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Microsoft Word - doesn't know

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Posted: 03 Jan 2015 12:27 PM PST

This is the message I receive when I try to open Microsoft Word Starter 2010 or any of my word or excel documents.  What is this and why is it here all of a sudden?  And what can or should I do to fix it?  Should I really Accept all of this?

More Word Starter problems; finding a permanent solution?

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 11:42 AM PST

This past spring, after the death of XP, I began using a new system with Windows 7 and with Microsoft Office 2010 preinstalled. I don't use it often, don't have a log of the problems with it, but can say that MS Office Starter 2010 has never performed well like MS Word used to and it frequently takes forever, or simply hangs up permanently. During the last year, I have performed the repair function (successfully) a few times, yesterday being the latest. Yesterday, even afteran online repair, MSWS still wouldn't open a recently-composed document (and saved on my computer) while offline. I don't yet have an external HDD for backup (although I'm working on that) so don't really want to try the full uninstall/reinstall procedure, as I don't fully understand or trust all the quirks of this new system and am not sure I'd ever get it all back. OTOH, maybe that would make me give up and go to a good, free program with none of these problems....

I have used Excel. mainly for keeping track of rosters which were sent me, and have had significantly fewer problems with that part of the overall program; it normally seems to function correctly.

I have a very slow connection, sometimes want to write when I'm not connected at all, and don't have any need nor interest in saving my documents online. Most of what I use it for is writing simple letters with no eternal links or other fancy features. Some of these will be printed, others just saved for records.  Is there any way I can get rid of the "Click-to-run" proclivities of the program, its need to be always downloading (or uploading?) and make it work more as MS Word did, that is, to work fully and properly when offline?

 Thanks

Speech Recognition Slow in Word 2013

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 10:26 AM PST

Speech recognition is running horribly slow in Word 2013.  It takes a long time to start up, causes the entire program to freeze, and is very spotty in recognizing what I am saying. Most of the other posts here deal with earlier versions of Windows. I am using Windows 8.1, on a Microsoft Surface with 8 GB of ram, a 510 GB solid state drive and an i5 processor.   Word is the only program running, and I am using a USB headset.   Is there a quick fix for this?   Some of the other answers given in other posts involved opening the computer in safe mode or other diagnostics that eventually did not even solve the problem. Does Microsoft have an answer for this such as a diagnostics tool or something similar?  By the way, Speech Recognition does not run slow in other programs such as Excel or Google Chrome (in fact, I dictated this post in Google Chrome). 

Envelope printing problem using Word 2013 with new Canon Maxify MB2320 printer

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 09:37 AM PST

I just upgraded from a Canon MX870 All-in-one to the new Canon Maxify MB2320 All-in-one.  For some reason, Word 2013 is printing the return address of a size 10 envelope a full inch to the right of the paper edge.  It is treating the leftmost inch of the envelope as a non-printable area.  If I try to adjust the margins by dragging the margin setting left, it just won't print anything in the first inch.  Canon says it is a Word issue.  I have the latest printer driver as I just installed it.  

PDF converter

Posted: 03 Jan 2015 04:16 AM PST

Does 8.1 and office 2007 come with a converter for pdf to word so that you can edit the document?

Need help to create non editable word 2013 document for fill in mode only

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 10:11 PM PST

Hi,

I want to create a Microsoft word 2013 document in which I will make a form to input customer details like name, contact details and needs. Then i wanna make this document non editable, mail it, and restrict customer from changing it's content and allow him only to input his details in it. Later he will fill this word document on his laptop and send it to me via email.

Now the problem with this is when I send it to the customer and he try to fill it then all the text gets misplaced/overlapped. Plus I don't know how to add drop down list for particular selection and a yearly calender to only select Month and year directly after clicking on it.

Here is the demo document.

Demo Document 

Thanks...

EDIT :

I also want to make document with ease of access like after typing his name on line 1 if he hits Tab Key then the cursor should move to next field instead of moving forward by a Tab character. Just like we fill a sign up form on a web page.

purchase /download MS Word 2013

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 06:58 PM PST

my new dell came with MS Office as a free trial. Today I got an email saying it was about to expire with a link to purchase. I only want MS Word 2013 and so I paid and hit download for the stand alone program. WHen I hit install it keeps saying getting started with Office. I do not want office I only want Word 2013. What should I do?? I do not want to run Office on this computer, only Word 2013.

