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Microsoft Word - Finding if a folder exists in VBA for Word 2010

Finding if a folder exists in VBA for Word 2010

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:08 PM PDT

I want to save a Word doc to a specific folder, but in VBA first need to check if the folder already exists - and if, not create it.

For example, I want to save Sample.docx to the C:\Music\Jazz directory, but first need to make sure C:\Music\Jazz exists and if not, create it.

Running Word 2010.

Thank you.

[Must be solved] Backdoor to inserting equations in Office Starter (from OneNote)

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:00 PM PDT

I was trying to find a way to insert equations in my word document using Word Starter 2010. But, I found out that it's possible to insert an equation only when using the full version of Word.

OneNote 2013, however, is free to use and provides a Formula Editor. I tried to write the equation I needed in OneNote. Then, I copy-pasted it to Word Starter 2010. It worked... too bad.

This is a flaw that has to be fixed.

Out of curiosity, is the copy-pasting that I did earlier legal?

If someone can report this to the guys at Microsoft and ask for deletion of this post after doing so, that would be wonderful...

Having problems using styleref and listnum to create greater than 9 heading levels

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:12 PM PDT

My word doc has the following outline using headings:

Heading 1 = 1.

Heading 2 = 1.1

Heading 3 = 1.1.1

Heading 4 = T.1  (only being used under 6.  Table SQL - which uses Heading 1)

Heading 5 = T.1.1

Heading 6 = V.1 (only being used under 7.  View SQL - which uses Heading 1)

Heading 7 = V.1.1

Heading 8 = G.1 (only being used under 8.  Generate Insert DML from existing Meta Data - which uses Heading 1

Heading 9 = G.1.1

Eg. 

      1.   Introdution

      2.    etc

     ....

      6.   Table SQL

             T.1   table name

                    T.1.1  Select SQL

                    T.1.2  Insert SQL

                    T.1.3  Update SQL

                    T.1.4  Delete SQL

      7.  View SQL

           V.1    view name

                    V.1.1   view SQL

                    V.1.2   view SQL

      8.   Generate Insert DML from existing Meta Data

            G.1   table name

                    G.1.1  generate SQL

                    G.1.2  generate SQL

The doument needs two more levels; one under Table SQL (eg. T.1.1.1)  and one under Views SQL (eg. V.1.1.1)

I have found documents that say to use styleref and listnum but I have not been able to make this work.

Thanks for your time!

Office will not open

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:43 PM PDT

I use the Microsoft Home Users Program for all my office products on my personal computer.  With some of the latest updates, I can no longer open ANY Office program.  I can't even open an existing document.  I do not get any error message.  The circle flashes on the screen, like it is thinking about opening for less than a second and then nothing happens.  We have tried all of the trouble shooting suggestions that we can find and nothing works.  

Please advise.  However, I have also read that if I uninstall and then try to reinstall, that will not work either.

What is the problem and when will Microsoft fix it?

Numbering after Table of Contents

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:03 PM PDT

I am having an issue numbering after creating a table of contents. In my footer I am using the Page X of Y format. I have 9 pages AFTER the table of contents. I inserted a continuous page break and started numbering page 1 on what is the third page. The numbers start at 1 just fine, but instead of saying Page 1 of 9, it says Page 1 of 12. I have tried inserting a custom page number, and it still gives me Page X of 12. How can I fix it so it says Page X of 9?

Thanks!

Watermark causing some headers to disappear

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT

I am using Word 2010 on Windows 7.  I have a 229 page document with 39 section breaks.  I include chapter numbers in my page numbering.  All of this works just fine until I add a watermark in the body of the document.  I want Draft 4/8/14 added.  The watermark shows up exactly as it is supposed to.  However, some of my headers and footers have disappeared.  No headers on pages in the preface or chapter 1.  Everything is fine in chapter 2.  For chapter 3 and 4 the headers and footers appear on the first page, but none of the pages following.  Chapters 5 - 9 seem to be ok.

Any ideas?  I don't want to have to make a label or hand-write on every page because we do need to know which version we are looking at when we review and edit.

Activation Issues

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:32 AM PDT

I activated the student Microsoft Office last August. Since then, there have been many occasions where I try to open a blank Word document and I'm forced to sign in to my Microsoft to activate my account. The past couple days, this has been happening every single time I try to use word. Now, I have to not only sign in, but also deactivate Office from a previous sign in. I think Office is not recognizing the fact that I am using the same computer every time. Please help. 

Sudden change of Office XP Pro 2002 file extensions to .mso extension.

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:56 AM PDT

This morning all of my word files unexpectedly changed the. Doc and. Docs file extensions to .mso extensions and are no longer usable. Also my. Doc files are unreadable.  Looks like they are encrypted, but tried various encryption types with no significant effect.  I am aware of end of support for XP OS, but should it cause this situation?

