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Microsoft Word - alphabetical sort weird issue

alphabetical sort weird issue

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

I am using a Word 2007 document that is a list of glossary terms. The glossary is for an older version of a book I am working on. I am pasting the new words at the top of the document, and then sorting so that the words from the new chapters should appear either before or after the same word if it appeared in the last version.  My issue is this: the original set of words is duplicating itself every time. I sort, and I get a list of the words as they appeared before I ever started this project followed by the original words with changes and the new words sorted in this second group. Other times the original list gets sorted with the new and improved list with the new set of words sorted as well. I can't figure out how or why this is happening. I have done similar projects in the past and not run into this problem. Let me know if this is not well expressed. It is a tricky problem.

Setting top & bottom margins for Normal template

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 02:23 PM PDT

I cannot seem to set the top & bottom margins on the Normal template (nor for a new document after I open MS Word).  They are "stuck" at the very top and bottom (no room at all).  I've gone into Page Layout, custom set the margins at 1" and clicked on Set as Default at the bottom, but the change does not take.

Losing spaces between words upon opening a previously closed Word document

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

I have Word 2010 with Windows 7 Home Premium. Usually upon opening a previously closed Word document, throughout the document I lose the space between two words in a sentence if either of the two words contain a capital first letter or if there is a punctuation mark between the two words.  I cannot figure out why; I have to go through and re-enter a space between all the affected words upon opening.

Word Error

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:02 PM PDT

I have created a template for my company and somehow the file has corrupted. I have read many posts on here that people have fixed these files and was wondering if someone could help me in the process.

 

 

The link to it is here..  I am new to this and am not sure if this is at all accurate.

 

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=5AA4B1DBDA283984!235&authkey=!AHIDHVAXmh4OXr4

 

 

Please help! I need this document!

 

 

 

Thank you

 

Sam

Format content control placeholder text to include a tab

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 11:42 AM PDT

I'm creating a template and want a Paragraph Heading placeholder I created to use an existing style and to include a 0.5 tab indent so that when the user selects the placeholder and types, the text is formatted using a predetermined style and the text is automatically indented by 0.5" without the user having to press Tab. I think I would try to modify the style of the content control, but Tab is dimmed. I have no idea why it would be dimmed. I'm very new to the Developer tab and editing controls. 

Maybe since I'm a newbie to this, it might be easier to show you what I'm trying to accomplish, and you can give me advice on how best to do that. I assume I create a style first and then create a content control based on that style. I want the content control to use a style for the first part of a paragraph that will indent the heading automatically and use a specific font--in this case, the default font but with Dark Blue, Text 2 color. Then I would like to be able to type text in the Normal font (automatic) following that content control. Then I would like to press Enter at the end of that paragraph and have everything subsequent to that be in Normal style. So here's what I hope it would look like, only I wouldn't have to press Tab before the Paragraph Heading control. I figured out I can modify the style and in the Style for following paragraph box, click Normal, and that will take care of the lines following the style. But that is dimmed also. If anyone can recommend a book or resource for styles and content controls, I would greatly appreciate it. 

Headers and Footers not the same in Word 2013 from Word 2010.

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 07:53 AM PDT

I recently installed MS Office 2013. I previously had Office 2010. When I installed 2013 it loaded alongside 2010 but I have since removed 2010. 

I am now having issues with my document header and footer when opening Word documents last saved in 2010. The 2013 Word makes page 1 a blank page with a header and footer and all subsequent pages with text have none. In 2010 Word the document first page had the header and footer with text, which is how I wanted it, and no header and footer on subsequent pages. If I untick different first page in the design tab all headers and footers disappear on all pages. I have not been able to get the document to appear how it used to be in 2010. What is going on?

Suddenly, the ¶ shows up in Word 2010 figure captions - how do I get rid of it?

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 02:44 AM PDT

I am currently working on a very long and complex document (my dissertation). At the moment, it has 188 pages and will become even longer. Suddenly, the ¶ symbol shows up only in captions for figures - this appears to be a bug. The symbol does not show up anywhere else except for in figure captions. How do I get rid of it?

 

FYI, the document is already quite complex and currently contains:

  • A Table of Contents
  • A reference list
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables

All of these are automatically generated. In addition, I use EndNote (as I currently have approximately 280 citations). In order to add notes to the caption that comply with APA format (which I must use), I have to combine captions with the text that follows using "ctrl-alt-enter" to insert a style separator.

 

Ugh! I just took one last look before calling it a night - the ¶ now shows up EVERY TIME that I used ctrl-alt-enter" to insert a style separator. This also includes after headings within the document!

 

Help!

on my laptop, when i press enter key, the coursor does not move to the next line

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 07:04 PM PDT

On my laptop, when I am typing, when I press the enter key, the cursor does not move to the next line.  can some help resolve this issue?

Word 2010 crashes on opening

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 06:18 PM PDT

I just changed to Windows 7 from Vista, and then did a MS Office 360 installation from the internet. I cannot use Word at all, although Excel and PowerPoint are fine. Wherever I begin (new document, open document from a file, open from the web) the screen fades, I get a "Microsoft Word has stopped working" box, and it either restarts automatically or I get a 'close program' option. I had similar 'freeze' issues with Word 2007 and Vista (although I needed to reboot the machine when Word crashed), which was why I upgraded. I just uninstalled Word 2007. 
Should I reinstall Word? If so, is this a straightforward process?
Are there changes I should make before reinstalling Word 2010? 

Unspecified Error, word/document.xml, Line:2, Column: 0

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:25 PM PDT

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could help me recover the math formula from this corrupt document. I've seen this error pop up before but I dont know how to edit xml files.

Here is the link to the un repaired docx file: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6D4780C6B9DD9E2C!107&authkey=!AICq7aiabvBHidk

B of A Microsoft Office 2013

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:32 PM PDT

I downloaded Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 and am having some trouble with word and excel. I can open them but quickly crashes.  A popup appears which states that an error has occured. School is starting soon and my hopes are to fix this asap.. I downloaded this package from my wife's B of A employee account. It was a birthday present. I hope someone can hemp me with this issue.

Doubleclick a file to open produces error message

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:12 PM PDT

When I doubleclick any Word or Excel file to open it, it doesn't open and gives me the error message "The procedure entry point <strange symbol> could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" I have Windows 7 Home and Office 2010 Starter and they were working fine till now. Thank you.

Are my documents showing online?

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:04 PM PDT

Just today, any document I create in MS Word is saving to my IE10 browser history, and it's never done that before. I recently accidentally clicked on an email link warning that the sender could get my IP address, but after this ran MS Security Essentials. How do I keep my docs from posting to the Internet?