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Help me plz!!! - Forums Linux

Help me plz!!!

Posted: 14 Jan 2006 04:27 AM PST

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 13:27:37 +0100, drugone <it> wrote:
 

You forgot to tell which version of linux. Which distribution?
SuSE? Redhat? CentOS? Mandrivia? Gentoo? Debian? Ubuntu?
 

When you get the "Grub" prompt, type

find /etc/fstab

It takes a few seconds. You will get a response similar to this:

(hd0,5)

Type (substitute the result from the find command):

cat (hd0,5)/etc/fstab

Look for a line similar to the following:

/dev/hda2 /boot ext3 defaults 0 0

The key here is "/boot" in the second word.

If there is no such line, then you will use (hd0,5) (or whatever you
got from the "find" command). Also you will use "/boot/vmlinuz" below.

If you find this line, you will *not* use (hd0,5), and we need to determine
what you will use. look at the number after "hda", and substract 1. If its
hda3, use (hd0,2). If its hda12, use (hd0,11). Also, you will *not* type
"/boot" in the commands below. You will type "kernel /vmlinuz...." and not
"kernel /boot/vmlinuz...".

Then say

root (hd0,5) # Substitute the right number for "5"
kernel /boot/vmlinuz<TAB><TAB>

Here, you must use the TAB key. Grub will look in the /boot directory
(or / directory if there is no /boot) and list all files with names
beginning with "vmlinuz", e.g. "vmlinux-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4". If there
is only one, Grub will complete the file name for you. Fill in the file
name, and continue on the same line:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 root=/dev/hda6 ro

Note: The part "/dev/hda6" shall have the same number as (hd0,5) plus one.
So if it is (hd0,2) then use /dev/hda3, if it was (hd0,0), then use
/dev/hda1.

Next,

initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4

The version string in the file name must be the same as in the kernel.
You can use the TAB key to have Grub help you fill in the file name.
Using the TAB key is a very good idea, because it protects you against
typoos. If you try "initrd /boot/intird<TAB>" it does not work because
there is no file name beginning with "intird".

Next,

boot

This will start Linux.

Once linux has started, take some steps to avoid having to do all this
every time.

I suspect Partition Magic carries it's own copy of Grub, so it is
possible that the Grub software package is not installed in your linux.
Most likely, your linux distribution prefers to use Lilo instead.
If you have a file /etc/lilo.conf, check the contents of this file
(Read the documentation. It's hard, but you are a clever guy, you
overcome that challenge, don't you?) If the file is OK, with the
correct kernel version, correct root partition, etc., run the command

lilo

and this will remove grub and set up your computer to boot using lilo.

You may want to find out what to put in the lilo.conf file in order to
be able to boot Windows from lilo.

On the other hand, perhaps you do have Grub, and not lilo. (I personally
prefer Grub, but others disagree :) )

At this point, you are running Linux, and if I say /boot below,
I mean /boot even if there was a /boot line in /etc/fstab. The sentence
about not typing /boot only applies to the kernel and initrd commands
above *and* in the grub.conf or menu.lst file below.

If you do have grub, there should be a file called /boot/grub/grub.conf,
or /boot/grub/menu.lst. Some linux distributions call it "grub.conf"
and some call it "menu.lst". Quite a few have both names, one
being a link to the other. Again, you should check the contents of
this file, to make sure it is correct. It should contain something like

Title "Linux is King!"
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4 root=/dev/hda6 ro
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.14-1.1656_FC4
Title "Windows is Easy!" # or whatever you think it is
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Then run the command

grub-install /dev/hda

This will do properly what Partition Magic should have done. Write
to the company that makes Partition Magic and ask them to have their
program either 1) install Grub properly, or 2) tell the user the install
is not complete.
 

Linux does not care about "active partition". Leave your Windows partition
as the active one. (The "makeactive" command in the config file above takes
care of that, so you don't need to "fix" it.)
 

Boot magic? Sorry, I don't know it. Deleting partitions does not usually
help with booting problems.
 

I have heard about partition magic a lot here in this newsgroup, and it seems
to be a nice program. Does it show you what partitions you have?
Does it show you what the partition table looks like? Does it tell you
if your partitions are primary partitions of logical ones?

It does not seem to support Grub in a satisfactory way.

-Enrique

help me!!!

Posted: 13 Jan 2006 11:26 PM PST

On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:26:34 +0100, diepvientinhyeu <com> wrote:
 

There is no such thing as "redhat linux 10.1". Look again.
 

Write down the exact and complete error message, and post it.
 

-Enrique

cpuspeed mystery

Posted: 12 Jan 2006 11:52 PM PST

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:47:43 +0100, Peter T. Breuer <it.uc3m.es> wrote:
 

It turns out that RH has tucked away the info here.

$ cpuspeed --help
cpuspeed v1.2.1

This program monitors the system's idle percentage and reduces or raises the
CPUs' clock speeds and voltages accordingly to minimize power consumption
when idle and maximize performance when needed. This is the default.

The program may also optionally be configured to reduce the CPUs' clock
speeds if the temperature gets too high, NOT minimize their speeds if the
computer's AC adapter is disconnected or maximize their speeds when the AC
adapter is connected.

By default this program will manage every CPU found in the system.

Usage: cpuspeed [Options]

Options:
-d
Tells the process to daemonize itself (run in background).

-i <interval>
Sets the interval between idle percentage tests and possible speed
changes in tenths of a second (default is 20).

