Saving WORD Documents in Compatible Format

 97-2003 Compatible Format

I often send and receive WORD documents through the Internet.  Since I am an online instructor, it is important for my students to  send me work in a way where I can open it, review it, and score it.  In my home school, I have my children submit the final versions of their writings to me through WORD as well, and even though we are one family, we are not using the same computers or even the same computer systems.  It is essential that all of these documents are saved in a way that is compatible for any viewer.

Have you experienced issues like this?  Has someone sent you a document--in MO WORD--and you could not open it and did not know why?  While there are various ways to work around this issue, the easiest one that I have found is to simply save all WORD documents that you wish to share in the Compatible format.  Of course, you could simply save it as a .pdf, but the receiver is unable to make modifications to it, leave 'comments' embedded in the document, or easily copy and paste sections to refer to at a later time.  Saving your WORD documents in a Compatible version is the quickest and easiest way for full sharing potential: at least from what I have found.

Have you been having problems saving your work in a format that is compatible with everyone you share documents with through the Internet?  Have you tried saving documents in the Compatible format for WORD?  The steps below will provide you with everything you need to complete this requirement.

Once you read my directions for how to complete this type of 'save,' you will laugh at how easy it is and wonder why you did not try this sooner. 

In the WORD program:

1. Go to SAVE AS
2. Locate the folder where you want the work to be saved.
3. Create a name to identify your work: Your Name, Assignment, and formatting Style
• Sample: Vida Bendecida Essay 1 MLA
4. Underneath the NAME of the document, you will see a drop-down box that lets you choose 8-12 different types of formatting settings for your program's document.  You want to choose the 97-2003 COMPATIBLE option.
• You do not have to have any of the 97-2003 WORD programs to complete this save.  However, by saving your WORD document in this format, it makes it possible for ANYONE with a WORD program to open the document.
5. Click on the 97-2003 Compatible Version option.
6. Double check that the name is what you want, that the folder you will be saving it to is correct (after all, you want to be able to find it), and that you have successfully changed the program formatting to the 97-2003 COMPATIBLE style.
7. Click SAVE.

You have now finished properly saving the document for an online sharing situation, and you are now able to upload your work into an email- or cloud-system as a COMPATIBLE WORD document.

By following these steps, you can save your MO WORD documents in a way that they will end in .doc, which, in turn, will make the document accessible to all parties who need to view it, no matter what version of MO WORD they are using.

I suggest doing this for ALL documents that you send through the Internet to share with others.  It makes it so that your work stays accessible to anyone you send it to for review.  However, if you do not want the person to be able to modify the work, embed comments, or easily copy and paste it, you simply choose the .pdf option in stead of the 97-2003 Compatible Version option in the drop-down menu.

If you have other tips or tricks to saving Microsoft Office WORD documents in a way that makes it easily accessible for review and possible modification, I'd love for you to leave a comment below.

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The American Narcissist, PART 1

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PART 1

Ahhh...Narcissist, the vain male of Grecian stories who ignored Echo and loved himself so much that he stared at himself in a river and eventually fell in and drowned.

Self-love...the Bible advocates for it, Psychologists encourage a mature and balanced level of it, but how does it really operate in the American culture?

Over the years, I have encountered both types of Narcissists: grandiose and vulnerable...the website lonerwolf.com explains them as engulfing and ignoring narcissists:

1. Engulfing Narcissists — these are parents who see their children as extensions of themselves. In other words, engulfing narcissistic parents become obsessively involved in your life to an extreme extent. They don’t respect your boundaries or acknowledge you as a separate person. 
2. Ignoring Narcissists — these are parents who have very little interest in their children. Ignoring narcissists clearly see the boundary between themselves and their children. As a result, they neglect to take care of their children or show an active interest in their lives. 

But no matter how you classify them, there is one who is too stupid to know that they are not that great (grandiose or engulfing) while the other one is so crushed and confused by those who influenced them the most (vulnerable or ignoring) that they bounce back and forth between thinking they are the greatest to thinking that they are nothing...and so when push comes to shove, the vulnerable (or ignoring) narcissist reacts in an explosion of "No!  I'm great!  Why don't you see I'm great?!?"

Continue Reading HERE...

September 11th -- 15 year anniversary

Spend time to remember September 11th...not the war afterwards, not the external conspiracies that erupted and linger to this day...but remember those who were effected by this tragic event in American history.

No matter why it happened, who made it happen, or what has been done in retaliation after it happened...just remember the LIVES, the EMOTION, the IMPACT it had on America. 

We spend time remembering the blessing of our American military and their continual willingness to go where the Commander in Chief arranges with Congress for them to go on numerous holidays throughout the year.  AT THIS MOMENT, in preparation for tomorrow's 15th anniversary, please spend time to remember the LIVES that were so dramatically effected on September 11, 2001:

 

15 Septembers Later--click this link

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Featuring interviews with key political figures including President George W Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Rudolph Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg, and media heavy hitters Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Matthew Broderick, this documentary event examines 9/11 through the lens of the last 15 years. Brought to life by photos declassified in 2016, recently released documents from the 9/11 commission, and never before heard stories from photographers and first responders, a new perspective will arise to provide an unrivaled viewpoint of the historic attack.

Aired on:

Sep 05, 2016

Available Until:

Oct 11, 2016

Duration:

86m 18s

God Works in Mysterious Ways

Blessed Assurance

A few years ago my family was entrenched in spiritual conflict by fellow-Christians.  When we sought help from our church, the church erupted in a satanic swirl of corruption, elitism, and gossip.  Within a month of seeking mediation in the church, the spiritual warfare oozed into the lives and minds of those in charge, resulting in spiritual abuse of my family on many levels.

