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    - Save Options In Word 2003, when I save a document I am given choices on the left pane of the 'save as' box. How can I change those options to reflect the most commonly used folders? IE: I don't need: "My Network Places" up there. Other folders would be more helpful. Thanks, Marc Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96101
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    - Document Property to display more than 1 line I added a property 'Address' in a word document and defined a field link with this property. I got a string, ie address consists of street name, postcode, state name separated by a return character. Is it possible to display the address in several lines? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96097
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    - Setting up Columns on Word Hi, I just started using word 2003, and I need to set up newsletter columns for a school project. The help feature tells me to select "columns" from the standard toolbar. I've checked to make sure that I have the standard toolbar up, and it says that I do. I cannot for the life of me find any "columns" button, however. Any help would be much appreciated. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96091
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    - How do you close up the gap when you hit the enter key to much? I was trying to add a add'l line of space between the addresses for a letter. However, I apparently hit the enter key too much & want to close up the gap. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96089
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    - label problem, not mail merge I have a label document ( holiday address list) formatted in tools>labels>(avery 8160) and although the new entries for this year display on the screen, they don't print out. I'm sure this is just a setup/formatting issue - someone point me in the right direction, please? Penny S Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96088
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    - Changing the layout of Word 07 Ok I recently upgraded to Word 07 from Word 03. I don't really like the layout of it, for example the buttons and the tabs. Is there anyway I can keep Word 07 and make it "Look" like Word 03, with the classic menu drop down boxes? One thing I realized after upgrading, I have to hunt down on trying to figure out how to use certain feature through help, since it seems like everything was moved around between 03 and 07. And that is a bit of a pain for me. Thanks Tan Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96087
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    - How to disable "Read-only" popup when opening a Word 2003 document ? When I open some (but not all) Word documents with Word 2003 a popup appears asking me: D:\...\mydoc.doc should be opened as read-only unless changes to it need to be saved. Open as read-onyl ? YES NO ? How can I permanently (for all docs) disable this prompt dialog ? Goran Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96084
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    - Unable to change top/bottom margins. Usually I change these margins from the "page setup" area. I can change the left/right margins this way, but the top/bottom margins have disappeared and the cursor is at the very top of the page. Please help. I have Word2003 Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96080
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    - How do I register Word 2003? I am trying to register my new software and keep getting a message to try later. Are there any suggestions? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96076
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    - Generating Vertical Splits Screen I'm running Windows 2002 (10.6818.6817) SP3, in XP Home Edition. I'm trying to figure out if its possible to open two Word documents, simultaneously, in either a vertical or horizontally split screen, so that I can simultaneously compare the two documents. I used to be able to do this with Word Perfect; but I don't seem to have the ability to do this with Word 2002, non-professional version. Any ideas? Any suggestions? Any bad news? Please respond and MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, HAPPY KWANZAA! (you get the idea) Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96062
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    - Microsoft Office Word 2007 How do I change the measurements from Cms to Inches ? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96061
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    - Delete pages in document Word 2002. I have a document with 12 pages. I only want to keep and print page 9. How do I delete all the other pages Thanks for help sidcliffe Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96059
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    - Converting pdf to Word Hi all. I am trying to select parts of a pdf document and pasting into a Word document. No success in selecting and so I'm trying to convert the whole document or import it to Word in some way, so that I can do the selection then. Any ideas? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96044
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    - printing ranges I have a 300 page document and I can not print out ranges of pages. It just print out the first page in the range then the rest of the document. I am on a windows 2000 network using HP4100 printer. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96039
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    - Missing labels I am doing a mail merge from an Excel sheet onto Avery labels (2 across/7 down). I have 62 addresses which all appear to be correct when I open the "open data source" in Word. I select All and do the merge. For some reason, some labels are missing - as far as I can tell at the end of a sheet of labels, i.e. Recipients 15, 30, 45 and 60. Can anyone help, please? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96035
