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Microsoft Word - copywrite question about photo use

Microsoft Word - copywrite question about photo use

copywrite question about photo use

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 03:19 PM PDT

I'd like to use a photo that is included for use in MS Word version 2010 as part of a label on my horse mineral that will be sold to stores nationwide.  Can I do this legally now without any other obligation to Microsoft?

Thank you

Creating a paragraph style that adds a bullet when you indent

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 03:19 PM PDT

Is it possible in Word 2013 to create a paragraph style that has the following attributes?

  •   It has no bullets, chevrons, etc.
  •   When you Alt+Shift+Right arrow, it switches to have a bullet at the left margin.
  •   When you Alt+Shift+Right arrow again, it switches to have a bullet one indentation level in.

Thanks in advance.

Keith

email merge in word 2010

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 02:55 PM PDT

When I try to send an email to a list of email addresses from an excel file Windows Live Mail (WML) only sends it to addresses that are in my contacts list.  The other addresses get a pop-up window labelled Name Check and reporting that that particular address has not been found.  How do I turn off this check?  It appears to be a problem in the Word-WML interface as WML itself has no problems sending to addresses not in my contacts list.

Checkbox Disappears

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 01:56 PM PDT

My form was perfectly fine. I have payment option field where a person can checkmark a box by double clicking the box and selecting checked. Normally, once some one does this an X fills the box and you can go on your merry way. 

Problem now is that, once you select Checked, the entire box disappears.

Change Language

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 01:26 PM PDT

I purchased an Asus laptop with Win8 in English and upgraded to Win8.1 I then loaded the Student and Home Office  Don't know why it wasn't ready loaded.

When I opened instead of English it is either in Danish/Swedish or Norwegian (I think) Found a way to change language but when I tried a panel came up with 3 options in the loaded language which was of little use to me.  Am now quietly tearing my hair out  thinking Win8 was a very bad idea. One of many problems with Win8. Any better ideas??

Should I convert my .doc files to .docx files?

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 01:12 PM PDT

It's just occurred to me that at some point my .doc files may become more difficult to access as they get older in relation to newer file formats.

(I just ran into that when I had to edit the registry to be able to open them anymore). 

I'm guessing that converters may be less available in future Office versions and among 3rd party suppliers as time goes on. 

I just did a search and discovered that I have over 3000 .doc files on my Windows 7 PC.  Most are of the latest generation (Word 97/98 and later), but some go back further.

Do you recommend that it would be wiser to convert all the files to .docx now rather than leave the documents as .doc documents?

And if yes, are there any risks in doing a batch conversion? Are there characteristics of .doc files that might lose anything important when they're converted? 

And third, what would be the most efficient way to convert those thousands of files that are scattered across many directories?

Thank you for your help!

Help - Having trouble trying to close a document!!

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 12:44 PM PDT

Please help. We just got a new computer (Windows 8.1) and installed MS Office Home and Student. Right from the beginning we had problems in trying to open Word and Excel. In order to correct this we went on line and found a solution which involved unchecking add-ins under the file, Manage add-ins tab. We unchecked one add-in under each pgm and this seemed to help (although we don't know what we were undoing). I have since typed one test document in word and although it opened and closed it a couple of times the first day, it will no longer close. The document shows an error code that says "Word cannot complete the save due to a file permission error." Hmmm...What does this mean???? Anyone got any ideas??? Please Help!!!

Opening of Word

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 11:43 AM PDT

I recently installed Microsoft Office 2013 and all is going well except.......................

When I click on Word and bring up the Word Template, the cursor is stuck

at the beginning.  When I begin typing it sounds the warning bell and

doesn't begin typing.  If I right click and hit the Paste Option, it seems to

open up the document to allow typing to begin.   As a matter of fact any

function I click on after I right click seems to free up the locked cursor.

Is there a command that I need to disable to allow me to begin typing immediately like word

is suppose to function.

All the other Office apps of PP, Excel, etc. work normally.

Thank you in advance...Lynn

Word 2010 will not connect to my printer

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT

I recently installed Office 2010 under Windows 7. Excel and Powerpoint print properly on my Epson XP-600 printer. So do my non-Office programs. But Word says it's unable to connect to the printer. I've read on other forums that I should set "Run as administrator" on the Advanced Properties of the Word shortcut, but that option is grayed out. My account type is "administrator, and Win7's UAC is set at its default, "Notify me only when programs try to make changes." I tried lowering the UAC protection level but that didn't make "Run as administrator" accessible.

