Microsoft Word FAQ

(frequently asked questions)

by Charles Kenyon

(with suggestions from many others on the Microsoft Word newsgroups)

last updated 06 May 2004

NOTE THE ABOVE DATE!

This gets updated much less frequently than does the web version!

Download this FAQ in Word 97 format (get the latest version!)

Questions:
Introduction........................................................................................................iii
1. How do I make a template? What is a template? What is Normal.dot?.........1
2. How can I get a different header/footer on the second (and subsequent)
page(s)?..........................................................................................................7
3. How can I change the default font from Times Roman New 10pt to
something else?..............................................................................................8
4. Page X of Y doesn't work!.............................................................................8
5. How do I insert a date? Why does it (not) change when I re-open the
document?....................................................................................................10
6. What are some good books for me to read about Word?..............................11
7. How can I get rid of that ^$#*@& paperclip?.............................................18
8. How can I get rid of the web toolbar?..........................................................19
9. Why doesn't Word's Fonts list show all of the fonts I have installed in
Windows?....................................................................................................21
10. What are some basic tips for someone who is converting from Word
Perfect?........................................................................................................21
11. What are common errors that people make in using Word?.........................22
12. How can I best use the Master Document feature?......................................23
13. Word 2K - How can I keep Word from opening separately for every
document?....................................................................................................24
 14. How do I use (What is) the Work menu?.....................................................25
15. How can I print out a booklet?.....................................................................26
16. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my
template?......................................................................................................27
17. What is an MVP?.........................................................................................28
18. What are the posting suggestions for the Word news groups?.....................29
19. Where can I find more information on the Web?.........................................32

Note about this Table of Contents:

This Table of contents was automatically generated in Word 2000 using heading styles to mark the entries. Note that the entire
entry is a hyperlink to the page in Word 2000. This characteristic persists when this document is opened in Word 97 so long as
the table is not replaced. If you are using Word 97 and want to update the Table of Contents, put your insertion point inside the
table (use your arrow keys since clicking inside the table activates a link) and press the F9 (update fields key). Update page
numbers only!

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Introduction
This FAQ is maintained (lightly) by Charles Kenyon who is not an expert at any of
this but reads a lot. The questions and answers come from the various newsgroups
on Word. Corrections to the FAQ (or additions) can be sent to Charles Kenyon at
[email protected]. Unless otherwise indicated the answers here are for
Word 97 (and probably apply to Word 95, 98 & 2K). I believe that the answers as
to page numbers, headers & footers, and dates apply to all versions of Word
released within the last five years. If I'm wrong please let me know.
I am a trial lawyer (criminal defense) and this is a hobby for me. While I read
much of my e-mail, I don’t respond to it all, and often am untimely in my
responses to those I do respond to. I usually receive more than 50 e-mails a day.
This is not intended to be rude, it is just a fact of life in my life. Since my clients
are depending on me (and paying me) to attend to their problems, they take
priority over my hobbies.
This FAQ is cursory. A number of fine (and more extensive) FAQ web pages are
out there and you are encouraged to check them out (see below for URLs).
Also, the answers to most of your questions are in the Help screens that came with
Word - if you can only find the right screen. Try using the office assistant (that
^$#*@& paperclip)!

Menu trees:
In this FAQ menu tree selections are indicated by the vertical bar ( | ). Format|
Paragraph means choose Paragraph from the Format menu.
Format|Paragraph|Line Breaks and Spacing (tab) means click on the “Line Breaks
and Spacing” tab of the Format Paragraph Dialog box.

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1. How do I make a template? What is a template? What is
Normal.dot?
This one is probably too ambitious. I’m still thinking on it.
Introduction
In the meantime, t here is an article by John McGhie (MVP) on templates and
styles posted on the MVPs site:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm.
This can be downloaded in Word Format (in which case both the template and
document should be placed in the same folder).
Also, take a look at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm for
information on the what and why of templates.

There was an excellent discussion in one of the newsgroups on strategies for

implementing styles in a networked environment (and actually getting the users to
use them). I have compiled it in Word 97 format. To download that compilation,
click here.
Check in Help using the index for “template” or “templates, creating” and you’ll
find very nice articles entitled “about templates” or “creating templates” that you
should find useful.
For more information on Outline view and heading styles see:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/UsingOLView.htm by Dave Rado.

Templates - User Templates, Workgroup Templates & Global Templates

Templates are a special type of Word document. They hold components for other
documents, especially text, Autotext, Macros & Toolbars. They also hold style
definitions. When you save a document as a template Word will put attach the
three-letter DOS extension of ".dot" to the end of the name instead of ".doc" but it
is not the extension that makes it a template and changing the name either way will
not change a document into a template or a template into a document.

Creating a document.
When you select New under the File menu, you are shown templates from which
you can choose. There are also Tabs of more available selections. (And if there
isn't room for all of the tabs, there will be one that simply says "More" and gives

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you access to the others.) When you pick a template and create a new document
based on that template, the template remains "attached" to the document.
All styles in the template are created in the document and will stay with the
document even if the attachment is later broken.
Autotext entries, Macros and Toolbars in the template are available to the
document so long as the document remains attached to the template, but are not
normally transferred into the document. (Documents cannot hold Autotext entries
but can have macros and toolbars.)
If you move the document to a different computer that doesn't have the template,
the attachment will be broken. You can change the template attached to a
document using Tools | Templates and Add-Ins...

User Templates Folder

User templates are stored in a folder (usually on the user's computer) and normally
called "Templates." The default location of this folder differs among the various
versions of Word. Both the location and the name can be changed by the user. If
you ask Word to save a document as a template, this is the folder you will be taken
to for that purpose. You can see (and change) the location by using:
Tools | Options | File Locations (tab)
You can save templates any place you want to, but if you want them to show up in
the File | New dialog box they must be in either the User Templates Folder or
the…

Workgroup Templates Folder

There is no default name or location for the Workgroup Templates Folder. I call
mine "Shared Templates" and it is kept on the server in a folder that is mapped as
the "G:\" drive by the network. (And at home I use the assign command to map a
folder in the same way so that I can transfer work back and forth.) This should be
a different folder than the User Templates folder. These two folders (and their
subfolders) are the usual location for all templates except for…

Global templates
Global templates are one type of "Add-In" for Word. They are normally not
"attached" to any document and normally do not contribute text or styles to any
document. They are excellent vehicles for holding and sharing Autotext, Macros
and Toolbars. You can make any template global with:
Tools | Templates and Add-Ins ... | Add (button)
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 A file open dialog box will open showing the User Templates
folder's contents to choose from. You can, though, add a template
that is located elsewhere. Since they don't contribute text and are not
used to start new documents, global templates are probably best kept
elsewhere (and not in the Workgroup Templates folder either). If you
add a template as an Add-In this way, it will remain global until you
restart Word. At that time, you could add it again, if you wanted to
do so. Or, you could make it load automatically on startup by putting
the template or a shortcut to the template in the Word Startup folder.
This is not the Startup folder in your Start menu, but rather one
specifically for Word. You can find (or change) its name and location
with:
If the global template is to be shared, you will probably want to use
shortcuts to it in each user's Startup folder. That way, any changes
will automatically update everyone's Word. If it is your own and not
shared you can either put it in the Startup folder or keep it elsewhere
and use the shortcut to load it into Word.

Normal.dot - the granddaddy of global templates

This explanation is incomplete. Sorry, but it is a very big topic.
Normal.dot is a special global template created and used by Word
and should be in the User Templates folder. Unlike other global
templates, it should not be shared. Also unlike other global
templates, it shares styles with all open documents.
If Word is unable to find the Normal.dot file when started, it will
create one, using its defaults. (In some language editions,
Normal.dot will have a slightly different name. Also, at least one
virus renames Normal.dot.)

The hierarchy of templates - not all are created equal!

So, we have attached templates, global templates, and normal.dot.
What happens if there are conflicts (two Autotext entries or macros
with the same name, etc.)? They defer to each other according to
rules set by Microsoft (but not very easy to discover). The order is:
 First, look in the document. Any macros or styles in the
document will be used in preference to others. Any toolbar
modifications stored in the document will trump those
elsewhere. (If the document and a template both have toolbars

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 with the same name, though, they will both be available when
the document is active.)
 Next, check the attached template. Any macros in the
template will take priority over any except those of the same
name in the document. Any styles added to the template or
changed in the template after the document was created will
be available to the document by updating styles.
 Then check Normal.dot. All styles in Normal.dot are available
to all documents except those already in the document.
(Normal.dot has many more styles than are ever used in one
document.)
 Finally, check other global templates and add-ins. Again,
these do not contribute styles to documents but all macros,
toolbars and Autotext entries are available from a global
template. If there is a macro with the same name in
Normal.dot, the attached template, or the document, as the
name in any other global template, the macro in the global
template will not be used (except for an AutoExec macro). If
there are multiple global template, they are checked in
alphabetical order.

