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Microsoft Word - Index of Defined Terms


Index of Defined Terms

Posted: 14 May 2014 03:40 PM PDT

In creating an Index of Defined Terms for large leases in my law firm's real estate department, I need the location of the defined term to be identified with the Section or paragraph number (i.e., Section 4.01) rather than the page number.  I have been highlighting the defined term, selecting "Insert Index/Mark" and then selecting the cross-reference button in the secondary window, and typing in the Section or paragraph number.  While this will generate an index giving the Section number location as opposed to the page number, it also results in a hidden field code in which the Section number doesn't update because it is typed in and not entered as a field.  To overcome this limitation, one must then replace the typed Section number within the hidden filed by inserting a cross reference field code in place of the hard typed number.  This is unbelievably time consuming and cumbersome.  Does anyone have a magic bullet to accomplish this more efficiently?  I would very much appreciate any help.  Thanks.

Word 2003 doesn't remember printing shortcut

Posted: 14 May 2014 03:10 PM PDT

I'm still using Word 2003 at work (I know, I KNOW!) and I print a specific type of document that I want printed on both side of the paper.  I've saved these settings as a printing shortcut and for awhile it works.  Now my shortcut isn't listed in the box of shortcuts but when I remake it and try to save it, it says I already have that shortcut; do I want to overwrite it.  If I already have the shortcut, why can't I see it listed so I can use it? 

Why does my MS Word open only toolbars instead of a complete new Word document page, when I click on 'New Office Document' in Start menu?

Posted: 14 May 2014 02:01 PM PDT

Starting from Sunday I can't start my MS Word, as I used to. If I try to open a new MS Word document by clicking on the 'New Office Document' link in the Start menu, then a file with Templates pops up. One of its Templates is 'Blank Document'. If I click on it, then instead of a complete new Microsoft Word document, only toolbars with gray background without cursor are displayed, which makes any typing impossible. What should I do to solve this issue?

table shading not working

Posted: 14 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT

I'm using Office/Word 2013 on a PC. When I insert a row, the row is already shaded. Commands to shade any other color do not work, nor does clearing the shading. I tried it with another table, in a different document - new rows inserted in that table begin as clear/no shading, and shading commands work fine. Obviously I'm missing something, but what?

Multiple steps required to change a document's theme (apply a new theme)

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:58 AM PDT

These are the steps I have to follow to apply a theme and get it working on an existing (old) document.


1) Go to the Design tab on the ribbon bar and select the theme. In this case a custom theme.


2) You will notice that the heading did not pick up the new theme, but that the following several lines did - although not the whole document. Notice when the italicised  Calibri font shows in the paragraph following the Chapter 1 text


3) On return to the Home tab, notice that the document's existing style theme remains. (This step is only taken to illustrate the theme has not 'taken'.

4) On the design tab, select the document title and then select the Heading 1 style.

5) On the Home tab, notice that the document title still does not show the new theme style

6) This time, when Heading 1 is selected, the new theme is applied to the selected heading.

7) Note in the screenshot above (6), that the text following Chapter 1, still displays the old Body style which is Calibri (and because Calibri font was not actually installed with Office 2013, the font shows in italics).

Selecting the text following Chapter 1 to the end of the document, and then selecting the Normal or Body font, does not always work. Then I have to try a few times before it works, or change the text to the new style in smaller chunks.

Note that if I select text from anywhere after the first heading (the title) and Chapter 1, from that point to the end of the document (or even just a few paragraphs down, the new theme style (Normal/Body) is never successfully applied.

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I'm really hoping that there is a simple solution to this...

Anchoring a Watermark

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:28 AM PDT

My watermark moves when I adjust page margins.  Is there a way to anchor or lock the watermark in MSWord 2010?

Thanks!

SpellCheck Change All often doesn't

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:23 AM PDT

It is inconsistent, but I have noticed that SellCheck often does not remember that Change All was selected and just changes once.

In this example, I noticed the word artifact was one I had selected to change more than once, from artifact to artefact.

Because I am aware how easy it is to get confused when lots of changes are going on, I only reported this because I am certain. In fact, because I had become aware of the problem, I was specifically looking out for a few words where I had corrected the spelling more than once already - in the same document. and without SpellCheck coming up with the message that it had finished checking the selection, and did I want to continue checking the rest of the document.

This is, as I mentioned at the top, inconsistent in that sometimes it will change more than once, but other times it will only change once, or change two or three times, and not on the fourth occasion.

Office 2013 freezes

Posted: 14 May 2014 11:22 AM PDT

My office has several people who are using Office 2013. All of them have found that while scrolling through their document (using mouse roller button or scroll bar), Word sometimes freezes. This has happened in Excel also. When the "recovered" document is opened, it's not the time saved version but the version that was last manually saved. How can we prevent Word and Excel from freezing while scrolling?

Microsoft Word tile on Start Screen missing icon image.

