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Microsoft Word - "Watermark Watermark" appears in header of Word 2010 document

"Watermark Watermark" appears in header of Word 2010 document

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:07 PM PST

 

It's only in this document.  When I open a blank document in Word and add a watermark, nothing appears in the header.  This is here whether I have Show/Hide on or off.  The document is not in compatibility format - it's a .docx file.  What is causing this to be visible in the header?

Can't Drag and Drop Image From Photo Gallery Into Word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:14 PM PST

In Word 2013 running on Windows 8.1 (64-bit) I can't drag and drop an image from Microsoft Photo Gallery into a Word 2013 document. I was always able to do this on a PC running Word 2013 on Windows 7 (64-bit).


When I try to drag and drop the image file, nothing happens. No error message; it just won't copy the image.


FWIW, I can drag and drop an image file from File Explorer.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Word 2010 - Setting Default Paper Source (Tray) settings via Page Setup

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 01:05 PM PST

Being a legal office, legal assistants print labels and envelopes on a daily basis.   Currently, each legal assistant and/or IT manually configures the paper source trays for both labels and envelopes within Word 2010.  Once set, it doesn't have to be set again.

 

We are rolling out a new print driver for an office, and based on testing, the Word page setup setting for the default paper source trays are lost from the original print driver. 

 

Is there a way to preconfigure the default paper source trays so that we don't have to visit each user?

 

Thanks

 

Ron

assign a new dictionary to define option

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:47 PM PST

I am having trouble with the define option. Right now when I select the define option in Word 2013 i get the Wikipedia pane. I would like to restore the default setting, and I cannot seem to figure out how to do this.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Book fold printing with two paper sources

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:45 PM PST

Hi. I'm trying to print a booklet, two-sided with the first page from tray 1 (cover stock) and subsequent pages from tray 2. Unfortunately, all the pages are coming from tray 2. Can someone tell me if it's possible to do this, and if so, what I should do differently?

Thanks,
Paul

Font won't change in Word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:43 PM PST

Hi,  I am working in Microsoft 8 using Word 2013.  When in a document...I can't change the font.  Is this a bug, and is there any way around it.  I tried to go into the font dialog box and reset the default, but that is not working either.  Could someone please help.

Thank you, Tara

Pasting & Editing Links in Word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:04 PM PST

Hello,

 

I have to write a narrative every month on actual results vs. plan & prior year, so I tried to paste links as Unformatted Text into word from an Excel worksheet.  I tried to paste link in the number 1 & hoped it would look like $1M, but the link looked like $ 1 M & it was bolded.  Is there a better way to paste the link from the Excel workbook so that it looks like $1M & be unbolded?

 

I also have to roll this narrative every month & as such, I just figured that I could use the Edit Links function to update my links to the latest Excel workbook.  However, it looks like I have to highlight every bookmark to change the source file to the same workbook.  Excel looks to have a much friendlier Edit Links function which it just lists source files vs. bookmarks & you just have to change the source once & not every single bookmark.  Is there a better Edit Links function in word?  I have the "Edit Links to Files" fuction.

Text box formatting problems when working in Word on PC and Mac

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:01 PM PST

I work on both a PC, running Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010, and a Mac, running OS X 10.7.5 and Microsoft Office 2008. I frequently use text boxes in my documents, but when I try to open a PC-created Word document on the Mac, the text box formatting changes. These changes are often significant, and include the following:

the size of the text within the text box increases or decreases
the formatting of the text, including text color and outline, changes
the margins of the text box increase or decrease
the text box fill color changes
the placement of the text box in the document changes

How can I ensure that the document will remain the same when I open it on different computers?

word 365 on windows 8 infuriatingly slow, please help!

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 11:19 AM PST

Hello, 

i am using microsoft word 365 (installed yesterday) on windows 8 to edit large documents using the track changes function. 
This process is so frustratingly slow (loading every 10 seconds for 15-20 seconds) as to be practically unusable. 

any suggestions? i've tried disabling add-ins, but there don't seem to be any active ones.
i've tried disabling the background saves, which sped things up a tiny bit, but not so much as to enable it to be used in any way efficiently.
I've tried saving and re-opening the documents, turning off and back on the computer, and nothing makes much difference.   
it's a new computer and there are no other programs running. 


thanks in advance..

HEADERS CORRUPTING IN 2010 FROM EARLIER VERSION OF WORD

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 11:12 AM PST

I am working on transcriptions at home. I have Windows 7 on my laptop with Office 2010. After I download the word file template ( a previous transcribed note) onto my laptop , anywhere from 1/3rd to 1/2 way through typing in the body of the document, ALL the headers corrrupt. I then have to save the doc to my memory stick, go to my main computer that has XP and Office 2007, open the saved doc, AND download the oringal again and copy and paste across. Not sure if the template is 2003 or 2007. What is happening here? Anyone know?

