1998 Updates

November 3 1998 update:

• My favorite Tips: Force the Equation Editor to open in a separate window.
• My favorite Tips: Quickly strip HTML codes from a webpage.
• My favorite Tips: Jump quickly in a combo-box or drop-down list.
• Mail Merge: Put Barcodes in mail merge form letters
• Mail Merge: Format labels in Word's label setup window
• Forms: Assign arbitrary values to form field check boxes and sum the values. Sample file with macros: ChkBx97.zip (12 KB).

September 27 1998 update:

• My favorite Tips: Re-Register Word under Windows 95 to restore file extension associations.
• My favorite Tips: Extract spelling dictionaries for all supported languages from Outlook 98 CD.
• My favorite Tips: Password text box in a WordBasic dialog box.
• Forms: Work around for the problem of Drop-Down lists and Ampersands in Word 97.
• New MVP links New-comers are marked with an asterisk.

June 29 1998 update:

• Fields: Display "double quotes" in field results.
• Numbering: Copy/Paste Relative Cell References in Word Tables
• Forms: Duplicate contents of a form field elsewhere in the document

May 04 update:

• Mail Merge / Forms: WdAcc97.zip containing a sample Access 97 database, two Word 97 sample templates and three Word documents with explanations. The examples show how you can exchange data between Access and Word using VBA code from within either program, OLE Automation and DAO. One of the sample templates is a Word form.
• Forms: Toggle form protection on / off without losing form field input.
• Fields: Fields to text is a macro that will allow you to copy the selected field to a text result. Useful when preparing documentation like this !
• New MVP links New-comers are marked with an asterisk.

March 04 update:

• Mail Merge: Create an address book
• Mail Merge: Suppress duplicate records during a mail merge

February 20 1998 update:

• Mail Merge: WdAcc95.zip Describes how to send information from an Access 95 database to a Word 95 document. Sample database, sample template and explanatory document.
• About me: has been moved to its own page. There's now a lace bird you can view, besides the butterfly.
• New MVP links New-comers are marked with an asterisk.