| How to Modify a Word 2010 Custom Table Style Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:55 PM PST Using Word 2010, and the Oriel Report theme, how do I modify a custom table style? When I create a custom table style, I'm not able to modify it.
For example, when I try to change the Header Row to red, it reverts back to automatic:
. Here's a video (2 mins) showing the end to end process of what I'm doing and where it breaks down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI7ORlV9eLE&hd=1
Help? Thanks!
Adam
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| loss of microsoft student packages such as word and excel Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:36 PM PST hello, with reference to the above, I have lost my student package of word and excel.. they have disappeared from my computer!! - help please! - I last used them in December, and when I went to use them tonight the icons were not anywhere to be seen! I purchased them late on last year.. October/November time, and need them for my studies.. can I reinstall them using the product key thing?? help please! Thanks Anita |
| How do I turn off the annoying Research pane on Word? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:30 PM PST It opens up EVERYTIME. This is so annoying! Closing the X on the top tight corner does not help at all.
Is there some way to turn off this completely unnecessary functionality for once and for all?! |
| Where are keyboard shortcuts stored? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 02:17 PM PST On my Windows 8.1 machine, I just created a newer user account, and I thought I'd transferred all application data from the old account I've been using. However, I see that certain stuff has been left behind.
Right now, I know that at least my keyboard shortcuts didn't come over to the new profile. Can I locate them somewhere and move them?
Thanks!
Ken
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| File in Use: this document is locked for editing by ..... me, only it isn't it's someone else Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:44 PM PST I am a junior tech for our local school division, I install programs and so I am responsible for installing most of the users Microsoft office in the schools and offices I'm responsible for.
Lately I am getting a LOT of hate mail from staff who say that THEIR Microsoft office files are not editable or that they can't open because I have them open.
They get the following pop up- File in Use: this document is locked for editing by Victoria mylastname.. Do you want to 1) open a read only copy 2) create a local copy 3) receive notification when original is available"
They say every file seems to be read only.
As I'm a junior tech I have a lot of work to do and no interest nor do I want to snoop through their files, and I'm definitely not opening them and keeping them from editing them. I am also the tech for the school division's head office and it is an office so they do share files over the network. So what is happening is someone who I have installed Office on their computer for them has opened the file. This is totally ok, what isn't ok, is that it says that I'm the one who has it open, if they knew who it was they could say hey I need that file. But since it's saying it's me, and I don't have it open they can't track down who has it open.
I'm tired of getting the emails and questioned about why I have their files open.
is there a solution to this issue. I have asked my senior techs but they haven't found a solution yet.
I set up the machines, install the settings and the programs they require. Then I transfer my user settings to the default user, this where I am guessing my name is being set up as the user who is opening the files.
Once the new Users have their machines is there a way to ensure that their names are what is used when the File is use warning is sent? |
| Normal.dot ribbon placement Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:42 PM PST My Normal.dot selection keeps disappearing from the ribbon and I'm unable to find a way to permanently restore it to its place. Q&A does not suggest an answer to the problem. |
| Microsoft Word 2013 partially opening documents, worsens over time until have to completely restart Word Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:15 PM PST One of our users is experiencing a problem which progressively worsens throughout the day - she normally works with a couple of different Word Documents over, a variety of document types from 97 - 2013. When she opens a saved document, the document often hangs and opens up an outline box rather than a document, closing this and re-opening the document sometimes works for her, but it is noticeably worse after she has been working on more documents.
Completely closing Word temporarily resolves this, but I need to stop it happening altogether as we're starting to roll out 2013 and I don't want this to be a network wide issue...could this be associated with the database in her AppData? Is there any Office "Cache" I can increase the size of? Or am I looking in the wrong place altogether?
