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Microsoft Word - horizontal rule transformed to box

horizontal rule transformed to box

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 01:11 PM PST

In Word 365, suddenly all horizontal rules have changed into four-sided boxes and cannot be changed back. Any ideas?

How to link a word in one Word document to a paragraph in another

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 01:06 PM PST

I have two Word docx. One docx is the primary and has informational content, the secondary docx serves as a glossary.


I need to link one word in the primary Word docx to a paragraph in the glossary docx.


How do I do that?


Thanks

Why does my Word 2013 have different keyboard shortcuts from the ones in any manuals, help files or earlier versions?

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 01:02 PM PST

I've  been using Microsoft Word for decades now and I've gotten to know a lot of keyboard shortcuts because I like to work effeciently. 

I now have Office 2013 on my new computer and I was shocked to see that some of the shortcuts had been changed. What is even more troublesome: The Office help file as well as various online forums keep telling me that the old shortcuts are still valid. However, they don't work anymore (but work fine on my Surface RT which should have some kind of Office 2013 as well). 



I'm using the German version of MS Word. The screenshot lists a few of the changed shortcuts as well as the Quickinfo text I get (which tells me the new, working shortcut). 

Could this have anything to do with my keyboard settings? I tried it with both "English US" and "German (Austria)".

Hyperlinks change when a document is sent via e-mail

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 12:53 PM PST

I have a word document that includes links to pdfs on a shared folder, when I receive the document in e-mail and hover over the link, it is pointed to folder on my profile and not where the link originally was set to.

 

Link when created points to : \\Server\date\department\subfolder\subfolder\month folder\document.pdf 

Link when cument is received : C:\documents and settings\username\local settings\...

 

Why would this happen and how can we prevent it so the Team Members can access the links.

 

Everyone involved has full access to the pdf location. This happens when you either save and send or send from document itself.

 

 

word insists on hyphenating words at end of line incorrectly

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 11:37 AM PST

In my version of Word 365 the program insists on hyphenating "although" as "alt-hough."  I can't get it to accept "al-though," or even to forget hyphenating all together.  It does this with a few other words, too.  My proof readers think I am not paying attention to their notes.

John Gadway

When does support end for the Word Viewer?

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 11:21 AM PST

The current Word Viewer found at this link seems to be related to or derived from Office 2003 because Office 2003 updates are detected after installing the viewer. As we are well aware, support ends in April 2014 for Office 2003. But does that imply that support will end for this Word Viewer in April 2014 as well?

Save new global template

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 11:14 AM PST

Hello.  The company I work for just changed over to Windows 7, and all of my old default fonts, styles, etc., are now replaced with new ones whenever I open a new document.  I would like to have my old styles and default font automatically in new documents, and do not wish to go through the process of clicking on "File", "Options", "Add-Ins", "Templates", etc, and load a template with the old styles.  I still have some old documents with the old styles.  I believe I'm supposed to save one of my old documents as a global template, right?  How do I do that?  Thanks.

Having problems with the trial verison with miocrosoft office professional 2013 keep getting error 1713 message

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 10:49 AM PST

Having problems with the trial verison with miocrosoft office professional 2013 keep getting error 1713 message what is the solution

Having problems with the trial verison with miocrosoft office professional 2013 keep getting error 1713 message

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 10:38 AM PST

Having problems with the trial verison with miocrosoft office professional 2013 keep getting error 1713 message what is the solution

"Different first page" isn't

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST

So I have a difficult dilemma now:
In a previous post, I mentioned that I want multiple sections in my document and I want the headings to automatically populate based on that.

My problem is that I want each section to have a title page that lacks those headings.

I'm using styleref for heading 1 and 2 to get the section header information there.  When I click on "Different first page", however, it doesn't remove that info.  When I try to manually remove it from the first page of the section, it disappears everywhere in the document.

Is that because I have "link to previous" on?  I need it, apparently, to make this info auto-populate across settings.
And if so... why would they do that to me? :)

Styleref field doesn't recognize character style in Word 2010

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 09:41 AM PST

I am trying to use a styleref field to display a partial paragraph formatted with a character style, as described in this article: 
In the example section, it clearly indicates that the styleref field should pick up a portion of a paragraph formatted with a character style. But when I try it, I always get the error message "Error! No text of specified style in document." If I apply the style to an entire paragraph, it works fine.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in Word 2010? Is there another way I can make this work?

Here is the text from my test document:

This is a quote: Create a character style

The text quoted above is: Error! No text of specified style in document.


The italic text is formatted with the Quote style. 

The field code that produces the error message is: { STYLEREF  Quote  \* MERGEFORMAT }

Multple versions of Office

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 07:29 AM PST

I can't open Office 2013 Word and noticed I have Office 12 and Office 15 on my PC.  They are in multiple files as well.  Both are in "Program Files" and "Program Files (x86)" -not sure if this is an issue.  I'm able to open Excel and One Note and Power Point but not Word.

