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Thanks, Andrew. Quite powerful, isn’t it. Reminds me of conversion mechanism that was used by Folio Views.

Is it possible to exclude a string? For example, let’s say the document contains the following text: “XyyybcyyyXyyycbyyyX”, and I want to find all strings starting and ending with X, but not including the string “bc” (that is, I want to find “XyyycbyyyX”, but not “XyyybcyyyX”).

Thanks for your help
Dale

Thanks, Hans and Brett.

• I’d forgotten it’s an scf, not an exe. However, this PC doesn’t have any scf’s on the C drive and, if I create the file, Windows doesn’t recognise the filetype (I’m running under NT4/IE6). Maybe they’ve haven’t installed full functionality.
• I tried clicking a blank spot on the taskbar and clicking Alt+M, but that didn’t work either.[/list]Looks like I’d better ask for a keyboard with a Windows key.

  Thanks for your help
  Dale

Hi

Consider the following AutoExec:

	Public Sub AutoExec()
	Stop
	MsgBox "Success"
	End Sub

I’ve experimented putting the Stop command before and after the MsgBox. (Modify, save project and close Word, reopen to see what happens.) If the MsgBox is before the Stop command, it always triggers. If the Stop command is before the MsgBox, then:

• Sometimes nothing happens when you open Word.
• Sometimes the Msgbox triggers (in other words, the Stop command gets ignored).[/list]Very peculiar. I think I’m tired of this. It’s working now.

  Thanks
  Dale

Hi

It also fails on a Word2000/98 machine. It used to work, so it looks like there’s something wrong with the template. I tried Bill Coan’s Word VBA Cleaner, but that didn’t help.

Ah well, when I get time I’ll do some more experimenting to isolate the problem.

Thanks for your help
Dale

None of the above. And, there’s no AutoExec in the normal template.

Curious. I’ll try the same template on a standalone PC tonight and see if it works.

Thanks
Dale

Hi John

I was using a toolbar I created myself. If I display the Standard toolbar, it works (and not just from the Contacts folder).

But I’m confused (this happens to me a lot). In the attachment, the top toolbar is “Standard” and the second is my customised toolbar. Points to note are:

• F11 works for the “Type a contact to find” box.
• If I hide the Standard toolbar, the “Type a contact to find” box in my customised toolbar doesn’t work. (It’s the same object; I created it by drag-copying the one in the Standard toolbar.)
• My original search box (the one in the second toolbar, just after the Book icon doesn’t display the words “Type a contact to find” (and F11 doesn’t work with it.) Goodness knows where I got it from. It works okay, but obviously is slightly different.
• If I copy my “blank” search box to the Standard toolbar and delete the “Type a contact to find” one, F11 works with the “blank” one.[/list]Curious. Anyway, you’ve solved my “F11 doesn’t work” problem, thanks. Does anyone have any ideas for question 2 (how to access the “Type a contact to find” box from outside of Outlook). Probably not possible.

  Thanks
  Dale

Hi

I’m using Office 2003. Two questions:

1. F11 doesn’t work for me, even if I’m in the Contacts view. Any ideas why not?
2. I’m pretty sure this isn’t possible, but what I’d dearly like is to be able to access the FindAContact box from outside Outlook. Smething like WindowsKey+R to get the Run box.

PS: Re Alt+F not working, I’m pretty sure “underlined text shortcuts” only work if the text is visible. For example, you could make the shortcut to the FindAContact box work by display ImageAndText (except, for some reason, it’s greyed).

Thanks
Dale

Ah, silly me.

Interesting, though. Having the “Windows in Taskbar” option on reveals that Word keeps all “visited” documents open, even if you use the Back button. (For example, click a hyperlink in doc A to open doc B, then click the Back button to return to doc A.) It can get a bit messy.

Thanks for your help, Hans

If you record a macro, WordBasic.ShowFormatting is used to toggle the setting. Curious. Maybe some Microsoft programmer is hankering for the old days!

I may be old, but I can adapt. I’ll use ActiveWindow.View.ShowFormatChanges.

Thanks for your help, Hans
Dale

Hi Hans

Wierder and wierder.

Hi William

If I remember right (I can’t find the post where it was discussed):

• If a file type is configured to open in IE (rather than in the application, eg Word), then auto macros fire when triggered from a web page.
• But if the file type is configured to open in the application, then auto macros don’t fire.[/list]I didn’t realise it was different for non-IE browsers, but I live in a Microsoft world anyway.

Hi William

If I remember right (I can’t find the post where it was discussed):

• If a file type is configured to open in IE (rather than in the application, eg Word), then auto macros fire when triggered from a web page.
• But if the file type is configured to open in the application, then auto macros don’t fire.[/list]I didn’t realise it was different for non-IE browsers, but I live in a Microsoft world anyway.

Thanks Ian and Phil

An AutoOpen macro would work for documents saved on a file server, but auto macros don’t run when you download a Word document from an intranet. Another issue is whether it’s appropriate to change a user’s settings, especially since those settings affect all documents they open.

Keeping a separate master copy for documentors doesn’t fit well with the now pretty standard approach of making the intranet copy the master (which has various advantages).

Thinking more about the problem, the core of the issue is the DEGREE of visibility of the comments:

• In Word 97, the fact that a comment exists is evident (to anyone with ShowAll on) because a small unobtrusive indicator appears next the the word the comment is attached to. A documentor would know to read the comment; an ordinary reader mightn’t even notice it.
• In Word 2003, the balloon is extremely useful for documentors, but very intrusive for ordinary readers. (This only applies to PrintLayout view, but PrintLayout view is more effective for reading highly-structured documents like manuals.)[/list]I guess what I’d really like is an equivalent to Excel’s vbSheetVeryHidden setting; except this would be vbCommentsIndicatorVisibleButBallonsHidden.

  Anyway, I think my question has been answered. There is no comments-controlling setting that applies to the document (rather than the user), and I’m going to have to find a different approach.

  Thanks for your help
  Dale

Thanks Ian and Phil

An AutoOpen macro would work for documents saved on a file server, but auto macros don’t run when you download a Word document from an intranet. Another issue is whether it’s appropriate to change a user’s settings, especially since those settings affect all documents they open.

Keeping a separate master copy for documentors doesn’t fit well with the now pretty standard approach of making the intranet copy the master (which has various advantages).

Thinking more about the problem, the core of the issue is the DEGREE of visibility of the comments:

• In Word 97, the fact that a comment exists is evident (to anyone with ShowAll on) because a small unobtrusive indicator appears next the the word the comment is attached to. A documentor would know to read the comment; an ordinary reader mightn’t even notice it.
• In Word 2003, the balloon is extremely useful for documentors, but very intrusive for ordinary readers. (This only applies to PrintLayout view, but PrintLayout view is more effective for reading highly-structured documents like manuals.)[/list]I guess what I’d really like is an equivalent to Excel’s vbSheetVeryHidden setting; except this would be vbCommentsIndicatorVisibleButBallonsHidden.

  Anyway, I think my question has been answered. There is no comments-controlling setting that applies to the document (rather than the user), and I’m going to have to find a different approach.

  Thanks for your help
  Dale

Hi

Does anyone know whether these reformatting problems persist in Word 2003?

Thanks
Dale