Robert G. Heinritz, Jr., J.D. wrote:
>Dear Gang,
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> I was told you might be able to give me some pointers for problems I'm having with my new system. My HP-laptop (Windows-98) died. I'd backed up and saved all my working files - primarly business letters, contracts, and articles I've written and published. I picked up a used Gateway laptop (Pentium 4 Mobile 1.6, 256MB, 11GB-HD) with Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2002.
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> I got pretty comfortable with Windows-98. I'm having a lot of difficulity finding or using the same functions on this new system. I added annotations in blue (below) to indicate progress. I am severely unimpressed with Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2002.
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>In order of importance, my current "issues" are:
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> 1. ENVELOPES???? I can't seem to get the system to print envelopes for my business-letters. With my old Windows-98 I simply clicked on "Tools," clicked on "envelopes & labels," then followed the (very easy) prompts to create and print the envelopes as I wished. The system automatically picked up the inside address from my letter (in the format I'd selected earlier) and automatically inserted it into the envelope format.
> With this so-called "improved" Microsoft Windows XP Professional 2002 no such function apparears to exist. I blundered around a little, found by clicking "Insert," and then clicking on "Envelopes," there was a function which apparently creates an envelope as a seperate document. I blundered some more and created an envelop-document, with my return address, and the addressee's name & address hand-copied on it with the "copy" and "paste" functions. Unweildy, but at least it looked like it would do. Unfortunately;
> (a) It will not pick up the address from the letter - I must use the copy & paste function,
> (b) It will not preserve the envelop-format as I adapted it for new envelopes - I have to change it each time, (Finally figured a way to do this. Very counter-intuitive. Stupid, actually.)
> (c) WORSE AND MOST IMPORTANT, no matter what I do, I cannot get the program to adjust the printer-alignment to print the envelop from the right-side of the feeder - the only way this printer can function for an envelope-printing. I have tried every alternative I can find under "printer" and "alignment." It prints only from the LEFT side of the feeder - OK for printing on an 8-1/2" X 11" paper - but NOT functional for printing envelopes on my printer. ARGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (By trial and error I finally found a way to do this. It is totally inconsistant with what one would expect, and it requires about three-times more steps than Windows-98 required. Can't say I'm impressed with this "new & improved" software.)
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> 2. PAGE SETUP? With Windows-98 I'd just click on "File" to find "Page Setup" to set margins, format, etc. I can't find anything resembling Page-Setup anywhere on Windows XP. What do I do to get this function? (Same question. Still can't do what what easily done with Windown-98.)
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> 3. NUMBERING & PAGINATION? Same is true for numbering & pagenation. What do I do to get this function? (I found a way to do this on some - not all - of my documents, although it too is more labor-intensive than Windows-98.)
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> 4. HEADERS & FOOTERS? Same is true for headers & footers - either viewing, adding, or changing contents. What do I do to get this function? (It is frequently necessart fir me to add a copyright notation, or a notation indicating when and where the article was published.) (Same question. Still can't do what what easily done with Windown-98.)
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> 5. CONSISTENT FORMAT? As I said, I saved all of my letters, contracts, and published papers. Some of them come through on the new system as I saved them. SOME, howwever, show up on Windows XP in a different format - right-margin justification is gone, no way to justify, no spell-check, no apparent way to show the document on the computer screen as printed page, etc. How do I get the same format I used when I saved it? Or more accurately, how do I get (some) of my earlier writings to the same format al all the others? (I may have found the answer to this. I created an eitirely new document in the new format, then using the "copy" and "paste" functions, copied the entire contents of the "old" document onto the new one. Again, labor-intensive, but functional. Still can't do what what easily done with Windown-98.)
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> 6. E-MAIL ONLY - SPELL-CHECK: For some reason my spell-check won't work in my e-mails. (It's usually OK on regular documents.) The spell-check worked just fine with my old Windows 98. On Windows XP the spell-check icon is there, but nothing happens when I click it. When click on "Tools" there is a "spell-check (F-7)" on the pull-down menue, but it is blank, and nothing happens when I click on it. ????????? (Same question. This is nuts! Why would they have a spell-check icon and no spell-check?)
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> 7. The old Windows-98 had a handy feature which allowed me to but a box around any part of my documents (data, charts, long quotes, etc.). I can't seem to find this function on XP. (Same question.)
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> 8. I lost all my e-mail addresses in my address book when the HP crashed. How do you back-up that? (Same question.)
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> 9. The other alternative I considered is to simply install Windows-98 on my Gateway. I still have the installation disc. But several people have indicated this will screw up what I already have. Why?
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> This thing is wierd. I would very much appreciate answers or suggestions you could offer.
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> Thanks.
> Bob
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Definitely need to invest in Microsoft Office Small Business Edition
(has Word, Excel, and Outlook). As for Win98, it is definitely not as
stable, easy to use, nor as secure as Win XP. You will have to re-enter
all you addresses, unfortunately. Check out this link to avoid this
problem in the future.
Shortcut to:
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