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Microsoft Word - Coworkers cannot open any of my documents

Coworkers cannot open any of my documents

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 02:27 PM PDT

Hey all,

So, whenever I send a word document to my coworkers, they receive an error message from the file saying it cannot be opened (See photo attached). However, I have no problem opening any of their files.

How do I resolve this issue? 

For context, I run Office 2013 on a virtual machine running Windows 7. My machine is a macbook pro. My coworkers have Office for Mac on their macbooks. Could there be some error in the crossover? It's only recently cropped up as a problem. The file I am mainly trying to send is an edited version of a doc they sent me. I have since changed parts of the text, resaved it, and sent it. Now it has stopped working for them. I've tried creating an entirely new document, but it hasn't worked.

Advice?

Cheers,

Navin

Option to change squiggly / wavy line to highlight instead?

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 01:06 PM PDT

Hello,

I have a particular request from my management and I asking if this can be done in Word. We are big on using active sentences versus passive sentences in our reports. I am very aware of the option of turning on "Passive sentences" setting in Proofing > Grammar Style. This places a blue squiggly / wavy line  underneath the passive sentence.

This is my question: Is there a option / way to replace the squiggly / wavy line by highlighting the sentence instead?  

Printing documents problem

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 12:57 PM PDT

I have Office 2013 using Windows 8.1   I type a document in Portrait then go to print. I select portrait in the printing menu but it prints in landscape on the left hand side as though it is an A5.    If I select landscape in the print menu it prints out in portrait but again to the left as though it is A5. I notice  in the print menu that the A5 size option has a permanent black outline square next to it irrespective of what size I choose.  Please what can I do, I am ripping my hair out !!

Copying and pasting Footnotes into new document is not preserving numbers

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 12:41 PM PDT

Is there a way to copy and paste just the footnotes into a new document while preserving the original footnote numbering?  Once you break the link with the reference, all of the numbering goes to "1" for all notes.  I tried turning into footnotes, pasting while preserving source formatting but cannot seem to get it to work.  Any help would be appreciated.

Word 2013 - Grammar check won't turn off

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 11:26 AM PDT

Hi -

I've disabled the "check grammar" option in Options, and I can't get Word to stop highlighting and checking grammar "errors" in my documents.  I went through and unchecked every box for things that the grammar checker would be looking for, and it still checks them all.  Please make it stop.

I've tried using the "check spelling only" button on the Ribbon, instead of "check spelling and grammar".  It still checks grammar.  Please make it stop.

I am at my wit's end.  It's bad enough that the grammar checker does an awful job - now I have to click "ignore" when I spell check through hundreds of marked up but not incorrect grammar "errors".

Please tell me how to disable the grammar checker permanently.

Thanks.

how do I switch from office online to the desktop version

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 08:28 AM PDT

How do I access the desktop version of Office on Windows 8.1

thanks

How to give a document a file name

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 07:48 AM PDT

I just installed Office Home and Student and created a test Word doc

I did a 'save as' but there was no place to give the doc a name

how do I do this?

thanks

Is there any way to protect an MS Office 2010 Word Document so it is print only?

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 07:41 AM PDT

I am developing educational resources for Dyslexic and struggling learners.

I want to prevent purchasers from copying and editing hard-earned files and images. The MS Word Documents are intended for eCommerce and must be able to be tamper-proof in order to protect the design.

A user must not be able to:

-right click and save an image to their computer for future personal use (the images are copyrighted)

-remove all content and pirate the hard-earned layout as a template (this would allow them to input their own content and create their own sale-able document)

A user must be able to:

-save the protected document to a download file

-print a perfect document for student use

 

I have followed all the directions in MS tutorials and on YouTube to password protect a document for read only. Once complete I can still right click images to save and copy into a pc and use as desired for any other purpose (this breaks copyright laws).

I have attempted to convert MS Word Documents to a PDF but the integrity of the document spoils (images are fuzzy and discoloured, and lines are broken even though the original design was set to solid lines). Also, I can still right click the images to copy and use as desired for any other purpose.

 

Please help! This issue is preventing these resources from reaching students who would benefit from using them.

Opening a Word doc.

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 07:01 AM PDT

Is there a way for a 2013 document to open in edit mode (like 2003) rather than read mode?  Every time I open, I have to click anywhere in the document then hit Escape in order to get to edit mode.   Thanks.

