines per page

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:56 PM PST

I need major help here.  I'm formatting my book for Createspace and everything is perfect except that the left hand page sometimes has 29 lines and the right has 30.  I know it's a small thing, but a major thing at the same time because it happens maybe every twenty pages.  I do not have the widow/orphan control on and all the pages have the same dimensions.  Can anyone give me some suggestions?

Continuing text past section break

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:53 PM PST

I'm working on a letterhead template that uses a different image for the first page than it does on any pages beyond that. I've put the images as watermarks and created a section break so that the first watermark doesn't repeat. The issue I'm having is that simply typing text that exceeds the first page doesn't continue into the second section, it just creates another page containing the first watermark. Is there another way of doing this so that text exceeding the first page will appear on the second watermark? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Microsoft Office (Apparently, three other people are editing my work and I am all of them.

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:24 PM PST

Ok, not so bright I guess lol. I was trying to change the title of what I was writing when I noticed that two other people were editing my work?? I thought, well, maybe I will just close it down and open it again only to find out there were now three and once again, I was the culprit. How the heck do I fix that?? Thank you for your time.


Cheryl

Microsoft Office is busy at the moment.

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:05 PM PST

I have come to use my word document in Microsoft office, but a box appears stating:


WINWORD.EXE cant be used right now because office is busy. We're either updating or helping you add or remove some programs.

It goes on to say I will able to use it when they have finished, and it shouldn't take long.

This message has been on for over an hour, and I have an assignment deadline to meet, does anyone know how long this message stays on for? And has it occurred due to something I have done? Because the previous evening I had problems with word and printing, so perhaps this is a result of that.


Thanks

Outline Numbering within a table

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:50 AM PST

New here, any guidance or suggestions are welcomed.

I am trying to improve on a document given to me by my supervisor. 

In this word doc there are tables that we are using to document a test procedure. In each table we have multiple columns and possibly multiple rows.

We need to document each step with a unique identifier for collection purposes. 

Is it possible to have numbering span multiple columns and then follow a numbering scheme I set for each sub category?

I know how to add outline numbering to a single column.

I tried my to explain my goal as best as possible without adding confusion so I have added the image below to help with clarification. 

Again, Any help is greatly appreciated.

What are the pros and cons of both oxps and xps files?

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:33 AM PST

I am using Windows 8.1 and have a really basic question. Since I can save/print files as both .oxps and .xps files, are there reasons to use one over the other? Is there any functionality gained, such as the ability to comment, highlight, or convert to another format like those available in Acrobat Reader?


Thanks for whatever help you can give.

How to change Word language from Polish to English. (Not the spell check/grammar language but the program's language itself)

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:42 AM PST

Hello,
   Please help! Some years back I purchased my computer from a fellow student. She was from Poland and so all of MS Office 2007 was set to the Polish language. I have spent considerable time attempting to change the language to English (even going into the registry as one person advised) but it does not seem to work. There is even a language button on the bottom of the screen in MS Word which says 'Angielski' which I think means 'English' and when clicking there you can select US English, but it only seems to apply to the grammar and spell check, not to MS Word itself (File, Edit, Cut, Copy, things like this)
    I happen to be using MS Word much more now than before and so trying to navigate between it and Google Translate is getting frustrating.
      Please help!

Caption Label Disapeared - Table of Figures - Unable to find entries - Unable to 'Continue" with new labels.

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:39 AM PST

Product: MS Word 2013 (via MS Office 365 Subscription Small Business Premium - not an option in the list of products)

Using Table of Figures and Insert Caption:  I created a new caption "Label" (value "Fig."), and created a set of captions for figures.  I confirmed use, format, and ability to create a Table of Figures, by inserting Table of Figures at end of document.  I saved the document, but did not save changes to Normal.dot, and closed the document.  When I returned to the document, it appears that the label "Fig." is gone. I can continue to update the table, but the label ("Fig.") is missing.  Insert Table of Figures results in the inserted value "No table of figures entries found". (Despite the fact that I can SEE the captions.)


