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Microsoft Word - Highlighting in Word - problem

Highlighting in Word - problem

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:22 AM PDT

Hello!

A strange change happened.

When I read a word file, I use he highlighting tool here and there, selecting the parts I need.

Before today,  after I selected the tool "Highlight with yellow", I could easily highlight a sentence, read further and highlight another sentence in another part of the text, without selecting the tool "highlight with yellow" again.

But today, after I highlighted a sentence, the tool turns off, and if I want to select another sentence in an another part of the text, I have to select the tool once again.  So I have to constantly select the tool again and again, but not just work with it.

Does anyone have any ideas, how did that happen and what to change to make it as it was before?

Thank you!

Ivan

Getting unexpected results when executing a macro

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 11:06 AM PDT

I have a macro that looks like this...

    Selection.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldEmpty, Text:= _
        "FILENAME  \p ", PreserveFormatting:=True

When I save a document and then run this macro in the footer, it is supposed to show the file location.  I have a client that a couple days ago, something broke.  Now when she runs the document, it shows the following...

{FILENAME  \p \* MERGEFORMAT}

However, when she prints the document, it shows the correct path.  Any idea what would cause the problem or how to fix?

Autofill cells?

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:48 AM PDT

I work in an office, and I often have to prepare letters to be mailed out to various companies. Often times, these letters are in a group of four or five that always have to go to the same couple of places. I end up having to scroll through five pages, inputting the same data over and over in basicall the same way. What I was wondering- is there a way to make a cell or a text box on page one that will simply fill in the info on the other five pages? This would save me a lot of time, as I would be able to enter the info once, instead of several times over. A quick response to this question would be appreciated. I'm using Word 2010. Thank you.

How to fill in the blank on an existing line

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Hi, 

I have a form someone gave me that is not a template to be filled in. It would be fine if you were to write on it with a pen or paper, but not for Word. 

How can I create a text field that will type on to the lines she has created? 

Example:

Workshop/Course Description:

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I want to create a fill-in the blank on the line, not type the text in the middle and still have the same length of line on either side like:

Workshop/Course Description:

___________this is not the prettiest way to look at a document ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Does this make sense?

Thanks for your help!

Word 2010 crashes when inserting comments

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 10:08 AM PDT

I work in Word 2010 40 hours a week (using windows 7). I and others periodically get a Word crash when inserting comments using the Review tab. Usually, there is an error message after you start typing your comment, that says something like "Word has encountered a problem. You may lose your data if you continue. Do you want to continue?" When this happens, I usually say yes, hit save and then get out of the document. I then do an Open and Repair to hopefully get the glitch out. I've researched this online and can't find any explanation as to what is causing this and how to avoid it. I have read the old article from Word MVPs about corruptions but it doesn't address this one, which seems unique to Word 2010.

Change default tab in Word 2010

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Hi

how can I press the Tab key and have the cursor move over only .25 inches for only the first line of any paragraph I do this in?  It currently moves over .5 inches.

And I want  all the other lines in the same paragraph to move back to the margin naturally when I type.  Also when I press Enter for a new paragraph, I want the cursor to go back all the way to the left margin. (no indentation)

I would like this to be for any new document I create. 

thanks very much!

Craig

Hi shy here

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:38 AM PDT

While extracting files from a zipped folder I am receiving the following error. Please advise. 

Error 0x80010135: Path too long

Word 2000 suddenly saving documents as PDF

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:21 AM PDT

I am having trouble saving documents in Word 2000. It is suddenly automatically saving all documents as a PDF. Then when I go to open the PDF, I get an open error message & the file can't be displayed. I am saving the documents as Word files. Don't know why this is suddenly happening. I have not changed any settings. Can anyone please help me?

Saveas .htm .xml

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 07:01 AM PDT

is there a way in Word to save a file in a single page web format (.htm) without saving the additional .xml files associated with the .htm?

I'm using Autodesk Architecture and their 'bulletinBoard.htm' is just a window showing typical project info but it is in .htm format.  I have saved the htm file but either creates a support folder with xml and other file extensions in it or in the base folder where the htm file is located.

Word AutoComplete disable

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:59 AM PDT

I need to disable AutoComplete enterprise wide (Word 2010>File>Options>Advanced>Editing Options>Show AutoComplete Suggestions) but there doesn't appear to be a GPO setting to do this and I can't find a registry key. Does anyone know if/where this setting is stored in the registry? Or some other way to disable it?

Field Code for Symbol

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:30 AM PDT

Hi,

I appreciate some help with the following.

{ SYMBOL 955 \u } gives l

What can I type in the field to get 𝑡 and 𝑣 ?