 

Thanks for you help.

 

Word 2013 Spelling errors

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 10:34 AM PST

Why does Spellchecker not recognize obviously misspelled words. I have all the appropriate blocks checked, some word are identified some are not. For example I typed the review except I misspelled it as such revieew but word did not identify it as misspelled. I picked up on the misspelling when I read the sentence back. I have the dictionaries loaded that came with Word 2013. I only notice this problem occurring recently. What is the deal?

MS Word Starter, omission of character

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:48 AM PST

In the Symbols drop-down box in Word Starter, there are hundreds of alphabetical or written symbols including almost all the ones used in French. But one of the most frequent, the letter a-grave ('a' with a backward-sloping accent above it) is missing. This is very frustrating as I often use French words and phrases. Can I get this letter added, or is there a quick way of getting it via the keyboard?

Activation of Word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:36 AM PST

"THE ACCOUNT SO AND SO ISN'T ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT.To activate this install please sign in with the account associated with your product."I have only one account with microsoft-Why isn't it working?

Microsoft Office 2010 Startup

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:22 AM PST

I deleted the 2010 Microsoft.exe files from the add/delete programs on the Toshiba laptop, intending to upload  Microsoft Office 2007.  It does have the permanent startup file that came with the laptop but now the other components are missing since I deleted them. Then found out that I could not find the disc or the product key.  Are my Microsoft Office files still there?  Someone uploaded some type of file corrupting my C drive and I am unable to backup any files.  Even though I ran a diagnostic it did not fix the problem with the C drive.  How do I access those Microsoft Office files?  Office Depot will of course do it for a lot of money when all I need to do is locate those files place them on a flash drive and reload the platform.  Can anyone help?

Word 2010 Printing Issue - Help

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:22 AM PST

I have a customer contract - 4 pages.  I want page 1 to print on letterhead from the manual feed tray of our printer.  I want pages 2-4 to print "Auto" from our default printer tray with plain paper.

 

I've tried section break, page break, page set up, printer preferences, printing one page at a time, etc., etc., etc. and nothing worked.  Since this was taking more time than I had here in the office, I printed the first page on plain paper and copied it onto a page of letterhead at the copy machine.

 

What was I doing wrong and why is this so infuriating!!!

 

Thanks!

Form Field exit macro possible to unprotect a document?

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 09:13 AM PST

Document contains two form fields.  Once they are filled in, is it possible to run a macro on exit of the second of the fields to unprotect the document?

I use the following code all the time from the quick access toolbar, but I can't get it work on exiting the field by tabbing.

 

 Sub PrepareToSaveFormtoFileSite()
Dim bProtected As Boolean
'Unprotect the file
If ActiveDocument.ProtectionType <> wdNoProtection Then
  bProtected = True
  ActiveDocument.Unprotect Password:=""
End If

    Selection.WholeStory
    Selection.Fields.Unlink
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdStory
ActiveDocument.Fields.Update
End Sub

Matching Title metadate to File Name

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:16 AM PST

My question stems from my recent adoption of Sharepoint as a document tracking tool.  The Search feature in Sharepoint wasn't bringing up the results I was expecting and some research leads me to believe that it functions, by default, using document Titles, not File Names.  Many of my documents had titles unrelated to the documents actual purpose due to some issues with Template use, but that has been resolved with one exception.

When I save a word document in Word 2013 after creating it from a template, the Title field in the metadata is blank.

I would like that field to include the file name, or, if it must, the first line of the document.

NOTE: I can manually add the title when I save the file, but I don't want to have to.  It would like it taken by default.

Top margin not consistent.

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:07 AM PST

Hello. I am new to this forum, so excuse me if I am doing this wrong.

I need the first line on every page to be exactly the same distance from the top of the page, regardless of the paragraph style applied to the text. How do I do this?

I am using Word 2013.

Collate a fixed content page on every odd page

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 08:02 AM PST

I am using word templates in Microsoft Dynamics GP. I am looking to add a Terms and Conditions page to the back of every page that prints out. I understand double-sided printing is a function of the printer. Is there a way to format the document so that every odd numbered page that prints is the Terms and Conditions?

Font Color does not apply in word 2013

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:15 AM PST

I use font color to insert notes in student papers.  None of the font colors are applying, displaying or saving.  I'm working on a Lenovo Thinkpad Ultrabook S230u.  The problem does not appear on my ancient HP using Vista Home Premium and the primary second copy of my Office 365 subscription. How can I make font color "stick" to the S230u laptop version of my work?  Due to traveling issues, this is of vital importance. Thanks for any insight, advice (commiseration!) 

