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Microsoft Word - Help!! The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag error


Help!! The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag error

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:44 PM PDT

I went to an IT support for my university because my word document file will not reopen giving this error message:

"We're sorry. We can't open <File_Name> because we found a problem with its contents.

The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag.

Location: Part: /word/document.xml, Line 2, Column 1256578"

I have uploaded the document to google drive:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxoB04m5O_GRcllWbTd1MXI0WWs/edit?usp=sharing

The tech at my university gave me this information:

"The document.xml file within the Word Document has tags that haven't been closed and/or missing. They document.xml file can be accessed using the following link. The XML structure of the file has to be fixed in order for the file to be recovered. Might want to use Visual Studio or another tool capable of handling large XML files.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2528942 "

If someone can please help me with this I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!!

Mariam

Home & Student Office 2013 WORD

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:45 PM PDT

I have been trying to use WORD and access WORD document.  When I try to get into WORD I receive the message, "something went wrong." What do I do? Thanks.

endless error messages 30033-27 and no action; can't start office applications

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:24 PM PDT

I can't open an office application. I get a simple "there's an error would you like us to fix it?" message - click yes, it goes away, nothing happens. Try various trouble shooter screens - get error message 30033-27 [and others] . Am asked if I want to use the on line fix service - click yes - it tells me it can't connect even though here I am connected. Have tried switching off and on - no effect. Should I put this lap top in the dishwasher? would half an hour in the tumble drier work?

I think this started when there was a update.

Help!

my word 2013 wont open downloaded files

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:16 PM PDT

i try to download a file from my college webiste call blackboard. its say opeing in protected view but it never opens. closed and tried to do it agin but it still says opening in protected view and it never opens.

Help! I can't use my Microsoft Office, Word, Excel or Powerpoint and I don't know why!!!

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:58 PM PDT

Hi, my name is Lacey.  I have a laptop that uses Windows 8.  I use this computer for my own personal use and have the Microsoft Office 2013 Home and Student Edition on my computer.  When I try to open my word, excel or powerpoint it gives me a box stating that there are problems with the program and will have to close.  I need help please!  What do y'all think the issue is.  I have had the computer for about 6 to 8 months and very rarely even use the programs, but now I have a project and need to, but have run into this issue.

Thank you,

Lacey B

Mail Merge in Word

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:50 PM PDT

Hi,

I am trying to mail merge a set of data in my letter which contains mostly numbers, however some of the data has text.  When I mail merge the data, I believe ms word auto assume my data are numbers only, so when it comes to the data with text, it shows "0".  How do I fix that?

Static Row Section in Word

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:45 PM PDT

I have a word document with a table, which has 3 rows. Each row has 1 question in it and the rows are evenly spaced on the page so that there is enough space for text writing. If for any reason, there is not enough text space for one of the answer, i would like to have whatever is over the limited space continue on the next page. Normally Word/Excel adjusts the remaining sections of a document by pushing it to the next page so that all text to what you are reading are staying "together". This is not what i want. I want the 1st page (the page w/ all 3 evenly spaced rows and questions) to not adjust. If there is any adjustment, i want it to happen on the next page. Is this possible in word and how can i get it accomplished? 

Does Office 365 support RTL when installed on a Mac?

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:39 PM PDT

From what I can tell, 'Office for Mac' has never supported right-to-left languages. Since 'Office 365' seems to function the same whether installed on a PC or a Mac, does this mean that RTL would work on a Mac as it would on a PC?

Word 2013: Compare documents - Word is reversing the order of documents in comparison

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 12:36 PM PDT

When I run a comparison between documents, Word 2013 consistently switches which document it considers the "Original" and the "Revised."  So, for example, paragraphs that should show as deletions are showing up as revisions.  The only way to get a correct blackline is to select the documents backwards to get the comparison to run correctly (i.e., select the revised document in the "Original document" field and the original document in the "Revised document" field).

I've tried creating completely new documents from scratch and comparing to test this, and Word continues to look to the "Revised document" as the original/base document.  

Is there a setting that would remedy this?

Thanks.

Help With Calculating Form Fields - Please help... I am clueless!!! :(

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:44 AM PDT

I am sorry to be such a moron but I desperately need help with fields! I have spent two days online trying to figure out the answer but have miserably failed.

I work for a law firm and need help with repeating information that I type into a form.

So say I type in the plaintiff's name, Jane Smith on the top of the document. I want it to automatically copy and fill in in about 10 other spots on the form. I know I have to use field codes but how do I copy it from the top to the rest of the document? Do I use a bookmark?

I used to know how to do this in an old Word version but I can't figure it out in Word 2013.

Can anyone help? I am desperate!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

THANK YOU!!!

- Tori

Word for iPad FAQ

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 11:28 AM PDT

Where can I get Word for iPad?

Word for iPad is available in the iOS App Store.

What are the system requirements for Word for iPad?

iOS 7.0 or higher. 

Do I need an Office 365 subscription for Word for iPad?

You can read and view documents for free.  To get the full editing and creation experience, you can sign up for a free 30 day Office 365 trial at www.office.com/try. Then download the Office for iPad apps in the App Store.  During your trial period, you can use Office across your PC, Mac and iPad.

The valid Office 365 subscription types are:

  • Office 365 Home Premium
  • Office 365 University
  • Office 365 Small Business Premium
  • Office 365 Midsize Business
  • Office 365 E3 and E4 (Enterprise and Government)
  • Office 365 Education A3 and A4
  • Office 365 ProPlus

What countries/regions are Word for iPad available in, and in what languages?

