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§ ita § - Nov 02, 2012 10:44:50 am PDT #1039 of 1416
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I think I'm going to forcibly zero out my inbox before the end of the year. I'm going to cheat, but I'll do it. I think the goal of keeping it tidy is important, but I can't tell if I could be achieving that because there's so damned much. I have email in there since my first project at this job.

In fact, lemme do that now.

A bit problem is the fact that I'm on the team group email distro. I can't even count how many emails that is a day. I used to have a rule that funnelled them all off, but then I'd miss things I needed to know about. I now don't funnel emails with URGENT in the subject line, or very specific task-related ones that come every Sunday, but the rest go into a folder I never look at, and there are currently 40696 unread emails there. Only 10 in my normal inbox.


Liese S. - Nov 08, 2012 9:42:03 am PST #1040 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Aargh, how am I off by 12 cents? Where are my 12 cents?

It may be time for lunch, I suspect.


beekaytee - Nov 08, 2012 1:23:42 pm PST #1041 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant

Has anyone else had Office products suddenly stop working?

Word and Excel are freezing as soon as a document is opened.

I read some forum responses that suggested throwing out the properties folders. I did that, but it didn't work.

I've downloaded Open Office, but would love to get the original products back.


Liese S. - Nov 08, 2012 5:44:39 pm PST #1042 of 1416
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Okay, I found the 12 cents, but not until I had mistakenly unreconciled months. But it's back now, and I'm moving forward.

Not had that problem, bonny, any particular file, or all files? Anything else running at the time? What versions of everything?


Strix - Nov 09, 2012 6:11:37 am PST #1043 of 1416
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Not had that problem, bonny. Every OTHER tech problem lately, but not that one. Le sigh...

Good luck!


megan walker - Nov 09, 2012 7:01:38 am PST #1044 of 1416
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

A propos of nothing, anyone know of a place to find unique business card holders? I'll check etsy, but beyond that?

ETA: To carry in a purse, not put on a desk.


JenP - Nov 09, 2012 8:27:50 am PST #1045 of 1416

Has anyone else had Office products suddenly stop working?

Yes -- I swear I ended up in the Control Panel, maybe under Programs and Features? And there was a button that said "Repair" when I highlighted the program (I use the free "lite" versio that came with the computer). I googles to find out what was up, and that's where I ended up, but I can't seem to replicae the search that got me there.


beekaytee - Nov 09, 2012 8:46:52 am PST #1046 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant

Okay, now see?

THIS is exactly why it is great to have a community.

So. I searched 'repair software' and got instructions for repairing disk permissions.

I can now open Word docs but not Excel.

One is better than none! Thanks.


Ginger - Nov 09, 2012 9:00:16 am PST #1047 of 1416
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

In Office 2007, click on the Office button at the top right. For Word, click on Word Options on the bottom, and then on Resources to get to Office Diagnostics. Similarly for Excel, click on Excel options then Resources.


beekaytee - Nov 09, 2012 9:28:07 am PST #1048 of 1416
Compassionately intolerant

I'm using Office 2011 and can't seem to find Excel options.

I ran the permissions repair again and Word still works, but Excel does not. Argh.