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Unit conversion in Word 2007
Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right
clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? |
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Hi Adriana,
The Metric Converter SmartTag is still available in Word 2007. You can turn them on using the Smart Tags tab in the Autocorrect Options dialog (Alt, T, A). Also turn on the setting at the bottom of that dialog for 'Show Smart Tag Action buttons'. You can choose to have/not have the purple dots under a Smart Tagged text through Word 2007 options (Alt, T, O, A) in the Advanced section under the 'Show document content' section. =================== "AdrianaMex" wrote in message ... Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Bless your heart, Bob!
At first it did not work, but then I found the "recheck document" button and that did it. I hope next time I open any word doc this feature will be availble, other wise, I know what to do. Thanks! "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Adriana, The Metric Converter SmartTag is still available in Word 2007. You can turn them on using the Smart Tags tab in the Autocorrect Options dialog (Alt, T, A). Also turn on the setting at the bottom of that dialog for 'Show Smart Tag Action buttons'. You can choose to have/not have the purple dots under a Smart Tagged text through Word 2007 options (Alt, T, O, A) in the Advanced section under the 'Show document content' section. =================== "AdrianaMex" wrote in message ... Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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It seems you had the Measurement Converter Smart Tag. You can download
the Word 2002 version from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...A-71354471DC32 but I can't get it to work with Word 2003. The 2007 version comes with Office 2007, but you may not have installed it. In the Control Panel, run Add/Remove Programs, select Office 2007, and click the Change button. In the tree diagram of features, Smart Tag Plugins are listed under Office Tools. Make sure the ones you want are set to "Run from my computer" and click Update. That said, I haven't been able to get Word 2007 to recognize that the measurement converter is installed. It doesn't even appear in the list of tags that are available but turned off. (To see and change that list, click Office button Word Options Add-ins, set the Manage dropdown to "Smart Tags", and click the Go button.) On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:19:22 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Jay, Bob's answear worked for me. I hope it works for you. Adriana
"Jay Freedman" wrote: It seems you had the Measurement Converter Smart Tag. You can download the Word 2002 version from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...A-71354471DC32 but I can't get it to work with Word 2003. The 2007 version comes with Office 2007, but you may not have installed it. In the Control Panel, run Add/Remove Programs, select Office 2007, and click the Change button. In the tree diagram of features, Smart Tag Plugins are listed under Office Tools. Make sure the ones you want are set to "Run from my computer" and click Update. That said, I haven't been able to get Word 2007 to recognize that the measurement converter is installed. It doesn't even appear in the list of tags that are available but turned off. (To see and change that list, click Office button Word Options Add-ins, set the Manage dropdown to "Smart Tags", and click the Go button.) On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:19:22 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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I'm glad you got it working. I haven't, so far.
On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:40:01 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Jay, Bob's answear worked for me. I hope it works for you. Adriana "Jay Freedman" wrote: It seems you had the Measurement Converter Smart Tag. You can download the Word 2002 version from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...A-71354471DC32 but I can't get it to work with Word 2003. The 2007 version comes with Office 2007, but you may not have installed it. In the Control Panel, run Add/Remove Programs, select Office 2007, and click the Change button. In the tree diagram of features, Smart Tag Plugins are listed under Office Tools. Make sure the ones you want are set to "Run from my computer" and click Update. That said, I haven't been able to get Word 2007 to recognize that the measurement converter is installed. It doesn't even appear in the list of tags that are available but turned off. (To see and change that list, click Office button Word Options Add-ins, set the Manage dropdown to "Smart Tags", and click the Go button.) On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:19:22 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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Success... I had to go through Add/Remove Programs twice, once to set
it to "Not available" and again to reset it to "Run from my computer". Now it works. On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 22:37:03 -0500, Jay Freedman wrote: I'm glad you got it working. I haven't, so far. On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:40:01 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Jay, Bob's answear worked for me. I hope it works for you. Adriana "Jay Freedman" wrote: It seems you had the Measurement Converter Smart Tag. You can download the Word 2002 version from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...A-71354471DC32 but I can't get it to work with Word 2003. The 2007 version comes with Office 2007, but you may not have installed it. In the Control Panel, run Add/Remove Programs, select Office 2007, and click the Change button. In the tree diagram of features, Smart Tag Plugins are listed under Office Tools. Make sure the ones you want are set to "Run from my computer" and click Update. That said, I haven't been able to get Word 2007 to recognize that the measurement converter is installed. It doesn't even appear in the list of tags that are available but turned off. (To see and change that list, click Office button Word Options Add-ins, set the Manage dropdown to "Smart Tags", and click the Go button.) On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 15:19:22 -0800, AdrianaMex wrote: Hi! I used to write things like "12 inches" in Word 2003 and by right clicking over it, I'd get the option to convert the amount to another unit, in this case, centimeters. How do I do this in Word 2007? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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