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Microsoft Word - Using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break

Microsoft Word - Using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break

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.

Need to populate MS Word w several .txt files

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PDT

hello.  should i use the Merge functionality in MS Word to populate a word doc w several existing .txt files?

if i could automatically insert text file data into existing MS Word doc would be able to automate and save time.

tried to use Macro and Insert Object => Text from File...   However, Macro does not allow my cursor to go directly to spot/doc location - it makes me use arrow key.

Word 2013 Save As pdf goes to Onedrive

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:02 PM PDT

In Word 2013 I am unable to Save As to pdf on to the computer locally. I have gone into Options>Save and checked the option to save to computer by default, but every time I try to save a pdf it uploads it to onedrive and opens it in my browser. Is there any way to fix this.

I already save all of my files to my onedrive folder locally so that it can be synched with the cloud, it is not necessary for Word to upload it to the cloud first, as I then have to wait for it to download back to the folder on my computer to do anything with it.

If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this that would be great.

Styleref in Header - Search from Bottom of Previous Page

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:52 PM PDT

I have a very long document with sections that span several pages. My readers want the header to reflect what section they are in. I've used the Styleref in the footer, which searches from the bottom of the page up to the top and populates based on a style I've named "FileSyst3." But the readers want that information in the page headers (so it would read "Continued from previous page, Section <FileSyst3>." How do I get Styleref to read from the bottom of the PREVIOUS page to grab the correct section. In the header, Styleref defaults to reading from the bottom up of the CURRENT page or top down of the CURRENT page. I need it to look to the previous page and start there from the bottom up until it runs into the first FileSyst3 style. It, of course, works beautifully if the field is in the page's footer because it is checking the current page, but from the header, it needs to check the previous page.

Copy data from an HTML or ASCII file and paste into a table within word

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:31 PM PDT

I generate several reports. I'm trying to automate the process. Currently the reports are generated within Word but I could switch to Excel if it would be easier. Here is what I would like to be able to do:

1- open a file and automatically select the data from a column in a table within a file. Currently the file is HTML but I could transfer to ASCII

       File name: rebound.html or rebound.txt

2- Paste this data into an existing table within the Word or Excel

3 - Repeat the above process for two more files

       File names: Fred.html or Fred.txt & Vdef.html or Vdef.txt

These files I want to open are saved within a directory for a specific product that I'm testing so the path will change for each report. Ideally, I'd like to be able to set the starting path so that finding the files saves time.

I'll be opening the same 3 files every time. I'll be selecting the same data from the same table and pasting it into an existing table every time. I could use a program that opened all of the html or txt files within a given directory. Each directory will have the same 3 files in it.

Autocomplete in Dropdown Lists

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:07 PM PDT

I have a table and some of the columns are populated with dropdown lists of choices.  When filling in the table, is there a way to use autocomplete so that when I tab to a cell with a dropdown list, and type "T" for example, the list of choices pops up and the first entry starting with "T" is highlighted?  In most programs, web pages, etc., when you encounter this type of list ("Select Country" for example) and you type a letter, it jumps to selections starting with that letter.  As I have things set up now, if you start typing when the dropdown list is selected, it just inputs whatever you type.

I know that you can use Alt-down arrow to open the list, but most people don't know this.  Is there any other way to accomplish this?  I've got about 20 choices that people should be able to choose from.

Thanks!

TOC not working in Word 2013 on Windows 8.1

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:06 PM PDT

We have a number of corporate word document templates that have custom Style definitions for Headings 1,2,3 etc.  The Heading styles are named Company_Heading1, Company_Heading2 etc.

These templates worked fine when I was running Word 2013 on Windows 7.

I have just upgraded my PC to Windows 8.1 (re-install of OS) and installed office 2013 again.

Now my TOC is not working.  If I try update the TOC I get the following message:

To add or remove items in the table of contents......

* Apply a heading style ....

* Change the outline level....

And then the TOC updates to: No table of contents entries found.

My problem is that this exact same template works 100% on a Windows 7 PC using Office 2013 or Office 2010, but on a Windows 8.1 PC I can't update the TOC.  Once of our IT guys tested on his PC also with Windows 8.1 and got the same result.

If I create a blank Word document and create a few headings using the built in Heading 1,2,3 etc. then TOC creates fine.

So, there is something about this specific template on Windows 8.1 that is causing an issue.

