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My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both
installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in
Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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Herb,
I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email
address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly
amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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As per your suggestion I tried repairing the installation with no success. I
then tried installing SP1 and again it didn't change anything. I would try completely uninstalling the entire office installation but I'm afraid it would use up another one of the allowable installs. I'm open to any other ideas you have, I'm pretty savvy with computers so if I need to check or edit the registry I can. Thanks again for your help, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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Removing & reinstalling won't affect activation status (reformatting and
reinstalling Windows, however, would). Short of reformatting and aggressive efforts to remove all traces, Office is extremely conservative in that respect -- it is quite difficult, as it turns out, to induce amnesia about activation. Before trying that, however, I would try creating a new Windows user on that computer, and see if the problem occurs for the new user. This will at least establish whether the problem is a settings issue. If logging in as a new user fixes the problem, you then have a fallback of being able to switch to being that user. Another thing I would try is updating Vista's display driver. I would go to the web site for your display adapter and see if there is an updated video driver. A good site to check if you don't succeed there is http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... As per your suggestion I tried repairing the installation with no success. I then tried installing SP1 and again it didn't change anything. I would try completely uninstalling the entire office installation but I'm afraid it would use up another one of the allowable installs. I'm open to any other ideas you have, I'm pretty savvy with computers so if I need to check or edit the registry I can. Thanks again for your help, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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I updated the display driver and saw no change so I went ahead and created a
new user and the problem went away! What files other than favorites and documents can I copy over to the new user without moving the problem? I want to move the most I can so I don't have too redo too much of this setup I've already done. I only keep one user on the machine with no password so it's easier for me to boot (I cannot select the user nor enter a password using voice recognition), so I need to move everything over to the new user and then remove the old one. Thanks, Mark Radell "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Removing & reinstalling won't affect activation status (reformatting and reinstalling Windows, however, would). Short of reformatting and aggressive efforts to remove all traces, Office is extremely conservative in that respect -- it is quite difficult, as it turns out, to induce amnesia about activation. Before trying that, however, I would try creating a new Windows user on that computer, and see if the problem occurs for the new user. This will at least establish whether the problem is a settings issue. If logging in as a new user fixes the problem, you then have a fallback of being able to switch to being that user. Another thing I would try is updating Vista's display driver. I would go to the web site for your display adapter and see if there is an updated video driver. A good site to check if you don't succeed there is http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... As per your suggestion I tried repairing the installation with no success. I then tried installing SP1 and again it didn't change anything. I would try completely uninstalling the entire office installation but I'm afraid it would use up another one of the allowable installs. I'm open to any other ideas you have, I'm pretty savvy with computers so if I need to check or edit the registry I can. Thanks again for your help, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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You might take a look at this article for ideas about which files to try
copying: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm I've tried copying various trees and branches, but invariably end up recorrupting the working "user". So, except for known things that are okay (.acl, .dic, general *.doc files, etc.), I tend to bite the bullet and reinvent the wheel. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... I updated the display driver and saw no change so I went ahead and created a new user and the problem went away! What files other than favorites and documents can I copy over to the new user without moving the problem? I want to move the most I can so I don't have too redo too much of this setup I've already done. I only keep one user on the machine with no password so it's easier for me to boot (I cannot select the user nor enter a password using voice recognition), so I need to move everything over to the new user and then remove the old one. Thanks, Mark Radell "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Removing & reinstalling won't affect activation status (reformatting and reinstalling Windows, however, would). Short of reformatting and aggressive efforts to remove all traces, Office is extremely conservative in that respect -- it is quite difficult, as it turns out, to induce amnesia about activation. Before trying that, however, I would try creating a new Windows user on that computer, and see if the problem occurs for the new user. This will at least establish whether the problem is a settings issue. If logging in as a new user fixes the problem, you then have a fallback of being able to switch to being that user. Another thing I would try is updating Vista's display driver. I would go to the web site for your display adapter and see if there is an updated video driver. A good site to check if you don't succeed there is http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... As per your suggestion I tried repairing the installation with no success. I then tried installing SP1 and again it didn't change anything. I would try completely uninstalling the entire office installation but I'm afraid it would use up another one of the allowable installs. I'm open to any other ideas you have, I'm pretty savvy with computers so if I need to check or edit the registry I can. Thanks again for your help, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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Thanks for the help and insight, I'm going to be busy the next couple of days
