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Microsoft Word - Can't open multiple Word documents

Can't open multiple Word documents

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 03:08 PM PST

I have a user who occasionally can't open a Word document if he already has one open:

- If he has a Word document open and tries to open another existing document, he will get a second Word window, but it will be blank. Not a blank document, but just a blank instance of Word. 

- This is very inconsistent. It doesn't happen all the time, and doesn't even happen consistently with the same documents. Sometimes a document will open fine if something else is open, sometimes it won't. 

- It's also inconsistent in terms of where the documents come from. He's had it happen while opening documents from the shared drive, from an email, or even from the internet. 

- If this happens to him (and again, this happens only occasionally and inconsistently), he can close out of Word completely and try again and it almost always works the next time. 

As you can see, it's a tough one because it can't be replicated and it's somewhat vague. If anyone has any troubleshooting tips, please pass them along. 

Thank you, 

Leah

Default paragraph marker

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 02:23 PM PST

Why does the first line/hanging indent marker shift to a decimal place where I have a marked tab position, and not stay in its default position on the ruler?

Multiple Bibliographies in a single word document

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 02:16 PM PST

I am trying to add in an reference list at the end of each chapter in a document that I am writing. I have added in appropriate section breaks but the reference list in the second chapter continues to pull in all the references that were used in the first chapter as well as the ones used in the second chapter. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. 

MS WORD 2013 Pro-Windows 7 Pro - Cannot edit document says it is locked and will not let me unlock.

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 01:40 PM PST

I created a document a few months ago to use as a sort of template . I have used it several times with out a hitch.  I went back in today and it shows the document locked.  I have tried to unlock it, but even though it shows unlocked every option to edit document is greyed out.  I have saved under a different name, same thing.  I have looked for any 1KB ~$ files and there are none.  I am usually the one that answers MS Office questions at my work and I am completely stumped on this one.  Any ideas?

Create New Theme Colors

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 11:42 AM PST

Office 2013

Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1

I am having trouble understanding the relationship between the Create New Theme Colors and the Samples.

 

Bring up the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

Design tab | Document Formatting | Colors | Customize Colors | Create New Theme Colors dialog | Theme Colors group

Text/Background - Dark 1
Text/Background - Light 1
Text/Background - Dark 2
Text/Background - Light 2
Accent 1
Accent 2
Accent 3
Accent 4
Accent 5
Accent 6
Hyperlink
Followed Hyperlink

 

Does "Text/Background - Dark 1" effect Text 1 or the Background 1?

Why the ambiguous wording?

Either it effects Text or Background, but not both.

 

If you change "Text/Background - Dark 1", it changes the Text color of the second sample.

This seems illogical. Why not change the Text of the first sample?

 

Bring up the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

Home | Font | Font Color

 

The Themes Colors are

Background 1

Text 1

Background 1

Text 1

Accent 1
Accent 2
Accent 3
Accent 4
Accent 5
Accent 6

These make logical sense unlike the Create New Theme Colors dialog.

 

Thanks in advance.

Unable to edit a Word 2010 document in Word 2013

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 09:06 AM PST

I have Word 2013 on my computer and I need to edit a template that was created in an earlier version of Word, but I am not able to. The document I need to edit is a semi-protected document that only allows certain sections to be edited. When I open the document on my computer it says "compatibility mode" at the top. When I click a section to start typing I am not able to, and at the bottom of the window it says "This modification is not allowed because the document is opened for viewing only". I tried saving the document on another computer as a .docx, .doc, and tried opening them on my computer, but no luck. Others in my office still have Word 2010 and they have no trouble opening the same document and editing. Not sure what to do?

Thank you!

Word 2010 - wrong font size shown on ribbon

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 09:00 AM PST

I am having a problem with the font size shown in the indicator on the ribbon in Word 2010. For example, when I highlight some text and go to the ribbon and change the font size to 18, the indicator on the ribbon says 18. Then when I click on or highlight some other text that is a different font size (say 12 for example) the indicator on the ribbon still says 18. That number doesn't change, no matter what size of font I highlight. It always shows the last font size that I changed. So, I can't use it to tell what font size any of my text is unless I change the size. 

Anyone else having this problem? Any ideas on how to correct it? I am not seeing it on other computers with Word 2010.

Can I generate cross-references from styles based on H1, H2 etc.?

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 08:41 AM PST

I have a Word 2013 document where I defined my own heading styles (such as 'My H1' based on 'H1', etc.).

When I try to insert a cross-reference from a heading, the selection pane is empty.

The odd thing is that the Navigation pane to the left of the screen populates just fine, as does the Table of Contents.

What's the easiest way of being able to add cross-references without changing the global heading styles (H1, H2, etc.).