I've looked at other solutions and don't appear to have any apps that might effect Word and still can't open it.

Is there a better way to handle titles in headers without removing "link to previous"?

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 06:08 AM PST

So I have a Word 2010 document that is broken up into sections (sometimes using the new page section break, sometimes using continuous section break).

Here's a little version of the layout (with S1, S2, S3, and so on indicating section breaks):

So, here's how it's laid out:
S1: Book Title Page
S2: Table of Contents (first page has the Table of Contents title, so I don't need the header.  I use Different First Page (D1P) here). 
S3: Category One.
S4: Cat 1, Chapter 1
S5: Cat 1, Chapter 2
S6: Cat 1, Chapter 3
S7: Category Two.
S8: Cat 2, Chapter 1
etc.


Now, there's many more chapters and categories (I'd call them sections, but didn't want anyone to get confused where my section breaks are) but let's not get into that at the moment.  To get my Table of Contents laid out properly, I put the titles for each category as Heading 1 style, the titles for each chapter as Heading 2 style, and then I use H3 and H4 for some important things within those chapters. 

I have continuous pagination, although obviously the Title Page and ToC are using lowercase roman numerals and the rest are arabic numerals.

So here are the problems:
#1: I'd like to add book title, category title (H1), and chapter title (H2) to every chapter in the page header.  I know I can insert cross-references, but it doesn't automatically change them for different sections (e.g., I can't put it in once in the ToC and have it automatically figure out that the H2 of Cat 1 Chap 1 is the title for that section).  Am I going to have to manually cut and paste into every section?  I *hate* not having rote things automated, so I might just tell my boss it can't be done :)

#2: If I do that the manual way, is there any way to maintain continuous pagination (since I have to take OFF "Link to Previous", and it affects the entire page instead of just the header or footer I'm working with, to make the headers change for each new title currently unless there is an automatic way to populate that) without having to manually adjust the pages?  That'd suck for when I insert more sections later, and, again, automation.

Thank you,

Problem in opening of a Word file

Posted: 07 Feb 2014 05:58 AM PST

We have earlier version word file ( Microsoft Word 97-2003 type). We tried to open the file today - it is not opening but asking for File conversion ( select the encoding that makes your file readable).

We are currently using office 365 / Windows8.

We would like to have your help in this matter.

images jump to another page when moved or adjusted.

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:36 PM PST

I am attempting to add a picture to text in a Word 2007 document. I get the image added to the page, but when I go to adjust the images position, it jumps to another page. I cannot move it to the location I want. After many, many attempts, I finally got the picture in the location I wanted. Then when I tried to correct the text wrapping, the image jumped to another page. I cannot get images to be stable within the document.


What is wrong?

My clip art wont load

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:57 PM PST

My clip art wont load. It just keeps telling me that their is an issue with the server. Its been saying that all day

how to print without the 'choose an item' from the Drop Down Box

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:36 PM PST

Hi


I've recently made drop down boxes on a document for the first time ever and was wondering if there was a way to print the page so it doesn't print out the 'choose an item' on the drop down fields if the space was left unfilled. so essentially it will print blank so the form can be hand written on if need be


thanks

Office 365 Home Premium / University : Unable to use Word.

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:23 PM PST

Hi - I just installed Office 365 (student) and word will not open. It always give me a message it run into an error... I clicked on fix yet the problem persist.


Please help. Thanks in advance


Old title: Office 365 Words Error

Track Change Option for Windows 7

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:28 PM PST

Previously I using Office 2010 and have track change option. This tools are helpful for me to make revision for my department procedure.

However, i cant find this tools in Windows 7. Please advise how I going to make track change option to my procedure.

Thanks in advance 

winword

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:27 PM PST

how do you fix winword app so that office 2013 word will work?

Moving Cursor to the End of the a Named Bookmark

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 06:27 PM PST

Using VBA, I need to move the cursor to the end of a named bookmark and then .typetext immediately to the right (outside) of the bookmark.  

(When I go to the bookmark, VBA takes me to the beginning of the bookmark, which is not what I want to do.)

How is that done?

Microsoft Works - Correcting Works Personal Dictionary

Microsoft Works - Correcting Works Personal Dictionary

Correcting Works Personal Dictionary

Posted: 30 Nov 2007 09:41 AM PST

Thank you.

