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Microsoft Word - How do you keep the comparison view display?

Microsoft Word - How do you keep the comparison view display?

How do you keep the comparison view display?

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:19 PM PST

I'm comparing two historical transcriptions and need to see specific word differences, so I was really glad to see the comparison function on Word. It works great, except that when I save the comparison as a file, it just becomes a document with a bunch of messy tracked changes. Is there a way to make it so that every time I open the file, it stays in the comparison view, with the two documents in smaller windows on the right side, etc.? It's really important.

I have Word 2013.

Open with list

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:50 AM PST

I have two versions of MS Word (2003 and 2007) but prefer to us 2003 for most of my work. I had set the 2003 version as the default program to open .doc files under "set associations" but today for some reason previous 2003 files are only opening with 2007. When I go into set associations or use "open with" for individual files the 2003 program does not even make the lists. When I did not find the 2003 version on the default program list I selected browse and went to the 2003 .exe. I selected it but the only option was to open which I did. This did not seem to change anything. Is there any way to fix this so the 2003 version as well as the 2007 version is an option for "open with" and the default program for .doc can be selected as the 2003 version?

 

Thanks

Removing/changing soft page breaks

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:46 AM PST

I have a Word document that is generating 'soft' page breaks in locations that don't make sense. I have a page with only a few lines of text and the rest of the page is blank. The paragraph then continues at the top of the next page. How can I fix this problem?

This is not due to a manual 'hard' page break. When I view the document in draft mode, there are no formatting icons except for a horizontal dotted line at the location of the page break. I cannot select or delete that line.

It also does not appear due to pagination settings. I selected the surrounding text, navigated to the Line and Page Breaks tab in the Paragraph window, and un-selected all of the Pagination settings. 

I suspect that the problem might be related to the fact that I have Drawing Canvases and Equations at other locations in the document.

Lost emailing ability, Windows 7 Home Edition

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:38 AM PST

I cannot email directly a document from Word 2003. My O/S is Windows 7  Home edition. When selecting the email icon a little window opens and says cannot access the email envelope etc

It can be done other ways by Copy & Paste or File, send to etc.

Is there a good W/7 Dummies book?

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Using Picture Tools in Word 2010

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:06 AM PST

Using Word 2010, I might choose to make changes to a picture using Picture Tools, such as set color saturation to zero.  This makes the picture appear in grayscale.

Do the changes I made get applied to the stored picture, or are they applied only when rendering the picture when opened?  I ask this because I pick up the picture later from inside the zip/docx.

Restart at 1 changes the formatting of my paragraph

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 11:02 AM PST

Whenever I choose to Restart number at 1, it always, without fail, indents my paragraph or changes the formatting some what.  It's very frustrating.  Anyone tell me why this happens and if it's only happening to me?

 

Word 2007

Windows 7

 

Printing problem with Office 2007

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:48 AM PST

I have a Vista Operating System and I am using Office 2007 with an Epson CX8400 Printer.  I have used this arrangement to successfully print for several years.  Last week it seems like my MS Word Documents and Excel Documents will not print on the printer.  The printer goes through the print cycle, the ink carriage moves and the paper is blank.  I am noticing that my documents now say (Compatibility Mode) - Microsoft Word Non Commercial Use.  I never noticed this before and I am wondering if I have picked up some new type of template that will not allow me to print.

I have reinstalled my printer driver and I have tried to save the documents in .doc and .docx format, but I still cannot get MS Word documents to print.  Occassionaly I will find a document that does print or it prints partially (it will print onlythe highlighted links)??  I am also having problems printing .pdfs.

Can anyone help?  Thank You, PalmerHill62

 

navigation pane menu

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:33 AM PST

What are the best ways to access the navigation pane menus in Word 2010? You should be able to left click everything to access multiple options with that normal point and click method. 


I do not like right click at all and that should be taken out. It hurts my hand.

Word: Pen tools in protected view

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:28 AM PST

Hi,
I have a word 2010 document on a tablet Win7 PC. The document is 3 sections; the first two are protected while the last one is not.
The "Pens" tab gets grayed out in protected view but I need a way to activate it when the user moves to the unprotected section in order to capture signature.
Thank you

Unable to Right Click on Office 2013

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 10:11 AM PST

Right Click works everywhere, EXCEPT  Office 2013.
How can I resolve it?


