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Microsoft Word - Change Default "Save As" Format for Existing Documents

Microsoft Word - Change Default "Save As" Format for Existing Documents

Change Default "Save As" Format for Existing Documents

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:39 PM PDT

Is it possible to change the default format in the drop down box of the "Save As" dialog when using "Save As", as opposed to just "Save"? Word is clever enough to detect the kind of document it is trying to "Save As" and chooses the appropriate type. However, I want to force Word to always "save as" a specific format. Again, this is for an existing document that one would copy using the "Save As" command.

Thank you

word 2013 saving autorecover file is very slow

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:44 PM PDT

Hi,

Not so much a problem as a solution.  I had been working with a large document for a long time and noticed that the process of AutoSaving the recovery file was starting to takes minutes to complete, and was starting to interfere with document editing. 

Some web research reminded me of problems with temp file clutter and so I ran the Windows disk cleanup utility, which found and removed 6GB of clutter, including temp file directories.  Autosave is now pretty much instantaneous. 

The reason why this became a problem for me is that the computer is only a year or so old, running Windows 8 (upgraded to 8.1 and then Update1) and so I didn't think that a. it had been running for long enough to generate such clutter and b. that the clean-up would not be running automatically.   Still, easy to fix if that's the problem.

Trouble with resume template

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:41 PM PDT

When using the Word resume template, I keep making errors and can't 'go back.'  If I backspace too far, I remove the bullet I need and can't put one back in.   When I type in the box opposite Summary, my paragraph shows up above the word 'Summary' Because of this I can't use the template, because I can't fix these things.

How can I add a "textless" entry to the Navigation Pane?

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 04:38 PM PDT

I'm writing a book, and I want to have an entry in the Navigation Pane for the primary organizational elements of the book. I'm using styles, of course, so this generally happens automatically, but I'd also like to have an entry in the Navigation Pane for the book's dedication page. I want the entry to say "Dedication", but there will be no text in the book with this word in it. I considered using white text on a white background so it'd be invisible, but I'm concerned that that will lead to problems when the book is published in various digital formats; I don't want searches for the text "dedication" to match anything, nor do I want the word "dedication" to show up if a reader sets the background color to something other than white.

What I'm essentially looking for is a way to bookmark the dedication page and to give the bookmark a name that will show up in the Navigation Pane. Is there a way to achieve this effect?

Thanks.

Flood fill page number field

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:47 PM PDT

I have Office 2007 on a computer running Windows 7 SP2.  I have recently learned how to create my own headers since Word 2007 doesn't have any like how I want my headers to look.  Now I'm looking to see if anyone can tell me how to create a page number field that is a solid color with white numbers.  The colored page number field itself will be .4 high by .8 wide.  The numbers are formatted Ariel, size 20, and bold.  This is what I want the page numbers to end up looking like:

MS Word and the Navigation tab for writing scenes?

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 02:30 PM PDT

I've had an issue with MS Word for years.  I've never purchased it because of this issue, and I know many writers such as myself who are in the same position.

I write in scenes, and I really want to use the Naviation panel of Word 2013. I select my heading styles and highlight the scene titles and I see a nice 'tree' outline visual in the Navigation panel for managing my book.

However, when one reads or prints the final word document, you don't want to see the scene titles - they are only for a writer to organize his structure. Obviously, this needs to be hidden. When I change the style's font - to make it "hidden" as someone suggested, stupidly the scene title in the navigation panel also becomes hidden as well. 

I want to smash my head against the wall.  How could such a all-encompassing writing tool be so absolutely useless when it comes to writing novels in scenes?

Is there a REAL solution to this?  Or does Microsoft put up a middle finger to all of us novel writers, and we simple can't have a book navigation capabilities without having our scene titles scattered across our final book output?

Table borders shift randomly

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:45 PM PDT

Hello!  I frequently use tables within my Word documents.  (I use Word 2010.)  Recently I started having a strange problem.  The borders don't line up on the right hand side of the table.  They are staggered from cell to cell.  I manually fix them so they are all lined up again, save the document, reopen the document and the borders go right back to being staggered.  I can't figure out why this is happening when it has never happened before.  It doesn't just happen within one document either.  EVERY document that I use tables in is now doing this.  I'm guessing that I accidentally changed a setting somewhere, but I can't figure out for the life of me what it is.  I'd really appreciate any ideas on how to fix this.  Thanks!

Can't open any office docs again.

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:25 PM PDT

Why do I get problems opening word or excel. This has happened several times this year. I can't access any office programs. I also get problems opening Outlook.

Office says it's disabled: error code 1058-4

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:16 PM PDT

I can't open my Word programs. When I try to, Office says it's disabled. Help!

Spurious vertical lines in tables

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:02 PM PDT

I get, from time to time, vertical lines in table columns. In one case now, the line is 1/2 inch from the left table border, and goes down, breaks up, and then continues an inch later and continues to the bottom of the table. These lines can occur in other pages too, in the same table.

I can usually get rid of them by doing I don't know what, but now, I am stuck, in spite of saving and opening the file again.

I do not know what these vertical lies are, how/why they appear. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Hans L

How can I disable other languages when using MS Word spell-check?

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 12:37 PM PDT

When I perform a spell/grammar check on my Mac with Word (Office 365), the spell check includes words from multiple languages.

How can I disable the other languages and use English only as my default?

