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Microsoft Word - "Watermark Watermark" appears in header of Word 2010 document


"Watermark Watermark" appears in header of Word 2010 document

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:07 PM PST

 

It's only in this document.  When I open a blank document in Word and add a watermark, nothing appears in the header.  This is here whether I have Show/Hide on or off.  The document is not in compatibility format - it's a .docx file.  What is causing this to be visible in the header?

Can't Drag and Drop Image From Photo Gallery Into Word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:14 PM PST

In Word 2013 running on Windows 8.1 (64-bit) I can't drag and drop an image from Microsoft Photo Gallery into a Word 2013 document. I was always able to do this on a PC running Word 2013 on Windows 7 (64-bit).


When I try to drag and drop the image file, nothing happens. No error message; it just won't copy the image.


FWIW, I can drag and drop an image file from File Explorer.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Word 2010 - Setting Default Paper Source (Tray) settings via Page Setup

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:05 PM PST

Being a legal office, legal assistants print labels and envelopes on a daily basis.   Currently, each legal assistant and/or IT manually configures the paper source trays for both labels and envelopes within Word 2010.  Once set, it doesn't have to be set again.

 

We are rolling out a new print driver for an office, and based on testing, the Word page setup setting for the default paper source trays are lost from the original print driver. 

 

Is there a way to preconfigure the default paper source trays so that we don't have to visit each user?

 

Thanks

 

Ron

assign a new dictionary to define option

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:47 PM PST

I am having trouble with the define option. Right now when I select the define option in Word 2013 i get the Wikipedia pane. I would like to restore the default setting, and I cannot seem to figure out how to do this.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Book fold printing with two paper sources

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:45 PM PST

Hi. I'm trying to print a booklet, two-sided with the first page from tray 1 (cover stock) and subsequent pages from tray 2. Unfortunately, all the pages are coming from tray 2. Can someone tell me if it's possible to do this, and if so, what I should do differently?

Thanks,
Paul

Font won't change in Word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:43 PM PST

Hi,  I am working in Microsoft 8 using Word 2013.  When in a document...I can't change the font.  Is this a bug, and is there any way around it.  I tried to go into the font dialog box and reset the default, but that is not working either.  Could someone please help.

Thank you, Tara

Pasting & Editing Links in Word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST

Hello,

 

I have to write a narrative every month on actual results vs. plan & prior year, so I tried to paste links as Unformatted Text into word from an Excel worksheet.  I tried to paste link in the number 1 & hoped it would look like $1M, but the link looked like $ 1 M & it was bolded.  Is there a better way to paste the link from the Excel workbook so that it looks like $1M & be unbolded?

 

I also have to roll this narrative every month & as such, I just figured that I could use the Edit Links function to update my links to the latest Excel workbook.  However, it looks like I have to highlight every bookmark to change the source file to the same workbook.  Excel looks to have a much friendlier Edit Links function which it just lists source files vs. bookmarks & you just have to change the source once & not every single bookmark.  Is there a better Edit Links function in word?  I have the "Edit Links to Files" fuction.

Text box formatting problems when working in Word on PC and Mac

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:01 PM PST

I work on both a PC, running Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010, and a Mac, running OS X 10.7.5 and Microsoft Office 2008. I frequently use text boxes in my documents, but when I try to open a PC-created Word document on the Mac, the text box formatting changes. These changes are often significant, and include the following:

the size of the text within the text box increases or decreases
the formatting of the text, including text color and outline, changes
the margins of the text box increase or decrease
the text box fill color changes
the placement of the text box in the document changes

How can I ensure that the document will remain the same when I open it on different computers?

word 365 on windows 8 infuriatingly slow, please help!

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 11:19 AM PST

Hello, 

i am using microsoft word 365 (installed yesterday) on windows 8 to edit large documents using the track changes function. 
This process is so frustratingly slow (loading every 10 seconds for 15-20 seconds) as to be practically unusable. 

any suggestions? i've tried disabling add-ins, but there don't seem to be any active ones.
i've tried disabling the background saves, which sped things up a tiny bit, but not so much as to enable it to be used in any way efficiently.
I've tried saving and re-opening the documents, turning off and back on the computer, and nothing makes much difference.   
it's a new computer and there are no other programs running. 


thanks in advance..