Ken

"Brian & Joan Thompson" <att.net> wrote in message
news:pGi4j.5778$ops.worldnet.att.net...

| C:\Documents and Settings\Brian W. Thompson\Application Data
Microsoft\Proof
|
| "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| news:phx.gbl...
| > You're welcome.
| >
| > By the way, on your Windows xp what is the total path to Custom.dic
| > location.
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Brian & Joan Thompson" <att.net> wrote in message
| > news:CUe4j.5254$ops.worldnet.att.net...
| > |
| > | Ken:
| > | Thanks, much appreciated. I never knew that about Note Pad
| > | Brian
| > |
| > |
| > | "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| > | news:%phx.gbl...
| > | > Hi Brian,
| > | >
| > | > You can open most any file with NotePad.
| > | >
| > | > CUSTOM.DIC should have displayed as a NotePad document.
| > | >
| > | > Right click CUSTOM.DIC, choose Open With.... select NotePad.
| > | >
| > | > Ken
| > | >
| > | > "Brian & Joan Thompson" <att.net> wrote in
message
| > | > news:3o14j.179623$ops.worldnet.att.net...
| > | >
| > | > | Ken: Thanks for the quick response. I found the PROOF folder but I
| > | > cannot
| > | > | open the ".DIC" file extension. I am using Win XP. Any thoughts?
| > | > | Brian
| > | > |
| > | > | "Ken" <Thanks> wrote in message
| > | > | news:%23vcNN$phx.gbl...
| > | >
| > | > | > Hi,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > I use Works version 6.0, WindowsMe
| > | > | >
| > | > | > In my version it is called CUSTOM.DIC and is in the Proof
folder.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Note: if you are using WondowsXp the Application Data folder is
a
| > | > hidden
| > | > | > folder.
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Ken
| > | > | >
| > | > | > "Brian & Joan Thompson" <att.net> wrote in
| > message
| > | > | > news:6XX3j.2699$ops.worldnet.att.net...
| > | > | >
| > | > | > | I added an incorrectly spelled word to the personal dictionary
| > in
| > | > Works
| > | > | > | Version 8. I remember I used to be able to go in and delete
| > | > something
| > | > | > like
| > | > | > | that on earlier versions of Works but can't remember how it
was
| > done
| > | > .
| > | > | > Can
| > | > | > I
| > | > | > | still do it, how?
| > | > | > | Brian Thompson
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > |
| > | > | >
| > | > |
| > | > |
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
|
|

no appointments show when opening works.

Posted: 28 Nov 2007 07:24 PM PST

Everything is working and appointments are displaying on OPEN of WORKS as
expected. I will give this a little time and hopefully they will continue to
display as they should. And again all of your help is most appreciated.
This was really frustrating and is nice to have it resolved.

Happy Hollidays,
Bubba

"Bubba" wrote:
 

Word to Works Converter

Posted: 28 Nov 2007 08:30 AM PST

Hi Evie,

You might try using Free OpenOffice.

http://www.openoffice.org/

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an
open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the
product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Ken

"Evie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| Hi Ken,
|
| I have actually been able to open the document using Files of type (.doc
and
| .rtf) and the text is fine, but there is formatting with a vertical line
on
| the left hand side and lettering which comes out all skewed. It's a
template
| that I need to use for creating documents. Otherwise I will have to
install
| Word. Any help is appreciated! Also, where can I buy Word on its own
| without the whole Office suite?
|
| "Ken" wrote:
|
| > Hi Evie,
| >
| > The converters you have to open documents in Works are displayed by
opening
| > Works, choosing File, then choosing Open, in the Open dialog window
click
| > the down arrow for Files of type, this will display the converters.
| >
| > Have you tried saving the attached email to a place where you can try to
| > open using some of the converters?
| >
| > Ken
| >
| > "Evie" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:com...
| >
| > | I'm using Works 8.5 and have a Word document that I am able to open,
but
| > it's
| > | all over the place! It's a template that was created on Word (not by
me)
| > and
| > | sent by e-mail. The text comes out ok, but there are borders, headers
and
| > | footers that don't come out properly. I know there is a converter for
| > Works
| > | to Word, but I can't find one to do the opposite. Any suggestions
| > welcome!
| >
| >

Works won't read word e-mail attachments

Posted: 25 Nov 2007 09:49 AM PST

I had the same problem going from web tv to a 2007 HP laptop. Had a fellow
use
"housecalls.trendmicro.com" where he came up with "Post Data Spider 1.0 by
Giuseppe Buttafuoco. There are Lots of numbes & letters inserted in the
messages but I do have the material. Not sure I want to part with webtv.
:-))


"Ken" wrote:
 

Opening Word 200 Docs in Works 8.5

Posted: 24 Nov 2007 08:18 PM PST

Ken,

Thanks very much. I downloaded the patches. While they didn't help
directly, they helped me figure out that some of the files I am trying to
open are actually Word 6.0 (95) files - not compatible with Works. I need to
re-save them as Word 2000 files.

Thanks for your help!

"Ken" wrote:
 

Windows no disk

Posted: 18 Nov 2007 09:38 PM PST



"Tua'r Goleuni" wrote:
 

Works 8 dictionary problem

Posted: 17 Nov 2007 04:29 PM PST

Re: How would I restore the computer like that

For information about Restore, click Start on the Desktop, on it's menu
choose Help, search for Restore.

Basically, click Start on the Desktop, select Programs, on it's menu select
Accessories, on it's menu select System Tools, on it's menu choose System
Restore.

The rest should be self explanatory.


Re: can I keep Norton?

