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Microsoft Word - Email address in comments?

Microsoft Word - Email address in comments?

Email address in comments?

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 02:37 PM PST

I'm using Office 2013 on Windows 8.1

For some reason, when I add a comment in Word it includes my email address. Why is that? How can I set it to simply be my initials like it used to be in previous Office versions?

Word 2013 - Any Solution for Fuzzy Fonts?

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:48 PM PST

I've been using Office 2013 on my Surface Pro for a while, so I finally decided it was safe to put it on my primary computer, which uses a 23" external monitor running at 1920x1080.

Holy cow, do the fonts look horrible in Word.  Indescribably bad.  And I spend many hours a day starting at - and laying out - text in Word.  The fonts are catastrophically bad, and if I cannot find a solution I will need to roll back to 2010.

So after some time with Google (errr...Bing?) I learned that Microsoft eliminated ClearType in favor of a new font rendering engine that is better-suited to the higher ppi on tablets.

Has anyone found a way to either:

- Bring back ClearType?
- Implement a replacement for ClearType?
- Make the fonts look better?

I've already tried turning off the hardware graphics acceleration, and I've already tried turning on "use subpixel position to smooth fonts."  

Everything still looks terrible.

Editing citation styles

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:36 PM PST

How do I edit the Chicago citation and bibliography style to include the text "Ibid. ##" if I suppress the title, author, and page, but include a page number.  I am using in-line text citations.  I can find three style reference files on the pc and do not know which one to edit, nor which line(s) of code to include the test "ibid."  I am using office 365 university, win 8.1, on a Lenovo helix.  Please help and many thanks in advance.  Any clarifying questions are welcome.   

Copy and Paste Problem

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 01:16 PM PST

I have recently bought a new computer with Windows 7.  I have loaded my Office 2007 from the CD.  Excel is working fine, but copy and paste on Word are greyed out.  I can use copy and paste elsewhere, and I can copy stuff into Word from elsewhere.  This is therefore a very specific problem.  It applies to new documents as well as old documents.

 

I have done a lot of searching on this and other forums, and none of the suggestions work.  Surely someone else has had this problem?

How to stop old version of Word launching?

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:28 PM PST

Just recently when I try to open a Word document e.g. one sent as an attachment in an email, Word 2007 starts trying to install itself even though it is listed under All Programs as already installed.   I have been using Word 2010 without any issues for the past three years and I have no idea why Word 2007 is suddenly in the picture!  If I launch Word 2010 first and then click on the document icon, the target document opens in Word 2010 as normal.   How can I solve this issue?   It is as simple as uninstalling Word 2007 or is there some even simpler way of ensuring that Word 2010 always takes precedence as the default version for all Word documents?

A Major Problem with Indexing a Word 2010 document

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:15 PM PST

14 November 2013

I am writing a thesis (800-plus pages) and created an index.  When it was positioned at the back of the document I found that the newly-'completed' index had a block of 30 entries which were incorrect.  I deleted the incorrect entries 'en masse', and saved the document, as this would 'lock-out' the deleted items and ensure they could not return. 

I then went to each incorrect entry, and deleted the incorrect 'index' entry there, 'locking' the deletion with the F9 key.  When this was done I used the 'Mark Entry' button to create a new, correct entry; doing this for each of the 30 entries. When this was completed I saved the document.  I then 'Inserted Index', replacing the previous index. I then returned to the Windows Home' page and deactivated the 'Paragraph' key. That done, back to the document.  I highlighted the 'new' in-place index (at the end of the document) and pressed the Update Index button.  My understanding was that by doing-so this would replace the old , incorrect entries with the new ones which I had 'loaded' and bring all the pages back into order.  

ALL THE ORIGINAL (INCORRECT) ENTRIES RETURNED!!!!! 

Nothing had changed, and NONE of the new entries appeared. The whole exercise had been a total waste of time. 

Although doing the above took 45 minutes, but thinking that it may have been me who caused the problem, I repeated the exercise. The same result occurred!