Thanks in advance,
Laura |
| Using line numbers in an index Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:12 PM PST I have a document with continuous line numbers. How can I have the Index use line numbers instead of page numbers? |
| Different number of lines per page Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:56 PM PST I need major help here. I'm formatting my book for Createspace and everything is perfect except that the left hand page sometimes has 29 lines and the right has 30. I know it's a small thing, but a major thing at the same time because it happens maybe every twenty pages. I do not have the widow/orphan control on and all the pages have the same dimensions. Can anyone give me some suggestions? |
| Continuing text past section break Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:53 PM PST I'm working on a letterhead template that uses a different image for the first page than it does on any pages beyond that. I've put the images as watermarks and created a section break so that the first watermark doesn't repeat. The issue I'm having is that simply typing text that exceeds the first page doesn't continue into the second section, it just creates another page containing the first watermark. Is there another way of doing this so that text exceeding the first page will appear on the second watermark? Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
| Microsoft Office (Apparently, three other people are editing my work and I am all of them. Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:24 PM PST Ok, not so bright I guess lol. I was trying to change the title of what I was writing when I noticed that two other people were editing my work?? I thought, well, maybe I will just close it down and open it again only to find out there were now three and once again, I was the culprit. How the heck do I fix that?? Thank you for your time.
Cheryl |
| Microsoft Office is busy at the moment. Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:05 PM PST I have come to use my word document in Microsoft office, but a box appears stating:
WINWORD.EXE cant be used right now because office is busy. We're either updating or helping you add or remove some programs. It goes on to say I will able to use it when they have finished, and it shouldn't take long. This message has been on for over an hour, and I have an assignment deadline to meet, does anyone know how long this message stays on for? And has it occurred due to something I have done? Because the previous evening I had problems with word and printing, so perhaps this is a result of that.
Thanks |
| Outline Numbering within a table Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:50 AM PST New here, any guidance or suggestions are welcomed.
I am trying to improve on a document given to me by my supervisor.
In this word doc there are tables that we are using to document a test procedure. In each table we have multiple columns and possibly multiple rows.
We need to document each step with a unique identifier for collection purposes.
Is it possible to have numbering span multiple columns and then follow a numbering scheme I set for each sub category?
I know how to add outline numbering to a single column.
I tried my to explain my goal as best as possible without adding confusion so I have added the image below to help with clarification.
Again, Any help is greatly appreciated.
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| What are the pros and cons of both oxps and xps files? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 11:33 AM PST I am using Windows 8.1 and have a really basic question. Since I can save/print files as both .oxps and .xps files, are there reasons to use one over the other? Is there any functionality gained, such as the ability to comment, highlight, or convert to another format like those available in Acrobat Reader?
Thanks for whatever help you can give. |
| How to change Word language from Polish to English. (Not the spell check/grammar language but the program's language itself) Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:42 AM PST Hello,
Please help! Some years back I purchased my computer from a fellow student. She was from Poland and so all of MS Office 2007 was set to the Polish language. I have spent considerable time attempting to change the language to English (even going into the registry as one person advised) but it does not seem to work. There is even a language button on the bottom of the screen in MS Word which says 'Angielski' which I think means 'English' and when clicking there you can select US English, but it only seems to apply to the grammar and spell check, not to MS Word itself (File, Edit, Cut, Copy, things like this)
I happen to be using MS Word much more now than before and so trying to navigate between it and Google Translate is getting frustrating.
Please help! |
| Caption Label Disapeared - Table of Figures - Unable to find entries - Unable to 'Continue" with new labels. Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:39 AM PST Product: MS Word 2013 (via MS Office 365 Subscription Small Business Premium - not an option in the list of products)
Using Table of Figures and Insert Caption: I created a new caption "Label" (value "Fig."), and created a set of captions for figures. I confirmed use, format, and ability to create a Table of Figures, by inserting Table of Figures at end of document. I saved the document, but did not save changes to Normal.dot, and closed the document. When I returned to the document, it appears that the label "Fig." is gone. I can continue to update the table, but the label ("Fig.") is missing. Insert Table of Figures results in the inserted value "No table of figures entries found". (Despite the fact that I can SEE the captions.)