Word for iPad supports the following 29 languages:

  1. Catalan (CAT)
  2. Croatian (HRV)
  3. Czech (CSY)
  4. Danish (DAN)
  5. Dutch (NLD)
  6. English (ENU)
  7. Finnish (FIN)
  8. French-France (FRA)
  9. German (DEU)
  10. Greek (ELL)
  11. Hungarian (HUN)
  12. Indonesian (IND)
  13. Italian (ITA)
  14. Japanese (JPN)
  15. Korean (KOR)
  16. Malay (MSL)
  17. Norwegian (NOR)
  18. Polish (PLK)
  19. Portuguese – Brazil (PTB)
  20. Portuguese- Portugal (PTG)
  21. Romanian (ROM)
  22. Russian (RUS)
  23. Simplified Chinese (CHS)
  24. Slovak (SKY)
  25. Spanish (Spain) (ESN)
  26. Swedish (SVE)
  27. Traditional Chinese (CHT)
  28. Turkish (TRK)
  29. Ukrainian (UKR)

Word for iPad will be available in most of the markets where the App Store is available – 135 different markets. The current exceptions are:

  • Algeria
  • Bahrain
  • Chad
  • Egypt
  • Israel
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Mauritania
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Thailand
  • Tunisia
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen

Where can I find more info about it?

Check out our blog for more detailed information, and we will be having a Reddit AMA on 4/3, ask us anything!

security

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:48 AM PDT

I understand that there is a new hacking threat linked to the .rtf file involved with microsoft.  Is there a way to combat this?  I also understand that there is a tool that will block it??  If so how can I down load it and operate it.  thanks

Why does Word 2010 open Libraries instead of specified folder?

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:27 AM PDT

I don't use the Libraries at all, preferring to have my documents on my D: Drive in a folder named Word.  I have many sub-folders, but most of my documents belong in my DOCS sub-folder, so that is the folder I have specified as my AutoRecover file location and my Default file location in the File\Options\Save page as D:\Word\DOCS\.  And on the File\Options\Advanced\General\File Locations page, under File types:, Documents are located in D:\Word\DOCS.

When I open Word 2010 and click on Open, it opens my DOCS folder.  But subsequently, sometimes the next time I click on open or after a few times, it opens Documents in Libraries.  I have to click on the down arrow at the right of the field and select D:\Word\DOCS to open the correct folder.  This drives me CRAZY! 

I have Windows 7 on a 64-bit H-P system.

What can I do to correct this?

Endnote X7 add-in keeps crashing word 2013

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 10:22 AM PDT

It all started with Microsoft Word 2013 not responding when opening a word document. No matter how much time you gave Word to respond, nothing happened. I managed to get Word to respond by pressing "ctrl-alt-delete" and then cancel. However, when I closed my document I was prompted for normal template changes. I checked if this was the case with any type of word document (even blank ones), and it was.

I downloaded a troubleshooter application from the Microsoft webpages, and tried to see if it could fix my problem. The program disabled all my add-ins, and when I started word after running the program, it was working smoothly. I have later realized that the problem of normal template changes was because of the bluetooth add-in (which I also checked at a later stage by reactivating it). However, my Endnote X7 add-in was removed from the Word ribbon. The Endnote add-in is important to me because I'm currently finishing up my master thesis. I tried to reactivate the add-in manually (in the option menu), but whenever I try to reactivate the add-in (or any add-in for that matter), Word freezes again, and is not responding (then I have to "ctrl-alt-delete" again to make it work). In addition, when I close Word and open it again, the add-in(s) is again gone from my ribbon menu, and it seems to be inactivated again. I have tried adding it as an administrator, but that does not do anything. Even if I could add it, I would still have the freezing problem. I have had Endnote and Word working perfectly fine together for 6 months, so there shouldn't be any compatibility issues. I also tried re-installing both programs on my computer, but the problem remained. I even called Endnote support, but they couldn't help me. I think it might be a Microsoft Word issue (?), because Endnote is actually working with Power Point.

Does anybody have any ideas? Feels like I've tried everything...

Word 2013 docs convert to "read only" if left idle for too long

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 08:36 AM PDT

Anytime I have a Word document open and step away from it for a while it becomes a "read only" document.  This requires me to save the file with a different name and then I need to remember to go back to the folder to delete the old one.

Is there a setting that can stop this from happening?

Thanks!

Adding custom icons to the standard set

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:58 AM PDT

I have successfully added custom icons and their associated onAction macros to the Quick Access Toolbar using Greg Maxey's approach.

But I still wonder if it were also possible to add custom icons directly to the standard set of icons provided by Office 2013 - rather than uploading own icons using Custom UI Editor. We could then put macros to the ribbon or the QAT without the need for onAction parameters nor the UIEditor's language.

Peter

OLE errors in Word w/ Powerpoint 2007

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:54 AM PDT

Greetings.

I've read up on the OLE errors and have yet to find anything relating to the issue I'm experiencing at my client.

Before I begin - specs on the user's machine are:

Dell Optiplex 990

Windows 7 x64 - SP1

8 GB RAM

Office 2007 - SP3

My user is using Powerpoint to make a presentation for her department.  She has multiple tables that were designed using Word.  She does not have an issue opening Word from inside PowerPoint when she doubleclicks on on the linked table to edit said table in Word.

When she goes to save her word document with the newly modified table, she gets the ever so annoying OLE error.  The error she's getting is:  "Word is waiting for another application to complete an OLE action."   That's it.  No error codes and I haven't been able to find this event in the PC's event viewer.

