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Microsoft Word - How can I delete multiple styles at once (Word 2011)

Microsoft Word - How can I delete multiple styles at once (Word 2011)

How can I delete multiple styles at once (Word 2011)

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:51 PM PDT

This question is about Word 2011 (Mac).

I can open the Style pane and get the list of Styles in my document.  I can select one (at a time) and do a delete.

Several tips for other versions of Word say that it is possible to multi-select a number of styles and do a mass delete of the selected styles.  However, I can't find the way to do a multi-select (I've tried all the typical key combos.)

How can this be done in Word 2011?  I am running Mavericks, if that's relevant.

Thanks!

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

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 02:10 PM PDT

using word 2013 and suddenly the file froze and after that I could not open it again. Tried all sorts of things to get it going again but nothing seems to work. Will be happy to share the dropbox folder if someone can please offer to have it repaired. Worked for weeks on the file and will be great o have it back up again. 

Weird issue with IF THEN ELSE statement

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:30 PM PDT

When running these statements -->

Dear «first_or_pref_name» «last_name»,

You are a part of the {IF {MERGEFIELD level_assigned} = "1GA" "1GA Club" "UNKNOWN" }

You are a part of the {IF {MERGEFIELD level_assigned} = "1A" "1A Club" "UNKNOWN" }

I get this result set:

Dear Joe Cool,

You are a part of the 1GA Club

You are a part of the 1A Club

Joe Cool should only be a member of the 1GA Club. If I switch Joe from 1GA to 1A in my Excel data file, the results are the same! Apparently Word 2010 has problems with this mixed number and text value. If I substitute my values in the Excel file to all numerical, things seem to work again (For example, making 1A = 12 and 1GA = 34)

Anyone care to replicate this problem for me on their system? Any ideas? I searched high and low about this possible limitation/bug to no avail. Thanks.

Bad Hyperlink Display

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 01:07 PM PDT

Hyperlink appears like this in my document:

{HYPERLINK"alanpeg.wordpress.com"}. How can I get it to appear like this:

alanpeg.wordpress.com.


Al Rosenfield

How to get rid of Text-wrapping break marks

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Hello, I noticed Text-wrapping break marks after colons. How do I get rid of them globally in a large document? No objects/pictures in the document. Just text. Thanks.

Creating a picture with text over it.

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:54 AM PDT

I want to write a text over picture and use that as one picture. I was trying different things, but not able to achieve desired result. When I saving it as a picture, only picture showing up (without text). Is it possible to do such a task in Office 365 Word or not? If yes, how?

I want to save this picture and use it to attach as a picture (not in World document).

Thank you.

Word/Excel 2013 file Menu slowdown with One/Skydrive

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Hi all,

When opening Word or Excel 2013 (or indeed powerpoint, but I use that less) on my Surface Pro 2 (Windows 8.1 Pro) recently, everything opens speedily, and I can move my cursor over the ribbon without lag or speed issues.  However, when I click on the File menu, everything hangs (sometimes for 5 seconds, sometimes on and off for 1 or 2 minutes).  I've noticed that this coincides with my Skydrive profile being loaded (access to the OneDrive folder withinWord is not accessible, or word is unresponsive, and even my Profile picture not visible).

If I open Word/Excel in Safe Mode this works absolutely flawlessly, but then again, I'm not signed into my Microsoft account in Safe Mode.

There are no addins other than the default OneNote addins running, and I disabled those to test.  It's gotten to the point where I'm using alternative products to make quick documents, and even other clients (my Win 7 machine works absolutely fine).

I've noticed this happened over the last month.

Can anyone help or suggest other tests?  I'm POSITIVE it's Skydrive/Onedrive.

Mail Merge - Not Wanting to Show Negative Fields

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 10:48 AM PDT

Can someone tell me how to use mail merge to the point where when a negative value is calculated the mail merge letter will show $0.00 instead of the actual negative number?  I'd like positive to show the actual positive but the negatives to show $0.

Thanks!

Matt

Word 2013 Crashes on Links

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 09:26 AM PDT

I'm writing a lengthy paper and linking it to Excel 2013.   I copy the link in Excel, and paste link in Word.  It looks fine, but after pasting numerous links, Word crashes and when it recovers, several of the links are no longer linked. 

