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Microsoft Word - Word 2010 Style Separator

Word 2010 Style Separator

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:07 PM PDT

I am using a multilevel list to number a legal document.  I have defined a new list and everything works okay until I get to Article II and have to use a style separator so that when I run the table of contents I don't get the formatting for the lead-in text and the following paragraph text. When I put in the style separator for 2.1 then go to the next numbered paragraph which should be 2.2 I get 2.3. This is happening throughout the document and I tried changing the number value, but this has become time consuming and when I save and close the document and then reopen it, all the numbering is wrong. If I don't use the style separator, I don't have this problem. I hope someone can help me figure this out. Thank you. 

Numbers in Red

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:33 PM PDT

I have a Word document that is formatted using Heading styles with automatic numbering.  At the end of the heading a red style separator is inserted to continue on with the rest of the paragraph.  I have seen this happen a couple of random times before, I close the document and when go back into it the paragraphs that are using the style separators the numbers are now red as well.  What could be the cause of this?  Are the numbers picking up the format from the style separator?

Word 2007

Windows 7

Opening Word docx

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:20 PM PDT

Recently, whenever I open Word doc, docx on my computer, they open at 30% and I have to zoom. I don't know why this has happened and I can find no where to change a default setting. Of course if I open- zoom-and save I can open at 100%-but I have access to hundreds of documents and this is an annoyance. I'm using Office 2013, Windows 7 Enterprise. Any ideas?

Ribbon size in Office 2013

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:38 PM PDT

For some reason the ribbon size increased on all of my windows programs (Excel, Outlook, Word, PPT), and I don't know how to change it back to the original ribbon size. I've already tried the mouse/touch buttons. 

Also, when I open any of these programs, the welcome screen where I can choose to open recent files, or a new workbook, or take a tour etc, this screen is enlarged too.

The rest of my working area (e.g., the document I am typing in MS Word) is not enlarged. Or at least I can still control it's size using the zoom function. 

If you have any advice on how to change the ribbon size back to normal, please let me know.

Thanks

Hide and Unhide Text in Word

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:15 PM PDT

I have several documents I'm merging into one.  Just as a matter of convenience, once I move then content from one document I'd like to hide the text so that I don't have to look at it again as I scroll through the document.  I can place the "Hidden" button in my Quick Access Toolbar and it works fine for hiding my text.  However I can't seem to find a button that unhides hidden text.

I don't particularly want to unhide all the text in the document.  I'd just like to select an area of the document and unhide any text that appears within that selection.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

Page Numbers 1" from Bottom of Page

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:51 AM PDT

Using Word 2013. I need to place the bottom of the page number exactly 1" from the bottom of the page. I cannot figure out how to do this. I have tried the "Footer from Bottom:" and the changes it makes in the actual page are fairly arbitrary. The page number placement also appears to differ based on if I print vs export to pdf. Can someone please help me nail this down? I need to resubmit my thesis abstract tomorrow! 

Microsoft Word Issue

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 11:24 AM PDT

When I create a document in Word I create a Table of Contents and titles for each section. Each week for school I enter new information and when I do this the title on the next page moves down the page. Sometimes when I hit the backspace key to bring the title back up to the top of the page it jumps too far and goes to the bottom of the previous page. When I hit enter it jumps half way down the next page. It doesn't always do this, but when it does I can't fix it. I'm using a Window's 8 laptop (not touchscreen) with Word 2013. When I was chatting with Microsoft support he said it was because of a virus this was happening. I don't think it is malware or a virus because it is a brand new computer, it has Norton Security Suite, I rarely download anything (especially not from a website or email I don't trust), and it happens on my Windows 7 laptop as well. Support wanted me to buy an extended warranty, which I was not going to do when I felt he didn't even understand my issue. He sent me a link to these forums where somebody's cursor was moving while they typed. That's not my issue. The other reason I don't believe it's malware is no other program has an issue. I think I would have noticed if I had a virus or the scan would have picked it up. Has anyone else had this issue? Thanks!

Formatting Text With Capitalization of First Word

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 10:47 AM PDT

I want to format a string where only the first letter of the first word of the string is capitalized (it is the first word in the sentence in Word).  Obviously, neither proper case nor upper case works in this situation.

