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Microsoft Word - Help!! The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag error


Help!! The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag error

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:44 PM PDT

I went to an IT support for my university because my word document file will not reopen giving this error message:

"We're sorry. We can't open <File_Name> because we found a problem with its contents.

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 1256578"

I have uploaded the document to google drive:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxoB04m5O_GRcllWbTd1MXI0WWs/edit?usp=sharing

The tech at my university gave me this information:

"The document.xml file within the Word Document has tags that haven't been closed and/or missing. They document.xml file can be accessed using the following link. The XML structure of the file has to be fixed in order for the file to be recovered. Might want to use Visual Studio or another tool capable of handling large XML files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528942 "

If someone can please help me with this I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!!

Mariam

Home & Student Office 2013 WORD

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:45 PM PDT

I have been trying to use WORD and access WORD document.  When I try to get into WORD I receive the message, "something went wrong." What do I do? Thanks.

endless error messages 30033-27 and no action; can't start office applications

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:24 PM PDT

I can't open an office application. I get a simple "there's an error would you like us to fix it?" message - click yes, it goes away, nothing happens. Try various trouble shooter screens - get error message 30033-27 [and others] . Am asked if I want to use the on line fix service - click yes - it tells me it can't connect even though here I am connected. Have tried switching off and on - no effect. Should I put this lap top in the dishwasher? would half an hour in the tumble drier work?

I think this started when there was a update.

Help!

my word 2013 wont open downloaded files

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:16 PM PDT

i try to download a file from my college webiste call blackboard. its say opeing in protected view but it never opens. closed and tried to do it agin but it still says opening in protected view and it never opens.

Help! I can't use my Microsoft Office, Word, Excel or Powerpoint and I don't know why!!!

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Hi, my name is Lacey.  I have a laptop that uses Windows 8.  I use this computer for my own personal use and have the Microsoft Office 2013 Home and Student Edition on my computer.  When I try to open my word, excel or powerpoint it gives me a box stating that there are problems with the program and will have to close.  I need help please!  What do y'all think the issue is.  I have had the computer for about 6 to 8 months and very rarely even use the programs, but now I have a project and need to, but have run into this issue.

Thank you,

Lacey B

Mail Merge in Word

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Hi,

I am trying to mail merge a set of data in my letter which contains mostly numbers, however some of the data has text.  When I mail merge the data, I believe ms word auto assume my data are numbers only, so when it comes to the data with text, it shows "0".  How do I fix that?

Static Row Section in Word

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PDT

I have a word document with a table, which has 3 rows. Each row has 1 question in it and the rows are evenly spaced on the page so that there is enough space for text writing. If for any reason, there is not enough text space for one of the answer, i would like to have whatever is over the limited space continue on the next page. Normally Word/Excel adjusts the remaining sections of a document by pushing it to the next page so that all text to what you are reading are staying "together". This is not what i want. I want the 1st page (the page w/ all 3 evenly spaced rows and questions) to not adjust. If there is any adjustment, i want it to happen on the next page. Is this possible in word and how can i get it accomplished? 

Does Office 365 support RTL when installed on a Mac?

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:39 PM PDT

From what I can tell, 'Office for Mac' has never supported right-to-left languages. Since 'Office 365' seems to function the same whether installed on a PC or a Mac, does this mean that RTL would work on a Mac as it would on a PC?

Word 2013: Compare documents - Word is reversing the order of documents in comparison

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PDT

When I run a comparison between documents, Word 2013 consistently switches which document it considers the "Original" and the "Revised."  So, for example, paragraphs that should show as deletions are showing up as revisions.  The only way to get a correct blackline is to select the documents backwards to get the comparison to run correctly (i.e., select the revised document in the "Original document" field and the original document in the "Revised document" field).

I've tried creating completely new documents from scratch and comparing to test this, and Word continues to look to the "Revised document" as the original/base document.  

Is there a setting that would remedy this?

Thanks.

Help With Calculating Form Fields - Please help... I am clueless!!! :(

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PDT

I am sorry to be such a moron but I desperately need help with fields! I have spent two days online trying to figure out the answer but have miserably failed.

I work for a law firm and need help with repeating information that I type into a form.