Pdf to word

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:11 AM PST

Convert pdf to word enabled editing but can not edit the document, Help

Delete or disable a paper size

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 07:01 AM PST

Hi. This might be a weird question. I'm from Mexico, I'm an IT support specialist at a law firm which does a lot of printing. Most of the legal work is printed on a paper size called Oficio, which is an inch shorter than Legal paper size (13" former, 14" latter). Oficio paper size is a standard size in Mexico, but some of the users misuse the Legal paper size, with the obvious printing problems. What I'd like to know is if there is a way to disable or block the Legal paper size in order to stop the users from selecting it.

Thanks to you all!

Automatic pagination in Table Headers does not work

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 04:34 AM PST

Hi:


I have about 100 Word 2010 documents that I need to produce which consist of one table per document.

Each document contains a different table layout.

Each table contains between 3 and 12 header rows that I want to display on each page of the document.

Each table header varies in layout.

Each table header contain page numbers in a cell.

The Pagination format is always Page # of #.


The conditions to reproduce this issue are as follows:

Create a table that contains a common area at the top (the common area will be used as the table header to repeat on each page).

Click in a target Table Header cell you want to place your pagination.

Click the Insert ribbon.

Pull down the Page Number menu.

Click Current Position and select the format you want to display the pagination (Example: Page # of #)


Add at least one row below the Table header area.

Insert something in the Page header area (like a logo).


The steps to reproduce the problem:

Select  the table.

Click Table Tools ribbon > Layout tab.

Select the header rows of the table on page 1 of the Word document (example: the top 12 rows of the table)

Click on the Repeat Header Rows button.

Insert carriage returns into one content column of the table until it produces a second page in the document.


Result: Page 1 of 1 is still displayed in the Table Header on page 2 of the document.

Creating Table of Contents based on a style

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 03:08 AM PST

Hello.

I have lots of pasted text and it's not formated correctly, as the rest of the content.
But I know that what I'd like to have in the Table of Contents is a certain size and font.

Is it possible to create TOC based just on size and font?


Also, I tried to add my own style to the headings but Word doesn't allow me to use only my style of headings in the TOC and includes default "Heading 1" as well.

Is it possible to omit "Heading 1"?

Converting Excel data to Word - why doesnt it work

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:23 AM PST

Its a while since Ive done this, but its is now frustrating the **** out of me, as I cannot get excel date into a commas separated file in Word. Why is this SO complicated. It used to be really easy.

I have a .csv file from Excel, containing 2500 words. I want to get it into Word, as a continuous list, comma separated.

Each time I try and replace a paragraph mark with a comma, it says it cant find any, but they are there on my screen!!!!! Once, it pur dots inbetwewen all the words when I hadnt asked it too.

I have been through so many help pages, tutorials and videos, but what they say should happen, simply doesnt. Someone needs to fix that!

HELP!!

Come on Microsoft, youre supposed to making things easier as time goes on, not so much more difficult!!

Word document typing on laptop

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 02:10 AM PST

When typing a document on my laptop the cursor suddenly moves to a new place and inserts the words there.  How can I stop this?

how to print as wydwyg

Posted: 12 Feb 2014 12:46 AM PST

Hi,

Originlly my words 2103 work accordingly. Only last few hours, my words show blank printing result. The word document was typing using words in window 8 and I did the printing in window 7 pro.

Please guide me how to get back the original setting in window 7 as the printer is only attached to that window 7 pro pc.


Aziz

Saving documentation trouble

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:47 PM PST

When saving a document I was told to check the "maintain compatability with earlier versions of word" box.  After checking the box and saving the document I exited to send an email.  When I went back to review the document, it had reverted back to a version from 2+ years ago with different graphics, format, verbiage.  Is there anyway to get back the work I have done?


Thanks

Microsoft word 2013 professional plus does not display all the pages of documents after updating windows 8 to windows 8.1

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:04 PM PST

I update windows 8 professional to  windows 8.1. The computer was already installed with MS office professional plus 2013. After the update, my word documents do not show all the pages. However, if I open the same document in windows 7 pc or with office web application, it shows all the pages. I uninstall and reinstall office that didnot help me. computer is all upto date with microsoft update.  I spent almost 3 days to figure out the problem, but could not. Any help will me much appreciated.

creating answer lines in a document problem

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:25 PM PST

I am a creating questions for a test and when I type the answer lines (about 3) and press enter and bold line appears and I cannot get rid of it.  What is this line and how do I go about doing this without creating this bold line at the end?


example:   __________________________________________________________________________________


_____________________________________________________________________________________________


Works fine here  no bold line appearing.....  I am using Microsoft Word 2010

Making continued footnotes respect page margins

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:22 PM PST

I have so much trouble finding my way back to the place where I can address a question to the MVP community that I am using this "reply" to an earlier question, in the hope that some MVP will see it.

I have a long document with a lot of footnotes (my old PhD dissertation) that I am publishing in book form, so I have to pay attention to gutter and bleed issues.  I discovered when I got my proof that the footnotes were sometimes not respecting the margins that were set for the text.  Sometimes they would, other times, not. 

