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Microsoft Word - Word crashes when choosing a writing template

Word crashes when choosing a writing template

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Just downloaded Office 365 ProPlus from my University. I get this error message when trying to open a template to write on.

I am able to open Word, and Sign in.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: BEX
  Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version: 15.0.4709.1000
  Application Timestamp: 54fe8bbc
  Fault Module Name: unknown
  Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
  Exception Offset: 0033d734
  Exception Code: c0000005
  Exception Data: 00000008
  OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
  LCID: 1033
  skulcid: 1033

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Word 365 (2013) Oxford reference under "Reference" menu?

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:44 PM PDT

Hello!

I'm writing a paper in school and I'm having major problems with finding a way to use the reference system "Oxford". As I've understood it APA, Harvard and Oxford as the 3 most common systems for references to use. On my university either Oxford or Harvard is recommended. But in Word you can't select Oxford, only APA or Harvard (and some others). Is there a way to add "Oxford" since it is the one I prefer to use personally?

I would prefer to use the built in "source handler" thingy (källhanteraren) (I use Swedish Word so Im not sure exactly what it is named in English). If I can avoid using a 3:rd party application that would be good. Can you not just get an updated xml-file or something to have my reference systems added to word or something?

Oxford should already be installed on Word and I can't figure out why Microsoft haven't added it already.

Cheers!

MicroSoft Office 2013 for Students & Teacher

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:27 PM PDT

Whenever I am using Office 2013 and I go to print, as soon as I click on the "Print" button my cursor starts to flicker and does not stop until I exit Office. How can I correct that so that the cursor stops flickering.

How to update a drawing canvas on MS Word 2010

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:18 PM PDT

If I paste in a Picture from a program like AutoCAD, I can Right click on the image and choose edit.  MSWord (MSW) then converts the picture to drawing entities on a drawing canvas.  So far so good.  

Now if I Right click again and choose Fit, MSW changes the size of the dwg canvas to fit the draft entities that are there (essentially auto crops to minimize white space where there are no dwg objects).  When MSW does this, it moves part, and leaves the rest, splitting the picture into apparently 2 random parts.  If I save the document, close, and reopen the canvas will display correct.  additionally, if I move any object on the part that did not move inside the canvas, the rest moves too.

How can I tell word to just update without having to close and reopen the document?

Already tried the following method which helps update MSW in other areas:

  • F9
  • Zooming in and out)
  • Scrolling to another page and back again
  • Go to Print Preview

Actually, Recopying and pasting works also, but copying and pasting again provides opportunity for having to redo other types of sizing and formatting.

hat I am really looking for is a button that I can hit that will update the document.  Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Lawrence

 

Macro to find/replace the FIRST instance of a white space in a line of text and replace it with a TAB.

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:49 PM PDT

I receive .txt files and need a macro to replace the FIRST instance of a white space (usually one space) in a line, with a TAB.  As you can see below, typically it is a 3-digit number but occasionally is followed by a letter.  Sometimes I have 1000+ line txt files that have up to four digit numbers, also occasionally followed by a letter. It's almost always ONE space, but I believe sometimes it might be two or even three, so I was thinking of using the search and replace wildcard ^w to find whitespace, and then loop through each line and replace with a TAB (^t), but I can't get anything to work. Some sample rows of my txt files look like this:

001 TITLE SHEET
002 INDEX OF SHEETS
003 TYPICAL SECTIONS
004 TYPICAL SECTIONS
005 GENERAL NOTES
005A GENERAL NOTES
005B GF (31) TR-14

005C ACZ (350)-13 
006 JS 14

006A PED 12A

007 MISCELLANEOUS SUMMARIES SHEET

0001   TITLE SHEET

0002   INDEX OF SHEETS

0003   GENERAL NOTES

...

0999   SURVEY CONTROL

1000   HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT SHEET

1000A   TCP PHASE III STAGE I

1000B   TCP PHASE III STAGE II

001 TITLE SHEET
002 LOCATION MAP
003 INDEX OF SHEETS
004 GENERAL NOTES
005 GENERAL NOTES
006 GENERAL NOTES
006A GENERAL NOTES
006B GENERAL NOTES
007 ESTIMATE AND QUANTITY

...

017 PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTIONS
018 PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTIONS
019 GENERAL NOTES
019A GENERAL NOTES
019B GENERAL NOTES
019C GENERAL NOTES
019D GENERAL NOTES
019E GENERAL NOTES
019F GENERAL NOTES
019G GENERAL NOTES
019H GENERAL NOTES

I need to REPLACE the FIRST SPACE ONLY with a TAB.  Can anyone please help me?  These thousand liners are killing me!

Microsoft Office Mail Merge (Send E-Mail Messages) Only Sending a Few Emails per 100 records

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:41 PM PDT

I've been looking for a solution to this Mail Merge malfunction for weeks. I've been using this very same process for years now on a weekly basis and all of a sudden it has broken down. 