I know I can choose "insert" "symbol" but I always face the problem of symbols being replaced by something else when I switched computer.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Creating a school directory in mailmerge Word 2010 from Excel 2010 - want to keep records together without page breaks in middle of record

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 06:19 AM PDT

Trying to create a school directory in Word using mailmerge Directory option from Excel 2010.  Would like to keep family record together without page breaks in middle of record.  Tried modifying style, didn't work - any other suggestions?

Word 2013 Font Letter Spaces

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 05:48 AM PDT

Hello

I have a problem with Word 2013.

I recently installed a Font called RotisSansSerif, using a given .PFM File. 

A .PFB File was also sent and is located in the same folder as the .PFM File. 

Sadly I can't install the .PFB since I get an error trying to do that (which is normal from what I've read).

My problem is best seen in the attached picture:


The first text is the one I see in Word, the second one is the one I get when I print the document or open it as a .PDF File.

How can I fix it so it looks exactly like on the output file?

(I tried reinstalling the Fonts or restarting Word)

Thank you!

- Oliver

Referencing page numbers in other documents, without using master documents

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 05:39 AM PDT

Dear MS Community

I hope you can help me. 

This is my situation:

I am working with multiple documents.

One of these documents acts as the overview of the others and contains specific page numbers in other documents. Let's call it Overview.doc

eg 

Outcome Unit and page
Define mentoring Unit 1, pg. 124 - 156

The page numbers is found in another document, let's say Facilitator guide. This document (Facilitator guide) will change over time and I do not want to maintain Overview.doc when these page numbers change - I want it to do this by itself.

Can anybody please help me to understand how this can be done?

I've been mucking about with fields and bookmarks, but do not know how to write the instructions correctly to get the page views.

Please help!

Maryke

Change language without changing keyboard layout

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 04:42 AM PDT

Hello,

MS Word 2010, Windows 7 ultimate/64

I would like to keep English as my standard language and keyboard layout.  But there are times when I create a document or open a document in French. (Word used to "recognize" the language, as I recall, but I don't mind changing it manually.)

It would be nice to work on the document in French without every word being underlined as misspelled.  But I want to keep the American English keyboard (I have my own program for putting in accents, etc).

Is it possible to change the language for a particular document from English to French yet not change the standard keyboard?

Many thanks.

Jack

Caption Numbering

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 02:45 AM PDT

Documentation specification dictates that figures and tables be numbered as in the following examples:

  • Figure F-3.4 where '3' indicates the third chapter and '4' indicates the fourth figure in chapter 3.
  • Table T-3.4 where '3' indicates the third chapter and '4' indicates the fourth table in chapter 3.

Please advise the correct procedure for achieving this format.

I have created new labels for figures and tables as follows: "Figure F-" and "Table T-"

The result I get with this method yields the following: Figure F-[space]3.4, and Table T-[space]3.4.

If this is the correct procedure, how can I eliminate the space, without having to manually delete it at every incidence?

difference between execute() and execute2007()

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 02:34 AM PDT

Can anyone tell me the difference between Word Selection.Find.Execute() and Selection.Find.Execute2007() methods?

Word for Mac 2011 documents crash Word for Windows 2013 when containing images

Posted: 09 Jul 2014 02:14 AM PDT

Hi folks,

We are a team of people, some working on Mac, some working on PC's.

When we shared word document created or modified by Word for Mac AND in which images are incorporated, the opening of the word document will crash Word for Windows 2013 systematically.

Documents not containing images and modified/created by Word for Mac DO NOT crash Word for Windows.

Any help is more than welcome,

David

The table move handle does not show up in Word 2013

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 11:54 PM PDT

Platform details

OS: Windows 8.1 

Office 2013

No matter what I do, I can't seem to get the move handle to show up!

How to change single bullet in a bullet list?

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 11:37 PM PDT

In a Word 2010 Bullet List, how can I change the bullet for a single item in the bullet list?

Can't get text to line up

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 10:27 PM PDT

Hi, here's what I'm trying to do.  I'm just setting up a simple 3 column list.  Column 1 is in English, column 2 is in Greek, and column 3 is the Phonetic pronunciation.  So I start by typing all the English phrases and then I go to column 2 and type the corresponding Greek phrases and then onto column 3 to show how to phonetically pronounce the words.  Naturally I get through the first column with flying colors, but when I go to the next column to type up the corresponding Greek phrases then I notice that has I tap the enter key and go to the next line I get further and further off and by the time I get to the 5th or 6th line then it becomes truly noticeable.  I realize that they are 2 different character sets but shouldn't they line up?  Anyway I hope that you can help me.  Thanks.

Manny

Opening Word or Excel files

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 08:59 PM PDT

Original Title : More help required.

