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Microsoft Word - Problem printing tables, text wrapping

Problem printing tables, text wrapping

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:25 AM PDT

(Sorry for this convoluted explanation of the problem I'm having, but this is the clearest I could explain it! If there's a way for me to upload this document somewhere for people to review, I can do that. Thanks!)

One of my co-workers is trying to print a document she created on Word 2010. The document contains several separate tables, some of which spread across the page horizontally and others that take up part of the page vertically. There are also a couple of text boxes on the page. Here's a diagram of what the page looks like (T= Table, B=text Box, Letters in BOLD are where the problems are)

TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT        BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB
TTTTTTTT   
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT     
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
TTTTTTTT       TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB

The text in Bold does not print. I believe what is happening is that, when I send the page to print, the text is somehow being moved about a line down within the table, hiding it from view. (If I make the fonts larger, I can see the very top of the text on the bottom of each cell, or if I make the text a superscript, it raises the fonts enough so it's visible when I print.) Please note that when I print the file to a PDF, I get the same result, so I'm fairly confident the problem is not with the printer.

I found a solution, but that caused a formatting problem. If I turn the text wrapping option to None, the text prints. The problem with this solution is that if I turn the text wrap off for the table on the far left, it will not let me place any of the tables or the text box to the right of it (it shifts them to the next page.) On the other hand, if I turn the text wrap off for the tables on the right hand side but leave text wrapping on for the table on the left, formatting is fine, and everything prints except for the text in the table on the left.

Any suggestions??? This is driving me bonkers!!

Constructing custom bullets

Posted: 09 May 2013 05:56 PM PDT

In Word 2000, one had the ability to specify the amount (in inches, etc.) of the indents, both for the bullet and for the text that followed immediately.

 

In Word 2010, there is a bullet menu on the Home tab, but the drop-down menu does not contain a means for customizing the bullet/text placement.  This capability must certainly still exist, except that I have not been clever enough to find it!

 

Gordon

Houston, TX

How to replace all bold phrases with the same phrase with ** before and after?

Posted: 09 May 2013 12:32 PM PDT

Hi,

I'm creating a Wikidot (wiki platform) website and when you create a new Page and paste in text it loses all Bold and Italics. You then have to go back and put ** before and after every part of the text that had been Bold.

I want to use Replace in Word prior to copying and pasting to find the bold phrases and then replace them with the same phrase, but with the ** before and ** after the phrase, rather than manually do it.

Title title title

becomes

**Title title title**

Does anyone know how this could be done?

thanks!!!!

Unwanted automatic text deletion

Posted: 09 May 2013 11:52 AM PDT

When I try to add text to an existing document the existing text is being automatically deleted.  How can I stop that from happening?  There is nothing unusual about the document, The format is Normaland it still happens if I clear formatting.

Why text boundaries changed in 2013

Posted: 09 May 2013 10:02 AM PDT

Hiya Fellas,

I've a question to do about the new Word version.

Why, when I work with a 97-2003 .doc document of Word, It shows it normally, like the next picture.


But... When I want to work with a 2007-2013 .docx document, appears this:



It doesn't happened with the older versions, just with this 2013. You could try, and tell me if I'm lying.

If wanna activate these text boundaries, must go to File > Options > Advanced > Show Document Content > check "Show text boundaries".

Try pressing "enter" in the document, and you will see the same like in the above image.

Can you tell me what is wrong here?

Thank you.

System update updates microsoft windows

Posted: 09 May 2013 07:50 AM PDT

cannot get my  windows word 2010 to open. keeps referring me troubleshooter with no effect after running the troubleshooter

Office 2013 (Windows 7) has worked well for several weeks, but not will not start up any programs?

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:51 PM PDT

Office 2013 Professional Plus (32 bit version) has been working well since clean installation approximately 2 weeks ago on a Windows 7 Professional 64 bit OS.  Today when I tried to open any Office applications nothing happens.  I have attempted both quick and online repairs, both of which fail.  Also tried to start individual applications in Safe mode, and then the OS in safe mode again no response.  I have also tried a clean boot, and this also had no effect.

Windows updates are fully up to date, up to a single Defender update as of 7th May 2013.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

configration progress

Posted: 08 May 2013 03:07 PM PDT

every time I start Word 2007 the progran goes through "configration Progress" to start. I have reinstalled Word a couple of times, but I still get the "Progress"!

MS WORD Print Layout - How to change appearance of background screen either side of the white page of text in WORD 2003 & WORD 2013

Posted: 08 May 2013 04:01 AM PDT

I have two computers, one is PC bought 2003, WinXP WORD 2003, other is Laptop 2013, Win8, WORD 2013.

 

My Question is :-

 

When using WORD I prefer using the View Print Layout/Reading Layout which shows my work against a screen background, how can I change the appearance of the background colour?

 

On my PC (WORD2003) some ~ 8 years ago I managed somehow but now can't remember how ? to change it to grey and would like to now change the colour again and would also like to change the Laptop (WORD2013) in a similar way so both computers have the same appearance.

 

I have seen many help items for changing the page colour, but this is not what I am asking - it is the appearance of the screen background colour outside the actual Word document which I would like to modify.

 

The Laptop Word document currently appears as a white page surrounded by white background and is like working in a snow drift and not very easy on the eyes.

 

A step by step technical know how of how to adjust the Word 2003/2013 set up would be much appreciated.

 

My first question ever online ends: thankyou anyone who can help with this !