Re: Word 2003 Issues

Answered in your other thread.


"Anna Summers" <AnnaSummers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am debating whether to get Office 2003. On my friend's machine, every
>time
> Word2003 starts up, ZoneAlarm sees that it is trying to "phone home."
> There
> were several helpful suggestions, but even with internet access turned off
> everywhere in Word 2003, it still tries to access the internet (UNLESS
> there
> is no connection available - computer is actually offline - it seems to
> detect this) and if she says "no" when a connection is available, it
> refuses
> to start. It seems to know if there is internet access available and if
> so,
> insists on "phoning home." IF ZoneAlarm was NOT installed with
> instructions
> to ask permission EVERY time ANY software tried to access the internet,
> then
> we would have NO IDEA that Word 2003 was doing this - it would just sneak
> in
> under the radar. If you don't have this type of firewall then it may be
> doing it without you realizing it when you DO have an internet connection.
> Does anyone have an open internet connection WITH this type of firewall
> (that
> notifies you of every connection attempt) - AND is able to stop Word 2003
> from this behavior? (if you don't have this sort of notification, you
> wouldn't know it was happening)
>
> Another issue is the format & styles. My friend's dropdown style box on
> the
> toolbar fills up with 30 items - everytime she changes a font on a word in
> a
> document, it seems to add a style to that list. It is unwieldy and
> overwhelming to have to PAGE thru the drop down list. It obviously
> doesn't
> work the same way as Word 2000 - what is going on?
>
> Thanks, --Anna


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