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Microsoft Word - how do i turn on the editing feataure so i can edit a dissertation

how do i turn on the editing feataure so i can edit a dissertation

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:45 PM PDT

I cannot remember how to turn on the automatic editing feature which draws a red line to the margin to indicate mistakes. I am editing   dissertation. thank you *** Email address is removed for privacy ***

infomap 2010

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 01:06 PM PDT

I know there is InfoMap for Office 2003 and Office 2007.

 

Is InfoMap available in Office 2010 or is it called something else? How do I download it or install it?

 

Thank you,

 

Wallace Davis

How can I get a floating grid in a drawing canvas in Word 2013?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:44 PM PDT

I have run across a very frustrating problem in the drawing canvas & grid in Word. I first noticed the bug in Word 2010. I was unable to find a workaround, so I continued using Word 2007, which does not have the problem. With the release of Word 2013, I was hoping that the problem would get fixed. But it has not.

The problem is cumbersome to describe in words alone. Attached is a sequence of six screenshots that should explain the problem to anyone who is interested.

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A form with editing restricted will not let me select sections of the entered text

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:26 PM PDT

Hi

We have a form that we enforce protection on and distribute for use. The users fill out the form and send it back to us, but sometimes the information they have filled out requires editing on our part. Unfortunately, when I try to highlight (select) text within a rich text or plain text content control box, either everything before the point where I click is highlighted or everything after. I can't select a few words in the middle. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there anything I can do to fix it without stopping the protection?

How can a word document be made to open showing the navigation pane for different users opening it from a Sharepoint site?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:07 PM PDT

We created a Word document that has the topics and subjects done in heading one and heading two so that when the navigation pane is open, users can jump directly to the topic or question. Is there a way to make this document open and display the navigation pane by default for many different users despite how their Word opens?

When opening a new Word 2010 document the customized bullets & numbers disappear or change on the stylesheet. Does anybody know why?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 11:59 AM PDT

When I opened a blank Word document it opened with the default quick styles showing. I change it to a newly created style sheet and the customized bullet points and the numbering disappear from the template.  Heading 1, Heading 2 and Heading 3 were all customized as well, but are fine. Does anybody know what happened or why it's happening?



Thank you,
Dave

How do I setup word document for note taking

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 10:13 AM PDT

Hello-I have a meeting with a group of people to review a 90 page document.    How can I setup this document to print with a handout area.  I know that, that feature is availabe in Powerpoint.   I tried copying the doc in powerpoint and it only takes the first paragraph.  Please advise.

 

I'm using Word 2007.

hyperlink does not work

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:46 AM PDT

When a student enrolls in one of our courses, we send them a Confirmation Letter.docx.  One of the important bits of information in that letter is how to make hotel reservations.  We were given a URL by the hotel (pasted below with corporate code removed).  This works fine from our website but when the hyperlink is clicked in the Word document, you end up at a search-for-a-hotel page with the error: "Sorry but we are unable to locate your selected hotel."

This sort of defeats the purpose of putting the hyperlink into the confirmation letter.  I'm assuming that the dynamic content is what is breaking this.  Is there any way to make it work?

THANKS!

http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/reservations/index.jhtml?hotel=HOUSDHW&corporateCode=###

Dragon 12 Premium and WORD 2013

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:37 AM PDT

 

I'm trying to get Dragon to type what I say in a WORD 2013 doc.  However, it types in italics and green highlight.  How do I get this off?  I just want normal text.

Question re: Mail Merge data source entry

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 09:19 AM PDT

In the older version of word, when I opened up a mail merge template, there was a box, of sorts, that allowed me to enter in my data for each field in the mail merge template and when I was complete, I hit "merge" and it would populate my data into each of the data source fields located in my template.  In the new word (Word 2010), I am unable to locate said box.  Is there any way to populate my data all at once or do I have to F11 my way through my entire document to fill in my data?

 

Thank you!

I want Latin proofing tools for Windows 8

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:35 AM PDT

One would think it would be available due to the large number of Catholic Latin Vulgate readers.  Say if they wanted to use Word to write and edit their papers.

 

Unfortunately, it looks like you can't even buy a separate program to proof you type in Latin either.  I have not found any that states they are compatible for Window 8 (I use office365).  Not paying $675us in hoe that I can get it to work properly.  Would rather pay $20 to Microsoft for the compatibility in office. 

