Microsoft Office XP Small Business

[Lonnie]

Just wondering if someone can enlighten me as to why MSO XP SB operates
differently on my desktop then it does on my tablet? On my tablet it will
allow me to voice input opening the start menu, all programs, and running
programs...etc...etc. whereas on my desktop, it will only allow me to do
things in word like dictate. I would much rather use the program on my
desktop, but if it is limited in this way on the desktop then I'll just keep
it on my tablet. Oh and one other thing, can someone please instruct me as
to how to change the signature down below there, it seems as though I've
forgotten how

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lonnie]

Nobody can help???

I would GREATLY APPRECIATE an answer here.

Thank you

 

[Bob I]

Just a couple of things,

1. Be patient it could be a day or two before someone has an answer.
2. What other differences between the two installations?
3. Did you try r-clicking the language bar and look through the settings
and properties?
4. "The signature down there" is determined by what ever program you
happen to be using to create and post the message to the newsgroup.
5. Don't "top post" with the -- separator, in your "sig" as it truncates
the rest of the message when someone tries to reply.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

Sometimes people need more than 4 or 5 hrs to respond.

Changing your sig file is going to depend on your email program. Hitting F1
won't break anything. ;-)
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[Lonnie]

Sorry for being impatient I do get that way sometimes. I don't use any
email program for posting/responding to posts. When I click post/or reply,
there is a rectangular box that comes up that looks very much like internet
explorer, in fact it has the logo at the top left hand side. If I remember
correctly, there were some profile settings oin the site here that I messed
with to get the signature in the first place, or at least that's the way I
remember it. Thank you for your reply. Do you have any suggestions as to
the other part of my post about Microsoft Office XP Small Business?
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is not
asked.

Sometimes people need more than 4 or 5 hrs to respond.

Changing your sig file is going to depend on your email program. Hitting F1
won't break anything. ;-)
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

No, because I don't have a tablet, or Office XP Small Business. I may talk
to my computer but the things I say aren't always fit to be posted in a
public newsgroup.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Sorry for being impatient I do get that way sometimes. I don't use
any
email program for posting/responding to posts. When I click post/or
reply,
there is a rectangular box that comes up that looks very much like
internet
explorer, in fact it has the logo at the top left hand side. If I remember
correctly, there were some profile settings oin the site here that I
messed
with to get the signature in the first place, or at least that's the way I
remember it. Thank you for your reply. Do you have any suggestions as to
the other part of my post about Microsoft Office XP Small Business?
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is not
asked.

Sometimes people need more than 4 or 5 hrs to respond.

Changing your sig file is going to depend on your email program. Hitting
F1
won't break anything. ;-)
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Nobody can help???

I would GREATLY APPRECIATE an answer here.

Thank you

--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is
not
asked.


:

Just wondering if someone can enlighten me as to why MSO XP SB
operates
differently on my desktop then it does on my tablet? On my tablet it
will
allow me to voice input opening the start menu, all programs, and
running
programs...etc...etc. whereas on my desktop, it will only allow me to
do
things in word like dictate. I would much rather use the program on
my
desktop, but if it is limited in this way on the desktop then I'll
just
keep
it on my tablet. Oh and one other thing, can someone please instruct
me
as
to how to change the signature down below there, it seems as though
I've
forgotten how

Thank you in advance.

 

[Lonnie]

Sorry for being impatient I do get that way sometimes. I don't use any
email program for posting/responding to posts. When I click post/or reply,
there is a rectangular box that comes up that looks very much like internet
explorer, in fact it has the logo at the top left hand side. If I remember
correctly, there were some profile settings oin the site here that I messed
with to get the signature in the first place, or at least that's the way I
remember it.

As to your questions about the differences in installations, there are none.
If you are asking about the way I install them anyway. I install the
program the exact same way on the desktop as I do on the tablet. But as I
said in my original post, there are things that I cannot do on the desktop
like, use my voice to run a program like internet explorer, and then while in
IE bring down the menus...etc. It seems as though the installation on the
desktop is limiting me to using voice recognition on programs such as word or
for another example, I just turned on voice recognition to see if it would
work in this message. It looks as though it is going to allow me to use it
in this message. So I guess what I'm saying his, voice recognition is
allowing me to dictate on the desktop but nothing else. I almost forgot,
voice recognition will not bring up anything when I say "what can I say".

