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Microsoft Word - How to maintain numbering from a list when copying from one word document and pasting into another.

Microsoft Word - How to maintain numbering from a list when copying from one word document and pasting into another.

How to maintain numbering from a list when copying from one word document and pasting into another.

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 03:21 PM PDT

I am having issues trying to copy sections of a list in one Word document and pasting said list into another word document with out the number sequence automatically renumbering:  Example that number in the list it was copied from was 5 and when pasted starts over at 1:  I need to maintain the formatting so pasting as Text Only is not an option.  Please help.

    1. The airplane

        1. Air

        2. Plane

        3. Person

        4. Place

        5. Thing

Office 2013 conflict with starter 2010

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 02:53 PM PDT

I recently bought office 2013 and already had starter word and excel on computer,  when I use office version of word and excel they stop responding.  Should I delete starter or try and reload office?

Font changes to 'device font' and won't let me get out of it

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 02:30 PM PDT

This seems to happen randomly. I'll start a document in a normal font from the dropdown list, usually Cambria, and then in the middle of writing or editing the font for the entire document changes and it doesn't give me the option to change it back to what I want.

Update Heading to Match Selection not working in Word 2013 document

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 12:28 PM PDT

Hello Word Gurus -

I have successfully used the Update <Style> to Match Selection functionality in Word many times; but it's not working with two Heading Styles in a particular document. 

I have tried manually adjusting the indents, right clicking the arrow in the Heading Style to display the Update <Heading Style> to Match Selection option, and selected that option, but it "rejects" the new format and pops right back to the previously formatted indents. 

I also tried selecting Modify from the Heading Style and adjusting the indentation through Format > Paragraph, but those selections also do not "take."

 

Can anyone shed some light on why these Heading Styles are being so obstinate?

Numbering Inside a Table in Word with Merged Cells

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 11:18 AM PDT

I am trying to re-solve a problem with Microsoft Word using tables inside of word with merged cells.  The application is writing procedures using a table.  The general table is 6 columns wide by multiple rows.  The top row of each table is merged into one row as a title heading and then the second row is split into each column header title. One of the columns is titled Step number.  Each row is a step for the procedure.  I would like to auto number each step(row) so I don't have manually enter each step number.  However my problem is auto numbering system will not work through out the table because the procedure has a rows that are merged together to offer a note or precaution for the upcoming steps.  Could you please give me guidance to help use auto numbering for the rows? 

Rookie Word User

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 09:06 AM PDT

I am trying to make revisions to a resume.  How do I allow additions to follow the same parameters as already exists? 

Microsoft Word Text invisible

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 08:29 AM PDT

Hi,

I've recently opened word and all text is invisible, in new documents and all old documents.

So far i've checked:

  • All text is black
  • In Options>Display, there is no hidden text
  • Haven't found any similar problems anywhere else online

The only way I can visibly see the text is if I open Design>Page color and mouse over different colors.  The text temporarily displays but as soon as one is selected the text disappears again.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Word - office 365 - picture styles

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 07:41 AM PDT

Word helpfully offers a menu of one click picture styles when a picture is selected, however none of them match the style I use all the time - is there any way  to add a picture style to the offered menu? 

I have a macro - but adding a style seems to make a lot more sense...

heading styles

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 06:55 AM PDT

i have a question about giving heading style to the Appendices .I cannot give any levels to the sections in the Appendices... I am having 4 levels (heading 1 to 4) in each appendix. the first Appendix is fine but when i go to the next appendix, it seems that is grouped with the first one and changes based on the numbers given to the first sections or sub-sections....for example:  


Appendix 1
1.1 

1.1.1 

1.1.2 

when i go to the Appendix 2 , instead of having 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 , it give me the following heading numbers


1.2....

1.2.1

1.2.2

and it happens to the rest in all appendices.

I hope u can help me in this regards

many many thanks

How do I add the plus sign to my word table?

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 06:33 AM PDT

Hello, 

I have found many people complaining about the plus sign feature in a word table, I however do need this feature and yet it is not there. Was this removed or is there a way to activate this feature?

Thank you,

Change signature block for digital signature in Word 2010

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 06:14 AM PDT

I am working with several offices to move them from paper-based forms to electronic forms.  As part of this effort, the electronic forms will need digital signatures.  The electronic form needs to mirror the paper version.  The paper version of the routing slip used with these forms to indicate signed approvals is one page.  If I add the signature blocks for the digital signatures, the form ends up being two pages long, something that the users will not like - they will see having to scroll to a second page on the electronic form as being less efficient than the single page paper version.

Looking at the digital signature block, the line where the signature is to be placed, such as a scanned image of a wet signature, is in the middle of the block with a lot of empty space below it.  I know that this space is used for the suggested signer's title, but since the space is limited to about 46 characters, it cannot be used as some of the titles are much larger.  If it were longer, I would be able to re-arrange the signature blocks so they would all fit on one page, but because of this limitation, the blocks have to stay in a single column, and thus spread across two pages.

