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Microsoft Word - Document saved as 2007 from 2003 compatible is 1/5 the size. Did I clobber the quality of my embedded photos?

Microsoft Word - Document saved as 2007 from 2003 compatible is 1/5 the size. Did I clobber the quality of my embedded photos?

Document saved as 2007 from 2003 compatible is 1/5 the size. Did I clobber the quality of my embedded photos?

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:54 AM PST

My original photo book was written using Word 2003 from Office.  I now have Office 2007.  I had to replace all the photos in my book with color modified photos of the same size and quality.  When I saved the document as 2003 compatible the size was 266,654 kb  when I saved it as 2007 it is now 51713 kb.

Did the 2007 compress (change the quality) my photos?  I next need to convert to PDF for the printing company.

Ctrl+A Suddenly stopped working

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:51 AM PST

Suddenly, when I press Ctrl+A to select All when I'm in a Word 2010 document, nothing happens. It doesn't select and highlight the entire document as usual.

Display suddenly too wide?Word

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:30 AM PST

I should begin by clarifying - this occurs beginning within the last week - Word 2013 ONLY.  Checked Excel, Outlook, yada, yada.  The working display (even without a document open) has stretched itself approx. six to twelve points wider than the screen.  This problem is exclusive to Word (also checked ALL my other programs).  What am I not seeing here? (pun intended)?

Word 2007 - automatic intendation after a bulleted list

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 11:08 AM PST

Hi,

I have recently bought a new computer, on which I installed my previous Microsoft Word. Now all of a sudden, it automatically makes an intendation in the text after a bulleted list. I have never had this problem before, and after googling it, I havent found anyone else with this issue either.

This is what it looks like. What happens is: I write the first paragraph: everything is normal and it automatically starts in the left top corner. The 2 thingies on the ruler are on top of each other between where the ruler is blue and where it is white. Then I start a list. Everything is still normal and works fine. But then I press enter twice. This usually stops the list and makes the cursor go to the very left, so I can write another normal paragraph right under the first paragraph. But now it makes the cursor go under the bullets instead.

Now obviously I can move the 2 thingies on the ruler (sorry... my word vocabulary isnt perfect), which makes it good again. But as soon as I make another list or open a new document, it does the same thing.

I looked in the "autoformat options" in "word options" and changed a few things, which interestingly didnt have any effect at all (even when I unclicked "automatic bulleted lists" it still made bulleted lists), so I dont know if that has any relevance.

I also went into the paragraph options. I was able to fix it there too, but again: as soon as I made a new list or opened a new document, it went back to being annoying.

I would really appreciate any advice on what could be going on and how to fix it!

Thanks!

How do I show the page boundaries in Print Layout view?

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 10:32 AM PST

Split from this thread.

How do I show the page boundaries in Print Layout?  It use to be Show Text Boundaries - now that option puts a boundary around every paragraph (very irritating to look at) - I make use of text boundaries for several things I do, most often in sizing tables to make sure they hit the boundary.

Thanks, Paula

Word 2013 keeps crashing

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 09:42 AM PST

Word 2013 keeps crashing when I delete something (equations mainly)?

marathi phonetic keyboard

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 09:16 AM PST

i do not find marathi phonetic keyboard

microsoft word

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 09:09 AM PST

Hi

 I need to create a brochure in my Microsoft word and I need help. I would like several brochures to choose from.Please let me know a.s.a.p.

autoformat paragraph headings

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 07:22 AM PST

Out of the blue (when I reopened a perfectly operational file) Heading 3 in the document became just solid black infill and a black vertical bar appeared on the left side of the Heading 3 icon. After much messing about I somehow got rid of that but as you can see the 2.1.1 in Heading 3 has disappeared. In the document the paragraph heading appears but with no numbering.

I can find no menu to correct the problem. HELP please.

Peter

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Navigation 'search' cannot locate ellipsis, ...

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 06:33 AM PST

Proofing a novel. First time, NAVIGATION found and highlighted all ... (ellipsis), now it reports 'No Matches'. I've tried '*' wildcards both sides.

execute macro from main screen

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 06:23 AM PST

I have Macro that I want to run from the menu bar.

I can't seem to get it right

Printing multiple pages on one sheet

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 04:16 AM PST

Split from this thread.

Im ok with it only showing one page in the print preview when i choose to have it print multiples on one page BUT whenever i choose to have it print 4 on one page, it will only print on one corner of the page and not the 3 remaining pages.  It will only give me 1 small page on the corner and the remaining piece of paper is blank... 


what gives? cant figure it out


thanks

Works Cited and Biliography in One document with Word 2013?