Here is the process:

1. Create Excel document with multiple columns (First Name, Last Name, Email Address)

2.  Create Word document with wording in body

3. Click Mailings

4. Click select recipients

5. Click Use Existing List

6. Select Excel Document created earlier

7. Insert Merge Fields as required

8. Click Finish and Merge

9. Click Send E-mail messages

10. Select message to: email from excel list

11. Select Mail Format: HTML

12. Select send records to: All

13. Hit OK!

PROBLEM: This process is not sending to all records in my Excel list. This process sends to a few records (rows). There is no pattern. This process sends to random records in different sized lists. If run twice, it will send to the exact same records. The records aren't necessarily the first few or the last few. They are totally random. All that is know is that not all records are sent. Maybe <10% are sent.

Checks that have failed:

1. I've tried to edit the recipient list to select all records

2. I've started from scratch with new excel files and word files

3. I've converted to Word and Excel 2003-2007 files

Here are my specs:

Microsoft Office Professional Plus Outlook and Word Version 14.0.7145.5000 (32-Bit)

Here is the white flag i'm waving: l>

compile error hidden in module AZ wizard.modul

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:05 PM PDT

every time I open word 2010 I get the following message

compile error hidden in module AZ wizard. Module

I went to options 

selected the Avery template removed it but the message keep popping up every time I open a word doc

Also I went into my c: drive clicked on programs files went to Microsoft office looked for the startup file is empty 

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\STARTUP

so how can fix this issue so this does not come up again

Sue Tauber

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Word 2013: Double close buttons...

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:42 AM PDT

Hard to explain so I have included image below.  Does anyone else have what appears to be functionality from a prior version of Word showing under the ribbon?  The bottom of the three "upper right" buttons (minimize / resize / close) appear where they belong as well as under the ribbon (although almost entirely obscured).  They do function (so I can close the document by clicking on the tiny button sliver one to the far right).  When I minimize the ribbon (scroll down for second image), they are still there.  I am using laptop monitor and external in side by side configuration, and display driver is up to date.

The portion that peeks out is bluer than displays below.

Linking Several Text Boxes in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:59 AM PDT

Looking to link three text boxes together. After selecting the "create link" I have the ability to link one text box, however, I would like to link three together. Is this possible and how can this be completed?

Linking Several Text Boxes in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:57 AM PDT

Looking to link three text boxes together. After selecting the "create link" I have the ability to link one text box, however, I would like to link three together. Is this possible and how can this be completed?

Why do I pay for Office 365? Word formatting issues

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:55 AM PDT

Why am I paying for a service which is not worth the money?  I purchased microsoft office 365 and I have been smashing my head against the wall ever since due to constant AND I MEAN CONSTANT formatting issues.  I am working through my PhD thesis, working on my corrections and almost every time I scroll down, words are cut in half and placed all over the page and the same is happening with the diagrams.

I used to be able to place the cursor on the page, return key the cursor so that it shifts the page of words down but now this is not working so I am having to not save, and reload the previous save.  This is seriously lengthening the time it is taking me to work through my corrections.  Also once again its nice to see that Microsoft are still packaging up unstable programs masking the main issues they still are yet to deal with.

So Microsoft I ask, why am I paying a subscription for this poor service?  If I could code in LaTeX I would.

Number lines in text field of a form

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:52 AM PDT

In Word 2010, I have a form that users are supposed to type in and number their various observations in a text form field. The problem I am having is that when they type 1. in the text field, the automatic numbering takes over which is fine but when you press enter and type a 2. it isn't automatically numbered so the indentation is off (see below).

Since this form will be filled out on hundreds of different machines, turning off automatic numbering in the autocorrect options will not work. I created a custom style so I could apply it when in the Content Control Properties box but it isn't listed when I check the box to "Use a style to format contents".

Long story short, how do I allow users to number their observations in the text form fields without automatic numbering kicking in or apply my number style to the field?

Thank you in advance,

Chris

Word 2010 Crashes When Using Macro on Large Documents

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:34 AM PDT

I use the below Macro in Word 2010 to apply heading styles to documents from various authors. It works great unless the document is more than about 15-20 pages long. Word will stop responding, and I have to restart the program entirely if I try this Macro on larger files. Is there any way I can prevent this?

