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Pk-t112 · Guest

I also am getting this message. I have a 3 week old Gateway, Vista Home
Premium, Word 2007. I did activate the trial version using the product key,
and it has not expired yet. I keep getting a message reminding me that I will
need to buy the full version and can do it through the internet
(recommended). For today, I just want to do my work, and am having the same
problem as previous posts. THe task bars are locked, I can not type anything.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Rae Drysdale · Guest

You'll find a checkmark in the Wingdings font. Have you also tried using the
character map? Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Character Map.
Somehow they seem easier to find here. Hope this helps.
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Rae Drysdale

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Vsn · Guest

Hi all,

Thx for the 3 advices. I will try later, I currently travel and do not have
access to the troublesome computer. Will respond once I hopefully succeeded
with your advices.

Thx,
Ludovic

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Jeff · Guest

On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:19:37 +0100, Terry Farrell wrote:

Beth Melton · Guest

I'm glad you posted this, Greg. :-)

Until now I was feeling like the only MVP who actually supports the new
version. (I know there are a few others but they're on the soft-spoken side.
Wink

)

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Cicely Waldrop · Guest

Hi Greg,

If you don't mind I would like to see your Word customizations. Could
you please send it to jonescrazi@gmail.com?

Thanks so very much

-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Maxey [mailto:gmaxey@mvps.oSCARrOMEOgOLF]
Posted At: Sunday, April 22, 2007 2:09 AM
Posted To: microsoft.public.word.newusers
Conversation: FYI Word 2007 users who must have menus
Subject: Re: FYI Word 2007 users who must have menus

Larry,

I have read many of your posts and your disappointment with Word2007 is
clearly evident. To be blunt you are beginning to sound like a broken
record.

I am not thrilled by it either, but there are many features that I like
and
the more I use it my initial ire continues to diminish. I have spent a
little time playing with RibbonX custimaztion and while I am far from
proficient, I have been able to create some custom tabs and I am
actually
quite satisfied with the result. I sent you an e-mail (or tried)
offering
to send you a sample document with some simple ribbon cusotomizations.
I
will still do that if you are interested.

Do you have a garage? If I recall correctly, Microsoft was born in a
garage. Why don't you design a word processing application in your
garage
or similiar small space that satisfies all of your tastes and
requirement
and market it? If you pull it off and there really are millions of
users
and thousands of companies that feel the same as you then your fortune
is
made.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Larry wrote:

Terry Farrell · Guest

It is definitely a symptom that it has expired.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Pk-t112" <Pk-t112@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Larry · Guest

That's a cheap shot, Greg, and it's beside the point. I'm not a software
designer. My criticisms of the Word 2007 monstrosity stand.

Hey, if MS created two alternative versions of Word, one for people who
really like the design of Word 2007 and really enjoy spending months
figuring out how to use it, and one for people who expect a basic product
into which they've invested years of their lives to remain in existence,
then I'd have no problem with that.

Larry

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Greg Maxey · Guest

Larry,

I don't see anything cheap in the shot at all. Of course that is my opinion
and it differs from yours.

My point remains that anyone that has been reading your posts recently is
fully aware that you don't like Word2007. To continue the diatribe is well
.... sounding like a broken record. Again this is just my opinion. Your
endless grousing about Word2007 here in this formum is not going to bring
back the old UI.

You have other options. Designing your own software was just one of them.

--
Greg Maxey/Word MVP
See:
http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tips.htm
For some helpful tips using Word.

Larry wrote:

livetohike · Guest

On Apr 20, 6:01 pm, "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnh...@mvps.org> wrote:

Suzanne S. Barnhill · Guest

I think Microsoft has already created the two alternative versions you wish;
the latter is Word 2003.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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all may benefit.

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CyberTaz · Guest

The clock starts when the trial version is *installed* not when the user
"gets around" to activating it.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

On 4/22/07 8:20 AM, in article
B348257E-A68C-4578-945F-4DCF7DBC1500@microsoft.com, "Pk-t112"
<Pk-t112@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Beth Melton · Guest

The "cheap shot", Larry, is spending a limited amount of time using Word
2007, forming quick and non-researched opinions, and then criticizing it
every chance you get.

I'm sure if I spent 5 to 10 minutes using "Larry's Word", and if I were one
to form quick and non-researched opinions, I'd think it was hideous, a
catastrophe, and a monstrosity - all because I haven't taken the time to use
it.

What you say takes months to learn really doesn't take that long at all.
Now, I spent months learning about the new features (which is true of any
new version), but I adapted to the UI fairly quickly. FWIW, I've been using
the Office applications, with the menus/toolbars, since 1985, starting with
Excel on a Mac. I went from using SuperCalc and WordStar with the slash
commands and I couldn't imagine how using a mouse would help me work faster
than my trusty keyboard navigation! But once I got the hang of using a mouse
I never looked back.

The UI you love was designed for 1989, just as the slash command nagivation
was designed for early computer applications. A lot has changed since then
and the programs outgrew the menu/toolbar system. I'm surprised they didn't
do this long ago.

I think the bottom line is, if you prefer to drive your 1950 Chevy with no
air conditioning, manual steering, manual transmission, and drum brakes,
then by all means, keep driving it. I prefer to drive my new convertible
with air conditioning, automatic steering, split shift transmission (can
switch to automatic or manual), anti-lock brakes, heated leather seats, GPS,
and 4-disc CD changer. I like my car and I'm tired of someone merely kicking
the tires and making assumptions about it.

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Beth Melton

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Stan Brown · Guest

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:57:34 -0400 from Larry <larry328NOSPAM@att.net>: