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What does Microsoft want me to do?
When I installed MicroSoft Office 2003 Teacher and Student, it did stupid
things to my ability to use MicroSoft Works on my machine. One of these is a request to Register my software when I call up an XLS file for Works Spreadsheet. When I click on Register to get rid of the notice, I get this page http://register.microsoft.com/regsys...4538&lcid=1033 which produces a 404 error. I can't find Works on the Microsoft site and besides I think the problem is Office. The other problem is when I try to pullup the Works Word Processor (not the version of Office in the Works Suite). I get a demand that I come up with the installation disk for the license statement, when I have been using the product for years. There I can't get into the WP, so I re-aimed WPS to open Word. (Works has a couple of features in searching for control characters that I like that Word does not seem to have. And it shows Tabs better) I put in a request for assistance and exchanged e-mails showing copies of the screen and got idiotic restatements of what I wanted ("I understand you want to use a spreadsheet. Is this correct?") and no help. |
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What does Microsoft want me to do?
You should be able to get both Works and Office to work on the same computer.
I suggest that you attack two problems separately: 1. Insure that both Works and Office run 2. Decide on and set-up file associations 1. Try to get Word (and the other Office programs) to run directly; that is without double-clicking a document icon. and do the same for Works. If Works does not run, then remove it and re-install it from your CD. 2. Set-up the default application for each of your filetypes. Deciding if Office or Works should open a .doc file is not any different than deciding if Word or Wordpad should open a .doc file 3. Even if associations get scrambled you can always start the application first and then use File Open to open your file. -- Gary's Student "Mike1942" wrote: When I installed MicroSoft Office 2003 Teacher and Student, it did stupid things to my ability to use MicroSoft Works on my machine. One of these is a request to Register my software when I call up an XLS file for Works Spreadsheet. When I click on Register to get rid of the notice, I get this page http://register.microsoft.com/regsys...4538&lcid=1033 which produces a 404 error. I can't find Works on the Microsoft site and besides I think the problem is Office. The other problem is when I try to pullup the Works Word Processor (not the version of Office in the Works Suite). I get a demand that I come up with the installation disk for the license statement, when I have been using the product for years. There I can't get into the WP, so I re-aimed WPS to open Word. (Works has a couple of features in searching for control characters that I like that Word does not seem to have. And it shows Tabs better) I put in a request for assistance and exchanged e-mails showing copies of the screen and got idiotic restatements of what I wanted ("I understand you want to use a spreadsheet. Is this correct?") and no help. |
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