When I paste the link, I right click and it shows the link at 96% x 105% and reset to 100% x 100%; then go to advanced layout and click "top and bottom" and then center the link in the margin, click lock anchor, move with text and don't allow overlap. 

This works fine until it crashes and I lose a bunch of these and have to go back and start over. 

Product Office 2013 Pro/Service Pack 1

Machine:   MSI Board, 16 gigs Ram, Corsair SS drive for operating system and programs only, 1 TB document drive; Radeon Quad video w/ 1 gig; and 3 monitors.

What am I doing wrong to cause me such aggrevation?    Do I go back to WordPerfect?

Thanks

BobC2

Cannot Remove Wikipedial app and Icon from Word 2013!

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 09:08 AM PDT

After using the Wikipedia app for a few days I decided to use instead the Merriam Webster app with the Define button in Word 2013. I was able to make that work, but the Wikipedia app is still installed even though it's hidden in my MS account.

In addition, there is a Wikipedia icon in the Apps group on the Insert menu. I also noticed that I can click on that icon and it functions whether I am logged into my MS account or not. This is different behavior from the other apps I've tried.

How does one uninstall the Wikipedia app and remove its icon from Word 2013?

Inserting Online Pictures in Office 2013, not working, seeing only gray boxes

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:36 AM PDT

I have searched online for answers and have tried a few things.

My problem: In Word 2013 (also having problem in PowerPoint) when I go to Insert tab, Online Picture and I enter a key word and search I get the number of results, but only gray boxes as the actual result. I have read about others and know I am not the only one. I am using a laptop that is basically being used as an Office 2013 test machine, running Windows 7 Enterprise. (basically, not a lot of other software installed). IE is default browser and is IE8. I have tried resetting all zones in Internet Options and I have also done a Repair of Office. I have done other tasks such as clearing cache and cookies.  I checked with a coworker and he has identical issue. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I was hoping for an answer other than, ClipArt is gone and it is best to go directly to clip art site to get images. We have a lot of users and this is not a good option for many of them.

Mass mail merge - is it possible without getting backlisted

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:12 AM PDT

I'm using Office 2013 on Windows 8.

I would like to use the Word/Outlook combination to send newsletters.

The problem is that I have a few thousand potential recipients and I don't want to blacklist my email.

Is it possible either in Word or Outlook to tell the process only to send X per hour/day so that I don't get flagged as a spammer?

If there's no parameter that can be set for this, is there a function/macro that can be coded/added to the word template that delays calling the email?

Menu top bars disappered

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 08:04 AM PDT

Hello all.

I have windows 98 and word 2013. The top bars at a top of all of my microsoft office programs have disapeered. These bars are the ones with file, edit etc. (I do not know their real names as I am not that good with computers.)All there is above the page is blank white and it seems completly unresponsive. I have looked it up but I cannot find the solutuion,

Any help would be appreciated.

How do I restore down the "Open" dialog window in Word 2010

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 07:18 AM PDT

Hi. I'm hoping someone can help with my small problem.

I was working in Word 2010 and wanted to open a new file from within Word. I used the "Open" function, got the "Open" dialog window up, then changed my mind and went to close it, but instead I accidentally clicked on the "Maximise" button instead of the "Close" button. Now, whenever I use "Open" it opens the dialog window to fit the screen, and the "Maximise/Restore down" buttons don't appear, and I can't seem to manually re-size the window with my mouse. The correct cursor (for re-sizing) appears when I hover my mouse over the corner of the window, but it won't actually re-size.

Please help - I have having the Open dialog filling the screen!

Thanks!

Converting text to table

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 06:14 AM PDT

I'm trying to convert text to table but the result is totally unexpected and won't respond to "undo".  I am unable to see the "text separator" dialog box while performing this operation and cannot therefore select the delimiter I want to select.  Any suggestions

My headers and footers continuously disappear from my word template design

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:38 AM PDT

Hello!

I have been struggling with this issue for as long as I can remember, and now I finally would like to create a word template for our company that we will - hopefully - be able to work with without causing massive amounts of frustration and headaches.

So, here goes:

Ihave a unique (different) first page (Title Page) with some graphics and 1 title text and 1 sub-title text. All very standard for a normal business document and it works fine.