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    - mail merge I am trying to find and replace items in a letter but the symbols around the item, (in this case the date)are not being replaced. What am I missing? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96031
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    - How do i take th over type off? I was type on day then all of a suden i went to back to fix a mistak and all it just kept typing over wat i already typed please hepl i hate this thing. HELP Computerhelpwanted19 Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96025
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    - Embedding a Macromedia Flash inside a Word document Hi, Can anyone please assist with the following: I want to make my document somewhat more interactive and embbed a Macromedia Flash movie in it. What I actually want to do is embbed and HTML tag like the following: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="680" height="52" id="MyInteractiveFlash" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" id="MyInteractiveFlash.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><embed src="" id="MyInteractiveFlash.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="680" height="52" name="id="MyInteractiveFlash" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object> Like I would do in an HTML file. Then I expect the Flash object to be visible in my document (not an Icon or a link button). Is that possible? how? Thanks, Alisa. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96004
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    - Created, Modified, Accessed anomaly I noticed that when I go to Properties/General, Created date is sometimes later date than Modified date. What is the explanation for this? Thanks divoch Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 96000
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    - Can you? Can you tell me what a ninny means? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95993
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    - Print a copy of the End-User License Agreement Hi, I want to Print a copy of the MS Word/Office XP End-User License Agreement but since I already installed it I don't think I can't get it off the CD. I did search in the help and it went to a license agreement but it was for the MS Office online service. Can some please tell me where I can get this to print it out? Have a good day, RScotti remove "nospam" in order to email me. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95977
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    - How do I insert text without deleting the rest of the paragraph? In a paragraph in MS Word, I want to insert text without deleting the rest of the paragraph. Right now my settings doesn't insert text, it types over and deletes any character thereafter such as letters, spaces, and symbols. How do I change this back to plain old inserting? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95961
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    - Documents Jumping Back to the Beginning.... Oh, Mighty MVPs.... In the process of editing papers, it is common for me to have more than one version of the paper open (different filenames, obviously) to allow me to flip back and forth between the versions, comparing as I go. Often, when flipping to one from the other, Word jumps to the beginning of the document. I have no idea why this happens, or if it is a Word-driven (as opposed to Windows-driven) event. It's certainly not the worst thing that can happen, but scrolling down and then finding where you left off is a bit of a PITA. I've tried the Shift+F5 thingy, but I'm usually only editing one of the documents, the other is merely there to see comments, etc., so it has no effect. Any ideas? I hope I'm not hallucinating. Thanks, Dan Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95957
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    - Languages Office Word 2007 XP Pro SP2 The language (installed) is in English. The language for spell checking is in French. Dictionary language is set to English. Language Settings (from Office tools) is set to English. Primary editing language is set to English. Yet, under spell check options the only language is French and under the proofing options I have just "French modes" for spelling. This impacts my spell check in OE which is bad, very bad... I spell quite poorly I feel and so I need to have spell checking in a language that I actually speak and type in. Any ideas? I don't have OE in Vista so that's not something I can check. My beloved OE is dead... -- Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE) http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/ "Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95953
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    - Command Prompt help Where can I find help on syntax for Executing Word from the command prompt? Specifically I would like to write a script that can open a series of files using the 'Recover Text from any File' option that is available from the GUI interface. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95952
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    - dialog box This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0096_01C7171C.82ABF8A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I initially open Word 2003 documents, I get a box stating that "The = command cannot be performed because there is a dialog box open..." What = causes this? I never have a dialog box open when this happens. --=20 Sincerely, Jeff ------=_NextPart_000_0096_01C7171C.82ABF8A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>When I initially open Word 2003 = documents, I get a=20 box stating that "The command cannot be performed because there is = a dialog=20 box open..." What causes this? I never have a dialog box open when this=20 happens.</FONT></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><BR>-- <BR><BR>Sincerely,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jeff</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0096_01C7171C.82ABF8A0-- Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95942
