| Repeating a Text Form Field in a Document Header Posted: 26 Aug 2014 01:31 PM PDT In the attached document (form), the table on Page 1 includes text form fields that are filled in by users. I need the contents of each field to populate into duplicate fields in the document odd page header. The users can't populate the header because the header is disabled when the form restriction is on. Document is not attached - didn't realize when I submitted this question that it was going out to the microsoft community and the form has confidential content. |
| Tracked Changes Lost in Document when E-mailed Posted: 26 Aug 2014 01:15 PM PDT I believe this question has been posed before, but some time has passed and the answer given didn't solve my problem. I apologize in advance if this seems repetitive. I recently tracked changes in a short document (Word 2013) with the intent to e-mail it to another person for review and finalization. I noticed that when I attached the document to the e-mail (Outlook), when opened, the document no longer showed any of the changes (just the line on the edge). I e-mailed it to myself (as a test), so I know the settings were correct, but it took significant messing around with the settings to display even one of the changes in the document. Ultimately, I had to send the document with changes shown in blue font which I applied manually. Is there a setting somewhere that can be changed to allow a recipient to view these changes without jumping through hoops? If not, law firms in particular will have lost a significant and frequently-used tool when it comes to collaboration. Thanks for any advice or hints. |
| Cannot Change Imported Clip Art Into a Msoft Office Drawing Object Posted: 26 Aug 2014 12:45 PM PDT I recently upgraded to Windows 7, Office 2013. Previously I used XP and Office 2003. With the XP configuration I could import clip art from the internet, select 'Edit Picture' and in most cases I could convert the 'Imported Picture' to a 'Microsoft Office Drawing Object.' This allowed me to delete unwanted parts of the picture, change colors or resize selected parts, and then regroup the remainder back into a single object. I did this on a 'Drawing Canvas'. With the Windows 7 configuration the 'Edit Picture' option is never active for clip art in a Drawing Canvas. If I import to a Word page (rather than into a Canvas) then in RARE occasions the Edit Picture options is available but the result is not easy to edit and Group-Regroup is not active. ( In a couple of rare cases I actually ended up with something like a MSoft Object.) I notice that Office 2013 has many options under 'Format Picture' but these do not help me. This is very frustrating because using clip art to write stories for my grandchildren is one of the main uses I have for a computer. Note: the path I use is' Insert>Online Pictures>Office.com Clip Art.' Any help will be much appreciated. |
| Error message on Word Microsoft Office 2007 Posted: 26 Aug 2014 12:17 PM PDT When I open Word ( Office 2007 ) appear an error message : "problem sending the command to the program" ... And I can' t acces the Word file, it shows to me a blue page. In Microsoft site I've seen the same problem ,but for Excel not for Word. How do I solve that ? |
| How to shrink space above and below text Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:53 AM PDT What are my options for shrinking the space above and below text? I'm thinking of specific text, where I'll know if there are any descenders (usually not, but not always). The text is for signs that can be read by motorists passing our house, so eliminating un-necessary space between lines makes my sign more legible. I know how to get to the Font settings, and its' Advanced options, but then I get lost on the definitions "Spacing", "Position" and "Kerning" |
| Mysterious Problem: Comments sometimes won't print Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:34 AM PDT I have a very weird problem with Word. It seems to happen only to me and it's happened with a number of documents in both Word 2010 and Word 2013, and on a desktop and now on my laptop! I have a document with track changes and comments. Both are visible on my screen and in print preview, but when I print the document, the track changes are there but the comments aren't. There is a space for the comments, but not the comments themselves. Other documents will print okay. Tomorrow, this one will probably print okay -- it seems totally random. Sometimes if I reboot, it will fix itself. I've tried sending it to different printers, including to the PDF printer, and the same thing happens. There's a big blank space on the right to house the comments, but no comments. When a colleague printed the same file, it printed fine. Does anybody have any idea what could be going on? As I said, this has happened on two different computers with two different versions of Word - so it just isn't making any sense. |
