Microsoft Office 10 Problem

[saintpeter48]

''Click-2-run configuration failure'', this message keeps appearing when I try to open program. Microsoft Office 10 worked perfectly for years but now has stopped. Any ideas what the problem could be?

[CrapAtCryptics]

Have you tried running the compatibility wizard

[saintpeter48]

how do I do that?

[CrapAtCryptics]

Go to youtube

[Togo]

Hmmm. May be antivirus programme running in the background that is blocking certain keys. ZoneAlarm and AVP can cause problems even when turned off because of background functions.

[Togo]

Are you using W10 saint?

[saintpeter48]

Windows7

[saintpeter48]

the reason why i'd like to still use Microsoft Office 10 is that its easy to make picture quizzes, I am a quiz master and make one picture quiz every week, 10 famous faces. In M.O.10 I used to copy and paste or drag and drop 10 pictures from my 'pictures folder' onto a text document, i would then crop and sort them 1 - 10 with some written text , on other Office programs, Libre, Openoffice etc, the pictures all appear on top of each other and I can't arrange them as I could in MO10 where they used to appear individually, not on top of each other! Its difficult to explain on here, hope it makes sense.

[Togo]

If you have another sub account on the pc or laptop will it open in that account. I remember administrator issues from w7 and office. Sometimes the only way is a clean install after fully removing the old prog. and turning off all antivirus before reinstalling.

[Togo]

Hmmm I gotta go out now saint. Did your problem start after an update? Restore to prior may sort it.

[knittynora]

I have the same problem since an update but can access Word through saved documents then new document. A pain but could solve your problem in the short-term.

[saintpeter48]

All my documents are saved in Libre Office, can I save them to MO10?

[knittynora]

Sorry, don’t know. It was only the click-to-run bit that wasn’t working for me so could access it through documents that I’d saved as Word documents.

[Buenchico]

>>>All my documents are saved in Libre Office, can I save them to MO10?

Open a document in LibreOffice Writer. Go to File > Save As (NOT File > Save). Choose *.doc as your file format if you want to ensure that all versions of Microsoft Word can open the file. Choose *.docx for full compatibility with the more recent versions of Microsoft Word.

However, if you're importing pictures into a document, and then seeking to position them accurately, you shouldn't be using a word processing program anyway. DTP software is far better suited to your needs!

Here's an excellent freebie for you to try:
http://www.serif.com/desktop-publishing-software/?mc=FSSPAGEPLUS

[saintpeter48]

Thanks Buenchico ....... I've managed to put 10 pictures on an A4, how do I write text, I've had a search but can't seem to do it.

[saintpeter48]

on Serif that is!

[Buenchico]

DTP programs don't know, by default, where to put text. You need to create text frames to put it in.

Click on the 'Standard Text Frame' icon in the left-hand column. (It's the third one down, with a little 'A' in the top left-hand corner). Then click where you want the top left corner of a text frame to appear in your document and, while keeping the left mouse button held down, drag to the bottom right-hand corner. Type your text in the frame in exactly the same way that you would in a word processor. Note that you can change the size of a text frame by dragging the 'handles' at its edges. You can move it about by positioning your cursor over an edge (so that you see a 4-way arrow thingy) and dragging it to where you want it tobe. You can even rotate it to whatever angle you like by clicking on the round symbol immediately above it and then moving your mouse around.

When you first switch from a word-processing program to a DTP one, things can seem a bit cumbersome at first (like having to create those text frames). However with a bit of practice it gets incredibly intuitive and you'll wonder how you ever managed with just a WP program ;-)