I can insert NEW captions using a NEW label.  The NEW label starts at sequence value 1.   There are instructions for setting the Sequence number (using the "/r" switch in the code macro.  This seems to work about 50% of the time - it works inconsistently.  I can even create a NEW label with the same string value as the previous one ("Fig.") but Insert Table of Figures only inserts any newly created captions - and does not pick up the old ones.  (I note that when I look at the macro code for the old "Table of Figures" table it shows the code as "{TOC \h \z \c "Fig. "} (with space after the "Fig."), and the value "Fig." is italicized.  When I create a NEW label with same apparent value, the string "Fig." is not italicized.  I do not see any way to italicize or set style on the actual label in label creation. My guess - and its only that - is that MS Word keeps the Labels in the Normal template (why?  I don't know, and thus not saving 'normal' resulted in the label being lost - and the list of Captions being orphaned.)  If I delete the old table of figures, I cannot recreate it - but I can keep it and it will update correctly.  Not a good solution as this is a living document. 


So, the questions are::  Is there a way to tell MS Word to (a) continue to use the existing figure captions and to continue the sequence?  Or create a new sequence, and caption set, but include the existing.  Advice?  Help?



(As an aside,  I attempted to get phone support on this question as Small Business Premium Subscription is a 'supported' product.  2 hours, 7 phone calls, 2 chats, 1 dropped remote session (with no call back - after getting my # and promising to) and 2 dropped 'transfers' later (after also getting my phone number),  I gave up.  Some of the most abysmal technical support interaction I've ever experienced and at this point we've all experienced some pretty bad interactions.  I couldn't even get to someone that knew enough to look at this, much less solve it or contribute to a solution - or even just acknowledge that its a bug.  Microsoft ?  I knew you when you were at least smart if not cool.  You got to try harder!)

Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are not working

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:12 AM PST

Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are not working in word 2013 and Windows 8.1

This is pretty strange.

When I am in WORD 2013, these 3 shortcuts don't work.

this problem happens ONLY in word 2013.

The rest of the programs on the pc work fine. ( I installed word 2010 and it works just fine. I uninstalled and installed office 2013 and there goes the shortcut problem).

Any idea please?

After setting tabbing order in a protected form, it skips fields

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST

Hello,
I used the code from this page, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/SetTabOrder.htm , and changed the names of the field bookmarks as necessary, but when I enable form protection, it skips every other field when I press the tab key.  In the Case statements in the macro, I basically just did something like "Case Text1 go to Text2", "Case Text2 go to Text3" (using proper syntax, of course, as provided in the link).  I can't figure out why it's skipping every other field.  Any help is greatly appreciated.

Line Breaks with Font Changes

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:43 AM PST

I have a document that is inserting a line break after an open quotation mark. Both Asian language rules (ex. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688158.aspx) and Latin language rules say that Word should not break after an open quote. This particular open quotation mark is in Times New Roman (English) followed by characters in PMingLiU (Chinese). I assume the font change the cause for the line break as if I alter the open quotation to also be PMingLiU, Word keeps it together.  I also know that I can force a line break before the open quotation, but this text will not always be at the end of the line, and this would force me to edit the break every time I use the document. So, is there way to turn the break off or insert some kind of non-breaking-open-quotation (not unlike a non-breaking-space)? I want to keep the fonts, but also keep the Times New Roman quotation mark and PMingLiU characters together.  Thanks for your help.
 
Cora

Word Configures Every Time I Run It

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:15 AM PST

Hello,

I have Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007. When I installed it, all of the applications are running normally except for Word. Whenever I start Microsoft Word, it says "Configuration Progress" and has a loading bar with "Configuring Microsoft Office 2007" underneath it. The loading bar takes around 3-5 minuets. This pops up in a new window. After it finishes loading, Word starts up and runs normally.  All of my saved information remains. I tried repairing it, but the same problem happens again. This doesn't happen for any of the other applications. Also, the saved documents are supposed to have a Microsoft Word logo next to it, but when I save a document it has a different icon, one with a white, bunny-eared page, and blue and red markings on it. How would you fix this problem?

