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Joe, thanks very much for your assistance. The first solution you offered was exactly what the customer wanted!

I know for a fact it works on one of our PCs – strangely enough, our Citrix server. I asked our server techs, who told me that it was installed in the same manner (SMS deployment) as it was on all of our other PCs. This is Adobe Reader 7.0.5 that we are using. The strange thing about it all is, in all other respects, Adobe Reader seems to be installed correctly and is functioning normally.

I intend to do a removal and reinstallation of Adobe Reader on a test PC, this time performing a standard installation of Adobe Reader from the download page, vs. using SMS deployment, to see if this produces the desired result. However, the SMS deployment was performed using instructions provided by Adobe.

After our company updated from Adobe Reader 6.0 to 7.0, we have found that, when a PDF file is inserted into a Word document (Word 2000) using Insert > Object > Create from File, and the Display as Icon option is used, the file appears without the PDF icon. When you click the Change Icon button, you can see the icon at that point. If you click Browse, the file is pointing to: C:WindowsInstaller{AC76BA86-7AD7-1033-7B44-A705000000002}PDFFile.ico}. I have verified that the icon file exists.

File associations for PDF appear to be correct. The correct icon displays in Windows Explorer, and also when PDF documents are received as attachments in Microsoft Outlook messages. In both cases, the PDF file launches correctly in Adobe Reader. I have performed both a repair and a reinstall of Office 2000, to no avail. I have been in contact with Adobe Expert Support on this issue, and they are convinced that the problem lies within Word. Any suggestions?

It depends on how the delegate is opening the user’s mailbox. If they are using the File > Open > Other User’s Folder method to access the Inbox, they will only be able to access the Inbox. However, if they go to Tools > Services, select the Services tab, select Microsoft Exchange Server, then click the Properties button, and go to the Advanced tab, they should see a section entitled Open these additional mailboxes. Clicking the Add button will allow them to add mailboxes for users to which they have permissions. Once this is performed, the delegate should be able to see the entire user’s mailbox.

I’m not sure exactly how to color the cell, but the following code will determine whether ANY letter entered is upper or lower case:

=IF(AND(CODE(B5)>=65,CODE(B5)=97,CODE(B5)<=122),"lower",_
"error")))

replacing “upper” and “lower” with the commands to color the cell accordingly. It also has the added benefit of being able to determine if the character is not a valid letter at all.

I’m not sure exactly how to color the cell, but the following code will determine whether ANY letter entered is upper or lower case:

=IF(AND(CODE(B5)>=65,CODE(B5)=97,CODE(B5)<=122),"lower",_
"error")))

replacing “upper” and “lower” with the commands to color the cell accordingly. It also has the added benefit of being able to determine if the character is not a valid letter at all.

Yes, I did perform this on the file you attached. I attached my results for you.

Yes, I did perform this on the file you attached. I attached my results for you.

You can go to File, Open, and change the file type to Recover Text from Any File (*.*), select the document, and click OK. This will recover the essential text (plus some extra text at the beginning and the end, which you can delete).

You can go to File, Open, and change the file type to Recover Text from Any File (*.*), select the document, and click OK. This will recover the essential text (plus some extra text at the beginning and the end, which you can delete).

You may not be able to determine what they have done, but you can put a stop to it happening again. You can black-list the site using Content Advisor; you can buy one of a myriad of “cyber-sitter” programs that regulate Web browsing; or, after giving up trying to keep one step ahead of your children, you can do what I did: Limit all Internet access to one computer in the family room. Put passwords on all accounts, and don’t tell the children what the passwords are. That way, you have to be in the room with them (or at least nearby) for them to go online. Works like a charm. They complain that it’s a bit intrusive, but it does wonders for the peace of mind.

You may not be able to determine what they have done, but you can put a stop to it happening again. You can black-list the site using Content Advisor; you can buy one of a myriad of “cyber-sitter” programs that regulate Web browsing; or, after giving up trying to keep one step ahead of your children, you can do what I did: Limit all Internet access to one computer in the family room. Put passwords on all accounts, and don’t tell the children what the passwords are. That way, you have to be in the room with them (or at least nearby) for them to go online. Works like a charm. They complain that it’s a bit intrusive, but it does wonders for the peace of mind.

My company scans our signatures at 200 dpi into a .pcx file, and then places the file at the root of the user’s home directory (H:) with the name of sign.pcx. Each user has a Microsoft Word macro (part of our default normal.dot) that inserts the H:sign.pcx file and sizes it to 2.0 in. by 0.5 in. This seems to work well for most applications.

My company scans our signatures at 200 dpi into a .pcx file, and then places the file at the root of the user’s home directory (H:) with the name of sign.pcx. Each user has a Microsoft Word macro (part of our default normal.dot) that inserts the H:sign.pcx file and sizes it to 2.0 in. by 0.5 in. This seems to work well for most applications.

To my knowledge, most fax applications include a printer driver that is used as a target printer for sending faxes. In your macro, the ActivePrinter command needs to contain the name of this fax driver as it appears in the Print dialog window, followed by “on”, then the port. For example:

ActivePrinter = "FACSYS on Faxprint:"   ' Set printer to FacSys
ActiveDocument.PrintOut                 ' Print document

It might be easier to record this activity, to capture the correct syntax.