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Microsoft Word - Help with mail merge

Help with mail merge

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 02:40 PM PDT

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I am trying to merge an EXCEL name and address list to WORD to print a list of addresses.   not working.  what is the problem

Wording displayed when starting up Office 2010

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 01:53 PM PDT

I keep getting the following when I start up Word 2010.  Can anyone help?

Envelopes Won't Print from Documents in Word 365 - Goes right to Envelope Options Dialog Box

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:15 PM PDT

Since the beginning of time, I have typed a letter, printed that letter, then just pushed the Envelope (and labels) button I customized to the top ribbon, and in early versions, it would automatically recognize the address and put it on the envelope. In 2010, I had to highlight the address, but it still worked. Now, it sometimes works like it should from a clean reboot the first time, but subsequent times, I get a different dialog box - Envelope Options - rather than the one with the address and return address. If I hit "Ok" it reformats the document as an envelope, which is not acceptable. This is not the problem others have with their printers running blank pages. This seems to be a functional problem within Word. I am running a brand new Lenova Yoga 2 Pro with not a lot of other software on it, so I doubt it is a conflict problem. Help! Thanks.

Readability Statistics Lost

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:04 PM PDT

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None of the suggestions in kb292069 are working for me. I am using Word 2013, and I haven't been able to make readability statistics show up at all.

Right-to-Left Language Texts Disappear in .pdf Conversion

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 11:45 AM PDT

My publisher requires me to submit my books in pdf. I prepare my books in Word 2013. The text is mostly in English, but there are a lot of quotations in Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and other right-to-left languages. When I convert to pdf, these texts disappear, except for one word (which seems to be the first word the conversion program encounters going left-to-right, so the program doesn't "see" the rest of the Hebrew or whatever quotations).

The above problem is with the ISO 19005-1 compliant (PDF/A) switch checked. If I uncheck it, this problem goes away, but the entire book is thrown off such that pages don't match up - this renders my Table of Contents and Indices useless.

Yes, the fonts are TruType (the Hebrew font is standard Times New Roman, in fact), and yes, they are fully embedded. I've tried doing a test, using a file in Word consisting of a single paragraph in English with some Hebrew text within the paragraph - most of the Hebrew disappears, as noted above.

The problem is in Word. When Word (or anything else, because as noted I've tried other conversion programs) converts the Word files into .pdf, it keeps going left-to-right, so it takes the first word it finds in Aramaic (or Hebrew, etc.), and doesn't "see" the other words. If I convert the Aramaic phrase into right-to-left, that makes the ENTIRE PARAGRAPH right-to-left, even though most of the paragraph is in English; i.e., it is not fit for book printing. So I have to keep the Aramaic tagged as left-to-right or the English paragraph turns to hash. Again, as noted, this problem vanishes when I uncheck the PDF/A switch, but that creates a new problem, that the page lengths in the entire book get thrown off, rendering the Table of Contents and Indices totally useless.

I've called Adobe Customer Service, and talked on line with Adobe experts. The problem is with Word, not Adobe.

Can't see tables in the cross ref window or create ToT

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:55 AM PDT

I am working on an existing large document with several tables, figures, etc... After looking around the community at length I could not find an answer to my problems.

Problem 1: I am trying to cross reference to a table "EX: see Table D-20" so that the table reference is a hyperlink. When I try and put a cross reference in the cross reference table does not list a single table that is in my document (there are 77). I can see the other reference types (figures are all there). I also tried to recreate the table of tables (there is one already in the document) and the document would not regenerate a table of tables saying that "no table of figures entries found". So why is the document not seeing my tables at all?

Problem 2: The tables in the document are not in order and in the past they have been fields that update automatically but not in this case, not sure why. So the tables read 27,29,30, etc... I am not sure why none of my fields are updating but I suspect these problems are related somehow.

