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Microsoft Word - Can't update fields in Word 2013 with F9

Can't update fields in Word 2013 with F9

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 03:05 PM PST

Split from this thread.

Hi.

I have the same problem as sunwatcher (but in word 2013). 

here some informations

  • None of the answer given here helps
  • My fields are not locked
  • updating single fields or single paragraphs with more fields (select a paragraph + f9 key) works fine
  • updating single fields or single paragraphs with more fields (select a paragraph + right click and update field) works fine
  • Update field before printing does not work
  • backstage view does not help
  • the "F9" key on the keyboard works (I mean, not a button fault)

Hope to find a solution soon...

thank you to all

MS Word 2013, Win 8.1, 20,607 KB .docx file. Title page header displays only. Navigation Pane displays headings, only title page, search finds words.

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 02:36 PM PST

Soapbox:

As Adobe ruins Adobe FrameMaker, some of us technical writers may suffer WinWord again. Or MadCap Flare. Or LibreOffice.

MS Word 2003 was quite spiffy and reliable with long manual composition on Win XP with numerous images and illustrations in the file using the MS Word 2003 drawing layer. I once said, "MS Word may replace FrameMaker. At least we have Unicode in Word as of Word 97.

 I have few good things to say of MS Word 2013 (v15).

There's my soapbox. Now I need help. Lest I get out the sector editor out ...

MS Word 2013 ( Version 15.0.4659.1001), Win 8.1, 20,607 KB .docx file. An Asus Laptop with Intel onboard graphics, 8 Gigabytes RAM, Intel I-5 processor.

Description:

I'm composing a rather long hardware install guide for a client. The file contains many photo and  of images, innumerable complex illustrations using the MS Word drawing layer. About 70 pages with TOC, List of Figures (LOF), and List of Tables (LOT) as the only generated lists.

The MS Word 2013 crashes innumerable times, so, with research, I:

  • Disabled both COM Add-Ins (OneNote Notes, Send to Bluetooth)
  • Word Options -> Advanced -> Uncheck "Use subpixel positioning to smooth fonts onscreen.

I realize today I should have already checked (populate the box with a check), to disable, (Word Options -> Advanced -> Disable hardware graphic acceleration) a bug between Word and some video drivers or hardware; Intel video tops the list, research suggests, and that's what's in this Asus laptop thing).

When I open the file:

  • Title page header displays only.
  • Navigation Pane displays headings
  • Search can find word in the document.

The content remains in the binary Word 2013 .docx file.

The styles endemic to the file open in the Home Tab, Style pane.

I've also performed the MS Word 2013 "Open and Repair" feature with no suceess and no messages.

On a Win 7 workstation I perform the MS Word 2010 "Open and Repair" feature with innumerable messages, yet the same results.

I have over 4000 minutes effort in this document. I would like to finish in over the next several months and deliver it to the client to their satisfaction.

Soapbox (slight return):

MS Word 15 (2013) is a complete reversal of advances made to MS Word up to MS Word 2003. Win 8.1 has the usability and human factors design of a fast food restaurant overhead menu. MS Word 2013 is reliable like MS Word '95 on Win '95 or Word 97 on Windows 98. Requiring users log into a remote account as outlook.com is an egregious violation of good IT security. No ISO 2700x-compliant, or compliant seeking, organization, would ever accept Win 8.1.

Thanks,

BCB

Shortcut key for Headers and Footers

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 01:35 PM PST

Is there a shortcut key to create a Header and Footer?

Cannot get Word to Load

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 12:49 PM PST

I have uninstalled office three times and reloaded office three times.  Excel, Power point, and One note are operating correctly but word will not load and does not work.  Any suggestions.

Using Multiple Source Files in Mail Merge-MS 2010

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 12:24 PM PST

Hi-

Can you use multiple source files for one document in Mail Merge-vs. 2010?  And if so, how do you set it up?

Many thanks!

Sorting alphabetically in Word -- by word inside phrase or sentence. Macro or VBA?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 11:18 AM PST

Hello!

I'm using Office 365 on a Windows PC.

The task at hand involves creating a long list of phrases and individual sentences, then applying a style to a specific word in each phrase or sentence. The result should be to "boldify" (ha!) that specific word.

Then I'll need to alphabetically sort this list, based not on the first letter of the phrase/sentence, but by the word which was selected and bolded in each separate phrase or sentence.

It might look something like this before it's sorted:

slow and steady wins the race

dogs and cats

as soon as possible

partly cloudy with a chance of rain

and something like this after it's sorted:

dogs and cats

partly cloudy with a chance of rain

as soon as possible

slow and steady wins the race

Do any of you super-smart folks have a suggestion about how to accomplish this?

Thanks!!

Outline View: Selecting entire paragraph minus terminating carriage return

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST

There doesn't seem to be a way select an entire paragraph minus the terminating carriage return when in Outline View.  So if you paste text, the terminating carriage return gets overwritten, causing the following paragraph to be adjoined to the pasted paragraph.  My work-around is clumsy: To create an empty paragraph following the one that I want to paste over.  Anyway way to make this odd restriction in selecting text go away?

Why won't my document double space?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 11:01 AM PST

I have tried to double space my document and it either just double spaces the first couple of pages or doesn't double space any at all.  I have gone into design and followed the correct procedure but it won't do it.  Any solutions?

