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Microsoft Word - Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Microsoft Word - Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:51 PM PDT

I select copy in another document and open office word 2013 and the paste feature is grayed out. Please help! Thank you

Add margins to email merge from Word

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:37 PM PDT

I'm sending an email newsletter to a large list of email addresses from Word using a mail merge. Is there any way to create padding on both sides so that the content is a fixed size and centered? Is the only way to do this by putting everything in a table?

Options > General > File Locations... Grayed Out

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Problem occurs on all (four) new computers w/ Office Pro 2013.  In Word we need to set workgroup templates locations but the button for File Locations is grayed out.  Help!

 

Thanks.

Ref 1210600686

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Ref: 1210600686   am still having intermittant difficulties with "Microsoft Word Not Responding" - this happens when I try to save documents or print. Thank you for your continuing help with this frustrating problem.

How to link smaller documents to one big one?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT

I am part of a team that is working on a large project. We each want to work on our own section of the document, but then somehow see the results rolled up into a larger document. How would we do it?

For example, I work on section 1.doc, John works on section 2.doc, and Jane works on section 3.doc. If I open up the document called MAIN.doc, I see all three sections in order, and the document is updated based on what is in the smaller three documents.

Macro import problems

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT

I have some macros that I created in Office XP that are stored in a NORMAL.dot created In Offfice XP/Word. Inwant to import these macros to my Office 2010 computer. I am using Doug Robbins method of exporting them using the VB editor and then importing them. Problem is when I click on the Word icon and open up a new session and then import the .bas file, when I try to save the document as Normal.dotm, I get a message that says it's in use. Apparently, I have it locked from opening a new document.

 

How can I get these macros imported into Normal.dotm

Changing default bullet and sub-bullets

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT

I want to change the current default bullet and sub-bullets.

Currently the default is a filled in dot as main bullet to a un-filled dot as a sub bullet.

I want to change the sub-bullet to a hyphen. Getting tired of manually changing each time.

Thx for your help.

Blue screen, "Bad Pool Header" in Windows 7 when opening new install of Word 365

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

I just installed Office 365, and each time I try to open a word doc now the computer blue screens with a "Bad Pool Header" error. I can run the other Office apps just fine, but each time I try to run word I get the same error. I have attempted to repair the install, but I still get the same result. Thoughts?

content control in word 2013

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT

I have created a form in Word 2013 and have restricted editing so that the user can only tab through the document and fill in the form.  However, tabbing simply extends the length of the current box, rather than jumping from box to box within the form.  Can someone tell me what I am missing here?  Why are we unable to simply tab from box to box?  Thanks for any help you might provide!

 

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spell check Word 2013 365 University

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:29 AM PDT

I have Office 365 2013 University. When using Word it will not spell check. It says " spell check complete you are good to go". It is not checking any of the words...I need some help...I think they(Microsoft) forgot to load the file.  Can anyone help me?

One letter turns into three, like thhhis. Any solutions?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:38 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

 

I have a problem that has occurred on Microsoft Word only: while I'm typing, suddenly some letters will turn into three.  For exxxample, thisss will occccurrr.  The problem does not occur in any other program I use frequently, including Excel, Powerpoint and Chrome.

 

I will refer to this problem as 'the problem' or 'the Word problem' from now on.

 

Problem description: (this issue occured in three computers for me, but the same description applies to all three)

- the problem can occur for any character, including spacebar.

- it almost always gives me three of the intended character.

- it occurs sporadically, in bursts, without warning; i.e. I can type a paragraph with no problems, then suddenly in the next sentence, almost every word will have the problem.  The problem does not occur every time I use Word, but there is no indication when it will occur.

- if I immediately backspace on the string of letters, Word will crash. (i.e. program freezes.  When I try to close that document, all documents close, new Microsoft window pops up asking if I want to send an error report.  When I re-open Word, Word will offer to re-open AutoSaved versions of documents.)

- if I immediately save after a string of letters has occured, Word sometimes will crash (as described above).

- the problem has become more rare after I set Word to Autosave Recovery every 1 minute.

- problem occurs on both new and existing documents; i.e. I can start a new, blank document and the problem can occur without me saving the document

 

Systems description (this has occured on three computers for me):

#1 - Dell laptop I own:

- problem began ~9 months ago

- laptop was ~2 years old when the problem began

- no known issues with laptop

- no known keyboard issues.