My workaround is to print from Word to a PDF file and use a PDF reader to send the document to the printer. That works, but it's pretty clunky. What suggestions do you have for getting Word to recognize the printer? I can reinstall Office 2010 or the printer if necessary, but I'd rather find a solution that doesn't require that if I can.

Thanks --

Will Word and Excel for the ipad work with Siri?

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 11:27 AM PDT

Will Word and Excel for the ipad work with Siri (or in other words will it work with voice recognition)? 

Embedded Fonts not installing

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 11:18 AM PDT

Hello,

I have a TrueType font that has been embedded into a .docx and it will display properly on a system that is missing that font but the font itself does not install on the system it was opened on. The issue with that is that when the document is saved locally the font is lost. It is my understanding that if a font has a Font embeddability of Installable that it should install once opened locally but this does not appear to be the case. Can anyone spread some light on this and let me know how to accomplish this? I have tried in office 2013 and 2010.

Thanks!

How to save quick parts as part of template?

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Hi

We have created quick parts as part of template. However, when my colleague creates a document using that template, he cannot see the quick part. 

How do I save the quick part in the template so that others can use it?

Sreekanth

word 2013 - multilevel lists with headings not creating next item as part of list - unexpected behavior

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 10:10 AM PDT

I've defined a new multilevel list style and the first three levels are assigned to headings.  It looks correct to me in the "define new multilevel list" box (see screenshot at end), and I've used "Update Heading X to match selection" to have the headings have the formatting I want. 

Are there other paragraph settings or ??? that I need to change?  I have work-arounds (and found some more as writing this post), but would like to know if the standard way of pressing enter having typing a line of a list and having it set up the formatting for the next item at that same level (which you can then tab in or out) can work.

work-arounds: 

  • Type at end of the previous item and then press insert cursor at beginning of what you just added and press enter.
  • copy from previous section and paste then replace text. 
  • Use format painter to adjust newly written text.
  • Press return at the beginning of an item already in the list (instead of at the end) and thus insert a list item prior to what is already there (reordering later as necessary).

I just came up with the first of those work-arounds (type at end of previous and then insert cursor earlier and press enter) as I was typing this up, and that way is definitely do-able.  This suggests though that it knows what level (and heading) comes next.

Is there something I need to change to get the behavior I'm expecting?

Thanks for your help.

I'm on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise.

HELP! Microsoft Word 2007

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 09:47 AM PDT

I was wondering if I can click on a piece of text and then more text pops up. 

I mean for example if I click on 'Aram' that info about me slides down


Before click:

Aram

After click:

Aram

- age: 120

- birthplace: Mars

- hair color: green

If you where it is on Word please let me know.

Rename default style name while creating a template

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:28 AM PDT

Hi

I am creating a template in Word 2007.

I am creating custom styles for my requirement and these style names should adhere to a certain naming convention. For example, a first level list bullet style should be "LB1-List Bullet1".

While I know how to create a new style with that name, I don't want to do that because two similar looking styles (default one and the one which I create) might confuse the users who use this template. So, I decided to modify the existing, default List Bullet style as per my requirement and name it as "LB1-ListBullet1". However, when I do that, the name appears as ListBullet,LB1-ListBullet1 in the styles list, which is again not so friendly to say the least.

Is there a way I can remove the default name from the default style and just have the name I provide?

Please advise. Appreciate your help. 

Sreekanth

Word 2013 displaybarcode field sometimes generates error in earlier versions of Word rather than blank.

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:21 AM PDT

Word 2013 introduced two new fields: DisplayBarCode and MergeBarCode with little documentation. I've tried to implement the DisplayBarCode field in my Bar Code Add-In and discovered that when the field is used in earlier versions in many cases it simply displays as blank. Nothing shows on the screen (which is what I would like).

However, in many cases, it throws an "Error. Bookmark not defined." in bold.

I've tried to get around this using a containing IF field but have not been successful. It either shows the error or shows nothing in Word 2013 as well. The one below displays nothing in Word 2013 as well.

{ If "{ DisplayBarCode http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#BarCodeAddIn QR }" = "Error! Bookmark not defined." "" "{ DisplayBarCode http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#BarCodeAddIn QR }" }

Any suggestions on the structure of the IF field? Perhaps this field is simply one that cannot successfully be used in an IF field.

Of course, I can avoid this by using another program to generate the bar code and then insert it as an image. This has the advantage of displaying the code in all versions. I'm just curious as to why the IF field is not working.

Equation causes Word to display wrong Line Numbers

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 07:13 AM PDT

If I include an equation and no other character, except the carry return, Word numbers the line containing the equation correctly in the current page, but does not count that line for the remaining of the document, therefore the next page will start one number short.