Gerry

Lost Unsaved Documents In Word 2010

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 06:23 PM PST

While closing out various Windows and program boxes, I accidentally closed a Word document before I could even name and Save it.  Despite having the automatic save features enabled, I still could not find it along the various file paths.  There is one document I found that might be it; but I would not know how to open or repair it.  To the left there is no AutoRecover pane to recover the document.  Measures I took include:

  1. Looking for files with the .asd extension
  2. Looking for files with the .wbk extension
  3. Looking for temp files
  4. Looking for ~ files
  5. Checked the Recycling Bin
  6. Using the Recover Unsaved Documents option under Recent
  7. Shut down Word and looked for processes in Task Manager to close (there were none)

So, I did a web search to find ways to locate the lost file and came up with none that worked, unless it is this peculiar file that I cannot open.  What are the repair measures I can take?

Use a Wildcard Script

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:16 PM PST

Hello from Steved

Firstly Happy New Year to you all

I would like to please use a Wildcard Script in the below

I changed the below

From

 Do While .Execute(FindText:="4", Forward:=True, MatchWholeWord:=True) = True (This functioned Correctly)

To

 Do While .Execute(FindText:="[0-9]", Forward:=True, MatchWildcards:=True) = True

I got no error message when I ran it, so what is required please in order for it to function Thank you.

Sub BYTest()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Selection.Font.Size = 21
Dim rng As Range
Dim i As Long
Set rng = ActiveDocument.Range
With rng.Find
    Do While .Execute(FindText:="4", Forward:=True, MatchWholeWord:=True) = True
        With rng
            .End = .Paragraphs(1).Range.End
            .End = .Start + InStr(1, rng, ",") - 1
            For i = 1 To .Characters.Count
                If Not .Characters(i) = Chr(32) Then
                    .Characters(i).Font.ColorIndex = wdYellow
                    .Characters(i).Font.Shading.BackgroundPatternColorIndex = wdRed
                    .Bold = True
                End If
            Next i
            .End = .Paragraphs(1).Range.End
            .Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        End With
    Loop
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Upgrading from Office XP to Office 2003 professional edition - Microsoft Office forums

Upgrading from Office XP to Office 2003 professional edition - Microsoft Office forums

Upgrading from Office XP to Office 2003 professional edition

Posted: 28 Mar 2008 11:43 AM PDT

Where did you buy this cd from?

"DHaviator" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I bought office 2007 but it still says trial version

Posted: 28 Mar 2008 08:18 AM PDT


lucky dog;3633188 Wrote: 

Hi LD-
If you went from the H&S Trial to the bought H&S, it will eventuall
convert it's title to "non-commercial use". I've been through this
few times. If you had/went to Standard or Pro and it won't change
check out the Techarena thread under MS Office Support dated 11-02-0
started by Autobarn "Office Professional 2007 shows "for non-commercia
use"".
Tags: 2007,noncommercial,professional. The folks in this thread ar
much smarter than I am

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How do I get a product key?

Posted: 26 Mar 2008 09:49 AM PDT

Call the computer manufacturer and ask them where they put the key. I would
suggestgoing thru all of your paperwork before doing that.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"*I*Love*Cereal*" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Problem Converting from Back-up Disk

Posted: 25 Mar 2008 12:03 PM PDT

Thanks for your response Jason. Office 2007 was a separate purchase online
and we paid to also receive the backup disk. I know there is an activation
number but since the backup disk installs as a trial activating by phone is
not an option and the wizard will not show me the phone number.


Donna

"Joseph Meehan" wrote:
 

can't activate using product key

Posted: 21 Mar 2008 08:06 AM PDT

Computer manufacturers often install a trial version of Microsoft Office.
If you are getting a prompt to type in a Product Key when opening a Microsoft
Office program, it s likely the trial period is over and you'll need to purchase a
license (product key) for Microsoft Office.

The product key affixed to your computer is for Windows Vista (the operating system)
and not for Microsoft Office. Please review the following:

How to determine whether you have a trial edition of a 2007 Office suite or program installed:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927920/en-us

How to convert a trial version of a 2007 Office suite or program to a full retail perpetual license version:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927756/en-us

How to buy the 2007 Microsoft Office suites:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/suites/FX101678741033.aspx?ofcresset=1

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Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience -
Windows System & Performance

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"Lydia" wrote:

I have the product key number is was attached to the back of the computer,
however, acitvation assistant is not reading it. What should I do.

Windows 64 Bit Compatibility Question

Posted: 21 Mar 2008 04:06 AM PDT

Sebastian G. wrote:
 

No, it hasn't. Regardless of which switch is used or not used in the
boot.ini file Windows XP computers with 4GB of RAM installed cannot see
or use all of the installed RAM if one of the Service Packs is
installed. The information on the memory addressing and the use of /PAE
in the article that you point to applies to servers only, it does not
apply to Windows XP.

