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Microsoft Word - Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Microsoft Word - Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:53 PM PST

Hey Gang,

I am trying to make some index cards based off of information contained in an excel spreadsheet.

My approach has been to create a table and format it to my needs with a mail merge.  The merge is working just fine without issue.  I formatted the original document to be the same size as an idex card.  However, with printing margin restrictions and such, I decided to try a more economical approach with expanding the table to fit 8.x5x11 cardstock which I would simply cut afterward.  So if I have a 6 cell table that fills the sheet (each cell is roughly 4x5), I have the first cell with the merge fields and the remainder with Next Record fields.  The problem I am running into is that the length of the total amount of information being inserted via the mail merge sometimes will be greater than the size of 1 cell.  If I fix the cell size to keep uniform card size, the remainder of the text is clipped.

Is there a way, using this approach, to roll that clipped text into the next cell or to somehow print on the same size area?  Would a different approach work better?  I tried the text box route which didn't work due to the Next Record field incompatibility.

Thanks!

-Aesculapius

HTML Elements displaying as red X's, Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:46 PM PST

Hi,

I've been using Word to interpret HTML and have recently run into an issue. My HTML elements display as red X's. This includes all hidden elements, and all check boxes. When I delete the element and then undo the deletion, the element loads without issue.

I'm looking for answers as to possible causes or what setting controls this. I'm guessing a setting somewhere has been toggled since documents that did not have this problem a month ago now do. 

I have tried deleting my registry keys and renaming my Normal.dotm, as well as using Add/Remove programs to try and Repair my installation.  Thanks for any help you can provide, I can try to post a file that is experiencing this issue if anyone is interested.

Cannot get Microsoft Word 365 to Work

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:41 PM PST

My daughter does online school and is unable to get her work done through Word 365. (meaning completing or submitting)  Recently our we had to purchase a new Router because our other failed.  Since then she's unable to use Word 365.  When logging on to K12 Online School, and trying to do an assignment through Word she is getting a message at the top of the page that states:  Most of the features have been disabled.  Then gives the option to re-activate.

When doing so a pop up will come up with 3 options that are:

1.)  Buy - I want to buy

2.)  Enter Key - I have a product key

3.)  Sign In - Add this computer to an active account

I don't know the product key.  Is there a product key I'm unaware of that came w/ the computer that I can put in to make Word work?   (Word came w/ my HP TouchSmart 15 Sleekbook purchased around Sept. 6, 2014)  When I try to sign in it states that The password doesn't match & do you want to change password stored in windows to your new entry.  I already changed my password to my Microsoft Acct.  (which worked fine)  

Only when my daughter tryies using word for her work does this error comes up.  

I do not understand why Word worked before, but doesn't work now.   Any suggestions on how to get Word 365 to work?  Thank You for any suggestions on how to make WORD 365  work so she can use it for her online school.  Keep in mind that it doesn't allow her to type any text at all because of the reasoning stated above..

Sincerely,

Jennifer O'Bryan

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headers

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:55 AM PST

I am using APA format, 6th edition.  It requires that the header of the first page of the document be different from all subsequent pages.  The first page must say;

Running header: and then the title of the paper.

On subsequent pages the term 'Running header" is removed, leaving only the title of the paper.

I also need the page numbering to start on the first page and continue through. 

I am not even sure what is happening other than to say that I cannot get the sequence correct. 

Can you please help?

Many thanks for your time and input.

Kim

Word document format changing when copied to flash drive.

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:27 AM PST

I am working on a document with Word 7 in Windows 7. When I copy it onto a USB flash drive, the formatting is slightly different. The margins are wrong on every other page. What might cause this?

XMLSchemaReferences.AllowSaveAsXMLWithoutValidation fails for Office 2013

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 10:08 AM PST

I have a piece of code which works fine on office 2010 but when I use it on office 2013, it gives me run time error

Run-time error '5891'
That Property is not available on that object

=========================

Code - 

    With ActiveDocument
        .UpdateStylesOnOpen = True
        .AttachedTemplate = sourcefile
        .XMLSchemaReferences.AutomaticValidation = False
        .XMLSchemaReferences.AllowSaveAsXMLWithoutValidation = False   ' It fails here
    End With

=========================

I want this to work for both office 2010 and 2013. Is there any way by which that can be done or if not then is there any way in which it ignores the error for office 2013?