"Sorry, there are no dictionaries available for this language. Language: English (United States)"

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:40 AM PDT

My Word dictionary stopped functioning.  When I try to define a word, I receive the following: "Sorry, there are no dictionaries available for this language. Language: English (United States)". 

How do I add 2 days to a footer in word?

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 06:08 AM PDT

 I have a document and suppose todays date was 1/1/2014. In the footer I want to print , "THis document expires on 1/3/2014"

Wildcard to find wrongly capitalized word?

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 05:14 AM PDT

I have a document in which "The" is frequently capitalized (incorrectly) in mid-sentence and I'm trying to figure out a wildcard search to deal with this.

I want to find all instances of "The" which follow a word-plus-space - thus omitting instances which follow period-plus-space.

Using ([A-z] )(the ) in Find gets me all instances of "the" which follow a word-plus-space, but ([A-z] )(The ) finds no instances at all of "The".  What could I be doing wrong?

Grateful for any suggestions.

Word 2007 opening all doc's on graph like paper

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 04:11 AM PDT

This just started when I opened Word for a new letter. Instead of a blank page I'm getting a page that looks like graph paper.

Same thing when I open any older documents, all open on graph like page.

Any suggestions on how to reset to a blank page??

TIA

Text box styles

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 03:55 AM PDT

I am using office 13 and cannot access 3 different text box styles thatare available on office 2007. Can I download these text box formats and if so how?

Uploading a html file saved in Word 2007

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 03:07 AM PDT

I am seeking to upload a file saved in Microsoft Word 2007 to Kindle Direct Publishing but I am getting a message to say the images are blocked. What setting do I have to change to allow the images to be uploaded along with the text.

Resume reading (pick up where you left off) only works intermittently

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 01:43 AM PDT

The go to where I left off feature works intermittently.  How can I make it to always allow this feature?

Thanks,

Marcy

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Big problem with trial microsoft office 365 which can not print to thai language

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 12:55 AM PDT

I used trial for free 30 days for Microsoft office 365 which will be expire on Aug 13 ,2014 so I am sure to do not extend more and more in case of thai language problem .I try to print it on HP printer but it found not used which wording are not correct only Consonant . what s happened **** on it ? I called to local support window (Thailand) they denied to answer so i need to type and ask and and and finally 3 hours to terrible with it add and remove thai language .****

Modules from Word applications which are used to open and print the files

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 12:39 AM PDT

Hi Team,

We need to use MS office on our server to use with our ECM product for converting MS word doc to PDF files .

Would you please provide the details which modules/libraries are used to open and print the files from office Word application .

also would you please suggest can we use MS office for server side to convert MS word files to PDF files

Help on this is much appriciated.

Thanks

Archana

Print a particular page in a multi-page document x amount of times

Posted: 06 Aug 2014 12:24 AM PDT

I have a 75 page document and within the document I have a number of forms that will need to be filled up on a daily bases.

Is it possible to tell word 2013 to print a particular page x amount of times without having to copy and paste the same page?

Spell Check Complete - You're Good to Go! notification repeatedly popping up and not exiting

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 09:33 PM PDT

Hi everyone, 

Don't know if anyone has an issue to this random bug with word 2013, started happening just two days ago. the spell check compete notification just pops up out of the blue with no spell check being activated or anything and ever since it just pops up while doing work and keeps popping up repeatitively when clicking "ok". Does anybody have a solution to this problem, it would be greatly appreciated, :-) 

Cheers, 

Thomas

CANNOT get spell check to work--keep on getting the message "Text marked with 'do not check spelling or grammar' was skipped"

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 09:23 PM PDT

 

When I attempt to run spell check in some of my Microsoft Word documents, the following message pops up: "Text marked with 'do not check spelling or grammar' was skipped" and I cannot get spell check to work.  (I have Microsoft Office, 2010.)

Please do NOT tell me to do the following: 1) Review, Language, Set Proofing Language (English--US, in this case), click both boxes at the bottom until they're clear, Set as Default, and OK to close window; or 2) File, Options, Proofing, routine.  I have done both, but to no avail.

HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am working on a HUGE project and DESPERATELY need my spell check!

