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Microsoft Word - No longer able to edit background removal

No longer able to edit background removal

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 02:31 PM PDT

While making presentation/creating word documents I often use the background removal tool on pictures. Lately the feature for manual changes on background removal has not been available on Word nor Powerpoint, and the automatic feature is virtually helpless when it comes to complex images.

Is there a way to get it back?

 

Amipro 3.1 .sam file converter to office 2013

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 01:46 PM PDT

I have some old AmiPro 3.1 files (*.sam) that I would like to convert to Office 2013 running on Windows 8.1 or Windows 7.

Does anyone know how to do it?

I would prefer to hear from someone that has actually done it or at least  tested the method.

I would also consider any other contemporary Application such as, Open Office in lieu of Office 2013.

THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR ANY HELP. 

A blue circle near to my cursor

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 01:39 PM PDT

Hi,

Why a blue circle appears (for just a second) near to my cursor when I click to my .doc file;;;

Thank you !!!

Information in Content Controls disappear when closing and opening a word 2010 document

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 01:09 PM PDT

Has anyone experienced this, and if so, know how to fix it? I created a form in Word 2010 using content controls and grouping. When I open the form and fill it out, save it, and close it and then open it up, most or all of the information I typed is gone. I cannot understand this. It has not happened before. My coworker is experiencing the same thing. Is there a glitch?

Random white lines in Word 2013 Table of Contents

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:47 PM PDT

I'm trying to correct an issue with an automatic table of contents in Word 2013.  Random white lines are appearing between certain headings and they don't seem to follow any kind of pattern.  I've tried turning on 'view all characters' to see if there is some combination of keystrokes in the document text causing this issue, but there doesn't seem to be any inconsistency there.  I've also reviewed the text 'style' before and after each heading and all of my headings (including those without the issue in the TOC) are preceded and followed by either 'Normal' text or another 'Heading'.

Here's a screenshot of the TOC with arrows pointing to a couple of the offending lines but you can see there are many more.  I've tried copying a good table of contents from another doc, but that didn't work.  I am at a loss.  Help please!

WORD 2013

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Alert states problem with account, sign in to fix....but it doesn't fix.  I am unable to share documents/email as PDF's.  I shut down system and rebooted, still unable to send any documents.

Apps for Office

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 11:18 AM PDT

Hi,

I am having a problem getting the apps for office (word) to work, whenever i try to refresh the 'MY APPS' section, word gives the message: "Cannot connect to catalog". When googling the problem I've noticed more people have encountered it, but I haven't found an answer yet.

This is the message I am talking about.

I am using word 2013.

Whenever i have opened this my apps section there also seems to be a connection problem to my account:

and:

I've blacked out my email-address but i guess you can find that back in my account somewhere if necessary.

I hope there is a quick solution to my problem, thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Jeroen Broers

Word 2010 - Creating Manual from Other Word Documents and Hyperlinks

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 11:02 AM PDT

I'm assembling a host of notes in Word 2010 on a multitude of different work topics. I was creating a large document for reference, but the file size was getting so large that I wasn't able to e-mail it through the work e-mail system.  I need to be able to share documents via e-mail with others. Unfortunately we don't all have access to a shared drive we can use for this purpose. For security purposes we also cannot use USB drives in our computers.

I've since been creating separate documents for separate topics.  I've also been accumulating a list of online resources and pdf documents.   What I would like to have is a document that pulls all of these resources together.   I'm going to be using this in the course of a fast paced job so I'm going to need to be able to access information quickly.  My thought is to create a resources document that has hyperlinks to all the various subdocuments, pdfs, and online resources.

I've been looking into Master documents and I wonder if this isn't the solution, but I'd like to get some advice before I begin creating this document.  I like the fact that it looks like each section is collapsible. There are some things I'm curious about though.

Does the Master document become huge itself?  Is it the size of all the documents combined?

Along with inserting subdocuments would the addition of hyperlinks to web resources and pdfs work well?

Is the text of all the subdocuments within the master document searchable?

Am I on the right track here or can you all think of a better solution to my problem?

First and foremost I need a document for my own use. But I'm also considering how I could easily share it with others. The hyperlinks I create are going to reference word documents on my system.  If I send the master document and all subdocuments will it work for them?  I'm thinking of all the hyperlinks that might end up getting broken.

Thank you so much for your help!  I don't want to put a lot of time into a solution that is not ideal.

iCloud Drive integration with Microsoft Office on iOS?

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 10:27 AM PDT

Hi,

I'm deciding weather to buy a Surface Pro 3 or an iPad Air with a Keyboard.  The defining factor for me is, will Microsoft Office on iOS have integrated support for iCloud Drive to not only open files from, but to save files to - similarly to how OneDrive is integrated.

I attempted to use OneDrive before, but I found that it took way too long to sync only 314mb, whereas Dropbox (Which I currently use) did it in a few minutes

Read-Only / Protected View _ Word 2013

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 08:00 AM PDT

At work, we use a Java based website to generate letters based on 2003 Word templates and Macro inputs. These Word templates can be modified to adjust the formatting or Macros. To do so, the template is opened as a Word document, the document is modified, and document is saved to update the template within the site. This is done without a hitch on Word 2003. The document is opened, modified, saved, and updated within the site.

