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Old March 9th 19, 09:27 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default What have I done?

I have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability for my
tired old eyes, and now the tables are all f'ed up. They remain okay
in Libre Ofice tho. For example - here is snap of two table rows with
seven cells as they now exist in MS Word:

https://i.imgur.com/Br8qajJ.jpg

and here is an extract of the same 2 rows in Libre Office:

https://imgur.com/DjIUSkJ

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?

Thanks

xxxxx
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Old March 9th 19, 10:05 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 09/03/2019 20:27, wrote:

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?


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option considering you are a person of low intelligence.

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Old March 10th 19, 01:46 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default What have I done?

On 3/9/2019 7:01 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:02:17 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 16:43:06 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
wrote:

On 3/9/2019 2:33 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

Â* have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003.Â* Has always worked fine.Â* I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability

SOmetimes if you set a background colour, and leave the foreground on
"auto" rather than setting a foreground colour, MS office gets confused
while LibreOffice displays ok

suggest you select the whole table, and set e.g. white background and
black foreground

I agree with Andy Burns but if that does not fix things I would also
suggest selecting the entire spreadsheet and selecting the Font type
again. Possibly the white on white, as it appears, is due to a font
that MS Office does not have or support but LibreOffice does.



Fonts are generally supported by Windows, not by the programs running
under them.


I tried some of your suggs - no improvement - just made things worse.
One thing really surprises me - the lack of the grid lines as well.
So the overall table suffers the same problem.
xxxxx

Dumb question: If you have not saved the file since the problem started
will CNTRL z hit multiple times keep undeleting the change until you get
it back where it should be.




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Old March 10th 19, 02:20 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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On 10/03/2019 00:46, Keith Nuttle wrote:
On 3/9/2019 7:01 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:02:17 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 16:43:06 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
wrote:

On 3/9/2019 2:33 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability

SOmetimes if you set a background colour, and leave the foreground on
"auto" rather than setting a foreground colour, MS office gets
confused
while LibreOffice displays ok

suggest you select the whole table, and set e.g. white background and
black foreground

I agree with Andy Burns but if that does not fix things I would also
suggest selecting the entire spreadsheet and selecting the Font type
again. Possibly the white on white, as it appears, is due to a font
that MS Office does not have or support but LibreOffice does.


Fonts are generally supported by Windows, not by the programs running
under them.


I tried some of your suggs - no improvement - just made things worse.
One thing really surprises me - the lack of the grid lines as well.
So the overall table suffers the same problem.
xxxxx

Dumb question: If you have not saved the file since the problem
started will CNTRL z hit multiple times keep undeleting the change
until you get it back where it should be.





It might or it might not. The problem is the original poster has
limited intelligence and so nothing works for him. Last week he
couldn't find a switch button on his computer case now how the heell are
you going to help such guys.

He is still hiding his prison number and he now calls himself xxxxx.

There you have it.




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  #10  
Old March 10th 19, 01:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
Philip Herlihy
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Default What have I done?

In article ,
says...

I have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability for my
tired old eyes, and now the tables are all f'ed up. They remain okay
in Libre Ofice tho. For example - here is snap of two table rows with
seven cells as they now exist in MS Word:

https://i.imgur.com/Br8qajJ.jpg

and here is an extract of the same 2 rows in Libre Office:

https://imgur.com/DjIUSkJ

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?

Thanks

xxxxx


Word 2003 is very old now, and does not play well with Windows 10. Try
sending a copy of the file to someone with a recent version of Word, to
see if it displays as you intended. Or you might just be better
sticking with Libre Office.

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Old March 10th 19, 01:34 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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wrote in message
...
On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:02:17 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 16:43:06 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
wrote:

On 3/9/2019 2:33 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability

SOmetimes if you set a background colour, and leave the foreground on
"auto" rather than setting a foreground colour, MS office gets confused
while LibreOffice displays ok

suggest you select the whole table, and set e.g. white background and
black foreground

I agree with Andy Burns but if that does not fix things I would also
suggest selecting the entire spreadsheet and selecting the Font type
again. Possibly the white on white, as it appears, is due to a font
that MS Office does not have or support but LibreOffice does.



Fonts are generally supported by Windows, not by the programs running
under them.


I tried some of your suggs - no improvement - just made things worse.
One thing really surprises me - the lack of the grid lines as well.
So the overall table suffers the same problem.
xxxxx


Open Word, click in the table. Then click on Table in the menu bar,
SelectTable. The whole table should now be highlighted. Click on Table in
the menu again and select Table AutoFormat. Choose from the list and see if
any of them is what you want your table to look like.