HEADERS CORRUPTING IN 2010 FROM EARLIER VERSION OF WORD

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 11:12 AM PST

I am working on transcriptions at home. I have Windows 7 on my laptop with Office 2010. After I download the word file template ( a previous transcribed note) onto my laptop , anywhere from 1/3rd to 1/2 way through typing in the body of the document, ALL the headers corrrupt. I then have to save the doc to my memory stick, go to my main computer that has XP and Office 2007, open the saved doc, AND download the oringal again and copy and paste across. Not sure if the template is 2003 or 2007. What is happening here? Anyone know?

 

Thanks for you help.

 

Word 2013 Spelling errors

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 10:34 AM PST

Why does Spellchecker not recognize obviously misspelled words. I have all the appropriate blocks checked, some word are identified some are not. For example I typed the review except I misspelled it as such revieew but word did not identify it as misspelled. I picked up on the misspelling when I read the sentence back. I have the dictionaries loaded that came with Word 2013. I only notice this problem occurring recently. What is the deal?

MS Word Starter, omission of character

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST

In the Symbols drop-down box in Word Starter, there are hundreds of alphabetical or written symbols including almost all the ones used in French. But one of the most frequent, the letter a-grave ('a' with a backward-sloping accent above it) is missing. This is very frustrating as I often use French words and phrases. Can I get this letter added, or is there a quick way of getting it via the keyboard?

Activation of Word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:36 AM PST

"THE ACCOUNT SO AND SO ISN'T ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT.To activate this install please sign in with the account associated with your product."I have only one account with microsoft-Why isn't it working?

Microsoft Office 2010 Startup

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:22 AM PST

I deleted the 2010 Microsoft.exe files from the add/delete programs on the Toshiba laptop, intending to upload  Microsoft Office 2007.  It does have the permanent startup file that came with the laptop but now the other components are missing since I deleted them. Then found out that I could not find the disc or the product key.  Are my Microsoft Office files still there?  Someone uploaded some type of file corrupting my C drive and I am unable to backup any files.  Even though I ran a diagnostic it did not fix the problem with the C drive.  How do I access those Microsoft Office files?  Office Depot will of course do it for a lot of money when all I need to do is locate those files place them on a flash drive and reload the platform.  Can anyone help?

Word 2010 Printing Issue - Help

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:22 AM PST

I have a customer contract - 4 pages.  I want page 1 to print on letterhead from the manual feed tray of our printer.  I want pages 2-4 to print "Auto" from our default printer tray with plain paper.

 

I've tried section break, page break, page set up, printer preferences, printing one page at a time, etc., etc., etc. and nothing worked.  Since this was taking more time than I had here in the office, I printed the first page on plain paper and copied it onto a page of letterhead at the copy machine.

 

What was I doing wrong and why is this so infuriating!!!

 

Thanks!

Form Field exit macro possible to unprotect a document?

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:13 AM PST

Document contains two form fields.  Once they are filled in, is it possible to run a macro on exit of the second of the fields to unprotect the document?

I use the following code all the time from the quick access toolbar, but I can't get it work on exiting the field by tabbing.

 

 Sub PrepareToSaveFormtoFileSite()
Dim bProtected As Boolean
'Unprotect the file
If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
  bProtected = True
  ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:=""
End If

    Selection.WholeStory
    Selection.Fields.Unlink
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

Matching Title metadate to File Name

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:16 AM PST

My question stems from my recent adoption of Sharepoint as a document tracking tool.  The Search feature in Sharepoint wasn't bringing up the results I was expecting and some research leads me to believe that it functions, by default, using document Titles, not File Names.  Many of my documents had titles unrelated to the documents actual purpose due to some issues with Template use, but that has been resolved with one exception.

When I save a word document in Word 2013 after creating it from a template, the Title field in the metadata is blank.

I would like that field to include the file name, or, if it must, the first line of the document.

NOTE: I can manually add the title when I save the file, but I don't want to have to.  It would like it taken by default.

Top margin not consistent.

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:07 AM PST

Hello. I am new to this forum, so excuse me if I am doing this wrong.

I need the first line on every page to be exactly the same distance from the top of the page, regardless of the paragraph style applied to the text. How do I do this?

I am using Word 2013.

Collate a fixed content page on every odd page

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:02 AM PST

I am using word templates in Microsoft Dynamics GP. I am looking to add a Terms and Conditions page to the back of every page that prints out. I understand double-sided printing is a function of the printer. Is there a way to format the document so that every odd numbered page that prints is the Terms and Conditions?

Font Color does not apply in word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:15 AM PST

I use font color to insert notes in student papers.  None of the font colors are applying, displaying or saving.  I'm working on a Lenovo Thinkpad Ultrabook S230u.  The problem does not appear on my ancient HP using Vista Home Premium and the primary second copy of my Office 365 subscription. How can I make font color "stick" to the S230u laptop version of my work?  Due to traveling issues, this is of vital importance. Thanks for any insight, advice (commiseration!) 

