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Microsoft Word - Hyperlinks in Word give the message: Action canceled due to restrictions on this computer. Contact your Administrator.

Hyperlinks in Word give the message: Action canceled due to restrictions on this computer. Contact your Administrator.

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:08 PM PDT

I have tried a couple of things in IE 10 but, to date none have had any impact on the symptom.

Shading in a table

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 01:59 PM PDT

I created a crossword puzzle in Word using a standard table, because I couldn't find a template for crossword puzzles.  After I shaded all the unused boxes (which took awhile), a very strange thing happened.  When I copied the puzzle and pasted it into another document, the shading held, but the words disappeared.  To make matters worse, I couldn't add them to the puzzle, because there was no cursor.  Can anyone explain why this occurred?

Second question:  It is extremely tedious to highlight the cells, bring up the format menu, then select the shade, and do that all over again for each block of cells.  Is there a way to highlight all the blank ones in the table and shade them at the same time?           

Extract text from shapes?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:57 PM PDT

I can copy and paste to extract text from each shapes. There are over 100 shapes I need to get the text from. Is there a quicker and easier way to extract the text inside shapes? Save it as text generating a file with no text.

Thanks,

I can't get the mirror margins to work correctly

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:55 PM PDT

I set the mirror margins so that there is a gutter on the inside and an even margin all the way round.  I have lots of sections, some starting on an even page and some continuous.  Some places it has done the mirror margin right and some places it hasn't on the wrong side of the page.

Also it won't let me change the page numbers to start at 1.  There is a first section where the numbers are roman and then I want it to start again at 1 but it starts at 3.  

If it did start again at 1 - then page 1 would be on the right hand side ie. an even page.  Is the mirror margin taking the document age number or the page number page number into account?

Unable to save word document

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:42 PM PDT

I tried to save my word 2007 document but nothing happened and when i closed word, it prompt do you want to save the document, nothing happened till i clicked "NO".

And after that word didn't closed, rather when i tried manually, it prompted again changes have been made in global template. Again nothing happened till i chose "NO".

This is issue with my current user account, when i switch to a guest user, word works absolutely fine.

Please, recommend a viable solution for the same. 

Is it possible to get an MS Office 2013 backup?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 12:42 PM PDT

For the four or five earlier Office versions I've purchased, I was given backup discs. What do I do for backup in case it's needed?

I've been thinking about this since my 2013 Word began acting flaky. So far it's only an annoyance.

Typed 2 pg doc has weird extensions/properties

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:54 AM PDT

I have 2 pg resume ready to attach to an email, but the properties look very weird to me. All I see is that it says BCKup.psoffice.doc.docx and the file is is totally usable. But windows advice says it could harm other computers or just not come out right for as an attachment. Have tried renaming, and it pulls up fine from my docs. what do I do.

 

I fear I will have problems sending it as an attachment. What choices do I have?

 

Word 2010 quick parts insert SharePoint label causes crash

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:44 AM PDT

I am using SharePoint Server 2010, with "labels" enabled in Content Types. When I open a Word document, I can see the label correctly (under Properties in File/Info). However, whenever I try to insert the label into the document as a field, using Insert/Quick Parts/Document Property, this causes Word 2010 to crash. Any ideas on how to fix this? It worked fine for me using SharePoint 2007 and Word 2007.

No right-hand margin in places

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Hi, I copied a document from the internet into Word 2010, Windows 7, and translated it, unfortunately the right hand margin has disappeared and I wondered how to find and readjust it. I was told to use the Print Preview Edit Mode. I have done this and found something outside the right hand margin, which is however, a Right indent, but I still haven't found the right-hand margin. Can anyone help?

Why is it impossible to set a profound language in Spelling? It is all the time changed to Italian from English.

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:22 AM PDT

Why is it impossible Set Proofing Language in Spelling-it changes from English to Italian also no Automatic Detection box was ticked?

Microsoft word 2013 wont open and it just says "Something went wrong. Please try starting it again."

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Microsoft word 2013 will not open and I need it to work for school work. When I try to open it it just says "Something went wrong. Please try starting it again." And I've tried starting over and over but it still says the same thing. It's being doing this for a couple of days now. And I've tried looking at the different Q&As on the website but I haven't found anything to help. 

Unable to open Sharepoint files with Office365

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 10:27 AM PDT

I'm running Win8 on a fairly new laptop.  Office 365 Home Premium installed.

 

At work, company manages files on a SharePoint server.  I'm unable to access any of the contents of any of the documents.

 

1. On SharePoint, click on a document to open, this initiates MS Word opening on the desktop, but it opens with no contents.

