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Microsoft Word - Help Editing a Style

Help Editing a Style

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:35 PM PDT

I'm at my wit's end and would appreciate any help.  I have a list of styles in Word.  Some of them, when clicked, automatically add text as part of the style.  For example, clicking the style "Note 1" adds indentation and the word "NOTE:" next to the text I'm formatting.  How do edit this automatic text portion of the style?  In the example mentioned above I want to edit the "NOTE:" portion to change case, color, etc..  So far, I have been unable to find out how to edit this part of the style. 

Thanks

Graphics disappeared

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:19 PM PDT

I have been editing a series of procedures that have a corporate logo at the top of the first page.  All of a sudden the corporate logos quit showing up in print layout.  They appear when I print or in Full Screen Reading.  It is true with all of them - even those that I worked on yesterday where the logo was visible.  I must have inadvertantly changed something but I can't figure out what.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.  Well, as long as they pertain to this mystery!

TIA

Cannot find most recent version of Word file (used Office Mobile on Android to work on Word file saved on OneDrive)

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:11 PM PDT

I used Office Mobile for Android to work on a Word file saved on OneDrive. Now I cannot find the most recent version of the file. I am sure I saved. Any ideas?

Why does the spacing before a paragraph/heading disappear on a new page?

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:07 PM PDT

It happens no matter it's separated by hard page break, by option "page break before" or just by natural page break; it also doesn't matter what the style of content before these heading is. The before spacing of my heading on second page just disappeared, I find no way to bring it back. And, it only happens starting from 2nd page.

I know there are already a lot of topics about this in the Internet, but all of them were talking about very old version and some of options they mentioned are gone (like "Don't use HTML paragraph auto spacing", "Suppress extra line spacing at top of page", etc.). According to this question, this should be a bug and is supposed to be fixed in Word 2013. How every I still encounter this (showing hard page break):

As you can see I use 34pt before spacing for heading 1 to emphasis.

2 separate multilevel lists in the same document

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 12:32 PM PDT

Help! Please! I'm tired of banging my head on this issue.

I need to figure out how the numbering system works for a type of manual.

I figured out the main multilevel list part that goes like this:

1.0 Heading 1

1.1 Heading 2

1.1a Heading 3

1.1a(1) Heading 4

I am able to recreate this and it works fine.

BUT then there is a separate section at the top for a preface that is numbered differently and does not affect the other list.

The preface is numbered like this:

P.1

P.1a

P.1a.(1)

How do I have those 2 separate multilevel lists in the same document and not have them interfere with each other?

I can't figure it out.

Thanks soooo much for any help. 

Word 365 for iPad — can I create or modify templates?

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT

In Word 365 for iPad, I want to create a template—either by creating a new template or modifying an existing template—that has my letterhead on it and with predefined styles. Can this be done?

Change default font—Word 365 for iPad

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:30 AM PDT

Is there anyway to redefine or add styles in Word 365 for iPad? For example, I'd like to change the font of the Normal style to Times instead of Calibri. 

References tab not working in word 2013

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:21 AM PDT

I had made a document with over hundred bibliographical references now suddenly my word references tab is no more accessible I can't click on it... it seems inactive.... Any suggestions. It happens with all documents now

Office 365 (Excel, Word) hanging problems

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 11:17 AM PDT

I'm running Office 365 and Windows 7 Pro.  I have Avast antivirus up to date, and did a full scan recently.

Both Excel and Word are hanging when I try to open a document.  If I launch the program directly (without double clicking on a document) the splash screen/start page open fine, but when I try to open a document it crashes.

Excel started hanging first.  It worked fine in safe mode (including opening documents), so I disabled the AcrobatPDFMaker Office COM addin addin.  That worked for a couple weeks, but now it is hanging again. ( I have the AnalysisToolPak and Solver Add-ins as well).

Word has also started to hang, initially in a similar manner - i.e., it will open but hang when trying to open documents, but works fine in safe mode.  All addins are disabled.

I tried repairing the installation, but I got an error code when I did so, so I uninstalled it using the Fixit Tool and reinstalled.

Now not only does work hang when trying to open a document, if I click on "options" to see the addins, it hangs there as well.  Safe mode is still fine.

I'm at a loss for what else to try.  Nothing in the Event Viewer seems helpful.

Excel tables pasted into Word 2010 are distorted

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:55 AM PDT

When we switched to Office 2010 from Office 2003, we were no longer able to paste Excel charts into Word as before.  If I paste as Picture, the font is overly wide and the letters/numbers run together. It's not legible enough to use in a legal document.  If I paste as bitmap, the image looks blurry and grey/blue, and the file size is large.  With Office 2003 and 2007, the Picture paste looked perfectly clear.  This happens with dual monitors (Windows 7 32bit) and with single monitors (Server 2008 R2). 


Word 2013 Unable to print Envelopes

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:52 AM PDT

I am shooting blanks right now and need to get envelopes printed!

Running a Win7 OS with Office 2013 to a Brother DCP-7040.

Printer functions perfectly and has loads of ink. No problem printing documents from Word. Envelopes are not printing.

