MS Word

Getting the Word Merge control working on Vista

Here's how to get the Word Merge control working on Windows Vista/IIS7.

  1. Install the Office 2007 (if you have Office 2007 installed) or Office 2003 (if you have Office 2003 installed) Primary Interop Assemblies. These can be found in TFS in the InteropAssemblies folder of any given branch, or downloaded from Microsoft if you don't have TFS access.
  2. Give the Trusted Sites zone FullTrust in the .Net Security Configuration tool.

Word Tip: Justification can look good

This is another informational item to make life a little easier and more productive.
Do you avoid full justification in Word because it sometimes results in huge       gaps       between       the words on a line? This happens because Word only adds spaces between words for justification. WordPerfect, on the other hand, narrows spaces between words to get a similar result. You can get Word to do full justification like WordPerfect by choosing Tools/Options/Compatibility and checking the box next to "Do full justification like WordPerfect 6.x for Windows"

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what iMIS 10 tells you about the Word Merge install

There are several bits that need to be set up to enable using Word Merge inside iMIS10 -- the Word .OCX needs to be installed (it's optional in the installer), MS Word needs to be installed on the workstation, and the Word shared document folder needs to be set up and valid (File/System Setup/Choose MS Word Folder). The Help/About/System Info window provides information about the state of these items. This window lists versions for all the ActiveX components in iMIS, and the AsiWordInt.ocx version is at the end of the list. The table below shows possible values for the AsiWordInt.ocx version and what they mean.