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Microsoft Word - Bug in Arabic Word makes comments backward in English Word

Bug in Arabic Word makes comments backward in English Word

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:14 PM PDT

I teach ESL and whenever I get a paper from a student who is using an Arabic version of MS Word, whenever I leave comments in the file, they become backwards. There is no way around this other than copying it into Notepad and recopying it into a fresh Word document.

I have tried selecting all the text and changing the proofing language, I have tried removing formatting. Nothing words except pasting it into Notepad and then back into Word. Left and right alignment changes do nothing.

Here is an example:

You can see how the period will end up at the "beginning" of the sentence sometimes (here it is actually the middle, and the end is unpunctuated).

Is there any way around this or patch that I am unaware of?

I need to find a hidden folder

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:41 PM PDT

Hi all, I changed one of my folders from a viewable folder to a hidden folder but now don't know how to access and view it. I am running Windows 7...any ideas?

Totally unqualified user interface designers

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:26 PM PDT

How do you create a text box (which I want to paste a picture in, which is possible, so text box is a bad name), aligned right, with no border, that allows text to flow around the top, left, and bottom of the box? I've tried SO many things for hours, then I somehow made it work, then I wanted to change the margins of the page and couldn't so I started all over and I can't do it now. Clicking the stupid question mark didn't help. I don't want a Bing search, I want a manual with a text box section. The search returned tons of useless results. I actually found a result that seemed to apply to one of the problems but it didn't work. Sometimes options I want aren't in focus so they don't work, other times they're settable and still don't work. I tried selecting stuff and using the right-click menu but nothing there worked. Once in dozens of tries something in the toolbar worked but I can't figure out how now that I'm trying to do it again. Is it true that you can select a text box and there's still nothing on the right click menu that will allow you to change the way text wraps around it or whether it has a border? That's crazy.

Windows 7 and Windows Phone 8 are extremely unfriendly too. I seriously think people at Microsoft care nothing about hiring qualified people.

Yes, I need help, but I have to choose between "Post a question" and "Post a discussion" and I'd rather address the bigger issue.

Word TOC Error

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:18 PM PDT

When I change a Word document with a table of contents to "read only" and try to update the TOC, the page numbers disappear and the formatting changes.  (The headers change from black [auto} to white.)  When I delete the "read only" status, the TOC updates properly.  What is going on?

 

For reference, I have been changing to "read only" by right clicking the file in an explorer window, selecting "properties", and then checking the "read only" button.  Also, I am using Office 2007.  However, my colleagues using Office 2010 have the same problem.

As a separate, but related, issue, when the update is working correctly, and I update the entire table (vs. just the page numbers), the TOC font changes to Bold.  Highlighting the entire TOC and clicking the Bold button fixes this.  Why does this happen?  (not as critical, but still irritating)

Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching between Word documents?

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:16 PM PDT

Gee I just love the way Microsoft tries to think for me popping up the most USELESS suggestions when you're composing your original post.  Sometimes I wonder if anybody there speaks English as their first language. I doubt it.  The suggestions have almost nothing to do with my subject.  Thankfully, here in these forums, many people have a good grasp of the language.  

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Anybody know where the option is in Word 2003 to allow multiple documents to be in their own windows?  Can't find it.  Using Microsoft help is worse than useless.  I used to use that and it was convenient because then you just Alt_Tab between documents instantly.

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How about something better:  A keyboard shortcut for switching between 2 open Word 2003 documents?  Is this possible in Word 2003?  That would be mighty handy and fluid.  In Excel, apparently its Control_PageDown/Up but that doesn't work here.  So nice when Microsoft chooses to not bring over shortcuts from one of their programs to another.  That would be way too logical.  Its like nobody talks to other departments at this company.  It sure would make users' experiences a lot more convenient if the shortcuts were the same.  Control_PageDown/Up does nothing in Word except move the page down/up.  So its not even being used.

Thanks for reading.   

Word 2013 repair

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:14 PM PDT

When I try to open WORD 2013 I get an Error message that says:" We're sorry, but WORD has ru into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. We will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now?"  When I click 'repair' nothing happens.I'e tried this several times to no avail. I run a home business and need to be able to use WORD immediately. Help

Word 2010 equation gallery is blank

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:55 AM PDT

I have a colleague who is using Word 2010 and when she goes to Insert>Equation, under the structures on the right for Fraction or Script, etc and she clicks on the drop down arrow all the boxes are blank.

