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Hi KT:
Your question:
Also, what happens if say in Chapter 1, I add a page… will this now screw up the numbering? Is there a way the numbering can be updated automatically without me having to change around bookmarks?
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Answer:
I haven’t looked at it lately, but I thought I had experimented & it worked. You don’t need to keep changing the bookmark. The {NUMPAGES} field for each Chapter should update & that should change the calculation.

My recollection of updating these fields in header/footers is:
the {page} & {numpages} fields update automatically. You don’t have to Print or Print Preview. However, an {includetext} field doesn’t update immediately, as I recall.

I know that you can switch to Print Preview to update all fields (assuming you have Tools/Options/Print/Update Fields checked. You might also check the Microsoft KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar…s/Q211/6/29.ASP

for some additional information. They also mention a macro that I suppose you could assign to a shortcut key or toolbar to update all fields. I haven’t tried it yet but the commands are:

Dim aStory As Range
Dim aField As Field
For Each aStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
For Each aField In aStory.Fields
aField.Update
Next aField
Next aStory

Hope this helps.

Edited Addendum:
It may be that I think better late at night than in an afternoon. Be that as it may, tell me if the calculated fields are wrong after you add a pages to a chapter. If so, please let me know & I’ll work on another formula or otherwise look for an answer.

Hi Tom & Karen:
Well, sorry for taking up so much band width. Everything now works in both Netscape & IE. I can place an Edit icon, attach a file, in both browsers. And by disabling Style Sheets in Netscape, the size is fine. Now I’m getting off the computer before I mess everything up.

Thanks to all.

The problem may have to do with associations. Try this. Go to My Computer/View Menu/Folder Options/File Types tab. Scroll down to Microsoft Word Document.
Click Edit.
In the Actions box, click Open (should be the default)
Click Edit again

In the application used to perform action, it should read:

“c:Program FilesMicrosoft OfficeOfficeWINWORD.EXE” /n “%1”

Your path may differ. It may also be that you shouldn’t have a “%1” after the /n. I now have Word 2k & it doesn’t have the “%1”, but I think it does belong in earlier versions.

Next, Use DDE should be checked.
Then, under DDE message:
[FileOpen(“%1”)]
Again, Word 2k has
[REM _DDE_Direct][FileOpen(“%1”)]

Under Application:
WinWord

Under DDE Application not running:
should be blank

Under Topic:
System

If your action for Open is different, especially the DDE, then you can open more than one instance of Word, which is not what you want.

Hope this helps.

Hi Karen:
Thanks for checking. I wonder what your settings are in Netscape under Edit/Preferences for Appearance & on the Advanced tab. 4.08 is supposed to be the same Navigator as 4.75, so far as I know. I posted a screenshot.zip on Driveway in response to Dave’s message. I don’t know if your looking at it would help me or not.

It’s a zip file containing a Word document with the screen shots at
http://www.driveway.com/share?sid=b12f89b4.9f10b&name=Word Tips
Driveway Shared WordTips

Thanks again.

Edited Addendum:
I don’t understand what happened (I’ve been posting in Lounge also) but Netscape now shows page numbers at the bottom. However, the size of the reply box is still much different in IE & Netscape. I still don’t know if it’s default font size or not. I DO know that if I press Ctrl [ in Netscape, all the font gets smaller & the reply box gets smaller, so maybe that’s where the setting is. That’s why I’m curious as to your font setting.

Hi hotovecse:
I hope I’m not repeating something, but I found it very difficult to follow this thread–2 different questions. When this has happened to me (asking to overwrite normal.dot), it’s been 1 of 2 situations:
1. temp files (do a search for ~*.*,*.tmp on the hard drive & delete them all. If one’s in use, Window’s doesn’t let you delete them.
2. At work, on a network, the administrator has a default normal.dot. I created an AutoExec macro to make changes to it whenever I open Word. If Word crashes, I get that message. I believe someone offered a solution for using an AutoExit macro & I agree that’s the best solution.

Hope this helps.