Hi folks.

Several weeks ago I had a problem with a thing called AVG browser. Norton eventually cleared the AVG software, but in the process, I lost important storage folders from my email. These folders remain lost.

However, a new problem has emerged which has me stumped. When I open Excel, or Word, and try to open some files, I get this message (for Excel),

"If you are trying to open the file from your list of most recently used files, make sure that the file has not been renamed, moved or deleted." I haven't done any of those things. The affected files show as being in 

                       %CSIDL_PERSONAL%.xlsx,

and for Word, the affected files show as being in the same whatever. If I click on a file to open (e.g., Doc1), I get the message 

                       "The directory name is not valid. C:\Users\Paul|Desktop\...\Doc1.docx"

Not all Excel and Word files were affected, but quite a number were.

What is this %CSIDL_PERSONAL% thing? Could my files be in there? If so, can they be recovered?

Can anybody help?

Regards

azpers

Windows 8/ Word

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 06:40 PM PDT

On my desktop I  get the message Microsoft cannot verify the license for this product. You should repair the Office program by using control panel when I try to use Word. I went to the control panel but do not know what to do from there.

Trouble printing Word doc at 100%. Had no problem earlier..

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 06:31 PM PDT

I'm unable to print Word Documents at 100%. Word Print Preview automatically resets to 66% when I try to change it. Earlier today I had no problem printing them at 100% but now I can't and can't understand why not. Please help!!! Sorry, I have Word 2002 but that wasn't an option...

Problem printing envelope

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 05:11 PM PDT

I attempted to print an envelope immediately after finishing the letter which was to be enclosed.  Instead of the addressee appearing in Deliver to, my name and complimentary closing appear there.  I did nothing differently from the way I usually print an envelope after completing the letter; and, as far as I know, this is the first time I've had this problem; had Word 2010 for at least 2 years.  (I miss my old Windows and Word programs SO MUCH!  They were so easy to use.)

Large "Top Padding" in Table unchangeable?

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 05:05 PM PDT

I make a basic table in MS Word 2013 and add a single line of text to each row. All looks good. The issue for me is that there appears to be the height of a new line immediately above my text in every row. I can't make the row have any less height to minimize this large gap above. Setting the vertical alignment to "middle" has no effect either. How can I reduce this waste of space in each table row?

Attached is a screenshot illustrating what I am talking about. As far as I know, I have not changed any defaults or settings.

Built-In Blank (Three Columns) Footer Alignment Question

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 04:06 PM PDT

I couldn't seem to find an answer on this using Bing so I thought I'd ask here.

I am curious how to see/edit the alignment of the built-in Blank (Three Columns) footer. There are no alignment tabs set and they seem to be ignored when they are inserted. It seems the only way to get the tabs to observe the tab alignments is delete the tab characters and insert new ones. Does anyone know if this behavior is documented anywhere? I would like to know how Word is accomplishing this and if this approach is superior over using alignment tabs. I also would like to know how to fix the alignment if someone inadvertently deleted a tab.

Thanks,

Rob

Spellcheck Ignore in docx versus doc

Posted: 08 Jul 2014 03:44 PM PDT

tl;dr: Big docx documents have different spellcheck behavior from small docx or any-sized doc documents, what is up with that?

Long version:

As I understand it, Word doesn't retain Ignore and Ignore All directions once you close a document, that is, when you tell it to Ignore a misspelling, the red line will pop back up (on the words you previously Ignored, not just when you type the word again later) after you close and reopen the document.  This seems to be intentional, HOWEVER, it only seems to work under certain conditions:

docx format

>100kb file size

I would like some way of retaining Ignored spellings so I'm wondering what it is about the .doc format or the small file size that makes it possible to do that.  I've tested this using Word 2010 and 2013 and in both cases, if I save as a .doc or the file size of the .docx is less than ~100kb, the Ignored spellings are saved with the document and no red line appears the next time I open it (I made sure to fully close Word between each test, plus I run spellcheck with F7 so it isn't just rechecking and hasn't brought up the red line yet).  But a docx larger than 100kb never saves the spellings, despite the fact that when I Ignore a misspelling and then close the document, Word asks me if I want to save changes.  What is it saving if not the Ignore?

I know about creating a non-spellchecked style and checking the 'hide spelling errors' option, neither of which appeals to me (too tedious if there are a lot of things to ignore and I'd like spellcheck to flag words that are legitimately misspelled).  So can anyone tell me what 'trigger' gets flipped when my docx gets too big and how to unflip it?  Is the only alternative to save everything as a .doc?  And MS, why aren't Ignore directives saved with a document?!

Thanks in advance.