I can insert NEW captions using a NEW label. The NEW label starts at sequence value 1. There are instructions for setting the Sequence number (using the "/r" switch in the code macro. This seems to work about 50% of the time - it works inconsistently. I can even create a NEW label with the same string value as the previous one ("Fig.") but Insert Table of Figures only inserts any newly created captions - and does not pick up the old ones. (I note that when I look at the macro code for the old "Table of Figures" table it shows the code as "{TOC \h \z \c "Fig. "} (with space after the "Fig."), and the value "Fig." is italicized. When I create a NEW label with same apparent value, the string "Fig." is not italicized. I do not see any way to italicize or set style on the actual label in label creation. My guess - and its only that - is that MS Word keeps the Labels in the Normal template (why? I don't know, and thus not saving 'normal' resulted in the label being lost - and the list of Captions being orphaned.) If I delete the old table of figures, I cannot recreate it - but I can keep it and it will update correctly. Not a good solution as this is a living document.
So, the questions are:: Is there a way to tell MS Word to (a) continue to use the existing figure captions and to continue the sequence? Or create a new sequence, and caption set, but include the existing. Advice? Help?
(As an aside, I attempted to get phone support on this question as Small Business Premium Subscription is a 'supported' product. 2 hours, 7 phone calls, 2 chats, 1 dropped remote session (with no call back - after getting my # and promising to) and 2 dropped 'transfers' later (after also getting my phone number), I gave up. Some of the most abysmal technical support interaction I've ever experienced and at this point we've all experienced some pretty bad interactions. I couldn't even get to someone that knew enough to look at this, much less solve it or contribute to a solution - or even just acknowledge that its a bug. Microsoft ? I knew you when you were at least smart if not cool. You got to try harder!)
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| Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are not working Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:12 AM PST Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V are not working in word 2013 and Windows 8.1
This is pretty strange.
When I am in WORD 2013, these 3 shortcuts don't work.
this problem happens ONLY in word 2013.
The rest of the programs on the pc work fine. ( I installed word 2010 and it works just fine. I uninstalled and installed office 2013 and there goes the shortcut problem).
Any idea please?
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| After setting tabbing order in a protected form, it skips fields Posted: 07 Jan 2014 10:08 AM PST Hello, I used the code from this page, http://word.mvps.org/faqs/tblsfldsfms/SetTabOrder.htm , and changed the names of the field bookmarks as necessary, but when I enable form protection, it skips every other field when I press the tab key. In the Case statements in the macro, I basically just did something like "Case Text1 go to Text2", "Case Text2 go to Text3" (using proper syntax, of course, as provided in the link). I can't figure out why it's skipping every other field. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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| Line Breaks with Font Changes Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:43 AM PST  I have a document that is inserting a line break after an open quotation mark. Both Asian language rules (ex. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb688158.aspx) and Latin language rules say that Word should not break after an open quote. This particular open quotation mark is in Times New Roman (English) followed by characters in PMingLiU (Chinese). I assume the font change the cause for the line break as if I alter the open quotation to also be PMingLiU, Word keeps it together. I also know that I can force a line break before the open quotation, but this text will not always be at the end of the line, and this would force me to edit the break every time I use the document. So, is there way to turn the break off or insert some kind of non-breaking-open-quotation (not unlike a non-breaking-space)? I want to keep the fonts, but also keep the Times New Roman quotation mark and PMingLiU characters together. Thanks for your help. Cora |
| Word Configures Every Time I Run It Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:15 AM PST Hello,
I have Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007. When I installed it, all of the applications are running normally except for Word. Whenever I start Microsoft Word, it says "Configuration Progress" and has a loading bar with "Configuring Microsoft Office 2007" underneath it. The loading bar takes around 3-5 minuets. This pops up in a new window. After it finishes loading, Word starts up and runs normally. All of my saved information remains. I tried repairing it, but the same problem happens again. This doesn't happen for any of the other applications. Also, the saved documents are supposed to have a Microsoft Word logo next to it, but when I save a document it has a different icon, one with a white, bunny-eared page, and blue and red markings on it. How would you fix this problem? |
| My Microsoft Word 2010 for Mac Margins Are All Over The Place Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:13 AM PST I recall my margins being 2 cm (top,bottom,left,right) for 'Normal' setting some 2-3 years ago when I first bought Office so I don't know how it became all set to 2.54 cm now when I click 'Normal' margin settings.