What puzzled me was how a 'deleted' entry could be 'reinstated' without my help (completely over-riding my actions while doing-so) 

I contacted the Microsoft Word Help-desk (on-line 'Chat' page) and found they couldn't help. They in turn referred-me to the Microsoft Technical Help Phone Call-centre , who also couldn't help, referring me to this site.

Understandably, I am a little bit peeved.

My questions are these:

1. Why, despite following the instruction to the letter, can I not do a simple alteration to an entry and be sure that it will work?

2. What do I have to do to remove the incorrect entries and replace them with the corrected ones?

3. Why do physically removed (deleted) index entries return when they have been verifiably deleted?

4. Is there a way to avoid this problem, and, if so, how?

Answers anyone, (preferably asap if possible)? 

Keith

Office 365 Images Server

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:07 PM PST

For the last few months I get an error message when I attempt to use Office Images online in ANY Office program.  It says, 'Sorry, we are having temporary server issues."  Just so I understand the timeline, what does temporary mean to you?

Cell background color changes due to selection of dropdown

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:45 AM PST

I have seen code on various sites referencing either coloring a column of cells or coloring the type, but am working on a form where the user wants a dropdown as follows:

1st position blank (am using two space bars so dropdown is blank until selected)

2nd position is R (Red)

3rd position is Y (Yellow) and last position is

4th position is G (Green) In the dropdowns neutral state, the cell color is null or white or no color

 

If "R" is slected, the cell turns red If "Y" is selected, the cell turns yellow and If "G" is selected, the cell turns green The 2003 code I used in an earlier version of Word is erroring out big time (Currently on Word 2010 on System 7) Since this dropdown replicates itself in a number of cells and I will have to reference each new position, I have left the default naming convention of "Dropdown1, Dropdown2"... etc. alone as a bookmark.

 

Using the TableCell Macro to determine the cell reference, I have ascertained that the first affected instance is in Table 3, Cell D2. In the code, does this translate into ActiveDocument.Tables (3).Cell(4, 2).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorRed ?

 

See my sample code below...

Sub ColorCell()

With ActiveDocument

If .FormFields("Dropdown1").DropDown.Value = "R" Then

ActiveDocument.Tables(3).Cell(4, 2).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorRed

Else

ActiveDocument.Tables(3).Cell(4, 2).Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = wdColorWhite

End If

End With

End Sub

 

Cell D2 or .Cell(4, 2) is my target cell, but can the cell the dropdown be the target cell?

 

Regards - Lenny33

merge from excel 2010 to word 2010 - import drops text

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:44 AM PST

Hello, I am trying to merge excel data into word so I can then dump that into NVIVO qualitative software.  I am using office 2010 and for some reason some fields are leaving out text.  How can I tell word to import ALL text?  To be more detailed, the excel spreadsheet includes responses to open-ended questions.  Some responses are 2 words and some are 100.  Some of these responses get fully imported into word during the merge and some do not.  Thanks.

Can't delete the Footer Space in Word

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 11:19 AM PST

I have Home Premium 365 on an 8.1 system. I want to delete all footers in a document. There is no typing in the footer. I want the entire space gone.  I spent about an hour with a MS technician yesterday, but he couldn't make it happen either. What do I need to do?


In older versions of word I could at least set the header to zero--but it would "stick" in 365.

Office slow to access files in shared folder.

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:37 AM PST

I have three computers.  All are running Windows 7 and Office 2010.  "Computer A" has a shared folder on it and can open any of those files without a problem.  However, anytime computers B or C attempt to open a file over the network I sometimes have to wait for 30 seconds or more for that file to open.  I have tried disabling my firewall and antivirus and I have tried following the instructions in this knowledge base article:


However, my registry does not contain the SCAPI folder mentioned in the above article.  This article makes me think that installing it would not help:


It seems to me that the Office Software Protection Platform Service is working awfully hard during the time I am waiting for any files to open; although, I am not sure if that service is the culprit or if I can even do anything about it.  

If anyone has any ideas regarding any possible solutions I would be happy to hear them.

