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Microsoft Word - rotation of a table

rotation of a table

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:49 PM PST

I've created a landscape table in Word but, as there are 43 tiny little columns, I need to rotate the table so I can insert column headings vertically.  I've tried looking for a handle to grab, but there isn't one.  Any suggestions?

Thank you.

MS Office Word 2010 Normal.dotm and Folder Redirection Issue

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:26 PM PST

Hello,

I currently work in second line support, and was wondering if any of you could help me with an issue we are having at the moment, relating to MS Office 2010 applications, in particular MS Word, running on Windows 7.

We have laptop users on a Windows 2008 domain, that have folder redirection setup on some of their folders such as 'My Docs', 'Desktop', 'Favourites', etc., but not the AppData folder, all are redirected to a usershare on a mapped 'R' drive. This is a useful setup, which reduces logon time and is convenient when users logon to different PCs in the organisation, for quick setup of their profile etc. Offline files have been disabled by our server team, due to security concerns and previous 'issues' where we have ended up with users losing data. 

Anyway, the problem is that Word will work fine and open up OK while connected to the network, but as soon as users are disconnected, when using their laptops at home, for example, to try to work on saved office documents, they receive the message below :-

Word will open up, but when they try to save the document they have been working on, they get the following message and Word hangs for ages :-

I have done a bit of research and found this link to a similar issue http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2816253 it looks like it has something to do with Word looking for the 'Desktop' folder under the user's profile, when it is initialising (!?) If this can't be found, which it wouldn't be if the usershare ('R' drive) was not available when offline, and a temporary userprofile is being used, then this message is displayed - Strangely enough, it looks like it has nothing to do with the location of the Normal.dotm file, or memory resource issues...

Would any of you know if there is a way of stopping Word looking for the 'Desktop' folder when it is initialising, to stop this error? Or have any of you had a similar issue that you managed to resolve differently? When we used to enable Offline Folders, we didn't have this issue as, obviously, a cached 'R' drive was available to the user's when they were offline, which Word was able to use as a reference.

Any help or advice would be appreciated!

Many thanks.

Rich.

Doc created in Word 2013 look like it's open in compatability mode on Word 2010 (And there is a mac in there somewhere...)

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:12 PM PST

Here's what's happening.

1. Doc created on Word for Mac

2. Open doc on Word 2013 - it looks fine (this machine is running Windows 8.1)

3. Open doc on Word 2010 - formatting is way off (this machine is running Windows 7)

If I open the doc in Word 2013 and then save it as a .DOC file, it ends up looked exactly like it does when opened in Word 2010.

I have confirmed that the file extension is .DOCX.

I have also created a document in Word 2013 (on the Windows 8.1 machine), using the .docx format, and then open it in Word 2010 -- it looked fine.

This document has a ton of tables and text boxes in it.

Any help is much appreciated!

IF Then Do Nothing

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:10 PM PST

Want to perform a mail merge that prints the company name only when the default address is business. Almost there but having trouble figuring out how to write an if then statement that yields do nothing if not business. What should go where the ? is placed in my code below? (I already tried using " " but then it leaves a blank line in my address block.) Thank you


{IF { MERGEFIELD Contact_DefaultAddressLabel } = "Business" "{ MERGEFIELD Contact_Company }" "?" }

Picture Styles is greyed out (not available)

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 01:58 PM PST

I have a document in which I inserted two different pictures (JPG photos).  With one of them I can work with Picture Styles, but the other does not offer me this option.. when I right click on the image, the picture Style icon is greyed out (not selectable.)

Another post suggested opening the image in Paint and re-saving it - I did this, and it made no difference.

I also tried putting the images into a new blank document, and got the same result with this one photo.  In the attached image, you can see the Style option is not available.

What can cause the styles not to work with an image, and how can I fix it?

Word 2010 - Link only retrieving first page

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 01:55 PM PST

When linking from a Word 2010 document to another Word 2010 file wthin a document the link is only retrieving the first page.  How do I retrieve all of the pages of the linked document?

Styles task pane question

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 01:48 PM PST

When formatting a document using styles, in this case Heading 1, I notice in the Style Quick Gallery Heading 1 has a dark border around it letting me know that Heading 1 is in use in that paragraph.  However, I generally prefer to use my Style Task Pane because I have a better indication of how it's set up.  Sometimes, not always (and I hate that), when I've formatted a paragraph with Heading 1 the style in use is not indicated by a dark border in the Task Pane.

Any ideas?

Word 2007

Windows 7

Thanks for any info.

Richard

What should the template include?

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:18 AM PST

Hello,

I am going to make my own personal business on creating templates; please can you tell me what I should be including on a template? I bought a word template and I find that looks quite professional. The templates include example text and also using the featured font's style, colours, and so on. But when I deleted the text content, it went back to the MS office default blank template.

Was it a "professional templates" which I have shown above?  

To build a template for my customers, I do not provide the text content. For example, if customer asks me to build a template for his resume, I can only make it looks beautiful. Of course, In order to show the effect of the template, I would like to use some sample text such Heading, Title, Body Text and so on.