Can someone please help me troubleshoot, I am a novice when it comes to the finer details of Word, so please be as detailed as possible in replies.

Thanks

Chris

Need help with a corrupted Word file!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:32 AM PDT

I received a critiqued document from my tutor and am unable to open the document due to there being a "problem found with its contents." I have no idea how to fix this! Can anyone help me?

My Microsoft Word 2013 keeps crashing!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Hi, I'm using Word2013.

A week ago everything was absolutely fine. But just this weekend, while I was editing a document, when I clicked to open another word doc simultaneously, Word jams up and I have to force it close. Basically all this time, I've only been able to open one document at a time to edit. Once I click to open anything else, it jams - even if I click to create a new blank document.

So today I decide not to edit any existing documents. Instead, I opened Word from the Windows Start button and you know how it opens to the template page where you choose if you want a new blank document or any other set template sorts. So I clicked on the blank document and it just jammed up again! I realize this means that unless I have a .doc saved on my computer already and open it through that icon, I can't create anything new on Word any more.

Why is this happening?? )): Please help

- C.H.

Note: I bought Office 2013. I've not yet tried if this affects the other programs similarly as well yet ): I sure hope not

MS Word 2007 - Need to REMOVE unwanted page at end of document.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:01 AM PDT

I have a ONE PAGE, MS Word Table, that is fitted perfectly to the page, and prints exactly as needed (on a card).

Word "insists" on adding an unneeded blank page after the table.

There IS a paragraph mark on the blank page, which I can not delete.

There is NO paragraph mark anywhere on the page with the table. There is NO text on the page, except in the table.

I could live with this, but these cards will be mail merged, and the blank page causes problems.

If not for the blank page, this document would be exactly as needed.

Any help would certainly be appreciated.

Thanks.

jp

Recent Documents List cleared

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:55 AM PDT

We have had several users in our organization state that their Recent Documents list cleared. It doesn't seem to matter what application as all are affected. This seems to have coincided with the latest update to Office (15.0.4569.1508), but I can't find anything on this. Has anyone else had similar issues? It seems odd that pinned or recent documents just magically cleared overnight.

Page numbering in footnote

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Why does my page numbering stop working?  For example I have a document which is 16 pages; the number works until page 15 then it defaults back to page 2 of 16.  I have tried starting again and copying text (not footnotes) into new document; same thing happens.

word 2013 incompatability with previous version

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:08 AM PDT

so after 3 hours on with ms support ( they were great) i was told that all my word 2003 documents will not print in 2013 word.

what?  i was darned happy with 2003 and it worked great, but ms decided not to support it anymore, so off to the store i go.

2007 is not available for sale it is now office 2013.  down goes my money.

so now i have all my business documents that, oh boy i should be happy?, i can view on this new version,,i can edit on this new version..

BUT I CANT PRINT IN THE NEW VERSION.

YOU CAN NOT CUT AND PASTE THE FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW BLANK DOC  IN 2013 IT DONT WORK,,,ASK MS OFFICE SUPPORT TEAM.

to put a product out into the world that is not compatable with its own previous versions is just ludicrous.

i did not want to upgrade to the new version, i was forced by ms, and the product they provide as its replacement doesnt work with previous versions...

WTF

HELP

ALL MY BUSINESS DOCS ARE IN 03-07 WORD FORMAT

I SHOULDNT HAVE TO TYPE EACH AND EVERY ONE OVER AGAIN IF I WANT TO PRINT

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE WONDERFULL COMPUTERS

SURELY I AM NOT THE ONLY CUSTOMER (KEY WORD HERE,,CUSTOMER)WITH THIS PROBLEM

CAN ANYONE HELP ME FIX THIS OR WORK AROUND IT..

MS PRETTY MUCH SAYS TO BAD SO SAD,,,THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS ,,DEAL WITH IT

How to remove horizontal dotted line

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Mysterious horizontal heavy black dotted line has suddenly appeared in a Word document. Does anyone know how to remove it?

Word VBA - Compile error: ByRef argument type mismatch

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:40 AM PDT

Can anyone tell me why I get the above message when I run the sub below? Note that I have trimmed it to the smallest possible size, so it actually does nothing, but it does raise the error.  I have looked at dozens of references to this message on several forums, and they all say "ah you are passing a double to a date" or similar. I am passing a Range to a Range (at least that is what I want to do).  And yes, I do want to do it ByRef.