| Mail merge with single first page, and multiple second pages Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:15 AM PDT I'm having a really hard time figuring this one out... I'm trying to use a mail merge to create a document that has a single first page, and then one or more second pages. This is my example (i work for the judiciary) I have a one-page letter, cover sheet that is generated for each defendant. It is a letter to a defendant stating that they are scheduled for court. Then after this first page, there could be one OR more "second" pages. i.e., there is a one-page court order that is generated for EACH DIFFERENT case that they have in our system. Merge data spreadsheet (which is probably not set up right) looks something like this... | Name | Address | Phone | Case # | | Joe Smith | 111 Street Ave | 555-555-5555 | 11111-001 | | Joe Smith | 111 Street Ave | 555-555-5555 | 22222-002 | | Joe Smith | 111 Street Ave | 555-555-5555 | 33333-003 | | Jane Doe | 222 Ave Road | 666-666-6666 | 99999-009 | | Jane Doe | 222 Ave Road | 666-666-6666 | 88888-008 | | Rick Williams | 333 court drive | 777-777-7777 | 00000-000 | The Excel sheet (outlined above), is auto-filled with a macro. So the user isn't populating it manually. It is grabbed from a different system...but i assume that is irrelevant to the question. This table is a little bit dumbed down...there are a lot more fields. But this is the general result that I'm looking for... (Cover Letter Sheet) Joe Smith 111 Street Ave 555-555-5555 (new page (first court order)) Case # 11111-001 (new page (court order for next case)) Case # 22222-002 (new page (court order for next case)) Case # 33333-003 (new page (for next def's cover letter)) Jane Doe 222 Ave Road 666-666-6666 (new page(first court order)) Case # 99999-009 (new page (court order for next case)) Case # 88888-008 (new page (for next def's cover letter)) Rick Williams 333 Court Drive 777-777-77777 (new page (for def's court order)) Case #: 00000-00 At first I was running a macro that stored both the cover letter and court order in autotext entries (this is how i've accomplished this type of problem before). So, the macro inserted the cover letter autoext entry for the first person, fills in the address, etc. Then loop through each case, inserting an order, filling in the case number, etc., for each case that they have. Wash, rinse and repeat. However this is a royal pain as trying to use section breaks, etc. in this situation is a nightmare. It just never seems to follow the section break rules that i set up for it. So i thought that a mail merge would be faster and much cleaner. The second page(s) (court order) is a very complicated table...it has many many rows, columns, and lots of merge fields. I tried looking into using headers, different first page, etc., doing nested mail merge, but neither seemed to help me solve my problem. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Is this something that can be done? I'm pretty familiar with VBA, so using code to do this wouldn't be a problem.. |
| Word 2013 won't save my paragraph formatting changes to the default template Posted: 26 Aug 2014 11:11 AM PDT When I open a blank document and start typing, the default formatting is applied. When I go to change this (eg paragraph and line spacing), then set that as default, it doesn't apply the next time I create a new document. Very frustrating.
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| Display Commentor Name Instead of Initials in Comments in Word 2010 Posted: 26 Aug 2014 10:57 AM PDT There are three people in my company who are working on a document ... all have the initials MC ... we are all adding comments to the document as a way of tracking the interaction. Problem is that the document displays all comments as [MC#] ... reviewing on screen is OK because the comments are differentiated by color by person - but reviewing the printed document is very difficult as the comments are renumbered every time someone adds a new comment (so [MC2] has been four different comments in three iterations of the document. Is there anyway to force Word to display the User Name instead of initials in the comments? Out company policy is such that the Office Personalization fields are populated with the correct User Names and initials so that fix didn't work. I've done an internet search on at least 5 iterations of the question and haven't come up with anything. Thank you in advance for your help. Maria Cortina |
| "Freeze" a document to prohibit change Posted: 26 Aug 2014 09:51 AM PDT Some weeks ago, I made a rather large report on 27 pages with paragraphs, pictures, tables, text boxes, watermarks and all the other stuff you'd put in a report. I marked the file as final and added my digital signature, so that everyone would know that this work i complete and should not be altered. However, when I open the file on another computer which has Office 2013, the textboxes move slightly around, causing the text to rearrange and thus making number of pages to alter. Also, some tables would rearrange slightly. My question is, is there a way to stop Word from rearranging minor details like that? As the file is marked as the final version and editing has been deactivated, it would stop people from altering it. Because it is supposed to be printed, it is quite annoying. The best thing to do would probably to freeze it somehow, if that is possible. I've already saved it as a PDF, but some details are lost in it, like watermark strength. Also, if I open the document back at home, in Office 2010, nothing is changed. |
| email addresses in 2010 docs Posted: 26 Aug 2014 09:36 AM PDT used to be able to type email addresses in doc, hit return and they would be ready to connect to addressee; no longer works that way; Solutions? |
| Print Mailing Label problem Posted: 26 Aug 2014 08:42 AM PDT Using Word 2010, when I print a mailing label the address automatically prints underlined, sometime as if it's a hyperlink. How can I turn this off? |
| retreive a document lost on 365 for ipad Posted: 26 Aug 2014 08:24 AM PDT Any ideas how to recover a document lost on 365 for ipad? I have auto save and I last revised/accessed it on July 26th, but it doesn't show up in my available folders, and I don't know how to access a general search function from the ipad menu options. please, please help. thank you, |