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    - How to keep Microsoft Word from automatically doublespacing???? PLEASE Help!! Hello, A re-occuring problem I've been having w/ Microsoft Word is this- If I put an extra line between one line of text and another, like this... Here is my text Here is the next line ....and if I do this several times, Word automatically starts doing it for me. But when it comes time when I don't want an extra line between lines (i.e. I don't want it double- spaced), I'm unable to do so. In other words, Word automatically double spaces when I push 'Enter'. I have spent hours trying to figure out this problem. I have gone through every possible automatic setting. So if someone could PLEASE tell me how to keep Word from automatically doing this, that would be wonderful!!! Thanks so much everyone for your time and help! Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95939
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    - How to keep Microsoft Word from automatically doublespacing???? PLEASE Help!! Hello, A re-occuring problem I've been having w/ Microsoft Word is this- If I put an extra line between one line of text and another, like this... Here is my text Here is the next line ....and if I do this several times, Word automatically starts doing it for me. But when it comes time when I don't want an extra line between lines (i.e. I don't want it double- spaced), I'm unable to do so. In other words, Word automatically double spaces when I push 'Enter'. I have spent hours trying to figure out this problem. I have gone through every possible automatic setting. So if someone could PLEASE tell me how to keep Word from automatically doing this, that would be wonderful!!! Thanks so much everyone for your time and help! Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95938
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    - how to delete rows tables but to save text? I got a word doc. (90 pages) including text in table and cells and .... I just want to save the text then change to a small font ant print it in a few pages instade os 90 pages. how can I just save the text at once? and not waste my time? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95934
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    - how can i unlock microsoft office if mi tial of microsoft office is expired what can i do to actived because when i want use it show me this messege: this modification es not allowed because the document is locked, is any way to unlock it! Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95929
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    - Word 2003 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C716E1.2A08F030 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sometimes when I open Word 2003, I get a message reading, "There is an = open=20 dialogue box. Please close before proceeding." This happens although I have no other applications or documents open. = What=20 is causing this?=20 --=20 Drumfreak ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C716E1.2A08F030 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2900.2995" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV>Sometimes when I open Word 2003, I get a message reading, "There is = an open=20 <BR>dialogue box. Please close before proceeding."<BR><BR>This happens = although=20 I have no other applications or documents open. What <BR>is causing = this?=20 <BR></DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><BR>-- <BR><BR>Drumfreak</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0023_01C716E1.2A08F030-- Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95928
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    - Not printable characters Hello! I needed to know how can I see or make it show in the document not printable characters Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95923
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    - down arrows I need to type and UP and Down arrows for study notes. How to I do this? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95921
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    - Question On Creating A Table ? Hello, Have a document with many lines of text in it. Each line starts with a number, and then some text. I would like to copy all of this into another WORD document, but into a Table (having 2 columns) in that document. The numbers would go in one column, and then the text in the other column. I would then be able, I believe, to copy each column individually such that I can then Paste it into a spreadsheet. Am I correct in believing I could copy just a single column from the two columns in the Table I created ? If so, I have never used Tables in WORD. Not too sharp with this stuff. How (exacxtly please) would I do this ? Thanks, B. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95916
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    - EMBED Picture in Word 2003 I am having a problem with the version of Word 2003 on my home computer. I am doing a class exercise which requires me to add a chart to a Word document. I do this by going to the Insert -> Picture -> Chart. It then brings up a sample chart which I can either edit or use as is. It is supposed to be brought into the document when I click in the document outside of the chart. This process works fine on the computer I have at the lab at school. However, on my own computer at home all I get is a one line message about an embeddded chart when I try to click outside the chart to bring it into the document. I saw something in the Knowledge Base that I could fix that by highlighting the embed message and hitting Cntl-Shift-F9 but that doesn't work. Is there some setting I have wrong perhaps? I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling office several times to no avail. Otherwise most of the normal functionality seems all right. Any help would be appreciated. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95913
