Re: File - Open

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From: Charles Kenyon (msnewsgroup_at_remove.no.spam.addbalance.com)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 14:06:30 -0500

I just cranked up Word 2000 on Windows 98se and found that File Open takes
me to the beginning of the files (after the folders). I hadn't been aware of
the change until you brought it to my attention. I would guess that the
change is in Word rather than Windows, but don't know that for sure. (It
could also be the interaction of the two.) 

-- 
Charles Kenyon
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Charles,
>
> Amen.  I am trying to get our users used to working with
> styles, for example, when formatting long documents.  They
> did not use styles in WordPerfect and are reluctant to use
> in now in Word.  They feel it would be more work -- I am
> trying to demonstrate, through the use of providing user
> support, and the templates and forms I have created, that
> NOT using styles is actually more work.  We're getting
> there!
>
> Anyway, our OS and version of Word are still in 2000.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Rosemary,
> >
> >I am using Word 2003 on Windows XP Pro and my File Open
> dialog operates the
> >way you are talking about, that is, at the beginning of
> the list of folders.
> >I don't know of anything that I did to get it to work
> that way. Which
> >version and OS are you using?
> >
> >In the meantime...
> >General Info on moving from Word Perfect to Word:
> >
> >Word and Word Perfect work very differently from one
> another. Each program's
> >methods have strengths and weaknesses; but, if you try to
> use one of these
> >programs as if it were the other, it is like pushing on a
> string! You can
> >easily make a lot of extra work for yourself. If you are
> unwilling to take
> >the time to learn to use Word's methods, you should stick
> to using Word Pad.
> >You'll have a lot less grief, although you'll miss out on
> a lot of raw
> >power.
> >
> >See http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.ht
> m
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/TipsAndGotchas.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/General/WordPerfectConverter
> s.htm
> >http://businesssoft.about.com/compute/businesssoft/library
> /blconvert.htm
> >for information on Word for Word Perfect users.
> >
> >For more:
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplat
> ePart2.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplat
> ePart1.htm
> >http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Numbering/WordsNumberingExpl
> ained.htm
> >http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm
> >http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/WhatTemplatesS
> tore.htm
> >
> >In Word 2000 (or later) You can get the function keys to
> display in a
> >special toolbar at the bottom of the screen if you want
> (something like
> >pressing F3 twice in WP). The following macro will do
> this.
> >Sub ShowMeFunctionKeys()
> >    Commandbars("Function Key Display").Visible = True
> >End Sub
> >
> >Word's Extend key (F8) gives something similar to block
> processing.
> >
> >Learn about Styles - really learn!
> >http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/styles.htm I
> resisted for years and now
> >regret every day of those years because although that
> string was still very
> >hard to push, it kept getting longer and longer, and had
> some very important
> >projects tied to it! Once you understand styles and the
> Word concept of
> >organizing things into Chinese boxes everything falls
> into place and instead
> >of pushing a string, you can push a button that turns on
> the very powerful
> >text processing machine known as Microsoft Word and it
> will start doing your
> >work for you instead of running around behind you trying
> to undo what you
> >just thought you did.
> >
> >Finally, in WP a lot of people use macros to hold chunks
> of text -
> >boilerplate. In Word this function is filled by
> Templates, AutoText and
> >AutoCorrect, not macros. Follow the links at
> >http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#AutoText
> for more
> >information on these tools.
> >It's a lot of reading, I know. It's OK to chunk it down
> and do a bit each
> >day, but I would recommend that you make it a top
> priority to do that bit
> >each day.
> > You can use FILLIN and ASK fields or UserForms to query
> the user. For some
> >form documents, Word's "online forms" work very well. For
> more about online
> >forms, follow the links at
> >http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.ht
> m especially Dian
> >Chapman's series of articles.
> >
> >As for converting documents from Word Perfect to use in
> Word... In a word,
> >don't plan on it. I would not recommend using converted
> documents long-term.
> >They will be filled with formatting anomolies that will
> get you at the worst
> >time. This is especially true of any documents containing
> automatic
> >numbering or bullets. Try recreating form documents in
> Word using the
> >following process:
> >In Word Perfect (if you still have it, in Word if not)
> save your files as
> >text files.
> >Use your converted files as references to show you how
> you want your
> >formatting to look.
> >Create a new document in Word and insert the text from
> the text file. Save
> >this new document as a Word template. Format it the way
> you want using
> >styles, not direct formatting. Save it again.
> >To use a template within Word, use File => New and pick
> your template. This
> >will create a new document for you.
> >
> >General practice in WP is to have a document and copy and
> edit it to create
> >a new document. This is not good practice in Word. In
> Word, construct a
> >good, tight, template for your documents and use that
> template when
> >constructing new documents. Among other things, this can
> avoid embarrassing
> >"metadata"
> http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/metadata.htm and
> things like
> >surprise headers and footers from creeping into new
> documents.
> >
> >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!
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> --
> >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.
> >
> >
> >"Rosemary" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:c8a701c438ed$71b79dc0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> We just switched from WordPerfect to Word.  When we did
> >> File-Open in WP, the cursor is placed at the beginning
> at
> >> the file list.  However, in Word, when we do File-Open,
> we
> >> are placed at the end of the file list.  Is there a way
> to
> >> change this in Word so that File-Open will put us at the
> >> beginning of the file list?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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