Change Word 2007 default file format?

[Dan Freeman]

That makes two of us, sis.

Dan

Normally I like swag but this is one time when I'm willing to pass on it.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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Hmmmm.... we're missing out on SWAG!!!! <g>

Dan

That's a real good question - and to be honest with you, I haven't a
clue what the purpose of those medals could be. I don't worry about it.
I read and respond to the groups in Outlook Express so I'm not exactly
racking up whatever counts to accumulate medals. That's *not* why I try
to help.

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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Would you say then that it is the consensus of MVPs that trying to earn
the
medals is not a proper goal? Why then are the medals awarded?


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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/


:

Those "medals" only count when you use the Microsoft web interface. I
think
it's safe to say that most MVPs do not use that. We use various
newsreaders
instead.

(And mentioning an MVP award only impresses your boss if your boss has
any
idea what it is.)

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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John,

In retrospect, my previous response was overly glib.

I request that people mark my responses as having answered the
question
when
warranted in order to increase my reputation within the community
and to
mark
myself as a reliable source of information about Office. As someone
new to
the profession, and even newer to working as an Office Solutions
Specialist,
I am searching for ways to increase my participation and enhance my
abilities.

I am not sure if you are aware, but when you get to 50 questions
answered,
you get a bronze medal next to your name in these forums. You get
the
silver
medal at 100 and the bronze at 500. MVPs get an MVP badge. While I
don't
pretend that getting a bronze medal is a "great" accomplishment, it
is
something. Additionally, I hope to become an MVP in the next few
years,
and
since community participation is one of the considerations for MVP
status,
I
see participation here, and my reliability here, as one of the means
to
achieve that goal. Additionally, obtaining one of the medals is
something
I
can mention when reviewing my performance with my boss as evidence
of my
professional development and my involvement in the Microsoft Office
community.

Since I am helping people here largely voluntarily (though I do
admit that
I
often post during "down time" at work or while waiting for things to
load,
copy, or save, and I do have the alterior motive of having my posts
drive
traffic to my blog), I do not feel bad about asking people to mark
my
questions as helpful. I have spent as much as several hours on
individual
responses (usually much less!), so asking for a few seconds doesn't
seem
too
overbearing. I also only try to ask when I have clearly answered the
question
and the poster has responded thanking me for my post.

Doug


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Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen
Office System Solutions Specialist
3Sharp
http://blogs.3sharp.com/Blog/dougv/


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Hi Doug:

Why would you ask him to do that? Does anyone take any notice of
those
silly ratings?

I wonder if you know that most of the posters in here are coming in
via
NNTP
or some other site and can't even SEE the ratings

Cheers


On 4/2/07 7:01 AM, in article
(e-mail address removed), "DougieVan"

I'm glad it could help. I would appreciate it if you could mark
this
post as
having answered your question in the forum.

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do
not
email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <[email protected]>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst,
Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

 

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Dougie

I suppose I was, until recently unaware of the rift between NNTP responders
and those who use the web interface. I like to think, however, that I have
been able to assist a few people using this less practical method despite my
being concerned for the ratings "nonsense."

And I'm in no way saying that you can't help a user equally well no
matter how you connect to the newsgroup/forum. [Heck, we would all help
them best when we visit them and look over their shoulders ... ]

If you try a newsreader once, I'm sure you'll notice the speed
difference. Plus you can download a whole group, write some answers
offline, and submit them all at once in the end -- no chance through a
web interface.

2cents
Robert

 

[Guest]

Does anyone know the physical location of the setting? Either registry key
or configuration file. I need to write a script to run on 2007 users'
laptops so we won't run into .docx vs. .doc compatability issues. Our launch
of office 2007 is still a few months away and in the mean time we're trying
to avoid any headaches.

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Patrick,

The Word 2007 default file format setting is in
HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\Office\12.0\Word\Options\DefaultFormat

However, if you're going to be doing a rollout of Office you can set that using the Office 2007 Customization tool and the
information in the Office 2007 Resource Kit.
http://microsoft.com/office/ork

Using that default setting (and there are related ones that are stored in the Word binary \Data key at the same location and a
couple of policies you may want to look at. Limiting to the Word 2003 format will turn off some of the newer features of Word 2007.

=================
Does anyone know the physical location of the setting? Either registry key
or configuration file. I need to write a script to run on 2007 users'
laptops so we won't run into .docx vs. .doc compatability issues. Our launch
of office 2007 is still a few months away and in the mean time we're trying
to avoid any headaches. >>
--

Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Doug,

One issue, rather than any perceive rule, with asking folks to rate the post is that unless the person posting the question did
so, using the same method, app and access point to see the message that you are replying to they may not have any idea what you
mean, as they won't see a rating selector

The newsgroups are copied/cloned/slurped to a lot of 'help' websites where they appear, labeled as being their own 'forums' or
'message boards' (MS's community interface is sort of doing that from their newsgroups, or vice versa <g>). It's not unusual for
these sites to require you to 'register' to post (something you don't need to do with Outlook Express and using the NNTP newsgroup
access via news://msnews.microsoft.com ) and some even charge a subscription fee, basically for the 'convenience' of a onestop shop.

Here is an example of where this newsgroup appears with different branding, and to the person visiting through one of those sites,
it appears that the site has its own very active community of 'experts' and those seeking help

From Wugnet: http://help.wugnet.com/index.php
http://help.wugnet.com/office/Document-Management-forum-108.html
At the bottom right of each message there is a 'login to vote' choice that is depending on the site, often for a completely separate
rating system. You can sometimes know that one of these sites is where folks are viewing as the bottom of their post will have
something like 'posted from...' on the bottom of it.



There are quite a few independent sites with their own discussion groups and lists, that don't copy the forums over
Wugnet, for example, also manages the separate Office forums on Compuserve
http://community.compuserve.com/msoffice




Thanks for your response John (and everyone else). I am in fact having fun
posting here and, as I mentioned, it is a great thing to do during "downtime"
at work without going too far away from what I actually work on.

But to go back to the main point of this thread: why would I ask someone to
mark my response as helpful/answered? I realise now that I probably should
not do this anymore since it seems to irk some people. However, I had only
done it in the very limited circumstance of having answered a question and
having been thanked by a response (which has only been like three times). In
two cases, I have continued to converse with the poster via e-mail after
asking him to mark the question as answered, and one of the people told me he
was glad for the opportunity to pay me back in some way for my assistance.
Nevertheless, I don't want to violate the unwritten rules of this community,
so in the future I won't ask people for feedback and rather just hope to get
it.

Thanks for your explanation,
Doug >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*