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Microsoft Word - Word 2010 TOC question

Word 2010 TOC question

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:53 PM PDT

So I know this is going to be a super dumb question and I am missing something basic and obvious. Here it goes anyway. I inserted a TOC into a Word 2010 document. The TOC looks fine, and is accurate with page numbers. I saved the document. When I reopen the document, I cannot click on anything in the TOC< its like it is stuck in edit mode. When I mouse over the TOC, it highlights with a grey backshadow, but all I can do is choose to click on the edit tab at the top. None of the TOC entries are clickable. What the heck am I missing? Thanks!

Printing Issue on Merged Documents

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 02:05 PM PDT

When I completed the mail merge, only 1 page of labels prints at a time.  I have to go back to the data file and deselect the 1st 10 in order to get the next 10 to print.  I haven't encountered this in the past when I have done a mail merge so I am at a loss.

Replace requires "Match case" to be selected if one wants to Replace preserving the case of the word being replaced

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:51 PM PDT

If I select something in capitals (ex. ABC) and specify that it be replaced by Pqrs I instead get PQRS. To get Pqrs I had to select the search option to Match case which is weird as that option should apply to the keyword I'm searching for (ABC in my example) and not what I'm replacing it with.

Microsoft office cannot verify the license this prodect

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:52 PM PDT

I have just bought Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013, I had downloaded it and then I had computer problems, so I had to reinstall it, during the installation, I had to disconnect, so when I went to finish the installation when I was connected again it said that Microsoft office cannot verify the license for this product, and that I should repair it from the control panel, I tried that and it didn't work, I need help

Check boxes in protected form

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:41 PM PDT

I want to create a protected form with checkboxes.  In one section, user is to check one box or the other (not both).   Can't figure out how to do this item.  Anyone know how to do this?

 

Thanks.

Recoverable error signature becomes invalid after closing and reopening word 2010

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Hello,

I have an issue with signing by smart card in Microsoft Word 2010 and Windows 7.
When I sign a word document, the signature panel displays the signature as 'Recoverable error'.
It means OK for me, because no trusted CA root certificate is installed yet.

But the problem arises after closing and reopening the signed document.
Now the signature panel displays the signature as 'Invalid' but neither the certificate is revoked nor the content signed has been altered.

I opened this document with Word 2010 on Windows XP, the signature is displayed as 'Recoverable Error'.

Can anyone explain what is the reason of this problem?

Clone Lines and Autoshapes

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:22 PM PDT

I make a lot of custom diagrams in Word.

In word 2003 I used clone a lot (e.g. CTRL + D)

Example:
I make a line and place it on a grid line.
I clone the line by pressing CTRL + D (the cloned line appears slightly below and to the right of my original line)
I move the line to the grid line above my original line

in office 2003, if I press CTRL + D again, the new cloned line goes the to the next gridline above my 2nd line.
I can repeat this and get multiple evenly spaced lines
This also works for autoshapes.

In word 2013, it doesn't do it.
If I clone a line using CTRL + D, when I press CTRL + D after moving my 2nd line, it doesn't clone uniformly...

How can I get it to essentially continue a pattern?

Microsoft Word 2007 tabs along top (home insert format etc. won't stay open along top of a document)

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 11:41 AM PDT

Hello, Have been using 2007 Office for years.  Suddenly when I use Word, the categories (tabs? Not sure what they are called) along the top of a document such as Home/Insert/Format etc. show as that word only but will not show the menu/choices under each one.  For example, if I want to choose to use bold, I have to click on "Home", then "Bold".  That applies, but then the window closes again and I have to repeat the process to do underlining, etc.  Very irritating.

If you can't solve my problem, I'd like the correct term for Home/Insert/etc. so maybe I can find the answer somewhere.

Thanks for your help!

Create and use my own button images for QAT

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 11:30 AM PDT

Can I use my own JPGs or ICOs on the Word Customize Quick Access Toolbar menu? (Instead of selecting Modify, and only seeing Microsoft's choices?)

word 2010 compatibility problem with windows 8.1

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:43 AM PDT

I've updated my windows 8 to windows 8.1 and can't use word 2010 any more. Troubleshooter tells me that there is compatibility problem. I'll be appreciative to your help.

