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Microsoft Word - UNLINKING sections NOT WORKING in Office 2010 (32-bit), Windows 8 64-bit

Microsoft Word - UNLINKING sections NOT WORKING in Office 2010 (32-bit), Windows 8 64-bit

UNLINKING sections NOT WORKING in Office 2010 (32-bit), Windows 8 64-bit

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:38 PM PST

I'm having a terrible time with the whole LINK TO PREVIOUS thing not working the way it's supposed to for sections.

I want a different header in every section of the document.
I use INSERT SECTION BREAK - NEXT PAGE to create the new section.
I click on the header of SECTION 2 and it brings up the "Header and Footer tools" Design tab
I CLICK ON "link to previous" on the header to UNLINK it.
My header no longer shows the "same as previous" tab below the dotted line - it should no longer be linked.
But when I then CHANGE the header of section 2, it CHANGES the header in SECTION 1!!!!  (AND VICE-VERSA)
(ARGH!)

Is there a known bug or problem with this?
I've tried EVERYTHING I can think of and it's totally NOT working.
This all worked fine in Office 2010, Windows XP... and I really need it to work now.
Is there some magic workaround I can use to get the damned headers to UNLINK properly?

Any and all help would be appreciated!

(Oh, and I've tried inserting additional pages between the end of section 1 and the start of section 2 - no luck.  I've verified my section break is "next page" via the "show formatting symbols")

Can Word provide a 2nd level of footnotes?

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:19 PM PST

I've been asked if there is wordprocessing software that will provide a second footnote level. You know, annotations in one sequence and textual notes in another. Both would run on the same page, so using both footnotes and endnotes wouldn't do. Word 2013 gives us only one footnote area, so multiple sequences of footnotes don't seem possible. But if one sequence of notes isn't too big and isn't dynamic, perhaps numbered items using the flexible footer area would work. 

(I know, the wheel has already been invented in the shape of biblical editing software, but I want to stick with Word.)

In TeX, which Word's equation zone follows, I found this advice:

"If you want to add a footnote in a "forbidden mode" like in math mode, tables, or boxes, you have to do it in two easy steps. At the place you want the little superscript number (in the equation, for example) put
\footnotemark

Then, right after the "forbidden mode" ends, put the text of the footnote in the command

\footnotetext{The text of the footnote goes here.}

Admittedly, if there are multiple footnotes in the same "mode," this can get a little messy, but it can be done. Check the appropriate references. Suffice to say it can be done."

_______


And there's advice for InDesign users (ID doesn't even do dynamic endnotes) to use cross-references between the text and the so-called  endnotes. Perhaps x-references could be combined with use of the footer area.


And then there are text boxes that might come to the rescue, if x-references can work in them.


Has anyone tried to make multiple levels of footnotes work?

Can't open windows files (word, excel)

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 02:13 PM PST

Hi, I downloaded Windows 2013 HUP (Home Use Program) a few weeks ago and though I was able to open word doc files at the time I can no longer open word docs or excel files that are under a different version of windows

Equation Editor Symbols Showing Blank Boxes?

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 01:56 PM PST

I've recently installed Office 2013 and found that when using the equation editor, some of the symbols appear as blank boxes instead of the usual symbol (such as \theta). I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Office 2013 to no avail.

How do I solve this issue?

Where is the list of Authors stored?

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 01:32 PM PST

When I save a Word document or Excel spreadsheet (and probably other Office documents, as well), there is an Authors field. By default, it contains my name, but I can change that, or add additional authors. If I start to type a name in that field, a list drops down as I type, containing names I've previously entered there. When I first started using Office (I'm using 2010), this list consisted only of names from my Outlook Contacts (?), but as I entered other names there, it would "remember" them next time - up to a point. After a while, it stopped storing new names. And I mistyped some of the names that it did store. So I'd like to remove those mistyped names, to possibly make room for more names.


Does anyone know where that list is stored, if/how it can be edited, and/or if there's a setting somewhere to allow more names to be stored there?

microsoft works history

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 10:38 AM PST

I had untitled document dated 06/12/2013 (30 pages) which has disappeared from my microsoft works history,  programme, works word processor.
, 
also saved in works document (*.wps), have tried search and advance search without any luck, any advice please.