View comments on-screen but don't change printing margins

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 10:42 AM PST

Hello. I'm using Word 2013 on a document into which I have inserted one comment. When I print the doc, it prints with smaller margins to leave room for printing the comment, which I don't want. If I turn off markup, the printed pages have the correct margins but there's no indication on-screen that the comment is there. Is there a way I can print with the correct margins but still see an indication of the comment on the screen? Thanks for your help.

First line of each page does not justify (MS Word 2007)

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 09:52 AM PST

I am writing a long MS Word document and need each line of each paragraph to be justified. However, I noticed the first line of each page does not fully justify to the right, despite the rest of the text being properly justified. Please help!

Merge multiple lines in Excel to table in Word

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 09:00 AM PST

I'm trying to merge multiple lines from an Excel spreadsheet into a Word document (a form letter).  I think I understand that I'm to use mergefield TableStart but I can't seem to link the code to the excel spreadsheet as the data source.

I set up the Word document and used the Excel spreadsheet as the data source and it is pulling fields from there. For the table, I set up a two row table with my table headings. For the second row, I went to Insert|Quickparts|Field and chose Mergefield. I then put in TableStart:[the name of the data sheet in Excel], put the field codes in the table and repeated the procedure to insert TableEnd. However, this just inserts the first row from Excel, not the additional rows. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks for any and all help!

Kindle and Word

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 08:45 AM PST

Can you download a book from Kindle to Word? Teaching a class and want to edit the book, not to publish, for class room only/

Can it be done?

Thank you,

Word 365 University keeps changing 'll suffix to 'all example I'll to I'all

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:25 AM PST

I am running Win 8.1, Word 365 University.

When i type I'll, we'll, you'll, they'll - any word with the 'll suffix, Word 365 University changes the suffix to 'all as in I'all, we'all, you'all, and they'all. I have searched my customized dictionary and auto correct listing. Found nothing. In auto correct i have added 'all in the replace column and 'll in the with column. Yes, this works, but adds keystrokes, and is not a long term solution. Any help appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Tuck

How to copy a restricted document

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 07:18 AM PST

I created a fillable document/template but restricted it to just be used to fill in data only.  However, I now need the document once completed to be copied into another document to be sent to a file.  Is there a way to accomplish this or will I have to create the document another way in order to have fillable files but create with the rest of the document created after the field are filled by the user.

Thanks

Word does not work

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 06:15 AM PST

Split from this thread.

Dear all:

This sounds like a very complicated, trisl and error fix for very common Word software.  I am stuck in China for two weeks and connot do reports.  help - MS or Lenovo or someone!

How do I remove a vertical sentence from the left side of a page?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 05:54 AM PST

Hi there!

Just trying to edit a document and I cant remove a vertical sentence on the left side of the page.  Its drving me nuts, can anyone help?

Hopefully the screen shot comes out below for you to see what I mean!

Thanks in advance...

How can I get WORD 2013 to open a document using the last view settings I used on that document?

Posted: 10 Nov 2014 02:37 AM PST

I do a lot of re-editing of the same document as it grows in thought (like many of us I bet!).  And on a tiny laptop screen, I often do this in DRAFT view because it takes up less space.   But when I reopen the document, it always comes up in PRINT LAYOUT view.  (While the feature of "would you like to resume where you left off?" is very handy, it doesn' set the view back the way I had it when I left.)

I have "allow documents to open in draft" set.  This seems to make no difference.

I note in passing that if somebody else sends me a document, and they've left the ZOOM set to something other than 100%, the document opens on my computer with the document's Zoom setting, not my "normal" view.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Word won't even open

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 10:31 PM PST

Hello everyone,

I have been having trouble opening my Word 2013 app on my computer that has Windows 8.1 installed on it. All my other Microsoft Office 365 apps works except for Word. I have uninstalled Office and reinstalled it twice now. It worked a bit each time I did so for a bit but then stopped working once again. A pop up appears saying that Word isn't working and that they will repair it now, I click on 'repair now' and nothing happens. I am getting so frustrated and upset. If anyone knows why this is happening that would be awesome.

Thank you,

Kaitlin St Pierre

Smooth Typing Animation Dissapeared

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 07:18 PM PST

I booted up word one day and the smooth typing animation that used to be there is gone. I know some people didn't like it, but I was a rather big fan of it. I tried reinstalling, deleting the app data folder for word, returning the word registry settings to default using microsoft's fix it tool, and using the repair function in word. None of these changed it and it is still gone. Im running windows 8.1, with office 365.

Additional Languages for Office 365 University

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:58 PM PST

I'm trying to install a German language pack so I can easily proof essays and assignments that I write in German for some of my German classes. However, I still need to use English for other assignments at school. Must I purchase a German language pack for MS Office, or even just MS Word, if I have Office 365. Supposedly I can reinstall it with German, but then I wouldn't have English. Can anyone assist me in this issue?

Delete Next/All Tables Word 2007

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 06:38 PM PST

One time project converted word doc from pdf. Don't know vbasic. Want to delete all tables in doc. Entered this as a macro, executed from the word doc & get:

"Compile error. Expected end of statement."

How I do miss DOS WordPerfect !

Sub TablesDeleteAll()
    Dim tbl As Table
    For Each tbl In ActiveDocument.Tables
        tbl.Delete
    Next tbl
 On Error Resume Next
    Selection.GoToNext wdGoToTable
End Sub

Have WORD - from XP pro. Went from Tiff to PDF. Now want to write, but only get crosshairs and not hand symbol. How to write?

Posted: 09 Nov 2014 03:33 PM PST

Read-only is not checked, and Read-only is not in code.

Where else to look?

Thanks!