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Microsoft Word - Word 2013 bug: Updating an image link (via "Edit links to files") causes the link to break.

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 bug: Updating an image link (via "Edit links to files") causes the link to break.

Word 2013 bug: Updating an image link (via "Edit links to files") causes the link to break.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:36 PM PDT

Using "Update now" in the "Edit links to files" dialog updates the image, but causes the link to break after the image is updated. 

Note: This bug does not occur when working in "compatibility mode". 

Word 2013: How do I prevent images from automatically updating when a file is opened?

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 02:04 PM PDT

In Word 2013, if I have a linked image in a file, the image is updated automatically when the Word file is opened. Is there some way to disable this, so that the images only update manually (i.e. via the "Edit Links to Files" dialog)?

When I go to the "Edit links to files" dialog, the "manual update" and "locked" options are greyed out (otherwise I would have tried that). 

If I save in compatibility mode, then select "Edit links to files", I can check the "Locked" box to prevent it from updating, but using antique file formats seems like a horrible solution. 

Isn't there some way to do this in newer versions of Word? Why are these controls disabled?

Grouping SmartArt

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:44 PM PDT

I am using Office 2010 and making a very large org chart.  I wanted to group each division under it and my group button is not active.  Can anyone else group in SmartArt?

word 2007 documents

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:16 PM PDT

word 2007 documents open with weird computer language not english. I have check all files from plain text, rich text...etc. Nothings helps. meed your help!

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Missing Windows Explorer Thumbnails for Word 2013 Docx Files

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Hi.  My goal here is to be able to see Word 2013 docx thumbnails in windows explorer.

I recently installed MS Office 2013 Home Premium (Desktop) on two different Windows 7 64 bit machines.  On one machine I can see thumbnails for Word 2013 docx files in windows explorer - which is what I desperately want.  On the other machine I don't see the thumbnails in windows explorer, just the Word icon.

Note...

-On both machines, I save the documents in Word 2013 with the "Save Thumbnail" option Checked.

-On both machines, I've looked at my windows explorer folder options and am Not specifying to show only the icon rather than thumbnail.

-On both machines, I've verified in the Control Panel->Default Programs that DOCX is associated with Word 2013

The only difference I noticed was that on the machine Not showing the thumbnails, after the original Office 2013 Home Premium installation, the file associations didn't seem to be correct.  When I went to Control Panel->Default Programs, Windows didn't know what application should handle DOCS and related Word files.

To address that, I ran the Office 2013 installation and did a Repair, which did establish the correct file associations - so now the machine with thumbnail issues looks like the successful machine in terms of file associations.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I'm at a loss at this point.

And just to reiterate, my only goal here is to be able to see Word 2013 docx thumbnails in windows explorer.

Slow in all functions

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Problem with Word (part of Home and Office 2007) It does not matter if it is document that I have opened from an e-mail attachment or created myself... slow as snails!   copy, paste, right mouse clicking, X'ing out,  save...etc  When I right mouse click.  the pop up fades in and out and will not stay.......

Word 2013 - Unwanted "borders" around the document page and each line of text.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:56 AM PDT

I am suddenly getting "borders" of small dotted lines around the margins of the document.  Then yesterday I am now getting the same dotted rectangles around each and every line of text in the document.

I can't send out academic papers looking like this!

I've tried everything I know, options, borders, etc. to no avail.  So I tried to uninstall Microsoft Office 2013 in order to do a clean install and hopefully take care of the problem.  The system won't allow me to uninstall the suite.  I get varying errors.  The latest is 1610612703-4.  

I have 4 papers that need to be submitted by midnight Saturday.

HELP!

Reference a page heading and page number within a sentence and automatically update when revised or moved to another page.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:47 AM PDT

Hello,

I'd like to reference a page heading and page number, in a sentence on a different page, to automatically update when the heading is revised or the page number of that specific heading is moved to a different page.

Scenario:

  • On page 2, I'd like to say something like: Please see Content Heading on Page 8 for more information. The dynamic information I'd like to reference is: Content Heading Page 8.
  • On page 8, my H1 style is: Content Heading which is on Page 8 of the document.
  • On page 2, I'd like to reference the content heading and page number so the reader is refered to the correct page and heading even if the page and content heaving are revised or moved to a different page.
    • e.g. If Content Heading is revised to Page Heading and moved from Page 8 to Page 10, the Page 2 reference will update to reflect the revised heading and correct page.