I have tried running a repair of office with no success.

I tried moving the 1033 folder under appdata\roaming\microsoft\document building blocks then opening word again and this did not resolve the issue either.

Short of removing and installing it again, is there anything else that can be done? 

How To Send Word Document Directly in Email W/ Text Wrapped Photos

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Question: How to send a Word doc (with photos "text wrapped") directly in an email that can be viewed as an html file (vs. a text file) on all PCs, laptops, phones and tablets

Background: Our organization has a daily newsletter we produce using Word 2013. We currently layout the document with photos "In Line With Text" and and then send the Word document directly in an email with the "send to mail recipient" button in the top left-hand corner. The email will come through just as it appears in the word document with all photos visible and active hyperlinks to PCs, phones and tablets. Example below.  

We have updated the design of the newsletter to have all photos aligned to the left and right with text wrapped (example below), but when we send the document via email it comes through as a text-based email, with all the photos as individual attachments and the layout completely distorted (tested on an iPhone and iPad). We currently save the document as a ".doc" file but we also tried ".htm" and ".html" and it didn't make a difference.


Is there a way to have text-wrapped photos aligned to the left and right and still have our email come through on all PCs and mobile devices? Any suggestions are welcomed!

How do I set a non-standard TintAndShade for a font, border or shading using VBA?

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:50 AM PDT

Hi

The Font, Shading and Border objects do not appear to have any means of setting ObjectThemeColor or TintAndShade. I need to be able to set these to use an accent color but 50%, 75% and 90% lighter. The resulting color MUST be theme aware as it will need to change if the theme color changes (client has 11 different colour schemes).

From recording what the built-in palettes set I can see that there is a negative numeric value that can be applied but obviously I can only record the standard tints of 40%, 60% and 80% lighter.

  Selection.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = -738131969 'Accent 1
  Selection.Shading.BackgroundPatternColor = -738132122 'Accent1 60% lighter

Is there any way of calculating these values (that will work)?


The Fill and line color properties for a shape can be set in this way, so why aren't the other objects fully compatible with theme colours?

Word 365 ProPlus does not save

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:36 AM PDT

My Word 365 ProPlus is suddenly refusing to Save and Save As

It does not do it all the time  - but sometimes I end up losing hours of work.

I have tried the Open and Repair command but it did not work.

Paul

Linking Content Controls to Custom Properties

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:10 AM PDT

Much thanks to all responders in advance for any help provided.  I'm looking for a way to link user input values in the form of Content Controls to Custom Properties in MS Word. 

I've been using Legacy Form Text Fields and linking them to Custom Properties through the Bookmark Values.  This works for short entries but is not convenient for paragraph length inputs.  Regular Content Controls do not specify Bookmark values, but is there still a way to link them?

Thanks again!  I look forward to reading anything you might have to offer the topic.

Word 2013 Printing Issues

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:23 AM PDT

I am running Windows 7 and just updated from Works 2005 to Office 2013 (Works not compatible with 7). However, now I can not print text from word, (Using Epson XP-410 with updated driver) for example my resume only prints email address highlighted in blue but no other text.  All text shows up in the preview pane.  Tried converting to pdf, won't print.  Tried to print from Word Pad, no result.  Prints Epson test page and photos just fine.  Please help.

Can Word Track Changes while restricting editing?

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:20 AM PDT

Is there any way in Microsoft Word 2010 to have Track Changes enabled while using the Restrict Editing and limiting users to specific controls?  The goal is to allow users to only provide input into the document in the controls, and to have those changes tracked.

Disappearing Figure, Table, and Equation Labels for Appendices

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:07 AM PDT

I have a large document about which I posed and earlier question about Appendix numbering and received a huge assist in an answer from Doug Robbins.  Here is another question, somewhat related, and resulting from experience with the same document.

I have several larger appendices in this document.  I am required to number Figures, Tables, and Equations in the appendices separate from those in the main body.  Thus, Figures in Appendix C are numbered C-1, C-2, C-3, etc.  I had to create a new label for each of these, called Figure_Apx, Table_Apx, and Equation_Apx, as directed by the excellent article authored by Shauna Kelly.

The current problem:  I opened up the document, and desire to insert a crossreference to a figure in the Appendix.  All three of these labels have disappeared from the list.  The actual labels at the figures remain intact, and I assume that existing crossreferences also are present and functional.  But where did these new labels disappear to?  Are they somehow hidden?  And if so, how can I get them to appear?