2. Tried downloading first.  Download to desktop.  File downloaded fine.  Click to open, MS Word opens, but then displays an error message: http://screencast.com/t/qJ61NzYDGgb

 - - attempted the corrective action prescribed in the error message, with Open and Repair. On loading, Word gave the same error.

 

Computer is NOT out of memory, nor are there any file folder permission issues.  Opened from Desktop.  Computer has 32GB of RAM.

 

Browser: IE 10.0.0.9

 

 

Microsoft Word not responding.

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:53 AM PDT

I have Windows 8, and I have installed Office 365 and every time I open Word, it crashes.  It opens, I'm allowed to click on a blank document but when it opens to write, it immediately crashes.  The spinning circle comes up, it says Microsoft Word is not responding then it either resets [the same thing happens again] or it closes. Is there anyway I can fix this?  So far power point works, and I tried going through the control panel and repairing it but after I reinstalled it, the same problem appeared instantly.  Help please? Thanks!

Using Drop Down Menus in Word 2010

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:41 AM PDT

I'm in the process of creating a letter template that functions like a form - it is locked down and can only be edited in certain fields.

 

Within this template is a paragraph of text that sometimes needs to be included in the letter but can sometimes be omitted. I don't want to leave that section of text entirely editable because many people will be working with this letter, and I'd like to make sure that all of the content remains consistent.

 

Is there a way to use a Drop Down Menu in order to trigger whether that paragraph appears in the letter or not? For example, if the author of the letter selects "Include Paragraph" from the drop down, the paragraph will appear, and if they select "Omit Paragraph", the paragraph will be deleted? The paragraph as a whole is too large to include within the drop down's Display Name or Value fields. 

 

I'd also like to make sure that this drop down only appears to the author of the letter, not to the final reader.

 

Not sure if any of this is doable, or if there might be a better solution. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks!

Help in Word 2007

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 09:35 AM PDT

Hi All,

 

When I click on the ? icon in Word 2007 or Press F1 I get a message saying that there is a problem with one or more installed help files and to repair the office installation. I have done this but still get the same message. Same message for Excel and Access 2007 too so I assume that the Help is a shared service.

 

Any help to get this resolved would be greatly received.

 

Thank you.

Text Boundaries Auto Fit with the Text

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 08:11 AM PDT

I have a Word file, the text boundaries aotu fit the text.

Usually the text boundaries should be maximum in the page.

I only find the show/hide option, but don't know how to set it.

Anyone who can help me to set it? Thanks in advance.

Receiving a password prompt when opening RTF files in Word

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:54 AM PDT

Hello all,

We recently setup two new Windows Server 2008 R2 RDS servers for a client.  One server has no issues, but the second has a few strange things happening when opening RTF files.  When a file is opened it prompts for a "TemplateProject Password".  I can click cancel to get passed this, but it pops up a Microsoft Visual Basic Compile Error stating that it can't find the project or library.  Clicking OK on that brings up Microsoft Visual Basic.  After closing that I can access the original document and do whatever I want to it.  When I close out of the document the exact same process that I go through when opening the document happens again.  I am not sure why this is happening.  I have confirmed that this happens for every user of the RDS server except for the domain administrator.  Making a user a local administrator of the server does not resolve the issue.  Any assistance on this issue would be greatly appreciated.

how do I delete a document from my word document file

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 07:43 AM PDT

When I go into Microsoft Word 2010 I go to open my files and I have extra documents  that I don't need anymore and I want to get rid of. How do I delete them?

Paste text without creating table

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:33 AM PDT

I am pasting text copied from a discussion board on the web into Word 2010. I used paste as unformatted text, but Word still creates a table. I tried pasting into Notepad, copying that and then to Word, and have the same problem. The table does not have the handle on the top left so I cannot use Convert to Text.
How do I avoid the table or get rid of it?

when will Office 2013 interactive command reference guides be available

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 06:29 AM PDT

I am looking for the interactive command reference guides that display where Word/Excel/PowerPoint 2007 commands are located in the new Office 2013 interface?

Word 2010 & 13 new list level

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 05:34 AM PDT

I am trying to create a multilevel list that is prefixed by the Header 1 level number, and has the format 1.010 where the last two digits increment within the list.  The list is a numbers the process steps within a table and is NOT the same as Header 2. 

I do not want to reinvent the wheel, so would like to leverage default existing levels in Word, but if I create a new multilevel list, it does not reference the built in Heading 1 value, it starts from 1.  
Is it possible to tack a level onto the existing number structure?

Any ideas please??  

Why have my Footers separated into 5 different sections?

