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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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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. -- 2018: The year we learn to play the great game of Euchre |
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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. -- With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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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. -- Phil, London |
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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, -- SC Tom |
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"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. -- SC Tom |
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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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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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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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