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Microsoft Word - Envelope Fonts

Microsoft Word - Envelope Fonts

Envelope Fonts

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 02:40 PM PST

Microsoft Word 2007......

Envelope and Label Wizard....icon.  After I create my letter I simply click on this icon on the Quick Access Toolbar, the Envelope and Labels Window opens and the Delivery address and return address automatically populate.  

When I print the envelope I found the delivery address too small.  In the Envelope and label Window I clicked on Options, changed the Font style and size for the Delivery Address and the Envelope printed to my liking.

I thought making the change to the Delivery Address would be permanent.....but when I went to print another envelope and delivery address was back to the original "too" small font.  

I did some research and found an article that you created a New template going thru styles...envelope....Delivery and Return address...selected Font type and size, saved the document which was saved a Doc1.doc.  this worked except now if I am to print an envelope I must open Word, then open the Doc1.doc document......to me an extra step.    

Isn't there a way that when I open Word it opens to the Document1 blank document that I can change the Envelope so that the delivery address is saved to my desired Font type and most importantly Size?  I know each time I go to type an envelope I can just use the envelope and label Window Options to change the Font type and size and my changes will be saved permanently 

Signed name with pen tool but signature will not display in the PDF

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 02:38 PM PST

I am working with an HP EliteBook that has a touch screen. When I sign my name with the Pen tool using my finger and convert the doc to PDF, the signature will not display. Any ideas? I've tried different settings but no change. Any graphics added to the doc converts to PDF and displays, just not my drawn signature. I have a project riding on solving this problem, so please reply if you know what's going or have suggestions.

Thanks,

Charlie

charlie6067

PERSONALISING WORD 2013 - EG WIDTH OF BORDERS OF PAGES

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 01:59 PM PST

I CANT FIND THE PERSONALISATION OPTION THAT ALLOWS ME TO WIDEN THE SIDE BORDERS IN WORD, INCREASE THE SIZE OF FONT ON MENUS, CHOSE SIZE AND SPACING BETWEEN ICONS ON DESKTOP - I'M USING WINDOWS 8.1. I HAVE ALWAYS PERSONALISED MY COMPUTERS TO HELP WITH A VISION IMPAIRMENT WITHOUT USING THE MAGNIFIYING OPTION, WHICH IS DISTRACTING

PLEASE HELP

Total or Completion Using Checkboxes

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 12:57 PM PST

I'm using ActiveX in Word 2010 to insert checkboxes into a table of tasks, and would like to track the ones that have been completed with something like a progress bar or completion percentage that will update as the boxes are checked and show how many are complete.

Why is my template so large, and how can I avoid this in the future (Word 2010)

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 10:31 AM PST

A month ago, I saved a Word document, minus most of the text, tables and headings, as a Word template. I've had to update the template three or four times by adding or deleting a table or information to the existing template, which should have increased the size, but not by much. By the end of all the updating, the size of the template increased from 400KB to 10MB.

 

It is as though the original template took on not only the formatting and size of the newly added table or information, but the formatting and size of the entire documents from which the table or information was taken. So what started out as a KB size template – gradually increased to 3MB, then 7MB, to finally 10MB.

 

On a hunch, I copied and pasted the template at its largest size into a blank Word document and saved it as a new template. This decreased the size from 10MB down to 350KB.

 

How do I avoid this in the future? I have been creating and updating templates and forms for years, without an issue, until now. I shouldn't have to keep cutting and pasting my template or document into a clean/new document each time I update or change it.

I don't know if this has anything to do with this, but I'm wondering if Windows updates are the issues. Everything worked fine on my computer and Word 2010 until November, at which time tons of things went wrong. The manufacturer said that they had cases of Windows update -- even the recommended ones, causing issues such as this. As  result, I had to do a complete system reinstall. 

Anyway, I have Windows 7, 64-bit, and Office 2010 64-bit. (I had Office 32-bit, but installed the 64-bit version after the reinstall, since the 32-bit was sluggish. 

