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Microsoft Word - Cannot delete file, it is currently in use.

Cannot delete file, it is currently in use.

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:50 PM PDT

I deleted a file in OneDrive, but it's still listed in Word and cannot be deleted or open. When I try to delete it, the following error is displayed:

"Cannot delete file, it is currently in use"

How do I create multiple lists of figures (and tables) in a Word 2013 document?

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:10 PM PDT

I am working in a Word 2013 document.  The document consists of a body and multiple appendices.  Both the body and the appendices have both tables and figures.

The table and figure numbers in the body begin with a chapter number (Heading 1).  I had a hard time trying to figure out how to number the tables and figures in the appendices with an Appendix letter prefix (tables with captions at the top and figures with captions at the bottom).

I decided to manually number the figures and tables in the appendices and created a Table Title style and a Figure Title style for those elements.

Now I'm trying to create two lists of figures (and tables) one right after the other, one using the caption label for the figures (tables) in the body and the other based on the style that I set up for the appendices.

The first list of figures (tables) for those items in the body of the document is created without problem.

However when I try to insert a second list of figures (tables) based on style, I get a question asking me "Do you want to replace the selected table of figures?"  The only options are "OK" or "Cancel".

I have tried adding paragraphs after the first list of figures and even a section break, but I still get the question "Do you want to replace..." and only the "OK" and "Cancel" options.

Can someone advise me how to create two lists of figures one following the other?

I never want to "Save Changes to Template" from a copy--Can I get Word 365 to stop asking? It's urgent.

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:39 PM PDT

I've been testing Office 365. I'm not entirely sure whether it's 365 or Office 2013, based on something a customer support person told me, but anyway it's the new subscription model.

Every time I close a document, it asks me if I want to save changes to the document. I typically say yes. Then another window pops up and asks me if I want to save changes to my template, in addition to the active document I just saved.

I constantly use templates that I've set up , with lots of styles and keyboard shortcuts built into my documents. My entire business revolves around them. So I never want to save changes to a template unless I specifically want them to be universal to all future version of the document. 

That means I don't want some alterations to a style that I might have made just for convenience or unusual circumstances in the active document to be incorporated into the Master Template. Whenever I want the Master Template to change, I know how to go open the Master Template, and make changes there.

This "Do you want to save to template X?" message is not just a constant annoyance, but a real problem. I always have to stop and pause and make sure I'm not hitting the wrong button. And I am likely to at some point accidentally say yes when I'm in a hurry and distracted. Some new staff member almost certainly will do it at some point. This would force me to go do a bunch of work to fix things up.

Can I change the behavior of Office 365 so it doesn't propose saving changes to a template from a copy of that template? In other words, can I change settings or even if necessary rewrite VBA somehow to get it to stop this action?

Thanks.

ddc

Problem with Microsoft Word 2007

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:34 PM PDT

I have a document that contains tables.  I don't k now what I did, but now when I open the document I can only see the left half of the page on the screen while in print layout.  I can see the whole document in draft, and if I print while in draft mode, the whole page appears.  How do I get the whole page to appear in print layout again?

Thanks

Cannot change size of one photo in win7 screensaver.

Posted: 08 May 2014 01:10 PM PDT

I have about 50 photos on my windows 7 screensaver.  all are about the same size, file size and resolution and were made by scanning photos or 35mm slides as .jpg images.

One photo though comes in at full screen size which is way too big because the quality is not that great and I would like to reduce it by about 30% in size. Using Adobe Photodeluxe photo program to reduce it in size and/or make changes to the resolution has absolutely no effect on the screensaver display size. 

I tried to compress it using Office Picture Manager and that also has no effect on the display size, even when I compressed it down to thumbnail size..

What makes this photo different from all of the other photos is the way I acquired it.

I paused a MP4 video and did a Shift-Print Screen and then pasted that into MS Paint.

Then I saved  it as a .jpg.

Is there possibly something in the MP4 image that, even though it was saved as a .jpg, makes it imposssible for the screensaver to sense that the photo was resized?