Send macros from word 2013 to word 2010

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT

I created a few macros in word 2013. I tried emailing a word doc containing the macros to a co-worker who is on word 10. The macros didn't go thru. I then put the doc in a common drive we share but the macros didn't appear.

Is there a way to send macros from word 2013 to word 2010.

Thanks

Should I use Word or not?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:19 AM PDT

A colleague has created a Word document that logs problems in equipment. They use a table as a template, which is copied/pasted into the document and completed, using standard headings (date reported, nature of issue etc). These problems are grouped under headings such as Widgets, Gadgets etc. There could be any number of these problems logged in a given period. Word has been used for its formatting capabilities - TOCs, cover sheets, styles and so on.

 

I've been asked if it's possible to take pieces of this information from these individual issues and summarise them, grouped by heading, at the beginnning of the document - almost as a "dashboard" for quick reference.

 

Is Word the best app for this, or should I be looking at Excel? We cannot use Access for business reasons...

 

Any advice gratefully accepted,

Amanda

Word 2013 Save-As Predictive Filenaming??

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:11 AM PDT

One of my users discovered that when doing a save-as in Word 2013 and if you have a #XX at the end of the original filename (i.e. "filename #10.docx"), Word will remove the #XX in the Save-As dialog box.  It is almost as if Word is predicting that you will be changing the #XX to something new and removes it.  Is this normal for Word 2013, as I have never seen Word do this before?  If so, is there any way to control it?

 

Thanks,

Vertech

 

Toggle field - Links work but wrong page listed

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 08:11 AM PDT

Hi,

 

I have a large word document (using 2010) of around 180 pages. I have always used toggle fields on my table of contents with no issue, but now I have a problem.....

 

All the headings appear in the table of contents with a page number, all the links in the table of contents work & go to the correct section, BUT for some reason the page number in the list of contents has no relation to the actual page within the document (e.g. contents has section 7.4 page 88, but the real page of 7.4 is page 160!).

 

When I right click on the content & update I get no error messages. HELP!

 

Regards

 

Dari 

"data tab in word 2007"

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:54 AM PDT

I'm taking a course in MSOffice that uses 2010. I am using 2007, and so far have been able to "translate" the course adequately, except for one thing. There are instructions for using a data tab in Word, but there is no data tab available that I can see. How do I make that function available?

 

Thank you very much for your help.

 

Lucy K.

Selection of fonts available in Word 2007

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:51 AM PDT

One of my co-workers is not able to access the same selection of script fonts in her Word 2007 (running on windows xp) that I have available to me or my boss.  I have windows 7, and my boss is running Word 2003 on windows xp.  Please explain how this can be and how to fix the problem. 

Word 2010 Citation / Reeferences

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 07:36 AM PDT

Word 2010 Citation. is it possible to insert more than one reference list in a document? at the end of each chapter i would like to place a Reference for that chapter. How would i do that?

thanks

How do I create a numbered list with 3 digits in Word 2010?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:36 AM PDT

I want a numbered list that's 001, 002, 003, instead of 01, 02, 03. 

Restarting Word

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 06:29 AM PDT

How can I stop Word restarting after closing a document?

Automatically adding commas between populated fields in a mail merge

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:48 AM PDT

I work for a University and I am creating a mail merge label template for event attendees. Some of our attendees will be students or Alumni of the University, some will not.

 

The database that I am pulling attendee data from has the following fields: First Name - Last Name - Year - Subject. This data will be laid out on each badge in the following format

 

FirstName LastName

Year, Subject

 

Or

 

Will Watt

2006, Media Studies

 

For guests who did not attend the University (parents, professors, staff etc.), the year and subject fields on the data source are blank. I have created a rule which automatically adds a filler text on the second line.

 

For people who DO have the year and subject populated, I want to add an automatic comma between the year and the subject. Is there a way to do this?

 

start multi-level numbering from different point in word 2010

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 03:45 AM PDT

Apologies if this has been covered but I cannot find a comment. I have set up headings using styles. I want the multi-level numbering to start from a later point in the document. I cannot find a "start from" option. I do not want the earlier part of the document numbered and I need to retain section headings all in the same style, so changing a level isn't an option. Can anyone help?

Table of Contents

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 02:03 AM PDT

I have 3 chapters in a book. Each chapter starts with a title based on the style: Heading 1.

Each chapter also has a copy of a TOC (based on Heading 1) under the chapter heading. 

