Text direction

The conventional wisdom is that any file that has a .tmp extension is
intended to be a temporary file; only if Windows won't let you delete it
should you have second thoughts. Or, if you are nervous about deleting *all*
of them, you could delete just those that are in the My Documents folder (or
wherever you store Word documents).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Quite a few files came up as a result of the *.tmp
search.
Is it safe to delete all of them ? I'm sorry to raise such a
question, but I am a complete duffer about such things.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Mendelson

--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They're not my suggestions but Bob's. Search for ~$*.* and delete every
file
you find; repeat for *.tmp.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
Your two suggestions for overcoming the problem
did
not work, but I'm not sure that I understood the second one about
recycling
the files. How should I proceed with ~$*.*;*.tmp ? Thanks for your
patience!
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

According to Office MVP Bob Buckland:

It's a bug that is apparently related to an interaction between Word
Add-ins (Redaction is one) and some printer drivers and Word temp
files.

You can often undo it by using File=Print and switching to another
printer
then back, or close Word and recycle the files you find
using
Start=Search
~$*.*;*.tmp
then restart Word.


--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Yes! It is normal until I try to print or send it.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saying that the document appears normal until you try to
print
or
send? If so, that's a common printer bug. Or does the text appear
in
one
column from the outset?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
No. The text is the entire document in
Microsoft
Word. When I try to send it, each line appears alone as a
vertical
column
of
symbols.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the text in a text box, table, or frame?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
In one of my documents,the text is written vertically instead
of
horizontally. How can I restore the normal orientation ?
--
EMEN

Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Perhaps I should make the problem more definite.
It occurs with respect to only one document. The others are fine. (The
document is part of a manuscript for a new edition of a book.) With the bad
document, when I try to print it or when I send it as an e-mail and try to
print it, what appears on each of the resulting pages is a single column of
symbols. These symbols are the symbols that occur in the document, in the
same order as their appearance in the document.
I suspected at first that the problem might stem from incorrect placement of
the margin tab(s), but I can't see anything wrong.
I haven't deleted all the *.tmp occurrences yet. There were no ~$*.*
occurrences.
Thanks for your advice and patience.
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The conventional wisdom is that any file that has a .tmp extension is
intended to be a temporary file; only if Windows won't let you delete it
should you have second thoughts. Or, if you are nervous about deleting *all*
of them, you could delete just those that are in the My Documents folder (or
wherever you store Word documents).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Quite a few files came up as a result of the *.tmp
search.
Is it safe to delete all of them ? I'm sorry to raise such a
question, but I am a complete duffer about such things.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Mendelson

--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They're not my suggestions but Bob's. Search for ~$*.* and delete every
file
you find; repeat for *.tmp.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
Your two suggestions for overcoming the problem
did
not work, but I'm not sure that I understood the second one about
recycling
the files. How should I proceed with ~$*.*;*.tmp ? Thanks for your
patience!
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

According to Office MVP Bob Buckland:

It's a bug that is apparently related to an interaction between Word
Add-ins (Redaction is one) and some printer drivers and Word temp
files.

You can often undo it by using File=Print and switching to another
printer
then back, or close Word and recycle the files you find
using
Start=Search
~$*.*;*.tmp
then restart Word.


--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Yes! It is normal until I try to print or send it.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saying that the document appears normal until you try to
print
or
send? If so, that's a common printer bug. Or does the text appear
in
one
column from the outset?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
No. The text is the entire document in
Microsoft
Word. When I try to send it, each line appears alone as a
vertical
column
of
symbols.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the text in a text box, table, or frame?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
In one of my documents,the text is written vertically instead
of
horizontally. How can I restore the normal orientation ?
--
EMEN

I have not experienced this phenomenon, so I can't really help beyond
quoting the solution that has been determined to be generally effective.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Perhaps I should make the problem more definite.
It occurs with respect to only one document. The others are fine. (The
document is part of a manuscript for a new edition of a book.) With the
bad
document, when I try to print it or when I send it as an e-mail and try to
print it, what appears on each of the resulting pages is a single column
of
symbols. These symbols are the symbols that occur in the document, in the
same order as their appearance in the document.
I suspected at first that the problem might stem from incorrect placement
of
the margin tab(s), but I can't see anything wrong.
I haven't deleted all the *.tmp occurrences yet. There were no ~$*.*
occurrences.
Thanks for your advice and patience.
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The conventional wisdom is that any file that has a .tmp extension is
intended to be a temporary file; only if Windows won't let you delete it
should you have second thoughts. Or, if you are nervous about deleting
*all*
of them, you could delete just those that are in the My Documents folder
(or
wherever you store Word documents).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Quite a few files came up as a result of the *.tmp
search.
Is it safe to delete all of them ? I'm sorry to raise such a
question, but I am a complete duffer about such things.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Mendelson