Needless to say, we left that church, and it put a strain on our relationship with the unity of the Church of Christians in our lives.  God grew my family during this turbulent time, and it was actually a blessing that those closest to us turned their backs on us, for it led us to a closer reliance and walk with Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. 

Because He Lives…

If you have never encountered spiritual abuse in a church, then God has sincerely blessed you.  It is more damaging than abuse in a family, more deeply piercing than a divorce, and more fracturing to one’s soul than you will ever know.  We survived, and yet, still, every day there is a memory of this life-lesson that comes up in our interactions with our children in our homeschooling classroom, as we raise them on the Word of God, digging deep into the lessons of the Bible. 

Being the youngest of my original, nuclear, human-family, I had the benefit of learning from my sisters’ trials, successes, and worldly- (as well as spiritual-) challenges.  I learned that there is nothing more beneficial than taking lessons that others have gone through and entrenching them into your own life as a valuable lesson for your own life.  After all, why would you want to ignore things that made them successful or worse yet, things that scarred or traumatized them?  I know that I do not like being hurt, and learning from others hurts, especially those closest to us, can greatly enrich your life.

This is why we use our time of spiritual abuse as a life-lesson for our girls in our homeschool.  If we do not teach them how to avoid such abuse, we would be hiding our knowledge under a bush, failing to let the light shine from the knowledge gained.  We recount the issues, point directly to the Bible, and guide them on how to survive such challenges of their own.

It is Well with My Soul

God had a plan; I know this.  God had more for us, better for us, and every day we can see and feel these blessings.  We have been freed from the superficiality of the church we once called our ‘home,’ our ‘family’.  This is not to say that we have abandoned the Church in its universalness, the Church that unites Christians as believers of Jesus Christ as our savior and example, but it is a daily process.  It is a daily healing.  The wounds were deep, and since they involved our children, the emotions were engulfed in that all-entrenching, often over-whelming “mama bear,” and “daddy lion” surge of emotional adrenalin.  You simply do not mess with people’s children.  The reaction is one from the gut.  It is one that surges through you to dig deep within yourself to do all that you can to protect your children.  This is what lingers…the astonishment of a church willing to hurt children to protect themselves from the world seeing them exposed.

But, I digress…as I usually do on my postings here.  My point for this post was to reflect on the information that came through email today.  Part of that church is being shut down.  The ministry we were involved in will not continue this year, and I have to say…this is God’s hand.  Whether the ministry revives or not is God’s plan as well.  While I value the ministry, and I know it serves God’ people, the trials it goes through at that church will hopefully grow those involved.  My gut reaction to the information that the ministry would not continue was one of pleasure.  “Good,” I thought!  However, I know that this is not about them, me, or even my family.  This is about Christians being Christians, acting like Christians, and serving others in a Christian way to the Glory of God.  If the ministry revives, I pray for those involved.  I pray they will turn toward God for guidance, for strength, and for wisdom.   What a Friend We have in Jesus

May God bless all the ministries of churches across America, where Christianity seems to falter the most, often, resulting in a cult-like following of the leaders of a given church, not to the Glory of God, but only to glorify themselves.  Be strong Christian friends.  Know that one day you will come to the end of your earthly life, and you will feel all the love that God was trying to surround you with as you walked through this fallen world.

To leave you today, I hope you will turn to God as you reflect on this song that can lead you to your heart’s desire: God.  As the Deer

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Risk--a Game of GLOBAL Domination

Do you “RISK” Game Night with your Family?  Are you worried there will be fighting?  Do you fear they will get bored, and you will be left sitting at the table, all alone?

Proverbs 22:6 NIV
6 Start children off on the way they should go,

and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Game Night is the perfect activity to teach children—and remind yourself—about playing fairly, taking turns, not bragging, encouraging a weaker player, and working together to set up and take down the game.  While our competitive nature to win may come out, it will all be in ‘good fun’ as long as we play with humbleness and not diminish the others at the table.

I challenge you to try to set up a family Game Night, of at least one board game, at least once a month, and see just how much fun you can have playing together.

Psalm 127:3-5 NIV
3 Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring

a reward from him. 4 Like arrows in the hands of a

 warrior are children born in one’s youth. 5 Blessed

 is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will

not be put to shame when they contend with their

opponents in court.

So...what happens when Mom goes away for the evening???

Fast Food—sure, that is to be expected...

Stocking the freezer with ice cream—sure, why not...

A Shrek movie marathon—OK, I can see that...

But then it happens.

Dad, unceremoniously, walks over to the game closet—yes, we have a whole closet full of games—and he studies the stack.  I can see it now...

"Hmmm," he thinks to himself, "How do I get that game out without toppling everything?"

Somehow he does, and there it is, the Game of RISK!

The challenge is on now.  Mom is gone, and it is time for Dad and the kids try their best to conquer the world through GLOBAL DOMINATION!  Hey, why not?  

Of course, Dad plays to win.  The kids play for fun.  

Dad hasn't quite grasped the idea of playing kindly when playing children who are not even teenagers yet, and so, ultimately, he wins. 

Does this bring sadness to their little hearts?  

Do tears roll down their plump, freckled cheeks?  

NO WAY!  

This was a game of GLOBAL DOMINATION that lasted for TWO days, and despite the ups and downs of battle, the family thinks fondly on the event, excited to tell Mom all about their conquests in the Game of RISK!