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:52 AM PDT

I'm running WIndows 8.1 and I notice that when I pin Microsoft Word 2013 to the Start Screen, it is simply a solid blue tile. It does not have the Word icon. The shortcut works fine, but just doesn't have an image to associate to the tile. What would cause this?

I have already tried removing the shortcut from the Start Screen and readding it.

MS Word Table of Contents includes E-mail headers from the Document - How To Stop This? - E-mail Header Style is Normal, so should not be included as TOC1 Style

Posted: 14 May 2014 09:18 AM PDT

MS Word Table of Contents includes E-mail headers from the Document - How To Stop This?

- E-mail Header Style is Normal, so should not be included as TOC1 Style

I've been frustrated by this for years, but only just now reaching out to this community, as I haven't been able to figure this out on my own or by asking others I know.

This issue is that I have multiple documents with e-mails copied into them.

This is an example of what was copied into the document, followed by the e-mail text.

From: Brandt, Bryon E [mailto:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***]
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 5:24 AM
To: Trent; Sam Adams

Cc: Mahesh; Kevin; 
Subject: RE: Inspection by Vendor - Site Visit Expectations?

When copying the e-mail, each line of the e-mail header has a soft return at the end, not a paragraph mark.

The header paragraph has a Normal style assigned to it, so should not appear in the Table of Contents, but the entire header shows as a Table of Contents entry, as one line, with TOC1 style used.

How to stop the e-mail headers from appearing in the Table of Contents?

Thank You!

Bryon

continue text to top of next column after a continuous section break

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:59 AM PDT

I'm so baffled with columns and continuous section breaks - and I can't find previous discussions about it. I'm probably not wording the search question correctly, and now I'm starting to lose it!

- I have many pages of text in 2 columns.

- The pages need different headers for different sections.

- Despite section breaks (for headers), text needs to continue flowing down one column to the next without leaving white space. So there can't be part of the page left blank to continue the next section on the next page.

- Inserting a continuous section break, splits the page into 2 parts. this gives me 2 columns from one section at the top part of the page, and 2 columns from the next section at the lower half of the page. This seems like it would be very confusing to the reader who is reading straight down the column.

- If for example I need a continuous section break in the middle of the first column, is there a way to continue the text down the rest of the first column, then to the top of the second column, and onward?

I tried to use: "Don't balance columns at the start of continuous sections" but that still breaks the page up into 2 horizontal parts.

Is it a matter of just putting the section break in a different location where it won't disturb the columns??

Thank you for any help with figuring this out!

Header & Footer Problems in Word 2013

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:45 AM PDT

Hi..

Running into a brick wall with this, as follows:

  1. I have a 1 page blank Word 2013 document set up with a header & footer. The header comprises my company logo (top left) and address details (top right). The footer contains 1 line of centralised text. The document is in essence my company letterhead stationery.
  2. The idea is that I will save this as a template for all my business correspondence, just saving the unique changes under a new file name every time I create a new letter.
  3. This 'template' is fine for 1 page letters, but should the text spill over onto a second page, the H&F contents are carried over as well.
  4. I want to have a separate header for the first continuation page and all subsequent continuation pages (smaller version of the logo - top right). There is no requirement for a footer on the continuation pages.
  5. I have searched online for advice on how to set this up and have followed all the steps regarding 'breaks' and 'navigation' and have successfully created what I need.....until...
  6. ...I insert or write my text. As soon as my text spills onto the first continuation page, the header and footer from the original page is inserted and the 'continuation' header is pushed onto a 3rd sheet.
  7. Ref Point 5, see this for details: http://wordknowhow.wordpress.com/2013/01/22/how-to-create-different-header-and-footer-in-same-word-document/

I consider myself to reasonably competent in the Office suite, but his is driving me nuts and I've spent way too long trying to self-diagnose and fix the issue.

Throwing this out to the community and would appreciate any support in return. 

Thanks.

Unable to open document. Semicolon expected

Posted: 14 May 2014 08:03 AM PDT

Hi i am using Word 2013,

i have tried opening by document but it comes up with this message:

Semicolon expected.

Location: Part: /word/document.xml, Line:2, Column 76062

I just took it to the IT department at university, and they tried to repair it but to no avail.

Any help?

I have placed the file onto dropbox.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pwtfl3by5t0jjbb/Building%20Anaylsis%20-%20Individual.docx

Why do Word track changes from multiple reviewers sometimes get combined when I save?

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:48 AM PDT

I'm noticing a glitch with Track Changes lately (doesn't seem to make a difference if there are edits from only one other reviewer or multiple), and I've confirmed that I'm not the only one experiencing it.  This has become a huge headache -- any help would be be GREATLY appreciated!  On Word 2010, I'm editing a document that was sent to me (sometimes from someone in my department, sometimes from someone in another department in my company, and sometimes from someone outside the company) with some redlines already in the document.  The previous reviewer's changes are in red, his name shows up in the Reviewers list in the "Show Markup" sub-menu, and when I hovor my mouse pointer over his changes, it gives me his name and the date/time of his edits. 

