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Two unrelated questions
Two unrelated questions – Word 2003, WinXP Home
1. Right now, when I fire up Word, it opens empty, and I have to click on “new” to open a blank page. I assume this has to do with normal.dot, but I'm not sure how to make the change. 2. I frequently open an article in the IE browser, and wish to convert the text to a Word document. To date, I highlight the desired text, then click Ctrl-C to copy it, open Word to a blank page and click Ctrl- V to paste the text. Is there a way to create a virtual Word printer, so that after highlighting the desired text, I could simply click ctrl-p to print, and select the “Word Printer”? |
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Two unrelated questions
Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup
command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "PT" wrote in message ... Two unrelated questions – Word 2003, WinXP Home 1. Right now, when I fire up Word, it opens empty, and I have to click on “new” to open a blank page. I assume this has to do with normal.dot, but I'm not sure how to make the change. 2. I frequently open an article in the IE browser, and wish to convert the text to a Word document. To date, I highlight the desired text, then click Ctrl-C to copy it, open Word to a blank page and click Ctrl- V to paste the text. Is there a way to create a virtual Word printer, so that after highlighting the desired text, I could simply click ctrl-p to print, and select the “Word Printer”? |
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On Nov 27, 2:09*pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote:
Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "PT" wrote in message Thansks so much. You were correct. I removed the /n and Word opens with a new blank page. Any ideas on question # 2 in the OP? |
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On Nov 27, 2:09*pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote:
Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Maybe I spoke too soon. Now, although Word opens with a blank document, the right hand section of the screen is now occupied by a band of items including “Getting Started”, “Office Online”, and a list of recently opened documents. I closed it and it disappears, but reappears each time I start up Word. Any further suggestions? |
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There should be a check box to select whether or not to display the task
pane on opening. If this doesn't work for you, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...owTaskPane.htm. Note that the sole purpose of the TaskPaneController add-in is to run a macro to perform the necessary Registry edit. After the macro is run, the add-in can and should be removed from the Startup folder because it may cause a problem (a message about SQL on starting Word). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "PT" wrote in message ... On Nov 27, 2:09 pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP Maybe I spoke too soon. Now, although Word opens with a blank document, the right hand section of the screen is now occupied by a band of items including “Getting Started”, “Office Online”, and a list of recently opened documents. I closed it and it disappears, but reappears each time I start up Word. Any further suggestions? |
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What is a 'virtual Word printer'? I'm at a loss to understand Q.2. Don't you
have a printer and if not, how can you print to something that isn't there? Or do you mean Print to File? Terry "PT" wrote in message ... On Nov 27, 2:09 pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "PT" wrote in message Thansks so much. You were correct. I removed the /n and Word opens with a new blank page. Any ideas on question # 2 in the OP? |
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You can print directly from IE - in the Print dialog, check 'Selection' to
print selected text. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org PT wrote: On Nov 27, 2:09 pm, "Terry Farrell" wrote: Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way. -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "PT" wrote in message Thansks so much. You were correct. I removed the /n and Word opens with a new blank page. Any ideas on question # 2 in the OP? |
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