I finally figured out that I have a problem when a footnote flows to the next page.  It will accept the margin for one of the pages, but, because the gutter is on different sides of sequential pages, one is always out of whack.  

How do I get a footnote that flows to the next page to accept the margins for that page, instead of forcing me to choose one or the other.  I could live with that, because it only happens once in a while, and I can choose the lesser of the two evils, but there must be a solution.

While you are at it, can you tell me how to find you directly? I am always so happy when I wind up on the right site or page where I can post a question that I forget how I got there.

John Gadway
 

How do I stop this random user from editing my files in the word web app?

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:48 PM PST

I have used the word web app a few times recently.  I could not change the name from "Document1" because someone was editing the file.  Everytime I open the file it says User -7085049850558592129 is editing.  No one is supposed to have access to my documents.  How do I block this?  I cannot get anything done.

This doesn't just happen in Chrome, it also happens in Firefox, and it is always the same user name.

Furious about section 1 inheriting the header of section 2 when I delete section 2.

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:36 PM PST

I have a document with two sections. The first section has two headers; the first page is unique. 
The rest of the pages in section 1 have a standard header.
Section 2 header is linked to section 1.

This is according to all the instructions I've seen an various message boards spanning more than a decade. It is apparently expected that when I delete a section, the section before it will lose all of its formatting and receive instead the formatting of the section that is no longer desired. It's been this way for years, and the solution, MS says, is to match the properties of the section section before you delete it. 

In my case, I will have to set up section 2 to have a unique first page just the like the first. Otherwise my whole document will have the standard header, including the first page. That's easier said than done. The formatting is fickle to say the least. 

And WHY DO I HAVE TO DO THIS?! Who in their right mind thinks this is a feature rather than a bug? I don't want to hear about how I shouldn't have had the second section if I don't want it. I don't want to hear about swallowing a blank page at the end of my document (I know it isn't that bad). I want this backwards inheriting "feature" gone for good. 

My guess is I'll get some commiseration from others in the community (among banal questions and hints at my lack of ninja skills), but MS won't actually see this. Is that correct?

Thanks to those who read and understand.

Microsoft Word 2013 won't allow me to edit or add a graph/chart

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:01 PM PST

As stated above microsoft word 2013 won't allow me to edit or add a graph/chart in any document i open, even if I create a new one. This has never happened before and it has always just worked fine before,I haven't done anything new or checked anything different, the only thing i haven't done is make graphs for awhile but that should not just mean it stops working all together. When I click on "insert a graph" -> i get a window that lets me choose the graph/chart i want but when i click ok the window refreshes and continues like that repeatedly, i can never get past "ok", copying graphs works but i can never edit the data on the graphs, i click "edit data" but nothing happens. Also restarting my laptop did not solve the problem.

Plus when i tried to do the same on Microsoft Powerpoint it no longer works either but i get a message "The program or feature "\??\C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office15\EXCEL.EXE" cannot start or run due to incompatibility with 64-bit versions of Windows." I'm very confused and this has never happened Before. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Word 2010 Tab Positions

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 03:13 PM PST

Hello from Steved


I have 3 sets of 2 on the same paragraph as seen below


My Question please is that I might not have for example Days2 : 54 on every paragraph, what happens is that Stakes : $ 7,375 is where

Days2 : 54 should be meaning I have to use the tab key to put it in the right tab position, how can I avoid this occurring. See the example below. Thanks in advance


  Days1 : 26     Days2 : 54   Stakes : $ 7,375    Ave : $ 1,843     HdtoHd : 0-0         L2Mths : 0-0

  Days1 : 26     Stakes : $ 7,375    Ave : $ 1,843     HdtoHd : 0-0         L2Mths : 0-0


Sub MoveDays()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Days1 : [0-9]{1,}"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(1), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(5), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Days2 : [0-9]{1,}"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub MoveStakes()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Stakes"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(11.75 _
        ), Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(17), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "Ave"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Sub MoveHdtoHd()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Do
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "HdtoHd"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    If Selection.Find.Found Then
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(25), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.ParagraphFormat.TabStops.Add Position:=CentimetersToPoints(29), _
        Alignment:=wdAlignTabLeft, Leader:=wdTabLeaderSpaces
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "L2Mths"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = False
        .MatchCase = False
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.MoveLeft Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    Selection.TypeText Text:=vbTab
    Selection.HomeKey Unit:=wdLine
    Selection.MoveDown Unit:=wdLine, Count:=1
    End If
    Loop While Selection.Find.Found
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub





Microsoft Word - Where are quick styles located for the various operating systems of windows and versions of microsoft word?

Microsoft Word - Where are quick styles located for the various operating systems of windows and versions of microsoft word?

Where are quick styles located for the various operating systems of windows and versions of microsoft word?