So say I type in the plaintiff's name, Jane Smith on the top of the document. I want it to automatically copy and fill in in about 10 other spots on the form. I know I have to use field codes but how do I copy it from the top to the rest of the document? Do I use a bookmark?

I used to know how to do this in an old Word version but I can't figure it out in Word 2013.

Can anyone help? I am desperate!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

- Tori

Word for iPad FAQ

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT

Where can I get Word for iPad?

Word for iPad is available in the iOS App Store.

What are the system requirements for Word for iPad?

iOS 7.0 or higher. 

Do I need an Office 365 subscription for Word for iPad?

You can read and view documents for free.  To get the full editing and creation experience, you can sign up for a free 30 day Office 365 trial at www.office.com/try. Then download the Office for iPad apps in the App Store.  During your trial period, you can use Office across your PC, Mac and iPad.

The valid Office 365 subscription types are:

  • Office 365 Home Premium
  • Office 365 University
  • Office 365 Small Business Premium
  • Office 365 Midsize Business
  • Office 365 E3 and E4 (Enterprise and Government)
  • Office 365 Education A3 and A4
  • Office 365 ProPlus

What countries/regions are Word for iPad available in, and in what languages?

Word for iPad supports the following 29 languages:

  1. Catalan (CAT)
  2. Croatian (HRV)
  3. Czech (CSY)
  4. Danish (DAN)
  5. Dutch (NLD)
  6. English (ENU)
  7. Finnish (FIN)
  8. French-France (FRA)
  9. German (DEU)
  10. Greek (ELL)
  11. Hungarian (HUN)
  12. Indonesian (IND)
  13. Italian (ITA)
  14. Japanese (JPN)
  15. Korean (KOR)
  16. Malay (MSL)
  17. Norwegian (NOR)
  18. Polish (PLK)
  19. Portuguese – Brazil (PTB)
  20. Portuguese- Portugal (PTG)
  21. Romanian (ROM)
  22. Russian (RUS)
  23. Simplified Chinese (CHS)
  24. Slovak (SKY)
  25. Spanish (Spain) (ESN)
  26. Swedish (SVE)
  27. Traditional Chinese (CHT)
  28. Turkish (TRK)
  29. Ukrainian (UKR)

Word for iPad will be available in most of the markets where the App Store is available – 135 different markets. The current exceptions are:

  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Chad
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritania
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen

Where can I find more info about it?

Check out our blog for more detailed information, and we will be having a Reddit AMA on 4/3, ask us anything!

security

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:48 AM PDT

I understand that there is a new hacking threat linked to the .rtf file involved with microsoft.  Is there a way to combat this?  I also understand that there is a tool that will block it??  If so how can I down load it and operate it.  thanks

Why does Word 2010 open Libraries instead of specified folder?

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:27 AM PDT

I don't use the Libraries at all, preferring to have my documents on my D: Drive in a folder named Word.  I have many sub-folders, but most of my documents belong in my DOCS sub-folder, so that is the folder I have specified as my AutoRecover file location and my Default file location in the File\Options\Save page as D:\Word\DOCS\.  And on the File\Options\Advanced\General\File Locations page, under File types:, Documents are located in D:\Word\DOCS.

When I open Word 2010 and click on Open, it opens my DOCS folder.  But subsequently, sometimes the next time I click on open or after a few times, it opens Documents in Libraries.  I have to click on the down arrow at the right of the field and select D:\Word\DOCS to open the correct folder.  This drives me CRAZY! 

I have Windows 7 on a 64-bit H-P system.

What can I do to correct this?

Endnote X7 add-in keeps crashing word 2013

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:22 AM PDT

It all started with Microsoft Word 2013 not responding when opening a word document. No matter how much time you gave Word to respond, nothing happened. I managed to get Word to respond by pressing "ctrl-alt-delete" and then cancel. However, when I closed my document I was prompted for normal template changes. I checked if this was the case with any type of word document (even blank ones), and it was.

