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Microsoft Word - What is causing this mysterious box and how can I remove it?

Microsoft Word - What is causing this mysterious box and how can I remove it?

What is causing this mysterious box and how can I remove it?

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 02:28 PM PDT

I had someone show me this empty box at the bottom of the table on their Microsoft Word 2013 document and tell me that they didn't know how it got there or how to remove it. 

I know it's not a cell from the table above as when I right click on it, it doesn't bring up options for dealing with cells.  I've tried selecting it and deleting it and then right clicking on it and cutting or deleting it, but no luck.  What is causing this and how do I remove it?

Document crashes Word

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 12:56 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

The document in question has come from SharePoint online and has some heavy formatting.

Can we send in the word doc in question? I suspect it will crash whatever machine it runs on.

Cannot uninstall or re-install Microsoft 2010 home & student

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 12:19 PM PDT

My Microsoft 2010 does not work, it keeps telling me the user will not let me. I had it yesterday and today it will not let me access it.

I am so confused. I did put myself and girlfriend as an administrator and put myself as a local account. It also says cannot verify the license and should repair the office program in control panel. I have tried this and it does not work. What do I do now? I had office for four years not it is telling me they cannot verify my license what is with this, I am totally confused. Please help me I need my office!

Thank You

Home and Student 2010 problems

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 11:20 AM PDT

So I bought Microsoft Home and Student 2010 a year or 2 ago for my laptop. It was working fine up until I had to get my laptop repaired numerous times for hardware problems. I eventually got it repaired a month a go, I installed Office Home & Student (for 3 pc's and I'd only installed it once on my laptop) and it seemed to be working. However when I tried to get some work done and open documents I keep getting the message of it being an unlicensed product. I tried putting in the install disc again to try and repair features and see if that made a difference, it didn't. I went to Google and saw some suggestions like changing the settings because Publisher isn't a part of it so wan't working, I did that and it too made no difference. I saw other people saying to remove and re-install it and other people saying there is no need. I've also seen people saying you have to upgrade. I've already spent almost £200 on it, surely I don't need to upgrade again, do I? If anyone out there can possibly give me some hope of fixing this issue I will be very grateful.

Andy

Do drawing canvases prevent photo compression?

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 10:11 AM PDT

Hi all -

I'm using drawing canvases to group pictures in word and I keep ending up with extremely large file sizes that are leading to issues with saving. I have been individually compressing each photo, but it doesn't seem to make a difference as to the file size. Any help? 

'Set proofing language' has a mind of its own

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 09:28 AM PDT

Word 2010 on a Windows 8.1 computer, Spanish hardware and keyboard setting, software purchased online in English from Spain.

i have removed every reference i can find to the Spanish language, and i have set every place i can find to 'English' as default.

Still when i start an email or a Word document, the system insists on checking in Spanish first, even though i use English predominantly.

i have been to 'Set proofing language' where SpaNISH IS HIGHLIGHTED, CHANGED THAT TO eNGLISH, TICKED 'SET AS DEFAULT', clicked the option to 'change every document based on Normal template, and still if i click 'Set proofing language immediately (or on next opening a document) it proof reads in Spanish

i have been through every 'help'topic i can find on the subject, and am currently considering whether my first floor office is high enough to completely destroy my computer and its software if i throw it out!

Help!

Keith Mason

Automated Table of Figures

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 08:57 AM PDT

My figure captions have long, explanatory notes, which continue on the same line as the actual figure number and main caption text (this is a requirement of the document - I can't change that). Is there any way of applying a style to part of a line and not the rest of the line/paragraph? I just want, e.g., Figure 1 Blah Blah Blah to appear in the automated table of figures but the style I apply is taken up by the entire text that follows this piece. Thanks in advance.

Very strange disappearing text and paragraphs in Office 2013 Pro

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 08:46 AM PDT

Okay, I swear this question has never been asked before. I've spent the better part of my life for the past two days scouring the internet for this issue.

First, qualifiers:

  • I am running Windows7 and Windows8.1 when this issue occurs.
  • I have Microsoft Office Professional Plus
  • It happens regardless of whether or not I have copied/pasted or typed manually
  • I am not using the overtype feature
  • I am using OpenType Features and alternative expert fonts (such as Linux Libertine, Minion Pro (Adobe), Calluna)
  • It happens regardless of whether or not I have OpenType features enabled.
  • It seems to not promulgate by the default font Calibri (tested in one place on one paragraph).
  • I have not experienced this behavior in any of the other Microsoft Office products other than Word (Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, Access).

Next, the behavior:

  • It happens at seemingly random times. When I'm typing, or copy/paste, a number of things will happen. First, my cursor will disappear, and part of a paragraphs text will be randomly missing from the screen. When I try to highlight the affected body of text, the "highlight gray" that covers the text also partially disappears. When I try to click and move my cursor to within the affected body, it also does not appear. When I go to remove part of the paragraph (usually the beginning), the missing text magically appears.
  • It also occurs when I'm returning to the beginning of a line. When I press enter at the end of any given paragraph, the end of the paragraph will disappear with the start of a new one.
  • When I go to print, the text also is not present. In fact, in many things I've done, my numbers, fractions, and list numerators do not appear in the print, even if they are present on the screen.
  • The problem is also present when exporting to a PDF of any kind.

