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    - Difference between Works and Word?? What is the difference between Works and Word? Both are Microsoft - Help! Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49378
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    - FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - please read before posting - unofficial - September posting FAQ = Frequently Asked Questions - unofficial This FAQ is posted weekly.- more or less Please save yourself some time by reading it before posting to the news group. --- BEFORE POSTING ANYTHING PLEASE READ THIS --- <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FindHelp/Posting.htm> Reading the article will help you get a quick and meaningful response to your question rather than just more questions for you. It may keep your message from being screened or bounced. A few basics, in case you decide you can skip that article: (1) Be nice; everyone answering questions here is a volunteer. (2) Post a question in only one newsgroup generally. If you _have to_ post in more than one, post a _single_ message and put both newsgroups in the header for that _single_ message. (3) Do not attach anything to a message. (4) The only really stupid question is the one you don't ask. The reasons for the requests are spelled out on the web page. A longer version of this FAQ is also on the Internet at <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm> Newsgroup Archives: <URL: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search> MVPs FAQ site: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> --- Also, before posting, you might want to look at the following questions to see if yours is among them. 1. How can I change the default font from Times Roman New 10pt to something else? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/defaultfont.htm> 2. Page X of Y doesn't work! (You're right, it doesn't!) <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/pagexofy.htm> or <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm> 3. How do I insert a date? Why does it (not) change when I re-open the document? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm> 4. How can I use calculated dates in Word? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm> 5. How can I get a different header/footer on the second (and subsequent) page(s)? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm> 6. What are some good books for me to read about Word? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordbooks.htm> or <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/BookRecommendations.htm> 7. How can I best use the Master Document feature? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/masterdocuments.htm> 8. Word 2K - How can I keep Word from opening separately for every document? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/w2000taskbar.htm> 9. Where can I find more information on the Web? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm> 10. How can I get rid of that ^$#*@& paperclip? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/officeassistant.htm> 11. How can I get rid of that ^$#*@& web toolbar? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/webtoolbar.htm> 12. Why doesn't Word's Fonts list show all of the fonts I have installed in Windows? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/fontsmissing.htm> 13. What are some basic tips for someone who is converting from Word Perfect? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm> 14. How do I use (What is?) the Work menu? <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WorkMenu.htm> <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/workmenu.htm> 15. What are some common errors people make with Word? <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordcommonerrors.htm> and <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm> 16. How can I print a booklet? <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Formatting/BookletPrinting.htm> 17. How can I get a template to show up under a tab with File => New? What are templates? Global templates? Document templates? <URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/template.htm> 18. I need to make a form to... If you want a fill-in-the-blanks form you want what Word calls an online form. Look in help for that and then follow the links at: <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms> especially Dian Chapman's series of articles If you want a custom dialog box that you code with VBA commands you want a UserForm. Take a look at: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Userforms.htm> 19. Where can I find a good tutorial? <URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm> <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm> <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/index.html> 20. What is an MVP? <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html> and <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/mvp.htm> 21. I keep getting insufficient memory errors... <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/InsufficientMemory.htm> 22. All my menus / toolbars have disappeared! Help. <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm> 23. When I try to delete I have to confirm it. Tools => Options => General -- uncheck the two WordPerfect options 24. I lost my CD Key, disks, etc. and can't reinstall with out it. If Word came with your computer contact the manufacturer. If you got it separately, contact Microsoft. No one here can give you more help than that. 25. I'm having trouble with automatic numbering! There's more to this than meets the eye. <URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide.htm/numbering.htm> See also the FAQ posting in the numbering newsgroup by Bruce Brown. The subject line is "Why your post may go unanswered." There are more questions than will fit here. For more questions and answers, take a look at: <URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm> and <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word> Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to <mailto: wordfaq@nospam.addbalance.com>. Change the address by taking out nospam. Posted 2 September 2003 Charles Kenyon, editor Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49363