How to get more (user defined) tabs when you select “New” under the
file menu.
When you go to save a template, as a template, Word will take you
to your user templates folder. If you store the template there, it is
under the General tab for new files. The other tabs that you see under
File|New are Folders in one of the template directories. If you want
to add a tab, add a folder and store a template there. (In Word 2000
the tab won’t show up if there isn’t a template in the folder.)
Word 97 stores the templates that come with it in these same folders.
Word 2000 keeps them elsewhere. If you want your template to
show up under the tab for “Letters & Faxes” you need to create a
folder with that title in your user Templates folder. Just File|Save As
and select template as your file type. Before you save the template,
create a new folder “Letters & Faxes” if one isn’t there, and then
open that folder and store your template there.

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 Assuming this is Office 2000 then these articles may be helpful:
When adding a new folder it won't appear until there is a template
for that folder.
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q256/
1/52.ASP
"WD2000: How to Add a New Tab for Custom
Templates"

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q210/
8/84.ASP
"WD2000: General Questions and Answers About the
Location of Word 2000 Templates"

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q216/
5/95.ASP
"WD2000: Categories, Locations, and Registry Keys
for Word Templates"
-- Bob Buckland, MVP, Sept. 2000
An additional place to store templates is in a Workgroup Templates
folder. This is when more than one person shares either a network or
a computer. This is set up the same way as the Templates folder
except that the folder is in a location accessible to all users (perhaps
as read-only). Like the Templates folder, folders established in the
Workgroup Templates folder will show up as Tabs when you use the
File | New command (Word 2000 requires at least one template in
the folder for it to show up). Once you have created a Workgroup
Templates folder, you need to modify the settings for each user in
Word:
Tools | Options | File Locations (tab)
If you give your folders (personal or workgroup) the same name as
Tabs already showing up under File | New, your templates will show
up under those Tabs. You can have folders with the same names in
your personal templates folder and your workgroup templates folder
to take advantage of this.

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Template folder organization and the File | New dialog box.

Note that the folder depth allowed for Templates folders is two: the Templates
folder and one level of folders therein. You can put subfolders in those folders but
Word will ignore that structure and act as if you put all the templates directly in
the folder at the top level.
Word 97
If your templates folder is structured as in the diagram when you use File | New
you will see four custom tabs and five custom templates in your dialog box. If you
click on the tab AA you will see no templates.
Word 2000
If your templates folder is structured as in the diagram, when you use File | New
you will see three custom tabs and five custom templates. No tab is shown for AA
because it contains no templates.
Both
If you click on the tab AB, you will see templates 11, 12, and 13 as options for
starting your new document. If you click on the tab AD you will not see any
folders. You will see the following templates: 17, 18, 21, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36. All
templates that are anywhere within folder AD, including in subfolders, are
displayed.

More on Styles
A very fine look at styles was just published by Microsoft in the Legal Users
Guide to Microsoft Word. You can find this on-line at
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide.
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2. How can I get a different header/footer on the second

(and subsequent) page(s)?
If you ask the Office Assistant about this, you won't get a good answer. The
assistant will tell you about changing the header or footer at different places in the
document by creating new sections. That will work because the header/footer
instructions are stored in the last paragraph marker of the section.
Each section can have up to three different headers and three different footers.
This is controlled in File|Page Layout|Layout by checking either or both of the
options:
__ Different odd and even
__ Different first page
in the headers and footers frame. If you have already set a header or footer and
then check "Different first page" the header/footer you set previously will become
the header/footer for second and subsequent pages. If you check different odd and
even, you can set yet another header/footer for the odd pages that follow page two.
Many experts believe that this is the best way to construct a letterhead template,
with the letterhead itself in a header with headers/footers set for "Different first
page."
If your template is only one page but the document based on it can be multiple
pages, you will want to set up the header/footer for the second and subsequent
pages.
When you are writing your template, put in a second page (using a manual page
break). Then (with Page Layout set to Different first page) insert your header /
footer in the second page. Click Close on the Header/Footer Toolbar and use
backspace to delete your page break. Save your template. When someone using
your template writes more than one page, your header/footer for the second page
will be there!
More on headers - footers:
The way to disable Same as Previous is to click the button in the Headers/Footers
toolbar to turn it off. --And you have to do it in the section following the one
where you want to make a change.
Moreover, it is independent for each header and footer you have (so you have to
do it separately for the odd and even headers).

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Also, if you need a header that begins on the second page of a section, use
"Different first page" as well as "Different odd and even," then omit the text in the
First Page Header.
(Suzanne S. Barnhill)
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3. How can I change the default font from Times Roman

New 10pt to something else?
Here we'll discuss two methods.
1) Open a new document. Format|Font, set your preferred font and click on the
"Default" button (lower left of dialog box). This is easiest but not the best method.
2) Open the Normal.dot template either from within Word or if in Windows,
right-click on Normal.dot and select "Open." Format|Styles and choose Body
Text. Click on the Modify button.
Where it says "Based On" Normal scroll up to the top of the list where it says
<none>. Change the Font to what you want (Format|Font) Click on the OK
button. Click on the OK button.
Click on the Apply button. Type the letter "a" or any character and then press
backspace (forcing Word to recognize that you have changed Normal.dot). Save
and close Normal.dot.
The first method is quick and easy. The second method will make it much more
likely that if you give your documents to someone else that they will see what you
sent them. Typing in Normal style and basing styles on Normal style make for
much confusion in transferred documents.
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4. Page X of Y doesn't work!

That's right! It isn't just you.
This is a very common problem in Word. The "Page X of Y" AutoText includes
two fields, the {PAGE} field for the page number and the {NUMPAGES} field for
the total number of pages in the document.
Fields in headers are not always updated when the document is opened.
Depending on the version of Word you have, here are the escalating steps to take
(believe it or not, the later the version, the more steps you have to take):

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a. Switch into Print Preview and back, twice if necessary. If you have the
"Update fields" option checked on the Print tab of Tools|Options, this will
usually work, as will printing the document.
b. If, even with this box checked, the {NUMPAGES} field prints wrong, try
clearing the check box for "Background printing" on the same tab.
c. If even that doesn't work (as is often the case in Word 2000), you'll have to
check "Reverse print order."
Some users report that hiding nonprinting characters (toggle the Show/Hide ¶
button to Hide) helps. The SR-1 service release for Office 2000 claims to have
fixed this problem in Word 2000.
Suzanne S. Barnhill: http://www.allexperts.com/central/zebra.htm#PageXofY
On Word 2000 see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q234/2/87.asp
On Word 97 see: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q159/6/78.ASP

September 2000 addition

It appears as though the group is getting tired of "Page x of y"
questions so I hope this is an easy one...
Everyone seems to have trouble with printing and not viewing. My
problem is with viewing. When I open my document in Page Layout
mode, the page numbers are not correct in the header. Knowing that
changing the views updates the fields, I've tried switching to another
view and back in an AutoOpen macro but this isn't working. The
strange thing is that when Word is done loading and control is
returned to the user, I can rerun the exact same AutoOpen macro and
the page numbers will correct themselves.
Could it be that the first time it is getting called the document is not
completely loaded?? If so, how can I get Word to call it later in the
load sequence (..couldn't find the AutoReallyOpen event!!).
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...
Tim

Is this the code you're using? It works when I try it:-

'________________
Sub AutoOpen()
ActiveDocument.Windows(1).View = wdNormalView
ActiveDocument.Windows(1).View = wdPageView

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 End Sub

'________________

If you can't get that to work then use Application.Ontime:-

'________________
Sub AutoOpen()
Application.OnTime When:=Now, Name:="UpdatePageNos"
End Sub

'________________
Sub UpdatePageNos()
ActiveDocument.Windows(1).View = wdNormalView
ActiveDocument.Windows(1).View = wdPageView
End Sub

'________________
Regards, Dave Rado

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5. How do I insert a date? Why does it (not) change when I

re-open the document?
The easy way is Insert|Date and Time. If you don't check "Update Automatically"
it is the same as typing the date yourself. If you do check "Update Automatically"
it will update when you print (if you have the setting under printer options as
"Update Fields" which is the default). You can manually force an update by
putting your insertion point in the date and pressing the F9 key.
If you want to put a date in a template that updates to the current date when a
document is created based on the template, or want to change the format or do
other things with the date field, you want to use Insert|Field|Date and Time
instead. Using the options here, you can either pick a format or type your own
characters (called a picture) for the format. The options for the type of date
include:
{ DATE \*MERGEFORMAT } - The date you are looking at the document.
{ CREATEDATE \*MERGEFORMAT } - The date the document was created (or
saved using Save As).
{ PRINTDATE \*MERGEFORMAT } - The date the document was last printed.
{ SAVEDATE \*MERGEFORMAT } - The date the document was last saved.