Mike

Office home and student 2013 wont open

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:24 AM PST

I'm on windows 8 and none of my office programs will open. When I try to open any of them I get the loading animation over my cursor and then nothing happens. I attempted to quick repair and online repair and both failed. Any suggestions? 

Table Cell will not stay centered

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 10:01 AM PST

Paragraph is set to centered, no indents.  Cell Alignment is set to centered.  But if I save the file and reopen, the cells are all left justified.  How can I get these cells to stay centered?  I am an experienced user of Word, but can't get this to work.

Office programs won't open after laptop crash

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:58 AM PST

Hello there,
My laptop crashed (for reasons unknown - I got a blue screen when I was chatting on Skype with nothing else running) and I got an alert that my C drive was corrupted. When I rebooted my laptop it seemed to have fixed this, but now none of my Office programs will open. I wanted to do a system restore, but I'm being told I have no restore point, despite checking I DID have one before I fixed the C drive. It's just disappeared. I don't even get an error message when I try to open Word, I just get a spinning loading circle and then nothing happens. I don't know if re-installing it would work but I'm scared to because I don't know where my code is, since I didn't get a disk when I bought it and can't afford to have to pay for another license.

Any suggestions would be very much appreciated. It is essential for my work that I have Office working so this is making me panic a little bit, since I have no idea what happened and no indication of what's even gone wrong.

Thank you in advance!
 

Search in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 09:35 AM PST

I have to regularly search through specific folders for documents that contain certain key words.  In Word 2003 this was a very simple operation.  Once the documents containing the key words I specified were found, I could open each document to see if that was what I was searching for.  If not, I could close that document, and go back to the search results to check another document.  In Word 2010, the search results are gone after I check a document, and I have to do the same thing all over again.  It seems the IMPROVED version of word is lacking some very important features that were part of the OBSOLETE versions of word.

Active X check boxes stopped working

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:52 AM PST

They work fine on my machine which originated them.  It was emailed to a colleague who saved it.  They don't work.  He sent his copy back to me.   I tried adding a legacy checkbox and one cannot start enforcing, it's inactive.  I've checked everything I can think of and cannot figure out what happened to the file.

 

Now that I know active X won't work in Mac, from researching this problem, I'll have to (arghh) change the document to a form though it might be easier just to remove the check boxes.  If my colleague with MS-2010 can somehow mess this up, having no control elements seems best.

Office 2013 documents show on the task bar, but don't open on screen

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:44 AM PST

I cannot open documents from email (outlook) or my file directories.  They show in the task bar, but don't open on screen. Is there a setting or a fix to alleviate this?

Change field reference source file using VBA

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:41 AM PST

I have several hundred Microsoft word documents that have dozens of Microsoft Excel Worksheet links.  I copy all these files from project to project and need the reference to the excel file location to change.  I would like the code to do the following:

Ask me if I want to change the source reference file

Ask me if I want to update links in Headers, footers, table of contents, text, etc.

Ask me if I want to print files (if yes maybe pick the printer to print to)

Ask me if I want to save the file

Ask me to pick the excel file that has the information

Ask me to pick a folder where the word documents that need to be changed are located (maybe with an option to include sub folders)

Change the location of the source file if answered yes
For example; the existing link is:
{ LINK Excel.Sheet.12 "\\\\od\\corp-file-ns01\\I\\File\\SPEC\\Working Documents Folder\\Contract Documents Template.xlsx" Sheet1!R22C2 \a \f 4 \r \* MERGEFORMAT } (this is actual text from the word document)
And the new link should be:
{ LINK Excel.Sheet.12 "\\\\od\\corp-file-ns01\\I\\Water\\Specifications\\Contract Documents Template.xlsx" Sheet1!R1C2 \a \f 4 \r \* MERGEFORMAT } (this is actual text from the word document)

Update each type of link if answered yes

Print file if answered yes

Save file if answered yes

My Word version is 2013.

