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Microsoft Word - alphabetical sort weird issue

alphabetical sort weird issue

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 03:02 PM PDT

I am using a Word 2007 document that is a list of glossary terms. The glossary is for an older version of a book I am working on. I am pasting the new words at the top of the document, and then sorting so that the words from the new chapters should appear either before or after the same word if it appeared in the last version.  My issue is this: the original set of words is duplicating itself every time. I sort, and I get a list of the words as they appeared before I ever started this project followed by the original words with changes and the new words sorted in this second group. Other times the original list gets sorted with the new and improved list with the new set of words sorted as well. I can't figure out how or why this is happening. I have done similar projects in the past and not run into this problem. Let me know if this is not well expressed. It is a tricky problem.

Setting top & bottom margins for Normal template

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 02:23 PM PDT

I cannot seem to set the top & bottom margins on the Normal template (nor for a new document after I open MS Word).  They are "stuck" at the very top and bottom (no room at all).  I've gone into Page Layout, custom set the margins at 1" and clicked on Set as Default at the bottom, but the change does not take.

Losing spaces between words upon opening a previously closed Word document

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 01:12 PM PDT

I have Word 2010 with Windows 7 Home Premium. Usually upon opening a previously closed Word document, throughout the document I lose the space between two words in a sentence if either of the two words contain a capital first letter or if there is a punctuation mark between the two words.  I cannot figure out why; I have to go through and re-enter a space between all the affected words upon opening.

Word Error

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 12:02 PM PDT

I have created a template for my company and somehow the file has corrupted. I have read many posts on here that people have fixed these files and was wondering if someone could help me in the process.

 

 

The link to it is here..  I am new to this and am not sure if this is at all accurate.

 

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=5AA4B1DBDA283984!235&authkey=!AHIDHVAXmh4OXr4

 

 

Please help! I need this document!

 

 

 

Thank you

 

Sam

Format content control placeholder text to include a tab

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 11:42 AM PDT

I'm creating a template and want a Paragraph Heading placeholder I created to use an existing style and to include a 0.5 tab indent so that when the user selects the placeholder and types, the text is formatted using a predetermined style and the text is automatically indented by 0.5" without the user having to press Tab. I think I would try to modify the style of the content control, but Tab is dimmed. I have no idea why it would be dimmed. I'm very new to the Developer tab and editing controls. 

Maybe since I'm a newbie to this, it might be easier to show you what I'm trying to accomplish, and you can give me advice on how best to do that. I assume I create a style first and then create a content control based on that style. I want the content control to use a style for the first part of a paragraph that will indent the heading automatically and use a specific font--in this case, the default font but with Dark Blue, Text 2 color. Then I would like to be able to type text in the Normal font (automatic) following that content control. Then I would like to press Enter at the end of that paragraph and have everything subsequent to that be in Normal style. So here's what I hope it would look like, only I wouldn't have to press Tab before the Paragraph Heading control. I figured out I can modify the style and in the Style for following paragraph box, click Normal, and that will take care of the lines following the style. But that is dimmed also. If anyone can recommend a book or resource for styles and content controls, I would greatly appreciate it. 

Headers and Footers not the same in Word 2013 from Word 2010.

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 07:53 AM PDT

I recently installed MS Office 2013. I previously had Office 2010. When I installed 2013 it loaded alongside 2010 but I have since removed 2010. 

I am now having issues with my document header and footer when opening Word documents last saved in 2010. The 2013 Word makes page 1 a blank page with a header and footer and all subsequent pages with text have none. In 2010 Word the document first page had the header and footer with text, which is how I wanted it, and no header and footer on subsequent pages. If I untick different first page in the design tab all headers and footers disappear on all pages. I have not been able to get the document to appear how it used to be in 2010. What is going on?

Suddenly, the ¶ shows up in Word 2010 figure captions - how do I get rid of it?