Only if you want to have continuing problems with your computer, your
choice. So far you only notice a problem with Works, there will be others.

Re: Is there a way to redownload the dictionary documents or something?

Not sure if there is a repair feature in your version of Works.

Go to Control Panel, choose Add/Remove programs, choose Microsoft Works,
does it offer a selection to Repair?

If that doesn't work.

Assuming you have your Works installation disk.

Completely remove Works from your computer using cleanup utilities then
reinstall using a clean boot.

Example of how to do this can be found at...
http://support.gateway.com/s/SOFTWARE/MICROSOF/sHARED/7513181faq24.shtml

Ken


"Asj" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com...
| How would I restore the computer like that, and can I keep Norton? It was
a
| lot of money...
| Is there a way to redownload the dictionary documents or something?


Ken <Wrote>

Re: I installed Norton

OUCH.....

Norton is not friendly with Microsoft programs, for that matter, some tell
me neither are McAfee and Trend.

The first thing I would try is to Restore the computer to a time prior to
Norton install.

Ken
PS:

When I tried to get rid of Norton from my computer, using uninstall doesn't
get all it's hooks out of the system, one has to go to their web site and
get a removal tool. Suspect this would be the same for McAfee and Trend.

For virus protection I use AVG free, some recommend Avast, (freeware), or
NOD32, (not free).

In either case, when installing one of these programs, choose custom install
and opt out of email scanning. If the resident shield (or what ever it's
called) doesn't find the virus neither will email scanning. Email scanning
can cause corruption in your email program if you are using a Microsoft
email program like Outlook Express.


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

| A few days ago I installed Norton 360 on my computer, and around the same
| time, my dictionary stopped working. Now, I have no idea how to get it
back.
| I tried turning off Norton, and it still wouldn't open. When going to the
| Works folder on my computer, "WksDict.exe" won't open, and says it can't
| access one or more files that are required. Anyone have any ideas of how
to
| fix it?

Converting from Word to Works

Posted: 11 Nov 2007 09:39 AM PST

You are welcome and thanks for posting back.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


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

Tracking Email internal - Microsoft Exchange

Tracking Email internal - Microsoft Exchange

Tracking Email internal

Posted: 01 Feb 2006 09:54 AM PST

Both....Track and read...



"Andy David - MVP" <com> wrote in message
news:com... 

E12, DL385, SATA drives?

Posted: 01 Feb 2006 07:25 AM PST

.... that number (75 IOPS) is for Exchange Server 2003.
--
Bharat Suneja
MCSE, MCT
www.zenprise.com
blog: www.suneja.com/blog
-----------------------------------------


"Bharat Suneja" <spam.org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Upgrading Intelligent Message Filter

Posted: 31 Jan 2006 04:36 PM PST

That was the first thing I did. I can still not get the updates ftom
microsoft for the filter.

"Andy David - [MVP]" wrote:
 

New e-mail not coming through but fowards are?

Posted: 31 Jan 2006 03:08 PM PST

Thanks, I will give that a shot and see.

"Andy David - [MVP]" wrote:
 

Accessing Public Folders from OWA

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 08:52 PM PST

How would the Pass-Thru feature be turned on in IIS 6 and been looking for it
a while now
--
Jermaine Wells
Network Administrator


"JWells" wrote:
 

How to create forwarders in Exchange 2003

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 07:25 PM PST

The best example would be how we have our forwarders set up with our current
hosting company now. The end user provides us with their valid Email Address
and I create a forwarding email address with our @n2newdirection.org. Please
advise the best way of doing this in Exchange 2003 and will this count
against my licenses.

Thanks a bunch!!!!
--
Jermaine Wells
Network Administrator


"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
 

telnet to port 25 returns Gibberish

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 02:40 PM PST

Similar issue, same article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/895857/en-us#XSLTH3152121124120121120120


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

10k vs. 15k drives

Posted: 30 Jan 2006 11:37 AM PST

Thank you Mark. I am going to be able to scale that down with the move to the
new server. I'll be leaving behind old, unused mailboxes, having people clean
before moving, and hopefully removing all attachments before moving. I'm also
going to start moving attachements out of e-mails when the arrive, so I'll be
able to keep the store at a reasonable size.

Thanks again!

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

POP3 connectors

Posted: 29 Jan 2006 07:45 AM PST

right click outlook, properties, e-mail accounts, add new e-mail account and
fill in the blanks. thats how myne works..hope this helps.

"etgarnet" wrote:
 

builtin pop3 service

Posted: 29 Jan 2006 04:53 AM PST



In news:com,
Daveed <microsoft.com> typed: 

OK - as mentioned, try posting in a regular server group for help.
 

Sending replys from a shared (second) mail account

Posted: 29 Jan 2006 04:32 AM PST



In news:com,
salgsalg <microsoft.com> typed: 

See UniSent from www.ivasoft.biz - otherwise, you'd have to use rules in
Outlook.