How can I combine several Word documents into one without copying and pasting the content

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:39 AM PST

Is there a way to take a series of word documents and insert them into one document without copying a pasteing all the info.  Ex: I have 15 appendices that are separate word docs but wor like to put them together in one.

Original title: Word documents!

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Clipart printing problems

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:11 AM PST

Using Vista Word and Windows 8.1 printing duplex booklet. Prints correctly, including photos until I add in clipart, and the whole project goes haywire, with pages double printed and images out of place. Is there some setting I need to alter?

Resizing photos in Word 2013

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:09 AM PST

I am trying to resize a photo in Word 2013 (using Windows 8.1) so that it covers the entire page, including into the margins.  When I drag a corner sizing handle and the photo reaches the Live Layout alignment line for the page margin, the photo suddenly zooms to a massive size and scrolling up or down to try and return the photo to its original page and size is impossible.  Word then freezes and has to be restarted.  Indeed, even trying to move a floating photo or object, such as a text box, into the margins causes wild scrolling down several pages.  I don't recall this ever being a problem in Word 2010.  Would turning off Live Layout help (is this even an option?) or do I have to set all the page margins at 0mm (which would wreck my other formatting)?

Drop down in MS-WORD

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST

Hello friends and Happy New Year.

I will need a document with some form items, i.e. Legacy drop down which will be located lets say in Line 10.

I know how to insert the drop down and add all the values I need.

The difficulty for me is that, after selecting from that drop down I want to populate different text in lets say Line 30, based in the value I choose.

Drop Down List Sample (items):

1. Clerk

2. Assistant

3, Manager

Clerk duties: a bulleted/numbered list (might be located somewhere in the same file (perhaps as hidden text)?

After selecting e.g. Clerk I want to populate the duties of the Clerk - several paragraphs/lines mentioned above (starting from Line 30)

Any help will be highly appreciated,

Thanking you in advance,

Regards,

George

locking word table cells while auto-updating fields

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:35 AM PST

Hi,

Got a wee problem, hope someone can help!

I've created a table inside a word 2010 doc, image below..

...which contains two formulas. Both function perfectly. If I change any of the values in
the peach coloured cells, all I have to do is right click / 'update fields' on
both grey coloured cells containing the formulas, and it will update the values
accordingly.

However, I want users to input their own values into the
peach coloured cells without having to right click / 'update fields'. Is there
any way the formulas in the grey cells can automatically update after user
input? I also want to lock/protect the grey cells so users cannot edit the
formulas.

Using excel sadly isn't an option.

any help would be very much appreciated...thanks

Removing redundant/extra empty pharagraphs in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST

A text copied from a webpage and then pasted into Word 2010 contains some empty paragraphs in the document. How can I remove just the redundant/extra empty paragraphs?

Thanks for your help

Arrange Word Documents on Secondary Monitor

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:37 AM PST

I have a dual-screen setup. The primary monitor is the main focus for my work, with supporting documents etc. displayed on the secondary monitor. When I open a Word document, it appears on the secondary monitor (I previously moved a Word document there), although the 'splash screen' still appears on the primary monitor.

I currently have two similar Word documents open and I would like to view them in a split screen arrangement. When I click Arrange All on the View tab, the documents are arranged neatly on the primary monitor. I then have to drag (and re-size) onto the secondary monitor.

Can Word 2007 be persuaded to perform consistently on the secondary monitor?

Search in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 02:43 AM PST

In Windows Explorer, if I search with the term 'patent layout', the search results are listed in order of relevance, ie files that start with the words 'patent layout', then files for which the name includes the words 'patent' or 'layout', then files which contain the words 'patent' or 'layout'.  This also used to be the same for Word, Excel, inserting files into Outlook messages, etc. However, in Office 2010 rather than in Windows Explorer, the search results are now shown only in name, date, type, etc order, not in order of relevance. This has only happened since returning to work after the New Year.  Any ideas?