I have had no problem after applying this setting but on writing my 3rd page of the document, somehow my sentences and paragraphs have literally gone off tangent and become quite indented towards the right even though the margin levels at the top of the page show that it's still in the 'Normal' setting. So I've got 2 pages in normal margins and then the 3rd page, all my margins have gone crazy. I've tried configuring custom margin settings in all sorts of way possible and even tried setting it to Office Word 2003 default but nothing seems to fix this.Also, every time I start a new document, the margins become all messed up again.
I've attached a picture to shed more light.
Please help as I have an assignment to submit pretty soon!
Thanks in advance! |
| Office question Posted: 07 Jan 2014 09:11 AM PST I am working with a pic from online clip art. I want to add text that will attach to the photo so when I resize the photo the text will change as well. I have it the way I want it know but when I resize the pic the text stays the same. I used word art for the text. Can anyone help with this?
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| How do you include Chapter numbers in an index? Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:56 AM PST I've set up a 230 manual with TOC and Index. However, the index prints the page number only and my document is set up with each chapter starting out with page 1.
Is there a way to put Chapter number in the footer (and not have it visible) so that the index can include this as part of the page number? Or is there a way for the index to also grab the chapter number from the header?
My header includes
Company Name
Manual Name
Chapter Name Chapter Number
My footer includes
Revision Date Revision Number Page Number
TOC
Chapter Title Page Number
Section Number Section Title Page Number
Paragraph Title Page Number
Index
Paragraph Title or key word Page Number (THIS IS WHERE I'D LIKE IT TO READ SOMETHING LIKE 9:4 (Chapter 9, page 4)
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| Mail Merge with Rules - Spacing Problem Posted: 07 Jan 2014 08:51 AM PST Hello, I've set up a mail merge template, where I am using the if/then rule to merge text as required. More specifically, I have certain sections of my document that only need inclueded occasionally - I've designed the if/then rule to input the text IF the data source contains a particular word for that mergefield. The process itself is working flawlessly, and I am able to merge the text it without issue. However the problem I am encountering is for one section that includes three (3) paragraphs. When this section is NOT included in the final merged document, word (for some reason) includes the paragraph spaces that are formatted between the paragraphs. As the paragraph breaks are within the text the merge is NOT supposed to include in the finished merge document, I do not understand why or how to fix the problem. I've tried every work around I can think of, and still no luck. Any suggestions? Thanks, Michelle |
| How to reverse the background colors in a search result Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:57 AM PST For quite a while now (forever?), whenever I search in Word, the result being highlighted is a dark yellow, and all the other results are bright/lighter yellow. My eye naturally drifts to the lighter, brighter color and I find myself asking which term I am being shown at the moment.
Is there a way to get MS Word to change the colors for the search results?
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| Creating 10 documents, wanting to change order of different Heading and sub headings and keep them in sync.. Posted: 07 Jan 2014 07:23 AM PST Word 2010 Professional Plus I am creating 10 documents that each contain information about our different customers. These are work in progress documents and they will continue to evolve. We have not finalized the order of the content. I am using Styles (Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading3, etc.). I am able to easiliy move the content around using the Navigation Pane. Is there a way to keep all 10 documents contents in sync with what order we evolve to? I looked at Master Documents and Templates, but I am not sure that is what I need. Thanks in Advance. |
| Different Users-Different # of Pages Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:37 AM PST I created a one page document in Word 2013 (Windows 7). Every time I open it, it's one page. When a coworker opens it, it's two pages. I have searched, but cannot find an explanation. I saved it as a PDF, and the PDF opens as a one-page document for her. Any idea why the number of pages changes? I have no section breaks in the document. |
| Language Pack Posted: 07 Jan 2014 06:24 AM PST Hi, I have bought the language pack couple of years ago for word and installed it on my notebook then. My notebook crashed and i had to reinstall windows and office. Now i don\t have access to my language pack as it was wiped out when i reinstalled the windows. Should i buy the language pack again?
thanks in advance! |
| Display sub-item of enumeration next to parent Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:50 AM PST I am trying to create a list with the items sorted like this. (I do not want to type the numbers and letters myself, I want to use Word's enumeration possibilities.)