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:16 PM PST


Greetings,


I am wondering if i could possibly get a definitive list as to where Quick Styles where stored on the various operating systems of windows and whether the version of word that is installed has an effect on where the quick styles are stored?

I am looking basically for Quick style location information for 

Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1  


Word 2007
Word 2010/startup
Word 2013

Why when I import building blocks into another users folder are the colors changed in word.

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:09 PM PST


Hi community,

I am wondering with great anticipation why when I copy a buildings block template from one computer to another the primary colors represented on the building blocks( Cover page, Headers, Footers ect) change from red (my companies color) to blue? Can anyone offer some suggestions as to why this happens and how it might be remedied?


Thank You,

Dave


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Cannot find new Word docs

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:00 PM PST

I have all my Word files on my computer. My secretary accesses those files through our peer to peer network; all her work is saved on my computer. But now I cannot find any of the documents she has prepared tor the last week or so. If I go through her computer, I can find the documents. According to the path name at the top of the document window, those documents are right where they should be: on my computer. But I cannot find them when I try to access them from my computer.

My secretary and I both have new Win 7 computers with all documents from all programs stored on my computer. What's up?????

MS Word 2010 AutoText Creating and Inserting

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:46 PM PST

I create many autotexts that I use all the time.  When I start to type it, it may or may not show up.  When it does show up, if I have created it at the beginning of a sentence, it will only insert and the beginning of a sentence.  If I created it in the middle of a sentence, it will only insert in the middles of a sentence, etc.  and therefore, I cannot get it to insert anywhere else.  i.e. on a label or in a form template.  In MS Word 2003, when you created it, it would insert anywhere you wanted it to.  Should the Building Block fields be different than the defaults shown?  Why doesn't this work?  I have checked my settings under File / Option / Proofing and Advanced, and the all look correct,

 

 

 

 

 

Broken view for Word 2013? Don't know what I've done?!

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 01:32 PM PST

Hi Guys,

I'm not sure what I did but my page just went from being in this format:



To this format without the grey to the side and the visible margins:



It's still in 'Print Layout' and nothing I do seems to work. It just scrolls horizontally slightly and the images I've put in have vanished.

Is there any way to reset the work?

HELP!!!!

Thanks,

Charlie

Blank Pages in Merged Document

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:42 PM PST

I have a mailing in which I need to produce a two-page letter for some entries in a data file but not for others. Basically, I have a list of countries, and those in the data in the listed countries should print but anyone else shouldn't. The list of countries is too long to use the edit recipient list/filter/query options route (19 currently, though it may grow longer before we go into production).  I tried a string of nested IF statements to check the country's name with further IFs within them to select the correct letter (there are multiple versions, based on another code in the data) and then INCLUDETEXT to pull the text into the document. This works great, except that every time there's a record in the data that shouldn't print, the merge produces a blank page.

Is there any way to either suppress the blank page during the merge or to seek and destroy blank pages in the merged document before printing? I'd rather not have to resort to manually stripping out the records we don't want from the data, because we'll need to do this repeatedly with a number of very large files, each with hundreds of records.

Any help greatly appreciated.

deleting the unwanted second page

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:59 AM PST

good day everyone. Perhaps someone can assist me. I have a template which is composed of many tables and columns . my problem is I want to build single page documents out of this template . I cannot find away to delete an over run of the document.no page break exists, no section breaks, it's like my tables run over to the next page and the program just arbitrarily thinks it's the next page complete with the header . please help im really frustrated. thanks for reading

   

Why do I not get an option to "Edit in Word"?

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 11:11 AM PST

Team is using SharePoint online.  When someone sends me a link to a document on SharePoint and I click on that link, the doc opens in read mode but only gives me the option to "Edit in Browser".  There's no "Edit in Word" option.  I have full edit rights.  If I navigate to that same doc starting at Sharepoint.com, and open the doc in Firefox (my default browser), I then also have the "Edit in Word" option.

Unfortunately, you can't easily tell where the file is located from the URL that is given, so navigating to it (as an work around) is not simple.

Suggestions?

Office 2010 listed printers not installed on my computer

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 10:16 AM PST

I just step up a new computer with using Windows 8 Pro and Office 2010.  I plugged in my printer, it wouldn't work so I moved it to another USB port and then another.  I have it working  now.  But all my Office programs lists 4 of the same device (1), (2), (3) with pending jobs.  They aren't any extra printers listed in the printers area of Windows.  How do I get rid of the ones listed in Office?  

Problems with Office 2010 installed on Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:52 AM PST

I purchased a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro recently. Since I am an educator, I was able to purchase Office 2010 on CD a while back from my school district. I installed the software on my Yoga, rather than purchase Office 2013 from Microsoft. The problem is that, when I try to open a document that I created (Word, for example), I get a dialog box stating that I do not own Office 2013. I end up having to open Word 2010 as though I am creating a new document, and then go to File, Open, and then find my document (as opposed to just going into my Skydrive documents and clicking directly on the document I want). Then, the Yoga hems and haws trying to figure out what to do before my document finally opens. How can I get my Yoga to recognize Office 2010 (Word, Excel, Publisher, etc.) as my default Office program?