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The above are the field codes that will be inserted for you using Insert|Field|Date
and Time without using any options. The "\*MERGEFORMAT" means leave
formatted the same way the field is formatted. If you choose options, they can
include the following pictures:
Picture Displayed Date
\@ “MMMM d, yyyy” August 1, 2001
\@ “MMM dd, yyyy” Aug 01, 2001
\@ “MM/dd/yy” 08/01/01
\@ “dddd, MMMM d” Tuesday, August 1
\@ “ddd, MMM. d, yyyy” Tue., Aug. 1, 2001
\@ “MM/dd/yy hh:mm:ss am/pm” 08/01/01 10:36:12 PM
\@ “d” \* ordinal 1st

example: { CREATEDATE \@ “MMM dd, yyyy” \*MERGEFORMAT } = Aug

01, 2001
If you don't like the pictures you are offered, pick the one that is closest to what
you want and then modify it in the Insert Field dialog box (or in the codes
themselves using Toggle Field Codes).
You can also break a date into multiple fields. This can be done to use special
formatting or if you use the F11 key (next field) for manually editing. Example of
the former reason:
{ CREATEDATE \@ "dddd" \*MERGEFORMAT }, the { CREATEDATE \@
"d" \*ordinal \*MERGEFORMAT } day of { CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM"
\*MERGEFORMAT } in the year { CREATEDATE \@ "yyyy"
\*MERGEFORMAT } = Tuesday, the 1st day of August in the year 2001.
Remember that fields in headers and footers don't get updated quite as predictably.
They work fine with CREATEDATE but can have the same problem as page
numbers (see above) with DATE.
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6. What are some good books for me to read about Word?

Any book on Word is incomplete and out of date, the day it is published! A
complete reference would exceed 10,000 pages. The closest to a complete
reference is probably the help files supplemented by the knowledge index. That
said,

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 more to be added here
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January 2000
Tod M wrote in message ...
>I'm looking for any reference books regarding Word97 that offer detailed
information about using Word to build web pages. Any thoughts?

Try this book…

Mastering & Using Microsoft Word 97 to Create Web Pages
Published April 1998 | South-Western Publishing Company
Sorry, don't know the author.

Found this book info at www.indigo.ca. The Canadian price is about $20 dollars.
In American, it should be quite reasonable.
Sincerely,
Fatima B
-----------------
O'Reilly will shortly be publishing Word in a Nutshell, or is it Word 2000 in a
Nutshell. Haven't seen it, but that will likely be worth getting. You should also get
something like Special Edition Using Word 2000, useful both as a learning tool
and as a reference.
I do not like to buy books that cannot later also be used as a reference.
Howard Kaikow

The sample chapter on Tables of Walter Glenn's "Word 2000 in a Nutshell" is

available at http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/word2000ian/
Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Word/Office MVP
*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

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Special Edition Using Word 2000 - from the author, Bill Camarda , May 29, 1999

A relentless focus on making you more productive with Word

I truly appreciate your considering my book on Word 2000.
Special Edition Using Word 2000 might just be the most detailed
book about Word ever written -- and all 1,400 pages have a single
goal: to help you become more productive and effective. I've tried to
include step-by-step, detailed help with virtually anything you'll ever
want to do with Word, from writing a book to building a Web site,
creating a newsletter to streamlining your document review process.
Wherever there's an opportunity to save time using Word's document
automation features, you'll learn about it here -- after all, who wants
to spend one more minute on a project than you have to?
All in all, I've added some 400 new pages to the previous edition,
deepening its coverage pretty much everywhere, and paying special
attention to...
 Thoroughly covering Word 2000's souped-up Web
capabilities: you'll find 100+ pages of Word 2000
web/intranet site-building coverage, nearly all of it new
 Adding more business-focused coverage and document
examples
 Providing some 20 detailed projects that walk you through
some of the most challenging document production tasks
you're likely to encounter
 Word document security -- including how to avoid macro
viruses!
 Just about the most detailed coverage of Word 2000's new
multilingual features you'll find anywhere
 Hundreds of new productivity and troubleshooting tips
 A complete field reference
In addition to all this, Que has provided a CD-ROM with more than
1,500 pages of up-to-the-moment Office 2000 info: Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, Publisher & FrontPage -- plus a complete,
fully-licensed copy of WOPR, the world's #1 Office add-in!
Finally, and I hope the most important advantage: this is now my 5th
book on Word. Over the last ten years I've spent a *lot* of time

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 watching people work with Word - seeing what they understand,
what confuses them, and what they *really* need to know to get
results. This time around, I've also had the help of a truly awesome
team of technical and editorial professionals at Que, all of whom use
Word eight (make that 16!) hours a day, and are truly experts even
though they don't get bylines.
I've worked hard to reflect all of our Word experience here. I'm
proud of how this book turned out, and I sincerely hope you'll find it
valuable. Many thanks for considering it.

I'm very partial to Perfect Access Guide to Microsoft Word 2000 by James Maroe
(Kaplan, 2000).
Veronica D.L.

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August 2000
Hi
Anyone suggest a good manual for me as an intermediate skill user.
Whilst in UK I welcome thoughts from anywhere
Many thanks
John

Hi John,
Mosey over to the computer/book store and look for a copy of Woody Leonhard's
"Word 97 Annoyances", as well as "Running Word ## for Windows". Both are
good, but cover different aspects of using the program. You'll have to decide which
is better suited to you :-)

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[Running Microsoft Word 2000 by Charles Rubin, Microsoft Press, 1999]
[Running Microsoft Word 97 by Charles Rubin, Microsoft Press, 1999]
[Running Office 2000 Premium by Russell Borland, Microsoft Press, 1997]

Cindy Meister, INTER-Solutions, Switzerland

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
http://go.compuserve.com/MSOfficeForum

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Special Edition Using Office 2000 by Woody Leonhard and Ed Bott

If you are not a developer, this is the only Office 2000 book you will ever need. As
usual, Woody Leonhard (not to slight co-author Ed Bott) has produced the
definitive guide to Office 2000. I've read his books religiously since the old Word
for Windows days, and no one beats his understanding of what makes Office tick.
You'll get the unvarnished truth--good and bad--about Office, not just a re-written
Help file.
Every chapter contains one final section: "Secrets of the Office Masters" which is
often worth the price of the book itself. Add to this a registered copy of Woody's
Office Power Pack [WOPR] on CD and no other book can touch the value and
plain usefulness of this one. Just get it, and don't look back.

Reviewer: John B. Kenrick from NYC

I've dealt with my share of program guide books, and I've never found one as
readable, helpful, and well organized as this. These guys tell do an amazing job of
getting the info across. For example, I have a so-called "complete reference" for

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FrontPage2000 that tells me less in 953 pages than this book does in just 175! And
no, I am NOT kidding! There are plenty of great tricks and shortcuts, helpful
graphics and a varied layout that keeps things from getting tedious. The prose is
refreshingly conversational and not "tech" heavy. Woody's other book ("WL
Teaches MS Office 2000") is good, but not nearly as comprehensive.
And for once, a book provides a CD ROM with genuinely useful software, not just
"trial" programs that amount to little more than advertising. If you or your office
team need the full lowdown on MS 2000 in one book, this is the only choice.
Compared to what it would cost to either take courses or buy complete books on
each program in the MS 2000 suite, this book is a remarkable bargain

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When I first started with Word 97 I got a lot of help from Word 97 Annoyances
(pub. O'Reilly); I like its general approach of making Word do what*you need*
rather than what the Microsoft sales department thought would most impress
potential buyers!
(John Nurick)

August, 2000
> Finally, what good books can this group recommend for WORD VBA
programming.
> I thought since I had done some VBA programming in Excel and Access, that
Word wouldn't be that different.

It's the object model that gets you, no matter which app you're in. If you're a
database person, "Microsoft Office Automation with Visual Foxpro" by Tamar
Granor and Della Martin, from Hentzenwerke Publishing might do the trick. You
can also take a look at "Word 2000 VBA Programmer's Reference" [kit] by

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Duncan Mackenzie, from Wrox and "Writing Word Macros" by Steve Roman,
from O'Reilly.

Cindy Meister, INTER-Solutions, Switzerland

http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister
http://go.compuserve.com/MSOfficeForum

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August, 1999
I desperately need to learn to write word macros for work to reduce large amount
of repetition, especially in actions like going through a long list of word files in the
same or different directories, opening them up one by one, handle the text (search
and replace, etc.), close it, and then move on to the next file in alphabetical order
(so that I don't miss one file) and repeat the same thing. So I need to know how to
use macros and learn the possible variables for filename, selected text, cursor
down in a file open dialog box, etc.
I hope experienced macro users can provide some input about what books to read,
what tools to use, etc. For example, what is the best book on VBA programming
with a strong focus on Word macros.
Your input is greatly appreciately. Thank you.
Jasphirer

Hi Jasphirer,
If you are talking about macros in Word 97 I might have a few tips for you, one
(and that's really a nice place to hang around, go and see WWW.WOPR.COM. It's
a site about Office, and they also have a weekly (free!) magazine with tips on
using and programming Office.
When you want to get a book about Word, check the Word 97 Annoyances. It is
actually not about VBA (or at least not whole of it) but still has many good tips in
it. When you read it, you'll learn to understand the way Word 'thinks' and this takes
it easier to understand and predict some of it's behaviour.