Sub ApplyHeadings()
    Dim rg1 As Range
    Dim rg2 As Range
    Dim pos As Long
    Dim i As Long
    Dim dots As Long

    Set rg1 = ActiveDocument.Range
    With rg1.Find
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .Text = "[0-9.]{2,}[!^13]@[^13]"
        .Font.Bold = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        While .Execute
            Set rg2 = rg1.Duplicate
            dots = 0
            ' isolate the numbering
            pos = InStr(rg2.Text, " ")
            If pos > 0 Then rg2.End = rg2.Start + pos - 1
            For i = 1 To Len(rg2.Text)
                ' count the dots in the number
                If Mid(rg2.Text, i, 1) = "." Then dots = dots + 1
            Next i
            ' apply correct heading level
            Select Case dots
                Case 1
                    If Mid(rg2.Text, 3, 1) = "0" Then
                        rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading 1")
                    Else
                        rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading 2")
                    End If
                Case 2, 3  ' maybe more...
                    rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading " & CStr(dots + 1))
                Case Else
                    ' do nothing
            End Select
            ' prepare for next find
            rg1.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        Wend
    End With
End Sub

Content being erased in Word & Excel

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:28 AM PDT

When opening Word documents the text in that document starts to be erased before any keys are touched.  Touching the escape button will sometimes but not always stop the process. This also happens in Excel. The document can be recovered by exiting without saving. In addition to this problem when I try to open folders in my Documents folder they are sent to the recycle bin. 

This originally happened on Office 2007 so I upgraded to 2013 with no change. I have run multiple anti-virus and malware scans to try and find the problem to no avail. 

Thanks for any help. 

changing tab settings

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:23 AM PDT

I have typed several lines of text with numbers and dollar amounts.  After they're all typed I try to go back in and align everything but my text disappears when I drag existing tab stops.

Embedded fonts

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:06 AM PDT

Hi community!

When trying to copy and paste into a MS word document from a pdf document which has some sets of fonts embedded, the result is illegible, since several symbols are changed or even disappear.

Since using Adobe Acrobat I can check which specific fonts are embedded, would installing such fonts in Microsoft Word work it out? if so, where can I get or even create those subsets of the fonts needed? if not, how could I solve this problem? 

Hope to hear news soon.

Thanks in advance!

Office 2013 - Right clicking on Word file to create PDF not saving actual page size from Word...HELP!

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:08 AM PDT

We have a process of quickly creating PDFs along with combining several Word files to PDF by utilizing the "right click" on a Word file(s) to save as a PDF.  Many times, our page size in Word is 5.5 X 8.5 and it does not save actual page size once PDF is created by using the "right click" and defaults to 8 1/2 X 11.  Is there a way to fix this or edit a setting?  It works fine from within Word if you "Save as" or "Export" but we need the right click to save as actual page size.  Please help. It worked fine in all previous versions of Word/Office.  Thanks!

Read-only documents

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:44 AM PDT

I'm working with documents stored on my local drive, and whenever I double-click on one to open and edit it, Word starts up and presents it in read-only mode.  If I close Word and then immediately double-click the document again, it opens up without the read-only indicator.

This happens to me and my wife, on 2 different computers all the time.  This is a Microsoft bug.

To save everyone time, do this:

Create your own WORD file, save it, and then open it from Windows Explorer about 20 times.  When it happens to you, which it certainly will, FIX IT AND GIVE US A SOLUTION!

Thanks.

[Moderator note: Split from the thread at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/word-always-opens-documents-in-read-only-mode/cd04e338-a1c3-49b9-ae8c-a1119aca1c6f]

word for ipad opens old file verions in dropbox

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:37 AM PDT

Hello,

I'm using the word for ipad app (with office 365) and dropbox (both up to date). When opening certain files, word would consistently open an old version (3-4- months old, a couple of modfications having been made in between). This happens both when I open directly from the word app and from dropbox. Oddly enough, dropbox  itself shows the newest file version, and word - before opening - also displays the correct date of the last edit for this file. But once opened, word switches to display the prior date.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Word 2003 not auto-formatting fractions

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:53 AM PDT

I've recently upgraded from WinXP to Win7, and I've discovered that Word 2003 is not auto-formatting fractions anymore.

In Tools/Autocorrect options..., under the Autoformat tab, I have Fractions checked.  My font is arial.  I've tried editing previous documents that already have the fraction symbols in place, and it doesn't work there either.  I tried switching to Times New Roman, but no change.

Autocorrect IS working in some cases, but not others.  If I type "teh", it corrects it to "the".  But I've also noticed that it doesn't upper-case the first letter of a sentence if I missed that.  I can live without that, but if I type "1 1/2", I'd really prefer the symbol to be substituted.

Fonts differ between levels in Multi-Level Lists

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:06 AM PDT

Hello,

I have this strange problem I can't seem to figure out.

When I use a Multi-Level list some of the numbers are formatted with one font and some with another. Sometimes these are numbers on different levels of the list and sometimes numbers within the same level.

for example:

1. blah blah blah

2. blah blah blah blah

 2.1. some more blah blah blha

 2.2. blah blah and blah

3. and so on

when I select the number 1. it shows as using one font; the numbers 2.1, 2,2 use the same font; but the number 2 uses another font. then 3 uses the first font again.