Is it possible to change the style of an individual TOC reference that relates to the chapter it is in?

Limitations - I can't change the heading style to another level. I need to retain formatting on updates.

Example:

good (chapter 1 heading)

TOC
good
bad
sad

bad (chapter 2 heading)

TOC
good
bad
sad

sad (chapter 3 heading)

TOC
good
bad
sad

Word 2007 Error message every time I close a word file. It reopens the file in recovery mode...how to fix?

Posted: 24 Jul 2013 12:22 AM PDT

Each time I go to close a word file; I get error message "Microsoft Office Word has encountered a problem and needs to close.  We are sorry for the inconvenience".  it then brings up recovery screen....what can I do to fix?

 

Thanks for any assistance.

 

Rosie

Mail Merge Data Source Problem

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:55 PM PDT

Hi Guys,

 

I'm running a mail merge for a bunch of clients.

 

The amount of client reference numbers for each client varies from one to four.

 

My data source has been thoroughly cleaned and I used text to columns to seperate each client's different reference numbers.

 

The merge runs perfectly until letter/document number 47, when it returns a value of "0" for the first of the client reference numbers. All other data is "pulled in" as it should. When I go back to step 3 to Edit Recipients, the data source shows that indeed the value for the first client reference for letter/document/client number 47 is "0".

 

But when I view the data source file in Excel, the correct client reference numbers are displayed.

 

The errors are displayed when I preview the merge and when I complete the merge.

 

Any thoughts?

Word 2007 keeps changing formatting on its own

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:03 PM PDT

Does anyone know why word 2007 would suddenly un-indent paragraphs that were indented, then re-indented, then re-indented after f'ing Word kept un-indenting them. Also, when I try to bold one word, the command makes the entire 300 page document bold. 

When creating a template with fill-in fields, how can I insert an answer to a prompted question in different places of the document?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:15 PM PDT

I am creating a template which requires the user to answer a number of questions that are then inserted into the document.

I have used fill-in fields to prompt the user to answer the required questions.

Some of the answers are the same in different parts of the document.  How can I make it so the fields for those answers only require the question to be asked once - rather than repeating the question for each answer?

I am using Outlook 2010.

Many thanks!

I am having difficulty printing and faxing. Not sure what port I should be printing/faxing to

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:31 PM PDT

I am not sure which port I should choose when printing my documents. I cannot get any of them to print. Not sure why.

 

 

2 different blue cartridges print in pink

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:29 PM PDT

I have an all-in one HP Office Jet 8500 Pro and my Blue cartridge quit working and I had only used it to print a couple of pages and it started printing any blue color in Pink. I placed a new ink cartridge in the printer and the new one also prints pink. do I need to clean the print heads, replace them or throw the printer away.

 

Ralph

Word 7 changed my font but the drop down menu still says that it's the font I originally selected.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:35 PM PDT

I just sent a ridiculous amount of time formatting a document in word 7. It was perfect and now, all of a sudden, it has changed only the numbers in my doc to some strange font that looks like a 1980's throwback large pixel font. I don't know what it is or why it did it. The numbers are just the year on the title of the document at the top of each page not a number list. The font I want it to be is Gotham Book. When I highlight the offending font in the doc and check it under the drop down menu it tells me it's still Gotham Book. Ugh. I've tried a few things that others have suggested such as going into "changing Styles" or "Word Options". These have not worked! Help me, please!! What do I do?!?

 

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Options > Advanced > General > File Locations... Grayed Out

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Problem occurs on all (four) new computers w/ Office Pro 2013.  In Word we need to set workgroup templates locations but the button for File Locations is grayed out.  Help!

 

Thanks.

Total remove of Office xp pro - Microsoft Office forums

Total remove of Office xp pro - Microsoft Office forums

Total remove of Office xp pro

Posted: 09 Nov 2004 08:25 PM PST

Hi, garfield and thanx for your support

No, I did not empty the recycle bin. How do I do that?

The user name have now been changed, though my greatest issue is the fact
that Office xp pro now takes 1,2 GB of my hard drive, although the control
panel only shows 500MB. I want to completely remove all the files, reaching a
point as it was never installed. I find it stange that every reinstallation
"eats" 300-400MBs of my hard drive. Shouldn't there be a uninstallation tool
to get, or some complete information of how to do this on the MS webpage?

