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oistrakhan

I thought one of the key points of Office 2007 was integration between
programs. I entered a hyperlink to a document in Word 2007 in a note in
OneNote 2007. When I click on it it comes up with a warning message - EVERY
TIME. This rather defeats the object which is speed. Can this be disabled?
In Outlook it is worse - you have to go through TWO dialogue boxes before
you can get where you want.
If you add a hyperlink to a website none of this happens. Surely files on
your own computer, within Office, are likely to be more trustworthy than
websites?
I've looked for a way to disable these warnings - but can't find one.
 
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Grant Robertson

I thought one of the key points of Office 2007 was integration between
programs. I entered a hyperlink to a document in Word 2007 in a note in
OneNote 2007. When I click on it it comes up with a warning message - EVERY
TIME. This rather defeats the object which is speed. Can this be disabled?
In Outlook it is worse - you have to go through TWO dialogue boxes before
you can get where you want.
If you add a hyperlink to a website none of this happens. Surely files on
your own computer, within Office, are likely to be more trustworthy than
websites?
I've looked for a way to disable these warnings - but can't find one.
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There is some registry hack to "fix" this but I don't know what it is.
This has been discussed to death with MS apologists offering all kinds of
skewed logic. In my opinion it boils down to MS trying to create the
APPEARANCE of security. For some reason they also are living under the
delusion that EVERYONE will buy their products and therefore everyone
will be e-mailing MS office files all over the place like paper in a
ticker-tape parade. This makes them think that many of the files you have
on your computer will not be known to you.
 
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oistrakhan

Thanks for this. In fact, since writing, I found the registry hack on the
Outlook board - but I will never, ever do that. At least now I know I'm not
alone. I am using The Unofficial Guide to Outlook 2007 by Marc Orchant and,
in 600 pages, he fails to mention this! Or, if he does, it has escaped me.
 
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Grant Robertson

I am using The Unofficial Guide to Outlook 2007 by Marc Orchant and,
in 600 pages, he fails to mention this!
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I have found that even the "Unofficial Guides" tend to take it easy on
Microsoft. You have to stay on their good side in order to keep your
access to the internal experts. So if you tell too much of the truth then
you loose your access and it is almost impossible to get a book written
in a timely fashion. Others, who have maintained their access by playing
nice, will come out with books sooner and your's won't sell.

I'm sure some of the Most Vocal Proselytizers will disagree but I don't
listen to them much anyway.
 
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fredpowledge

I have found that even the "Unofficial Guides" tend to take it easy on
Microsoft. You have to stay on their good side in order to keep your
access to the internal experts. So if you tell too much of the truth then
you loose your access and it is almost impossible to get a book written
in a timely fashion. Others, who have maintained their access by playing
nice, will come out with books sooner and your's won't sell.

I'm sure some of the Most Vocal Proselytizers will disagree but I don't
listen to them much anyway.
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How-to-books done in collaboration with Micros**t, or under the MS
press logo, have always been notorious for their lack of useful
information, and so have a lot of books written by allegedly
independent writers. Can anyone suggest a *good* and *useful* book on
Outlook (or OneNote) that could take the place of the manual that
should have come with the program and that doesn't suck up to Redmond?
--Fred Powledge
 
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