My Microsoft Word 2010 for Mac Margins Are All Over The Place

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:13 AM PST

I recall my margins being 2 cm (top,bottom,left,right) for 'Normal' setting some 2-3 years ago when I first bought Office so I don't know how it became all set to 2.54 cm now when I click 'Normal' margin settings. 

I have had no problem after applying this setting but on writing my 3rd page of the document, somehow my sentences and paragraphs have literally gone off tangent and become quite indented towards the right even though the margin levels at the top of the page show that it's still in the 'Normal' setting. So I've got 2 pages in normal margins and then the 3rd page, all my margins have gone crazy. I've tried configuring custom margin settings in all sorts of way possible and even tried setting it to Office Word 2003 default but nothing seems to fix this.Also, every time I start a new document, the margins become all messed up again.


I've attached a picture to shed more light.


Please help as I have an assignment to submit pretty soon!

Thanks in advance!

Office question

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:11 AM PST

I am working with a pic from  online clip art.  I want to add text that will attach to the photo so when I resize the photo the text will change as well.  I have it the way I want it know but when I resize the pic the text stays the same.  I used word art for the text.  Can anyone help with this?

How do you include Chapter numbers in an index?

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:56 AM PST

I've set up a 230 manual with TOC and Index.  However, the index prints the page number only and my document is set up with each chapter starting out with page 1. 

Is there a way to put Chapter number in the footer (and not have it visible) so that the index can include this as part of the page number?  Or is there a way for the index to also grab the chapter number from the header?

My header includes
Company Name
Manual Name
Chapter Name                       Chapter Number

My footer includes
Revision Date             Revision Number                  Page Number

TOC
Chapter Title                                          Page Number
Section Number        Section Title           Page Number
     Paragraph Title                                 Page Number


Index
Paragraph Title or key word                   Page Number (THIS IS WHERE I'D LIKE IT TO READ SOMETHING LIKE   9:4   (Chapter 9, page 4)

Mail Merge with Rules - Spacing Problem

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:51 AM PST

Hello,

 

I've set up a mail merge template, where I am using the if/then rule to merge text as required.

More specifically, I have certain sections of my document that only need inclueded occasionally - I've designed the if/then rule to input the text IF the data source contains a particular word for that mergefield. The process itself is working flawlessly, and I am able to merge the text it without issue.

 

However the problem I am encountering is for one section that includes three (3) paragraphs. When this section is NOT included in the final merged document, word (for some reason) includes the paragraph spaces that are formatted between the paragraphs. As the paragraph breaks are within the text the merge is NOT supposed to include in the finished merge document, I do not understand why or how to fix the problem. I've tried every work around I can think of, and still no luck.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

 

Michelle

How to reverse the background colors in a search result

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:57 AM PST

For quite a while now (forever?), whenever I search in Word, the result being highlighted is a dark yellow, and all the other results are bright/lighter yellow. My eye naturally drifts to the lighter, brighter color and I find myself asking which term I am being shown at the moment.

Is there a way to get MS Word to change the colors for the search results?

Creating 10 documents, wanting to change order of different Heading and sub headings and keep them in sync..

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:23 AM PST

Word 2010 Professional Plus

 

I am creating 10 documents that each contain information about our different customers.  These are work in progress documents and they will continue to evolve.

 

We have not finalized the order of the content.  I am using Styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading3, etc.).

I am able to easiliy move the content around using the Navigation Pane.

 

Is there a way to keep all 10 documents contents in sync with what order we evolve to?  I looked at Master Documents and Templates, but I am not sure that is what I need.

 

Thanks in Advance.

 

 

 

 

Different Users-Different # of Pages

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:37 AM PST

I created a one page document in Word 2013 (Windows 7). Every time I open it, it's one page. When a coworker opens it, it's two pages. I have searched, but cannot find an explanation. I saved it as a PDF, and the PDF opens as a one-page document for her.

