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Microsoft Word - Finding if a folder exists in VBA for Word 2010

Finding if a folder exists in VBA for Word 2010

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:08 PM PDT

I want to save a Word doc to a specific folder, but in VBA first need to check if the folder already exists - and if, not create it.

For example, I want to save Sample.docx to the C:\Music\Jazz directory, but first need to make sure C:\Music\Jazz exists and if not, create it.

Running Word 2010.

Thank you.

[Must be solved] Backdoor to inserting equations in Office Starter (from OneNote)

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 03:00 PM PDT

I was trying to find a way to insert equations in my word document using Word Starter 2010. But, I found out that it's possible to insert an equation only when using the full version of Word.

OneNote 2013, however, is free to use and provides a Formula Editor. I tried to write the equation I needed in OneNote. Then, I copy-pasted it to Word Starter 2010. It worked... too bad.

This is a flaw that has to be fixed.

Out of curiosity, is the copy-pasting that I did earlier legal?

If someone can report this to the guys at Microsoft and ask for deletion of this post after doing so, that would be wonderful...

Having problems using styleref and listnum to create greater than 9 heading levels

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 02:12 PM PDT

My word doc has the following outline using headings:

Heading 1 = 1.

Heading 2 = 1.1

Heading 3 = 1.1.1

Heading 4 = T.1  (only being used under 6.  Table SQL - which uses Heading 1)

Heading 5 = T.1.1

Heading 6 = V.1 (only being used under 7.  View SQL - which uses Heading 1)

Heading 7 = V.1.1

Heading 8 = G.1 (only being used under 8.  Generate Insert DML from existing Meta Data - which uses Heading 1

Heading 9 = G.1.1

Eg. 

      1.   Introdution

      2.    etc

     ....

      6.   Table SQL

             T.1   table name

                    T.1.1  Select SQL

                    T.1.2  Insert SQL

                    T.1.3  Update SQL

                    T.1.4  Delete SQL

      7.  View SQL

           V.1    view name

                    V.1.1   view SQL

                    V.1.2   view SQL

      8.   Generate Insert DML from existing Meta Data

            G.1   table name

                    G.1.1  generate SQL

                    G.1.2  generate SQL

The doument needs two more levels; one under Table SQL (eg. T.1.1.1)  and one under Views SQL (eg. V.1.1.1)

I have found documents that say to use styleref and listnum but I have not been able to make this work.

Thanks for your time!

Office will not open

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:43 PM PDT

I use the Microsoft Home Users Program for all my office products on my personal computer.  With some of the latest updates, I can no longer open ANY Office program.  I can't even open an existing document.  I do not get any error message.  The circle flashes on the screen, like it is thinking about opening for less than a second and then nothing happens.  We have tried all of the trouble shooting suggestions that we can find and nothing works.  

Please advise.  However, I have also read that if I uninstall and then try to reinstall, that will not work either.

What is the problem and when will Microsoft fix it?

Numbering after Table of Contents

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:03 PM PDT

I am having an issue numbering after creating a table of contents. In my footer I am using the Page X of Y format. I have 9 pages AFTER the table of contents. I inserted a continuous page break and started numbering page 1 on what is the third page. The numbers start at 1 just fine, but instead of saying Page 1 of 9, it says Page 1 of 12. I have tried inserting a custom page number, and it still gives me Page X of 12. How can I fix it so it says Page X of 9?

Thanks!

Watermark causing some headers to disappear

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 12:00 PM PDT

I am using Word 2010 on Windows 7.  I have a 229 page document with 39 section breaks.  I include chapter numbers in my page numbering.  All of this works just fine until I add a watermark in the body of the document.  I want Draft 4/8/14 added.  The watermark shows up exactly as it is supposed to.  However, some of my headers and footers have disappeared.  No headers on pages in the preface or chapter 1.  Everything is fine in chapter 2.  For chapter 3 and 4 the headers and footers appear on the first page, but none of the pages following.  Chapters 5 - 9 seem to be ok.

Any ideas?  I don't want to have to make a label or hand-write on every page because we do need to know which version we are looking at when we review and edit.

Activation Issues

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 11:32 AM PDT

I activated the student Microsoft Office last August. Since then, there have been many occasions where I try to open a blank Word document and I'm forced to sign in to my Microsoft to activate my account. The past couple days, this has been happening every single time I try to use word. Now, I have to not only sign in, but also deactivate Office from a previous sign in. I think Office is not recognizing the fact that I am using the same computer every time. Please help. 

Sudden change of Office XP Pro 2002 file extensions to .mso extension.

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:56 AM PDT

This morning all of my word files unexpectedly changed the. Doc and. Docs file extensions to .mso extensions and are no longer usable. Also my. Doc files are unreadable.  Looks like they are encrypted, but tried various encryption types with no significant effect.  I am aware of end of support for XP OS, but should it cause this situation?

How to have text - that when you click on it - expands into an image

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:55 AM PDT

I have a document that has lots of images in it.

The document is too hard to read if all of the images are visible.

So I would like to have them all collapsed by default.

So I would like a way, that as the person is reading through the document - when they come across a place where they would like to see the image - they can click on some text (that says like "Image of Cylinders") and it expands that part of the document to display the image.

Can anyone direct me in the right direction?

Thanks.

Vit

what is ceflauncher.exe

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:54 AM PDT

HI:In WINDOWS SEVER A USER GETS A MESSAGE CEFLAUNCHER.EXE NOT FOUND WHEN SHE TRIES TO SEND A DOCUMENT TO E-MAIL RECEPTIENT. WHAT IS THIS AND HOW CAN I CORRECT IT?