Cheers / Lou


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
 

Moving MS Office from one computer to another

Posted: 08 Nov 2004 07:17 PM PST

If you have a plug and play OS then simply move the hard drive or its image
to the new machine, boot, then deal with all the device driver installations.
Otherwise - use your install disk.

"TS" <rr.com> wrote in message news:IDWjd.28845$rdc-kc.rr.com... 

Error 1311 - Cannot Find ...cab file

Posted: 08 Nov 2004 10:14 AM PST

Try to search for 1311 in the 'Search for' or look here:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=325076

In fact I was frustrated too, because I was installing the off XP pack on a
W2K terminal server, which gave me the same headache!

"Claypots" wrote:
 

Creating a MST

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 05:06 PM PST

I created a custom MST file on a network mapped drive. I tried burning all
office setup cd files back to a cd. I've tried running setup from the cd
with command lines and batch files to no avail.

It always gives an error concerning the "transforms". I modified the
setup.ini file as below. I also tried a custom mysetup.ini and referenced
with command lines below. My question is since the cd drive is D:\, is the
..MST file I created path sensitive? Meaning is the .MST file thinking the
setup files are on the networked drive instead of the cd?

setup.exe /q /settings myCustom.ini
and
setup.exe TRANSFORMS=mycustom.mst

[MST]
; The MST section gives the full path to a transform that should be applied.
;MST1=\\server\share\some transform.mst
;MST1=D:\transforms\my transform.mst
MST1=d:\nysetup.mst


"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <com> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Install Office from a Server

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 04:22 PM PST

You can do an "administrative install" of the office software (setup /a)

to a server installation directory. You might want to download the

Office2003SP1 fullfiles patch and update it with <msiexec /a

server_install_directory /p fullfiles_patch\mainsp1ff.msp>. You have to

have an open license to be able to put the product key in once at the

server.

- Ed -

"Joan" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Excel 2003

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 11:59 AM PST

I think TBRUN97 is part of the TextBridge OCR program, which often comes
bundled with scanners. If you're not using TextBridge, then
uninstalling that program should fix your Excel problem. Or if you are
using TextBridge, but not for scanning into Excel, try moving the
TextBridge add-in out of your XLStart folder.

Erik Rask wrote: 

professional 2000 registration wizard

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 09:00 AM PST


"karenendom" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message
news:com... 
office 2000 
this happening? HELP

was office 2000 a selling point when you purchased ?

Did the seller give you the CDs etc that go with office 2000
?

If yes and the CDs are legit activate the programme using
either the online or phone method.

If no you could try and activate anyway. If you think you
paid for office 2000 and did not "actuallY" get it - take it
up with the seller

Geoff

Missing add-on DCCext32.DLL file when launching Outlook. How do .

Posted: 07 Nov 2004 06:49 AM PST

Thanks Milly, I eventually tracked down extend.dat ( it was 'conveniently'
located at C:\Documents and Settings\My User Name\Local Settings\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\extend.dat). I renamed it extend.old (only after
struggling to reveal file extensions via Control Panel - Folder Options-View
and unticking "Hide extensions for known file types"), but I'm afraid the
problem still persists. I'm reluctant to go through Outlook's help-Detect
and repair and restore original settings, because of the time it will take to
reset everything, but perhaps this is my only option. What do you think?

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Problems with Office 2000 and XP

Posted: 06 Nov 2004 05:57 PM PST

Gennie W,
Would have been a good idea to include this information in your original post.
Also, When you reformat a drive and reinstall, it's good parctice to upgrade
Windows and Office in order of SP release. Since your running an older
version of Office on a newer version of Windows, do your Office installation
on the original release of Windows XP. Apply your Office updates from here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en
after researching them here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;en-us;KBHOWTO
Date of SP release for either is the best way to apply, since they were
designed to correct earlier problems.

Chris Schatte

use the Office Online web based newsreader here:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
In Office System 2003 applications:
Help/Assistance Pane/open Communities

"Gennie W." wrote:
 

Quick word of advice

Posted: 06 Nov 2004 02:39 PM PST

Well I didn't want to start a flamewar, I don't have my NOMEX underwear on
right now :-)

--
Thanks In Advance

Specialist David W
"tech27" <anonymizer.com> wrote in message
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Remove Office 2003 error 1402

Posted: 06 Nov 2004 08:12 AM PST

I apologize, I should have mentioned that I'm using XP (details, details). I
had found that article, but since it specifically says it's not for XP, I
skipped it.

