--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4W00011 Date: 04/26/97 From: BOB DAVIS Time: 06:23am \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 3 times) Subj: MS printer driver. MM> work even if it isn't the exact same model printer. But we MM> do get our share of printing problems with that many to MM> support. Part of the problem is probably user training. Its possible to construct a document that is very portable or very inflexible to printer changes. Bob --- timEd/2-B11 * Origin: The Fireside BBS Houston TX (281)496-6319 (1:106/114) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4W00012 Date: 04/26/97 From: BOB DAVIS Time: 06:25am \/To: ROBERT WHITE (Read 3 times) Subj: Signature from a fax RW> I've heard that it is possible to fax my signature to RW> myself, then convert it to a bitmap or similar image so that RW> it can be pasted into a letter in WORD. You need a graphics manipulation program to cut your signature out of the received fax. Winfax Pro includes the manipulation program, but Winfax lite may not. Another option is to use screen preview of the received fax and use a screen capture program (such as hypersnap) to copy your signature to a graphics file and paste it into Word. Fax is not a very high resolution. I recommend that you use a wide felt marker and sign your name on a piece of paper larger than you normally do. Then when you fax it to yourself, you can shrink it down and have acceptable quality. I've been using a signature for years which I created this way. Bob --- timEd/2-B11 * Origin: The Fireside BBS Houston TX (281)496-6319 (1:106/114) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00000 Date: 04/27/97 From: DIK COATES Time: 08:53am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 3 times) Subj: Info Needed >>>> QUOTING Bob Davis to Dik Coates <<<< BD> Word tables do not act like spreadsheets. You might BD> consider doing an OLE link to an excel spreadsheet. Its Use a word table in a template for invoicing... Does simple addition, subtraction, and multiplication... with nary a glitch... also, when it comes to Certificates for Payment for construction projects... also works great... not a 'real' spreadsheet... but a simple one, nonetheless... Thanks... also, often take tabular computer output from DOS programs and embed them into word using comma delimiters and then convert this into a table... do the same thing with some other output and then paste parts of the second table into the first... works slicker than a... I then insert a blank column and then might want to average a couple of values... or get ratios or simple math stuff... I know how to do this in Excel... but want to leave Excel out of it... If I'm doing a project estimate, then I'll link my Excel data into word... but, I try not to depend on too many programs... in the event that the place I'm working at for the project may not have a copy of Excel, but they have Word... Regards Dik ... Python of Borg - And now for something completely futile. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: StarLab! In Orbit, Lindsay, Ont. (705) 328-2954 (1:253/232) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00001 Date: 04/27/97 From: DIK COATES Time: 09:04am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 3 times) Subj: Signature from a fax >>>> QUOTING Bob Davis to Robert White <<<< BD> Fax is not a very high resolution. I recommend that you BD> use a wide felt marker and sign your name on a piece of BD> paper larger than you normally do. Then when you fax it to BD> yourself, you can shrink it down and have acceptable BD> quality. I've been using a signature for years which I BD> created this way. Did mine that way... but used a hand scanner to create the original tiff... Regards Dik ... Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional! ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: StarLab! In Orbit, Lindsay, Ont. (705) 328-2954 (1:253/232) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00002 Date: 04/27/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 07:45am \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 3 times) Subj: MS printer driver. -> MM> work even if it isn't the exact same model printer. But we -> MM> do get our share of printing problems with that many to -> MM> support. -> -> Part of the problem is probably user training. Its possible to construct -> document that is very portable or very inflexible to printer changes. Yes your correct here. I can't believe some of the Documents that are produced by some of these people. Even the ones that have been to training on Word nd have been Secretaries for years. I'd like to break some fingers when I see them holding down the space bar for 20 - 30 spaces!!! