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PRIME for Word 97 v1.1 Utility Descriptions

PRIME for Word 97 v1.1 is the latest collection of utilities for Microsoft Word 97 from PRIME Consulting Group. From the authors of Word 97 Annoyances (O'Reilly), Office 97 Annoyances (O'Reilly) and The Underground Guide to Office, OLE 2, and VBA (Addison Wesley) you'll find these utilities increase your productivity working with Word for Windows.

PRIME for Word 97 was selected as one of the Top Ten Office Add-Ins by PC World magazine, and is recommended by Jesse Berst's Anchordesk.

       

• PRIME WorkBar (New in version 1.1) -- This one utility is worth the price of the entire utility set! Try PRIME Workbar and you'll be hooked -- it's that good. This utility gives you a one-click listing of your key working documents right on your menu bar (or a toolbar, your choice), automatically sorts the document list as you add them, and supports a wide variety of file formats (will launch a file's parent application for you automatically so you're not limited to only Word documents on your WorkBar).

• Bookmark Popup (New in version 1.1) -- pops up a sorted list of all bookmark names in the current document; select one and you're there instantly.

• Command Bar Manager (New in version 1.1) -- finds, analyzes, and modifies the controls (buttons) on any Word command bar in ways not possible with Word itself. Among its many features, you can dynamically modify each command bar's controls and their attributes: caption, description text, macro, ToolTip text, face ID (image), and more; plus you can edit, copy, paste, and reset button images.

• Bookmark Manager (Improved in version 1.1) -- View, modify, catalog (in a table), goto, and delete bookmarks and their contents, and display bookmark statistics. This utility properly handles the recalcitrant Smart Cut and Paste feature of Word.

• Clear History Lists -- Another winner from the magnificent macro maestro, "Magic" Mike Craven. There are 17 built-in Word dialogs that contain most recently used (MRU) file history lists, plus the MRU File List located on Word's File Menu. This utility searches out the built-in Word dialogs that contain file history lists and lets you clear those history lists with a single click. It does the same for the MRU File List on Word's File menu. The utility works from a popup menu, and it only lists the dialogs that currently have active file history lists. Once you clear a list, it is removed from the popup until it becomes active again. There's even a Reset All MRU Lists button.

• Create Program Shortcut -- From within Word, create a Shortcut for the current document in any Start / Program menu group. You can also add a new group to the Start / Program menu, all from the same dialog box.

• Document Variable Manager -- Document variables are a cool feature of Word, but there's no native feature for manipulating them. This utility allows you to add, view, modify, delete and catalog (in a table) document variables and their contents.

• File Delete -- Developed by Mike Craven, macro maven extrodinaire, PRIME File Delete allows you to safely delete (to the Recycle Bin) the current document, permanently delete it (with no retention in the Recycle Bin), or explore the contents of the Recycle Bin.

• File New -- The PRIME FileNew utility replaces Word's default FileNew with a dialog box containing option buttons labeled with user-defined descriptions for standard templates. This provides quick, single-click access to your most commonly used templates.

• Find My Dot -- This utility displays the current document's fully-qualified parent template name in a dialog box, then allows you to open the template or create a new file based on it. Handy as a pocket on a shirt!

• Make a Mark -- Takes whatever text you've currently got selected and attempts to create a new bookmark using a name comprised of the first 15 characters of the selected material. If there are problems or errors (name already exists, illegal name, selection doesn't contain any text) it displays a Word's bookmark naming rules then pops up a small dialog box so you can type in another name.

• Proof Controller -- Lets you quickly toggle a section of your document between "no proofing" (which excludes the section from spell checking) and the language of your choice.

• Window Manager -- Select for closing one, several, or all open Word windows; and create a new window, split, and arrange windows.

• Zoomer -- Zoom using 3-D slider and 10 custom settings that remember your last 5 zooms and 5 pre-set zooms.

• Quick Clicks -- A set of utilities that provide single-click access to the Underground User Lab's most frequently asked-for functions. All PRIME Quick Clicks utilities reside on the "PRIME Quick Clicks" toolbar.
  • PRIME Explore Documents Folder (New in version 1.1) - click this button and get a Windows Explorer instance open to whatever folder you have defined in Word as your Documents folder (Tools / Options / File Locations / Documents).
    
  • PRIME File Properties - displays Word's Document Properties dialog
    
  • PRIME Lock Fields - runs Word's built-in LockFields command
  • PRIME Organizer - displays Word's Organizer dialog
  • PRIME Print Selection - prints the current selection to the current printer
  • PRIME Reverser - reverses the currently selected two characters; if fewer or more than two characters are selected, nothing happens. Works regardless of your Tools / Options / Edit settings. Great for switching the position of a punctuation mark (say, a period or comma) that belongs inside a closing parenthesis or quote mark instead of outside, or vice versa.
  • PRIME Toggle Field Codes - toggles the current Tools / Options / View / Field Codes setting
  • PRIME Toggle Picture Placeholders - toggles the current Tools / Options / View / Picture Placeholders setting
  • PRIME Toggle Tabs - toggles the current Tools / Options / View / Tab Characters setting
  • PRIME Tools Macro - displays Word's Macro dialog
  • PRIME Unlock Fields - runs Word's built-in UnlockFields command
  • PRIME Window Arrange All - arranges all Word child windows