Office 2003 wrapper holds all old dialogs that DID support field .

[Kind writer/user/programmer]

Field level help (the question mark in top RH corner) remains in all old
dialog boxes, why didn't you simply leave the help IN there?

See adding new dictionary (Tools|Options|Spelling|Modify). To add a new
dictionary specific to a project....the check boxes for transform, etc are
mysterious. So, click the ? and it gives a one line description of
dictionarys, but not purpose of this field. User must back out of the dialog
box heirarchy to get to Word window Help menu.

Nonetheless, the online help for Word 2003 has no entry for the transform
option (or the meaning of any other options) on the Dictionary dialog.

Also, it is very clumsy to navigate to Help, to do or to use the tool (i.e.,
through main Word window or another (Word) window to access topic specific
help.

Who'd you hire to write this atrocity...used to be "no help whatsoever" now
we can't even get to the help.

Word user since 1990.

 

[Beth Melton]

I don't see the options you are referring to so I suspect this is a
language specific option. Which one do you use?

Also, if you want to use some of the tools Microsoft has created for
obtaining feedback then open the following Help page on Custom
Dictionaries:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/hfws.aspx?AssetID=HP051895581033&CTT=4&Origin=EC010227241033

And use the "Was this information Helpful?" commands at the bottom of
the Help page and send your feedback on the missing content in Help
directly to Microsoft. They actually do review feedback and add new
Help Content from user feedback. (Note you need to have Office 2003 in
order to use the link)

Microsoft has already had several 'earfuls' of feedback on how clumsy
the Help UI is now so you don't necessarily include this information -
the missing option descriptions are what is most important.

I also created a Suggestion for Microsoft on the "What's This?"
functionality (the ? in the dialog boxes) a few months ago so you can
use this link to add your Vote:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...ment&mid=bb06fe1e-57f3-4d5a-adf8-777d3ae5e100

As I understand it, Microsoft is committed to respond to Suggestions
with the highest votes and I'd like to see them actually respond on
this issue. Plus I'd like to see if they actually *will* respond to
suggestions posted to the newsgroups as promised.

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Microsoft Office MVP

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"Kind writer/user/programmer" <[email protected]>
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[Kind writer/user/programmer]

Beth,

Beth, I'm using Office 2003 Basic (English US) edition. Would Help vary from
version to version?

I don't see the options you are referring to so I suspect this is a
language specific option. Which one do you use?

Here's menu map to the problems:

In Word doc, click Tools> Options > Spelling &Grammar, Custom Dictionaries...
On the Custom Dictionary dialog box, click New.
On the Create Custom Dictionary dialob box, click the ? in top RH corner
("What's This")--it doesn't allow you to CLICK anywhere, it brings up a Save
As help topic.
At the bottom of the Create Custom Dictionary dialog box are two check box
options. What are they?

Try another, in the spell check feature:
In a document, launch Spell Check (F7).
Click the Options button to open the Spelling and Grammar dialog.
In top RH corner click ? ("What's This")--it doesn't allow you to CLICK
anywhere, it brings up an Options help topic unrelated to the spelling..its
related to TOOLS|OPTIONS (from the root menu).

 

[Beth Melton]

"Kind writer/user/programmer" <[email protected]>
wrote in message

Beth,

Beth, I'm using Office 2003 Basic (English US) edition. Would Help
vary from
version to version?

Help will vary by language version but that would be the content
rather than the functionality.

Here's menu map to the problems:

In Word doc, click Tools> Options > Spelling &Grammar, Custom
Dictionaries...
On the Custom Dictionary dialog box, click New.
On the Create Custom Dictionary dialob box, click the ? in top RH
corner
("What's This")--it doesn't allow you to CLICK anywhere, it brings
up a Save
As help topic.
At the bottom of the Create Custom Dictionary dialog box are two
check box
options. What are they?

I still don't see the options you are referring to. The only
"Transform" option I know of in a Save As dialog box is when you are
saving as XML. This almost makes me think your *.dic files are
associated with XML files.

What is the "Save As" type in the dialog box?

Try another, in the spell check feature:
In a document, launch Spell Check (F7).
Click the Options button to open the Spelling and Grammar dialog.
In top RH corner click ? ("What's This")--it doesn't allow you to
CLICK
anywhere, it brings up an Options help topic unrelated to the
spelling..its
related to TOOLS|OPTIONS (from the root menu).

Yes, the "What's This?" pointer only activates a Help page now. :-(
And there are several dialog boxes missing any Help in Word 2003, such
as Spelling and AutoCorrect, to name a few.

They (MS) are aware of the Help issues but I don't know if there are
any plans to resolve them for Office 2003.
--
Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email can not be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

 

[Kind writer/user/programmer]

I'll send you a screenshot offline. Another strange thing is the "view" of
this web site. Sometimes the reply button is at the bottom of the screen,
sometimes in the menu for the discussion list entries.

Nonetheless, I have the basic version of office, which doesn't have XML
support (according to the MSFT compare versions web page).