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Microsoft Word - Problem with Equation Editor (Word)

Problem with Equation Editor (Word)

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 02:19 PM PDT

Until this week I had no problem editing math equations that I had in Word 2003 documents, when oppened in Word 2013 (compatibility mode). But now Word 2013 won´t recognize 2003 equations.. and I have a lot of older files that can not be editted!!!

    

Microsoft Home and Office 2010

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:12 PM PDT

Cannot open Word---says Microsoft word has stopped working.  Windows is searching for solution.  Then,-a  problem caused program to stop working correctly.  Windows will notify you if a solution is found

Cannot open MS Word

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 01:04 PM PDT

When I try to open MS Word 2013 in Windows 8.1 I get a 2 x 3 inch version just above the Word logo on the task bar. It will not enlarge. I attempted to do a quick repair on the MS Word program but received the following error code: 1610612703-8

What do I try next? Help!

Can't set Word 2013 as default for .doc or .docx -- double-clicking a document opens Word 2010 instead

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 12:30 PM PDT

It should be clear from the title, but I have both Office 2010 and Office 2013 installed. I recently re-installed Office 2013 (the Office 365 installed software version; I'm not using the web apps version or on-demand version). Things were working fine before and after the re-installation, then I had to answer a question for someone about Word 2010. I opened a document in Word 2010, and had to wait for the "Installing" screen to complete, even though I had previously applied the NOREREG keys to the registry in the Office 14 as well as Office 15 folders of HKCU.

Other things I've done:

  • I've right-clicked on a file, and from the contextual menu chose Open With > Choose Default Program, clicked Browse, and navigated to Office 15/WINWORD.EXE. With the "Always use..." box ticked, I clicked OK. The document opens in Word 2010.
  • In the Set Default Programs dialog, Word 2013 is already set for all the documents Word can open except for .odt documents.
  • I have Word 2013 pinned to my Start Menu. When I hover over its icon and wait for the Recent Documents flyout to appear, I click on one of them, and it opens in Word 2010.
  • Likewise on the Taskbar.

You can see from the things I've already done that I'm no rookie at these scary machines they call "computers". In fact, I've had this problem once before in a previous life; I just don't know what it was that fixed it. There's got to be a registry setting somewhere that's gone awry. Just point me to it and I'll be on my happy way. (Just FYI, the other Office apps act the same way -- .pptx files open in PPT 2010, .xlsx files open in Excel 2010, etc.)

Thanks in advance for reading this far, and for your help.

Solving for t using the equation editor in Office 365

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 12:27 PM PDT

Operating System:  Windows 8.1 64 bit.

Office Version:  Office 365 Home Premium

I am taking a grad level psychology class for Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences.  Apparently, the equation editor in Word does not have a built in equation for computing Z-scores or T-values with three fraction levels.  If you try to enter an equation manually and solve the equation, you get a pop-up stating there is an error in the equation Microsoft math cannot solve the equation.  Even trying the built-in equations and entering the values does not work.  If you click on "tell me more" you get a message stating Microsoft has nothing to recommend.

If I remove the top part of the equation, and only use the bottom half for the square root, it will solve for t.  Apparently Microsoft does not recognize the top part, the mean of one sample minus the mean of the other sample, or the number of participants for one group plus the number of participants for the other group divided by the two groups multiplied together.

How do you get the equation editor to solve the entire equation?

Thanks.

Letter format displays too small

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 11:56 AM PDT

Split from this thread.

MY WORD DOCUMENT IS SHOWING THE LETTER SIZE FORMAT TOO SMALL FOR ME TO SEE. WHAT I TYPE HOW DO I ENLARGE 

Is there a way to nest sub-list inside a listed paragraph

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT

Hi,

having moved up from 2010 to 2013 version, I can see that Multilevel listing remains a real pain.

One thing which seems to have become difficult is to include a list inside a listed paragraph style like:

1. Because of the following reasons

1.1. Change in menus

1.2. Unfamiliar Icons

   I find it even more difficult to replicate this

2. I wish for an AI-software that would recognize this pattern and either show me how to do it or just asks me if this is what I want.

3. Then I could either

       3.1. say yes or

       3.2. no or

       3.3 even ask it to have another go

   at recognizing the pattern which would it easier to turn and/or list into lists in the middle of a sentence.

Anyone?

Cannot "save as" when creating new docs using Office 2007 have a hp photosmart 5510 printer

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 10:36 AM PDT

Hi

I cannot "save as" when using word, excel and ppt Keep getting (word for example) word is not responding then app closes. I can edit exisiting docs and use "save" only happens when trying to save new docs.

I have ran diagnostics and there was no fault found. I was prompted to run this as it said i had a number of crashes recently using office 2007 home and students edition.

My laptop is using Windows Vista and is up to date latest updates.

I think the problem could be my printer, hp photosmart 5510 as I never had these problems when I had a different printer.

