Inline Picture - Slash bug in Word 2007 document search!
Fellow MVP Lisa Wilke-Thissen has discovered a pretty nasty bug in Word 2007. If you’re searching for a slash — / — (ASCII character 47), Word 2007 will also match any inline graphics. So, let’s say you’re searching for /^p (a slash followed by a paragraph mark). /^p will indeed match any slashes followed by paragraph marks. But, it will also perfectly match any inline graphics followed by paragraph marks. If you happen to be replacing /^p with something else, you will also end up replacing any inline graphics matched, too. /^? also matches any inline graphic.
This might not seem like a big deal to some users. However, some of us sometimes use / as a placeholder to facilitate find/replace. The / character is also a common character for a number of users in other circumstances as well.
So… when searching for /s in a Word 2007 document that also contains inline graphics, caution is advised – better be really certain before clicking Replace All. Note that the problem exists only in Word 2007 documents. When working in compatibility mode (Word 97-2003 document), the problem does not occur.
Normally, ^g is the character of choice for matching inline graphics in Word documents. In Word 2003, ^1 also works.
Insert from Camera or Scanner in Word 2007
From Word 2007’s Help file:
What happened to the From Scanner or Camera option for adding pictures to a document?
The From Scanner or Camera option for adding pictures to a document is not available in Microsoft Office Word 2007. Instead, you can add pictures from your camera or scanner by downloading the pictures to your computer first and then copying them from your computer into Word.
The second part of that is true enough. You can do it that way. The second part, however, is not necessarily true. In Word 2003, the command used was InsertImagerScan. You can access this functionality in Word 2007 in either of two ways:
Assign the InsertImagerScan command to a keyboard shortcut
Enshrine the InsertImagerScan command in a macro, then put that macro onto the Quick Access Toolbar.
Assign to a keyboard shortcut
Choose Office buttonðWord OptionsðCustomizeðKeyboard shortcuts: Customize.
Set Categories to All Commands.
Set Commands to InsertImagerScan.
Click in Press new shortcut key: and press a key combination you’d like to use (I used Ctrl+Shift+Alt+I).
Click AssignðClose.
Now, press the key combination you assigned. I get the following dialog:
I don’t have a scanner attached, but I do have several cameras… and I was able to insert a “live” picture from my camera. I see no reason this wouldn’t work with a scanner, as well.
Place a macro onto the Quick Access Toolbar
First, you’ll need a macro. In the Developer ribbon, click Macrosðtype InsertImagerScanðclick Create. This should give you something like the following:
Sub InsertImagerScan()
‘ InsertImagerScan Macro
‘ Inserts one or more images from a scanner or digital camera
On Error GoTo Nope
WordBasic.InsertImagerScan
Nope:
End Sub
1. Close the VBA editor, then right click the Quick Access Toolbar and choose Customize Quick Access Toolbar.
2. Set Choose commands from: to Macros.
3. In the list, click on InsertImagerScan.
4. Click on Add.
5. If you want to give the macro a better icon, click on Modify, pick an icon, then click OKðOK.
That done, you can now use the new tool.
Caveats
Caveat 1: I’m running Vista, and I don’t know if this works in Windows XP. However, I don’t see why it wouldn’t, unless it doesn’t.
Caveat 2: This feature was not tested in Word 2007, and might not work with all scanners and cameras. So, if you encounter problems, you can chalk it up to “progress,” and use Microsoft’s “work-around” (i.e., use the software that came with your camera or scanner to capture the picture first, then use the Insert Picture from File tool).
The Password Requirement from Hell
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/276304
Error Message: Your Password Must Be at Least 18770 Characters and Cannot Repeat Any of Your Previous 30689 Passwords
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem…
Well, duh.
Very Nasty Vista Bug
Do not try this on any files you want to keep.
- In Vista, select a group of files you want to rename.
- Press F2 (Rename), and type a new name. The files are all renamed using that name, but each file after the first has a number added a la (1), (2), etc.
- Click EditðUndo Rename. The file are restored to their original names. So far, so good.
- Click EditðRedo Rename. All but one of the files disappear – they are permanently and irrevocably gone. History. Poof. All she wrote.
This is exceedingly nasty.
| Note: If you don’t have but want the menu bar in Vista’s Windows Explorer click OrganizeðLayoutðMenu Bar. |
Demonstration for MoosieAZ
The following is a screen shot of Word 2003, WordPad, and Notepad. Notepad is the active window. Notice that all three use Vista’s scheme (I actually use a darker blue than the default, but I get whatever color I choose, not the XP scheme):