 

Using Quick Parts Ref in Header

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:54 PM PDT

I'm creating a form used to do quaility control checks on applications of clients for our company. We have to use a Client Member Number to run checks in various parts of our system. The form I created as a lot of detail and questions. So, to save some space, I wanted to have the client's Name and Member# appear in the heading so that our QC reviewers wouldnt have to keep going to the first page of the form where the client's information is located.

So the first page of the form has things like

Name:

Member#:

Phone#:

Each of these is followed by a Text Form Field so that the reviewer can type in the information for the different Member reviews.

I named the Text Form Fields, and clicked calculate on exit.

I created a REF Quick Part in the header, using Quick Part found in the Edit Header tab and had them REF the corresponding field above. I locked the document and saved it.  

The problem is, whenever the information is entered into the Text Form Field, the Header REF Quick Part doesnt update with the information.

Whenever I type in, for example, Jon Doe, 456789, 555-555-5555, (tabing out of each as I finish the field) the Header doesnt update with the information.

I even went back, clicked inside the Header and did the Normal Insert, Quick Parts, Ref, as you would in the body of the document, and it still doesnt update.

I did get it to work once, by unlocking the document and typing in the field, then saving it, but that defeats the purpose. I need a blank form, that updates with the information for each individual review that is completed.

Any one have any suggestions?

 

Red Paragraph marks

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:43 PM PDT

I am in a Word 2007 document that has tracking activated. There is a spot where there are multiple red paragraph marks that simply won't go away. We have tried turning off tracking, hiding the paragraph marks... and we still can't get the space between the two paragraphs to go away. We don't necessarily want the marks to go away, but we want the SPACES to go away. We want the two paragraphs closer together. Any help or advice would be great! Thank you!

Options to save a document

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:19 PM PDT

I have a large document saved with headers and footers that I need to copy and save as single pages.  I can't copy and paste as I loose formatting.  I can print one page, but I can't save a single page.  I tried to print current page to file, but it doesn't convert to the text or look anything like my document.

I wonder if anyone can  help with this.

How to Make a Fillable Form Without Entries Effecting Format

Posted: 08 May 2014 12:17 PM PDT

I am trying to make a professinal looking fillable form.  I am using "Plain Text Content Control" to make text fields and I am restricting the document so only these fields can be modified by users.  The issue I am running into is that entries into the "Plain Text Content Control" fields end up moving around the formatting of the document.  I would like to figure out some way to freeze things in place.  It would be nice to have more control such as establishing character limits and further limits to alpha or numeric characters only. 

Are there any options outside writing code for me?

Break links after updating link in word

Posted: 08 May 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Hello,

I am trying to create a template in word which updates with information from excel. After it updates, I would like it to break the links from excel automatically and the user to be able to save it as a different document with the updated information and no macros. Right now I have the code below I found on the net ina module under the  normal template  but this it is definitely not a good fix. When I try to paste it to the document module it is not automatic or the excel charts do not update.

'Sub AutoOpen()
'Selection.WholeStory
'Selection.Fields.Unlink
'Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
'End Sub

I just learned how to use macros this week, please help.

Caps Lock launches Spell Check

Posted: 08 May 2014 11:08 AM PDT

Hello -- problem started yesterday -- hit Caps Lock and launches spell check.  F7 also launches spell check, as it's supposed to.

Somehow, I must have made Caps Lock a hot key -- can anyone suggest a way to turn it off?

Please advise, and thanks in advance.

Macro for Word 2013

Posted: 08 May 2014 10:02 AM PDT

I have recently upgraded to Office 365.  In Office 2003 all of my Word documents use Templates I created.  In Office 365 (Word 2013) the path for my custom templates has changed (due to my User Name having changed.)

 

This means that I now have to open a document and Attach a template from the list in Custom Office Templates.

 

To do this for nearly 500 documents would be a laborious chore and I see from the Internet there are instructions for macro to perform this task.  However, I am not confident enough to create a macro.  Can you suggest a trusted source where I can download the required macro?

MS Word 2010 filtered web page output styling each individual letter?

Posted: 08 May 2014 09:51 AM PDT

I have a document I've saved as a filtered web page.  Although it's only 12 pages long as a word doc, the htm file is nearly a megabyte in size, so I took a look at the code only to find that nearly every single individual letter has had a style applied to it.  Why is this, and how can I avoid it?