However, when the same is tried with Word 2013 (the Word I am using), the document cannot be saved back to the site to update the template. Rather, the document opens as Read-Only / Protected View and saving the document to my computer as a new file is the only option. This is very frustrating and I need to find a way that I can open the document as an editable file and save it back to the site to update the template.

Things I have tried:

Installing the Microsoft compatibility pack

Modifying Trust Center settings to remove all restrictions

Adjusting restrictions once the document opens

Searched the web for solutions for hours

This seems to be an issue with many people and I have not found a solution. Microsoft prides itself on document handling and productivity, but this feature is in conflict with its own software and making it impossible for me to work.

Please help me resolve this issue!

Thanks

Proofing tools - x86 or x64?

Posted: 15 Oct 2014 07:30 AM PDT

Hello,

I'm using 32bit Office 2013 on 64bit Windows 8.1.

I want to install the Dutch proofing tools.

Should I use the x86 or x64 version of the proofing tools? In other words, is x86/x64 in the proofing tools installer referring to the Office version or to the Windows version?

Thanks in advance,

S.J. Westra

Adding pages to templates in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 09:55 PM PDT

I have been asked to do an assignment using the booklet template in Word 2013. I cant figure out how to add pages to the template while keeping the same format and having page numbers continuous. I just need a simple solution :) please as I'm not that familiar with editing, the booklet will be viewed online not in printed form. Thanks in advance

MS Word Mail Merge from Access Data Corruption

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 09:28 PM PDT

I have a very basic Access database full of club membership data in which I have created a Mailing List Query. 

I have created a form letter and wish to use Mail Merge to complete the letters, taking the data from the Access Query.  This has worked OK previously, but when I recently tries this again, three (and only a specific three) of the fields came across as either completely corrupted (gobbledygook) or truncated. 

Curiously, if I close & reopen the letter, the results switch back & forth between gobbledygook and truncated.

Does anyone have any idea what I'm doing wrong or how I might rectify the problem?

Thanks

Mark

Office word 2007 built in design tables

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 07:21 PM PDT

I'm working on a large ms office 2007 WORD document with tables and photos, and is unable to access the TOOLS > DESIGN > built-in TABLES. Any suggestions on how to access the the built-in-design tables on a large Office 2007 word document, that has already been created?

Coordinate proofing among different PCs

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:58 PM PDT

I set Word options to save documents and templates to my SkyDrive so that I can easily switch between my desktop and my Surface tablet.  That works fine for documents and templates but not for proofing tools.  Do I really have to redefine every proofing function on every new computer I use and hope I can do it consistently.  There must be some way to maintain a shared library of proofing functions, isn't there?

Convert a document from RTF to Word and embed all images

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:24 PM PDT

Hi,

I have a document that has been created as an RTF output and images are not embedded (I have no choice on this initial output), they are essentially links.  If I try and convert the RTF document to DOCX and send the file to someone else, none of the images appear because the links are broken or not present.

Is there a simple/quick way to embed all images into the DOCX document without having to go through one by one.  There are 250+ images.

Thanks, Scott

Flash Drive

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:21 PM PDT

How do I access the resume I have on a flashdrive?  Just getting started with this.

Need some assistance creating a new document in a separate Document Collection using VBA Word 2010

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:10 PM PDT

Hi,
I have been trying to figure out how to do something and hope someone might have an answer here.
I am trying to create a new document from a template within another Word Document.
If I call Word.Documents.Add template:="C:\Templates\Test.dotm", the new document opens based on that template but the calling document is locked until that new document is closed.
If I can Word.Documents.Open filename="C:\Templates\test.dotm", it opens in its own window and the original document is able to be edited.
I need to be able to create a new document based on a template from within a template without adding it to the Documents collection. Is this possible in VBA? Any suggestions are appreciated.

MS Word 2010 search results disappear from navigation pane after a few seconds

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 03:54 PM PDT

When I highlight a word and press ctrl+f the Navigation pane opens to the 'Browse results' tab. This lists my results, and highlights them in the document. However after a few seconds, this disappears, and says "you can search for text..." and I have to press the up/down arrows to get the list to reappear.  This is exceedingly frustrating. Could this be related to another problem I have that the view returns to the cursor position a few seconds after scrolling away from it? 

Any advice for either problem would be great. 

Sharepoint won't open office docs after server rename

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 02:49 PM PDT

Hi-

We renamed our SharePoint server and everything is fine.  However, MS docs won't open within SharePoint anymore.  We have an Office Web Apps server and that hasn't been touched since the rename...  Is there somewhere on the Web Apps server where I need to change the name of our SharePoint 2013 server?  Any other ideas?  This was working fine before the server rename.

Thanks in advance!

A5 Page

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:52 AM PDT

Since I have new Desktop Pc I install Word 2003 but when I look for A5 in page setup it is not there.  Wins 8

Understanding overallocation and peak units Microsoft Project

Understanding overallocation and peak units Microsoft Project

Understanding overallocation and peak units

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 02:26 PM PDT

You're welcome, Justin :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


WhyIsEverythingSoConfusing wrote: 

WBS Codes

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 11:46 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Bob Vardell" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Bob,
You're welcome.

Having a drop down with choices is the next step in using spare fields.
Let's assume you are using Text1, Text2 and Text3 to store the three
part of the code. Go to Tools/Customize/Fields and set each text field
up with a Value List. More details on customizing fields is available in
the Help file.

With regard to creating csv files for import into AS/400. I'm not
familiar with AS/400 but as long as it can read csv, it shouldn't be to
difficult to automate the transfer. As it turns out I am working with a
client right now to create two csv data files for import by another
application. The user will have two options. One option is to export the
required Project data to Excel where it can then be viewed, massaged if
necessary, and finally saved as a csv. The second option is to create
the csv file directly from Project. All this is being done with a VBA
macro. However, if the csv format can be set up with a customized view
in Project, (i.e. get the required Project fields in the right
sequence), It is even easier. Then all you will need is to do a Save As
and chose csv as the format. I've never tried that approach so I don't
know if there are any issues to watch out for but it might work for you
if you do not have VBA experience.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Analyze toolbar

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 09:27 AM PDT

Looks like I fixed this.

I enabled the Com add-in menu item and refreshed it (by undoing the tick and
then checking the box). The tool bar is now visible.

I suspect this was to do with policies on the Terminal Server...

Simon

"Simon Dullingham" <net> wrote in message
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Project Compare Toolbar not working

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 09:03 AM PDT

try this: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=73163

I used this to fix the ysis toolbar. The approach should be the same for
any missing toolbar

I suspect your com add-in is incorrect and is for a different version of
Project. COM errors should also be report to Event log. Get the event number
and go to www.EventID.net

Simon

"shooter 200" <com> wrote in message
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Compatibility between Project 2000 and 2003

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 08:09 AM PDT

Hi Jim,

You are very welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
"Jim Jones" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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PWA isnt working in Outlook

Posted: 10 Oct 2005 12:50 AM PDT



"Rolly Perreaux" wrote:
 

Same problem.
 

Simple PM software?

Posted: 08 Oct 2005 03:22 AM PDT

Hi Scott,

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine at this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the articles before leaving the site, :)
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Scott Kelley wrote: 

Displaying timephase data for custom fields

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 02:56 PM PDT

In article <phx.gbl>,
"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote:
 

Guys,
Without getting into another long discussion on philosophy, Jumpin's
question was, "How can you display timephase data for custom fields?" He
(or she) didn't ask if it was easy, practical, realistic, or with any
other qualifier. I think you will have to agree I answered the question
and I think you will also have to agree that I indicated in my first
responses that to do so was NOT easy or convenient (i.e. requires VBA
and special algorithms).

Are we to assume in our replies that the user is limited in their scope
of thinking or in what they are willing to do? I hope not. Years ago the
Project "experts" at my company said you couldn't do accounting month
data with Project. Then I wrote a macro to do it. In my view, Microsoft
provides VBA with its applications so the user can extend the
functionality to meet their needs - whatever those needs might be -
practical or impractical.

If a poster is "put off" by a response that is complex or difficult to
implement, that's fine, accepting or rejecting our advice is their
prerogative. Unless the difficult method is the only way to get there I
always try to offer several options from simple to advanced. Some may be
crazy, zany, or out in left field, but it gives the user a choice. I
believe most people like choices - perhaps I'm wrong - I accept that. In
the current case of Junpin's original post, he/she in fact asked about
the level of difficulty with a VBA solution so I didn't get the feeling
that I was out of line or leading them down a rosy path. However, what I
did get a little torqued about is that Jumpin posted the same question
again after you, me, Jan had already provided a thread of
answers/comments.

John

Time to Market for projects that are put on hold

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 12:45 PM PDT

Hi James,

If you have already started working on the project and recorded tracking
data (actual work, actual duration, actual start etc.) you could use the
"Reschedule Uncompleted Work" command in Project to split the in-progress
tasks, leaving the completed work data as completed, and move any incomplete
work to the new start date. Make sure you have supplied all tracking data
for tasks in progress and then choose Tools>Tracking> Update Project, and
enter the new date in the dialog box next to the option "Reschedule
uncompleted work to start after".

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie

"JJHayesIII" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Using built in Functions

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 11:42 AM PDT

Thanks. We seem to get a lot of questions about them so I figured I should
write a definitive answer (or at least try to)

--
-Jack ... For Microsoft Project information and macro examples visit
http://masamiki.com/project
or http://zo-d.com/blog/index.html
..
"JulieS" <passport6847 at maine dot rr dot com> wrote in message
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http://zo-d.com/blog/archives/programming/working-with-custom-field-formulas.html 

Calendars and resource issues

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 10:54 AM PDT


mikejw wrote: 

Yes

Duration field calculates 1.92 days for 2 days, how do you fix?

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 10:31 AM PDT

1) Why not try it and see? You could always make a copy and use that to
try out ideas. If you have already assigned a 24 hour resource to the task,
Project should then recognize the change to one 12 hour shift and double the
Duration. You thus will need to assign the other shift to the task, whence
the Duration will halve to the original.

2) Yes. Provided you don't assign a single resource, like the project
manager, using that calendar.

3) Hopefully :)


Mike Glen
Project MVP



snetzky wrote: 

Inserting Project 2003 data into MS Word

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 08:44 AM PDT

In article <com>,
"Duane" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Duane,
No, not specifically for exporting Project data to Word. However, I can
suggest a couple of links that might be very useful.

