Office XP Problems

[gmgq]

1. How do I enable the File menu to display the recently opened documents? Now I found the option to enable it in the Options (or Customize) menu, but it's grayed out so that I cannot select it?? I'm logged on as the Administrator, yet I still can't access it. And it's a fresh install of the program on a fresh OS too...

2. How do I disable Word's automatic paragraph indentation??? I've always 'lived with it shoving the previous lines over when I press the TAB key, then dragging the arrow on the ruler back to it's original position, so that the previous lines go back to the left. But then I realized, why do I have to do that everytime??? I checked the Autoformat menu, but I can't find anything that's pertinent to this. I've tried disabling all of them, but it still does it. ???

[jadison]

I apologize for not being able to answer your questions @ this moment, but be sure to check out my Office XP Tips" that comes about every week in the [b]Tips, Tricks, & Reference[b] forum. There are tons of useful tricks and other resources in there, and maybe some answers to your questions too. :)

[gmgq]

No rush, Jadison. Yeah, I browsed your tips before I posted, and I couldn't find anything relevant to my issues. These things have been little annoyances that have been buggin' me, that's all. When you have time, LMK if you know what's up. Thanks!

[Pshawn5]

umm this is an off topic question, but is office xp have an advantages over office 2k?

[hirschY]

pshawn, yeah, they moved everything around, so you cant find anything!
Rename this, move that, forget about this option......

Uhm, I like Win2K and Office 2K, NOT XP anything, except for AMd's that is:D

[surrealchereal]

Well gee hirshY they had to keep in the same sprit as XP the OS!
I can't find anything in XP (files) it drives me nuts! :)

Heck I liked 97!

oops sorry,,
I digress.....

[patrick]

I'm not sure but in OfficeXP you can go to tools/options/general and there is an entry for how many recently opened files to show under "files".

Your second one confuses me since my documents didn't indent automatically. I had to set up a style sheet to do it. I suspect someone has set your "normal" style sheet to autoindent at the start of paragraphs. If that's the case, you just need to modify the style sheet.

I used three style sheets--block paragraphs, indent first line, and indent both margines--which I access with keyboard commands.

And, although it's not on topic, I rather enjoy WinXP and OfficeXP.

[Mntsnow]

Thanks for posting Patrick! and Welcome !

[madfish]

Ermmm surreal? whats "I digress....." mean?

[Pshawn5]

this is what webster's dictionary said:
digress

v 1: turn aside esp. from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story" [syn: stray, divagate, wander] 2: wander from a direct or straight course [syn: stray, sidetrack, depart, straggle]