vikesanimal said:I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using windows xp.
all
of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed out.
vikesanimal said:In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
Echo S said:vikesanimal said:I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using windows xp.
all
of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed out.
It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
expired.
--
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What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
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JoAnn Paules said:If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a trial
version. It's time to pay for the software.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
vikesanimal said:In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
Echo S said:I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using windows xp.
all
of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed out.
It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
expired.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
JoAnn Paules said:If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a trial
version. It's time to pay for the software.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
vikesanimal said:In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
:
I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using windows
xp.
all
of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed out.
It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
expired.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
JoAnn Paules said:If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a trial
version. It's time to pay for the software.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
vikesanimal said:In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
:
I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using windows
xp.
all
of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed out.
It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
expired.
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:i get the message to activate but when I try it says that i have activated
up
to the limit for the product key.
Milly Staples said:"few features" mode = reduced functionality
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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
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After furious head scratching, Echo S asked:
| That's good info. Has she activated the software? It goes into this
| "few features" mode (can't remember the real word for it right now!)
| after so many days or uses without activating. Try opening Word or
| another application and choosing Help|Activate Product.
|
|
| || she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
||
|| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a
||| trial version. It's time to pay for the software.
|||
||| --
|||
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| message |||| In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
||||
|||| "Echo S" wrote:
||||
||||| message |||||| I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using
|||||| windows xp.
|||||| all
|||||| of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed
|||||| out.
|||||
||||| It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
||||| expired.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
||||| What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
||||| Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
||||| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:i get the message to activate but when I try it says that i have activated
up
to the limit for the product key.
Milly Staples said:"few features" mode = reduced functionality
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Echo S asked:
| That's good info. Has she activated the software? It goes into this
| "few features" mode (can't remember the real word for it right now!)
| after so many days or uses without activating. Try opening Word or
| another application and choosing Help|Activate Product.
|
|
| || she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
||
|| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a
||| trial version. It's time to pay for the software.
|||
||| --
|||
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| message |||| In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
||||
|||| "Echo S" wrote:
||||
||||| message |||||| I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using
|||||| windows xp.
|||||| all
|||||| of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed
|||||| out.
|||||
||||| It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
||||| expired.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
||||| What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
||||| Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
||||| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
JoAnn Paules said:I'm thinking she had a trial CD, not a full version and that it's time to
pay the piper.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
vikesanimal said:i get the message to activate but when I try it says that i have activated
up
to the limit for the product key.
Milly Staples said:"few features" mode = reduced functionality
--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Echo S asked:
| That's good info. Has she activated the software? It goes into this
| "few features" mode (can't remember the real word for it right now!)
| after so many days or uses without activating. Try opening Word or
| another application and choosing Help|Activate Product.
|
|
| || she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
||
|| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a
||| trial version. It's time to pay for the software.
|||
||| --
|||
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| message |||| In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
||||
|||| "Echo S" wrote:
||||
||||| message |||||| I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using
|||||| windows xp.
|||||| all
|||||| of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed
|||||| out.
|||||
||||| It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
||||| expired.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
||||| What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
||||| Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
||||| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:she is not here right now. her father was put in the hospital. is there
a
way that i can find out if it is a trial?
JoAnn Paules said:I'm thinking she had a trial CD, not a full version and that it's time to
pay the piper.
--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
vikesanimal said:i get the message to activate but when I try it says that i have
activated
up
to the limit for the product key.
:
"few features" mode = reduced functionality
--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Echo S asked:
| That's good info. Has she activated the software? It goes into this
| "few features" mode (can't remember the real word for it right now!)
| after so many days or uses without activating. Try opening Word or
| another application and choosing Help|Activate Product.
|
|
message
| || she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
||
|| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a
||| trial version. It's time to pay for the software.
|||
||| --
|||
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| message |||| In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
||||
|||| "Echo S" wrote:
||||
||||| message
|||||| I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using
|||||| windows xp.
|||||| all
|||||| of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed
|||||| out.
|||||
||||| It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which
has
||||| expired.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
||||| What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
||||| Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
||||| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
Echo S said:Do you have an option to activate by phone?
--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
vikesanimal said:i get the message to activate but when I try it says that i have activated
up
to the limit for the product key.
Milly Staples said:"few features" mode = reduced functionality
--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.
After furious head scratching, Echo S asked:
| That's good info. Has she activated the software? It goes into this
| "few features" mode (can't remember the real word for it right now!)
| after so many days or uses without activating. Try opening Word or
| another application and choosing Help|Activate Product.
|
|
| || she loaded it from a disk in Sept. 06
||
|| "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
||
||| If she didn't pay extra for Office, then she probably only has a
||| trial version. It's time to pay for the software.
|||
||| --
|||
||| JoAnn Paules
||| MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
|||
||| ~~~~~
||| How to ask a question
||| http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375
|||
|||
|||
|||
||| message |||| In help/about it says she is using office pro 2003 sp1
||||
|||| "Echo S" wrote:
||||
||||| message |||||| I am asking a question about my step daughters laptop using
|||||| windows xp.
|||||| all
|||||| of her office applications have most ot the menu items grayed
|||||| out.
|||||
||||| It sounds as if she may have been using a trial version which has
||||| expired.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
||||| What's new in PPT 2007? http://www.echosvoice.com/2007.htm
||||| Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
||||| http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
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