| Word has write protected all my documents Posted: 26 Aug 2014 07:32 AM PDT Hi I have today opened a previously saved document only to discover it is write protected. When I enable editing and try to save it I get another box telling me to change the settings He says " you have attempted to save a file type (word 2007 and later documents and templates that have been blocked by the file block settings in the trust center" I tried to open three others all giving the same message when I try to change the content and save them again. All the documents are 2013 edition so I don't ndertsnad what has happened and all the documents have been compiled by me on the same computer so they are not protected and benver have been. Any ideas how I can clear this nuisance off my documents? |
| Microsoft word 2013 wont download Posted: 26 Aug 2014 07:17 AM PDT I spent $114.11 on microsoft word and followed the steps to download it onto my computer, the computer even restarted to make sure the app was downloaded but i cant find it anywhere! there are no applications on my computer for word at all. And this is the second time ive done this, years apart and the first time was only a trial but this time I bought the package so that I wouldnt have to buy windows again. But it's not working. Maybe i just dont know where to find it on my computer, will someone help? I don't want to believe that I just wasted another $100. |
| Word 2013 not working Posted: 26 Aug 2014 05:26 AM PDT Word 2013 will no longer open and says it has encountered an error This appears to have happened after a Microsoft Update in July 2014 Despite removing and completely re installing the whole of office word will not work Other applications in office work like excel it is just word 2013 that will not work This is all very frustrating and has rendered my PC uselessMy PC is an HP Envy Please could anyone help me Thanks, Jon Leadbeater |
| "How to turn on spell check in Word 2013" Posted: 26 Aug 2014 04:46 AM PDT I have Office 365 and Word has suddenly turned off spell check. When I try to turn it on, it says that there is no dictionary for this language "American English." How do you get back the spell check? I don't even know how I turned it off. |
| Not able to insert building block entries with F3 when document opened from Share Point Posted: 26 Aug 2014 03:38 AM PDT Hi Experts I am not really sure wether this is a Word or Share Point problem (?) I have created a document in Word 2010 and uploaded to OneDrive on a Share Point 2013 solution. If I open the document in Word (not in the WebApp) and type the name of a building block I need to insert followed by F3 a message is briefly show in the status bar saying "The specified text is not a valid building block name". However if selecting the building block from Insert, QuickParts there a no problems inserting the building block. If saving the document to a local drive typing the building block name + F3 will insert the building block. Any ideas? |
| Sudden fast-forward DELETE in Word 2010 Posted: 26 Aug 2014 03:14 AM PDT I was typing a document in Word 2010, which I am well familiar with, when suddenly, without my apparently having touched anything by mistake or leaned on the keyboard, the document went into fast-forward-delete. I haven't lost much but the delete has now reached the end of the document and I can no longer make inputs although I can move the cursor. A small blue horizontal rectangle has appeared under the position of the space next to the last letter in my document. Can someone help please? I think this may be finger-trouble (Bullguard anti-virus is installed). Thank you. Martin |
| Disable cloud features Posted: 26 Aug 2014 02:41 AM PDT Hello everyone ! I want to buy a licence for word, but all i see on the store is these cloud features which i don't care and don't want due to privacy interests. I see that we can install locally on both pc & mac (mac used here), and save documents locally rather than in the cloud (unbelievable...), okay. But a miss-click is quickly possible, so is there a way to disable all personnal data send and all cloud/skydrive functions ? It's not mentionned in the office faq. Thanks for replies ! :) |
| Document Properties Disappearing Posted: 26 Aug 2014 02:15 AM PDT I'm trying to add a document property COMPANY but every time I update (F9) or save, the property disappears. It is not visible in document contents once I have added it either. Strangely however, the property TITLE does not disappear and is visible in contents. Any suggestions as to why this might be happening and if I'm missing something in regards to locking it into the properties? Note: I am trying to create a header with fields for both TITLE and COMPANY, however, when saved or updated, only the company property disappears. Thanks. |
| Hacking Word normal.dotx so as to add more than two Theme Fonts? Posted: 25 Aug 2014 11:48 PM PDT I have long been slowed down by the vast number of fonts displayed in the Word fonts drop down.
The addition of the ability to set theme fonts is cool but one can only set one font (or one for headings one for content). I would like the ability to set a small subset of fonts so I do not need to scroll down the massive list of fonts. I use about 5 fonts, not 200 (?).
I am aware that there are other "solutions" (e.g. deleting fonts) but it is changing the fonts list so that my few fonts are always at the top that I am after so I would be greatful if you would be so kind as to limit this thread to ways of adjusting the word font dropdown menu, if there are any.