Also look at Format in the menu, click on Background and select No Fill.
Actually, I might try that first. If I select Background and pick the black
color, it duplicates what yours looks like. Clicking on No Fill corrected
it, bringing back the white background and black letters (I'm also using
Word2003).

HTH,
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Old March 10th 19, 01:43 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
SC Tom[_3_]
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Default What have I done?



"Philip Herlihy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

I have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability for my
tired old eyes, and now the tables are all f'ed up. They remain okay
in Libre Ofice tho. For example - here is snap of two table rows with
seven cells as they now exist in MS Word:

https://i.imgur.com/Br8qajJ.jpg

and here is an extract of the same 2 rows in Libre Office:

https://imgur.com/DjIUSkJ

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?

Thanks

xxxxx


Word 2003 is very old now, and does not play well with Windows 10. Try
sending a copy of the file to someone with a recent version of Word, to
see if it displays as you intended. Or you might just be better
sticking with Libre Office.


Word 2003 plays very well with Win10Pro on my PC. Haven't seen anything yet
that I do with it that would make me want to change to a newer ($$$)
version.

Libre Office is a great program, and I use it on my Android tablet, but see
no reason to switch over to it on my PC. YMMV.
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Old March 10th 19, 07:52 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default What have I done?

On 3/9/2019 3:27 PM, wrote:
I have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability for my
tired old eyes, and now the tables are all f'ed up. They remain okay
in Libre Ofice tho. For example - here is snap of two table rows with
seven cells as they now exist in MS Word:

https://i.imgur.com/Br8qajJ.jpg

and here is an extract of the same 2 rows in Libre Office:

https://imgur.com/DjIUSkJ

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?

Thanks

xxxxx


If the file in Libre Office is up-to-date (or nearly so), couldn't you
SAVE AS in the MS format of your choice and then see if Office will open
it? Just a thought...

GrtArtiste
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Old March 11th 19, 12:11 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default What have I done?

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:34:44 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:02:17 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote:

On Sat, 9 Mar 2019 16:43:06 -0600, GlowingBlueMist
wrote:

On 3/9/2019 2:33 PM, Andy Burns wrote:
wrote:

have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability

SOmetimes if you set a background colour, and leave the foreground on
"auto" rather than setting a foreground colour, MS office gets confused
while LibreOffice displays ok

suggest you select the whole table, and set e.g. white background and
black foreground

I agree with Andy Burns but if that does not fix things I would also
suggest selecting the entire spreadsheet and selecting the Font type
again. Possibly the white on white, as it appears, is due to a font
that MS Office does not have or support but LibreOffice does.


Fonts are generally supported by Windows, not by the programs running
under them.


I tried some of your suggs - no improvement - just made things worse.
One thing really surprises me - the lack of the grid lines as well.
So the overall table suffers the same problem.
xxxxx


Open Word, click in the table. Then click on Table in the menu bar,
SelectTable. The whole table should now be highlighted. Click on Table in
the menu again and select Table AutoFormat. Choose from the list and see if
any of them is what you want your table to look like.

Also look at Format in the menu, click on Background and select No Fill.
Actually, I might try that first. If I select Background and pick the black
color, it duplicates what yours looks like. Clicking on No Fill corrected
it, bringing back the white background and black letters (I'm also using
Word2003).

HTH,

It did.
I thank u Tom.
Ur explicit instructions caused me to play around again with those
menus/selections, and this time I made them work to undo my mess.
Thanx again
xxxxx
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Old March 11th 19, 12:12 AM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10
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Default What have I done?

On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:43:54 -0400, "SC Tom" wrote:



"Philip Herlihy" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

I have several .doc files containing tables for which I have been
using MS Word v2003. Has always worked fine. I started playing
around with settings in an effort to improve screen readability for my
tired old eyes, and now the tables are all f'ed up. They remain okay
in Libre Ofice tho. For example - here is snap of two table rows with
seven cells as they now exist in MS Word:

https://i.imgur.com/Br8qajJ.jpg

and here is an extract of the same 2 rows in Libre Office:

https://imgur.com/DjIUSkJ

How can I undo what I did to render Office usable again?

Thanks

xxxxx


Word 2003 is very old now, and does not play well with Windows 10. Try
sending a copy of the file to someone with a recent version of Word, to
see if it displays as you intended. Or you might just be better
sticking with Libre Office.


Word 2003 plays very well with Win10Pro on my PC. Haven't seen anything yet
that I do with it that would make me want to change to a newer ($$$)
version.

Libre Office is a great program, and I use it on my Android tablet, but see
no reason to switch over to it on my PC. YMMV.


See prior post. Thanks for trying to help.
xxxxx
 




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