Sub foo()
    Dim range1, range2 As Range
    Dim result As Boolean
    
    Set range1 = ActiveDocument.Range
    Set range2 = ActiveDocument.Range
    result = bar(range1, range2)
    
    Set range1 = Nothing
    Set range2 = Nothing
End Sub

Function bar(rg1 As Range, rg2 As Range) As Boolean
    bar = True
End Function

(Word 2010 on Windows 7)

Word 2013 Dutch Grammar checker does not work.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:37 AM PDT

Hi 

I have just started using word 2013 on Windows 8 and grammar checker is not working anymore. Before to move to windows 8 i was using Office 2010 on Windows 7 and grammar checker was working quite well. The Dutch Proofing tools are installed and both Office and Proofing tools has been updated with SP1. 

If I test the grammar checker using english, it seems to work perfectly! I checked my settings and everything seems to be configured properly! 

How can i fix this problem? Any idea? I have already tried with a new installation of Office 2013but still no luck!

Thanks in advance for the help! 

Paolo

Moving charts from one page to another--Word 2010

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PDT

At work, we recently completed a survey that had over 2,500 responses. We sent our information out to be created into a report, which totaled 300 pages. What we want to do is copy charts from pages farther down and move them to our executive summary section at the beginning. But when doing so, our charts become fuzzy and illegible. We do not want to have to recreate the charts we want to use if we don't have to.

I have tried formatting the charts but have not found what I need. Suggestions?

How do I prevent Word docs from being saved as Read-Only?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:16 AM PDT

It's many years since I have heard of this one!!

Word has a "Read Only Recommended" mode.  If you set it for a document, it will always save the document that way until you correct it.

Go to Word>Preferences>Security and check that "Read-only recommended" is not checked.

If it is, you have have to uncheck it and save each document (the setting is saved with the document, so if it is wrong, you need to re-save the document to change it).

To force the document to save, add and delete a space or some other character, to "dirty" the file so Word will then save it when you ask it to.

Hope this helps

I have virtually the same problem. I will open some documents and when I've make changes, it won't do it because it's a "read-only" doc. I have to give it a different name. This only started recently. I'm running Windows 7 Professional with Word 2013 , the Office/Student version. 

I cannot find "Word/Preferences/Security"  anywhere. Your help will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you, Ron Guest

[New question about Word for Windows split and moved by moderator from the Word for Office 2004 forum]

When I press the start a new document icon it keeps giving me some document from the day before

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:08 AM PDT

When I press the start a new document icon it keeps giving me some saved document from the day before, a legal form I copied and pasted from somewhere- for me to start a new document I have to delete what is on that page by selecting all and delete. This is very strange- I restarted word and it automatically brings up this document, everyy time I start a new doc with that one open it brings it up again as doc 5, 6, 7, so on and so on.

Turn off automatic date insertion when you type.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:40 AM PDT

When I start typing today's date, how do I stop Word 2010 from displaying a popup message that shows today's complete date with the message (Press ENTER to Insert)?  It is distracting and sometimes I want to press ENTER but without having the complete date with year automatically inserted by Word.  I have all of my "AutoFormat" and "AutoFormat As You Type" boxes unchecked already.  Thanks.

Inserting Formatted Table Via Mail Merge

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:38 AM PDT

Hello everybody,

I'm not sure if this should go in the excel or word subforums since it involves both.  I am trying to create a number of documents that are largely identical with specific values inserted in the correct spots.  It seemed like a perfect situation for a mail merge.  The issue is that each document has a semi-specific table that I need to add a line to.  I've considered doing some sort of find and replace, but I don't think mail merge can take multiple existing documents as input.  I'm under the impression that it's a one template-> multiple documents features, not n templates -> n documents.

This has led me to think that what I need is to have a cell in excel that contains the formatted table, a cell with the new line, and a cell that joins the two.  Then each time, I would copy over the previous "final" table and change the added line to produce the new table.  I could then insert the formatted table into the word document.  The issue I'm having is that I can't get the mail merge to do this.  I tried pasting the table into the cell and pasting the html for the table, but I can't figure out how to insert a formatted table into word via mail merge. 

My table should look something like:

Year           Percent                 Reason

1995          0%                       First year

1996          2%                       Increase required due to...

Thank you for any help on this,

Note: I have posted this question on excelforum at http://www.excelforum.com/word-formatting-and-general/999680-inserting-formatted-table-via-mail-merge.html#post3637736

Cannot perform maintenance for printer in Word 2007

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:05 AM PDT

I recently switched to Windows 7 from Vista and I was trying to do some maintenance on my printer but when I go into the printer menu, the maintenance button is not there. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me?