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 02:44 AM PDT

I am currently working on a very long and complex document (my dissertation). At the moment, it has 188 pages and will become even longer. Suddenly, the ¶ symbol shows up only in captions for figures - this appears to be a bug. The symbol does not show up anywhere else except for in figure captions. How do I get rid of it?

 

FYI, the document is already quite complex and currently contains:

  • A Table of Contents
  • A reference list
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables

All of these are automatically generated. In addition, I use EndNote (as I currently have approximately 280 citations). In order to add notes to the caption that comply with APA format (which I must use), I have to combine captions with the text that follows using "ctrl-alt-enter" to insert a style separator.

 

Ugh! I just took one last look before calling it a night - the ¶ now shows up EVERY TIME that I used ctrl-alt-enter" to insert a style separator. This also includes after headings within the document!

 

Help!

on my laptop, when i press enter key, the coursor does not move to the next line

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 07:04 PM PDT

On my laptop, when I am typing, when I press the enter key, the cursor does not move to the next line.  can some help resolve this issue?

Word 2010 crashes on opening

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 06:18 PM PDT

I just changed to Windows 7 from Vista, and then did a MS Office 360 installation from the internet. I cannot use Word at all, although Excel and PowerPoint are fine. Wherever I begin (new document, open document from a file, open from the web) the screen fades, I get a "Microsoft Word has stopped working" box, and it either restarts automatically or I get a 'close program' option. I had similar 'freeze' issues with Word 2007 and Vista (although I needed to reboot the machine when Word crashed), which was why I upgraded. I just uninstalled Word 2007. 
Should I reinstall Word? If so, is this a straightforward process?
Are there changes I should make before reinstalling Word 2010? 

Unspecified Error, word/document.xml, Line:2, Column: 0

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 04:25 PM PDT

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could help me recover the math formula from this corrupt document. I've seen this error pop up before but I dont know how to edit xml files.

Here is the link to the un repaired docx file: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=6D4780C6B9DD9E2C!107&authkey=!AICq7aiabvBHidk

B of A Microsoft Office 2013

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:32 PM PDT

I downloaded Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 and am having some trouble with word and excel. I can open them but quickly crashes.  A popup appears which states that an error has occured. School is starting soon and my hopes are to fix this asap.. I downloaded this package from my wife's B of A employee account. It was a birthday present. I hope someone can hemp me with this issue.

Doubleclick a file to open produces error message

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:12 PM PDT

When I doubleclick any Word or Excel file to open it, it doesn't open and gives me the error message "The procedure entry point <strange symbol> could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" I have Windows 7 Home and Office 2010 Starter and they were working fine till now. Thank you.

Are my documents showing online?

Posted: 10 Aug 2013 03:04 PM PDT

Just today, any document I create in MS Word is saving to my IE10 browser history, and it's never done that before. I recently accidentally clicked on an email link warning that the sender could get my IP address, but after this ran MS Security Essentials. How do I keep my docs from posting to the Internet?

Setting Default Cost Rate Table Microsoft Project

Setting Default Cost Rate Table Microsoft Project

Setting Default Cost Rate Table

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 09:45 AM PDT

Thanks Steve!

"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
 

Project 2003 is missing network diagram layout options (like Hori.

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 08:05 AM PDT

Hi,

In the Network diagram, via Format, Layout, check "Allow Manual Box
Positioning"
HTH

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Weird Fixed Duration Calculation!

Posted: 07 Oct 2004 03:51 AM PDT

As Jan said, probably a bug. But if you leave out manually entering the
duration, and just put in the assignment units and the work required it will
calculate duration correctly.

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How do I identify existing schedule conflicts in MS project

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 08:15 PM PDT

If by schedule conflicts you mean resources being double booked, just go
look for the red names on the resource sheet. Red means they're
overallocated, which means that at some point in the project they're booked
to be doing more work than their maximum allowed usage. Usually this means
you've put them to be in two places at once, ie, working on two or more
concurrent tasks that should require their full attention each. To identify
the specifc areas of conflict, switch to one of the usage views and use the
[Alt][F5] hotkey to jump from overallocation to overallocation. Look for
work hours in red.
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"Garry Collins" <Garry microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Dumb question start date

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 03:37 PM PDT

You are welcome.

