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Microsoft Word - Format Error - headers inserting into the document automatically in the wrong places

Format Error - headers inserting into the document automatically in the wrong places

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:17 PM PST

Hi

I have a word document that I edit in both word 2007 and word 2010 and somehow Word adds additional headers (which you can see in the outline view) to the document without user consent. That is header in the wrong place.

This is only happening to one of my documents and thought it was a word virus. Are there any tricks to get rid of this.

Thanks

Microsoft Word 2013

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:08 PM PST

I want to change settings for the program such as font size.  I have to change it every time I open the program now.

Page up/down buttons on vertical scrollbar - gone in Office 365??

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 02:15 PM PST

Hi, we used to be able to page up and down from the side scrollbar.  With the new Office package, there doesn't seem to be any option any more.  I always found it useful as I work in long documents.  Is there a way to recover these?

thanks

Nicola

Label error word 2013

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 01:25 PM PST

Hello,

Recently I have ran into this problem with Word 2013. When clicking the label button at the top it pauses and kicks out the error

"There is a problem with the label information you are trying to use.  You may be able to correct the problem by repairing office or reinstalling the label information"

This is happening on a HP elitepad 900 running windows 8. All windows updates have been installed with the exception of 8.1.

I have tried the pagefile fix that works for 2010.

I have repaired it (several times)

I have uninstalled it, ran the uninstall tool and rebooted it in between each step.

I made sure it is running service pack one

Additionally, the install is from the click to run, I don't know if that matters or not. I have done some searching and all the fixes I have found so far apply to 2010 and older.

I have spent a lot of hours on this one, and well it's driving me nuts. lol

Thanks in advance,

Justin G.

English-Hebrew PDF reflow bugs

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 12:38 PM PST

I discovered a PDF reflow bug. I converted a PDF that has English and Hebrew on it to a Word document with the office 2013 PDF reflow feature. But there's still some bugs in it. I'll show you what the PDF and the PDF I converted into a Word document looks like in the following screenshot:

Can I restrict editing to filling in forms, but still allow a macro to be run?

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:51 AM PST

I have several .dot templates from Word 2003 that contain a macro that the user may optionally run. The purpose of the macro is to prompt the user for some information, which invokes a database lookup, which then populates certain fields on the form. It is imperative that users are restricted to filling in form fields only; however, I noticed in Word 2010 when I create a document from this template, the Alt-F8 keyboard shortcut to invoke the macros dialog is unresponsive unless I unprotect the document. Also -- I tried to Save As the .dot to a .dotm to see if that helped, but it did not.

Can I not have it both ways in Word 2010 -- that is, limit to filling in fields, but allowing the macro to run?

Note this functionality worked in Word 2003 (and I believe even in Word 2007).

Microsoft Office not working

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 10:21 AM PST

something went wrong....Sorry we ran into a problem

what does this mean and how did I get my Office to work

Word Mail Merge - adding text to email body

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 09:31 AM PST

Hello,

I have vba email mail merge code that works without issues.
Using the code below, how would I add text to the bottom of the mail merge email message?

    Windows(DocName).Activate
   
    ' Do mailmerge
    ' Only send if an email address exists.
    With ActiveDocument.MailMerge
        .MainDocumentType = wdEMail

        'Specify the data source here
        .OpenDataSource Name:=strDataSource & "\" & DocNameCut & ".dbf", _
            ConfirmConversions:=False, ReadOnly:=False, LinkToSource:=True, _
            AddToRecentFiles:=False, PasswordDocument:="", PasswordTemplate:="", _
            WritePasswordDocument:="", WritePasswordTemplate:="", Revert:=False, _
            Format:=wdOpenFormatAuto, Connection:= _
            "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=" & strDataSource & ";" & _
            "Mode=Read;Extended Properties="""";Jet OLEDB:System database="""";Jet OLEDB:Registry Path="""";" & _
            "Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=18;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=0;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=" _
            , SQLStatement:="SELECT * FROM `" & DocNameCut & "` WHERE EMAIL > ''", SQLStatement1:="", SubType:=wdMergeSubTypeAccess
           