Hi Kevin:
I am not a VBA expert by any means, but as I was perusing this forum, I noticed your question. I do know that

RichText: = True

will insert formatted text. Therefore, I would guess that

RichText: = False

would insert unformatted text (i.e. it would take the formatting of the current paragraph.

Hope this works.

Why are you copying to a different subdirectory? Why not just:
1. Right drag the file slightly
2. Choose create copy for the resulting context menu (the file will now be named “Copy of filename.ext”)
3. Press F2 & type a new name.

I admit it’s not as easy as pressing F12 in Word & then typing a new name, but it’s close.

Hope this helps.

Hi Leif:
Interestingly enough, neither of these methods tell me that I have Win 98SE, which I know I have. The first merely says Windows 98. The msinfo32 says Microsoft Windows 98 4.10.2222 A.

I’ll try to answer what I know.
1. To post a new question. Start at the main index. Find the forum that appears to cover the general topic (in this case Win 98; you’re correct). DON’T click on individual messages or threads. Across the top, you’ll see “Forum Information” on the left & a bunch of icons on the right. Hold your mouse cursor over those, & a tooltip will appear & tell you what it does. The second one makes a new post.

2. I don’t have setup.dll. I do have setupx.dll. It goes in Windows/System…not in a subfolder within System. Yes, there are many things in there; there always will be. If you look below all the folders you listed as subfolders within System, you’ll also see many files. You can replace setupx.dll by going to Start/Run & typing sfc, then press enter. Run sfc (System File Checker). System File Checker will tell you if you’ve lost necessary files or have corrupt files.

If you have any more questions on how this board works in general, there’s a forum called Lounge.

Hope this helps.

Hi John:
I can’t answer your question but I thought I’d point out that the Win 98 update file is wuhistv3.log, not wVhistv3.log.

I can tell you that Explorer/Help About will not say Win98SE, even if you have SE. Go to “My Computer”, select it & press Alt+Enter. It should say Windows 98 & on the line below “Second Edition”, if you have it. It will also have the version number. Since you have wuhistv3.log, you do have Win98SE.

Hope this helps.

Unfortunately, Word 2000 decided to change the way tabs worked in File New. The ones that are installed by Word 2000 in 1033 are hardcoded, so you can’t change where they are. Not without a lot of trouble. Word internally knows where they are. You’d have to copy them to a place that Word didn’t find, uninstall them, & then create your folders & copy them back inside. I’m not postive, but I think if you ever use detect & repair, Word “repairs” the template tabs.

Hope this helps.

Hi Dreamboat:
Here’s a tip I copied some time ago. This should work. If you don’t have multiple users configured: Open Control Panel, and double-click on the Network icon. From the list entitled Primary Network Logon:, choose Windows Logon, and press OK.

Note: If this doesn’t work, make sure you didn’t initially configure a password for yourself. If you did,Windows will always require it. Double-click on the Passwords icon in Control Panel to choose nothing (leave it blank) for your password.

If you do have multiple users configured: Run the Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE). Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Network Logon. Double-click on the Process Logon Script value, and change the data from 0000 00 to 0000 01

Tools/AutoCorrect…/AutoFormat As You Type tab/ uncheck “Apply as you type” “Automatic numbered lists”. While you’re there, you might want to uncheck other options as well. You should definitely uncheck the very bottom option “screw up, er, I mean, Define styles based on your formatting”. You might also go to the AutoFormat tab & uncheck items you don’t want automatically formatted. That will only affect you if you auto format the whole document, though. It doesn’t affect ordinary typing.

Hope this helps.

Never heard of this before. Do you have “click & type” enabled? Try going to Tools/Options/Edit tab & unchecking the box. Another guess would be accidentally hitting the tab key–or maybe there’s some key combination that activates a jump (sort of like Shift+F4 or Shift+F5).

Hope this helps.

I think it was rushed, Tom. I still use 4.75. Same thing happened with Word Perfect. Instead of improving the product to meet the competition, they wait until they lose 90% of the market before making real improvements