How can I print a large message on envelope?

Posted: 08 May 2014 09:08 AM PDT

Hello!

I own a small business and run a payroll of 15-16 checks every two weeks.  When my checks come to me from my payroll service, they are already sealed.  For this reason I frequently print out messages or announcements on a large label and apply them to the back of the sealed envelope.

I was wondering if there is any way to set up a template or take another approach to enable me to print directly on the back of the envelope.  Any help (with detailed instructions, if you please) would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Brad in Dallas

Is there a way to change font color in microsoft word 2013 using a keyboard shortcut?

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT

Is there a way to change the font color from black to red (for example) when the text is highlighted using a keyboard shortcut instead of clicking the color change button everytime?

Problem with mailing address

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:55 AM PDT

Word:  File/Options/Advanced/General my mailing address is typed but after I close Word the last part of my address is always deleted so therefore, every time I want to use it as a return address on an envelope, some of the address is missing.  Very annoying...is there a fix?  Thank you.

"Find" button and Ctrl-F shortcut do not work in Word

Posted: 08 May 2014 08:14 AM PDT

I have a very strange problem.  When I click on the "Find" button or hit the Ctrl-F shortcut, nothing happens at all.  The Find dialog box does not come up.

What is particularly strange is that if I click on the "Replace" button (or hit Ctrl-H), the Find & Replace dialog pops up just fine.  I can then click on the "Find" tab in that dialog box and the actual search process works perfectly well.

I have tried resetting the ribbon and I have tried repairing Office.

Any ideas?

Environment:  Windows 7 SP1 64-bit, Word 2010 SP2 32-bit, plenty of disk space, memory, etc.

Downloading Word files from internet - why won't they open?

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:39 AM PDT

I have tried to download several Word documents such as job application forms from websites such as http://www.thelowry.com/about-the-lowry/working-at-the-lowry/.  Every time I get this error message.  I can open them as a notepad file but this is no good as all formatting lost.

Thank you

Protecting parts of a document to mail merge.

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Hi All,

[[WORD 2013]]

I am trying to mail merge a large number of certificates (quite basic) as an attachment to numerous email addresses. I have got this far which is great however i don't want the person receiving the certificate to be able to overwrite their names or the information on what the certificate is actually for, so i don't want to restrict editing the whole document... just the main points of it.

1) Is this possible?

2) How do i do it?!

3) If it is not possible, is there an alternative which doesn't mean i need evermap or an upgraded fancy version of adobe?

Thanks in advance for your help :)

Sherry

Word 2007 - macro to insert an image and specify text wrapping to "back of text"

Posted: 08 May 2014 07:02 AM PDT

It's been a long time since I created a macro and would appreciate your help.

I have an image located at: "C:\Dropbox\Saved Docs\RNR Stuff\RNR_ShortSign300x197.fw.png"

I just want to insert it "as is" at the cursor's position, with text wrapping to "back of text". That's it.

Any help appreciated. Thanks!

the message filter indicated that the application is busy

Posted: 08 May 2014 06:13 AM PDT

I have just started to get this message when I try to launch Word or Outlook using a 3rd party product ACT! 2013.  It has never happened before.  I have repaired all the Microsoft Office products and re-installed ACT! but no difference.

Can someone help me please.

код ошибки 30145-4

Posted: 08 May 2014 06:09 AM PDT

Что значит? и как можно исправить. Очень нужен Word/

How many others are dissappointed with latest versions of Word?