You don't mention if you have VBA experience or not but even if you do,
you might want to take a look at the link on our MVP website for Project
VBA. Go to: http://www.mvps.org/project/links.htm
At the bottom of the page you will find a link for, "Project 98 Visual
Basic Environment Training Materials". Even though it says it is for
Project 98, it is equally applicable to all current versions of Project.
As I recall, the training modules help explain the Project object
structure and there is also a section on how to interface with other
applications.

A second link to to fellow MVP, Jack Dahlgren's website at:
http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm
Jack has several examples of useful VBA code. In particular the macro on
exporting Project data to Excel (Export hierarchy to Excel) might be of
benefit.

Good luck. If you have further questions, feel free to post in our
related newsgroup: microsoft.public.project.developer

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

Help: Project Guru needed

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 08:00 AM PDT

Ok, that's clarify a few things ... :)
Thanks for the help folks, much appreciated.

"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> a écrit dans le
message de news: %phx.gbl... 

Putting costs against milestones

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 07:29 AM PDT

Hi P,

Another option in addition to Mike's suggestion is to create the material
resource and enter the cost for the material resource in the "Cost/Use"
field. Assign the material resource at zero units (to avoid increasing the
duration). This will carry the cost for the material resource to the task
based upon the cost per use.

Hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
"P" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Calculations not making sense

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 05:52 AM PDT

So how do I set a project schedule that reflects that work will be done
in 2 12 hour shifts? Set up a 2 shift schedule taking the breaks of
the two individual 12 hour shifts into account?

For example, my shifts run:

Day Shift
6A-11:30A
12P-6P

Night Shift
6P-11:30P
12A - 6A

so then should my "24 hour" schedule be entered as
12P -11:30P
12 A to 11:30 A

or
6A - 11:30 A
12P - 6P
6P-11:30 P
12 A - 6 A

Or is there another option I'm not thinking about?

thanks for all of your help by the way. Resource leveling is the one
thing that I've never been able to make work in Project. Getting this
figured out will be a definite breakthrough.

Larry

Project Crashes- Anyone else?

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 04:19 AM PDT

Hi Jason,
You are welcome and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
"Jason Bailey" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Problem with resource usage durations

Posted: 07 Oct 2005 01:33 AM PDT

Hi,

When you say "global pool" do you mean you are using Project Server or do
you simply ean your projects are connected to a resource pool without using
server?
Mind you I know nearly nothing about server, but if is a "norml" pool I'm
convinced we'll crack this one.

Greetings,
--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
+32-495-300 620
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Subprojects indenting

Posted: 06 Oct 2005 08:54 PM PDT

Closing the (-) did it. Thanks.


"Jan De Messemaeker" <jandemes at prom hyphen ade dot be> wrote in message
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Microsoft Project Report Question ...

Posted: 06 Oct 2005 04:05 PM PDT


"John" <com> wrote in message
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The filtered view is working properly, and I can print right from the
filtered view to see all incompleted tasks before a date, showing underneath
the summary where they live, but the print out is hugh and shows the gant
chart .. I would like to print the results of my filter using reports ...

When I take what I have filtered, and I want to use view/reports ... I can't
find a way to sort the incompleted tasks under their summary headings ... I
can only see a list of all incomplete tasks, or, sorted by month. I am
wanting to print from the report view cause I can get all the information
printed alot smaller ..

How do I use reports to print my filtered view, showing tasks under their
summary headings. I hope my terminnology is somewhat close to explaining
this right. :)

Thank you again for your help.
Greg

Microsoft Word - Hiring Word 2010 Add-in developer

Microsoft Word - Hiring Word 2010 Add-in developer

Hiring Word 2010 Add-in developer

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 02:09 PM PDT

Greetings,

Is is appropriate to use this forum to find someone who can modify and add functionality to an Add-in for pay? If not, can someone suggest a forum for finding good developers?

Thanks,

Brian

Word 2013 lags, locks up, stops responding

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 01:36 PM PDT

When I am using Word 2013 it lags often. When I type a word it will be spelling out on the screen just fine, then it stops spelling out, then it will catch up to what I have typed. Very annoying. this happens even with small documents, like if I open a blank page and start typing. within a few sentences I notice it lagging.

If I try to open more than one document at at time it locks up. This happens if I try to open just two small word documents. then I have to shut it down with the "x" and I get a box that says ".... not responding". Ultra annoying.

Column Break starts a new page, not a new column

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 11:43 AM PDT

I have a document with 3 columns, and I want to end text entry about 1/3rd of the way down Column 2 and have it start again at the top of Column 3 (so, I insert a Column Break). However, the Column break is just before a Section Break (Next Page).  My new Column is now on a new page (so I have the new page for the page break, and another new page with a blinking cursor at the top of the page in the first column.)

I've tried opening the Page Layout properties for Page Setup to the Layout TAB and resetting the break there and about 4 or 5 other thing and nothing works, how do I get that 2nd Column to end and an Insertion Point at the top of Column 3 on this Page 1?

Thx!  Doug

Office 2010 Equation Editor

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 11:24 AM PDT

How can I see the version of the Equation Editor running in my office 2010?