When I make my edits, they initially show up as blue. and if I go into the "Review" tab and select "Show Markup" and see the list of Reviewers, the previous editor(s) and I show up in different colors as separate reviewers.  However, sometimes (and I don't see any rhyme or reason to when it happens or doesn't) when I save (quick save or Save As, doesn't matter) the document, my edits change from blue to red.  Now, in the Show Markup" Reviewers list, the only reviewer is "author," and if I hover my pointer over my changes, or the previous editor's changes, both show "author" and all show the latest save time/date.   

This never happened until recently, and it's extremely problematic when I am trying to incorporate changes from multiple reviewers (some of whose edits "trump" the others' edits), or when I'm adding my changes to a multi-party document.  It doesn't matter if I'm saving to my desktop or to Sharepoint -- sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't, but if it happens once in a particular document, it will always happen in that document. 

Please help!

Unable to open Word 2003 with its own office program when opening it from 64 bit Internet Explorer 8

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:21 AM PDT

I am using 64 bit Windows 7 machine, Internet Explorer 8 and Office 2003.

When I am trying to open a Word document from 64 bit IE, it is always opening in the browser windows instead of opening in its own office program.

But when using 32 bit version of IE, it is opening correctly with office program.

The same problem happened for Office 2007 and upon modifying the Registry value this problem is resolved.

But changing the Registry entry for Office 2003 is of no use.

Any help is appreciated.

PROBLEM TO OPEN OFFICE

Posted: 14 May 2014 07:01 AM PDT

I can't open office, word, excell and power point. Error Code -2147483634-8. What can I do?

Embedded word document on Word for Ipad

Posted: 14 May 2014 05:48 AM PDT

My company is moving to using Ipads for documents at meetings. Their preferred way to operate is to create an agenda in a word document and then embed all of the relevant supporting papers (i.e. more word documents) within that agenda next to the relevant item. So on a laptop they would see the agenda itemw with a word document icon beside it.

When attempting to view on an ipad the icon is not visible and additional documents can't be opened.

i know that there are other solutions but wanted to confirm that their preferred method won't work before exploring the alternatives.

Stop Table of Contents Auto Update

Posted: 14 May 2014 02:42 AM PDT

I have a table of contents, table of figures and a list of tables.

I have deleted specific entries from these.

I need to be able to save my document to OneDrive and export it as a pdf, but whenever I do all these tables update themselves and insert back in the deleted parts.

How do I stop the table of contents from updating unless I expressly tell it to?

Please help, answer required urgently.

Mail merge from excel to labels - wanting one column per record rather than for next record to be by row

Posted: 14 May 2014 01:25 AM PDT

I am looking to use mail merge to print labels and have been able to get to the end of the process. But I would like to have one record fill up the first column of labels (7 labels in total for Avery 21 label sheet), then for the next column to be the next record. The mail merge process only allows next records to be the next cell filling up row by row.

So is there any way to change this direction i.e instead of labels being filled row by row they are filled in columns?  Am really stuck and really need to be able to have them in columns as the labels will be used in a particular order.

i.e I would them merged as follows:

Box 1  Box4 Box7

Box 2  Box5 Box8

Box 3  Box6 Box9

and not as

Box1 Box2 Box3

Box4 Box5 Box6

Box7 Box8 Box9

which is the current default setting.

Many Thanks,

Word TAB INDICATOR missing

Posted: 14 May 2014 01:16 AM PDT

The TAB INDICATOR now shows only as a blank icon and no tabs show on the ruler. My tab indicator and tabs were fine until recently. Running Word 2013 on Win 8. How can I fix this, please?

How to count Yes/No answers and calculate points of Yes/No drop-down lists in Word 2013?

Posted: 14 May 2014 12:47 AM PDT

Hi,

I am designing a simple Yes/No questionnaire in Microsoft Word 2013 and would like to know how to count all the Yes and No answers in order to calculate a score based on the answers.

Basically I have inserted a table in word with a column for the questions and a column for the drop-down list controls, each yes or no answer may be equal to more than one point in the scoring system. I want to calculate the points of the yes and no answers separately and subtract the one from the other to get the score.

I would greatly appreciate anyone's assistance.

Kind regards,

Arthur Durand

Formatting Help

Posted: 14 May 2014 12:22 AM PDT

Could anyone point me in the right direction for the below.

Automatically format any words within ( ) to a different color ie red.

Automatically make certain words be caps, bold and underline.

Automatically put in numbering to normal text only, ie not text under say header.

Automatically change all text to a certain font and size.

Many Thanks

Matt

Word 2013 crashes whenever saving to OneDrive

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:45 PM PDT

I have Office 2013 installed on my PC.  Whenever I save a word document to OneDrive, it saves, and then Word crashes, restarts, and recovers the documents that were previously opened.  This does not happen when I save an Excel spreadsheet to OneDrive.  I've tried restarting Word completely, restarting my computer, updating Office, and going through the Microsoft "Fix it" troubleshooter.  This happens for both "Save" and "Save as," but only when saving to OneDrive (saving to my desktop creates no problems whatsoever).