I have done some research and know a few things like the links in the headers and footers have to be handled separately from the links in the body, but I'm not a programmer.  Looks like I'm looking at several subroutines in the module with each one being called if the answer to the questions is yes.  Thanks in advance for all the help.

Changing shortcut keys for symbols

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 08:04 AM PST

Now that I am using Office 2013 on Windows 7, I have discovered that most of the common shortcut keys have changed, e.g. CTRL + S now gives me a ß and does not save the document.  I have tried resetting all the shortcut keys and manually editing the keys for the symbols to change this (I regularly write in German so I do actually need to use this letter but not as much as I need to quickly save documents!) but every time I close the document, it goes back to the original settings that I really need to get rid of. 

When I am in Customize Keyboard, I have tried having 'Save changes in:' set to Normal and Document1 but nothing is working.  Please can someone help me as this is driving me mad!! 

File embedded in a Word 2010 document is corrupted when drag & dropped to the Shell

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:52 AM PST

Hi,

I have an xml file embedded in a word document. When I drag drop the xml from Word to Windows Explorer or any capable drop target, the file is corrupted.


The resulting file size is correct (compared to the original), but there is garbage in the beginning of the file, and the end of the file is truncated (lost!).

I did the same test with a txt file with same problematic symptoms.

I tried with Word 2010 Professional Plus (at work) and with Word 2010 Starter (at home) on two different machines. Both have the same symptom.


Does somebody confirm the bug?

Column breaks

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:47 AM PST

I created several years ago a document with 2 columns and 4 Styles.  I use it to organize my recipe collection.  I try to enter recipes so that no single recipe is split between columns or pages.  With shorter recipes I can get multiple recipes in a single column; a very few recipes are long enough that they must carry over to the next column and that's not a problem.

I have Styles for the Recipe Name, the Author, the Ingredient list and the Instructions to prepare.  The Recipe Style includes font size, type, a border, centers the text and is set to apply 20% shading.  The Instruction Style sets Tabs for each paragraph, font and size.  If on the next line after all the Instructions are typed, I Insert a Column Break, no text, just the break, it is shaded the same as the Recipe Name that begins at the top of the next Column and the cursor is centered. 

WORD tells me that the Style on that line is the Style for Instructions.   If I force the line with the Column Break to have no shading, the Recipe Name at the top of the next Column loses its shading also.  How can I fix this?

Thanks,

jbacinti

Microsoft Word 2010 Loses Repeating Multiple Table Header Rows

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:42 AM PST

Salutations!

 

I'm having a problem with Word 2010 running under Windows 7.  I have verified that all available updates have been applied to both Office and Windows 7, but still have the issue mentioned in the title.

 

We are using a document with multiple tables to contain specification information.  One of the tables, which is repeated throughout the document, uses three rows as header rows that we need repeated at the top of each page when the table runs across more than one page.  The table is based upon Style 1 in the default (Normal) template.  To set the header rows, I select the top three rows of the table, then either right-click and go into properties and click on 'Repeat as header row on top of each page' or I go to the Table Tools - Layout tab and click on 'Repeat Header Rows' to enable them.  This, in turn, provides the desired three header rows for my table.  I repeat this process for each of the tables that reqiures it and everything looks good.  I save the document, close it, and then reopen it and all of the tables with the three rows of header information have reverted back to just using the first row as the header row to repeat across pages.  Ughhh!  Very frustrating!

 

I have read through the discussion entitled, "Word 2010 tables forget multiple header rows upon closing file" and have verified that table Style 1 does not have the 'Repeat as header row' option checked, but Word still loses my multiple header rows when closing the file.  I also read through the discussion entitled, "How to create table template with two header rows" and verified that the 'Automatically update styles' option is not enabled, but still no joy!

 

Is there something that I'm doing wrong or that I don't understand going on here or is this simply a long-time bug with program?

 

Any help that can be provided to resolve this situation would be very much appreciated! 