I was asked to have my dissertation documents in Equation Editor 3.0. Can that run on Office 2010?

Thanks for the help in advance.

Confirm File Format Conversion Upon Opening NOT Working

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 10:29 AM PDT

I am doing a mail merge with an MS Excel DB.  My Word doc is saved with the box checked for Confirm File Conversion Upon Opening.

The finished Word Docs are not formatted properly.  IT has worked in the past.  it has not the past couple of days.  I have unchecked, saved, re-checked and saved.  Logged in and out repeated times.  Still not formatted properly. 

I also do nto receive the multiple DB sources to chose from when I link my Wrod doc with the excel sheet. 

Something behind the scenes going on with my network possibly?  

Multi-Level Lists: How to Avoid Unwanted Re-Formatting of Paragraphs?

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 08:45 AM PDT

As noted elsewhere, I'm following Shauna Kelly's guide for creating multi-level lists for my documents:  http://shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/numbering20072010.html

One thing I've noticed is that if I change the paragraph format for one Header style, the modification automatically applies to all subsequent Header styles.  That is, if I right-click on Header 3, modify, and click bold so that all Header 3 paragraph text is bolded, all of my Header 4, Header 5, etc. texts are also bolded.  (I haven't paid enough attention to see if the prior Headers (1 & 2) also take on the new format.)  I then have to go into Header 4 to remove the bolding from the style.

I'm guessing this happens because when I defined the new style, I associated each Header style with the prior style.  Thus, Header 4 is "based on" Header 3, etc.

Is there a way to avoid this reformatting from happening?  Is it necessary that each Header style is based on the one before it?

Document Properties in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 08:30 AM PDT

I am a college business instructor. Word 2013 documents are the norm for submitted assignments in our courses.

I am MCAS certified and I've been using Microsoft Office for 20 years. I've searched the discussions and wikis on Microsoft .com and Office.com but cannot find an answer to this question to confirm my knowledge:

When checking the Document Properties of submitted assignments, occasionally the Author's name and the Modified by name are different. Also, the "Company" field may include different items, e.g. Microsoft or Hewlett Packard. I know there could probably be several scenarios, but in general, do these things mean:

1. Two different people worked on the document on two different computers?

2. One person used another person's computer to create the document then went to their own computer to finalize it?

3. A person has a used computer that may have not been completely wiped and reconfigured?

3. None of the above?

Appreciate your response!

Leslie 512

missing default templates in ms word

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 07:49 AM PDT

Dear Microsoft Experts,

it seems that the MS word templates are missing (drop down choices to insert page numbers, etc.) and maybe other apps - didn't check those ones yet....  The only visible choice is to go Office.com but that is also greyed out.  The folder in Apps/localdata ...I think it is supposed to be called "Building blocks" directory is missing completely (even tried un-hiding folders from Control Panel).

I also tried reparing Office 2013 from Control Panel/Programs/Repair and also reinstalling Office 2013 from Microsoft install link provided when I purchased - all of these options have failed to restore the defaults page numbers and other default features.

My last resort is to completely un-install Office 2013 and re-install it, but I'm hoping there is an easier way as this seems pretty extreme to simply restore some templates?!

any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris.

Odd and even placement problem

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 07:19 AM PDT

the odd pages show up on the right side, and even pages on the left side, forcing me to number them beginning with an even number, How can I have the odd pages be on the right and visa-verse?

Merging form to n Word 2007

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 07:12 AM PDT

I have a form that I filled out about a year or so ago. I am needing to send another copy of the form out, but their is a new version of the previous form. To save time I am looking for a way to copy the information from the previous form into the updated blank form. I could copy and paste the information but I would only be able to complete one line at a time, instead of the entire page. The form is roughly 27 pages long and trying to copy and paste per section takes longer than retyping the entire thing. So my question is there a way I can merge the information from the completed form onto the blank form by page or

if their is a way to make the process easier? The form is like a job application if that helps describe what it looks like.

Word 2010 Horizontal Line and Text Box Margin

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 06:57 AM PDT

Hello,

For alignment and other purposes, I have a Word 2010 horizontal line in a text box. I have already set the internal margins of the text box to zero, and everything in the Paragraph settings is set to zero. I have also adjusted what I could on the horizontal line itself. There are also no characters or paragraph marks, etc., above the line.

For reasons I don't understand, there is still some type of invisible "margin" above the line in the text box. Every time I try to make the text box small enough to only show the line, the line moves down out of view forcing me to make the text box vertically larger than I have room for on the document in order to see the line again.

How can I get the line to stay put when I (vertically) move the text box borders to make the text box smaller? (And, yes, I do need it in a text box.)

To clarify: Literally, if the line would just stay in place when I moved the text box borders vertically, then there would be enough room for the line inside the box; why does the line move from view forcing me to make the text box vertically larger than it otherwise would need to be? What invisible "force" is doing this?

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.

How can I print from Microsoft mobile?

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:40 AM PDT

Can I print from Microsoft mobile app for iPhone? I don't see that option. Just share. Also can't tell what size font I am using it just has and increase and decrease  arrow. 