Linking chapters in Word to multiple Word docs

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:16 PM PDT

Hi,

I have 6 MW files with approx 10 chapters in each file. However, 6 of the 10 chapters in each file are exactly the same.

What I would like to know is, is it possible to link a chapter from one MW file to the other 5 MW files and when updated in one file, the link between the other 5 is live and will update the other 5 MW files automatically keeping the 6 identical chapters the same.

Hope this makes sense.

Thanks

Craig

Change Word Outline Numbering via VBA (Word 2010)

Posted: 13 May 2014 06:10 PM PDT

I autoformat tables based on options that the user selects in a UserForm that pops up when the user runs the macro.  Some rows in the table are are just text, and some rows are outline numbered headings.  Sometimes the headings have manual numbering, and sometimes they don't.  One of the options I would like to provide to the users is to turn on or off the outline autonumbering in the Word document if the heading rows have manual numbering. 

It used to be easy to do before Word 2010 - I could turn Outline Numbering on or off for all the heading styles just by changing Heading 1 because all my other heading styles are based on Heading 1.  But with Word 2010, which has the new List Style Gallery for Outline Numbering, I am having a heck of a time figuring out how to apply (or remove) outline numbering from all 9 heading styles using VBA, and there doesn't seem to be much discussion about how to do this anywhere.  I have a named multilevel numbered list style in the gallery called "Headings" (as suggested by Shauna Kelly in her very informative tutorial about setting up list styles), but as far as I can figure out there isn't a way to apply a named list style to the selection using VBA.  Even if I could, I don't think the change would propagate to the remaining heading styles so that all the headings in the document inherit the numbering scheme. 

Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks

Susan

Microsoft word 2010 problem with slow opening and slow closing (saving) .DOC on network takes 20-30 sec across network to sever.

Posted: 13 May 2014 02:40 PM PDT

Microsoft word 2010 problem with slow opening and slow closing (saving) .DOC . On the network takes 20-30 seconds across network to sever.   NOTE: Word works fine if saving to local drive as a .doc .  Works fine if you open or close as a  .docx across the local network or if you change the .doc to .docx.  If i open a or close in work pad no problem.   If I open or close a .rtf in Microsoft Word 2010 no problem.  NOTE:The problem is from 2 of the work stations. The 3rd workstation has no problem with this at all. I believe this means there is no problem with the network.  Also pinged the server no lag time at all on all work station. Running MS windows server 2012 on server 64 bit server.  Workstations all 32 bit.  Thank you for your help.

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MSOCache folder - Microsoft Office forums

MSOCache folder - Microsoft Office forums


MSOCache folder

Posted: 18 Nov 2006 05:50 AM PST

Uh oh. I deleted.
Haven't run into any problems as of yet. What sort of problems does deleting
cause?

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Problems installing Office 2007 on Vista RTM

Posted: 18 Nov 2006 03:01 AM PST

Are you sure this is not a problem with a CD you burnt?
RTM installed without a problem here.

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Office 2007 and Zonealarm

Posted: 17 Nov 2006 07:02 AM PST

"Andy.I" <nospam> wrote in
news:com:
 

ZA has a long history of not "playing nice" with other applications.
In fairness to ZA, in the past they've responded to such problems very
quickly. If the problem persists check their website for updates and
check the ZA forums to see if others have found a fix for this.



Reinstall Office 2000 Premium

Posted: 17 Nov 2006 06:33 AM PST


Thanks for your response. Finally got it going. XP Pro. Tried narrowing it
down to just Word. No luck. So tried Access. Success!!! Then Excel.
Success!! Then Word again. Success!!! Don't know what was going on. May
have been lent or something on the CD. But had tried removing reinserting,
etc. Finally got it.
Thanks again.
Ernie
"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Installing Office 2007 over beta code

Posted: 16 Nov 2006 12:40 PM PST

For some reason I've been blocked from editing the registry but I re-tried
using the Cleanup tool and that fixed it. Thanks
--
Gary Paulin



"Susan Ramlet" wrote:
 

small network deployment of Office2003?

Posted: 16 Nov 2006 11:14 AM PST

Hi Lynda,

To add one bit to Will's reply, you may want to review the information in the Office 2003 Resource Kit (ORK) through
http://microsoft.com/office/ork/2003 on the Office Admin Point and the Customization tools that were mentioned.

You need a volume license key with the Office product to be able to create the Office Admin point.

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<<"LYoung" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
Thanks, Will - this gives me a starting point! >>
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Office 2000 Upgrade to Office 2003

Posted: 16 Nov 2006 09:49 AM PST

I'm not certain, but I seem to recall that when I installed SP3
on my O2K that I needed the product discs in the process.
And yes, both SR1 & 2 would be a prerequisite for SP3.
Because I was limited by dialup speed, I ordered the SP3
disc from MS.