Collapsible / Expandable Headings

Posted: 06 May 2014 08:07 AM PDT

A feature that would be great for upcoming MS Word versions would be collapsible / expandable headings. The idea is similar to the functionality currently in Outline View, but it needs to be available in the normal views like Print Layout, and it needs to have a bit more functionality. Everything after a heading & before the next heading (at the outline level selected) needs to dis-appear when a heading is collapsed. This includes pictures, tables, footnotes, etc.

Training materials often serve a wide audience.  Some users are novices, and the advanced content overwhelms them.  If they have to wade through it to find their answers, it will stop them.  Yet, the advanced users need instructions on a much deeper level.  Right now many on-line sources (even the Microsoft Support website) use the collapse/expand approach to avoid user overload, while providing more options for those who want it.

It would be very nice to incorporate this as an optional feature into a tidy MS Word file, so people don't have to be VBA programmers or web-developers to use it. I have been looking for an effective way to show only as much training content as the user wants to digest for a technical product, and I have seen posts in other forums where teachers have tried to do the same for their course content.  Microsoft could please a lot of customers with this feature.

EndNoteX4 problems with Onedrive and Word 2013

Posted: 06 May 2014 07:07 AM PDT

If I create a word document which is saved in onedrive, EndNote will not allow me to insert a citation - I get the error:

This method or property is not available because the drawing operation cannot be applied to the current selection

As a result I have to save the document onto my hard drive before I can insert a citation.

Can this be resolved?

Thanks

David

migrating word autotext entries

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:43 AM PDT

I am migrating from Word 2003 to Word 2010.  Anyway I can import my autotext entries?

Word 2010 always displays save-as window but never saves

Posted: 06 May 2014 05:01 AM PDT

Hi,

I have the following problem that I cannot find a solution for. I have tried everything from deleting the data registry, renaming the document in windows explorer etc.  It its as follows:

I have a document that is 350 pages with many images, on file it is over 12 megs. When I enter new information and try to save, I always get the save-as window.  If I give it another name the save as window pops up again with the original file name. I end up just exiting and not saving.

Sometimes when Word is opened and It is just sitting there,  I get a "Word has stopped working"  popup with close or restart program options.

I really don't know what the problems is and I am hoping someone can shed some light on this for me.

Thank you all

Alex

Filename fails to change after a Save As

Posted: 06 May 2014 03:31 AM PDT

Hi,

I've just installed Office 2013 - I'm saving the same document in multiple places, using the 'Save As' command, but I'm noticing that the filename is remaining unique to each location.  Any suggestions?

Regards

Office 2013 Excel and Word Routing Feature

Posted: 06 May 2014 02:57 AM PDT

Hello,

I have upgraded from Office 2010 to 2013 and I can not find the routing features, have they been removed from the application?

Thanks!

Heading numbering disappeared after updated changes on shared document

Posted: 06 May 2014 02:51 AM PDT

Hi,

From time to time I'm experiencing problem with heading numbering in Word 2013 document. Here is a background of this problem:

Document is shared by 2 people. It's published on SharePoint 2010 library. This two people are making changes on the document at the same time. In the document heading styles are changed, so that they are outline numbered.

Sometimes when one person is updating changes on the document, heading styles loses their numbering and the paragraph indentation change its values, although the other person haven't made any changes to styles. It's a nondeterministic behaviour and we haven't found any circumstances why does it happen.

Could anyone help us resolve this issue? It's very frustrating that from time to time we have to fix styles in our document.

Artur

Cannot open ordinary .docx file created with Word 2007 on PC (OpenXML Problem??) / Does Outlook (Exchange Sever) corrupt the files?

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:33 AM PDT

Dear all,

In my office we are using Word 2007 to create ordinary .docx files. When I email such a file to my iPad I cannot open it neither in the Mail.app preview nor in Word for iPad.

Mail.app tells me its an "Office Open XML word processing document" and Word just tells me the file is damaged. However the files opens just fine in various versions of Word for PC and Mac.

Does anyone know what is happening here? I bought Office for iPad especially to being able to open the word files I create in my office... :-(

Any help would be greatly appreciated

best regards

Wolfgang

In Word, when I do Save As recent folders are shown for OneDrive but not Computer.