Outline numbering / Multilevel list in Word doesn't function

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:34 AM PDT

I have been using Office 2010 at work for years.  My company just decided to push an upgrade to 2010 Pro on Thursday and since then I have lost the multilevel list functions completely.  I am a tech writer so without this I am 100% DOA.

Here are the details:

- My template doc and all the docs I've created have lost function.

- What I mean is...

   On existing docs or the template doc if I hit Enter on 1.1 it does go to 1.2.  But, hitting Tab only Tabs over it doesn't go to A. and shift+tab does not go back.

- I cannot format new docs at all.

- My colleague sent me a fresh template and it doesn't work either, whether he send it .docx or .doc

- The function does work if I send it to my home machine.

- I have replaced the machine with a brand new one which includes 2010 Pro in the build.  It still doesn't work.

I have tried:

- Replacing the machine.

- Fiddling with the Define/Selecting List Styles settings.

- I have searched but I don't see anything thusfar that helps.

Can anyone help with this?  I live about 5 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge so if I can't get this fixed I'm good to go.  <kidding!>

My eternal gratitude awaits you!

ETA:  I found the AutoCorrect spot (AutoCorrect?  Really MS?) and the tab - Shift+tab is working but it still won't set up my formatting properly.)

Word 2013 goes right to printing document display box

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:07 AM PDT

Recently installed Word 2013. As soon as I double click an existing .doc file, it immediately displays the little print dialog box you always see when you select File/print... i.e "Now printing page 3 of 4" and then it stops executing. Also, every time I double click a *.doc file, the "Open With" dialog box keeps coming up. Help!

Numbering revisions...

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 09:06 AM PDT

We are trying to make charges to a document and have the changes be listed on the right and numbered. So whaen person A is referring to a change they can just say "go to revision #4" is this possible. We are using Word 2010.

Thanks

joe Clayton

MS Word Hyperlinks

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:53 AM PDT

Hi:

I am using MS Office Home & Student Edition 2007.

I have read the Help section regarding this topic but do not find answers to my questions...or, I don't understand the information.

I want to insert a hyperlink to an external web site, e.g., www.hp.com, into a Word .doc file.

I am able to create/insert the hyperlink....though I don't fully understand all of the details of the Insert Hyperlink dialog box.

I can "color" the link by changing the color of the text, but this remains constant.

Is this how it is suppose to be done, or is there some procedure specific for hyperlinks, so that their color changes once they have been clicked, e.g., from blue to purple ?

If so, does the changed color remain,  or does it eventually reset from purple to blue like they do on web pages, after a certain amount of time ?

Also:

When I move my cursor over the hyperlink, a pop-up bubble states for me to "Hold down the Ctrl key while clicking the link".

Is there a way to change this so that you just click the link (without using the Ctrl key), like you do on a typical web page ?

Thank you.

DaleB

Type body text only on odd pages, leave even pages avaible for typing notes

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:35 AM PDT

We are preparing a series of large training documents such that the trainees will be provided with a Participants guide and the facilitator will get a Facilitator guide.  A standard company training template is being built.  To accomplish this, we want to type training materials for the participants on only the odd pages, leaving the even page for typing trainers notes,  hints, and reminders.  When we print participant guides, we will only print odd pages, while all pages will be printed for the facilitator.

How can I get the participant lessons and exercises to flow to only odd pages, without the use of odd-page section breaks. 

Thank you.

Paul

Cannot open a Word template from MRU list of a pinned taskbar item

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 08:07 AM PDT

In Windows 8.1 I find the following odd behavior:

  • I have Microsoft Word 365 pinned to the taskbar.
    I right-click Word in the taskbar and hover to a template (*.dotx) file in the MRU list.
    I right-click the template file shortcut and choose Open (rather than New) from its context menu.
    Word opens a new document, rather than the template.

This is the behavior I would expect if I simply clicked the MRU item, or if I chose Open from the context menu.

When Word is pinned to the Start8 menu (rather than to the taskbar), the above works as expected. Removing Start8 does not affect the error described above.

This is important, because the Open item is the main way to edit the template file itself, rather than creating a new Word document.
 
Thanks for any help or explanation.

Dan

Help with Word, Two Column Document

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:55 AM PDT

Help! I am working on a two column document. The problem I am having is always in the right hand column.

Quite often in my document I need to move the beginning of a line of type to the right several spaces. Usually, I can just put the cursor at the beginning of the line, press Enter then press the space bar several times. Easy enough.

However, some times when I press Enter the entire line of type moves down to the next line, which is not what I want. If I just press the space bar nothing happens. If I advance the cursor one character, then the space bar will move the line of type over, but the first character stays where it is, which of course is not what I want.

I have tried everything I can think of. The problem only happens sporadically but it is frustrating. Right now I am trying to add several lines of type to a blank space on the right hand side, but I cannot figure out how to advance each line forward several spaces. 

Any suggestions? Thanks 

Why can't I stop new paragraphs from indenting?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:42 AM PDT

I am not a violent person, but I would like to find the guy who created auto indenting on Word, and punch him in the mouth.

While typing a document, sometimes I hit return, and the new line does not line up with the line above it. but is indented.

I have turned off all autoformating features I can find, but it still does this.  I have wasted so much time trying to line up my paragraphs that I am frustrated beyond belief, and angry at the idiots for making this program so user unfriendly.

Any answers as to how to remove or turn off the feature which is doing this would be greatly appreciated.

Table question

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:29 AM PDT

Hi everyone,

Is there a way to have the Table-->Layout tab automatically receive the focus when you either click a table cell or select a table row from the margin?