-Jack


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project management courseware

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 02:32 PM PDT

Sybex's book "IT Project + Study Guide" by Heldman and Cram is a good
overview, esepcially if you're in the IT industry. It's oriented toward
preparing for the Comptia certification exam but still is a good general
discussion of PM principles with application regardless of the industry
you're in. Element K Press has courseware available to prep for both the
Comptia IT Project + and the PMP exams that could be useful as well, albeit
somewhat limited in scope. All of these require between 5 to 10 class days
to deliver the material. Element K also has courseware for a 1-day "Project
Management Fundamentals" course but it is very light-weight in my opinion.
As a preliminary day before 2 or 3 days training on MS Project it's ok but
about all it really does is expose the students to some basic vocabulary and
general PM concepts.

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True Consulting Cost/Benefit

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 02:05 PM PDT

Thank you. That is what I think I am looking for and I will give it a try.

"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
 

How do I manage/balance resources where one reasource is leading .

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 02:05 PM PDT

I'd do it like this. It sounds like resource 2 is supervising while
resource 1 is actually doing the work. When the supervisor is actively
interacting with the worker he can't be doing something else but on the
whole watching over this task is only going to occupy a portion of his
workday. Estimate how much time is going to be consumed by his oversight
duties, for illustration lets say he's going to spend about 1 hour per day
coaching the worker actually doing the task.

Enter the task, 2 day duration, and assign the full-time resource actually
doing the work to it 100%. Make the task non-effort driven for the moment.
Assign the supervisor at 12% - this represents him spending about 1/8 of his
workday doing whatever he does related to this task leaving him free for 7
hours a day to be elsewhere.

Another possibility. Resource 2 needs to be there to get resource 1 up and
running but then his work is done and resource 1 can continue on by himself
to finish the task. For illustration, figure it's going to take 1 hour to
get the worker doing the task up to speed. Enter the task, again with a 2
day duration and assign Resource 1 to it 100%. Split the screen. In the
bottom window assign Resource 2 with 1 hour of work, effort 100%. This
indicates when he's there he's there full-time but it is only for one hour
of the total task time. For that one hour he can't be anywhere else without
being overallocated but after that he's free to be assigned elsewhere. If
you really need to do it, the Resource Schedule form in the bottom window
would even allow you to specify just WHEN his one hour of work would occur.

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Empty lines at end of schedule

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 12:49 PM PDT


Peggy,
Nothing comes to mind at the moment but you could try a brute force
approach. Select all the desired tasks and copy them to a new project.
Unless there is something funny going on with your printer settings,
there must be some extraneous data in the file that should be eliminated
with a copy/paste.

Or, here's another suggestion. Try saving the file as a Project database
and then opening it up again. Maybe during all the tweaking you did to
the file, some corruption crept in and this method might just help.

You might also try the MVP webpage at:
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
and look at FAQ 43 - file bloat? - might be corruption

If no one else jumps in with other suggestions and neither of the above
helps, if you can, send me the file via e-mail and I'll take a look at
it. If it contains sensitive information I can provide you a macro that
will desensitize it or you can go to Jack Dahlgren's website (Jack is
another MVP) at: http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm
and look for his "scrub" macro. It does basically the same thing. If you
send the file, be sure to zip it.

Hope this helps.
John

MSProject: Allow durations in years and also calendar months.

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 10:45 AM PDT

Only trouble is that screws up your work values. With the default calendars
there are 8 working hours in a duration day but 24 working hours in an
elapsed day.

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Problem with Updating Actual Work

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 10:04 AM PDT

Hi,

How would Project know when your updates are complete and it can shift the
remaining work?
You have to tellit "go"
There is a button on the tracking toolbar to do it so it doesn't take much
time.

HTH

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Changing number of workdays in a week

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 09:27 AM PDT

Jan,

Thanks for the help !!

