Re: office X

2004-10-28 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Wednesday, October 27, 2004, at 07:50 PM, michael Vogt wrote: Thanks for all the help with this I will do some checking at the school Michael & Sharon Vogt <>< On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: Well, I'm late to this, but I have seen this if the Office X wasn't installed with t

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread michael Vogt
Thanks for all the help with this I will do some checking at the school Michael & Sharon Vogt <>< On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:23 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:09 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 27/10/04 18:40, "Harry D. Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 27, 2004, at 4:21 PM, La

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Oct 27, 2004, at 7:09 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: On 27/10/04 18:40, "Harry D. Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 27, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Because the solution is to defeat the mechanism by which any Office component can check the network for another copy running,

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Oct 27, 2004, at 6:17 PM, Harry D.Corsover wrote: Thanks, Timothy. You must be a lot better at Googling than I am. I've spent way more than 3 minutes and I'm still in the dark. Why can't the fix just be posted here? I thought that the purpose was to ask folks to do a little homework before th

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/10/04 18:40, "Harry D. Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 27, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: > >> Because the solution is to defeat the mechanism by which any Office >> component can check the network for another copy running, which kind >> of mean >> defeating a copy

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Oct 27, 2004, at 4:21 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: Because the solution is to defeat the mechanism by which any Office component can check the network for another copy running, which kind of mean defeating a copy protection. That wouldn't be very smart to post in a public list like this one and

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/10/04 18:17, "Harry D. Corsover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 27, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: > >> took me about 3 minutes with Google. >> >> hint: always check the website of the company that developed the >> software. In google, you can limit to a site/domain by using

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Harry D . Corsover
On Oct 27, 2004, at 3:31 PM, Timothy Luoma wrote: took me about 3 minutes with Google. hint: always check the website of the company that developed the software. In google, you can limit to a site/domain by using the "site:" flag, so instead of foo bash bar try foo bash bar site:micros

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Timothy Luoma
On Oct 27, 2004, at 3:01 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: There is a known fix for this problem. I'm not going to tell you on this list but I'm sure that if you do a little research, you'll find the answer... took me about 3 minutes with Google. hint: always check the website of the company that develo

Re: office X

2004-10-27 Thread Laurent Daudelin
On 27/10/04 14:04, "michael Vogt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all I have site license and then we are on network sometimes we > get error that word is being used by anther user on anther computer and > can open word on this computer > any one had this problem and do you know a fix There is

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-09 Thread Kris McGrath
It was someone else's file. I support a 'bilingual' environment 60%/40% PC to Mac. Sometimes the best solutions I come up involve a mac smiling through a window! It is worth noting thought that unlike Alain, my case involved a flat data-file. There was no importing involved. I never did figure

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-09 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sun, 8 Feb 2004, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote: [snip] > 4) File size: 290Kb (small but unfortunately containing important data). > > Despite lack of success, I'm still hoping, and I'm still all ears to > any advice. Not sure if I suggested this here or in another thread - if there's only one sheet

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-09 Thread CONGELADORA MORELIA
Brilliant. Solution to opening (and recovering) Excel workbook data was opening the workbook from within the icExcel demo application. All data recovered. One minor glitch: formatting was lost, but no harm done. I will buy icExcel. I must assume that the particular workbook was corrupted seen a

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Mary Russell
laurent.daudelin wrote: "on 08/02/04 20:38, CONGELADORA MORELIA wrote: Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as follows:" Have you tried "icexcel".? There is a free trial download. I bought it, and it has always opened every spreadsheet. I also have "icword".

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Ned1
Another possible solution is to use MacLink Plus Deluxe to access the file. You can set the software up to translate the file from one version to another. It can also be used to identify the existing file's author and version. Finally, it can be used to open the file in a fashion similar to t

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 08/02/04 20:38, CONGELADORA MORELIA at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as > follows: > > 1)Permissions: The file is mine, permissions seem to be OK (I'm the > owner/ only user, registered as Administrator). No password protection, > so

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread CONGELADORA MORELIA
Thanks for the possible solutions offered, which I have tried, as follows: 1)Permissions: The file is mine, permissions seem to be OK (I'm the owner/ only user, registered as Administrator). No password protection, so passwords not an issue. File not locked. 2)Warning/dialogue boxes: I get the

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Frank P. Eigler
On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Kris McGrath wrote: > I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give. > > Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone > with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs > and didn't get anywhere. When

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-08 Thread Frank P. Eigler
What happens in these situations? Nothing? A warning/dialog box? My first thought is to check/repair permissions. Another would be to "Get Info" on the file, go to "Open With", navigate to Excel, then verify to "Always Open With...". Hmm - what size is the file? Do you know for a fact it's a legit

Re: Office X: Opening Excel

2004-02-07 Thread Kris McGrath
I admit up-front- this isn't the kind of advice I normally give. Try opening the file on a PC with MS Office. I had this happen for someone with an iMac DV, OS 9.1, Office 2001. I tried on a couple of different macs and didn't get anywhere. When I tried on my PC, it showed the "Conversion in pr