Problem with form created in Word - "The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents - unspecified error location part:/word/document.xml, line: 2, column: 0"

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:30 AM PST

I spent hours creating a fillable form in Word and now no one else can open it due to the error message above. I used a template and then modifed it with the Developer tab though this is the first time I have done this before so may be a schoolgirl error. I've tried saving as both Word document and Macro-enabled Word document but no joy. Please help!

Word 2010 normal.dotx paragraph marker

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:24 AM PST

When I create a new document, the paragraph mark is at 0" on the left ruler.
However, in "Print Preview and Print", text is 1" from the top.
I don't know what changed.  I used to be able to create a new document and see that the first line of text was 1" from the top.

Remove Odd page break

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:06 AM PST

I have a large document.  Pages 1-15 are good, but page 16 keeps appearing after 15 which I want blank and want to start page numbering at 16 after blank page but stubborn section break (odd page break) won't delete.

Moving entries in Word 2007 autocorrect

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:05 AM PST

I read Article ID: 926927 - How to move AutoCorrect entries in Word 2007 from one computer to another computer and followed the directions.  Not all of the autocorrect entries were transferred from the source to the destination.  I believe that they are all unformatted, so I only did the steps that apply to the unformatted entries.  The source computer version of word is Microsoft Office Word 2007 (12.0.6668.5000) SP3 MSO (12.0.6662.5000).  The destination computer version of Word is Microsoft Office Word 2007 (12.0.6683.5002) SP3 MSO (12.0.6683.5000).  The destination computer goes through a configuration of Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise when I open Word.  The source computer opens Word directly (no configuration).  Just looking for suggestions on how to get all of the autocorrect entries from the source computer to the destination computer.  Do I need to go through the steps for the formatted entries as well?

Double-clicking on OLE in Word launches wrong version of Origin software

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 07:01 AM PST

I have used Origin8.6 to create graphs and embedded these in Word documents (Word2010 in Windows7). When I double-clicked on these OLEs they would open in Origin8.6 without any problems. But now I have installed an older version of Origin (Origin7) in addition to the existing Origin8.6. This version of Origin7 is actually not the complete Origin7 and can not be started. I do need this partial Origin7, however, because another data analysis application is using this partial Origin7. The problem is that after I installed Origin7 the OLE graphs do not open, Word freezes for a while and I get the error message:

 

 "The program used to create this object is Origin 50. That program is either not installed on you computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Origin 50 or ensure that any dialog boxes in Origin50 are closed"

 

I am convinced that this is because Word is trying to open the OLE graphs using the partial Origin7 which can not be used for this purpose. Is there any way to tell Word that it should use Origin8.6 to open these OLEs?

 

I really appreciate any suggestion!

How do I create a shortcut to Word Document i.e. on my Favourites that is not sent to my desktop as this appears the only option

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:16 AM PST

I have a number of (very) old links of master documents that i use for work every day that appear on my favourites. It appears that from Windowsn 7 Microsoft word 2007 onwards that the only option given in the help pages is to send it to my desktop. This is not permitted in my workplace as we have a protected desktop (Corporate Image dispayed) Can I add a link to a documentnow? I only appear top be able to link to a folder ("add current location to favourites") Any help or suggestions appreciated

Compatibility between 2003 and 2010 - Creating a Template and incorporating a Field that you can type in

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:13 AM PST

Hi all,

i am creating a template in Word 2010, the template will be used by users in Word 2003. I want on the front of the document to be able to complete the information such as project, document type etc... with a field, without the user having to go into File Properties, and updating the information here. I thought that I had the solution by using content control in Word 2010 but this however will be unusable when the template is opened in Word 2003.

