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Microsoft Word - Centering Images by Default

Microsoft Word - Centering Images by Default

Centering Images by Default

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 03:11 PM PST

Is there a way that I can have Word 2010 center images automatically when I insert them? I am working with a restricted Word template that does not allow writers to click on the "centering" button in the formatting toolbar. By default, images are left-justified, but I'd like to change this to "centered."

Any ideas?

Word changes fonts in building blocks

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 03:11 PM PST

I am using Word 2007. I added a small table to Building Blocks and saved it in my.dotx template. I closed Word and restarted it. When I inserted the table into a new file, the text font in the cells had changed from Verdana to Arial and the style was renamed. The style already exists in my.dotx template and I have used it many times.

 

How do I retain the font style in my building blocks?

 

Kaye Bonney

Hyperlink base doesn't work in Word 2007

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:13 PM PST

I am using Word 2007 (because our office is behind the times) to write a document with hyperlinks that will call forth other supporting documents when clicked.  All of the documents are in the same directory.  I set my hyperlink base to .\ (to specify the current directory).  When I click on the hyperlinks, all I get is an error that says:  "The address of this site is not valid.  Check the address and try again."  I don't understand what I am doing incorrectly.  Could anyone help?

Thanks,

DW

handwriting to text in word 2013

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:49 AM PST

I just received my tablet and downloaded office. I've been able to write directly into a word document, but not turn it into to text. Is this possible? if so, how?

How can I get this "button" into a toolbar

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:37 AM PST

I cannot get my WORD 2003 to hang onto a "Change Case" button in the toolbar.

 

I tried using the "Add or Remove Buttons" choice, and using "customize" I put Change Case in the toolbar.  When I close WORD and then restart it, Change Case is gone.

 

I tried going through the Tools menu, but get the same result.  It goes in, works perfectly, but when I close WORD and then start it again, it is gone.

 

We tried reinstalling WORD (twice) and it made no difference.

 

I am using Windows XP Professional.

 

Other than that ONE THING, my WORD 2003 works perfectly in all ways. 

 

Mogadeet

Office 2003 Word - slow menu animations

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:31 AM PST

Hi,

Got a user with Office 2003 Standard, the 2007 Compatibility pack, and Outlook 2010 installed on a machine running XP SP3.  We've noticed that file and context menus within Word are animating at slow speeds (2-3 secs vs <1 sec on the computer right next to it).  From what I can determine with the testing I have done, it is only Word, and it is only for the file and context menus (this includes right-clicks).  Everything else seems to operate normally; this includes file and context menu animation speeds in other Office and non-office applications, general response speed of the PC and all applications (including general use of Word, typing, opening docs, saving, etc).

I have already tried uninstall/reinstall.

Does Word have a setting in it somewhere that can control the animation speed?

Please note: I am not considering turning off the animations as a "solution".  Thank you.

Microsoft Word: Ink/Drawing Problems

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 11:02 AM PST

When I use Microsoft Word to draw with my tablet, randomly a few of my pen strokes disappear! When I scroll through my document, I can find the stroke lines on different pages; usually they show up on the top of my page. Then I have to erase all those lines again and it's extremely annoying. It's very weird because it's not consistent (not every line disappears and usually only disappears every couple of words) and there's absolutely no reasoning behind it! Please, please help me fix this! Also, this usually only happens in Word... except it has happened once or twice in OneNote as well...

Word & Excel 2010 can't print after downloading Windows 7 Automatic Updates

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 10:08 AM PST

Here's a small but annoying issue I'm having:

 

After Windows downloads Automatic Updates, I cannot print in Word or Excel.  They freeze if I try to print, and I have to use Task Manager to close them.  Reopening doesn't make a difference -- they continue to freeze if I try to print until I reboot my PC.  This is before the updates are even installed, and rebooting without installing the updates fixes it.

 

It seems to have something to do with print drivers, because it also happens if I try to Save As PDF or XPS, and when I close Excel without saving changes to a file, it hangs and flashes "Accessing Printer; Press ESC to cancel" in the lower left-hand corner.

 

Again, not a huge problem, but since our employer has us set for Automatic Updates every Thursday morning, I have to interrupt my workday every Thursday  to reboot because of this issue.

 

BTW I'm using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1.

Document Panel

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 09:18 AM PST

Hi Everyone,

 

On the developed toolbar in word what does the document panel do?

 

Thanks, was just very curious!

 

 

Bug with nested Docvariables updating?

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 09:14 AM PST

Hi,
I think there's a bug in the way that nested docvariable fields update. I'm posting this here in the hopes that someone has found a way around this (the question is about fields, but I'm using VBA to manipulate them, so I honestly don't know which forum is best. Fingers crossed.)