From any of the O2K components, WORD, EXCEL, etc,
you should see the installed level of O2K using "HELP About",
just to confirm what you believe you have.

Bill



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Deploying Office 2007 (.MST/.MSP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 09:50 PM PST

Thank you for responding. I have looked at the Office 2007 Technet Site,
I guess I should have phrased my question differently. I should have said

"Is there a way to use Software Assignment in group policy to install
multiple configurations of Office 2007 from a single administrative
install point?"

The instructions that I found on how to create different configurations
of the 2007 Office system for different groups of users
<http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/32a18803-52d2-4967-ab9d-0e199c9bf0041033.mspx?mfr=true>
only shows how to accomplish this by running setup.exe from the command
line. I would prefer to use group policy's built in software assignment
feature instead of using a startup script to do the installation.


-Will

Steven wrote: 

Setup using Office Customization Tool (OCT)

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 12:18 PM PST

Good news!

Installed on 2 more laptops and it only took about 30 mins like it does from
a CD. The other laptop must be on it's way out I think.

Problem solved.

Andy

"Andy" wrote:
 

Cannot start Office 2007 Office Customization Tool

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 11:41 AM PST

Hi Gadi,

If you have the retail edition of MS Office 2007, then you won't be able to use the Office Customization tools. If you have
extracted the Office 2007 product to an Office Network Installation Point (oNIP) and you don't have an \Admin folder there, then
your product isn't an Enterprise media one.

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<<"Gadi Feldman" <co.il> wrote in message news:com...
Weird, i've setup a share on XP machine, and trying to run the app from
Vista, but again, without any success.
The bizzare thing is, I'm able to install the office without any problem,
just cannot start the OCT... >>
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MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*


Office 2000 needs CD when opening an xls file?

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 08:52 AM PST

"NewScience" <net> wrote in message
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They have the CD somewhere. I'm just surprised that if "cancel" is pressed
at this stage, the workbook opens perfectly normally!

 



Install Office 2007 by GPO

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 07:26 AM PST

Bob,
 

Thats right! But the CIW created a nice .MST file.
With this .MST i have been able to easily deploy Office to all computers
within group policy.
I loved this way, because i deploy all our centrally managed application
within group policy.

Now, as you told me, i have to edit the config.xml file. Why can't the OCT
generate this file for me?
I think this would help me and lots of other people to deploy Office within
group policy.
At this moment, i really can't see the improvement or the "overvalue" :-(

 

I am talking about 150 client, distributed over 4 sites. SMS would be a
little bit "oversized".
And as i told you: "i love" deploying apps with group policy :-)


As i saw on this or other newsgroups the past days, a lot of people have the
same problem.
Hope Microsoft will improve this "feature" a little bit in the future.


Thanks,
Marc


Cannot Installing office 2007 error 1933

Posted: 15 Nov 2006 03:37 AM PST

I have this same problem. I tried to install office 2007 enterprise on
xp sp2 with all updates and ie7 installed. i had office 2003 working
fine.
got the The windows installer service cannot update one or more
protected windows
files error and office 2007 rolled back.
naturally this totally screwed outlook 2003. i had to reinstall office
2003 to fix the mapi32.dll error everybody gets when this happens. that
worked.
then i uninstalled office 2003 completely and tried again to install
office 2007. again it did not work. i tried it several times and
sometimes it just said installation error without the The windows
installer service cannot update one or more protected windows files
error message
it looked to me like the computer was trying to access the internet, or
my network, since the icons of two computers in the system tray was
flashing, so i disconnected from my LAN. that did not help either.
from other posts i see The windows installer service cannot update one
or more protected windows
files is a common error with people installing office 2000 on 'certain
oem versions of xp'
the fix is supposedly copying a bunch of files from the office cd to
c:\program files\common files\ms shared\web server extensions\40\bin
now i observe that i have NO FILES in 40\bin at all

is the solution as simple as this???

i note that some other people have successfully installed this same
version of office 2007 as i have on their computers so i don't think
there is a problem with it

any thoughts?

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Microsoft Word - Stuck in Draft View After Editing on iPad

Microsoft Word - Stuck in Draft View After Editing on iPad


Stuck in Draft View After Editing on iPad

Posted: 13 May 2014 03:16 PM PDT

Hi, I am having trouble viewing a document in the desktop version of Word 2013 after I have edited it on Word on my iPad.  For example, I made a comment in a document on my iPad and saved the document to the cloud, but now when I open the document in the desktop version of Word, the document opens in an unfamiliar view (which after some online research I believe is "Draft View") with a lot of white space and my comment not displayed in a bubble.  I can't seem to get out of "Draft View."  Is this a result of some setting in Word for iPad that I can change?  Am I just missing how to turn off "Draft View" in the desktop version of Word 2013?

