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Microsoft Word - Bullets and numbering within a Word 2013 form

Bullets and numbering within a Word 2013 form

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 02:24 PM PDT

How do I place bullets in a form on Word 2013?  I'm designing a form that is a syllabus where faculty will include information such as a list of prerequisites and objectives for the course. 

For the prerequisites, I'd like to have it automatically bullet each new line in the list.  For the objectives, I'd like it to automatically number each objective.

In addition, I created a table within the form where professors will list the day, the topic and the reading.  I'd like for them to be able to eliminate rows that are not needed.  However, if they do enter data into a row, it needs to be in the format that I have inserted  I can't figure out how to do that under the restrict editing function.

Thank you.

Do various print drivers effect display and print of documents in Word?

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 02:17 PM PDT

We have multiple users on Office Word products.  While I've standardize on one printer for all new purchases, we have many different printer still in the field.  Do print drivers and printers effect how pages display and get laid out? 

I would think that if the document uses "Times New Roman 10" that every printer would print the document the same way.  But I've read that it does not and that in a large document, lines may move to a prior or next page.

Is this true?  How can large companies have everyone on the same printer so this is not an issue?

Some footnotes missing from cross-reference list

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 01:42 PM PDT

Using Word 2010 in Windows 7 I have a document that is 35,000 words with almost 500 footnotes.  I'm in the final stages of editing and need to insert a cross refernce to an earlier footnote.  When the cross-reference dialogue box opens there are some footnotes missing from the list but which do appear in the appropriate place in the document.  I've updated the table of contents, saved the document, checked the box to update references before printing but nothing works.  The cross reference list still jumps from footnote 27 to footnote 31 and omits notes 28, 29, and 30 from the cross reference list even though they do appear in the document.  Any help would be appreciated.

How do I have multiple styles in a figure caption

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 11:59 AM PDT

I want my figures to be formatted as follows: Figure 1: Figure description here. I can set the figure caption style under the style menu but I have to pick either bold or not it won't let me do both. I also want to cross-reference my figures in the text but when I do it puts the reference as bold but I want it to follow the 'normal' style of my document. How do I fix these issues? I realize you can make these changes manually but I am about to start writing a several hundred page document....

Word 2010 -- Page numbering across sections.

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 11:51 AM PDT

In Brief:  I need two sets of folios on every page: "Page x of y" in the "Header area" for each "Section", then "Sequential Document Page x" in the "Footer area".  I'm using the "Quick Parts" field item "page" to lay down the "x" value.

The Problem:  Since the count value of "page" gets reset at section boundaries I can't accomplish the "Sequential Document Page x".

The Question: Is there another value; or a way of calculating the value of the sequential page folio, that can be used in the "Header/Footer" areas?

Where is the Clip Art site? Office 2010

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 11:33 AM PDT

 
So how do get to the clipart now? 

Find more on Office.com goes here:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/where-is-the-clip-art-site-HA104315989.aspx?redir=0 Where is the Clip Art site?

Sorry, the Clip Art site is no longer available on the Office website.

Word 2010/2013 TOC font is inconsistent

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 11:13 AM PDT

Hi,all, I have a Word doc that has a number of headings using 'Numbering'. The headings have 3 'Outline level', i.e., Level 1-3. Now I created a TOC automatically ('Build table of contents from: Outline levels' was ticked), but I found that the fonts of headings are inconsistent, some have 'Times New Roman', while the others use 'Calibri'. I checked the styles used for 'TOC1-3' in 'Table of Contents' dialog box, 'Calibri' is as shown. So I am wondering what's going on with the entry styles in the TOC.

ps. the doc was initially created on Word 2007.

cheers

Copy from Excel to Word changes font, layout, adds borders, changes Excel Sheet when copied into Word

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:51 AM PDT

This problem has been going on for a while but got worse with the latest MS-Tuesday update.

I have 30 people all creating various parts of documents some creating Excel Spread Sheets others creating the Word Document, others printing off the final document.