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A rather new one is "Learning Word Programming" by Steve Roman (ISBN 1-
56592-524-6). It focuses only on Word and is quite complete.
Or try a real VBA book, 'Teach yourself Visual Basic for Applications 5 in 21
days', by Matthew Harris (ISBN 0672310163), it covers the most of VBA and
focuses mainly on Word and Excel.
Also a good source of information is in the VBA help file and of course the
newsgroups here on the msnews server, visit
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.word.word97vba, there are a lot of
real VBA gurus hanging out there, and there's something new to learn every day.
A good website with a lot of examples is the one of Word MVP Bill Coan:
www.wordmacros.com

Hope this helps,

regards,
Astrid

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7. How can I get rid of that ^$#*@& paperclip?

Office 97, Office 2000
a. To keep it from being a nuisance but still have it available:
Call up the Office Assistant Help|Microsoft Word Help .
Click on the Options button.
Uncheck the following boxes:
 Respond to F1 key
 Display Alerts

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  Using the mouse more effectively
 Keyboard Shortcuts
 Using features more effectively
 Show tip of the day at Start Up
You will probably want to leave the one about wizards unchanged and I have left
the one about programming checked.
Click on the OK button.
When you have done this, the Office Assistant will no longer delay you when you
start Word by offering some tip you may already know. If you press F1, you will
get the traditional Windows help screen with Contents, Index, and Find (W97) or
(W2k) the Word IE help screens. If you want the Office Assistant, click on the
question mark icon on the Standard toolbar or select Help|Microsoft Word Help .
If you are a new user, though, I would recommend keeping the tips turned on for
quite a while. There are features to Word that will help you do your job that you
probably won't find out about any other way.
b. Quick and dirty method
Find the folder "Actors" and rename it something like "Actors was my
name. I hold the Office Assistants." (To turn it back on you just rename
it "Actors".) This will disable the Office Assistant. (Any different name
will do.) Write down what you did in case you want to turn it back on.
Store that information in a file named something like "How I turned off
the Office Assistant.doc." That file should be some place where it can be
found by Windows Explorer.
The default location in a Word 97 installation is in
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\
If you want to read more about taming the Office Assistant try:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/TameAssistant.htm
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8. How can I get rid of the web toolbar?

I'll give two methods.
The first is for a particular document. The second is global and
gets rid of the Web toolbar until you take steps to revive it.
Method 1:

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 Use the VBA Editor to put this in the Document's code :
Private Sub Document_Close()
On Error Resume Next
Application.CommandBars("Web").Enabled = True
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

Private Sub Document_Open()

On Error Resume Next
Application.CommandBars("Web").Enabled = False
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub

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Method 2:
Keep in mind that this kills the web toolbar, which is something
that I can live with. If you use this, be sure to leave yourself a note
in numerous places on what it is you did so that if you ever want
the thing you can get it back. I suppose the elegant solution would
be to put a macro on the View toolbar to enable it. (The enabling
macro says "true" instead of "false.")
What follows is a post from Beth Melton last May. It worked for
me. I named it AutoExec and put it in my Normal.dot.
Charles Kenyon
Here is a macro that will do what you want:
Sub DisableWeb()
CommandBars("Web").Enabled = False
End Sub

Note that I haven't really experimented with this so use it at your own risk. :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hope this helps,
Beth Melton, Microsoft Office MVP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I've created an add-in just for this purpose. you can download it from:
http://www.driveway.com/share?sid=f75fc053.d29f4&name=word&view=0

(click on disablewebbar.dot )
It adds a menu item called 'never show webbar' to the view menu.

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If it is checked, the web-toolbar won't show up, if it's not, it will.
HTH, pieter. (Janssen)
ps. you can do the same for every toolbar that exibits this behaviour. e.g. the
clipboard in Word 2000.
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9. Why doesn't Word's Fonts list show all of the fonts I have
installed in Windows?
http://www.allexperts.com/central/zebra.htm#Allfonts
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10. What are some basic tips for someone who is

converting from Word Perfect?
a. This will be a painful but not necessarily unrewarding experience.
b. Do **not** turn on any of the Word Perfect conversion features or
compatibility features. They will make things very confusing because they won't
work like Word Perfect, but they won't work like Word, either. This will mean that
books will be wrong, help will be wrong, other users you ask will be confused.
c. Word and Word Perfect look at a document in very different ways. Primarily,
WP sees a stream of text that you do things to, like damming a river to change it's
course. You turn on Bold and everything from then on is Bold until you turn it
off. Likewise with changing margins or tabs. Word Perfect inserts unseen codes
(like printer codes in ASCII text files of old) to turn things on and off. You can see
these codes by selecting “reveal codes.” (see g. below)
Word sees documents as built up of compartments, one inside of the other.
Characters fit into paragraphs which fit into sections which fit into documents.
Formatting changes change only the compartment to which they are applied. If
you change the tab settings on one paragraph, the paragraphs that follow aren't
changed (if those paragraphs exist when you make the change). Changes made in
one paragraph will carry through in subsequent paragraphs which are created from
that paragraph.
Must read:
http://mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm
(above is one line)

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Much of this answer is based on John McGhie's excellent article and other
writings.
d. Word keeps most of its formatting in the pilcrows (paragraph marks). This is
why it is essential that you switch your viewing options in page layout and normal
to view paragraph marks. Don't worry, they won't print out and you can still switch
to print preview to see the page without them.
e. Learn about styles and apply them religiously in your form documents. Do not
have anything in your form documents formatted as "Normal." If you want to
change paragraph formatting, create a new style for the new format. In talking
about form documents here, I’m talking about templates, as well as Word “forms.”
f. Use multiple templates. Avoid basing a document on the Normal template
(blank page). Long-term this will save you many headaches.
g. Word does have a "reveal codes" but it is not the same as WP's.
To reveal the formatting of a part of a document, press Shift-F1 (or select What's
This? on the Help menu). This will give you a large arrow pointer with a question
mark. Point it at the part of the text that is giving you trouble and it will tell you
what style formatting is applied and what direct formatting is applied to that text.
To see margins and tab settings, display the ruler. For more on this, see:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
There are a number of excellent articles on the MVP FAQ site. You can start with:
Tips & Gotchas at
mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm.
How Word Differs from Word Perfect (John McGhie)
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm
Life After Reveal Codes (American Bar Association) at
abanet.org/lpm/newsarticle11093_front.shtml
Microsoft's Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q271/4/78.ASP

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11. What are common errors that people make in using

Word?
a. Editing a document on a floppy disk.

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Word normally stores all sorts of backup material on the disk directory of any
document being edited. Even though you have plenty of room on a floppy, chances
are good that you will eventually trash a document simply by using Word to edit it
while it is stored on the floppy. Copy the document to your hard drive, do the
editing there, and copy it back to your floppy when you are done. You can even
put together a macro to do this. There is a macro built into WOPR that does this.
b. Not displaying paragraph and tab markers when editing a document.
Word’s formatting is tied into paragraphs and the actual formatting commands are
located in the paragraph markers (¶) at the end of each paragraph. Things like
margins (called indents), line spacing, fonts are all there. There is a difference
between five blank spaces and at tab even though they may look the same on
your screen (if you are not displaying them) and on your paper.
c. Using Master documents. (see below)
Editing a document on a floppy can mess up that document, but if it will fit on a
floppy it isn’t too huge a project, maybe only a couple of hundred pages an a
month’s work. How about the 900-page manual you’ve been working on for the
past six months? That’s right, the one with 26 chapters, 230 figures, 53 tables, an
index and two appendices. That won’t fit on a floppy . . . so to really mess it up,
you can use the Master Document feature.
d. Not learning to use styles.
If all you are doing is typing a letter or two, and you don't care a lot how it looks,
you can afford to ignore styles. Otherwise, you are wasting a lot of time and
energy. See John McGhie's excellent primer on styles.How to Create a Template
The Basics (long).txt If all you are doing is typing a letter or two, and you don't
care a lot how it looks, you can afford to ignore styles. Otherwise, you are wasting
a lot of time and energy. See John McGhie's excellent primer on styles.

There are a number of excellent articles on the MVP FAQ site. You can start
with:
Tips & Gotchas at
mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm.

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12. How can I best use the Master Document feature?

