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Microsoft Word - How to fix a cursor that types very very slowly in Word 2010

How to fix a cursor that types very very slowly in Word 2010

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 02:57 PM PST

For many weeks in Microsoft Word 2010, the cursor is very very slow in producing type.  This occurs all of the time, except for short bursts when it catches up with my typing.  What causes this and how can I fix it?  I'm running Word 2010 in Windows XP Professional on a Dell Vostro 1400 laptop with 1.99GB of RAM.

Thanks for any feedback and help with this.

Trying to find a saved over document

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 02:46 PM PST

I accidentally saved an older version of a document (A) over the new, changed version (B1). So now I'm stuck with 2 versions of A or A and B2.

I have auto-save on all the time, but it's not showing that there are any previous versions whatsoever. 
Does anyone know if there is a way I can find B1 again or am I doomed to start from scratch?

Pilcrow deletion

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:59 PM PST

How can I delete a pilcrow from the middle of a paragraph?

Store Autocorrect Entries in Word 2013 Custom Template

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:49 PM PST

I just upgraded to Word 2013.  I've used templates a fair amount in previous Word versions, but would like to increase my knowledge in this area and use them more in Word 2013.  Toward that end I setup a Science template that I intend to use for making notes when I watch science programs or read science articles (I enjoy writing fiction and like to absorb as much as I can from various science sources).  I want to create some autocorrect entries that are available ONLY in documents based on the Science template so that I can avoid conflicts with other kinds of documents.  For example, in my Science template "ag" should autocorrect to "anti-gravity" whereas in the template that I use for non-scientific material I might want "ag" to autocorrect to "Attorney General."


I've been experimenting with this and my results are not consistent.  First, I created a new macro-enabled template called Science.  I then closed Word and opened the Science template by double-clicking it in Windows Explorer.  I added my autocorrect entries and when exiting Word I saved the Science template.  Again, I double-clicked the Science template in Windows Explorer and my autocorrect entries were all there.  So far, so good.


I decided to try a few experiments to verify that the entries were actually stored with the Science template, and I have been unable to get that confirmation.  Every time I end up with the autocorrect entries available when the Science template does not appear to be loaded, or in my effort to remove the entries from the Normal template they end up being removed from the Science template as well.  So, either I am doing something wrong, or autocorrect entries cannot be saved to custom templates as I would prefer.


Is there a way in Word 2013 to save autocorrect entries to a custom template and make them available only in documents based on that template?


Thanks for any information that you can offer!


--Tom

When I convert to a PDF, it puts part of my text in my headers and saves it that way both in the document and in pdf

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:11 PM PST

I have a sort of novel.  I have headers and stuff.  I KNOW that it wasn't this way before saving it as I checked it. 

However, when I save it, it takes some of my text, appears to copy it, and puts it in the header, making the document many pages longer. 

Worse, it seems to not quite look like a header but also appears to partly get merged with the text, though it is still in  header format as the glitch happens on every page in a certain section (or maybe it was two sections). 

Is there a section break where there shouldn't be?  Could that be causing it?  I have checked for line breaks and stuff by clicking the paragraph mark button.  It didn't show anything strange. 


The issue is, when I save it, it copies this text (from the previous section) and puts in the header, which is so long that it kinda merges somewhat with the text but is still a header, and makes the document several pages longer.  And, worse still, it not only is doing it to the PDF in the conversion, but is also doing it the Word Document itself, even though I'm not saving as a Word Document in the conversion.

I've tried copying to other documents and saving.  I've tried getting rid of endnotes (thought that might be it.  I've had other documents that have headers like this and they had footnotes, as did mine, but not endnotes.  I converted all the endnotes to footnotes, but the problem still persists.)


Has Word 2010 started going defective?  It seems that sometimes when I hit enter after entering a heading or something, it acts like a space bar move and when I hit enter again, it moves down several rows.  It doesn't always happen with that.  Still, I'm wondering if this is an advertising trick by Word to get me to buy Word 2013 or 365 (as some sneaky trick where stuff will break after 3 or so years.) 