I have tried via manual feed as well as the default tray and with different orientations. 

Any suggestions?

TIA, Dave

Word 2010 Spell Check Dysfunctional

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:40 AM PDT

I've had a problem for a couple months now with Spell Check on my laptop for Microsoft Word 2010. I don't know how, or why is started, or how to restore it to its previous functionality. I've looked at threads online, but I believe my situation is a bit different. As we know, Word checks spelling and grammar. Currently, Word on my computer is successfully checking and editing grammar mistakes, but not spelling ones. I've attached a screenshot as an example, with misspelt words highlighted. As you can see below, the misspelt words are not underlined in red, but the grammar mistakes do have the green underlining. This problem has me completely flummoxed. Any help with the situation would be greatly appreciated. 

Multilevel list

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 09:20 AM PDT

Hi,

Is there a way I can have a list numbering like

L1.a

L1.b

L2.a

L2.b

L3.a

.

L2.x

L1.c

.

.

.

.

L1.z

It looks so simple and intuitive that I am surprised that it is not included in the library or used as some sort of standard.

I have looked into ListNum fields but either I don't get it or it is not possible.

Anyone?

PS. (L can be any string like a subtitle but a short one, e.g: Section or Par)

Tables - Autopopulating data

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 08:57 AM PDT

I'm creating a form in Word that will contain two tables. I would like the data (an alpha numeric code) from the first column in the first table to populate to the first column in the second table automatically, is there a way to do this?

Document Issues

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 08:52 AM PDT

While at work I can open, save and edit documents while I am hard wired into the internet connection. However as soon as I go to WiFi, I can not access any of my documents to edit them. This is a huge concern as I work remotely often. I tried saving documents to the hard drive, a separate disk and a flash drive. Non of that worked if I am not hardwired in at work I cant do anything. I cant seem to explain this to our it guy. 

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Losing links to Excel files in a Word Doc when copying files

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 08:34 AM PDT

Hi 

I am running Windows XP and Office 2007.  I have created a word doc with a link to one excel file. The two documents sit in the same folder.  I gave the files to a colleague on a USB stick, again in the same folder, but when he then tries to open the files on his machine (running Windows 7 and Office 2007) the links are lost.  How can I share these linked documents ? The same thing happens when I back up my data onto another drive.  All the links in the backup files are lost.  Any ideas ???  Thank you for responding.   

Office is looking a little silly

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 07:51 AM PDT

The buttons and things in all of the office programs are missing, or jumbled, or a wrong color.

What do I do to fix this?

No Recent Word Documents available when I open Word

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:32 AM PDT

My computer has Windows 8.1 with Office 354 installed on it. The problem I am experiencing is that when I open Word 2013 there are no recently opened Word documents displayed.  I have gone to the "File" tab, under "Options," "Advanced" "Display," and set "Show this number of recent documents" to 25. I checked the "Quickly access this number of documents" to 10.

As long as I am on the computer I can open and close Word 2013 and the recent documents will be displayed, including the ones I have "Pinned". When I turn off my computer and go into Word 2013 at the next session, all of the documents are gone including the ones that I have "pinned".  I do not log into Microsoft on startup. Can someone please tell me what is going on? Thank you in advance for your help.

Language

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:26 AM PDT

I have just downloaded Office 365 for a trial. I work and speak in English (UK)  but need to be able to write and edit in German from time to time and  possibly other European languages. A few days prior to downloading I was advised b a Microsoft technical assistant that I would not need to purchase an additional language pack. However when it came to downloading and installing I am nor sure I clicked the right boxes and now  am finding the MS help pages really confusing. Can anyone help me?

Mail Merge won't print signature

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 06:11 AM PDT

I have this same issue in both Word 2010 and 2013.  I create a letter, select the recipients list, insert the fields where they need to be and then click Finish & Merge > Print Documents.  Everything prints except for my boss's signature which he did using a tablet PC pen.  If I just do a normal print (File > Print), then it prints fine.  Other images print fine.  What I have to do is to instead of using the Finish & Merge > Print Documents, I have to use the Edit Individual Documents.  If it is a large project (3300 records), then this step takes about an hour on my high performance computer and I had to cancel sending the job to the printer after 20 minutes of Not Responding....  So I had to do this in 100 record batches.  I would really like to figure out how to just use the Print Documents option as it can handle 3300 records no problem and is much easier.

I have the following options checked in the Printing options section of Word Options:  

Print drawings created in Word

Print background colors and images

Print hidden text

Convert Manual Numbering 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 to automatic numbering - Word 2007 VBA Macro

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 05:51 AM PDT

Link to the Example File.

I saw a question Doug answered in 2012 and I tried to impliment it but it doesn't seem to be working out for me. I was hoping the community could shed some light in the situation. I'm new to VBA and am trying my darndest but I must acquiesce to my ignorance.

Here's the question I'm refering to:

I'm doing a mass conversion of word documents from one company's layout to another companies layout. During this process I want to keep intigrate the files manually typed out numbering system to the new files automatic numbering system so it makes any revisions in the future easier.