MS Word printing an extra sheet.

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:20 AM PST

Previously I wrote about a sheet that prints prior to the document, below is the information that prints prior to printing the document,


Filename:

Directory: C:\Users\Master\Documents

Template: C :\Users\Master\AppData \Roaming\Microsoft\Templates \Normal.

dotm

Title: PC Reports

Subject:

Author:

Keywords:

Comments:

Creation Date: 3/8/2010 4:30:00 PM

Change Number: 3

Last Saved On: 3/9/2010 10:41 :00 AM

Last Saved By:

Total Editing Time: 1,074 Minutes

Last Printed On:       2/11/2014 11 :56:00 AM

As of Last Complete Printing

Number of Pages: 2

Number of Words:             90 (approx.)

Number of Characters:       519 (approx.)


How can I disable this so that when I print a document it will not print the sheet mentioned above.

Hope the information prints this time.

Word Document Corrupt

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 09:15 AM PST

I have a Sandisk Cruzer U3 flash drive.   I have some Word documents and Excel and some PDF files this drive.   After I connect the drive to my computer, I can see all of my files and documents on this drive.  They have the correct file extension.  The Word documents were saved as a 97-2003 document.   However, when I try to open the document in Word 2010, I get these funny looking Chinese characters and symbols.  

I have tried everything to fix the document.   No, I don't have any viruses on the flash drive.

Is the flash drive corrupt or the Word document?

Office 2007 (Word)

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:51 AM PST

After creating a document in MS Word, and I print it, it will print a page with the following information prior to printing the document.



If I want to print a quantity of 3documents, than before each document it will print the sheet with the above information, in other words I end up using 6 sheets of paper where only three are usable.

Question is, how can I disable this, so that it will only print the desired documents?

Word 2007 - Bullet is changing font style - How do I permanently remove Font Style i.e. Bold, Regular etc. from Bullet Profile?

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:29 AM PST

Bullet is changing font style - How do I permanently remove Font Style i.e. Bold, Regular etc. from Bullet Profile?

 

I am editing an already typed document and have changed the bullet from a circle to a square bullet. I have also changed the alignment.

 

This is 50/50 going well.

 

The problem is that the Bullet Style is saving the font as 'regular', when it is a mix of regular and bold text;

 

Example

  • This is an example of set out.

Sometimes it leaves the text as originally formatted, sometimes it doesn't, and it is driving me nuts!!!!!!!

 

I have already right clicked the saved Bullet Style and deleted 'regular' from the font type, but it keeps coming back.

 

Does anyone have a permanent solution for this? Would be very much appreciated.

"Recent Folders" in Word incorrectly redirect to top folder

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 08:14 AM PST

Using Word 2013 on Windows 8.1, when in the "Save As" area, clicking on on a folder underneath "Recent Folders," the links are redirecting to the wrong folder. No matter what folder I click on, the location that gets brought up in the "File Save" dialogue box will always be the location of whatever folder is at the top of the "Recent Folders" list. 

Interestingly, if I click on one of the folders that is not redirecting properly and select "copy path to clipboard," the correct file path will be copied to the clipboard, but when it comes to actually using the "Recent Folders" feature, all folders except the top folder will always incorrectly redirect. Clearing out the recent folders (using "remove from list" on each folder) doesn't solve the issue.

Page numbering in Word

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 07:08 AM PST

I would like to number a section of pages as A-1, A-2, A-3 etc.  How can I do this and also have it recognised by the TOC?  Also can I additionally add a section with text before the number, e.g. Appendix 1 or Annex 1?

Thanking you in anticipation.

Word 10 - Envelope Printing problem

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 06:28 AM PST

I have a printing problem with word 10.  When I select mailing and then envelope I can send it to the printer however it shows up at the printer as envelope - plain paper.  The printer then gives me an error message saying that "the paper properties mismatch and please load required stock".  I need to send the envelope No. 10 as an envelope not plain paper but am unable to find any way to change the setting in word.  Does anyone have any suggestions?

How to Use a Macro to Delete Rows and Controls within a Grouped Control

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 05:40 AM PST

I have created a form in MS Word 2010 using a table structure and placing plain text controls where I want the user to type (see below ... I placed it in design mode so you could see wher ethe controls are).  In order for the user to use the tab to jump between fields, I placed the entire table in a rich text control group.  It works perfect (locking text I don't want touched and allowing the user to jump to each field).  However, they want the user to add or delete rows and controls in the Experience section depending on how many Projects they worked on.  I could do this with macros; however, the only way I can delete the rows with a macro is to put it in design mode, delete the row, then take it out of design mode.  Here in lies the problem, the macro will stop running as soon as it puts it in design mode.  Is there any work around for me?  Thank you in advance for any ideas.