The thing about THIS particular document was that it was copied from Microsoft Works and put into Word when Works started to go glitchy a few months back and when I learned about headers in Word that weren't in Works and I switched to using Word.

However, another Document that I also copied from Works doesn't have this issue so that can't be it.

I also, due to needing to send in my computer for repairs, had to use a Vista Computer that had Word 2007 and saved the Word 2010 in Word 2007 format(because I had to) and then later saved it back. 

THAT is likely to be where it may be going wrong, though I can't say for sure even on that. 

I have copied and pasted to other blank documents in Word 2010 and resaved with a different name and everything.  Still having the issue.

It could be the fact that it was a Word 2010 to Word 2007 to Word 2010 conversion that messed it up, but unless it's putting a curse on the text, and, as the Document is over 300 pages (when it's not made even longer by pdf conversion glitches!!!!!) and I am really loathe to retype it all. 

I have tried practically everything I can think of, including using other PDF converters online besides the one Word has, to fix the issue.  Nothing is working. 

It's like this Document has a curse on it.  

It is taking some of my text from chapter 2 and putting it into the header for chapter 3.  (Weirder still, it appears to have a normal header, though a chapter 2 header in chapter 3, and the text is sorta merged with the regular text, albeit it repeats the pattern on every page of the chapter, hence making the document about 50 pages longer.  (I think it may be trying to copy the whole of chapter 2 and put it into the header because I kept deleting it, trying to fix it manually, and I had to delete the entire chapter that somehow got in the header.) 

Also, I've tried saving it in RTF and converting and the issue still persists. 

Stranger still, it's not like I've always had this problem, even with this document, indeed, I had a regular document that was fine and converted to a fine PDF, until about 2 or three months ago.  Then it seemed to always happen. 

Stranger still, why the heck, when I'm saving it as a PDF, whatever may be going wrong when saving to the PDF, why is it doing ANYTHING to my document when I'm not even, or not supposed to be, writing to it when I click "Save As" and set a PDF type, why is it doing a thing to my original .doc document? 


Blocked Features on Microsoft Word Starter

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 11:45 AM PST

A while back, I needed to open a document that would only do so using the full version of Word.  I signed up for the free trial and was able to open the document.  Once the trial period expired, I could still access the documents I had created with Word Starter, but was not allowed to modify these documents, receiving a message bar that the requested features were no longer available, that I would have to purchase the full Word Program.  Is there a way to access and modify these documents and return to my original Word Starter operation?

Index and Table of Contents have stopped working. Just visible field codes.

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 10:31 AM PST

Hi. I am using Word 2007 under Windows 7.

I'm having a problem with Word's Indexing and Table of Contents functions.

When I try to generate either an Index or a ToC , all I get is a field code where the index should be. In each case, this is what I see:

{ INDEX \h "A" \c "2" \z "1033" }

{ TOC \o "1-3" \h  \z \h }

I have successfully used both indexes and ToCs in the past, and I am confident that I am taking the correct steps in the correct order.

When I open an older document in which I had made a TOC that displayed and updated correctly, it too now only shows the field codes.

Now it gets stranger:

Just now while typing this question, I was going to paste the field code from Word into this message form (so as to avoid typing it) and when I selected it in Word and pasted it in here, what got pasted was the full index exactly as it should have appeared in Word.

Then I went back to Word and tried the same thing, and it just pasted the field code. BUT when I do a Paste as Text, I get the entire index or ToC, as expected (though without any of the ToC's styles, formatting, etc.) So the index and ToC are being generated, and are contained inside the field code, but only field code shows.

I have tried the same thing after removing (hiding) my default Normal template so that Word would make a new one, and got the identical results.

I have not made any changes in settings that would account for this, at least not intentionally. I've tried changing settings under Display for "Hidden text" and "Print hidden text" but that had no effect on index ot ToC generation.