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    - Task pane - Word Question: I can't find the Task pane (or New Document Task pane) that are referenced in the Word chapter of the Step by Step manual. I have MS Office XP on my IBM T30 notebook computer. Is there some way to activate this feature or is it not available on the notebook version of Office XP? Thanks. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49362
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    - Can I buy new Word XP registration by phone or email? I need to install an additional copy of Word XP on another computer. I have a registered copy and its CDs. May I install a new copy from the old CD and then call in and pay for it by phone and register it, or must I go to a store (a long trip) and purchase new media and install from the new media? -- Bob Boudewyns Boudewyns@Bigfoot.com Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49360
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    - Hyperlinks I opened a document that was created in word 2000, and opening it in word 2002. All the hyperlinks are broken why how do I fix? Julie Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49359
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    - How can I show certain text+pictures, but not print them ? Hello all. I have gotten the small task of trying to figure out how I can, as simply as possible (obviously), create a document where certain parts of the document will display, but not print. The request was for the ability to view certain layout features (text+pictures) from within the application, but not print it, since the paper it will eventually be printed on is pre-printed with this information. I've looked at field-codes (hoping there'd be a "don't print the contents of this field" sort of switch), and quite a number of other places, without much luck. Does anyone have an idea, apart from the Format->Background option, as to how I'd go about doing something like that ? Thanks in advance, Peter Chr. Ryskin Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49353
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    - Susan now HOW do I remove add-in Susan, thank you for the reasons why the add-in to word should be removed. I never use any of the things it's supposed to be there for, and with all the problems it can and has caused that you listed, I WANT to remove it. I just want to do it safely. I can't be without the computer if something else goes wrong. Can you please tell me how to safely remove the MS add-in for Word? Do I just go to the control panel add remove and press remove? or does MS tell me, like with removing the works suite, that i'm going to need the CD to do it? Have YOU ever removed it? I'm really glad you're out there to help. You've been a great help to me so far. I'll wait till you answer before I do anything...and if there's some MS paper i should read before removing the add in, or any contradictions in how MS says to do it and you say to do it, perhaps you can point me to those instructions. but i prefer you writing and telling me, you seem to know how to say things clearly and simply so that even I can understand them. so very many thanks. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49352
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    - jump points I wish to place jump points in my documents, in otherwords instead of clicking with my mouse i wish to press a button and jump to that part of my document. Can this be done?? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49336
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    - transfering Macros and Dictionary to another computer I use MS Word at work and I will have to start also working from home. How do I transfer my Macros and custom Dictionary to my home computer? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49335
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    - short lines in quoted email message text I'm a brand new Word-user, with Word 2000 (Office 2000), Windows 98 SE. First, let me apologize in advance for the length of this; I don't know how to make it any shorter, in order to ask my question(s). I'm trying to set up templates (with some success) to conrol various sorts of formatting. I followed Shauna Kelly's instructions for dealing with customizing Outline Numbering (thanks, Shauna!) and used help from Suzanne Barnhill to learn more about fine-tuning my styles. But I still have tons I need to learn. I have a rule for myself: no direct formatting. I removed the direct-formatting toolbar, so as not to be tempted to mess up my documents. Right now, I'm working wtih email messages, because I'll be simulating them, and/or quoting from some, in my long documents, later. For now, I'm bringing actual email messages (my own, or ones I have permission to reproduce) into Word (2000) as text files, by using Copy and Paste, after selecting New Blank Document, with my email-formatting template. I'm copy/pasting them from my text editor, to get the text into the New Blank Document (using a specific .dot file, but also, copying the format styles into normal.dot, once I'm happy with the formatting). This is specifically about short lines in a quoted signature. I need sometimes to set these up as a single-quoted passage (paragraph format?); sometimes as a double-quoted passage (!), and - I hope not often! - perhaps as a triple-quoted passage. I'll bet there are