Thank you for your time.

 

[Lonnie]

Any further comments on what I mentioned in your response about the email
program? I don't use an email program for these posts.
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is not
asked.

No, because I don't have a tablet, or Office XP Small Business. I may talk
to my computer but the things I say aren't always fit to be posted in a
public newsgroup.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Sorry for being impatient I do get that way sometimes. I don't use
any
email program for posting/responding to posts. When I click post/or
reply,
there is a rectangular box that comes up that looks very much like
internet
explorer, in fact it has the logo at the top left hand side. If I remember
correctly, there were some profile settings oin the site here that I
messed
with to get the signature in the first place, or at least that's the way I
remember it. Thank you for your reply. Do you have any suggestions as to
the other part of my post about Microsoft Office XP Small Business?
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is not
asked.

Sometimes people need more than 4 or 5 hrs to respond.

Changing your sig file is going to depend on your email program. Hitting
F1
won't break anything. ;-)
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Nobody can help???

I would GREATLY APPRECIATE an answer here.

Thank you

--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is
not
asked.


:

Just wondering if someone can enlighten me as to why MSO XP SB
operates
differently on my desktop then it does on my tablet? On my tablet it
will
allow me to voice input opening the start menu, all programs, and
running
programs...etc...etc. whereas on my desktop, it will only allow me to
do
things in word like dictate. I would much rather use the program on
my
desktop, but if it is limited in this way on the desktop then I'll
just
keep
it on my tablet. Oh and one other thing, can someone please instruct
me
as
to how to change the signature down below there, it seems as though
I've
forgotten how

Thank you in advance.

 

[Bob I]

Navigating to the location you describe, I see a "manage your profile"
link in the lower left corner. Try that for your "signature settings".

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I can only assume you are using that HIDEOUS web interface on Microsoft's
site. I set it up once but I use Outlook Express to access the newsgroups
94.9% of the time, Google Groups about 5% or the time and you can do the
math to see how seldom I use the website.

Seriously, if you are going to access the newsgroup often enough that you
want to set up a sig file, use a newsreader.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Any further comments on what I mentioned in your response about the email
program? I don't use an email program for these posts.
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is not
asked.

No, because I don't have a tablet, or Office XP Small Business. I may
talk
to my computer but the things I say aren't always fit to be posted in a
public newsgroup.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

Sorry for being impatient I do get that way sometimes. I don't use
any
email program for posting/responding to posts. When I click post/or
reply,
there is a rectangular box that comes up that looks very much like
internet
explorer, in fact it has the logo at the top left hand side. If I
remember
correctly, there were some profile settings oin the site here that I
messed
with to get the signature in the first place, or at least that's the
way I
remember it. Thank you for your reply. Do you have any suggestions as
to
the other part of my post about Microsoft Office XP Small Business?
--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that is
not
asked.


:

Sometimes people need more than 4 or 5 hrs to respond.

Changing your sig file is going to depend on your email program.
Hitting
F1
won't break anything. ;-)
--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




Nobody can help???

I would GREATLY APPRECIATE an answer here.

Thank you

--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that
is
not
asked.


:

Just wondering if someone can enlighten me as to why MSO XP SB
operates
differently on my desktop then it does on my tablet? On my tablet
it
will
allow me to voice input opening the start menu, all programs, and
running
programs...etc...etc. whereas on my desktop, it will only allow me
to
do
things in word like dictate. I would much rather use the program
on
my
desktop, but if it is limited in this way on the desktop then I'll
just
keep
it on my tablet. Oh and one other thing, can someone please
instruct
me
as
to how to change the signature down below there, it seems as though
I've
forgotten how

Thank you in advance.


--
There is no such thing as a "DUMB" question except for the one that
is
not
asked.

 

[Lonnie]

I've been all through that area Bob, and I can't see anything relating to
signatures, or whatever it may be called within this BBS setup. If I
remember correctly, it is Signature.