I don't know why this happens, and even stranger is the fact that I can't change this. when I select the recalcitrant number (2) and change the font in the Home tab it instantly changes back.

I have also tried changing it from within the list settings, and by turning on paragraph marks and selecting the paragraph. nothing seems to work.

This causes problems later when I use the auto table of contents feature.

any ideas why this happens and how to fix it?

thanks in advance.

Issue with Office 365 normal.dotm for new users

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:59 AM PDT

Hello, I posted this before in this forum Office 365 and was advised to repost this here.

I didn't find the Office 365 Professional Click-2-Run option (Office Product) so I used Office 2013.

In our firm we are using Office 365 Click-to-Run and try to set a default normal.dotm for all new users who log in to our systems after the Office installation.
The default font setting, as far as I know, in Office is Calibri 11. We changed it to Verdana 9.

I tried to make a detailed manual how I try to set a normal.dotm as default and the issue I ran into:

I start with an 'old' normal.dot that I open in Office 365 where the biggest change is the Font change from Calibri 11 to Verdana 9

 

I press File, Save as (location Computer -> Desktop) and save it as normal.dotm and press OK on the notification that Word is going to save the document to the newest layout.

 

I check in Word where the normal.dotm is loaded from and I paste the new normal.dotm in the folder (copy and replace).

I reopen Word and, yes, it works. The default setting is now Verdana 9.
So, next thing is to get it right for all possible users to log on to the laptop.

I go to the Default folder and I see there is no Templates map.. So I create one and place the Normal.dotm inside with a test-shortcut (just to illustrate this example that, I have done it before without the shortcut)

 

Next I log off and log on with another user. I check the Templates map and see the files were copied.

I open Word, I accept the Disclaimer and I notice the Font is changed back to Calibri 11

 

I doublecheck the location where Word gets its Templates from and it is still the same (the user appdata (and so on) folder location)

I check the folder once again and I see that it added a few files and has overwritten the existing Normal.dotm

 

So, a resumé:

I saved a .dot as .dotm
I placed the .dotm in the Templates map and successfully  tested it with an existing user
I placed the .dotm in the Templates map of Default
I logged on with a new user and see the .dotm from Default was successfully copied.
I open Word and it overwites the .dotm

 

Can anybody please explain to me what I have to do to make this work?

Watermark problem on word 2010

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:17 AM PDT

Hi This is Amit, 

I have a problem with watermark that i have to create two pages letter head with 2 different watermarks. But unable to change the watermark on 2nd page. 

And i want 2nd page of watermark continued on of every page after 2nd page. Plz give me solution of this.

How to find the hidden formatting symbols when we don't know their name

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 07:01 PM PDT

Hi everyone,

When I collected some contents from the Internet, I realized there're some hidden formatting symbols that can't be found with "Word Find tool". And there're some formatting can't be removed alone, though they can be removed when we clear ALL the formatting. I uploaded the sample below to show my problem more clearly.
Please get the sample here
So problem #1:

Is there anyway we can get the codes to find the formatting, special characters?

#2:

How to see a formatting list so we can choose which one to keep and which one to remove. And it should be done with Find and Replace Tools because the content is incredibly huge.

Thanks for reading.

Macro to extract text from a cell in a table located in the document header

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:20 PM PDT

So I was able to modify this macro:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537149(v=office.11).aspx#officewordautomatingtablesdata_extractingdatafromatable

So it worked to read the table in the header as follows:

Set doc = ActiveDocument
Set tbl = doc.Sections.First.Headers.Item(1).Range.Tables(1)

I cannot, however, get the Split() function to do what it's supposed to do.  If I read out the aData1() value as it goes it will read me the value of the entire row for each row.  If I replace "vbTab" with " " it isn't quite working right.

I can't really do much with it having the entire text of the row, is there an easier way to search for the specific text in the cell preceeding the text I want to use as the file name?

Thank you!

When trying to print labels, Office stops tesponding

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 05:00 PM PDT

everything is finally in place and when I try to print, Iffuce stops responding. I lose my work. And it just refuses to resond to print the labels  it prints everything else-at least most of the time. 

VBA / registry style restrictions

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:52 PM PDT

Hello,

I would like to use a macro (or the registry) to modify the theme and styles options within the Manage Styles dialog > Restrict tab. Does anyone know if this is possible. Ideally I would like to use a macro within a template to govern the settings at a pretty granular level.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Mark

Header/Footer and Saving Problems

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT

I have been using Microsoft 2010 for a while now, as of today when I try to type a paper for class I cannot insert a header, footer, or page number. It only says more are available online and when I go to that menu bar and drop it down it says no online content available. When I try to save my document it says that I am trying to save it as Microsoft 2007 and that this is not compatible and I have it in a don't trust list. I'm not sure why my Microsoft Word is acting like this, I have used it for a long time and even as recently as last week and had no problems at all with it.