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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?

Critical tasks Microsoft Project

Critical tasks Microsoft Project


Critical tasks

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 08:27 AM PST

Hello John
Thanks for your help.
I am a bit confused. Ex: I have a project with date of 2/1/06 thru
4/28/06.
there are multiple tasks with summary tasks that goes from period in
following way
1--summary 1----2/1/06 thru 3/1/06
2--summary 2----3/15/06 thru 3/31/06
3--summary 3----4/1/06 thru 4/28/06.

What I was thinking that Summary 3 should be critical since it has no slak
and will be affecting the project finish date. But not summary 1 and 2, even
when they are on schedule. They could be critical if they were delayed but
they are not.

Please help I need to have this report by this afternoon....Thanks for your
help

"John" wrote:
 

non-working time not printing on Gantt chart

Posted: 13 Mar 2006 07:50 AM PST

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the prompt reply. My timescale is showing full days in the
bottom tier (M T W T F S S) , weeks in the middle tier (13 Mar '06), and none
in the top tier. Zooming the view does not affect print and preview (ie;
non-working time shaded on the screen does not appear in preview or printed)

Non-working tab is set to the default of silver, shaded, standard project
calendar, and draw 'behind task bars' radio button.

Regards,
Paul

"Mike Glen" wrote:
 

Monte Carlo simulation in MS-Project?

Posted: 12 Mar 2006 12:35 AM PST


Dr. Wolfgang Hintze wrote: 

PERT, or Variance ysis, as taught in the PMIBOK, is obsolete, for
reasons I won't go into here. That said, you're description of how it's
normally applied is incorrect.You don't just add up all optiomistic,
pessimistic and most likely durations and come up with 3 estimates. You
add the optimistic, pessimistic and 4 times the most likely and divide
by 6 to get and expected duration. This gives you a sort of composite.
It's not very meaningful statistically, and with the availability of
Monte Carlo software, obsolete. But at least understand how to apply it
before you discard it.
Hope this helps in your world, Dr!

Actualwork over run

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 08:07 PM PST

Hi,

Steve has delivered in this thread a full explanation on some of these,
namely the %complete methods.

Update as scheduled (reached through Tool, Update project) turns all work
planned up to a certain date into Actual Work and leaves the remaining work
as such.

Actual Work when entered as a whole (not timephased) turns planned work up
to the amount entered into Actual Work.
When the amount entered is smaller than the planned work, it lmeaves
remaining work as such.
When teh amount of actual work entered is larger than the planned work it
sets the task to 100% done, and schedules all the extra (Actual-planned)
according to the assignment units as actual work

Actual Work, when entered in a cell of the Usage views, replaces Work for
that period;
when the amount entered makes the total larger than the planned work for the
task, it accepts the value and puts the task to 100%;
when the amount entered is larger than the work planned for that period it
accepts the value and reschedules the task such that total work is
unchanged;
when the amount entered is smaller than the work planned during that period:
- when the task is fixed work, it accepts the value and reschedules the
task such that total work is unchanged;
- for other task types, it accepts the value and decreases work for the
assignment.

Make a few tests to illustrate should this become too boring long..

Hope this helps,
--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
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Tracking Costs & Billables in 1 Project

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 06:36 PM PST

Thanks!
 


How to calculate Duration?

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 11:28 AM PST

In article <#phx.gbl>,
"Sapper" <sympatico.ca> wrote:
 

Sapper,
I only used actual resource names for illustration. As Jan pointed out,
the resources could just as well be generic. Those are referred to as
group resources in Project.

Many times generic resources are preferred because you may not care that
Joe will be doing the work on a task. What you really need is a
millwright and that might actually be Joe, Tom, Mary, etc.

John
Project MVP

 

How do I edit pictures that are saved to a cd as read only?

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 09:41 AM PST

Hi ,

This newsgroup is specifically for matters dealing with Microsoft Project.
I suggest you try to find a more appropriate newsgroup that deals with
Windows problems.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

csimnitt wrote: 



Cost calculations incorrect

Posted: 11 Mar 2006 08:51 AM PST

LOL - No offense, but I don't know what to think because honestly I can't
figure out what you're really doing or why you're doing it.

The way I go about it is - this task is to build 100 widgets. I know how
Fred usually manages to build 10 a day when he's not otherwise distracted.
So working 100% it will take him 10 days (duration) to build 100. Fred
works 8 hours per day. I assign him 100% to the task. Thus it will require
80 man-hours to build 100 widgets. Fred gets paid $20/hr. Thus my project
budget is $1600 to build the required 100 widgets.

The inputs in Project are: Fred works 8-5 with an hour for lunch, M-F.
Fred's pay rate is $20/hr. Fred doesn't need to be doing anything else at
the same time so I can use him 100%. And working full time I expect the
task to take him 10 days to complete. I put in the duration estimate and
assign Fred to the task. Project calculates it is an 80 man-hour task and
will cost $1600. Project looks at Fred's resource calendars to see what
days and hours Fred going to be there to work on the widgets and uses that
info to compute when the task will start and when the 100 widgets will be
completed. In other words, it requires 80 hours of work and Fred's calendar
says when those 80 hours will take place - like Friday counts for 8 hours of
duration because Fred is working but Saturday doesn't count for duration
because it's Fred's day off.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer & Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs



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Outline indents appear to disappear

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 04:23 PM PST

It was.
I closed project. Re-booted, and things appear normally again.
But thanks for the tip.
bmac

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How to make 2 tasks start at the same time

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 03:32 PM PST

Hi Dave,

By now you have got some ideas that all work "sometimes".
The tough reality is that there is no way to make sure sure two tasks are,
and remain, simultaneous.
Paste link creates a "Start no earlier than" constraint thus does not
guarantee more than a link.
And yes, uyou can put leveling out of play by giving a 1000 priority but
that (and I do appreciate that!) is not what you look for.

No, sorry, won't do.
If this is a consolation: putting two resources on one task absolutely does
not ensure the two assignments will be simultaneous either!!

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
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Moving tasks to status date

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 02:08 PM PST

Thanks guys!! Appreciate the help!

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

How can I list files attached via Hyperlink within MS Project?

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 10:41 AM PST

Hi Bill,

Have you tried adding the Hyperlink Address field to the table? It will
show you the full path to the hyperlinked files.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
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Benefits & Allowances

Posted: 10 Mar 2006 07:17 AM PST

hi Jason,

One way to accomplish this is to define "Lunch" as a material resource along
with its cost.

Then for the tasks where lunch is served add this as a resource. If it is
served to only one of the resources add it once, if two then add it twice and
so on.

This way the cost of lunch will be aculated with the project cost through
the life of the project.

Regards,

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