Has anyone else experienced similar problem? Pleaser note I have to use Microsoft Office Word as "Office Topic" but the issue is with ppt and excel too.

Thanks in advance

Typing slows to crawl in Word 2013 comment function/track changes

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 10:15 AM PDT

I'm using Word 2013 on a Windows 8.1 machine, but I had this same problem on a Windows 7 machine.

When I try to add a comment to a document using the track changes feature, typing in the revisions/comment pane becomes so slow as to be almost unusable. 

Typing in the rest of the document is fine/normal. It's only when I'm trying to type (or edit) a comment that the typing slows way, way, way down.

I did a Google search and noticed that this was a big problem with Word 2007, and a lot of people suggested fixes. Not so with Word 2013, as far as I can tell. (That is, I can't find a lot of other people having this problem in Word 2013.)

Any advice would be welcome. Thanks!

Help please! "Accounts not associated with this office product" keeps coming up when I try to activate the account

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 09:57 AM PDT

I just bought the product online from my school and after I log in to activate the account this message, "Accounts not associated with this office product", keeps coming up. I don't how this is possible because I still have the email to verify the account and when I click it it says that the account is already verified. I called the schools tech support and no one knows how to fix it. It also asks me for a product key instead, which I never received. Please help I need to use word for a report today!

Can anyone help me with these Microsoft Theme's and color scheme's?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 09:35 AM PDT

I'm having to do a project and I have to use the yellow color scheme on word 2013. I purchased the office 365 university thing, and I also have a mac. None of the color scheme's my instructor is having us use is on my word. Is there anyway I can download these somewhere, without having to get on here and ask someone for the rbg numbers every time I have a project? We do 2-3 projects a week and so far I haven't had any of the color scheme's she has us use on mine. Can anyone help me with this? Also, could you go ahead and give me the rbg numbers for the yellow color scheme? Thank you!

Cannot Select Text Moving Cursor From Left Right, Only From Right to Left.

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 09:16 AM PDT

Word 2013 Win 8 Using a touchpad. Touchpad works everywhere else on my pc for proper selection but not in Word. What is going on? I'm so beginning to regret every purchasing this piece of crud program. Highlighting text is easy but try to remove it and I would have better luck convincing strangers to let me pull their teeth without anesthesia...  And let's not even get on the subject that Times New Roman is not the default font. ( i figured out how to fix that thankfully) Any response with ideas on how to resolve is appreciated. ( an no I do not have any add-ins included on my HP pc)

Thank you.

Office only works when internet is available, Why?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 08:05 AM PDT

all office programs work only when online - this just started about a week ago, why? 

Add a tab character to a number format

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 05:13 AM PDT

I would like to add a tab character to a number format.

For example, I would like my number to format to look like the following, where there is a tab character between the number "[1]" and the open bracket "[" as shown below 

Req[1]     [

or

Req[1]<tab>[

How do I use Radio Buttons to switch content inside a document

Posted: 31 Aug 2014 05:05 AM PDT

Hi,

I want to use radio buttons in MS Word 2013 to switch between contents, i.e. selecting one radio button will show some content, and selection the other will show something different. All contents will be in the same document. Is that doable? If yes, please provide me with a step by step instruction.

Thanks in advance,

Abhisek.

Tif option not appearing in paste special

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 11:04 PM PDT

I have an image saved as a tif file, but once I copy and paste it in word using paste special , I don't get the option of pasting it as "tif" but only as MS drawing object or HTML format. I also tried inserting the image, same result. 

Re-installed Office 2010 in a Windows 8 Gateway Computer will not open previously created Office Documents from that same program without doing so from inside of an Open Office session.

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 09:45 PM PDT

I have a problem with Office 2010: I Re-installed it on 8/29/14 after having to restore my Gateway Windows 8 computer after Cox.net caused it to crash 2 days ago and now it won't open .DOCX word documents- that I created before I reinstalled the program; ( this is how it now identifies all of the files I had previously created with Office 2010 before the crash)–It won't open them by simply clicking on the new type Icon that distinguishes them as .DOCX type files instead of the original extensions. A message pops up saying that I need to Install Office 2010 to open this type of file. 

The same document that it won't open that way-opens just fine if I open Word first, (I have already reinstalled Office 2010, using the correct product code Key that came with the Office Suite-Office Professional that came with it.) and then while inside of the Word program I go to File/Open/ and drill down to where this file is saved- I click on the icon at this point a Plus 2010nd presto-it opens right up.

Is there a way to simply tweak Office 2010 that is now re-installed on my computer to see these word documents that are now identified as .DOCX XML documents, the first time I click on them or is the path previously described (have to be inside of an Office program) the only way to open them now.