Any insight would be great.

Thank you!

-Will

word 2013 useless for professional writers

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:11 AM PDT

Is it just me or does this ribbon drop down menu thing really slow you down.

I tend to spend so much time trying to find things to sort the document out .

No chance of going back to something like 2003 which was a real tool to aid work as have to use what the companies I work for freelance, supply me with.

Probably great for nerds and other computer freaks but absolutely no good for ease and speed when trying to earn a living.

TABS

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:09 AM PDT

How to set particular tabs in office word 07. I need the tabs to be set as follows 3cm, 4cm, 16cm, but then when the sentence wraps i need it to go at 2.5cm when it wraps and, NOT go to the left-hand edge of the page. Can someone help? I followed some instructions, but they're not working out for me. It still keeps wrapping to the left edge of the page and not where i want it to wrap. Help please. Thank you in advance. Megan

microsoft office 13 won't start

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 07:09 AM PDT

Office 2013. Error code 30089-13. Word and Excel opening fine till yesterday. Now says 'Ran into a problem' and won't open. Any help please?

Can not open office files

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 06:32 AM PDT

When I try to open a file in word or excel I get a message saying "Microsoft word has stopped working. windows will now close the program and let you know when there is a solution." I am using Windows 8.1 and have uninstalled and reinstalled office. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!

Unable to open Word- "Something went wrong"

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 05:31 AM PDT

It says Something went wrong

We couldn't start your progam. Please try it again

I do and it won't open

Please advise

Moved from Internet Explorer

Original title: I am trying to open Word

Microsoft word was deleted from my computer and I cant find my instalation disc

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 04:52 AM PDT

I recently sent my computer away to be fixed and when i got it back, all of my microsoft had been deleted and a starter verson installed.  The box my computer came in and my microsoft word disc have been lost when I moved house.  I have been told that it is possible to email the people at mircosoft and they can give me my product key from my computer ID?  is this correct?  I am a comlplete techno-phobe and I am really stressing as I have final year univeristy essays due. 

Any guidaance on this will be much appreciated!

Hovering over a tracked change leaves the text in a box floating on the screen- Word 2010/Windows 8.1

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 03:20 AM PDT

I have a very irritating problem that happens periodically when I am working on a document using 'track changes'. Hovering over the inserted text or sometimes a comment box will cause a box to pop up in the middle of the screen, containing the text. This box then remains in the middle of the screen, even when viewing other windows and even after closing down Word. The only way to remove it is to shut down the pc. Even as I write this I have to dodge the text that popped up earlier when I was working on the document. Some days, this means I have to repeatedly shut down when working on a document. This is a really bad situation. Can anyone help?

Thanks.

Anthea

Something went wrong for MS Word 2013

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:52 AM PDT

Hello

I bought Office 365 University. I installed for one Mac and one PC. I installed Office to my Mac first (no problem), then I installed it to my PC (error screen as below). Afterward, I have already repaired by following Microsoft website and install again, but the problems still happen. How can I fix it?

why my word or excel programe cannot open

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 02:11 AM PDT

why my word or excel programe cannot open

Field DATE not working in Word 2007, but works perfectly in Word 2010

Posted: 27 Mar 2014 01:09 AM PDT

Hello,

I created a word document with some Fields DATE in my Word 2010 and it was working perfectly. When my colleague opened it at the time of need, she saw correctly updated dates and printed the document. The printed document however had old (not updated) dates. The dates change to the old actually at the time she opens Print preview. When she reopens the document, the dates are, however, updated again. In Options, the box "Update before printing" wasn't checked, but checking it didn't change anything. I looked through all of the options in Office 2007, but couldn't find reason why it was working properly.

It works great on my Word 2010, so we believe it might be some 2007 vs. 2010 incompatibility. We also work in network environment so that also have an effect.

Any idea where the problem could be?

Thank you.

Looking for a Word document with fill-in fields

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:28 PM PDT

I want to create a couple "Letters of Agreement" forms for my business using Office 2007.  I want to create fill-in fields so once I enter the information in the field it will automatically populate in other areas of the document.  However there will also be some fill-in fields that will not require being populated.  Could you please provide where I can find the instructions on how to set up a Word doc like this?  Thank you.

Word 2007 Envelope Printing - Too far to the right

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:54 PM PDT

I have looked at the other posts and they seem to have a different problem than what I have.

Running MSWindows 7 Home, with Office 2007 Pro.

HP Color LaserJet 4700DN

When I go to print an envelope (Standard #10), the return address is not in the upper left corner.  It prints about 1 7/8" from the left edge.  The placement from the top is fine, just too far to the right.  Also the TO address is equally as far off from center. 

I have reset the printer driver, uninstalled and reinstalled.  The settings for the envelope is set to Auto.  When setting the location to the lowest setting above Auto, .25" it still prints way far to the right. 

The printer has only Tray 1 for envelope feed and can only go in the center of the feed tray.  Settings have been verified as to correct print ordination.  (Center feed from tray) 

If the settings are set to .5" the whole set is pushed that far further to the right.

When printing documents, all documents print correctly, to include double sided, gutter modification, margin modification, etc...

Have set envelope setting to something completely wrong, print and got expected results, (bad due to wrong settings) and then reset settings to what they should be and same results of blocks being pushed to the right. 

Thank you in advance for your guidance.

MSWord 2010 is taking up to 15-20 minutes to load a document only when I am logged into the network

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:44 PM PDT

There is a number of Word files that when I try to open them while I am connected to the network can take up to 15-30 minutes to load (even when the file is located on my hard drive). When I am NOT connected to the network the files load immediately. I am not seeing any macros used that might cause this.  I am not sure why this is happening.