What accounts for this?

Thank you

Word 2007 Page Numbering refuses to change

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 08:54 AM PST

I am creating a multi-page, multi-section document with page #resets, and page numbers spanning multiple sections.

Upon final review, I noticed that page numbers went rogue.  For the first few errors, I was able to click on the offending page number and select "continue from previous" and it would happily follow the preceding page.

There is one section where page 14 precedes page 2 (as labeled).  If I assign page 15, it stays at page 2.  If I assign a page #, apply, and then tell it to follow preceding, it ignores it and stays at page 2.  There are no section breaks spanning these two pages.

I am using even/odd pages for header/footer formatting.

What other solutions exist to force a footer page number to follow preceding page #?

Thanks,
Erich

How to Bold first word of every paragraphe?

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 08:51 AM PST

hi,

i have a too many pages to make every paragraphs first word manually in bold

Ex: 

begenmemek: mésestimer qn./ ne pas aimer qn./ dédaigner qn./ désapprouver qch.


shall i write makro code to make it automatic or smth??


Thanks.

Major problems with Word 2013 after upgrading from Office 2010 trial version

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 05:31 AM PST

Hope someone can help.  
Had trial version of Office 2010 Home and Student installed on my desktop. When trial ran out I purchased a download of Office 2013. 
Major problems since then. Cannot uninstall the trial version by any means - have tried many tips and workarounds and it is still trying to open all my Word documents which means I can only read everything and cannot edit as they appear as an unlicensed product. 
Same happens even with Word 2013 docs I write and save myself. I seem to be unable to make Word 2013 my default for opening Word documents and cannot understand why. Have even gone back to basics and tried wiping everything, reinstalling Win 7 then all the software but it's still there! 
When trial version window opens I can even put in my product key for the upgrade but no change.
Can anyone help - causing me major problems with work
Surely Office 2013 should be my default for opening everything - what have I done wrong?

Saving in word 2010

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 04:48 AM PST

When trying to save a document in word 2010, word becomes not responding which ever way I try to save this happens> Is there anything I can do to put this right. Actually it doesnt even come up not responding straight  away it just has the hour glass, then when I clink on it it comes up not responding.
 

Custom colors in Advanced Track Changes Options

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 04:44 AM PST

Hello! I recently moved on to word 2013 from 2007 and noticed this very annoying thing.
I always customize markup colors for insertions (green) and deletions (red) in the Advanced Track Changes Options.
When I installed word 2013 I went to Advanced Track Changes Options and set green and red colors. Then I opened previously edited with tracking changes document and was very upset about the green and red being not the same as it was in word 2007. They are just very dark. In word 2007 it was 0-128-0 RGB for green and in 2013 its 44-98-52! This is not really a green color, its a color of some mud! And the worst thing is that there is no a custom color option in the color drop list!
So, as I see, there supposedly must be two options to get back lovely 0-128-0 RGB color:
1) add a custom color option into the drop list menu.
2) change RGB properties for the "green" color option in that color drop list.
Anybody got an idea how to do it? Or may be there is something else?
I tried changing theme colors but it does not influence the colors of the drop list in the Advanced Track Changes Options.
I'd appreciate any advise in this matter!

I can't see other buttons in microsoft word and etc.

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 03:26 AM PST

What should I do??

Print Zoom greyed out

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 03:16 AM PST

I am wanting to print an A4 page as 2 A5 pages on one sheet and I think the way to do this is to select 2 pages per sheet in the Zoom section of the Print dialog box but the Zoom section is greyed out.  Any ideas on how to solve this please?  The printer is a HP Officejet 6310 but I don't think the printer is the problem.

Printing from Word07 through Win2PDF freezes PC

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 01:06 AM PST

I am using MS Word 07 on Intel Core i5-3470 CPU @ 3.20GHz, 8,0GB RAM, with Intel HD Graphics, MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1.