Problem when converting docx files to pdf via save as pdf

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:33 AM PDT

 I am using word 2007

I get a window with the error:

The file is in use by another application or user.

 The (save as) PDF has worked in the past but does not work now.

I have done all of the following.

 

This error is commonly encountered when a read lock is set on the file that you are attempting to open. Possible reasons for this:

  • Another user has the file open, either on the same computer that you are using, or on another computer.
  • Word crashed at some point in the past and left a read lock on the file.
  • Another application has an exclusive lock on the file, preventing Word from opening the file.
  • A custom application is running and has opened this file (possibly on another user's computer). It may have opened the file using an incorrect method.

To correct this problem, close all applications, restart Word and try to open this file again. If this does not work, examine the properties of the file to determine if someone else has it open. Occasionally a phantom process (dead or disassociated program) may have a lock on the file, and the only means of clearing it is to restart your computer.

For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 918593

External HTML hyperlink opening Word document at bookmark

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 10:30 AM PDT

I need a way to use a hyperlink in a web page to open a MS word document (2007) at a specific bookmark.
I have a word document named test.docx with a inserted bookmark named MyBookMark.
Here is my html code :

a href="files/test.docx#MyBookmark"

When i click on the link it opens test.docx but at the top of file.  I need it to open up at the bookmark.  It ignore the bookmark altogether.
Any help?

Thanks

Trial Version

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:50 AM PDT

I am currently enrolled in college and when I bought on of my school books, it came with a office 2010 academic trial version for 180 days. I am having problems with it because it has only been roughly 60 days that I have been using the program and now its saying that it is an unregistered product. I need this fixed immediately so that I can get my work done and turned in. Can someone please help me to get this fixed as soon as possible.

Word 2013 Change Product Key

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 09:10 AM PDT

Hi Community,

I have to rollout a Win7 Pro 64bit with a WORD 2013 (not Office, only Word).
I installed one Computer with Word etc and sysprepped it.
On the next Computer im not able to change the Product Key via "change Programs".
The ospp.vbs says on "cscript ospp.vbs inpkey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx"
ERROR-CODE:0xC004F069

What can I do?

cheers
manuel

Last lines of Word doc in Dropbox sometimes corrupted, symbols?

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 08:48 AM PDT

I have a fairly lengthy, password-protected Word document stored on Dropbox. I regularly open this file on both my Mac laptop and my desktop (Windows 7 Ultimate) and make edits.

Several times in the past few weeks, I have noticed that the last few lines of the document are often lost--they change to random symbols. The document also increases in length by a few pages, each new page mostly blank except for 1-3 lines of symbols at the top.

Has anyone seen this before? I am not sure if this is a problem with the document itself, Dropbox, or an issue with the password protection on the file. Help please!

Word 2013 and alignment of text within a cell

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 08:14 AM PDT

I can do this in Word 2010 very easily, and want to know how I can put a command onto my right mouse click please.
I use tables a lot, and often move the text within a table so that it sits in the centre of the box rather than the default left side. To do this, I select the cell(s) concerned, right click, and select cell alignment from the context menu, which then gives me the nine options, from which I select the one I require.
The cell alignment option is missing from my right click options on my Word 2013 computer.
Is there any way of putting it there so that I don't have to go to the ribbon every time I want to do this?
Thanks in advance.

Horizontal text boundary break created with a new paragraph.

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:32 AM PDT

This does not appear to be a section break. I have attached a photo with formatting displayed.

The text boundary break is removed if I merge the paragraphs but reappears if I press enter. Both paragraphs appear to have the same formatting style.

Any ideas why this is happening? It's only happening in this place.

Thanks!

