-=PCTechTalk=- Re: winzip question/long post/gman
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 20:48:45 -0500
Hi Gman,
I already had the dbx files backed up but not the last months' worth
probably. I have a ton of old email I keep though.
I would like to know how to do the export thing when/if I decide to use OE
2007.
The assignment says I have to save the file as a pack and go file if I am
using powerpoint and I have to include the pp viewer. I was going to
blissfully just hope like you said they already owned one, I have to do it
this way though according to the assignment. Her and I do not communicate
well and I have not had great experience wth her so I do not like having to
deal with this issue with her but will have to ;(. I thought I was being
creative making it interactive with visual basic code now it is biting me in
the ..back ;0 so to speak since I have to include instructions on lowering
security settings and hope they own the program or they can only view part
of the show (not the quiz part)..
I was rather proud of myself too that I go my puter back to normal ;0 but
not proud that I had to do it lol...
christy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 8:24 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: winzip question/long post/gman
Holy Moly, Batman! That's an awful lot of work to just try out a feature in
Powerpoint. lol
First, since I don't fully understand who you mean when you use the term
"They", I have to assume you're talking about other students at the same
place you're going to learn. Anyone who's serious about learning will have
at least the Student version of Office installed (I'm guessing that it's
mandatory for these courses) and, therefore, should have no problems viewing
presentations that include macros. If they do, it will be a good learning
experience for them to work out how to view it on their own. Discuss this
idea with your prof to see if it's in line with their own thinking on this
subject.
Next, it's ALWAYS a bad idea to make major changes to a system (such as
installing an all encompassing suite like Office) without first making a
working (i.e. tested) backup. Since installing Office's Outlook always
affects OE one way or another, a separate backup of your DBX store folder to
another physical drive is also in order. I would take it even further and
back up all of my email accounts, message rules and other OE settings, too.
I know that's a late suggestion, since you found out for yourself the hard
way, but I bet you'll never forget it again. I'm extremely proud of you for
working your way out of the mess once you figured out what had happened.
:)
So, talk with your prof first and see how he/she feels about the macro
issue. If it's put back into your hands, we'll work out the best way to get
it resolved. If not, that's one BIG thing less for you to worry about.
Next, try installing just PowerPoint 2007 (or anything else you want from
it, but NOT Outlook). Excluding Outlook will allow your system to continue
to merrily continue on using OE for your email needs and will not negatively
affect any of the other programs within Office. I would still make those
backups before installing it, though. lol
Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org
"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: winzip question/long post/gman
> Well Gman,
>
> This is the assignment that just keeps giving ;). When I read the
> directions on uploading the presentation, they specifically wanted you to
> use pack and go in powerpoint. I had tried using that once before with my
> microsoft office powerpoint v. 2000, it did not work. They also want you
> to
> pack the powerpoint viewer with it which is I guess why they suggested
> pack
> and go.
>
> Anyhow, my question is "will they be able to lower the security settings
> on
> the viewer that is sent that way in order to view the macro section of my
> interactive slideshow?" The free powerpoint viewer I tried that I found
> online would not do this.
>
> So, I thought, well I will try it and see. I finally broke down and
> installed my new Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 onto this
> computer.
> I told it not to keep my old OE (mistake) I think. I noticed when
> opening
> up OE in my newly installed 2007, I had two new emails (no others), all
> old
> email gone. "gulp".
>
> Even though I have backed up alot of them, I do not back emails up daily.
> I
> thought ok, I will go into cox or earthlink webmail and try emailing my
> pctechtalk folks for help! Could not, and only two new emails in one of
> those webmails and none in the other. No old email there either.
>
> So then, I thought ok you need to try to do a restore system as I had
> created a restore point right before installing the new program. Tried
> that, would not restoroe to anything earlier at all "frustrated now", I
> thought ok I will try booting up in safe mode and then system restore, ok,
> it said it worked. Great, started up normal mode, windows screen came, up
> then blank blue screen, no login screen, nothing just blue, I waited still
> nothing..now I am going oh no! During all of this windows is trying to
> download an update and I am on dial up. ;0
>
> I finally gave up after trying numerous times. This morning, long story
> short did a system restore again in safe mode, said it worked, booted up
> in
> normal mode and hurray! success I am back to normal, all email is there.
>
> When I had the new program installed scotty the watchdog kept asking me
> questions ;), one file I was not sure of to let it be included in startup,
> I
> forgot the name now and wanted to look it up. I guess I need to know how
> to
> export my emails to the new version if I want to use the new version ;0,
> not
> sure. I really just wanted to try out the powerpoint pack and go feature.
> I suppose I could have just installed powerpoint, maybe things would have
> been easier.
> back to the drawing board.
> christy
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