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:46 PM PDT

In Word, when I do Save As recent folders are shown for OneDrive, but only Desktop and Documents and Browse are shown for Comptuter - no recend folders. I checked Show this number of unpinned folders in Advanced Options, and it showed 5. I changed this to 10, but still no recent folders come up when I do Save As.

Any advice will be appreciated.

Mail Merge Word Documents

Posted: 05 May 2014 09:32 PM PDT

Using Office 2010, I do alot of mail merge letters using Word and Excel.  Normally I use the same main Word document which I merge with various Excel files.  In one case the main document is a dotx file, in another case it's a docx file.  At the end of the mail merge I save each letter as an individual Word file.

When I later go to open a saved letter, I get a prompt stating Opening this document will run the following SQL command, then gives the data source and asking if you want to continue.  If you answer yes, the file opens.  With some letters, it then says it cannot find the data source, then gives a Select Data Source dialog box - eventually when you click cancel the letter opens.  This is because the letter thinks it is linked to a previously used data source, not the one used to create the letter.

My problem is that I want to be able to email the letters to various managers for signing.  I used to send pdf files but some of the managers like to use an electronic signature so I need to send the Word file.  I think these messages will confuse them - especially the second example where they get 3 messages before the file will open.

Any help will be appreciated.

Inserting graphic in Word doc

Posted: 05 May 2014 06:47 PM PDT

When I attempt to insert a graphic into a Word document, I get a place outline for the graphic, but no actual graphic appears. I'm sure its in the settings somewhere, but WHERE???

Graphics used in other Office programs, i.e. Publisher & PowerPoint, can be entered into the file with no problem.

Lag in Word 2013 caused by Equations

Posted: 05 May 2014 04:14 PM PDT

Hi, I know that this topic has been brought up many times, but I haven't found a solution to the problem, so I am bringing it up again.

When I create a new document, there is no lag at all, and even if I have a long document with text only, lag is negligible. When I create an equation, if it is small, the lag will also be small, but if I say have 5 lines of equations and text, especially if I have equations with more than just text, such as matrices, accents etc., the lag becomes unbearable. If I take those 5 lines, and delete them, the lag is instantly gone. Because of this, I am almost 100% sure that the lag is caused by the equations.

Also, there is no lag if I am typing something outside of Word, even in Onenote: If I take a heavily lagging document, copy and paste it into OneNote, there is no lag at all. Edit: There is lag when moving the cursor in OneNote, but very little lag in actually typing

It would be great if somebody could give me instructions on how to get rid of the lag.

Unable to install Windows 2003

Posted: 05 May 2014 12:46 PM PDT

Original Title: Herby

Hello.

I am trying to install Windows 2003 from the Microsoft website. Is this possible? Microsoft Support gave me the link to their website so I'm assuming it is. How do I do it?

Thank you 

"spinning Cursor" problem with documents.

Posted: 05 May 2014 05:44 AM PDT

Original Title < Spinning corsor >

Hi

It's a "spinning cursor" problem but slightly different from those raised by others and probably something really simple.

Timing of it may be just coincidence but it may be, as usual, that messing around with the Screen Resolution and Icon Size options confused it.

 I dunno, but the coincidence is odd.   What happens is specifically that the cursor jams for a few seconds before working as normal, as if it needs to correlate with the page every time afresh.   What I mean by "jams" is that it moves around the page but eg I can't close the page.  I activate the cursor by clicking on the page whereupon the "spinning disc" routine occurs for a few seconds and the whole page fades a bit for a second or two, then it all comes back and works perfectly well without any more glitsches.

It's as if the mouse is working out what the screen resolution is, or something.


It's a good wireless mouse, not too old.  

I tried unplugging the little USB connector which picks up the signal and delivers it to the computer.  Obviously to no avail.

I read the other threads.  If necessary, I could try booting up in safe mode but that seems excessive for such a simple thing.

I followed the other link kindly given by Hannah.   It seemed to return me to such a general Help page, I read that page top to bottom but nothing did I see related to spinning discs or any other obvious next steps.

Any ideas ?  Thanks.

Word 2013 unable to print envelope.

Posted: 05 May 2014 05:07 AM PDT

I'm using Office 2013.  When in Word, and I click on Mailings, I then click on Envelope to print an envelope, but I get a "Windows is not responding" message.  I can print other Word documents no matter what font is used.  I'm using an HP Photosmart C4180 All-in one printer.

Any suggestion??