Multiple Page Columns

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:06 AM PDT

My students are doing a project on Word 2010 and they are to put multiple columns.  However, when they go to do so it cuts off the first two or three words or word parts.  I am not sure how to fix it.  It looks like Word is blocking a portion of a column for some reason.  Any advice would help!

Microsoft Word 2013 - Error Message meaning

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:32 AM PDT

PLease explain the meaning of the message;

'This document could not be registered.  It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document.'

Specifically;

  1. What does this mean?
  2. Why and how would I register a document?
  3. Why can't other documents be linked to a non-registered document.

I responded 'No', to the question in the message panel, 'Was this information helpful'

Many thanks

Ian

Office 2010 default even when Office 2013 installed

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:20 AM PDT

I bought Office 2010 Home and student last year just before Office 2013 was released and took advantage of the 2013 uppgrade.

This left Office 2010 still installed - and I want to continue with that.

The problem is that the default programme is still Office 2010. I have tried all the normal things in Control Panel / Program/ default programs - but I cant make it use Office 2013 when I click a office file.

How can I change this so that it uses Office 2013 by default

thanks

Mal

Reenable a removed add in.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:26 AM PDT

I'm developing an add in to word with Visual Studio.

When I start the debugger i VS, word is started and my add in is loaded. (like I expect it to)

When I end the debug and close VS, the add in is loaded again if I start Word. (not what I expected)

Via the "developer" ribbon and the "COM-add-in" button (not sure if that is it's name since im on a danish Word), I found the posibility to remove my add-in. Not just make it inactive via the checkbox. But completely remove it.

Now my problem is this...

If I start Visual Studio and start the debugger for my add in, Word is started but my add in is nowhere to be found. I can rename my addin and then it loads, but I would rather keep the original name.

I guess Word saves the location or name of removed add in's some where so they don't load.

So... How do I remove the "this addin is removed" entry in Word, so I can reload/debug my add in with its original name?

MS Word 2013 Appcrash due to content copied from MS Excel 2013

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:00 AM PDT

Dear all,

I have Office 365 and have been working on Word and Excel 2013.

Problem: "Word crashes when I try to copy and paste a graph from Excel". After multiple crashes, the Word document is corrupted and I am not able to open it again. Then, I go back to the old version stored in Dropbox and work again.!

Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version:    15.0.4454.1000
  Application Timestamp:    509a3af5
  Fault Module Name:    oart.dll
  Fault Module Version:    15.0.4454.1004
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50bd9fc1
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    009ff4d2
  OS Version:    6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033

Kindly advise.

Regards

Bharadwaj

Help- Office / Word 2013 not responding- need help for IT illiterate user!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:48 AM PDT

Word 2013 / Office 2013 has crashed- not opening files, coming up with error message "We couldn't start your program. Please try starting it again". There's NO error code on the popup box, but later while looking at repair options, the error code 30089-13 comes up. I'm NOT software literate- at all- and can't decipher the posted online "solutions" as they assume a high degree of IT fluency (which I haven't got). I hear there's an issue with Word 2013- any advice- simple- on what I can do? (Office pre-installed on my PC from the retailer).

Word 2010 only do Font 20 ignore Font 12.5

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:04 AM PDT

Hello from Steved

I have "R85" in two Font sizes 12.5 and 20.0

I'm trying to tell the macro to do only Font 20, please how can I tell the macro to ignore Font 12.5, Thank you.

   Sub Replace_Race_Type()
   Dim rngStory   As Range
    For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
          With rngStory.Find
      .Text = "R85"
      Selection.Font.Size = 20#
        .Replacement.Text = "Rating 85"
        .Wrap = wdFindContinue
      .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
      End With
  Next rngStory
End Sub

Copy Autotext to another template

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 11:59 PM PDT

I have created an autotext to insert a landscape page with a portrait header and footer.

Is it possible to copy this autotext to another template?

If yes, please explain how this is done.

Office 2010 app not supported on my new laptop?

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 10:23 PM PDT

Hello,

-I bought a new laptop that can convert to a pad or connect it to a keyboard.

-It runs on Windows 8.

-It had a trial version of 365 on it.

-The Trial version has now finished, I had a spare version of microsoft office 2010 home and student edition.