Pdf to word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:11 AM PST

Convert pdf to word enabled editing but can not edit the document, Help

Delete or disable a paper size

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:01 AM PST

Hi. This might be a weird question. I'm from Mexico, I'm an IT support specialist at a law firm which does a lot of printing. Most of the legal work is printed on a paper size called Oficio, which is an inch shorter than Legal paper size (13" former, 14" latter). Oficio paper size is a standard size in Mexico, but some of the users misuse the Legal paper size, with the obvious printing problems. What I'd like to know is if there is a way to disable or block the Legal paper size in order to stop the users from selecting it.

Thanks to you all!

Automatic pagination in Table Headers does not work

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:34 AM PST

Hi:


I have about 100 Word 2010 documents that I need to produce which consist of one table per document.

Each document contains a different table layout.

Each table contains between 3 and 12 header rows that I want to display on each page of the document.

Each table header varies in layout.

Each table header contain page numbers in a cell.

The Pagination format is always Page # of #.


The conditions to reproduce this issue are as follows:

Create a table that contains a common area at the top (the common area will be used as the table header to repeat on each page).

Click in a target Table Header cell you want to place your pagination.

Click the Insert ribbon.

Pull down the Page Number menu.

Click Current Position and select the format you want to display the pagination (Example: Page # of #)


Add at least one row below the Table header area.

Insert something in the Page header area (like a logo).


The steps to reproduce the problem:

Select  the table.

Click Table Tools ribbon > Layout tab.

Select the header rows of the table on page 1 of the Word document (example: the top 12 rows of the table)

Click on the Repeat Header Rows button.

Insert carriage returns into one content column of the table until it produces a second page in the document.


Result: Page 1 of 1 is still displayed in the Table Header on page 2 of the document.

Creating Table of Contents based on a style

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:08 AM PST

Hello.

I have lots of pasted text and it's not formated correctly, as the rest of the content.
But I know that what I'd like to have in the Table of Contents is a certain size and font.

Is it possible to create TOC based just on size and font?


Also, I tried to add my own style to the headings but Word doesn't allow me to use only my style of headings in the TOC and includes default "Heading 1" as well.

Is it possible to omit "Heading 1"?

Converting Excel data to Word - why doesnt it work

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:23 AM PST

Its a while since Ive done this, but its is now frustrating the **** out of me, as I cannot get excel date into a commas separated file in Word. Why is this SO complicated. It used to be really easy.

I have a .csv file from Excel, containing 2500 words. I want to get it into Word, as a continuous list, comma separated.

Each time I try and replace a paragraph mark with a comma, it says it cant find any, but they are there on my screen!!!!! Once, it pur dots inbetwewen all the words when I hadnt asked it too.

I have been through so many help pages, tutorials and videos, but what they say should happen, simply doesnt. Someone needs to fix that!

HELP!!

Come on Microsoft, youre supposed to making things easier as time goes on, not so much more difficult!!

Word document typing on laptop

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:10 AM PST

When typing a document on my laptop the cursor suddenly moves to a new place and inserts the words there.  How can I stop this?

how to print as wydwyg

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:46 AM PST

Hi,

Originlly my words 2103 work accordingly. Only last few hours, my words show blank printing result. The word document was typing using words in window 8 and I did the printing in window 7 pro.

Please guide me how to get back the original setting in window 7 as the printer is only attached to that window 7 pro pc.


Aziz

Saving documentation trouble

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:47 PM PST

When saving a document I was told to check the "maintain compatability with earlier versions of word" box.  After checking the box and saving the document I exited to send an email.  When I went back to review the document, it had reverted back to a version from 2+ years ago with different graphics, format, verbiage.  Is there anyway to get back the work I have done?


Thanks

Microsoft word 2013 professional plus does not display all the pages of documents after updating windows 8 to windows 8.1

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:04 PM PST

I update windows 8 professional to  windows 8.1. The computer was already installed with MS office professional plus 2013. After the update, my word documents do not show all the pages. However, if I open the same document in windows 7 pc or with office web application, it shows all the pages. I uninstall and reinstall office that didnot help me. computer is all upto date with microsoft update.  I spent almost 3 days to figure out the problem, but could not. Any help will me much appreciated.

creating answer lines in a document problem

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:25 PM PST

I am a creating questions for a test and when I type the answer lines (about 3) and press enter and bold line appears and I cannot get rid of it.  What is this line and how do I go about doing this without creating this bold line at the end?


example:   __________________________________________________________________________________


_____________________________________________________________________________________________


Works fine here  no bold line appearing.....  I am using Microsoft Word 2010

Making continued footnotes respect page margins

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:22 PM PST

I have so much trouble finding my way back to the place where I can address a question to the MVP community that I am using this "reply" to an earlier question, in the hope that some MVP will see it.

