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Posted: 23 Nov 2014 01:42 PM PST

how to manipulate this message

This message appeared any time when I try to open the WORD

we re sorry but word has run into an error that is preventing it from working correctly. word will need to be closed as result would you like us to repair now?  I answer yes and it does nothing and the problem continue

Help! Whenever I open Word my screen goes black

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 01:17 PM PST

Okay, so here's my problem. I'm unsure of what is causing this, so I will just start where things started to go wrong. I installed the most recent Windows Update. I don't know if that's what started this, but that's when I noticed that my laptop would keep freezing periodically. It's an old laptop, two and a half years old, so it freezes from time to time, however, I'm patient and wait for it to wake up & start going again. I didn't really think anything of it. Now, I had Word open (I'm an author, so it's almost always open), and it would freeze, then unfreeze. It froze again and the screen went black...then came back. I got a little message saying it had to recover the screen. Everything was running normal again for a few minutes, until Word froze again, this time the screen going black and not coming back. I had to do a hard restart (which I know is bad for the laptop, but I had no choice). This is when things started getting worse. I rebooted, everything looked fine, so I tried to open Word again. I got nothing but a black screen and I had to hard restart AGAIN. Now this happens whenever I open Word.

I contacted support and was told it's because my laptop has a virus, which my Norton is not finding. They did their thing & it was working for two days, until I tried to install the important update again, which I did last night. Today it started doing the same thing. This virus is supposed to be blocking the program from starting, but I don't understand what that has to do with the screen going black. I NEED Word. It's my livelihood. I can't open it without the screen going black and my laptop essentially freezing. Hard restarts are the only solution, and even then, worse than that, it's starting to freeze at the start up screen. This didn't start to happen until I did the update, but I can't recover to an earlier date because it freezes when it tries to reboot. Is anyone else having this problem? Does anyone know of a solution, other than "buy a new laptop" or spend $100 for Microsoft to do their thing? I don't have over $100 to fix the laptop, even then, might as well buy a new one.

Microsoft Gruber - The New Microsoft Line

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 12:25 PM PST

Well, it's finally dawned on me.  I didn't realize that the newest line of Microsoft software is actually the new Gruber line of software. 

Apparently, just like Jonathan Gruber recognized that voters are stupid to know what laws are good for them, Microsoft has embraced the belief that users are too stupid to know what's good for them. 

In accord with such belief, Microsoft now designs software to force users to use such software the way that Microsoft thinks it should be used.

After all, most users aren't geniuses from MIT.  Who cares if a dumb user wants a start button, or an on off switch which is in open view. 

Microsoft has decided that it knows better than users, and since the geniuses at Microsoft think there shouldn't be a start button, they just took it away, and figured that the dumb users will just have to deal with it.

The same goes for auto-formating features in Word.  Users are just too dumb to know how paragraphs should be formatted, indented and how lists should be created, so Microsoft chooses how, and who cares if dumb users have to waste vast amounts of time trying to stop Word from un-doing changes to a document which the user doesn't want.

Perhaps Jonathan Gruber was a consultant for Microsoft, just as he was for the government.  That would certainly explain a lot.

One thing that seems perfectly clear, apparently there are enough Gruber-Idiots at Microsoft, that we can be certain that Microsoft's Gruber software products will continue coming out, unless enough of us dumb users finally start using products other than Microsoft.

Word 2007 format and save issues

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 08:03 AM PST

This has only started happening mid way through using a document. Once saved the file is reopened and shows no text at all. I can view it in print form only but when I change to edit mode all the text disappears?

also it takes soooo long for the computer to respond to key commands it is laughable.

any advice?

i have rebooted, updated windows, tried in safe mode (word would not even launch in safe mode, error message appeared with yellow writing) to no avail.

loads of work to do and infuriating I can't find the problem.

i saved a 74 doc. Emailed it to my other laptop and it shows 2 pages, the first has text and the second is blank??

many thanks in advance

Can't get rid of white border around graphic when inserted into colored background!

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 06:57 AM PST

MS Word 2003 on Windows XP

I am working on a project that includes several pages with grey shadowing as a background.  When I try to insert a picture on one of these pages, a white border of about 12 points appears around the picture and messes up the look.