Then, one the second page, we have our custom designed header and footer, along with our Table of Contents (that might continue on the 3rd page depending on the length of the document). Also works fine and is pretty standard.

Then our document content begins (usually on page 3) along with our custom header and footer.

(Please note that our header and footer should remain the same on all pages that comes after the Title Page. The only unique attribute to the footer is the page numbering on every footer on every page.)

But my problem occurs when I start typing on the 3rd page, which is the first page with "real content", so to speak. At the end of the 3rd page, and if I just keep on typing and it skips to the 4th page, the header and footer of the 4th page doesn't "continue" from the previous page.

They just disappear.

So, in short, it appears as if the header and footer doesn't automatically repeats/continues when I go along typing throughout several pages.

The only way I know to fix this is by creating a manual "Page Layout -> Breaks -> Section Breaks -> Next Page".

That will manually force the header and footer unto the next page. But do I really have to do that on every single page throughout the entire document? That can't be right?

Also, having a long table pasted over multiple pages also removes the header and footer on the continued pages of the table design.

How can I fix this annoying issue? Please help with suggestions!

Thank you so much!

APA 6th edition update to 8th edition

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 05:07 AM PDT

is there an update for the apa 6th edition as it is practically out dated and i need the 8th version for my degree thesis is there an official update for the apa citation and caption system? 

Microsoft office 2010 home and student - unlicensed error message PLEASE HELP

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:57 AM PDT

I have owned Microsoft office 2010 home and student since 2010. I tried to use word yesterday and got the above message, I did the control panel 'repair' and it didn't work.  I have the product key but I don't have the cds with the software anymore - so what do I need to do?  

I've looked at these other posts about similar issues and not being technically minded at all I really don't want to go through the rigmarole of having to run special programmes.

I'm not sure if this had anything to do with it but I uninstalled norton internet security last time I used my laptop because my subscription had run out (using a different provider now) and its constant 'you must update Norton' messages were driving me bonkers.  Could this have something to do with it?

Please help, I need word to write my essays on, but I don't want to be referred to a 'read this similar blog post' answer. Please send me straight forward easy to understand instructions - I reiterate, I am not technically minded!

Thank you.

Lauren

Excel linked data and charts within a word template suffer from automatically changing item when a document based on the template is opened. Workaround?

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 04:27 AM PDT

Sorry for the convoluted question. Let me attempt to explain this a little better.


I am currently working on a word template that:

  • has links to charts and data in an excel workbook
  • both the workbook and template will be shared to other users on other machines

The idea is simple. I want to be able to send these two documents to other users, and when they create a new document based on this template, the linked data and charts update with the relevant values. This is simple on one machine, and I have written a macro that allows the users to specify the location of the excel file (using .LinkFormat.SourceFullName = new directory and using a file dialog), so that the filenames are up to date when the documents are shared on different machines. All of this is working fine.


The problem occurs with the item name. For some reason, the macro works fine in the template, but the moment you open a new document, the linked item's name (whether it is a cell reference of a chart name) is concatenated to the filename and the links become useless. For example, in the template, the links appear as:


{ LINK Excel.Sheet.12 "C:\\Users\\*******\\Desktop\\Morning comment data.xlsx" "Final flows![Morning comment data.xlsx]Final Flows Chart 5" \a \p }


once the document is opened, the link appears as

{ LINK Excel.Sheet.12 "C:\\Users\\*******\\Desktop\\Morning comment data.xlsxFinal flows![Morning comment data.xlsx]Final Flows Chart 5" "" \a \p }

Am I missing something crucial here?

Thank you!

comparing documents and improving second document into a third document

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:57 AM PDT

 I want to work on following thing. Kindly tell me how i will be able to achieve this using MS Word. I have one document which henceforth i will call Doc1. This document has less words in comparison to second document which henceforth i will call Doc2. Doc2 is modified form of Doc1. This modification means adding more words, elaborating the things, adding new words etc. Now i want to 1. Know which new words or concepts have come up in Doc2 which were not their in Doc1. 2. I want to modify Doc2 such that the new words in Doc2 are replaced by some words or concepts taken from Doc1. My main target is point no. 2 Please tell me the commands of MS word which i can choose to achieve both of the above points

2010 Word Gridlines Not Working (PC)

Posted: 10 Mar 2014 12:12 AM PDT

I can't get the Gridlines to display, despite ticking the "Gridlines" box, as you can see here, and for the first time in a long time, Google has failed me. Any ideas?