As it is now, when I want to do anything with a table, the Home tab is displayed, and I have to leave the cell, click the Layout tab, and then go back to the cell--a major pain when you are working with dozens of tables. For me, 99 percent of my table adjustments are done in the Layout tab. Perhaps a macro?

Many thanks.

- Lee

Solution- Permanent deletion of the return address when creating envelopes in Microsoft Office

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 07:18 AM PDT

After spending way too much time searching for information on deleting the return address that keeps popping up each time I created an envelope, I stumbled upon this on my own: click on tools; click on user information tab, the information you want to delete appears in the mailing address box so you can just delete it there; click ok and you are done.

Moved from Community Participation

Edit: "Solution" added to title

Tab Left?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 06:04 AM PDT

MS Word Starter 2010. I'm typing a document and I wish the first line of each paragraph indented into the left margin a couple spaces. Instead of resetting the indents for every paragraph so the first line is indented to the left is it possible to simply set up a Tab Left. It would be so much easier, and of course much more efficient to simply Tab Left and not have to be constantly adjusting the indents? All ideas, suggestions, comments will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, K.

Is there a limit to Word 2013 AND and OR statements?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:47 AM PDT

I'm writing an IF statement in a word document using COMPARE inside AND and OR statements. I'm following the example as posted at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/211363/en-us

SAMPLE CODE:

{ IF { = AND ( { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_1 } = "Value"}, { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_2 } = "Value" } ) } = 1 "True Instructions" "False Instructions" }

{ IF { = OR ( { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_1 } <= "Value" }, { COMPARE { MERGEFIELD Field_2 } >= "Value" } ) } = 1 "True Instructions" "False Instructions" }

My question is, is there a limit to the number of COMPARE arguments within the AND or OR statement? It seems the limit is two, as anytime I've added a third condition I receive a Syntax Error. But I haven't been able to find confirmation if there is an actual limit or if I'm just missing something.

Spell Check Dictionary for Papiamentu - Is There a Way to Create One?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:41 AM PDT

Papiamentu is spoken on the islands of Bonaire, Curaçao, and Aruba.  There are about 260,000 speakers.  A spell check dictionary was developed by students at the University of the Antilles for Word 2003.   In Word 2010, there was a change to the dictionary format so that the papiamentu spell check dictionary no longer works. 

Is there a way to develop a spell check dictionary for Word 2010?  (We have tried the custom dictionary already.)

Masha danki (thank you very much)

Unable to see any pictures, when opening a word document in Office 2013

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 05:40 AM PDT

I just came across an issue in Word 2013: the user is not able to see any pictures, when opening a word document.

That means, he can only see the frame of the picture, but is is white.

If we in "File" to the print view, the pictures are visible.

 

The user complained about certain SAP reports not working, but we checked, is we open a new file and try to insert any picture, it is not visible.

 

Do you, or someone from the team maybe have a possible solution for this?

We Have checked the option "Show Picture Place Holders". and it is unchecked. 

Please let me know any possible solutions.

Regards,

Aravinda Rao V

MSN Word: check box and drop down lists on IPad

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 04:23 AM PDT

Thought it would be great to load my Word forms on IPad; but I am unable to use the check boxes and the drop down lists? Is there a solution?

Who has created these kind of TEMPLATES?

Posted: 08 Apr 2014 04:14 AM PDT

Please help!

I am trying to create a multiple layered template document.

I've begun with the standard A4, portrait, letterhead and it's header and footers along with a watermarked background.

The continuation sheet is no problem.

THEN 

I add section/page break and want to insert the landscape version of a template that I've created.

After a few pages, I then need to insert an A3, portrait page from the A3 template.

The kicker is that I must be able to do this across Word 2003 up until 365. Across operating systems that range from XP to 8.1

Anyone managed to do this?

Thanks

Temporary file is being created of .dotm file in Word's startup folder

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:50 PM PDT

I have created a .dotm file containing some macros and a RibbonX toolbar to be used in Word 2007. Everything seems to be working except that when I place the file in the startup folder of Word a temporary file of the .dotm file is being created each time Word is being launced. The temporary file is named ~$ My File.dotm.

There are other .dotm files in the startup folder which also have macros and a RibbonX toolbar - however a temporary file is not being created of these when Word is launched.

What am I missing here? I have tried to save a blank .dotm file in the startup folder which has the same behaviour.

Insert caption problems

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:28 PM PDT

I have inserted a bunch of pictures into a word 2013 document.  As I add captions, the numbering was in sequential order through about 6 captions.  After that every time I try to add a caption it changes the order of the last two and randomly assigns numbers.  It looked something like this:  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 7, 10, 11, 9 etc.

Why is it doing this and how do I get it to stop?

thanks

Encarta Dictionary Issue

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:25 PM PDT

I am having an issue with the Encarta on Office 2010. I have been using this version of Office for three years, and I have never had a single issue with the Encarta dictionary. However, lately, I have not been able to find the definition of any words. Each time I punch a word into Encarta's search box, it comes back saying that nothing was found. I can still use the Thesaurus and, of course, Bing, but I was wondering if there was anything I can do to get Encarta back up and running.  

How do I caption like, figure 3. (a) figure 3. (b)?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:21 PM PDT

Hello there,

I'm using word 2010 now.

There are two figure with one caption.

In other words, I would like to insert captions like figure 5. (a), figure 5. (b).

Let me depict this as below,

Picture A                    Picture B

     (a)                             (b)

         Figure. 5  blablabla.

How can I do like above?

Thank you in advance,

Sincerely

Albert

word document

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:56 PM PDT

Hi

I am having a problem to open a word document created in old version to latest windows 8.1 version as we have bought a new windows 8.1 from windows xp.