- I purchased and began using a brand new, non-pirated copy of Office 2010.  Problem began occuring, in Word only, after about half a year.

- Microsoft Office was installed directly from the disc

- OS is Windows 7, which came with laptop

- I contacted a Microsoft technician, who suggested the 'file' (not sure if he meant the problemed document or the program) was corrupted.  He suggested using C-Cleaner to clean up my computer.  I did so, but problem persisted.

 

#2 - Asus laptop I own:

- problem began ~6 months ago

- laptop was brand new when problem began.

- no known keyboard issues.

- brand new laptop actually came with a faulty hard drive.  Word problem occured before AND after hard drive problem was replaced.  Current hard drive has not shown problems, but the Word problem persisted.

- (I'm not sure what effects the faulty hard drive caused, but the one problem I know is my computer would shut down every few days without warning.)

- the Word problem began occuring a few days after I bought bought the laptop and installed Office (though at this time the hard drive was faulty)

- Microsoft Office was installed from Microsoft's website, but using the same product key I purchased, as mentioned above

- OS is Windows 7, which came with the laptop

 

#3 - desktop at work, owned by my workplace

- problem detected today (July 23, 10:00 AM GMT)

- I do not own this computer, so I have limited details on its history or specs

- Dell desktop and keyboard

- no known issues with desktop or keyboard

- program is Word 2003

- this only occured on one document so far.  I have been working on this document for about a week.  This is the only problem with this document and computer so far. 

- the document contains mostly text in various colours (a few diagrams occur; in total they take up ~2 pages).  It began with ~60 pages, but I have been adding content every day.  The problem occured once, about 1 hour after opening the document.  At this time the document had just went over 200 pages and is about 9 Mb.

- OS is Windows XP

 

Please offer suggestions to fix this issue.  I have no idea about what the issue could be.  Please let me know if you have questions or need more details.  Thanks!

remove data source from merg document

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:51 AM PDT

               

I have Word 2010 template that I use to create a word document.  This template has a data source that it is used via Mail Merge to create a new document. 

 

Once I create this new document I do not want it to be attached to the data source.  How do I remove a data source from a Word 2010 document?  I have tried ... Mailings ... "Start Mail Merge" ... "Normal Word Document".   But that does not work, every time I open the document it wants to attach to the data source.  This is troublesome, because I send this created document to other people who do not have access to the original data source, and besides there is no reason to have the document attached to the data source.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

How Do I Delete Column Lines Only in Word Table?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:50 AM PDT

I see how to remove all gridlines in a table but not just for the column lines. In other words, I want to keep only horizontal lines and borders for my table.????

Word to PDF conversion problem

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:50 AM PDT

I convert a LOT of Word documents to PDF for my job (Document Control). The Word versions are maintained by my group and sent to other people/departments for revision.  Once approved, we convert the Word document to pdf using the "Save as" function and have never had an issue with this.  I have recently found several converted documents which have been changed in a very specific way:  There are inserted chromatograms (charts) which are exported to Word from some lab equipment. The Word versions look fine, but the pdf is missing most of the lines/peaks within the chart and the time markers inside the graph are shifted.

 

Everything else in these documents look fine.

I have checked other Word documents which contain inserted information from various sources (e.g. jpegs, Visio charts...even some that have chromatograms) and they are fine as well.

The problem documents were created by different people on different machines at different times.  The versions of Office are 2007 and 2010.

In one of the documents, the charts print incorrectly as described, but if you "restore down" the window, the lines/peaks become visible, though the text is still offset. When you maximize the screen, it appears just like the print out (with unacceptable charts).

 

I am running additional checks.  I had some minimal success with converting these documents via the print function.  I am exploring this further, but  wonder why this would make a difference? 

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

 

Thanks.

 

J 

Move line and shapes with keyborad

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

where can i set the size that lines and shape move on every click in the arrow buttons in keyboard ?

Font color and or styles change on word document when user starts working on the document.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Hi I am a SharePoint Developer and Office Integrator who is trying to understand a particular problem that is happening in our office.

