Where does Signature Company come from?-

[Prida]

Here's something that's driving me crazy. My PC was purchased from Dell.
I installed Word XP after purchase. The signature company in Word's
autotext entries is listed as Dell Computer.

My question: where does Word pull that signature company from? I didn't
enter it when I installed the software, and it is not coming from Tools
| Options | User Information.

I know how to change the signature company autotext entry, it just bugs
me that I don't know where it comes from.

Any insights? Thanks in advance.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You don't say what version of Word you have, but see

“OFF2000: How to Change Company Name and User Name After Setup”
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=233499

“HOW TO: Change the Company Name and User Name in an Office XP Program”
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=290528

"How to change the company name and user name in Office 2003"
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=821550

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Amedee Van Gasse]

Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
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You don't say what version of Word you have, but see

“OFF2000: How to Change Company Name and User Name After Setup”
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=233499

Suzanne,

I'm sorry but KB233499 does NOT work for Office 2000.
I know because I have tried (and failed).

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Did you report that "The information is wrong" in the feedback form on that
page?

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[tweedepoging]

Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
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Did you report that "The information is wrong" in the feedback form
on that page?

Of course I did.
So what?
Meanwhile I still have to reinstall Office from scratch on about 50
boxes, because that's the only way that seems to work. I don't think
Microsoft will compensate me for the lost time.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

AFAIK, you're the only user who's ever reported that it didn't work.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[tweedepoging]

Suzanne S. Barnhill shared this with us in
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AFAIK, you're the only user who's ever reported that it didn't work.

Yes well that's me and all my co-workers, that's a few tens of people.

So what now? Spam the Microsoft feedback page until they give me a
decent reply, which is when hell freezes over? Or learn to live with
this cretinous proprietary ad-hockery and reinstall from scratch
If reinstall is needed, we might as well change to OpenOffice
(http://www.openoffice.org) as this appears to be completely compatible
for our purposes. And it's free (as in speech).

*sigh* all software sucks, but some suck more than others...

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Tweedepoging,

Meanwhile I still have to reinstall Office from scratch on about 50
boxes, because that's the only way that seems to work. I don't think
Microsoft will compensate me for the lost time.

Before you do, I suggest you post in the office.setup (with a
cross-post to word.setup.networking) to see if the pro's there can't
give you some tips on how to streamline the task...

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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