Posted: 18 Jan 2015 03:05 AM PST

I understand that you can include a reference list or bibliography using the sources that have been added. If I add a works cited(reference) list I assume it only includes those cited in the text and not all from the master source list.  My tutor however would like an additional list of items read in a bibliography, how can I ensure that only the additional sources I want to include are added as a bibliography i.e is there a way to group my sources and select which I want in each.  I'm quite new to referencing with word so any help is appreciated. Thank You

Macro for changing paragraph color and font

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 11:31 PM PST

Hi,


I made
Selection.Font.Name = "Calibri"

Selection.Font.Color = RGB(15, 36, 62)  (it is easier, preferable for me to find and write as RGB format)

Later somehow I need something like

OldFont="Calibri"

OldColor= "RGB(15, 36, 62)" 

NewFont="Calibri"

NewColor= "RGB(0, 150, 0)" 

ParagCount = ActiveDocument.Paragraphs.Count

For J = 1 To ParagCount

If  (ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(J).Range.Font.Name = OldFont) And _

      (ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(J).Range.Font.Color = OldColor) Then

      ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(J).Range.Font.Name = NewFont

      ActiveDocument.Paragraphs(J).Range.Font.Color = NewColor

End If

Next j

It did not work. Where are my mistakes?

Thanks and regards,

Cousin Excel

Why these BACKUP DOCX files in my new Word 2013?

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 04:28 PM PST

WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN' ON WITH MY NEW WORD PROGRAM AND THIS STINKIN' COMPUTER?

I've modified or created many more DOCs & DOCXs and they all seem to have behaved properly but I just found three listed as "Backup" and what's REALLY weird is that when I look down in the list alphabetically without that "Backup of" added to the file names, I find:

1. the 1st one is down below as a .DOCX

2. the 2nd one isn't down there at all but I remember renaming it without the words "if a" in the name and capitalizing WITHOUT DETAILS so that it would be easier to find later if I needed it.

3. the 3rd one, which is also a .WBK in that list above, is down below as a .DOCX

Spelling level needed for spell-checker to work well?

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 04:17 PM PST

My daughter is a dyslexic fourth grader and spells poorly.  The school is legally supposed to provide her special education services, but claim that "Kids don't need to learn to spell these days. Just use spell check!" as an excuse to try to get out of it.  This is nonsense because she spells so badly, spell-check can't figure out what she is spelling at all.

I know Microsoft uses readability formulas and calculations... Can someone at Microsoft advise what grade level of accurate spelling is necessary as a pre-requisite for spell-check to be a useful tool?  I know it can be hard to specify, but maybe an assessment such as "If you can spell at a 8th grade level (or a certain x Lexile level), spell-check will be 90% effective. At a 7th grade level (or y Lexile level), spell check will be 80% effective."

Any help you can provide would be great. I'm sure an email from Microsoft experts would be sufficient to sway my principal.

Longer term, I know the Gates Foundation is very committed to reforming education.  If Microsoft came out with some kind of analysis like this, you could publish/press release it to the whole country and do a massive favor to parents in my shoes. 

Thank you!

-Christina

Merge cells in table with VBA macro

Posted: 17 Jan 2015 02:53 PM PST

I have a table that I want to have repeat on pages of a report. Rather than copy and paste I would like to use a macro.

I can create the macro with the table, formatting etc., but cannot find guidance to merge cells.

eg., In my three column, multiple rows table

I need to merge cells as below

   
  
     
     

I am almost there, but as I need this for a report I thought I would ask for some expert help :)

Regards Jan

The "Auto complete" file names shortcut associated with opening a Word document has stopped working.

Posted: 16 Jan 2015 11:38 PM PST

* Not sure if this makes sense, but until about a month ago - whenever I would Open a Word document - typing the first few letters of its file name would result in the blank field being filled up with suggested file names already in the folder I'm trying to access, e.g., it was a "shortcut," - the blank field in which I would enter the file name would momentarily turn into a drop-down suggestion list of available documents in the folder - adjusting itself after each succeeding letter being typed.

* For example, if I wanted to get at a document with a long file name called, "poster inventories and frames.docx," until about a month ago, I didn't have to type every word in this file name to open the document.  Word 2010 used to "auto-suggest" (like Auto Complete) the names of documents to open based on the first few letters being typed.  I would then see suggested documents highlighted in blue - and I could click and instantly access it.

* It was like visiting a search engine that suggested words as you type, but occurring "offline" within Microsoft Word "open" function while searching and opening documents in the targeted folder.  BTW, I'm not talking about the Recent Documents function which lists frequently opened files.  The behavior I'm describing applied to any document I tried to open in a target folder, regardless of when it was last modified/viewed/created.

* I've searched everywhere for an answer and have come up empty.  I suspect it might have something to do with the normal.dotm file but I can't find any options for what I'm describing in the Word Options or Word Help sections in the application.

* I hope what I'm describing makes sense.  Anybody familiar with what I'm describing?  If you do, please let me know and thanks! 

Best, David in San Diego.