        If .DataSource.RecordCount > 0 Then

            .MailSubject = "Notice RE: " & .DataSource.DataFields("CLIENT").Value
            .MailFormat = wdMailFormatHTML
            .Destination = wdSendToEmail
            .MailAddressFieldName = "EMAIL"
            .SuppressBlankLines = True
           
            With .DataSource
                 .MappedDataFields(wdFirstName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DFNAME").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdLastName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DLNAME").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdUniqueIdentifier).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("CUSTNUM").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdAddress1).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DADDR1").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdCity).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DCITY").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdState).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DPROV").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdPostalCode).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DPCODE").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdCountryRegion).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("DCOUNTRY").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdEmailAddress).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("EMAIL").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdSpouseFirstName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("SPOUSEFNAM").Index
                 .MappedDataFields(wdSpouseLastName).DataFieldIndex = .DataFields("SPOUSELNAM").Index
                 .FirstRecord = wdDefaultFirstRecord
                 .LastRecord = wdDefaultLastRecord
             End With
             .Execute Pause:=False
        End If
    End With

Thanks,

CJGibson

World 2010 crashes after installing grid32.ocx

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 08:20 AM PST

I have an old program that requires grid32.ocx to work at all. Now I have a fairly regular problem with Word crashing. Here are the steps I take that crash Word.

Open MS Word 2010

Open other program that requires grid32.ocx

In Word, highlight a line, copy with ctrl + c.

When I do this Word crashes, and restarts nicely, and my other program remains unaffected. This happens about once a day. What can I do to stop this crash? Is there a fix for windows, or word to prevent this? Or is there a way to register grid32.ocx for just one program?

I'm running Vista x64 up to date. And Office 2010.

Error: The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:49 AM PST

Hi.

Is there anyone who is able to help me recover this file?

This is the error message when I try to open it:

"The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Location: Part: /word/document.xml, Line: 2, Column: 28767952"

It is a 60+ page document I need to be studying for my exam (urgently).

I have no idea what to do about and would really appreciate any help I can get.

Thanks.

Sasin

Fixing Microsoft Office Starter 2010 English

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 07:05 AM PST

Someone sent me a word document that would not open.  I went into programs and did a repair of Microsoft Office 2010 Starter English, and the document opened.  I did not check the box in the repair window.  This morning I attempted to open a document I needed from my files and a box popped up telling me that Microsoft Office 2010 Starter was installed on my computer but did I want to now purchase Office 2010. Clicked out of that.  Did another repair on the starter but document still would not open.  Then I noticed that Office starter had disappeared from my programs list at the start up menu.  So I went into the control panel and saw that it said Microsoft Office 2010 which I thought was the full program which I do not have, so I uninstalled that thinking that it might be somehow interfering with the starter program.  I then Googled info for a way to uninstall and reinstall the starter program and found a note that said "Do not uninstalll Microsoft Office 2010 which is also Office Manager and is apparently needed to uninstall and reinstall the starter program. Now when I try to open documents sometimes PSE (Picasa) pops up but of course they won't open with that.  I also get a message that Windows can't open the file and which program do I want to use to open it.

If I go back to the control panel and into programs for a repair to the starter program, I get a message that says Click-2-Run configuration failure.  If I highlight Click-2-run there is no option to repair it, only to uninstall.  I also get a message that Click-2-Run is updating in the background and an option to pause it which I did not do.

In summary:  I uninstalled Microsoft Office 2010 and apparently need it back.  Office Starter will not work and even though it's listed in programs in the control panel, it is no longer listed in the programs at the start up menu. 

I went into help and looked at recovery options but was not sure which one to choose so I decided to come here for help first.  I hope you can help me out.

Custom ribbon disappears

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 06:46 AM PST

I am using Word 2010 on Windows 7.  I have created a custom tab for the Ribbon so I have my frequently used commands in one place.  Periodically, however, this tab will disappear.  Fortunately, I have saved my custom settings and am able to import the customization file so I do not have to recreate the tab on the Ribbon, but I would like to know if anyone may have an answer as to why this happens.

Thanks.

Kathy

Creating a Word document from multiple Word or text files (Word 2010)

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 04:13 AM PST

Hi,

Where I work people need to create agreements and contracts. These don't tend to change a great deal, so invariably they will go back to old agreements and contracts and copy and paste clauses into new agreements and contracts.

