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Microsoft Word - How do I scan a document into Word 2013 to edit?

How do I scan a document into Word 2013 to edit?

Posted: 15 May 2014 03:22 PM PDT

I just updated my 10 year old computer system to windows 8. I purchased Word 2013. On occasion I need to scan a document for my business into Word so I can make changes to the document. HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

WHAT PROGRAM DO I NEED TO PURCHASE OR DOWNLOAD? I do not want to use the Adobe that you have to pay a monthly fee to use as I am retired now and I don't need to edit documents very often.

My other HP computer had a picture and document imaging program. I just clicked it on and told it I was scanning a document and it went into Word.

So far Windows 8 is exasperating!

thanks for any info

Word 2013-image at top, text box at side, text box in main part of page-how do I keep them from jumping around?

Posted: 15 May 2014 03:10 PM PDT

I am trying to build a letterhead template. I would like an image at the top of the page, and a narrow text box down the left side that will contain text that will not change. I want another text box in the 'main' part of the page into which I can type the main body of the letter, so that when I invoke the template there will be a new document waiting for text to go into the main text box. What settings do I use for text wrapping and anchoring the image and left side text box to prevent the constant problem that occurs whenever I dump text into the main text box - it pushes the image and the left side text box to a second page and screws up everything.

Automate Word Templates

Posted: 15 May 2014 03:02 PM PDT

I am trying to create word templates that I can populate with information from an excel spreadsheet in a different sub-folder.  Specifically, in each client file I have an intake sheet (excel spreadsheet) with the clients name, address, etc.  I have several word templates in a separate sub-folder called templates.  The most basic is for a client letter.  Is there a way to open the letter template and populate the text fields with information from one of the client intake spreadsheets?  I need to be able to re-open the template each time I use it and point to a different client's intake sheet, depending on which case I am working on.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Mike

How to Sort commented Files with no-commented files for multiple batches With proper Error handling Mechanism

Posted: 15 May 2014 02:58 PM PDT

I have thousands of word documents and want to run a particular macro with proper error mechanism:

Problems while running a particular batch:

1)Particular Line :   Set oDoc = Documents.Open(strPath & strFilename) , I have some japenese file names that the macro could not even open,i think by there file names .Example: 日本国instance1日本国.doc. 

2)Some Protected Files That due to which the batch is getting hampered in between the batch.

3)SOme files that have been repaired by the microsoft word throw GoTo Error pop-up which i have to manually close once it comes.

So I want that if such kind of error files and GoTo Error pop-up comes that doesn't allow the macro to open those particular files, I want them to move those particular files to Error Folder and make a Log of those Files.

Here is the particular macro:

Sub BatchProcessMoveFiles()
Dim strFilename As String
Dim strPath As String
Const strCommentsPath As String = "Comment Folder\"
Const strNoCommentsPath As String = "Non-commented Folder\"
Dim strFiles As String
Dim oDoc As Document
Dim Log As Document
Dim fDialog As FileDialog
    Set fDialog = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    With fDialog
        .Title = "Select folder and click OK"
        .AllowMultiSelect = False
        .InitialView = msoFileDialogViewList
        If .Show <> -1 Then
            MsgBox "Cancelled By User", , _
                   "List Folder Contents"
            Exit Sub
        End If
        strPath = fDialog.SelectedItems.Item(1) & "\"
        If Not FolderExists(strPath & strCommentsPath) Then MkDir strPath & strCommentsPath
        If Not FolderExists(strPath & strNoCommentsPath) Then MkDir strPath & strNoCommentsPath
    End With
    strFiles = ""
    strFilename = Dir$(strPath & "*.doc")        'should open doc, docx, and docm formats
    While Len(strFilename) <> 0
        WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros 1
        Set oDoc = Documents.Open(strPath & strFilename)
        strFiles = strFiles & Date & "-" & Time & Chr(32) & oDoc.FullName & " moved to "
        'do what you want with the open document
        If oDoc.Content.Comments.Count > 0 Then
            oDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
            Name strPath & strFilename As strPath & strCommentsPath & strFilename
            strFiles = strFiles & strCommentsPath & strFilename & vbCr
        Else
            oDoc.Close SaveChanges:=wdDoNotSaveChanges
            Name strPath & strFilename As strPath & strNoCommentsPath & strFilename
            strFiles = strFiles & strNoCommentsPath & strFilename & vbCr
        End If
        strFilename = Dir$()
        WordBasic.DisableAutoMacros 0
    Wend
    Set oDoc = Nothing
    Set Log = Documents.Add
    Log.Range.Text = strFiles
End Sub