/Lars

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Project Flashes and Calculates

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 08:19 AM PDT

Sounds like something else might have used that field in its calcalation.

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Tasks Submitted by Resources

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 07:05 AM PDT

Project Server. 
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Rebuild improperly constructed schedule?

Posted: 06 Oct 2004 06:46 AM PDT

Steve -
Thanks for your insight. I misspoke when I said making changes
resulted in "incorrect" dates - what I meant was basically what you
said, that the changes result in different dates. They are 'incorrect'
in the sense that they don't agree with the original start/finish
dates, but I digress.

I'm about to try your baselining suggestion, and I appreciate the tip.

Thanks
Dave


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Trial Version of MS Project 2000 Not working

Posted: 05 Oct 2004 07:15 PM PDT

Hi Andy,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-)

I don't think anyone knows! :( It sounds like a corrupt installation and I
can only suggest you uninstall it, shut down the PC and then re-install
again.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-))

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Andy wrote: 

AutoUpdate Not Seeing 12.0.1 Microsoft Office for Mac

AutoUpdate Not Seeing 12.0.1 Microsoft Office for Mac

AutoUpdate Not Seeing 12.0.1

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 07:16 PM PDT

In article <caR9absDaxw>,
paulc <com> wrote:
 

Ditto and I would like to know where the text file is located so I can
manually add the the 12.0.1 update. Since the MAU 2.1.1 was not an
Official Office update, I question if an update file has been generated?

This is acting like the Apple Software Update. The update log only logs
items installed by the MAU. Since we downloaded and installed the
12.0.1 updater, the MAU did not list the update.

If someone gets the MAU to work, please let the rest of us know what it
says when you click on Installed Updates. I would like to know how to
modify a file so the update is displayed.

Problem with Office Database

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 07:07 PM PDT

On 3/11/08 7:45 PM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

I don't know what you are doing to your messages but instead of the quote
character I see > &gt; You messages are extremely difficult to read past
replies.

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Cannot install Office 2008 for Mac 12.0.1 Update

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 06:05 PM PDT

On 3/11/08 6:05 PM, in article
com, "rosebud"
<microsoft.com> wrote:
 
Trouble Installing Update

1. The Installer does not support updating an application in a location
other than a bootable partition. You will need to move the application back
to a bootable partition get the updater to work. You can move it back after
updating. (This is a Apple installer function.)

2. The updater will only update the RTM version. You should check the
MicrosoftComponentPlugin.framework and the applications should be 12.0.0
(071130) (European build numbers could be different)

3. If the updater fails or says it cannot find a version of Office that
needs updating, then reboot and try again.

4. Apply the latest Apple Combo updater. It will overwrite files that might
have become corrupt.

Remember to restart after updating and run Repair Permissions
 

No
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Update 12.0.1

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 02:37 PM PDT

> &gt; On 3/11/08 3:57 PM, in article caR9absDaxw, 

Still the same error after rebooting...

Newly installed Office'08,only on admin. account, not on the others..??

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 10:23 AM PDT

On 3/11/08 10:23 AM, in article caR9absDaxw,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

You simply need to drag the application icon from the Office folder to the
dock when in that User. The installer cannot do anything in another User
when run. By installing in the root application folder, Office applications
are available for all users.

Drag an icon to the dock makes it stay there

If you open an application, it will show in the dock but will disappear when
you quit unless you click and hold on the icon and select to "Keep in Dock"


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[ANN] Office 2008 12.0.1 update

Posted: 11 Mar 2008 09:21 AM PDT

On 3/11/08 11:47 AM, in article phx.gbl,
"Phillip Jones" <com> wrote:
 

Did you apply the updater for AutoUpdate?

