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Fishmidi
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Bob,
Please advise on the step when you click INSERT CHART and select chart type.
The error message : "Close dialogue boxes and CANCEL EDITING MODE OF EXCEL"
No dialogue boxes open; would EXCEL 2003 be causing this? Fishmidi
"Bob Buckland ?
" wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Yes, Word 2007's interface is certainly a bit different
>
> If I understand your scenario correctly, In Word 2007 as with Word 2003 you
> can create a template to use that would be landscape oriented and include
> your default header and footers so that you wouldn't need to start over each
> day.
>
> It appears that from your description you may be doing this manually each
> time? If so, then steps in Word 2007 would be something along the lines of
>
> 1. Start a new Word document in Page Layout view.
>
> 2. Click Page Layout, Orientation, select Landscape.
>
> 3. In the document double click in the top margin area to switch to
> header/footer view (or use Insert=>Header).
>
> 4. While in the header check the 'Different Odd & Even Pages' box in the
> the Options group of the
> Header and Footer Tools=/Design\
> ribbon that should appear when you entered the Header.
>
> 5. While in the Header, choose Insert=>WordArt, which brings up the same
> gallery as in Word 2003.
>
> 6. To return to the document area, double click in the document below the
> 'Header' line that appears on screen.
>
> 7. For the method you described of inserting an object from File, I'm not
> clear on your process
> (i.e. inserting from a file rather than Insert=>Object) but
> Insert=>Object=>Object will still bring up the old dialog for selecting the
> spreadsheet, as one approach.
>
> The Charting 'engine' was rewritten for Office 2007 and is shared between
> the apps. The data table is still part of the chart but is set to not
> display as a default. You may want to try this approach to start to see if
> this is the result you're looking to achieve?
>
> a. Insert=>Chart
> b. Select Chart Template style.
> c. Excel launches with sample data similar to Word 2003's.
> d. Edit the data as needed, the chart in Word should show the changes as
> you go.
> e. Close Excel.
> f. Select the chart in Word and note the Chart Tools tab above the ribbon.
> g. Under the Chart Tools tab select
> Layout=>Labels=>Data Table=>Show Data Table
>
> If the difference in your daily report in Word are the numbers rather than
> the look, you can save the chart as part of the Word template, start your new
> document from that each day, and modify the figures in the chart from inside
> of Word.
>
> For finding the commmands, if you use shortcut keys in Word 2003, many of
> the older ctrl+ and FKey ones are still the same in Word 2007 as are a number
> of the Alt+ keys to navigate the menus.
> For example, Alt,V,H will take you to Word 2003's View=>Heasder/Footer
> menu equivalent in Word 2007.
>
> If you go to Help in Word 2007 and type in the search term of
>
> old keyboard commands
>
> either in offline or online Word 2007 help, one of the first listings that
> comes up should be for using the Word 2003 key shortcuts (now called 'access
> keys' in Word 2007 for the Alt commands and still keyboard shortcuts for the
> others.
>
> ================
> We are having enormous problems with Word 2007. We are running XP Pro with
> > all updates and service packs. Office 2007 was installed last Friday
> > (15/12/06). Apart from all the other issues about 'ribbons' (which we believe
> > Microsoft has made a terrible design blunder with this), we are having a
> > nightmare producing our normal daily reports in Word. In Word 2003 we created
> > a landscape orientated document each morning with 2 pages, and chose
> > different odd and even for our headers ((This is now far too long winded in
> > Word 2007 and we continue to not be able to find the commands we are looking
> > for)). Once we have done this we insert a Wordart header into the new blank
> > header template and format it (this is also now very clumsy compared to what
> > it used to be). This is then followed by inserting an object from a file e.g.
> > an Excel spreadsheet with a block of data and a chart on the worksheet page.
> > In the past this has come across as a single object and then we resized it as
> > required to fit onto the Word page. This, apparently no longer works whether
> > you are doing it as word/excel (doc/xls) or word/excel (docx/xlsx files). The
> > only way to do this is a very long winded copy each object, paste special and
> > choose either the Excel workbook or the Excel graphic. How can this be
> > considered an increase in productivity? We believe Office 2007 will be
> > rejected by most people. Some of the new features are okay (except the
> > ribbon), the frustrations, learning curve (and cost behind that) are far too
> > excessive to justify the change. It is a well known fact in our industry that
> > every other version of Office is the way to go. Office 2000 was superb, we
> > skipped XP and moved to 2003 which has been a real workhorse - short on lots
> > of functionality but very stable and usable. Looks like Office 2007 has
> > fallen into the 'skip one cycle'. The comments that we have been reading
> > about Office 2007 from the pros all seem to suggest that it has been
> > redesigned to suit the non-power user - make it easier for those who only use
> > it sparingly - why is that - surely Microsoft need to cater for the people
> > who are demanding and power users as they use the product the most.