Any ideas how to properly troubleshoot this issue?



How to get the Language Proofing Tools for Office 2010?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:56 PM PDT

I am using Office 2010 and wish to install the proofing tools for Chinese PRC and Taiwan, and Japanese. However, through the Language Preference, I was only directed to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/language-packs/microsoft-office-language-options-multilingual-support-FX102851176.aspx and can only download the proofing for Office 2013. 

Whatever I downloaded were all useless as in my language preference the proofing tools always show "Not Installed".

May I know what I can do without upgrading my office version?

Thank you very much.

Word 2010 instability when adding review comments

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:55 PM PDT

When providing document mark up and adding review comments on a word document, it keeps spontaneously jumping to draft view. How can this be prevented. Draft view is useless as it does not show figures. I want to be able to add review comments to a document in print layout. This is a problem new to word 2010 not previously encountered.

Also when clicking to return to print layout, the cursor goes to the top of the document, this is really annoying in a large document

How do you save a file in document 1997 - 2003 when it keeps coming up with permission error?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:37 PM PDT

I have been trying to save a file in document 1997 - 2003 but it keeps coming out with permission error. This has worked before. I have tried re-installing but that didn't work. I also can't put in equations anymore. Please help. Thank you

Suddenly can't open any Microsoft 2013 applications.. Was working a week ago. Am on windows 8 too!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:50 PM PDT

I seem to be unable to open any microsoft apps. Outlook, Excel, Word, Power point etc. I click on the icons and nothing happens. I have done the system updates as one site suggested.  Nothing changed. I have a single load home office, I do not have anything with me as I'm traveling. (so pretty peeved right now!!!!)

What on earth happened to cause this to suddenly stop. I tried running the safe mode for the word etc and nothing comes up at all so no idea what to do next. Getting pretty fed up. Frankly hate the new outlook and now to have it, and other products not working is a really irritation.

I don't know if I have windows 8 or 8.1 I bought the PC new in December 2013. Touch screen.

Microsoft 8 - word documaents

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:40 PM PDT

All of a sudden I cannot open any of my word documents???????????

Pasting image does not replace Selected image in Word 2013

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:56 PM PDT

I inserted an image (copied from Paint, but the same problem occurs using any copied image) into a Word 2013 document. Then I decided I wanted to edit that image a bit more. I went back to Paint, made my image edits, copied the image again and went back to the Word document, selected the previous image, and clicked Paste. But, instead of Replacing the old image with the new one, it simply pastes the new image beside the old one.

I fired up my ancient Word 2003 and verified that pasting a new image onto a selected existing image always results in the image being replaced (just like pasted text replaces/overwrites selected text).

How do I make this Pasted image replace the selected image? Do not tell me to use "Change Picture". Using "Change picture" requires far too many steps for such a simple procedure - AND completely does not work when the image is not saved but is an image simply "copied" from the Net or from Paint etc.

Thank you for solving this.

Text Alignment

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:54 PM PDT

Hi Guys,

Can you tell me if there is a way to align text to each rather then having text align to, for example a table cell?

Thanks in advance.

Using IF field code to examine result of a FILLIN Field code

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:28 PM PDT

I feel like I'm following the directions to do this, and I can't seem to get the results I want.

I have a number of points in a document where the content is either A or B (and in some cases B or C), but always depending on whether or not it pertains to one product or another. Ignoring the fact that I've now been researching this "time saver" for longer than it would have taken to just make the edits manually...there's a principle involved.

First, at the top of the page, I made a FILL-IN field prompt. That works fine: box pops up, fill in one of two responses.

Now, based on the result of that, I want to set all the other four or five places in the document where the text will be either THIS or THAT based to look at that field result and behave accordingly.

The first such IF instruction is:

IF { FILLIN "Indicate product: Small or Mid" } = "Small" "small-" "mid-"

Depending on if I monkey with spacing, which I gather is critically important, I get results of either: FILLIN or of Indicate product: Small or Mid

This suggests to me that it's just reading the line of instructions/properties and not actually going to look at the FILLIN field at all.

Help!!

Why does using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:18 PM PDT

I am not able to insert a continuous section break within a table in Word 2013 without it creating a gap/space before and after the break.  I don't have that problem in Word 2007.  Has anyone dealt with this issue?

I am creating fill-in forms that will be protected in some rows (sections) that have form fields, but not protecting others in hopes of being able to use a pen to allow signatures using Ink Tools in the unprotected sections to be taken on a Surface Pro tablet running Windows 8.1 and using Office 365.  Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Microsoft Word - Using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break

Microsoft Word - Using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break


Using a Continuous Section Break in a Word 2013 Table creates undesired spaces before and after the break

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 03:18 PM PDT

I am not able to insert a continuous section break within a table in Word 2013 without it creating a gap/space before and after the break.  I don't have that problem in Word 2007.  Has anyone dealt with this issue?

I am creating fill-in forms that will be protected in some rows (sections) that have form fields, but not protecting others in hopes of being able to use a pen to allow signatures using Ink Tools in the unprotected sections to be taken on a Surface Pro tablet running Windows 8.1 and using Office 365.  Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Need to populate MS Word w several .txt files

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:47 PM PDT

hello.  should i use the Merge functionality in MS Word to populate a word doc w several existing .txt files?

if i could automatically insert text file data into existing MS Word doc would be able to automate and save time.

tried to use Macro and Insert Object => Text from File...   However, Macro does not allow my cursor to go directly to spot/doc location - it makes me use arrow key.