Word Cannot open file because the file format does not match the file extenson

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 07:47 PM PDT

Hi I was running grammerly through my word document, and for some reason the file went strange , and I was unable to move the mouse across the screen. In the end I decided to reboot my computer to find the above, this is a file I desperately need and need to open as soon as possible. I have scanned my pc and it has no viruses, so I cannot understand why this happened in a split second. Can you please help? I also looked online for an alternartive solution, but they seem complicated so can you please explain it to me in the simplest way possible?

regards

Jodie

Macros in Word 2003: How to transfer between computers without involving the template?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 06:34 PM PDT

On computer 'X' my Word 2003 has a whole bunch of embedded (and useful) macros.

On computer 'Y' my Word 2003 has a quite different normal.dot that I don't want to change.

However, I would like to patch in the macros from computer 'X'.

There's plenty of online info about transferring Templates that include macros from one PC to another, but I don't want to do that

All I want to do is copy the macros from one PC to another. Both are Windows 7 with Word 2003.

Thanks :-)

Page Numbering Issue Word 2007

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 05:37 PM PDT

Hi,

I have a question regarding page numbering in Word 2007.

I have a 48-page document, in which I wish the page numbering to commence on page 3. When attempting to do this, having divided the document with a continuous section break to form two sections, Word is still counting the first two pages, i.e., on page 3, the page numbering displays 'Page 1 of 48'; I need it to count only from page 3, so that it would instead display 'Page 1 of 46', omitting the first two pages of the document from the page count.

I've phrased this query very clumsily, but any help would be most gratefully received.

JohnH

Press Enter when taking notes without adding spacing

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:04 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

I most commonly use word to take notes, make lists or outlines. compose ideas and thoughts, etc. As default, I write a line that represents an idea or point, want to go to the next so hit 'Enter' and don't intend or want a new paragraph.

The solution would be to make changing line spacing simple with an obvious toolbar button or menu item. I'm no fan of the ribbon style toolbar which, in my opinion, makes word more difficult to use than it needs to be.

Word Documents on XP - Margins

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 03:37 PM PDT

When printing out Envelopes (size 10) using Word office 2007 with XP the graphics on the envelope print out fine. When I go to print the same document using Windows 7 they get cut off. How do I correct this? I have tried to reset the margins with no success.

Can I setup multiple ftp + eMail accounts for ONE Linux user ? - Forums Linux

Can I setup multiple ftp + eMail accounts for ONE Linux user ? - Forums Linux

Can I setup multiple ftp + eMail accounts for ONE Linux user ?

Posted: 02 Dec 2006 10:45 AM PST

On 2006-12-02, Carsten Eishold <de> wrote:
 

It depends on the ftp server. For the vanilla "netkit" one,
there is no such thing as an "ftp account", only the normal
user account info stored in /etc/passwd.
 

That depends on the mail server you're running and what you
mean by "account". Most mail servers have an alias feature so
you can set up an N:1 mapping from e-mail addresses to a
username.
 

You'll have to read the docs for your mail server.

Perhaps if you state what ftp and mail servers you're using and
what exactly your trying to accomplish, somebody could come up
with some more specific answers.

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at pure vegetable oil and I am
visi.com writing a best seller!

Storage of bash aliases

Posted: 01 Dec 2006 01:43 PM PST

On 1 Dec 2006 13:43:47 -0800, voipfc
<com> wrote: 
You have to add them.


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According to the latest official figures, 43% of all statistics are
totally worthless.

sound setup (kernel 2.6, Dell inspiron 2200 laptop)

Posted: 01 Dec 2006 06:47 AM PST

Davide Bianchi wrote: 
I had a similar problem too - I've been through several distros
recently, and can't remember which it was :-( Probably FC6. Anyway, I
ended up toggling every mute switch off and on in alsamixer - seemed to
help things for no very obvious reason.

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Replies to the header address will be junked, as will mail from
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How long can a bash command line be?

Posted: 30 Nov 2006 02:47 PM PST

Unruh wrote: 

Which I believe expands to more commands as

if
if command ; then
othercommand
fi
then yetanothercommand
fi

Laptop : Top 5 Buying Tips

Posted: 30 Nov 2006 09:36 AM PST

In article <googlegroups.com>, computer expert wrote: 

Tip #1: Don't buy from spammers. (Or from those who advertise on spam sites.)

--
Roger Blake
(Subtract 10 for email.)

Why am I getting Twm? (And how do I change it?)

Posted: 29 Nov 2006 01:07 PM PST

In article <kumusta.org>,
Baho Utot <kumusta.org> wrote: 
 
 
 

Aha, thank you. Indirectly it also told me what I must have done.

I downloaded switchdesk and ran it. That told me that gnome wasn't
installed, which I know it was, and told me what to do to install gnome. I
did that, and it actuslly only installed about half a dozen or so
packages, the rest having already been installed. At which point it all
ran perfectly.

When I first installed, I had gone through and added all the extra bits I
wanted, and got rid of stuff I thought I didn't need, including a load of
bluetooth packages, and these were the only packages that were reinstalled.

Even though I don't have bluetooth hardware on my machine, gnome appears
to still need the packages installed to run. I guess you really do learn
something new every day.

