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Microsoft Word - Can't open Word 2013 after installing Windows 8.1

Can't open Word 2013 after installing Windows 8.1

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:06 PM PST

I can't open Word 2013 after installing Windows 8.1.

Using "SEQ" fields

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 02:31 PM PST

I am starting to use SEQ to iterate "exhibits" attached to a document.

I know how to create the SEQ field itself (essentially, "Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, PreserveFormatting:=False,         Selection.typetext text:="seq exhibit"") but how do I:

1.  Give the exhibit a descriptive name for future reference?

2.  Refer to the number (or description) of an existing "exhibit" (e.g., see Exhibit 14)."?

3.  Is there a way to create an Index (or other list) to all of the Exhibits?

RE: "Cut & Paste" Do I need a new mouse?

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 02:14 PM PST

I have a six month old Dell Desktop, I660S-1540BK. I've recently noticed a problem.
When I attempt to cut & paste, or copy & paste, or delete a word, or a sentence, or a paragraph, using the Dell mouse which came with the desktop,
I will move cursor to the beginning of the text in question,
I will "left click and drag", (thus highlighting the text in question), upon "releasing" the "drag", the text will NOT stay highlighted for me to delete, (or cut or paste).
The highlighted text will "loose" its highlight once I've completed the "drag", and released the "click".
Does this mean that a new mouse is in order?

How to specify "don't change the language setting" in a child style in Word

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST

I am generating a document that could be used in multiple languages, and I'm assuming the language setting will be defined in the Normal style or by some parent style. But to produce the document, I'm obviously working in one language.

Several of my child styles got (somehow) defined with the language setting that is different. Let's say they're "French (Canada)" instead of "English (US)" (which is what the Normal's style is set to). I want to specify in the child style the equivalent of Use the language from the parent style, in other words, "don't change the language setting" in the child style.

I can't find a way to "remove" the setting for French in my child style. 

To reiterate for clarity: I just want it to inherit the style from the parent style. So, tomorrow, if someone defines Normal's language to be Portuguese, my child style will just use that one (since it's based on Normal).

MS Word 2010 - How to get the sentences to format correctly

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:30 AM PST

Hello,

 

Can someone tell me how to get the sentences formated correctly. I copied and pasted from notepad to word and it's splitting the sentences and not using the margin space on the word document. I can place the cursor at the beginning of each line and press backspace and space again to fix it, but that will take forever to do. please see the attached imige.

 

 

Thanks,

 

Jose

Word 2013

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 11:06 AM PST

I have recently bought an Acer Aspire laptop, and am using the preinstalled office package. I think its Office 365, something like that. I assume it is probably a 30 day trial. What do I do to make it permanent? Do I need to purchase an activation key?  The sales asistant showed me some thing when I was buying the laptop. Sorry but on my old PC I just installed the office disk. 

Thanks.

Tablet PC and Word 2013: possible to customize favorite pens (thickness)?

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 09:26 AM PST

Hello. I am using Word 2013 to make ink corrections on student papers and none of the built-in pens has the thickness I want. I've tried to customize the pens by choosing a thickness, but I can't save these customized these pens among the built-in pens. Does anyone if this is possible? Thank you,

Tablet PC: change right scrollbar to left side for lefties

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 08:47 AM PST

Hello. I am left-handed and find using my Tablet PC's digital pen in Word 2013 quite awkward because the scroll bar is on the right side of the screen. Is there a way to change the scroll bar to the left side of the screen? Thanks

Word 2007 Crashes

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 08:00 AM PST

My wife's PC runs Win 7 64 bit with Office 2007.  

She has 2 files (which are basically the only files she usually regularly.  These files are each around 750 to 1000 pages and have many pictures in them which were pasted into them.  These files were originally created in Word 2003 but are now on Word 2007.  When she is using either file Word 2007 eventually crashes.  It may  not crash immediately upon use (usually does not) but it will almost always crash if she is continually uses it for an hour.

I did a Office repair from "Program and Features" which did not help.  I then did an uninstall and reinstall but that also did not fix the problem (might have made it less frequent).  

After the reinstall I noticed that when I called up Word 2007 it still knew the "previous files used" so obviously the uninstall did not delete all settings.

Please help me with suggestions on how to fix the problem with crashes.

Office 2013 programs close when you close the last file

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 07:35 AM PST

When I close the last open file in Word, Excel and other Office 2013 programs, the program closes down. There used to be a way to prevent this in Word 2007 by checking some box in Options. Is there any workaround in Office 2013?