Thanks for the reply, though.

James

"Gyorgy Moldova [MCSE, MVP]" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Microsoft Word - Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Copy and Paste Feature Not Working in office word 2013

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:51 PM PDT

I select copy in another document and open office word 2013 and the paste feature is grayed out. Please help! Thank you

Add margins to email merge from Word

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:37 PM PDT

I'm sending an email newsletter to a large list of email addresses from Word using a mail merge. Is there any way to create padding on both sides so that the content is a fixed size and centered? Is the only way to do this by putting everything in a table?

Options > General > File Locations... Grayed Out

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:09 PM PDT

Problem occurs on all (four) new computers w/ Office Pro 2013.  In Word we need to set workgroup templates locations but the button for File Locations is grayed out.  Help!

 

Thanks.

Ref 1210600686

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Ref: 1210600686   am still having intermittant difficulties with "Microsoft Word Not Responding" - this happens when I try to save documents or print. Thank you for your continuing help with this frustrating problem.

How to link smaller documents to one big one?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:22 PM PDT

I am part of a team that is working on a large project. We each want to work on our own section of the document, but then somehow see the results rolled up into a larger document. How would we do it?

For example, I work on section 1.doc, John works on section 2.doc, and Jane works on section 3.doc. If I open up the document called MAIN.doc, I see all three sections in order, and the document is updated based on what is in the smaller three documents.

Macro import problems

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:14 PM PDT

I have some macros that I created in Office XP that are stored in a NORMAL.dot created In Offfice XP/Word. Inwant to import these macros to my Office 2010 computer. I am using Doug Robbins method of exporting them using the VB editor and then importing them. Problem is when I click on the Word icon and open up a new session and then import the .bas file, when I try to save the document as Normal.dotm, I get a message that says it's in use. Apparently, I have it locked from opening a new document.

 

How can I get these macros imported into Normal.dotm

Changing default bullet and sub-bullets

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:45 AM PDT

I want to change the current default bullet and sub-bullets.

Currently the default is a filled in dot as main bullet to a un-filled dot as a sub bullet.

I want to change the sub-bullet to a hyphen. Getting tired of manually changing each time.

Thx for your help.

Blue screen, "Bad Pool Header" in Windows 7 when opening new install of Word 365

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:42 AM PDT

I just installed Office 365, and each time I try to open a word doc now the computer blue screens with a "Bad Pool Header" error. I can run the other Office apps just fine, but each time I try to run word I get the same error. I have attempted to repair the install, but I still get the same result. Thoughts?

content control in word 2013

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT

I have created a form in Word 2013 and have restricted editing so that the user can only tab through the document and fill in the form.  However, tabbing simply extends the length of the current box, rather than jumping from box to box within the form.  Can someone tell me what I am missing here?  Why are we unable to simply tab from box to box?  Thanks for any help you might provide!

 

<IE10>

spell check Word 2013 365 University

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 10:29 AM PDT

I have Office 365 2013 University. When using Word it will not spell check. It says " spell check complete you are good to go". It is not checking any of the words...I need some help...I think they(Microsoft) forgot to load the file.  Can anyone help me?

One letter turns into three, like thhhis. Any solutions?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 09:38 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

 

I have a problem that has occurred on Microsoft Word only: while I'm typing, suddenly some letters will turn into three.  For exxxample, thisss will occccurrr.  The problem does not occur in any other program I use frequently, including Excel, Powerpoint and Chrome.

 

I will refer to this problem as 'the problem' or 'the Word problem' from now on.

 

Problem description: (this issue occured in three computers for me, but the same description applies to all three)

- the problem can occur for any character, including spacebar.

- it almost always gives me three of the intended character.

- it occurs sporadically, in bursts, without warning; i.e. I can type a paragraph with no problems, then suddenly in the next sentence, almost every word will have the problem.  The problem does not occur every time I use Word, but there is no indication when it will occur.

- if I immediately backspace on the string of letters, Word will crash. (i.e. program freezes.  When I try to close that document, all documents close, new Microsoft window pops up asking if I want to send an error report.  When I re-open Word, Word will offer to re-open AutoSaved versions of documents.)

- if I immediately save after a string of letters has occured, Word sometimes will crash (as described above).

- the problem has become more rare after I set Word to Autosave Recovery every 1 minute.