 

First a little background. Our document library (in SharePoint) creates docm files. The reason for the docm is that the macro will run once to parse the filename so that it know which template to use to insert into the blank document and then xml map the content controls to the Document Library fields. This part is working fine and we're quite happy with it.

 

The problem is that on some users machines Word will arbitrarily change the Font and style of the document when it is being edited by the user. Each of the documents (templates) where the templates are "pulled" from have the same style and font that we need the documents to have. But for some reason when some of our users start working with these documents the Font will change, or the Style, the Color of the font anything can change.

This is frustrating as it impacts the work that the users are doing. I have checked a couple of similar issues but the answers are based on single users. Where talking about whole departments, if the answer is to force everyone to use the same Normal.dot, I'll do it. (I hope it's that simple)

Word 2010 Find and Replace dialog box suddenly is not visible

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:34 AM PDT

The Find and Replace dialog box suddenly does not appear when I invoke it through either CTRL-H or through Replace under Home - Editing.  When I do a CTRL-H, the title bar of Word changes color, so I know Word is no longer the focus window.  But the Find and Replace dialog box is not visible.  If I carefully (blindly) type some "find" text, hit Tab, type the "replace" text and hit enter, it actually finds the desired text in the open Word document.  So Find and Replace is working, but the pop up window does not display.  I have tried rebooting, but that did not solve the issue. I have not tried a Repair installation of Office 2010 yet.

Is there a simple solution to make the Find and Replace dialog box be visible again?

"Word was unable to open the data source" error in Mail Merge.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:33 AM PDT

Good Morning,

 

MS Word/MS Excel 2010

I've created mail merges in the past with excel as my selected "recipient".  Here are the steps I'm using but nothing is working.

 

1- Mergefield inserted <MERGEFIELD Name\*MERGEFORMAT>

2- Select recipients, use existing list, desktop, and select Excel document

3- Confirm Data Source opens (click show all and then select MS Excel Worksheets via DDE(*xls)  If I open normally, using "OLE DB Database Files" the entire file opens but I want to select Names that are in Column B, titled Name

4- Click ok

5- In "Named or cell range" I'm typing "Name" and then OK and get the error "Word was unable to open the data source".

 

The Excel document is closed.  I'm trying to Merge the Excel columns titled Name with Word for Tent Cards.  I have one column named "Instructor Name", one column "Member Name", one column "Candidate Name" and the last one "Facilitator Name".   I want to be able to Merge anything with "Name" in the header.

 

Thanks in advance

MM

Repeating header rows

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:13 AM PDT

I have a series of tables set up to repeat each tables header row on each page which is fine however when there's only room left on a page to allow the header row I get the header at the bottom of that page and repeated again on the top of the next page. How do I configure it such that the second row will always follow the header on the same page? I'm using Word 2010 on windows 7

Thanks for any help.

How do I convert a C.V. from txt or rtf to doc or docx?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:02 AM PDT

I have 2 C.V.s(1txt,1rtf.)Is there a way of converting one to doc,doc.x?I dont fancy writing another C.V. if I can avoid it.

 

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Translate spanish to english

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:56 AM PDT

Hi,
I'm trying to translate a Spanish word to English and get no results unless I translate the whole document (same thing when translating French to English). Am I doing something wrong or missing a download somewhere that anybody can think of? Translating English to Spanish is no problem. Thanks for your help.

tping is fastr tha m comper. See this example

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:54 AM PDT

I hav to typ very slowly otherwise this happens.

I hve to tye very slowly otherwise this happens.

if I try type normally I find that letters are missin g and/orthe sl owlyappearonthepage.

                                     Al s oh ppens w ith e                                   mail a     nd one n ote    

Can anyone help? suddenly all seems normal. The space bar was stuck down. I seems as if my keyboard is at fault .

I will try another to confirm.

I feel a litttttttttle foolish for asking for help. And it looks as though the t is failing. Please let me assure you all that this is not some frivolous joke.

And yes I havecccccccccccccccccccleaned my Lgiteck keyboard recently. I really must stop this. My apologis to all............... Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting out of here now.

Copying English/Arabic mixed text screws up in Word but not Acrobat.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:24 AM PDT

Check these 2 pictures. The first is what I got when I pasted the text from clipboard to a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat. It is correct, how it should really be. The second picture is what I get when I paste in MS word. It failed.