Many thanks.

Dave

--
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http://daves.orpheusweb.co.uk/
Hexagon Systems Limited - Experts in VME systems development

router not routing?

Posted: 29 Nov 2006 02:34 AM PST

On Thu, 30 Nov 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking, in
article <ekmr4q$q0h$org>, freightcar wrote: 

Yes, and in general those systems are not meant to be accessible from the
world. One example - two of my ISPs use RFC1918 addresses for the internal
servers meant to be accessed by customers, and NOT be the world at large.
This sometimes shows up when doing a traceroute, where such an address is
assigned to intermediate routers. This usage is to save "real" IP
addresses for globally accessible systems. It may come as a shock to some,
but those routers don't offer services (other than routing packets), and
the provider really doesn't want you to be able to connect to them.

The other reason for handing out RFC1918 addresses and NATing them is for
situations where the ISP is allowing customers to be clients ONLY and
not allowing them to run servers. If the customer wants to run a server,
they can buy the more expensive 'business' service (though the official
reason for using RFC1918 addresses may be "to protect you" from being
turned into zombie servers).

Old guy

Anyone know about Netstat?

Posted: 28 Nov 2006 07:48 PM PST

net wrote: 
Further to other peoples comments, if you want to stop references to
IPV6 try putting

#
# please add local extensions to this file
#
alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

into modprobe.conf.local

Brian

hosts.deny: how do i test to see if hosts.deny is working

Posted: 28 Nov 2006 04:38 AM PST

Steve Cousins wrote: 

Why not use iptables and protect all your server programs?

Or if you want to use hosts.deny, why not have hosts.deny deny everything
and use hosts.allow to selectively allow those sites you wish to hear from?
That way if you overlook something, you are (over)protected. 


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/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey http://counter.li.org
^^-^^ 12:15:01 up 38 days, 14:45, 3 users, load average: 4.17, 4.26, 4.13

Microsoft Word - Word Error Message

Microsoft Word - Word Error Message

Word Error Message

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 02:34 PM PDT

I get this error message every time I try to start a new document, print, close Word, and pretty much everything else. I've uninstalled and re-installed Office, ran updates, ran scans for errors and still no luck! My other programs like Excel work fine- it's just Word. Thanks in advance for any help!

automatic numbering problem

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 02:07 PM PDT

as you can see from the attached screanshot below when the numbers reach to 10 the whole line Tab for some reason

this is a numbering that i set up with [] and i cant

how can i fix this?

Word not opening windows 8.1

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 01:19 PM PDT

Office Home & Student 2013--Word won't open.  Get error message saying preventing it from working correctly.  Would you like us to repair?  When I answer yes, nothing happens.  Have removed Office and reloaded with same results

Office 365 (Word Problems)

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 11:24 AM PDT

I just purchased Office 365 Personal two days ago.  I have loaded it on to my desk top computer (Windows 7- Home Premium.  All applications work very well except Word.  Every time I open Word and attempt to make any selection of the templates, I get the following message;  "Microsoft Word has stopped working.

A problem caused the program to stop working correctly.  Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available". The entire program (365) closes.  Never got a solution.

Please help.

Gregg

Office Word 2013 will not center text on custom size page

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 11:06 AM PDT

I bought Word 2013 in May 2014.  Now I want to center text words 

on custom size paper.

It will center the text on 8.5x11 inch paper but not custom.

My printer (HP) company has check the printer and it is fine.

I am not very tech savy and centering text on custom sizes is the ONLY special

task I want to accomplish.  No two sided printing or other stuff.

Can you give me step by step instructions????
Yesterday I spent over 6 hours trying to get help by phone and got hung up on

5 times, went through at least 10 representatives and the last one said I must pay

$99 to get help for one month.  

All I want is the Word to work for one "extra" function, it is only three months old.

Needless to say, I am extremely unhappy with Microsoft. 

I think I have Windows 7 but it maybe 8.....I just got the new computer in May 2014.

Macro to create CSV in MS Word

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 10:20 AM PDT

I'd like to create a macro that will skip thru each control on a Word template (i.e., plain text, checkbox, combobox, etc.) in order on the page and write out the data in each control to a comma separated file.

I've used the record option to create macros before, but unclear on how to program this type of function.

Anyone have any ideas that could help me out.  Tips and/or sample code would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Mark

Editing the points of a line in Word 2013

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 10:01 AM PDT

In previous versions of Word, I was able to draw complex shapes by inserting a line, then adding points and editing them. In Word 2013, when I click on the line I've inserted (Insert > Shapes > choose straight line), the Edit Shape option is greyed out.

Choosing Curve or Freeform or Scribble doesn't help because Word "controls" these shapes.

Is there a way to draw irregular shapes of my own design in Word 2013? Thanks.