Forwarding of outgoing messages

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 08:34 AM PST


"Francisco (Newbie)" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:com... 

Why didn't you just move them?
 

Hmmm - they shouldn't be attachments at all. They aren't really being
forwarded with message journaling - they're being redirected (well, a copy
of them is). You're sure you aren't using some Outlook rules?
 

IMF v2 working but not using custom weight file

Posted: 27 Jan 2006 01:59 AM PST

Hello Jim,

Thanks for the reply. Yep, I used Henriks nice and easy deployment guide :o)
I'll unregister and register the dll. Do you know whether I'm supposed to
working in the MSCFV2 folder or the MSCFV2\6.5.7770.0 folder? They both have
the dll and xml files in them?

Cheers,

Paul.

"Jim McBee [MVP Exchange]" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - Can I add User Name to the QAT?

Microsoft Word - Can I add User Name to the QAT?

Can I add User Name to the QAT?

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:11 PM PST

I am trying to integrate tracked changes from several different people into one document, and we'd like to retain the tracking of who made what change. I have been doing this by changing my User Name/Initials before making changes from each person, so their changes are tracked under their name. 

(And yes, I know this can be done using the new tracked changes feature with Word 2010/2013, but we didn't have enough time get it set up for this document.)

My question: is it possible to add the boxes for User Name and Initials to my QAT, so I don't have to go into the dialog box each time to change this info?

Thanks,
Jen

Pages missing in Word 2013 Print Layout

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:03 PM PST

I was editing a document in Print Layout Mode. I saved the file and closed Word 2013. After reopening the file, I cannot see pages 4-6 (of 6 total) in Print Layout Mode. I can see them in Draft and Web Layout mode. What do I have to do to resume being able to edit in Print Layout Mode?

Find and Replace Random Strings

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:02 PM PST

Hi all,

I'm trying to find and replace a bunch of strings in a Word doc. The strings vary but are all CAPS and all contain a paragraph mark before the string and at the end of the string. The strings are like this:

DUTCH COUNTRY BEAN SOUP
SPLIT PEA SOUP
EGG BALLS FOR SOUP

Is there some way to use wildcards like (^13)([A-Z]{n})(^13) in the Find What box but replace "n" with a variable that will find all uppercase strings even with spaces between words?

And then what would I put in the Replace box to preserve all of text?

Normal template in Word 2013

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:27 PM PST

Hi there

I am unable to locate where the Normal template is on my computer system.  Custom Office Templates are located in the Documents folder.  In Word 2010 the Normal template as well as template you create were located in C:\Users\Your Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft but there is no folder such as this on my system. when I try to navigate through folders.  However, strangely if I type in this pathname it does list normal.dotm.  (Very difficult to explain this to students - even showing hidden files and folders doesn't display this)  There also used to be a Templates folder under Microsoft Word on the Navigation Pane.

Sample templates were located in Word 2010 in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033.  There are none there either.

I have to teach students the location of the Normal template as well as the location of supplied templates.  Templates they create are in the Custom Office Templates folder.

Many thanks.

Cheryl

Page Break in Office 2010 table creates whole new page, table row are no longer connected

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:06 PM PST

I hope that I can describe this adequately.  I am typing a Word document that consists of text inside table rows.  When the final row exceeds the bottom margin of the page, it moves over to a new page.  (Also, sometimes to make the information hang together better, I insert a Page Break.)  Problem is, with either option that row become the only one on the new page and the following rows are no longer "connected"  to that row.  Paragraph marks are inserted, and I can't seem to delete them to bring the table all back together.  Any suggestions?

Content on Word Document changing to funny and unreadable symbols while being edited

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:18 PM PST

Hi everyone 

I'm currently working as an IT  in a company with over 60 Therapists .   Part of Our  Therapists  job is to write reports on their clients , using Microsoft Word Document Templates, which then they send   to other Therapists for review and editing.  The Word Templates they use,  contain : Tables, comments section , check box, header and footer . These Templates  have originally been created in Microsoft word 2010 home and business on a widows 7 PC  and they are  located in our network drives to access by our Therapists .  Recently our Therapists have been experiencing problems with Microsoft word document content changing to funny and unreadable symbols while they are being reviewed and edited , especially when the comment section is being edited.  This issue with documents content changing to unreadable symbols has been reported on several machine running Windows 7 or 8 professional and office 2010 or 2013 home and business edition. 

Here are the  actions i have taken so far: 

1) Ran a full virus/spyware/Malware scan on all machine to make sure they are clean. (results:  no threat found ) 

2) installed the latest windows/ office updated, as well as service pack 2 on office on all machines 

3) Re-creating all the templates from the scratch on another machine and re-uploaded in our network drive


Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Word 365 can the drawing canvas be moved around the page

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 12:12 PM PST

When |I use a drawing canvas for various shapes making up a diagram, one problem I find is that I am unable to move the canvas if I decide that it needs to be moved.