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 04:06 AM PDT

I am making a long document for school, and some individual pages I need to be landscape to fit all the data on. So I did this by going into Page Layout and changing the layout to Landscape but selected "From this point forward". I then went forward one page to get the rest of my document back to landscape. This has seemed to have created different "Sections" of my document. So I have Footer Section 1-4... Does anybody know how I can get rid of these footer sections so that I can have the same footer going through my whole document?

 

Thanks

Customize problem

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 03:22 AM PDT

Word 2007. I've just created a new Normal.docm template and imported my old macros. However, in the Customize dialog, each macro is listed twice. Why is this? How can I eliminate the double listing?

Lost apps

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:48 AM PDT

I am using Word 2013 and when I track changes to a document and need to check the dictionary or thesaurus, these apps don't come up but I get a message saying that I am not connected to the internet---but, of course, I am.  Any suggestions? Thank you

Microsoft Word 2010 - Share Recent Documents Display - Desktop and Laptop

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:26 AM PDT

I am either using my Desktop or Laptop (not at the same time).  I have all my files (i.e., e-mail, documents, pictures, etc.) on an external drive that i just plug into my Desktop or Laptop (depending on what I am using).  My problem is Microsoft Word (and Excel, etc.) creates a "Recent Documents" on Drive C: which ends up being different on both micro's.  Is their anyway of having Microsoft save the "recent documents" to my external drive?

Thanks!

Mail Merge Printing Even Pages (Odd Missing)

Posted: 26 Sep 2013 02:02 AM PDT

I'm using Word 2010 on Windows 7. Trying to merge labels.

It all looks ok on screen but when I click on "Print & Finish", it only displays the even pages and completely missing out the odd pages. It only prints the even pages too.

I have not set my printer to print only even pages so why is this happening? 

Getting Word 2010 Themes in Word 2013

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 09:30 PM PDT

I recently bought Office 365 which included Microsoft Word 2013 which I have been using for College. One of the problems i'm having is Word 2013 is missing Themes that my book uses for Word 2010. I was wondering if there's anyway I can download the older ones, specifically the "Civic" theme.

I don't want instructional text associated with Content Controls to print out ... is this possible?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:43 PM PDT

Hello,
I have a form, which includes text content controls. The form will be printed and completed by some people and others will complete the form electronically. Is there a way to add instructional text to a content control but have that text disappear if the form is printed or a field not completed? Basically, I want those who will be using hard copies to not have to write over the instructional text associated with my content controls. thanks for your help.
Lesley

edit table all cell contents

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:39 PM PDT

If I have a saved label doc....one page table.  Can I open doc edit the first cell contents and then tell the program to update all the table cells? How?

Corrupt Office Files after System Refresh on Win 8

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:56 PM PDT

So it seemed that some programs were in conflict with each other in my system (not involving the Office) and then I did a system refresh. However, after a system refresh, all office files created on this computer seemed corrupted and won't open.

 

When I opened one of these corrupt files the Word will prompt (other programs will have similar prompts):

1-We are sorry. We can't open xxx .docx because we found a problem with its contents. (Details: The file is corrupt and cannot be opened.)

2-(OK)->Word found unreadable content in xxx.docx. Do you want to recover the contents of this document? If you trust the source of the document, click Yes.

3-(Yes)->We are sorry. We can't open xxx .docx because we found a problem with its contents. (Microsoft Office cannot open this file because some parts are missing or invallid.)

 

Additional information:

1. This piece of Microsoft Office is newly installed and will open the files not created on the computer before the system refresh and will open the files created on the computer after the system refresh.

2. My system is running Windows 8 Professional and Office 2013 Professional.

3. The original files are not encrypted by any manner (including password, AFS, and other encryption methods)

4. This is appearing on Word, Excel and PowerPoint (since I have never created any other office files on this computer before).

5. The office files won't open even if I change the extension to .zip.

6. No effect is seen after a commercial software of office restore.

7. I haven't performed a backup for these files :(

 

Can anybody possibly see what is going on here?

Access after renewing subscription

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:55 PM PDT

I'm trying to reactivate my office account on Microsoft 8. I've filled out all of the info & paid for the renewal, but it says my email isn't associated with the Office account. Help.

Cannot get Microsoft Word

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:23 PM PDT

macro to write and retrieve user form data

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:57 PM PDT

Hello,

 

I have created some Word templates with user forms and they're working well. The only problem is that every time I use the template I need to fill in my name, phone number and email address. I have looked around and am struggling to find how I can store the values entered into the text boxes into a text file so that every time I use the form the name, phone and email values are automatically populated.

 

If someone could point me in the right direction that would be great. I realize that this is probably going to use VBA to write to a text file and if so, please consider that I am new to VBA :)

 

Cheers,

Mark

word 2013 can not start apps

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 05:57 PM PDT

I have added a number of apps to Word 213.