How is this done?

How can I include Page Backgroundd 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?

Vector images in document appear rough (unsmoothed)

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:47 AM PDT

I have several bitmap (PNG) and vector (EMF) images in my document. The PNGs look fine, just as they do when opened in an external image viewer, however the EMFs look quite bad, e.g. with fonts having rough edges and straight lines having uneven widths. These EMF files look fine when the document is printed, or when opened in an image viewer.

The "Do not compress image files" option under Advanced Options is checked, and "Disable hardware graphics acceleration" is disabled.

Is there anything I can try to make the vector (EMF) images look smooth (as they should) on screen? Thanks!

Field codes to display both number and text of heading

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:42 AM PDT

I have my headings numbered.  For example:

1      This is a topic formatted as Heading 1

1.1    This is a sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

1.2    This is the next sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

1.2.1  This is a sub-sub-topic formatted as Heading 3

2      This is the next topic formatted as Heading 1

2.1    This is a sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

2.1.1  This is a sub-sub-topic formatted as Heading 3

2.2    This is the next sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

and so on...

In my document header I would like to show both the number and the text for levels/headings 1 and 2 that occur first on the page (or an earlier page).  For example:

[left justified]                                                                           [right justified]

1 This is a topic formatted as Heading 1                      1.1 This is a sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

Then maybe a few pages later it would be:

2.1  This is a sub-topic formatted as Heading 2       2.2  This is the next sub-topic formatted as Heading 2

I can get the text with:

{ STYLEREF "Heading 1"  }

But I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the list number to display.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Andrew

Headings losing formatting after 6th level

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 08:02 AM PDT

The style formatting doesn't automatically apply after the 6th level in a series and I manually have to tell it to keep going. 

How can I fix it so that it automatically continues?

Here is an example.

------

1.0 TEXT

    1.1 Text 

        1.1.1 Text 

            1.1.1.1 Text 

                1.1.1.1.1 Text 

                    1.1.1.1.1.1 Text 

                        1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Text 

           Text (it should continue here as 1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 but it stops working)

2.0 TEXT

Office 7

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 06:26 AM PDT

I am typing a manuscript and starting on page 575 new lines did not go to the left margin but only about half way. I have tried everything I know to get the new line to go to the left margin but to no avail. Help

Word 2013 Not Responding

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:51 AM PDT

I am using word 2013 on windows 8.1, and have been for just over a year. However, recently it has started to freeze within 5 minutes of opening a document showing the "not responding message"

Any help would be appreciated

Document Templates anomaly in Sharepoint 2013

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:44 AM PDT

Hi,

In SharePoint 2013.

The issue is that when I clicks on New Document\New Cars Procedure, nothing happens. When Microsoft Word is already opened, the template for the Cars Procedure opens nicely.

Any thoughts please?

Thank you.

John

Error when opening Microsoft Word

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:23 AM PDT

Hi,

I am having trouble opening microsoft office (word, excel & powerpoint) 2010. The error message that I get is "the operating system is not configured to run this application". It was working alright until yesterday and today all of a sudden, i am getting this error. Kindly help me fix this problem!

I have Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit operating system.

Thanks

SZ

Word 2013 Web Layout - maximum width?

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 04:18 AM PDT

When dealing with large quantities of text, I use Web Layout to reduce the number of unnecessary line breaks, utilising the full width of my screen.

However, now that I have upgraded my monitor, Web Layout will no longer expand to fill the space.  With 100% zoom, at approximately 2000 pixels across the page just stops and I'm left with a huge white space.  

Is there any way to make Word utilise the full 3840 pixel width of the screen?

VBA Word Highlight Text

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 03:31 AM PDT

I wish to highlight every occurence of several words in a document.

Something like .......

strFind = "cat, sat, mat"                     ' This list may vary and is populated by a text box

With ActiveDocument.Range.Find
    .ClearFormatting
    For xxx = 0 To UBound(Split(strFind, ","))
        .Text = Split(strFind, ",")(xxx)
        .Highlight = True

    Next
End With

Then every occurrence of cat, sat and mat will be highlighted

Can you help with the required code?