I can move the right hand side of the canvas in or out and I can move the bottom of the canvas up or down but I cannot move the left hand side or the top of the canvas. And I cannot simply grab the canvas and drag it.


Am I missing something here?

Microsoft Word in Arabic

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:28 AM PST

I have  Toshiba Satellite laptop. It's capable of typing in Arabic alphabets using Microsoft Word when I press Shift Alt at the same time. I have few problems using it as I would in the English version. Example: when I press Tab the cursor reverses what I typed to the left side and the new typing starts on the right side messing up the order of my text. There are other problems which I think are caused by the same thing. Any suggestions?

Styles question

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 11:15 AM PST

Hi all,


I teach technical writing at college level. Something has always confused me about Word styles.


When a student hands in an assignment I make a copy, rename it with the word "GRADED" in the name line, and then I add my comments. This is so I can hand their graded assignments back with their original work and my comments all in one document.


The students are required to use styles (Word or user). When I add my comments, I like to use my own user styles, but they don't "travel" with the student's assignment because they weren't created on his or her computers (obviously).


So let's say the student's name is Mary. She created three user styles for her document: Mary1, Mary2, and Mary3. Meanwhile, I have three user styles on my computer that I wish to use for my comments. (These comments are not in the standard sidebar Comments boxes but rather are added to the end of the document as text.) They are named Lee1, Lee2, and Lee3. I open Mary's document in my Word version, but my three user styles are not in the Quick style gallery or the regular Styles gallery you see when you click the down arrow in the Styles group. How can I apply Lee1, Lee2, and Lee3 to my comments when they aren't in either gallery?


The only thing I can think of is my three Lee styles have to reside in my Normal template so they show up when I open Mary's document on my computer. Have I made this question clear? Should I modify the Normal template? Am I on the right track with my answer?


Word is a great program when you want to produce a document from scratch, but there seems to be a lot of conflict when you try to blend two documents into one. Many thanks.

- Lee

Bullet Levels don't keep the format I've set

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:58 AM PST

Hi

I'm working in Word using 4 level bullets, I normally change the distance between the bullet and sentence because I don't like where the default bullets are placed. 

So I do and when I hit enter the new bullet is aligned to the one above. And do the same for the next level bullets.

In this document for some reason my 3rd level bullet keeps misaligning so I have to keep paintbrushing the format. Which is tedious because it's a long document.


Example


*   Level 1

      #   level 2

            @  level 3

                  ^  level 4

        @   Level 3

                  ^  level 4

                          

Very irritating because nothing I do is working


Any ideas?


Thank you

    

word 2013 won't let me type below a diagram

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:36 AM PST

I am in the process of creating a word document and have just added a diagram comprising several shapes. But I now find that, when I try to start typing below the diagram to continue the document, the cursor appears above the diagram. How can I get the cursor to appear below the diagram so that I can continue with the document?

saved document became corrupted in office starter 2010

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:26 AM PST

Many saved documents created with Office Starter 2010 have been reformatted and corrupted to the point of illegibillity.  Can this be fixed without losing the text? 

Not Wanting to Print Highlighted Areas

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 09:17 AM PST

I am creating a letter template in Microsoft Word (2010).


My manger wants the signature areas to be highlight but he does not want the highlight to be printable.


I have tried everything that I know, but the yellow continues to print (the letter has to print on a color printer because of the color in the logo).


Is there a way to have the signature lines as yellow highlights and then have it not print without having to turn off and on the highlight color?


Thank you for your help!

Re: Office 2007 Home and Student Word; what behaviors will occur if used for commercial use?

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:53 AM PST

Hello,

I recently purchased Office 2007 Home and Student, I needed it for use with my employer's software program to be used as a platform on MS Office Word for a word processor for editing documents.  Including downloading and uploading documents via the internet.  

I log on to my program for my job via the software program Editscript MT via the internet and it uses Office Word to allow me to complete my document editing and then upload to the account server of the client.   My  job's software program is a program that makes changes to my system files in order for it to work properly.  

I am receiving multiple error messages at different times.  For example, I have received error 4198 and 62 among others. Also, I have had an issue with no sound for the audio files on my employers software I use.    I  ran Office diagnostics this morning and received errors that the diagnostics said one of which it fixed and the other was a custom addin needed to run my job's software program.  I have tried to use Office 2007 Home and Student on 3 different computers and have the same problem on all of them.   Could this be due to the non-commercial use language on Office 2007 Home and Student disk?  

In addition, I have had a occurrence of MS Works folder showing up every time I install my MS Office 2007 Home and Student. I understand that the disk should not contain this program or any files pertaining to it, but every time it is installed a file named MS Works shows up, it does not appear to have an exe. file but nonetheless MS Works will conflict with my job's software program and it is not allowed to be on my PC because of the known conflict with my job software program.  I have deleted it repeatedly and it shows up again in my C drive files.  I have been told that I must have an old copy of Works on my PC.  I do not have it on this PC it is a newly refurbished HP PC I just received this week.  I also had a Dell PC that was new and had the same issues with it.  Before that I had an HP PC that I had had for years and I used this same Office 2007 Home and Student program on it as well, it worked for a while using my work program and then it just stopped cooperating and I began to receive the same errors and issues as mentioned before.  