so I won't get a chance to play around with it right away. Hopefully I won't transfer the problem when moving stuff I want to save. Mark Radell "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: You might take a look at this article for ideas about which files to try copying: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/FilesToBackup.htm I've tried copying various trees and branches, but invariably end up recorrupting the working "user". So, except for known things that are okay (.acl, .dic, general *.doc files, etc.), I tend to bite the bullet and reinvent the wheel. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... I updated the display driver and saw no change so I went ahead and created a new user and the problem went away! What files other than favorites and documents can I copy over to the new user without moving the problem? I want to move the most I can so I don't have too redo too much of this setup I've already done. I only keep one user on the machine with no password so it's easier for me to boot (I cannot select the user nor enter a password using voice recognition), so I need to move everything over to the new user and then remove the old one. Thanks, Mark Radell "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: Removing & reinstalling won't affect activation status (reformatting and reinstalling Windows, however, would). Short of reformatting and aggressive efforts to remove all traces, Office is extremely conservative in that respect -- it is quite difficult, as it turns out, to induce amnesia about activation. Before trying that, however, I would try creating a new Windows user on that computer, and see if the problem occurs for the new user. This will at least establish whether the problem is a settings issue. If logging in as a new user fixes the problem, you then have a fallback of being able to switch to being that user. Another thing I would try is updating Vista's display driver. I would go to the web site for your display adapter and see if there is an updated video driver. A good site to check if you don't succeed there is http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... As per your suggestion I tried repairing the installation with no success. I then tried installing SP1 and again it didn't change anything. I would try completely uninstalling the entire office installation but I'm afraid it would use up another one of the allowable installs. I'm open to any other ideas you have, I'm pretty savvy with computers so if I need to check or edit the registry I can. Thanks again for your help, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: I looked at the screen shot you sent. It looks like something is decidedly amiss with your installation on that computer, almost as if one of the files use to render the windows is corrupted or missing. OneNote 2007 (doesn't use some of the new display features) and IE (not part of Office 2007) don't use the new rendering features, and so wouldn't be affected by the problem. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, however, are affected. I would try doing a repair from the Control Panel to see if the missing/corrupted file gets replaced or fixed in the process. Click Start, type "programs", click on Programs and Features, then click on Microsoft Office 2007, Change, Repair, Continue. It will probably say you need to reboot. If that doesn't work, I would try applying Office 2007 SP1 to see if that rocks the foundations sufficiently to fix it. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... Sure. Send to herb at herbtyson dot com... suitably translated into an email address. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... Herb, I tried what you suggested, both laptops were set up the same but for the fun of it I tried changing the setting on mine to see if it changed anything and it didn't. If you give me your e-mail address I can send you a screen print showing what mine looks like. It's really a frustrating problem since voice recognition does not work correctly and I'm handicapped to the extent that I depend on it to run my computer. Thanks, Mark "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: When the caption buttons differ, that usually suggests that the Windows in Taskbar settings are different. Click the Office button (upper left corner), Word Options, Advanced tab, Display section, and compare to see if both computers have the same setting for "Show all windows in the Taskbar". -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Msradell" wrote in message ... My wife and I both have Office 2007 install our laptop computers. Both installations were done with the same disk (three installations allowed) but the screens have a different look and operate differently. The "Close", "Window Sizing" and "Minimize" buttons in the top right hand corner of her installation look like a normal ones the small squares around them. Mine are just the symbol. This isn't the problem in itself but they also behave differently when I use voice recognition. On hers everything works as expected on mine close works OK but when I try to minimize it goes to the window sizing button. I've verified that the setup of both laptops is the same. Does anybody else have this problem or know a solution? |
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