Word 365/2013 New field in document properties

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:26 AM PST

Hi,

I am creating a new Word document template.

This template should use central values like "Revision" and "Last Update Date".

Now I found out how to create new fields within the advanced document properties, but it is quite extensive to Change this value.

I know that I can show the document panel above the text, but the individual fields are not shown there.

Does anyone here knows a way to show this fields in the document Panel?

A Workaround to show Special fields in a Dialog box to Change them would also be OK.

Thanks

Golem

Adding equations vie Macro using the formula editor - function stops working at equation no. 99

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:39 AM PST

I created a document template including a customized ribbon for adding predefined elements like e.g. equations in a predefined font and layout.

In addition to the equations, a consecutive, equation reference number is added on the right hand side - everything is packed into a macro.

The related code for adding the consecutive number is the following:

.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
                    Type:=wdFieldEmpty, _
                    Text:="SEQ PDEq \* MERGEFORMAT", _
                    PreserveFormatting:=False

The problem that I currently have is, that for any reason this section of the code for adding the consecutive number)doesn't work for equation numbers higher than 99.

If I copy and paste the entire line, it works also for numbers higher that 99.

Unfortunately I don't have an idea on where the problem can come from.

Generating automatic TOC for different sections in the same document

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:22 PM PST

If I have, for example, 5 sections in a document (created using section breaks), is there any way to create automatic TOC for each sections?
If not, what would be the alternative?

Cursor instability

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:18 PM PST

Why does my laptop cursor jump back into an earlier position whenever I insert text. It functions normally for a short time, then inevitably jumps back.

"Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable."

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:31 PM PST

Hi, I am having a problem with my Word 2010 since 2 weeks. Whenever I open it, a pop up comes up and says "Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable." I have tried everything, I've searched online, I've chatted with a Microsoft tech but nothing helped AT ALL. Can anybody help me solve this problem? Also, I have tried uninstalling Microsoft Office and installing it back but that didn't work either.

I need help as soon as possible.

Thank you.

I need a pattern match expression to change the digits place from side to side of a slash (changing 12/34 to 34/12)

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

I need a pattern match expression to change the digits place from side to side of a slash (changing 12/34 to 34/12).

I've used this pattern "([0-9]{1,}).([0-9]{1,})" in find what and "\2/\1" in replace with places.

but it shows an error that your pattern match contain a .. which is not valid.

could you please help me to find the right command?

think if you wanna do this command in your word document:

changing 34368/56 to 56/34368.

what would you do?

please help.

Word 2013, Headers and Footers

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:20 PM PST

I've had this problem in the past and have yet to find a solution.  Can anyone tell me if they have ever experienced their footer starting at the exact same place where the header ends if they were able to fix it?  No matter what I do, [when this happens] I cannot resize the header so it is at the top of the page.  Attempting to resize only makes a mess of everything else and has no impact on the header.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

Create a Varying number of labels using Word Mail Merge

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:03 PM PST

I am working on a file label project that I would like to take one step further. 

We have an Excel spreadsheet with the file codes, description, retention, etc.  At the beginning of the year, we want to print out the labels we anticipate we will need so the labeled folders can be distributed.  The number of labels for the various file codes will vary.  Some might not need a label, others will need dozens.  If we had a column in the Excel sheet with a count, could we use this number to "tell" Word how many of each label to include in the Mail Merge? 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Direction of Table of Authorities

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Whenever I try to insert a table of authorities on my word document, it comes in the direction of right-to-left (instead of the needed left-to-right). I've currently been unable to change this, whereas doing so manually still leave many problems. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Word 2013: is it possible to ref field on first 3 characters

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Is it possible to display only the first 3 characters of the field month?

{REF MONTH}

How to convert PDF into Word document and vice-versa.

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:42 AM PST

Original Title <365 Word>

Office 365 will let me save a word version of a PDF file but the file is still not editable.

I need to be able to convert a PDF file to a word document, fill in the form and convert it back to PDF before sending to a customer.

Please advise the simplest and cheapest way to accomplish this.

Thanks!