Thanks - 

Table in Mail Merge

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 10:57 AM PDT

I am doing a mail merge from Excel 2007 to Word 2007. My Word doc has a table in it that looks like this:

                     Merge Field 1                 Merge Field 2                 Merge Field 3                  Merge Field 4

Program 1

Program 2

Program 3

Program 4

My Excel source is such that not every employee will have participated in every program, however, when they do participate in a program, every merge field will be filled in. For example, John Smith participated in Programs 1, 2, and 4. All four merge fields for these three programs will be filled in. I would like the merge to have a condition IF statements in it to say something to the effect of:

IF Merge Field 1 is blank (which will only happen if they did not participate in the program), then delete that row in my table.

So in the example, John Smith's table would only have 3 rows.

Is there a way to accomplish this without using VBA? Thanks for any and all help.

Fabio

Printing 2 pages per sheet issue

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:24 AM PDT

I am using Word 2013, Win 8. I have used the feature many times in the past but recently the margins are screwed up. They are set at .5" left, right, top & bottom. I design the pages in full letter size then print 2 pages per sheet. Again, I have done this so many times before without issue. NOW, when I print it gives 1 3/4" margin at the bottom only. All other margins appear .5. The print preview doesn't show the margin change....

Stop MS Word Grammar Check from making ridiculous suggestions

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:24 AM PDT

Example

Staff is its own pleural

ie

They are my Staff

or

this is a member of my Staff

there is no such word as 'Staffs' in this context the only time that plural applies is to a physical length of wood like Robin Hood and Little John used to use in Merrie old England a very old english idiom.

when I write a document which states "Staff who receive" I get a little wobbly green line under the phrase and when I right click I get the options

1. "Staffs who receive"

2. "Staff who receives"

Option 1 cannot be grammatically correct under any circumstances it has to be staffs which receive or staffs that receive as in "the quarter staffs that (or which) recieve a great deal of punishment during their use".

I find this is happening with a lot of phrases in Microsoft Word and find that this kind of grammatical nonsense is creeping into documents produced by persons who speak english as a second language (and by persons who just couldn't be bothered to learn to spell or learn their english at school). This often corrupts the meaning intended by the person writing the document.

When I am writing a document I find it highly irritating seing these little green wobblys under phrases I know are correct

Is there any way of stopping these wierd anomalies in the grammar checker without actually switching the facility off?

Where did my Office Word 2013 go?

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 09:13 AM PDT

I cannot access my Word at all.   Error message says I cannot open Word.  Computer acts like it is not installed at all.  Help!

In Find or Search and Replace, is it possible to find "quoted" but not "not quoted"

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 07:49 AM PDT

I always have strange questions. I want to find the word 'quoted' when it is not paired with 'not'. For example a way to put that in Find so that the phrase: 

We are quoted as saying... is brought up, but NOT the phrase:

She is not quoted directly...

**These are just examples, not necessarily what I really want to find.**

I've tried to decipher the wildcards, or regular expressions, but that stuff is all nonsense to me and I can't figure if what I want is possible. Any help or ideas?

Saving Word file in 2007 format

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 07:46 AM PDT

I am working in Microsoft 2013, on Windows 7 Professional. 

I need to save a basic word document in Word 2007 format for the government in order for my proposal to be accepted. 

When saving, I am only given the option to save in 1997-2003 formats. 

How can I save in 2007 to be sure the government will be able to open the file correctly?

WORD 2013 STYLE SETS Keep changing on their own

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 06:33 AM PDT

In WORD 2013, when I customise stlyle set,then save it, when I try to use it, the fonts change on their own, how to prevent this

Read Only Question

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 05:05 AM PDT

When my wife sends a word document to me, it is always read only.  Can this be turned off. 

Microsoft office word not works after so many time installatio

Posted: 17 Jun 2014 01:10 AM PDT

I recently bought the Microsoft Office 2013  07 june,2014 ago for INR 5499, and install online ,which not familiar with as already ,one month trail period expired .after install, Microsoft excell and micro pOWER POINT WORKS AS PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED . but Microsoft Word always show ,repair now.help,cancel . after so many time online help reinstall,but Microsoft word not works.i m purchase Microsoft office home & student 2013 version 15.0.4615.1002 on dt 07/06/2014

 whether I click on the actual Word icon or try to open any sort of file associated with Word nothing will open. By pressing the icon. I'm currently use window 8 on Dell laptop. Kindly help me foolproof method to access the Microsoft word on my laptop . send me email on microsoft account email for this or repair it on line . 

Thank you,   Devinder Singh ,punjab , India 

I can't find a very important word document (2010 word)

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 09:44 PM PDT

I have saved a word document to 'my documents' on my school acount and I don't know were it saved and have looked everywhere (on my USB, my documents and my user account) for it and still can't find it. Can anyone please point me in the right direction of where I could find it. (if I open a new document and click on the offfice button and look at recent documents, there is nothing listed) PLEASE HELP IT IS A SUPER IMPORTANT SCHOOL ASSIGMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Default tab in Word - used to be the Home menu, now File

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 06:49 PM PDT

For some reason my default menu tab is now File rather than Home which it has always been previously. Can I reset it back to the Home menu tab?

"Show bookmarks" doesn't display gray square brackets

Posted: 16 Jun 2014 06:05 PM PDT

I know that gray square brackets can be displayed for bookmarks (cross-references).

 

"Show bookmarks" under "Show document content" on Advanced dialogue is clicked. There are many cross-references in the document, but somehow those square brackets don't show up.

 

I don't think this matters, but "Always" for "Field shading" under "Show document content" on Advanced dialogue is selected.

 

Is there anything else I have to click.

 

I use MS Word 2010, but I've tried this with MS Word 2007 at home as well, but no luck.