I have Kaspersky Internet Security 2014, and RealTemp and Skype are constantly in the background.

I use Win2PDF Pro 7 to create secured PDF files.


Everything works okay when printing the first document.  On printing the second document the PC freezes and can only be recovered by a hard boot.


It cannot be the Win2PDF application since I use it for all my printing and it works perfectly with Excel, Paint.NET, Project.Libre, Reference Manager, AutoCAD, IE, Google Chrome, and any other package I might be using.


What could I have wrong in the way that Word is set up?

Thanks

pasting error word365

Posted: 01 Dec 2013 12:58 AM PST

Can't paste into Word 365 without it crashing - occurs whether I CTRLV or mouse paste

Office 365 crashes, offers repair, but won't complete

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:57 PM PST

We have two computers, but for some reason, Office 365 refuses to work consistently on one of them. We recently bought an ACER Aspire P3 tablet/computer, and had trouble installing Office on it. But we figured it out. Then it continually claimed that it was an unlicensed product, even though it was, but we figured that out too. Then Excel would crash in anything except for Safe Mode.

But now I'm at a loss, and I haven't seen anyone else with a similar problem. When trying to open any Office product, we can open all the way to a blank document, but then it crashes and claims that Office needs to be repaired. 

When we choose to repair, the downloader hangs on Step 1 of 4 and won't progress. Excel will open in safe mode, but word /safe brings up an error message that says that Word cannot be found. 

I have no idea what to do and I don't even know where to start. Has anyone encountered anything like this before? What baffles me is that our other computer has Windows 8.1 and Office 365 and has never had any problems at all. 

Word 2010 I get a Run-Time error

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:48 PM PST

Hello from Steved

 

When I run the below macro

 

Sub Test()
'
' Test Macro
'
'
    Documents.Open FileName:="NOW1.PRN", ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:= _
        False, AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:= _
        "", Revert:=False, WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", _
        Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, XMLTransform:="", Encoding:=1252
End Sub

 I get a

Run -time error '5174':

This file could not be found

(C:\Windows\system32\NOW1>PRN)

 

Please why

 

Thankyou.

problem in printing a word document

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 10:52 PM PST

when i add some maths equations in word document and take print then those equations does not print or printed in another form.

Office Professional plus 2010

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 07:24 PM PST

using Window Ultimate vista, well my problem is that Word has disappeared... anybody have an idea where to find it again, i've looked everywhere in my desktop...sigh, or can i send it from my laptop to my desktop perhaps ?

 

any ideas ? 

 

thanks dave

Form letter with fillin fields

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 05:57 PM PST

I do a lot of repeated form type letters such as

Thanks you "Mr & Mrs Carlson":

The donation you made on "8/12/2013" was acceptable and greatly appreciated and we will be seeking your support at our next fund raising driver on "7/16/2014".  We look forward to your continued support in your home state of "NC"

The stuff in "" are the things I have to edit.  Is there a way to highlight those areas and TAB my way from one section to the next, edit the things in quotes and move on to the next quoted section without having to scroll through the entire letter?

Thanks
Vog

Addressing envelopes in Office 2010

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 04:43 PM PST

Trying to print envelopes in Office 2010 word. when I try to load names from the directory for the send to box the program says it is shutting down and try to recover.

the same program along with the contacts profile in Outlook 2010 works just fine when I use it with windows 7 home premium.

is there a fix out there for Windows 8.1 pro that will fix this problem.

there is no real error msg. It just says trying to recover data then shuts down the program and comes back to the desktop.

Larry

Strange error message - Trouble retrieving a word document that I saved

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 03:23 PM PST

Hi:

I am experiencing a really weird problem. I am editing a book for a client and made changes to the document and had been saving it regularly. When I now try to open the file, I get the following message with no other information as to how to retrieve the file.

 

"The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents" "No error details available"

 

This problem could cost me the project so can someone please help me?

 

Best

 

ASM