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Getting back an automatic date
I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for
this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems - problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV. 1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new letter. Any way to fix this? 2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop - "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling Works." I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents? Tom Hagerty |
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The Works for Windows newsgroup is at
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...blic.works.win .. Tommy Desperate wrote: I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems - problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV. 1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new letter. Any way to fix this? 2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop - "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling Works." I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents? Tom Hagerty |
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1) Create a template for your letters. Use this template to create new
documents for new letters. 2) Use a CreateDate field in the template. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. You may also want to take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links) Some other pages to look at: Letterhead Tips and Instructions http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial Template Basics http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm Word "Forms" http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and Word for Word Perfect Users http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP environment (or even if you are not). If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is), Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/ Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Tommy Desperate" wrote in message ... I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems - problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV. 1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new letter. Any way to fix this? 2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop - "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling Works." I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents? Tom Hagerty |
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I suspect that the Works word processor doesn't have fields.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... 1) Create a template for your letters. Use this template to create new documents for new letters. 2) Use a CreateDate field in the template. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. You may also want to take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links) Some other pages to look at: Letterhead Tips and Instructions http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial Template Basics http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm Word "Forms" http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and Word for Word Perfect Users http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP environment (or even if you are not). If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is), Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/ Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Tommy Desperate" wrote in message ... I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems - problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV. 1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new letter. Any way to fix this? 2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop - "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling Works." I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents? Tom Hagerty |
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I should read more carefully. You caught me g
-- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... I suspect that the Works word processor doesn't have fields. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote in message ... 1) Create a template for your letters. Use this template to create new documents for new letters. 2) Use a CreateDate field in the template. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. You may also want to take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links) Some other pages to look at: Letterhead Tips and Instructions http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial Template Basics http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm Word "Forms" http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and Word for Word Perfect Users http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP environment (or even if you are not). If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is), Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/ Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word. Hope this helps, -- Charles Kenyon Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Tommy Desperate" wrote in message ... I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum for this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing problems - problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV. 1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted. It's now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new letter. Any way to fix this? 2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my desktop - "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or reinstalling Works." I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents? Tom Hagerty |
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