I downloaded a troubleshooter application from the Microsoft webpages, and tried to see if it could fix my problem. The program disabled all my add-ins, and when I started word after running the program, it was working smoothly. I have later realized that the problem of normal template changes was because of the bluetooth add-in (which I also checked at a later stage by reactivating it). However, my Endnote X7 add-in was removed from the Word ribbon. The Endnote add-in is important to me because I'm currently finishing up my master thesis. I tried to reactivate the add-in manually (in the option menu), but whenever I try to reactivate the add-in (or any add-in for that matter), Word freezes again, and is not responding (then I have to "ctrl-alt-delete" again to make it work). In addition, when I close Word and open it again, the add-in(s) is again gone from my ribbon menu, and it seems to be inactivated again. I have tried adding it as an administrator, but that does not do anything. Even if I could add it, I would still have the freezing problem. I have had Endnote and Word working perfectly fine together for 6 months, so there shouldn't be any compatibility issues. I also tried re-installing both programs on my computer, but the problem remained. I even called Endnote support, but they couldn't help me. I think it might be a Microsoft Word issue (?), because Endnote is actually working with Power Point.

Does anybody have any ideas? Feels like I've tried everything...

Word 2013 docs convert to "read only" if left idle for too long

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Anytime I have a Word document open and step away from it for a while it becomes a "read only" document.  This requires me to save the file with a different name and then I need to remember to go back to the folder to delete the old one.

Is there a setting that can stop this from happening?

Thanks!

Adding custom icons to the standard set

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:58 AM PDT

I have successfully added custom icons and their associated onAction macros to the Quick Access Toolbar using Greg Maxey's approach.

But I still wonder if it were also possible to add custom icons directly to the standard set of icons provided by Office 2013 - rather than uploading own icons using Custom UI Editor. We could then put macros to the ribbon or the QAT without the need for onAction parameters nor the UIEditor's language.

Peter

OLE errors in Word w/ Powerpoint 2007

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:54 AM PDT

Greetings.

I've read up on the OLE errors and have yet to find anything relating to the issue I'm experiencing at my client.

Before I begin - specs on the user's machine are:

Dell Optiplex 990

Windows 7 x64 - SP1

8 GB RAM

Office 2007 - SP3

My user is using Powerpoint to make a presentation for her department.  She has multiple tables that were designed using Word.  She does not have an issue opening Word from inside PowerPoint when she doubleclicks on on the linked table to edit said table in Word.

When she goes to save her word document with the newly modified table, she gets the ever so annoying OLE error.  The error she's getting is:  "Word is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action."   That's it.  No error codes and I haven't been able to find this event in the PC's event viewer.

Any insight would be great.

Thank you!

-Will

word 2013 useless for professional writers

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:11 AM PDT

Is it just me or does this ribbon drop down menu thing really slow you down.

I tend to spend so much time trying to find things to sort the document out .

No chance of going back to something like 2003 which was a real tool to aid work as have to use what the companies I work for freelance, supply me with.

Probably great for nerds and other computer freaks but absolutely no good for ease and speed when trying to earn a living.

TABS

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:09 AM PDT

How to set particular tabs in office word 07. I need the tabs to be set as follows 3cm, 4cm, 16cm, but then when the sentence wraps i need it to go at 2.5cm when it wraps and, NOT go to the left-hand edge of the page. Can someone help? I followed some instructions, but they're not working out for me. It still keeps wrapping to the left edge of the page and not where i want it to wrap. Help please. Thank you in advance. Megan

microsoft office 13 won't start

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:09 AM PDT

Office 2013. Error code 30089-13. Word and Excel opening fine till yesterday. Now says 'Ran into a problem' and won't open. Any help please?

Can not open office files

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 06:32 AM PDT

When I try to open a file in word or excel I get a message saying "Microsoft word has stopped working. windows will now close the program and let you know when there is a solution." I am using Windows 8.1 and have uninstalled and reinstalled office. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

Unable to open Word- "Something went wrong"

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 05:31 AM PDT

It says Something went wrong

We couldn't start your progam. Please try it again

I do and it won't open

Please advise

Moved from Internet Explorer

Original title: I am trying to open Word

Microsoft word was deleted from my computer and I cant find my instalation disc

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:52 AM PDT

I recently sent my computer away to be fixed and when i got it back, all of my microsoft had been deleted and a starter verson installed.  The box my computer came in and my microsoft word disc have been lost when I moved house.  I have been told that it is possible to email the people at mircosoft and they can give me my product key from my computer ID?  is this correct?  I am a comlplete techno-phobe and I am really stressing as I have final year univeristy essays due. 

