Mac Forum / Applications / Word / May 2005

Where is the location in word where a period before or after quotation marks
can can be chosen?  Can that be ordered for before or after parentheses
also?
Thanks,  Rafael

I try to use the function GetAllSettings to retrieve settings in the
applications initialization file but this function does not seem to work.
when i use GetSetting to retrieve one key with value at a time then
everything is okay so this means that all information is correctly ...

I was just wondering how to change the window background in notebook
view, or page layout, for that matter. I don't mean the document
background, but the background around the document. Currently, it's a
kind of metalic blue.

Word 2004 (11.1.1)
I cannot get Word template to function properly.
What is the difference between a Word doc and a Word Template? I have
saved a document as a Template (.dot). When I open it, it opens as a

I have a rather long document, which is made up of notes from a class.  Most
of the notes are taken in Notebook view,  but occasionally I switch to Page
Layout view so that I can insert a table or equation.  I then switch back to
Notebook view.  When in notebook view, if I try to ...

I want to view settings that I added from my VBA code, but I cannot find any
configuration file where my "registry settings" are stored.
Does anyone know how I can find this?
gr. Marco

Graphs with rotated text as axes labels are viewed correctly on Word
for Windows as a WMF image, however when the same document is opened
with Word 2004 for Mac, the text has moved significantly. It appears to
be a problem with the Windows Metafile converter, and only affects

I've lost track of the set-up where I default to two spaces between
sentences and I'm surprised that "Help" doesn't have that answer in a
search. At least I can't find it.
Thanks, Rafael

I have word 2004 for mac installed. When I input text vis the keyboard
it often takes up to a second to appear on screen, sometimes longer.
Does anybody have any idea why. Sorry if this has been brought up
before, I have only just joined this group.

In Word 2004 Mac, there is no way to create a new autotext entry because the
"new" choice within "Insert\Autotext" is permanently greyed out.
Microsoft's knowledge base article 288431 acknowledges the problem and
suggests several fixes, none of which worked for me.

How can I copy only the index I created for a document and paste it into a
new document?
If I highlight the index and copy it, when I paste it to a new document, I
get a message that says the index couldn't be created.

I have several versions of business cards that are printed 10-up (set up
using LABELS under TOOLS, with the business card format), which used to
print fine on OS9.2.
Ever since I switched to OS X 10.3, the images or graphics in the left

I must 'flip' the letter 'e', to make it look like a phonetic 'e'. (I
thought about installing a phonetic alphabet, but I really don't want
to risk anything at this stage).
I have gotten to the 'text box' stage. And then to the text direction

I'm having a problem with MS Word after installing Tiger.
When I try to open Word or Excel they'll say it's Optimizing Font Menu
Performance and then say Font "****" is corrupt and should be removed.
It starts in the v's and w's (Verdana, Webdings etc.) and then changes to

How can I view registry settings that I added/modified with VBA in Word for
mac?