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Microsoft Word - Random changes to word functions

Random changes to word functions

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 08:54 AM PST

Hi,

half way through a university assignment this week, trying to type a capital 'P', I pressed shift and 'p' and the media player popped up (alarmingly quick for this slow old laptop). Next I notice whilst trying to write my address at the top of a letter, I dropped an indentation on the ruler bar, but the 'Tab' button also no longer works any more.

Does anyone have any idea as to why this would change without me choosing any changes? 

I'm not sure if it's related but also every time I put a memory stick into the USB port it tries syncing my media player too (suggests media player issues again, but wouldn't explain the tab key not working any more). I imagine I'll find more as I continue.

As a side note, an I.T. guy at work suggested I un-check everything in Control panel > Make the key board easier to use: He thought I may have hit some 'hot keys' ad turned something on??

Any help would be appreciated - thank you

Photos don't print

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 07:08 AM PST

I have Word 2010.  I can move a photo into a document and see it on the screen.  When I print the document the photos don't show up, just a blank space where they should be.  I have Show Picture Placeholders turned off.  What do I need to do to print the photo in my document?

Ms Office Proof reading problem

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 06:24 AM PST

Hi,

I have a problem while typing in  MS WORD, the problem is about spelling and grammar checking. whenever i open new document file and try to type Ms Office/Ms word shows me,"This document contains text in German (Austria)", while there is nothing like German language, but one thing i should say that there were three files of Ms word that i downloaded from Austrian University website and they contain German (Austria) language.  I was facing problem of missing proofreading tool so i uninstall MS OFFICE 2007 and installed MS OFFICE PROFESSIONAL PLUS 2013 to get rid of that problem. but i am facing again the same issue. please find the attached sreenshot and please help me. Thanks

CREATING A WORD DOCUMENT WHERE IF YOU SELECT AN OPTION FROM A DROP DOWN MENU, THE REST OF THE WORD DOCUMENT IS AUTO FILLED

Posted: 07 Feb 2015 05:38 AM PST

Dear Microsoft Word experts,

I've seen this sort of Microsoft word document where if you chose an option from a drop down menu, the rest of the word document would fill up with information that was preset.  The project I'm working on is that I'd like to create a drop down menu with three options (Request, Letter, and Form) where depending on which option you chose, each has it's own distinct content.  For example, if you select "Request," the page would load with the predetermined text boxes for name, date, department, etc.  If you select "Letter," there would be different presets such as a from line, subject line, etc.  Please let me know if you can assist me with tips regarding this matter.  Thank you.

"Do you also want to save changes to the document template?" Pop Up on Every Save

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 11:19 PM PST

I am getting this in seemingly random documents. This has happened to a custom template I created many months ago called "Notes.dot" (.dotx?) and also in "Normal.dot", the default template.

The only thing I've been able to find online is that if you have a malicious addin it could be doing something. Problem is, I haven't installed any add-ins. And I've just now tested by disabling all default add-ins (even though the 4 that were active didn't look suspicious).

Some documents it gives me the prompt, other times it doesn't. It's just really ugly. As a temporary solution I've made this AutoHotKey code:

#IfWinActive, ahk_class OpusApp
~^s::
WinWait,,Do you also want to save changes to the document template?, 5
If !ErrorLevel
ControlClick, Button2,,Do you also want to save changes to the document template?
return

It's terrible that I had to use a third party application like that. I hope there is a better solution.

Despite saying No to saving the template, I keep getting prompted. If I wanted to save the Template, I'd manually save a template. And from other research online it seems this pop-up is impossible to disable. Everyone frets that you'd get accidental changes - why is it not an option to deny making changes to templates unless you explicitly wanted to create a template?

Does anyone have any idea what other possibilities there are to add-ins doing this? Is there actually something I thought would not change a template, like selecting a bullet (because using *+Tab and -+Tab together in the same document just leads to problems...) that is being registered as a template change? Clearing a style from pasted text maybe?

Word 2013

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:29 PM PST

 I can right-click a document in Word to send as an attachment to an Outlook email.  In the past I could double click on that attachment before sending the message and it would open so I could double-check what I was sending.  Lately, when I double-click or right-click the only option I get is Remove  I know it will open after it is sent to the recipient, but why can't I open it beforehand like I used to be able to?

Footers don't line up

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 07:09 PM PST

I have different footers for odd and even pages (Word 2010). This works fine except for one thing: the odd-page footer is about a quarter of an inch higher than the even-page footer. I've scoured layout and margin options, and all they show is the same settings for distances from bottom of page. If I physically adjust the margin on one page, the opposite page shifts so the offset remains. Any thoughts?

Word, Excel won't stay open on the ipad!

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 06:21 PM PST

Bought my first Apple product recently....an Ipad an a keyboard thinking I could use it in place of a laptop for simple Word, Excel, etc while traveling. The apps worked OK for a couple of months (although they sure aren't replacements for the real software.....) but now they have become nonfunctional. They open but as soon as I click on them they vanish. When I attempt to open an email attachment using the apps the same thing happens. A quick flash, then nothing. The attachments are not being saved either. What should I do? (For a supposedly easy to use device this has sure been a pain!)

Will Word 2016 have the option to save documents as the Word 97-2003 file format like Word 2013 does?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 04:32 PM PST

This is talking about if Word 2016 will have the option to save documents as the Word 97-2003 format like Word 2013 does or not. :)

Font size in equations - WORD 2010

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 03:59 PM PST

When I write an equation with a "fraction"  (i.e. ET/R) in Professional mode, the font size is commonly reduced compared with the rest of the equation.  How can I avoid this - or how can I specify the Font size in different parts of an equation?  It must be possible because I'm working on a document in which I've entered two very similar equations, in one of which the font size is reduced and in the other it is not!   If I highlight a part of the equation and right click and choose "Font" I can change the size, but the change affects the entire equation, not just the part I highlighted.

Any help would be warmly appreciated.

PDFs go to Microsoft Office 2010 Picture Manager?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 03:42 PM PST

OK I've had this problem for a while now, and its really interfering with my schoolwork. Every time I save a PDF file, it will only open in the Microsoft Office thing and all it shows is their icon. Ive tried right-clicking the file and then clicking "Open with" and then selecting Microsoft Word, but that doesn't help at all.  After i do that, it will show me a small window saying i have to choose the encoding that makes my document readable, then it provides a list of languages and such and it has three options for text encoding: Windows(Default)    MS-DOS     and  Other Encoding.  I choose Windows (Default) and it always sends me to my file but instead everything is in code and includes like 50 extra pages of code. I'm sorry if this was long or if you don't understand what I'm saying at all. It's really important that i get this fixed quickly, thanks. 

Can you help me find the Celestial theme in Word 2013?

Posted: 06 Feb 2015 02:20 PM PST

I can not find the Celestial Theme in Word 2013 I don't have many themes at all really. Would appreciate the help, thanks!
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