- a. Some text
b. Some text - Some text
- a. Some text
Is this possible? So the "a." and "b." should be list-items as well, not just som text that I typed. |
| Word Document opening with an exceptionally huge(unwanted) width !! Posted: 07 Jan 2014 05:27 AM PST Hi,
I have a code that downloads a file by calling a web service and opens that file in a word document.But,after the file gets opened in the word doc,the width of the word doc becomes exceptionally long,although,the file downloaded wasn't that huge.So,i end up getting so much unused white space on the right hand side of the doc.
PFB the code used for opening the downloaded file in word doc.
string tempdir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tempdir);
string tempfile = Path.Combine(tempdir, documentName);
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(tempfile, content);
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
object fileName = tempfile;
object readOnly = true;
object isVisible = true;
object confirmConversions = true;
object addToRecentFiles = false;
Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Documents.Open(
ref fileName,
ref confirmConversions,
ref readOnly,
ref addToRecentFiles,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref isVisible,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing,
ref missing);
I tried to fix the issue by setting the RightMargin to 0(zero),But,that didn't help.
ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.Document.PageSetup.RightMargin = 0;
Please share,if anyone has any idea about what's going wrong here.
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| Applying style for headings on a word doc based upon numbering Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:54 AM PST Hi, I have one doc with headings put as text but numbering is there like 1, 1.1, 1.1.1 etc. I have to update this doc with some additions and format as per new style. Is there any way to recognise text based upon numbering and apply corresponding heading level (1, 2, 3) automatically? I have around 100 docs like this so need automated way. Pl support! Thanks. |
| Error messages opening word and excel Posted: 07 Jan 2014 03:18 AM PST I am getting error messages every time I open word .doc or excel .xls docs, usually when they have come in as attachments on email. I do not have a capacity issue on the laptop so not sure what is going wrong. It doesn't happen on old docs already filed so there is no consistency in the problem other than they come in general via email into outlook. Using Sony vaio laptop, Office 365 and Windows 8. I can sometimes open the docs if I put them in dropbox. Driving me mad! Can anyone help solve and fix this?  
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| trial version not working Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:56 AM PST I have installed the 1 month trial version of the Msoffice two days ago but it is not working now. |
| auto save & saving reappear without saving Posted: 07 Jan 2014 01:46 AM PST I am using word 2010 starter and from a week I was working on a document ant the the battery charge carried out and the computer closed , when I reopened it I found the recovery version but every time I try to save it the "save as window" appear and after I chose a place to save and and click "save" saving doesn't complete and the "save as window" reappear again and again and again :( , the "auto save after 10 minutes" also stooped working , and this problem happens only with this document , other documents open and save normally, I thought the problem was in the document itself, but, two days ago the problem happened with another document which was working normally before , the problem also appeared after the computer closed due to low battery , :( I can't know if the problem is in the Office of in the computer as a whole |
| Word and access 2013 32 bit are not functioning Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:59 AM PST Word and Access 2013 are not opening. The installation disk for Office 2013 will not run. It is most distressing. The product key used on many occasions with the installation disk is not recognised. It is all too frustrating. |