We can create a slightly more elegant solution by using quick parts and autotext, but that's not much good when dealing with a large library of pre-determined text, many of which may only consist of a few lines. They can also only insert autotext or quick parts one at a time.

People can also use the Insert - Object - Text From File option, which also means they can search for clauses (great!). It also means they can select multiple files by pressing Ctrl or Shift to block select text, but I can't seem to choose which order the text gets inserted. If we can choose the order it would be a big help.

Of course there may be other funky ways of achieving the same thing. In essence the requirement is:

- Select multiple Word or text files

- Insert them in the order the user wants

Maybe there's a Word add-in or third party product that enables this?

WORD TABLE HYPERLINK C0RRUPTING ON UPDATING

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 03:23 AM PST

Sequence

  1. Created a cross reference to a table in Word
  2. Deleated the previous table to the cross referenced one
  3. Updated documented using 'F9'
  4. Issue: Hyperlink dreated in step 1 replaced with the actual Table!!!!
  5. Replaced table by ee inserting the cross reference to the table, All OK again

This happened on a 200 page + document requiring over 60 re-insertions.

Surely this is a code bug.

Thanks Tom

Can't create PDF

Posted: 28 Feb 2014 01:01 AM PST

Can't create PDF       
                Can't create PDF      

I am trying to convert a document to a PDF, using Vista SP2 and Word 2007. I can't find any way to do this by printing or exporting, so it has to be save as. When I try this, I get aessage saying

This file is in use by another application or user

Help explains that there may be a read lock on it. I am the only user and no other application was open.

I opened the file properties box and found it had been blocked. I pressed the Unblock button and tried again - same result. I also tried saving under a different name and copying the material into a new Word document, but got the same result on both occasions. I also tried to make a PDF from other Word documents, and the same occurred there.

I also have a laptop, and I find that will convert the same documents to PDF with great ease.

Headings for Table of Contents in Word 2013

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:30 PM PST

I need for format a document according to American Psychology Association 6th ed. guidelines which stipulate specific formatting for headings and the following paragraph text, which I am finding are not compatible with Word! Below is a sample of the requirements:

1 Level 1 Heading

Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

1.1 Level 2 Heading

Fusce est. Vivamus a tellus. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames acturpis egestas.Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

1.1.1 Level 3 Heading. Maecenas porttitor congue massa. Fusce posuere, magna sed pulvinar ultricies, purus lectus malesuada libero, sit amet commodo magna eros quis urna. Nunc viverra imperdiet enim.

The Levels 1 & 2 Headings work fine for a Table of Contents; however, the Level 3 heading brought in all the text underneath it as well! I reformatted the text to the text Style of the document, and that worked for the TOC, but it takes on the bold format from the heading, and the only way I can see to do is it to 'unbold' it manually, which is going to take me quite a lot of time.

Any suggestions would be very welcome.

Thank you.

Printing - Booklet Finishing page grayed out

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 08:00 PM PST

I am trying to print a folded booklet with staples in the middle (ie: where the fold is).

When I go "FILE" - "PRINT" - "PRINTER PROPERTIES" - "SELECT FINISHING - BOOKLET CREATION" the "BOOKLET FINISHING - Booklet fold and staple" option is grayed out and will not let me select it.

My printer does allow me to print documents with staples at the top, bottom etc.

I believe I have followed all the instructions required to create a booklet.

I have set the MARGINS section, with 'Multiple pages: Book fold" and "Sheets per booklet: All".

I have selected LANDSCAPE.

Any suggestions? Thanks Aveda.

Complex Mail Merge, bring in a differing number of fully formatted pages into a master document based on a flag inthe datasource.

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 07:40 PM PST

Hi 

First post here so hopefully I give you enough of an explanation.  

CURRENT SITUATION

I am in the process of trying to automate a manual end of year performance report to our customers.  The mail merge letter contains upto 5 seperate sections. (Covering letter, and then 4 seperate detail sections).  Each of the sections can be upto 3 pages and consists of formatted text and tables that are populated from the main datasource.  Depending on the flags in the main datasource a recipient can recieve any combination of the 5 sections.  The main datasource is populated from a single excel table.   In the past I have created upto 7 seperate Mail Merge templates, each with the appropriate combination of sections, and then run the different mailmerges.  When these are then "merged" and printed I use a macro to send each dcoument to the printer sperately so that I can get them stapled and colour inserts added.   