PC, Windows 7, Word 2010

backspace key acts like control-backspace

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 10:07 PM PDT

I have a Surface Pro 2 with Office 2010. I also have a type cover keyboard. It is a little touchy. Sometimes while typing it switches into another "mode" where all of the keys behave differently than before. For example, when I hit the backspace, it deletes entire strings that I typed instantly. Also if I click on a word to insert text, it does not place my cursor there. Instead it opens up a panel on the side and searches for the word in the dictionary. While the cursor is flashing within a word, I cannot use the arrow keys to move the cursor- pressing the arrow keys does nothing. The only way that I can fix the problem is by saving, exiting, and restarting the application. How can I get it back to normal without needing to exit?

Thanks in advance.

what is meant by a "online repair" of office 2013

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 07:31 PM PDT

My Word 2013 will not display the contents of a document  in which I had pasted the text from a .RTF document from. So, I went to "Programs and Features" to run a repair on my Office installation to try to fix the problem. I would like to know what the "Online REpair" option is. I will appreciate any help with this.  Thanks in advance, Mike

Word has disappeared from my Windows 8 start menu. I cannot open Word documents.

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 06:59 PM PDT

After restarting my computer, Word had disappeared from my start menu and I am not able to open any Word documents. 

When I search "Winword" an icon pops up that physically looks like Word but is called Winword. When I click this, however, a window pops up that says:

"Something went wrong. We couldn't start your program. Please try starting it again. If it won't start, try repairing Office from 'Programs and Features' in the Control panel." 

I tried to do this and chose the Quick Repair option first, and it did not work. I then chose the Online Repair option. It started loading but after a while a window popped up that said: 

"Background installation ran into a problem. Please make sure you're still connected to the internet, or try connecting to a different network. We'll automatically resume installation as soon as possible, and you can keep working once we do". 

I was connected to the internet, and I tried this process with three different networks. The repair process still didn't work I have no idea why this happened, or what to do. Please help!

Thanks 

Need Help - dotm - what is this and why can't I open the file

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:42 PM PDT

I have some Microsoft Word 97-2003 files on a CD all have the ext. 'doc'.  I'm getting a dotm when trying to reasave it.  Now all of these files, open with a dialogue box "file conversion" with nonesense verbage. I have a choice of Tex encoding.  How can I get these file to open.  I'm using Word 2013. Thanks for any help that can fix this problem.  I need to open these files.  Thanks.  I have another computer with Word 2010 and the same thing happens.  Surely, this problem can be fixed?

Track changes - deletions to text periodically being restored

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 05:26 PM PDT

After editing documents for two years, I've suddenly started having problems with 'Track changes'.

While any text I add remains, sometimes deleted text reappears without warning. It appears to just be the text I've deleted on the page I'm currently viewing. I'm then forced to delete the text again (and again), substantially increasing the time spent on each page. I haven't noticed any correlations with the text restorations and other factors (i.e., text doesn't reappear after saving, etc.).

Possible contributing factors include:

- a colleague sent me her file with 'Track changes', as she didn't know how to accept all changes. Possibly settings on her file have changed something in my system.

- A few weeks back, I had problems with Word crashing, and losing the document (no auto-recovery, no temporary file - just a dead link. IT support concluded the file had gone). I solved this by backing up most of my files to an external hard drive, which seemed to restore enough memory to allow Word to function without problems.

Thank you very much for any help you can provide!

Strange, drastic visual errors in Office 2013

Posted: 09 Mar 2014 04:52 PM PDT

I'm experiencing strange visual errors when using Word 2013. Entire portions of the screen are offset by several inches, duplicated, or munged. They are so severe that they make it impossible to use the program.

A screenshot is below.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/509mffq107cs8fa/Screenshot%202014-03-09%2019.39.18.png

I use Win7 on an AMD Athlon six-core. I have googled around but haven't had any luck finding anyone else with this problem.

Does anyone know what's happening here?