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Microsoft Word - text box properties not document properties

text box properties not document properties

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 02:09 PM PST

Office 07 on Windows 7 64 bit.  I ran into a conundrum earlier which has me stumped.  Anyone have an answer?

 

While trouble shooting a textbox wordwrap issue on a template with a user, I discovered that I cannot access the properties of a textbox withing the template on my Win7-64 machine.  Each time I turn off protection, activate the design   mode and attempt to bring up the text box properties, the document properties are displayed.  Same results whether right clicking on any text box and choosing properites or selecting the text box and selecting properties on the developer tab, under design mode.

 

Document behaves as expected in Word 07 on a Win XP system.  Anyone else ran across this?  Is there a solution?

 

One additional note, the document in question is a 07 native format, dotx file.

 

Thanks for your input.

Indexing Problem: How to remove a large number of incorrect entries at one time

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:03 PM PST

I am indexing a large document, and have discovered that I have made a mistake on one index entry.  The mistake occurs at 70 places throughout the document.

How can I remove ALL of the 70 entries at one time, and start-over?

CAN I in fact remove the entire 70 entries at once, or must I go through the entire document and replace/correct each entry one at a time, which will be very time-consuming?

Thanks

Keith

Word 2010 mail merge with table - cell displays "system" character

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:20 PM PST

I have a series of mail merge word documents, all saved to be compatible back to Office 2003.  The letters contain various tables with cells that are formatted differently depending on the letters.  The mail merge documents use simple delimited text files as the different data sources.  When using Word 2010, any cell that has the formatting set to "Fit Text" displays some type of system character at the end of the mail merge field inside that cell and also prints out that character when merging to printer (or preview).  I can change the formatting on the cell to remove the "Fit Text" option and the character goes away but as soon as I turn that option on again the character is added.  Has anyone seen this problem or have a fix for this issue?  I can't remove the "Fit Text" option because the documents need to follow a strict format and since they are used by various users the documents must be compatible with prior versions of office.
Thanks

Need a fix for Appendix table and figure captions used in TOC

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:12 PM PST

I've got to create several Word 2010 documents with appendices and Tables of Contents, Tables and Figures. Frequently, the appendices have tables and/or figures. How do I make sure that the captions for the appendices' tables and figures correspond to the appropriate appendix and don't continue the enumeration from the main document? The appendix headings. tables and figures are then referenced in the TOC, TOT and TOF so this is rather important. Cheers

multi level list creates unwanted anchor object

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 12:06 PM PST

Eeek, my co-workers and I are having a problem with an existing Word 2010 document. Whenever we try to use the Roman numerals for the third level of a multi-level list, an anchor and frame appear and we're not able to get rid of them. Does anyone know what's happening and how to stop this? Thx

Slow to save in Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 11:52 AM PST

I am running Microsoft Office Professional 2010. OS: Windows XP Service Pack 3.  When I close out of my Word/Excel program on my computer it takes like 30 seconds for the program to disappear from the screen?  This computer is connected to our server and its domain.  I have office 2010 on my other computer which has the same OS and it has no problems.  Can anyone help me??

help me fix, please

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 11:44 AM PST

I cannot access word starter 2010 and cannot fix it in the control panel, now what?

Can text entered in text form field (controls> legacy forms) shrink to fit cell in table of legacy form, Office Word 2007?

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 11:35 AM PST

I am creating form in Office 2007 and have many tables with Text Form Fields.  Once the form is locked and is being filled in electronically, I need the text being entered to wrap and to shrink to fit into the cell.  I need the cell to stay fixed, but need to be able to see all of the text entered.  I want the text to shrink to fit the cell, I need my rows to remain static. 

IS THIS POSSIBLE?  From the reading I have done, I do not believe so but I really hope I am incorrect.

"Word 2013 hangs after December 2013 update"

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 10:53 AM PST

Since the December 2013 update. Word frequently and randomly freezes. Sometimes it is pasting within the document. Once it froze when trying to correct a mis-spelled Word. What is the solution?

missing "change picture" option in Format ribbon for some pictures

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 08:30 AM PST

Hello everyone,

I have a document (.docx) which I created in Word (Office 365). There are few pictures, I wanted  to replace one of them with another, but when I opened the Format ribbon the "Change Picture" option is missing (as well as other options). (see pic below)


There are other pictures in the document which I can replace easily, also the mentioned picture looks different when it's selected compared to the others. (see screenshot below)


Does anyone have an idea what can be wrong? Thank you.

Quick Tips

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 06:20 AM PST

Hello,

I am creating a template and would like to know how to create the following Quick Tip:

Example

[Briefly describe the purpose of this activity.]

Note: To delete any tip (such as this) just click it and start typing. If you're not yet ready to add your own text, just click a tip and press spacebar to remove it.

Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

PDF file name can not be fully displayed when inserted as object in word 2007 but can in PPT 2007

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 05:43 AM PST

I am using Windows XP and Office 2007. I tried to insert a PDF file with name"DE PasQu - Worldwide Site Code" in word 2007  following insert-object-create from file-display as icon checked but only "DE PasQu - Worldwide Site Co" can be displayed.  I inserted the same file sucessfully before but no idea why it does not work this time.

 

What I have done:

1. tried to insert the same PDF as object in excel 2007 and PPT 2007 under Windows XP, the file name can be fully displayed.

2. Tried on Wins 7, Office 2010, same results as what i tested on Wins XP, office 2007.(file name can not be fully displayed in Word)

3. Tried to copy the file, paste special as Acrobat Adobe Document, same result.

 

Can anybody help with this? I'd also like to know if it is possible to change the fonts and letter format, say Calibri 11. Thanks.

family tree using Word10

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 05:09 AM PST

I am using Smartart to create my  Family tree but when I save the document  and return to add more information I  am unable to continue with the tree.  I can add addition text inside the boxes but can't add boxes to continue the tree. Am I saving it in the wrong format ? can anyone give me the solution.

Quick Access Bar

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 05:03 AM PST

Can't figure out how to make default one-line Quick Access Bar into two-line bar.  This was easy to do on Office 2003 and seems impossible on 365. 


Any ideas?


Thanks.

How to password protect a file?

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 04:45 AM PST

Hello,

I was wondering how i can password protect a Microsoft Office Word file (NOT A FOLDER). Please show me step by step on how i can protect it with a password. Thanks in advance!

Word 13 does not work

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 03:27 AM PST

My word 13 suddenly stopped working and says it has run into an error that is preventing it from opening. All other office programs work fine. It does not run in safe mode and both repair options won't work. In fact every time I try to repair it online it deletes my whole office saying I need windows 7 or higher, even though I have windows 8. If I reinstall it the same problem exists. Does anyone have a solution?

Requirement Spec unique numbering

Posted: 23 Dec 2013 01:02 AM PST

It is important in a requirements spec to uniquely identify each requirement.

I can use numbering whether headings or by creating custom numbering lists. The problem with both of those is that if new requirements are found later and added in an appropriate place it can throw out the numbering so that someone refferring to Reqt: PW098 in an original document would find that its number might be different in a subsequent document.

Does word have any way to manage this issue?

thanks in anticipation.

Huw

How to navigate down half a page?

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 11:55 PM PST

I used to have a shortcut where I would press Ctrl + Page Down to navigate half a page down.  I can't remember for the life of me how I did this. Does anyone know where I could find the command for this so I can add a keyboard shortcut to it?

Forgot Word 2010 password HELP

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 09:37 PM PST

I have an important document that I encrypted with a password a few months ago and I forgot what it was. I really need access to my word document. I've tried every password that I can imagine I would have used but nothing seems to be right. Is there any way to remove a password for a .docx file? Or any way to recover it? 

F1 help doesn't work

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 06:34 PM PST

I have Office 2013 and Windows 8.1.  F1 doesn't open the help window in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Outlook.  I changed my default browser to IE and typed %programdata% in the run menu.  I opened the Microsoft window but there was no help file.  So I ran a quick repair and rebooted, thinking that repair would creat one.  Not surprisingly, It did not work.

As I researched this problem before asking my question, I observed that this is a common question and the solution I just mentioned is virtually the only help offered.  This fix doesn't seem to work for others as well.  Can anyone please offer a better solution?

I am posting this under Microsoft Office Word only because there is no category which includes all office products.

Page numbering in TOC

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 06:18 PM PST

I have created page numbering for the main part of my document starting from 1. The previous few pages contain roman page number (e.g. for abstract and acknowledgement page). When I created the table of content (form the TC fields), it shows the actual page number, not the page number displayed in the document. How can I create the TOC that will show the displayed page number in the document?

Where are my heading styles?

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 05:32 PM PST

Hi Folks,

 

When I start Word 2010 my styles gallery has only one heading style - Heading 1.  How do I get the other 8?

 

TIA,

Shane

Index characters vary randomly

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 03:17 PM PST

I have multi-page indexes, six to be exact, each collected over the entire document, for different subjects. That's fine but strangely the entries in the indexes are sometimes underlined, sometimes in bold, sometimes in a larger font, sometimes in italic, sometimes in small caps. The XE fields have no such variations. I don't see any pattern or reason for this and would like to control which entries have which font variations.

Word is not working after application hang

Posted: 22 Dec 2013 07:58 AM PST

Hello, so I was using Microsoft office word on my laptop just now. I walked away for a minute and then came back only to find that the program froze. Not knowing what else to do I shut down my laptop and started it again. Only now the program won't work, it says something went wrong, it couldn't start my program, it's telling me to try again (which I have) and it says if that doesn't work to try repairing office from programs and features in the control panel which I tried and nothing happened. I have an HP laptop. Help?