However the new apps will not start. 

Restart does not do the trick.

Closing and restarting word is of no help.

I have signed into office 365 and confirmed that the apps are there.

Any ideas?

how can I copy a document to microsfot word starter 2010 and still be able to edit information. The way I di it won't let me edit information

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:47 PM PDT

how can I copy a document to microsoft word starter 2010 and still be able to edit information.  The way I did it, it won't let me edit information

Save and Save As dialog are blank except for save and cancel buttons

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:41 PM PDT

This is in Word and Excel. No problems when using safe mode. Diagnostics indicated no problems. Virus check run. Two Add-ins - PDF Complete and Person Name.

office 365 co-authoring and cloud storage

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:34 PM PDT

Hi,

I would like to know better how Office 365 works.

I am willing to run a pilot in the company I work for, but I would like to know the following:
  1. Can we work on documents in a collaborative way, such as Google Docs does? Multiple people editing the same doc at the same time.
  2. Does the actual document gets stored in Microsoft cloud at any time or it stays stored locally? Even when co-authoring?
  3. Can I use Office 365 for Enterprise? I saw there are only the versions Home Premium and University.

Thanks,

Fabio

TOC 1 Style is not bold when Style Set is used on another documnt

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 03:19 PM PDT

I have saved a style set as a .dotm.  In that style set: TOC 1 is bold,  TOC 2 is not indented.
I didn't change anything else in TOCs (e.g. line spacing: 5 pt after).
I have also changed a load of other styles and what appears in the Quick Style Gallery

In a new document, when I Change Styles to that style set, most of it works ok.  TOC 2 is not indented,
but TOC 1 doesn't show as bold.
If I modify TOC 1 in that new document, I see it is not bold - and it's line spacing is now 12 pt after instead of 5 pt.  TOC 2 and TOC 3 are still 5 pt after.
Why does the bold not come through and the line spacing is different from the .dotm containing the style set where it does show bold correctly and line spacing is 5 pt after for all TOC 1, 2 and 3?


I am gradually getting my head around Themes, and their components: Style Sets, Building Blocks, colour palettes, fonts, spacing.
Also where they are held: Style Sets: 1 per .dotm
Building Blocks: all in BuildingBlocks.dotx

I wish there was a simple schematic to show the components and how they fit together - an overview that shows these major tools and their relationships and how they are housed in files on the C drive or wherever.
Some guides say to use the styles organizer to move a style from one doc to another but I don't see why I'd do that instead of style sets.

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 will not browse file locations

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 will not browse file locations

Word 2013 will not browse file locations

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:54 PM PDT

Pretty bizzare problem. I cannot "Open" or "Save As" any document in my installation of Word 2013. 

When I open the "File" menu and select "Open" or "Save As"-- I can select  Computer, I can see recently opened folders-- but when I hit the "Browse" button, absolutely nothing happens. What gives? I've started Word in Safe Mode. Same behavior. 

<ctrl> + "o" brings up the same File/Open menu (not the classic file browsing dialogue box) with the same non-functioning "Browse" button.

Any advice?

Mike

spell check using wrong lanquage

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:28 PM PDT

I have tried all the help suggestions I can find.  The spell checker is marking words a mispelled and the alternative is a French word.  The word is correct in English

Microsoft WORKS document files

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:59 PM PDT

I have several hundred files that were created in MS WORKS.  I no longer have access to the computer and software that created those files.  My new PC has Office 2013 installed, but it does not recognize WORKS files.  How can I read these files?

trouble converting files fron word 2010 to word 2013 (Office 365)

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:48 PM PDT

I have all my word files in word (starter) 2010.  I upgraded to word 365 (I guess it is word 2013), but I cant get my existing files to open in the 2013 settings.  should I uninstall 2013 or 2010, and what will be the consequences of each?

Footer graphic lines not copying-pasting properly

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:46 PM PDT

Hi all,

I have a macro that copies the headers and footers from a "base" template into all my other templates.  This was working correctly until some changes to the footer and I have not been able to track down why.

The code basically opens the "source" template and opens the "target" template, goes to the source template, opens the footer and does:

Selection.WholeStory
Selection.Copy

Then goes to the target footer and does this:

With Selection
   .WholeStory
   .Paste
   .Delete (wdCharacter)
End With

That has worked up until now.  The footer contains 2 lines of text and then it has 3 vertical graphic lines and one horizontal graphic line in between the two lines.  The only difference in the source template is that they wanted me to change margins and footer distance a bit and move the lines a small amount.

The problem: when I paste the text back into the target document, the text come in fine but the vertical graphic lines are not in the correct place.  For each of these, I have them anchored to a paragraph.