Any help will be appreciated! Happy Thanksgiving!

Printing issues in Word 2007

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 10:15 AM PST

Whenever I try to print a document in Microsoft Office 2007, it seems like it zooms in when it is printed out. The text is cut off the page and it looks nothing like how it is set up on my screen. In the print preview it looks normal, exactly how I set it up but when printed everything is large and cut off. I also got an error message about margins being outside of the page but the margins are set to the normal default setting. I even tried to make them bigger. I don't know if there is a zoom function that you can change when you print. It is not the printer for sure. It happens even when I print to pdf. It is happening to one other person as well on my companies network. 

Microsoft Word Starter 2010 Not Working

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 08:48 AM PST

Hi! I've been using the same Microsoft word application on my computer for roughly four years. When I bought the computer, it came with the purchased version of 'Microsoft Word Starter 2010', because I added pretty much everything to it when I bought it. Like I said before, I've been using it just fine since I got it.

However, just last week I tried opening it and it wouldn't open. A pop up appears and says, 'Click-to-run Application Manager' as the title and inside the box it has, 'Microsoft Word Starter 2010 cannot be opened. Try again or repair the product in Control Panel.'

Here's how I went about trying to fix it:

Start<Control Panel< ....

I tried typing in 'Microsoft word' and it said nothing existed. But, on my start bar and in my applications Microsoft word is present. And as I've said twice, I've been using the application for years, paid for. I was confused that it wasn't there, so I searched online.

At this point I tried using a trouble shooter for micro word found on this site, but it said no issues found.

And now I'm here, so can anyone offer me any advice? Help? I would appreciate it so, so much. I use Microsoft Word a lot.

Selection of text hilite color

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST

For some reason when I select text to copy, the highlight color is barely discernible. How can I change the color so that I can easily see what I am trying to select?

Add a list of figures and tables while avoiding cross-references

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 07:51 AM PST

Hello,

I'm looking for a way of creating separate list of numbered figure and table captions.

The sequence numbers for tables and figures are defined like this:

Table { SEQ Table \* ARABIC } ...

Figure { SEQ Figure \* ARABIC } ...

No problems so far.

It gets difficult when I add the lists of figures and tables:


** 1st approach **

{ TOC \c "Table" }

Problem: The document contains cross-references to captions. Since cross-references use SEQ fields, too, those paragraphs appear in the table of captions.

** 2nd approach **
{ TOC \t "Caption" }
Problems:
- By default, Word uses the paragraph style "Caption" for all kinds of captions. The captions of figures and tables end up in the same list.
- "TOC \t" uses paragraph style "TOC 1" from the main TOC, but I'd prefer "Table of Figures" since the formatting needs to be different.

Any suggestions how to avoid these problems?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

JH

CANT LOAD OFFICE 365

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:39 AM PST

I have a Office 365 disc for 5 computers. I loaded it on one of my computers just fine. I am trying to load it on my new computer and it will not work. Any suggestions?

Help with problem with Office Word 2013

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:37 AM PST

Hello, I am having a problem with Word 2013.  When I am in Word the documents looks fine, but when I go to print and in print preview the right side of the document is cut off.  I have tried changing the margins to different settings, I tried changing views but nothing works.  When I put a bolder around the page, it shows that the right side is cut off too.  It is as if Word is not recognizing that the page is 8.5 x 11 even though I have it set to this.  It is as though the paper size is too small even though it isn't.  I hope this makes sense.  Here is a screen shot.  Thanks.

Recovering files

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:25 AM PST

I accidentally deleted a file with Office 365 Home Edition on my iPad and I would like help to recover it. 

Why can't I start Word or Excel?

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:21 AM PST

i am not able open word or excel sheet. what can i do

Why wont Word let me place a line of text at the bottom of a page

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:09 AM PST

I am so sick of fighting with Word.