When MS Office Word Home Premium 365

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 10:14 AM PST

When MS Office  Word Home Premium 365 starts it abruptly stops after a minute or two due to an obvious problem and will close saying I will be notified when a solution is found.

Change printers

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 09:02 AM PST

I have Windows 8.1.  I want to use another printer on my network but I can't find any place to change printers, except going into the control panel and changing my default.  That is so time consuming since you have to go back and change the default again when you are through.  Windows 8 used to bring up a list of printers to choose from.  I can't even find this subject in the onscreen version of Microsoft Help.  Does anyone out there know the secret?

Double Click Word Template Does Not Create New document

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 08:43 AM PST

I am running Windows 8.1 and Word 2013.  I have the following issue and cannot find if anyone else who is having the same problem:

When I create new Word templates (dotx, or dotm) and then double click on them, Word opens the actual template instead of creating a new document based on the template.

This is causing my users to be editing the actual template without realizing it.  I cannot seem to find anywhere why this is happening.  I have had to resort to putting the template in a network share that is read only.

I am running a virtualization version of Word.

Thank you in advance for any light you can shed.

Have a very happy holidays one and all!

Restricting access to Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 07:50 AM PST

I have been able to create a password to open Outlook.  I cannot figure out how to restrict access to the other programs short of password protecting every single file.  That would be unwieldy and near impossible.  Can someone show me how to protect or require a password to open the other three programs.


thank you,


John

disappointing "not responding" error

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 05:01 AM PST

Hi folks

I've just installed Office 2010 and recently after opening each document, for example in Word, within some minutes the program crashes and "not responding" error is thrown... . Even after re installation, I got the problem. I completely read below thread and did all the instructions, to the bone
That means the registry is fully recommenced and all of the add-ins are entirely disabled!!!
But the problem hasn't been resolved yet!
Would you please guiding me to get rid of this problem?!
Thank you

P.S. I already had a 2013 version of the office, which hasn't been removed completely. When I gotta uninstall it, "The language of your installation package is not supported by your system" error will appear... . I have no idea about possible relationship among them!

Download Microsoft Word Viewer

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:48 AM PST

I have tried to download the Word Viewer to view DOCX files at http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=4

Whilst the download completes the Windows Installer is unable to open the package and displays message ' Patch package could not be opened'.

Operating sytem is Windows XP with all updates installed. I understood this download was suitable even if you do not have older version of Office installed. 

Microsoft word isn't opening

Posted: 08 Dec 2013 04:23 AM PST

I have Windows 7 professional and so long word was working properly but all of a sudden for the past 3 days it has stopped working. After I click on word it says the feature you are trying to use is unavailable and that the installer for configuration has failed and another toolbar is appearing saying it is a fatal error along with this - C:\MSOCache\All Users\{90140000-0011-0000-0000-0000000FF1CE}-C\. So what should I do o make it alright? I'm unable to access any of the documents no :( Can someone help me as soon as possible? 

Dates/numbers standardisation

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 11:07 PM PST

When writing dates I use day/month/year (e.g. 24th December 2013 or 3rd January 2014).

I have noticed that sometimes the th or rd appear superior and sometimes they don't.

How do I standardise this behaviour?

View side by side on word 2013

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 10:41 PM PST

Hi 
I am a new office 2013 user - I just graduated from XP. I have found the view side by side button, but can't seem to find out how I can determine which doc is on the right side of my screen and which is on the left. This is critical for me.
Is there any trick I am missing here?

One of my Microsoft programs is in Spanish and I don't know what program it is or how to fix it.

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 09:27 PM PST

I don't know what happened but a couple months ago I apparently downloaded a Microsoft word office problem and now whenever I just click on a program it automatically goes into an error message in Spanish and the right click this is in Spanish and I don't know what to do.  It has the logo next to the document name as a box with a "w" in it and a light blue circle with a circle with a line going through it in white.  It's the basic program and I have to right click and use "open with" to open with another program.  I have windows and on the bottom bar it's a titled orange box.  Help I don't know any spanish

How to type and print a document

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 09:04 PM PST

HOW TO GET A TYPING PAGE @ PRINT IT.