Hid Compliant mouse. (Microsoft mouse) - On Device manager it says the best driver is installed.

Thanks in advance!

Word 2010 w/ embedded pdfs

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:58 AM PST

I have a word 2010 document with embedded pdfs.  Once I save this word document as a pdf, is there a way to launch the embedded pdfs?  I can launch the embedded pdfs when the document is still a word doc but I am unable to launch the embedded pdfs after I save the word document as a pdf. 

I currently have windows 5.1 but very soon will be getting windows 7.  So if the answer is different for these two versions please let me know that as well.

 

Thanks for any thoughts on how to do this.

 

Writing Pad Toolbar/screen does not appear even though handwriting recognition has been installed.

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:36 AM PST

I've got Windows XP and Microsoft Office 2003 installed.  I have added on Microsoft's speech recognition and handwriting recognition, and can get the languages toolbar to appear.  Speech recognition works ok.  However, the handwriting recognition does not appear to allow me to bring up the "writing pad" or "write anywhere" screen and toolbars, although it does allow me to bring up the "drawing pad" screen and toolbar.  What can I do to get the "writing pad" and "write anywhere" screens and toolbars?

 

When I go to "Control Panel/Regional and Language Options/Languages/Text Services, etc/Details/Installed Services,"  handwriting services appears, along with "writing pad" "write anywhere" and "drawing pad."  However, when I select any of them and click "Add", the next box ("Add Input Language") does not let me select "handwriting recognition."  What can be done to correct this?

 

I've search on-line (including on Microsoft.com) for this problem, but was unable to find any help.  I even had a chat with Microsoft tech assistance, but they only provided a web site on how to remove speech recognition and handwriting recognition. Thanks!

Picture Format Tools Not Appearing after Windows Update

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:31 AM PST

I have Microsoft Office 2010 for Home & Business. After the recent Windows 8.1 update, some of my picture format tools are not appearing. Crop to Shape and Remove Background. These are tools I have used regularly in Word before the update. 

As far as I can tell, Word is not running in Compatibility Mode. All new documents are saved as .docx

I tried running a repair on Microsoft Office but it did not fix the problem.

I have tried .jpg and .png images and the formatting tools I need still don't show up.

Any ideas?

Office Document Grouping Function

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 09:12 AM PST

My question: Is there a way to create some sort of Office 'Project' that links different files (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), so that if I'm working on a project that requires all of them to be open for reference/use, I can click on a single Project doc and they will all open?

This idea seems like it would be extremely handy for the corporate world, where often times multiple spreadsheets need to be referenced in order to finish presentations or reports (this is a single example of an issue with thousands of scenarios). I keep running into this issue where I want to open the same set of files over and over and it gets tiresome having to manually open each one.

Making Single Option Checkboxes in MS Word 2013

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:45 AM PST

Hey All,

I'm attempting to make single option check boxes that we'll be using for customer approval e-mail.

What I mean by single option is, you can only select one of two (approved or not approved) options within

the body of the e-mail.

I've got the checkbox thing down-pat, but I need to make it so only one is selectable by the recipient.

The "VOTE" function is not acceptable for what we need to do.

If anyone has any info on how I can do this, it would be fantastic.

Thank You

-Kevin

Cant type

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:41 AM PST

I can only type 3or4 letters then I get a beep with each key stroke . If I rt. click my mouse I can type a few more letters. Not always the same number of letters before it beeps , sometimes 2 sometimes 5 , that seems to be the most. Please help

Microsoft Word Ribbon and menu completely blank!!

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:23 AM PST

I have Microsoft Office 365 University. They told me it should last all 4 years I am in school and I just finished my first semester at college. However, when I open Word, whether it be a new or old document, the top ribbon is completely blank-- no options what so ever. I cannot save documents. If I right click, no menus show up as well. It is really stressful, especially since my second semester is about the begin in less than a week.