Question on how to create an unusual numbering style

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 06:53 AM PDT

I'm using Style Based Numbering, mostly in compliance with conventional wisdom on using style based numbering.   I have an odd numbering style that I'm trying to pull off. Mostly military style numbering, with a twist.

Heading 1, for the doc I'm working on, is set to show numbering as "Section I" (the text literal "Section " preceding the actual number, formatted as Roman Numerals. This part, I've already gotten to work.

Levels 2 and beyond (Headings 2 and beyond), I want basically Military style numbering, with the unconventional behavior of representing the Level 1 portion of the number as a digit (1, 2, 3), not the (I, II, III) style it's set to.

Example:

Section I:  Weekdays

(This is the example of text under Section I, which is the level 1 numbering ("I" is the number).

1.1 Monday

So for example, example "Monday" is the level 2 child of "Section I", but I want the numbering to show as 1.1, not I.1

1.1.1 Monday Mornings

And similarly, get the level 3 (and beyond) numbering levels to refer to the Level 1 number as a number, not the roman numeral.


I know the choice of the style itself is a bit odd, but nonetheless, is this doable?  Thanks in advance!  (As a bonus, if the answer can work in Office 2003 also, that would be nice).

Language

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 05:07 AM PDT

I downloaded Office apps for ipad and paid for it but my templates for word and powerpoint are in a language other than English.  What do I do?????

Template for Word numbering styles

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 04:45 AM PDT

I am trying to create a template for non-technically-minded staff where I work, but am having trouble with automatic numbering and levels. I want to create a template using the following styles, all to be automatically numbered:

                                            Heading 2

1.       Heading 3

1.1     Body text

          (a) Body text

               (i) Body text

1.2     Body text

etc

1A.     Heading 4

1.3     Body text

1A(1)  Heading 5

1.4      Body text

          Heading 6

1.5     Body text

The headings will have additional formatting attached, such as different font sizes, bold and italic, but I can manage that! Can anyone help me try to get this set up using 'Define new multilevel list'? I will also need Heading 3 for the next chapter to be numbered 2, and for the next chapter 3 etc, with subsidiary numbering changed accordingly.

Office 2003 doc to 2013 track changes

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 04:32 AM PDT

Hi,

Client recently upgraded to new pc with Office 2013.

When opening a Word 2003 doc that had track changes, the changes don't appear but the red lines down the side do.

I take it this is to do with how Word 2013 sees the old .doc file?

Any way to get the tracked changes back or to see them?

Thanks

'Document not saved'

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 04:29 AM PDT

I have recently purchased a copy of Office 365.  However when I attempt to save or exit a Word 2013 document I have been editing I receive an error message "Word did not save the document".  I am attempting to save the document to my OneDrive.

This seems to be an intermittent fault as sometimes documents do save both while I am working and when exiting.

VBA Word Table - Adding borders

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 03:13 AM PDT

I have used the following VBA code to create a table in a Word document ...

Dim oCell As Word.Range
Dim oTable As Word.Table

Set oTable = ActiveDocument.Tables.Add(Range:=Selection.Range, NumRows:=2, NumColumns:=2)
  
Set oCell = oTable.Cell(1, 1).Range
oCell.End = oCell.End - 1
oCell.Fields.Add oCell, Type:=wdFieldDocVariable, Text:="""Name01""", PreserveFormatting:=False

This works OK.

How do I place borders around the cells and set the font to be Arial size 10?

Thanks in anticipation.

 

 

Cannot open a document that was made with Microsoft word/power point 2007 with the new Microsoft office 2013

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 03:12 AM PDT

Wondering if any one could help me regarding how i can get documents (from my university website) that were made with office 2007, to open in on my own laptop which has office 2013.

Is there anyway i can convert them?

thank you

Word stops working when saving to Homegroup

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 02:27 AM PDT

I am running Word 2003 in Windows 8.1 on a laptop. When I go to save a document to a Homegroup on my main PC as soon as I click "Documents" in the Homegroup I just get the message "Microsoft Word has stopped working" and Word closes. The same thing happens when trying to open a document from a Homegroup. Similarly with Excel. I can open a document in the Homegroup from File Explorer but not directly in Word/Excel.

word 2013 freezes imidiatelly after opening file in compatibility mode

Posted: 25 Apr 2014 01:10 AM PDT

dear all,

the problem I have does not allow me to work on word at all. I am working with multiple people on various documents. As soon as I try to open the document from colaborators working on Office other than 2013 it turns on in compatibility more (that is ok, and should be like this), but after 1s it imidiatelly freezes not allowing me to do anything. After another few minutes it unfreezes just to allow me to scroll a bit and again freezes. I found the way to unfreeze document like this. I need to go and convert it to Office 2013. Than everything works ok with new document. But I can not do it for every file I receive from others (50+ per day) and the same is for the attachements in emials. Please help.