Physical Address Extension - PAE Memory and Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx

How PAE X86 Works
http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/26eccf33-2454-4222-841a-c6d5aa1fc54c1033.mspx?mfr=true

The system memory that is reported in the System Information dialog box
in Windows Vista is less than you expect if 4 GB of RAM is installed

Who ate my memory?
http://blogs.msdn.com/dcook/archive/2007/03/25/who-ate-my-memory.aspx

The RAM reported by the System Properties dialog box and the System
Information tool is less than you expect in Windows Vista or in Windows
XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137

John

Micrososft Office Enterprise 2007 won't UN-INSTALL - Please help

Posted: 21 Mar 2008 02:55 AM PDT

Oh No I can't beleive this has happened to me !!! I have no idea how to
re-format my computer but I'd like to give it a go !!! Do you know where I
can find instructions to do this Peter ? And thankyou so much for all of your
help. Your such a star. I'm so grateful to you.

Caz x
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Don''t Worry, Be Happy !!!


"Peter Foldes" wrote:
 

office2003 pro

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 03:25 PM PDT

Look for your disk.

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MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"richard9212" <com> wrote in message
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reinstall microsoft office 2003

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 08:41 AM PDT

No you cannot, you need the cd

"Karen" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Can not re-install Office 2003

Posted: 20 Mar 2008 12:52 AM PDT

Thanks for the tip - but that didn't work. After 37 failed installation
attempts, I finally got the answer from another message board site, and it
pointed me to a Microsoft solution.
http://www.tech-archive.net/Archive/Office/microsoft.public.office.setup/2004-08/0330.html

Regards
Dave B.

"DL" wrote:
 

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF OFFICE PRO 2007 WORKS WITH VISTA & XP?

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 12:52 PM PDT

If you purchase the Upgrade version, make sure you have the Office 2000
disk/s handy and don't lose them. You will need them to either install the
07 upgrade onto a new system or on one that you have had to rebuild. No 00
disk, and the 07 install will fail. Of course if you are installing on a
system with the 00 version currently on it you won't need the 00 disk at
that time (only for a reinstall.)


"lovemybruins" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Office 2007 active window highlighting

Posted: 19 Mar 2008 02:42 AM PDT


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
in message news:phx.gbl... 
Bob,

Checked "high contrast" but it is not checked. Changed scheme to silver
but problem still exists.

thanks anyway,

regards,

Beemer

Suppress Post-Install prompts through Office Customization Tool

Posted: 17 Mar 2008 11:48 AM PDT

Updating the latest Admin files allowed for me to disable the Privacy Options
prompt "Opt In screen"

However, Im unable to come up with a solution for the Windows Desktop Search.

I know the following will fix it for the current user:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\O utlook\Options\General]
"BodyEditor"="{00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
"PONT_STRING"="60,"


My issue is I need to make it so all current user profiles or new ones need
to get this registry key added. how can I go about this?
"Bob" wrote:
 

Samba still won't start because of vmware - Forums Linux

Samba still won't start because of vmware - Forums Linux

Samba still won't start because of vmware

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 03:56 PM PDT

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:30:10 -0700, CRC wrote:
 
<snip>
IIRC, Samba can be picky about the network and netmask. Are you sure that
you wouldn't use this line?

interfaces = lo, 192.168.230.

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grate place for Professional want make thereNetwork & job seekersjoin LinkedIn

Posted: 15 Sep 2008 01:33 AM PDT

Hal Murray wrote: 
And from India.

Unable to run VMware v5.5.8 in my Debian due to vmmon version mismatch

Posted: 11 Sep 2008 11:07 PM PDT

Ant wrote: 

I've no idea: I never tried v5, v6 seemed to work just fine for my needs.

Knoppix OR Slackware on USB thumb drive

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 03:30 PM PDT

In comp.os.linux.admin Michael Black <ca> wrote: 
RIP-Linux, which is designed to be used for recovery, is built on
Slackware. There are instructions and IIRC a shell script to make it
bootable from a USB device. It's also easily customizable, if you're
familiar with Slackware.

Jerry

automount - 2 directories / 1 map, is it possible?

Posted: 07 Sep 2008 04:38 AM PDT

com wrote: 

I have used rdist to distribute automount config files and then
launch a Makefile on changed ones. Then I built knowledge
of hosts into the Makefile. When I did it my Makefile had
sections for Solaris, HPUX, AIX, Irix and so on instead of
using the hostname but the principle remains.

I've since switched from rdist to rsync but haven't needed to
trigger a Makefile on each host since making the switch. I
haven't checked if rsync can do that.
 

If all mounts from the host are effected you could also hack
/etc/inet/hosts and use the same name. Definite brute force
and ignorance approach. Very effective at times when it works.

upgrade to kernel 2.6 broke console font mapping?