Arrange all option in Word 2010 using multiple monitors

Posted: 13 May 2014 02:02 PM PDT

Can anyone  help me?  I am using windows 7 on a laptop with 3 monitors.  Monitor 1 (used as the main monitor) and monitor 3 are in landscape mode and monitor 2 is in portrait mode.  I want to open 2 documents (using word 2010) on monitor 2, which I can do.  Then, I want to use the arrange all option (so they are one on top of the other), but when I click arrange all, it shoots my documents over to monitor #1 (my main).  I need them to stay one on top of each other AND stay on monitor 2.  Any suggestions?  Thank you so much!

Working with gridlines in a template in Word 2010

Posted: 13 May 2014 12:47 PM PDT

I'm working in Word 2010 with a template that will NOT show gridlines no matter how many times I select View > Gridlines.  I've fixed the template once before, so I know there's a way, I've just forgotten what it is.  Can someone help?

Rounding Decimal Up in Microsoft Word Form

Posted: 13 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT

Hello,

I have a form calculation that needs to always round the decimal up to the nearest hundredth (i.e. 0.672 rounds up to 0.68)

I've been using the following equation

=IF(AND(MOD(Wrestle,0.01)<0.005,MOD(Wrestle,0.01)>=0),ROUND(Wrestle,2)+0.01,ROUND(Wrestle,2))

Wrestle = Quoted Price*0.9 / PO Price from customer

Unless asked for otherwise, the standard multiplier is 0.9.  The problem I am having is that it gets rounded to 0.91.

When calculating otherwise, everything else works just fine.

Can you please help!

Microsoft document imaging

Posted: 13 May 2014 11:58 AM PDT

I have Word 2007 and Windows 7. I am confused by my attempts to download Microsoft document imaging and the responses to this of Comodo security suite and malwarebytes. How can I get it safely?

John Presland

Blank Word Document

Posted: 13 May 2014 11:52 AM PDT

My daughter saved a book she was writing when she was using the old version of Word. The file title is: The Box 97 - 2003 Version [Compatibiilty Mode]. She now has Word 2007.  The file opens but all the pages are blank.

When the "Show/Hide" button is pressed the entire document shows a lower case y with two dots on the top. I have copied one line of this into this query and it copied over as follows:

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000202 EndHTML:0000020780 StartFragment:0000020740 EndFragment:0000020740 SourceURL:file:///C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\Temp\THE%20BOX%20-%20Word%2097-2003%20version.doc

When I tried to save it as a normal Word Windows 7 doc, it still comes up blank.

Your solution to this huge problem would be much appreciated as it would be a very sad day if she has lost the book she was writing.

Many thanks for your help.

Dawn van Antwerpen


Spell Check correctly flags a spelling error, but doesn't suggest the correct spelling even though it knows it

Posted: 13 May 2014 11:34 AM PDT

In the following example, Spell Check correctly flags non sequiter as a spelling error.

Unfortunately, the suggested corrections do not contain the correct spelling which is non sequitur.

The reason I say Spell Check knows the correct spelling, is that once this is changed manually,the red underliing disappears, indicating to me that Spell Check recognises the correct spelling.

The question then is, if Spell Check correctly flags a spelling error, and it knows the correct spelling, why doesn't the correct word spelling appear in the list of suggestions?

Creating a MOP in Word 2010

Posted: 13 May 2014 11:30 AM PDT

I am working on building a MOP/checklist and I would like to build it so when it is first opened you see the steps but each step can be drilled down on to show the actual command and then even drilled down further to see an explanation of why it should be done. 

I have looked at grouping thinking it would work like it does in excel but if it does I dont see how. Also looked at macros but i do not know enough about macros to build one from scratch for this.


Date Format for word Document.

Posted: 13 May 2014 11:30 AM PDT

I have a Document I use on a Weekly Basis. I would like the dates to automatically update themselves if I change the first date. The document looks like the example below.

Thursday, May 1, 2014  (I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THIS DATE....)

Bob Hope                 May Johnson

Scott smith                Melissa Heart

Beverly Jones             Jason Hernandez

Friday, May 2, 2014 (AND THESE DATES AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE ACCORDINGLY)

Bob Hope                 May Johnson

Scott smith                Melissa Heart

Beverly Jones             Jason Hernandez

Monday, May 5, 2014 (AND THESE DATES AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE ACCORDINGLY)

Bob Hope                 May Johnson

Scott smith                Melissa Heart

Beverly Jones             Jason Hernandez

Office 365 and HP Printer

Posted: 13 May 2014 10:55 AM PDT

I have a client who is using Office 365 and when he sends a print job to HP 4250, it does not staple the pages. It works on another workstation but not this one, where could I look? The stapler settings are in the printer properties and can be seen, but not utilized.

Downgrade from Office 64 bit to 32 bit

Posted: 13 May 2014 10:20 AM PDT

Hi,

I have a laptop running Windows 8.1 professional, and I'm having a lot of issues with Word, when I tried to save a document it freezes up to 40 minutes trying to save it, I've been told that the Office 64 bit version has a lot of issues so I want to downgrade to the 32 bit version. How do I do this without purchasing another license? Would I loose my data?