Answer: Don't use it. It has serious bugs and will corrupt your entire document at
the most inconvenient time possible. (This advice to not use Master Documents

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reported as correct through Word 2000, SR-2). John McGhie puts it succinctly
when he says that there are two kinds of Master Documents: Those that are corrupt
and those that will be corrupt soon.
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WhyMasterDocsCorrupt.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RecoverMasterDocs.htm
First, Word will handle fairly large documents, assuming you have the processor
and RAM to deal with it. Second, there are reasonable work-arounds available.
See the MVP websites (below) for ideas.
The Tech-Tav template is one such work-around.
http://www.tech-tav.com
Robert Mohr’s work-around is described in:
http://www.writemohr.com/Build-a-book.pdf
(part of a book: Elements of Word - http://www.writemohr.com/)
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13. Word 2K - How can I keep Word from opening

separately for every document?
Short answer: You can't, this is a new "feature" of Word 2K and is deliberate and
can't be changed. It is important to note, though that each new document does not
start a new instance of Word. For the official Microsoft take on this see:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q230/6/84.asp

Longer answer: There are macros that work around this.

In Office 2000 Excel & Powerpoint use the 'traditional' MDI (Multiple Documents
per Program Window) interface and emulate an Word 2000's new SDI (Single
Document per Window) interface via the '[x] Windows in Taskbar' setting in
Tools=>Options=>View.
For Word 2000 to get an MDI emulation toggle you can use this free 3rd party
'Windows in Taskbar.dot' template that takes about 1 minute to install.
OfficeVBA Magazine article - "Fighting Desktop Pollution" by Romke Soldaat
http://officevba.com/features/1999/11/vba199911hk_f/vba199911hk_d.asp
Note that the two lines above have to be combined into one line in your browser to
get you to the correct web page.
This gives you a page from which you can download the macros needed to make
the MDI optional in Word 2000, it also leads you to the article explaining those
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macros. You don't need to read the article to use the macros, but it makes
fascinating reading.
This interface will be made optional (as it currently is in Excel) in the next release
of Office (probably late 2nd quarter 2001).
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14. How do I use (What is) the Work menu?

The Work menu is virtually undocumented and seems to be a hold- over from
earlier versions of Word. However, it can be very useful. It is like a "favorites"
menu and lets you list documents that you want to keep on a menu. It does not
allow sub-menus nor can you re-order documents (except by deleting them from
the menu and re-opening them).
a. To add the Work menu to your menus / toolbars (W97)
Tools|Customize
Commands (tab)
Categories: Built-In Menus (left pane)
Work (right pane)
Drag this menu where you want it. The most common choice is to put it
next to Help. You can add it to your File (or any other) menu if that suits
you better. Click on OK to close the Customize dialog box.
b. To add a document to the Work menu
While that (named) document is open and is the active window, Work|
Add to Work Menu.
c. To delete a document from the Work Menu ***
Press Ctrl+Alt+- and your mouse pointer will turn into a thick
horizontal bar (a big minus sign). Use it to select the document you
want to delete and release the mouse. Your document will be gone
from the Work menu.
(It will still be on your disk, though.)
d. You can add this command (Ctrl+Alt+-) to the Work menu
Tools|Customize
Commands (tab)
Categories: All Commands (left pane)
ToolsCustomizeRemoveMenuShortCut (right pane)

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 Drag that last mouthfull over to your Work menu. Even if you've
already put documents on your Work menu, you won't see them listed.
Release the mouse when you have the Command where you want it. If
you want to shorten the command to something like:
Remove from Menu, you can right-click on it and rename it. By
typing an ampersand (&) before the "R" you will make that a
keyboard shortcut. ***
Even if you delete a document from your disk, it's name will still appear
on your Work Menu. The Work menu is like a collection of shortcuts.
However selecting it on the Work menu will just result in a message that
the document can't be found.
*** WARNING
The Ctrl+Alt+- will remove **any** command from **any** menu.
It will do this whether you use the key combination or have it on a
menu. If you mistakenly remove something from one of your menus
you can restore it using the Customize command but it may be more
difficult than you would expect.
**Be warned!**
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15. How can I print out a booklet?

There is an excellent article by Suzanne S. Barnhill on this on the MVP FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/BookletPrintingContent.htm

You may also want to take a look at Clickbook, Fineprint and WOPR.
WOPR is Woody’s Office Power Pack and can be found at
http://www.wopr.com/wopr/. This costs $49.95. You can download a trial version
for free.
A full version of of WOPR 2000 is included with the book Special Edition Using
Office 2000 by Woody Leonhard and Ed Bott, however WOPR 2000 does not
include booklet printing. (It is also included with the book Special Edition Using
Word 2000; each of these books costs less than $49.95.)
Info on Clickbook can be found at:
http://www.bluesquirrel.com/products/cb/clickbook.html.

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FinePrint can be found at http://www.fineprint.com.
Note from editor (not on newsgroups)
I have tried in Office 2000 Premium to import Word documents into Publisher for booklet printing but
haven’t had much success. It works very well for booklets that are prepared in Publisher. I uninstalled
Publisher 98 when I installed Office 2K so I don’t know whether that handles imports better or not.

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16. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How

do I add it to my template?
The 10 point idiots guide to installing ng macro listings is as follows ;-)
Let's use the macro to update all the fields in the document as an example.
The listing is as follows:
Sub UpdateAll()
Dim oStory As Range
Dim oField As Field
On Error Resume Next
For Each oStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
For Each oField In oStory.Fields
oField.Update
Next oField
Next oStory
On Error GoTo 0
End Sub
1. Select tools/macro/macros type the macroname into the macroname window at
the top of the wizard i.e. the bit after Sub and before () here UpdateAll - (no
spaces in the name!)
2. In the panel directly beneath the large macro names window, pick which
template or document you wish the macro to be saved in. If you select All active
templates and documents the macro will be saved in normal.dot.
3. Click 'create'.
4. The macro editor will open at the correct place.
There will be an entry as follows:
Sub macroname()
' macroname Macro
' Macro created date by user
End Sub

5. Copy the complete block of code from the ng post to the clipboard.
6. Switch to the macro editor window. Select all the above listed block and paste
the contents of the clipboard over it.

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 Some listings do not include the Sub ... End Sub lines. In this case, give
the macro a useful descriptive name at (1) above and paste the code
between the Sub and End Sub lines.
If there is code in your window in red, it probably means that your
newsreader wrapped a line of code that was meant to be one line. Try
deleting at the end of the line and "unwrap" the line of code. If in doubt,
ask.
7. Click the 'save' icon and close the editor.
8. From Word's document screen, right click on the toolbar and select 'customize'
then from the command list left window select macros.
9. In the right window pick your newly created macro with the left mouse button
and drag it to your toolbar and drop it where you would like it to appear. (Or drop
it in an appropriate menu if you prefer). Right click on either entry and edit the
name to something sensible - for a toolbar button use an abbreviation or suitable
icon.
10. Close the 'customize' wizard and the macro will be available to your
documents.
-- Graham Mayor <[email protected]>
With suggestions from Ibby and editing by CK.
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17. What is an MVP?

MVP is Microsoft-ese for "Most Valuable Professional" and represents someone
who has been recognized by Microsoft as having contributed much valuable
information on these newsgroups. MVPs do not work for Microsoft and are not
paid to monitor the newsgroups. They are volunteers who have benefited from the
help they’ve gotten in the newsgroups and are trying to give something back to
that community. They will be the first to admit that they do not know all the
answers (although they may know more than the person you have providing
technical support). A web page listing the Word MVPs as well as MVPs in
many other categories is at:
http://www.mvps.org/word/AboutMVPs/index.html
They (the author/editor of this FAQ is not an MVP) have an awesome FAQ site at:

http://www.mvps.org/word/
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18. What are the posting suggestions for the Word news
groups?
The first thing to remember is that nobody is paid to answer questions in the
newsgroups. They all have a day job doing something else. Those who answer
do so because they enjoy it. If you respect that, and try to make it easy and
enjoyable for people to answer you, then all the other tips here will seem
obvious. There is an excellent set of guidelines maintained by William L.
Whipple on general newsgroup posting etiquette. Go to
http://www.ezine.com/netiquette.html.
Microsoft also has guidelines at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/news/rules.asp.
a. The only stupid question is the one that you don't ask. That said, if you
can search the archives to see whether your question has been answered
already, you want to do so. Treat others on the news group as busy
friends. Try to figure out the answer yourself before asking. . . . and then,
when you can't figure it out yourself, do ask.
b. Check to see which group is most relevant to your problem. Read the
questions and answers, and see if they are on a topic similar to your
question. It may even be that your question has already been asked and
answered recently! If you have made an honest effort to find an
appropriate group, people will do their best to answer you, even if the
question is at the edge of the main subject area of the group.
c. Be polite. No one gets paid to monitor the newsgroups nor to answer
questions. You are dealing with your fellow users.
They don't work for Microsoft. Some of them have a great deal of
expertise and you are getting it for free. Others may have little general
expertise but may have experienced and solved the same problem that
you are now facing. All suggestions are "as is" and without any
warranties.
d. Avoid posting to more than one newsgroup. It is very unusual for it to be
necessary to get half the answer from each of two different groups. If
you feel you *must* post your message to multiple groups, please
include the names of all the groups in the header for a single message,
rather than posting separate messages to each group. This makes it easier
for you and everyone else to keep track of who has replied to the
question. It is a real annoyance to those who answer to spend an hour on