Carriage return inserted with merge field text

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 07:10 AM PDT

When using "includetext" to insert language from another document, I keep getting extra carriage returns in my document in the middle of the paragraph.  How do I get it to merge in a paragraph without inserting that carriage return.

hyphenate footnotes

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:55 AM PDT

Hi to all

Is it possible to hyphenate footnotes automatically?


thanks

Alessandra

How do I get the text in a text box to print the same size as displayed on the screen. It looks fine on the screen, but prints very tiny.

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:36 AM PDT

MS Word.  Created a text box and inserted text.  It looks fine on the screen, but when I print it, it is so small I can't hardly see it.  I can't find any formatting tools that will fix this.  What am I missing?  It works fine in a previous version of Office.  Now using Office 10.

Insert Symbol in Plain Text Content Control (Bug or Poor Design)

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:20 AM PDT

Recently, I discovered the following code results in a Run Time error 4605 "The method or property is not available because the selection partially covers a plain text content control" if the selection is in a plain text content control.

 

Sub Section_Symbol_and_NBSpace()
   Selection.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=167, Unicode:=True, Bias:=0
   Selection.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=160, Unicode:=True, Bias:=0
End Sub

 

This doesn't make any sense because a plain text content control is perfectly content to contain a symbol.  For example, I can place the cursor in a plain text content control and type CTRL+ALT+R and CTRL+ALT+C and enter the registered and copyright symbols or I can press ALT and 0167 on the numkey pad then CTRL+SHIFT+Spacebar to enter the section symbol and non-breaking space.

 

Furthermore, I can enter the section symbol and non-breaking space with the following code:

 

Sub Section_Symbol_and_NBSpace()
  On Error GoTo Err_Handler
  Selection.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=167, Unicode:=True, Bias:=0
  Selection.InsertSymbol CharacterNumber:=160, Unicode:=True, Bias:=0
  On Error GoTo 0
Err_Handler:
  If Err.Number = 4605 Then
    Selection.TypeText Text:="§" & Chr(160)
  End If
End Sub

 

I probably never paid any attention before, but the Insert Tab>Symbols>Insert Symbol gallery on the ribbon is also dimmed when the cursor is any a plain text content control.

 

Since a plain text content control is perfectly content to display a symbol then the runtime errror and state of the Insert Symbol gallery on the ribbon appears to be clearly a bug or poor design choice.

 

 

Unspecified error line 2 column 0

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:09 AM PDT

 I was working on my program I saved the file and it crashed when I tried to reopen it it said Unspecified error line 2 column 0. Can you please recover for me. Retrieve my file from the following link. Urgent

How do I change the color of a reviewer's comments?

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 06:03 AM PDT

I have a document that I wrote and sent out for review with a number of my comments in the file. One of the reviewers responded, but their comments are coming up in the same color as mine, and I need to be able to distinguish between them. The comments are still tagged with their user information so it's not the previously mentioned issue of the user having their personal data hidden. Can anyone tell me how to do this? I've figured out how to only show their comments, but some refer back to mine, so I really need to see both at once.

page numbering problems

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 05:40 AM PDT

i have enable page numbers but only the odd numbers appear. i have set my pages to start numbering from about the sixth page.

Default header tabs (center and right tab at right margin) are missing

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 05:31 AM PDT

I went to edit a header today and noticed that the default center tab at 3.25 and the right tab at 6.5 are missing. I have no idea how long this has been going on, what happened, or how to fix it. Should I replace normal.dotm? All help appreciated.

BSOD when opening network files.

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 01:16 AM PDT

Hi All,

I experienced BSOD with several message i.e System service exception, irql no less or equal etc..
This is only happen when i open Microsoft Office document from Network folder. It does not happen when i opened other file type i.e pdf.
I experience this issues only after upgrading to WIndows 8 Pro 8.1. Before this, i never encounter BSOD.

I am using windows 8.1 Pro
Dell Latitiude E6330
My network folder is QNap, using netdrive to connect.