The issue (I think) is that a Docvariable field can't be updated if it is not (or would not) be evaluated by the larger expression. In general practice this is probably not a big deal, but I'm trying to check that fields haven't been typed over, and it is a problem when the value of the docvariable doesn't match its result. 

Create three document variables

- In the VBE Immediate Window:

activedocument.Variables("Var1").Value = "dog"
activedocument.Variables("bVar1").Value = "true"

Create some fields

- In the document (all brackets should be created using Ctrl+F9:
{DOCVARIABLE  Var1  \* MERGEFORMAT}

{IF {DOCVARIABLE  Var1} = "dog" "Found a dog!"}

{IF {COMPARE {DOCVARIABLE  bVar1} = "true"} = 1 {DOCVARIABLE  Var1} {IF {DOCVARIABLE  Var1} = "giraffe" "giraffe"} }

Update all fields and view their results. You should see:
dog
Found a dog!
dog

As expected. Now, change the value of Var1 to "rabbit":
activedocument.Variables("Var1").Value = "rabbit"

Update all fields and view their results. You should see:
rabbit

rabbit

Toggle field codes, select the very last DOCVARIABLE  Var1 field and toggle only it. It is still "dog".

Even if you select that field and update it specifically (rather than as part of a larger selection), it remains "dog".

You can see the problem as well by changing bVar1 to "false" and then changing Var1 again. Now the second-to-last DOCVARIABLE  Var1 field will be outdated.

I may be able to work out some logic for ignoring fields that don't directly impact the displayed value in my check. But that seems like a long way to go for what should be a relatively simple process.

Can anyone propose an alternate solution? Or perhaps replicate/not replicate my results? 

Thanks!

Open *.asd file

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:56 AM PST

We are using Win7 and Office 2010. I have a user who is trying to open an .asd file. We know where it is located and have tried to open it and also rename it to .doc but neither of these work. We get error:

We are not sure what to do at this point. She really needs to recover this file.

 

Thanks in advance

365 Premium Word wont start

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:37 AM PST

Began having issues with all Office 365 Premium apps yesterday and finally got repair/fixit to correct the Excel and Powerpoint apps but Word still wont open.

Have checked add-ons, uninstalled and re-installed, etc.  HELP!!!

Exact message is:

"We're sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result.  Would yo like us to repair now?"

I have tried quick repair and online repair.

How to create different horizontal margins in the Header and Footer Word 2010

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:36 AM PST

I need to insert an image into the header of a Word 2010 document.  I  need the header to be .5 inches from the horizontal edge of the paper.   However, I need the document itself to have its margins set at 1 inch all around.   How do I make this happen?  This is what I've already tired and it didn't work:

1.  Click header

2. Insert image

3. Click on the image and go to the page layout tab.

4. Go to page setup

5. Go to Layout

6. Go to Headers and Footers (it ONLY lets you adjust the vertical margins in "from edge"

 

Then I tried this:

1. Click header

2. Insert image

3. Click on the image and go to the page layout tab.

4. Go to page setup

5. Go to Margins  (this adjusts the margins for both the header AND the body --- that's doesn't work)

 

Then I tried this:

1. Click header

2. Insert image

3. Click on the image and go to the page layout tab.

4. Go to the paragraph section.

5.  Adjust the left and right margins  (I can adjust the margins, but it seems to have NO effect on the image.  The image still stays stuck at 1 inch regardless of the left and right margins I select in the paragraph section.

 

Advice appreciated.  Thanks.

Template problem: Text lines cut off on right

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:31 AM PST

I downloaded a template from microsoft.com for a business letter.  On the screen and on print preview.  However, when I print the letter, this is the result.


Any suggestions on what I can do to stop the text being cut off on the right?  Thanks in advance.

Document w/full page background picture changes to many small tiles when converting to PDF.

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:21 AM PST

How do I get it to convert as a full page picture?

Handwriting panel

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 08:02 AM PST

I have a Samsung Ativ Tab 3 from work which I quite like and which I am trying to use for editing Word documents.
I say trying because I am not a keyboard person, I like pens. Sadly I am finding using a pen practically useless in this setting (I seriously see me returning to my laptop and wacom graphire combo for Office 2007).
The Ativ has Word 2013 - Is it possible to change the size of the handwriting panel???????? I have always been able to do this on PC, it is crucial for a tablet because the stupid panel/keybpard input (and yes, it is stupid!) literally takes up half the screen:

It really is a nightmare, I am so disappointed, and it means I am working at less than half speed, what with that and other problems with not so great pen performance. I have my own Samsung Note 10.1 with pen which works beautifully with its Polaris.

I am at my wits end with this. I certainly will not be moving my other PCs over to Word 2013 or version other than what I already have. So before I leave MS to go for Docs2Go (because Polaris doesnt have tracking) and stick with my Note 10.1, does anyone have a solution for this?
Considering the move is in the direction of more portable tablet style gadgets, how is MS expecting to stay in the market with this sort of problem?