I have looked at a lot of properties but have run out of ideas.

Albert Gostick

Word documents with network template sent outside the company

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:55 PM PDT

We use a Word template that has some macros to pull in other word documents based on user form selection.  This works great except when we try to send one of these documents to someone outside the company.  It takes several minutes for them to open the file as Word attempts to try and find the template file that is on our system but is obviously unavailable on the clients computer/network.  Is there a way around this?  All solutions I've seen are centered around the premise that you had a central server that held templates, you decommissioned that server and now all your old word documents are pointing to a dead location.  The solution was to manually (or through script) remove the bad template references from each file.  That's not really a solution for this issue.  Are we just trying to use Word in a fashion it wasn't intended?

Thanks,
Todd

Highlight cross reference fields in Word 2007

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:49 PM PDT

I'm using cross-reference fields for internal navigation in my Word 2007 document, and I want future users to update the fields to keep all the pointers right as the document changes.  I need some way to mark or search for the cross-reference fields so they can be updated reliably.  I followed some instructions for adding formatting by adding /* Charformat to the field, but that just resulted in "Error! Unknown switch argument" when I attempted to update the field.  I seem to recall there used to be a simple way to highlight the cross-reference fields but MS seems to have taken that capability away.  Can anybody give me correct instructions or a workaround?

cannot type certain words like ड,उ,ए using ctrl+alt in devanagari unicode (Microsoft Word 2007)

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:17 PM PDT

I'm using MS Word 2007 in my Toshiba Laptop. I wanted to type in Nepali Language and installed Sanskrit font from the Control Panel>Change Keyboard or other input methods>Keyboards and languages tab>change keyboards>Add>Sanskrit (Devanagari). 

I can type characters in a normal keystroke, with shift, with shift+ctrl+alt but not being able to type with ctrl+alt . I used this link (http://www.ubcsanskrit.ca/keyboards.html#howto) as a reference for the keyboard layout that exactly works outside the Microsoft word. I can type any characters in Facebook, Twitter or anywhere using ctrl+alt or anyother keystroke. This problem is only inside Microsoft Word. 

Amazingly Ctrl+Alt works with Microsoft Powerpoint and Microsoft Excel too but don't know what's the problem with Microsoft Word. When I press Ctrl+Alt+T instead of ट it will type TM special character and something else with d and u. 

Please help me to change any settings so that I would be able to type any characters in Nepali/Devanagari language in Microsoft Word. 

Thank You. 

How do you make 2007 Auto-Indent the same as 2003?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:02 PM PDT

Microsoft, in their infinite stupidity, changed (along with numerous other working functions) the auto-indent settings when they came out with Office 2007.  While this is (yet another) complaint about 2007 and later versions, that's not the purpose of this post. 

I cannot find in the Help, MS Support, or Bing.com that explains where I can adjust the *default* auto-indent settings for *all* lists and *all* list levels.  They do explain how to adjust the current level, but NOT the *default*.

How can I change Word 2007's auto-indent settings so that, like Office 2003, each indent is positioned below the wrap point of the higher level indent?  For instance (using "-" as a space since I can't use >TAB< in this post)
1.--Paragraph 1 level 1
----A.--Level 2 p1
----B.--Level 2 p2
--------i.--Level 3 p1

Word 2007 want to use a format that wastes a huge amount of line space, like
----1.--Level 1 P1
------------A.--Level 2 p1
--------------------i.--Level 3 p1

Not only does that look like you-know-what, it wastes an incredible amount of space on a page!  To add insult to injury, for some reason the indent position for Level 1 number is variable.  A new document it indents the number 0.25 and the paragraph 0.50.  In existing documents, the first level is starts as much as 3.0 or 4.0 into the line, requiring a manual adjustment!

What I want is set Word 2007 to use the (correct) 2003 auto-indent formatting;  I type "1.{space}" and it creates the first level paragraph, with the 1. on the left margin - NOT indented 5, 10, or more spaces.  I type one or more Level 1 paragraphs.  When I'm ready to enter a Level 2 line, from an empty  Level 1 line, I press >TAB<, and a Level 2 line is automatically started with the next level label, with that paragraph label immediately under the first character of the Level 1 paragraph.  Each successive level does the same - it's label is positioned immediately below the 1st character of the prior level's paragraph.

This is an amazingly simple concept, but I cannot get Word 2007 to do it! 

I've been able to get by with manually adjusting each and every indent for single and multilevel lists for several years now, but I haven't had to use auto-numbered lists that much.  Unfortunately, I'm now working on writing an instruction manual that uses paragraph numbering and indenting extensively.  Which means, that I'm adjusting each indent 5 or 6 times a page on every page!  I'm on page 5 now, and I'm over it. 

