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Microsoft Word - converting old word documents (doc.) to new word documents (docx.)?

Microsoft Word - converting old word documents (doc.) to new word documents (docx.)?

converting old word documents (doc.) to new word documents (docx.)?

Posted: 02 May 2014 03:00 PM PDT

How do I convert old word documents (doc.) to new word documents (docx.)?

Closing a word file in a folder

Posted: 02 May 2014 02:57 PM PDT

How do I close a single file in without closing the folder?

Office for iPad - syncing to iCloud/Dropbox

Posted: 02 May 2014 02:24 PM PDT

I'd really like to use Word for iPad. However, I store all my documents on Dropbox and want to be able to save to there, with local updates to my computers. iCloud sores some of my data when I use pages and the like so if I can't use Dropbox I could use iCloud. However, I don't want to have to spread to a third cloud service with one drive. Anyway to save to either of the above or if Microsoft might add this feature?

microsoft word 2010

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:56 PM PDT

Does anybody know of a method of restoring a deleted Microsoft word entry that wasn't saved???

Word 2010 Home and Student

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:29 PM PDT

I am unable to use the auto text in my program.  I click on Quickparts and Autotext as directed. The text boxes come up but will not let me type anything in them. Any help is appreciated. 

Page Numbers

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:27 PM PDT

I have Word Home and student 2013. I'd like my numbers and headers to start on p 6, but I'm not able to get there. Any ideas?  Many thanks. David

Mail Merge HTML - Outlook 2010 with Windows 7 64bit - not working

Posted: 02 May 2014 11:33 AM PDT

I know this issue has been posted before but apparently it's still an issue! I am beyond frustrated. 

When I try to send a mail merge by choosing the HTML format it does not work, does not do anything. Sending in Plain Text or as Attachment works fine. Of course these are not what I need.

The hotfix mentioned before does not work as it says 'The update is not applicable to this computer'.

Does anyone have a step-by-step fix to this (ridiculous) issue? I need to send out a mail merge today.

Can I create a Word report library where I can insert/remove certain sections easily?

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:47 AM PDT

Context: I regularly write long reports for clients and they typically have the same structure and a lot of similar paragraphs, subsections, etc...

I am looking for a way to 1) Create a library of all the possible vulnerabilities that a client could have, and then each time I do a new report I go through and check boxes for each vulnerability. 2) This would then auto-populate the word document with those vulnerabilities I selected. Each vulnerability is a typically either a sentence or paragraph. 

So - is there a way to auto-populate word documents with specific selected pieces of texts? Would this involve Micros or Access or Excel? What is the easiest option?

Thank you in advance. 

My Microsoft Office 2013 has been "Changed or moved"

Posted: 02 May 2014 10:30 AM PDT

My Microsoft Office 2013 programs are no longer working. No matter where I go in my files to select the program it brings up a prompt saying something to the extent that "WINWORD.EXE" that this shortcut refers to is no longer working. The programs were working the day before and when I started up my computer this morning I can't access my essential word documents or any other of the Office programs. What happened to my Office and how can I fix it quickly? Should a re-installation fix this?             

Font sizes in Microsoft Word 10

Posted: 02 May 2014 08:39 AM PDT

Despite setting font size 14 in  Word the resulting text size is massive  and I cannot reduce this to the correct size. What is the answer to this problem please?

How do I skip fields in Mail Merge?

Posted: 02 May 2014 07:36 AM PDT

I have the following in a Word 2013 Mail merge, but I only want the two parenthesis and the Maiden Name to appear if the Maiden_Name field has data in it:

{MERGEFIELD "First_Name"} ({MERGEFIELD Maiden_Name}) {MERGEFIELD Last_Name}

How do I set it up?

Using Mail merge together with SharePoint Lists is a real pain

Posted: 02 May 2014 07:31 AM PDT

Unbelievable but using a normal SharePoint list and no document library is a painful thing. The customer wants to use a central address list an extended contact list in SharePoint 2013 Foundation and Office 2013.
He wants to filter the addresses and then use this partial list for mail merging with Word 2013.

First I tried to export the SharePoint List to Excel or Access. But filtering is useless you will always get the whole list. The only workaround to get a partial list is to use views.  I personal think for the most end-users this is no practicable way.

Next I made a live link to SharePoint with Access, creating the queries and starting Word mail merge from Access. But this isn't working because Word needs a local database and you always get an error that the database is open exclusive mode.  The only workaround is to make a local database and to reimport the SharePoint list if something is changing.

Using Outlook for mail merging is also ill-conceived because you don't get easily extended contact-fields. You have to use existing fields but it doesn't work with lookup fields.  And you get the whole list there is no way to filter it before.

With Excel the same problem can't use live sync together with queries. Filtering on the Excel side is possible and to copy the only visible filtered data with copy and paste for a second source. Unfortunately the customer doesn't want to work with Excel.

There is no way to make a direct connection from SharePoint to Word mail merge. You have to write a macro. But again you get only the whole list and you can't use lookup fields. That is way filtering afterwards in word is useless in our case. By the way Office 2013 doesn't include the right driver you have to download Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0 driver separately.

All together this simple task was a complete nightmare.

What is missing for a real integration?

  1. A common SharePoint Database Connection provider is missing.
    This includes one provider regardless of using 32 Bit or 64 Bit version of Office.
  2. Support of SharePoint pre-filtered lists in the Office applications without a view.
  3. SharePoint should have a icon to connect directly to Word.
  4. SharePoint should be able to export only selected items to the Office applications.
  5. Support of lookup fields list in the Office applications.