>
Please advise on the step when you click INSERT CHART and select chart type.
The error message : "Close dialogue boxes and CANCEL EDITING MODE OF EXCEL"
No dialogue boxes open; would EXCEL 2003 be causing this? Fishmidi
"Bob Buckland ?
" wrote:> Hi Bill,
>
> Yes, Word 2007's interface is certainly a bit different
>
> If I understand your scenario correctly, In Word 2007 as with Word 2003 you
> can create a template to use that would be landscape oriented and include
> your default header and footers so that you wouldn't need to start over each
> day.
>
> It appears that from your description you may be doing this manually each
> time? If so, then steps in Word 2007 would be something along the lines of
>
> 1. Start a new Word document in Page Layout view.
>
> 2. Click Page Layout, Orientation, select Landscape.
>
> 3. In the document double click in the top margin area to switch to
> header/footer view (or use Insert=>Header).
>
> 4. While in the header check the 'Different Odd & Even Pages' box in the
> the Options group of the
> Header and Footer Tools=/Design\
> ribbon that should appear when you entered the Header.
>
> 5. While in the Header, choose Insert=>WordArt, which brings up the same
> gallery as in Word 2003.
>
> 6. To return to the document area, double click in the document below the
> 'Header' line that appears on screen.
>
> 7. For the method you described of inserting an object from File, I'm not
> clear on your process
> (i.e. inserting from a file rather than Insert=>Object) but
> Insert=>Object=>Object will still bring up the old dialog for selecting the
> spreadsheet, as one approach.
>
> The Charting 'engine' was rewritten for Office 2007 and is shared between
> the apps. The data table is still part of the chart but is set to not
> display as a default. You may want to try this approach to start to see if
> this is the result you're looking to achieve?
>
> a. Insert=>Chart
> b. Select Chart Template style.
> c. Excel launches with sample data similar to Word 2003's.
> d. Edit the data as needed, the chart in Word should show the changes as
> you go.
> e. Close Excel.
> f. Select the chart in Word and note the Chart Tools tab above the ribbon.
> g. Under the Chart Tools tab select
> Layout=>Labels=>Data Table=>Show Data Table
>
> If the difference in your daily report in Word are the numbers rather than
> the look, you can save the chart as part of the Word template, start your new
> document from that each day, and modify the figures in the chart from inside
> of Word.
>
> For finding the commmands, if you use shortcut keys in Word 2003, many of
> the older ctrl+ and FKey ones are still the same in Word 2007 as are a number
> of the Alt+ keys to navigate the menus.
> For example, Alt,V,H will take you to Word 2003's View=>Heasder/Footer
> menu equivalent in Word 2007.
>
> If you go to Help in Word 2007 and type in the search term of
>
> old keyboard commands
>
> either in offline or online Word 2007 help, one of the first listings that
> comes up should be for using the Word 2003 key shortcuts (now called 'access
> keys' in Word 2007 for the Alt commands and still keyboard shortcuts for the
> others.
>
> ================
> We are having enormous problems with Word 2007. We are running XP Pro with
> > all updates and service packs. Office 2007 was installed last Friday
> > (15/12/06). Apart from all the other issues about 'ribbons' (which we believe
> > Microsoft has made a terrible design blunder with this), we are having a
> > nightmare producing our normal daily reports in Word. In Word 2003 we created
> > a landscape orientated document each morning with 2 pages, and chose
> > different odd and even for our headers ((This is now far too long winded in
> > Word 2007 and we continue to not be able to find the commands we are looking
> > for)). Once we have done this we insert a Wordart header into the new blank
> > header template and format it (this is also now very clumsy compared to what
> > it used to be). This is then followed by inserting an object from a file e.g.
> > an Excel spreadsheet with a block of data and a chart on the worksheet page.
> > In the past this has come across as a single object and then we resized it as
> > required to fit onto the Word page. This, apparently no longer works whether
> > you are doing it as word/excel (doc/xls) or word/excel (docx/xlsx files). The
> > only way to do this is a very long winded copy each object, paste special and
> > choose either the Excel workbook or the Excel graphic. How can this be
> > considered an increase in productivity? We believe Office 2007 will be
> > rejected by most people. Some of the new features are okay (except the
> > ribbon), the frustrations, learning curve (and cost behind that) are far too
> > excessive to justify the change. It is a well known fact in our industry that
> > every other version of Office is the way to go. Office 2000 was superb, we
> > skipped XP and moved to 2003 which has been a real workhorse - short on lots
> > of functionality but very stable and usable. Looks like Office 2007 has
> > fallen into the 'skip one cycle'. The comments that we have been reading
> > about Office 2007 from the pros all seem to suggest that it has been
> > redesigned to suit the non-power user - make it easier for those who only use
> > it sparingly - why is that - surely Microsoft need to cater for the people
> > who are demanding and power users as they use the product the most.
>