Q: I have a computer (eMachine) that has Windows XP on it. It came with Microsoft Works and I have many file that I still need to use in Works. I now need to use Microsoft Word (2003 or better) on my computer for work I need to do. If I add Microsoft Word to my computer will I be able to use both programs?
Q: I have Mozilla FireFox set as my default web browser and when I click a URL in a Word Document I get an error message from Word saying “Unable to open [URL]. Cannot locate the Internet server or proxy server.” Word does not even try to open Mozilla FireFox it just tells me that it cannot open the URL. Is there anyway I can fix this?
A: This is one of those great Windows/Word features where if you don’t have Internet Explorer set as your default browser then you are going to have to either set Internet Explorer to be your default browser or do a tweak to your registry that I don’t suggest most people do. The easy solution is obviously just to set Internet Explorer as your default browser. Read the rest of this entry »
Read Question HereQ: When I click a URL on a Word document, I am not led to the Mozilla web browser, but instead get this message:
“Unable to open [URL]. Cannot locate the Internet server or proxy server.”
What can I do?
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Q: I recently put MS Office 2007 on my computer alongside Office 2003. Now, every time I start Word 2007, it goes through the configuration process. What should I do to get Word 2007 to pop up like it should. I have already gone to Control Panel and ran repair but to no avail.
Also, when I try to open one of my Word 2003 documents, Word 2007 opens it. I like 2003. How can I make Word 2003 my default processor or at least be able to open my docs with it?
Q: I am having a problem with mail merge in word 2007. I am merging data from MS Access into a catalog type word document. I want it to print multiple records on a page, like a catalog should do, but it doesn’t work when I add a cover page. If I take the cover page out, it works fine. I am using an If statement to bring in the cover page file. Thanks!
Q: We have a Xerox workcenter 4150 at our department and it works fine with all clients connected. The only problem I have is with a Mac OS 10.6 user. I can print from FireFox, entourage, and Safari but not from Word or PowerPoint. Do you guys know why is that? I re-installed the drivers and put the latest version but it still wont work.
Q: When I open any saved word documents they automatically open in WordPerfect. How do I make it so they are opened in the correct application based on the extensions?
A: Right click on one of your word documents and select Open With -> Choose Program…
This will bring up a popup window that will let you select the program you want to use to open the file. Click the checkbox next to ‘Always use the selected program to open thing kind of file‘ and then click OK and it will then open that file type with the selected application.
Read Question HereQ: I have a USB flash drive. I transferred stuff onto it off of a floppy disk and now I have symbols for my writing. How do I get it to be back to English?
Q: We are using OpenOffice but our templates were all created in Microsoft Office 2003. When I edit the templates in OpenOffice and save them back as MS office files the TOI and other formatting is not working well. Am I missing any feature to use to not let this happen?
A: Older versions of OpenOffice are not very good at saving to Microsoft Office file formats. To figure out which version of OpenOffice you are using you can go to Help => About in OpenOffice. The most recent version, as of this writing, is OpenOffice 3.1 so make sure you are running that version or newer.
If upgrading to the most recent version of OpenOffice does not solve your problem then you should consider saving your template changes to an OpenDocument template. OpenDocument is OpenOffice’s set of default file formats. OpenDocument template file formats include: ott (word processing), ots (spreadsheet), and opt (presentations).
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