-n
Includes nice time as cpu time (off by default)

-p <fast up> <threshold>
Sets the CPU idle percentage thresholds. <fast up> is the idle
percentage below which a CPU will be set to the highest possible
speed. <threshold> is the idle percentage above which a CPU's
speed will be decreased and below which a CPU's speed will be
increased (defaults are 10 and 25).

-m <minimum speed>
Sets the minimum speed in KHz below which a CPU will not be set.

-M <maximum speed>
Sets the maximum speed in KHz above which a CPU will not be set.

-t <temp file> <maxtemp>
Sets the ACPI temperature file and the temperature at which CPUs
will be set to minimum speed.

-T <interval>
Sets the interval at which the temperature will be polled in
tenths of a second (default is 10).
(Requires the '-t' option above.)

-a <AC file>
Sets the ACPI AC adapter state file and tells the program to set
the CPUs to minimum speed when the AC adapter is disconnected.
(This is the default but is changeable by the '-D' option below).

-A <interval>
Sets the interval at which the AC adapter state will be polled in
tenths of a second (default is 50).
(Requires the '-a' option above.)

-C
Run at maximum speed when AC adapter is connected.
(Requires the '-a' option above.)

-D
Do NOT force minimum speed when AC adapter is disconnected.
(Requires the '-a' option above.)

-r
Restores previous speed on program exit.

-s <CPU>
Manage only a single CPU. <CPU> specifies the number of the CPU
to manage and is in the range 0 to (n-1) where 'n' is the number
of CPUs in the system. Without this option the program creates
copies of itself to manage every CPU in the system.

To have a CPU stay at the highest clock speed to maximize performance send
the process controlling that CPU the SIGUSR1 signal.

To have a CPU stay at the lowest clock speed to maximize battery life send
the process controlling that CPU the SIGUSR2 signal.

To resume having a CPU's clock speed dynamically scaled send the process
controlling that CPU the SIGHUP signal.

Author:
Carl Thompson - cet [at] carlthompson.net (copyright 2002 - 2005)

-Enrique

[LILO] How to repair L99?

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 01:17 PM PST

On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 02:04:27 GMT, imotgm
<com> wrote: 

Good call. Thx :-)

rpm with nodeps option

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 12:05 PM PST


"Unruh" <ubc.ca> wrote in message
news:dq3v7p$lbq$itservices.ubc.ca... 

In the RedHat world, the "yum" tool is marvelous for finding and resolving
all the dependencies. The dependencies can bite you: if you install an
Apache from Fedora Core 4, and it has requirements for a recent glibc, it's
just not gonna work on a RedHat 9 installation. But if the dependency is for
some fiddling feature you never plan to use, then yeah, you can ignore it.

We can't hope to predict success or failure without the reported complaints
from RPM.

MD5 sum mismatch during kickstart install

Posted: 11 Jan 2006 05:01 AM PST

Well, I did a little test. I mangled the sendmail rpm file on an NFS
server that has the RHEL4 media exported and tried a network install
from another system. The install.log error is pretty similar to what I
saw on the system in question. So it looks like the HTTP server and
network are not ruled out as causes of this problem.

Fedora - Many "ssh-scan" processes running..

Posted: 10 Jan 2006 11:23 AM PST


"Michael Heiming" <michael+heiming.de> wrote in message
news:heiming.de... 

Or it could be someone local doing it to probe their own systems, but it's
still really irritating.

Fortunately, ssh-scan is crap that could be rewritten by a drunken baboon. A
very modest set if alterations can be done to make it faster by a factor 10
if not a factor of 100, without too much difficulty: I've done so for
scanning Beowulf clusters.

anonymous FTP and /var/ftp/bin

Posted: 10 Jan 2006 09:02 AM PST


<com> wrote in message
news:googlegroups.com... 

Throw it out. Many of the old wu tools, such as wu-imapd and wu-ftpd, have
since been replaced by superior tools that were written from the ground up
with this sort of feature incorporated, rather than as a stapled on
afterthought.

In particular, you probably want vsftpd.

Problem with screen resolution on Debian 3.1

Posted: 10 Jan 2006 04:48 AM PST

I forgott to say what modem , it`s Intel 536ep,
About the sounds, I`m not sure that I figured how to turn off gnome system,
and by the way, I am not able to use much of Debian- dont have internet
connection either sound- so I can`t tell is it gnome system sound, or
something else. I`ll try now to turn off gnome sounds.

laptop doen't recognize hard drive

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:58 PM PST

PT wrote:
 

Yes, quite possible. Happened to me may times (take a clean drive with valid
partition table but without anything on it e.g.)

=arvi=

Garmin eTrex Legend

Posted: 08 Jan 2006 06:49 AM PST

Keith Sheppard wrote: 

Garmin windscreen suction mount. Pretty useless if you use as it appears to
be designed since the receiver tends to bounce up and down to the point of
being unreadable. However it works perfectly if you turn it round and
slightly loosen one of the locking screws so that the bottom of the GPS
rests on the dashboard. UK prices are a rip-off and US RRP is too high -
however there are several good US eBay suppliers of new Garmin accessories
at bargain prices and I have bought several items from one of them
(including two etrex suction mounts) with no problems. Postage is cheap
and rapid (usually ~5 days).

David

Use for MS Project by patent attorneys? Microsoft Project

Use for MS Project by patent attorneys? Microsoft Project

Use for MS Project by patent attorneys?

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 12:02 PM PDT

Just put-in an order for it... not a bad deal at <$17 with shipping.
Thanks.