| Custom Numbered Lists in Word 2010 Posted: 07 Jan 2014 12:53 AM PST Hi there I hope someone can help?? I have created a custom multinumbered level list in Word 2010. Initially looks like it works, but then it goes wrong Below is an extract of the list I have already created as a visual: 1. Of all the fishes 1.1. Now is the time 2.1. The rain in Spain 2. Of all the fishes 1.1. Now is the time 2.1. The rain in Spain I have tried all sorts of ways to overcome this, but cant seem to figure it our. I have successfully created these in previous versions of Word without any issues What i want to achieve is the following: 1. Of all the fishes = Level 1 Heading 1.1. Now is the time = Level 2 Heading 1.2. The rain in Spain = Level 2 Heading 1.1.a. Of all the fishes = Level 3 Heading 2. Of all the fishes= Level 1 Heading 2.1 Now is the time = Level 2 Heading 2.2 The rain in Spain = Level 2 Heading 2.1.a The rain in Spain = Level 3 Heading and so on, and so on..... Is there anyone out there that can help me PLEASE??? Regards Steve |
| Blogger account can't work with Word 2013? Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:08 PM PST Just a few days ago I was able to connect with it perfectly and publish to my blog from Word 2013, but after a while, yesterday I suddenly couldn't publish my posts to my affiliated blogger accounts, when I connect, I put the exact same username and everything! I don't understand, help..... |
| Word 2013 hangs, lags, and freezes Posted: 06 Jan 2014 10:01 PM PST Original title: Office 2013 hangs, lags, and freezes Lately, after using it successfully for a few weeks office 2013 has begun to lag/hang while working with files. When scrolling up or down it'll stop and go into 'not responding mode' for 20-30s before running again. In particular this seems to happen while scrolling to pages with pictures embedded in them.
Now here's where it gets weird. Our internet connection has been lagy the last few days (probably due to the snowstorm) so my thought was that it was a network issue, and disabled the wi-fi. Now with no network connection everything worked fine, silky smooth scrolling and loading of many documents with images. Re-enable the network and its lagging/hanging again. So I log out and re-log into Windows 8 with a local account. Skydrive is disabled, office says its logged out (has the sign-in icon) and yet its still lagging/hanging. Turn off wi-fi and again it clears up, enable wi-fi and again the lag/hanging returns.
I'd like to be able to use office with the wi-fi enabled, any ideas on how to stop Office from attempting to access the network?? |
| Microsoft is unable to verify the license for this product Posted: 06 Jan 2014 09:41 PM PST - I have a Sony VAIO laptop, and it is brand new. I purchased it in august.
- I ran into some issues with my laptop. Last night when I logged off, I logged off normally by swiping the right side of the screen and clicking the settings wheel then power then shut down, I have never used the power button to shut off my laptop. Today my computer felt warm and I didn't really think anything of it because I had laid a few light objects on my laptop. However, when I went to use my laptop, I got stuck on a black screen with just my cursor. So, I didn't really know what to do.
- I forced shut down twice using the power button, and it booted up. It came to the VAIO screen and it said it was repairing the C: drive. I thought it was a slight issue. However, I go and see that most of my apps have x's on them, so I delete the ones I don't want and I update the ones I want.
So here comes to my problem. I go and open up Microsoft Word. The version of Office I am running is Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013. IT loads up but when I get to the screen that lets me choose what type of document I want, an error pops up saying 'Microsoft cannot verify the license for this product. you should repair this product using the control panel'. And I did just that. I did both options listed, the quick repair and the other one. I waited until the processes were done and I went to open up the program, with the same error message. I restarted my computer, tried to open up the program, with the same message popping up. I searched this issue and most of the options I found didn't work for me. I really need to use my Microsoft office word application. - I bought the Microsoft Office Home and Student 2013 at Best Buy, it wasn't illegally downloaded or anything else
- I entered in the product key correctly
- I am at my wits end
- The issue persists when I click on Powerpoint, Excel, and OneNote
Has anyone else had this issue? Can anyone help me fix this? |
| Searching images Posted: 06 Jan 2014 07:57 PM PST Is there any way to access images from Office.com via the old browser way?
The current Office 2013 way is a pain in the @**.
Im convinced Bing is not returning the same number of photos I used to receive nor is the ability to drill down further or add additional parameters.
This issue is driving me insane as I previously used the old system to obtain royalty free images quite a bit.
Thanks in advance |