Fixes I have tried: I have manually updated ALL fields in the document via Ctrl+A and F9. I have ensured that track changes is off and any pending changes have been accepted. I have copied the document into a new file and tried to save that thinking the doc may have been corrupted and that didnt work. I

I have not tried inserting a bookmark to this point in the file but I do think it would work. However, that seems like a quick fix/loophole that doesnt address the real problems that I am having with this document.

Thanks for any help you can provide! 

making links in Word blue?

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:34 AM PDT

I copied text to a Word document that included lots of hyperlinks. The links were preserved fine, but word doesn't display them in hyperlink "style". That is, the links are underlined, but they're not blue. It's straightforward to change the style of an individual link, but there are several hundred in this document. I don't want to manually change the style for all of them. Is there any way to tell all the links to adopt hyperlink style? That is, Word knows they're links. They're underlined. I can click on them, and they link fine. But I want them to look blue!

Need help printing shipping labels

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 08:18 AM PDT

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to print shipping labels with word. It is just so ridiculously convoluted and confusing and counter intuitive. I do not need to do any mail merge or any other weird stuff. I simply want to type in an address and a return address and have it print on my labels. I have avery 5163 labels of 10 per sheet. I only want to print one or two labels and then be able to use the others later. Is this even possible or do I really have to waste 9 labels for every single one I print??

Varying document protection.

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 07:25 AM PDT

I am creating a form for a non-profit that will be completed by varying degrees of experienced people. I am attempting to lock portions of the document that do not need changing (typically). This is a co-parenting plan that is completed by volunteer mediators on site and the final product is printed out immediately and given to the parents. The editing of certain sections must be locked (to prevent accidental alterations) but also must be able to be talked through to unlock (on the phone) when needed. Many of these mediations happen when regular staff is not present and therefore cannot help.

I have various content controls for the inclusion of edited information. I use rich text control, plain text control, building blocks (with content control inside the blocks), drop down menus, date pickers, and repeating section content control.

Using "restrict editing" will not allow building blocks under the "filling in forms" option. It will not allow repeating content controls under the "read only" with exceptions.

Grouping does some of it but it is difficult to unlock an area that may need tweaking for a specific situation.

Is there a way to lock up a form yet allow the use of all of the content controls? Additionally, in the building blocks, there are sections that need locked while allowing edits to content control.

Typing lag with Word and Excel apps in IOS 7.1

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 06:52 AM PDT

Hello,

I have multiple users reporting issues with a typing lag when typing in documents mainly in the Word but also in Excel as well. All users have the ProPlus license and we are using OneDrive to access the documents on the devices, all users have updated the apps to the newest version (1.1.1). The issue occurs using both the on screen keyboard and an external keyboard, and the lag can easily be 15-20 seconds behind the user when typing. Please provide assistance or direction to resolve.

Thank you in advance!

Content Control IsDirty

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 06:04 AM PDT

Hi,

Is there any property like "IsDirty" provided or a way to understand that the content inside a content control in word has been modified by the user.

The content can get updated either by the user directly modifying the content or due to a programmatic update of the content control to a related user action.

How to open a newly created PDF in Adobe Reader

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 05:11 AM PDT

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When I export a PDF from Word 2013, I click on Open after Publishing. 

How can I open the PDF in Adobe Reader instead of in the Word Web App/ browser ?

Pls help

Thanks!

Sign in when already signed in!

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 05:11 AM PDT

When I open Word (or Excel) in Desktop 365, it shows my user name at the top right. However, there is an exclamation mark next to it which says, "ACCOUNT ERROR, Sorry, we can't get to your account right now. To fix this, please sign in again."

If I try to sign in again, the sign-in box appears and disappears rapidly. When I open my profile online, it shows my avatar but this does not appear in Word/Excel, it just shows the blank icon.

Can you help, please?

Reinstall Office 2010 and a Russian language pack

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 05:09 AM PDT

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I actually purchased the Russian Language Pack in 2010 and even have the original receipt with the order confirmation number. The file, however, was lost (alas!) but I need it to reinstall MS Office on my new laptop. How can I have access to the file? I want to use the official MS sources and not to go to torrents, if possible.