This is a working document so the page number for the specific content heading will constantly change but I don't want to go back and forth to keep manually referencing the correct page number and heading. I'd like to add field(s) that automatically update the content heading and page number as they change throughout the document.

Thank you!

Create a new Style

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:46 AM PDT

Hello, I am using Word 2013 and Windows 7. I would like to create new styles that are 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 and so on. Is the best way to to do this is to click on new styles and then create and name your styles or base it on another style, if so that is easy enough.  Please advise if this is not the case. My bigger concern is how or if this will mess up the TOC?  Can I still use the TOC feature after creating new styles.  Often times you can create problems by making adjustment and I am not looking for trouble  :)

Thank you,

T

Definitions with curly bracket in equation editor in MS Word 2013

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:45 AM PDT

Hello,

Plese, can anybody help me with entering this kind of definition in equation editor in Microsoft Word 2013:

I don't know how to enter this curly bracket and to allign it with the text after it.

Thanks in advance!

Creating a table with a macro

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:31 AM PDT

I need to create a table using a macro (which I will then assign a button). I have been able to create a table, but I need the columns to be 1" and 6.5", and the top row of the table (out of three rows) to be merged. I can figure out how to put text in the cells, and borders, and colors and just about everything else, but there's no way to set the column widths. This seems like a very simple, common thing, but I've googled every phrase I can think of, and I have not been able to find any code that might work with this. I just need some code that I can slip into the existing code for that one table.

Any ideas?

Word 2013 Mail Merge wizard won't find existing list in Excel

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Hello. My company recently upgraded to Office 2013. When I try to do a mail merge in Word and connect it to an existing list in Excel, the wizard can't seem to find a file. See below for the box I see. It works fine if I change the file to a CSV. How do I fix this?

Page numbering doesn't conitnue

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 10:20 AM PDT

Hi,

I've a 465 page document and I inserted page number in the header. I find that instead of page numbers do not appear on all the pages of the document. They stop at random after so many pages. Then I have insert them again and then it stops again. Does anyone know what is going on and how to fix this. I'm using Word 2010 Pro Plus.

Thanks

Joe Green

Word 2010 - Converting text to table - font type and size change

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:49 AM PDT

One of our customers is having an issue with converting text to table in Word 2010. 

The font type and size change whenever this feature is used.

How can this be prevented?

Search Bar missing in all Microsoft Office products

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:23 AM PDT

The search bar appears in Windows Explorer.

It does not appear in Word and Excel when you try to open a file.

Can any one help?

Macro to search for and extract the first Capital letter of each word in a string.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:05 AM PDT

Thanks so much for your help with this earlier! This time I would like to do a little more with this macro. You showed me how to add an auto number, but I also want to add the first capital  letter of every word on the line.


Here is an example of how the data looks originally:

    1 Class in COER 112
       Label "Microcomputer Operating Systems";
    1 Class in COER 116
      Label "Microcomputer Hardware";
    1 Class in COER 125
      Label "Seminar";
    1 Class in NETW 170
      Label "Intro to Information Security";

What I basically want to do is find the string (Label ") and replace it with (Label  X "), where the "X is an incremental counter. THEN take the first CAPITAL letter of each word that follows until you run into the ";" character, or End of Line.
 
Therefore, the end result should look like this:

    1 Class in COER 112
      Label 1MOS "Microcomputer Operating Systems";
    1 Class in COER 116
      Label 2MH "Microcomputer Hardware";
    1 Class in COER 125
      Label 3S "Seminar";
    1 Class in NETW 170
      Label 7IIS "Intro to Information Security";


Thanks to the awesome amount of help given by Andreas Killer, below, I've listed the code down that only finds the "Label" string, then adds the counter.  What I'm looking to do now is add the functionality to extract the first Capital letter of every word that follows the "label string all the way to the end of the line, OR until it runs into the ";" character, whichever is easier.