Please help. Please see below the problem I get:

"WE'RE SORRY, BUT WORD HAS RUN INTO AN ERROR THAT IS PREVENTING IT FROM WORKING CORRECTLY. wORD WILL NEED TO BE CLOSED AS A RESULT. would YOU LIKE US TO REPAIR NOW?

When I click the button " Repair Now", it doesn't fix the problem.

Thanks

Bella

How can I separate enumerated block text to create an enumerated list using Find and Replace?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Hi,

I've been struggling with the following for hours and didn't get a working solution. I did get close using one expression and then another to tidy up the resulting text, but haven't managed to find a solution that I can apply to large amounts of text without creating lots of errors. I would appreciate anyone's help on this. I hope the following examples are clear to understand the problem?

Block Text Style (original text):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word. I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but in block text style. I want to make it into a list style. 2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far. What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences. 3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task. 4. I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.

Desired List Style (manually modified text):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word. I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but in block text style. I want to make it into a list style.
2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far. What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences.
3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task.
4. I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.

Current Find and Replace Attempt Produces Sentences (erroneous list style):

1 This is a mock text for using find and replace in Word.
I need to separate text up that is enumerated, but block text.
I want to make it into a list style.
2 I have tried using different codes, but none have worked so far.
What I have used so far either removes the number or separates the text up into sentences.
3 I have a lot of text that I need to convert so this is a very repetitive task and it would be helpful to find a way of automating this task.
4.
I would be grateful for any help to find a code for find and replace that can handle this task to convert this current format to the following list style.


I have tried using [0-99] or [0-9] which locates the individual numbers in the text and then ^| to get the manual line break. But, this eliminates the existing numbers leaving text with no enumeration. For the current example, I used .  (i.e. period plus space) to find the end of each numbered text and then .^| to create a manual line break, but as seen above this creates a list of separate sentences?! I then tried the expression: ^l[!0-9] to rejoin the phrases except where there is a number, but although this expression does find the manual line break and rejoin the phrases ignoring the numbered phrases, it eats the first letter of the rejoined phrases!

Appreciate the help,

John.

Word to PDF

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Hi Guys,

Can you help me understand why when converting from MS Word to PDF, an image doesn't appear in the PDF document?

I also clicked on the image in Word and it doesn't have any format options.


Thanks in advance.

code 30089

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 04:29 PM PDT

Microsoft word stopped working, error code 30089 .   It will not repair, I can not uninstall it either.

Please help a.s.a.p. ,

Microsoft Word - This macro works fine in Word 2007 using Vista on a desktop, but not in Word 2013 running Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro. Any sugestions?

Microsoft Word - This macro works fine in Word 2007 using Vista on a desktop, but not in Word 2013 running Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro. Any sugestions?

This macro works fine in Word 2007 using Vista on a desktop, but not in Word 2013 running Windows 8.1 on a Surface Pro. Any sugestions?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:24 PM PDT

I am using a simple macro in a Word template I created in Word 2007 to add a unique sequential number at the bottom of a one page document and it works great on my desktop computer running Windows Vista.  When I use the same template with Word 2013 on a Surface Pro running Windows 8.1, I get a VBA error stating: "Method 'PrivateProfileString' of object 'System' failed".  I have attached some images for clarification.  I hope they are legible.  If not, I can email them in a Word document.  The settings.txt file is indeed in the root of C:\.  Any ideas would be appreciated as I am new to both Windows 8.x and Word 2013 and I am not sure which might be giving me the grief.

Thanks.

Lamarr

Printing in Word for iPad

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:17 PM PDT

How do I print from my iPad version of Word?  This is a basic function that should be easy to find.

thank you,

Error 30033-27 opening Word documents

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:50 PM PDT

I keep getting an error message which is preventing me from opening documents in 2013 Office. This is a recently purchased computer 2013 edition with Windows 8. When I tried to upgrade to 8.1 I began getting this error message. The error message is 30033-27

[Original title: Micosoft Office]

printing outline view in Word 2010

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 01:37 PM PDT

I want to print an outline and have read all the advice on this board and elsewhere, but unsuccessfully. I have the Quick Print button on my toolbar and and have followed the instructions offered in all the various answers about how to do this, and none of them work. The document always prints out in print view.

The only thing I can think of at this point is to do a screen clipping using OneNote and paste it into Word as a graphic--not very satisfactory.

Am I missing something?

Microsoft Word Disconnecting From My Printer

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:29 PM PDT

I've been trying to print a two-page document from MS Word.  When I click print, it shows that its sending information, but then disconnects from my printer without printing anything.  I went to Devices and Printers in Control Panel and ran the troubleshooter for my printer.  Apparently, the Spooler service wasn't running.  The troubleshooter fixed that.  Click print again, and the problem repeats.

I hope someone can help me fix this.  I need to have this ready.

Thanks

Word has deleted a3 paper size

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:10 PM PDT

on Microsoft word I can't turn paper size to a3 and I have gone through all of the settings

go to end of document doesn't work in word 2013

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:49 AM PDT

Control -end doesn't get me to the end of the document.  control -end just advances one word, and control home goes back one word.   Just installed on a windows 8.1 system.  any ideas?

thanks

Formatting index page numbers in Word

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:34 AM PDT

My client uses the section-page number format in his Word document (e.g., section 5 pages are numbered 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, etc.) and also wants that same format in the index for the entries I've marked. Any idea how to do this?

VBA Paste Word Table to Excel

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:27 AM PDT

I have a Word file that contains bookmarked tables. These correspond with Excel worksheet names.

I need to copy the Word tables back into the Excel file on a newly created sheet.

