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Creating eBook in Word 2007
How do I create an eBook in Word 2007 so I can use Microsoft Reader to read
my document back to me? Or is there a more sophisticated method of achieving the same result in Word 2007? Thanks -- Luke |
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http://www.microsoft.com/reader/deve...loads/rmr.mspx , the Reader add-in only works with Word 2000, 2002, or 2003. Luke wrote: How do I create an eBook in Word 2007 so I can use Microsoft Reader to read my document back to me? Or is there a more sophisticated method of achieving the same result in Word 2007? Thanks |
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Thanks for the comment! I had already found that page... but as it was last
updated in 2004 I didn't think it could apply to Vista or Word 2007... so I suppose I was looking for a definitive answer about how to get my document read back to me! -- Luke "garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote: According to http://www.microsoft.com/reader/deve...loads/rmr.mspx , the Reader add-in only works with Word 2000, 2002, or 2003. Luke wrote: How do I create an eBook in Word 2007 so I can use Microsoft Reader to read my document back to me? Or is there a more sophisticated method of achieving the same result in Word 2007? Thanks |
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Hi Luke,
It's not entirely clear what you're trying to achieve as you mentioned both creating an ebook and reading it back. The Read in Microsoft Reader Word Add-in was basically to use Word as an intermediary for converting Word documents to Reader v1 format. You can install the Add-in to work in Word 2007 (it will appear in the 'Add-ins' tab). Some of its features work in Word 2007, some parts (that are expecting to find specific features in a particular older version of Word) do not. The webpage hasn't been updated as there hasn't been a MS update to the Add-in for Word 2007. You may want to use the links below to check with the folks in the MS Reader discussion group to see if they have suggestions. MS Reader itself can use the Windows Narrator feature to 'read back' an ebook to you, Word cannot read back either ebooks or Word documents on its own. You can use either the Windows narrator feature or enable Excel's Text to Speech feature to work in Word. http://www.gmayor.com/word_text_to_speech.htm (The note at the bottom of the article includes information specific to Word 2007). =============== "Luke" wrote in message ... Thanks for the comment! I had already found that page... but as it was last updated in 2004 I didn't think it could apply to Vista or Word 2007... so I suppose I was looking for a definitive answer about how to get my document read back to me! -- Luke -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Hi Luke,
Forgot to put in the links to the MS Reader discussion group I mentioned previously They're listed below When there look for messages from Christine from the Microsoft Reader team (msreadergirl). Christine has indicated that they have not 'yet' revised the add-in, so apparently there's hope but no dates have been given. -- Please let us know if this has helped, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.reader or via browser: http://microsoft.com/communities/new....public.reader B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser http://microsoft.com/office/communit...s/default.mspx or Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader news://msnews.microsoft.com |
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I want to second Luke's question.
Specifically I have used older versions of Word to make E-books and need to again. I have Word 2007 and while I note that you say RMR will work with 2007 it sounds like that it doesn't work well. Is there any way to find out if there are plans to make it work? I've posted elsewhere and asked elsewhere. I'm kind of surprised that they don't have some way of simply making it a standard output option. Of course I'm surprised that more folks don't use it. Back when I had a PDA and I discovered RMR I immediately took about an 18" stack of technical manuals that I usued to have to luck around and put them on my PDA which fit in my pocket. I'm a teacher now and I'm looking forward to using it as a tool of publishing in a variety of ways. Timothy "Luke" wrote: How do I create an eBook in Word 2007 so I can use Microsoft Reader to read my document back to me? Or is there a more sophisticated method of achieving the same result in Word 2007? Thanks -- Luke |
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Hi Tim,
As I mentioned previously the folks from the MS Reader team appear from time to time in the newsgroup linked below. How high of a priority is for that team or the Office folks isn't known. The MS Office 2007 Proofing Tools kit is still not available, 14 months after the release of Office 2007, as an example. (Fortunately, for some folks, individual language packs are available). There are also 3rd party tools that are usually more flexible in producing e-books using Word content. ================= "Blacksmith Tim" wrote in message ... I want to second Luke's question. Specifically I have used older versions of Word to make E-books and need to again. I have Word 2007 and while I note that you say RMR will work with 2007 it sounds like that it doesn't work well. Is there any way to find out if there are plans to make it work? I've posted elsewhere and asked elsewhere. I'm kind of surprised that they don't have some way of simply making it a standard output option. Of course I'm surprised that more folks don't use it. Back when I had a PDA and I discovered RMR I immediately took about an 18" stack of technical manuals that I usued to have to luck around and put them on my PDA which fit in my pocket. I'm a teacher now and I'm looking forward to using it as a tool of publishing in a variety of ways. Timothy -- Please let us know if this has helped, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.reader or via browser: http://microsoft.com/communities/new....public.reader B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser http://microsoft.com/office/communit...s/default.mspx or Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader news://msnews.microsoft.com |
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Hi Bob:
I'll try to check that out. That's really disappointing news. I've used Word and Reader for a variety of things over the years, from putting six feet of technical documentation into a PDA to helping someone who was speach impaired give their own presentation. I'm working with youth and teaching now and to have common documents that work across a range of special needs would be really valuable. And I don't really have a budget for that kind of work that let's me look seriously at 3rd party offerings. (It's pulling teeth to get a computer into the classroom, and you expect me to ask them to buy software????) I finally got some money to get a really good laptop and got sold the notion that I needed Office 2007 because previous versions would not work well with Vista. Given how many things I can't do with Word 2007 right now rather than getting third party software I'm trying to find a used copy of Word 2000 to install and hope it works. Tim "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Tim, As I mentioned previously the folks from the MS Reader team appear from time to time in the newsgroup linked below. How high of a priority is for that team or the Office folks isn't known. The MS Office 2007 Proofing Tools kit is still not available, 14 months after the release of Office 2007, as an example. (Fortunately, for some folks, individual language packs are available). There are also 3rd party tools that are usually more flexible in producing e-books using Word content. ================= "Blacksmith Tim" wrote in message ... I want to second Luke's question. Specifically I have used older versions of Word to make E-books and need to again. I have Word 2007 and while I note that you say RMR will work with 2007 it sounds like that it doesn't work well. Is there any way to find out if there are plans to make it work? I've posted elsewhere and asked elsewhere. I'm kind of surprised that they don't have some way of simply making it a standard output option. Of course I'm surprised that more folks don't use it. Back when I had a PDA and I discovered RMR I immediately took about an 18" stack of technical manuals that I usued to have to luck around and put them on my PDA which fit in my pocket. I'm a teacher now and I'm looking forward to using it as a tool of publishing in a variety of ways. Timothy -- Please let us know if this has helped, Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends LINKS A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.reader or via browser: http://microsoft.com/communities/new....public.reader B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser http://microsoft.com/office/communit...s/default.mspx or Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader news://msnews.microsoft.com |
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