Progress Bars

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 10:13 AM PDT

Rick Martin wrote:
 

Cut that line and paste it below the summary bar line in that dialog.
Bars are drawn from the top down so bars lower in the dialog are shown
on top.

--
Brian K - Project MVP
http://www.projectified.com
--
Senior Trainer - Electronic Arts
--
QuantumPM Associate
http://www.quantumpm.com

New to MS Project 02. How do you schedule vacation time.

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 07:29 AM PDT

I could schedule it all at the end of the year. We were using a product
called Project WorkBench, which allowed us to spread it out over the year.

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

How can I export a Project Gantt chart as a picture, a .doc or an.

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 07:17 AM PDT

you're welcome

--
Cheers
JulieD
check out www.hcts.net.au/tipsandtricks.htm
....well i'm working on it anyway
"Evan" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Exporting a report to Excel

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 04:19 AM PDT

In article <Wxy4e.1219$bigpond.net.au>,
"Jack Shearer" <com> wrote:
 

Jack,
The Cash Flow report is a timephased report, therefore you need
something that will export timephased data. There are several choices,
some better some not.

The easiest but most tedious is a copy and paste. Probably not what you
want.

Another method you might try is to use the "Analyze timescaled data in
Excel" utility found on the Analysis toolbar. Try exporting from the
Task Usage view. It is likely you will have to do some manipulation of
the data to get the format you want.

The most flexible method is via a custom VBA macro. Using that method
you can get whatever report data and format you need, including
automated data manipulation in Excel. I use this method all the time.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Updating Milestone Dates

Posted: 05 Apr 2005 04:09 AM PDT

I'm a bing believer that there are no such things as "milestone dates."
There are milestone *events* - signifigant things that happen during the
course of a project and of course they happen at specific points in time,
but the milestone is the event itself and not the date on which it happens
to occur. Project's basic function is calculating dates. Left to its own
devices, it will calculate the date on which a certain milestone will occur
if you work the plan in the way it is currently outlined. If you want the
milestone to occur on a different date from the one you see, you must do
something proactive to the scheduling of the predecessor driving events to
make it so - simply decalring that it will happen on XX date is not in and
of itsxelf sufficient to make it happen then. The milestone is at the tail
end of a chain of causality and it will happen whenever that chain off
events causes to to happen. Now that's not to say it may not have a
requirement that you have to meet - far from it, it very likely has such a
requirement. You can best represent that requirement with a deadline - now
you'll see that date you have to hit and the date the schedule as you've
perently designed it ordains that you will hit. If the milestone event
doesn't occur when you need it to, you need to change the driving forces so
that it does and comparing the calculated date where it does occur with the
deadline date where it should occur tells you if you have been successful or
not in planning your strategy.

Steve House
MS Project MVP
"Steve Scott" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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order 

Can I turn off Work Unit Duration Calculation? Fixed Duration & Wo

Posted: 04 Apr 2005 05:49 PM PDT

There's nothing in the W-D-U identity that precludes Project doing this
calculation exactly the way you want it. You're overlooking the "U" in that
equation. Joe spending 20 days to do 2 days of work represents at 10%
units(if he was working at 100% and needed to do 2 days work, the duration
wouldn't 20 days, it would be 2 days). Jane spending 20 days to do 5 days
of work means she's working at 25% units. After changing the duration to 15
days, Project will recalculate Joe's units required to produce 2 days of
work over a 15 day duration at ~13% with Jane will now be 33%.
--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



"Vic W" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Linked embedded PDF object does not show icon

Posted: 04 Apr 2005 08:55 AM PDT

Thanks. We are trying to segregate using an hyperlink address to retrieve
current data as opposed to using a notes field to link to a source within a
directory.

"JulieS" wrote:
 

File Name in Summary Title Box

Posted: 01 Apr 2005 02:03 PM PST

Brian,

Thank you very much. This help get major kudos from my boss.

"Brian K - Project MVP" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - Sorry Error

Microsoft Word - Sorry Error

Sorry Error

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:59 PM PDT

So, today I tried to open my Office 2013 and it wouldn't open giving me the Error Message then to my utmost annoyance it appears that the -insert bad word here- corrupted my files or it simply won't let me open them because the program I paid for isn't working as it should! (And here I thought Microsoft still cared about us customers and our satisfaction) What should I do? Because I'm really starting to lose my patience seeing as this is the computer I use for Collage and all my works are here! What can I do to fix this program so I can use it again? I already tried it's suggestions and it still gave me the Error Message again

Office 97 Professional

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 01:13 PM PDT

I get a ctl3d32.dll not installed when installing office 97. Can anyone help

Thanks,

Bob

Something went wrong. We couldn't start your program.

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 11:37 AM PDT

It tells me to try and start it again. I have done that multiple times and I have restarted my computer. I have tried to repair the issues with microsoft but none of these have worked. I can't open any of my microsoft applications. I have Microsoft Office 2013.

Please help.

Ms office word application crashes on Using PORTABLE DOCUMENT OBJECT inside the page of a word file

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:56 AM PDT

Hi

I created a word file.

I added a PDF OBJECT.

I inserted an Pdf file in that object nothing happened.

I inserted another PDF NOT ANOTHER PDF OBJECT. - PROBLEM 1

THEN MS OFFICE WORD APP COULD DO AUTO SAVE. . - PROBLEM 2

IT NEITHER CLOSES AND HANGED. . - PROBLEM 3

I USED TASK MANAGER AND KILLED THE PROCESS. 