WORD BASIC

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 04:15 AM PDT

Every time i open  my MS word to make a new document, this happens. the paper size is at set at A4 but it doesn't seem like the one i'm typing onto is... i don't know what size is that. i don't know how but i just want the usual thing that USED TO show up. please help me. i think it has something to do with the setting or set up i dont know please help.

Form fields not updating when the calculation is changed in a macro

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 02:48 AM PDT

Hi All,

I have a table which by default contains 5 rows of data with a total form field at the end, the user needs the ability to add rows to this table when filling in the form.

I have written a macro to insert a new line below the last data line in the table and populate it with new form fields, the macro then modifies the expression element of the total field to include the new bookmark.  Looking at the field properties after the macro has run I would expect everything to work, however the total field is only updated when data in one of the original rows is altered and the new fields are ignored.

The code I am using is:

                                                                    

Selection.InsertRowsBelow

IntTableCountOfRows = TBL.Rows.Count
IntTableCountOfColumns = TBL.Columns.Count

For IntLoopColumns = 1 To IntTableCountOfColumns
    TBL.Cell(lRow, IntLoopColumns).Range.Select
    Set oBorder = TBL.Cell(lRow, IntLoopColumns).Borders

    If Selection.FormFields.Count > 0 Then
        StrFormFieldOLDName = Selection.FormFields(1).Name
        iType = Selection.FormFields(1).TextInput.Type
        iWidth = Selection.FormFields(1).TextInput.Width
        sFormat = Selection.FormFields(1).TextInput.Format
        bCalculate = Selection.FormFields(1).CalculateOnExit

        StrFormFieldNEWName = Construct_Newly_Created_FormField_Name(StrFormFieldOLDName)

        ' Update the total field to include the new field
        If sTotalField <> "" And IntLoopColumns = IntTableCountOfColumns Then
            ActiveDocument.FormFields(sTotalField).TextInput.Default = ActiveDocument.FormFields(sTotalField).TextInput.Default & "+" & StrFormFieldNEWName
        End If

        'TBL.Cell(lRow, IntLoopColumns).Range.Text = vbNewLine & vbNewLine

        TBL.Cell(lRow + 1, IntLoopColumns).Range.Select
        TBL.Cell(lRow + 1, IntLoopColumns).Borders = oBorder
        Selection.FormFields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, Type:=wdFieldFormTextInput

        TBL.Cell(lRow + 1, IntLoopColumns).Select
        Selection.FormFields(1).Select
        Selection.FormFields(1).Name = StrFormFieldNEWName
        Selection.FormFields(1).TextInput.EditType iType, , sFormat, True
        Selection.FormFields(1).TextInput.Width = iWidth
        Selection.FormFields(1).CalculateOnExit = bCalculate
    End If
Next IntLoopColumns

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

MS office student edition puzzle

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 12:54 AM PDT

have office student edition installed on a newly purchased Lenovo flex. This is a touch model operating windows 8

The on screen keyboard works fine but I cannot find a way of using the normal keyboard. With due respect to Lenovo the so called User instructions are useless probably the worst ever produced. 

Does anyone know how to switch to the normal keyboard. Perhaps this not available in the student edition??

Get rid of blank pages from a résumé

Posted: 14 Oct 2014 12:31 AM PDT

You won't be able to delete the final paragraph marker but you can "cheat" a little! Try this:

 

1. Select the final paragraph marker (the "backwards P" mark).

2. Right click on it and choose Paragraph... from the pop-up menu.
 
3. Under the Spacing category, make sure you have 0 in Before: and After:

4. Click OK if you made any changes to the Spacing.

5. With the paragraph marker still selected: click on the little arrow in the Font Size button in the Font category and type 1 (you won't find it to select in the list).


I have tried this solution but it did not work.  Would there be another setting or option I could try to get rid of this?  I'm working on someone's Resume for them and did not create it from scratch myself but even though the text fits easily on one page, the second page will not go away. I've tried setting the spacing before and after to 0 as well as changing the font size on the last paragraph break to "1" but it still stays on the 2nd blank page.

[Moderator note: Split from the thread at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/officeversion_other-word/how-do-i-delete-a-blank-page-from-a-document-using/28990f8f-d22e-41d7-a65f-5f961608144c]

how do i replace the word templates 2013 for all users ?

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 08:55 PM PDT

Hi,

How do i replace the Word & Powerpoint Templates for all users in Windows 8.1 and Office 2013, I wanted to replace the firm's customized template.

Thanks

Naseef

Highlight the regions I can edit is missing

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:31 PM PDT

I am trying to restrict editing in Microsoft Word 2010 but the option for  'Highlight the regions I can edit' is missing. I tried locating it on the add ins and options but unable to find. Can anyone help locating this option?

Thank you

Booklet printing in Word 2013

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 05:03 PM PDT

I have created a book that has 448 pages.  I am trying to print it using bookfold style with 16 pages per signature.  My printer is capable of manual two sided print.  I am trying to print two-up per side.  Not only does the printer not stop at 16 pages, ask me to remove the printed pages and re-insert, it prints all 448 pages (2-up) but they do not follow normal signature order.  The first 16 are okay, but then it looses its mind.

I've tried printing 16 pages at a time, but then I loose my page numbers on the bottom of each page.  Also, the only way I can print the 16 pages (it won't let me choose the pages I want to print, but wants to print the whole document) is to highlight the first 16 pages and then print.