 

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Word 2013 will not let me save updates to a document I'm working on

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 08:55 PM PST

I've been working on a document. It is saved to my Skydrive. I tried to save it. The save dialog appears, I click save, the dialog closes. Then the "ring" appears to show it's "thinking" and the dialog opens up again, as though I have not saved. I try renaming. Same cycle. Dialog reappears as though I have not saved it. I have also tried saving to a new location. Finally, I was going to copy and paste to a new document, but I get the error message: "There are too many edits in the document. This operation will be incomplete. Save your work."

I really need this document! Starting over is not an option. How can I save this thing?

Words running together in Word 2013

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 07:05 PM PST

Hello-
First time here, so let me know what info you need.  I purchased a new Dell with Windows 8 and Office 365 which contains Word 2013.  The problem I am having is that when I print various documents, random words are run together (i.e. "togothere" instead of "to go there")  The document on my computer looks fine with correct spacing, yet when it prints out, there random run-on words are created and I cannot figure out a) how to tell when/where this is going to happen or b) how to fix it.
Thank you for any suggestions,
Randy Davis

Page One of Section 3 Prints on Back Side of First Sheet with Duplex Printing

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 05:41 PM PST

Word 2010 and Windows 7 or XP SP3:

 

Section one contains two pages, Section 3 contains about 7 pages of a table of contents.  Section 3 contains about 200 pages.

 

Section Break 3 is (Odd).  Headers and Footers for Section 3 do NOT Link to Previous.

 

When I try to print with Mirrored Margins, e.g., Pages: p1s3-p4s3, the front side of the first sheet is blank, and the content that shows as page 1 on the editing screen is printed on the back side of the first sheet, and so forth, which is definitely not what I want.

 

When I look at the section 3 pages in preview, the wide margin appears on the even numbered pages, and the narrow margin on the odd pages.  I have margins configured Inside 1", Outside 0,.5".  The blank page that prints on the front of the first sheet does not appear in preview.

 

When I look at Section 2, the margins are correct, no blank page at first.

 

Please suggest a means to get page 1 of section 3 to print on the front side of the first sheet instead of the blank page appearing there.

 

I would appreciate your help,.

 

cw

Find the number of the last footnote added

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 05:11 PM PST

I'm transcribing documents from bookscanning, and want to preserve the footnote numbers that were in the original.  The document starts off as Unicode text from the OCR, and the footnote references and the footnote text are all in there in the plain text of the document.  Currently I manually mark the reference as `nnn and mark the footnote text as \nnn and then run a macro which creates a Word footnote and cuts and pastes the text into it.  But sometimes the scanner misses the reference number because it is very small, so I want to be able to say "put in the next number".

Is there a way to retrieve the footnote number of the previous footnote I added?

Receiving the message Something went wrong when try to open Office application.

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 04:38 PM PST

My microsoft office will not open, it keeps saying something went wrong and it cannot start. It tells me to try again, and if that doesn't work for me to repair it in programs in the control panel. I need help asap, I have assignments due and my MS office refuses to start up. What should I do?

Index headings failing to appear in TOC

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 03:26 PM PST

I have MS Word 2010.

My document has a Table of Contents (TOC) at the beginning of the document and an Index at the end of the document.

The Index has several categories such as Events, People, Places, etc.  I am unable to get the category headings to appear in the TOC.

The style auto-assigned to the category headings is "Index 1".  However, the TOC menu makes no reference to "Index 1" as a possible level to include in the TOC.  There is a heading called "Index Heading" but selecting that has no impact on the TOC.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.   Thank you.

Bob.

how can i permanently remove the line between paragraphs

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 02:59 PM PST

I'm using Word 2013 in Office 365 Home and all I want to do is eliminate the line between paragraphs. I've tried selecting the option in 'line options' for all documents using normal.dot yet the setting doesn't hold. I tried opening the normal.dot and then saving it but it doesn't show any changes either. I have the same problem with my email as well. Any thoughts?

i bought hp pavilion 15. i dont know how to activate microsoft word and where is the product key,it is builtin windows 8 ,post ana mail me product key ,*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

Posted: 07 Dec 2013 01:34 AM PST

i bought hp pavilion 15. i dont know how to activate microsoft word and where is the product key,it is builtin windows 8 ,post  ana mail me product key ,*** Email address is removed for privacy ***