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  1. robheeley

    Epson SX235W text printing problem

    Hi I have been given an Epson SX235W wireless printer. It will print landscape from Excel perfectly and images in Word documents but when printing text every third line is missing or faint or only shows either the top or the bottom half of the text in the line. I have tried head cleaning and...
  2. robheeley

    Access cannot open database on laptop

    I set up a simple Access database on my laptop at home about nine months ago (Access 2007) and took a copy on a memory stick to work on at work. Since then I have been entering data at work and bringing a copy home to produce statistical analyses. Suddenly I cannot open the database copy on my...
  3. robheeley

    Saving changes to embedded data in Excel 2007

    Is there any reason why Excel 2007 might not retain saved changes to documents containing embedded data? A colleague is working on a shared document which, when opened the following day, no longer contains changes made to embedded data, even though the document was saved before closing.
  4. robheeley

    Comparing lists in Excel 2007

    I have two lists of numbers in separate Excel worksheets. How can I compare them so that I can identify those numbers in one list that are missing from the other and vice versa?
  5. robheeley

    Why do pictures move when Word 2007 doc printed in book fold?

    When I create a Word 2007 document containing pictures and then try to print it in book fold format, why do the pictures move around the document? If I save the document in Word 97-2003 format everything is fine, but how do I get around this in Word 2007?
  6. robheeley

    Powerpoint 2007 charts from existing Excel spreadsheets

    Is it possible to use an existing Excel spreadsheet as the data for a chart in powerpoint 2007? I have successfully copied and pasted the data from Excel into Powerpoint, and have drawn the chart in Excel and then copied and pasted it into a blank slide, but is there any other way to create a...
  7. robheeley

    Flash drive security software no longer works and flash drive inaccess

    I have an Integral 1GB USB flash drive which has built in password protection which appears as a 3.5 inch floppy drive. I have uninstalled Norton internet security and installed AVG free 8.0. The pc now cannot "see" the floppy drive section of the flash drive and I cannot access it to input...
  8. robheeley

    Missing auto text on Word header and footer toolbar

    The autotext drop down menu in the Word header and footer toolbar is an empty grey box. I have tried deleting normal.dot to force Word to rebuild it but this has not solved the problem. Any ideas?
  9. robheeley

    Laptop can't see flash drive

    When I plug my SanDisk Micro 1GB flash drive into my Toshiba Laptop, using XP home, the flash drive doesn't show in the My Computer window. I can "see" it as a removable device from Control Panel, but can't access the files from there unless I copy them to the PC first. Other flash drives work...
  10. robheeley

    CD drives will only read music files

    Using Windows XP, CD drive will only recognise music files. On trying to open CD via Explorer, message "Please insert a disk" displayed. Right clicking on drive and selecting properties doesn't help. External CD drive connected, worked for a short time, but then same messages appear. Any ideas?
  11. robheeley

    Cannot use address bar in IE

    After removing home page hijacker spyware, IE cannot find any web sites when typed into address bar. Error message says site cannot be found, please check file path or web address. Sites can only be accessed by typing address into search engine window from home page. Links can also be...
  12. robheeley

    Contents of text boxes in Excel and converting to HTML

    A textbox at the top of an Excel spreadsheet that contains text, is so thin (just a line) that It is not possible to select it in order to delete it. When the spreadsheet is saved as an HTML document and viewed from the web, this text from the thin text box becomes visible but overlies the top...
  13. robheeley

    Saving and retrieving Access queries from floppies

    We are an ECDL test centre and conduct exams in Microsoft applications. Candidates are odten asked to create and save Access queries to floppy disks so that these can be marked and retained. On several occasions, these queries have been inaccessible to the markers, an error message "Disk...
  14. robheeley

    Forms in Word 2000 template

    Is it possible to (simply) create a form in a Word 2000 template? I have been asked to provide a template containing a form in which the cursor will jump to the next input field following a tab press and in which the form will anticipate the correct format.
  15. robheeley

    Access queries

    In an Access database containing personal details including dates of birth, how do I create a query to extract all those now aged 1 year, 18 months, 2 years etc? I would need to ru this on a weekly basis.

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