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We wrote this FAQ to answer the many questions we receive on this topic from our clients and other inquiring minds in the many electronic communities we frequent.
Woody's Underground Office Newsletter is no longer being published. Several of the articles are available on our WUON Articles page.
This is an index of all the articles that have appeared in "Woody’s Underground Office" newsletter published from January 1996 through October 1996 (Volume 1 Nos. 1 through 10). The articles are sorted here by article title.
Adding Applications to the Desktop's "New" Menu (Vol. 1 No. 2)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Learn how to take control of the Office 95 Desktop's "New" menu commands in this article from our top European correspondent.
An Office Maintenance Release! 95a? 7.0a? (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Michael Gordon
The first rumors of the new Office 95 maintenance release.
Anatomy of a Word Bug (Vol. 1 No. 5)
by Woody Leonhard
Join Woody on an amazing odyssey as he troubleshoots a friend's problem with a Microsoft Word template provided in the box and the er, contrast between how Woody approached the problem and how Microsoft support tackled it.
AutoCorrect Transition Tips (Vol. 1 No. 10)
by Lee Hudspeth and Timothy-James Lee
When you upgrade from Word 6 to Word 7 one of the most often heard comments is "where did all my AutoCorrect entries go?" We'll show you in this behind the screens look at how Word keeps track of the entries in AutoCorrect and the changes that took place between Word 6 and Word 7. Find out how to find and protect your AutoCorrect entries.
Binders Bundle Your OLE Docs (Vol. 1 No. 2)
by Helen Feddema
The new Office binder feature of Windows 95 is discussed, showing you how it works and how it doesn't!
Building a Word Form Letter Generator (Vol. 1 No. 5)
by M. David Stone
Use Word's native features to put together a streamlined generator for all those recurring types of letters: collections, requests, acknowledgments, and what have you.
Custom Menus in Winword (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by M. David Stone
A hands-on how to piece that shows you how to work smarter by taking control of the menus in Word. Increase your utilization!
Doing It with Style (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by M. David Stone
Our own M. David Stone tackles one of the most under-utilized features in Word - Styles! If you don't use styles in your documents find out what you've been missing and why you need to be using them to save yourself time and effort. Whether you do only an occasional letter or crunch words all day long you won't want to miss this dynamite primer on Styles!
Equation Editor and the Equation Field: Go Figure (Vol. 1 No. 11)
by M. David Stone
M. David Stone de-mystifies the use of the Office applet Equation Editor! Create complex mathematical formulas right in your Office applications using this OLE 2 mini-app. And in Word David shows you how to make the Equation Field jump through some hoops of its own.
Flame On! Epilogue: MSN Rebounds Smartly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Lee Hudspeth
A most unusual follow up to last month's Flame On! piece regarding Microsoft Network customer service problems!
Flame On! Mail Order Madness (Vol. 1 No. 7)
by T. J. Lee
Telephone orders, next day delivery, plug and play... makes buying and installing a new computer a piece of cake, right? Don't you believe it! Journey into the Underground Labs with us as we try to buy a standard computer from Micron Electronics. Such a deal!
Flame On! MSN Runs Amok (Vol. 1 No. 2)
by Lee Hudspeth
Ever have a problem with the Microsoft Network? Take a wild ride with Lee as he does battle with Microsoft in the electronic belly of the beast!
Flame On! NYNEX ISDN Ouch (Vol. 1 No. 8)
by Helen Feddema
A tale of promises made and promises broken. An epic saga acted out in the nether world of the great and terrible Powers of Telecommunications. Clutch your modem closely to your heart and journey with Helen as she tries to make an ISDN connection.
Flame On! Quicken Online Services (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Helen Feddema
Whether you use Quicken or Microsoft Money you need to know what Helen encountered in her sojourn into online banking.
Fun and Games with WordArt Special Effects (Vol. 1 No. 10)
by M. David Stone
Join our resident Word guru as he makes WordArt jump through hoops and perform tricks you may not have thought possible! Reverse out colors, mirror letters and words, multiple colors in a single piece of text and more.
Grouped Reports in Word (Vol. 1 No. 4)
by Helen Feddema
Doing the impossible with Word; taking raw database information and creating a formatted, grouped report in Word using WordBasic. A code-fest for manipulating data in tables. Includes information on how to download a complete working set of example files (WUON4_1.ZIP - 7,389 bytes) containing all sample routines - ready to run!
In Spreadsheets We Trust ... Not! (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by Timothy-James Lee, CPA, and Lee Hudspeth
Looking at your spreadsheets through rose-colored glasses? Not sure? Find out how tricky spreadsheets trip you up. Keep those electronic marvels on the straight and narrow with advice and tips from the authors of The Underground Guide to Excel (Addison-Wesley).
Microsoft Support Online and Free Agent (Vol. 1 No. 7)
by Lee Hudspeth and Timothy-James Lee
Since Microsoft pulled the plug on online support on CompuServe have you been wondering where to find help? Has the "Network News Transport Protocol" got you down? Never fear! In this article you'll learn just where to go to get online support for Office products and a review of one of the best pieces of free software available to help you get there (Forté’s Free Agent).
