Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 30th 07, 01:42 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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(2007) Excel macro blocks Outlook???
I don't have a virus scanner turned on. And testing revealed that the
problem had nothing to do with VPN. Anytime Excel was "blocked" (an empty Do
Loop macro, for instance), Outlook would be...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 29th 07, 10:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 26th 07, 08:23 AM Posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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(2007) Excel macro blocks Outlook???
Were you able to start a new message and close it?
Anyway, I will install the performance update tonight and see if it solves
the problem.
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-C. Moya
www.cmoya.com
"Patrick Schmid [MVP]"...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 26th 07, 12:22 AM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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(2007) Excel macro blocks Outlook???
I have confirmed this issue on at least two machines. And it is easy to
reproduce.
Create a VBA macro with a simple Do-Loop that will tie up Excel.
Example:
Public Sub TestPerf
Do
'do nothing
...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 26th 07, 12:00 AM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Replies: 20
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 25th 07, 11:57 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 25th 07, 09:34 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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(2007) Excel macro blocks Outlook???
All other programs respond fine. The CPU isn't really hit hard because the
bottleneck is the vpn connection to the database. I did (quick and dirty)
try an empty Do-Loop in Excel to see if the same...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 25th 07, 05:54 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
April 25th 07, 03:29 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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(2007) Excel macro blocks Outlook???
Why does a long running macro in Excel 2007 block Outlook???
(No, the macro doesn't access Outlook in any way. It does use ADO to access
a database).
I've noticed similar things on several...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
January 10th 07, 05:09 AM Posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general
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Ol2007 search index exclude folders
Is it possible to exclude certain folders from Outlook 2007's Instant Search
Index? The only option appears to be what PST's to pick.... but not actually
the ability to specify the subfolders...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
December 7th 06, 05:12 AM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
Well, I'm not saying Office 2007 doesn't contain improvements. I like the
ribbon (a lot). And Outlook 2007 fixed every single anamoly with cached
exchange mode and disconnected-from-VPN situations....
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
December 6th 06, 09:57 AM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
That's not an excuse. I've read Jensen's long blog on "color tables" and all
the work that went into creating the canned color schemes and why they HAVE
to be "canned" and not system derived (the...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 08:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
You're probably right. But my feeling is that MS is on the ropes in many
ways. It would behoove them to add a little spring to their step. Office
2007 has the potential of being a huge...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 07:56 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
They listen to focus groups. Like Coca Cola did in 1985.
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-C. Moya
www.cmoya.com
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 07:33 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
According to a blog by Jensen, the Office UI Program Manager,
(http://blogs.msdn.com/jensenh/) there was all sorts of Rocket Science to
make Office 2007's color schemes. They're not simple...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 05:46 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
Eh... I was just wonder if maybe my eyes were going... in my old age. :-)
The dk-gray text on the lt-gray background is just annoying me. In all my UI
learnings I always thought that was definately...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 01:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
OK. I think I realized it's not so much the color scheme as the fact that
TEXT all over the place (ribbon, status bar, even the title bar(!)) is a
dark gray. IMHO this doesn't have the effect that...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 17th 06, 12:59 PM Posted to microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Of2007 Silver Scheme
Am I the only that thinks Office 2007's silver scheme in ribbon apps looks
"dirty?" I don't know it just looks.... um, not very good. It's not the same
color set as Office 2003's silver colors (at...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 03:40 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
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I like the Ribbon. But you are giving it way way way too much credit.
It's...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 03:05 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Replies: 11
Views: 843
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 02:52 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" wrote in message
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Really? I wasn't presented with "the choice" at any time. I had to dig
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 02:36 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Replies: 11
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 01:37 PM Posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
Really? I wasn't presented with "the choice" at any time. I had to dig
around for the option. Sure I found it... but still. And it still doesn't
justify the anti-conventions thing. I guess (taking...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 01:30 PM Posted to microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.outlook.general,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office2007 Laundry List of Gripes
Some of these are admittedly nit-pickey... but they add up to what is a
truly horrendous User Interface and extremely disappointing version of
Office.
1) On my Silver themed WinXP, Word, Excel,...
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Forum: Outlook - General Queries
November 16th 06, 12:08 PM Posted to microsoft.public.outlook,microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.excel,microsoft.public.powerpoint
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Office 2007 Colors Scheme
It might "explain" it to you and me... technical people. It doesn't REALLY
explain why- aside from technical difficulties- Office 2007 installs with a
BLUE a theme on a WinXP set up to use XP...
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