- problem occurs on both new and existing documents; i.e. I can start a new, blank document and the problem can occur without me saving the document

 

Systems description (this has occured on three computers for me):

#1 - Dell laptop I own:

- problem began ~9 months ago

- laptop was ~2 years old when the problem began

- no known issues with laptop

- no known keyboard issues.

- I purchased and began using a brand new, non-pirated copy of Office 2010.  Problem began occuring, in Word only, after about half a year.

- Microsoft Office was installed directly from the disc

- OS is Windows 7, which came with laptop

- I contacted a Microsoft technician, who suggested the 'file' (not sure if he meant the problemed document or the program) was corrupted.  He suggested using C-Cleaner to clean up my computer.  I did so, but problem persisted.

 

#2 - Asus laptop I own:

- problem began ~6 months ago

- laptop was brand new when problem began.

- no known keyboard issues.

- brand new laptop actually came with a faulty hard drive.  Word problem occured before AND after hard drive problem was replaced.  Current hard drive has not shown problems, but the Word problem persisted.

- (I'm not sure what effects the faulty hard drive caused, but the one problem I know is my computer would shut down every few days without warning.)

- the Word problem began occuring a few days after I bought bought the laptop and installed Office (though at this time the hard drive was faulty)

- Microsoft Office was installed from Microsoft's website, but using the same product key I purchased, as mentioned above

- OS is Windows 7, which came with the laptop

 

#3 - desktop at work, owned by my workplace

- problem detected today (July 23, 10:00 AM GMT)

- I do not own this computer, so I have limited details on its history or specs

- Dell desktop and keyboard

- no known issues with desktop or keyboard

- program is Word 2003

- this only occured on one document so far.  I have been working on this document for about a week.  This is the only problem with this document and computer so far. 

- the document contains mostly text in various colours (a few diagrams occur; in total they take up ~2 pages).  It began with ~60 pages, but I have been adding content every day.  The problem occured once, about 1 hour after opening the document.  At this time the document had just went over 200 pages and is about 9 Mb.

- OS is Windows XP

 

Please offer suggestions to fix this issue.  I have no idea about what the issue could be.  Please let me know if you have questions or need more details.  Thanks!

remove data source from merg document

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:51 AM PDT

               

I have Word 2010 template that I use to create a word document.  This template has a data source that it is used via Mail Merge to create a new document. 

 

Once I create this new document I do not want it to be attached to the data source.  How do I remove a data source from a Word 2010 document?  I have tried ... Mailings ... "Start Mail Merge" ... "Normal Word Document".   But that does not work, every time I open the document it wants to attach to the data source.  This is troublesome, because I send this created document to other people who do not have access to the original data source, and besides there is no reason to have the document attached to the data source.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thank you.

How Do I Delete Column Lines Only in Word Table?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:50 AM PDT

I see how to remove all gridlines in a table but not just for the column lines. In other words, I want to keep only horizontal lines and borders for my table.????

Word to PDF conversion problem

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:50 AM PDT

I convert a LOT of Word documents to PDF for my job (Document Control). The Word versions are maintained by my group and sent to other people/departments for revision.  Once approved, we convert the Word document to pdf using the "Save as" function and have never had an issue with this.  I have recently found several converted documents which have been changed in a very specific way:  There are inserted chromatograms (charts) which are exported to Word from some lab equipment. The Word versions look fine, but the pdf is missing most of the lines/peaks within the chart and the time markers inside the graph are shifted.

 

Everything else in these documents look fine.

I have checked other Word documents which contain inserted information from various sources (e.g. jpegs, Visio charts...even some that have chromatograms) and they are fine as well.

The problem documents were created by different people on different machines at different times.  The versions of Office are 2007 and 2010.

In one of the documents, the charts print incorrectly as described, but if you "restore down" the window, the lines/peaks become visible, though the text is still offset. When you maximize the screen, it appears just like the print out (with unacceptable charts).

 

I am running additional checks.  I had some minimal success with converting these documents via the print function.  I am exploring this further, but  wonder why this would make a difference? 

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

 

Thanks.

 

J 

Move line and shapes with keyborad

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:47 AM PDT

where can i set the size that lines and shape move on every click in the arrow buttons in keyboard ?

Font color and or styles change on word document when user starts working on the document.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 08:01 AM PDT

Hi I am a SharePoint Developer and Office Integrator who is trying to understand a particular problem that is happening in our office.