I RESTARTED WORD 

WORD LOOKED PIXALATED. . - PROBLEM 4

NOW EVERY TIME THE WORD IS THE ORIGINAL BLUE TINT IS NOT THERE. . - PROBLEM 5

I asked the vendor how to resolve these issues? 

He is certified no wonder !!! - reinstall OS...

Any ideas to resolve it?

Help with restricting editing in Word 2010/2013

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:44 AM PDT

I would like to restrict the editing of a document; however, I am having problems - Let me explain and give you some context:

 

I want restrict the editing of my Resumé (CV for Europeans), so that Recruiters can only change/remove my contact details; but not the material contents of my profile, skills & experience etc.

 

I have tried doing this by:

 

1.  Selecting "Restrict Editing" - this is an option on the "Review" tab on the ribbon in the "Protect" section.  It is also available from the "File" tab on the ribbon, under "Protect Document" - and also on the "Developer" tab on the ribbon, also in the "Protect" section.

 

2. I then select option 2 "Editing restrictions" from the "Restrict Formatting and Editing" pane which appears when you select "Restrict Editing"

 

3. I then select the stuff that I will allow recruiters to edit; and save the document after applying the restriction enforcement. - so far so good

 

4. However, when I open the document; the bits that I have made editable are now highlighted and enclosed with "[ ]" brackets.

 

5.  I do not want the editable bits to be highlighted at all.  To be clear I have tried the following:

 

     5.a) Deselecting the "Highlight the regions I can edit" - save the document again and reopen it - it doesn't work

 

     5.b)  Going to Word Options and Selecting "Trust Center > Trust Center Settings... > Privacy Options" and unselecting "Make hidden markup visible when opening or saving" - Again; no dice - it doesn't work

 

    5.c)  I know that the effect can be achieved with a cheeky bit of vba code - however; by default "Trust Center > Trust Center Settings... > Protected View" options disable any code in documents from being executed - it can also be blocked by excitable virus filters or marked as spam - both of which are distinctly sub-optimal.

 

And then...

6.  ...I tried inserting Continuous Breaks and then selecting the "Filling in forms" option.  This option seemed to be quite exciting until I discovered the following:

 

     6.a) You can not un-restrict the content in the footer (I have my email address in the footer) - even if you try using text boxes...

 

     6.b) If you select part of the restricted section, or use the direction arrows, then the "form" jumps to the next editable bit - which for me is at the end of the document - which is not particularly conducive to scanning the document.

 

So...

My question is this:  Is there a way to restrict editing to certain parts of a document and NOT have those sections highlighted by default; OR the document jumping from  from one editable section to the next AND allows for footer content to be editable WITHOUT using any type of vba/macro code?

 

If you know the answer,  I would dearly love to know and would be very grateful - however; if you've just scanned this problem; please make sure that you have read 5. a), b) & c) and 6. a) and b).  You know...  just to be safe.

 

Many thanks.

 

Julian

 

 

decreased functionality in WORD and more under XP

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 10:26 AM PDT

Suddenly I have decreased function in MS WORD  - specifically the printing will not allow 'selection' to print and hangs up with distiller. This all started after installing the latest XP updates. I have completely re-installed both OFFICE (WORD) and also ACROBAT -- still MS WORD will not allow 'selection' of text to be used -- Acrobat distiller works great with WORD until REBOOT.

How indepth are the language packs?

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:31 AM PDT

I have used language packs before--in the 90's--and they seemed to be excellent!  However, with my NEW Win 8.1 machine running Ofice 365, the language packs, Spanish in particular seems to be lacking in content.

 It appears that the Spanish grammar checking tries to work, but fails on simple grammar mistakes.  For example, this sentence is incorrect: nosotros es in la patio. Grammar checker finds that la patio is incorrect and suggests: el patio.  Spell check determines that in is wrong and suggests en. However, es is wrong, should be estamos. This is basic Spanish grammar and if Word can't catch this--what good is it???

I've tried several versions of Spanish; Latin America, Spanish US, Mexico, and Spain, all with similar results.  Calls to support and questions on forums have led me to believe I've downloaded and activated the language pack, but this minor error that wasn't caught makes me wonder...is anyone else having this problem?

Something went wrong when i was trying to install error code 30088-4 please help

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 09:28 AM PDT

need help please thank you

No puedo abrir office

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:59 AM PDT

Me VENTA Una ventana diciendo:

Se error ONU ha Producido

No pudimos INICIAR el Programa. Intente iniciarlo de nuevo.

. Por favor, ayúdame!

Problem saving Word files

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:07 AM PDT

Hi,

I bought a card with "Home and Student 2013" Office last year in the USA. I downloaded the program and activated it with the Product Key.

The Office generally speaking has worked well, except for the Word. Ever since I installed this version of the program, when I close down a Word file more often than not it takes me closing and clicking 5-6 windows that pop up asking me if I want to save a Normal file. If I say I want to save it, it says it can't be done. If I say I don't want to save it takes me thru a series of pup up windows before I am able to shut down the program, which is a slow and annoying process I never had to go thru with the former versions of the program I have own.

I have tried to add all the updates I found in the Office Website, check all the on line help I found and also deleting and reinstalling the program again, solving nothing.

The performance of the program is just not acceptable and I need some solutions, so I decided to write you for support. Is there a different place where I can download a working version of the program? If not, can you give me access to a former version that works? Or maybe you have some update solving the problem? Please, help me out.

What is the keyboard shortcut for Paste > Match Destination Format?