I need to either:

1.  Increase the number of characters that can be displayed as the suggested signer's title so I can lay out the signature blocks to fit on one page, or

2.  Be able to add addition lines in the suggested title so the title can be something like

Clerk

Analysis Section

Budget Branch

Office of Budget

3.  Move the "X____________________" image down in the block so I can reduce the block size by eliminating the unused space below the X__________ image.  This will allow all signature blocks to remain on the same page.

Office 365 Word-No Delete Key

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 05:12 AM PDT

Why is there no delete key to delete an open document in Office 365 Word 2013? 

Run time error 4065 when using VBA code on Word

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 02:44 AM PDT

Hi,

I have managed (with lots of help from this group) to put together a standard quotation word document that once opened displays a userform which then populates the document. I have also added code to generate a unique job number (e.g. CBM1001) and then save as a new document titled CBM1001.

It works perfectly on my computer but for some reason any time I try to run the document on any other computer it comes back with a Runtime error 4065. When I debug it shows the following BOLD line as the problem:

Dim AutoNew()
Job = System.PrivateProfileString("Q:\Quotations.txt", "macrosettings", "job")
If Job = "" Then
Job = 1000
Else
Job = Job + 1
End If
System.PrivateProfileString("Q:\Quotations.txt", "macrosettings", "job") = Job
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("job").Range.InsertBefore "CBM" & Job
ActiveDocument.SaveAs FileName:="Q:\Quotations\" & "CBM" & Job
Me.Repaint
UserForm1.Hide
End Sub

I have tried everything I can think of to get this to work but have had no luck so any help or insight anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Repairing broken xml code in a docx file - Please help!

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 02:21 AM PDT

I saved a docx file, but when I open it it gives me an error message about mismatched tags in the xml code. I have read lots of articles about how to fix it, but I am going wrong somewhere.

I have managed to extract the xml file from the zipped docx, but the problem is I don't know how to recognise what is wrong with the xml code or what to change to make it better. I have downloaded XML Marker, which shows me where the problem is, and I have messed around with the tags in that area until it says there are no errors, but then when I rezip it and change it back to docx it still won't open in word. So I think I must just not correcting the xml code properly. Is there anyone who would do me a huge favour and have a look at it for me? I feel like for someone who knows code it would be quite easy, there is only one error, but I am totally stumped! I would be eternally grateful to you if you could help me! If you can help, let me know how to send you the file. 

Thanks

Microsoft word is very slow to show what I type

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 01:43 AM PDT

I have only used word so far, but when I am typing in a document, the letters appear after such a long delay. I have used previous versions of office on mac and windows (using office 365 now) and there has never been any lag this serious. It takes word about 10 seconds to process one line I've typed and if I've made a mistake etc. I need to wait for what I've typed to come on screen the count how many times I press the arrow key to go back and wait for that, then edit and wait then continue where I left off. I can't use my mouse when its processing and I've tried to turn off things like animations but it's still the same slow experience.

This only happens when I'm on battery but plugged in the wall it's better. Is there a setting to reduce the cpu usage or whatever? Like I said I turned off most unnecessary animations but it's as slow as ever.

Word 2013 Mail Merge issue

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 12:38 AM PDT

Hi All,

I am currently looking into an issue for one of our users.  They are running a Mail Merge in Word 2013 to generate letters for customers and are encountering an issue where the merge completes but it is only merging approx half of the records in the completed document.

The template document is 12 pages in length and there are a total of 325 records in the source data, we are using the "Edit Individual Documents" option for completing the merge as they need to check the letters before printing.  The source document is a .txt document, if we run the merge on a machine that is still running Word 2010 the merge completes and we get a final document which is 3900 pages in length but in Word 2013 it will only ever produce a document which is 1956 pages in length.

I have been able to reproduce this issue on multiple machines running Word 2013.

i have found that if i use the "Print Documents" option in Word 2013 the merge completes successfully.

is anyone able to provide any suggestions as to how we resolve this

Thanks

Gary

Word 2010: Table of contents showing mixed up page numbers

Posted: 31 Mar 2015 12:29 AM PDT

I have a table of contents on my Word document and I find that the page numbers aren't even right or in order.

The table of contents worked well on Word 2007, but in 2010, this happens.

A screenshot of the table of contents is attached. Is there a way to reset the page numbers by updating the table or do I have to manually enter the page numbers?

Update index but keep the format

Posted: 30 Mar 2015 11:34 PM PDT

One of my indexes requires extensive editing of its format - font, column, removing certain characters, etc. Is there a way to update the page numbers without changing the index format?