I have a long document with a lot of footnotes (my old PhD dissertation) that I am publishing in book form, so I have to pay attention to gutter and bleed issues.  I discovered when I got my proof that the footnotes were sometimes not respecting the margins that were set for the text.  Sometimes they would, other times, not. 

I finally figured out that I have a problem when a footnote flows to the next page.  It will accept the margin for one of the pages, but, because the gutter is on different sides of sequential pages, one is always out of whack.  

How do I get a footnote that flows to the next page to accept the margins for that page, instead of forcing me to choose one or the other.  I could live with that, because it only happens once in a while, and I can choose the lesser of the two evils, but there must be a solution.

While you are at it, can you tell me how to find you directly? I am always so happy when I wind up on the right site or page where I can post a question that I forget how I got there.

John Gadway
 

How do I stop this random user from editing my files in the word web app?

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:48 PM PST

I have used the word web app a few times recently.  I could not change the name from "Document1" because someone was editing the file.  Everytime I open the file it says User -7085049850558592129 is editing.  No one is supposed to have access to my documents.  How do I block this?  I cannot get anything done.

This doesn't just happen in Chrome, it also happens in Firefox, and it is always the same user name.

Furious about section 1 inheriting the header of section 2 when I delete section 2.

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:36 PM PST

I have a document with two sections. The first section has two headers; the first page is unique. 
The rest of the pages in section 1 have a standard header.
Section 2 header is linked to section 1.

This is according to all the instructions I've seen an various message boards spanning more than a decade. It is apparently expected that when I delete a section, the section before it will lose all of its formatting and receive instead the formatting of the section that is no longer desired. It's been this way for years, and the solution, MS says, is to match the properties of the section section before you delete it. 

In my case, I will have to set up section 2 to have a unique first page just the like the first. Otherwise my whole document will have the standard header, including the first page. That's easier said than done. The formatting is fickle to say the least. 

And WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS?! Who in their right mind thinks this is a feature rather than a bug? I don't want to hear about how I shouldn't have had the second section if I don't want it. I don't want to hear about swallowing a blank page at the end of my document (I know it isn't that bad). I want this backwards inheriting "feature" gone for good. 

My guess is I'll get some commiseration from others in the community (among banal questions and hints at my lack of ninja skills), but MS won't actually see this. Is that correct?

Thanks to those who read and understand.

Microsoft Word 2013 won't allow me to edit or add a graph/chart

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:01 PM PST

As stated above microsoft word 2013 won't allow me to edit or add a graph/chart in any document i open, even if I create a new one. This has never happened before and it has always just worked fine before,I haven't done anything new or checked anything different, the only thing i haven't done is make graphs for awhile but that should not just mean it stops working all together. When I click on "insert a graph" -> i get a window that lets me choose the graph/chart i want but when i click ok the window refreshes and continues like that repeatedly, i can never get past "ok", copying graphs works but i can never edit the data on the graphs, i click "edit data" but nothing happens. Also restarting my laptop did not solve the problem.

Plus when i tried to do the same on Microsoft Powerpoint it no longer works either but i get a message "The program or feature "\??\C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows." I'm very confused and this has never happened Before. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Word 2010 Tab Positions

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 03:13 PM PST

Hello from Steved


I have 3 sets of 2 on the same paragraph as seen below


My Question please is that I might not have for example Days2 : 54 on every paragraph, what happens is that Stakes : $ 7,375 is where

Days2 : 54 should be meaning I have to use the tab key to put it in the right tab position, how can I avoid this occurring. See the example below. Thanks in advance


  Days1 : 26     Days2 : 54   Stakes : $ 7,375    Ave : $ 1,843     HdtoHd : 0-0         L2Mths : 0-0

  Days1 : 26     Stakes : $ 7,375    Ave : $ 1,843     HdtoHd : 0-0         L2Mths : 0-0


Sub MoveDays()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Days1 : [0-9]{1,}"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(1), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(5), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Days2 : [0-9]{1,}"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub MoveStakes()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Stakes"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(11.75 _
        ), Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(17), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Ave"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub MoveHdtoHd()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "HdtoHd"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(25), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(29), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "L2Mths"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub