Video: Show the developer tab in Office 07 (Word and Excel)
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How to show the developer tab in Office 07.
- Click on the Office button
- Click on Word/Excel Options
- Check the Show Developer tab in ribbon option
- Hit OK to apply
What is the developer tab
The developer tab is seldom used by casual users of Office products which is why it was removed from the toolbar by default. However those familiar with macros and security options with Office files are very familiar with the options provided by the developer tab.
Word and Outlook are messed up whenever I open a new document/email
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What's wrong?
You opened up Word or Outlook and were going to type a new document or email but the format is all messed up.
How did this happen?
You accidently, or maybe not so accidently changed your template for regular blank documents.
What does a regular blank template mean?
Every time you open up Word or Outlook (which uses Word) you open up a blank document template. Normally this would just include a basic file with normal margins and nothing in it.
Some people change their normal template because they do certain jobs over and over so it was a good idea for Microsoft to allow you to edit that, but if you didn't know that you changed it or how it was possible to change it then you have a problem, and that's why you are here.
OK, so you understand what is going on but you just want to fix it.
Windows 7 Office 07
- First make sure you have your folder options set to view hidden files. You can search how to do that if you don't know how, it is very simple.
- Then, browse to your C: drive, then go to Users > Username > App Data > Roaming > Microsoft > Templates and you should see the normal.dotm file.
normal.dotm
- From here you should close Outlook and Word and make sure that they are closed in the task manager.
- Simply delete the normal.dotm template file. It will be recreated from scratch when you start Word again.
Windows XP Office 07/03
- Follow the same isntructions for Windows 7 and Office 07 but go to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.
- From here you can delete normal.dotm for Office 07 or normal.dot for Office 03.
Tip for success
Try to remember this can affect Outlook as well. Outlook uses Word to edit e-mails so it is important that you recognize this as a possible problem for similar issues with Outlook as well. Most people who use a computer wont understand this, so it is important to keep it in mind.
Spellcheck not working with Office 07?
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What is wrong?
Someone probably just replied back to an e-mail or a letter you typed up in Word and they were probably laughing at you for horribly misspelling a word. You go to see the e-mail again and realize that spell check didn't work when you typed it or else you wouldn't have made the mistake.
How do I fix it?
- Close all office products.
- Go to Start -> Run.
- Here type in regedit and hit Enter. If you are Windows 7 you will need to go to Start -> All Programs -> Accessories and then you need to right click Command Prompt and select Run as Administrator. Once the command prompt is up, type in regedit and hit Enter.
- Once the registry editor is open it would be a wise Idea to back your registry up in case you accidentally mess something up. To do this go to File -> Export and choose where to save the registry backup.
- Once you have your registry backed up you can go on and delete the keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\ProofingTools\1.0\Override\en-US
- Now try opening your Outlook or Word and try typing a word incorrectly and see if you have fixed your issue. If not, this issue could be caused by something else. Make sure you have spell checking enabled in Outlook if you are only experiencing the issue in Outlook.
Tip for success
Pay attention when you are typing. Even if you have mad skills, look up occasionally to make sure you type things correctly. Also, go back over whatever you type when it is important. Even better than that is to have someone else read over what you have typed because they may notice mistakes that you may have missed. The sooner someone notices that spell check may not be working the quicker it can be fixed, and the better you look, since you won't send out documents with words misspelled.