Posted: 06 Sep 2008 12:56 PM PDT

On Sep 6, 10:23pm, Bill Mar <net> wrote: 

That was in fact the case, but changing it didn't fix the problem. I
tried returning the console to
"ascii" mode (leaving the locale set to "C"), and also keeping the
console in utf-8 while setting
the locale to en_US or something like en_US.utf8 (can't remember
precisely and I'm not at the
machine right now). Somewhere on the net, someone mentioned trying
en_US.iso8859-1
or similar, but that turned out not to be available according to the
output of the locale command.

Installing GTK+

Posted: 01 Sep 2008 01:00 PM PDT

On 2008-09-05, Raj. <com> wrote: 
You might try installing packages from sid, maybe even the sid version
of iceweasel, or switch to Ubuntu.

Mount Problem

Posted: 31 Aug 2008 12:30 PM PDT

On 1 Sep, 18:08, Michael Black <ca> wrote: 

I didn't mean to assume that this would fix his solution. But it may
help considerably further down the road.

Permissions, permissions. Oh, no. Not SELinux again? See this comic
for something close to my experience with SELinux:

http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080831

How to install Debian CD#2 ~ CD#21?

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 11:32 PM PDT

J.H.Kim <com>: 

You don't. Consider them repositories of stuff you could install if
you wanted. As Bill mentions, use apt-cdrom to declare them all to
the pkg-ing system.

Now, you can "aptitude update && aptitude install gkrellm" (for
instance). It'll tell you which CD to to put in your reader,
depending on which package you want to install (BTW, you won't need
"update" again until you get new CDs or a net connection).
 

What are you using to post? Mozilla/Firefox/Iceweasel, or
slrn/tin/elm? Can you find error messages in the system log files
(/var/log/*)? How do you know it's not posted?

Consider subscribing to debian.org (see
http://lists.debian.org), and subscribing to bofh.it
(the gatekeeper of the mail to news gateway, linux.debian.user). In
fact, not doing that last one is very likely your problem. See
http://lists.bofh.it/options/linux-gate


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How do I add a PERL module to an FC4 box?

Posted: 29 Aug 2008 05:48 AM PDT

On Aug 29, 6:38 pm, Nico Kadel-Garcia <com> wrote: 

Nico, the information you provided here is great. I wish I had it when
I was in a rush to solve my problem, before I used CPAN to install the
desired module.

Then again, the CPAN method proves to be working and if I ever need to
run 'yum' again, I will use the information you provided here. For
now, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it..." :-)

Thanks,
Sam

FC9 problems

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 02:58 AM PDT

Bill Mar wrote: 
..xsession-error has this:

SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2222,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2222
Window manager warning: Failed to read saved session file
/home/prem/.metacity/sessions/default1.ms: Failed to open file
'/home/prem/.metacity/sessions/default1.ms': No suchfile or directory
Failure: Module initalization failed

No updates for Fedora 9?

Posted: 28 Aug 2008 12:21 AM PDT

Allen Kistler wrote: 

I just checked. The new Fedora key is now on the PGP server. FWIW, I
got the key index from http://fedoraproject.org/keys under the heading
"Currently used keys." It's also eventually supposed to be in a new
fedora-release package signed with the old key.

The Fedora packages "released" yesterday still aren't available for
download. There was an announcement (dated yesterday, but didn't show
up in email until this morning) that they're still waiting for the
mirrors to sync all the old packages with their new signatures.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-September/msg00002.html

Installing Firefox3 for Linux on Pentium processor

Posted: 25 Aug 2008 09:28 PM PDT

gregg wrote: 

On my RHEL5 machine, it is in:

rpm -qf /usr/lib/libpangocairo-1.0.so.0.1400.9
pango-1.14.9-3.el5 <---<<<

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/V\ PGP-Key: 9A2FC99A Registered Machine 241939.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 07:40:01 up 22 days, 13:46, 4 users, load average: 4.29, 4.28, 4.25

Microsoft Word - Using Find and Replace

Microsoft Word - Using Find and Replace

Using Find and Replace

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:06 PM PST

I am an architect, and I have a standard set of notes I use when building houses. Sometimes I use these notes for a new house, sometimes, I use them for an addition onto an existing house. While most of the notes apply to both new construction and additions, there are some notes that refer only to new construction and some refer only to additions. Right now, I have to manually edit the text to remove the notes that don't apply. I am hoping to use find and replace to make my task easier. For example, here is a note that I use right now:

"Provide waterproofing on [new] foundation walls [only]."

For new construction, I would delete the "[new]" to make the sentence read "Provide waterproofing on foundation walls."

For additions, I would keep use the word "new" and "only" and just delete the brackets so the sentence would read "Provide waterproofing on new foundation walls only."

