Two unrelated questions

[PT]

Two unrelated questions – Word 2003, WinXP Home

1. Right now, when I fire up Word, it opens empty, and I have to
click on “new” to open a blank page. I assume this has to do with
normal.dot, but I'm not sure how to make the change.


2. I frequently open an article in the IE browser, and wish to convert
the text to a Word document. To date, I highlight the desired text,
then click Ctrl-C to copy it, open Word to a blank page and click Ctrl-
V to paste the text.

Is there a way to create a virtual Word printer, so that after
highlighting the desired text, I could simply click ctrl-p to print,
and select the “Word Printer”?

 

[Terry Farrell]

Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup
command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut
that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way.

 

[PT]

Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup
command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut
that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way.

Thansks so much.
You were correct.
I removed the /n and Word opens with a new blank page.

Any ideas on question # 2 in the OP?

 

[PT]

Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup
command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut
that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way.

Maybe I spoke too soon. Now, although Word opens with a blank
document, the right hand section of the screen is now occupied by a
band of items including “Getting Started”, “Office Online”, and a list
of recently opened documents.

I closed it and it disappears, but reappears each time I start up
Word.

Any further suggestions?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

There should be a check box to select whether or not to display the task
pane on opening. If this doesn't work for you, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm. Note that the
sole purpose of the TaskPaneController add-in is to run a macro to perform
the necessary Registry edit. After the macro is run, the add-in can and
should be removed from the Startup folder because it may cause a problem (a
message about SQL on starting Word).

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

Usually, to open Word to 'nothing', it is necessary to edit the Startup
command line by adding the /n switch. I would check to see if the shortcut
that you are using to launch Word has been edited that way.

Maybe I spoke too soon. Now, although Word opens with a blank
document, the right hand section of the screen is now occupied by a
band of items including “Getting Started”, “Office Online”, and a list
of recently opened documents.

I closed it and it disappears, but reappears each time I start up
Word.

Any further suggestions?

 

[Terry Farrell]

What is a 'virtual Word printer'? I'm at a loss to understand Q.2. Don't you
have a printer and if not, how can you print to something that isn't there?
Or do you mean Print to File?

Terry

 

[Graham Mayor]

You can print directly from IE - in the Print dialog, check 'Selection' to
print selected text.

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