Sometimes when an Excel Sheet is copied into the MS-Word document the "grid" characteristics in the Word Document will change from what was in the Original Spreadsheet.  I have not been able to discern a pattern.  Sometimes borders will be added to the grid when none was in the spreadsheet.  Sometimes the characters copied from the MS-Excel document will look very different in the MS-Word Document after it is copied.

These changes sometimes do not manifest themselves until the "printing" staff send the document off to their printer, this causes the document to be rejected the "standards people" and it needs to be rebuilt by the MS-Word staff.

This has gotten very frustrating for staff, and management and has cause countless hours of redoing reports and reprinting.

I've seen no consistent pattern.  Some people creating the MS-Word document can copy and paste 10 or 12 different spreadsheets before they encounter an issue.  some never have the issue, others are "always" having the issue.  All of the spread sheets are first built as copies from a root/base Excel Document, with only the data (not the formulas) changing.  The same is true of the MS-Word documents.  They all start from a root/base MS-Word Document and only the text is updating and the "Copy and Paste" is performed.

I don't know where to start looking for areas to change the work flow, or how each step is executed.  I would love to blame it on "user error" but everyone was schooled on doing the work the same way so I except that it is probably "mostly consistent" across the department, AND most likely exactly the same for each individual (yet it happens sometime but not all the time)

Does anyone have any thoughts?  What governs the way a copy and paste from Excel to Word is executed?  What things outside of Word/Excel could be messing with the copy/paste?

Thanks  

VBA macro to run in selected cells in a column

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:34 AM PDT

I need a VBA code to apply certain actions in a selected cells in a table column, actions like remove white space, and remove tab characters etc.. I tried to record a macro but whenever it runs it affects all the document not just the selected cells.

Any help would be appreciated.

Installed font is 'invisible' in Word

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:16 AM PDT

Hi,

I have recently download a new OTF font (Puritan) on to my laptop (Windows 7, 64 Bit) and I am able to select it in Word (2010) and WordPad, however when I begin to type the character spaces are blank.

It appears fine in Excel.

I have uninstalled and re-installed the font from a variety of websites and I do not believe the font to be corrupted especially as this font has been downloaded by so many people.

Does anyone have any ideas/advice?

Thanks.

Equation editor font size

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:14 AM PDT

When I type an in-line equation (with words on the same line as the equation) using 2010 Word Equation Editor, the font size gets reduced automatically, especially if the equation contains fractions (such as (x+1)/(x-2). I do not want to go with the linear option. How to avoid changing font size automatically? 

Mail Merge - 1st field

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:12 AM PDT

I'm trying to mail merge an Excel document and every thing shows up, EXCEPT my first line.  It shows up on the "match fields" but when I preview my envelopes, my first person doesn't show up.  How can I get him included?

Thanks,

Lynn Harrison

2007 Word document prints with blue rectanles

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 10:08 AM PDT

I have 2007 Office student edition and just completed a HUGE project with Word.  Upon trying to print it...i chose to print one page just in case.  I  have printed said page 8 times now and it keeps printing mysterious blue rectangles down the center of the document.  My computer is running Windows Vista. 

All the margins, paper size, etc...are set to the default.  8 1/2x11, margins set at 1" all around, paper set to print profile as is printer.

The printer is brand new and the ink is full.  I thought it was a printer issue at first so I had room mate print color from her computer and it printed fine...no mysterious blue rectangles.

So now I feel like it is something to do with my document.  I sure hope someone has an idea about this because I refuse to redo a 342 page document!  I welcome any ideas and thank you in advance!!  

Oh one more thing...i do have pictures that i have inserted into the document...maybe they are the culprit? 

Microsoft Word 2010 Hiding/Removing the Navigation Pane for Roaming Profiles

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 09:06 AM PDT

Hello all,

   I am attempting to do what the title says.  We are using Citrix Profile Manager...basically roaming profiles and when updating the Office version to 2010,  Users are displayed the Navigation Pane.  If the NavPane is closed, when they reopen their Citrix session it is back to default displaying the NavPane.  Any help on getting this removed would be greatly appreciated.