If I build a template for customers:

  • My Templates flag is "professional", so what the template should be including?
  • Do I need to create special Themes (colours, font styles, effects, table styles, etc.)?
  • I found some detail about Submission guidelines for templates; do I have to build the template in accordance with the requirements?
  • Anything else do I need to do?

I am looking forward to hearing from you soon.

D.Lui

Microsoft Word

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:07 AM PST

I just downloaded Microsoft Word and it did not put a icon on the desk top. 

Why not?

Moved from Windows 7 Programs Forum.

All Markup Default (instead of Simple Markup)

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:07 AM PST

When I open a document with tracked changes in Word 2013, how can I change the default setting to "All Markup" instead of   "Simple Markup"?

Template.vsto Error Message - how to eliminate?

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 11:00 AM PST

I recently upgraded from Windows XP  to Windows 2007 (at work). With this came a move from Office 2007 to Office 2010.  When I open files sent to me by others (via email), I often get the following error message:

Installing Office customization

There was an error during installation.

Name:

From: file:///C:/path/filenameTemplate.vsto

Downloading file:///C:/path/filenameTemplate.vsto did not succeed.

I noticed that the orig. template for this file is in a location I don't have access to; the template is a .dotx. That location is totally different than the local path mentioned in the error message.

Could someone please explain the above error message and is there a way to stop it from occurring? Even though I can just close the error message, it's irritating to have the error pop-up every time I open the file. Plus I hate not understanding what is going on.

Thank you.

word 2013 & rulers

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 10:52 AM PST

How do I remove rulers from a document. I have a 3 page doc that has been created with lots of cut and paste. As a result there are several rulers imbedded in the document. I would like to eliminate all rulers except the original one at the top of the doc and have the tabs that I set there flow throughout the doc.

Linking tables from Excel to Word

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 07:58 AM PST

We recently updated from Office 2000 to Office 2010.  Existing files in Excel and Word have been converted to .xlsx and .docx formats.  We have a report document in Word that has linked tables from Excel inserted in it.  Since conversion, each time we update the link for new data, the size of the tables in the Word document change and enlarge as well as font appearance looks different.  This requires the Word document to be edited each time to resize the table info.  We did not have this problem with the old version.  What needs to be done so that the linked tables do not change in size when the link is updated?

Thanks!

Font Restriction in Word 2007 Document Templates

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 07:29 AM PST

I've created a set of templates for my coworkers to use in generating new and reformatting old documents.  I've used content controls to eliminate issues of spacing, date formatting, and keeping necessary sections.  The major thing I want to accomplish now, though, is to lock all text in the document to Arial 11.  I've used the "Restrict Formatting to Permitted Styles" option, but have run into the problem of it blocking direct formatting.  I've defined some custom styles and figured out that "keep text only" when pasting retains single-level bulleting/numbering, but haven't yet found a way to preserve nested lists.  These documents will be instruction sheets, so this is a major need.  Ideally, I'd like another way to restrict font to Arial 11 without using the "Restrict Formatting" option at all.  The end result would be the ability to paste old(and diversely formatted) documents into the template and have the font change be immediate and consistent.

How to email multiple documents, and make new local folders, MS Excel App on iPad 4 iOS 7.1.2

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 06:55 AM PST

OK, so very excited in the creation and release of the long awaited Microsoft Office apps, (especially since the $12 Quickoffice HD Pro app lost support). I quickly learned how to navigate and intergrate into my day to day life.

The Question: I find the need to send multiple documents via email and have found that I can only send 1 at a time, is there a trick I'm missing? Or maybe this is an option MS can add at a later update? With Quickoffice you could just tap and hold 1 documnet while you tap all the others you want would like to attach to an email. I attemped the old "more than 5 photos at a time restriction" cheat and copied from one and then pasted to another email, however when opened up on the other side the copy and pasted attachement was just a picture, not the actual document.

2nd Question: Is there a way, (or could Microsoft make one in a future update), to make new folders and save them locally on the iPad? I could be wrong, but I believe there is only an option to save onto OneDrive. I find the lag on opening excel spreadhseets annoying and can only imagine how bad it would be if there was low Cell Network coverage. I choose to only down load once, then save locally on the iPad. However it would be nice to organize Spreadsheets and Word documents into local folders.  

 

vba save - filename = ContentControl

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 06:37 AM PST

I have a form which I want to save in a specific location, say \\filesrv\test creating a filename base on the following fields in the form:

filename = CC First & CC Last & CC Date

suggestions for the VBA?

thanks

Word - Heading Formatting / Hyperlinking

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 05:59 AM PST

Hi All!

I have created a large directory for our training department, however I have encountered a problem when it has come to hyperlinking within the document.

I believe you need to have 'Headings' to be able to choose a place to hyperlink to.

The problem i have, is when i format the chosen title to a 'Heading' it alters the format and the document misaligns.

Does anybody know a more simple way i can hyperlink within the document?