I am at a loss how to fix this.  I have been working on this for at least 2 months' time to no avail.  I am not able to work due to these issues being ongoing.  I hope someone can help me.


Thank you,

Chirpee60

Word tables - I can't add text to any of the cells

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:43 AM PST

I am having a serious problem with a document that contains a lot of tables and I'm at my wit's end right now. When I received the document, the tables just needed font changes, except for one that I had to completely redo. The cells were really large so that they went on for about 5 pages when there were only a couple of lines of text. The text had disappeared and I couldn't type anything in any of the cells. I ended up recreating all of the tables in the document and it looked fine. When I opened it again this morning, it was all screwed up again. I've just fixed everything again, saved and closed the document, and when I opened it again, most of the tables are OK, but there's one that's all messed up again. A lot of the text is gone and the cells are huge. I don't know what to do to fix this and I'm about ready to throw my computer out in the snow. And of course, I have a deadline of yesterday to get this done.

 

Please, if you've ever encountered this, help!

Company using home versions at work

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:42 AM PST

Where I work the company is currently using Home Office versions across the board. Something which I disagree personally with, especially seeing as these day's its so easy to find an open source solution if the price is a factor. 

I was wondering what steps should be taken? I have spoken to the manager about the issue and suggested wither transposing to Libre (which would be easy as the work done is very low level - zero macros or VBA and necessity to open such documents from others isn't there either) but I don't think that this is going to happen. 

Is there anyway of flagging this as an issue with MS? What even happens? Or is this one of those thing's that you're 'meant' to do (use business software) but doesn't really matter because there are no repercussions? 

Thanks 

track changes compared documents office 2013

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:36 AM PST

when we do the compare documents feature on a document that contains 120 pages it is only comparing 41 pages of the document. I don't see a setting for this and it is working fine when comparing the same documents in 2010.
any help would be appreciated.

How can we identify whether a piece of paragraph has been manually typed or has been copy pasted in MS Word?

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 08:27 AM PST

We want to know if it is possible to use the metadata stored in a .doc file to deduce whether the text has been typed manually or was pasted into the document? 

Or any way other than metadata which can be applied to conclude this? 

Thanks in advance for your responses.

This Web Page Unavailable - Find More At Office.com

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:59 AM PST

Hello, 

 

  I am using Office 2010, when I go to Insert, then Clip Art, then I click on Find More At Office.com, I get This web page unavailble. I verified I have access to the Internet and If I check Include Office.com content, it works.

 

Is this link not available anymore?

 

Thanks,

 

Jimmie

Microsoft Template Document --- Header keep deleting itself when document is edited

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 07:23 AM PST

Hi All,

 

I have a template doucment.

 

When I open this document and proceed to edit this document  (which is about 5 pages long) and begin deleting things I do not need the header will eventually disspear.

 

The header is only on the first page and the only way I have found to resolve this is by adding a continous break under the header (first line of actual document) which brings the letter down two spaces.

 

Besides me using a continous break is anyone able to help me solve this query any other way.

 

It has been driving me insane for weeks on end .... I have tried to explain this best I can however if you need more info do let me know.

 

Thanks in advance.

Scrambling questions and answers

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 05:32 AM PST

I wrote a test on MS Word 2007 and I was looking for a way to print (or generate) different copies, each one with questions scrambled, as well as answers inside each question; there is an easy way to do it?

I wrote the test as numbered list for each question, and alphabetical list for the answers inside each question, so something like:

1) Question 1

a. Answer 1
b. Answer 2
c. Answer 3
d. Answer 4

2) Question 2

a. Answer 1
b. Answer 2
c. Answer 3

If needed, I can easily change how the test are written.

MS WORD documents.

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:20 AM PST

I am using MS office word 2007 with the Windows XP. The power cuts off and upon restarting my PC I have to go to "My documents " and re-open my folder from scratch. In case of websites the systen can automatically restore the previous page that I was looking at during power outage. Why not the same with documents?

Word 2013 - Changing the name of custom word template section

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 04:06 AM PST


Hi all,


Is there a way to change the highlighted text? Instead of putting folders inside personal section, is there a way I can edit this text?

TOC problem with page orientation

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:50 AM PST

I have  a long document with many sections, some with portrait page orientation and some with landscape. I have a problem updating the TOC when the orientation changes from section to section. When I try to update the table of contents it only updates to the end of the section and does not show headings in the following section with different page orientation.

Bugs on Format of Table in Word 2013

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:30 AM PST

When I am working on a table in a word document using word 2013, when I select a column to justify, the column with suddenly changed. When I select the justify again (that is to remove the justify) the column width returns to the correct width.

