Header and page number error

[Mats]

I have a couple of questions
1. When I try to edit a Header I get a notice “The Office Open XML file
Building Bloks.dotx cannot be opened because there are problems with the
contentsâ€. When I OK another message says “Word found unreadable contents in
“building blocksâ€. Do you want to recover the contents of this document. If
you trust the source of this document..
2. When I try to insert a page number in this header – in the drop down
menu- regardless if I try “Top of page†or “Bottom of page†the only option
presented is save selection as page number. When I try Format Page Numbers
nothing happens
3. In earlier Word releases there was a possibility to automatically make a
summary or abstracts. I can´t find it in 2007.

Sincerely

Mats Rehn

 

[Guest]

You have recently upgraded to Office 2007 b2TR? You need to delete the
Building Blocks.dotx file.
--
1. Close Word.
2. Go to your user building blocks directory (\Documents and Settings\<user
name>\Application Data\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks).
3. Go into any subdirectories and delete your Building Blocks.dotx file.
4. Reboot Word will regenerate the file for you.

 

[Mats]

Thanks Terry -It solved the problem with dotx file. But I still got the
trouble with pagenumber and the question about summary/Abstract

Sincerely mats rehn - and thanks for a rapid response

 

[Guest]

Mats

I am not sure what you mean by summary of Abstracts. It is not a terminology
I am familiar with.

Also, I would advise against using the Insert Page Number menu: the Page ox
of by Auto Text on the Header and Footer toolbar is the simplest method to
enter the necessary fields but you can also use Insert Field and select Page
Number too.

Terry

 

[Mats]

Hello Terry

By summary/abstract I mean a short version of the full text in a word
document that capture the main part. Often placed in the beginning to give
the reader the essential in the text.


Sincerely

Mats Rehn

 

[Guest]

I am embarrassed to say that I have never heard of this! I hope that one of
the other Word MVPs will jump in and educate me too!

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

"Abstract" is a term commonly used in academic circles. A typical master's
thesis or doctoral dissertation begins with an abstract that tells, in less
than a page, what it's about (premises, conclusions). Many scientific
articles are abstracted and published in publications specifically for the
purpose. Individuals and libraries can subscribe to these publications of
abstracts and not necessarily have to subscribe to all the journals that are
abstracted. The abstract gives a reader enough information to determine
whether or not the whole article will be useful.

 

[Guest]

Suzanne

I didn't realise that it was possible to do anything like this automatically
in Word. Are you able to confirm this is available in Word 2003?

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't believe I said it was possible to do it automatically in Word,
though there is a Tools | AutoSummarize command that purports to do
something of the sort.

I thought you were saying you'd never heard of an abstract, and I hadn't
scrolled down far enough to see that this was a Word 2007 question
originally.

 

[Guest]

I was a little ambiguous! If this was available in Word 2003, I was going to
check how to do this in W2007. But I am fairly sure that this isn't
possible.

Terry

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I have never tried AutoSummarize and have no real desire to know how it
works, but Word's Help topic "Automatically summarize a document" says:

Automatically summarize a document
Some of the content in this topic may not be applicable to some languages.

1. On the Tools menu, click AutoSummarize.
2. Select the type of summary you want.

3.. In the Percent of original box, type or select the level of detail to
inclde in the summary. Select a higher percentage of the original document
to include more detail.
4. If you don't want AutoSummarize to replace your existing keywords and
comments on the Summary tab in the Properties dialog box (File menu), clear
the Update document statistics check box.

Sounds scary.

 

[Guest]

It definitely has been dropped in Word 2007.

Terry

 

[Mats]

Hello Terry and Suzanne

Sorry for my slow respons. I have used AutoSummarize a couple of time and it
was useful. Not perfect , you had to check the summary so it made sense, but
it was a fast way to make a summary. It saved my day a couple of times.
Can you help me with my next topic - the side number. I have a requirement
that the header in a document should contain
Left side - Company name
Middle - date
Right side - page number and total number of pages
And in word 2007 i have problem to get it this way even if i try to use
"edit header". And is it still possible to get the total number of pahes as
well as the page number ?

Sincerely

Mats Rehn

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I don't have Word 2007 installed, but it should still be possible to find
the equivalent of Insert | Field in there somewhere and use the NumPages
field. In addition, I believe the old Page X of Y AutoText entry is
somewhere in the Quick Parts Building Blocks.

 

[Guest]

Suzanne is correct. Go into the Header and type Page, then use Quick Parts
to select Field, Page. Then add of and go into Quick Parts again, select
field and choose NumPages. That should display 'Page 1 of 1' in the header
(assuming it is a one page document!

Now select 'Page 1 of 1' and go to Quick Parts and choose Save Selection to
Quick Part Gallery. This is saved to the Building Blocks.dotx template when
you exit Word. Next time you go to Quick Parts, the Gallery option will
appear with 'Page 1 of 1' for you to select.

Terry

 

[Mats]

Hello Suzanne
I`ll try to find it ASAP and be back to you soon. But it will take a while
to get through all the possibilities in Quick Parts Building Blocks. And I
still would miss "Automatically summarize a document - as the lazy man that I
am

Sincerely
Mats Rehn

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Mats,

In Office 2007 Beta2 Technical Refresh they moved the Auto Summary Tools out of the Ribbon. If you right click on the Quick Access
Toolbar (QAT) and select 'customize the Quick Access Toolbar' (or use Alt+T,O) select 'Commands Not in the Ribbon' as the category
and you can add the 'Auto Summary Tools' choice to the QAT.

==============
Hello Terry

By summary/abstract I mean a short version of the full text in a word
document that capture the main part. Often placed in the beginning to give
the reader the essential in the text.


Sincerely

Mats Rehn >>
--
I hope this helped you,

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office system products MVP

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a. Install the ActiveX access control
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b. then visit
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[Mats]

Thanks Bob and Terry
I suppose I´m only a grumpy old man when I don´t find things where they used
to be. I will write "word 2007 is a great product" 1000 times on an old
blackboard. Actually when you get used to the new layout it´s a lot more
logical than before and you should be able to figure out most of your
commands without problems

Sincerely

Mats Rehn

 

[clever]

Thanks Bob and Terry
I suppose I´m only a grumpy old man when I don´t find things where they used
to be. I will write "word 2007 is a great product" 1000 times on an old
blackboard. Actually when you get used to the new layout it´s a lot more
logical than before and you should be able to figure out most of your
commands without problems

Sincerely

Mats Rehn

 

[Mats]

Hi

I wonder if the 'Auto Summary Tools' are avaliable i all languages? I have
swedish version and cant find it

Sincerely