Microsoft Office Home and Student: Problem window when opening Word or Excel

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 07:53 AM PDT

I have a problem with my Office programs. When I try to open Word I get this message, "We're sorry, but Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. Word will need to be closed as a result. Would you like us to repair now?" The thing is that when I press the "Repair Now" option, it doesn't do anything. I have also tried the task of opening it in safemode by pressing the start button with the R key, only to have that message appear again. I have also tried uninstalling the software and then entering the same code off the package to install it again, but sadly that has failed to do anything. The programs ran great a month ago, but over the past 2 weeks this has just happened out of nowhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Word 2013

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 06:54 AM PDT

I can't open my Word. Getting message "The item 'WINWORD.EXE' that this shortcut has been referred to has been moved or changed so this shortcut will no longer work properly." I can't open any saved documents, documents in emails, etc. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Adding a row in a Word (2007) table does not follow format of previous row

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 06:37 AM PDT

For example, I put 6 points above on my text paragraph. Then I add a new row by pressing 'tab' at the last cell and a new row appears. But the new row does not have 6 points above the paragraph and I have to format every row I add. I remember that I never had to do that in version 2003 of word.

I don't know how to make a new row follow the format of the previous row.

Thank you.

Import RTF into Word with 'extras'

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 04:53 AM PDT

Hi there,

Sorry about the vague title but I was unsure of how to phrase the question.

I want to import an RTF file into Word but I wish to know if there is a way I can insert tags into the RTF file that will perform certain functions in Word during the import.

For example - could I insert a tag into the RTF document that word would translate as the start of a section or perhaps a tag that would add the marked text into the footer.

I think the answer will probably be 'no' but I thought I'd ask the Word experts.

Hope my question makes sense.

Regards,

Lee

Virtual keyboard popping up when I touch document page

Posted: 30 Aug 2014 12:32 AM PDT

I am using Word 2013, windows 8.1, Lenovo thinkpad Yoga S1 in tablet mode.

Whenever I touch the page inside a document in word, the virtual keyboard pops up immediately.

I may not want to type anything, I may just want to scroll, and my finger took  long time, or I want to select, or just reading and thinking.

How can I disable auto keyboard for word? and keep it popping up manually.

Mail Merge Skip record if

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 11:42 PM PDT

I used ''Skip record if''  to skip the record for a certain conditions for mail merge label. It has not worked even if the conditions is met

Kindly help

Aby Isaac

 

How do I report Security Vulnerability in Microsoft Office 365

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 07:42 PM PDT

Hello I posted an earlier discussion post, but was never looked at, or responded to, so I'm rephrasing as a question.

How do I report a security vulnerability in Microsoft Office 365 Version 15.0.4641.1003 (current at time of post)?

When selecting "Manage Account" under Account settings, the default browser will try to open an URL in a new tab. The URL is not percent encoded and if the URL contains a space character (in particular the MachineKey field value in the query string) then the default browser (affects Firefox or Chrome) will attempt to open multiple URLs/tabs. For my particular MachineKey, a connection to a spam/malicious website website is established each time (occasionally blocked by my antivirus). It would be worse if any of these websites were phishing for Microsoft account details, as every user is expecting to enter their account/password on the correct tab.

For example a URL of the form:

  http://o15.officeredir.microsoft.com/r/rlidOfficeManagementPortal?ver=15&app=winword.exe&...&MachineKey=12345-678-900000 XXX


will attempt to connect to "XXX", despite "12345-678-900000 XXX" being the MachineKey

This was determined by examining the 'command line' column of processes in Task Manager and verified with run.

Internet explorer will however take multiple tokens on the command line and interpret as one URL, but really this URL should be surrounded in quotation marks or percent encoded, so that all browsers will open up a link properly.

I have tried reporting this to Microsoft Office telephone support, but have been disappoint that this issue has not been escalated, but rather having been told that this a problem with Firefox and Chrome.

Even if this was a problem with Firefox or Chrome, shouldn't MS still percent encode the URL so that their customers (many of which are using firefox/chrome) are not redirected to phishing/malicious websites?

Word goes dysfunctional when saving

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 05:26 PM PDT

Whenever I save in Word 365 the program freezes/grays out for a few minutes while a "Not Responding" shows up in the title bar. After those few minutes it goes back to normal. I don't mind Word needing time to save, but the freezing up/not responding thing is starting to get annoying and hinder my work. I also use Powerpoint and it doesn't happen there, so this is a Word thing. It occurs no matter where I save (hard drive or Skydrive). Is there a way to fix it (preferably where I wouldn't have to uninstall and reinstall for the like 10th time)?

Changing default font in Word 365

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 03:57 PM PDT

In earlier versions of Word, changing the font of Normal style in a document would change all of the styles based on Normal. In Office 365, nothing happens.

I am actually trying to change the default font for all new documents. I have opened Normal.dotm. All my 40 or so styles are ultimately based on Normal, but if I change Normal (in this case from TNR to Arial) again nothing happens. What has changed? I could go to each of the styles and change each one, but that seems to be a waste of time, and anyway defeats the point of having all styles based on Normal and won't work in existing documents.