ways to do this fairly simply, but I'm so new to Word that my mind isn't wrapping around this. For now, to imitate (give the appearance of) single-quoted text, I used a border on the left side that continues through the quoted paragraph. That imitates the excerpt bars popular in Eudora. It might not be the best way to do things; should I use ">" instead? And if I do, how would I set that up in Word? I'd want to insert a ">" at the beginning of each line in the paragraph. For double-quoted paragraphs, I succeeded (it appears) in changing the left-side border to a double line from a single line. Then suddenly, I ran into this problem: Somebody quoted a signature from a previous message. The signature lines are short, not extending to the right margin of the page. Thus (inventing): Carol Whitney Second signature line Third signature line Even though I don't usually Use more than one line as A signature A signature. Now, suppose that's set as a single-quote, which, in the original email message, would look like this: > Carol Whitney > Second signature line > Third signature line > Even though I don't usually > Use more than one line as > a signature Oops - now that looks as though I'm quoting somebody else, but it's me <g>. In the original text in the email I'm formatting, those lines (in the simulated signature) would each end with a paragraph mark - in other words, a Hard Return, or a Line-Feed with Carriage Return, Hex 0D0A, if I remember right, or did I get that backwards? When a signature occurs in the original, I'm simply formatting it with Left-alighned text, hanging indents for each line (and each line of the signature is a separate paragraph). I'm adding space-before the first line of a signature, space-after after the last line of a signature, and no space-before nor space-after for all intervening lines. (Incidentally, I'm using these same formats for message headers, and for any added footer on email messages, which are sometimes added by email lists.) But for Body Text, and its relatives, I'm using Space-After, 6 points. For the simulated short-line quotes, though, I don't want any space-before nor space-after, until the last line of the grouped short-lines. Does anybody have any suggestions about how I could format quoted email text, showing some kind of "quote marks" (for single, double, or even triple-quoted text - I'm definitely not wedded to the left-side border! - don't even really care for it that much), and deal with short lines? Is there such a thing as a "NewLine" (I think that's line-feed only? without the hard Return (carriage return?) Or am I even more confused about that?) In other words, how can I get this effect: Several short lines that follow each other (and should be kept together through the last line), without added space in the style format, with some kind of quote marks - single, double or triple? Sorry I'm really rotten at asking questions, until I already know the answer(s), at which point I'm able to ask the questions <g>. Monday 1 Sep 2003, 18:40:39 Carol Whitney Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49328
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    - Word asks if I want to save changes when there are none I am using Word 2000. When I open a Word document and do nothing but look at it, and then go to close it, I get a message asking if I want to save changes to the document when I have made none. What is this about? Is there a way to eliminate this? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49319
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    - XP Startup Garbage Removal I have 4 users set up on my XP system. When the system starts up, I go to a login page which shows four icons, one for each user. When I click on my icon, for example, the start up process works fine, it goes to my desktop, etc. however, the process includes the automatic opening of a couple of word pad documents and an AOL instant messenger window, I do not know how they got there and I just have to close them everytime before proceeding with my work. Do you know how I can clean this up and remove those documents and windows from my startup process; (I believe one of them was inadvertantly put there by a Dell Tech support technician)? thanks, FM Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49316
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    - No tool bars I currently have no tool bars and no menus (no File, Edit, View). An error happened and it asked to revert to saved copy. so i said yes, and now no matter how many times i reboot or how much i search for it, i do not have any Word functions at all. All I have is a blue bar at the top with the name of the document. How do I fix this? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49315
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    - Sue Barnhill? Re Enable/Disable Macros at launch? Thank you both, Suzanne and Graham. I HAVE found the template PALMAPP.DOT in my C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\Startup folder. But before I delete it, I think I'd like to try making it from a trusted source, if I can. I've also found 3 macros -- PalmAppAddress.MAIN , PalmAppMemo.MAIN , and PalmAppToDo.MAIN -- in my list of Word macros. I've looked at the Word Help under "Modify the list of trusted sources for macros", but don't know where/how to find the Security Warning box it mentions (at item #3), and -- so -- don't know how to select "Always trust macros from this source". [Hey, I admitted I was out of my depth here!] Thanks for your time and trouble on this, guys. Peter >-----Original Message----- >There's a good chance that PALMAPP.DOT is not doing anything for you. If so, >you could remove it from the Office Startup folder. > >-- >Suzanne S. Barnhill >Microsoft MVP (Word) >Words into Type >Fairhope, Alabama USA >Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so >all may benefit. > >"Peter" <peter@lebensold.com> wrote in message >news:01e001c36ff2$58853700$a101280a@phx.gbl... >> So, Suzanne, you're saying there's no way to avoid that >> error message on start-up? >> >> PL >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >Unfortunately, although you can tell Word to trust >> templates and add-ins in >> >its template and Startup folders, this trust does not >> extend to the Office >> >Startup folder. >> > >> >-- >> >Suzanne S. Barnhill >> >Microsoft MVP (Word) >> >Words into Type >> >Fairhope, Alabama USA >> >Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word >> >Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow- ups >> to the newsgroup so >> >all may benefit. >> > >> >"Peter" <peter@lebensold.com> wrote in message >> >news:066001c36fdf$67a40b20$a601280a@phx.gbl... >> >> Lately (since I installed my Palm PDA), whenever I >> launch >> >> MSWord, is receive an error message: >> >> >> >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10 >> >> \STARTUP\PALMAPP.DOT contains macros. >> >> >> >> .... with buttons to "Disable Macros" or "Enable >> Macros". >> >> >> >> Whichever button I select, everything then seems to >> >> proceed normally after that. But it IS a hassle having >> to >> >> go through that error message each time -- and the >> message >> >> is probably there for a reason. >> >> >> >> I suspect this has something to do with a "digital >> >> certificate", but don't really know if that's true, >> and -- >> >> if so -- what I need to do about it. >> >> >> >> I'm running Word 2002 SP-2 in WinXP Pro. >> >> >> >> Any help would be much appreciated. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49303
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    - Fractions In my Word 97, when I type a fraction (1/10, 1/12, etc), if it is an oft used fraction such as 1/2 or 1/4, it is reduced and all included on a single line as numerator over denominator. So far, all my searching thru menus has not turned up a way to change how fractions appear. Many times I prefer a consistancy in appearance, and occasionally it's no big deal. Any ideas anyone would like to offer about how to select the appearance of fractions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49300
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    - Susan flawed updates and thanks Susan, yes, there's no reason why the cd should be necessary for the removal of Works, but the ms article said it was. I just don't understand (and I really try) why these contradictory or confusing instructions seem to be the norm and not exception. But I was wondering, what kind of problems are in the add in for Word that made you tell me to remove it? which I certainly will do. But I was wondering, what kind of problems are in the add in for Word that made you tell me to remove it? which I certainly will do. As for your comments in defense of critical updates which cause "inconveniences" because the worms or viruses out there could trash our computers, I just had to respond to that. My feeling is that if Microsoft wasn't so anxious to get new products onto the market as fast as possible before they are thoroughly tested, then the critical updates wouldn't be necessary in the first place. I'm certainly not the first person to say that on these boards. I think MS is testing its products on the backs of the end users.just ordinary people like me,(and wasting our time, energy, not to mention the money we spend trying to get the products to work) that I hardly think inconvenience is the word. I have thought about it, and somehow that doesn't seem right to me...but that's just my feeling about it. I've read so many posts on the numerous newsgroups here, especially the Windows Update newsgroup, from people in a panic, a fury, or simply stumped, and it is so depressing to read these posts, but perhaps the best way to learn... (for instance service pack 4 causing all sorts of problems....no printers, etc.) that I'm always happy to have someone make me laugh about it all, and some newsgroup poster did, when he wrote "Microsoft is aware of the problem in service pack 4 and maybe a fix will be upcoming. Then again, so is Christmas." Having said all that, Susan, I'm so glad there are people like you out there who can help people like me. It doesn't make the frustration go away, but when you write as you do, clearly and straightforwardly, and especially (as was the case for the cut and paste question I asked) when you come up with a solution, it at least takes a little bit of the edge off the frustration. Thank you again for your help. I really appreciate it. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49299
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    - Susan thank you,but questions for Susan Barnhill (and anyone else with some answers) first, Susan, thank you for responding to my post....but i have two questions raised by what you wrote.... you said to unistall the works add-in for Word because it causes problems in word....and you said, if i read your answer to my question correctly, just to click unistall works from the add remove on the control panel and if the unistall requires the cd, then it will prompt me to use it... what i DON'T understand is....why would MS issue a critical download (the add-in) that causes problems and apparently doesn't come up with another fix to fix the problem the solution was supposed to address? and why does the microsoft bulletin on UNISTALLING WORKS tell me something something apparently DIFFERENT from what you've said? I would really like to understand what is going on there at microsoft that it issues such "clear" instructions for removing Works, involving using the cd, yet it might be possible to unistall it if the unistall doesn't prompt me to use the cd? thank you for your answer to my question. it was simple and straight-forward, which i really appreciated. thank you, and hope you have a moment to answer the two questions i asked here.... Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49273