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 08:05 AM PDT

Does this work in Office 13? I cannot find "Main Menu> Tools > Customize keyboard" anywhere. 

[Question split from Office 2011 for Mac Word forum by moderator]

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/mac/forum/macoffice2011-macword/set-match-destination-format-as-default/733464dc-fe6d-4c57-b242-7eeb762a8e91

Microsoft Home 2013 won't open. Nothing works

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:37 AM PDT

Hi!

As many other people here, I cant open Office 2013 anymore

I am using Windows 8.

  This has to be a joke.  I paid a lot of money for it. 

I have Microsoft Office 2013 Home and Student. It will not open any of the program. I get a message that reads "Something went wrong. We couldn't start your program. Please try starting it again."

Of course nothing works.  I find dozens of people who have the same problem, but not one moderator or Microsoft employee cares to help.

This should get fixed immediately.

Printing Envelopes

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 06:18 AM PDT

When I print a #10 envelope from a document, the final line - city, state and zip - of the recipient ends up as the bottom line in the return address. I tried using both a 4 and 3 line address and the bottom line always ends up in the return address spot. I'm using MS Word 10 and an Epson xp-300 printer. 

Thank you.

Annoying box around every line in word

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 05:39 AM PDT

After having edited a document using a template, an annoying box around every line shows up in every new document.

See attached picture. I have tried to de-select all in file-display but with no success. Does anyone have any suggestion ? 

DOCX document crashes Word 2013 / 365

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 03:29 AM PDT

Word 2013 starts up just fine, and i can create documents from within.

However, a document created at my place of work in word 2010 crashes my word 2013 at home every single time I try to open it. This document is sent to me and created in Word 2010, and opens just fine in two completely separate word 2010 installations on different computers at home. 

The document crashes upon attempt to load it into Word, the moment it shows up in word. To be clear: the "Word has stopped working" message overlies the document that appears to be displayed just fine. 

I tried to start word in safe mode, and it crashes just the same in Safe mode. 

I tried altering the document on a different computer with word 2010 installed and then sending it back to my word 2013 install, to no avail. 

I copied just the text of the docx document into a new document (fresh "normal" document) in word 2010, sent it to the other computer with 2013 and it crashes still.

I checked all the add-ons, there are non installed / checked in the com section. I do not have epson fine print installed. 

Last try was to remove all formatting from the text and copy it to a new document in word 2010, and then send it back to me in 2013. 

This worked, but the document looked nothing like the original anymore. There is a major formatting incompatibility in the normal.dot between 2010 and 2013...

Does anyone know a way to fix this incompatibility?I need to be able to open any and all 2010 document....

How can I DISABLE the autostyle function when I apply an outline level to a certain text? MS word'10

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 02:34 AM PDT

Simply put all I need is to KEEP the ORIGINAL text format when a level is applied. 

It's way too easy in '03, but in '10, OMG! I'm tired of going through paragraph box everytime(btw it should be an issue/prob as you can neither promote nor demote it's level in navi pane in '10)! especially when I have numerous and various levels to set and format painter will just mess'em up coz those texts have different formats even at the same outline level!  I just wanna xx disable the autostyle thing.

Any constructive/proactive SOLUTIONs? Do I need to degrade Office to '03 to get it right???

THANQ!

How to disable right-to-left text direction in Word2010?

Posted: 19 Mar 2014 12:24 AM PDT

Dear All,

I'm using Word 2010 English version.  

Every time when I use Ctrl + Shift to switch from English to Chinese IME, the editor will automatically switch to "Right-To-Left Text Direction", then I have to push the "Left-To-Right Text Direction" button to correct this.      However if I use the Language Bar to switch the IME, it would not bother me by automatic "Right-To-Left Text Direction".

I don't need "Right-To-Left Text Direction" facility at all.   I'm wondering if there is any solution to disable this right-to-left feature and stop Word from being too smart. 

Thanks, 

Mail Merge Rules "IF" Statement Quandary

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 08:50 PM PDT

Hi there. I am currently working on a mail merge with Word 2010.  The merge document is a service order ticket that I have to provide our techs when they go out on a job at a customer's residence.  It has the following box in the header of the form but should have 3 rows (for some reason the top row wouldn't paste here) and depending upon the customer's billing arrangement an X would appear in the cell within the appropriate column. Below that in the next row, the corresponding Contract or Billable $$ amount would appear.

The source data is in an Excel spreadsheet with customer info in the rows and columns for 'Contract', 'Billable' and 'Amount' -amongst others- that contain that customer's respective information. 

Is there any way to create an IF statement (or some other rule) that would only allow the $$ amount to appear underneath the cell marked X while the other remains blank? 

 

Contract Billable No   Charge



Thanks!

Office not working

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 06:08 PM PDT

I am getting a message saying, "Something went wrong.  Sorry we ran into a problem.  Error code: 0-4" .  I have tried repairing and uninstalling and even the uninstall isn't working properly.  Please give me some guidance!  Thank you.

Word/Excel/etc won't open at all in 8.1

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 05:36 PM PDT

I purchased a new Toshiba laptop from Best Buy on Friday with 8.1 installed.  I downloaded and installed word 2013, etc.  The word and excel docs opened fine Friday.  I tried to open word on Monday and the program won't open at all.  No error messages or anything.  I tried to run the program in safe mode (windows button + R, paste winword /safe) and nothing happens.  Nothing opens at all.  It's like the program completely uninstalled except there's no error message telling me it's not there.

office files locked

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 05:31 PM PDT

I just purchased office and installed it after my 30day trial ended now its telling me all my documents are locked and I cant edit or print my paper that is now due.