Some numbering exists in the old format so I do the following:
ActiveDocument.Range.

I then want to convert the text numbers (as seen in the attached doc) to an automatic numbering system in the same format. It'd be nice if it put them in their respective levels.

Example:
(manually typed text)
1.0

1.1

1.1.1

1.1.2

1.1.1.1

to

(automatic list formatting)

1.0

     1.1

          1.1.1

          1.1.2

               1.1.1.1

Do you know if this is possible?

Thanks everyone!

Ryan

Templates in WORD 2013

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 05:34 AM PDT

Recently migrated from Office 2003 to Office 2013 & Windows 7.

In Word 2003 I created a number of templates for the varied purposes of my documents.  I have imported these templates using "Fix It".  When I open a document I am converting to the 2013 format: .docx.  However, the document's Template is still in the 2003 format: .dot

Each file contains the instruction to 'Always Save a Backup'.  After Saving the document as .docx the Backup copy remains as .doc.  I clicked to open the Backup (as a test should I need it in the future) but it cannot open.  Logic tells me that this is because the document's template is still .dot and needs to be converted.

I am happy to convert the Templates but my question is: Can I attach the named template to a number of documents without opening each and every one?

"Control + right arrow" inserts a tab in Word 2010

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 04:08 AM PDT

For some reason, using the control key and the right arrow key causes a tab space to be inserted in the documents, rather than moving the cursor to the start of the next word.  I cannot find out how to change this so it moves the cursor to the next word.

Generate a list of styles in Word 2007

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:39 AM PDT

Hi

I am importing Word document to another application. As part of that process, I need create equivalents of Word styles and then map them.

For that, is it possible to generate a list of styles that are in my Word document? I just need the list of all styles in any format (Excel, PDF, XML, etc.). If I can source from some file in my Program Files folder, that is also fine with me.

Sreekanth

Microsoft 8 - Cannot open WORD

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:29 AM PDT

After buying a new laptop in January 2014,  WORD has been opening successfully allowing work to be completed. However, in the last two weeks Word has tried to load and stopped with a message "A problem caused the program to stop working correctly, Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution  is available" It then prompts you to close programme.

I have paid for advise from PC World 'Knowhow' they checked my PC and advised me to refresh my laptop. This I have done, WORD worked for a day then stopped again with the same message appearing. This is very frustrating!!!! How can I rectify this?

With kind regards

microsoft word in not opening? Why? its saying "error cannot open"

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 02:13 AM PDT

Cannot open Microsoft word

Cannot read equation created by Equation 3.0 in Word 2013

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:51 AM PDT

I have been working with Equation 3.0 in various versions of Word (from 97 to 2013). It worked fine until today. Suddenly all the documents that contain equations showed "{EMBED Equation.3}" and page number as "{PAGE \*MERGEFORMAT}"; see images attached.  What is the problem? Anyone knows how to rectify it? 

document too big in single page view

Posted: 22 Apr 2014 01:49 AM PDT

Hi, I have Word 2007 and Windows 7.

When I open a document, as of yesterday, the single page is too big and the type is bigger than the size 12 in the display box at top left of screen.

The sliding scale at bottom right of screen says 120%.

If I start to slide the pointer to the left, the view changes from single to double page, which is too much of a distraction.

If, using the view button on the ribbon, I then click on 'one page', I get a single page but this time it's too small.

this time the pointer says 73%.

If I slide it to the right I again get two pages.

How do I get 100% size single page, which is the way it used to be before yesterday?

Thank for any help you can give,

Laurence

Equations saved in MS word 2010 can't be read in MS word 2013

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 11:22 PM PDT

Hi Sir or madam,

I just purchased MS word 2013 and opened a MS word 2010 document which contained equations and symbols. And I realized that all the equations are broken and not readable. Is there any way to fix it?


Regards,

Pete Lee

How to delete all words after every first letter in a whole document

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 10:51 PM PDT

For example I want the following...

A change corporate charter making more 3000% 

to look like...

A c c c m m 3000% 

2010 Mail Merge

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 05:46 PM PDT

Does Microsoft 2010 offer any options to download multiple lines from excel into word mail merge document? 

I have multiple lines for same client with different invoices  and amount that they owe. Presently it creates a separate letter for each line, but would like for it to put all lines for same client on one letter.  Thanks Nana from NC

Word 2013 opening WordPerfect files

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 03:35 PM PDT

We are in the process of upgrading our computers and the new ones will have Microsoft Office 365 (Word 2013). My company used to use WordPerfect. When folks are trying to open an old WordPerfect file, Word 2013 will not open it.  Has anyone else experienced this? Is there an add-on that we can install? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

Editing a Word doc on an iPad using Office 365

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:10 PM PDT

I created a document in Word  and then wanted to go back to  titles and other words in the doc to either underline or make the text bold, etc.

how can I highlight such sentences or words to be able to perform these tasks?

Is it possible to create folders for docs created on iPad using the new Office program?

Posted: 21 Apr 2014 12:03 PM PDT

I would like to create various folders like one can do with  Word on a PC