Word 2013 Save As pdf goes to Onedrive

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 02:02 PM PDT

In Word 2013 I am unable to Save As to pdf on to the computer locally. I have gone into Options>Save and checked the option to save to computer by default, but every time I try to save a pdf it uploads it to onedrive and opens it in my browser. Is there any way to fix this.

I already save all of my files to my onedrive folder locally so that it can be synched with the cloud, it is not necessary for Word to upload it to the cloud first, as I then have to wait for it to download back to the folder on my computer to do anything with it.

If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this that would be great.

Styleref in Header - Search from Bottom of Previous Page

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 01:52 PM PDT

I have a very long document with sections that span several pages. My readers want the header to reflect what section they are in. I've used the Styleref in the footer, which searches from the bottom of the page up to the top and populates based on a style I've named "FileSyst3." But the readers want that information in the page headers (so it would read "Continued from previous page, Section <FileSyst3>." How do I get Styleref to read from the bottom of the PREVIOUS page to grab the correct section. In the header, Styleref defaults to reading from the bottom up of the CURRENT page or top down of the CURRENT page. I need it to look to the previous page and start there from the bottom up until it runs into the first FileSyst3 style. It, of course, works beautifully if the field is in the page's footer because it is checking the current page, but from the header, it needs to check the previous page.

Copy data from an HTML or ASCII file and paste into a table within word

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:31 PM PDT

I generate several reports. I'm trying to automate the process. Currently the reports are generated within Word but I could switch to Excel if it would be easier. Here is what I would like to be able to do:

1- open a file and automatically select the data from a column in a table within a file. Currently the file is HTML but I could transfer to ASCII

       File name: rebound.html or rebound.txt

2- Paste this data into an existing table within the Word or Excel

3 - Repeat the above process for two more files

       File names: Fred.html or Fred.txt & Vdef.html or Vdef.txt

These files I want to open are saved within a directory for a specific product that I'm testing so the path will change for each report. Ideally, I'd like to be able to set the starting path so that finding the files saves time.

I'll be opening the same 3 files every time. I'll be selecting the same data from the same table and pasting it into an existing table every time. I could use a program that opened all of the html or txt files within a given directory. Each directory will have the same 3 files in it.

Autocomplete in Dropdown Lists

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:07 PM PDT

I have a table and some of the columns are populated with dropdown lists of choices.  When filling in the table, is there a way to use autocomplete so that when I tab to a cell with a dropdown list, and type "T" for example, the list of choices pops up and the first entry starting with "T" is highlighted?  In most programs, web pages, etc., when you encounter this type of list ("Select Country" for example) and you type a letter, it jumps to selections starting with that letter.  As I have things set up now, if you start typing when the dropdown list is selected, it just inputs whatever you type.

I know that you can use Alt-down arrow to open the list, but most people don't know this.  Is there any other way to accomplish this?  I've got about 20 choices that people should be able to choose from.

Thanks!

TOC not working in Word 2013 on Windows 8.1

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:06 PM PDT

We have a number of corporate word document templates that have custom Style definitions for Headings 1,2,3 etc.  The Heading styles are named Company_Heading1, Company_Heading2 etc.

These templates worked fine when I was running Word 2013 on Windows 7.

I have just upgraded my PC to Windows 8.1 (re-install of OS) and installed office 2013 again.

Now my TOC is not working.  If I try update the TOC I get the following message:

To add or remove items in the table of contents......

* Apply a heading style ....

* Change the outline level....

And then the TOC updates to: No table of contents entries found.

My problem is that this exact same template works 100% on a Windows 7 PC using Office 2013 or Office 2010, but on a Windows 8.1 PC I can't update the TOC.  Once of our IT guys tested on his PC also with Windows 8.1 and got the same result.

If I create a blank Word document and create a few headings using the built in Heading 1,2,3 etc. then TOC creates fine.

So, there is something about this specific template on Windows 8.1 that is causing an issue.

Can someone please help me troubleshoot, I am a novice when it comes to the finer details of Word, so please be as detailed as possible in replies.

Thanks

Chris

Need help with a corrupted Word file!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:32 AM PDT

I received a critiqued document from my tutor and am unable to open the document due to there being a "problem found with its contents." I have no idea how to fix this! Can anyone help me?

My Microsoft Word 2013 keeps crashing!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:03 AM PDT

Hi, I'm using Word2013.

A week ago everything was absolutely fine. But just this weekend, while I was editing a document, when I clicked to open another word doc simultaneously, Word jams up and I have to force it close. Basically all this time, I've only been able to open one document at a time to edit. Once I click to open anything else, it jams - even if I click to create a new blank document.

So today I decide not to edit any existing documents. Instead, I opened Word from the Windows Start button and you know how it opens to the template page where you choose if you want a new blank document or any other set template sorts. So I clicked on the blank document and it just jammed up again! I realize this means that unless I have a .doc saved on my computer already and open it through that icon, I can't create anything new on Word any more.

Why is this happening?? )): Please help

- C.H.

Note: I bought Office 2013. I've not yet tried if this affects the other programs similarly as well yet ): I sure hope not

MS Word 2007 - Need to REMOVE unwanted page at end of document.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 10:01 AM PDT

I have a ONE PAGE, MS Word Table, that is fitted perfectly to the page, and prints exactly as needed (on a card).

Word "insists" on adding an unneeded blank page after the table.

There IS a paragraph mark on the blank page, which I can not delete.

There is NO paragraph mark anywhere on the page with the table. There is NO text on the page, except in the table.