I thought I might be able to tag each bracketed comment so I could search and remove the brackets on the type of project I am writing for. For example, if I wrote my basic note as "Provide waterproofing on [ADDnew] foundation walls [ADDonly]", and wanted to edit it for an addition, I would search for "[ADD*]" and replace it with the word or words represented by the asterisk. If it was for new construction, I would just delete all the notes relating to additions. That would save me time editing the whole document for each of these little items (of which there are a lot).

I've read through the find and replace section, and can't find anything that would address this, but maybe someone knows a good way to be able to do this. I'm using the brackets, but it may be necessary to replace them with something else.

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you!

Text justification in tables in Word 2013

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:01 PM PST

Practically all of our company's Word documents have a header with vertical text (bottom to top) that is horizontally and vertically centered in one of the cells.  In compatibility mode, the text appears as it has in all previous versions.  When the document is converted, the text disappears unless one of the left justification options is chosen.  All of the 9 justification options work correctly for the other two (left to right and top to bottom) text directions.  For bottom to top text direction, the 9 justification options work correctly in new documents created in Word 2013.

Is there a setting or option that can be changed once the document is converted to correct this?

Also, on the same cells, when the text is selected, it is not displayed as highlighted, so it is difficult to tell when the desired text has been selected.

I have checked--my version is up to date.

Lost all local Word documents on 365 for iPad - help!

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 02:37 PM PST

I have just gone into Word for iPad on my 365 subscription. I was asked to sign in, which I though was odd. I have not done anything odd to my iPad, like restoring.

I signed in and all of my documents, saved locally, have disappeared. I tended to save docs locally to the iPad rather than to the cloud drive. 

Where have all my docs gone? The last time I used Word on iPad was a couple of weeks ago and all my docs were there.

Thanks

Scott

PS I tried to post to the Microsoft tech support but gave up because the serial number finding options did not cover the iPad version. Makes we wonder if Microsoft is really interested in the iPad products. 

Problem with Microsoft Word 2013 ABC Check Language

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 12:25 PM PST

While typing my document, everything will be normal. (Just as a note, I'm using the names of a lot of languages in my document). For words like "English', "German", etc., they'll all be OK. But for the ones like "Malay", "Indonesian", and "Dravidian", they are highlighted as incorrect. When I use ABC Check, it says they're being check in Spanish (Spain). How can I fix this? I continuously change it back to English (United States), but the next time I go over it, it is in Spanish again. Thank you for help!

Header Change Size

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 11:26 AM PST

Using Headers - different first page - can the header size be changed on the second and subsequent pages?

How do I turn off compatibility mode permanently in Word 2013?

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 09:47 AM PST

I want to do everything in 2013 and don't want the hassle of dealing w/compatibility mode.  Anything done in 2010 on another machine I just want auto converted to 2013.

Font size and cursor extra large & cannot be changed

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:58 AM PST

Re Word in the Office 2007 for Students and Teachers: Last two weeks the font size and cursor size

stuck on super large.  I have not magnetized the display settings, but they are set on large. I have changed

the cursor size to medium and then small, restarted as required,  but that has no effect. I have

tried changing the font size in Word but no change can be made. I have had windows 7 64 bit on

this HP laptop for three years with no problem except hat Flash player will only install the 32 bit version.

I ran the Word diagnostics several times.  No problems found except the set up diagnostic could not

complete.  Details claimed the original source could not be found, original source was listed as the CD.

I inserted the CD but it had no effect. 

I uninstalled Office 2007 for Students and Teachers and re-installed it.  Problem still exists.

I do not know what else to do.

Microsoft Office Word Error

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 08:29 AM PST

I recently downloaded new email program called Incredimail. The program works well except when I attach a word document and try to open it, it always comes back with  "word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result".  When I try to open it in Word, it says the "directory path is not valid". Does anyone know how to correct this problem.

Help- cannot open word documents: 'the directory name is not valid'....

Posted: 02 Jan 2015 03:11 AM PST

Please help, there are several documents on my laptop that I cannot seem to open, this message keeps appearing:

The directory name is not valid.

(C:\... __name of file____ ...)

What does this mean and is it fixable?

Thanks!

Cannot associate .docx/.xlsx with Office 2013 programs

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:52 PM PST

Hi

I have Windows 8.1 OS, and Office 2007 and Office 2013 as well. Until yesterday I was able to open a docx file using MS Word 13, but today when I click the same file it is not opening with Word 13 and instead Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 opens up and starts a 'Configuration Process' and finally opens the file in Word 2007.

When I clicked on the Word 2013 icon, I am able to open it and I can also open the same file using word 2013 but I have to go to "Open" and then select the file in the already opened Word 2013. Else if I double click the docx file it does not open in 2013 but in 2007.

