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Hi Judith:
I stand corrected. I will modify my posts.

For troubleshooting, take a look at post 197827. When you say she must click on Show/Hide, I assume you mean from the Table menu. The Show/Hide button on the standard toolbar should have nothing to do with showing gridlines.

I use AlanMiller. I’ve never seen a better search engine for freeware.

Here is a macro (unfortunately, I can’t remember the author) that formats any fraction. You can turn off the autocorrect options & run this macro by assigning it to a toolbar or menu.

Sub Fraction()
'
' Fraction Macro
' Macro created 12/1/01
'   Changes fraction to superscript/subscript
'   Adds space after fraction to continue typing
'   Works with multi-digit numerator & denominator
'   Must type two spaces before proper fraction
'
    Dim OrigFrac As String
    Dim Numerator As String, Denominator As String
    Dim NewSlashChar As String
    Dim SlashPos As Integer

    NewSlashChar = "/"

    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=3, Extend:=wdExtend
    OrigFrac = Selection
    SlashPos = InStr(OrigFrac, "/")
    Numerator = Left(OrigFrac, SlashPos - 1)
    Denominator = Right(OrigFrac, Len(OrigFrac) - SlashPos)
    Selection.Font.Superscript = True
    Selection.TypeText Text:=Numerator
    Selection.Font.Superscript = False
    Selection.TypeText Text:=NewSlashChar
    Selection.Font.Subscript = True
    Selection.TypeText Text:=Denominator
    Selection.Font.Subscript = False

    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=3
    Selection.TypeBackspace

    Selection.EndKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.TypeText Text:=" "
    Selection.Font.Subscript = False
End Sub

Cheers,

Glad it helped you.

Hi Linda:
I would try renaming the extensions or moving the templates that you list out of the startup folders. Hans mentioned in post 518,641, where you can find instructions on how to do so. I also suspect that the document that your associate sent contains macros. A problem with the macro could activate the de######. Make a copy of the document & remove any macros. You can open the copy, press Alt+F11 to open the VBE (Visual Basic Editor) & stop the de######. Then go to the organizer & delete any modules in the document.

Tracking cookies generally come from a website that you’ve visited or a download. I would take a look at post 407306 & post 385669 for information on how to keep your computer free of spyware.

One other thing. You might also go to Bill Coan’s website & download his hidden file detector. It’s possible that the document that you have is attempting to send out information, by using fields.
Hope this helps,

Hi Macropod:
I don’t have Word 2000 anymore to check, but the behavior may be different in Word 2003. If I use File/SaveAs with a document containing the CreateDate field, the field doesn’t automatically update when I open it. It will, of course, if I select it & press F9. However, the original poster was looking for a way to print the document with the original date & one way might be to substitute the CreateDate field & then unlink it with Ctrl+Shift+F9.

As Hans mentioned, you can use Find/Replace to find the number of characters that share a particular format.
Using wildcards
Find: * & put in the formatting that you’re looking for
Replace: ^& this is the wildcard for replacing what is found with itself
Hit Replace All. Word will give you a count of the number of replacements.

Do you have an HP printer? I have an HP All-in-one Deskjet & it did the same thing. I think I got rid of it by turning off Printer notifications thru CtrlPanel/Printers & Faxes/File/Server Properties/Advanced tab, but I’m not sure. It’s been awhile. I also seem to recall that HP accesses the internet to check for driver & software updates.

I’m not sure of a solution, but notice that you haven’t gotten any answers yet. Have you tried updating your video driver? How much RAM do you have? You might also check to see what else you have running when you have Explorer open.

Hi Justin:
FWIW, I find it easier to use a couple of shortcut keys, rather than the format painter. If you select text or a paragraph & press Ctrl+Shift+C, you copy the formatting of the character formatting of the text or the paragraph formatting of the paragraph. If you then select different text (or place the cursor in a paragraph) & press Ctrl+Shift+V. the formatting is copied. The advantage is that you can do other things in the document (pasting, editing, etc.) & still paste the formatting later with the shortcut key.
Cheers,

Pretty much, Word will duplicate your row or column when you add another row or column.

Just read this. Thanks, Alan. I’ve changed my settings. FWIW, Firefox & my old Netscape Communicator 4.75 did not paste the text.

Hi Kathy:
Check out Sort Start Menu and Favorites in Alphabetical Order & also Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 177482.
Hope this helps.