The only option that DOES show up on the ribbon says "sign in".. but when I click it, nothing happens. To exit Word, i cannot even "X" out.. I have to either restart my entire computer or use task manager. I checked my other Microsoft programs and the same issue is occurring.

Please help!!

Microsoft Word 2007 - Table of Contents Numbering issue - Numbers go to 2 during Print

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 08:10 AM PST

Hello Everyone! I'm having a hard time figuring out why this is happening. I have a report that the TOC is numbered correctly when I open the doc, but as soon as I try to Print or PDF the page numbers all change to 2. One thing I noticed while comparing this doc to a working doc is that when you go to the Bookmarks, the Go To button is grayed out/disabled on the TOC items. I'm sure this is probably related somehow, but just not sure what could be causing this. I'm not looking for a temp fix like locking the table or CTRL+End then CTRL+ALT+I. Hopefully, one of you have seen this before and point me to the root cause. Let me know if you have any questions. Here are a few screenshots to help get things started. I appreciate your help.



Thanks,
Jeremy

I cannot save - how to work around trust section

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 07:45 AM PST

If I use material from earlier versions of Word I am prevented from saving it to Word 2013.

I am using my earlier documents which I trust and do not need or want protected.

Or how do I do a mass update of my earlier version documents to Word 2013.

Word 2013 macro based run-time error '91'

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 06:19 AM PST

Our publishing house has developed, over the past nine years, a 1,600 line macro set for prepping our Word (03 to 13) documents with house style and as final manuscripts ready for production. These macros have always worked across Word platforms, Op sys, and through the years. After a most recent W 8.1 update (past Friday I believe) one particular macro that searches a specific wdColor has started giving (for the first time) the following error: run-time error '91': Object variable or With block variable not set


Here's the code block:


Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Font.Color = wdColorBlue
     Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
     Selection.Find.Replacement.Font.Color = wdColorAutomatic
     With Selection.Find
          .Text = ""
          .Replacement.Text = "^&"
          .Forward = True
          .Wrap = wdFindContinue
          .Format = True
          .MatchCase = False
          .MatchWholeWord = False
          .MatchWildcards = False
          .MatchSoundsLike = False
          .MatchAllWordForms = False
     End With
Selection.Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll


The break point is on the first line - Selection.Find.ClearFormatting


We use wdColorBlue as a marker during the edit and proof process for certain types of issues. This macro removes all instances of the color.


This issue has been confirmed on two W 8.1 machines. Both 64 bit. One running Office Pro Plus 2013 installed from our Office 365 premium business account. The second machine is running Office Home Premium 2013.


A windows 7 machine maintained just for such problems, also completely up to date, runs this block of code with no problem.


I found one community post that dealt with this issue for a specific cell search in Excel (also a color search) but nothing that relates to Word 2013. And the correlation between the commands is not readily apparent.


Thanks,


Roscoe James

Operations Manager

Atlantic Bridge

Macro Shortcut Keys Behaving Erratically

Posted: 22 Jan 2014 03:22 AM PST

I use Word 2010 and lately have had intermittent difficulty launching macros I have recorded with their shortcut keys. For example, if I type the shortcut keys ALT + CTRL + J + D to type the name "John Doe," sometimes the third keystroke ("J", here) is not recognized and the macro does not launch (I will see "ALT + CTRL + D" in the lower left-hand corner of the screen on the status bar). It does not happen all the time and does not happen with all of my four-keystroke macros. Any thoughts?

How can I recover the autotext, auto corrects and spell checks from the backed up files of a W7 system with Office 2010 to a new system with Office 2010?

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 08:05 PM PST

My W7 system has died and all I have are the files on a back up system.  I'd like to recover the autotext, auto corrects and spell checks from the backups of the old system and install them on my new W8.1 system.  Both are Office 2010. 

Error: The object is corrupt or is no longer available while openning an embedded file in word 2013 and 2007

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:16 PM PST

Hi Everyone.
Everytime I open an embedded file (PDF, Xls and doc) files that inside a word document, Error : "The object is corrupt or is no loger available" shows up
Some file shows another Error : Microsoft office word can't start the application required to open this object, an error occurred and this feature is no longer functioning properly, would you like to repair this feature now? When I click yes to repair this feature, nothing changes.
I tried to uninstall , and reinstall 2007 again, nothing changes
I uninstall 2007 and installed office 2013, nothing changes
disable com Add-in, nothing changes
I search google and some people said that it is a Norton Antivirus Issue, but I do not use Norton Product at all.
Anyone has same problem? Can anyone help me ? I already try everthing.....................
Thank in advance!!!!