I could live with this, but these cards will be mail merged, and the blank page causes problems.

If not for the blank page, this document would be exactly as needed.

Any help would certainly be appreciated.

Thanks.

jp

Recent Documents List cleared

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:55 AM PDT

We have had several users in our organization state that their Recent Documents list cleared. It doesn't seem to matter what application as all are affected. This seems to have coincided with the latest update to Office (15.0.4569.1508), but I can't find anything on this. Has anyone else had similar issues? It seems odd that pinned or recent documents just magically cleared overnight.

Page numbering in footnote

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:36 AM PDT

Why does my page numbering stop working?  For example I have a document which is 16 pages; the number works until page 15 then it defaults back to page 2 of 16.  I have tried starting again and copying text (not footnotes) into new document; same thing happens.

word 2013 incompatability with previous version

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 09:08 AM PDT

so after 3 hours on with ms support ( they were great) i was told that all my word 2003 documents will not print in 2013 word.

what?  i was darned happy with 2003 and it worked great, but ms decided not to support it anymore, so off to the store i go.

2007 is not available for sale it is now office 2013.  down goes my money.

so now i have all my business documents that, oh boy i should be happy?, i can view on this new version,,i can edit on this new version..

BUT I CANT PRINT IN THE NEW VERSION.

YOU CAN NOT CUT AND PASTE THE FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW BLANK DOC  IN 2013 IT DONT WORK,,,ASK MS OFFICE SUPPORT TEAM.

to put a product out into the world that is not compatable with its own previous versions is just ludicrous.

i did not want to upgrade to the new version, i was forced by ms, and the product they provide as its replacement doesnt work with previous versions...

WTF

HELP

ALL MY BUSINESS DOCS ARE IN 03-07 WORD FORMAT

I SHOULDNT HAVE TO TYPE EACH AND EVERY ONE OVER AGAIN IF I WANT TO PRINT

THIS IS WHY WE HAVE THESE WONDERFULL COMPUTERS

SURELY I AM NOT THE ONLY CUSTOMER (KEY WORD HERE,,CUSTOMER)WITH THIS PROBLEM

CAN ANYONE HELP ME FIX THIS OR WORK AROUND IT..

MS PRETTY MUCH SAYS TO BAD SO SAD,,,THATS JUST THE WAY IT IS ,,DEAL WITH IT

How to remove horizontal dotted line

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:57 AM PDT

Mysterious horizontal heavy black dotted line has suddenly appeared in a Word document. Does anyone know how to remove it?

Word VBA - Compile error: ByRef argument type mismatch

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:40 AM PDT

Can anyone tell me why I get the above message when I run the sub below? Note that I have trimmed it to the smallest possible size, so it actually does nothing, but it does raise the error.  I have looked at dozens of references to this message on several forums, and they all say "ah you are passing a double to a date" or similar. I am passing a Range to a Range (at least that is what I want to do).  And yes, I do want to do it ByRef.

Sub foo()
    Dim range1, range2 As Range
    Dim result As Boolean
    
    Set range1 = ActiveDocument.Range
    Set range2 = ActiveDocument.Range
    result = bar(range1, range2)
    
    Set range1 = Nothing
    Set range2 = Nothing
End Sub

Function bar(rg1 As Range, rg2 As Range) As Boolean
    bar = True
End Function

(Word 2010 on Windows 7)

Word 2013 Dutch Grammar checker does not work.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:37 AM PDT

Hi 

I have just started using word 2013 on Windows 8 and grammar checker is not working anymore. Before to move to windows 8 i was using Office 2010 on Windows 7 and grammar checker was working quite well. The Dutch Proofing tools are installed and both Office and Proofing tools has been updated with SP1. 

If I test the grammar checker using english, it seems to work perfectly! I checked my settings and everything seems to be configured properly! 

How can i fix this problem? Any idea? I have already tried with a new installation of Office 2013but still no luck!

Thanks in advance for the help! 

Paolo

Moving charts from one page to another--Word 2010

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:22 AM PDT

At work, we recently completed a survey that had over 2,500 responses. We sent our information out to be created into a report, which totaled 300 pages. What we want to do is copy charts from pages farther down and move them to our executive summary section at the beginning. But when doing so, our charts become fuzzy and illegible. We do not want to have to recreate the charts we want to use if we don't have to.

I have tried formatting the charts but have not found what I need. Suggestions?

How do I prevent Word docs from being saved as Read-Only?

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:16 AM PDT

It's many years since I have heard of this one!!

Word has a "Read Only Recommended" mode.  If you set it for a document, it will always save the document that way until you correct it.

Go to Word>Preferences>Security and check that "Read-only recommended" is not checked.

If it is, you have have to uncheck it and save each document (the setting is saved with the document, so if it is wrong, you need to re-save the document to change it).

To force the document to save, add and delete a space or some other character, to "dirty" the file so Word will then save it when you ask it to.

Hope this helps

I have virtually the same problem. I will open some documents and when I've make changes, it won't do it because it's a "read-only" doc. I have to give it a different name. This only started recently. I'm running Windows 7 Professional with Word 2013 , the Office/Student version. 

I cannot find "Word/Preferences/Security"  anywhere. Your help will be sincerely appreciated. Thank you, Ron Guest

[New question about Word for Windows split and moved by moderator from the Word for Office 2004 forum]

When I press the start a new document icon it keeps giving me some document from the day before

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 08:08 AM PDT

When I press the start a new document icon it keeps giving me some saved document from the day before, a legal form I copied and pasted from somewhere- for me to start a new document I have to delete what is on that page by selecting all and delete. This is very strange- I restarted word and it automatically brings up this document, everyy time I start a new doc with that one open it brings it up again as doc 5, 6, 7, so on and so on.