 

The fields on the front of the document will be repeated in the Header, with content control, you can just copy the place holders to the headers, and when you type the information on the front of the document this appears in the Headers. (Obivously I cant use this Now:() (THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE), WITHOUT HAVING TO PRESS F9 TO UPDATE FIELDS

 

I have had loads of  information on this, and am struggling to find the most simpliest way of being able to do this? ANY IDEAS SUGGESTIONS

Word 2010 - Creating a Word Enabled Macro Template

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:05 AM PST

Hi all,

 

If I create a word enabled macro template using (*.dotm) as the file extension, will this still be usable for Word 2003

Help with mail merge

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 05:03 AM PST

I'm trying to merge addresses from excel (small business 2007) on a standard letter for multiple mailings; when I put in an address block and greeting line, I need to go to 'match fields' to get correct ad it does not automatically pull. Once I do, it changes both the address block and greeting line, making one incorrect. In other words, where my address block should read 'Mr. John Smith', my greeting line then reads 'Dear Mr. John Smith' in lieu of simply 'Dear Mr. Smith'; if I change the greeting line through the match fields to 'Mr. Smith', it changes the address block to 'Mr. Smith' at the top, making it incorrect.

I've got it to work a few times after a lot of trial and cussing, but by then clueless as to what I did. Any help is appreciated.

Keyboard to screen response times

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 04:04 AM PST

I have an issue when using word 2013. there is a delay from when I type and the letters/words appearing on the document, really frustrating as I have to wait before text appears before I can continue. any ideas? I am running windows 8.

print copy numbers on documents

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 03:33 AM PST

Dear experts,

I need to set up a way to print copy numbers on documents.

The conditions:

 

- documents will be different every time (it is labels - so it really depends on product; we will have to print e.g. 50 times label1, 40 times label 2, etc);

- documents cannot be changed prior to opening them - so if a field needs to be inserted it needs to be done automatically and every time. Though all the documents look alike - so the same spot would be OK for all of them.

- numbering needs to start always from 1

 

Is this feasible in Word and in case how? I have no experience at all with VBA programming.

 

Many thanks in advance for your kind reply,

 

Best regards

Valeria

office ou word

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 02:14 AM PST

Bonjour

Je ne sais pas comment on utilise Word jcrois.
Je pense que je me suis abonné à office et je n'ai pas la clef est ce normal?
Et svp comment on fait pou enlever les en-tête et pied-de page? surtout qu'il m'enève à chaque fois mes coordonnées et jdois envoyer comme CV juste après pour recommencer pendant 2h..ça me gave mdr...

en fait j'ai besoin de toute une formation, Déjà comment on fait svp pour enlever les en-tête et pied ça me sert à rien j'aimerai gagner de la place afin qu'ça tienne sur une page le CV et du coup j'en ai deux, pour imprimer c'est lourd, et pour corriger...bref 

si vous pouvez m'aider en plus je sais que c pas dur 

cordialement

Zudie

Word 2010 does not display on Toshiba Laptop with Dell LCD screen

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 02:12 AM PST

Hi, and thanks in advance for helpful replies.

We have experienced a strange problem with Word 2010 running on Windows 7. Just changed the external screen from a Dell 19in to a Dell 21in LCD (both same age). Oddly after this change, Word now does not display on the screen. What actually happens when a Word doc is opened from the icon on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen, it either comes up as a miniature just above the task bar and or flicks away to the left of the screen and disappears. Have checked properties, etc, but can't see any obvious issues. This all worked just fine until now, but not sure if it is changing the screen that has caused the problem or if that is just a coincidence.

 

Cheers,

Pete

Crash when using AutoTextList field in TextBox

Posted: 13 Nov 2013 12:49 AM PST

Dear all,
I am currently experiencing crashes in Word 2013 whenever I hover with my mouse over a textbox that contains an AutoTextList field inside. This can be reproduced as follows:

* Create a new blank document
* Insert -> TextBox -> Simple Text Box
* Click inside the created TextBox
* Insert -> Quick Parts -> Field -> AutoTextList, enter a value and click OK
* Click outside of the textbox
* Hover over the inserted field

at this moment, Word systematically crashes "Microsoft Word has stopped working".

The same procedure worked perfectly fine in Word 2010.

Why would I want to place an AutoTextList field in a textbox, you may ask? We are using the documents for reporting with Windward, which takes replaces these fields with actual values. Here is the same issue asked in the IT pro forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/173b82d8-36da-4a7d-86b3-aa1a9a22de25/autotextlist-in-textbox-crashes-word?forum=worddev

Have you experienced the same problem / do you know of a workaround for this issue (or an option I'm missing?).