Footnotes

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 07:41 AM PST

I am trying to write a word document with many footnotes.  The footnotes are starting at "2", despite all my efforts to start at "1".  I have tried to use the "footnote and endnote" tab on references to correct this, without success.  Any suggestions.  

Office 365 Word - Remove Personal Data (Metadata)

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 06:41 AM PST

I want to remove personal data (Metadata) from my Word documents.  It was pretty easy to do in earlier version of Word, but I can't seem to find in in Office 365 Word.

Suggestions?

Can't Reach Documents Because MSOffice is Performing Maintenance??

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 06:40 AM PST

I recently purchased MSOffice 2013.  I am trying to open documents that I have created on my own computer, on my own hard drive and I keep getting a message that reads.....

We're sorry WINWORD.EXE can't be used right now because Office is busy.  We're either updating or helping you add or remove some programs.  You can try using WINWORD.EXE again after we're done.  It shouldn't take long.

Are you kidding me right now?  I can't do my work at 9:30 a.m. on a workday because Office is doing maintenance?  I'm very, very disappointed in this.  I have never had this issue before with any other version of MSOffice.  I'm not sure why them doing maintenance is affecting files that I have created and saved on my hard drive?  Is there any way around this so that I can get to work?  I did not purchase the monthly MSOffice 2013 program where everything was in the cloud.  So I'm just not sure why this is happening?

Signed ~ Not Happy :-(

HELP

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 05:17 AM PST

MY ASSIGNMENT IS DUE TOMORROW AND MY MICROSOFT OFFICE 2010 ISN'T LETTING ME SAVE IT. 
each time I press save the save as Icon comes up, even though I have saved it previously. I click on save as and the box continuously keeps on coming up until I press cancel. This is the first time its ever done something like this, and its happened at the worst possible time. Its on a School laptop as well, and as I am not an administrator I cannot do much about it. Does anyone know how to fix this? 

User Crop Marks: How to Set Them?

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 05:04 AM PST

Word 2013's crop marks aren't very useful because (a) they don't print, (b) they hug the edge of the text instead of the desired margins, and (c) they ignore the position of the footer. Has anyone developed a scheme for printable crop marks that are positioned where they are needed?

Bullet keyboard shortcut produces a different bullet style to the toolbar button

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 04:01 AM PST

I've noticed this frustrating problem which affects only one of my computers.

If I create a bulleted list using the button on the toolbar all is well (as per the default settings). 

But if I create a list using the ctrl + shift + L shortcut I experience something odd. 
The bullets are aligned to a different margin and when I hit tab the bullet does not change (to a hollow circle), nor does it indent quite as far. 

Does anyone know why this is happening and how to make the shortcut behave like the button?

Thanks. 

Undestanding stylesheets, templates and locking them

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 02:04 AM PST

I am in a project where we have been using a word template for our documents.

The documents created based on that template is edited by several people (across different companies), which means different windows and word versions. In the course of the development of the document, I have noticed many issues with the template and I got a couple of doubts:

Are stylesheets and document languages set in the template or in local word versions? I noticed some people seeing different fonts then me (I had Tahoma while they had Times New Roman) and I saw the language of the document changing after each iteration. What could have caused the overwriting of them?

Is there a way to "lock" the stylesheet and the language of a document so I am sure they are not overwritten?

Microsoft Office Words 2010 System Error.

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:56 AM PST

Dear community,

i just purchased and installed Microsoft Office 2010. I was browsing through some old documents and wanted to open it up but was expected with this error,

I noticed that all my file type were 'DOC' and not 'Microsoft word document'.

Any idea how do i solve this issue?

Many Thanks.

Office 365 downloaded in Thai Language

Posted: 14 Nov 2013 01:14 AM PST

I purchased Office 365 in August. With the purchase, I got 5 downloads. One of these I downloaded in Thai. Each program works in Thai except for Word. Any suggestions to get Word to function properly? Excel works just fine. 

Opening 2013 Word document in 2010

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:56 PM PST

Hello, I am having the hardest time figuring out what is going on with my word documents. I created the document in 2013 but when I open it in 2010 it is very jumbled. The document in question, is basically a variety of tables and check lists with a header and a footer. Is there a specific way to save this so that there are no changes to the document?

File visible on homegroup?

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:22 PM PST

Hi

 

I'm running a Homegroup. On the laptop, I can see various subdirectories in my desktop 'My documents' file, but not the individual files that I have outside the subdirectories but within 'My documents'.

 

I have tried marking the whole directory as shared, but to no avail.

 

What is the solution?