Public Function FolderExists(ByVal PathName As String) As Boolean
Dim lngAttr As Long
    On Error GoTo NoFolder
    lngAttr = GetAttr(PathName)
    If (lngAttr And vbDirectory) = vbDirectory Then
        FolderExists = True
    End If
NoFolder:
End Function

Please help with the particular problem.

Thanks & Regards 

Gagan Khurana

how to get a macro to highlight current row before deleting it?

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:05 PM PDT

Dear Word Answers,

The following macro deletes the current table row and works just fine. As an infrequent VBA user, I wanted to make it highlight the

current row before the msgbox displayed, but can't figure out what statement to use. Application.ScreenUpdating didn't seem to do

what I expected.

 

Could you suggest something to add to the macro?

 

Sub DeleteRow()

'

' DeleteRow Macro

        If Selection.Information(wdWithInTable) = True Then

        Selection.SelectRow

        Application.ScreenUpdating = True

        Response = MsgBox("OK to delete these stinkin' rows?", vbOKCancel, "Delete Rows (MAFware)")

            If Response = vbCancel Then

            Selection.Collapse   'If canceled, unselect row, and exit

            Exit Sub

            End If

        Selection.Rows.Delete

        Response = MsgBox("All selected rows have been trashed.", vbOKOnly, "Delete Rows (MAFware)")

    Else

        NotinTable = MsgBox("Hey! Get your cursor inside the table already!", vbOKOnly, "Delete Rows (MAFware)")

    End If

   

End Sub

Yours,

 

Michael F

Word 2010 freezes when opening a file from a share drive

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Issue: 

In our office, one user who is opening up a document from a share folder will experience Microsoft word freezing. 

  • It doesn't display a not responding message
  • It doesn't lock up and close out automatically
  • It doesn't show any behavior typical of an issue, however doesn't allow any user input.
  • Can not type, select anything on menu bar, can not minimize, or close out without using task manager.
  • You can move the mouse around, however it appears to be frozen. 
  • Everything else works, and nothing shows up in event viewer. 
  • Issue is intermittent

I have been able to duplicate it with one document, multiple times, and the only variable I can determine is that the file opens in Compatibility mode. 

For troubleshooting currently I've:

  • Repaired Office
  • Deleted the Word Data Registry Key
  • Deleted the Word Options Registry Key
  • Deleted the Normal.dot file 
  • Restarted the Computer

Next step was going to try to disable all add-ons, however, this issue only happened once today for the user and she is working so wasn't able to try that yet, however was hoping I might have overlooked something. 

Some additional information: 

Office 2010 32-bit

Windows 7 32-bit

Editing a Custom Content XML File AFTER it has been imported into Word 2013

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:05 PM PDT

I followed the instructions to create a custom content XML file and import it into Word under the Developer Ribbon.  It worked wonderfully for four of the five custom content fields, except one problem.  I used what is probably a reserved name "Version" and it has trapped a huge amount of text as it's content.  When I try and insert it as plain text, all this other content is displayed. 

I downloaded the Open Office XML SDK 2.5 and opened a copy of the file with it, and can actually see the problem, but cannot edit it with that tool.  I want to change the name from "Version" to "DocumentVersion" and delete the content currently saved between the start and finish flags and replace it with "V1.0".  Short of going back to an older copy of the file, editing the original text file containing the xml instructions, importing it again, and then inserting all my custom content fields again, I don't know what else to do.  Any suggestions?