There is no problem until I try to paste into Excel. At that point, the Word table pastes beneath the copied Word table.

Here is the relevant code:

  For Each ws In Worksheets
    ws.Activate
    
             If ws.Visible = xlSheetVisible Then
             'Name of Word bookmark
             oSh = Replace(ActiveSheet.Name, " ", "_")

Dim sCell As Excel.Range


    Set nWs = Sheets.Add(After:=ws)
    nWs.Name = oSh & "N"
     nWs.Range("A1").Select
     
  
wdDoc.Activate
Set wTable = ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(oSh).Range.Tables(1)
wTable.Range.Copy

THIS IS WHERE IT DOESN'T SWITCH TO EXCEL. I have tried many different ways of doing this.
AppActivate "Microsoft Excel"
myWorkbook.Activate

nWs.Range("A1").Select


Selection.Paste


End If
Next ws

How to easily create "small fractions" in Word 2010 Equations

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 11:09 AM PDT

In the Word 2010 Equation Tools -> Design toolbar two of the options under fraction are "Stacked Fraction" and "Small Fraction". The default behavior when I write an equation inline (e.g a/b<space>) seems to be to use the "Stacked Fraction". However, sometimes the small fraction looks better and I would prefer to do that. 

Question 1. Is there are short-cut method to insert a "small fraction" instead of a "stacked fraction"? I haven't been able to find it.

Question 2. If I create a small fraction by inserting it from the toolbar, but then copy and paste that equation, the small fraction sometimes gets converted to a stacked fraction. Why? How do I prevent that from happening?

Thanks in advance.

Rob Wilson.

How do I easily add a multiple line textbox to a MS word form? See the problems I am having.

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 10:55 AM PDT

I have a question for you. I am also trying to make a form using MS Word.

The issue I am having is that I want to have a multiline text box for my customers to add additional information to the form. There are 4 different spots for this in my form. 

When I use the legacy "text form field". The grey shaded area disappears after someone types in it. Also, I would like the customer to be able to add multiple lines of information if necessary. However, when I test it. It will limit the text characters on the first line (as I wanted ) and then when it goes to the text line, it just continues without any limitations. I want to limit how much text a customer can enter as a whole so as they don't mess up the format of my form.

I also tried another option, the "Text Box ActiveX" It looks pretty when I create the box. I shaped it the size I needed. (See picture) But it only types text on the first line and I don't know how to limit the text on one line and then make it go to the next by hitting return. Standard keyboarding use doesn't seem to apply on this text box. 

If you can help me with this, I may have one more question. But this is the one real frustrating part right now. Please help. 

How can I define a new multilevel list and auto-increments.

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 10:10 AM PDT

I have figured out how to define a new multilevel list and have encountered a glitch after the first level.  When I start a new paragraph the same number coincides instead of an incremental number. Any advice?  Thank you...

Word 2013 Startup

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:53 AM PDT

I have pinned a password protected document to the task bar. If Word 2013 is closed and I right-click on the Word icon, the list of documents appears correctly. However if I select the pinned and password protected document word opens, the box to enter the password appears, and then another box opens with the following text: "Word can't do this because a dialog box is open. Please close the dialog box to continue." It does not give me this error if word is already open.

Any suggestions????

How do I open a Template file in Word 2007 so that I can save changes to the template?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 09:48 AM PDT

I believe that there used to be a keystroke used to open a template to modify the design and then use the Save option to really save the changes to the template itself. 

Now I have a template and when I open it and modify the design, saving it throws me to a Save As dialog box, as it should.

Please help.

Auto Completion in Word 2013 (Office365)

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 08:30 AM PDT

I am running Word on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine and the software operates fine except for auto-completion which does not work at all. I have ensured that it is enabled via the File menu, but get no completion prompts. I use a lot of lengthy terms when I write, and not having auto-completion is a real disadvantage. Am I alone out there?

Delete button on bluetooth keyboard performs as backspace on

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Hi - I suspect it is probably to do with the fact that the internal keyboard on the iPad doesn't have a normal delete button but a backspace instead. But when using my Anker Keyboard to work in word if I press delete it does backspace. I know it isn't the keyboard in itself as it is able to work with other iPad apps just fine. Does anyone else find this happens with a remote keyboard? It isn't a big issue but is a little bit frustrating. 

Word 2013 Spellchecker

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 07:46 AM PDT

Hi all,

Although I like that the spellchecker dialog box no longer jumps all over the screen, I really don't like how the new version behaves.

It is worse than its predecessor in 2 ways :-

1)  The "undo last" feature has disappeared, so now you have to select undo from the ribbon - which takes you way from the dialog box and is less efficient.

2) If spell checker cannot provide a suggestion, previously you could edit the word in the dialog box - now you have to jump out to the document.

Again, more movement - less efficiency.

Sometimes it puts you automatically into the document, sometimes it doesn't.

So, a bit nicer to look at (perhaps), but less useful.

Pretty much sums up Microsoft's current approach to Windows and Office.

Maybe Microsoft should be less infatuated with "design" and recognise that the majority of their users just have to use the stuff and don't care what it looks like as long as it is easy to use. 

Word stopped working on Office 2010 but Excel still does

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 06:53 AM PDT

I have Windows 7 on my computer.  I purchased Office 2010 at the end of 2011 when I bought by computer and it was working great.  However, Word has stopped working recently.  When I click on it nothing happens.  I can still use Excel but not Word.  How could I get Word to work again?  Thanks for any help.

