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You could test if the doc is protected, and if so, unprotect it:
If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType wdNoProtection Then
ActiveDocument.Unprotect ‘give password if applicable
End If

Another thought: if you have multiple documents open, then maybe ActiveDocument is not the document that you expect it to be and is the code therefore acting on the wrong document. It wouldn’t be the first time that Word loses track of the right document.

About 2 years back I tried a local refill service for HP toner cartridges, but I didn’t like it. Far less pages could be printed, so the price per page wasn’t that much lower than buying a new original cartridge. And I had my doubts about the quality of the prints. So it was a one time experience.

I fully agree with Joe on the cost aspect of home printing vs photo service.
I use a Canon Pixma IP 4000 (now succeeded by 4300), which I find excellent in both quality and possibilities. It has seperate ink tanks, a duplexer for automatic double-sided printing and the ability to print directly and full-color on appropriate CD/DVD discs (with a white coating on top). And for a street price of just

My first external drive I assembled myself, using a newly bought enclosure kit and a Maxtor HD that came out of an older PC. Still works fine, but was a real hassle to put the HD in the case (tight fit). So when in need for more space, I decided to buy a complete external USB drive (with a Western Digital Caviar inside). Both discs are serving me very well for almost 3 years / 1 year now. So I would go for the ready product now and don’t bother to build it myself anymore.

Total Commander (shareware) has the option to show files in “Unsorted order”, meaning the physical order on disc. You can call it with Ctrl+F7 or via menu Show. Maybe Ctrl+clicking on each file in the order you want before dragging solves your problem. Haven’t tried it myself yet.

for pointing me to it.

I’m a big fan of Total Commander, a kind of “Swiss army knife” utility with lots of functions, based on a 2-pane Explorer replacement. It’s shareware so you can try it out for free. It really is worth the price in my opinion.

Thanks Dave & Jefferson.
Currently I use an external USB drive that’s getting pretty full, so I’m thinking of buying more storage. Connecting an USB drive has the disadvantage that it can only be accessed from another PC in my home network if the PC it’s attached to is also running. That’s why I’m considering a NAS.
Sitecom introduced the MD-250 a few months back. It costs only about EUR 70 without hard drive (must be purchased seperately). There’s no mention on the Sitecom site of software that needs to be installed. But maybe I just haven’t found that yet…

I agree with Howard that you cannot simply nuke a HD from a computer that’s not your property. Instead, you can use a program like AbsoluteShield File Shredder to shred the files that you don’t want to leave on the HD.

Don’t know if it fulfills all your needs, but you might like SequoiaView. It’s .

Nero InCD and the like do allow you to use a CD-R(W)] like a hard drive to some extend, but it is an entirely different technology than DVD-RAM.

I was afraid of that, but thanks anyway Hans.

It can be done withe a program like Nero InCD and specially formatted CD-R(W)’s, that behave like a hard drive. I’ve tried it about two years ago. But I quit using this pretty quickly and strongly advice against it, because:
– very slow compared to hard drive operations
– not very reliable
– overhead – InCD and the like have to start with Windows to be able to recognize the insertion of a specially formatted disc
– compatibillty issues with other software, especially software with built-in burn capabillities

In our “normal” situation I don’t get this conversion dialog either when I try to SaveAs a text file. But using the Ctrl key to start Word in safe mode as Klaus suggested did bring up that dialog, so the conversion filters are installed.
Maybe this is caused by the “hijacking” of the SaveAs (and Save) command to do some extra checking before the actual save, which is done using Dialogs(wdDialogFileSaveAs).
Any ideas how to restore the conversion dialog functionality while keeping the SaveAs command hijacked?

I’ve done this a lot in the past. In addition to Hans’ excellent advice:
3) for a heading with a larger font size, set the line height for it to double (or even triple if necessary) the line height of the body text
4) also resize the height of inline graphics to a multiple of the line height
5) if you want extra white space then make sure that (line/graphics) height + space before + space after = exact multiple of line height of the body text