Turn off automatic date insertion when you type.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:40 AM PDT

When I start typing today's date, how do I stop Word 2010 from displaying a popup message that shows today's complete date with the message (Press ENTER to Insert)?  It is distracting and sometimes I want to press ENTER but without having the complete date with year automatically inserted by Word.  I have all of my "AutoFormat" and "AutoFormat As You Type" boxes unchecked already.  Thanks.

Inserting Formatted Table Via Mail Merge

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:38 AM PDT

Hello everybody,

I'm not sure if this should go in the excel or word subforums since it involves both.  I am trying to create a number of documents that are largely identical with specific values inserted in the correct spots.  It seemed like a perfect situation for a mail merge.  The issue is that each document has a semi-specific table that I need to add a line to.  I've considered doing some sort of find and replace, but I don't think mail merge can take multiple existing documents as input.  I'm under the impression that it's a one template-> multiple documents features, not n templates -> n documents.

This has led me to think that what I need is to have a cell in excel that contains the formatted table, a cell with the new line, and a cell that joins the two.  Then each time, I would copy over the previous "final" table and change the added line to produce the new table.  I could then insert the formatted table into the word document.  The issue I'm having is that I can't get the mail merge to do this.  I tried pasting the table into the cell and pasting the html for the table, but I can't figure out how to insert a formatted table into word via mail merge. 

My table should look something like:

Year           Percent                 Reason

1995          0%                       First year

1996          2%                       Increase required due to...

Thank you for any help on this,

Note: I have posted this question on excelforum at http://www.excelforum.com/word-formatting-and-general/999680-inserting-formatted-table-via-mail-merge.html#post3637736

Cannot perform maintenance for printer in Word 2007

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 07:05 AM PDT

I recently switched to Windows 7 from Vista and I was trying to do some maintenance on my printer but when I go into the printer menu, the maintenance button is not there. I don't know what to do. Can anyone help me?

Multiple Page Columns

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 06:06 AM PDT

My students are doing a project on Word 2010 and they are to put multiple columns.  However, when they go to do so it cuts off the first two or three words or word parts.  I am not sure how to fix it.  It looks like Word is blocking a portion of a column for some reason.  Any advice would help!

Microsoft Word 2013 - Error Message meaning

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:32 AM PDT

PLease explain the meaning of the message;

'This document could not be registered.  It will not be possible to create links from other documents to this document.'

Specifically;

  1. What does this mean?
  2. Why and how would I register a document?
  3. Why can't other documents be linked to a non-registered document.

I responded 'No', to the question in the message panel, 'Was this information helpful'

Many thanks

Ian

Office 2010 default even when Office 2013 installed

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 05:20 AM PDT

I bought Office 2010 Home and student last year just before Office 2013 was released and took advantage of the 2013 uppgrade.

This left Office 2010 still installed - and I want to continue with that.

The problem is that the default programme is still Office 2010. I have tried all the normal things in Control Panel / Program/ default programs - but I cant make it use Office 2013 when I click a office file.

How can I change this so that it uses Office 2013 by default

thanks

Mal

Reenable a removed add in.

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:26 AM PDT

I'm developing an add in to word with Visual Studio.

When I start the debugger i VS, word is started and my add in is loaded. (like I expect it to)

When I end the debug and close VS, the add in is loaded again if I start Word. (not what I expected)

Via the "developer" ribbon and the "COM-add-in" button (not sure if that is it's name since im on a danish Word), I found the posibility to remove my add-in. Not just make it inactive via the checkbox. But completely remove it.

Now my problem is this...

If I start Visual Studio and start the debugger for my add in, Word is started but my add in is nowhere to be found. I can rename my addin and then it loads, but I would rather keep the original name.

I guess Word saves the location or name of removed add in's some where so they don't load.

So... How do I remove the "this addin is removed" entry in Word, so I can reload/debug my add in with its original name?

MS Word 2013 Appcrash due to content copied from MS Excel 2013

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 04:00 AM PDT

Dear all,

I have Office 365 and have been working on Word and Excel 2013.

Problem: "Word crashes when I try to copy and paste a graph from Excel". After multiple crashes, the Word document is corrupted and I am not able to open it again. Then, I go back to the old version stored in Dropbox and work again.!

Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version:    15.0.4454.1000
  Application Timestamp:    509a3af5
  Fault Module Name:    oart.dll
  Fault Module Version:    15.0.4454.1004
  Fault Module Timestamp:    50bd9fc1
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    009ff4d2
  OS Version:    6.3.9600.2.0.0.256.48
  Locale ID:    1033

Kindly advise.

Regards

Bharadwaj

Help- Office / Word 2013 not responding- need help for IT illiterate user!

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:48 AM PDT

Word 2013 / Office 2013 has crashed- not opening files, coming up with error message "We couldn't start your program. Please try starting it again". There's NO error code on the popup box, but later while looking at repair options, the error code 30089-13 comes up. I'm NOT software literate- at all- and can't decipher the posted online "solutions" as they assume a high degree of IT fluency (which I haven't got). I hear there's an issue with Word 2013- any advice- simple- on what I can do? (Office pre-installed on my PC from the retailer).

Word 2010 only do Font 20 ignore Font 12.5

Posted: 26 Mar 2014 12:04 AM PDT

Hello from Steved

I have "R85" in two Font sizes 12.5 and 20.0

I'm trying to tell the macro to do only Font 20, please how can I tell the macro to ignore Font 12.5, Thank you.