Having problems with colouring activex option/radio button

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 08:05 AM PST

I prepared a form using Microsoft Word 2013 and after adding option/radio buttons i cant seem to change the color of the buttons to match the color of my text. The color shown on the screen is significantly different from that which appears on the printed form than that on the screen. I'd really appreciate if anyone can help out.

Appendix Page Numbering Word 2013

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:29 AM PST

I am trying to edit a document in Word 2013. It has several sections, including Appendixes. I believe the original document was created in Word 2010, which could be contributing to the problem.

The problem is:

when I try to insert the page number, including chapter number, in the heading for the Appendix A, it appears as 7-1 instead of A-1. 

Page 2 of Appendix A reads 7-2. Page 1 of Appendix B also reads 7-2, despite it being on a new page after 7-2.

I am using section breaks, I've tried both section break next page and section break even page.

How do I get it to recognize the Appendixes as separate from the last section and the chapter number to appear as A/B in the page number?

I created the sections using Heading 1, subsections with Heading 2 and Sub-subsections with Heading 3. The Appendixes headings came from the existing heading style "Annex" and the Appendix subheadings came from the existing heading style "Annex2"

In the navigation panel it shows up correctly, the heading auto numbers the second appendix as B. It's the page numbers and subsequently their indexing in the TOC that doesn't show up correctly.

I've tried using http://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numberingappendixes.html, but it doesn't include 2013 and following her advice for assigning Heading Styles 6-9 doesn't work because those are allotted for subsections #.1.1.1.1.1 - #.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1. Modifying them leaves the Appendix as a subsection of section 7.

I appreciate any help with this.

Microsoft Word crashing when closing after installing Endnote

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:29 AM PST

I have recently installed EndnoteX7 onto my laptop and every time I close a word document I am working in, the word document crashes and then reloads word asking if I would like to reload the last recovered session. Does anyone have any ideas? This is with Microsoft Word 2013. 

Word will not start after loading Office Home and Student 2013 software?

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:15 AM PST

I just loaded a new version of Office Home & Student 2013 on my PC running Windows 7.  I previously had an older version of MS Word 2000 running on this same PC.  After the installation Excel and Power point seem to run fine.  

When I launch Word 2013 the application starts but then as soon as I try to open an existing document or click on blank document to start a new document I get an immediate error that says Microsoft Word has stopped working. 

Then a second error comes up that says a problem caused the program to stop working correctly.  Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. 

At that point I cannot go any further or do anything without closing Word.  I cannot open old files and I cannot create new ones.

I've fully uninstalled Office 2013 and re installed it but the problem still exists.

Table of Contents bolds Level 3 - Word 2010

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 07:07 AM PST

We use Word 2010 on a Windows 7 operating system.   Every time we create a Table of Contents, regardless of the settings we choose, Level 3, the numbers of it, are always bold.  and it's the type of fix that we can only change by highlighting the actual number itself (each and every one singly) and changing the format of the font. 

It's not something that we can fix by any other means and it changes them back to bold every single time we update the TOC.  There has GOT to be a way to fix this.  Anyone?

Thanks -

Footer problems, Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 05:00 AM PST

Hello

I have created a document and inserted a footer, which I can see on print preview very well. However, it prints only on selected pages (2-3 and 11-13) and is partially cut out from the other pages. I do not see any section breaks at the places where the footer is cut out, and the margins are identical throughout the document. Please let me know how to resolve this issue. Thank you

Mail Merge in Word 2013

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 04:08 AM PST

I want to be able to send Word 2013 mail merged e-mails from a secondary POP/SMTP account in Outlook 2013. Outlook defaults to an IMAP/SMTP account and I have been unable to change this behaviour. i.e. changing Outlook default account.

I applied the Registry change:

Registry key to force account selection every time:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Office\15.0\outlook\options
Value Name: ForceAccountSelection
Value type: REG_DWORD: 1 for force, 0 to disable

to force an Outlook Account Choice, however, with this Registry entry in place, at the end of the Word Mail Merge a Warning Dialog Box appears saying

'You must select an Outlook Account'. On opening Outlook the mail merged e-mails, all 450 of them, are sitting in the Outbox of the IMAP/SMTP Account

i.e. the wrong account.

Is there any way to change this behaviour and, preferably, select the Outlook Account to use for the send from the Word Mail Merge?

jcc285

Insert picture into a text box in Word 2010

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 03:46 AM PST

I am trying to insert a picture into a textbox in Word 2010 but every time I paste it from a Powerpoint slide into the textbox it just shows as a clear white box within the textbox that I can select and change in size but not actually see. I've tried Insert>Picture>From File to see if that works. I've also checked File>Options>Advanced>Show document content>Show drawings and text boxes on screen and I've unchecked Show picture placeholders. I've also checked File>Options>Display>Printing Options> Print drawings created in Word and still no luck.

Has anybody else got any ideas on how to fix this? I've been stuck on it for a couple of days now and really can't seem to work it out!