Turn text upside down in a mail merge

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 02:41 AM PDT

I have created place cards in Word using a mail merge.  I would like one side of the card to show the name of the person and the other to show what they are having for their meal.  For this to be done the top side of the card (menu) requires to be inserted upside down so when it is folded it is up the correct way.  The text rotate function in the table function only lets you turn the text left or right and added a text box which I rotated upside down.  However, when I try to create the place cards I get the message "You cannot include DATA, NEXT, NEXTIF, or SKIPIF fields in comments, headers, footers, footnotes or endnotes".  Is there a way that this can done? 

Aligning images in ipad word

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:57 AM PDT

Will there ever be the option to align images and show the grid so pictures can be perfectly aligned along with the ability to multi select images and put a coloured border around images. The lack of this at the moment is a huge letdown. Obviously this can be done on the PC version.

What exactly IS Office 365? And WHERE is it?

Posted: 07 Apr 2014 12:38 AM PDT

I am pretty familiar with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, etc.), and needed them on a couple of new computers (and tablets) using Windows  7, Windows 8 (both 64 bit) and Android OS.  So I downloaded the trial of Office 365.  My understanding is that you don't have to be online to use it, which means it has to be on your local computer.  However, when I use Windows Explorer to search for "Word" or "Office" on the C:\ drive where I installed it, the .exe's are not to be found, only shortcuts.  I don't understand why not, if you can use the Office apps offline.

I have worked with PC's for years, so I'm not a complete novice, but I know in some ways technology has kinda left this old dinosaur in the dust.  I am used to every program I use being on my C:\ drive or another local drive.  Can someone please explain to me how MS Office 365 is set up?  Can I really use it offline, such as in a region that doesn't have internet accessibility?  If so, what files does it use to run (.exe, .com, etc.)?  I would love to buy the annual license for the program, but I'm not comfortable doing so until I understand it better.  Thanks for any help you can offer!

Word 2013 on a tablet device ignores the first shift-arrow in table

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:43 PM PDT

I'm using Word 2013 desktop version on Windows RT (1st-gen Surface tablet, with a relatively slow CPU compared to modern laptops). I'm editing a document using an external USB keyboard. The problem I am facing now is that, when the cursor is inside a table cell, using shift-left/shift-right key combinations to select characters does not work if I do it in the "normal" speed. I had to press shift, hold it for half a second, and then press left/right to select the character. This behavior only appears when the cursor is inside a table cell. When the cursor is in the body text, shift-left/shift-right works perfectly fine. Hope this can be improved in a future SP or future version. Thanks a lot!

Update: it seems the behavior occurs in the body text, too. I tried the same key combination in some other applications (such as Internet Explorer), and they don't have this problem.

Captilization in Word

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 11:23 PM PDT

Hi

Can someone tell me please how to make Word 2007 on Windows Vista capitlize the letter  " I " in a sentance, e.g.   where am i going??...

regards Cat

Second line of paragraph is being indented like a reference

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 09:29 PM PDT

I'm really really annoyed right now. I don't use Office products for this exact reason - I clicked nothing and now some massive issue has occured. I'm trying to write an essay but paragraphs are styling as a reference (APA). So, the first line in on the margin, then the second line indents. It's driving me NUTS. I even started a new document and copy + pasted the previous data but it's still happening. This is absolutely ridiculous. Please can someone help me reset whatever I need to reset so it stops styling my paragraphs as references? It's also putting a capital letter when I press "enter" (as that takes it back to the proper margin) as if it's a new sentence. I'm really really really really annoyed. Please help. :/

Word 2013 - how to let the "split" feature keep the current view

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 08:18 PM PDT

In previous versions of Word (including Word 2010), when I use the "split view" feature to split the views horizontally, it keeps the current position of the upper and lower views. However, in Word 2013, firstly, the split box control is gone. I need to use the "View->Split" ribbon to split the view. Secondly, although I get the lower view via this ribbon item, I see the position of the lower view is far away from the upper view (at least in my case, where my document contains 100+ pages, my upper view stays at, say, page 95 but the lower view would go to page 1). Not sure if there is a way to keep it the same position? Thanks in advance.

Rendering of Equation Objects

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 07:44 PM PDT

I have been excited about the new release of Office for iPad, and look forward to its continued development.

i use Word equation objects heavily in scientific writing, where publishers require use of MathType 6.0 or MS Equation objects. Many documents I write or edit have tens to hundreds of such objects embedded in them. 

On the basis of my use of Word for iPad, I've had issues with rendering of such documents if I scroll from page to page too quickly (~30 page document) where the equation objects are replaced by boxes with red 'X' marks inside them. This may occur for equation objects later than what has been displayed (e.g. on pages 20+ of 30). I made the mistake of saving my work in such a state, and found that I had lost all of the content in the embedded objects when I opened the file on my PC.

1) Is this the intended behavior?

2) Is there a means of inserting or editing MS Equation objects in Word for iPad, or in a planned update?

3) A partial remedy can be through the use of a symbol browser. Is there such a feature in Word for iPad?

Something went wrong. We are not able to start your program

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 06:37 PM PDT

I am not able to start any Office 365 programs. I have tied both the quick and the online repair and nothings works. Please help as I have a lot of work to do tonight

Why are my templates not in English in word for iPad?

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 06:31 PM PDT

My templates in word for iPad are not showing up in English. Everything else in word is fine as well as all my temples in other office for iPad programs are fine.

Microsoft Word 2013 Didn't Save the Last Portion of the document

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 05:14 PM PDT

I had seven pages of the document written when my computer crashed last week, and I just got it back fixed today. So I opened the said document to continue working on it, but I noticed where the document end up was not where I remembered. Word says I only have three pages written. I checked to make sure AutoSave was working, it was, and says that it AutoSaves every ten minutes. Then I did a bit of research, and opened the 'Recover Unsaved Documents' file, and there appears to be no unsaved documents. I'm wonder if there was any other way to recover the lost pages because I'm freaking out enough over this? I know I should have backed it up, but there was no time when my computer suddenly shut down. So, anybody got any suggestions?