The same thing happens on certain pages that have borders around selected text.  When I insert a picture on the left or right side of the paragraph, the "imaginary" white border around the picture overlaps that side of the border so that there is a very noticeable gap.  I feel like I have tried everything to resolve this issue, but nothing has come close to working.

This Word file has to be converted to pdf to be published pretty soon, so any help would be appreciated!

Creating Circled Letters with dark background

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 06:47 AM PST

Is there a way to create letters with a circle around them with the circle being dark and the letter white, so I could use different font colors. 

Word for iPad - GOTO page number

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 06:45 AM PST

The new Word for iPad - is there any way to GOTO a certain page?  My document is 250 pages long.  

If it won't work in the free version, will it work in the Premium version?  If not, there's no point in upgrading!

Thanks... 

Pagenumbering very odd

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 05:41 AM PST

Hi all,

I have a problem with my document which seems to show more pages than it actually has. Also, I know very little about the mysteries of MS Word, which I am about to make painfully obvious.

Namely, a friend converted a 400-page PDF file (out of 2400 pages in total) to a Word document for me.

When I opened it there were 400 pages alright. The whole document had nothing but page after page of tables with three columns.

Since the file was so big, I had to split it into smaller documents (using select, copy/paste) which were more manageable to work with, with 30-ish pages in each. Everything seemed to have remained as it was in the original file (the page numbering and all).

I then went file after file (once I finished doing what I was doing) and, by again using select all, copy/paste, added file after file to a brand new document. I guess this might be what caused the problem, that I did not have a more sophisticated approach?

So, I am not done putting all the files back together, there are roughly 50 pages left, HOWEVER, the document which should have around 350 pages so far, has 417 pages total, according to the page count! But the tables seem to have remained untouched, not at all different from the tables in the original document. There is just a single blank page at the end, but all the numbers are where they should be, although it is hard to say because the document is really big, I might be wrong. I'm already panicking that I won't be able to fix it, but I need it to have 400 pages by the end of my project, it cannot have a single page more than that.

Does anyone have an idea what could have caused this surfeit of 70 pages?

Thank you so much!

Saved Word 2013 document shows up with no changes!

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 02:14 AM PST

Hello

Yesterday, I've had a most inconvenient problem working on a task for university. I will try to explain it with as much details as I can. I'm running Word 2013 (from the Office 365 for student edition) on a Windows 7 machine.

I downloaded a template for that task from the internet platform of my university. To avoid any compatibility problems (I believe my teacher still uses Word 2007), I just kept the titles and subtitles and copy/pasted them in a new file, which I saved under a new name in a OneDrive file for that class. I'm very conscientious and keep my files ordered. Yet something strange (but not important to me) occurred: the name of my teacher still showed up alongside my name as an "Author" of the new document.

I worked all day on this document, saving it every 15-20min, as it has become a reflex when using Word. When I was finally done, I saved the document once again and quitted Word. I went to the OneDrive website to get a share link, in order to send it to someone for review. I always double-check the document before I send it. I couldn't believe what I saw in the Word-Online app: the document showed up as a version from like 10 hours earlier, almost empty! I quickly went to my OneDrive for desktop folder to open my document again; the same occurred!

These are the steps I have already undertaken, based on some research on the internet:

- Open Word 2013 and check for auto-recovery, unsaved files, temp files, ~ files,... : nothing but that version that also shows up in OneDrive

- Go to the auto-save file (user/AppData/Local/Microsoft/Office/Unsaved Files): nothing, no files that have the same date/hour of "last modification"

- Run a file search, based on title and/or date: nothing

What could be the reason for this magic? Is there any possibility to recover it? If so, how?

This document took me 12 hours to write, and the idea of having to write it again is very, very frustrating...

Thanks for reading me and for your answers!

Regards

Adrian

Add ons for taking screenshot in Microsoft word

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 01:24 AM PST

I am looking for a add on with the help of which we can take screenshots and it will be pasted in word automatically, without being coming again and again in Word and pasting manually.Just start the add on and keep taking screenshots.It can actually save time when you have to take a large number of screenshots.I am currently using Microsoft Word 2003 and 2010.

Thanks in advance.

Pagenumbering

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 12:33 AM PST

Hi

I hope someone out there can help me with a very percular problem.  It started a fortnight ago after a word update.  I have since deleted all updates but the problem is with still with my computer.