Tool to compare all the files in a directory

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 02:03 AM PST

HI,

I have thopusands of .doc files which have been migrated to .docx files.

I need to compare all the filed in the source (.doc) with the destination (.docx) folder.

Is there any tool available to perform this task in a single step.

Thanks.

MicroSoft Office 2010 profesional plus

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 02:00 AM PST

Hi,

I have installed the MicroSoft Office 2010 profesional plus and the instalation passed perfectlly.

While working with it I have found that the font color isn't working properly.

I can select any kind of color but can't see it in my computer.

If I set a color, even though I can't see it in my computer, it can be seen in any other compurer (by sending it to any other).

Please help me to solve this issue.

Thanks

Amos

Why can't I save modified Word07 templates?

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 12:40 AM PST

If I modify a Word07 template it will not save.  Error message says file is read-only.

I can't find a way to make it writeable.

How do I do that?

Thanks

Is it possible in Word 2013 (Office 365) to lock Header and Footer from being edited, whilst keeping Track Changes functionality?

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 12:23 AM PST

Hi there,

I am trying to lock down our header and footers for our company templates ( i have used the continuous break, protect document method) but as these are company documents we require track changes to be enabled so multiple users can edit a document efficiently.

I have read that Word disables the Track Changes button (and all other means of turning it on) as soon as you start the protection - which I need to do to lock the header and footer.

I have been experiencing that when headers and footers are locked - track changes wont work.

HELP:

A - is this true? Does word disable track changes like in my statement above - Because i think this is what i am experiencing

B - is there another way to achieve what I want to do?

Please note Macros are not feasible for our work site as they are local to PC's and i want a global fix.

HELP

Incorrect Icons for Files Associated with Word 2013

Posted: 21 Jan 2015 12:19 AM PST

Something strange has happened that I've just noticed. File types associated with Word 2013 have the wrong icon. Instead of the square W icon, I'm getting a page with the top right folded over and three lines in the middle. Extensions associated with other applications and other versions of Word are fine. As far as I can tell, this has happened today, but I can't be certain.

I've tried using Default Programs to sort it out, but Word 2013 isn't even in the list of available applications to assign to a file extension. I knew how to select a specific icon from an exe in earlier versions of Windows, but not in 8.

Not sure if it's relevant, but today I had several messages pop up telling me my C: drive was full and I should make some space. When I checked, there was 42 GB free, which I wouldn't call full.

Can anyone assist with this?

Thanks

Gordon

Unable to activate Office

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 08:10 PM PST

Original title: Microsoft Office issues

My microsoft office is asking for my product activation code again, which I cant find and it wont allow me to sign in with my user ID. An error sign pops up. Is there any other way around this?

Equation editor proble in index

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:34 PM PST

Hi ,

I am facing a problem regarding equation editor. while writing my report I have used it to write report.Everything works fine.But When I try to put all equations in index showing list of equation all equation changes format form professional to linear automatically and even if I change it in index it remains same.

Please solve it as ap.

Thanks,

Ramesh

More page header trouble

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 07:08 PM PST

   This is not quite the same as other similar questions. When I switch between Header/Footer mode and Text mode (not their official names), things change drastically. Extra pages may appear or disappear, the cursor jumps to some arbitrary-seeming place, and when I put a header in and go to Text mode, the header changes to a previously used one. These behaviors make it difficult - in fact almost impossible - to get the headers right. Altogether, Headers are probably the worst thing about Word (and that's saying a lot). If I could, I would not use the Header/Footer mode at all, but manually put headers (and page numbers) in as part of the regular text. Even worse, the problem appears only in parts of the docx.


  I could put the whole book up for inspection but it's about 1200 pages (6-7 MB).


   I've been working on it for seven years and thought I was almost done. I'm desperate. Can anyone give me some guidance?

Steve

something strange happened with proofing tools

Posted: 20 Jan 2015 03:46 PM PST

Hi,

I was typing in a word document this morning and a window popped up as I was closing it. It said something about Windows proofing tools and, to my surprise, it contained apiece of text that I had typed in a different word document several days ago. The window said that we could "help improve proofing tools" by sending this text to Windows, and it also said that we could delete some parts of the text that we don't want to be sent. I just clicked X and exited at once.

 

But I've been worried… I've been using Word for years and I've never seen this before. Does it affect my privacy?  And is that something that's supposed to happen to everyone from time to time, or was  that thing a virus/ fake message?

By the way, in case you need to know... I use Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010.

And another thing is that my computer had broken down a few weeks ago and a family member had helped me fix it, but apparently the windows activation key hadn't been done yet. (I was prompted to enter the activation at startup.) I entered it just today and got the message that this copy of Windows is  verified to be genuine. But I just thought I'd bring this up because I was wondering if that weird message about proofing tools  might have had anything to do with this.

Sorry, but I'm hardly computer savvy and I'd be so grateful if someone could help resolve my worries.