--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They're not my suggestions but Bob's. Search for ~$*.* and delete
every
file
you find; repeat for *.tmp.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
Your two suggestions for overcoming the problem
did
not work, but I'm not sure that I understood the second one about
recycling
the files. How should I proceed with ~$*.*;*.tmp ? Thanks for
your
patience!
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

According to Office MVP Bob Buckland:

It's a bug that is apparently related to an interaction between
Word
Add-ins (Redaction is one) and some printer drivers and Word temp
files.

You can often undo it by using File=Print and switching to another
printer
then back, or close Word and recycle the files you find
using
Start=Search
~$*.*;*.tmp
then restart Word.


--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Yes! It is normal until I try to print or send it.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saying that the document appears normal until you try to
print
or
send? If so, that's a common printer bug. Or does the text
appear
in
one
column from the outset?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
No. The text is the entire document in
Microsoft
Word. When I try to send it, each line appears alone as a
vertical
column
of
symbols.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the text in a text box, table, or frame?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
In one of my documents,the text is written vertically
instead
of
horizontally. How can I restore the normal orientation ?
--
EMEN

Dear Ms. Barnhill:
The problem seemed to involve margin settings,
although I don't know why or how. In any case, everything is OK now, and I
want to thank you for your help.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

I have not experienced this phenomenon, so I can't really help beyond
quoting the solution that has been determined to be generally effective.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Perhaps I should make the problem more definite.
It occurs with respect to only one document. The others are fine. (The
document is part of a manuscript for a new edition of a book.) With the
bad
document, when I try to print it or when I send it as an e-mail and try to
print it, what appears on each of the resulting pages is a single column
of
symbols. These symbols are the symbols that occur in the document, in the
same order as their appearance in the document.
I suspected at first that the problem might stem from incorrect placement
of
the margin tab(s), but I can't see anything wrong.
I haven't deleted all the *.tmp occurrences yet. There were no ~$*.*
occurrences.
Thanks for your advice and patience.
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The conventional wisdom is that any file that has a .tmp extension is
intended to be a temporary file; only if Windows won't let you delete it
should you have second thoughts. Or, if you are nervous about deleting
*all*
of them, you could delete just those that are in the My Documents folder
(or
wherever you store Word documents).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Ms. Barnhill:
Quite a few files came up as a result of the *.tmp
search.
Is it safe to delete all of them ? I'm sorry to raise such a
question, but I am a complete duffer about such things.
Sincerely yours,
Elliott Mendelson

--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

They're not my suggestions but Bob's. Search for ~$*.* and delete
every
file
you find; repeat for *.tmp.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
Your two suggestions for overcoming the problem
did
not work, but I'm not sure that I understood the second one about
recycling
the files. How should I proceed with ~$*.*;*.tmp ? Thanks for
your
patience!
Elliott Mendelson
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

According to Office MVP Bob Buckland:

It's a bug that is apparently related to an interaction between
Word
Add-ins (Redaction is one) and some printer drivers and Word temp
files.

You can often undo it by using File=Print and switching to another
printer
then back, or close Word and recycle the files you find
using
Start=Search
~$*.*;*.tmp
then restart Word.


--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Yes! It is normal until I try to print or send it.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Are you saying that the document appears normal until you try to
print
or
send? If so, that's a common printer bug. Or does the text
appear
in
one
column from the outset?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
Dear Suzanne:
No. The text is the entire document in
Microsoft
Word. When I try to send it, each line appears alone as a
vertical
column
of
symbols.
--
EMEN


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Is the text in a text box, table, or frame?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"ElliottM" wrote in message
...
In one of my documents,the text is written vertically
instead
of
horizontally. How can I restore the normal orientation ?
--
EMEN