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 a question only to find someone has already answered it in another
group.
e. Be as specific as possible in your subject line (message header). (Saying:
"Word Problem" or "Help!!!" isn't going to catch the eye of somebody
who might know the answer.) Examples: "Numbering Problem,"
"Templates for Network," “Can't install SR-1,” or “Error message when
running spell check” is much more informative and useful. However,
even if that subject line says your entire question, repeat the question or
problem in the body of your message. In some newsreaders (Outlook),
when the message is opened, the subject line becomes very obscure.
f. If nobody answers your question, it is probably because nobody knows
the answer. There is no guarantee that anyone will know the answer,
though most questions do get answered. There is also no guarantee
regarding response times – an answer will appear when somebody who
knows the answer chances to read the question. Putting “URGENT” into
a message header is unlikely to make much difference as to when that
will happen.
g. If a different question occurs to you, post a new topic with the new
question in the subject line. Do not reply to the message you just read to
do this. Most readers use news-readers that group messages by topic and
if you don't change the topic (1) the person who can help you may ignore
your message because they don't know anything about / aren't interested
in the topic heading and (2) other users looking for help on your question
later won't find your question or the answers to it.
h. If asking for help, identify the version of Word that you are using. We
answer questions on 23 versions of Word, spread across eight operating
systems. What are you using? It is sometimes impossible to answer
unless you provide the version of Word and operating system you are
using. The answers are often different depending on the versions you
have. And we can't see your screen from here...
i. Describe your problem as fully as possible, including where appropriate
what you have tried so far when attempting to fix it. Where possible, use
the terms used within Word itself to describe what is happening.
Describe what you are trying to achieve overall. Sometimes people
concentrate so hard on a particular way of solving the problem, that they
don't notice that they are using a hammer to drive screws into the wall! If
you get an error message repeat the exact error message.

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 j. Don't send attachments. This is a text-only newsgroup. If you have a file
that you want others to look at or to offer to others, say so in your
message. If you can post it on a website give the URL, otherwise, people
who want to look at your document can e-mail you for a copy of it.
(Note, many people who might answer your question automatically
screen out messages that have attachments and never even see them.) If
you have a macro that you have a question about, use the VBA editor
and copy the VBA code into your message. (If you don't understand that
last sentence, don't worry about it.)

k. Use your real name, or at least something that looks like a real name. It
seems somehow witless to start a reply by saying “Hi MadDog”, or
whatever your chosen alias is.
l. If your English is not very good, don't worry – nobody is going to laugh
at you. Do your best to explain your problem. If we have trouble
understanding something, we will ask you to explain again. There are
also groups dealing with Word that work in Arabic, German, Spanish,
French, Hebrew, Japanese and Korean. There is also an Office group in
Russian. If you are more comfortable with one of those languages, then
by all means use the appropriate group. Some MVPs are bilingual, and
so the same information tends to spread out across all the different
language groups.
m. On the other hand, if English is your mother tongue, please try to
remember to run the spellchecker before posting – and especially, try to
ensure there are no errors in your subject line. In a long thread,
especially, these can become irritating for other people.
n. Use "plain text" not HTML or Rich Text for your messages.
o. When responding, quote as much of the original message in your reply
as seems needed for your reply to make sense. Some people reading your
posting may not have seen the message to which you are responding.
Trim away excess. This makes for quicker downloads.
p. Post your responses to the newsgroup if you are answering a problem.
Many people other than the person who asked the question will read
your response and learn from it. Newsgroups work well because
everybody can see all the information. Please do not email questions
directly to people you see on the newsgroup. With 300 million copies of
Word out there, we have to limit the amount of time we spend on this.

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 Some MVPs simply will not answer emails about Word at all – if they
did, they would never get any work done! Others charge for email
replies.
q. MVPs and others answering questions on the newsgroups are not
Microsoft employees. Microsoft staff do not answer questions in the
Word newsgroups. If you want a direct response from Microsoft, then go
to the support pages on the Microsoft web site, and look up the support
options there. You may have to pay. If you think Microsoft has done
something with Word that is particularly stupid, don't blame us, we didn't
do it! In fact, we may well agree with you. Unfortunately, we have no
more power than you to get Microsoft to change it. If you want to
suggest that they change Word in some way, write to
[email protected] and include Word in the title of your message.
We have been promised that real people do read the messages mailed
there, and that they pass the more coherent ideas along to the relevant
product groups.
r. When you get help, say "Thank you." (see c above)
See web resources for a listing of news groups.
Much of the text on here was lifted verbatim from the MVP website so as to be
consistent between the FAQs.
Newsgroup Jargon

Return to QuestionsList

19. Where can I find more information on the Web?

Other (more extensive) FAQ pages and MVP web sites:

a. Joint collaborative effort of the Word MVPs:................................................33

b. MVP Websites...............................................................................................33
c. Listing about MVPs and their websites:........................................................34
d. Word Fields...................................................................................................34
e. Word Forms...................................................................................................36
f. AutoText, AutoCorrect, AutoFormat, AutoFormat as You Type....................38
g. VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)............................................................39
h. Converting from Word Perfect to Word.........................................................40
i. Word Tips......................................................................................................40
j. Legal Users....................................................................................................40

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 k. Payne Consulting Group (esp. law offices)...................................................41
l. Document Recovery Services........................................................................41
m. Brainbench Certification and Testing Service...............................................41
n. Newsletters....................................................................................................42
o. Woody’s Office Power Pack (WOPR)...........................................................42
p. Newsgroups:..................................................................................................42
q. Microsoft Corporation...................................................................................45
r. Service Releases............................................................................................46
s. Templates:.....................................................................................................47
t. Tutorials........................................................................................................47
u. This FAQ on the Web....................................................................................49
Note about this Table of Contents:

a. Joint collaborative effort of the Word MVPs:

http://www.mvps.org/word/ Truly awesome!

b. MVP Websites
Suzanne S. Barnhill http://www.mvps.org/word/
Brian Beam http://www.21ccc.com/
Bob Buckland http://WUGNET.com/CompuServe
David Candy http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/
Serenity Macros - great tips & downloads - Word Mouse Tips - 14 pgs

Greg Chapman http://www.mousetrax.com/

Dian Chesney http://www.mousetrax.com/
Bill Coan http://www.wordsite.com/word_faqs.html
VBA (Beginner - Advance), Templates, "How Word Differs from WordPerfect" – excellent template (dataprompter!)

Beej Goodwin http://www.cris.com/~Bgoodwin/

Cindy Meister http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister/
Will Rickards http://members.home.net/wrickard/
Herb Tyson http://www.herbtyson.com/
Yisrael van Handel http://www.tech-tav.com/
Jeff Vandervoort http://www.jrvsystems.co
Jonathan West http://www.multilinker.com/

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c. Listing about MVPs and their websites:
http://www.mvps.org/links.html

d. Word Fields
 Microsoft Support - Fields Reference - this is a great place to get a handle
on fields or find a field. Organized by category and by field.
 Microsoft Support - Fields Switches
 MVP FAQ on Fields, Forms & Tables
 Fields Revealed by Sherry Kappel of Microsystems.
 How to hide a "Print" command button on a Form so that it doesn't print by
Ibby
 Cindy Meister's Articles from Office Developer Magazine:
o Word Fields Part I : Automate Word Documents With Minimum
Code

o Mail Merge - Part I - Introduction and Data Integration

o Mail Merge - Part II - Employing Word's Field and Formatting
Capabilities

Mail Merge FAQ - MVP site

 Working With Field Codes - Cindy Meister (part of her FAQ on Mail
Merge)
 Page X of Y bugs and Workarounds
 How to Control Page Numbering in a Word Document by Bill Coan, MVP.
Using Fields for Page Numbering - Much more Control
 How to insert the filename and path on the last page of a document, such
that it will be updated automatically if the filename or path changes by Bill
Coan, MVP.
 Customizing Your Table of Contents with Switches by Suzanne S. Barnhill,
MVP.
 Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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 o Using the {ASK} Field Inside an {IF} Field - Article Q211664
o Which Fields get Automatically Updated - and When - Article 89953
o How to Create Two Page Numbering Schemes In One Document -
Article 212313
 Date Fields - Calculated - Advanced
o Chris Woodman: http://www.chriswoodman.co.uk/Delayed
%20Dates.htm
o How do I insert a date? Why does it (not) change when I open the
document?
o Calculated Dates: http://www.addbalance.com/word/datefields2.htm
Example:
{ QUOTE "{ SET Delay "14" } { SET "DaysInMonth" { IF
{ CREATEDATE \@ "MM" } <> 2 { =
round(30.575*{ CREATEDATE \@ "MM" },0) - ROUND(30.575
*{ = { CREATEDATE \@ "MM" } - 1 },0) }{ IF { = MOD({
CREATEDATE \@"yy" },4) > 0 "28" "29" } } }{ SET
"NextMonth" { IF { CREATEDATE \@ "MM" } = 12 "1/97" "{
= { CREATEDATE \@ "MM" } + 1 }/97 } }{ = { IF { REF
Delay } + { CREATEDATE \@ "dd" } } <= { DaysInMonth }{
CREATEDATE \@ "MMMM { = { REF Delay } + {
CREATEDATE \@ "dd" } }, yyyy" }{ QUOTE { NextMonth \@
"MMMM" } { = { REF Delay } + { CREATEDATE \@ "dd" }
- { DaysInMonth } }, { IF { CREATEDATE \@ "MM" } <> 12
{ CREATEDATE \@ "yyyy" }{ CREATEDATE \@ "{ = 1 + {
CREATEDATE \@ "yyyy" } \# "xxxx" }" } } } }" }
The above field was created by the macro found on Chris Woodman's site. The
results it gives (depending on the date it is run) are shown on the calculated
dates page.

 How to Add Pop-Up Lists to Any Word Document So You Can Click Your
Way Through Changes in Seconds (or how to use the AutoTextList field) by
Bill Coan, MVP.
 Sample Forms
o Public Defender Payment Voucher - Summary cover sheet with five
time sheets. Extensive use of tables, cross-references, calculated
fields. (zip format)

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 o Public Defender Transcript Request Form (based on printed form -
wild layout of fields using tables, some use of bookmarks, use of
exit macros to control tab order. (zip format)
 Sample Templates using fields
o ASK fields sample form Two-Page tutorial uses ASK field in
conjunction with bookmarks and REF fields. Latest version also has
FILLIN fields for comparison.
o UserForm sample Tutorial with open code. UserForm, bookmarks &
cross-references
o Gender toolbar Add-In - use of calculated fields based on document
property. Fields are inserted using AutoText from a menu.
o CheckBox Global Template - Active Checkbox fields that work
without a protected form. Open VBA code.
o Letterhead System - uses bookmarks and date fields
o Legal Toolbars - date fields stored as AutoText entries available on
drop-down menu

e. Word Forms
Note that Word uses the term "Form" to mean a document in which only selected
portion(s) of the document can be edited. Word Forms are created using the Forms
Toolbar. The rest of the world uses form to mean what Microsoft calls a template.
Also, the issue is confused by the term "UserForm" which has little to do with
what any non-programmer thinks of as a form. A UserForm is a VBA construct for
giving the user information and getting information from the user.
To get information from Word help about Word's forms, use the terms "online
form" with the Office Assistant or in a search of Help.
The following links are about the Word kind of Form as well as about creation of
paper forms.
 How to best create fill-in-the-blank lines on a form, Suzanne S. Barnhill
and David Rado
 Forms FAQ by Cindy Meister, MVP
 How to enable the spell-checker in a protected document, Dave Rado, et al.

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  How to hide a "Print" command button on a Form so that it doesn't print by
Ibby
 Bookmarks and Fields Sampler by Joseph Freedman with additions from
Charles Kenyon
 How to change the action of the Enter key in forms (Microsoft Knowledge
Base Q187985)
 Enable a user to change a "Y" to an "N" and back by double-clicking - by
Bill Coan, MVP
 Why Does the Appearance (or layout) of My Document Change When I
Open It On a Different Machine? Suzanne S. Barnhill, MVP
 Microsoft Support - Forms
 Designing On-Line Forms by Kathy Finder
 The Forms Toolbar - Kathy Finder, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
 Using On-Line Forms - Kathy Finder, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
 Working with Form Fields - Kathy Finder, University of Wisconsin - Eau
Claire
 How to find the name of the current formfield by Astrid Zeelenberg
 How to insert the filename and path on the last page of a document, such
that it will be updated automatically if the filename or path changes by Bill
Coan, MVP.
 Microsoft Knowledge Base
o Q212328 WD2000: How to Create an Online Form Using Form
Fields
o Q212378 WD2000: How to Control the Tabbing Order in a Form
o Q212101 WD2000: Ampersand Is Displayed Incorrectly in Drop-
Down List Box
o Q212080 WD2000: Length of Form Field Expands or Contracts,
Affects Alignment
o Q212356 WD2000: How to Update Fields in a Protected Form

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  Sample Forms
o Public Defender Payment Voucher - Summary cover sheet with five
time sheets. Extensive use of tables, cross-references, calculated
fields. (download in zip format)
o Public Defender Transcript Request Form (based on printed form -
wild layout of fields using tables, some use of bookmarks, use of
exit macros to control tab order. (download in zip format)

f. AutoText, AutoCorrect, AutoFormat, AutoFormat as You

Type
 AutoText Sampler - tutorial showing Autotext use in dropdowns and menus
 How to Add Pop-Up Lists to Any Word Document So You Can Click Your
Way Through Changes in Seconds (or how to use the AutoTextList field) by
Bill Coan, MVP.
 Microsoft Word's Three Autos by Ernest Schaal (ABA)
 How can I import and export all my AutoCorrect entries, so they can be
transferred to another machine?
 Microsoft Knowledge Base: Moving AutoCorrect Entries (Q186237),
Turning Off Autocorrect Features (Q212339)
 What Just Happened? Changes Word 97/2000 Makes As You Type
(Microsoft)
 Autotext Design & Strategies, and Autotext Management by Bob
Blacksberg
 Working with Autotext by Kathy Finder, University of Wisconsin - Eau
Claire
 AutoCorrect: Corrections and Replacement by Kathy Finder, University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire
 AutoCorrect: Automatic Formatting by Kathy Finder, University of
Wisconsin - Eau Claire

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g. VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)
MVPs' FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/VBABasicsIn15Mins.htm
VBA FAQ - directory page
Bill Coan's: http://www.wordmacros.com/macro_faqs.html
Howard Kaikow's: http://www.mv.com/ipusers/standards/ (also info on viruses
and on books)
Chris Rae's VBA Pages: http://chrisrae.com/vba/
Microsoft Office Developer Magazine site: http://www.officevba.com/
Microsoft Office 97 Visual Basic Programmer's Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/officedev/articles/opg/
Chris Greaves, Inc. VBA Utilities
http://www.vif.com/users/cgreaves/PRODUCTS.html
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/psssearch.asp?
FR=0&DU=C&SPR=&LPR=&D=vbapps&LQ=%28wd97+or+wf%29
+and+not+%28wd98%29&VA=&T=B&KT=BOOLEAN&T1=&S=
F&A=T&sh=0&SG=&PSL=&LNG=ENG&VR=http%3A%2F%2F
support%2Emicrosoft%2Ecom%2Fsupport&CAT=Support&VRL=
ENG&CND=1&SA=GN&H=Programming+Word
(The above has to be all on one line in your browser address. This link was
acquired from the MVP site)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article Q226118: Programming Resources for
Visual Basic for Applications
Don't forget the Microsoft peer-to-peer support newsgroups.
Woody's Lounge - VB/VBA Board - like a newsgroup except uses Web browser
User Forms - Stephen Bullen's Excel home page (much of code works in Word
or is easily adaptable to Word) including automatically resizing userforms.

h. Converting from Word Perfect to Word

http://www.wordsite.com/words/HowWordDiffersFromWordPerfect.html

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(above is one line)
Word for Word Perfect Users (This FAQ)
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q271/4/78.ASP
http://businesssoft.about.com/compute/businesssoft/library/blconvert.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

i. Word Tips
 http://www.pcqna.com/WordTips.htm
 http://www.pcqna.com/Word_LinkedTextBox.htm
 http://microsoftsoft.about.com/compute/microsoftsoft/cs/word/index.htm
 http://www.elementkjournals.com/msw/0011/msw00b1.htm

j. Legal Users
Microsoft Word Legal Users Guide :
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm
 Introduction
 Basic Formatting
 Legal Numbering
 Understanding Styles
 Sections, Section Breaks, and Headers-Footers
 Complex Legal Documents
 Tables in the Legal Environment
 Track Changes
 Troubleshooting
 Document Corruption
 Third-Party Vendors Directory

unsupplemented: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/
See also:

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  Payne Consulting Group (below)
 Bill Coan's Site
 How to Create a Template Part II, John McGhie
 Word's Numbering Explained, John McGhie
 MicroSystems Engineering

k. Payne Consulting Group (esp. law offices)

 http://www.payneconsulting.com/freestuff.htm
 http://www.payneconsulting.com/Office/wordtips.htm
 Word 97 for Law Firms (book)
 Word 2000 for Law Firms (book)

l. Document Recovery Services

OfficeRecovery.com: Word Recovery for corrupted documents, Excel Recovery
for damaged spreadsheets!
http://www.OfficeRecovery.com

m.Brainbench Certification and Testing Service

http://www.brainbench.com
BrainBench is a commercial site that offers certification testing in a number of
areas, including various computer programs. Many of the certification tests are
free. They make money by selling courses that can assist someone in taking the
tests (and presumably in using the software).
BrainBench has its own MVP program and their MVPs sometimes contribute on
the Microsoft newsgroups with the tag-line BrainBench MVP. This is a status
which is applied for and requires a contribution to their user forums as well as a
very high test score and impressive resume. The MVP designation used in the
Microsoft newsgroups is based on long-term helpful contributions in the Microsoft
peer-to-peer support newsgroups. The Microsoft MVPs are not Microsoft
employees but rather volunteers who have considerable expertise.