Word 2010: Repository of recent search terms? (Ctrl-F)

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 04:54 PM PDT

Hello Everyone,

Is there anyway to create a repository of the search terms that I use while searching documents in Word 2010?  The saved search terms would have to persist even when a document is closed and re-opened.  And I'd prefer a single repository of saved search terms; that is, a cross-document record of search terms, not document -specific.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Jay

Microsoft Word - Table of Contents

Posted: 06 Apr 2014 02:38 PM PDT

I am formatting a 60 page report and have created a table of contents. I have linked all of my headings and subheadings appropriately (with styles) however only about 90% of the headings show up in the table of contents. For example It will show:

Chapter 1 :
    1.1
         1.1.1
         1.1.3
    1.2
    1.5 

As per the example above it will be missing some of the headings periodically! So strange. I have unlinked the headings and relinked, I have updated the table of contents, deleted it and reloaded it. I can't seem to figure out why some are missing. I have showed this issue to friends and family and no one can seem to find out what is wrong. I have also been on the phone with Microsoft tech support - and the person disconnected with me over the phone  and on the remote  computer help that they were giving me after they admitted they could not figure out what was wrong. Not sure why they disconnected. Maybe someone here has ran into this issue before? If anyone can help I would really love to hear from them!

Thank you!

 

I can recieve but not send, what do I do? - Microsoft Office forums

I can recieve but not send, what do I do? - Microsoft Office forums

I can recieve but not send, what do I do?

Posted: 30 Jul 2006 03:14 PM PDT

Since you've posted no information in the body of the msg
I doubt anyone has any idea

"kimfree" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Vista/Office 2007 Unable to create Exchange Account

Posted: 29 Jul 2006 11:49 AM PDT

Glad you got it working for you. Solving a problem like this deserves a
cold one... have one on me!

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, com asked:

| Finally! I found it. Within the start menu I was able to right-click
| the Outlook icon and enter the properties which is the same as the
| control panel mail applet to access profilces, etc.. I was then able
| to configure the Exchange account. The mail icon is now also showing
| the the x86 Control Panel Icons.
|
| Thanks again for the help in solving this issue!
|
| com wrote:
|| Tried that, no go.
||
|| I've done a search for *.cpl files but still can't seen to locate the
|| mail applet. By chance would you know the name of the Mail setup .cpl
|| file in the System32 folder?
||
|| Thanks again!
||
||
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
||| Open Word 2007 and then close it - go back to Control Panel, ensure
||| you are using Classic view, and see if it is there now.
|||
||| --
||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||
||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
||| reading.
|||
||| After furious head scratching, com asked:
|||
|||| Thanks for the reply. I do see an option in the control panel to
|||| display x86 control panel icons yet the only icon in there is text
|||| to speech. Still no Mail icon :(
||||
||||
|||| Milly Staples - MVP Outlook wrote:
||||| A 64 bit control panel does not show 32 bit .cpl icons - you need
||||| to specifically enable it. I don't have a 64 bit system to find
||||| it but the option exists in the control panel to show 32 bit
||||| icons. Look for it.
|||||
||||| --
||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||||
||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
||||| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
||||| without reading.
|||||
||||| After furious head scratching, com asked:
|||||
|||||| Vista x64 Build 5384
||||||
||||||
|||||| Milly Staples - MVP Outlook wrote:
||||||| What OS are you using? 64 bit Windows Vista?
|||||||
||||||| --
||||||| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
|||||||
||||||| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
||||||| All unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted
||||||| without reading.
|||||||
||||||| After furious head scratching, com asked:
|||||||
|||||||| This is driving me nuts. I'm trying to configure Outlook 2007
|||||||| to connect to my Exchange 2003 server. Can't create using the
|||||||| mail account wizard within Outlook, I get an error about
|||||||| having to use the Mail applet within the Control Panel. Well,
|||||||| there is no "Mail" icon in my control panel. Please help!
||||||||
|||||||| TIA!

Is MS Office 2007 beta (2) time limited / stops working e.g. 01. June 2007 ?

Posted: 29 Jul 2006 09:55 AM PDT

Uh you may have to re download, also turn off everything before intstall, no
other programs can run

"JamesJ" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Beat Setup Failure

Posted: 29 Jul 2006 03:44 AM PDT

I'm actually comparing other software with Access 2003 since
I have nothing else to compare it to.

James

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" <com> wrote in message
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how do i change office 2003 pro for running in greek to english

Posted: 28 Jul 2006 02:33 AM PDT

Where did you get this copy of Office? Was it ever in English? I suspect you
bought a Greek version and that you will need to buy an English one to get
what you need.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]




"panda" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Install of 2003 upgrade

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 07:40 PM PDT

Thanks

Randy Davis

"Gyorgy Moldova [MVP]" <org> wrote in message
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Office 2007 beta , powerpoint

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 05:30 PM PDT

You may want to use the link below to post directly to the Powerpoint newsgroup as well and include specifics on your Windows
version, your CD make, your CD burner software and version and the steps you're using.