Thank you

microsoft word 2013 crashes when opened

Posted: 13 May 2014 10:15 AM PDT

Microsoft word 2013 crashes every time i open it and i try to open word 2013 and it crashes, I re-installed it and it keeps on crashing. If you know how to fix it or know why its not working please tell me anything will help.

Thanks

Need Ignore All for Grammar in Word 2013 Spell Check

Posted: 13 May 2014 10:12 AM PDT

This is something that has disappeared in Word 2013, the ability to tell Word Spell Check, to ignore all for a Grammatical issue.

For example, when poppy (the flower) is used as a person's name, it becomes Poppy. Unfortunately, there is no way to tell Spell Check that this is known, and for this document at least, is correct.

Adding Poppy to the dictionary would be wrong because other uses, like poppy the flower, wrongly spelt as Poppy, would escape Spell Check's scrutiny.

Here is another example. In the Harry Potter stories, there is frequent reference to Defence Against The Dark Arts, where almost every word is capitalised. Unfortunately, Spell Check objects to this and there is no way to tell it, that this, in this document, is correct.

There are many other examples of this, and once again I am left with the thought that most of the testing for this new version of Spell Check, was done by people creating new documents, and not by editing exisiting documents.

Please, somebody in Microsoft, re-instate 'Ignore All' for Grammatical issues.

Any thoughts on this?

office 2003/office 2007 (compatibility mode), table of figures and captions

Posted: 13 May 2014 09:48 AM PDT

I am working with a Word 2003 document in a Word 2007 environment. The document is in compatibility mode. I have a need

to add figures and update the table of figures. The only way I can get the figure/caption option to work is by creating a new docx (2007) file

and then paste the contents of the 2003 file into this file. This method works but affects the file in terms of font and possibly other ways. Is there

a more efficient and effective way of doing this. Simply saving the doc file as a docx file does not work for me because the caption feature does not work (caption field stays all white/unpopulated).

How to Attach A Left-Hand Text Box Column to the Header

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:36 AM PDT

I have Word 2007.

I have created a document which has a text box column running down the ENTIRE left hand side of the page, with all my business's info in it. I want this column to appear on every single page of the document, just as the header and footer do.

I read somewhere that it was possible to "attach" a text box to the header, but I could never find the instructions to do this.

Currently, I have to draw in the text box manually, and it's a pain as it shifts down every time I add text to a previous page, and I have to manually raise it up again to its previous position.

So, is there a way to make it a "permanent" feature of the page, and if so, how do dodo it?

Thanks.

Any variable in Microsoft Word which could display the first word of the next page?

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:28 AM PDT

Hi all,

Is there any variable in Microsoft Word which could display the first word of the next page, like these:

You may notice that the first word captured reserves the format of that word being used in the next page.

I don't know if the author of this document used any variable to achieve that.  However, as a civil servant, I always have to imitate such format by manually type it at the end of each page in most of the correspondence.  This is annoying when I made a moderate changes in the documents as I have to correct all the captured words.

I have searched the internet however failed to find any solution for it.  Would be grateful if anyone who could shed light on it. Thank you!

Proofing tools will not work, Quick Repair will not work, and Online Repair will work

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:02 AM PDT

Office 2013 installed on a brand new HP Z420 work station. Windows 7 64 bit, 32 GB Ram, Intel Xeon E5-1650.

My proofing tools for Office 2013 do not work (at all). It says that my document is typed in a different language (it's not) I verified to make sure "English" is set to default under all the proofing tool and language options I could find and yet proofing still does not work.

Another post suggested I repair the installation using "Quick Repair" or "Online Repair" neither will work. I get the following errors when trying to run them:

Quick Repair Error:

Online Repair Error:

Can anyone offer any assistance?

Thank you.

Problems printing envelopes in Word 2007

Posted: 13 May 2014 08:00 AM PDT

I have been using the evelope printing function in MS Word 2007 on Vista successfully for many years, however I now have a problem. Having brought up the envelope printing window with the address loaded I get the following MS Word message 'The number must be between 1 and 31' when I presss Print.  I have never seem this message before and because I do not know how to resolve it I cannot print envelopes. Also, if I press the Labels tab the same message comes up. Anbody got any ideas how to fix this?

Edit Text format in a protected form

Posted: 13 May 2014 07:41 AM PDT

I have a protected form, but i want the user to be able to change the format of the text.

Is this possible?

Format Appearance Issues between Word - Windows vs. Mac

Posted: 13 May 2014 06:31 AM PDT

Bullet point items created in a Windows-based Word document are opened with a different bullet in Word for Mac 11. When I try to modify the style, the bullet points are shown as plain text, not list bullet style. Is there a work around to make the formatting the same for Windows-created docs on a Mac?