Or does anyone know a way i can format the titles to a 'Heading' without affecting the previous formatting?

Thank you all once again for your help.

Kind regards,

Alex.

Unicode characters displaying as square boxes

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 04:28 AM PST

Split from this thread.

Anybody can help - Urgent MS Word 2013 shows square box for unicode characters

I have one xlam file. This file is created using vba programming. We have custom stamps image (alphabets in circle). We are using "Arial unicode MS" font for this to display in a form.

It was working fine in 2007\2010 but in 2013 this is showing square brackets.

What should I do? How can I solve this?

The same thing is happening in .dotm file also.

Leaduser feedback - How Microsoft word can become even better!

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 04:14 AM PST

Hi Microsoft team

would like to share my experience with you in regards of using Word. Perhaps you can help already or maybe this will be an opportunity for you to innovate your service even more!

I am Swedish but study and English online program and there are several times I have to use Googles translation in order to find the words I am looking for. That is one issue I have. Number 2, as there are several English words that I have not seen before which I need to translate in to Swedish in order to understand the whole text.

For my first issue:

I would like to see a small square or something implemented in word so I do not have to close the window in order to get a word translated very quickly!

For my second issue:

I would like to create a list (very easily), a glossary where all words are saved so I can study the meaning of those words. Would be awesome if the glossary list always come up even if I open a new document. As of now I have a word document which I fill in words ( English) and find the translated word in Google which I then put in the word document.

Would it not be great if everything could be done in the word document?

Best regards

 Nick

PS. Uploading a document in onedrive and then opening it in word again, never is 100%, you need to work on it.

ContentControl onExit replace Displayname with Value

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 02:38 AM PST

Word 2013 win 8.1

I have two Content Control DropDown boxes in a .dotm file:

Dropdown1                            DropDown2

Display Name   Value             Display Name                Value

A                       blue               10                                   north

B                       red                 11                                   south

C                       green             12                                   east

I need VBA onExit of the DropDown box for the 'selected' value i.e.

Private Sub Document_ContentControlOnExit(ByVal CC As ContentControl, Cancel As Boolean)

       "A" in the field to actually display "blue"

       "10" in the field to actually display "north"

THANKS

Auto add space after comma and period?

Posted: 04 Dec 2014 12:55 AM PST

Is it possible to make word auto add one space character after comma and period?

Mail Merge in Word 2007

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 11:50 PM PST

I am trying to mail merge to labels. I have followed the wizard several times but all I get is the first three addresses merged. I have used this function in previous years with no problem.

I have set up a list of recipients on another computer as I could not see how to do it from outlook on my Windows 8.1 in Outlook.

Some Word Files will not open on Windows Server 2012R2

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 06:30 PM PST

I have identical versions of Word 2010 on two different computers. One is Windows 7, and one is Windows Server 2012R2. The Win 7 is my primary writing machine but sometimes I  need to open a Word file on the other machine.

Some of the files open fine on Windows2012 machine, but some give me an error:

"Word experienced an error trying to open the file." It then makes some suggestions for things to try, including Repair as I am opening the file, but none of these suggestions work. I keep getting the same error.

I cannot see what is different between the files that open fine and the files that give this error.

They all open fine on the Windows 7 machine.

I have tried do a full Repair on Microsoft Office and then rebooting.

The normal way of sharing the files is to copy from Windows 7 to a cloud location and then downloading on the Windows 2012 machine. But I have also tried emailing the file to myself from Windows 7 and opening the email on Windows 2102. I get the same problem.

What else can I try?

Thanks

Kalen Delaney

windows installer and office 2010

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 06:23 PM PST

I have Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64 bit and Office 2010.  Out of the blue when I went to open Word Document, the windows installer dialog box comes up, says "preparing to install"  and it runs and runs and nothing happens.  I had no problems prior to this  I am a teacher so I really need to be correct this to access my documents.  I can't even copy them to a flash drive to use on another machine.  Help!!

HELP - Need to rename a Custom Toolbar in Word 2013

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 04:36 PM PST

I have converted Word 97 templates to Word 2013.  These templates have custom toolbars that show up the Word 2013 Add-in menu.  Each toolbar has assigned macros that work perfectly. 

I need to know:  How do I rename the custom toolbar?   

The button on the Add-in menu shows:

________________

| Show Toolbar |

-----------------

And I need to change is to:

________________
| Cust Toolbar |
----------------

Please HELP!!!

Calculate figures in Word

Posted: 03 Dec 2014 05:31 AM PST

Hi I have a table with items and their quantity as well as the unit price for each, however, its in  word. how do I use the multiplication in calculating the sum of each item knowing that its to calculate from left.

Signing a word ducument using the stylus pen

Posted: 02 Dec 2014 07:34 PM PST

Can anyone please advise if it is possible to sign a WORD document on a surface pro using the stylus pen. I can successfully sign a PDF document. A considerable amount of searching this forum and other areas has failed to find any information on this subject.

In anticipation of the fantastic help I have received in the past - thank you...

Norman