How to Recover/Repair Corrupt MS Word (Docx and Doc) Files

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 04:19 AM PDT

I have a corrupted Word 2013 and 2003 files that I want to repair corrupt Word files. I have tried several online freeware application without success. I was unable to use the repair/recover feature in MS Word. Any suggestions on Word Recovery Software?

Adjusting units of measurement in Word for iPad

Posted: 12 Sep 2014 12:18 AM PDT

Hello there. I'm an Office user in the Philippines. I have installs on my laptops and on my mobile devices: one iPhone and two iPads. 

In images and adverts for Office for iPad, I've noticed that the default unit of measurement for Word is in inches. This is great, because I use imperial units for my documents.

However, when I usedin Office for iPad, I noticed straight away that the measurement units are set in centimeters. The Philippines is odd because while the distance between objects is measured using the metric system, the unit of measurement for height, length, and width is in imperial units. Changing the unit of measurement in Office for iPad therefore, has become quite important for me. 

I've tried to find a way to change the unit of measurement, to no avail. Help?

installation error

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 11:44 PM PDT

I am getting error: 0x40 on my newly installed Microsoft Office downloaded from online.

When I open word to start a document, I get a notice up the top saying I need to Activate by Sept17.

Ideas?

How do I apply: Word Setting "Keep bullets and numbers when pasting text with keep text only", through policy/registry??

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 10:23 PM PDT

Hi there,

I am trying to apply the setting "Keep bullets and numbers when pasting text with keep text only", to 400 PCs and would like to know how I can automate this?

Where is this setting kept?

Setting is found in the word backstage > Options > Advanced.

Thanks in advance

ozgday

Multilevel lists

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 08:33 PM PDT

Just getting comfortable with Word 2013 but have run into Problems using multilevel lists.  I've tried researching on the internet and have gotten many answers but they haven't really worked.  I'm just trying to set up a very basic list but it's not working.  Here's what I'm trying to do:  Level 1 has a product name then I go to my tab set and set a 6.5" tab with a leader of dots.  So far so good.  then I got to level 2 and that's where the problems start  I'm breaking down the costs from level want and I wish to only tab out about 3.5" with again a leader line of dots but nothing happens.  The only way I seem to get this to work is to manually change the leader lines for every single level (an impossible task).  I don't know if I'm explaining myself very well but I hope one of you can probe through the murk and save me.  Thanks.

Manny

unable to check off "save form data as delimited text file" in MSWord 2010

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 06:34 PM PDT

I have created a form in Word 2010 using only Legacy controls and have saved the form as a template (.dotx). When I go to check off the "save form data as delimited text file" under Options/Advanced/Preserve fidelity when sharing this document, this selection is in grey and does not allow me to select it. Can anyone tell me why this is happening and provide a solution? Thank you.

Unwanted changes in text flow

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 05:45 PM PDT

It's bad enough that fields are displayed in-line, which makes it very difficult to track down indexing errors (the line and page layout is completely different with fields shown vs. not shown).

OK, that was a  horrible design error. What I don't get are 1) Why the text flow changes from Draft to Print mode (previously answered by one of you experts), and 2) Why the text flow changes when the header area vs. the text area is selected. Very annoying. I don't see why the text flow can't stay constant.

Another gripe is that when I go from selecting the header area vs. displaying the text area is that the display jumps several or many pages away. Is this "normal?" Is there a rational reason for this?

Surface Pro 2 Windows 8 Problem Opening a word file. e 2, Column 19287423"

Posted: 11 Sep 2014 04:40 AM PDT

 I had difficulty all through the preparation of this document, a large PDF file convertted to Word to allow annotation with the Inking tool.  It closed down many times even when I regularly saved it it still closed saying there was some problem or other. I finished annotating it and saved it but when I went to open it later it failed to open and I received this message:  Message:"Can't open doc. The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag. Location: Part/word/document.xml, Line 2, Column 19287423" Meaningless to me.

Can you help.  I have alot of time invested in the annotations.

Chrz