Lost all autocorrect entries in Word 2007

Posted: 13 May 2014 06:30 AM PDT

Over the years I have created hundreds of autocorrect entries in Word for efficiency. Such as my business' initials would spell out the full name, or "255b" would spell out the entire address and zip. Or vmph would be my phone, or vmem would be my email. Yesterday, a pop-up said to run Windows Defender. I figured it couldn't hurt. Ever since, my laptop runs slow, and all my autocorrect entries are gone. How can I retrieve all those entries?

Edit Hyperlink Text to Display is "<<Selection in Document>>"

Posted: 13 May 2014 05:26 AM PDT

I have inherited several Word documents from a co-worker, each of which has multiple hypertext links to other documents or Excel spreadsheets.  As I move each of these linked files to a new location, I need to change where the links are pointing.  When I right-click within the hypertext--not selecting it, just right-clicking within it--and select Edit Hyperlink, the Text to Display box is grayed and shows "<<Selection in Document>>."   Again, I'm not selecting the text before right-clicking.  I've searched multiple forums, and the only reference I see to this is when a hyperlink is either assigned to a shape or to text behind a shape.  But this is hyperlinked text, with no shape in sight.  Yes, I can right-click > Remove Hyperlink, select the text, and then right-click > Hyperlink to re-create it, and the <<Selection in Document>> is no longer there.  Or I can delete the text and link altogether and Insert > Hyperlink from the ribbon.  This isn't a problem that's stopping my work or anything; at this point it's just something driving me crazy because I don't know why it's doing it.  Does anyone know why this <<Selection in Document>> seems to be locked into the hypertext properties and how I can get rid of it without having to delete and re-create the link altogether?

"Styles" descriptions

Posted: 13 May 2014 05:06 AM PDT

Hi All.

I work in word 2010 (PC) with a set of company styles that I have to apply to the documents produced.

When I apply a style to a piece of text or sentence then a description of that style appears in blue and 

in brackets.

These descriptions do not appear when I print out the documents but if I convert the word doc

to a PDF then the descriptions are converted too.  Then they ARE printed out.

How do I remove these descriptions?

I know I can do it manually but in a 200 page document it's going to take too much time.

Thanks

Dave

Launching Word without Add-Ins Via Command Line

Posted: 13 May 2014 03:20 AM PDT

Hello,

I'm trying to launch Word 2010 without COM Add-Ins (as the WinWord.EXE process was not closing after exiting Word) via a run command using the following:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\WINWORD.EXE" /a

However, on opening Word and browsing to File > Options > Add-Ins, I note that COM Add-Ins are currently loaded and active in Word.

How can I launch Word 2010 via a run command with all COM Add-Ins disabled?

Thanks

Insertion of photos etc. into a restricted Word document

Posted: 13 May 2014 02:54 AM PDT

I have created a word document with restricted areas. The problem I have is that when anyone tries to insert a photo or a Clip Art into an unprotected area it then won't allow them to format the inserted object and throws the whole of the document out of alignment.  How do I format the document to allow free editing of the unprotected areas?  I'm not a computer person as such so the use of codes and such wouldn't mean a lot to me without step by step guides on how to use them.

It also won't allow them to insert a shape such as an arrow or box etc. at all. When you click on insert Shape everything is greyed out.

Any help would be appreciated.

Track changes on word 2013

Posted: 13 May 2014 01:32 AM PDT

Hi,

I am very stuck! I'm trying to mark essay's using track changes but each time I save and close the document the next time I open it, the computer has "accepted" the track changes without me clicking accept.  Could this be due o the fact that the work computer is word 97 and mine is 2013??  Please help me!!! I've tried everything!!! 

Cheers

Poor resolution while pasting pdf snapshots in MS Word 2013

Posted: 12 May 2014 06:41 PM PDT

I have noticed that the snapshots taken from pdf files (using adobe reader) appear very blurred when I paste them in MS word 2013. Why is that so?

Using 'paste special' as a bitmap image improves the quality.

Right clicking on the image and selecting 'Edit' also improves the quality, but the position of the image gets changed and it goes to the upper left corner of the page. I suspect that clicking 'Edit' changes the layout/text wrap setting.

I suspected that MS Office is compressing the images and I selected 'Do not compress images in file' in Advanced options. But even this did not help.

Pasting the same snapshot taken using the snipping tool (of windows) produces better image quality. Using other pdf readers also produces better quality. The problem appears to be specific to Adobe.

Any solutions?

    

HYPERLINK Mailto problem with Word Docs

Posted: 12 May 2014 03:07 PM PDT

For some reason, all my hyperlinks in all my word docs have mysteriously changed format. For example an email *** Email address is removed for privacy *** now appears everywhere in my word docs as {HYPERLINK "mailto:*** Email address is removed for privacy ***"}. If I remove the hyperlinks individually, that works, but they they're no longer hyperlinks anymore. I want my email addresses to be normal hyperlinks.