PROCESS ISSUE I AM TRYING TO RESOLVE

It becomes problematic when we make changes to wording and layouts and I need to update the same thing on upto 7 diferent documents.    In an ideal world this would be simple as I would create a master document and then when the layout is finalised, do my File Save As, and delete the irrelevant sections and filter the data source accordingly.  But history tells me we will always be making last minute changes.   We also have a number of customers that have a Parent Child relationship with accounts and we only want to send them the covering letter once, but they still need to see all of the individual deatiled sections for the "child" accounts

MY PROPOSED SOLUTION

This year I was thinking there had to be a bettwer way.  I have been researching this and thought I had found the solution using IF and IncludeText mergefields.    My problem is that I seem to lose the formatting, and page breaking in the new merged document.   Below is the code I am using for bring in  a particular section. a particular section.

{IF MERGEFIELD  Annual_Summary_NW_PS \*MERGEFORMAT} ="y" " {INCLUDETEXT  "V:\\Murray\\Feb2014_Eoy\\2014 Mail Merge Data\\1_CEO_Summary.docx" \* MERGEFORMAT} ""}

I also tried to use a Master Document view with Outlining, but could not find how to turn on or off the approriate sections.

MY QUESTIONS

  • My question is basically is there a better way........
  • Am I on the right track
  • My only thought was that I maybe bringing in too much of a document, and should I break it into smaller chunks. 
  • How do I handle the parent child realtionship, or does it soley rely on the flagging and sorting in the datasource
  • Do I have to resort to VBA to cycle through the datasource and create the merged documents on the fly instead of using the Mailmerge Functionailty.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or comments on this approach

Kind regards

Murray

Change printer number of copies setting

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:28 PM PST

I know that one can use code like:

    With oApp.Dialogs(wdDialogFilePrint)
        .NumCopies = lQty
        .Display
    End With

but it brings up a dialog, which I do not want and removing the .Display breaks the code.

Is there a way, using VBA, to set up the no of copies without poping up a dialog to the user.  I simply want to set the default value, but they will decide when to open the print dialog since they first need to review the document in question.

Create a linked table of contents for documents in a zip file?

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 06:25 PM PST

This may not be possible but I wondered if anyone would have ideas. I am creating an encrypted zip file with multiple documents. There are several Word documents, several PDFs, and a few Excel documents. Is there any way to create a master document that would hyperlink to the other documents even when the file is unzipped? I am needing a way for a user to view a single document which gives a brief description of the other documents and provides a hyperlink that will open the applicable document. Can anyone provide any guidance? Thanks. (Side note: I looked for a more generic spot to post than one specific to Word but this was the closest I found. I will be glad to move this to a better spot if directed.)

Mircrosoft word and all other microsoft applications will not open

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:37 PM PST

Up until today all of my office applications worked fine and the today I try to open it up and I get a message that says "Sorry there was a problem" or "Something went wrong". I have followed the Repair office programs page step by step. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project-help/repair-or-remove-office-2010-HA010357402.aspx

I had to also uninstall and reinstall the applications and the same thing happens...I cant open up my word application.....

What do I do now?

I can't use my microsoft word 2013 because of a error that is preventing it from working correctly...

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 03:26 PM PST

Hi could anyone help me to solve the error in my microsoft word 2013.I really badly need help because i have to write a term paper but can not do it because of this "Were sorry but word has a run into an error that is preventing it from working properly.Word will need to be closed as a result.This is really annoying me now. It took my time.i tried already to go to conrol panel and click online support.I even erase the Abby finereader in control panel.I need an asap answer please

Print to pdf from word mail merge document

Posted: 27 Feb 2014 02:31 PM PST

Following the mail merge of a word and excel document, I typically print to pdf to avoid the step of creating individual word documents, but now the it's stacking all the letters from the merge fields on top of one another and saving as such in the pdf. The body of the document is normal, but all the merge fields stack. When I close out and reopen the original word document, it too shows the fields stacked. What's going on?