Posted: 08 May 2014 05:24 AM PDT

In my quest to customize my recent upgrade to Word 2013 from Word 2003, I have found the latest version of Word (2013) to be so poor, that I will continue to use Word 2003 as long as possible and discourage others to upgrade (and I know it's no longer supported). I have lost faith in Microsoft's ability to create user-friendly software. Too bad, because when I started with DOS in the late 80s and then moved on to Windows in the mid 90s and then Office with Word in 97 and then Office 2003, I was greatly impressed and pleased. I started back when there was competition and had a simple program called Professional Write, and also used Lotus 123. But Word/Office 2013 is a huge step backwards and a joke. The only thing I know that Microsoft did I am still impressed with is Expression Web, which is real user-riendly. But then again, that's for workers - more like factory machinery, while Word 2013 is more like window dressing on a retail system that use to be user-friendly, even great. How about if we get the people that created Expression Web to build a new Word? I've given up on it and only use it now because I had to upgrade Outlook because of its high memory threshold and it will only use Word 2013 as its default (but Outlook is just as bad). I just don't open Word in 2013 anymore, but save them and open them in Word 2003. It's less work than having to deal with all the **** in Word 2013. Everyone I know who has upgraded over the years (which is why I put if off for so long - everyone hates the new layout) feels the same way, but some just continue to struggle with the newer version, grumbling. Maybe if enough complain, Microsoft will see the light. But I doubt it. Their heyday has passed. They don't even discuss Windows anymore. They just talk about the Cloud. The real cloud is all the cloudy mess that you have to deal with in this poor layout. How about everyone speaking out? We know Microsoft has a monopoly on word processing, but there's still hope they can create something user-friendly like they use to. Throw out this new system, just like they discarded Vista, and admit it.

How to adjust page size in Word when Inserting Object (WordPerfect X7 Document)

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:59 AM PDT

Morning, I am trying to import a Wordperfect table into Word via the Insert object (create new) process due to the fact that this is the only way I can keep the formulas but I am running into a problem with the formatting.

  1. Open the WP document
  2. Copy the table of choice
  3. Goto word and insert object (Create new)
  4. Select WordPerfect X7 Document
  5. Paste into inserted object

when I paste the table which is in a legal (8.5" X  14") size in the WP document into the object it gets pasted into a standard letter size format, I cannot seem to find a way to change the page size/layout in the inserted object, and this effects the view of the inserted object in Word.

Suggestions

Spell Check WORD 2013

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:45 AM PDT

Using Office 365 and the spell check misses obviously missed spelled words.  Very frustrating.

One click not working to remove bullets or formatting

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:14 AM PDT

Hi and thanks for your help.

I am using Office 2013 on a new laptop, and for some reason when I try to apply or remove bullets it *always* drops down when I click the bullet button and it *never* automatically applies or removes bullets. This is also the case for a lot of other formatting that is normally one click toggle on or off.

So now, when I want to remove bullets it's two clicks: one to click the bullet button, and another click to select "None".

Is there a setting where I can put this back the way it normally is in Office? It's happening across all Office applications and it's driving my batty!

Thanks again,

Hope

Help Needed

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:06 AM PDT

Hi I have just downloaded microsoft office university 64bit version, and since doing this, every time i try and use word or excel etc, 

they keep "stopped working"  I am stressed out, as i need to finish thesis, can anyone help

thanks in advance

Everytime Word saves, it crashes and displays the below.

Posted: 08 May 2014 03:03 AM PDT

I use Windows 7, Office365, Word 2013

32gb RAM

Nvidea GTX660 4gb

Intel i7 3.20ghz

Its only started doing it this morning

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
  Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version: 15.0.4601.1000
  Application Timestamp: 530c796c
  Fault Module Name: KERNELBASE.dll
  Fault Module Version: 6.1.7601.18229
  Fault Module Timestamp: 51fb1116
  Exception Code: e00000ff
  Exception Offset: 0000c41f
  OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
  Locale ID: 2057

After saving during Track Change mode, further changes are marked as though by a new author

Posted: 08 May 2014 02:56 AM PDT

In Word 2013, I am working in a legal document with change tracking on. In the interest of not losing data due to a crash, I would like to save the document during the editing, but every time I save, the changes I've made so far turn a different color, and if I delete something I added before the save it looks something like this, where what I had added before the save is underlined, but what I delete after the save is shown as having been added and then deleted.

I want the changes that I add and then delete after a save to just not show up anymore. It is of no interest to my client what I added and then revised before finalizing the document; only important it how my final version of the NEW document with changes differs from the ORIGINAL document. Is there any way to change this so that a save doesn't make me essentially a "new author" according to track change mode?

I am already a bit disappointed in how little track changes is configurable. For example, I wish there were also the option that a document which is shared among users would track the changes as if all completed by ONE author. In my case, for example, a client will send me a document with his/her proposed changes. If I need to tweak the document before filing at the appropriate office, I don't want them to see where I deleted what he/she added.