 

[Bob I]

As to the Signature, see my other reply. As to the two installations.
Tablet and Desktops don't have exactly the same operating system
installed, so your mileage may vary there. navigation does show up with
Office 2003 and Windows XP, but you don't need Windows XP to install
Office XP. So is Window XP on the desktop? And if so did you check the
language bar settings and properties for more options.

 

[Bob I]

Sorry I can't take you further there as I don't have an account. I use
the newsreader to access the newsgroups.

 

[Echo S]

Any further comments on what I mentioned in your response about the email
program? I don't use an email program for these posts.

Your headers indicate you're using the MS web interface. It's hard to tell
which one, though if you want to give a URL of which page you're coming in
from, I can give you better instrux.

If you're using http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
there's an "edit profile" button right between the Sign In/Out button and
Help up in the upper right-hand corner.

 

[Lonnie]

I have Windows XP Proffesional installed on my desktop. As I understand it,
the tablet edition is just a subset of XP. So in essence I have the same
operating system on both machines, it's just that the tablet edition (the
subset of xp) is active and functional on the tablet pc, and xp prof is
active and functional on the desktop. So I don't think the problem is there.
(I.M.H.O.) In regards to the settings within the language bar settings, yes
I've been in there on both machines and they are set up exactly the same as
far as I can tell. Also, as far as I can tell there is NO other settings
that could be changed that would affect the problem that I'm having on the
desktop, and the reason I say that is because all the settings seem to relate
to text only allowing the dictation part to be extended to other programs
such as Notepad.

Thank you very much for your posts/help. Do you have any other suggestions?

 

[Bob Buckland ?:-\)]

Hi Lonnie,

Speech functionallity for Dictation / Command was added in Office XP, kept in Office 2003 without any significant changes and is
being dropped from Office 2007 (Windows Vista will cover that, similar to how Windows XP Tablet PC edition does more than Office XP
or Office 2003 now).

The main difference in the 'alternative input' tools provided with Office XP vs 2003 was that you didn't need the separate Tablet PC
pack for Office with Office 2003 that was made available for Office XP
http://microsoft.com/downloads/deta...48-269B-4838-AB9E-74B64626A494&displaylang=en

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Just wondering if someone can enlighten me as to why MSO XP SB operates
differently on my desktop then it does on my tablet? On my tablet it will
allow me to voice input opening the start menu, all programs, and running
programs...etc...etc. whereas on my desktop, it will only allow me to do
things in word like dictate. I would much rather use the program on my
desktop, but if it is limited in this way on the desktop then I'll just keep
it on my tablet. Oh and one other thing, can someone please instruct me as
to how to change the signature down below there, it seems as though I've
forgotten how

Thank you in advance. >>

 

[Bob I]

Ok, try this path and see where we get.

Method 1.
R-click in the Language bar, pick Settings, in "Installed Services"
window, scroll down to and select "Speech Recognition", click Properties
Button, Click "Voice Commands". Pick options.

Method 2.

Start button, Settings, Control Panel, Regional and Language Options,
Languages tab, Details button, in "Installed Services" window, scroll
down to and select "Speech Recognition", click Properties Button, Click
"Voice Commands". Pick options.

 

[Lonnie]

Thanks for your patience Bob. I did as you suggested and found that all
options were checked. Only two that I can see within that group are related
to voice commands. They are, navigation, and possibly keyboard simulation.
At any rate, every single option is checked. Any more suggestions that she
may be able to come up with is appreciated. if you want to drop this like a
heavy rock, I will understand.

thank you again.

 

[Lonnie]

Hello Bob and thanks for your reply.

I'm sorry, but I'm not grasping how your answer relates to my problem .
Are you saying that the program is not supposed to act the same way on the
desktop as it does on the tablet? If so that would be a bummer, as I would
like it to operate the same on the desktop as it does on the tablet, the
functionality on the tablet is better since I can use "voice command" to open
and clost programs...etc., but it doesn't do that on my desktop that has xp
pro on it. If the program is not supposed to act the same on the desktop,
then please let me know (in laymens terms please) why it is like that. Thank
you for your time and trouble.

 

[Bob I]

Umm, is there a Mode key assigned for switching between Dictation and
Command/navigation modes?