  • I tried right clicking and 'open with' option, but when I do it the default option says "Word (Desktop)", and if I click more options and go to the "C>Prog Files>Microsoft Office 15>root>office15"  to open in Word 2013 and select "winword.exe", it still opens in 2007 and not 2013. But when I click the same icon "winword.exe" directly, word 2013 opens up and not 2007.
  • I also check "File association" and "default progs", but everywhere it says "Word (Desktop)", even after changing the association to Word 2013 icon in office15, I still cannot open the file in word 2013 by directly clicking on it.

Thank same goes for excel as well. May be other progs as well; haven't check for others.

Need assistance, please suggest a solution.

Thank You

corrupt template or encrypted somehow Word 2003

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 06:25 PM PST

Hi

I have a problem with some word2003 files that has me puzzled. Have tried to fix the master template by the assistance found on this site without any luck. Also have tried outside recovery programs that have all said the files were encrypted.Most outside programs were filled with other things so after a few tries it was time to stop.  Have also tried the help sections in word 2007 and 2013. My hope is to find a way to fix them and also if possible understand more of how it happened to prevent it from happening again. The files came from a family members computer without a backup copy. Will attach a shot of what it looks like trying to open a file.Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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Word 2013: Save to desktop directly without clicking on 'browse'

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:32 PM PST

Anytime I hit 'ctrl-s' it brings me to the 'save as' screen. I then have to click 'browse' and pick a save location. As I am not interested in skydrive at the moment, this means every time I save something I am forced to do the extra click (by clicking the browse).

I know this is such a minor issue, but its such a senseless waste of time (always doing the extra click) it has been bugging me more and more recently.

How can I setup Word 2013 to bypass this screen?

My Microsoft Word 2007 has stopped working

Posted: 01 Jan 2015 05:23 PM PST

I have been using it quite happily for years. Since yesterday, whenever I tried to open a Word document, I get a message from Windows Installer saying 'preparing to install'. 

I have tried restarting the computer, and also uninstalling the latest installed updates.

Please help. Word is vital for my work.

Best wishes.

MS Project .mpp file viewer Microsoft Project

MS Project .mpp file viewer Microsoft Project

MS Project .mpp file viewer

Posted: 10 Jan 2006 03:32 AM PST

Hugh,

Have you considered the "Save as Web Page" option - this will allow you to
provide people with an interest with a "Static" image of your project plan
as of a specific date and also has the benefit of being tamper proof and you
only disclosing the information you want people to have whereas access to an
mpp file allows both access all areas and can be changed "inadvertently".
There is an article on save as HTML in the downloads section of my website.

Happy planning.

--
Dominic Moss

www.projectability.co.uk

Helping people achieve more with Microsoft Project

Tel +44 8707 303 400
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"JulieS" <passport6847 at maine dot rr dot com> wrote in message
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How do I assign work for 6:00 PM to 6:00 AM in Project?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:36 PM PST

Hi LostProject Manager,

The calendar times need to be entered so they don't span over 12:00 am
(midnight.) For example, if the night crews start work on Sunday night at
6:00 pm and finishes the shift at 6:00 am on Monday:
Choose Tools > Change Working Time to open the Change Working Time dialog
box.
Select all Sundays by clicking on the column heading for Sunday.
Enter 6:00 pm in the From: box. Enter 12:00 am in the To box.
Then select all Mondays by clicking the "M" column heading.
Enter 12:00 am in the From box and 6:00 AM in to To box (first row.)
In the next row down enter 6:00 pm in the next From box and 12:00 am in the
To box.

You may want to take a look at the "Night Shift" base calendar in the Change
Working Time dialog box for some guidance.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"LostProjectManager" <microsoft.com> wrote in
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MSP Service Packs

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 03:19 PM PST

Handy link if you're trying to determine what version service pack you have
installed.

Server
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=837241
Client (How to check the version of Office 2003 products)
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821549/

Cheers,

Nick



"Ray McCoppin" wrote:
 

Project Profitability

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:33 PM PST

Thanks, Rod, this is great. Optimal would be to have Project track changing
Internal Cost against a constant External Cost saved in a baseline, because
then I could pinpoint to management just what the delays were and how much
they cost us (and also how much innovations saved). But for the scale I need
it this is perfect because I can do it by hand.

"Rod Gill" wrote:
 

Can I "hide" tasks?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:20 PM PST

Hi Sally,

This approach is exactly like hiding tasks, so what do you mean by
"presented with cutting or deleting tasks"? I have never seen MS Project's
filter function present a user with a requirement to cut/delete tasks. If
you can be more specific with the scenario, I can probably give you some
other ideas.