I have so far attempted to create a macro Normal.dotm and works partially, however it is not consistent as each time it appears that the modified Normal.dotm becomes overwritten with a default one.  I have also added this modified Normal.dotm to the Default user profile locally on the server...to which it does not seem to pull.

How to stop capitalization check on "new year"

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 08:34 AM PDT

How do I prevent Word 2010 from flagging every use of "new year" as a capitalization grammar error? Writing in a business environment, I frequently need to refer to comparisions between old year and new year results, reports, etc., but Word assumes that "new year" can only refer to the holiday and flags it as a capitalization error for "New Year". I don't want to turn off the capitalization check completely, but can't find any way to remove only this item from wherever the capitalization reference list is stored.

Email Merge with Quick Parts Database

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 08:30 AM PDT

Hello,

I have a weekly task of supplying our vendors with a list of line items that requires their attention and I am trying to send it out via an email merge. I am using the quick parts database function to create the list and it seems to work well. It pulls the data from my spreadsheet and lists it correctly based on vendor name but the problem I can't seem to figure out is how to consolidate the emails so that only one goes out per vendor. When I complete the merge and do the preview or edit phase it will create a document with the list of items for that vendor but it will repeat the document for as many times as there are line items in the list. For example; Comapny ABC has 5 line items, the result will be 5 documents with the list of all 5 items on each document.

Is it how my database is set up or is it in the code? What am I doing wrong or does this task require something else to manage it?

Here is what my database looks like but I can't seem to copy and paste the code without it putting it into the list format. Please help.

WO # Call Time Service Category Location Affiliate Email Address
WO143666 41827.34609 Electrical/Lighting FD7167 Company 123 123@xyz
WO146881 41834.77264 Structural FD1865 Company ABC 123@xyz
WO143815 41827.50567 Air Conditioning / Heating FD2811 Company ABC 123@xyz
WO136458 41814.39469 Air Conditioning / Heating FD6184 Company ABC 123@xyz
WO150783 41838.56642 Coolers/Freezers FD7598 Company ABC 123@xyz
WO146090 41832.76144 Coolers/Freezers FD2398 Company ABC 123@xyz
WO133495 41807.54515 Electrical/Lighting FD6267 ABC Vendor 123@xyz
WO139138 41820.54685 Plumbing FD1336 ABC Vendor 123@xyz
WO153768 41846.49332 Coolers/Freezers FD10093 ABC Vendor 123@xyz
WO150811 41838.60796 Air Conditioning / Heating FD3499 ABC Vendor 123@xyz
WO151180 41840.61348 Air Conditioning / Heating FD4905 Vendor 123 123@xyz
WO139605 41821.38025 Air Conditioning / Heating FD4905 Vendor 123 123@xyz
WO139680 41821.41613 Air Conditioning / Heating FD4270 Vendor 123 123@xyz
WO139720 41821.43822 Air Conditioning / Heating FD3810 Vendor 123 123@xyz
WO135717 41812.48406 Air Conditioning / Heating FD1404 Vendor 123 123@xyz
WO133087 41806.64427 Air Conditioning / Heating FD10202 Vendor 123 123@xyz


There was a problem sending the command to the program - Microsoft 2013 applications

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 07:24 AM PDT

All 2013 Microsoft applications are not starting.   I tried the solution below, but it didn't work:

Delete the Word Data registry key Most of the frequently used options in Word are stored in the Word Data registry key. A common troubleshooting step is to delete the Word Data registry key. The next time that you start Word, Word rebuilds the Word Data registry key by using the default settings. 

To view these options in Word 2002 or Word 2003, click Options on the Tools menu.

To view these options in Word 2007, click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Word Options.

Note When you delete the Word Data registry key, Word resets several options to their default settings. One such option is the "most recently used file" list on the File menu. Additionally, Word resets many settings that you customize in the Options dialog box. 

To delete the Word Data registry key, follow these steps:

  1. Exit all Office programs.
  2. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
  3. Locate the following registry subkey, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running:
    • Word 2002:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft \Office\10.0\Word\Data
    • Word 2003:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Office\11.0\Word\Data
    • Word 2007:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Office\12.0\Word\Data
    • Word 2010:
      HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Word\Data
  4. Click Data, and then click Export on the File menu.
  5. Name the file Wddata.reg, and then save the file to the desktop.
  6. Click Delete on the Edit menu, and then click Yes.
  7. Exit Registry Editor.
  8. Start Word.