.docx compatibility question

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:45 PM PDT

Hi

I've just started using Word 2013 and I'm confused about .docx files. Can anyone tell me which previous versions of Word can also open these files? Will the formatting of documents saved on Word 2013 as docx files be messed up when opened in pre-2013 versions?


Also, can people with Macs open and edit .docx files originating from Word 2013?

I've just started freelancing and really need to figure this out - I need to send Word documents to people with lots of different set ups. Sorry if it's a very basic questions - I'm not very techy and this is stressing me out so much.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me!

Barbara

Linked Excel Objects in Word Resize & Distort Randomly

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 05:24 PM PDT

Hello - I have a Word document and within it, I have several linked Excel objects.  These objects are inserted using paste special - Paste link as Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object.  These objects are inserted using Paste Special > Paste link as Microsoft Office Excel Worksheet Object. We are using Office 2010.
For some reason the aspect ratio tends to be skewed when the object is inserted so the tables are distorted. It's not entirely consistent (some objects inserted in the same document in the same way have the problem and others don't). Sometimes the object will be okay when first pasted but if the linked object is updated then the table distorts.

The distortion is usually around 17% Height x 3% Width and 'Lock aspect ratio' is generally set to True.

When I fix this manually, I do the following:

1. Right click on the object, then select Format Object from the menu.
2. On the Size tab, de-select Lock aspect ratio.
3. Click the Reset button.
4. Click OK.

This resets the object to 100% of it's original size.

I typically then:

1. Right click on the object again, then select Format Object from the menu.
2. On the Size tab, select Lock aspect ratio.
3. Click OK.

After I do this, sometimes the linked object will remain at 100%, while other times the aspect ratio will change on its own resulting in a distorted image.  I see many posts regarding this topic, but most of them are over 1 year old.  Has a solution to this problem with Microsoft Word been created?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

inserting rows and columns in WORD 2013 matrices

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:32 PM PDT

After reading a Microsoft tutorial, I understand that WORD 2013 has a nice quick way of adding rows and columns to a matrix, by simply hovering and clicking on an icon. Unfortunately this icon does not appear when I hover over the sides of my matrix. I therefore have to add my rows and columns by longer, earlier methods.

There is another problem that may be related. There is no multidirectional arrow at the top left corner of my matrix and I am unable to drag my matrix to another position in my document.

This is so disappointing because everything else is working okay. Does anybody have the solution? I chatted with somebody on the Microsoft chat line but they could only advise me to seek professional support elsewhere!    -(

Looking forward to your answers.     :-)

Cannot set 'Recent documents' as it tells me that Adminstrator has disabled that function.

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:53 PM PDT

Original Title: Administrator

Have a new P.C.  with Windows 8.1 installed. Have downloaded Office 2013, I cannot set 'Recent documents' as it tells me that Adminstrator has disabled that function. I am designated as administrator, so how can I change these functions which are 'greyed out'.

Thanks

Jim

How can I include Page Background Color with a Mail Merge Word 2010 edit documents

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 09:51 AM PDT

I am creating a document in Word 2010 or Word 2013  using the Mailings tab and an Excel worksheet.  I finish and merge to multiple page document. That part is working fine.  I have formatted the fields with a white  background (paragraph shading, selected text)  behind them and  have the page  set up to  use Blue, Accent 1, Lighter 80 or 60 using the Office color set.    After merge the "Letters1" document has a white background.  

 I  can reset the background color in Letters1 and the white boxes are still there.   Anyone know how  I can get  the page background color to stick through the merge process?

I am just the techie, who is working with a supervisor on a project.   I have been using Word and Mailmerge for 16+ years.  The merged documents are being given to others.  My supervisor wants  to make it clear which areas are the merged data and liked the white boxes with the background, which did not print in black & white (a positive).   I have looked at Word Options, the Developer tab and some VB properties (a little bit of a reach for me)  but nothing jumps out.    Any ideas?

Docs default open to DISPLAY MARKUPS

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:55 AM PDT

I have created a word document where I am collaborating with another writer. We have used the "Track Changes" function accordingly. The document is now finished and I have clicked Review -> "FINAL" to not show the markup. I save the file. However, every time I open the file again it defaults to showing the markup, even when I've saved it otherwise.

The problem this gives me is that I'm trying to combine multiple, separate .docx files into a single PDF. As I do this, the PDF program opens the .docx file and PDFs it showing the comments and markups.

Any help?

Thanks!

Joel

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