How to have text - that when you click on it - expands into an image

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:55 AM PDT

I have a document that has lots of images in it.

The document is too hard to read if all of the images are visible.

So I would like to have them all collapsed by default.

So I would like a way, that as the person is reading through the document - when they come across a place where they would like to see the image - they can click on some text (that says like "Image of Cylinders") and it expands that part of the document to display the image.

Can anyone direct me in the right direction?

Thanks.

Vit

what is ceflauncher.exe

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:54 AM PDT

HI:In WINDOWS SEVER A USER GETS A MESSAGE CEFLAUNCHER.EXE NOT FOUND WHEN SHE TRIES TO SEND A DOCUMENT TO E-MAIL RECEPTIENT. WHAT IS THIS AND HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Outline numbering / Multilevel list in Word doesn't function

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:34 AM PDT

I have been using Office 2010 at work for years.  My company just decided to push an upgrade to 2010 Pro on Thursday and since then I have lost the multilevel list functions completely.  I am a tech writer so without this I am 100% DOA.

Here are the details:

- My template doc and all the docs I've created have lost function.

- What I mean is...

   On existing docs or the template doc if I hit Enter on 1.1 it does go to 1.2.  But, hitting Tab only Tabs over it doesn't go to A. and shift+tab does not go back.

- I cannot format new docs at all.

- My colleague sent me a fresh template and it doesn't work either, whether he send it .docx or .doc

- The function does work if I send it to my home machine.

- I have replaced the machine with a brand new one which includes 2010 Pro in the build.  It still doesn't work.

I have tried:

- Replacing the machine.

- Fiddling with the Define/Selecting List Styles settings.

- I have searched but I don't see anything thusfar that helps.

Can anyone help with this?  I live about 5 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge so if I can't get this fixed I'm good to go.  <kidding!>

My eternal gratitude awaits you!

ETA:  I found the AutoCorrect spot (AutoCorrect?  Really MS?) and the tab - Shift+tab is working but it still won't set up my formatting properly.)

Word 2013 goes right to printing document display box

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:07 AM PDT

Recently installed Word 2013. As soon as I double click an existing .doc file, it immediately displays the little print dialog box you always see when you select File/print... i.e "Now printing page 3 of 4" and then it stops executing. Also, every time I double click a *.doc file, the "Open With" dialog box keeps coming up. Help!

Numbering revisions...

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:06 AM PDT

We are trying to make charges to a document and have the changes be listed on the right and numbered. So whaen person A is referring to a change they can just say "go to revision #4" is this possible. We are using Word 2010.

Thanks

joe Clayton

MS Word Hyperlinks

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:53 AM PDT

Hi:

I am using MS Office Home & Student Edition 2007.

I have read the Help section regarding this topic but do not find answers to my questions...or, I don't understand the information.

I want to insert a hyperlink to an external web site, e.g., www.hp.com, into a Word .doc file.

I am able to create/insert the hyperlink....though I don't fully understand all of the details of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.

I can "color" the link by changing the color of the text, but this remains constant.

Is this how it is suppose to be done, or is there some procedure specific for hyperlinks, so that their color changes once they have been clicked, e.g., from blue to purple ?

If so, does the changed color remain,  or does it eventually reset from purple to blue like they do on web pages, after a certain amount of time ?

Also:

When I move my cursor over the hyperlink, a pop-up bubble states for me to "Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the link".

Is there a way to change this so that you just click the link (without using the Ctrl key), like you do on a typical web page ?

Thank you.

DaleB

Type body text only on odd pages, leave even pages avaible for typing notes

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:35 AM PDT

We are preparing a series of large training documents such that the trainees will be provided with a Participants guide and the facilitator will get a Facilitator guide.  A standard company training template is being built.  To accomplish this, we want to type training materials for the participants on only the odd pages, leaving the even page for typing trainers notes,  hints, and reminders.  When we print participant guides, we will only print odd pages, while all pages will be printed for the facilitator.

How can I get the participant lessons and exercises to flow to only odd pages, without the use of odd-page section breaks. 

Thank you.

Paul

Cannot open a Word template from MRU list of a pinned taskbar item

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:07 AM PDT

In Windows 8.1 I find the following odd behavior:

  • I have Microsoft Word 365 pinned to the taskbar.
    I right-click Word in the taskbar and hover to a template (*.dotx) file in the MRU list.
    I right-click the template file shortcut and choose Open (rather than New) from its context menu.
    Word opens a new document, rather than the template.

This is the behavior I would expect if I simply clicked the MRU item, or if I chose Open from the context menu.