Huge gaps in Outline View

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 07:01 PM PST

We produce some long docs consisting entirely of headings and nearly-full-page inline images. These 2 items alternate (heading / image / heading / image / etc.) so the structure is precise and simple. The paragraphs holding the images are in Normal style, and the headings are in Word's built-in Heading 2 style. So, when needed, I can switch to Outline View, see all the headings, and shuffle the order of each 'pair' (heading-and-image), moving it up or down easily with either ALT+SHIFT+Up/DownArrow or the tiny wedge arrows on the Outline tab. The headings display compactly and adjacently, about 15 on a screen.


On my co-worker's PC, with the same versions of Windows and Word, we see a very different display: the screen shows an enormous gap between headings, AND when we try to move one of the pairs as described above, it always fails -- even if we explicitly include the gap in the selection. 


Obviously the gap is the image; but why is it visible on her PC and not on mine (or any other)? It's the same file, not just a similar document. (I created it, and she hasn't edited it.) I don't see anything in the Word Options that would account for this. Oh and enabling or disabling picture placeholders has no effect.


Each inline image is in its own paragraph (that is, it's followed by a paragraph mark). I'm certain they're all inline, not floating. It's a very rigidly constructed document. Any ideas? TIA.


Mark

Locking the rows, columns and cell contents in Word 2010 for a table inside of a .doc or .docx

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:43 PM PST

In Excel, I understand that  you can lock the row and column lines and the contents of cells, but can you do that in MS Word 2010??

 

If you make a table in Excel with these items locked, can you insert your table into Word and retain these locks.

 

It is so easy to put your cursor on one of the those lines and move it just slightly in Word.  It sure would be nice to lock these features. 

 

Right now I am using XP with all the latest updates, but also have Windows 7 on my laptop that I could use. 

File Not Found

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 06:39 PM PST

I have recently saved an essay into my "Documents" folder as a Microsoft Word document. I restart my computer because I noticed I had no wi-fi connection. (I saved the file before restarting).

When it finally restarted, I look in the Documents folder and see that the file I had just saved was not there. I open a blank page of Microsoft Word and click the "recent document" tab on the Office Button. The file is RIGHT THERE. Although, when I try to open it, I get a message saying:

This file could not be found. (C:\Users\B-Boy.Tei-PC.004\...\UCF.docx)

The file is not present AT ALL in my Documents folder even though I had saved it before restarting. 

Is there ANY way I could retrieve it? Please help!

I bought Office 2013 three weeks ago; it isn't working right. Do I really have to pay for Answer Desk support??

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:59 PM PST

In Word, my cursor is blinking/flashing, and is impossible to use.  I tried Microsoft Fix-It for this problem, but it didn't fix it.  I tried to get online support but it says my "warranty may be out of date" and it looks like I will be charged to use Answer Desk.  That doesn't seem right to me.

PDf files

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:02 PM PST

I cannot open any PDf files. When I click on the PDf file in automatically opens in Word 7 which is unreadable. I am running Windows 7 and I have downloaded

and installed Adobe reader 11 and tried reinstalling Adobe reader still no luck. This is very frustrating. What do I do to correct this.

Thanks

unlock documents on word 2003

Posted: 21 Jan 2014 04:01 PM PST

Is there an answer to how to unlock documents on word 2003? I noticed advise given that went nowhere when I tried to implement it.
Does word 2003 lock after a certain amount of use, therefore demanding that one must purchase this product again or is there some trick involved?
I did as instructed (Control+shift+f11) but nothing happens.  I also notice that if I go to view, then outline, the tab opens but I am unable to unlock (it is grayed out). I have a feeling this is just typical a Microsoft "gotcha" so I will need to upgrade and keep Mr. Gates above the 75 Billion mark but I am not yet sure they are playing this game.
Any ideas?