-Since my laptop does not have a cd drive, I downloaded the office 2010 installation file from the microsoft website.

-I then installed the 2010 office version on the laptop

-I tried opening a file that I opened online, it did not work.

- I cannot open a word file.

- I uninstalled the 365 thinking it was because i had two versions of office.

- tried to open up a word file, it comes up with the error message of the app is not compatible/supported

What do I do? I am at a loss. Prior to installing the Office 2010 I was able to still open and use the 365 (with limited functionality).

I called up Microsoft support and they told me I had to delete the registry for the 365 and then re-install my office 2010 and it should work? I have not received the instructions on this from support, it has been a few hours so I have resorted to asking the community.

Please help if you can,

Thanks.

Microsoft Office for windows 8

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 09:57 PM PDT

I had Microsoft office installed in my computer when I ordered it. It has been working fine. Now I can't open any new projects from power point, word processer, or excel. The projects I have saved won't open, but if I attach them in an email or upload to a webpage, (a job application, for example) it works fine. Not exactly sure what is going on. I am not super tech orientated so any help would be great.

Microsoft Word wont print allow me to print more then 9 pages

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:59 PM PDT

Microsoft Excel will print more then 9pages and everyone in the office is able to print more then 9pages with their Word.

I have no idea what can be causing this issue with Word on my machine. Any suggestions?

Cant find ms office icon widows 8.1

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:48 PM PDT

  Entered my activation key for office 2013 then could not find icon to initiate, also cant find list of programs to create short cuts.

Word 2010 : Unable to download Clip arts Error : This Web page is not available

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PDT

A few years ago, I downloaded a number of beautiful pictures of Venice via--as I recall--Word's Clip Organizer.

Now I find that when I open the (Word 2010) Clip Organizer and click on Clips Online, I get a page that says, "This Web page is not available."

Please tell me how to access the free .jpg files for download to a folder on my computer.

Am I perhaps wrong to be trying to do it via Word?

Old title: Microsoft Clip Organizer and Online Downloadable Pictures

Up Graded to Windows 8.1 and now Word doesn't work

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 07:46 PM PDT

Just got laptop (HP ENVY) and MS Office 15 Loaded Office 15 and everything worked fine.  Then Up graded to 8.1 and now word doesnt work, but all the rest seem to work (PPT, Excel, Outlook, Note) but not Word.  I have tried  to repair, no luck; MS fixit to remove Office and reload but still no luck.  How can I go back to windows 8 and get rid of windows 8.1.  Used MicroSoft for years and never had this much problems with any programs, what happened Micro Soft, Bring Bill Back!!!!!!!

Microsoft Office Programs Won't Open!!!

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 07:04 PM PDT

I have never had any problems with any Microsoft Office programs. Yesterday, however, nothing would work, and continues not to work today. Every time I try to open a Microsoft Office program (mainly Word), I get this message: "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 have tried to repair it and it will not work. I have tried both the quick repair (with no success) and the online repair, which would not work because it said I did not have an internet connection (when I clearly did). What do I do? I need to have access to Microsoft Word for school by tomorrow!

And as I was typing this, another error message popped up: Error Code: 30145-27

Make 'Combine Documents' not ignore deletions

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 06:28 PM PDT

Trying to merge markups from several reviewers using the Combine Documents feature. In looking at the output it's obvious some reviewers' changes are being ignored -- that is, are not reflected in the merged result -- if they're deletions.

I can't see any difference in the reviewers or the edits, and these aren't complicated or overlapping markups. In fact I tried combining the edits from a very simple pair of documents myself (each started with the identical sentence, one then got a tracked insertion, the other a tracked deletion) and even then, the merged result shows only the insertion!

What am I doing wrong? There are various options for how to arrange the output -- original doc, revised, doc, new doc -- but I've tried them all and the result is the same. Are the input docs all supposed to have tracking turned off? Turned on?

I hope someone can help. I don't see anything like this described here or elsewhere.

Mark

PROBLEMS WITH OFFICE 2013

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 06:01 PM PDT

INSTALLED MICROSOFT WORD ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO, IT JUST WENT DOWN. TRIED TO RE INSTALL IT, BUT ALL I GET IS A NOTE SAYING AN ERROR AND A ERROR CODE. WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE

I can not open word docs I e-mailed to myself I think its word 2003 HELP

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 05:24 PM PDT

I can not open word 2003 doc I e-mailed to myself someone help please