Todays problem is trying to simply place a line of text at the bottom of a page. 

I have typed a line of text, and hit return to send it to the bottom of the page, but before it reaches anywhere near the bottom of the page, it jumps to the top of the next page.

I have changed the bottom margin to .5, and removed any footer, and Word still will not let me move the line of text to anywhere near the bottom of the page.

The **** at Microsoft have really reduced word to the s.h.i.t.t.i.e.s.t word processing program on the market.

My entire staff wastes huge amounts of time trying to do simple things that were never a problem in the old versions of Word.

Can anyone tell me how to get past this latest defect in this c.r.a.p.p.y program?

P.S. you coders at Microsoft really s.u.c.k for ruining this program.

The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:55 AM PST

"The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents: Line 2 Column 1227"

"The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents: Line 2 Column 4452"

I tried the following for my MS 2007 Word Document which suddenly failed to open:

1. Chksk r/ f/

2. A couple of Hmtl Editors

3. Viewing on Gmail using different apps and HTML viewers

4. Various MS Word Repair programs from the Microsoft website and from other sites.

5. Read other's suggestions

Help pliz?

Skip Record If... Not Working linked to Access database

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:46 AM PST

Hey all,

     I'm trying to use the Mail Merge in Word to turn out a group of memos that call for work to be done on a group of parts (one memo per part number).  I have the parts organized in an Access database, which contains about a dozen fields or so about each part - one of which is a checkbox "Yes/No" field designating if the part has been "Found" in the warehouse or not.  Checking the box in the part's record designates it has been found.

     Over in Word, I've set up the Mail Merge fields as follows:

                         <<Skip Record If...>><<Found>><<Part_Number>>

With the conditions of the "Skip Record If" rule set as: 

Field Name: Found;

Comparison: Equal to;

Compare to: False

This results in the following field code being generated:

{ SKIPIFTrue<>"False" }

But of course, when I go to preview the merge, Word doesn't skip any of the records.  It just includes all of them.  Other things I have tried are using the "Next Record If..." rule (in which case Word skips SOME of the records, but not all of them?), and removing the quotes from around "False" in the field code (wondering if Word was looking for the Text String "False" as opposed to the value of False).  Neither of which gave me the results I was looking for.  My last thought was to change the Found field in the Access database from a checkbox field to a text or dropdown field with "Yes" or "No" explicitly in it, thinking this may give Word something easier to compare to in the Mail Merge, but this would involve changing several things in the database I'd prefer not to do.  What's more curious/frustrating is that if I add the field "Found" to my mail merge, the values output by Word ARE, in fact, "True" and "False" - so I know this is the proper way to represent the data from Access in Word.

Anyone have any idea why this isn't working as it should?

Much appreciated in advance!

Why can't I edit a word document I received as an e-mail attachment?

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:35 AM PST

Why is it I cant add information to a word document that was attached via email from a trusted source. basically its an invoice on which I need to add my working hours. don't really want to have to pay a subscription fee for 365 if I'm only needing it once a month. I cant change the settings that allows editing.

PLEASE HELP

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Original title: word document

WORD 2010 STILL PRINTS SAME FOOTNOTE AND SAME PAGE NUMBER ON EVERY PAGE!

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 11:54 PM PST

Hello.

PLEASE! Can someone tell me (in plain non-geek English) how to solve this?  I've read everything on the Help pages that even remotely pertain to this. I actually called Tech Support 3 times and used chat 3 times. Nothing has worked. I tried the "Repair" feature in the Control Panel. I'm afraid to completely un-install then re-install for fear it will only make matters worse.  When I erase the footnote and/or page numbers from where I DON"T want them, they disappear from the pages where I DO want them. Example: a footnote I only want on page 7 appears on all 10 pages of a document. I delete it from all but page 7 . It disappears from 7 too!  Also, I can't get it to allow both page numbers and footnotes.

