Q: How do I run the Proposal Pack Wizard with Microsoft Office/Word 2007?

A: The instructions for running the Wizard the first time are slightly different. You can run the Wizard as follows:

1) Open the Wizard document in Word 2007 by double clicking the blue ball icon on your desktop or by browsing to the file using your Word's Open command.

2) At the message under the toolbar that says "Security Alert. Your security settings have disabled macros from running.". Click the "Enable Content" button. Then click the one of the radio buttons "Enable this Content" or "Trust all documents from this publisher", then click the Okay button.

3) You will see the Wizard document open in the Word 2007 window. Now click the "Add-Ins" tab in your Word 2007 toolbar. Then click the "ProposalPack.Wizard.RunWizard" button.

An alternate way to run the Wizard is click your "Developer" tab in Word 2007, then click the "Macros" button (the big green arrow), then click the "RunWizard" entry, then click the "Run" button.

4) At this point you will be prompted with a few questions. When you get to the question about searching your hard drive for installed Proposal Packs you may or may not encounter an error message. If you click Yes and you get an error message '5111', read the Q&A message below to resolve the problem.

Also see our tips on using Proposal Kit products with Windows Vista and Office 2007.

Q: I am running Microsoft Office/Word 2007 and am getting an error message "run-time error '5111' this command is not available on this platform".

A: Microsoft has removed the FileSearch function in the Office 2007 VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) component. The missing component (the Application.FileSearch command) is used by the Wizard to search your hard drive including subfolders.

The latest Proposal Pack Wizard fixes this problem.

To download a complete new copy of the Wizard see the upgrade and download page.

You can also work around this problem using your current Wizard by doing the following:

1) Run the Proposal Pack Wizard and say "No" when it asks to search your hard drive for installed Proposal Pack Styles.

2) When you see the main Wizard interface with the red numbered buttons. Click the "Preferences" button. Then click the "Files and Folders" tab. Then uncheck the box that says "Sub Folder Searching".

3) To install your Proposal Pack style(s) into the Wizard you will have to manually browse to where they are installed instead of letting the Wizard automatically search your hard drive. To do so, click the "Proposal Styles" button on the main Wizard interface, then click the "Search for Styles" button. A browse dialog box will be displayed. Browse to the folder in each of your installed Proposal Pack styles where the Word documents are located then click okay. Do this once for each separate Proposal Pack style you purchased. For example the path for Proposal Pack Classic #1 you would browse to would be:

c:\ProposalKit\ProposalPack\Classic_1_v#\Documents\Word

or

c:\ProposalKit\Pro_v#\ProposalPack\Classic_1_v#\Documents\Word

If this does not resolve the problem make sure you are first not running the stripped down version of Word for Works instead of the full retail version of Word. The stripped down version of Word for Works does not include all of the Visual Basic for Applications components the Proposal Pack Wizard needs to run. If this still does not resolve the problem try reinstalling your Word or Office and do a full installation. This should ensure the current Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) components are installed on your PC.

Q: I am running Proposal Pack Wizard and am getting a Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error message '-2147467259 (80004005) Method 'PrivateProfileString' of object 'System' failed.

A: This is a permissions problem with your computers configuration. Either your Windows registry settings have restricted access or the Wizard files installed on your hard drive have restricted access.

If you are running Windows Vista use your desktop to find the C:\Program Files folder. Right click the "ProposalKit" folder and select "Properties". Click the "Security" tab. Click the "Edit" button to change permissions. Click your logged in user name then check the boxes to enable Full Control and Modify. Click the "Okay" button and wait for the settings to be applied to all of the files.

The Proposal Pack Wizard also stores information in a registry key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProposalPackWizV##. This key is created by the installer program when you first install the Wizard on your computer. If you installed the Wizard as an administrator and then logged in later to use the Wizard as a user without permissions to access the registry. Or if you have somehow set the registry key to Special permissions, you must go back to the registry and assign "Administrator Full" permission.

To change the registry permissions search your Microsoft Help system for "permissions" and click the help topics on changing registry settings.

If you are running Windows XP or Windows Vista here is how to do it:

1) run the "regedit" program from your Windows start -> run button or command prompt.
2) Highlight the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ProposalPackWizV##
3) From the toolbar menu click Edit -> Permissions
4) Assign Full permissions.

Q: I am running Proposal Pack Wizard and am getting a Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error message 429.

A: This is a problem with your Windows system. You either have a system dll that has been disabled by someone or another software program, or you are missing part of your Office components. There are 2 ways to resolve this problem.

1) To re-register and enable the disabled component click your Start menu then the Run button. At the open command type:

regsvr32 scrrun.dll

2) If that does not work refer to this page on Microsoft's web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;247979

Q: I am running Proposal Pack Wizard and am getting a Microsoft Visual Basic Run-time error message '-2147467259 (80004005) Method 'ConvertToShape' of object 'InlineShape' failed.

A: This has occurred in a few cases when using a specific Proposal Pack design on a specific version of Word (Proposal Pack Financial #1 using Microsoft Word 2003). It occurs sporadically and appears to be an instability in Word at this time. The error only occurs when using the new Wizard feature to replace the Title Page graphic with an alternate graphic and the Title Page is selected as one of the templates.

The workaround is as follows:

1) In the Project screen, set the drop down box titled "Select graphic for Title Page" to the first entry "Pick Title Page Graphic". This will cause the Wizard to not try to replace the logo graphic when it configures the project which is where the error occurs.

2) After your project is configured you can manually replace the Title Page graphic by opening your proposal document. Click the graphic in the Title Page that has the word "Project" in it. You will see a black border around the graphic. Click the "Delete" key to delete the graphic. Then click your Word toolbar menu option "Insert" -> "From File" then browse to the location where your custom logo graphic is located (if you are replacing it with your own company logo.

Q: I am using a Mac and when opening the downloaded .zip file I get a decompression error message.

A: You MUST be using Stuffit Expander 10.1 or greater. First update your Stuffit Expander program then try again. You must also check that the .zip file extension is checked in the the list of file types in Stuffit Expander. Then empty your trash folder, reboot your computer and try again. You may still get a decompression error message however ignore it and you will see the password dialog box, enter the password (if one is requested).