Re: What in Office 2004 is worth the upgrade price from Office v.X?

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From: Tim Murray (no-spam_at_thankyou.com)
Date: 05/23/04 

Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 03:36:15 -0400

On Sat, 22 May 2004 14:53:48 -0400, JE McGimpsey wrote
(in article <jemcgimpsey-918D8F.12534822052004@msnews.microsoft.com>):

> In article <0001HW.BCD50A2C000E7D96F02845B0@msnews.microsoft.com>,
> Tim Murray <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote:
>
>> You still can't delete Heading N styles.
>
> Not sure why you singled out Heading styles. I doubt you'll ever be able
> to delete any of the 161 default styles. You don't have to use them, of
> course.
>
> Just out of curiousity, why would you want to delete the Heading N
> styles? Why not just not use them?

You can delete most of them, actually. I just like to keep my style list to
what I use.

> Tab cycles through the controls in the dialog, for me. Space opens
> dropdowns. What do you expect to happen?

For example, Tab to the Link check box and press Space, which should
select/deselect the box. On my machine, the Space bar is ignored.

>> Word still places that death grip on linked files. For example, say you
>> import a graphic into a doc and then open the graphic in a graphics
>> program. If you try to save the graphic you can't because it's locked by
>> Word ... even if you close the document. You must exit Word.
>
> I can't reproduce that using Word04 and GraphicConverter. I insert a
> linked picture in a Word doc, then open the graphic in GraphicConverter,
> make a few changes, then save it. Closing and opening the document shows
> the modified picture, without having to exit Word.

Doesn't work for me with Illustrator. It will open, but I can't save. I get
an error something like 'another processes is using the file'.

>
>> [HAVE NOT REVERIFIED THIS ONE IN 2004:] Word's issues with screwing up
>> graphics it relinks is still there.
>
> Can't tell whether or not this still applies, since you don't say what
> "issues" you're talking about

It has a tendency to resize graphics. Windows does it too.

>
>> Doing a Font Substitution still doesn't always "take". In other words, if
>> you replace A with B, when you come back to the dialog, A is still there.
>
> Which dialog are you talking about? Font substitution has worked
> flawlessly for me in Word04 for months. Do you have specific examples?

I'm talking about the Preferences > Compatability > Font Substitution. It
happens most often with a font like Times New Roman. And it tends to fail in
Windows, too.

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