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How Can I Set Word’s Default File Location to be the User’s Home Directory?

October 5, 2005 Oct 5, 2005 10/5/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Word’s default file location to be the user’s home directory?-- LD(image) (image) (image) Hey, LD. Ah, memories. There was a period of time when it seemed like every question we answered in this column was a two-part question: we’d always find ourselves doing things like showing people how to...

How Can I Open Word with the Cursor Positioned at the Start of a Specified Line?

September 14, 2005 Sep 14, 2005 09/14/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open Word with the cursor positioned at the start of a specified line?-- PS(image) (image) (image) Hey, PS. You know, we Scripting Guys have decided that we don’t like Microsoft Word anymore. How come? Well, as Scripting Guys we like to find solutions to seemingly-unsolvable problems: any time we can...

How Can I Insert a Symbol into a Word Document?

August 3, 2005 Aug 3, 2005 08/3/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a Wingding symbol into a Word document?-- RC(image) (image) (image) Hey, RC. In case you’re wondering, there were two reasons why we decided to answer your question. First, we just liked the phrase insert a Wingding symbol. (No, we don’t know why we liked it, we just did.) Second - and by ...