mark4man
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Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
Yo...
Had to add a second PC to the studio...for the office...in order to dedicate my main box (ADK Pro Audio) as an audio workstation only (on advice of the mfg...picked up a mean backdoor virus...long story...but back in business now, tho).
Despite the fact that I'm being very careful now as to what programs get loaded onto the ADK; & the fact that the online world doesn't get near it...there are instances whereby I'd like to be able to use MS Word on it. Is there anything wrong with this program on an audio machine? It (Word) comes as part of 'Office Home & Student', w/ 3 other apps. I would never update or upgrade it (Word) or anything...just use it for text documents that require a bit more sophistication that 'Notepad'.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 18:22:38
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Hey don't sweat it. It should be no problem. Just don't try running Paint or Calculator at the same time
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 18:52:00
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ORIGINAL: mark4man
Yo...
Had to add a second PC to the studio...for the office...in order to dedicate my main box (ADK Pro Audio) as an audio workstation only (on advice of the mfg...picked up a mean backdoor virus...long story...but back in business now, tho).
Despite the fact that I'm being very careful now as to what programs get loaded onto the ADK; & the fact that the online world doesn't get near it...there are instances whereby I'd like to be able to use MS Word on it. Is there anything wrong with this program on an audio machine? It (Word) comes as part of 'Office Home & Student', w/ 3 other apps. I would never update or upgrade it (Word) or anything...just use it for text documents that require a bit more sophistication that 'Notepad'.
Thanks,
mark4man
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Hi, mark4man, I have Word installed on my DAW without any problems. However, I have disabled all the extraneous stuff in Word, like the sounds, and I have very minimal installation, meaning I didn't install everything on the CD. Should be OK on your machine, too, I'd guess. Best regards, Bill
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 18:56:05
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The only suggestion would be to turn off any auto-update settings and perhaps disable anything that MS Office/Word might load in your start-up (I seem to remember MS Office doing something funny at start-up but I can't remember what now). Just don't let it load anything running in background memory and you should be good.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 20:57:47
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I use open office instead and it's FREE.. you gotta spell check lyrics  as for MS paint... this is better and free > http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/ MS are involved with it also
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 21:47:13
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Yeah, I use it AND Excel on mine, in addtion to a few others. However, as others have stated, there are no bells and whistles - and I don't have them running during a session obviously.
I use the Word for lyrics, and the Excel to store DETAILED song information like ISRC codes, BMI number, etc. Helps me keep things straight for releases.
Bottom line: no problems.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 22:05:15
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I use Open Office. It's a free office suite, it's 100% compatable with MS office, and I have no problems with it.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/10 22:32:03
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I have one machine in my studio... dual boot (XP Home). Office side has MS office, Adobe products, internet access, antivirus, etc. The 'SONAR' side has only Sonar and music related (No internet, no antivirus, no auto update, no nothing) Works very well, I just get tired of rebooting all the time.
post edited by SH - 2008/12/10 22:33:34
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Philip
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/11 01:15:27
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I do everything on my Sonar side: Word, Web, database, virus checker, medical practice ... etc. with no problems and a config like yours.
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Bristol_Jonesey
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/11 04:46:23
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The only thing to be extra careful about with Word (and Excel, Powerpoint etc.) is opening documents containing macros.
Macros are written in Visual Basic which is also the perfect medium for virus porpagation.
Make sure your security settings are set to prompt you if you do try to open a document containing a macro, and only EVER open it if it's from a genuinely trusted source.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/11 09:49:28
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I've always had MS Office on my audio computer. No problems. It, of course, is never hooked up to the internet except for audio updates.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/11 15:23:35
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....virus porpagation....
Is that where you take a virus and give it a blow-hole....thereby it becomes a porpoise?
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/11 23:02:18
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....virus porpagation....
Is that where you take a virus and give it a blow-hole....thereby it becomes a porpoise?
virus with a porpuse.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/12 05:00:54
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....virus porpagation....
Is that where you take a virus and give it a blow-hole....thereby it becomes a porpoise?
It's just the NJ accent 
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/12 09:04:51
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ORIGINAL: Fog
I use open office instead and it's FREE.. you gotta spell check lyrics
as for MS paint... this is better and free >
http://www.filehippo.com/download_paint.net/
MS are involved with it also
+1 for open office, much less overhead t
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mark4man
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/12 09:48:59
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holy crap...!!! What a huge (& informative) response...thanks everyone...will & take it all in & digest, but I'm leaning toward Word (since I already have the app; & am used to it). [not that I couldn't get used to the freeware, but I'm sort of dogmatic in my workflow & appreciate familiarity.] Thanks again, mark4man 
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/13 12:45:18
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I use open office instead and it's FREE.. you gotta spell check lyrics +1 for open office. i used to be cavalier with my DAW but once i got my ADK laptop i've barely touched the install - no patches, no extra programs, and definitely, positively, no internet. made another install for that stuff on the primary drive (second partition). i finally broke down and installed word viewer so i could read lyrics while recording, but then i would want to change them... so broke down again and installed open office. had no issues with it. it's great. DAW friendly with no stupid extra crap running in the background.
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mark4man
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/13 17:01:53
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ok, then...
Does 'Open Office' open MS Word *.docx files...they're (MS's) post 2003 document format ???
If it's more DAW freindly than MS Word (& opens *.docx files)...maybe I will use it. [Can always go with *.rtf's as well, I guess.]
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/13 18:03:55
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not sure on that although i believe it does. i don't have ms office 2007 so i can't test it.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/13 21:39:48
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I have no compatibility issues with OO/MW. create in one...open in the other and vice versa..
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/15 08:50:30
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Sunday morn
I use XL for lots of notes including:
a full list of audio equpment and software:
date purchased, from whom, price, version, installation keys, website,....
a list of all equipment: power use
a "picture/diagram" of power strips and what is connected
a printable diagram of patch panels
When you install word/office do NOT install the paperclip
After installation use msconfig to stop the office quickstart applet and engine
and edit work/xl options to NOT do TIMED backups
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/15 16:14:07
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/28 14:24:44
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Hey don't sweat it. It should be no problem. Just don't try running Paint or Calculator at the same time
Why? ps. i also use open office.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/29 20:00:20
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ok, then...
Does 'Open Office' open MS Word *.docx files...they're (MS's) post 2003 document format ???
yep it does.. it's a cross between xml and doc? I guess.. it also does dotx (templates?!?!)
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
2008/12/30 15:11:05
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One thing that's VERY cool about OpenOffice: You can install it on a USB drive, and run it as an executable from there, on any machine. It doesn't make any registry settings or changes, so you never have to worry about doing something funky. Plus, it's version of Excel is very cool. Slick.
Just a thought... I have OpenOffice on a USB drive I drag around with me everywhere. If I need to read a doc or xls I'm good to go on just about any 'puter that has an active USB port.
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RE: Microsoft 'Word' on a dedicated audio machine ???
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