-Bill

--
William Raymond
BLOG: http://www.mympa.org/blog.aspx


"Sally" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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MS Project's future?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 02:06 PM PST

Hi Andrew,

You might want to take a look at Deieter Zirkler's Blog. Not sure how
often/if it will keep getting updated, but there is some good reading to get
you up to speed. Unfortunately, people in the beta are also under NDA or
we'd be happy to fill you in. Of course, if you have a need for the beta,
you could always contact your local MS office and see if you can get in on
the beta.

http://blogs.msdn.com/dieterz/

-Bill

--
William Raymond
BLOG: http://www.mympa.org/blog.aspx


"Andrew F." <com> wrote in message
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Questions about Project Server

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 01:59 PM PST

It is technically possible to put MS Project on a server and interact with
it via Active Server pages. It is kind of difficult, though, but we could
set it up for you through our company, Teledyne Solutions, Inc. Contact my
boss, Mike Legg, at com if you are interested. Using this
technique gives you complete control over your scheduling application rather
than having to change the people to fit the software.
Regards,
Rick

"Datian" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Need Project consultant

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 01:12 PM PST

Take a look at our web site. We have great experience with large and small
customers both in consulting and training on Project Pro and Project Server.
--
Edward J. Metzler
EPM Solutions
m503.805.7758 http://www.epmsolutions.net



"Laura Guffey" wrote:
 

Group by Custom Field Order

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 12:58 PM PST

I understand you can group by a custom field and specify ascending/descending
order. What I'm looking for is can you define an order other than
ascending/descending.

For example, I have a custom field named Site. I would like to group tasks
in the following order:

Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Denver

This is the same order that I have the pull down menu in and I'm curious to
know if you can specify the pull down menu order or any other (besides
ascending/descending).

Thanks

"calihdog" wrote:
 

Copy Pic: # lines selected appears to be 10: can it be increased?

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 09:20 AM PST

Tried that... it worked. Thanks.

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

Scheduling Resources based on availability

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 08:08 AM PST

Thank you very much. Those articles are a BIG help. Your comments also made
it more clear.

"JulieS" wrote:
 

Managing One Project with Multiple Sub-Projects

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 07:56 AM PST


Kent wrote: 

Not really. If someone else has the file open, they can make edits.
When they save their edits, the RP will be opened briefly to update,
even if someone else has it open.
 

No. Even though you have only one project open, the resource usage will
reflect all projects. It will level based on all resource needs.
 

Not sure on this one. I don't recall this being the case, but it's been
awhile. Maybe someone else can comment.
 

Hope this helps in your world.

Cannot change start date for a task

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 07:00 AM PST

Babar --

Try the following:

1. Double-click the name of the task
2. Select the Advanced tab
3. Set the Contraint Type as Must Start On
4. Set the Contraint Date to 1/9/06
5. Click OK

Does the task move to its new Start date? Let us know.

--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
http://www.projectserverexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"


"Babar" <com> wrote in message
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Adding vertical, task or time driven lines on a Gantt

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:59 AM PST

Thank you for replying,

This solution begins to address the solution for me but I am not sure how to
force the line to give me a vertical line rather than a line that tracks task
data. Is there a way to make this line ignore tasks?

What information causes the status line to divert to some tasks and not
others? all my actual work done = 0

Thanks, Sally.

"Prj_Mngr" wrote:
 

Multiple Resources per Task

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:20 AM PST

Hello,
The limit of 255 characters applies only for the cells in the Resource
Sheet. The Task information dialog accept a lot more..
In fact, it seems that the true limit is 500 characters. After that, the
Assign button is greyed out.

Gérard Ducouret

"calihdog" <microsoft.com> a écrit dans le message de
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long 

Group By Subtotals

Posted: 09 Jan 2006 06:06 AM PST

In article <com>,
"harropj" <com> wrote:
 

Jim,
OK, but that's not what you showed in your example. The example shows
group totals for the tasks, not the assignments. Nonetheless, Project
2000 does not total the timescaled data when grouping (it only totals
the static data - left side of screen). On the other hand, Project 2003
does total timescaled values when grouping, (I don't know about Project
2002). Apparently that was a new feature added in the latest version of
Project. Project 2003 also added the option to either total the task or
assignment timescaled values when grouping.

There are a couple of choices. You can upgrade to Project 2003, or you
can export the timescaled data to Excel using the "yze timescaled
data in Excel" add-in for Project 2000.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP 

Master/Sub Project formatting

Posted: 08 Jan 2006 01:03 PM PST

Thanks for such a fast reply - thought that must be the case.

You spotted my split personality :-)

Cheers - Burt?????