TOC not keeping Amendments

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:17 AM PDT

I have created a new template with a new table of contents. All is fine and then I click the 'update table' button and everything is lost. When I go back into TOC the Headings I have chosen have defaulted back to what they were before (i.e. Heading1 has gone back to Heading 1, Heading2 back to Heading 2 etc.). I have amended the TOC options too but this is still happening. Are you able to advise where I am going wrong please.

Word 2007 sometimes inserts a blank page when printing a section

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:06 AM PDT

Word 2007. I have documents divided into sections using Section Break - Next Page.

When I try to print a single section (using s1 - like syntax in a Print options) on a both sides, it seems that Word sometimes inserts a blank page at the start of the section. All both side printing goes haywire then of course.

It happens - very vaguely - like at 50/50 ratio. I can't find how the sections which print correctly differ from the wrong ones, there are no control symbols or anything.

Printing using p1s1-p10s1 style syntax does not help either.

Formatting help - image block

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:51 AM PDT

I would like to know the best way to achieve this effect in Word 2013. I want a left justified image with a block of text to the right of it, then insert some sort of break so that the next bit of text starts under the image (see picture). I can do this by adding carriage returns manually but I have to keep fiddling with these if the text changes. I also tried a text box but then I can't seem to alter the image wrapping inside the box.

Any ideas?

Peter

How to create drop-down list for importance ranking?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:30 AM PDT

I am creating a form. May I know is there anyway for me to create a drop-down box to rank importance? For example, the respondent is to rank the areas in their lives below from the most important to least important. The function that I am asking for now is, to have drop-down boxes for all areas below. In addition, as the respondent select any of the area, let's say - 'Friends' as the first selection, the rest of the selections will only show - '2,3,4,5,6', and after another selection, the choices will become 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, and lastly, '6' only.

Lifestyle

3

Family

6

Vacation

4

Hobby

5

Career

2

Friends

1

After much research, I've only discovered ways to create dependent drop-down boxes for one relationship between two variables only using macros. Therefore, should there be any other ways or macros that can help, appreciate much if you can share with me. 

How do I enable speech recognition on my new tablet so I can use office 2013 with the voice to text format?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:48 AM PDT

How do I enable speech recognition on my new tablet so I can use office 2013 with the voice to text format?

Having Trouble with microsoft now that I have installed Epson WF 3540 software...Help

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:22 PM PDT

I installed the WF 3540 Epson software on my computer. I shut down to ensure that it was loaded, but when I opened a word document to print, I keep getting a message that microsoft office is not working. Now that the software is loaded, I'm not able to work in any of my word documents without getting the error message.

 

Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

 

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curser only inserts but does not write or backspace

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:07 PM PDT

My curser suddenly stopped writing and backspacing. Why might this happen?

how do I scan a page into a word document (word 2010 startup)

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:10 PM PDT

I have an HP computer running Windows 7 Pro. 64bit. I have office 2010 startup. How do I import a scanned page into an office document.

in the process of doing an envelope merge with a document, I had a problem with saving my document. "word cannot complete save due to file permission error. can you help me?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:09 PM PDT

After receiving message as stated above, I contacted my security company and they said that it would not be a security problem which some in the community said it might be. This is the first time that I have used the mail merge in my Word 2007. I have used it, however for many other projects and had good results. So, I am trying to save my document, and especially my recipient list so that I can continue with the envelope merge. Can you help me?

Word 2013 error has occurred: system resource exceeded

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:14 PM PDT

I open a Word 2013 document, the merge fields are already established and have been connected to an Excel data source (which has worked last week) but when I try to select recipients today (Mon. 7/22/2013) it gives me error messages (won't connect to my Excel data source).  Microsoft Word: "Error has occurred: System resource exceeded".  I click OK, then get "Data Link Properties" menu wanting to specify the data source which shows the correct link, when I click OK I then get "ODBC Excel Drive Login Failed, system resource exceeded". 

The only way I can get the Select Recipients to work is to have the actual Excel Data Source file open on the desk top then I can edit recipient list.  But I have never had this happen before.  This all just started today.  I am very new to Office 2013, just downloaded last week. 

I use to be able to Mail Merge (select recipients and edit recipient list) in Word and have excel data source closed however this is not working correctly. 

Please help.

Marlene