Thanks in advance.

 

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How to stop word 2013 from auto-removing bold after I put in a hyphen in a list

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 06:57 AM PST

Hello,

When I type lists, I bold the main point of a list item and then put a hyphen and then write a more detailed explanation for that list item.

the problem is that when I write the main point in bold and then hyphen and begin to write the explanation then word 2013 removes the bold automatically.

I don't like this as sometimes I want the entire explanation also to be in bold.

 

How to remove this behavior?

 

 thank you!

Margin changes affecting columns

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 06:36 AM PST

I have a question about this (MS Word 2003).

I currently have a document in which there are double columns on a few pages.
I want to print and bind this document, so I have gone into 'Page setup', mirrored the margins and then brought in the 'outside' margin slightly while leaving the 'inside' margin as it was in default.

However, when I do this, it destroys the columns I have. Instead of having two columns, side by side, of information, the whole document gets warped so that each line of text that was originally part of a column suddenly gets a badly-formatted page of its own.

Is it possible to change my mirrored margins (only slightly) while maintaining the integrity of the columns?

'Connecting to Printer' delay in Office 2010

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:32 AM PST

When I print from Office 2010 applications (in Windows 7) the print dialog shows my default (and only) printer with the message 'connecting to printer' which takes up to about 10 seconds to resolve to 'ready'.  If I click on 'printer properties' another pregnant pause ensues before the print drivers own dialog box opens and, having adjusted properties, it can then take up to another 10 seconds before the print button responds to the click to print.  It only happens with Office - everything else gets on with the job at a proper pace.

I have searched for various answers to this.  So lets lay a few to rest right here.
  • Unchecking the 'print in background' option makes no difference at all.  My PC has a Core i5 2.5 GHz processor with 6Gb of RAM so there is plenty of power and resource available.  What's more if I click on 'printer properties' again (just to see how it performs) there is another equally long pregnant pause.  Had the first delay been due to loading the print drivers dialog it would now be resident in memory so not subject to those delays next time round.

  • Updating the print driver makes no difference at all.  I would have been very suprised if it had as all other applications like Adobe Acrobat Reader, Firefox, Thunderbird and so on do not exhibit these delays - they are peculiar to MS Office.

  • Using REGEDIT to delete the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Data also makes no difference at all.

  • I have not reinstalled fonts - finding it hard to believe that other applications can work successfully with the same mainstream fonts like Calibri that Office might allegedly find 'broken'.
My conclusion so far is that it has to be something in the Office 2010 suite itself otherwise how come other applications perform as expected.

Can anyone help?

Thanks

Al

Fillable Form Using Developer

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 03:28 AM PST

I created a form utilizing developer (Macro Enabled Word Document Format).  However, when I select restrict editing, under Editing Forms and opt Filling in Forms, allowing only this type of editing, it will not allow me to type in the Rich Text area and select a date under Date Picker.  However, it will only allow me to type under Quick Parts.  It seems I have to use comment and select the areas I want to allow for editing in order for it to work.  What is the point of utilizing the fillable form option if it will not allow me to use the protection mode? - Please explain.   And, let me know what the difference between comments and fillable form are, as well as, how I would create a fillable form that will perform under a protection mode.

How to create an own Text Box style ?

Posted: 16 Feb 2014 12:37 AM PST

How can I permanently modify the style of the built-in Simple Text Box in my standard word template, e.g. with different background color or margins? Or is it possible to define an own Text Box style which will appear in the Insert - Text Box selection ?

Many thanks for your ideas.

Peter

Word program problem

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 09:23 PM PST

When I go to change the width or height of a column in word the measurement come up as inches. How do I change it so that it will come up in centermetres??

word 2010 themes

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 07:36 PM PST

I have microsoft word 2013 and I need the themes from word 2010, any help? I am looking for austin theme..

Microsoft Office won't open

Posted: 15 Feb 2014 06:18 PM PST

Whenever I click on documents to be opened or even just to open word on its own it says something went wrong unable to open.  How do I get my word/excel/powerpoint all to work again?

Unable to work with Office 2013 applications.

Posted: 14 Feb 2014 10:29 PM PST

Original Title <Don't know what to do >

 

Before I reset my computer it had all the Microsoft office and when it turned back on they were all gone. When I got it they opened without asking fora password, but now its asking me for a password. I really don't know what it wants. I don't have the box anymore and it keeps saying I need a card.