It seems that Microsoft works too much in the cloud world and is forgetting the on premise customers. They didn't make their homework.
Sorry for the hard words but this is not the integration that I expect from a formerly called Office Server and we are already at version 15 of Office

The "Insert" Tab

Posted: 02 May 2014 05:35 AM PDT

Hi, When creating a document with some math expressions or formulas, I use the "Insert" tab,

The thing is that when I am finished with one formula and want to continue with a new one - the screen reverts to the "Home" tab, and I have to press again

the "Insert" tab.

Is there a way to keep the "Insert" tab in place untill I am finished?

By the way, I believe that same thing happens in XL 2010.

Thanks, Joseph.

Word 2013 - "send as attachment" pastes document into body of email not as attachment

Posted: 02 May 2014 04:26 AM PDT

When I select  file/share/email/"send as attachment" my outlook "new message" pops up but the document is not attached instead it is pasted into the body of the email -  Why does this happen ? 

After using ctrl+F to find something how to get word to not to return to that search if using ctrl+pgUp (Word 2013)

Posted: 02 May 2014 02:55 AM PDT

When using Word 2013 you can use the navigation pane (or ctrl+F) to find words in a document, however if you use ctrl+pageUp (or down) afterwards it takes you to the previous/next instance of the searched word. Is there a way to stop this? So that I can search for a word then traverse pages normally using the keyboard short cuts?

How to edit default options of PDF export

Posted: 02 May 2014 02:33 AM PDT

I want to uncheck Document properties and make it stay that way on subsequent pdf exports. Can it be done?

MS Word 2013 crashing when saving a document to OneDrive

Posted: 02 May 2014 01:16 AM PDT

Hi there,

I've recently been using OneDrive regularly and Word 2013 routinely crashes when I save documents to or open documents from OneDrive.  The normal word message comes up (MS Word has stopped working)  I'm using Windows 7 as my operating system.  I don't have the same trouble when saving and opening from my hard drive. 


Thanks

Show White Space Between Pages in Print layout View Gets Stuck

Posted: 01 May 2014 06:04 PM PDT

I open a new document in Print Layout View, and I can see the margins/space between pages.

I double click the space between the pages and the margins go away.

I save the document, close word, and reopen the document: the margins are still gone.

I double click the space between the pages and the margins come back.

I save the document, close word, and reopen the document: the margins are still gone!

The same seems to occur when using File->Options->Display->Show White Space Between Pages... instead of the double click

How on Earth do I make the margins show by default again? Once I save a document with the margins off, it seems to just get stuck like that. Its quite annoying.

How to insert a date modified field from a different document

Posted: 01 May 2014 05:25 PM PDT

Hi all,

I have a word document that is created as a report (Document 1). in this report it reports on various tasks. many of those tasks refer off to other word documents.

Is there a way that I can insert a field or something else to automatically update certain fields in other documents?

John

Why does word delete all text when pressing enter? Overtype is disabled

Posted: 01 May 2014 04:47 PM PDT

So I'm a student studying mechanics and we're given electronic documents for our job cards that we have to fill in with bullet points. I have a document that I've been working on but I've encountered a problem that is preventing me from finishing my work which is extremely frustrating.

Here's my problem. There are a few tables at the top that there was already text in such as student name, date, vehicle registration and so on, I can type in these without any issues. However when I get to the table where the bullet points go, I can only type until I reach the bottom of the table. When I reach the bottom of the page and press enter to start a new bullet point, everything I've previously typed disappears, deleting the table itself and I have to undo to bring my work back.

I've been searching for hours now on a solution and the only advice I can find is that "Overtype" is switched on. I've been in to Options > Advanced and the "use the insert key to control overtype mode" and "use overtype mode" boxes are both unchecked. There is a header and footer tab at the bottom of this table, when I go in to the Insert tab and click on Header, click on remove header I get the exact same issue so I'm guessing this problem I'm getting has something to do with the Header. I aslo know that there is meant to be more to this document than is being shown (should be on a seperate page) but I'm only getting page 1 of 1.

And what I mean by there should be more to this document that isn't being shown is when I start the document with no text added, the top of the second page appears at the bottom of page 1. And Word is still telling me there is only page 1 of 1.

I'm not sure if everything I type is being deleted or if it is just being moved on to page 2 and I can't see it. But it disappears and it's a problem as I'm reaching my deadline and need to get this work done. I'm clearly not a wizard with Word but I have been using it for a few years and have never encountered this so I aplogize if this is a simple solution. And sorry for the lengthly post

Thanks

Kyle

Word crashes when doing a save as

Posted: 01 May 2014 04:25 PM PDT

When saving a documents as a save as, it shuts down and crashes the system, it does do an auto save and is retrievable, but most annoying help?

Issue with opening Office 2013 documents

Posted: 01 May 2014 03:46 PM PDT

I have an intermittent issue with opening documents in Office 2013 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint).  When I open a document it sometimes does not seem to open properly - it can be seen in the open document pop-up but is blank as shown below, does not open and cannot be selected.  Often after a few attempts to click it will then appear but not always.  It can happen when trying to open from any source e.g. email, within the Office application, downloaded from the Internet.  I am using Windows 7.

How to set a numeric value in a list with more than 4 digits

Posted: 01 May 2014 09:44 AM PDT

When I try to set a New value to a list and use a number with more than 4 digits, the the program reset the number to 0.

Is it possible to assign a number with more than 4 digits in a list?