What am I doing wrong?  This used to work with Word 2003

Word Form navigation quirk - clicking in a form field causes the screen to jump to the top of a section

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 04:28 PM PDT

Hello,

I have a long Word Form.  The form is broken into sections.

I have used a Bookmark to name the beginning of each section.

I have created a series of hyperlinks to link to the Bookmarks of the different sections.

Here are a series of steps that I regularly execute with puzzling results:

 - the form is locked

 - I Ctrl+click on a hyperlink to navigate to a specific section

 - I scroll down the page to modify the contents of a field at the bottom of the page

 - I click in a field to modify or add contents

 - the screen jumps back to the top of the section

 - the insertion point will be in the field that I clicked in, but the screen will navigate back up to the top of the section.

Does Word do this because it is navigating back to the location of the Bookmark that was used in the Hyperlink?

Is it possible to add some VBA code that will keep the screen form scrolling away from the field that was clicked in?

Thank you

Mark

Font and document are reduced

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 04:23 PM PDT

Have been a regular user of word.  Then all of a sudden this morning the font is tiny. Cannot adjust, if fact I think the whole page is smaller.  What can I do?

How can I have multiple documents of word open at the same time

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:12 AM PDT

Windows 7 Ultimate; MSOffice 2010;

All of sudden MSWord no longer opened several documents when I clicked on them one by one, opening a window for each one.  Now, MSWord only opens the document currently clicked on and removes the document that was there.  I have searched the knowledgebase endlessly, but find no answer to how I have screwed things up so I can't open several documents simultaneously.

Microsoft Word - microsoft word files not found/wont open

Microsoft Word - microsoft word files not found/wont open

microsoft word files not found/wont open

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 02:30 PM PDT

So Im using office 365 and the other day I downloaded a word document and edited it. I hit the save icon in the top left corner of the screen (the little floppy disk), exited out and came back to it a few times without a problem.

Now however when i went into microsoft office it is nowhere to be found. I have searched everywhere on my computer, my skydrive and one drive to no avail. There is a version of the file in my recent word documents that i think may be the most up to date version but whenever i click on it it asks my to sign into my colleges elearning (which I do) only for a notice to come up saying "Sorry, we coudnt open 'http://... etc".

I havent a clue where my latest version of the file might be saved and would really apprceaite any guidance on the issue.

Thanks guys!!

word error message

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 01:34 PM PDT

I have bought  a new computer and installed Microsoft Office 365. Whenever I try to open WORD it comes up with an error message. I have uninstalled , re-installed, tried all the fixes. Last night I was on the phone for almost an hour to the technical person who said it was to do with MY Epson printer and I needed to uninstall the ABBYY fine reader programme. I did this , in fact I uninstalled all the Epson drives - still no success. I have wasted another hour on this tonight and still no joy. Please does anyone have any other suggestions? 

Spell check won't check whole document.

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 01:21 PM PDT

When I am checking the spelling a document, before the spell-check is complete,  I get the message "Spell check complete. You're good to go." I have tried various things: highlighting the unchecked paragraphs; making sure that English is the default language; copying the text to another document. I get the same message. I have even changed the text, but in some gibberish, then tried checking the spelling. Same message: "Spell check complete. You're good to go." This has happened more than once. How do I ensure that the spell check is checking the entire document?

Indent.

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 10:57 AM PDT

It used to indent dashes, bullets, and letters automatically then I turned it off. how do I turn it back on?

conversion to PDF from docx problem

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 10:33 AM PDT

In formatting a book, the headers for certain pages are off, causing blank pages to be added, causing page placement to shift. 

Then even though it looks fine in Word, it shifts and adds the pages when converted to PDF. I have looked and the margins and headers look okay as far as settings, but are still off in reality.

How can I fix this?

Method to easily adapt 3rd party word exports to MS Word with Linked Template for formatting

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 09:49 AM PDT

Hi,

I basically have two 3rd party applications that download a word file from their content.  When I link these downloaded word files to my MS Word template several things happen.  The numbering doubles as it maintains what I believe is the HTML numbering while MS Word auto numbers per the style.  Also some of the style formatting implements from the MS Word template but not all of it.  As it appears some of the HTML formatting would maybe be hard coded.  I really need a simple and efficient solution to manage this and would like these exports to be adjusted to once against seamlessly work with my MS Word Templates.  I'm not an expert with Macro or HTML though.  Any ideas that can help me around this?  It seems most of the macro I see for Word is to remove MS Word information to make a clean HTML.  I've not seen much in the other direction. 

Thanks

Word_Az

Urdu letters wrongly connected

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 07:03 AM PDT

Urdu letters are wrongly connected in my Word file. It just got messed up although it was alright when created. Is there a way that I can change them to their original form, it's a big file and I can't go word by word to separate them.

Purchased A Wrong Microsoft Product

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 06:45 AM PDT

I purchased a wrong product i.e. Word2013 (Non commercial), can I get a refund or exchange with other product?

Conditional Formatting in a mail merge (Word 2010)

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 03:45 AM PDT

Hi there

I've tried to find similar answers but my request is very specific....

I have an excel sheet that I am putting into a labels mail merge where one column in the Excel has the input of either Green, Yellow, Red or Blue. (I have made the spreadsheet then auto change to the appropriate colour with conditional formatting)

I know this doesn't keep for the mail merge.... so my questions are...