MSWord cannot save my changes

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 09:24 PM PST

Table of contents
Table of figures
Headers

Formatting are lost after the document is next reopened.

Conversion file problem

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 09:00 PM PST

Hi everyone I am new here so here I go.

 

I have a HP Pavillion desk top PC Modul p6030a running vista home premium, internet explorer 9 service pack 2 that over six months ago I had installed MS Office Home and Student as it came with 2007 version.

It works properly until yesterday afternoon when I go to open some of my documents the screen goes to word like it is before you activate it so you can not use it at all and the rest of the screen goes grey.

Then pops up a small window that tells me to

 

Convert File

Convert File From

 

Plain Text

Encoded Text

Rich Text Format (RTF)

HTML Document

Single File Web Page

xml Document

Recover Text from Any File

WordPerfect 5.x

WordPerfect 6.x

Works 6-9 Document

 

Okay               Cancel

 

If I press the bottom half the text is symbals now. And if I press first one I need to save it under Word Document and then it works.

What could be wrong and how do I fix it myself. but it only happens with some of my documents

 

[How] do table styles work?

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 08:26 PM PST

I'm trying to define and use table styles in Word 2010, and I'm puzzled about how table styles handle fonts.

 

I thought I was going to learn how table fonts work by studying the behavior of various styles. I was wrong.


I started with a document in which all paragraphs were styled Normal, defined as: 11 point Arial font, left aligned, 9 points space before paragraphs, 0 points space after.

 

I defined a table style named EXAMPLE. I set its "Whole table" format to Times New Roman 10 point regular, center alignment, 4 points space before, 3 points space after. Border was a solid black 1-point rule for all borders. Shading is "None."

 

I set the "First column" format to Courier New 14 point regular, center alignment, 12 points space before, 18 points space after. Border was a dashed red 3-point rule for all borders. Shading was light green.

 

Finally, I set the "Header row" format to 11 point Arial, center alignment 4 points space before, 3 points space after, with 1-point solid rules and light grey background.

 

Then I composed a table with this style.

 

In columns after the first, the text was 10 point Arial. Paragraphs were centered with 9 points space before and zero after.

 

In the first column, text was in 14 point Arial, right aligned, with 9 points before and zero after. The background was light green. The heavy red dashed rule was applied to the left and bottom borders, but not to the top or right border (where there were adjacent cells with different border formatting) or the interior borders (where there weren't).

 

The header row was 14 point Arial in the first column and 10 point Arial in the rest, centered, with 9 points space before, zero after. The background was light grey.

 

But wait... I never defined a header row! The first row was a data row. The Table Tools / Layout ribbon confirmed that.

 

I tried defining the first TWO table rows as header rows. Both rows then had a light grey background. I deleted both of the rows. The old third row, now the first, acquired the grey background. Table Tools again confirmed that it was not, repeat not, a header row. Apparently Word not only applies Header row" properties to header rows -- it also applies them to the first row of a table whether it's a header row or not.

 

The "rules," so far as I've investigated them, seem to be: A table style's font size property is applied, but its font property is ignored, so each table cell's font defaults to the default paragraph font. The style's paragraph alignment is applied, but its space before and after paragraphs are ignored. Its background color is applied; its border properties are applied to some borders but not others.

 

All this seems completely random. I'd assume it's just a buggy feature, but I know that table styles\ have been in Word since at least Office 2007, and it's hard to believe Microsoft would leave bugs like these in place from one release to the next.

 

Can anyone explain what Word is doing?

Using a Mail Merge Recipient list on Another Computer

Posted: 12 Nov 2013 07:38 PM PST

Hello, I have a recipient list saved onto my computer. But I'd like the same list to be on another computer without having to manually enter them in again (it's a large list), how can you do this? Can you just copy and paste the 'My Data Sources' folder onto a USB and than paste that folder into 'My Documents' on the other computer? 

Help would be appreciated, thank you.