Maybe my problem comes from having continued to upgrade the template from Word 2003, through 2007, 2010 and now 365. I imagine that the problem would not occur with a new Normal.dotm. Or has MS changed the system so that Normal no longer drives all styles. Help please.

Please don't tell me to go to Home, Font, Set as Default, as that does not work. Or to Manage Styles, Set Defaults which equally does not work (see pics). I have also disabled all Add-ins and restarted Word.

Microsoft Word - Picture text wrapping format macro

Microsoft Word - Picture text wrapping format macro

Picture text wrapping format macro

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 03:34 PM PDT

I have tried to create a macro in Word 2007 to format the text wrapping of pictures to TopandBottom.  I'm not very knowlegeable about VBA code, but using examples and help, I've come up with the following.

Sub PictureFormat()

Set myDocument = ActiveDocument
With myDocument.Shapes(1).PictureFormat
Selection.ShapeRange.WrapFormat.Type = wdWrapTopandbottom
.RelativeVerticalPosition = _
 wdRelativeVerticalPositionParagraph
 .Left = CentimetersToPoints(3)
 .Right = CentimetersToPoints(3)
 .Top = CentimetersToPoints(2)
 .bottom = CentimetersToPoints(2)
 .WrapFormat.DistanceLeft = 0.2
 .WrapFormat.DistanceRight = 0.2
 End With

End Sub

There may be code that isn't necessary and I am sure I am missing some essential code.  All I want to be able to do is click on a picture, hit a macro that changes the text wrapping to Top and Bottom so that any text will appear under the picture.  If anyone can help me, I would be sooo grateful.  I've tried really hard to figure out VBA code, but I'm lost.

Thank you in advance

Danielle

Word not working, something to do with the normal template?

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 02:57 PM PDT

When I open word this message appears:

'Word automatically saved changes to the normal template, do you want to load it?

Yes    No

Regardless of what I choose, word stops working properly immediately and closes.

I have tried:

- Disabling all start up apps

- Working through the word troubleshooter - which says there is a problem that it can not fix but doesn't say what

- Office repair

Now on top of this once I worked through the office repair it now wants me to activate office again, it doesn't recognise my email address and I don't have the product key anymore as I got office over a year ago on a **** little card.

So .......... so far I have made the original problem MUCH worse and I have no idea what the problem is or how to fix it because I have no meaningful information to go on and don't know what I am doing at all.

If someone can help me that would be much appreciated!

Thanks,

Lana

How do you delete a number format?

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 02:32 PM PDT

I am using word in microsoft office 2010 and I have been creating different number formats. Now I have a some number formats that I would like to delete. How can I delete unwanted number formats?

Word and Languages

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 01:49 PM PDT

can I download word in multiple languages?

I know You can download word in different languages, but it replaces the current Microsoft word.

but I need Microsoft word in multiple languages at the same time (multiple word programs at once)

one in English (have it)

one in German

and one in Italian

So is there a way to have the Word application in each of these languages without replacing the others? Or do I have to do something else (possibly illegal)

why: cause im taking German and Italian and the teachers want us to use Word in the respective languages...

Change Background Color in Office 2013

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 01:42 PM PDT

Surely after all this time and all the comments/questions regarding the background color in Office 2013 there has to be a way to select something other than white or gray. If you know, please tell me.

Last section of my document does not print

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 01:03 PM PDT

I have an official document with fivesections in it.

All sections are separated by a "Section Break (next page)"

Section 1 is Portrait. (Title Page)

Section 2 is Portrait. (Revision history and Table of Contents)

Section 3 is Portrait. (Chapters 1-4)

Section 4 is Landscape. (Chapter 5)

Section 5 is Portrait. (Chapter 6)

Every time I print, section 5 is not output?

How do I fix this?

Suddenly, Word 2007 is in Compatibility Mode

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 12:00 PM PDT

I have been using Office 2007 Word for years with no compatibility problem with any Word documents, no matter how old they were.  Suddenly, and by "suddenly" I mean this behavior never existed before this morning, all documents except newly created ones open in compatibility mode. 

The only thing I have done differently than normal was this morning I ran a document compare between a Word 2003 document and a Word 2007 document.  Now, and seemingly only since then, all my old documents are opened in compatibility mode.  Instead of graphics, table of contents, page numbers, etc,  tags are displayed and formatting is off.   This was never the case prior to this morning.  It's like running that compare woke some evil Word demon up.  If I give up and convert a document the formatting is off, and tags instead of things like page numbers still show until I print.   

So what changed?  I did not touch Word options or make any Word configuration changes.  The only thing I did differently was for the first time I can remember I used the compare feature and noticed seemingly all of the sudden I have this compatibility 'feature.' I have used this same installation of Word 2007 on my personal machine for approximately 6 years, and my last upgrade was a year ago to Windows 8.  And I have automatic updates disabled to prevent new surprise features. 