========
<<"BREAKERLL" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
Powerpoint does not recognize my cd burner and i cant publish to a cd, is
this program supposed to be fully functional,if so what am i supposed to do .
i've already changed drives with the same results. Any help would be
appreciated.>>
--
Please let us know if this has helped,

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP
 

LINKS
A. Specific newsgroup/discussion group mentioned in this message:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.powerpoint
or via browser:
http://microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/?dg=microsoft.public.powerpoint

B. MS Office Community discussion/newsgroups via Web Browser
http://microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
or
Microsoft hosted newsgroups via Outlook Express/newsreader
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Two problems with using outlook and Word

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 09:09 AM PDT

Is it on all replies, no matter the sender? Do new messages from you
display appropriately (not in plain text)? And it wasn't always this way?

In your Tools | Options in Outlook, in the Mail Format tab, do you have the
checkboxes for using Word as your e-mail editor checked? (I'm assuming
yes). What happens if you uncheck those and try a reply? Does that resolve
both matters (though not allowing you to use Word as your editor).

Is the error message that "a program is trying to access e-mail
addresses..."? or something else?

Do you happen to have Word 2000 installed, as well? Do you use Norton
AntiVirus?

You might also try re-generating the email.dot file that Word uses as the
default template:

1. Click Start, and then click Search.
2. Click All files and folders.
3. Type email.dot in the All or part of the file name box.
4. Click Search.
5. After the file is found, right-click Email.dot, and then click Rename.
6. Type old_email.dot, and then press ENTER.
7. Close the Search window.
8. Click Start, click Run, type appwiz.cpl in the Open box, and then click
OK.
9. In the Currently installed programs list, click your version of Microsoft
Office XP, and then click Change.
10. On the Maintenance Mode Options screen, click Repair Office, and then
click Next.
11. On the Reinstall or Repair Office installation screen, click Detect and
Repair errors in my Office installation.
12. Click to select the Restore my Start Menu Shortcuts check box, and then
click Install.
13. Click OK when the installation has completed successfully.

Any luck there?
--
Susan Ramlet
MVP - Office

Please reply to the newsgroups where others may benefit.


"news.microsoft.com" <net> wrote in message
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office activation does not work what can I do?

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 07:07 AM PDT

Hi Susan

Tried this, same result - I'm wondering if having MS Office 2000 installed
at the same time is part of the problem. To my suprise, although Word 2003
doesn't work, a macro I recorded in Word 2000 turned up on the Word 2003
toolbar when I tried to activate it in this process. Odd!

Thanks for your help

Peter

"Susan Ramlet" wrote:
 

Problems with shortcuts in help files

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 05:45 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

If there is a risk of having some secutiry problem, I'm not replacing this
file.

tks for your help
Fábio

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

How to put installation files back on PC?

Posted: 26 Jul 2006 05:59 AM PDT

The LIS tool worked great to fix version 2003 install. Very happy about
that. My users can update Office without the disk. Great.

I'll try the suggested fixes for 2000 tomorrow. If it wasn't for Front
Page 2000, I'd just remove the whole 2000 suite, but one user still
needs it. That's why I have to have it alongside 2003.

Thanks.



Susan Ramlet wrote: 

Office 2007 Beta cannot install on Windows Vista Beta 2 Build 5384

Posted: 25 Jul 2006 08:46 PM PDT

What a statement. No question, no nothing, just a list of stuff.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Brian asked:

| What a reply!
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
| <org> wrote in message
| news:phx.gbl...
|| Bummer.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, Cacique asked:
||
||| After an unsuccesful upgrade from Windows XP SP2 to Vista Beta 2, I
||| purchased a new 250GB SATA drive and did a new install. Installing
||| Windows Vista Beta was at first unsuccessful as it did not have RAID
||| controller drivers to detect my new HD. However, installing WINDOWS
||| XP and immediately upgrading to WINDOWS VISTA was succesful. Prior
||| to the installation, I read the release notes for VISTA which
||| advised that Office 2007 would not install unless I did a clean
||| install. I tried installing Office 2007 Beta and immediately got an
||| error message. I had office 2007 working fine on Windows XP and was
||| hoping since I'm now running Windows Vista Beta 2 Build 5384 in
||| perfect condition, that I could also continue to enjoy using the
||| new office system. Unfortunately it will not install.

OFFICE 2003 SETUP INSTALLATION DAMAGE

Posted: 25 Jul 2006 03:08 PM PDT

Maybe someone will help you if you turn your caps lock off.

"boah" wrote:
 

www.tools4windows.net - check it out!

Posted: 25 Jul 2006 01:20 PM PDT

JoAnn Paules [MVP] wrote: 


A bit like me then! :-)

How do I set up another computer with my Office license?

Posted: 25 Jul 2006 12:20 PM PDT

Thanks for your help. I cannot recall for sure...but I think I "activated"
the trial version of the program so that when I go to Help and then Activate
- it tells me that it has already been activated. When I initially looked at
the version, it seemed to me that it was the Standard version but then later
when I went into help, I noticed that later on in the same paragraph it
stated Student/Teacher version. If, in fact, that is what I did - shall I
wait until I get one of those reminders that indicates to me that my "trial
version" is just about over and then call. BTW, will it tell me the
telephone number that I need to call to activate my license on this new
computer? Sorry to be such a dolt.

Church Lady

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Excel default number format problem

Posted: 24 Jul 2006 08:08 AM PDT

You crosspost the same way as you address an email to multiple addresses
i.e.
Enter each newsgroup addresse separated by a semicolon

"Jason" <com> wrote in message
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here 

Outlook in Image

Posted: 24 Jul 2006 05:55 AM PDT

You are doing a great job in explaining things. :)

Is the custom11.prf file being created on your test machine? (I believe it
will be created in the same location Office/Outlook gets installed into)


The other thing I would like you to check is to see if the registry value
ImportPRF being created. I believe it gets created under:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\O utlook\Setup

While you are in this location, please check to see if there is a
First-Run/FirstRun value.


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