When Word is pinned to the Start8 menu (rather than to the taskbar), the above works as expected. Removing Start8 does not affect the error described above.

This is important, because the Open item is the main way to edit the template file itself, rather than creating a new Word document.
 
Thanks for any help or explanation.

Dan

Help with Word, Two Column Document

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:55 AM PDT

Help! I am working on a two column document. The problem I am having is always in the right hand column.

Quite often in my document I need to move the beginning of a line of type to the right several spaces. Usually, I can just put the cursor at the beginning of the line, press Enter then press the space bar several times. Easy enough.

However, some times when I press Enter the entire line of type moves down to the next line, which is not what I want. If I just press the space bar nothing happens. If I advance the cursor one character, then the space bar will move the line of type over, but the first character stays where it is, which of course is not what I want.

I have tried everything I can think of. The problem only happens sporadically but it is frustrating. Right now I am trying to add several lines of type to a blank space on the right hand side, but I cannot figure out how to advance each line forward several spaces. 

Any suggestions? Thanks 

Why can't I stop new paragraphs from indenting?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:42 AM PDT

I am not a violent person, but I would like to find the guy who created auto indenting on Word, and punch him in the mouth.

While typing a document, sometimes I hit return, and the new line does not line up with the line above it. but is indented.

I have turned off all autoformating features I can find, but it still does this.  I have wasted so much time trying to line up my paragraphs that I am frustrated beyond belief, and angry at the idiots for making this program so user unfriendly.

Any answers as to how to remove or turn off the feature which is doing this would be greatly appreciated.

Table question

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to have the Table-->Layout tab automatically receive the focus when you either click a table cell or select a table row from the margin?

As it is now, when I want to do anything with a table, the Home tab is displayed, and I have to leave the cell, click the Layout tab, and then go back to the cell--a major pain when you are working with dozens of tables. For me, 99 percent of my table adjustments are done in the Layout tab. Perhaps a macro?

Many thanks.

- Lee

Solution- Permanent deletion of the return address when creating envelopes in Microsoft Office

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:18 AM PDT

After spending way too much time searching for information on deleting the return address that keeps popping up each time I created an envelope, I stumbled upon this on my own: click on tools; click on user information tab, the information you want to delete appears in the mailing address box so you can just delete it there; click ok and you are done.

Moved from Community Participation

Edit: "Solution" added to title

Tab Left?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:04 AM PDT

MS Word Starter 2010. I'm typing a document and I wish the first line of each paragraph indented into the left margin a couple spaces. Instead of resetting the indents for every paragraph so the first line is indented to the left is it possible to simply set up a Tab Left. It would be so much easier, and of course much more efficient to simply Tab Left and not have to be constantly adjusting the indents? All ideas, suggestions, comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

Is there a limit to Word 2013 AND and OR statements?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:47 AM PDT

I'm writing an IF statement in a word document using COMPARE inside AND and OR statements. I'm following the example as posted at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211363/en-us

SAMPLE CODE:

{ IF { = AND ( { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_1 } = "Value"}, { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_2 } = "Value" } ) } = 1 "True Instructions" "False Instructions" }

{ IF { = OR ( { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_1 } <= "Value" }, { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_2 } >= "Value" } ) } = 1 "True Instructions" "False Instructions" }

My question is, is there a limit to the number of COMPARE arguments within the AND or OR statement? It seems the limit is two, as anytime I've added a third condition I receive a Syntax Error. But I haven't been able to find confirmation if there is an actual limit or if I'm just missing something.

Spell Check Dictionary for Papiamentu - Is There a Way to Create One?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:41 AM PDT

Papiamentu is spoken on the islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, and Aruba.  There are about 260,000 speakers.  A spell check dictionary was developed by students at the University of the Antilles for Word 2003.   In Word 2010, there was a change to the dictionary format so that the papiamentu spell check dictionary no longer works. 

Is there a way to develop a spell check dictionary for Word 2010?  (We have tried the custom dictionary already.)

Masha danki (thank you very much)

Unable to see any pictures, when opening a word document in Office 2013

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:40 AM PDT

I just came across an issue in Word 2013: the user is not able to see any pictures, when opening a word document.

That means, he can only see the frame of the picture, but is is white.

If we in "File" to the print view, the pictures are visible.

 

The user complained about certain SAP reports not working, but we checked, is we open a new file and try to insert any picture, it is not visible.

 

Do you, or someone from the team maybe have a possible solution for this?

We Have checked the option "Show Picture Place Holders". and it is unchecked. 

Please let me know any possible solutions.