Sub FindReplace(ByVal FName As String)
  Dim D As Document
  Dim R As Range
  Dim i As Integer
  'Open the document
  Set D = Documents.Open(FName)
  'Get the range for the whole document
  Set R = D.Content
 
  'Search for the keyword
  Do While R.Find.Execute("Label """)
    'Note: Find.Execute modifies the object R to the location of the keyword!
    'Note: InsertAfter expand the object R to include the text to be inserted!
    'Find the " and replace it with null
    'R.Find.Execute (Replace("Label " & Chr(34), Chr(34), ""))
    R.Find.Execute (Replace("Label """, """", ""))

    'Insert the counter after the keyword
    i = i + 1
    R.InsertAfter i & " "
       
    'Setup object R to the position after the keyword up to the end of the document
    R.SetRange R.End, D.Content.End
  Loop
 
  'Save and close
  D.Close True, wdOriginalDocumentFormat

End Sub

 


Any ideas on the code to create the additional functionality?

spell check stopped working

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 09:01 AM PDT

I'm using Word 2011 for MAC

All of a sudden spell check stopped working. The word is still underlined and sometimes it will autocorrect, but it will not give me a list of choices. Nor can I right click and get synonyms. Any ideas? Thanks.

ms office

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:29 AM PDT

Parts of Speech-

  • Noun
  • Pronoun
  • Verb
  • Adverb
  • Adjective
  • Preposition
  • Conjunction
  • Interjection

Noun

Noun is a word used to name a person, animal, place, thing, and abstract idea. Nouns are usually the first words which small children learn. The highlighted words in the following sentences are all nouns:

Late last year our neighbours bought a goat.

Portia White was an opera singer.

The bus inspector looked at all the passengers' passes.

According to Plutarch, the library at Alexandria was destroyed in 48 B.C.

Philosophy is of little comfort to the starving.

Types of Nouns:

  1. Abstract Noun and Concrete Noun
  2. Animate Noun and Inanimate Noun
  3. Attributive Noun
  4. Collective Noun
  5. Common Noun and Proper Noun
  6. Compound Noun
  7. Count Noun and Mass Noun
  8. Denominal Noun
  9. Verbal Noun

30089-13

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:20 AM PDT

I am operating Windows 8.1 and have been for some weeks (months?). My Office suite has just ceased operating. Error code 30089-13. Have attempted both quick and Long repair facilities via Control Panel with no result. System asserts Internet connection not operating (not True)

Have tried deleting Office suite and re-installing. That fails to work either.

Why is this happening and what is the fix please?

Mike

When closing a Word Document: This file is in use by another application or user.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 08:03 AM PDT

I am working in Microsoft 2010 on Windows 7. When I go to close a document word tells me "This file is in use by another application or user" (IT IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT). When I click OK then it wants me to save it in the Appdata-Roaming-Microsoft-Template file and the file name automatically goes to Normal. If I click Save then another pop up comes that says "This file is read-only"

I have tried deleting the normal template have run the Fix Tool for Microsoft and still it is not helping me.

Word Wrap

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:59 AM PDT

I want to word wrap documents that were not completely typed to the end of the page before it wraps.  Thus, removing all the spaces without manually backspacing every line.

Example:  Before:

11111111111111111111111111111

111111111111111111111

1111111111111111111111111

Example After:

I want it to go from the above to look like this:

111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

word starter pack not working

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:34 AM PDT

I have theword starter pack that came with my computer.  It has been working fine for a year and a half, but now all of the sudden it started requiring me to have an internet connection in order for it to boot up.  It tells me it is 'downloading the program'.  I don't have internet at home, but went elsewhere to let it download whatever it needed.  I let it work for over two hours.  It works fine once it is online, but is still doing the same thing.  what do I do?  I would like very much to be able to use this program at home- its the main reason I bought the computer.  

Changing the default font for "Index Markings" in a Word Document.

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:32 AM PDT

I am currently using Word 2013.  I am typing a very large document, using a particular font ("Century Schoolbook") for the entire document. When I add an Index Entry, the field placed in the document (the XE field) is formatted in a different font (I think it is "Calibri").  It seems that this affects the final outcome of the index, which is built. It turns out that the font of the document, and the font the index is using, is different!  I could resolve the problem, by manually highlighting the "Index field", and changing its font to Century Schoolbook. However, doing this is very bad, because my document will end up having thousands of index entries! 

Is there a way I can make it such that, each time I add a new index entry, it is NOT formatted as Calibri, but to another font?

