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Hans,

Thanks for the wonderful advice.

Loretta

JohnL,

I don’t have Outlook XP but when this happens in Outlook 2000, it’s due to the message format being HTML. HTML-formatted messages act in ways similar to web pages.

When you say: “I type a line and proceed to the next line” are you pressing the Enter key? If so, that’s part of the reason you’re getting the double spacing. In HTML, pressing the Enter key equates to the paragraph tag. HTML always adds an extra blank line after a paragraph.

So, only press Enter if you need to have a blank line between “paragraphs”.

Of course, Outlook XP may be different.

JohnL,

I don’t have Outlook XP but when this happens in Outlook 2000, it’s due to the message format being HTML. HTML-formatted messages act in ways similar to web pages.

When you say: “I type a line and proceed to the next line” are you pressing the Enter key? If so, that’s part of the reason you’re getting the double spacing. In HTML, pressing the Enter key equates to the paragraph tag. HTML always adds an extra blank line after a paragraph.

So, only press Enter if you need to have a blank line between “paragraphs”.

Of course, Outlook XP may be different.

Dax,

Here’s ONE option. In FrontPage open the WEB that you generally work in. Then, go to Tools , Options. On the General tab, click Open last Web automatically when FrontPage starts. Then click OK.

I use linked style sheets extensively on my intranet web site. They make my pages have a consistent look and feel. They certainly speed up the process of creating new pages.

The linked style sheets provide me with another huge advantage. They help my pages be Section 508 (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant. I use the style sheets for font choices, colors, alignment, etc. Here’s how they help with Section 508. Let’s say I want to use red for the color of the fonts. I code that in the style sheet. For a visually disabled viewer, they can override my style sheet and use theirs. This enables them to make the font whatever color that works better for them. Red is just used as an example since there are many color-blind people who can’t see red. So they might have black as their font color in the style sheet.

I have to admit that linked style sheets can be just a little frustrating with tables. I use the

tag frequently on my tables to help comply with the Section 508 issues. There have been a few occasions when I would prefer to use different settings for the tag than are in my style sheets. Then you have to get creative. The

tag can be even trickier because the overall settings in the style sheet may not be appropriate for all cells. It’s just a matter of adding the correct code to over ride the style sheet. Unfortunately, that may violate some 508 standards depending on the level of additional coding. For most folks developing web pages, being compliant with Section 508 isn’t an issue. Working for the US government, makes it an issue for me.

I completely agree with Mark that FrontPage can severely bloat the html for tables! The worst part is that you can remove the unnecessary code and FrontPage will put it back in. I like more control and often tweak the pages in Notepad. However, I also use the FrontPage extensions and need to edit in FrontPage.

Good luck with this feature. The more you use .css pages, the more you will like them.

I just recently had this problem in Excel 2000. While the MSKB said it could only apply if you also had Norton Anti-Virus installed, that’s not true. We use McAfee and I still had the problem. I have the Distiller so I simply deleted the add in.

Thanks for the suggestions. I’ll post back the results of what we did.

Just a quick comment on the information in the first post:

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All I’ve found was print preview — and I can’t edit in that mode.
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You definitely CAN edit in Print Preview! When in Print Preview , click on the Magnifier icon to be able to edit the document in Print Preview! On my installation of Word 2000, it’s the icon just to the right of the Printer icon on the Print Preview toolbar.

Sometimes when working with graphics in a Word document, it’s easier to work on placement by editing in the Print Preview mode!

Just in case anyone else needs a similar fix, I deleted this code :

nNOW click

here to continue.

and replaced it with this code.

Oh, the extra stuff Microsoft PowerPoint added in when converting a slide to html (and it’s XML)!

I just love Woody’s Lounge! Sometimes you pick up a tip that makes your computing life easier and that’s just what happened when reviewing today’s Daily Archive of Excel! Even after using software for years (like Excel), you don’t know all of the tricks or features. That’s why I love this place.

JScher2000,

Thanks for your reply. I’ll add the appropriate javascript. It will be interesting to see exactly where to place the javascript to make it work.

BTW: Do you ever sleep? I noticed the time of your reply.

I also turn OFF the AutoFormat as you type feature, in particular the option Format beginning of list item like the one before it . You’ll find these in Tools menu, AutoCorrect towards the bottom under Automatically as you type. See attached screenshot.

I prefer to apply MY styles and formatting rather than relying on Microsoft’s choice. I guess I’m a control freak.

I just read Hans reply. I truly appreciate learning this trick!

I have users who occasionally download data from another datasource into Excel. Sometimes the numbers import as text. OR I have users who unknowingly format numbers as text and don’t know they did it until they’ve saved and tried to create a formula. Obviously, if it’s only a cell or two, it’s no big deal to fix them manually. If many cells are incorrectly formatted as text, I’ve taken the QUICKEST route I KNEW. I would import the worksheet into an Access table, format the numbers are numeric and export the data back into Excel. Now I KNOW there’s an easier way!!

Just for grins and to satisfy my curiosity, I decided to see what Excel HELP would provide. (I knew I had searched HELP before.) I typed in convert text to number , convert text to numeric , and a variety of other combinations. I even typed Text to columns . As expected, HELP was less than helpful. HELP came up with the following topic titles: Separate copied text data into columns and Separate text across cells . I guess I’m just thick-headed for not realizing that these topic titles would provide help on converting text to numbers!

Thanks again!

Thanks to EVERYONE who provided some helpful information. Woody’s is still the best source for RELIABLE help!

Here’s another take on this issue.

Some rotten folks send out thousands of thousands of email without even knowing whether or not they have a valid email address. When you reply (even with a “rejection email”), they then know that they have a valid email address! Then they just keep sending emails.

So, I advise our staff NOT to reply. Otherwise, I agree with jscher2000 — Set up a rule to delete any mail from that email address – or use the Junk Mail feature.