ODBC with Access and Word (Part 1) (Vol. 1 No. 5)
by Helen Feddema
The first of a two part, hands-on article on using the ODBC drivers from Word to query Access .MDB files. Includes information on how to download a complete working set of example files (WUON5_1.ZIP - 73,192 bytes) containing all sample routines discussed - ready to run!
ODBC with Access and Word (Part 2) (Vol. 1 No. 6)
by Helen Feddema
The second in a two part series on communicating with Access from within Word using WordBasic and ODBC. Make database data dance to your tune. Details the setup and testing methodology for the downloadable set of example files containing all sample routines discussed in both articles.
Office 95 Installation Vexations Visited (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Michael Gordon
Getting Office 95 Professional up and running! Dealing with the old foundations of Office 95 Standard, and the hold over flotsam and jetsam from Office 4.3c, 4.2 ad infinitum.
Office 95 Review and Migration (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Woody Leonhard, T. J. Lee, and Lee Hudspeth
The facts on moving to Office 95, the good, the bad and the ugly.
Office 97 Public Stuff (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by Lee Hudspeth and Timothy-James Lee
Office 97 is almost upon us! How can you be "in the know" about this forthcoming upgrade to Office? Check out the press releases, white papers, articles and more that Microsoft has made available to the public.
Office Shortcut Bar Icon Wrestle-Mania (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Michael Gordon
The scoop on creating your own custom Office toolbars on the Windows 95 desktop. Michael shows the tricks and tips that make toolbars a snap.
Open Office Templates with File/New (Vol. 1 No. 8)
by Ronald Beekelaar
The new File/New feature in Office 95 gives you access to all of your applications' Templates in a single dialog box... but just try to open a template from the File/New dialog box! This behind the screens article shows you how to get added functionality from the Office File/New feature.
OSB Wrestle-Mania Round 2 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
by Michael Gordon
Did we say that you can't change the icon for an Office Shortcut Bar? Oops! Michael Gordon with some help from an Underground commando shows you how to do it!
Paragraph Mark Deletion Oddities (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by Ronald Beekelaar
What happens when you delete the paragraph mark between two paragraphs of text in Word? It may not be what you think! Find out what Microsoft changed when they went from Word 6 to Word 7 and how it can effect you four different ways whenever you hit that delete key. Ronald Beekelaar has done the definitive study on the Four Rules of Deleting Paragraphs in Word.
Peer-to-Peering Across the Internet (Vol. 1 No. 4)
by Dan Butler
Use the Internet as your own wide-area network! Connect to other PCs; Dial-Up Networking demystified; sharing resources across the Iway. Super cool stuff explained step by step. Correction: the filename of LMHOSTS.TXT should be LMHOSTS without any extension!
Personal Wide-area Nets on the Internet (Vol. 1 No. 5)
by Dan Butler
More on using the Internet as your own personal wide-area network! Chatting with other Internet-denizens using text as well as voice (the phone companies must love this one!), keeping track of multiple Dial-Up Networking connections, NETDDE, and more.
PowerToys for Power Users (Vol. 1 No. 8)
by Dan Butler
Where to get them, how to install them, and even how to remove them from your system. What are they? They're PowerToys, the utilities missing from Windows 95 and created by the Win95 developers to give them the functions they wanted that were not built into the operating system. Now those functions can be yours. Dan Butler takes you on a review of the coolest set of utilities for Windows 95 around.
Relocating the "My Documents" Folder (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Michael Gordon
Want to take control of your folders? This article tells how to successfully move the ubiquitous My Documents folder to any location you want.
Removing "Shortcut to" (or The Story about the Snail Who Fell into the Pit) (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Find out how to train Windows 95 to stop adding the text "Shortcut to" to every shortcut you create on your desktop.
Return of PowerToys (Vol. 1 No. 11)
by Dan Butler
Revisit the new and improved PowerToys, Microsoft's free utility set for tweaking Windows 95. Dan shows you what's hot and what's not and how to work around any installation bugs (complete with tips on how to uninstall). Also covered are the new KernelToys.
Right Mouse Button in Office Applications (Vol. 1 No. 6)
by T. J. Lee
See how the lowly right mouse button can be utilized in the various Office applications to save you time, sanity, and prevent you from having to memorize a bunch of mouse + keyboard combinations. Be more productive with less work!
Roll Your Own Web Page Guest Book (Vol. 1 No. 7)
by Eileen Wharmby
The fourth in the Your Page on the Web series. Mailto: causing you grief in Internet Explorer? Want to add a guest page or form to your web site but CGI is tying you up in knots? Eileen has the solution! Public CGI servers with preprogrammed scripts that you can utilize with a line or two of code! Includes a downloadable set of files (WUON7_1.ZIP - 465.448 bytes) to automate the adding of returned forms to a guest book html page.