If it helps, I use a Dell Inspiron 560 running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit.  Thanks a million times to anyone who can help.

Word Lists, especially multilevel lists are the buggiest things I have seen in Word

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 09:37 PM PST

I do not know how the heck they designed their list mechanisms, but working with lists in Microsoft word can be true nightmare.

It seems that by default you can stop a list, add some other paragraph style then start another list and the list number style seems to default to continuing from where the last list left off.  In my work that is not the normal situation, but that is something that should be controlled at the document level.

Then there seems to be a bug, (and I do mean bug), where renumber one list somehow causes twenty other lists (for example)  to also renumber, even though they were not selected at the time.  It would really be nice if Microsoft Word would pay attention to only the selected text and leave other stuff alone.

I thought that I used to understand multi-level lists, but I no longer do.  I believe I remember a time when they behaved somewhat like Outlines, so to go from level 1 to level 2, first I would hit Return and then hit the Tab key.  That no longer seems to work.  All I get that way now is the same level with an extra tab in the line.  It looks like they now use the indent and outdent line buttons on the ribbon.  But even that is questionable.

Another issue that I have run into with lists is poor control over the indent level.  I will have set up the list to indent .25 inch per level, but for some unknown reason I will get a spurious response where instead of indenting just .25 inches, a line will indent 2 inches.  And I have not been able to figure out what causes it. 

  • I double check the level settings for all list levels and they all seem to be okay. 
  • I have tried to correlate the indentation level with paragraph controls, but the results are inconsistent.  Sometimes the markers on the ruler make sense and the indentation can be adjusted and sometimes the markers seem to be where they should be, but the line is still indented way too far and can't be moved.
  • I have tried clearing formatting, but that doesn't seem to help.

One of the outside articles written by some Microsoft MVP indicates that multilevel lists are somehow related to styles and they recommend relating list levels to heading level styles.  This seems nonsensical to me because then how would use the same styles from structuring your document?  And I don't understand if the style controls the indentation or some in the numbering mechanism does so.  If it is the style, which it seems to be, is the amount of indentation relative to the previous level or absolute relative to the margin?  When setting up the style for a list level do I set the paragraph style for hanging indents, or is that taken care of by the list numbering control?

AS you can see, the use of Word Lists is not all that clear.  HEY MICROSOFT!  FIX YOUR BUGS!

Office 365 part of the document inserted when crossing page break

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 08:40 PM PST

I have a one page document, when I type off the first page, the content of the first page is duplicated again between where the first page breaks, and the content of the second page.

how to set up a combination hot keys for repetitive text

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 07:54 PM PST

I always end my business letters the same way...

name,

job title,

my initials/secretaries initials.

I use to use the Alt key and the letter S to automatically add the above info at the end of a letter, but for some reason it stopped and I can not remember how I set this function up.

How do I set up this hot key for this repetitive task?

Error in Mail Merge with Excel

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 05:16 PM PST

I am doing a mail merge with Word using an Excel spreadsheet. I understand how to use switches for calculations and formatting. The problem I am running into is that when the field is blank in the Excel spreadsheet, it is showing as a Syntax Error in the Word document switch calculations. I need to know if there is a way to make the make the field blank if there is no information. 

Ex:

{ = {MERGEFIELD} * 12 \# $#,###.00 } 

Using this calculation, how do I keep it from showing an error if there is no information in Excel to draw from? I just want it to show nothing if there is no information available. (Please not an "IF" function.)

word 2013 won't let me select chart neither screnshots

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 04:40 PM PST

hello,

im trying to finish my SBA (school base assignment) but Microsoft word wouldn't let me select charts or screenshots, the 2 tabs just appear grey... i really need help please.

skipping blank fields in mail merge

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST

When I used the mailmerge in Office 2007, and a merge field was blank, it would skip it and go to the next field.  No blank lines were in an address.  Now in 2013 when I do a merge and an address field is blank, it leaves a blank line in an address.  How do I fix this?