Now that message doesn't appear anymore, but the applications don't start.   

I am getting very frustrated, because you buy a software that stop working....

Thanks.    Rgds.   Giba.

I cannot find the Table of Contents tab in Word 2013 Windows 8.1

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:56 AM PDT

I need help in finding the tab ToC please

Word Cutting off table contents

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:48 AM PDT

Good Day

I don't know why, but it seems that Word is cutting off my text in my table. Yes, I did set the row height to be exactly 0,3cm. I want it to be exactly that height. In yellow I've highlighted the cells that I have the problem with. In red, I've highlighted a cell where this seems to have worked. I didn't create this table from scratch, I used a template that we have floating around. Now my question is, how come the red one works, but I can't get it to work?

How do I hide the "Document map" that shows when I open a Word 2003 document?

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:41 AM PDT

I use Microsoft WORD 2003 and Windows 7.  Last week, I was experimenting with changing the "View" on a document.  Since then, every time I open a document, it opens with the "Document Map" showing in a separate pane on the left side of the screen.

I do not want to see the "Document Map" when I open a document.  How can I force WORD to stop showing the "Document Map" when I open a document?  I will appreciate help.

I cannot activate MS 365 at all.

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 06:35 AM PDT

The message is There is a temporary problem with the server please try again later.  Many tries to correct and cant.  Need help urgently.  Thanks Dr Dimond

Drop-down menus and forms

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 04:57 AM PDT

Hi,

I have a list of about 100 paragraphs, and I would like to use this list to generate word documents containing, say, 5 or 10 of these paragraphs, depending on what I want to say.  I originally saved the list as an excel spreadsheet, hoping to create some sort of drop-down menu which I would then use via mail-merge to populate a word document, but it's too complicated for me.  So my question is, is there a way of keeping these paragraphs as a list in Word, then using it to populate some sort of template?  At the moment I am going back and forth cutting and pasting from the list into the word document, but I need something more streamlined.

I haven't been able to find an answer on the MS Office Help.

Many thANKS

Comments and Markup, Office 2007

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 04:35 AM PDT

Hi,

How do I get my comments to show up only when I hover over the text and not in the Markup Pane? Right now, If I switch the view from Final Showing Markup to Final, my comments don't display if I hover over the text. 

I am looking for something similar to Comments feature in Excel.

Please help!

Password asked when trying to use an add-in

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 04:12 AM PDT

I have an Add-in which is displayed on my ribbon. This add-in has got a button which when I press prompts me to enter password of the project of the add-in.

Cheers,

Anshul

Making a Custom Ribbon Available in a Global Template

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 04:03 AM PDT

I have developed a global template for general users that includes specific styles and some macros.  I assigned hotkeys to the macros and added buttons to the ribbon but when I access the macro template on a different machine, the Customized Ribbon is not there.  The hotkeys do function.  I'm guessing the customized ribbon is stored in my Normal.docx and not the global template.  Can someon tell me how I can get this customized ribbon to show up for any one that uses the global template?

Microsoft 365 crashes every time I open a document (word / excel)

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 03:47 AM PDT

Hi there

My partner recently purchased Microsoft Office 365 and has shared his subscription with me. 

I accepted and installed, apparently with no problems. However, whenever I open a document, or start with a blank document, the application crashes. Every time.

I first get a pop-up with the message:

"Microsoft Word has stopped working.

Windows is checking for a solution to the problem"

Soon followed by another saying, rather unhelpfully:

"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"

This happens whether I double click a document to open it or first open either Word or Excel and try to open a document from within it. It also happens if I open a new document.

I had thought that the problem may be that I did not uninstall a previous version of Office (2003), so I uninstalled both that and 365 (using the Microsoft Fixit tools), then reinstalled 365, but I get the same problems.

I'd be grateful for any other advice please... otherwise I'll just reinstall Office 2003!