Any guidaance on this will be much appreciated!

Hovering over a tracked change leaves the text in a box floating on the screen- Word 2010/Windows 8.1

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:20 AM PDT

I have a very irritating problem that happens periodically when I am working on a document using 'track changes'. Hovering over the inserted text or sometimes a comment box will cause a box to pop up in the middle of the screen, containing the text. This box then remains in the middle of the screen, even when viewing other windows and even after closing down Word. The only way to remove it is to shut down the pc. Even as I write this I have to dodge the text that popped up earlier when I was working on the document. Some days, this means I have to repeatedly shut down when working on a document. This is a really bad situation. Can anyone help?

Thanks.

Anthea

Something went wrong for MS Word 2013

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Hello

I bought Office 365 University. I installed for one Mac and one PC. I installed Office to my Mac first (no problem), then I installed it to my PC (error screen as below). Afterward, I have already repaired by following Microsoft website and install again, but the problems still happen. How can I fix it?

why my word or excel programe cannot open

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:11 AM PDT

why my word or excel programe cannot open

Field DATE not working in Word 2007, but works perfectly in Word 2010

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:09 AM PDT

Hello,

I created a word document with some Fields DATE in my Word 2010 and it was working perfectly. When my colleague opened it at the time of need, she saw correctly updated dates and printed the document. The printed document however had old (not updated) dates. The dates change to the old actually at the time she opens Print preview. When she reopens the document, the dates are, however, updated again. In Options, the box "Update before printing" wasn't checked, but checking it didn't change anything. I looked through all of the options in Office 2007, but couldn't find reason why it was working properly.

It works great on my Word 2010, so we believe it might be some 2007 vs. 2010 incompatibility. We also work in network environment so that also have an effect.

Any idea where the problem could be?

Thank you.

Looking for a Word document with fill-in fields

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:28 PM PDT

I want to create a couple "Letters of Agreement" forms for my business using Office 2007.  I want to create fill-in fields so once I enter the information in the field it will automatically populate in other areas of the document.  However there will also be some fill-in fields that will not require being populated.  Could you please provide where I can find the instructions on how to set up a Word doc like this?  Thank you.

Word 2007 Envelope Printing - Too far to the right

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:54 PM PDT

I have looked at the other posts and they seem to have a different problem than what I have.

Running MSWindows 7 Home, with Office 2007 Pro.

HP Color LaserJet 4700DN

When I go to print an envelope (Standard #10), the return address is not in the upper left corner.  It prints about 1 7/8" from the left edge.  The placement from the top is fine, just too far to the right.  Also the TO address is equally as far off from center. 

I have reset the printer driver, uninstalled and reinstalled.  The settings for the envelope is set to Auto.  When setting the location to the lowest setting above Auto, .25" it still prints way far to the right. 

The printer has only Tray 1 for envelope feed and can only go in the center of the feed tray.  Settings have been verified as to correct print ordination.  (Center feed from tray) 

If the settings are set to .5" the whole set is pushed that far further to the right.

When printing documents, all documents print correctly, to include double sided, gutter modification, margin modification, etc...

Have set envelope setting to something completely wrong, print and got expected results, (bad due to wrong settings) and then reset settings to what they should be and same results of blocks being pushed to the right. 

Thank you in advance for your guidance.

MSWord 2010 is taking up to 15-20 minutes to load a document only when I am logged into the network

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:44 PM PDT

There is a number of Word files that when I try to open them while I am connected to the network can take up to 15-30 minutes to load (even when the file is located on my hard drive). When I am NOT connected to the network the files load immediately. I am not seeing any macros used that might cause this.  I am not sure why this is happening.

Any ideas how to properly troubleshoot this issue?



How to get the Language Proofing Tools for Office 2010?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:56 PM PDT

I am using Office 2010 and wish to install the proofing tools for Chinese PRC and Taiwan, and Japanese. However, through the Language Preference, I was only directed to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/language-packs/microsoft-office-language-options-multilingual-support-FX102851176.aspx and can only download the proofing for Office 2013. 