Extremely slow rebuilding of the contents in long documents

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:30 AM PDT

I have some large documents (1000 pages)

When I rebuild the content in word 2013, it needs 1 to 4 minutes. However, in word 2010, it needs 5-6 seconds.

No difference in Safe-Mode. Same result in a fresh installed Office 2013 in a virtual machine.

Mike

Combining Documents_heading numbering is confused

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:21 AM PDT

Hello,

I am combining a number of documents into to 1, but when I try to redo the heading numbering in the new document, I cannot get them in the correct sequence. Some of the heading numbers are correct, when I copy the next document the numbering is wrong and when I re-number the heading levels 2 or 3 they continue to count from the previous section.

Example: 1 Introduction

              2 Start of Day Session

                  2.1 setup Master

                  2.2 Connect to network

                  2.3  Connect to Internet

                       2.3.1

Copy in new document

              3 Recovery Plan

                     3.1 Responsibilities

                        2.3.2 Report to Manager.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Thanks
Jimmy 

Linking a drop down box to populate a text box with a date in microsoft word 2010

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 04:07 AM PDT

Hi

I have a drop-down box with a list of names. When a name is selected i want it to populate another text box with their start date.

Here's where i'm at so far:

  • I have a drop-down box with names

That is all. I'm not familiar with macros or Visual Basic so i will need my hand holding throughout this. i have no idea where to start so any help would be great

lNarrator

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:44 AM PDT

Hi , will the Windows 7 Narrator read .rtf document files, genersted by rfe Expert PDF 8 OCR program  ? Thanks

Printing downloaded assignment

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 01:05 AM PDT

i download assignment from evocca into word 2010 when I print it out the text thats been downloaded wont print how do i get it to print

Formatting Envelope Return Address

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 07:50 PM PDT

I have a default 2-line return address for envelopes in my own business letter template.  I have the font, spacing and the like set in the style Envelope Return, to correspond to my Letterhead.  It works fine except for one oddity: Although formatting in the justification (actually "alignment") in the style is set to Center, the text that prints is left justified or aligned.  How can I get the text to print centered?  My workaround is to use the space bar to center the top line over the second, recognizing that using the space bar for such purposes is ordinarily a Word no-no. 

Microsoft office crashes on startup

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 05:01 PM PDT

I've been having problems with my office 2013 where it just crashes whenever it gets started (word, excel, power point all included).

It gets frustrating cause I can't even work on anything cause it fails to initialize and if it does it crashes after 5 seconds. I've tried disabling add ins and removing temporary files. Really need help here

This is what it says

Files that help describe the problem:
  C:\Users\Yvonne\AppData\Local\Temp\22398795.cvr
  C:\Users\Yvonne\AppData\Local\Temp\CVRC632.tmp.cvr
  C:\Users\Yvonne\AppData\Local\Temp\WERC7A8.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
  C:\Users\Yvonne\AppData\Local\Temp\WER10E9.tmp.appcompat.txt
  C:\Users\Yvonne\AppData\Local\Temp\WER1C8D.tmp.mdmp

Autosummarise

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 04:27 PM PDT

Oh dear! = What HAS happened to Autosummarise in Word 2013.  I am devastated  - I use it so much.  Have they changed its name or doesn't it exist anymore?

IF Statement not being executed

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 04:13 PM PDT

The IF statement in this code does not execute, but I cannot determine why.

[ASK CCHolding "Is Security 1st holding this escrow?" "Y" t:YESNO s:SAVEPLUSBLANKDEFAULT][IF CCHolding = Y]Security 1st Title, LLC[ELSE][ASK EscrowCo "Name & Address of Escrow Company" "______________________________________" t:STR s:SAVE][ASKVALUE EscrowCo][ENDIF]

Send to Mail Recipient button in Quick Access Bar grayed out

Posted: 13 Mar 2014 03:05 PM PDT

I have MS Office Home and Student Version 2010. I  am trying to send a Word document in the body of an email. The document contains a photo. I customized the Quick Access Toolbar to add the command "Send to Mail Recipient". When I open the Word document I want to send, the Send to mail recipient button is grayed out.  I went into control panel and did a repair on the MS Office Student and Home, but the command is still grayed out. How can I get this to work? Also does this command work for other formats such as PDF or XPS documents? Thanks. *** Email address is removed for privacy ***