Running Multiple Copies of Windows 95 (Vol. 1 No. 7)
by M. David Stone
Afraid that installing that next piece of beta or alpha software will cause your Win 95 installation to wig out? Our own M. David Stone has you covered in this "how-to" piece on running two or more installations of Windows 95 on a single computer. One version just for testing those pesky beta products you keep downloading from the Internet and one for your tried and true applications.
Running Multiple Language Versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Run different language versions of Office 95 applications without installing multiple copies.
Tape Backup Strategies for Windows 95? Forget Tape. (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by M. David Stone
How to get some sense of security in dealing with the non-trivial problem of backing up files under Windows 95.
Things Are Looking Up - Excel's VLOOKUP Function (Vol. 1 No. 10)
by Dan Butler
Learn the ins and outs of this blockbuster function in corporate America's favorite spreadsheet. VLOOKUP is an amazing workhorse if you know the tricks and traps. Dan's example will reveal all in this excellent article.
Top Web Sites for Windows 95 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
by Dan Butler
What Web sites do the experts go to in order to stay on top of the latest developments in the fast paced Windows world? Dan Butler shows you in this whirlwind tour of the crème de la crème of Win95 information Web sites and FAQ files from the hottest newsgroups on the Net.
The Ultimate Start and Send To Menu - Part 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Take charge of your Windows desktop by building the ultimate customized menus. Ronald Beekelaar takes you through the back alleys and pathways that few know even exist. Step by step the process is laid out and made simple as you make Windows 95 bow to your commands and work the way you want to work instead of the other way around.
The Ultimate Start and Send To Menu - Part 2 (Vol. 1 No. 11)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Join the chief of WUON's European bureau as he shows you how to further customize your Windows 95 menus. Create Send To options that drop shortcuts on the desktops of your co-workers! Customize your "open with" settings. Add all your printers to the Send To menu. Even customize the Network Neighborhood window!
Update! Office 97 Public Stuff (Vol. 1 No. 11)
by Lee Hudspeth and Timothy-James Lee
The Microsoft marketing machine is getting into high gear and it's hard to separate the wheat from the chaff. Check out the latest information on the upcoming Office 97 - we've sorted through the hype and can recommend which sources are worthwhile and which are to be avoided.
Upgrading Microsoft Exchange (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by Dan Butler
There are currently two different upgrades available for the Exchange client in Office 95. Both are free but which one should you be using? Dan Butler answers that and more in this article on the email client we all love to hate. Find out about some killer add-ons available for Exchange as well.
Upgrading to the New Internet Explorer 3 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
by T. J. Lee
Trials and tribulations galore in upgrading to this new uber-browser from Microsoft. Find out what you need to know before you upgrade to Internet Explorer 3.
Upgrading to Word 95 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Woody Leonhard and T. J. Lee
Take the pain out of moving from Word 6 to Word 95 and see how to deal with some of the problems that are awaiting you in Word 95.
Using Word's Form Feature to Build a Sample Invoice (Vol. 1 No. 2)
by M. David Stone
A hands-on "how to" piece that shows you how to get started with Word 7's form field feature.
Using Your Briefcase (Vol. 1 No. 4)
by M. David Stone
Using the Windows 95 Briefcase utility to keep your files synchronized! Setting up briefcases on portables, workstations, and floppies. Keep multiple copies of your files under control!
Value Pack: The Best Kept Secret in MS Office (Vol. 1 No. 6)
by M. David Stone
M. David Stone takes you on a whirlwind tour of the programs, utilities, and files that are on the Microsoft Office 95 CD-ROM but don't show up in the Office setup program. Get all of what you paid for in Office!
When Numbering in Word Gets Tough, the Tough get SEQuenced (Vol. 1 No. 8)
by M. David Stone
This is the definitive piece on how to get Word to number paragraphs like you want them numbered. Our own M. David Stone solves the problems that every lawyer and writer faces when having to do sophisticated numbering in Word for Windows. Gain control over paragraph numbering that you never thought possible in Word!
Windows 95 Easter Eggs (Vol. 1 No. 4)
by Ronald Beekelaar
Special Easter Issue pull-out! Easter eggs for Windows 95, the Office Shortcut Bar, and the Excel 7 DOOM egg - complete with secret access to the path of tortured souls!
Working with Word (Vol. 1 No. 1)
by Peter Deegan
Great tips on automating entries in your Word headers and footers.
Your Page on the WEB (or Roadkill on the SuperHighway) (Vol. 1 No. 2)
by Eileen Wharmby
An exciting look at getting started on the World Wide Web! Our own web-meister gets you started with Word 7 and the Internet Assistant.
Your Page on the Web: Let's Build It (Vol. 1 No. 6)
by Eileen Wharmby
This is the third in the Your Page on the Web series. Tackle setting up your first HTML file with the helpful tips from the Webmaster of the WUON and WOPR pages! Contains the latest of what you'll need in your Web toolkit and where to find it.
Your Page on the WEB? The Journey Continues (Vol. 1 No. 3)
by Eileen Wharmby
Part two of creating Web pages with Word and the Internet Assistant add-on. Answers to the most common questions.
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