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    - space bar will not underline After ticking "Underline Button" space bar will not produce line. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49272
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    - Cannot copy/paste SVCHOST.EXE - APPLICATION ERROR THE INSTRUCTION AT "0xe03d3a30" REFERENCED MEMORY AT "0xe03d3a30." THE MEMORY COULD NOT BE READ. IT THEN ASKS ME TO TERMINATE THE PROGRAM OR TO DEBUG. IF I DEBUG, THE NEXT ERROR MESSAGE IS: SVCHOST.EXE HAS GENERATED ERRORS AND WILL BE CLOSED BY WINDOWS. WHEN I GET THIS ERROR ONCE, I AM UNABLE TO COPY/PASTE ON ANY SUBSEQUENT ITEMS/DOCUMENTS UNLESS I RESTART THE COMPUTER Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49269
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    - When i convert html to word documant hi i am converting html code to as word documan, but i need to insert new page and footer header for microsoft office 2000 or higer version for desining the page and seperate the cover page and rest Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49268
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    - Word 2000 automatically increases..... Hello all I am using Word 2000 and saving documents in the format "Word 97-2000 &6.0/95 -rtf(*.doc). The intention to save like this when the end user do not have word, it opens in notepad. But the cause is the word 2000 document while saving in the format results in increase in the document size, that is from 4 mb to 61 mb. I could not get the solution. Please provide the solution at the earliest. Thanks in advance! Maya Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49266
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    - Find and Replace How do I--using Find and Replace--place quotation marks around a selected word or group of words? When I select a group of words my attempts have produced either EACH word in quotes or TWO words in quotes, not the whole phrase. I'm sure I'm overlooking something simple. Thanks for always being there! Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49262
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    - Displaying fonts in Word Back in ancient times - the Windows 98SE era - I had a little utility that sat on my Word toolbar, next to the regular font drop-down list. When I clicked on the down arrow for this tool, it displayed a list of my fonts each in its own typeface - very convenient. Gang, that was several pooters and operating system ago, and I'e lost track of things. Does anybody know what this little utility is called, and where I might find it in a version compatible with Windows XP and Woord 200n? I'd appreciate it muchly! Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49255
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    - PS to REMOVING WORKS ps...i forgot to mention in my other post is one of the reasons i'm so CONFUSED about how to remove these programs is that MICROSOFT in its help guide on this issue says, as far as removing WORD is concerned (i don't know about Works) that to remove word you just remove it in the add remove programs...hope someone can clarify this stuff for me...thank you... Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49246
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    - setting language Hi. Tools\Language\Set Language. I double-clicked a language by mistake and it is now in the upper part of the window, separated from the complete list of languages, along with the two languages I do want there. How do I get the unwanted language out of there? Thanks. e Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49245
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    - REMOVING WORKS Hi, i have dell laptop, running windows 2000 professional, Service pack 3....after experience some problems due to some downloads from Windows update site, i started to realize there are a LOT of programs i'd like to remove that i don't use.... I USE MS Word a lot....but i also have in ADD REMOVE microsoft works suite 2001 and something called microsoft add-in for microsoft word, and something else called the works installer...i do not use these programs, even windows tells me i use them "rarely"... after reading from this site how to remove them i guess i realize it isn't as easy as simply clicking remove from the ADD REMOVE programs in the CONTROL PANEL...the instructions say, IF i'm reading them right, that i have to use the CD for WORKS and go through the steps outlined in Q239970 "Works 2000: How to Change the Works 2000 Installation" I have a couple of questions... first, have I read the article above correctly? Is this the ONLY way to UNistall Works Suite? OR can it simply be removed in a simpler way from the ADD REMOVE portion of the control panel? second, when i clicked on the frequency of use link in the ADD REMOVE programs on these three progams i'd like to get rid of, they ALL said that the last time I used them was May 24th. in fact, i NEVER used them on that day. BUT that day WAS the day of a number of critical downloads from the update site. given what i have come to understand about how interconnected all this stuff is (i'm NOT a tech or inclined that way), will UNinstalling these programs affect the performance or functionality of my system. i HAVE to assume that whatever the downloads were, and i have a list of them by number that i made on that day, somehow affected or changed the Works programs I'd like to get rid of? All I want is simple MS WORD. and ANY help in answering these questions would really be appreciated. thank you so much. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49243