Arg!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Harry

Auto Text Gallery grayed out not allowing me to save

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:56 AM PDT

Was recently upgraded to Office 2013. My autotext information was transferred but the auto text will not allow it to be saved in the gallery. It is grayed out.

How to change background color of input pane in Word (2013)?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Hi,

Sometime about this month (probably around 9/10 after applying this month's security update) I have run into a severe problem -- all of a sudden the input pane's background becomes black. As the result I cannot edit any new/existing documents since I cannot see its contents anymore -- black fonts on black background. I tried to uninstall the Office Pro 2013 and reinstall but no luck. Same thing in a fresh installation (even before apply any patches). I have also removed all office-related folders under AppData but nothing helped. Here is how it looks like:

 

Any idea how to fix this weird problem?

Thanks,
Bruce

What is finereader6.sprint.dot under Templates and Add Ins and can I get rid of it?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Word has been crashing ridiculously lately, so I'm trying to disable any add-ins I don't think I need. (BTW, crashes happen in large documents I'm scrolling through especially when most of the document is in a table structure--driving me crazy as these are SkyDrive docs and I have to go in and delete all *.tmp files created during crash so SkyDrive will behave and not tell me doc is locked by another user!]

Move columns doesn't work in Word 2013

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:34 AM PDT

Hi, 

I'm absolutely flustered on why the move columns feature no longer works in Word. In previous versions of Word when you have a document with several columns that you do NOT want to have equally spaced you simply uncheck the Equal Column Width checkbox and can then drag the column to a new position. With Word 2013 you can still drag the column but it instantly snaps back to the default position.

Is this a bug?

Many thanks for any help!

Ras

I have microsoft word starter 2010 and the other day I went to go into a document and all documents were orange in colour and would not let me open it said I had to buy office to access documents

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:10 AM PDT

I have microsoft word starter 2010 and the other day I went to go into a document and all documents were orange in colour and would not let me open it said I had to buy office to access documents.  What went wrong?

how to transfer text and drawing from word starter 'across' I.E. and paste (have'both') arrive intact.

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 11:01 AM PDT

how do i copy 1 page of text and a drawing in made in word starter 2010, and click over I.E. into hotmail, and paste the 1 page of text and drawing into 'make' e-mail, to send?  either I.E. 'blocks' and breakes up the picture part, or hotmail does, or both? how do i get the picture part to cross from word, across I.E., and be accepted by hotmail?  i can't use an attachment to send this, some people won't open any attachment, and so the picture part has to be on the same text part of the visible, readable page, from the point where you 'press' send the e-mail (now).
-- so, when try the transfer of the 1 page from out of word, the drawing part breaks up 'into' rectangles, with a white square outlined in black in the upper left corner of each (rectangle), on the hotmail page. I.E. prompts and mentions 'script and active x controls", and if allow blocked content.? trying to allow it apparently make no 'visible' difference. what can be done?  if there is, are a simple instruction, i simply don't know how to find it, where this is. 

Assign a shortcut to a command in the Navigation pane

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 10:48 AM PDT

Word 2013

When you go to the Navigation pane > Headings tab, right-clicking a heading will display a context menu with several commands: Promote, Demote, New Heading Before, New Heading After...

Is there any way to assign a shortcut key to a command in this context menu?

A related question: By default, all headings in the Navigation pane are expanded. Is there a way to change this default behavior so that they're all collapsed?

Microsoft Office gone from my computer

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 10:22 AM PDT

When I started school I bought Microsoft office student edition. Today I noticed that all the Microsoft office programs are here except Microsoft word. For some reason my Microsoft word program changed to Microsoft word starter. What the **** happened to the full program.

iteration search

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 10:18 AM PDT

Drafted a document in Word 2007. After saving, the contents of another word document completely overwrote the document in question.  If the auto-save function is operational and more than ten minutes had elapsed while the document was being edited could the original contents be recovered?  Guidance sought.

Some how, I locked the whole Microsoft word 2010.

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 09:36 AM PDT

So my whole Word is not working, i cant type on old documents, or even blank new pages.
the bars at the top of the screen won't let me do anything ether.
I have two essays due tomorrow morning, and i can't get Microsoft to work!

Please help quickly!

Word 2010 automatic word count

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 08:23 AM PDT

Every ~5 minutes Microsoft Word 2010 does an automatic word count of my document. I am working on a procedure with review comments which is over 160 pages and over 45,000 words. So every time this word count calculates it takes about 30 seconds and prevents any work from being done in the document. This is extremely frustrating. 
Auto save is set at 10 minutes. 
I have removed the word count from the status bar. 
I have searched high and low for a solution and have not found one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards,

Jerry

How do I find the name of an object in a Word Document?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 07:18 AM PDT

This is a really embarrassing question, but I have been searching for hours to no avail. How do you find the name of an object (whether it be a text box, picture, whatever) in Microsoft Office Products? Shouldn't there be an option in Word (for example) to "view properties" or something like that?