   Sub Replace_Race_Type()
   Dim rngStory   As Range
    For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
          With rngStory.Find
      .Text = "R85"
      Selection.Font.Size = 20#
        .Replacement.Text = "Rating 85"
        .Wrap = wdFindContinue
      .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
      End With
  Next rngStory
End Sub

Copy Autotext to another template

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 11:59 PM PDT

I have created an autotext to insert a landscape page with a portrait header and footer.

Is it possible to copy this autotext to another template?

If yes, please explain how this is done.

Office 2010 app not supported on my new laptop?

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 10:23 PM PDT

Hello,

-I bought a new laptop that can convert to a pad or connect it to a keyboard.

-It runs on Windows 8.

-It had a trial version of 365 on it.

-The Trial version has now finished, I had a spare version of microsoft office 2010 home and student edition.

-Since my laptop does not have a cd drive, I downloaded the office 2010 installation file from the microsoft website.

-I then installed the 2010 office version on the laptop

-I tried opening a file that I opened online, it did not work.

- I cannot open a word file.

- I uninstalled the 365 thinking it was because i had two versions of office.

- tried to open up a word file, it comes up with the error message of the app is not compatible/supported

What do I do? I am at a loss. Prior to installing the Office 2010 I was able to still open and use the 365 (with limited functionality).

I called up Microsoft support and they told me I had to delete the registry for the 365 and then re-install my office 2010 and it should work? I have not received the instructions on this from support, it has been a few hours so I have resorted to asking the community.

Please help if you can,

Thanks.

Microsoft Office for windows 8

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 09:57 PM PDT

I had Microsoft office installed in my computer when I ordered it. It has been working fine. Now I can't open any new projects from power point, word processer, or excel. The projects I have saved won't open, but if I attach them in an email or upload to a webpage, (a job application, for example) it works fine. Not exactly sure what is going on. I am not super tech orientated so any help would be great.

Microsoft Word wont print allow me to print more then 9 pages

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:59 PM PDT

Microsoft Excel will print more then 9pages and everyone in the office is able to print more then 9pages with their Word.

I have no idea what can be causing this issue with Word on my machine. Any suggestions?

Cant find ms office icon widows 8.1

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:48 PM PDT

  Entered my activation key for office 2013 then could not find icon to initiate, also cant find list of programs to create short cuts.

Word 2010 : Unable to download Clip arts Error : This Web page is not available

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 08:28 PM PDT

A few years ago, I downloaded a number of beautiful pictures of Venice via--as I recall--Word's Clip Organizer.

Now I find that when I open the (Word 2010) Clip Organizer and click on Clips Online, I get a page that says, "This Web page is not available."

Please tell me how to access the free .jpg files for download to a folder on my computer.

Am I perhaps wrong to be trying to do it via Word?

Old title: Microsoft Clip Organizer and Online Downloadable Pictures

Up Graded to Windows 8.1 and now Word doesn't work

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 07:46 PM PDT

Just got laptop (HP ENVY) and MS Office 15 Loaded Office 15 and everything worked fine.  Then Up graded to 8.1 and now word doesnt work, but all the rest seem to work (PPT, Excel, Outlook, Note) but not Word.  I have tried  to repair, no luck; MS fixit to remove Office and reload but still no luck.  How can I go back to windows 8 and get rid of windows 8.1.  Used MicroSoft for years and never had this much problems with any programs, what happened Micro Soft, Bring Bill Back!!!!!!!

Microsoft Office Programs Won't Open!!!

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 07:04 PM PDT

I have never had any problems with any Microsoft Office programs. Yesterday, however, nothing would work, and continues not to work today. Every time I try to open a Microsoft Office program (mainly Word), I get this message: "Something went wrong. We couldn't start your program. Please try starting it again. If it won't start, try repairing Office from 'Programs and Features' in the Control Panel." I have tried to repair it and it will not work. I have tried both the quick repair (with no success) and the online repair, which would not work because it said I did not have an internet connection (when I clearly did). What do I do? I need to have access to Microsoft Word for school by tomorrow!

And as I was typing this, another error message popped up: Error Code: 30145-27

Make 'Combine Documents' not ignore deletions

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 06:28 PM PDT

Trying to merge markups from several reviewers using the Combine Documents feature. In looking at the output it's obvious some reviewers' changes are being ignored -- that is, are not reflected in the merged result -- if they're deletions.

I can't see any difference in the reviewers or the edits, and these aren't complicated or overlapping markups. In fact I tried combining the edits from a very simple pair of documents myself (each started with the identical sentence, one then got a tracked insertion, the other a tracked deletion) and even then, the merged result shows only the insertion!

What am I doing wrong? There are various options for how to arrange the output -- original doc, revised, doc, new doc -- but I've tried them all and the result is the same. Are the input docs all supposed to have tracking turned off? Turned on?

I hope someone can help. I don't see anything like this described here or elsewhere.

Mark

PROBLEMS WITH OFFICE 2013

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 06:01 PM PDT

INSTALLED MICROSOFT WORD ABOUT 3 DAYS AGO, IT JUST WENT DOWN. TRIED TO RE INSTALL IT, BUT ALL I GET IS A NOTE SAYING AN ERROR AND A ERROR CODE. WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE

I can not open word docs I e-mailed to myself I think its word 2003 HELP

Posted: 25 Mar 2014 05:24 PM PDT

I can not open word 2003 doc I e-mailed to myself someone help please