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FILE | OPEN - default behavior ???
Hi,
I am really foxed with this issue. Here's the background: Two near identical machines, both have Windows XP SP2, both have Office 2003 with the latest service packs (I think). Both built idependantly (i.e. not cloned or ghosted). When I click "FILE | OPEN" or "FILE | SAVE" in either Word or Excel and browse to a network drive, which contains many subfolders and many different office documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc), the dialog box displays these files and folders differently between these two PC's. One machine displays the contents of the network drive alphabetically, showing the first folder at the top, you then scroll along past all the other folders and eventually to the files. The other machine shows the contents of the drive by jumping past all the folders and highlighting the first available document for that application i.e. a .doc file if using Word or an ..xls file is using Excel. You then have to scroll back or up to get to the first folder on that drive. I don't know how to control this behavior. Does anyone? I have looked through the options within Word and Excel and also the GPO add-ins for these applications but no luck. Can anyone help? Mike. |
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Experiment with clicking the column head captions. This determines the sort
order for the items listed; and Word remembers the setting. (If the captions aren't showing, click the Views button on the toolbar, then select Details.) "Michael Yorke" wrote in message ... Hi, I am really foxed with this issue. Here's the background: Two near identical machines, both have Windows XP SP2, both have Office 2003 with the latest service packs (I think). Both built idependantly (i.e. not cloned or ghosted). When I click "FILE | OPEN" or "FILE | SAVE" in either Word or Excel and browse to a network drive, which contains many subfolders and many different office documents (.doc, .xls, .ppt etc), the dialog box displays these files and folders differently between these two PC's. One machine displays the contents of the network drive alphabetically, showing the first folder at the top, you then scroll along past all the other folders and eventually to the files. The other machine shows the contents of the drive by jumping past all the folders and highlighting the first available document for that application i.e. a .doc file if using Word or an .xls file is using Excel. You then have to scroll back or up to get to the first folder on that drive. I don't know how to control this behavior. Does anyone? I have looked through the options within Word and Excel and also the GPO add-ins for these applications but no luck. Can anyone help? Mike. |
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