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Microsoft Word - Strange Cursor When Using Word

Microsoft Word - Strange Cursor When Using Word

Strange Cursor When Using Word

Posted: 09 Jun 2013 03:57 AM PDT

My cursor when using Word has suddenly become a blue, rotating (clockwise), blinking circle instead of the customary vertical, black, blinking line.  This only happens in Word and continues no matter what page I move to while using Word.  I associate the rotating circle with the computer searching for something, a web page, for example.  I do not think the rotating circle in Word, as a cursor, is normal.  Can anyone explain how to solve this issue?

degree sign

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 10:30 PM PDT

I see that a nonbreaking space looks like a degree sign on the page (but doesn't show in print).

But how do I create an actual degree sign? I use that character a lot, and except for a nonbreaking space I don't see it offered anywhere. In particular, I would like to program my keyboard to use Ctrl+D to insert a degree sign.

Kathy

Underlining of formatting.

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 07:38 AM PDT

I have to open many documents in Word 2010 that were created in earlier versions. Word underlines most of the text in blue, and asks me if I'd like to make the formatting consistent with Normal, or to replace direct formatting with some predefined style. Is there a way to tell Word not to check this, and not to underline anything in blue? It is extremely annoying to have to click "ignore rule" several times in every document I open--and what's more annoying, it checks it every time I open the document, even if I've saved after telling it to ignore the rule. I assume there must be some easy answer, but it has not been easy to find.

Thanks much.

WORD 2003 Page Set-up problem

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 04:44 AM PDT

In WORD 2003 the cursor is at the very top of the blank page.

I opened "Page Set-up" and the top margin setting is, as it should be, 1".

If I open the header, and type a dot,

when I close the Page Set-up the proper top margin is in effect.

I think I have deleted Word from my computer. How do I get it back ?

Posted: 08 Jun 2013 12:14 AM PDT

I think I have deleted Word from my computer. How do I get it back ?

How to bold a whole line in Word based on a word or character on the line ?

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 07:03 PM PDT

How to bold a whole line in Word based on a word or character on the line ?

 

So I have documents with keywords and i need to be able to bold the whole line that the keyword or character is found on.

 

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Removing partial duplicate lines in Word

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 06:48 PM PDT

I have reports with duplicate names, and I have a macro that can remove the duplicates.

 

My problem is that sometime the duplicate names are not removed because of sometime there is metadata that is not the same from one duplicate to the next.

 

It looks like this

 

4556           Smith, Bob

4556           Smith, Bob

4556           Smith, Bob

7777           Smith, Bob

8877           Smith, Bob

 

I can get to

 

4556           Smith, Bob

7777           Smith, Bob

8877           Smith, Bob

 

My problem is that I need to keep at least one line without taking the metadata out of that one line because i don't have full control over these reports so i can't just delete all the metadata.

 

Disclosure: The actual macro I use is some mighty  fine code written by someone other than myself. I

http://windowssecrets.com/forums/showthread.php/75402-Macro-to-Remove-Duplicate-Entries-(MS-Word-2003)

 

Sub RemoveDupEntries()
Dim para As Paragraph
Dim doc As Document
Dim vEntries() As Variant
Dim vDupEntries() As Variant
Dim sParaText As String
ReDim vEntries(0)
ReDim vDupEntries(0)
Set doc = ActiveDocument
For Each para In doc.Paragraphs
sParaText = Left(para.Range.Text, para.Range.Characters.Count - 1)
If IsMember(vEntries, sParaText) Then
If IsMember(vDupEntries, sParaText) = False Then
Push vDupEntries, sParaText
End If
para.Range.Delete
Else
Push vEntries, sParaText
End If
Next para
' Now vDupEntries contains any items that were duplicated.
' You can insert it at the end of doc 3 as needed
' For example:
' Documents("Doc3").Content.InsertAfter Join(vDupEntries, vbCr)
End Sub
'
Function Push(ByRef vArray As Variant, ByVal str As String)
ReDim Preserve vArray(UBound(vArray) + 1)
vArray(UBound(vArray)) = str
End Function
'
Function IsMember(vArray As Variant, ByVal str As String)
Dim v As Variant
For Each v In vArray
If v = str Then
IsMember = True
Exit Function
End If
Next v

 

footer help

Posted: 07 Jun 2013 12:05 PM PDT

I need to "chain" many patient files into one long document. Each one has a footer which would have a new name, patient #, and DOB, plus a new practitioner name. Each new footer also needs to start numbering with Page 1 of x (I did learn how to put that coding in).

When I create my document and add a new footer, it changes the name and other text of the footer from the first file. How can I keep them separate and restart page numbers with each new client?

Also on footers: the Help section says I can double-click in the footer area to edit it, but that's not working. How can I make it work, or how can I more easily edit the footer than going through all the menu levels in the ribbon?

Thanks!