Again, this is only happen after i upgrade to 8.1

why does my table of contents not show headings

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:49 AM PDT

I have this document and it seems to have corrupted because the table of contents does not show up the right headings.

headings appear different even though they seem to have the same formatting

Posted: 23 Oct 2013 12:36 AM PDT

I have this document which I am asked to re-format, and, I notice that Heading 3 appears different on different pages, even though I have set them to for example Arial 11.   Trying to amend the styles seemed to have given my document unexpected layout unfortunately.

I am using Word 2007.

microsoft Office Edition 2003 never used free trial and can not find product key to activate

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:38 PM PDT

Microsoft office Edition 2003. Never used free trial and now i cannot locate the product key. I need this key to activate free trial. Suggestions or answers

Why does a red cross appear when I'm saving my word documents?

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 10:05 PM PDT

I have created a new document in Vista. When I click the save button the box in the lower screen shows it is saving but theres a red cross in a circle next to it. What does this mean? Hopefully I'm not losing changes I make?

Word 2013 defaults.

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 09:59 PM PDT

How do I change the default settings "permanently"? Every time I open Word 2013, I have to reset my preferences. I always click on SET AS DEFAULT, but it always reverts to the OEM defaults. Any ideas? I would appreciate it, thanks.

How to find and select the next empty cell within a column

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 09:29 PM PDT

I have a word document that I have sorting the table in word using VBA.

 

Once the list is sorted on the required column I then want to select the first non-empty cell within that column.

 

I have the following Macro that I found online with just a small change will find the first non-empty cell.

 

ie. What I want to do is that after I've done the sort on the column then it will select the first non-empty cell by just looking in the column that I'm in, so that say the first 10 rows/cells are empty, but the 11th has some text, then I want to select that cell.

 

Here is the Macro I have...

 

Sub CheckTableCells()

    Dim oCell As Cell
    Dim oRow As Row
    Dim MyRange As Range

    For Each oRow In Selection.Tables(1).Rows
        For Each oCell In oRow.Cells
            Set MyRange = oCell.Range
            MyRange.End = MyRange.End - 1
            If Len(MyRange.Text) <> 0 Then
                oCell.Select
                Exit Sub

            End If
        Next oCell
    Next oRow
End Sub

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Neil

Word in Office 2013 getting "confused"

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 08:57 PM PDT

I've been 'power using' the latest Word 2013 (Desktop version) running on a Windows 8.1 desktop for the last few weeks.


I find myself frequently (like twice an hour) getting it confused. If I wear my USER hat for a sec.. Confused in the sense that the Word window freezes, and turns mostly white with a few 'clipboard icons' remaining.  It sits there for maybe 5-10 seconds, then the whole screen goes black, then it returns, and Word is somewhat back to normal, only I am in a different place in the document.


Now that's what I call confused.  What triggers it? IDK. I am simply typing, and doing a ton of pasting in of text.  Some text formatting. That's it.


Let me put on my C# DEVELOPER hat for a sec...


If I had to guess, I'd say that this is a case of Await/Async without proper control limits, that has run away from the designers.  I am doing 'something' , probably with the mouse, that must create a ton of await cases, they are backing up and looking like a freeze.  Windows eventually says "hold it" after a while, and blacks out.. probably killing all the open threads.  The program retreats to some last saved state.


Well, there tis. Real feedback.

Kudos on all the hard work. It really shows. I love the new version and tools. Keep fixing it for a while longer for god's sake. Don't freeze it yet.

:-)

Word 2010 Extract Dropdown List

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:32 PM PDT

Hello,

 

I have a word document that has a few dropdown lists in it. There is one dropdown list that I am trying to extract the contents from it. The Word document is saved with a .docx extension. I am using Word 2010 on Windows 7.

