What was lost is found

Some of you may recall my frantic thrashing around here when I
reinstalled my OS (Win XP) and had to reinstall Publisher 98 but could
not find the installation disk. With a tweak here and a cludge there I
was able to reinstall from the Publisher directory on the drive. (Don't
ever install to the Windows/Program Files directory. Give each
application its own root directory.) But the reinstall, though good
enough to retrieve all my *.pub files and create new ones, lacks a few
features, like hyphenation, spellcheck, etc.

But today, what was lost is found. The installation disk turned up -- on
the boat.

My mother always said that inanimate objects have minds of their own and
will wander off from time to time but they come back. But I didn't think
this one was going on a sailing holiday. I hope it is well rested.

I'm jealous - your software is having more fun than I am.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"Gogarty" wrote in message
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Some of you may recall my frantic thrashing around here when I
reinstalled my OS (Win XP) and had to reinstall Publisher 98 but could
not find the installation disk. With a tweak here and a cludge there I
was able to reinstall from the Publisher directory on the drive. (Don't
ever install to the Windows/Program Files directory. Give each
application its own root directory.) But the reinstall, though good
enough to retrieve all my *.pub files and create new ones, lacks a few
features, like hyphenation, spellcheck, etc.

But today, what was lost is found. The installation disk turned up -- on
the boat.

My mother always said that inanimate objects have minds of their own and
will wander off from time to time but they come back. But I didn't think
this one was going on a sailing holiday. I hope it is well rested.