Word2010 Justify Alignment

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 02:24 AM PDT

Hi, I have selected the whole table, click on Justify alignment and save the document in word 2010.  After reopen the document, the alignment is not change to Justify.  It still remain as left alignment.  Please advise. Thank you.

Phenomenal Word Page for Screenwriters

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 01:33 AM PDT

I started a thread here yesterday attempting to figure out how to format a screenplay, particular in regard to orphan control (with character names orphaned from dialogue on succeeding pages). Twenty years ago, I used Word Whatever 1995 Version and won a fellowship with it, but the formatting left much to be desired. This was because there is no instruction offered with Word that a user of average intelligence can use to master the "90% of Word's brain."

Words such as "template" and "points," and dropdown boxes that ask you for "exactly" or "minimum" still have no meaning to me. I hold an an advanced degree (if that matters, and it shouldn't)--NOT A TYPESETTER'S APPRENTICESHIP.

Anyway: http://www.awn.com/blog/how-turn-microsoft-word-terrific-screenwriting-program

Happy Screenwriting.

Page No. in MS Word 2010

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 12:41 AM PDT

How to insert page numbers in bottom for a section and top for another in MS Word 2010?

Colored List

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 11:57 PM PDT

Hi,

I am trying to make a simple list of right-tick or wrong-cross. I am using wingdings font in the list. What I cannot do is to make the tick green and cross red automatically after selection. I tried to search for a way but couldn't find a simple way of doing it. I can share the file if required which have the list.

I have a .doc (that someone else created) with 26 endnotes: I need to add an endnote in the middle of the .doc but I cannot get the numbering to conform to what's there

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 11:17 PM PDT

I do not know which version of Word this .doc was created in. The author of the .doc has 26 endnotes; some of them are re-used. They all look nice and tidy and at the bottom of the .doc: He arranged them so they're in alphabetical order. (I don't mean the endnotes were numbered a, b, c, d, etc. I mean the endnotes are in alphabetical order by first letter of the text of the endnote.)

The author has asked me to add a new endnote in the middle of the .doc. Specifically, there needs to be a new #16 and then of course all subsequent endnotes need to be renumbered 17 through 27.  When I attempt to insert an endnote, it is automatically numbered 1. When I attempt to insert an endnote and use the "Start as" field (in the Footnote and Endnote dialog box) and type 16 into the field, this does create a (16) endnote but the rest of the endnotes (old 16 through 26) are not re-numbered. (No, I am not using tracked changes. Should I?)

I have tried various hacks, e.g. copying the newly created endnote (which lands at the very bottom of the .doc) and pasting into the existing numbered list of endnotes (near bottom of .doc). But still, old 16 doesn't become 17, old 17 doesn't become 18, so on and so forth.

Also, the existing endnotes looks nice and tidy. When you mouse over them they look like this:

But the new one I have created looks like this:

How can I get mine to look nice and tidy?

Word 2013 crashes when opening a file

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 10:46 PM PDT

We have 50 computers running Office 2013 through Office 365.

One and only one user, who happens to be a director, cannot open most word documents. 

I have been sent one such document. I can open it. Others can open it.  It is  a boring 1 page letter.

He has no addins installed and has no other problems with the computer.  He is using Microsoft  Security Essentials.  He is running Windows 7 64 bit, and the latest version of Office 2013 32bit.

Here is a demonstration of the crash happening when downloading an RTF file off our sharepoint site https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2ZXXhRjw3M

Any one got any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Dave A

Highlighting problem in Word 2013/Windows 8.1/Surface

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 09:08 PM PDT

I am using Word 2013/Win 8.1 on my surface pro and when I highlight three or more separate (as opposed to highlighting a line of text say) words , using ctrl|click, in my text (to embolden them for example) then I can't get rid of the highlighting - right clicking on the (Microsoft Bluetooth mouse) just brings up the message 'invalid selection'. Pressing escape just jumps to the start screen and if I click on any of the tiles on the start screen, it just puts a check mark on the tile but won't open the program. The only solution is to restart the system.

How can I get out of this strange mode?