Gérard Ducouret wrote: 

Can't change "Data entry options" in Value List dialog

Posted: 08 Jan 2006 09:42 AM PST

Hi Skip,

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

Mike Glen
Project MVP



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

Outlining in Master projects

Posted: 07 Jan 2006 12:28 PM PST

In article <com>,
"Sally" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Sally,
You're welcome.
John 

Create a custom Field

Posted: 07 Jan 2006 11:38 AM PST

Terry, I already have the % complete. I'm looking for a way to show where a
% complete should be on the status date. If the task is late, and shows 33%
complete, but on the status date it should be 41% complete I want to be able
to show that as well as the "Complete Through Date" this will give a visual
reference. Hypothetically - a task is 33% complete with a complete through
date od 12/30/05, but on 1/10/06 the status date, it should have been 41%
complete. I want to show in 2 separate columns 41% and 12/30/05.

"Terry" wrote:
 

How do I create a report with specifc columns in Project 2003?

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 04:11 PM PST

In article <com>,
"MSProjectUser" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

MSProjectUser,
You're welcome.

John 

Recording Completion when actual work is <> budgeted

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 03:53 PM PST

Project Management is primarily about Scope, Cost and Time.
It is more about the Tasks and the Durations first, and the Work (Hours) and
Cost follow from that.
Some estimating methods are "quantities based" rather than "Task based".
For example steel structures are often estimated as Hours/tonne, like yours.
This produces a budget for Hours and Costs but does not define the Tasks and
their Durations or any of the scheduling data.
You have still left out some essential information, the estimated Duration.
I can assume (can I?) 80 Hours means 100% of 1 person, 8 hours per day, 10
days.

A.
Status Date = end of Day 5
Planned/estimated/budget/baseline production rate = 8 pages per day
BCWP = 32 pages x $20/page = $640
BCWS = 40 pages x $20/page = $800
ACWP = $800 (you say 50% of Total)
CPI = BCWP/ACWP = 640/800 = 0.8, indicates that what is being achieved is
costing more than the estimate.
SPI = BCWP/BCWS = 640/800 = 0.8, you are behind schedule, ie not having
earned what was planned/estimated/hoped for, for up to the Status Date.
EAC = ACWP + (BAC - BCWP)/CPI
BAC = 80 pages total x $20 per page = $1600
EAC = 800 + (1600 - 640)/(0.8) = $2000
At $40/page Price, your total price would be $3200 and the profit $1600,
except that EAC says that if you carry on like this it will only be $1200.
Your estimated Cost/unit for pages was estimated to be $20 but turned out to
be 800/32 = $25.
Every page you do shaves $5 off your profit which was estimated at $20/page
(Marginal Pain Ratio = 25% (I made that up)).
The estimated production rate was 8 pages per day but in 5 days we achieved
32 pages or 6.4 pages per day.
You now have still to do what was planned (ie Tasks) to be done up to the
Status Date but wasn't, plus all Task which was planned to be done from the
Status Date to completion, by the same old planned completion date unless
you can extend the finish date.
If you are stuck with the same deadline, then achieving it this will be a
challenge if the evidence so far is that the project runs behind schedule
already.
Basically, you have 48 pages to go and if only 5 days to do them in then you
have to immediately get the production rate up to an average 9.6 pages per
day.
If the production rate can be held to the observed 6.4 pages per day then
you need 48/6.4 = 7.5 days, or 2.5 more.
Measure the up to date performance and then re-plan the remaining Duration,
Work, Cost, which amounts to revising your earlier estimates (they were
wrong, performance is what it is, a fact, neither efficient or inefficient).
The great thing about a half time review is that you get to have another go
at the plan for what remains.
Having extracted the necessary data from the past, ignore the past and move
on.

When this project started the CPI and SPI were both 1, but have declined by
0.2 in 5 days. Even holding the CPI and SPI at an unhappy 0.8 for the next 5
days will require something special to be done. In another 5 days they might
follow this "trend" (not really enough data to call this a trend) and be at
0.6 both.

I'll leave the other examples for you. See below.



"J Augenstein" <net> wrote in message
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Sorry, no. Your phrase "40% of the actual work is complete." is incorrect
twice.
40% of the Task (ie 40% of the pages) is complete.
Work is Hours.
The EV acronyms are imperfect in this way too. They should be BCTS, BCTS,
ACTP (substitute "Task" for "Work").
Also, you say "of the actual" work. It isn't "actual". The 40% is 40% of the
total estimated number of pages.
The total "Cost Budget" is $1600 so 50% consumed = $800, yes?
 
CPI = 1
SPI = 1
OK
 
CPI = 960/800 = 1.2
SPI = 960/800 = 1.2
ie you are getting more done than you estimated and you are paying less for
it than estimated, very OK.
 

Define "OK".

Cost is the same, but when I compare that to actual output, 

HOW DO I USE THE PAYROLL CACULATOR

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 11:10 AM PST

You're welcome, Cecilia, no problem. I hope you get an answer to your
problem :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



"CECILIA" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Circular Dependencies - how to make?

Posted: 06 Jan 2006 07:44 AM PST

Thanks

Scott Hanebutt

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