Help?

Missing Insertion Cursor in Word 2007

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 07:51 AM PDT

In Word 2007, I am missing the insertion cursor and macros are not running anymore either.  I have read multiple post on this issue.  Tried almost everything from uninstalling to repair to word options and cursor rates.  It has not worked.  Need help!

Word 2013

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 07:05 AM PDT

I now have Word 2013 as part of a new Office Package.

It opens properly  and it is easy to use. However, I am finding that when a file is saved and closed it reopens in word 2003 mode ( not compatibility Mode) the next time I want to work on it .

I still have Office 2003 on the computer,

My question is, how can I stop recently created files opening in the old Word style and appearing in the folder with the old Word icon?

Do I simply remove the older program from the computer. If so how will that affect older files created before Office 2013 was installed ?

Result Chain Smart Art

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 06:53 AM PDT

I have been searching a better way to draw Result Chain smart in word with no success so far. I have seen Result chain diagram in wikipedia. Can some one suggest me to draw in these type of diagrams. Thanks in advance.

Microsoft Word 2013

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 05:19 AM PDT

Microsoft Word 2013 is not working properly. I've done the following;

1) Run > winword /repair - nogo

2) Same as above - winword  /safemode - nogo

3) Uninstall Reinstall - nogo

Not sure what else to do. Ran a microsoft fix it, nope.... 

The problem, is that when I open it - everything is blank. Other Office 2013 products work just fine. I can't see text, I can't see menu items, and when I try to download templates everything but the image is blank. I can't even see the ribbon. Not sure what else to try at this point...

Thanks in advance!

Pictures not displaying in Office (Word) for Windows Phone 8.1

Posted: 19 Sep 2014 04:47 AM PDT

I am a new user of Windows Phone 8.1.

When I open a document (created in Office '93 for example) in Office on my Windows Phone, the pictures and word drawings in the document do not display, I just get the old Windows picture icon.

Is there anything I can do to get this to display properly?

Short footer.

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 08:34 PM PDT

The footer on side of my mirror document is shorter that the footer on the other page.  How can I make them equal in size?

Word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 07:40 PM PDT

Word:

 

Version: 15.0.4641.1003

Error Code: -1610612703-8

ERROR_BAD_CONFIGURATION

1610 (0x64A)

The configuration data for this product is corrupt. Contact your support personnel.

The uninstall and change both failed to complete.

Word Form - Buttons Stop Working

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 05:46 PM PDT

I have a Word form that has been used for several years, but doesn't work correctly in Word 2013.

There are a number of content controls and 2 buttons, one that emails the document and one that does a validation of the information entered. When we open the file in Word 2013, after working through the fields, when one scrolls back to the buttons, they do not work.

It's not that the code is failing, the button simply doesn't respond in any way to the mouse. ie, It doesn't appear to move, instead the outline and sizing handles appear around the button. This makes it impossible for the user to submit the form. It works perfectly in earlier versions of Word. There are two content controls near the buttons, and they too stop working. No cursor appears when you click in them, and no text appears when typing.

The only way to get the buttons to work again is to disable Protection, go into Design mode, then exist Design mode and re-protect the document. The two buttons are in an unprotected section of the form.

I need to find out how to get the document to work reliably in Word 2013.


Thanks

Gordon

In word 2010, text converted to non-standard bottom border

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 05:05 PM PDT

I don't know what I must have done.  I'm proofing a large file (800 pages of mostly text) of short stories.  There are many places in the stories where a scene break exists - consisting of '***' centered on its own line.  These have ALL been replaced with a non-default bottom border, ie, a 3 point wide dotted line (small squares, actually) across the entire width of the line above. To be very clear, it is not an underline.  It's hard to believe that I somehow made such a global change, particularly because I'm still trying to replace the bottom border with the original line and aren't finding a find/replace for borders. 

I'm running 64-bit windows 7 and 32 bit Word.

For example:

These are the words before the scene break (denoted by ***)..

                    ***

These are the words after the scene break. 

And, to a small degree, it now looks like (except the underline is really a big fat border):

These are the words before the scene break (denoted by ***)..

These are the words after the scene break. 

My questions:

1.  how could I have done this (or could the change to bottom border be something in the document that was masked over and I hit the switch)?

2.  How can I fix this in a replace-all way?

thanks for any help you have to offer.  I spent some time looking for a previous question but didn't find anything useful.

Joan

Where can I download some free, virus and adware-free, music symbol font sets?

Posted: 18 Sep 2014 04:50 PM PDT

Just like it says on the top. I want to change the lyrics to a song for my own use, not to record or anything.