NEED HELP - WORD 2007 DOCUMENTS KEEP PRINTING A (1 INCH GAP) AT THE BOTTOM OF MY PRINTED DOCUMENTS

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 04:49 PM PDT

Would really appreciate help as I can't get my head around this problem.  I have set the Margins to ( Top = 0.3", Bottom = 0", Right and Left = 0.2", Gutter = 0" and Gutter Position = Top) with (Header or Footer = 0" and Vertical Alignment = Top in page setup of Word 2007) to keep all the text on one page.  When I preview the document it look fine but when I print it out it leave and inch of space under the last group of text.  I am using an Epson all in one printer and I have not had this problem before and is happening with every Word document I print documents with a full page of text.  Does anyone no of a solution to this ?. 

Word 2007 in Windows 8.1

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 04:08 PM PDT

I have a new desktop with Windows 8.1.  I am using Office 2007 (as I was doing on my old desktop).  It has stopped completing words as I type, and I don't know how to turn that function back on.  Word used to fill in days and months when I started typing, and used to fill in dates as well.  I've looked at Proofing options in Word but can't find how to turn this back on.  I use a wireless keyboard.  Thanks for any help.

Microsoft Works - Data Base "Stuck" left margin won't budge to previous field

Microsoft Works - Data Base "Stuck" left margin won't budge to previous field

Data Base "Stuck" left margin won't budge to previous field

Posted: 03 Aug 2008 08:35 PM PDT

Hi laura,

I am going to assume, as Don did, that Field width has been changed to zero.

You need to get the (Go to) dialog window, select the field you want to go
to, click OK, then on Format menu choose Field Width, in the Field Width
dialog window change the number "0" to your desire, click OK, or you can
click Standard which will change the number to "10", or you can click Best
Fit.

You will find (Go to) under the Edit menu, or Ctrl+G, or press F5 on the
keyboard, either one of these will get the (Go to) dialog window.

Ken

"laura" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| this is a problem i have never had before...one of my databases...when
| scrolling to the left margin...the cursor stops....i cannot access the
fields
| to the left of that point
|
| can anyone help?
| thank you

"Serious Error" message Works 6.0 to 8.5

Posted: 02 Aug 2008 08:41 PM PDT

Thanks Ken.

If you ever need a smaller file size for emailing or such, or need to append
a PDF file to another, you might give www.primopdf.com another try.

DavidF

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

Works 9 Can't Open Works 4.5 Documents

Posted: 02 Aug 2008 04:08 PM PDT

Thanks for letting us know how you resoled the problem, good work.

Ken

"Sparks79" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...

| Thanks Everyone, I have found a Fix. Download ( oconvpck.exe ) from
microsoft.
| It is an Office word/document Converter for Office.
| I only needed Works 4.5 because I had Hundreds of documents created with
it
| that have accumulated over the years.
| Now that I am using Vista and Office 2007, I thought it was Backward to
use
| on Old Program like Works 4.5 just to Open these Docs.
| So I simply Uninstalled Works 9 , Downloaded oconvpck.exe, executed it and
| Bingo, I can go into Word 2007 and Open all my Old Works Docs.
| Cheers.
|
| "Sparks79" wrote:
|
| > Is there a Plugin/Patch or Workaround for This Problem. I can't Open
| > Documents Created in Works 4.5

mass mailings to labels in works 2003

Posted: 02 Aug 2008 12:46 PM PDT

Re: when I hit the view...for the number 2 address it puts it where the
first one was...and I can't scroll on the view results...???

That is exactly what should happen.

All names and addresses will scroll in the white label.

To view all the labels, read item 7.


1. Get a blank word processing screen in the Works 6.0 format.

2. Get the Tools menu and click on Labels (not on mail merge) then on the
bottom button for mailing labels and on OK.

3. Select the label size you want and click on New Document.

4. Click on the box for Merge information from another type of file and
select your database as the source (not the address book).

5. Now you will see a page of labels the upper left one will be white and
the others shaded. Use the Insert Fields dialogue box to insert the fields
you want on your label in the white label.

6. Click on View Results and you will see the first label in the white
space. Scroll with the scroll bar at the bottom of the View Results
dialogue box to see all the labels in succession.

7. Click on Print Preview to see all of the labels on the pages. If you
need to edit any label you will need to go back too View Results and scroll
to the label to edit. This way you can change the font or color on any
label.

8. If you want to change the font for all of the labels or have the print
colored go to the Edit menu, click on Select All and select the font and
color you want for all of the labels.

9. Print the labels on plain paper first to be certain they fit on the
label paper. You may have to adjust margins to make them fit.


"tiki62" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
|
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > FYI
| >
| > There is Free Address Book MS WORKS Database TEMPLATES at......
| > http://www.jimpedigo.com/index_files/templates.htm
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Dave" <net> wrote in message
| > news:phx.gbl...
| > | you will have to create a couple new fields called FIRST, LAST (see
below)
| > &
| > | have thoes fields associated with your address info. What Works
version do
| > | you have? i have 4.5a & isn't any problem creating labels. Dave
| > | «FIRST» «LAST»
| > |
| > | «ADDRESS2»
| > |
| > | «ADDRESS1»
| > |
| > | «CITY» «STATE» «ZIPCODE»
| > |
| > | "tiki62" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | news:com...
| > | > how do I put names on labels for mass mailings in works 2003...I am
them
| > | > on a
| > | > works database
|
| hi thanks for the help,,but when I hit the view...for the number 2 address
| it puts it where the first one was...and I can't scroll on the view
| results...???
| > |
| > |
| >
| >

creating a school directory

Posted: 02 Aug 2008 09:09 AM PDT

Great work now it's time to get into the fun part.