My current problem is that I need to find the name of a picture in my Word Document, but I would really like to know a direct way to learn it for any object, whether I'm in ppt, Word, or Excel. I've only ever worked with ppt doing this kind of VBA, and I just added an animation to whatever object I wanted to know the name of, and it showed the name in the animation list. Not an option for Word. I'm self-taught and just have never learned this basic knowledge. Help?

Cannot copy and paste from Word 2013 to online site...

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:58 AM PDT

I use Windows 7 and recently purchased Word 2013. I mainly use it to write my original stories and poems and post them on my online blog or other writers websites. I try to copy the text and paste it online however it gets copied onto the clipboard but when I right click on my blog, the paste option is grayed out. I don't want my copied text to go to the clipboard which I know allows for easier posting within Word but what about outside of Word? This is my major reason for buying Word 2013, if I cannot copy and paste outside of Word then it would be a wasted purchase for me and since I'm on the monthly, I will consider terminating my account. Someone please help.

Word documents not always opening in Sharepoint

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:27 AM PDT


Basically I keep getting my login screen coming up when I go to open a Word document in Sharepoint ( not sure if other files are affected t0o)
I have to put my login details in several times before it will open. Sometimes it doesn't open at all and I get messages like this.
Note it works fine at my workplace- just not very well from home. This has been  a problem for a number of years.

Removing the "and" between merge fields?

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:18 AM PDT

I have several documents that I have a merge field then "and" followed by another merge field.  Anyone know how to remove the "and" between merge fields if there is nothing in the second field?  It is extremely frustrating when you have to find all of them and delete out the "and" before proceeding.

How to open Word docs that the system has converted into Office docs

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:05 AM PDT

My PC was preloaded with Word Starter 2010. I have been using it for a few years to my satisfaction. A few days ago, unable to open a document, a window appeared with three options: asking if I already purchased Office or for purchasing it or for using it temporarily on a trial basis. I marked the third option. However, I got a box saying that Office could not be installed in my PC because of missing or dammaged files. What is surprising is that all docs that I had saved in Word format have now suddenly changed into Office format and my problem is that I cannot open them because they are not Word any more and that I cannot have Office. When I try to open them, the above mentioned window with the three options appears. How can I open my Word files again?

how to count vertically merged cells of a table using VBA

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 06:02 AM PDT

I need to count vertically merged cells and horizontally merged cells using VBA. Any help on this regard.

repair stackhash_a622

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 02:57 AM PDT

how to repair stackhash_a622?

What causes this error?

Save to pdf stopped working

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 01:03 AM PDT

I can no longer save or export a word document to PDF.  I get the message "The export failed due to an unexpected error."  Tried saving old documents, new documents, new blank documents but all failed.  I have been using this function for months but it suddenly stopped working.  Performed a full repair of Office 365 but no joy.  Is it caused by a security update, 3rd party software or something else? I'm running Office 365 on Win8 64bit.

Any suggestions?

Tony

Word 2010 for PC, Header is not continuing past page 3, not sure why... HELP!

Posted: 25 Sep 2013 12:01 AM PDT

I've copied and pasted the document body text into a new document without any header and yet the problem is still showing up. Not sure where to get rid of it and allow the pages to flow continuously.
 

Word 2010, Windows 7 - Paste Option does not work???

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:51 PM PDT

In word, I can "cut" text from another page - but when I click w/mouse to paste or click the paste option on the toolbar - it does not offer me the "Paste" option.  It's shaded out in a grey (color) on the mouse option. On the toolbar option, where there is normally 3 paste options, only one is showing, again "grey-ed out".  The only option that is available to me, is on the toolbar and that is to "Set Paste Default".  When I click on it, there's a ton of settings which might as well be in another lanuage to me, as I am not tech savy, basics, basics is all I know.  This is the 1st time it's happened to me, but it's also the 1st time, I used or tried to use andlear "format painter".  Did I do something wrong, mess up the settings accidentally?  Help

Microsoft Word Deactivated

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 11:17 PM PDT

Hey, I've had my computer for around four to five years with Microsoft Word 2007 working on it since I installed it a few days after my purchase of the computer.

However, recently it seems that my copy of Microsoft Word has deactivated, and my computer seems to believe that I must re-enter a product key, generating the message "This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked." on any documents I open or create.

