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Microsoft Word - Office 365 REALLY Slow

Office 365 REALLY Slow

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST

I know this is already addressed, but nothing I read really helps me.  I have office 365.  I run windows 8.1.  I have my documents on the computer and cloud (one drive).  It takes forever for one character to appear.  I type a sentence and it's five minutes before it is on the page.  In the meantime I can't move around in the document.  Sometimes it saves and I can't do anything.  I have to write a lot of documents and this is cutting my productivity in half.  What on earth can I do.  (Note, I am not a techie and so please explain your responses in lay person terms.  I have checked my computer basically and no malware or viruses, etc and everything is runniing fine.  This slowness is the norm, but occasionally office runs fine.  I have this problem in Word.  Thanks to whatever help you can give me.

Change shortcut letters in Office Ribbon

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 02:07 PM PST

Hi,

I'd like to change the black shortcut letters that appear on the ribbon when I use the keyboard to navigate the ribbon (see image). Is this customizable?

Thank you.

purchased the word app for my computer and it is not connected I need help, I have been billed for it.

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 02:06 PM PST

Split from this thread.

I purchased the word app for my computer and it is not connected I need help, I have been billed for it.

Save as PDF Vs. Acrobat Tab

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 01:09 PM PST

Hello,

I have the capability to do 'save as PDF', and I also have the Acrobat tab. I've never had an Acrobat tab before. I am wondering, and haven't been able to really find answers to, what the differences are between the Acrobat tab and the 'save as PDF' is?

I get there are additional functions that can be done with the Acrobat tab, but is there any difference between using the Acrobat tab or the 'save as PDF' option to change a document in to a PDF document?

bottom of page issues

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 11:59 AM PST

I have 2 inches of white space at the bottom of the page and can't seem to use it.  Word keeps pushing text to the next page.  Basically, it is signature info for letters like this:

John Doe

JD:jd

Enclosures

I try to get initials and enclosure on the same page but nothing works.  There is no footer that is causing the problem.  The only way I can use the space seems to be to create a text box, add the text and then position it on the page below the name.  I am pretty sure that is not the correct way but at least it works.  what setting am I missing? 

Blank page from template

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 11:51 AM PST

If a user creates a Template, for example,

and then wants to add new pages that are exactly like the template, how can they do that?

All I see are new Blank pages.  Is there a new Custom or new Page from Template?

Thanks

Hitting tab key inserts multiple periods plus tab indent

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 11:21 AM PST

I copied and the pasted as plain non-formatted text an excerpt from another document. Paragraphs are set to 0 leading / trailing, single line spacing, no indent.  For some reason Word is insisting on inserting multiple periods into the document when I hit the tab key instead of just indenting the text.

So instead of getting

"January 15, 1957                                     Doors opened for business"

I get

"January 15, 1957 ..........................................  Doors opened for business"

Deleting the periods gives me

"January 15, 1957Doors opened for business"

Why? How can this be prevented?

converting a word document to a format suitable for uploading to facebook

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:55 AM PST

I want to upload a poster for an event to Facebook but it has to be in either jpg, png, gif, or tiff format .... I cannot work out how to convert the word file to any of these formats.

Why is this happening?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:19 AM PST

Has someone had this problem before?

Dropdown Calculations, Weird work around???

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 09:53 AM PST

So after a few hours trying to find the answer, I've finally came to the point were I'm just going to ask if it is even possible with word and if so how.

 

I'm making a word form (To be filled out by someone); I'm trying to calculate their answers based on the answer given.  Best way to describe what I mean is to show you

 

Here is an example of what I'm doing

Dropdown list has the options 1 - Star, 2 - Star, 3 - Star, 4 - Star and 5 - Star

The user filling out the form selects a star for each dropdown list; lets say I have 5 dropdown list.

I want to calculate in a field how many 5 stars were given in those 5-dropdown lists, and then in another field how many 4 stars were given in those 5-dropdown lists.

 

So lets say the person filling out the form puts this in the form.

 

Drop box 1: 5 - Star

Drop box 2: 4 - Star

Drop box 3: 5 - Star

Drop box 4: 3 - Star

Drop box 5: 4 - Star

 

Now I have a field set up at the top that says

 

5 - Star: 

4 - Star: 

3 - Star: 

2 - Star: 

1 - Star: 

 

In the field for the 5 star, I want it to calculate how many 5 stars were given in those drop boxes.  For this the answer would be 2.  Then on the 4 star field calculate again and give the number of 4 stars from the drop boxes (2).

 

There must be a way to do this, I'm hoping that someone knows the answer because the actual form has dropdown list of about 75 and it takes forever to calculate everything.

 

Also I'm putting this in the Mac forms because that is my main computer but I have access to Windows version of word through Bootcamp, so If you can't on mac but can on Windows that will work for me.

What does "(Body)" mean in a font name?

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 09:39 AM PST

In the font field in the ribbon, I see "Calibri (Body.)" 

What does "(Body)" mean?

Thanks.

MailMerge w conditional formating troubles

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:49 AM PST

I am trying to print a course catalog with a table of contents. 

1. Can I use Heading Styles in the merge?

2. can I use table to force correct spacing?