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    - Word 2007 Printing Problem I just started using Word 2007 and I really like it but the printing is weird. Even if I choose my desired page size and margins, the preview is still wrong, instead of showing the whole document, it only shows 1/4 of it and when it prints, it prints that 1/4 part zoomed to a whole letter page. How can I solve this problem? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95908
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    - INFORMATION STORED IN TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS & UPDATED SIMULTANEOU Is there such a way to enter information in one program and set it up to change in another program. Like if I send a document to a client, I would like to keep track of what the document was that I sent so I will make sure not to send the same one again, but I don't want to use the program that I store the address info to track this info. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95907
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    - AutoComplete Date - Setup Question I have Word 2003, SP2. With the previous version, if I typed four letters of a date (such as Febr) and pressed enter, the month was entered. If I then added a space and clicked enter, the day and year were added to the document. With Word 2003, the month autocompletes, but the rest of the date won't apply. I have the "show autocomplete suggestions" box checked under AutoText. What steps are needed to set up this Word version to perform like the last? Thanks, Jim Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95901
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    - Why is file read-only? Typically, saving a new doc is no problem. But occasionally, Word will refuse to save changes, informing me that the doc is read-only. I save docs the same way all the time (CTRL-S, or exit, then click Yes to save), no idea why some of them suddenly become read-only. ??? -- A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ...George Bernard Shaw Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95896
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    - TOC: page number to show section ID also? I have separate sections, A, B, C and so forth. These are created using Section Break - Next Page. I title the sections using a Header style. When I insert a page number in the footer, I will add in the section identifier so the page number looks like A-1, etc. The A- is in front of the page number field. Right now, the TOC field lists the page numbers for each section as 1. Can I get the TOC to pick up the section identifier to list the page numbers as A-1, B-1, etc? Ed Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95883
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    - Re: Print date field on last page Thanks, Graham. What I would like to do is to put the Print field in the footer of the last page only. Is this possible, please? Insert a printdate field on the last page? -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP "oe" <oe@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:... >I have a Project List which is updated periodically. As only the last page >needs to be printed with the latest projects, I would like to have a Print >field showing the date on the last page only. > > How do I achieve this, please? > Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95878
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    - Print date field on last page I have a Project List which is updated periodically. As only the last page needs to be printed with the latest projects, I would like to have a Print field showing the date on the last page only. How do I achieve this, please? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95876
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    - Filename Extensions Is there some way to keep Word 2003 from apending a ".doc" extension to a document filename when you save it? For some things, I like to use an extension that allows me to sort by date. However, to ensure compatability between different operating systems, and also to make recovery simpler if thre should be a system or hard drive crash, I want to stick to the DOS 8.3 file naming convention. When I save a file in Word 2003, it insists on adding ".doc" to the filename. I know that I can then go back and delete it but that is extra unnecessary work. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95874
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    - Task Pane doesn't "stick" I am using Word 2002 on a laptop running Windows XP pro. When I call up an existing document or start a new, the Task Pane is not present. I then go to View and go down to task pane and click which puts a check mark in and I have a task pane present. I close the document, or do a new; however the task pane is not there. I check View/task pane and it is not checked. This is not the case on my old Windows 98 box. Once I check task pane, it is there all the time. What might be happening? And how can I make the task pane stick in my XP Laptop. TIA Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95872
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    - Hyperlinks Hi, I would like to use hyperlinks from within word. However, whenever I try to insert or copy one into the document it turns up reading something like this: { HYPERLINK http : www . mozilla.com } (I had to add some spaces so it wouldn't show up as a link in this post) How do I get it to show up as the actual link? Thanks Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95866
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    - I made a price list and now I want to type the word sold in red? Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95857