WORD 2013: OPENING AN EXISTING FILE

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 03:10 AM PDT

When I open an existing file in Word 2013, I have to go through several paths to address "My Documents" and pick my file. Can I shortcut or default to do this?

Any advice gratefully received,  Gus

Cannot delete file is in use

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 02:59 AM PDT

I am running the £80 per annum version of Word for iPad on my iPad Air.  I can delete redundant files from the 'Recent' screen but they are still there in the 'Open' screen and when I try to get rid of them I get the message 'cannot delete file the file is currently in use'.  Sometimes the files in the 'Recent' screen induce the same message when I try to delete them.  This is really annoying as I deal with a couple of dozen Word file per week at least and do need to delete them.  Some of these files are confidential, moreover. The list of files in the 'Open' screen is now vast so it's effortful to find anything I do want again - which I tend to save in Dropbox anyway given the unsatisfactory performance of this program.  Not what you expect for £80 per annum Microsoft!!!  And it would be nice to be able to locate a contact number so I can get help from a dedicated member of your staff - much simpler than having to create posts and expect other users to solve your problems, which are now mine!!!

I have seen the post about switching 'Clear All Documents' on in the Settings menu for Word (Reset Word).  I have followed the instructions about four times, and it does not work  It says it is clearing the cache when I open Word, but all the files I have tried to delete are still there and remain undeletable when I try again.  Furthermore, 'Clear All Documents' does not appear to be able to stay switched on between episodes of using Word.

Any help gratefully appreciated.

Thanks! Ann M

connection error

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 12:58 AM PDT

hello.a  few  days  ago  i  noticed  that  in  top  right  corner  in  word  appears αν exclamation point in a yellow triangle.when  i  clik on it  appears  the  message : error  account.we  can't  access  to  your  account  at  this   moment.please  reconnect.i  clik  to  connect  but  nothing  happens.only i  close  the  doc  and  reopen  disappear  the  message.but  after  a  period  appears  again.what  can  i  do?is  a  bug.i  ahve  office  2013  home  and  student,

Microsoft office

Posted: 20 Aug 2014 12:57 AM PDT

I just installed the microsoft office but it has been unsuccessful. I keep getting a message to repair and i keep clicking repair but it never repairs so it wont install. Help!

word 2013 mathematic addin how do you use it

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 10:12 PM PDT

I do maths calculation every day. I consider myself an expert Excel user and am proficient in programming in VBA....but I cannot figure out how to make the mathematics addon for word 2013 actually do a calculation.

How do I do a simple maths calculation like the area of a circle...A=pi r^2

I'm just stunned that I cant get it to do such a simple calculation...what am I missing???? the on-line help does not show you how to actually evaluate an expression, I cant find a single tutorial that shows this, they are all obsessed with drawing pretty graphs

Hope someone can help


Cheers

Grant 

Can't see tab stops in Word

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:26 PM PDT

I have the ruler visible in Word but it doesn't display my tab markers despite the fact that I have some set.  I also can't see the paragraph indent markers that are generally on each side of the ruler.

I can't seem to find any help topics about this or how to display these.  Everywhere just says to turn the ruler but my ruler is already on.  I have tried taking it off and putting it back on but this hasn't helped.

This is a screen dump of my screen in word

Below circled in red is what I am missing

Would love some help.

Thanks

Getting Office Back After Restore

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 09:22 PM PDT

When I first bought office home and student, I asked for the disk. The guy hands me a little card with the code. I activate it on Windows. Well I recently had to Restore my computer and I was wondering if there is a way I can access it through Microsoft and re download it, or do I have to purchase it again.

Microsoft Word 2013 display deteriorates in Print Layout view on a Windows 8.1 notebook

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:37 PM PDT

I just upgraded Office 2010 to Office 2013 on my Windows 8.1 notebook, and Word 2013 is doing something I've never seen before.  I prefer to work in Print Layout view.  After I've been working with a document for awhile, or more readily if I open multiple .docx files, the entire Word window starts to get glitchy.  Random lines and characters appear in the document area, as if the document has been corrupted (it hasn't).  Some lines of text in the document go missing, or else are duplicated.  Word tables are totally scrambled.  Then parts of the Word window outside of the document area begin to randomly deteriorate.  Icons on the Quick Access Toolbar disappear or become corrupted in appearance.  Areas on the Ribbon do the same thing.  The commands on the action bar disappear.  If I mouse over any of these decrepit areas, they are restored, except for the document area, which just gets worse and worse.