Prefix one character to a series of digits

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:47 PM PST

In a very large document, I have thousands of superscripts of 1,2, or 3 digits in Arial Black, for example 9 or 43 or 122. They occur sporadically in text paragraphs in Times New Roman. I want to change the Times New Roman to another font, such as Palatino, without affecting the superscripts. (There are other superscripts, in TNR, which will stay superscripts and be changed to the new font.)

I thought of putting a ~ in front of each string, giving ~9, ~43, or ~122. After I do that, I would take the ~9, ~43, or ~122 superscripts in the new text font, e.g. Palatino, and convert them to 9, 43, and 122 in Arial Black (without the ~).

In other words, I'm converting paragraphs in TNR/Arial Black to Palatino/Arial Black where the Arial Black digits are all superscripts. The Palatino line spacing will be of the Exactly type but not necessarily the same as the TNR line spacing.

Maybe there is a one-step method but I don't know how to do it.

I'll be grateful for any help.

Steve Gray

Linked documents do not update

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:27 PM PST

I have created a hardlink to a Word document

I notice that when I used MS-Word to update and save either document, the changes were not mirrored in the other document.

However, when I created a hardlink to a text file, and use Notepad to change one file, the changes were updated into the other file too.

 

Seems like MS-Word destroys the hardlink. I notice similar issues with Excel and Powerpoint.

 

Can someone help me on this? Are there any workaround solutions to this problem?

file conversion

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:39 PM PST

I converted all my Word files to Open Office files and now i want them back as Word files. If I install word from a disk will the files all get converted back to word files? if not how can i do it? I don't want to do it one at a  time.
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Keyboard problem

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 06:16 PM PST

I used Microsoft word in my Windows 7 laptop at home yesterday and when I was typing, the cursor in Word just sometimes point to another direction and I would key in things at the wrong position.

 

Besides, some letters refused to show up even when I hit the letter at the keyboard hard.

 

What is wrong?

Change One Hyperlink Style

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:55 PM PST

I want to change the foreground color of one hyperlink in my document, since this hyperlink is on a dark background. I don't want to change the formatting of all my hyperlinks since most of my hyperlinks are on a light background. Is it possible to change the formatting of only one hyperlink in Microsoft Word 2010?

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Janet

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:02 PM PST

When working in a table, sometimes the font appears heavier (not bold) and slightly blurred in a cell.  When the same cell is selected, the highlight is a darker blue that usual.  I have cleared formats, applied styles,  manually changed fonts.  Nothing helps.  Is there a reason that this happens?

Problems: Insert, Drag and drop table rows/columns

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:50 PM PST

1. Is it possible to select which row or column formatting it should follow when a new row/column is inserted to the table?

For example
Col1 --- Col2 --- Col3

If you insert a new column
Col1 --- Col2 --- NewCol --- Col3

NewCol copies the formatting of Col3, but I want Col2's.
How?

2. When I drag and drop the table column, Word automatically adjust the width of the column to match the right side of the column. It is annoying.  I want it to keep the original width. How to do?

For example
Col1 --- Col2 [width 2cm] --- Col3 --- Col4 [width 6cm]

Then I dragged and dropped Col2
Col1 --- Col3 --- Col2 [width 6cm] --- Col4 [width 6cm]

I don't want to change the width. I want to keep it 2cm after I moved Col2.
How?

Any efficient workaround is appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Transfering files to new laptop

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:03 PM PST

I am over 60 and neither my son or grandson are available for help.  My old PC uses Vista and Office 2003.  How can I move my files to my new laptop which uses Windows 8 and Office 365?

Field code insertion error

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 03:37 PM PST

Hello,
I'm having considerable difficulty in Word 2013 getting fields to work correctly when inserting them using CTRL+F9.  If I go to the insert ribbon and insert a field that way it works fine.  However, if I use CTRL+F9 to insert the brackets and then type the field code (exactly as if I inserted it via the ribbon) it brings up the error message "Error! Too many picture switches defined."  I am unable to work out what I am doing wrong.  The screen shot below shows the error message and the field code.  Any assistance anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated!


Regards,
Shane

Make multilevel list begin at level 1 when the text is indented

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 03:36 PM PST

I've created a multilevel list style that is working well. My problem is that the indentation level of text in my reports changes with each section; every subsequent section is indented further than the previous section (this is achieved via quick styles). When I insert the multilevel list, it aligns with the indented text but the bullet the list begins with is a lower level bullet, instead of the level 1 bullet.

So, I guess my question is: is there any way to make a multilevel list begin at level 1 when the text is indented?

how to abbreviate a corporate author in the reference manager - and get help

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 03:32 PM PST

Hi

Is there a way to put in the abbreviated name of an author into a reference, eg PWC for Price Waterhouse Coopers?

 

Also, when I click on help for the ref manager word tries to install it, then says I have to reboot to finish configuring but after the reboot it is still not installed - is there a way around this?

 

thanks

 

David M