 

Any idea why the number of pages changes? I have no section breaks in the document.

Language Pack

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:24 AM PST

Hi,
I have bought the language pack couple of years ago for word and installed it on my notebook then. My notebook crashed and i had to reinstall windows and office. Now i don\t have access to my language pack as it was wiped out when i reinstalled the windows. Should i buy the language pack again? 

thanks in advance!

Display sub-item of enumeration next to parent

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:50 AM PST

I am trying to create a list with the items sorted like this. (I do not want to type the numbers and letters myself, I want to use Word's enumeration possibilities.)

  1. a. Some text 
    b. Some text
  2. Some text
  3. a. Some text
Is this possible? So the "a." and "b." should be list-items as well, not just som text that I typed.

Word Document opening with an exceptionally huge(unwanted) width !!

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:27 AM PST

Hi,

I have a code that downloads a file by calling a web service and opens that file in a word document.But,after the file gets opened in the word doc,the width of the word doc becomes exceptionally long,although,the file downloaded wasn't that huge.So,i end up getting so much  unused white space on the right hand side of the doc.
PFB the code used for opening the downloaded file in word doc.

string tempdir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
            System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tempdir);
            string tempfile = Path.Combine(tempdir, documentName);
            System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(tempfile, content);
            object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
            object fileName = tempfile;
            object readOnly = true;
            object isVisible = true;
            object confirmConversions = true;
            object addToRecentFiles = false;
Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Documents.Open(
                ref fileName,
                ref confirmConversions,
                ref readOnly,
                ref addToRecentFiles,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref isVisible,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing,
                ref missing);



I tried to fix the issue by setting the RightMargin to 0(zero),But,that didn't help.

ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Document.PageSetup.RightMargin = 0;


Please share,if anyone has any idea about what's going wrong here.

Applying style for headings on a word doc based upon numbering

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:54 AM PST

Hi,

 

I have one doc with headings put as text but numbering is there like 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 etc.

 

I have to update this doc with some additions and format as per new style. Is there any way to recognise text based upon numbering and apply corresponding heading level (1, 2, 3) automatically?

 

I have around 100 docs like this so need automated way.

 

Pl support!

 

Thanks.

 

Error messages opening word and excel

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:18 AM PST

I am getting error messages every time I open word .doc or excel .xls docs, usually when they have come in as attachments on email. I do not have a capacity issue on the laptop so not sure what is going wrong. It doesn't happen on old docs already filed so there is no consistency in the problem other than they come in general via email into outlook.  Using Sony vaio laptop, Office 365 and Windows 8.  I can sometimes open the docs if I put them in dropbox.

 

Driving me mad! Can anyone help solve and fix this?

 

 

 

trial version not working

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:56 AM PST

I have installed the 1 month trial version of the Msoffice two days ago but it is not working now.

auto save & saving reappear without saving

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:46 AM PST

I am using word 2010  starter and from a week I was working on a document ant the the battery charge carried out and the computer closed , when I reopened it I found the recovery version but every time I try to save it the "save as window" appear and after I chose a place to save and and click "save" saving doesn't complete and the "save as window" reappear again and again and again :( , the "auto save after 10 minutes" also stooped working  , and this problem happens only with this document , other documents open and save normally, I thought the problem was in the document itself, but, two days ago the problem happened with another document which was working normally before , the problem also appeared after the computer closed due to low battery , :( I can't know if the problem is in the Office of in the computer as a whole 

Word and access 2013 32 bit are not functioning

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:59 AM PST

Word and Access 2013 are not opening. The installation disk for Office 2013 will not run. It is most distressing. The product key used on many occasions with the installation disk is not recognised. It is all too frustrating. 

Custom Numbered Lists in Word 2010

Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:53 AM PST

Hi there

 

I hope someone can help??