I tried hacking the theme font xml file in
C:\Users\me\AppData\Roami
based on
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/documentformat.openxml.drawing.majorfont%28v=office.14%29.aspx
Adding
<a:font script="0TNR" typeface="Times New Roman"/>
hoping for a new shortcut at the top of the massive fonts list but no go.
Tim |
| Word 2010 - Image not showing Alt text on hover Posted: 25 Aug 2014 11:07 PM PDT Hi all, I have created Alt text for the image in Word 2010, but I' m facing some problems like: 1) On hovering Alt text is not shown, and 2) How to make that Alt text to be narrated (on clicking, hovering or by any way) for that image Regards, Tushar Rastogi |
| Repeating Macro Changing Font and Size and Style Posted: 25 Aug 2014 10:02 PM PDT I need a repeating macro that could do the following in a specified folder:
1. Change all Fonts to Times New Roman 2. All font size to 12
3. Then have the first line of text to have a Style of Heading 1
4. Save the file as .doc
Then possibly have it call another macro to have it do a Save As .docx |
| Word (Office 2013) continuously shuts off! Posted: 25 Aug 2014 08:23 PM PDT Hello, I have just got a new laptop with Windows 8.1 and purchased the Office 2013 suite. I just started using Word (offline, without signing in as I finally figured out how to do that). I typed the first couple of lines and it closed off before I saved anything. I started it again and saved my document ahead and started working but it kept doing the same every few minutes. So frustrating as I cannot get anything done and I keep losing some of what I write between the saves. Can someone tell me if there is something wrong with my "new" Office 2013 or is there something wrong I can be doing or I should have done? I am concerned if this is a way to say that Microsoft products are all geared towards saving the work in the clouds and this is to encourage the use of the OneDrive software? I really appreciate help as I need to use Word for sensitive projects and work. Thanks. |
| Word 365 very slow to open emailed/ web-based documents Posted: 25 Aug 2014 07:57 PM PDT I've been using Office365 for about a year now with no problems, but recently started having a problem opening Word documents when I receive them by email or from a website (locally stored documents don't seem to be a problem...). These are mostly very small, routine, one to five page, basic word docs (no fancy formatting, no photos etc. - - - just text. It is frustrating because (1) it can take up to several minutes for the document to load, and (2) my PC becomes unresponsive during this time - - cannot open or close other applications. I am using a desktop PC, Windows 8.1 (fully updated), Office 365, Rogers cable internet at 60mbps. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Mike Hyde, Ottawa, ON |
| Adding to and/or deleting dot point paragraphs in a protected form Posted: 25 Aug 2014 06:58 PM PDT I have a protected form. There are a couple of spots in the form where the user arrives at a form field at the end of a bulleted list that has a bullet and says, "Add any other items that may be required, otherwise press DELETE". What code would I write to allow the user to add to the list but the entire paragraph is deleted if the user presses "DELETE"? |
| Why does my shadding in MS words 2010 always dissapear when I opened it the next time Posted: 25 Aug 2014 06:56 PM PDT Hi guy, I uses table in my Words Doc.. and I use the shadding tool to shade the boxes . However the next time I opened the shaddings are gone! It started happening 1 day ago and out of a sudden some of the shade I did reverted. Please help! |
| Insert a table into Word Posted: 25 Aug 2014 05:28 PM PDT Hi there, I inserted a table into word and now there is a small blue box that appears to the right of any text in it, otherwise is just in the upper left hand of the cell. What is this box? Thanks! |
| How to make sub-numbering headers under existing headers Posted: 25 Aug 2014 05:03 PM PDT Hi, all, I paragraphed my doc with a set of headings (level 1) using 'Numbering' in Word 2010. Now I want to make paragraphs in each section. My question is how to make level 2 headings using 'Numbering' under existing heading number, e.g., 1.1, 2.2, so that the sub-numbers follow their section heading numbers. cheers |
| Word 2013 Posted: 25 Aug 2014 04:49 PM PDT Whenever I save a Word Document, it saves it, however, it saves it as Apache Open Office 4 and when I open it up again by clicking on the file it opens as Apache Open Office 4. If I go into Word and open the document, it opens as a Word Document. Why won't it save as a Word Document? |
| With a Surface Pro2, how do I print in greyscale rather than color? Posted: 25 Aug 2014 04:41 PM PDT I have a Surface Pro 2. I am trying to print in "greyscale" rather than "color". Neither my "printing preference", or my "printer properties" screens offer a print color choice. My printer is an Epson WP-4530 (all in one) and I have three other computers using it; and, they all can select "greyscale" in the print preferences, Does anyone have a suggestion as to how to print in greyscale; or, is it just not possible to do so with a Surface Pro2 ..*** Email address is removed for privacy *** |