I have worked through the reams of internet posts on this topic and have subsequently checked that the file save option is set to docx (which it was), I have inserted the Dword "CompatMode=0" into the registry (there was not one prior), and I have renamed the normal.dot to another name.  No difference.  

I appreciate any help, but what I don't need is an explanation of how Word compatibility mode works.  I would love to know why it all of the sudden came on, and how do I get back to not having it mess up all my older files?   I cannot accept the stock answer I often see that 'this is just how Word 2007 works' because it didn't for me for years until this morning.  Any help would be appreciated. 

Security issues in distributing fillable MS Word forms

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 11:29 AM PDT

I need to create a fillable form in Word 2010 (Win7) that can be distributed thruout the company.  Users must be able to store this form on their desktop, click on it to open it, fill it out, then email it to a single specific email address.  I'd like to automate the email by adding a macro with the email address hard coded into the .docx distribution file.  Ideally, they fill in the form and click on Submit to email the completed form.

I know how to construct the form.  I can construct the macro for the email process.  My big question is security.  That is, if I distribute such a form, will it not be able to be opened on some computers because it contains a macro?  E.G., those with local admin rights might be able to open it but others would not.

Also, the form will have checkboxes, plain text, Rich text, and comboboxes.  Do any of these controls also carry with them security issues that would prevent us from wide distribution thruout the company?

Many thanks for any and all ideas on this,

Mark

 

Opening word it says microsoft office cannot verify the lisence for this product. You should repair the office program by using control panlel.

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 11:26 AM PDT

My computer stopped and I was able to recover everything.  But now it will not let me get into microsoft word program.  It says microsoft office cannot verify the lisence for this product.  You should repair the office program by using control panlel.  I did that.  I did the quick repair and then the long reapir and then I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it. Nothing worked.  The other parts of Microsoft office work  I believe, but not the word.  Thanks  - Actually I was incorrect.  None of the Microsoft office downloads work. 

Dictionary Tool Not Working

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 11:19 AM PDT

The define tool or dictionary tool under the review tab in Word isn't working. It says I need to be signed in, but I am signed in on Office. When I click on the sign in button a pop-up box appears. It looks like it's about to do something, but the box disappears less than a second after it appears.

Under trust center settings I have the box check where it says "Allow Office to Connect to the Internet." The only thing that makes me question what's happening is the yellow triangle with a "!" in the middle by my name in the top right hand corner. I blacked out my name but you still see the triangle. What should I do?

Can anyone give me the numbers for the red orange color scheme?

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 09:42 AM PDT

I'm having to do a project for class with the red orange color scheme. If someone could give me the numbers it would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

F1 Key and Help Function spawning multiple ad windows in Chrome

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 09:26 AM PDT

This odd behavior occurs across all Office 2013 applications I have tried - Word, Excel, Visio, and Powerpoint.  

Hitting F1 or invoking the help function from any in-program help shortcut when having Chrome set as the default web browser invokes an avalanche of separate browser tabs, each bearing one iteration of whatever ads are being served on the main MS help site.  These tabs keep multiplying as long as any help window is is open, until Chrome is overwhelmed by the sheer number of open tabs, and crashes.  

While I know MS would prefer that I use IE, my work location mandates use of Chrome.  Switching isn't an option.

Are others experiencing this? Any advice on mitigations?    

Thanks in advance for any/all help or advice.  -kbs

Problems with drawing canvas copied from Word

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 09:04 AM PDT

I regularly need the capability to create a 'Shapes' drawing in Word, and then create a JPG file from the canvas so that I can duplicate the content elsewhere (e.g. on blogs).

The problem is that the resulting images are "dirty", meaning that there is some sort of faint smudging all around the text parts, and I spend ages trying to clean them up first. The quality is terrible, otherwise, and I simply cannot use the image-file versions.

I would like to know what causes this so that I can avoid it. The problem happens in Word 2007 & 2010, and on multiple machines. I have tried taking a screen or application snapshot (using the 'print screen key'), and I have tried copy-and-pasting the canvas into Microsoft Paint and saving it from there, but the effect is always the same. It is easily demonstrable.

If I create them in Visio then the images are clean, but I prefer using Word as there is always considerable commentary to accompany those drawings.

PDF Converting

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 08:44 AM PDT

Im having some issues when I try to convert a NUANCE PDF into a word document. The PDF file gets converted but when it comes to the point when word has to open it. It tells me something went wrong and that the program cant start. I am using Microsoft Office 20013.

Link excel text to word document?

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 08:28 AM PDT

Hello, 

I'm trying to insert text from an Excel 2010 file into a Word 2010 document using the "paste link" as an RTF. This works until the document is closed. When opening the the document, the 'update link' option is no longer available. When you right click and select 'object', a pop-up box indicates the object is "corrupt or no longer available".