Trish :)

Word 2013 automatically downsizes my large photos

Posted: 15 May 2014 11:39 AM PDT

Having trouble with my Word 2013 photo page template.  If I insert a picture that is file size of about 60 kb, Word will fill the entire page with that photo.  This is the result that I am after.  However if I insert a picture that is file size 1.2 mb, Word automatically downsizes the picture to 3.66 x 5.49.  I have to manually adjust the photo to fill the entire page.  This is a real problem because I insert and label many photos each day.  It takes a lot of extra time to manually adjust each photo.

Right now I have to use a computer that still has Word 2000 installed.  Word 2000 treats every picture the same, regardless of file size.  It fills each page with one photo, regardless of the photo's file size.

Is there a setting that I can adjust in Word 2013 to prevent it from downsizing my larger photographs to the default 3.66 x 5.49 size?  I need it to default to 7.19 x 10.79.

Thanks,

-Duke

Word Document open problem

Posted: 15 May 2014 11:39 AM PDT

sir when i open my doc. file it asks for 25 letters product key but i don know. could you help me to solve it? its Microsoft office home and Student 2007 program

System Restore - now Microsoft Office requires password

Posted: 15 May 2014 11:23 AM PDT

did a system restore as after latest useless update from Microsoft my IE scrollbar was jumping around all over the place.  System restore went well - laptop is now flying but when I went to open up Microsoft Office it is asking for a password.  God knows where that is - I bought my laptop and it had it on so how do I use it?

How do I get multiple labels to print on one page rather then a new document open for each address label I need? I should have 3 pages, yet I have 88

Posted: 15 May 2014 11:13 AM PDT

How do I get multiple labels to print on one page rather then a new document open for each address label I need?  I should have 3 pages, yet I have 88.  So frustrating! This was a mail merge from Excel to Word

How to stop Word from displaying useless ~$filenames when a document is open?

Posted: 15 May 2014 10:59 AM PDT

I've dealth with this for years and thought maybe there is a way of stopping this very illogical attribute of Word 2003.  When you open a document it chops off the first 2 characters of the file name and adds a this in front: ~$.  I hate having extra files visible in the parent folder.  Is there a way of getting Word to stop this?  Why they would opt for this is anybody's guess.  Bizarre software design.  

So if your file name is myfile it will look like this:  "~$file" I think.

SpellCheck accidentally combines two words

Posted: 15 May 2014 10:55 AM PDT

I have just come across a situation where SpellCheck suggests andlet's as a replacement during a Grammar check.

Forgot password for a protected word 2010 .docx file

Posted: 15 May 2014 09:53 AM PDT

Hello,

I lost the password of a .docx file that was saved with the open password option.

What can I do to open it or recover the password?

Thank you,

Windows Explorer Preview: Sorry, something went wrong and Word was unable to start. (24)

Posted: 15 May 2014 09:46 AM PDT

Hi,

So, I cannot see .doc, .docx and .docm previews in Windows Explorer (& other office documents too). When I click on an Office file, the preview tries to load for a little while, then a msgbox is displayed with the phrase:

Sorry, something went wrong and Word was unable to start. (24)

And a sole 'OK' button for me to click.

I tried:

repairing the installation;

Uninstalling using Microsoft's 'FixIt' to remove all traces of MS Office; 

Reinstalling; 

Repairing the reinstallation.

To no avail. 

Al the simple and not-so-simple attempts to fix the problem were fruitless. 

It's unfunny how the premiere office suite, running on the operating system from the same company, has problems displaying previews of its document files, but other files are displayed just fine. 

Maybe there is some other fix which I am not aware of, but I couldn't find it. 

Any help is appreciated.

Anyone had this problem and was able to fix it?

Word doc with maros does not work on 64bit machines

Posted: 15 May 2014 08:03 AM PDT

I have created a Word 2010 form with a number of macro's.  My computer is a 32 bit (has to be to imbed pdf's as this function does not work on 64bit) and my form works find on all other 32bit computers.  However those in the office who have a 64 bit computer the form does not work. 