Word 2013 overrides default and manual print settings Windows 7

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:46 PM PDT

I am using word 2013 on Windows 7.  Every time I try to print my printer settings are ignored by word.  My windows default printer is set to color and the printer prints color with no problems from all other programs.  When I print from Word it defaults to grayscale.  Even when I manually set the printer options to color it reverts back to grayscale.  At one time I could print color with this set up, this just started randomly.  I have read on the internet and this seems to be a common problem is there any fix?  So far I have downloaded the last windows 7 driver for my printer, a Samsung, and tried every Word setting I can find.

Thanks,

RP

How to change the indentation and spacing in Table of Contents for different level headings

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 07:01 PM PDT

Hello,

I am using Microsoft word 2013 and am having issues with my Table of Contents (TOC). 

My thesis has been set up with a template which utilises various level headings i.e. 1.1 1.1.1 1.1.1.1 ... 

In my TOC this is what I see

1.     Chapter One

1.1   Background

1.1.1Importance of .....

1.1.2Barriers to.... 

As you can see, the spacing and indentation in my level one and two headings are perfect, however, the level three 1.1.1 does not have a) a space between the numbers 1.1.1 and the heading and b) it does not tab in underneath the level two heading. For example, I prefer it to look like the following: 

1.     Chapter One

 1.1   Background

    1.1.1    Importance of .....

    1.1.2    Barriers to.... 

Can anyone please assist me in going behind the scenes in my Styles tab or TOC modify option and direct me to the correct section to change these spaces and indentations?

I really appreciate your assistance.

Kind regards,

PhD student

Unable to open Word templates as new documents when using the Preview pane

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 05:08 PM PDT

Hi all -

I've seen this case documented before, but I have not seen anyone provide a clear answer, if there is one at all.

What is the solution to users being unable to open a Word template as a new document, from Windows Explorer, when using the preview pane?

If you try to double left-click on a .dotx template file from Windows Explorer, while using the preview pane, the document will not open.  The WINWORD.exe process starts when the preview pane activates, and while this is running in conjunction with the preview pane the template will not launch a new document.  It won't even open, in fact.

If you kill the preview pane and/or the process the template will open correctly as a new document, until the preview pane is used again.

Currently that leaves my office with either a) don't use the preview pane, or b) use the preview pane but open templates through a running instance of Word.  They find the former less than desirable and the latter a barely acceptable workaround.

Suggestions?

Create a Table Style

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 04:59 PM PDT

I am having a terrible time trying to create a custom table style.

I click the new style button, choose Table as the Style Type.  I set the borders I want, color, fonts etc. in the design grid.  I  choose New Documents based on this template and click OK.

I can not find the style without using CTRL+SHIFT+S and want to add this custom table style to the Quick Style Gallery.

A little help will help.

Problem with Hindu & Arabic numbers in footer & table of content

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 04:45 PM PDT

So I am using the hindu numbering in the footer of my document. However, after I finished my book and try to make a table of content, the numbers appear in Arabic numerals in the table of the content.

How can I change the Arabic numerals in the table of contents to match the hindu numbering in my footer?

Thanks for your help :)

a question I haven't seen addressed anywhere online

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:56 PM PDT

My Mom wants to use Microsoft Word 2007 to create worksheets for her students in school to teach writing. She's seen that when she uses the 'underline' option, there's always space between the line and letters. How can she make the lines actually touch the letters? And is there a way to do this above the letters, as well?

Thanks

command for inserting a manual line break; not the keyboard shortcut

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 03:37 PM PDT

I have a template that we use in our office all the time (Word 2010), and I just discovered that somehow the keyboard shortcut for inserting a manual line break, Shift+Enter, has been changed and now inserts a page break. Because the template has lots of customized keyboard shortcuts that are useful, I would like to change this one back via some method other than hitting "Reset all" in the Customize Keyboard dialog box, but I cannot find the command for inserting a manual line break in order to re-map the shortcut. Is there a command, or any other way to insert a manual return other than Shift+Enter? For this one case I resorted to opening a new document with the default Normal template attached, typing Shift+Enter, then copying and pasting the manual line break into my doc, but I'd hate to have to do that every time. Thanks for any help.

insufficient memory for Word on iPad

Posted: 04 Aug 2014 08:31 AM PDT

When I open a Word File on my iPad i receive the following error message:
"there is not enough memory or disk space to complete the operation"

what can i do to remedy this issue? I have over 70GB free on my iPad so it cant be a disk space issue.