I have already installed the latest update for my windows 7 and office 2013. two screen captures are attached. My clients data are wiped.

Thanks 

How do I tell spellcheck that certain double words are okay

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 03:17 AM PST

I guess this question applies across Microsoft products that use spellcheck.

There are certain double words that I want to tell spellcheck to ignore. For example, Aye aye. This is a regular form of address in the navy. I had tried adding this to a custom dictionary, but this didn't help.

How do I tell MS word that usage of this is okay?

Font color keyboard shortcurts

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:26 AM PST

I need to use several different font colours in a document and would like to set up keyboard shortcuts. I have found instructions for an older version of Word (http://www.bltt.org/software/word/wordshortcuts.htm) but not for Word 2010, where I can only find a general 'font colour picker' option.  I need to specify e.g. red, blue, green, so one default colour would not be enough.  PC running Windows 7. Thanks for any help 

Cropped images when printing in a HP Envy 4500

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:25 AM PST

Hello,

 

I have the same error with my new printer HP Envy 4500.

I have created a document with MS Word 2007 and have added 2 images. In the screen I can see them fine (I see the entire image) but when I print the document with my new printer HP Envy 4500, the images appear as cropped, with the correct size of the image, but different zoom scale, so the image appears cropped. 

 

I have printed those images from another application as MS Paint, and the images are printed correctly.

 

I have also created a new MS Excel spreadsheet and have added one of those images and I have got the same problem (image with different scale cropped to the size I see in the screen).

 

Please could you help me? 

 

Thanks

David

How do I populate many files with one document that does not require batch updating.

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 02:00 AM PST

I have created at word document, and need to put one in many files, now this document does not need updating but just to sit in the file and wait to be populated by its owner. Surely there is a way to do this as I have 500+ files to populate, please help.

 

Thanks

PetraCat

 

Dragging Text with the Mouse Pointer Does Not Work in MS Word

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:28 AM PST

Hi there,

I'm running MS Word 2010 on my Win7 64bit PC, I have been using it for quite a long time, and now I have unexpectedly encountered an issue: I can no longer move the text selected with my mouse pointer! This is not a serious issue but a very nasty one, as sometimes this function becomes very handy. What can the cause be?
I have read a similar post, no useful suggestions were given, though....

Thanks in advance.

Office 365 created a resume in word, saved the document and now its saying try again later there is a problem

Posted: 06 Feb 2014 01:22 AM PST

I just installed the Office 365 created a resume in word, saved the document and now its saying try again later there is a problem, now that im trying to access my saved documents, all that work for nothing.

 

Split from another thread:

 

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-office_install/something-went-wrongoffice-cant-do-that-right/2e66f0f6-1700-437c-be53-c342c25ec4ee

Spell Check

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 11:22 PM PST

I have a Surface 2 that I recently purchased. I use the integrated Word application that it came with. I use Blank Document and proceed to working, but spell check won't recognize any misspelled word. It just says that it finished checking the documents and that everything is correct, even when it's not. I don't know how to fix this situation. Does anyone have any solutions?

Spaces between don't show up until next word is typed

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 05:25 PM PST

I am writing a document in Word on a SurfacePro 2 and all of a sudden it doesn't seem to be recognizing the spacebar. I type as usual, with a space after each word, but the space doesn't APPEAR after the word until the next word is typed. It does the same thing with the onscreen keyboard as the attachable touch keyboard. It is working just fine as I type this and seems to work fine in other programs; Word is the only problem. I didn't (knowingly) change any settings, but this seems more like a bug than a setting change. I saved, closed, and reopened Word to no avail.


Any help is appreciated as I cannot really use the program for typing while this very distracting error remains.

Can't get "new folder" in Microsoft Word Office 2010

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:21 PM PST

When I click "save as" and then click on an item in "Favorites" list, I often want to create a "new folder."  Normally the program will create a new folder and promt me to name it.  Then I click "enter" and thus a new folder is created.  But now, clicking on the "new folder" tab does nothing.

ISO-compliant PDFs are not created

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:11 PM PST

I need to create an ISO-compliant PDF of a Word document. I've used the PDF add-in for Word perfectly for four months (since I bought this brand new computer), as recently as last week. Today, when I try to save as a PDF, no file is created. If I check the option to open the file after creation, I get the error that the file is in use by another application (even brand new files that haven't been saved as Word docs).

I've renamed the Normal.dotm file and deleted temporary files to no avail. I do not use the anti-virus programs mentioned in solutions for this problem dating back five years. My PDFs MUST be ISO-compliant, so unchecking that box is not an option.

I had this problem on my old computer and it was never resolved.

Edit: I've also uninstalled and reinstalled the PDF add-in.

Area of formatting pane

Posted: 05 Feb 2014 03:10 PM PST

When I delete the formatting pane in a draft, the area (right side of page) stays blank and the text does not center.  The same orientation continues when I finalize.  How can I delete the blank area on the right side of the document and center the text?
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