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    - Want to disable confirming delete In Word 2002 while editing, the delete button prompts a Yes/No query. How can I disable this feature? Responses gratefully received. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95853
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    - MI5 Persecution: their methods and tactics -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= -= why the security services? -= -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= You may ask, why do I think the "they" referred to are the security services? Is there any evidence that there is a single source, as opposed to a loosely based "whispering campaign" amongst many people? Even if there is a single source, is there any evidence that "they" are professional "buggers" as opposed to amateurs, or perhaps people working for a privately funded organization? a) As to the question of a single source versus something more fragmented; it is quite obvious that there is a single source from the way the campaign has been carried out. Since things have been repeated verbatim which were said in my home, there must be one group which does the watching and listening. Since on several occasions (mainly during travel) people have been planted in close proximity and rehearsed in what they were to say, it follows that someone must have done the planning for that, and again a single source is indicated. b) So why couldn't it be amateurs? Why couldn't it be a private organisation, for example a private detective agency paid to manage the campaign and undertake the technical aspects? Some detective agencies are unscrupulous as has been proved on the occasions in the past when they've been exposed or caught; they too can have access to the bugging technology deployed; and there are reported cases of MI5 paying private eyes to do their dirty work (against peace campaigners and similar enemies of the state) on the understanding that if they were caught then they could deny all knowledge. Why couldn't that be the case? The main factor pointing to direct security service involvement (as opposed to amateurs or MI5 proxies) is the breadth of their access to the media in particular, and the fact that the television companies are so involved in the campaign. The BBC would not directly invade someone's home themselves, since it would not be within their remit to allocate personnel or financial resources to do so. An organisation of their stature would not take part in a campaign set up by private sources. The only people they would take material from would be the security services, presumably on the assumption that if the cat ever flew out of the bag yowling it would be MI5 who would take the consequences. State sponsorship for these acts of psychological terrorism is also indicated by duration; support for over six years for a team of three or four people would be beyond the means and will of most private sources. The viciousness of the slanders and personal denigration also points to MI5; they traditionally "protect" the British state from politicians of the wrong hue by character assassination, and in this case are using their tried and tested methods to murder with words an enemy they have invented for themselves. And there are precedents. Diana and Hewitt were alleged to have been filmed "at it" by an Army intelligence team which had operated in Northern Ireland, these allegations were made by someone called Jones who had been on the team. His statements were denied by the defence establishment who tried to character-assassinate by describing him as the "Jones twins". Funny how if you tell the truth, then you must be ill, isn't it? Thought only communists behaved like that? Hewitt later said that he'd been spoken to by someone in the army who revealed the existence of videotapes of him and Diana, and that the tapes would be published if any attempt was made by them to resume their association. 131 -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95850
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    - Word Workbook? Hi, is there a way to create a workbook with multiple sheets in Word, as there is in Excel? I'm looking to have access to multiple sheets within one document instead of opening separate documents. Thanks for any help. Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95842
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    - "Web" toolbar appears every time a link (TOC) is clicked The "Web" toolbar appears every time a link is clicked (e.g., a TOC "link"). This is very annoying, since it takes up valuable space, and I don't need the "Web" toolbar when I'm just jumping to a chapter from the TOC. Is there some way of preventing the "Web" toolbar from appearing whenever I click on a TOC link? I'm using Word 2000 SP-3. Thank you. -- Regards, Peter Reaper The browser you can trust: http://www.GetFirefox.com Reclaim Your Inbox: http://www.GetThunderbird.com Tag: Stupid AutoDate Tag: 95826

I see from earlier messages that I am not the only one having a problem with
the date being automatically entered after just a few keystrokes that are
supposed to get the whole auto date started. Is anyone aware of when a fix
for this is due to come out??

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Re: Stupid AutoDate by Terry

Terry
Tue Dec 12 03:11:01 CST 2006

It's been around since time immemorial - so I guess the answer is never
unless the USA change their default date style to match the rest of the
World.

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Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"BK" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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>I see from earlier messages that I am not the only one having a problem
>with the date being automatically entered after just a few keystrokes that
>are supposed to get the whole auto date started. Is anyone aware of when a
>fix for this is due to come out??
>

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