 

First a little background. Our document library (in SharePoint) creates docm files. The reason for the docm is that the macro will run once to parse the filename so that it know which template to use to insert into the blank document and then xml map the content controls to the Document Library fields. This part is working fine and we're quite happy with it.

 

The problem is that on some users machines Word will arbitrarily change the Font and style of the document when it is being edited by the user. Each of the documents (templates) where the templates are "pulled" from have the same style and font that we need the documents to have. But for some reason when some of our users start working with these documents the Font will change, or the Style, the Color of the font anything can change.

This is frustrating as it impacts the work that the users are doing. I have checked a couple of similar issues but the answers are based on single users. Where talking about whole departments, if the answer is to force everyone to use the same Normal.dot, I'll do it. (I hope it's that simple)

Word 2010 Find and Replace dialog box suddenly is not visible

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:34 AM PDT

The Find and Replace dialog box suddenly does not appear when I invoke it through either CTRL-H or through Replace under Home - Editing.  When I do a CTRL-H, the title bar of Word changes color, so I know Word is no longer the focus window.  But the Find and Replace dialog box is not visible.  If I carefully (blindly) type some "find" text, hit Tab, type the "replace" text and hit enter, it actually finds the desired text in the open Word document.  So Find and Replace is working, but the pop up window does not display.  I have tried rebooting, but that did not solve the issue. I have not tried a Repair installation of Office 2010 yet.

Is there a simple solution to make the Find and Replace dialog box be visible again?

"Word was unable to open the data source" error in Mail Merge.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 07:33 AM PDT

Good Morning,

 

MS Word/MS Excel 2010

I've created mail merges in the past with excel as my selected "recipient".  Here are the steps I'm using but nothing is working.

 

1- Mergefield inserted <MERGEFIELD Name\*MERGEFORMAT>

2- Select recipients, use existing list, desktop, and select Excel document

3- Confirm Data Source opens (click show all and then select MS Excel Worksheets via DDE(*xls)  If I open normally, using "OLE DB Database Files" the entire file opens but I want to select Names that are in Column B, titled Name

4- Click ok

5- In "Named or cell range" I'm typing "Name" and then OK and get the error "Word was unable to open the data source".

 

The Excel document is closed.  I'm trying to Merge the Excel columns titled Name with Word for Tent Cards.  I have one column named "Instructor Name", one column "Member Name", one column "Candidate Name" and the last one "Facilitator Name".   I want to be able to Merge anything with "Name" in the header.

 

Thanks in advance

MM

Repeating header rows

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:13 AM PDT

I have a series of tables set up to repeat each tables header row on each page which is fine however when there's only room left on a page to allow the header row I get the header at the bottom of that page and repeated again on the top of the next page. How do I configure it such that the second row will always follow the header on the same page? I'm using Word 2010 on windows 7

Thanks for any help.

How do I convert a C.V. from txt or rtf to doc or docx?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 05:02 AM PDT

I have 2 C.V.s(1txt,1rtf.)Is there a way of converting one to doc,doc.x?I dont fancy writing another C.V. if I can avoid it.

 

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Original title: I want to convert a C.V.  How do I do this?

Translate spanish to english

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:56 AM PDT

Hi,
I'm trying to translate a Spanish word to English and get no results unless I translate the whole document (same thing when translating French to English). Am I doing something wrong or missing a download somewhere that anybody can think of? Translating English to Spanish is no problem. Thanks for your help.

tping is fastr tha m comper. See this example

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 04:54 AM PDT

I hav to typ very slowly otherwise this happens.

I hve to tye very slowly otherwise this happens.

if I try type normally I find that letters are missin g and/orthe sl owlyappearonthepage.

                                     Al s oh ppens w ith e                                   mail a     nd one n ote    

Can anyone help? suddenly all seems normal. The space bar was stuck down. I seems as if my keyboard is at fault .

I will try another to confirm.

I feel a litttttttttle foolish for asking for help. And it looks as though the t is failing. Please let me assure you all that this is not some frivolous joke.

And yes I havecccccccccccccccccccleaned my Lgiteck keyboard recently. I really must stop this. My apologis to all............... Damn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am getting out of here now.

Copying English/Arabic mixed text screws up in Word but not Acrobat.

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:24 AM PDT

Check these 2 pictures. The first is what I got when I pasted the text from clipboard to a PDF file using Adobe Acrobat. It is correct, how it should really be. The second picture is what I get when I paste in MS word. It failed.