When it is opened it requests that macro's are enabled, click yes and then they still don't work.

Any suggestion to fix this, other than seeing if we can get all computers downgraded!

Thanks

Shelley

Microsoft Word 2010 Multiple Windows

Posted: 15 May 2014 07:42 AM PDT

Hello,

My 'problem' will seem trivial but I'd like to know if there's a way around it anyways. I'm a bit of a perfectionist.

When I open a word document, it opens normally (maximised) but if I open another word document while the first one is still open, the second document will open in a smaller, windowed mode (as can be seen in the image attached below).

Is there a way to have every document open maximised by default? 

Thanks for your time.

microsoft office stopped working in win 7

Posted: 15 May 2014 07:17 AM PDT

soddenly MS Office stopped working.after I installed some Epsom scanner software.in includes the Abby print software..........based on some comments, I deleted the software.things are OK now..........

Replace multiple manual line break and paragraph mark with single paragraph mark

Posted: 15 May 2014 06:40 AM PDT

I received long word document from another one. There are multiple line break and paragraph mark among paragraphs. I want to replace those by a single paragraph mark so that I can format the space among paragraph equally. Please give me a code or show e the quickest way to do so.

Comments on word docs in iPad

Posted: 15 May 2014 06:24 AM PDT

I have installed word for iPad and applied 365 license. I can see the options to review, track changes etc but I can' t see how to add comments to a document. 

how to disable the automatic links at opening in msword2013

Posted: 15 May 2014 06:08 AM PDT

I have a lot of word 2003 documents with many links to acad drawings.

When i open these documents in msword 2013 all the acad links are opend one by one so that it takes serveral minutes to open such a document which is very enoying.

The option "update automatic links" is disabled and all the links are set to manually update. Despite all that all links are still opend when i open a word document.

Does someone know a solution so that this automatic opening of the acad links no longer occurs?

Same author, same year quotations

Posted: 15 May 2014 05:27 AM PDT

Hi,

Is there any way to automatically make Word distinguish between two works in referencing like this:

Johnson, 2003a

Johnson, 2003b

Rather than this:

Johnson, Is my hair on fire, 2003

Johnson, Yes it is, 2003

Using APA 6th edition and that should in theory work like the first example, but can't make it work...Can anyone help?

Much appreciated

Removing Endnote (programme) formatting in a Word document

Posted: 15 May 2014 05:17 AM PDT

I'm working on a document in which the author has used the programme Endnote for the bibliography. I am trying to remove the formatting, but can't. I tried removing the hyperlinks, but I still get a grey shadow over the citation when I click on it. Someone suggested using Replace, but I can't find the Endnote option in Replace either. I could cut and paste each citation into Notepad or something like that, but if there is a way to remove all of them at one go, it would save me a lot of time. I know that you used to be able to do this in earlier versions of Word.


Thanks!

"Feature appears to be broken" - Cannot Repair (Help)

Posted: 15 May 2014 03:46 AM PDT

I have recently bought Microsoft Office 365 University. 
After installing it correctly, I went to access Microsoft Word. While loading the program the notification came up: "We're sorry but this feature appears to be broken and needs to be repaired. Use the programs and features option in the windows control panel to repair Microsoft office".

 

After clicking "OK" the program loaded and then this notification popped up: 

I proceed afterwards to try both the quick repair, and the long repair options that Microsoft has to offer, and have no luck fixing my problem. 
I can not find help on the faq, or support services. 

Any useful information would be appreciated, thank you. 

Words get shifted when Copying and Pasting Arabic Text

Posted: 15 May 2014 03:16 AM PDT

Hi,

Does someone have an Explanation and a Solution to the following problem:

When I do an edit>Copy>Paste a line of "Arabic Text" from a page on the net - upon pasting, the words in Arabic Text get shifted in this way e.g. "The last word appears as the first word  upon pasting".