First, make a backup copy, after all this work you don't want to have to do
it all again.

In fact you might want to read...

Common Sense Computing 101 aka "Why in the world would you lose your file?"
:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/dbartosik/archive/2006/01/19/81461.aspx

It gave me some good ideas.


Re: how to I tell it how I want it all to look? Where all the fields should
be in the final print?

Lets just do a test....

You need to use Report Creator, you will find it under Tools menu.

Give your report a name, clicking Ok will display Report Creator dialog
window.

Title Tab, This is where you type the report title, or you can accept the
title Works suggests. Works automatically displays and prints the report
title on the report. The report title can be different from the report name:
it can be longer and more descriptive because you can use up to 255
characters.

To get help for every item you see on each tab, put cursor over item then
right click, or click the Question mark in upper right corner and drag it
over the item then click.

For this test, on Fields tab, click Add All>>, then Click Done.

Choose Preview.

You are not glint to like what you see... click Cancel.

This takes you to a screen where you can modify as desired.

Suspect if you post how you want your report to look somebody will probably
help, be specific with field names and where you want them, remember printed
page is only so wide, take that into consideration.

Ken

"Jamipike" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Ok - I have the database with all the info and the right titles....now,
how
| to I tell it how I want it all to look? Where all the fields should be in
| the final print?
| Thanks!
|
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Re: I am having trouble pasting the data into the works database.
Everytime
| > I try to copy either the whole spreadsheet, a column or row, or simple a
| > cell....I just get "Picture...." in the cell in Works....Hmmmm
| >
| > That is normal, Works Database will only accept unformatted text, by
going
| > through Spreadsheet it removes any text formatting OpenOffice (calc)
| > inserted. Same thing happens when trying to paste text from a Microsoft
| > Word document.
| >
| > I like to say, the text has to be washed before Works Database will
accept
| > it.
| >
| > What I normally do is select what text I want, copy it, paste it into
| > NotePad, copy it, then paste it into database.
| >
| > NotePad washes it.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Jamipike" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| >
| > | Hey Ken! first of all, I really appreciate your help, more than you
know!
| > |
| > | Actually, I am using Open Office (calc), just called it excel to not
| > confuse
| > | the situation!
| > |
| > | I am having trouble pasting the data into the works database.
Everytime I
| > | try to copy either the whole spreadsheet, a column or row, or simple a
| > | cell....I just get "Picture...." in the cell in Works....Hmmmm
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | "Ken" wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi, first of all Works is a conglomeration of different
applications.
| > | >
| > | > Like...
| > | >
| > | > • Works Word Processor
| > | > • Works Spreadsheet
| > | > • Works Database
| > | > • Works Calendar
| > | > etc.
| > | >
| > | > The spreadsheet module is at best a weak imitation of Microsoft
Excel,
| > and
| > | > Microsoft has shown no interest in updating it since version 4.x
which
| > was
| > | > initially released in 1995- despite new releases having much later
| > version
| > | > numbers, there have really been no changes or improvements of
substance
| > | > since that time.
| > | >
| > | > If you are using Microsoft Works spreadsheet, my recommendation:
| > | >
| > | > 1) Open any important spreadsheets that you've made using MS Works,
use
| > the
| > | > File/Save As menu, and save in Excel (*.XLS) format.
| > | >
| > | > 2) Download and install the free, open source OpenOffice.org office
| > suite
| > | > (http://www.openoffice.org/)-- it include a spreadsheet compatible
with
| > | > Excel spreadsheets, along with a good, MS Word compatible word
| > processor,
| > | > and a good MS PowerPoint-compatible presentation program.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > However I think Works Database should do what you want.
| > | >
| > | > First we need to talk about columns and fields.
| > | >
| > | > Spreadsheet refers to columns where Database talks about fields,
| > basically
| > | > they are one in the same.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Open a blank Database and create fields, Name, parents name,
address,
| > e-mail
| > | > etc, just like your excel columns.
| > | >
| > | > Now lets copy all your info from excel (or a Works spreadsheet) to
this
| > | > database.
| > | >
| > | > Open your excel info, on Edit menu choose Select All, then Copy.
| > | >
| > | > Open your new Database, List View, put cursor in first Row Field, on
| > Edit
| > | > menu choose Paste.
| > | >
| > | > All excel info should now display in database.
| > | >
| > | > If everything is okay so far, we can talk about creating your
required
| > | > reports.
| > | >
| > | > Note: it took a lot longer to write this then it will actually take
you
| > to
| > | > do it.
| > | >
| > | > Ken
| > | >
| > | > "Jamipike" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > | > news:com...
| > | >
| > | > | Basically what i am trying to do is create a nice looking student
| > | > directory.
| > | > | All the data is already entered into excel and each student has on
| > single
| > | > row
| > | > | of data. Name, parents name, address, e-mail etc.
| > | > |
| > | > | However, we do not want the printed directory to be just a very
long
| > | > single
| > | > | line across the page for each student. I want to be able to use
or
| > make a
| > | > | template that will put the data from excel (or a Works
spreadsheet)
| > into a
| > | > | nice looking page. I know lots about excel, but very little about
| > Works!
| > | > |
| > | > | In the end, I would like it to look something like this:
| > | > |
| > | > | DOE PHONE Address
| > | > | John Grade Teacher Mom cell
| > | > e-mail
| > | > | Jane Grade Teacher Dad cell
| > | > e-mail
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | > | "Jamipike" wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > I need to create a school directory. All data is currently in
| > excel. I
| > | > have
| > | > | > played with Works "Form Design" to put fields where I want them
to
| > | > appear in
| > | > | > the printed booklet. I cannot figure out how to make it so just
the
| > | > data
| > | > | > appears and not the column title...does anyone know how to do
this?
| > | > Also, If
| > | > | > I set up the way I want it to look using one row of data, will
this
| > | > program
| > | > | > automatically put all the other data in the same format?
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Or am I simply using the wrong program to do what I want?
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Thanks so much!
| > | >
| > | >
| >
| >