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n. Newsletters
Word Tips (free e-mail newsletter)
http://www.VitalNews.com/WordTips/

Woody's Office Watch

http://www.woodyswatch.com/office/

o. Woody’s Office Power Pack (WOPR)

http://www.wopr.com/wopr/
WOPR is Woody’s Office Power Pack and can be found at
http://www.wopr.com/wopr/. This costs $49.95. You can download a trial version
for free.Error: Reference source not found

p. Newsgroups:
http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
To restrict your search to only the Word newsgroups put:
microsoft.public.word.*
in the box for "newsgroup"
To restrict it to a single group (i.e. newsusers) put
microsoft.public.word.newusers
in the box for "newsgroup"
(The archives used to be on deja.com - google.com bought them
out.)
To access the Newsgroups via the Internet without using a news reader:

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 http://communities.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.asp

The server for the Microsoft public newsgroups is:

msnews.microsoft.com.
The Microsoft Word newsgroups can be found under the classification:
microsoft.public.word and include:

microsoft.public.word. . . .
newusers
application.errors
customization.menustoolbars
docmanagement
drawing.graphics
formatting.longdocs
internet.assistant
mailmerge.fields
numbering
oleinterop
pagelayout
printingfonts
setup.networking
spelling.grammar
tables
vba.addins
vba.beginners
vba.customization
vba.general
vba.userforms (note - not forms)
web.authoring
word97vba
(The news groups above are ones that I subscribe to and that formed
the basis for most of the answers in this FAQ.) There are also non-
English-language groups. Other word news groups are:
microsoft.public.word. . .
conversions
macword98
word6-7macros

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Missing from this is one newsgroup that is used by many but is not on the
microsoft server (but used to be):
general
It can still be found on many servers, including at google.com. Unlike the offical
newsgroups, this one is not reviewed often by many of the MVPs. To a large
extent it has been replaced by newusers. You shouldn't use it if you want the best
answers to your questions.
I think at least two more are needed: one on templates and one on forms. Note that
userforms are a distinct part of vba programming and have no real relationship to
word "forms," which are documents that have special fields and have to be
"protected" to be useful.
Other microsoft news groups that I subscribe to are:
microsoft.public. . .
clip.gallery
excel.misc
netiquette
office.misc
office.setup
officeupdate
outlook
powerpoint
Woody's Lounge - like newsgroups except you use a web browser instead of a
news agent
Word
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd
VB/VBA
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=vb

q. Microsoft Corporation

The Microsoft Knowledge Base can be found at:

http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp

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Microsoft Word Legal Users Guide (revised)
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide
 Introduction
 Basic Formatting
 Legal Numbering
 Understanding Styles
 Sections, Section Breaks, and Headers-Footers
 Complex Legal Documents
 Tables in the Legal Environment
 Track Changes
 Troubleshooting
 Document Corruption
 Third-Party Vendors Directory
unrevised: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/legal/

Microsoft's FAQ listings:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/Word/faq/default.asp

Microsoft Tip Pages

 Tips and Tricks for Word 2000 (97)
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articlelist/WordTips.asp
 Articles about Using Word
http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articlelist/o2kWordarticles.htm
 Using Microsoft Word 2000
http://www.microsoft.com/office/word/using.htm
 Mailmerge Resource Center
http://support.microsoft.com/support/word/usage/mailmerge/default.asp
 Microsoft Word Legal Users Guide
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide

Microsoft Templates & Updates:

 http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/downloadCatalog/dldWord.asp
 http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/templategallery/default.asp
 Macros8.dot http://www.mvps.org/word/Downloads/Macros8.zip
 Macros9.dot (supplemental macros Word 2000)
http://office.microsoft.com/2000/downloaddetails/supmacros.htm

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(see other templates below)

Microsoft wish list:

[email protected]

r. Service Releases
There have been two and a half Service Releases for Word 97. Here is some info
on how to obtain both SR1 and SR2:
SR1: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr1fact.htm
SR2: http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/articles/sr2fact.htm
SR3: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q265/3/74.ASP
------ the MailMerge Security Patch - fixes part of page X of Y problem – note that
this is not called an SR by Microsoft – it just feels like one and it addresses a lot
more “issues” than MailMerge security.

There are two Service Releases for Word 2000. Here is info on what is fixed in the
service releases and on how to obtain them:
SR1:
 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q245/0/21.ASP
 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q245/0/25.ASP
 http://officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/O2kSR1FAQ.htm
SR2:
 http://www.microsoft.com/office/ork/2000/appndx/toolbox.htm - offsp2
Important WARNING about SP-2 - see Woody's Office Watch #5.51
for problems with SP-2 before you install.
http://www.woodyswatch.com/office/archives.asp

For more information on Service Releases and updates see:

http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVersions.htm

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s. Templates:
Woody's Lounge - like newsgroups except you use a web browser instead of a
news agent
Word
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd
VB/VBA
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=vb

t. Tutorials
On this site:
 Ask Fields - one page showing ASK fields and bookmarks in action
 AutoText Sampler - Creating menus of AutoText entries - one page
 Checkbox Add-In - insert checkboxes in documents not protected as
forms without ActiveX
 Letterhead - template system using bookmarks and styles
 Nested Tables samples
 User Forms - one page showing UserForm that verifies entries and uses
bookmarks
 Legal Users Guide (supplemented)
Advanced Word Processing Topics
The MVP FAQ site:
http://www.mvps.org/word/Tutorials/index.html
Don't forget the individual sites of the MVPs
VBA tutorials listed above
Calculations in Word Tables
http://businesssoft.about.com/compute/businesssoft/library/weekl
y/aa092400a.htm

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Teaching Computers to Children - Microsoft Word
http://209.52.189.2/article.cfm/teaching_computers/50921
Creating Mathematics Using Microsoft Word- tutorial on equation editor
http://spot.pcc.edu/~ssimonds/thisandthat/msword.htm
Keyboard Shortcuts
http://businesssoft.about.com/compute/businesssoft/library/blword
short.htm
Tips for Using the Resume Wizard
http://www.career.vt.edu/CareerConnections-
July99/wordresumes.html
Using Styles In Microsoft Word 97
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/tut/tut82/tut82.html
Page Formatting in Microsoft Word 97
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/tut/tut83/tut83.html
Beginners Guide to Word 2000
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/beg/beg39/beg39.html
Beginners Guide to Word 97
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/iss/documentation/beg/beg35/beg35.html
Thesis Tutorial and template
http://www.ist.uwaterloo.ca/ew/thesis/Thesis_word.html

u. This FAQ on the Web

The up-to-date version of this FAQ may be found at:
http://www.addbalance.com/word/
Download this FAQ in Word 97 format (zip file).
Comments / corrections / additions may be sent to [email protected].
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Copyright © 2000, 2001, Charles Kyle Kenyon, DePere, Wisconsin, USA, all rights reserved. I generally give permission to copy
without compensation but I do want to be asked. This FAQ may be copied without permission so long as it is copied in its entirety and
so long as said copies are not commercially distributed. If you do distribute copies, I would appreciate being notified of that and do
recommend that you get the latest version off the web before distributing to someone else.
There have been errors in this in the past and there probably will continue to be errors in the future. This is in part because software is
constantly changing and because an answer given on the newsgroup may be correct but may in some circumstances cause problems
that come to light at a later time. These are corrected as soon as I can, on the web. When I make corrections or additions they are first
posted in the web pages and then in the Word 97 format (zip file) version (this document). There is a supplement to this, as well. It is a
separate document: FAQ_supplement.doc.

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