1) Can I make the word document then change that field in the mail merge to the right colour i.e. make Green turn actually Green and so on.

2) If it's possible using code _I've seen people say something like this.... Changing the colours of part of it to the right colour

{ IF { MERGEFIELD Fieldname } = "Green" "{ MERGEFIELD Fieldname \*Charformat }" = "Red" "{ MERGEFIELD Fieldname \*Charformat }" = "Yellow" "{ MERGEFIELD Fieldname \*Charformat }" = "Blue" "{ MERGEFIELD Fieldname \*Charformat }""{ MERGEFIELD Fieldname \*Charformat }" }

where do I enter this code on the mail merge if that's what I need to do?.... and would I have to do it in every label.

3) If any of this is possible what I really would like to do is make the writing black and have it highlighted in the corresponding colour. Is this possible to do?

Hopefully that all makes sense and you can help me with my query :-)

Thanks :-)

Word 2010 Table

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 03:18 AM PDT

I drew a table and put some contents in. I want to be able to see the borders while I am using the table on the computer (dimmed lines), but I don't want to see the borders when the document prints out. How can I do it? I am using Word 2010.

Thank you.

Lisa

Automatic file location in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Oct 2014 02:49 AM PDT

I think I may have been set an impossible task but would like clarification from others if I can...

My Admin team at School have said that in the past when they opened Word the file location was automatically inserted at the bottom of the document. They have asked me to set this up again!

I have created a Macro which with one click enables them to insert the file location, but supposedly this is not good enough, they want it to be automatic.

I then created a document template which I was going to replace with their normal.dot but I cannot seem to find a normal template in the usual location. We are in a Windows 7 domain.

They are adamant there is a way to set up word so when you open a new document the file location is embedded in a footer at the bottom. This also changes if the file is moved.

I am sceptical myself as this sounds like an almost impossible task for Word to complete.

Can anyone help?

Thank you   

Using "IF" Functions in a Word Document - Help with a Formula

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 09:31 PM PDT

Hi-

I need assistance creating an "IF" statement within a table within Word 2013.

I've created a summary table to to pull the data from several bookmarked fields within other tables within the document and leave it blank if there is no data.

Ex. In another table within the document the Bookmarked Field "Customer_Exceeds" is checked "X", so the If statement for the summary field will enter "X", if the field is left blank it will enter "-"


Summary Table looks like this - and is where I'm trying to insert the "If" statement - I will need to do one for each field.

Category Exceeds Achieves Needs
Customer  X

Any assistance is appreciated!

Thanks!

Save to HTML as one file

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 05:44 PM PDT

When I save a word document to html using save-as,   It creates a file of html with text and some of the images, and then it adds a directory with some more of the images.  The web site I am using allows only one file, and not the directory of images.  How do I save the file so that everything -- all images and text -- are in one file?  

Word Document

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:58 PM PDT

I am working in a word document and there is a gray column space at the side of each page that will not allow me to fill up the page with data. It's like a column added, however, I do not want it to be there. The gray shows up when I print; while working in the document it is just a space that is separated with a gray line that runs down every page. What is this space and how do I get rid of it

Change in Word 2010 Program Icon and loss of .docx file extension option

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:27 PM PDT

The problem is two fold - (1) Regular Word 2010 icon was replaced with white icon with DOCX text on all my word files that had a .docx extension, and (2) the .docx  file extension does not appear in the list of file extensions available to use to associate a file type to a program. I am using Windows 7- 64 bit operating system. This problem has appeared within the last 6 months. Additionally in Windows Explorer I cannot open Windows 2010 files that have a .docx extension by just double clicking on the file. I have to right click, then choose Open With and then choose Microsoft Word. If I forget and double click the file my computer appears to be searching for the file. I would expect a registry problem, but I am not that tech savvy to fix.   Any suggestions ?  Thank You

Microsoft suddenly stopped working

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:25 PM PDT

when I attempt to open my 2013 word or excel an error message pops up reading "Microsoft word has stopped working.. a problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available". But then nothing happens, no solutions or causes for the issue are explained. I've tried to troubleshoot my settings through my control panel in the "program compatibility" area and nothing works. Not only can I not create new files, I cannot access old files. This is the account I use for my job, and virtually all of my work is on word or excel so I don't know how I am supposed to work without it. Help! 

Header question

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:11 PM PDT

Suppose I'm on page 219 and I notice that the page header is wrong. I click on the header to fix it and the displayed page jumps to a remote section of the document - whose page number is also 219. I do not understand why this happens. It makes changing headers much harder. (Of all the many Word features I've used, I regard Headers as the most difficult.)

Cannot save or edit in Word (Excel is fine)

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 04:08 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

This is happening to me excel is fine no luck in word

Office Home & Student 2013 installed on 8.1 operating system but trying to open in windows 7

Posted: 12 Oct 2014 08:52 AM PDT

Any help with corrective actions for incompatibility issue with Office Home & Student 2013 installed on 8.1 operating system but trying to open in windows 7?   Power point works but Excel and Word will open but then need to close due to compatibility error.  only a BEX problem event in application WINWORD is provided.          
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