Problem with opening attachments

Posted: 31 Jul 2008 09:43 AM PDT

Works can open many, but not all, DOC files. It depends on the specific
program that created it (typically MS Word but could be just about
anything), the version of the program and what features it used.

You may need to to ask the sender what program and version they used to
create the file.

Or you can try the free Word Viewer

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/results.aspx?qu=office+viewers&av=DCT000


--

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



"djd1947" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Problem with Math and Trigonometry Functions in Works 8.5 Spreadsh

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 08:22 PM PDT

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

I also noticed after posting that I had a couple of typos.

"MOD(2.2) is zero" should have been "MOD(2,2) is zero" (a comma between
the 2s instead of a period)

And =MOD(7/2) should have been "=MOD(7,2)"

--

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



"ACTIII" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Works 9 - Private Calender entries ???? How can I prevent other us

Posted: 30 Jul 2008 07:38 AM PDT

Just to save anyone the trouble of replying to this - After 2 weeks of
getting nowhere with works 9 I inadvertantly discovered that my computer had
windows calender on it - only to find it does exactly what I want - goodbye
to works.


"John A" wrote:
 

not enough working memory for printing

Posted: 29 Jul 2008 03:10 AM PDT

Had HP printer for years and decided I needed scanner and a fax so I got the
fabulous all in one HP Officejet J4550. Now I get the out of memory message,
and portrait and landscape are reversed compared to old printer. Oh I'm
using Works 8.0. Scanner works like a charm and when I get time I'll try the
fax. Even occasionally I create a PDF file for printing a works report and
the pdf file seems to print correctly. Also use the pdf file when I send
somone info since not all people have works.


"Sparks79" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Works 8.5 toolbar customization

Posted: 28 Jul 2008 10:28 AM PDT

I just learned something new, my Works version 6.0 Database DOES have
toolbar customization.

Thanks,
Ken

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

| Works 4.5 & earlier allow you to customize the toolbar in Spreadsheet,
| Database, or Word Processor.
| Works 6 - 8 allow you to customize the toolbar only in the database
| Works 8.5 & newer don't allow you to customize the toolbar anywhere.
|
| Each change coincided with a major change to the user interface, and
| customizing the toolbar probably didn't rank as a significant enough
feature
| to re-implement in the new versions.
|
| --DaveLovesTrains
|
| "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| news:#phx.gbl...
| > I can add that my Works version 6 does NOT have this feature. There is
| > NOT
| > a option to customize Database tool bars.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Hula Baloo" <juno.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| >
| > | JRA wrote:
| > | > Is it possible to customize the toolbar for Works 8.5? I would
like
| > to add
| > | > icons for "Fill Down", "Fill Series", etc. in a database.
| > | >
| > | > I didn't find a way to do it, so went back to Works 7, which does
have
| > that
| > | > feature.
| > | >
| > | > Is this feature available in Works 9?
| > | It's not in 9, dunno about 8.5. Funny that MS would remove a nice
| > | feature that was already there, but that's what they did. I'd love to
| > | know why, but hard to believe as it might be, they didn't consult with
| > | me when they did it. :-)
| >

password protected word files - opening in works 9

Posted: 27 Jul 2008 10:54 AM PDT

Hi JT,

Thanks for posting how to solve the problem.

Ken

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

| Ken, using a work-around, I really did solve it this time. Using the word
| viewer you suggested, I copied the document to a blank works document and
| saved it as a wps file. No password required, although the password was
| required to open the document in the word viewer. Thanks for your help.
| --
| JT
|
|
| "JT" wrote:
|
| > Ken, problem solved. Downloading the Word Viewer did the trick. Thanks
for
| > your help
| > --
| > JT
| >
| >
| > "JT" wrote:
| >
| > > My previous version of Works had 'Word in Works' I password protected
some of
| > > my important files. These files have the .DOC extension, and now under
works
| > > 9, I cannot access these files. Is there a solution to this problem?
( I had
| > > no problem converting non password protected files.)
| > > --
| > > JT

word 2003

Posted: 24 Jul 2008 02:04 AM PDT

What is an Extension?

Disk files have to be identified so the operating system can address them.
These filenames have specific rules.

For a variety of reasons you should make certain that your computer always
shows file extensions.

Under Windows you can set the system to hide extensions.

This is dangerous as some malicious programs will send executable files with
a double extension in order to try to fool you into thinking the file is not
malicious.

For more info........
http://filext.com/faq/file_extension_information.php

Ken

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

| word has started putting .doc .xls ect after its saved as name eg :
name
| list.doc
|
| this is making it hard to change document names and is just plain
| irritating.
|
| Can anyone help me make it stop?
|
| Thanks
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