 

Debra Ann

List style disappeared

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 04:46 AM PST

I recently set up a numbered list style, as per Shauna Kelly's instructions in her article 'How to create a numbered headings or outline numbering'. At some point my document crashed and the list style seemed to disappear. The numbering I had set up disappeared and I *think* one of the other built in numbering formats in the list library took over. 

I tried to recreate my list style 'Headings' but Word told me the style already existed, even though I couldn't find it.

My question is this: how do I reattach the list style to my document in the event of it crashing/disappearing. It had certainly disappeared from the 'list styles' area of the numbering box. And I had no idea where else to look for it!?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Borders automatically close between pages

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:59 AM PST

Windows 7, Office 2010, Word document:   I often put one border ('box') around 2 or 3 consecutive paragraphs to show that they are related.  If automatic pagination happens to fall in the midst of a paragraph, no problem:  The box stays open, i.e., no border at the bottom of one page or the top of the next, correctly indicating the the contents of the box continue from one page to the next.  The PROBLEM occurs when automatic pagination breaks *between* consecutive paragraphs in a single box, in which case Word closes the boxes (at the bottom of one page and the top of the next), making it seem like two discrete boxes when it's meant to 'read' as a single continuing box.  Any way to adjust the settings to do this?

Word 2013 corrupts certain fonts in text boxes when shadow applied to box

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:49 AM PST

Word 2013

We use Rockwell as a corporate font and are having problems with this and other fonts appearing 'corrupt' on screen in text boxes in specific circumstances.


  1. Create a text box.  (Insert>Shapes>Text box)
  2. Type some text in it.
  3. Change the font of that text to Rockwell (or Footlight MT, Algerian, Bell MT and quite a few others but not Arial or Calibri)
  4. Now select the text box and add a drop shadow to it (Format>Shape Effects>Shadow) and pick any Outer Shadow, and the font 'corrupts' so that the spaces become square boxes (although it does print OK).


This applies only to certain Microsoft-provided fonts and only to most Shape Effects (but not all: Shadow-Outer - a problem, Shadow-Inner - no problem).


What is going on here?

Word 2013 Tracked Changes Problem

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:20 AM PST

I have all kinds of problems with Word 2013, but one of the biggest is that when I make changes to a document, having switched on track changes, and then run a global check for a particular word/phrase, using Find and Replace, words that have been changed fail to show up completely. Thus, in the document I'm working on presently, I've changed 'the Abbey' to 'the abbey' in several places, but when I run Find and Replace (searching for 'the abbey [or 'the Abbey']) none of the amended instances show up (and no, I haven't got Match Case switched on). The same goes when I attempt to search for any other amended word; it simply doesn't show up.

Another strange anomaly is that when using Find and Replace, any word found in the top line of text showing on the screen is never 'grey shaded' for identification, unlike all of instances.

Can anyone help me with either of these? Despite countless searches online, hey've got me baffled.

Thanks

Nick

Layout Changes whenever I reopen the document

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 02:05 AM PST

Good day, I have been editing a document and everything seems to be fine. But whenever I close and reopen the document, certain layout changes has been made, like where I had chapter 5 starting on a new page with its body, the chapter 5 heading now would be on the bottom of the previous page with the body going on on the next. Why is this happening.

 

Also, chapter 1 starts on page 3, but on the index table it shows page 2 (my page numbering is correct) but then I will put my cursor infront of chapter one and push enter twice, so my "chapter 1" heading is still on the same page. NOW - When I update my index table, it will show chapter 1 is on page 3, which is correct - what can cause this?

My MS Word has gone loony! Chapter headings jumping round

Posted: 11 Feb 2014 12:11 AM PST

Good day, I've been editing a document which I want to use at work. I can edit it perfectly and everything will look right but when I either close and reopen the document or update my index table, the headings of my chapters ex. Section 5, has moved either back to the bottom of the previous page or to the bottom of its original page. So I will have chapter 5 on the bottom of a page with the rest of the paragraph on the next page. I made no use of any page breaks. so it can't be that. Like I said, While I edit the document, everything seems fine, but when I reopen the document or update the index table, it will shift. On the other hand, it is not the whole document, It will only happen to certain pieces in the document. Also, chapter one starts on page 3, But on the index it shows page 2, the I will push enter just twice moving "chapter one" down just 2 lines, then I'll update my table again then it will say page 3. This is driving me crazy. Please help!!!

i cant open .wdb or.xlr files on a new install of Windows 8.1. Any suggestions?

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 09:41 PM PST

I am using Office 365.

Can you repeat 2 rows of a table over pages?

