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Horrible, just Horrible! (Attn: Mr. Kenyon) Word 2003 mucks up my 2000 files!
OK folks. I'm using Word 2000 and I'm a happy camper. The school
recently installed Word 2003. When I open my documents son the school's computers, all hell breaks loose. Of course, I have to put up with the annoying settings of the school's program, since they have not turned off the squiggly lines, have not turned off smart tags, have not turned off automatic formatting, have not turned off all the other "we'll do it for you ..." crap that messes up my nicely crafted legal documents. But even worse! I opened a 200+ page document on the school's computer, made sure the formatting was correct, then inserted page numbers. Ready to print, I thought. But NO! Wait! There's MORE! Word 2003 had not numbered my document with consecutive numbers all the way through! No! It had started renumbering each section, apparently each time it encountered Heading 3. Oh yes, I tweaked and fiddled and faddled and tried to get the page numbers to run from, doh, number 1 to number 206. No joy. rant off Question: How do I get my documents, created in Word 2000, to open up just as I created them, and then print off the school's computers, WITHOUT Word 2003 "helping" me by "automatically" screwing it up? Chaaaaaarrrrrrrrles! I'm a 3L and I'm in my 50's and I just don't want the auto stuff that comes with Word 2003! *(((({ |
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Horrible, just Horrible! (Attn: Mr. Kenyon) Word 2003 mucks up my 2000 files!
Hi,
Word routinely messes up automatic numbering unless it is put in very carefully (i.e., not using any of the buttons or menu commands you would think you would use, but rather using carefully installed outline heading styles). See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the subject is related.) Numbering problems become apparent much more often when you move a document to a different computer. If you are going to be using Word much in the future (and I suspect you will have to) take a look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...gExplained.htm when you have some time. Do not use Insert Page Numbers command. Use headers and footers and fields in them instead. This can be very flexible. Take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. For even more, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Page_Numbering.htm. I recommend spending at least 1/2 hour a day working on learning Word for at least two months. By the end of 10 days, you'll be saving more time than you are spending on this and the savings will continue for the rest of your career. http://addbalance.com/usersguide Do turn off most of the Auto stuff! http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm Under Tools AutoFormat Options Autoformat as you type I have unchecked everything under "Apply as you type" and "Automatically as you type." The smart tags can be switched off under the Smart Tags tab. By the way, I doubt you would call me son if we were meeting in person. I graduated from law school in 1978. :} Hope this helps. -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "*((({" wrote in message ... OK folks. I'm using Word 2000 and I'm a happy camper. The school recently installed Word 2003. When I open my documents son the school's computers, all hell breaks loose. Of course, I have to put up with the annoying settings of the school's program, since they have not turned off the squiggly lines, have not turned off smart tags, have not turned off automatic formatting, have not turned off all the other "we'll do it for you ..." crap that messes up my nicely crafted legal documents. But even worse! I opened a 200+ page document on the school's computer, made sure the formatting was correct, then inserted page numbers. Ready to print, I thought. But NO! Wait! There's MORE! Word 2003 had not numbered my document with consecutive numbers all the way through! No! It had started renumbering each section, apparently each time it encountered Heading 3. Oh yes, I tweaked and fiddled and faddled and tried to get the page numbers to run from, doh, number 1 to number 206. No joy. rant off Question: How do I get my documents, created in Word 2000, to open up just as I created them, and then print off the school's computers, WITHOUT Word 2003 "helping" me by "automatically" screwing it up? Chaaaaaarrrrrrrrles! I'm a 3L and I'm in my 50's and I just don't want the auto stuff that comes with Word 2003! *(((({ |
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Horrible, just Horrible! (Attn: Mr. Kenyon) Word 2003 mucks up my 2000 files!