 

I have created a custom multinumbered level list in Word 2010. Initially looks like it works, but then it goes wrong

 

Below is an extract of the list I have already created as a visual:

 

1.  Of all the fishes

1.1.           Now is the time

2.1.           The rain in Spain

2.  Of all the fishes

1.1.           Now is the time

2.1.           The rain in Spain

I have tried all sorts of ways to overcome this, but cant seem to figure it our. I have successfully created these in previous versions of Word without any issues

 

What i want to achieve is the following:

 

1.  Of all the fishes = Level 1 Heading

1.1.           Now is the time = Level 2 Heading

   1.2.        The rain in Spain = Level 2 Heading

1.1.a.          Of all the fishes = Level 3 Heading

2.  Of all the fishes= Level 1 Heading

  2.1         Now is the time = Level 2 Heading

2.2         The rain in Spain = Level 2 Heading

2.1.a         The rain in Spain = Level 3 Heading

 and so on, and so on.....

 

Is there anyone out there that can help me PLEASE???

 

Regards

 

Steve

Blogger account can't work with Word 2013?

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:08 PM PST

Just a few days ago I was able to connect with it perfectly and publish to my blog from Word 2013, but after a while, yesterday I suddenly couldn't publish my posts to my affiliated blogger accounts, when I connect, I put the exact same username and everything! I don't understand, help.....

Word 2013 hangs, lags, and freezes

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:01 PM PST

Original title: Office 2013 hangs, lags, and freezes

Lately, after using it successfully for a few weeks office 2013 has begun to lag/hang while working with files.  When scrolling up or down it'll stop and go into 'not responding mode' for 20-30s before running again.  In particular this seems to happen while scrolling to pages with pictures embedded in them.

Now here's where it gets weird.  Our internet connection has been lagy the last few days (probably due to the snowstorm) so my thought was that it was a network issue, and disabled the wi-fi.  Now with no network connection everything worked fine, silky smooth scrolling and loading of many documents with images.  Re-enable the network and its lagging/hanging again.  So I log out and re-log into Windows 8 with a local account.  Skydrive is disabled, office says its logged out (has the sign-in icon) and yet its still lagging/hanging.  Turn off wi-fi and again it clears up, enable wi-fi and again the lag/hanging returns.

I'd like to be able to use office with the wi-fi enabled, any ideas on how to stop Office from attempting to access the network??

Microsoft is unable to verify the license for this product

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:41 PM PST

  • I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and it is brand new. I purchased it in august.
  • I ran into some issues with my laptop. Last night when I logged off, I logged off normally by swiping the right side of the screen and clicking the settings wheel then power then shut down, I have never used the power button to shut off my laptop. Today my computer felt warm and I didn't really think anything of it because I had laid a few light objects on my laptop. However, when I went to use my laptop, I got stuck on a black screen with just my cursor. So, I didn't really know what to do.
  • I forced shut down twice using the power button, and it booted up. It came to the VAIO screen and it said it was repairing the C: drive. I thought it was a slight issue. However, I go and see that most of my apps have x's on them, so I delete the ones I don't want and I update the ones I want.

So here comes to my problem. I go and open up Microsoft Word. The version of Office I am running is Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013. IT loads up but when I get to the screen that lets me choose what type of document I want, an error pops up saying 'Microsoft cannot verify the license for this product. you should repair this product using the control panel'. And I did just that. I did both options listed, the quick repair and the other one. I waited until the processes were done and I went to open up the program, with the same error message. I restarted my computer, tried to open up the program, with the same message popping up. I searched this issue and most of the options I found didn't work for me. I really need to use my Microsoft office word application.

 

  • I bought the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 at Best Buy, it wasn't illegally downloaded or anything else
  • I entered in the product key correctly
  • I am at my wits end
  • The issue persists when I click on Powerpoint, Excel, and OneNote

Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone help me fix this?

Searching images

Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:57 PM PST

Is there any way to access images from Office.com via the old browser way?


The current Office 2013 way is a pain in the @**.


Im convinced Bing is not returning the same number of photos I used to receive nor is the ability to drill down further or add additional parameters.


This issue is driving me insane as I previously used the old system to obtain royalty free images quite a bit.


Thanks in advance
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