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    - Tracking in Word 2002 amnesia When I used to use Word 97, tracking worked fine. However, now I am using Word 2002, tracking seems to work fine until I close the document. When I open it again, it appears to have forgotten about all the changes I made previously. Is there something I have forgotten to set up properly for tracking, or is this a known feature/benefit? -- Ian Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49240
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    - Word and Works 2003 Product Key Problem Hi - I have Works Suite 2003 and have installed it on a new laptop (Win XP Home with all updates installed) However when I try to open Word (2002) which is included in the suite, the programme opens then asks for the product key. After entering the product key, I am told that it is the wrong key. The Suite was bought new, unopened and I have definately not made an error in entering the 25 digits. Any help with this would be much appreciated, Thanks, Brian. Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49232
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    - Microsfot Word problem I was a bad boy and used an unlicensed version on microsoft word. Using windows xp, I had a probolem with the software, a popup asked if I wanted to report the problem to Microsoft which I did. From that point on whenever I tried to used word again, I got a Microsoft pop-up that said word had encountered a problem and needed to shut down. Am I banished from ever using word again? What can I do? Thanks, Randy Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49222
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    - Text in margin I write sermons with a two-inch left-hand margin in which I write key words to prompt me about the content of the paragraph. When delivering the sermon, I look at the key word (in the margin) primarily and only the text if I need to. Is there a way in Word for me to type my sermon, with the two-inch margin. And then come back later and type in the key word(s) in the margin? Ed Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49221
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    - Opening WORD.doc from CD When I attempt to open a MS WORD document from a document saved on a CD I get this message: "The document name or path is not valid" please help me to correct this problem. I am frantic as I need the document urgently. Thanking you in advance, Kindest regards Ben Gouws Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49219
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    - password protected documents I have forgotten the password for Word documents is there a way to get the documents open again. Any help would be appreciated Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49217
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    - Private presentation notes How do people who make presentations handle preparng the outlines and what do they hand out? I need to make a presentation and I would like to hand out the outline that I will be speaking from so the audience can follow along. I would also like to include some notes to myself which I don't want to have included in the version that is handed out to the audience. Is there any way to do this in a single document? Even if I use some kind of "hidden" text that I can suppress for the handout version, that would affect the pagination so that they won't be on the same page as I am making questions awkward. I would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks -- Running Word 2K in Office 2K on Win2K-SR2 Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49201
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    - Disable TextBox Word How Disable TextBox In Word For User THat They Dont Change Content of TextBox? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49198
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    - Disable TextBox Word How Disable TextBox In Word For User THat They Dont Change Content of TextBox? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49197
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    - Printer newsgroup I have an HP 722C DeskJet printer and I want to know how many pages of black print it is supposed to print per minute. Is there a newsgroup where I can post this or does anyone in this group know? Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49188
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    - how to get pass the pass word I recently bought a used computer and when I started the thing up the front message said Enter pass word. Well, I don't have a pass word. How do I go about getting on to Windows without a pass word? Thanks wickedwitch-2002@MSN.com Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49185
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    - Opening microsoft word 2002 We have downloaded Microsoft Word on our PC but have been unable to access it--any suggestions? We have windows 98 and a Gateway Computer Tag: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works Tag: 49184
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What is the difference?

Re: Microsoft Word vs Microsoft Works by Kate

Kate
Tue Sep 02 18:14:57 CDT 2003

Works was a combination application that included scaled down versions of
Word, Excel and Access(like).

Works word processing did not include 100% of the features available in Word
... same for the Spreadsheet (Excel) and the Database(Access).

Works was frequently installed on machines prior to purchase -- but I don't
think you see it much any more.

Depending on how you intend to use your computer -- the types of documents
you will be creating -- you may be just fine with Works applications -- or
you may be frustrated and need to "bump up" to the full scale Microsoft
applications.

Kathy

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