Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]
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Re: Office 2003 - "autocomplete" in file | open or file | save no longer works
Jim Rech wrote:
>>> I don't have that entry in my registry but my WXP/O2003 computer
>>> works fine.
>
> Yes, that's right. It's the presence of the reg entry that causes the
> problem since the default is to have autocomplete.
>
>>> it doesn't work for him.
> Does that mean he checked and he does not have the reg entry?
Correct, he didn't - but he added it with the Yes value, and it made no
difference.
>
> No other ideas, sorry. I thought maybe the TweakUI setting for
> AutoComplete might be involved but it does not seem to affect Excel
> 2003.
Thanks for your help anyway. This seems to be affecting all Office 2003
apps. I may just do a reinstall & see what happens. If anyone else has any
ideas, feel free to chime in!
>
>> Jim Rech wrote:
>>> I'm sure he didn't deliberately create this registry entry however
>>> Office is acting as if that entry is there. I didn't have the entry
>>> either but when I created it and set its value to "No" sure enough I
>>> lost auto complete in the File, Open dialog on Excel 2003.
>>>
>>> So I'd definitely check his registry (under Office 11 of course).
>>
>> Thanks much for your reply - I just emailed him & asked him to
>> check, and it doesn't work for him. I don't have that entry in my
>> registry but my WXP/O2003 computer works fine. Any other ideas?
>>
>>>
>>>> -- This was posted in m.p.office.misc on Jan 7 2005 with no replies
>>>> - trying here as well; hope crosspost doesn't annoy anyone --
>>>>
>>>> -----------------------------
>>>>
>>>> Hi - I have a client with Office 2003 SP1 on WinXP SP2 - a heavy
>>>> Word user & generally quite tech-savvy.
>>>>
>>>> He says that recently, the default behavior in Word (and, all his
>>>> Office applications) has changed - he used to be able to select
>>>> File
>>>>> Open, and enter the first letter of a filename, and it would
>>>> autocomplete/suggest the file name both in-line and in a drop-down
>>>> list. Now it isn't, and he can't think of anything he's done to
>>>> change this behavior, and would like it restored.
>>>>
>>>> I had him test this in Excel 2003 as well & the same results occur
>>>> - although he doesn't really care much about this in anything other
>>>> than Word.
>>>>
>>>> Autocomplete in Windows (e.g., file | run...) works fine.
>>>> Autocomplete for e-mail addresses in OL2003 works fine.
>>>>
>>>> I've compared all his Word options settings to mine (on which the
>>>> autocomplete feature does work) and can't see anything different.
>>>> So I'm hoping one of the Office/Word gurus might have an idea?
>>>>
>>>> I found a KB article, but it discusses Word 2000 only
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289193
>>>> ...I don't have the regkey mentioned in my (working) computer, and
>>>> I doubt highly he'd mucked about with anything in his registry.
>>>>
>>>> Any help/guidance appreciated. Thanks!
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