Office 2008 AutoUpdate (MAU) updated to 2.1.1
<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/02/office_2008_autoupdate_mau_updated_t
o_211.html>

<http://tinyurl.com/25hvc4>
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Office 2008 and MAC G4 Compatability

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 06:43 PM PDT

On 3/10/08 6:43 PM, in article
com, "Beagle in space"
<Beagle in microsoft.com> wrote:
 

With 512 MB of RAM you hardly have enough RAM to run the OS. You are not
going to see an increase in speed. You will most likely see stalls and
slowdowns. I have G4 Dual 1.42 GHZ, Memory 2GB, Mac OS X 10.5.2 and it runs
OK. If you upgrade your RAM it will be like getting a new computer. Then if
you are interested in getting Office 2008 for it's new features, you should
see decent performance.

You didn't mention how much free space you have on your HD. This can affect
performance also.

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install of Office 2004 freezes at User Information screen

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 10:00 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

I'm pretty sure I currently don't have Test Drive installed. I had been running Office 2004 in Leopard (with Test Drive still installed) and then had a huge crash and had to wipe the hard disk and restore from Time Machine backup. After that, Office kept on freezing, so I used the Remove Office utility to remove all installations of Office. It's at that point that I tried, and failed, to reinstall it.

Now, though, the plot thickens! After reading your response, I tried to use Remove Office again, and it told me I didn't have permission to uninstall office, and that I should do it under the user that installed it. Since I WAS the user that installed it, I first checked that it's not installed under any other users (it's not) and then repaired permissions. But I'm still getting the same message when I run Remove Office. Ack! This is nuts.

The exact version of OS X I'm using is 10.5.2, and the install disk of Office 2004 I have says "MS Office 2004 Mac Pro (Office 2004 Mac Standard)", and the name of my school and "For Microsoft Licensed Campus and School Customers' Use Only" (this is a computer in a laboratory). Is there any other information that would help?

Thank you!!

-Emily

Transfer of archives from older softwares to Office 2008

Posted: 10 Mar 2008 03:03 AM PDT

Thank you Mr.Bob Jones for your prompt and exhaustive reply.I'd buy Maclinkplus from datawiz.
Marcello Puccini
 

I can't get my readability statistics to work

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 09:46 PM PDT

No problem - just kibitzin' with ya!:-)

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<com> wrote in message
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Running both 2004 and 2008 together?

Posted: 09 Mar 2008 01:03 PM PDT

On 3/9/08 1:29 PM, in article C3FA072B.9DE4%org,
"Michel Bintener" <org> wrote:
 

Check for duplicate Microsoft Database daemon in Startup Items. If you have
more than one delete all and Entourage will create a new one.

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Opening Old Word Files

Posted: 08 Mar 2008 11:42 PM PST

On 3ÔÂ9ÈÕ, ÏÂÎç3ʱ42·Ö, com wrote: 

Hi,

I think you can try a utility called Advanced Word Repair to repair
your Word document. It works rather well for my corrupt Word
documents.
Its web address is http://www.datanumen.com/awr/

Alan

ODD/Even Numbering

Posted: 08 Mar 2008 04:17 PM PST

Will Microsoft make it easier to do odd/even numbering in the future?

facebook

Posted: 08 Mar 2008 08:57 AM PST

On 3/8/08 8:57 AM, in article caR9absDaxw, "" <>
wrote:
 

This is a discussion group for Microsoft Office. You need to ask elsewhere.
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Office 2008 set up assistant doesn't work

Posted: 08 Mar 2008 07:47 AM PST

> On 3/8/08 7:47 AM, in article caR9absDaxw, "Fayrinde 

no, whenever I try to open an application the set up assistant opens instead and as I can't complete the set up, I can't launch the applications.
 

2.1.1 Update for MS Office for MAC 2008

Posted: 07 Mar 2008 09:57 AM PST

Thank you - I am still trying to get this auto updater to work, without much
success, but you comments and advice really help me believe light is "at the
end of the tunnel"

I'll try the stand alone file

"Diane Ross" wrote:
 

Office mac 2008 : Wrong Key entered - how to fix?

Posted: 04 Mar 2008 07:20 PM PST

Thanks. I followed the instructions and it works. Perfect. Appreciate prompt answer. :smile:
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