Marcin

Microsoft Word stopped working after installing Windows updates

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 11:02 PM PDT

I bought a new computer a couple of weeks ago with Windows 8 preinstalled. I installed Microsoft Office via the website. The other day around 25 updates were installed on my computer. Since then I haven't been able to open Word, or access any existing Word files on my computer (Adobe works fine) . When I click on a document icon, or the Word Icon, nothing happens.   As I've just been made redundant and bought the computer so I can apply for roles, do my CV etc., it's a massive issue for me.

How do I "assign keyboard shortcuts" in Word 10

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 07:10 PM PDT

I used to be an "expert" but that was 5 years ago. Now, I can't even find the dialogue box they used to use nor anything like it. Help.

How do I assign Keyboard shortcuts" in Word Starter 10? Or, is it even possible in Word Starter?

batch Find and Replace for docx files

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 07:07 PM PDT

I need to do a batch Find and Replace using about 12 rules on one .docx file.  (This is a linguistics project.)  Some examples of the rules I am using:

Find underlined not bold ??r and make it underlined bold

Find underlined not bold  [oO][uU]r and make it underlined bold

Find double-underlined not bold * and make it single-underlined not bold

The Find and Replace rules should follow the same format as Word's Find and Replace.

Anyone know of a reliable batch Find and Replace program  that will do this?  Most batch Find and Replace software works on a single Find and Replace Rule applied to multiple files, not to multiple rules applied to a single file.  I need to be able to store the rules.

How do I insert a row into a table only when merge conditions are met?

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 05:10 PM PDT

Hi there, I'm trying to merge data into a Word 2013 document and familiar with using IF fields to insert phrases only when certain conditions are met in the source data.

My scenario is a rental property lease. I need to insert the Pet terms and conditions only if the tenant has pets. I've achieved this using an IF field code.

The part I'm having trouble with is in the summary of fees table. I need a Pet Deposit row in my table only when the tenant has pets. If the tenant doesn't have pets then the row should not be inserted into the table.

I've tried taking the Pet Deposit row and splitting it from the main table, so that the Pet Deposit is a separate table with just a single row. I then place an IF field code around the Pet Deposit table so that it only appears when the "PetDeposit" <> "": 

The trouble is that when the Pet Deposit row gets inserted it has paragraph marks above and below:

Word won't let me eliminate the paragraph marks from the template and I don't want the users to have to manually delete them from the merged document.

Any ideas would be gratefully received.

Thanks, Neil

Delete or remove default templates that come with Word 2013

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 05:01 PM PDT

I have Word 2013 running on Windows 7 Pro at work.  I have a set of template folders that I use for the templates that come up with the "New Document or Template" button (the old FileNewDialog button).  With each successive release of Word, it has been more and more difficult to remove the templates that come with Word (letter/resume/etc).  I love working with the NDorT format rather than the newer setup, but the tabs are so crowded when I have both my template folders and the ones that come with Word.  I remember when you could just uncheck a box to get rid of these templates, but the last update (2010) required a registry edit that worked great on my home PC.  Now I can't find anything that tells you how to get rid of these things.  Why has Microsoft made it so difficult to delete these templates?  The documents look so generic anyway, I can't imagine many professionals using them.

I would appreciate any help in getting these default templates off my work computer.  TY!

Rebecca

Cannot Resize Word Art With Office 2013

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 04:03 PM PDT

I recently began using Office 2013 Home and Student on Windows 7 on a new computer. I cannot resize word art as I could with Office 2003/Windows XP. Dragging a resizing handle changes the size of the box containing the word art but the letters remain the same size. Another help tip I found said to use Drawing Tools>Format>Text Effects>Transform but the Transform option does not appear. I loaded a document with word art created with Office Word 2003/Windows XP and in 'compatibility mode' the resizing handles do resize the word art letters as desired. Any suggestions?

Files missing from subfiles in my documents

Posted: 24 Apr 2014 03:51 PM PDT

I was looking for a file in a subfolder and noticed that there were no files in the subfolder. I opened some other sub folders in My Docs and they do have files. It is just some of the subfolders, and subfolders inside of subfolders, but  not all of them. I am on the annual program for Office 2013 online. I noticed this about 3 days ago. I have rebooted and looked for answers but haven't found anything like this. Why would this happen all of the sudden and to some subfolders and not others in My Docs? I know the files were there a week ago. My OS is Windows 7.