I have multiple tables from the same Excel file "pasted as link" as an embedded Microsoft excel worksheet object, that do update correctly every time, so it's not the excel file. What I'm trying to do works with the text when pasting the link as an embedded Microsoft excel worksheet object, but I'd like to have this as text because using the worksheet object looks horrible from a presentation / formatting stance. 

Any Suggestions?

Thanks. 

How do I exclude citations from a list of figures and tables?

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 06:35 AM PDT

Hi,

In my captions I have to include a citation for the source of certain figures and tables but I don't want the citation to appear in the list of tables and figures with the rest of the label.

How can I exclude it?

Thanks,

Mhorag

math symbol isn't appear

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 05:41 AM PDT

hello  i'm  teacher  of  math  and  i  have  a  problem.i  have  office  2013(home  and  student)  and  math  type  6.9,a  month  ago  i  noticed  that  when  insert  symbols  with  equation or  symbol  icon  (right  upcorner)  they  don't  appear  corerctly  when  send  the  doc  with  email  to  other  person and  i  noticed  when  i  open  the  doc  with  word  online  some  symbols  appears  like  a  box  ,  an  recatngle  if  you  know  what  are  i  meanig.what  is  happened?ussually  the  symbol  of  angle  appears  like  a  box  and  some  others.i  have  office  2013  2,5  years  and  i  don't  noticed  something  like  that  before.i  create  all  documents  with  office  2013  and  save  them  by  default  as  "document  of  word"

Word 2013 Can't Open Files on Flash Drive

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 04:51 AM PDT

Word 2013 won't open office documents when they're on a flash drive. But If I copy them to my hard drive they open fine. Any documents I place on the flash drive have the same problem.

This also happens with PowerPoint and Excel documents, so I'm thinking it's an Office issue.

And in Office 2010 on a different laptop, it's the exact same issue. And with 5 different flash drives. So I have no idea what's causing it.

This is the splash screen

First it says "Starting..." then it says "Contacting [file path]" and the loading dots keep moving and it never opens. It's the same with PowerPoint and Excel.

Any ideas?

Copying several boxes in Word

Posted: 29 Aug 2014 02:07 AM PDT

I am trying to make name plates for a meeting. I have created a horizontal box on the bottom half of a landscape page and typed the name of the speaker in the box. Then I copied the box, flipped it around and moved it to the top of the page. Once the page is printed, if I fold the paper in half, the name appears on both sides of the nameplate.

I would like to do with for several people but I cannot seem to be able to copy the two boxes together. I've tried holding down shift to select the two boxes but it won't let me paste both. I've tried opening the clipboard and doing it through that, but no luck. The only way I can do this now is to resave the document every time and type in a name for each document or copy a single box, copy and flip and adjust it each time, neither of which are particularly efficient ways of working.

Can someone help me? I'm starting to tear my hair out!

Thanks.

Insert file with header

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 10:59 PM PDT

How do I insert a file with a header into the middle of another file that has no header? The file with a header will be inserted on a new page.

Please be as specific as possible. 

Thank you

 

Activation but NO Activation

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 09:57 PM PDT

After getting Microsoft Office 2013 Home & Student installed I went through the process of setting everything up.  Verified e-mail as prompted.  The 1st time I go to use it, by way of my college course, this box pops up.

Could someone please tell me how to fix this?  Classes just started and I need this program to work for my Keyboarding/Document Formatting class.

Thanks,

Lisa

endnotes in Word

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 08:42 PM PDT

In submitting a manuscript to a publisher, they ask that the references (endnotes in the manuscript) be submitted separately from the body of the manuscript and that the body of the manuscript should not have the references (which are in fact, endnotes).  But if the endnotes are stripped from the body of the manuscript, the reference numbers in the manuscript will be lost. 

Is there a way, to cut the reference list at the end of the manuscript without losing the reference numbering in the text?

Mike

missing c2r32.dll

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 07:02 PM PDT

I bought Office 365 student and home today and when installing it I was given the message that c2r32.dll is missing from my computer?  I have read someone else on here stated that they had the same message popping up when they were trying to open different programs.  I just checked and all my programs seem to be working correctly.  I just don't want any problems down the road.  First day of class and don't want any foreseen delays coming up.  Thanks

Office will not open

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 06:43 PM PDT

This morning I tried to open a Word file which I last accessed only yesterday. A box came up saying "Sorry we can't open this program". I tried other Word files and got the same message. Adobe files opened without a problem. Ditto other files, hotmail and other internet accounts. Any ideas?

The box suggested going to "Programs and Features" on the Control Panel. This was no help.

Separating Sections into separate word document

Posted: 28 Aug 2014 10:40 AM PDT

I have a large word document, which happens to be a song book, that has multiple songs on one page. I am wanting to seperate each song into it owns document and use the name of the song as the document file name.

I have gone in and started doing this by copying and pasting each song into its own seperate document, but this takes forever and I was wanting to automate this process by using VBA code.

Could someone provide me with some guideance?

Thanks!
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