My microsoft (word 2010) numbering system is no longer working and also has corrupted all files stored in my computer so I cannot bring an old document up and copy, paste a numbering system.

When I go into a footer and enter in a page number system instead of Page 1 of 1 etc it appears as Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES}.  This also happens when a document is sent to me with a page numbering system already inserted.

However, I note when I went to copy, paste the Page {PAGE} of {NUMPAGES} from a word doc to this page it came out as Page 1 of 1 !!!

I work from home and use this feature several times a day.  I would really appreciate it if someone could let me know how to correct this problem.  I have rebooted but problem has not gone away.

Thank you

Dawn

Unable to delete row below table header

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 12:19 AM PST

I had a file that was not created by me.

Below the table header that
repeats itself, I had a row that cannot be selected or deleted.

The blank
row probably forms part of the header.

Can anyone advice me of how to
delete it?

Thanks.

Closing down of Microsoft Word 2013 while using the paste function

Posted: 23 Nov 2014 12:08 AM PST

Dear,

I encountered an occasional problem while using Microsoft Office application (Home & Business 2013). When I copied some text and pasted onto another area in the same document, the Microsoft Word application simply closed down without any warning. When I re-opened it again, it showed the recovered file & I had to re-do the process again since it had not been saved. This also happened when I copied some text from a webpage and pasted it in my Word document. What is the possible cause of this problem and how to tackle this closing down of application issue while using the paste function?  Even if the document is in the compatibility mode, Microsoft Word 2013 should be able to handle it.  I noticed that uninstall & re-installation of the application does not help.

Thank you.

hightlighted Text's colour becomes inverted

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 11:17 PM PST

When I highlight words (not the highlighter just hold and drag) in Word 2013 the selection is black and photos become inverted. Before it was just a light grey highlight which is the same as my other computers using Word. I did install a new language pack before this started to happen.

Surface Pro 2 running 8.1

Here an example:

It highlights it black and inverse the colours instead of the default grey highlight, and I have no idea of how to change it back to grey.

Black text becomes white etc. Any way to change this back?

Comment bubbles disappeared

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 10:09 PM PST

I was reviewing a document in Word. I left the PC for about 15 minutes and when I came back, all my comment bubbles had disappeared. Not just the ones I had created in this session, but comment bubbles I had saved 2 days ago in the same document. What gives?

Edit Shape Button

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 09:52 PM PST

Hi

i am trying to edit a shape in word 2007 however I can't click on "Edit Shape" as it is greyed out. Can you please assist? Thanks.

Can't change default thesaurus

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 09:27 PM PST

Greetings,

I actually have two problems:

  1. I can't change the default thesaurus to English (U.S.)
  2. I can't remove English (U.K.)

I can remove English (U.K.) by opening the Research pane and clicking Research options at the bottom. I clear "Thesaurus: English (U.K.)" and click OK. However, the next time I open Word, it's back again.

How can I remove English (U.K.) from the thesaurus?

Thanks,

Shane.

Bullet Does Not Appear Every Time I Press Enter

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 07:51 PM PST

Hi all,

So I am creating a simple bulleted list, and usually, you would automatically see a bullet everytime you press enter, if the line above had one as well. However, I am not getting the this new bullet. Rather, the document just resets itself to the settings it had before the bullet system. Thus,  I would have to click the "bullet-style list" button for every new line to get a bullet. Please answer ASAP!!! Bullets are kinda crucial to a college student who has to take notes...

Thank you!! :D

OneDrive not working properly

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 04:58 PM PST

Split from this thread.

This happened to me when I installed Office 365 on my laptop. Onedrive works fine on the laptop, but not on any of the other PCs - where it used to work fine before.

I had been quite happy with OneDrive, but I guess I'll be looking for another alternative as I have no intention of paying through the nose to subscribe to 365 and I think the whole idea is to force people onto 365 and subscription payments.

MS OFFICE HOME AND STUDENT 2013

Posted: 22 Nov 2014 03:38 PM PST

I WAS ABLE TO GET MS EXCEL TO MY DESTOP, BUT WHEN I TRY TO GET MS WORD TO MY DESKTOP THE MESSAGE "WERE SORRY, BUT WORD HAS RUN INTO A PROBLEM PREVENTING IT FROM WORKING CORRECTLY".