 

I have come across several different VB Scripts, but nothing seems to work. I provided a link to a VB script that I found. In the code I did change the part where it says .doc to .docx. The file is generated, but when opening it up the file is always blank.

http://www.microsoft-word-answers.com/microsoft/Word-VBA/30435817/extract-text-from-form-dropdown-to-excel.aspx

 

Most of the scripts I am finding appear to be for Office versions 2003, which might be the issue. Other scripts also have part of the code in it saying "DropDown1" as in that is the properties name of the object, which I can never find the name of my dropdown that I am trying to extract from. The only thing I can think of is that these scripts are for if a user form was used, such as you bring up VB editor by pressin Alt + F11, then go to the Insert menu and click on UserForm. Here you can view the file name and properties of objects that are added, but I am not using this. I am strictly using the Word document itself.  If you add the Developer tab and click on the dropdown button, that is what I am using. I know I can go to properties of that dropdown by selecting it and clicking properties, but it doesn't appear that is the name of the object either since I tried to put what is listed in the "Title" of the properties in the place of "DropDown1" in the code, but it doesn't work.


Like I said, I tried several different scripts to get this to work and can't seem to get anything to work. I don't care if I use script or some other option, is there a way to extract the list of the dropdown and if so how?

 

Thanks for any help someone can provide,

 

Zerners

Microsoft Word Home Premium, set default Font and Size

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 07:02 PM PDT

I have Microsoft Word 7 Home Premium. 
I want to set a default font and size. I have tried following all the instructions given in different blogs but been unsuccessful.     

Here is what I have done so far:

In HOME menu
Selected little arrow at the bottom right corner in the font box
In FONT under the heading of LATIN TEXT in Font
I selected my desired font and the desired size (JAMEEL NOORI NASTALEEQ 20 PTS)
Then under heading of COMPLEX SCRIPTS in Font
I selected +Body CS
Then press SET AS DEFAULT
Which takes me to a dialogue: .  . . . . . . . . .    "Do you want to set the default font to (Default) JAMEEL NOORI NASTALEEQ, 20 PT, BOLD,                                                                                   +BODY CS  (ARIAL), 20 PT, BOLD, EXPANDED BY 1 PT, KERN AT 20 PT FOR:" end of dialogue

Then I selected "ALL DOCUMENTS BASED ON THE NORMAL.DOTM TEMPLATE
And press OK.
It gives me what I am looking for, but when I restart the computer everything is gone.
Can someone be kind enough to help me, please.          

MQChuck

Word 2013

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 06:24 PM PDT

Hello
Currently I have Windows 8.1 and the student version of Office 2013. I would like to know if there is a way for Word to type what I say.
thank you

Header row text default settings in a table

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 04:58 PM PDT

I'm trying to fix up a template someone else has started (eergh!) and I can't seem to get the table default settings right.

The little icon shows the custom default table with white text over a dark background for the header row but when I place a table it has black text in the header row. I've tried to 'modify table style' but it shows header row as white text. The text used in the header row has a style assigned 'table text heading' which has the right settings.

I guess I really want to design a new table style with the white heading, and make that the custom default style for all tables that are placed in this template and documents created with this template and delete the one that is there - is that the best way forward?

Insert chart fill default and placement?

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 04:53 PM PDT

What controls the background fill of inserted charts? I want it to be plain/white/no fill, but it is a beige that doesn't even appear in the theme or the colour palette I'm currently using! I can go to Chart tools>format>shape fill - and 'no fill' I can fix it one time but how does how can I change for this template and all files created from this file?

Also wherever my cursor is in the document the chart gets inserted at the top of my document, why is that?

German Proofing Tools Issues

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 04:15 PM PDT

I just bought the language pack for Word 2010 so it would check my grammar in German.  I downloaded the pack and believe I've activated it.  It will catch spelling errors but not grammar issues.  As a test I typed a sentence with the verb in the wrong place and conjugated incorrectly but it was not seen as an error.  How do I get Word to check my grammar.  I have already set German as the proofing lanuage it just seems to not notice in grammar or sentence structure errors at all.

Cannot open Word 2010

Posted: 22 Oct 2013 03:16 PM PDT

I try to open Word 2010, that I've been using for three years, and I get the error message "Click-2-Run Configuration Failure".  I removed the templates Normal.dot and Normal.dotm, but alas to no avail.  If anybody has any suggestions, please lemme know.

Max