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suddenly not able to insert an excel file into a word document
someone at work has been inserting excel files into word docs, but over the
past couple weeks this has stopped working. it doesnt seem to be able to find anyway to open the excel doc. at one point, it kept saying a converter was needed, but tried downloading that, and it still didnt help! any ideas? i cant find any pc's here that will allow what she has been doing for years. |
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suddenly not able to insert an excel file into a word document
normally, when you open Word, you must see at the Tool bar the sign of a
board with the excel mark on it. If you cant see it, try the €śAdd more buttons€ť options. (at least thats what I am doing when using Word 2000.) Hope that was useful to you! "witchiep00h" wrote: someone at work has been inserting excel files into word docs, but over the past couple weeks this has stopped working. it doesnt seem to be able to find anyway to open the excel doc. at one point, it kept saying a converter was needed, but tried downloading that, and it still didnt help! any ideas? i cant find any pc's here that will allow what she has been doing for years. |
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suddenly not able to insert an excel file into a word document
Thanks that was a good guess, but it still doesn't fix the problem. She is
going in thru "INSERT" then selecting "FILE", then chooses the excel doc to insert, but then a screen comes up saying "Select the encoding that makes your document readable. Text encoding: Windows (Default), MS_DOS, Other encoding." and all the text from the spreadsheet shows up as little boxes and Ys and other gibberish...no matter which choice i make. On one pc, i get a message that says to install a converter from MS Office 2000, but the others go straight to this box of gibberish! ANY IDEAS????!!!!!!! "CHRIS" wrote: normally, when you open Word, you must see at the Tool bar the sign of a board with the excel mark on it. If you cant see it, try the €śAdd more buttons€ť options. (at least thats what I am doing when using Word 2000.) Hope that was useful to you! "witchiep00h" wrote: someone at work has been inserting excel files into word docs, but over the past couple weeks this has stopped working. it doesnt seem to be able to find anyway to open the excel doc. at one point, it kept saying a converter was needed, but tried downloading that, and it still didnt help! any ideas? i cant find any pc's here that will allow what she has been doing for years. |
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suddenly not able to insert an excel file into a word document
Well, to be honest I cant figure it out€¦It looks like she has entered a protection code or something€¦ You can still try this; open the excel file you want to insert into your word document, select copy and then paste to the document. Its not the best solution and probably the excel file will need some kind of modification to €śfit€ť into the word document, but I suppose it is a temporary way to do your work until we find the answer! "witchiep00h" wrote: Thanks that was a good guess, but it still doesn't fix the problem. She is going in thru "INSERT" then selecting "FILE", then chooses the excel doc to insert, but then a screen comes up saying "Select the encoding that makes your document readable. Text encoding: Windows (Default), MS_DOS, Other encoding." and all the text from the spreadsheet shows up as little boxes and Ys and other gibberish...no matter which choice i make. On one pc, i get a message that says to install a converter from MS Office 2000, but the others go straight to this box of gibberish! ANY IDEAS????!!!!!!! "CHRIS" wrote: normally, when you open Word, you must see at the Tool bar the sign of a board with the excel mark on it. If you cant see it, try the €śAdd more buttons€ť options. (at least thats what I am doing when using Word 2000.) Hope that was useful to you! "witchiep00h" wrote: someone at work has been inserting excel files into word docs, but over the past couple weeks this has stopped working. it doesnt seem to be able to find anyway to open the excel doc. at one point, it kept saying a converter was needed, but tried downloading that, and it still didnt help! any ideas? i cant find any pc's here that will allow what she has been doing for years. |
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Ive been thinking€¦ you wrote that you tried to download a converter and
still didnt work out. Was it Excel32.cnv? Usually, text converters are already in the PC. Go to C/ Program Files/ Common Files/Microsoft Shared/ Textconv. Do you see that converter there? If not, maybe thats the problem. Give me an email address where I can send you my converter. Remember though that I use Windows 98 Second Edition and Word 2000. If you use something else, it might not be compatible, but still you have nothing to lose. If you are a Mac user, then there is a specific procedure to activate the converter, so let me know. Sorry that I dont have any more ideas! Ive been trying all morning with my Excel files, tried all options, but it works fine at my PC, so I cant think of anything really smart! "CHRIS" wrote: Well, to be honest I cant figure it out€¦It looks like she has entered a protection code or something€¦ You can still try this; open the excel file you want to insert into your word document, select copy and then paste to the document. Its not the best solution and probably the excel file will need some kind of modification to €śfit€ť into the word document, but I suppose it is a temporary way to do your work until we find the answer! "witchiep00h" wrote: Thanks that was a good guess, but it still doesn't fix the problem. She is going in thru "INSERT" then selecting "FILE", then chooses the excel doc to insert, but then a screen comes up saying "Select the encoding that makes your document readable. Text encoding: Windows (Default), MS_DOS, Other encoding." and all the text from the spreadsheet shows up as little boxes and Ys and other gibberish...no matter which choice i make. On one pc, i get a message that says to install a converter from MS Office 2000, but the others go straight to this box of gibberish! ANY IDEAS????!!!!!!! "CHRIS" wrote: normally, when you open Word, you must see at the Tool bar the sign of a board with the excel mark on it. If you cant see it, try the €śAdd more buttons€ť options. (at least thats what I am doing when using Word 2000.) Hope that was useful to you! "witchiep00h" wrote: someone at work has been inserting excel files into word docs, but over the past couple weeks this has stopped working. it doesnt seem to be able to find anyway to open the excel doc. at one point, it kept saying a converter was needed, but tried downloading that, and it still didnt help! any ideas? i cant find any pc's here that will allow what she has been doing for years. |
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