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 06:49 PM PST

It seems using the "repeat as header row at the top of each page' function in Table Properties > Row function only allows one row to be automatically repeated across pages. Can you repeat 2 rows?

Microsoft Word has Stopped Working, Need ADDITIONAL Guidance, Please!

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 06:05 PM PST

Just got a new PC, and installed Office 2013 yesterday.  I'm getting that "Microsoft Word has stopped working" error message.  I followed all the steps provided on the Microsoft site - installed Windows updates, ran Windows in 'safe mode'.  Word seems to work in 'safe mode'. 

 

The Microsoft instructions provided after running Word in 'safe mode' say:

 

If the Office application starts, there's a problem with the add-in you unchecked. We recommend you visit the company website for the add-in to check for an updated version you can install. If there isn't a newer version or if you don't need to use the add-in you can leave it unchecked or remove it from your PC.

 

 

What is the 'add-in you unchecked' referring to?  I don't recall unchecking any add-ins.  And it says to 'visit the company website for the add-in...' - what company/company website is this referring to?  These statements seem to apply to my issue, but I haven't got a clue what direction they are providing.

Mouse hover with track changes in Word 2013

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 06:04 PM PST

In my past experience with Word I could hover the mouse pointer over a change and a balloon would come up showing the author of the change and the date/time of the change. Ever since I have started using Word 2013 this feature has been spotty at best. It either only shows up for a split second or does not at all. I have read some suggestions that I do a repair of Word and when I do that it works for a short time but then stops working again. I have done both the short repair and a full repair.


I have done that probably a dozen times always with the same result - works for a short time and then stops. I have even uninstalled and reinstalled Word to no avail. This has happened in both Win 8 and Win 8.1


Any suggestions?  

The Document _____.docx cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:36 PM PST

Recently, I copied my whole desktop through (C:\Users\Steve\Desktop) onto a flash drive. I experienced some computer problems and was forced to replace my whole hard drive. Now when I plug in my flashdrive into the computer, I get the following error.

"The document .docx cannot be opened because there are problems wit the contents. Details-----> An invalid character was found in the text content"

Please provide any suggestions. Downloading the files from the previous hard drive is not possible.

I have 30 or so files in multiple folders.


Thanks for your help,

SteveSSC

Proofing language of document fields (properties) in Header / Footer

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:27 PM PST

I use template to create a new document.
There are some document fields defined and they are placed in header.
Here is the screenshot of such field
The word "Requirements" is taken from Subject document field.
This word is highlighted by proofing tool.
How can I set up this field to become "English"?
There was possibility in previous Office versions to select Language for particular "highlighted" word.
I have two languages configured to check spell and grammar - English (default) and Russian.

HOW DO I LOCK THE POSITION OF AN EDITABLE TEXT BOX?

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 04:06 PM PST

HELLO MS WORD COMMUNITY:

Can someone give me a simple explanation of how to lock the position of a text box?

However, I want an end-user to be able to enter/edit text in the text box. I just don't want the box to be moveable.

I am setting up a templatized pre-plan (simple metadata) for a fire department. I want the editable text boxes to stay put in an effort to uphold design integrity.



Thank You!
TMNOW

Word multilevel list headings not working

Posted: 10 Feb 2014 03:20 PM PST

Hello,

After setting up a multilevel numbering list style (or whatever the correct terminology is) by following the instructions here:

http://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html

What would prevent new lines from automatically entering the next number? Actually, the new line does not even keep the same heading since the cursor goes all the way back to the left margin and Styles switches to Normal. Here's an example that hopefully explains what I'm talking about:

Suppose you set up your outline headings to look like this — with the bracketed content not seen but showing the heading level (and Style) of its respective row:
------------------------------------------------------------
[Heading 1]        I.    
[Heading 2]                A.    
[Heading 3]                        1.    |
[Heading 4]                                a.    
[Heading 5]                                        and so on...
------------------------------------------------------------
and suppose the vertical bar at the end of the third line represents the location of your mouse cursor. 

Pressing the Enter key should give the following, right?
------------------------------------------------------------
[Heading 1]        I.    
[Heading 2]                A.    
[Heading 3]                        1.    
[Heading 3]                        2.    |
[Heading 4]                                a.    
[Heading 5]                                        and so on...
------------------------------------------------------------
where the new line is at the same heading level [Heading 3] and the new number follows in sequence from the prior heading at that level.

However, pressing the Enter key in my case results in this:
------------------------------------------------------------
[Heading 1]        I.    
[Heading 2]                A.    
[Heading 3]                        1.    
[Normal]      |
[Heading 4]                                a.    
[Heading 5]                                        and so on...
------------------------------------------------------------
where the cursor goes all the way back to the left margin and the Styles menu shows that it switched from [Heading 3] to [Normal]. Every level behaves the same way. It's like it doesn't know to remain at the same Heading.

I would attach the file but I don't see a way to do that.  :P

Thanks
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