Regards,

Aravinda Rao V

MSN Word: check box and drop down lists on IPad

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 04:23 AM PDT

Thought it would be great to load my Word forms on IPad; but I am unable to use the check boxes and the drop down lists? Is there a solution?

Who has created these kind of TEMPLATES?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 04:14 AM PDT

Please help!

I am trying to create a multiple layered template document.

I've begun with the standard A4, portrait, letterhead and it's header and footers along with a watermarked background.

The continuation sheet is no problem.

THEN 

I add section/page break and want to insert the landscape version of a template that I've created.

After a few pages, I then need to insert an A3, portrait page from the A3 template.

The kicker is that I must be able to do this across Word 2003 up until 365. Across operating systems that range from XP to 8.1

Anyone managed to do this?

Thanks

Temporary file is being created of .dotm file in Word's startup folder

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:50 PM PDT

I have created a .dotm file containing some macros and a RibbonX toolbar to be used in Word 2007. Everything seems to be working except that when I place the file in the startup folder of Word a temporary file of the .dotm file is being created each time Word is being launced. The temporary file is named ~$ My File.dotm.

There are other .dotm files in the startup folder which also have macros and a RibbonX toolbar - however a temporary file is not being created of these when Word is launched.

What am I missing here? I have tried to save a blank .dotm file in the startup folder which has the same behaviour.

Insert caption problems

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:28 PM PDT

I have inserted a bunch of pictures into a word 2013 document.  As I add captions, the numbering was in sequential order through about 6 captions.  After that every time I try to add a caption it changes the order of the last two and randomly assigns numbers.  It looked something like this:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 11, 9 etc.

Why is it doing this and how do I get it to stop?

thanks

Encarta Dictionary Issue

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:25 PM PDT

I am having an issue with the Encarta on Office 2010. I have been using this version of Office for three years, and I have never had a single issue with the Encarta dictionary. However, lately, I have not been able to find the definition of any words. Each time I punch a word into Encarta's search box, it comes back saying that nothing was found. I can still use the Thesaurus and, of course, Bing, but I was wondering if there was anything I can do to get Encarta back up and running.  

How do I caption like, figure 3. (a) figure 3. (b)?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:21 PM PDT

Hello there,

I'm using word 2010 now.

There are two figure with one caption.

In other words, I would like to insert captions like figure 5. (a), figure 5. (b).

Let me depict this as below,

Picture A                    Picture B

     (a)                             (b)

         Figure. 5  blablabla.

How can I do like above?

Thank you in advance,

Sincerely

Albert

word document

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:56 PM PDT

Hi

I am having a problem to open a word document created in old version to latest windows 8.1 version as we have bought a new windows 8.1 from windows xp.

Please help. Please see below the problem I get:

"WE'RE SORRY, BUT WORD HAS RUN INTO AN ERROR THAT IS PREVENTING IT FROM WORKING CORRECTLY. wORD WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED AS A RESULT. would YOU LIKE US TO REPAIR NOW?

When I click the button " Repair Now", it doesn't fix the problem.

Thanks

Bella

How can I separate enumerated block text to create an enumerated list using Find and Replace?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Hi,

I've been struggling with the following for hours and didn't get a working solution. I did get close using one expression and then another to tidy up the resulting text, but haven't managed to find a solution that I can apply to large amounts of text without creating lots of errors. I would appreciate anyone's help on this. I hope the following examples are clear to understand the problem?

Block Text Style (original text):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word. I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but in block text style. I want to make it into a list style. 2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far. What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences. 3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task. 4. I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.

Desired List Style (manually modified text):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word. I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but in block text style. I want to make it into a list style.
2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far. What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences.
3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task.
4. I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.

Current Find and Replace Attempt Produces Sentences (erroneous list style):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word.
I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but block text.
I want to make it into a list style.
2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far.
What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences.
3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task.
4.
I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.


I have tried using [0-99] or [0-9] which locates the individual numbers in the text and then ^| to get the manual line break. But, this eliminates the existing numbers leaving text with no enumeration. For the current example, I used .  (i.e. period plus space) to find the end of each numbered text and then .^| to create a manual line break, but as seen above this creates a list of separate sentences?! I then tried the expression: ^l[!0-9] to rejoin the phrases except where there is a number, but although this expression does find the manual line break and rejoin the phrases ignoring the numbered phrases, it eats the first letter of the rejoined phrases!

Appreciate the help,

John.

Word to PDF

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Hi Guys,

Can you help me understand why when converting from MS Word to PDF, an image doesn't appear in the PDF document?

I also clicked on the image in Word and it doesn't have any format options.


Thanks in advance.

code 30089

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:29 PM PDT

Microsoft word stopped working, error code 30089 .   It will not repair, I can not uninstall it either.

Please help a.s.a.p. ,