Thanks for any tips.

My typed parenthesis reversed in MS Word 2010

Posted: 07 May 2014 08:45 PM PDT

I type a parenthesis or bracket "()" it reverses when I open the file next time , it becomes as ") (". Besides My whole paragraph become condensed meaning , every word mixed up with one another. I love you.>> becomes>>Iloveyou. 

I type in Bengali Unicode Font.

Having problems to Share a file by saving and sending an an e-mail attachment

Posted: 07 May 2014 08:20 PM PDT

Dear Sirs,

I have a Tablet running Windows 8.1 with Office 2013.  When I try to share a word document, powerpoint file or excel file by using the sharing option in the File/save menu, I get the error message:

 "THERE IS NO EMAIL PROGRAM ASSOCIATED TO PERFORM THE REQUESTED ACTION.  PLEASE INSTALL AN EMAIL PROGRAM OR IF THERE IS ONE ALREADY INSTALLED, CREATE AN ASSOCIATIONIN THE DEFAULT PROGRAMS CONTROL PANEL"

I went to the Control Panel, Programs, Default Programs, Set Associations and looked for MAIL TO protocol and found the current default was Microsoft Mail.

Then tried again to share the file with the same unsuccessful error message.

Please provide step by step instructions to fix the issue.

Thanks in advance

"Someone updated the server copy" but they didn't.

Posted: 07 May 2014 07:03 PM PDT

When I save Office (Word, Excel) documents (Win 8.1) I intermittently get this message:

We're sorry, someone updated the server copy and it's not possible to upload your changes now. Keep My Version. Keep Server Version.

No one else has access to my account or files, my computer isn't connected to a Domain Network, so why am I getting this message? 

It happens with any file that I open, although not consistently. It happens a few times a day either when I save or save as, or immediately upon opening the file (also sometimes causes the program to crash, after which it reopens - sometimes with the recovered file, sometimes not).

Help Can't find newly downloaded Microsoft Office 2013 on my computer

Posted: 07 May 2014 05:10 PM PDT

Have Windows 7.  Downloaded Microsoft Office 13.  It is not on the Start Menu, in Programs, and there is no icon.  It is listed in the Programs in Control Panel   Can someone please help me find the icons, or anything so I can use the word and excel. ?  I have searched and searched... Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Creating electronic letterhead with a different header on second page

Posted: 07 May 2014 05:05 PM PDT

I'm trying to create electronic letterhead. Currently the first page contains a logo file in the header section and a table that is editable (so the user can insert their own name, address, phone, etc. at the top of the first page. The second page just has the company name (in text format - not a logo file) along the top in the header section. We are testing a tool that will insert a security designation in the footer - when applied to the current letterhead, it deletes the logo on the first page and inserts the second page header. I'm not sure how to resolve the issue. Any ideas?

Footnote Cross-References

Posted: 07 May 2014 04:34 PM PDT

I need to create footnotes that automatically update to look to other footnotes. 
For example: Thompson, supra note 4 (and have 4 be a cross reference). 
The issue is that each footnote has tons of sources and I want it to update according to a specific part of a previous footnote and move with that text. However, adding a bookmark does not allow an option to cite to the bookmark's footnote. How can I fix this issue?

For example:
Footnote 2: See CA Masten, "One Man Companies and Their Controlling Shareholders" (1936) 14:8 Can Bar Rev 663; Mervyn Woods, "Lifting the Corporate Veil in Canada" (1957) 35:10 Can Bar Rev 1176; GT Tamaki, "Lifting the Corporate Veil in Canadian Income Tax Law" (1962) 8:3 McGill LJ 159; WJA Mitchell, "Taxation and the Corporate Veil" (1966) 14 Can Tax J 534 [Mitchell, "Taxation"]; 

Footnote 3: Woods, supra note 2. (how do I get the note '2' to change only with the Woods text and not the rest of the citation?)

every time I open/use Word - screen pops up - MS Visual Basic - DvzAddin.dll = how can I get rid of it for good?

Posted: 07 May 2014 04:00 PM PDT

every time I open/use Word - screen pops up - MS Visual Basic - DvzAddin.dll = how can I get rid of it for good?