Of course, it also generates the product key screen on Word start-up as well.

While I believe this is due to my horrendous array of problems with my computer which have stacked up over time, I wish to know if there is anything I can do while I am in the process of getting a new computer.

It would be nice to know if re-entering the product key from the same box would consume another of the three uses, or if all three are used, if it would recognize my computer and/or not recognize the use, as I would prefer not to have to use another copy on the same computer.

Thanks,
Anthony

Insert date in all blank documents

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:25 PM PDT

Is there any way to create a Word template with the current date that opens when I click "new", similar to a modified "normal" template in versions of Word prior to 2013?  If there is, it is well hidden...

Microsoft Word 2013: Tracked Changes bug? Comments balloons disappear after deleting text in a document

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 10:04 PM PDT

I have encountered a really annoying bug in Word 2013.

For background, I am an English-language scientific editor and have upgraded to Word 2013 from 2010.

Often, I find that when I (or other editors) delete the text highlighted by a comment, the actual comment disappears from view. Word is set up so all changes are shown in the mark-up margin. If I restore the text, the comment re-appears.

The comments are not visible in All Markup or Simple Markup views. However, if I use the Reviewing pane, I can find the comments if I de-select 'show , if the document doesn't crash because of the sheer number of changes! This has meant I frequently miss some comments from clients or other editors.

If I load the same document in Word 2010, the comment is visible and can be interacted with. Therefore, I oftne need to make all edits in Word 2013 (the ability to switch from simple to all markup is quite handy, as are the larger comment boxes), but then need to re-open in Word 2010 to check I haven't missed anything.

Does anyone have any suggestions or has anyone else encountered this?

All my word legal documents that I wrote are gone? HELP PLEASE

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:49 PM PDT

I have been using my old microsoft word and now all my legal documents that I did in word are gone. I was using my old 2000 SR-1 on all my computer for years since 2000 and now I can't get into them. Can someone tell me how I can retrieve these word docs? These are court documents that I need soon. Thank you for any help you can provide.

microsoft office 365

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 09:06 PM PDT

Microsoft word is not working windows says its looking for a solution  will not let me do work in Microsoft word  says its stopped working

latest updates 9-12-13 re-loaded office 2010 and set it as a default which shut down office starter 2010 (English) as mydefault

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:36 PM PDT

If I delete the new download datd 9-12-13 would my original default re-activate as office starter (english) or would it delete the whole program
this came with the new updates now I have to go thru five steps just to open a doc from my e-mail which used to automatically open in word
these wont open with adobe either where they used to no I know why all college students use macs

Problems printing pics as a background in 2010

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 07:11 PM PDT

When there is a picture inserted as a background through page layout, or a background is a gradient, they shrink into multiple tiles when printed.  It looks as it should in print preview. How do you fix it so it prints the same as it appears in print preview?  It's either on windows 7 or 8. 

And it doesn't have to be one picture on the page.  For example, I have a page set in landscape with 5 pics going across and 4 rows. 

Document # updated everytime you go into the template

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:43 PM PDT

I have a document that needs the document Number updated every time you open the template. How Do i do that????
and will i be able to use this template on my tablet that uses word 2013 on windows 8

need to translate 4 pg.document english to spanish

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 05:02 PM PDT

I am NOT computer literate.  Please keep it simple.  How do I translate a Word document to Spanish from English. Thank you !

Macro to insert row and copy form fields from previous row on exit (protected form document)

Posted: 24 Sep 2013 04:39 PM PDT

I have created a protected form document in Word 2010. It contains various tables with each table requiring an option to add additional rows if required by the user.  I have found a macro that will give the user the option of adding a row which contains the form fields from the previous row.  See below for example.  But I would also to have the macro deleted from the previous row at the same time so that if the user goes back to amend any information they aren't asked if they would like to add a row again.   I have found a number of options to do this on the internet, but both come back with errors.  Does anyone have any other formulas I could try?  I have a number of different tables that this would apply to, all with a differnet number of columns.  Thanks

 

Sub AddARow()
Dim i As Integer
Dim bProtected As Boolean
Dim sNewRow As String
Dim oFld As FormFields

sNewRow = InputBox("Insert New Row", "New Row", "No")
If Left(UCase(sNewRow), 1) <> "N" Then
'Unprotect the file
If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
bProtected = True
ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:=""
End If

With Selection
.SelectRow
.Copy
.Paste
.SelectRow
Set oFld = Selection.Range.FormFields
For i = 1 To oFld.Count
oFld(i).Result = ""
Next
End With

If bProtected = True Then
ActiveDocument.Protect _
Type:=wdAllowOnlyFormFields, NoReset:=True, Password:=""
End If
End If
End Sub
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