TOC not keeping Amendments

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:17 AM PDT

I have created a new template with a new table of contents. All is fine and then I click the 'update table' button and everything is lost. When I go back into TOC the Headings I have chosen have defaulted back to what they were before (i.e. Heading1 has gone back to Heading 1, Heading2 back to Heading 2 etc.). I have amended the TOC options too but this is still happening. Are you able to advise where I am going wrong please.

Word 2007 sometimes inserts a blank page when printing a section

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 03:06 AM PDT

Word 2007. I have documents divided into sections using Section Break - Next Page.

When I try to print a single section (using s1 - like syntax in a Print options) on a both sides, it seems that Word sometimes inserts a blank page at the start of the section. All both side printing goes haywire then of course.

It happens - very vaguely - like at 50/50 ratio. I can't find how the sections which print correctly differ from the wrong ones, there are no control symbols or anything.

Printing using p1s1-p10s1 style syntax does not help either.

Formatting help - image block

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:51 AM PDT

I would like to know the best way to achieve this effect in Word 2013. I want a left justified image with a block of text to the right of it, then insert some sort of break so that the next bit of text starts under the image (see picture). I can do this by adding carriage returns manually but I have to keep fiddling with these if the text changes. I also tried a text box but then I can't seem to alter the image wrapping inside the box.

Any ideas?

Peter

How to create drop-down list for importance ranking?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 02:30 AM PDT

I am creating a form. May I know is there anyway for me to create a drop-down box to rank importance? For example, the respondent is to rank the areas in their lives below from the most important to least important. The function that I am asking for now is, to have drop-down boxes for all areas below. In addition, as the respondent select any of the area, let's say - 'Friends' as the first selection, the rest of the selections will only show - '2,3,4,5,6', and after another selection, the choices will become 3-6, 4-6, 5-6, and lastly, '6' only.

Lifestyle

3

Family

6

Vacation

4

Hobby

5

Career

2

Friends

1

After much research, I've only discovered ways to create dependent drop-down boxes for one relationship between two variables only using macros. Therefore, should there be any other ways or macros that can help, appreciate much if you can share with me. 

How do I enable speech recognition on my new tablet so I can use office 2013 with the voice to text format?

Posted: 23 Jul 2013 12:48 AM PDT

How do I enable speech recognition on my new tablet so I can use office 2013 with the voice to text format?

Having Trouble with microsoft now that I have installed Epson WF 3540 software...Help

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:22 PM PDT

I installed the WF 3540 Epson software on my computer. I shut down to ensure that it was loaded, but when I opened a word document to print, I keep getting a message that microsoft office is not working. Now that the software is loaded, I'm not able to work in any of my word documents without getting the error message.

 

Any suggestions on how to fix this issue?

 

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curser only inserts but does not write or backspace

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 09:07 PM PDT

My curser suddenly stopped writing and backspacing. Why might this happen?

how do I scan a page into a word document (word 2010 startup)

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 07:10 PM PDT

I have an HP computer running Windows 7 Pro. 64bit. I have office 2010 startup. How do I import a scanned page into an office document.

in the process of doing an envelope merge with a document, I had a problem with saving my document. "word cannot complete save due to file permission error. can you help me?

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 05:09 PM PDT

After receiving message as stated above, I contacted my security company and they said that it would not be a security problem which some in the community said it might be. This is the first time that I have used the mail merge in my Word 2007. I have used it, however for many other projects and had good results. So, I am trying to save my document, and especially my recipient list so that I can continue with the envelope merge. Can you help me?

Word 2013 error has occurred: system resource exceeded

Posted: 22 Jul 2013 03:14 PM PDT

I open a Word 2013 document, the merge fields are already established and have been connected to an Excel data source (which has worked last week) but when I try to select recipients today (Mon. 7/22/2013) it gives me error messages (won't connect to my Excel data source).  Microsoft Word: "Error has occurred: System resource exceeded".  I click OK, then get "Data Link Properties" menu wanting to specify the data source which shows the correct link, when I click OK I then get "ODBC Excel Drive Login Failed, system resource exceeded". 

The only way I can get the Select Recipients to work is to have the actual Excel Data Source file open on the desk top then I can edit recipient list.  But I have never had this happen before.  This all just started today.  I am very new to Office 2013, just downloaded last week. 

I use to be able to Mail Merge (select recipients and edit recipient list) in Word and have excel data source closed however this is not working correctly. 

Please help.

Marlene
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