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Mike's Maze - Webster, NY 716.872.0128 (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00003 Date: 04/27/97 From: KEN LEE Time: 11:41am \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: MS WORD 7 MERGE MS WORD 7 was just put on my system at work and I have the following problem. I created a form letter to do a mail merge. The fields are from a database in Access 2>0. The two fields are for provide a date and a time that an applicant is to appear. Have been doing this in Word 6 for over a year and no problems but when I try it now the following happens 1. When I view the merge, just after the date field it puts a time and this time is the same for every record. 2. After the timefield a date shows up ( 12-31-99). I am new to Word 7 and have no idea what is going on. As usual I called our company MIS ( really stands for Managment Misinformation Systems) and the lady on the user help desk said " Well, I do not know because I have never used Word to do a mail merge". That was the answer I really needed to hear. Any correct help would be appreciated ... A motorcycle ride a day, sure helps your attitude. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 [NR] --- WILDMAIL!/WC v4.12 * Origin: Morning Star - Sugar Land, Texas (281)265-2798 (1:106/3118.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00004 Date: 04/24/97 From: TIM NORTON Time: 10:59pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: auto calc table I am trying to write a quotation program where I cut some data from a dbase file and then paste it into a table. This part is no problem. I then need to automatically calculate a tax in price, total price for each line then a grand totalSub item qty cost tax in total --------------------------------------------- xxxxx 2 10 12.2 24.4 rrrrr 4 20 24.4 48.8 total 73.2 I would also like it to work out how many items there are and place the grand total 2 line after this. I can do something like this in excel with the following macro but I can't make it work either by inserting an excel sheet into work as the macro wont run or by trying to modify the macro to run on a work table. Please help Tim Norton Sub Macro1() Range("A1").Select ActiveSheet.Paste Range("E1").Select ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=(RC[-1])+(RC[-1])*0.22" Range("E1").Select Selection.AutoFill Destination:=Range("E1:E4"), Type:=xlFillDefault Range("E1:E4").Select ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Range("A1").Select ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=(RC[-1])*(RC[-3])" Selection.AutoFill Destination:=ActiveCell.Range("A1:A4"), Type:= _ xlFillDefault ActiveCell.Range("A1:A4").Select ActiveCell.Offset(5, -1).Range("A1").Select ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "Total" ActiveCell.Offset(0, 1).Range("A1").Select ActiveCell.Select ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "=SUM(R[-5]C:R[-1]C)" ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Range("A1").Select End Sub --- Maximus 3.01 * Origin: SA Country Club II BBS (3:800/3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00005 Date: 04/27/97 From: HASAN BATESON Time: 09:19pm \/To: BOB DAVIS (Read 3 times) Subj: Date BD>HB> I have, and it does. I think your mistake was that you need BD>HB> to select the field you inserted with the button BD>There's the problem. The toolbar button does not insert a field. It inserts BD>the date as text. Are we talking about the same button? I find only one BD>button for Insertdate and it does not insert a field. I just checked again to be sure. My toolbar button inserts the date as a field. In my case, I want plain text, and had to create a customised button to do it (although it doesn't insert the date directly, but rather invokes the insert-date selection list). Maybe we're talking about different versions of Word? I have v6. If you have v6 also, then I'm at a loss to explain the difference. Regards, Hasan --- * OLXWin 1.00b * Internet: hasan.bateson@saudi.org --- InterEcho 1.19 * Origin: SBBS. Jeddah, KSA +9662 667-2293 v.34 (2:542/100) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 156 MS WORD Ref: E4X00006 Date: 04/24/97 From: JIGAL VAN HEMERT Time: 09:09pm \/To: DIK COATES (Read 3 times) Subj: Info Needed High! Dik, Ref: Info Needed, dd.20-Apr-97, from: Dik Coates DC> Is there an easy way copy the formula and have it have it do DC> calculations relative to a position? Sorry, Word only uses absolute coordinates. Use Excel. ___ __ __ Happy programming, / | / /__/ / ___/ /| |/ ___ / Jigal. /____/ |___/ /_/ --- Terminate 4.00/Pro * Origin: Point 2 is a point too at Revolution Ballroom (2:281/721.2)