Switching to Read Mode view or Draft view immediately clears up the entire Word window, after which I can switch back to the Print Layout view and everything will be OK for at least a little while.  Then the problems start up again.

Note that this behavior has not occurred with Excel 2013 or Powerpoint 2013 or Outlook 2013, only Word 2013, and only on my Windows 8.1 notebook.  Word 2013 is operating normally on my Windows 7 desktop system.

Also note that when this happens, all other programs running on my Windows 8.1 notebook are unaffected.  The issue is specific to Word 2013.

My system is up to date, with no pending updates available.

Any assistance appreciated.

Converting Simpliified Chinese to Traditional Chinese and vice versa

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 08:31 PM PDT

Hi, all. I have a problem in converting Simplified Chinese to Traditional Chinese under Word 2010. 

I used to be able to convert it without any problem until I set up the system again after replacing my hard disc. From then, I cannot identify the button allowing Chinese language conversion.

My system is Windows 7, office 2010. I bought this software in retail shop, which is a traditional Chinese version. I downloaded the Microsoft Office Profiling Tools 2010 SP1, it does not solve the problem. I also tried to work on dll according to the online support of Microsoft, an error message relating to tcscconv.dll appeared. I cannot work without this function and need your support.

Your kind guidance and help will be highly appreciated.

Kind Regards

Andrew Choi

Opening Word 2013 doc opens linked files

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 07:12 PM PDT

There was a similar question four years ago that was never answered. When I open a Word 2013 document that has OLE links to other documents, for example to Excel spreadsheets, all of the linked documents are opened in windows on my desktop. I expect them to be accessed if I OK updating the links, but I expect that to happen in the background without opening obvious Excel windows. Is there any way stop Word opening these linked documents?

Microsoft Word takes 10 seconds to paste plaintext

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:57 PM PDT

I have a newly bought computer running Windows 8, and freshly installed Office 2013. 

Whenever I try to copy and paste text, it takes extremely long to Paste. I'm talking about 10 seconds to paste ONE word. 

This problem does not persist in Powerpoint 2013. I can copy multiple paragraphs and PASTE them INSTANTLY. I can copy slides and paste them instantly.

Copy and Paste work instantly in Google Chrome as well.

It only happens when I am using Word. It takes a long time to Paste between multiple documents. It takes a long time to Paste into the same document I copy from.

Problem persists in safe mode of Word.

Office 2013 - Track Changes not showing

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 06:17 PM PDT

Help! I recently bought Office 2013 and can't get track changes to show on my monitor although they show on the printed versions.  How do I get them to show on my monitor

My dictionary disappeared

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 04:11 PM PDT

When I first installed Office 2013, I downloaded the Merriam Webster dictionary for definitions. Today, Office tells me: Word does not currently have a dictionary installed. Install a dictionary from the Office Store to see definitions. When I try to download the Merriam Webster dictionary, it tells me I already have it; when I try to download anything else, I cannot. When I talk to Tech Support, they are dumb as a post. Any help appreciated.

Can't select vertical block of text in Word 2013.

Posted: 19 Aug 2014 03:58 PM PDT

I have Word 2010 and Word 2013 on the same computer, and have never had a problem with the operation of either program till now. 

I can use "Alt + left click  + drag" to select a vertical block of text in Word 2010. But I can't do so in Word 2013.  I used the same wireless keyboard and wireless mouse, and verified this six different ways.  I know I need to select more than one column. In Word 2013, it looks like I the program is tring to select horizontal lines.  Horizontal lines become highlighted and not highlighted at a very rapid rate.  

I don't own a wired keyboard or mouse. If I am able to obtain them, I will try that as a possible solution.