Why is the above happening? and is there a Solution to the problem?

Regards,

Saeed

WORD 2007 "Statement" Document.

Posted: 15 May 2014 02:37 AM PDT

Dear Madam or Sir:

 

I have recently started to experience a strange anomaly with Office 2007 WORD, wherein when I am now going to print a document I first am given what I am only able to describe as a "statement" of some kind.  It identifies as follows:

 

           Filename:                     01 — WORD Document

          Directory:                     E:\TV Programs & Information

          Template:                     C:\Users\Sherry-Greg\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dotm

          Title:

          Subject:

          Author:                          Sherry-Greg

          Keywords:

          Comments:

          Creation Date:             5/14/2014 06:08:00 PM

          Change Number:        2

          Last Saved On:           5/14/2014 06:08:00 PM

          Last Saved By:            Sherry-Greg

          Total Editing Time:    2 Minutes

          Last printed On:         5/14/2014 06:09:00 PM

          As of Last Complete Printing

                   Number of Pages:                1

                   Number of Words:               138 (approx.)

                   Number of Characters:       788 (approx.)

 

May anyone please be able to explain to me in a reasonable and intelligent manner why this is happening and what should I do to have it stop?

 

Respectfully yours,

 

Gregory Falasz

Word 2013 without menu in the tab 'save' 'save as'

Posted: 15 May 2014 01:49 AM PDT

Hello.

Sorry of my English, but it isn't my native.

When i try save document on the disc, i can't , because i don't open menu with options where i can save,name, etc etc.

if I press button on the right side for example 'my computer' - it don,t react.

I have the same problem on the 2 computer. There are installed Word - as separate application, and on the second computer is isntalled Office20103.

I wonder, whether printer driver can spoiled this option in the Word?

Office has Excel. In the excell all is ok. I can choose disc, name - working properly. So i think this is not a printer driver.

I hope someone have an idea to help me :).

best regards

JarekZ

Centering an image when wrapping it "In Line With Text"

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:49 AM PDT

Hello!

I am using Word 2010.

I need to insert an image (.jpg format) into a document, and I want it to be wider then the margins I set.

I want to keep using the "In Line With Text" object position option but when changing the image size to wider then my narrows, the image is not centered on the page anymore. How can I keep it centered with relation to the page and still use "In Line With Text"?

I hope you understand! Thank you very much.

Saving Word document - do you want to save changes to template?

Posted: 15 May 2014 12:16 AM PDT

Have recently upgraded to Office 365 / Office 2013.  I create most of my Word documents from a template. 

In Word 2010, when I created a document, and then saved it, Word would ask whether I wanted to save changes.  Fine. 

In Word 2013, it does the same.  But once I've answered that, it then asks whether I want to save the changes to ... (whatever the template was that the document was created from).  The answer is always no, so I click no.  Then another dialogue box pops up asking the same question again.  So I click no again, and the document closes. 

I would open and close 20-30 documents a day so it's a waste of time having to click no 40-60 times a day.  I can't see a setting in Options anywhere to change this.  Any ideas how I can stop Word from asking me whether I want to save changes to the template every time I close a document?

Mail Merge not showing full Data. Why is this?

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:48 PM PDT

To replicate the problem:

-from an excel sheet, we have headers row as follow (from A-D): ID, fielda, fieldb, fieldc. 

-column ID numbered from A2 - A11 as: 1 - 10

-B11: a very long text, a paragraph long; or just copy and paste "this is a problem" 20 times, then add an "end", as for marking the end of the data cell. (because this data will be cut off later when using mail merge)

-copy this very long text throughout C2-C11, then D11.

-now save, and open Word, and do a mail merge

-insert merge field for fielda, then fieldb, then fieldc on different line, 

-preview

-you should notice that on page 10, the data cell is cut off before reaching for the "end",

SOLUTION: turn on "Confirm file format conversion on open" from option in Word, then select Excel via DDE when opening the excel data using mail merge. 