Whatever I downloaded were all useless as in my language preference the proofing tools always show "Not Installed".

May I know what I can do without upgrading my office version?

Thank you very much.

Word 2010 instability when adding review comments

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:55 PM PDT

When providing document mark up and adding review comments on a word document, it keeps spontaneously jumping to draft view. How can this be prevented. Draft view is useless as it does not show figures. I want to be able to add review comments to a document in print layout. This is a problem new to word 2010 not previously encountered.

Also when clicking to return to print layout, the cursor goes to the top of the document, this is really annoying in a large document

How do you save a file in document 1997 - 2003 when it keeps coming up with permission error?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:37 PM PDT

I have been trying to save a file in document 1997 - 2003 but it keeps coming out with permission error. This has worked before. I have tried re-installing but that didn't work. I also can't put in equations anymore. Please help. Thank you

Suddenly can't open any Microsoft 2013 applications.. Was working a week ago. Am on windows 8 too!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:50 PM PDT

I seem to be unable to open any microsoft apps. Outlook, Excel, Word, Power point etc. I click on the icons and nothing happens. I have done the system updates as one site suggested.  Nothing changed. I have a single load home office, I do not have anything with me as I'm traveling. (so pretty peeved right now!!!!)

What on earth happened to cause this to suddenly stop. I tried running the safe mode for the word etc and nothing comes up at all so no idea what to do next. Getting pretty fed up. Frankly hate the new outlook and now to have it, and other products not working is a really irritation.

I don't know if I have windows 8 or 8.1 I bought the PC new in December 2013. Touch screen.

Microsoft 8 - word documaents

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:40 PM PDT

All of a sudden I cannot open any of my word documents???????????

Pasting image does not replace Selected image in Word 2013

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:56 PM PDT

I inserted an image (copied from Paint, but the same problem occurs using any copied image) into a Word 2013 document. Then I decided I wanted to edit that image a bit more. I went back to Paint, made my image edits, copied the image again and went back to the Word document, selected the previous image, and clicked Paste. But, instead of Replacing the old image with the new one, it simply pastes the new image beside the old one.

I fired up my ancient Word 2003 and verified that pasting a new image onto a selected existing image always results in the image being replaced (just like pasted text replaces/overwrites selected text).

How do I make this Pasted image replace the selected image? Do not tell me to use "Change Picture". Using "Change picture" requires far too many steps for such a simple procedure - AND completely does not work when the image is not saved but is an image simply "copied" from the Net or from Paint etc.

Thank you for solving this.

Text Alignment

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:54 PM PDT

Hi Guys,

Can you tell me if there is a way to align text to each rather then having text align to, for example a table cell?

Thanks in advance.

Using IF field code to examine result of a FILLIN Field code

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:28 PM PDT

I feel like I'm following the directions to do this, and I can't seem to get the results I want.

I have a number of points in a document where the content is either A or B (and in some cases B or C), but always depending on whether or not it pertains to one product or another. Ignoring the fact that I've now been researching this "time saver" for longer than it would have taken to just make the edits manually...there's a principle involved.

First, at the top of the page, I made a FILL-IN field prompt. That works fine: box pops up, fill in one of two responses.

Now, based on the result of that, I want to set all the other four or five places in the document where the text will be either THIS or THAT based to look at that field result and behave accordingly.

The first such IF instruction is:

IF { FILLIN "Indicate product: Small or Mid" } = "Small" "small-" "mid-"

Depending on if I monkey with spacing, which I gather is critically important, I get results of either: FILLIN or of Indicate product: Small or Mid

This suggests to me that it's just reading the line of instructions/properties and not actually going to look at the FILLIN field at all.

Help!!

Why does using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:18 PM PDT

I am not able to insert a continuous section break within a table in Word 2013 without it creating a gap/space before and after the break.  I don't have that problem in Word 2007.  Has anyone dealt with this issue?

I am creating fill-in forms that will be protected in some rows (sections) that have form fields, but not protecting others in hopes of being able to use a pen to allow signatures using Ink Tools in the unprotected sections to be taken on a Surface Pro tablet running Windows 8.1 and using Office 365.  Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.