3.  I have had not luck formating conditional statements. 

 every record has a record type 1= Category(Header1), 2=TrainingTrack with a description (Header2), 3= eleaning course to be printed in italics, and 4= a classroom course printed bold

4. I did something that is causing all my "insert Merge Fields" to come out as {MERGEFIELD Field1} instead of <<Field1>> .  I don't know the significance of this or how to reset it

Please help

 

 

Footnotes do not restart at 1 in a new section

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:46 AM PST

I am having trouble with footnotes (Word 2010, using Windows 7). I have a paper with two footnotes in the prelims. There is a section break after the prelims, and I have selected footnote numbering to start at 1, but the first footnote in the actual text still starts at 3. I can't seem to get it to work. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Linked Files not updating in a linked document

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:36 AM PST

I have created a 10-page file where each page is linked from an independent single-page file.

I have since made a test edit to one of the original single-page files that is NOT showing as updated in the linked 10-page file.

When I open the 10-page file, this pop-up appears with a Yes/No option:

"This document contains links that may refer to other files. Do you want to update this document with the data from the linked files?"

I click Yes. However, I do not see the update that I made to the original file reflected.

I have also gone into File-->Info-->Edit Links to Files and made sure that all of the linked files are set to "Auto" update.

Manual for Word 365 app on iPhone 6

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:35 AM PST

All I have been able to find in the way of instructions on using the Word 365 app on iphone 6 is some info in a FAQ format for iPad, and lots of information on setting the app up. Nothing that will explain, at a minimum, what the icons on the toolbar mean. I want more information than that, but it would be a start.

Saving issues with file based off of a template

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 08:15 AM PST

How do I stop Word from asking if I want to update a template a file is based off of?

I have saved a file based on a macro-enabled template. When I make changes and click "Save" in the new file, Word always asks "Do you want to save changes to the document template?" If I just close the file, it asks if I want to save changes to that file (yes), and then "Do you want to save changes made to <template filename>".

Excel Object in Word

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 07:15 AM PST

I have an excel spreadsheet that I have as an object in Word ... the excel spreadsheet is an amortization schedule and is 77 rows and extends to column J. In order to have all columns visible I am using landscape.

How can I get Word to recognize the additional lines and place on second page? Right now it stops at line 33. I thought of making the font even smaller than 8 - but it becomes unreadable

MS Office 2013

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 06:37 AM PST

Hello!

When I print it at home, two pages come out. The first page is document what I created. But the second page comes out with some sort of stats which look like this:

Filename: resume
Directory: C:\Users\Owner\Documents
Template: C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Normal .dotm

...

...

As of Last Complete Printing
Number of Pages: 1
Number or Words: 134
Number of Characters: 769

What is this second page and how do I make it stop?

Thanks in advance!

Reuse embedded spreadsheet data

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 06:29 AM PST

I have a word document that has a table in it that contains certain values, This table is an embedded spreadsheet. Later in the document, I would like to use this data to create a pie chart. I created the chart in the spreadsheet, but it is not displayed in the first instance of the spreadsheet. I copied the embedded link and pasted it later in the document and then changed it to show the chart. The problem is that I want the chart to update based on changes made in the table in the first instance of the spreadsheet, and the method I am using is not doing this. This seems like it should be easy, but I can't seem to figure it out or find a solution on the internet. Is this possible?

Word 2010 Styles List

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 02:46 AM PST

I have set my Styles list to show all styles in aphabetical order.

The style name "Figure" does not appear in the styles list.

If I attempt to create a new style with this name, a message appears saying the style already exists.

How can I make this style visible in the styles list and/or how can I apply this style?

recovering a document

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 01:08 AM PST

Hello

I don't know how it happened, the last 2 pages of the document I started disappeared (1 page left). The word says there are no previous versions, so the document cannot be recovered????

What do I do?

Thanks

read-only & permissions

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 08:39 PM PST

new install of  Win 8.1 and  Office 2013 (from Win 7 & Office 2010).  only me using the pc.

I save a lot of my docs to a USB HardDrive (E:) and work off them from there; but now when i want to work on them from E: they become read-only and "we can't save this file because it's read only" (even with the restrict editing is all off)  and also get message like "you don't have permission to save to this location; contact the administrator to obtain permission"

Is there anyway to kill this forced 'read-only' and 'permissions needed' things ?    

If its too complicate i guess best just to go back to Office 2010.

Thanks for any ideas you can give me

The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142). Click OK to close the application

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 06:29 PM PST

I get this message whenever I try to open any of my Office Professional Plus 2013 programs.  They used to work fine and this error started popping up a couple weeks ago.  I purchased the suite through the Microsoft Home Use Program.  I am running Windows 8.  I tried looking around for ideas but nothing worked. Any ideas how I can fix this???  Much thanks in advance.

Is there a way to change a style globally on all old Word 10 documents?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 04:40 PM PST

I have hundreds of files in which I'd like to change the quotes style. My new files are all formatted correctly, but is there a way to change the old ones all at once or do I have to keep doing this one at a time?

How can I get Word to give me the word count when it is restored (down)?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 03:48 PM PST

Not sure how to describe this. Often, when I open a Word document, I want to see the word count. I can see it easily enough when it is maximized; but when it is only half the screen (what is called Restored?), I can't see it. I can see a few other statistics about the document, when it is restored, but not the word count.

EDIT: OK I see that I can push the word count towards the left of the document window (whether it is restored or maximized) by removing items that MS Word is set to tell me along that bottom row. 

I suppose I can live with that, but is there another way to get Word to give me the word count, without removing more and more items to the left of the Word Count?

Custom Office background theme?

Posted: 09 Feb 2015 03:46 PM PST

Is there a way for me to add custom images or themes to the office background? I'm not talking about the white, light gray, or gray colors, but the themes like lunchbox, circuits, clouds, etc. I'm tired of staring at the gray border because honestly, it's a bit dull and by adding a custom background, it would definitely spruce things up.