QUESTION: Why is this? Does this have to do with the excel sheet formatting? Because we might not have encountered this problem before. We now also encounter this problem in Office 2010, Windows 7. Dev's input on this is highly appreciated. 

Thank you in advance.

-seeke

Microsoft Office 2013 Word and Outlook spell check NOT working - proofing tool not installing

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:37 PM PDT

Hi,

I have a customer with office 365 and having issues with Word and Outlook spell checking

I have tried several several fixes and nothing has worked.

I have tried offline & online Repair, re-installed Office, registry fixes, different profile etc

the only way i can get spell check to work is if i run word in safe-mode by pressing ctrl when opening Word

Every so often Word tells me that Proofing tool is NOT installed - i have installed this several times with no success.

please help!

- Yannick

Word 13 starts ONLY from existing documents and otherwise will not start and hangs

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:14 PM PDT

Microsoft Word in Office 13 running on Windows 7 will start only from an extant document. It will hang and need to close or restart if I attempt to open a second document. It will also hang from icon or from any template on the opening templates page whether a document is open or not. I have tried renaming normal.doc (did not help) as well as the tools at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921541 (which disable Add-Ins in the startup subdirectory, did not help). Incidentally Nuance Create PDF Add-In is disabled by the program. Has anyone had a similar problem? Any suggested solutions?

Drop Down List Content Control

Posted: 14 May 2014 10:36 PM PDT

I am wanting to create a drop down list consisting of a tick and a cross. I can just type an X for the cross but am having trouble creating a tick.

I have tried creating a style using Wingdings font but can't create the tick in the 'value box'. Is there same way to do this or do I have to just type

'Yes' and 'No' as my options (which I'd rather not do).

Position of semicolon in Japanese version of Microsoft Word

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:54 PM PDT

We live in Japan. My wife recently submitted her PHD thesis to a British university. She wrote the thesis in English using the Japanese version of Microsoft Word. The university has pointed out that the semicolon, and dash are positioned higher in the text, (relative to the base line,) than they should be.  Is there any way to rectify this?

combining documents has failed

Posted: 14 May 2014 04:25 PM PDT

I have recently been tasked with combining hundreds of documents. It took a while to work out some problems (the numbers had to be changed from 1 to 0001 and I had to not add the first x documents) and when I finally figured out how to the process suddenly failed and now I can only do 18 at a time.

Thank you for your time.

My autonumbered list keeps losing its numbering, even with the numbered styles

Posted: 14 May 2014 03:54 PM PDT

I'm using Word 2013 and others in my group have Word 2010. I have a semicomplex document set up with Heading styles via a List Style. I also have steps within each section that need to restart within each section:

1

1.1

1.2

1.3

Step 1

Step a.

Step b.

Step 2

1.4

Step 1

Step 2

I set the headings up per Shauna's instructions, as I have done for other documents many times before, using a List style. I set up a multilevel numbered List Number paragraph style for the steps. I need to keep this simple.

We needed to add more sections from various authors to the document, so we sent each author a blank copy of the file for their additions. I then copied their sections into the original document. I expected some adjusting, as these are developers, and use Word only sparingly. Where I saw glitches, I reapplied the styles and made sure the List style was still linked. We are set up for collaborative editing via SharePoint and multiple reviewers/editors are in the document at once.

Each time a couple of the reviewers open the document, heading numbers revert to all 1's (1.1.1, 1.1.1.1) and the step numbers disappear. When I modify my List Style I have to relink each level to my Heading styles again, then reapply the Heading styles. I also need to set up my List Number paragraph style again. Are these two separate issues?

I have told the reviewers emphatically that they are to adjust the heading numbering ONLY by changing the Heading styles or using the Indent buttons and to adjust the step numbers only with the Indent buttons. The same numbering problems keep occurring.

I asked everyone to close the document and I fixed the numbering again. It was fine until everyone opened the document again. Could one person's settings throw off the numbering? Am I missing steps to set up these numbering schemes?

We're under a tight deadline and I need to get this straightened out fast!

Thanks!