Hi *(((({,
Is there a way for me to run a macro or a vbs every time I log on to a school computer to turn off the automatic garbage in Word 2003? Indeed there is. It's at the bottom of the article http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...AutoFormat.htm Since you can't insert that macro in the school computer's Normal.dot template, you'll have to put it into a template you carry with you, and change the macro's name to something other than AutoExec(). In the same template, make a toolbar button (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm) so you can run it manually after Word starts. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:34:20 -0800, "*((({" wrote: Thanks for the good information, "son." -- I'd been doing legal assistant work for 8 years by the time you got your JD. Ahem. I have already removed the "insert page numbers" option from my menus, and use only the header-footer fields. The other articles I will have to review. I would dearly LOVE to turn off all the automatic doo-dah's on the school's Word 2003 -- but it's their computers, their labs. So if I want to use their printer, I'm stuck with their settings. Is there a way for me to run a macro or a vbs every time I log on to a school computer to turn off the automatic garbage in Word 2003? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:28:26 -0600, "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi, Word routinely messes up automatic numbering unless it is put in very carefully (i.e., not using any of the buttons or menu commands you would think you would use, but rather using carefully installed outline heading styles). See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the subject is related.) Numbering problems become apparent much more often when you move a document to a different computer. If you are going to be using Word much in the future (and I suspect you will have to) take a look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...gExplained.htm when you have some time. Do not use Insert Page Numbers command. Use headers and footers and fields in them instead. This can be very flexible. Take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. For even more, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Page_Numbering.htm. I recommend spending at least 1/2 hour a day working on learning Word for at least two months. By the end of 10 days, you'll be saving more time than you are spending on this and the savings will continue for the rest of your career. http://addbalance.com/usersguide Do turn off most of the Auto stuff! http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm Under Tools AutoFormat Options Autoformat as you type I have unchecked everything under "Apply as you type" and "Automatically as you type." The smart tags can be switched off under the Smart Tags tab. By the way, I doubt you would call me son if we were meeting in person. I graduated from law school in 1978. :} Hope this helps. |
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Horrible, just Horrible! (Attn: Mr. Kenyon) Word 2003 mucks up my 2000 files!
This is very exciting! I'll see if I can get that macro made and
working by the end of the weekend. :-) *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:52:23 -0500, Jay Freedman wrote: Hi *(((({, Is there a way for me to run a macro or a vbs every time I log on to a school computer to turn off the automatic garbage in Word 2003? Indeed there is. It's at the bottom of the article http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...AutoFormat.htm Since you can't insert that macro in the school computer's Normal.dot template, you'll have to put it into a template you carry with you, and change the macro's name to something other than AutoExec(). In the same template, make a toolbar button (http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...oToToolbar.htm) so you can run it manually after Word starts. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 16:34:20 -0800, "*((({" wrote: Thanks for the good information, "son." -- I'd been doing legal assistant work for 8 years by the time you got your JD. Ahem. I have already removed the "insert page numbers" option from my menus, and use only the header-footer fields. The other articles I will have to review. I would dearly LOVE to turn off all the automatic doo-dah's on the school's Word 2003 -- but it's their computers, their labs. So if I want to use their printer, I'm stuck with their settings. Is there a way for me to run a macro or a vbs every time I log on to a school computer to turn off the automatic garbage in Word 2003? *(((({ In the last exciting episode on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:28:26 -0600, "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Hi, Word routinely messes up automatic numbering unless it is put in very carefully (i.e., not using any of the buttons or menu commands you would think you would use, but rather using carefully installed outline heading styles). See: How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in your Word document http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html. (For bullets see http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/bull...olbullets.html, the subject is related.) Numbering problems become apparent much more often when you move a document to a different computer. If you are going to be using Word much in the future (and I suspect you will have to) take a look at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/...gExplained.htm when you have some time. Do not use Insert Page Numbers command. Use headers and footers and fields in them instead. This can be very flexible. Take a look at http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Number...eNumbering.htm. For even more, see http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/Page_Numbering.htm. I recommend spending at least 1/2 hour a day working on learning Word for at least two months. By the end of 10 days, you'll be saving more time than you are spending on this and the savings will continue for the rest of your career. http://addbalance.com/usersguide Do turn off most of the Auto stuff! http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...eformatted.htm Under Tools AutoFormat Options Autoformat as you type I have unchecked everything under "Apply as you type" and "Automatically as you type." The smart tags can be switched off under the Smart Tags tab. By the way, I doubt you would call me son if we were meeting in person. I graduated from law school in 1978. :} Hope this helps. |
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