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Microsoft Word - Excel 2013 objects linked to Word 2013 having kerning/display issues

Excel 2013 objects linked to Word 2013 having kerning/display issues

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 01:47 PM PDT

This is a mystery - Excel objects that are pasted via link to Word 2013 have kerning issues (the space between letters is inconsistent within words and looks different from the original Excel). 

I've tried copying and pasting via embed Excel object and have tried re-pasting as a link. The only thing that fixes this problem is to open the Word doc on a co-worker's computer and re-paste the Excel object link. Just updating the link in Word doesn't help - it needs to be completely copied over again. And it does need to be linked, the Excel figures are being changed every so often.

I have Word 2013, v 15.0.4659.1000, 32 bit. Any ideas? 

Images are losing their properties and moving in mailmerge

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 01:23 PM PDT

I have a word doc with a number of images. I have used the layout field to orient some of them on the right and some of them on the left (Wrapping Style Square). When I mailmerge them they all end up on the left hand side. I looked at the properties and discovered that they are still wrapped square but it now says "Both Sides" which is not even an option in Word but seems to be in Outlook.

Regardless, the pictures are NOT where they are supposed to be.

Is this fixable?

track changes changed to black !!

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:46 PM PDT

Using W0RD of my Office 2013 Pro Plus, I am marking my students' assignments, using track changes.  All my insertions were in red – as I want them to be. Suddenly the insertions changed to black, and I cannot get Word to change the insertions back to be in red!! I do not know what happened.

I have been trying Advanced Options for the last 2 hours, but WORD refuses to change the color of my insertions and corrections!!

How can I return the default color for track changes to be in Red - and if possible to remain in red after I close the document, and reopen it later.

Thanks

Address auto filled fields in Word

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:17 PM PDT

Good afternoon,

What is the easiest way to have an address populate when the corresponding business name is entered in Word?  There are only two businesses each with their own address.  I'd like the business name field to either populate as the letters are typed, or a drop box with the two selections; resulting in the address fields filling in on their own.  Looks like this.

Thanks,

Christina

Digital Signatures

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:45 AM PDT

I am trying to put several digital signatures on one document and then sign and route to the next person but when I send it states that the first signature will be void.

How do I send a word document around for digital signature by multiple people that don't have access to where it is originally saved?

I don't want to have anything changed within the document just signed?

Tables and Images Invisible in Print Preview Word 2013

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 11:01 AM PDT

I have a computer I've been working on that will not print tables in this .docx calendar created for this organization. If I open the document in Word on the computer, it looks fine, 12 pages of a monthly calendar complete with dates, events, and pretty headers. But when I click print preview (or try to print), nothing shows except the header and footer. If I try to add in text outside the calendar table, it works just fine and shows up in the preview, even if obscured by table elements or images. If this document is emailed to other computers, the calendar can be viewed and printed just fine. 

Other steps I have tried include converting to other file types (doc, pdf), trying to find a setting that stops the printing of tables (couldn't find), and adjusting print settings led nowhere. The problem was still there as long as it was on that computer. I also tried repairing Office, to no success. I talked to a MS tech who was supposed to email me some troubleshooting steps but I never got anything. So I'm about at wit's end and I don't know what to do next. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Mail Merge in Word 2014 only works in plain text

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:46 AM PDT

Hello,

We recently upgraded to Office 2013 and I have found that the mail merge does not work in HTML format.  I can get it to work in plain text but it requires you to click Allow for each email recipient.  Is there a fix to this.  I am using google app sync with Outlook and do not have any issues in that regard.  It work with the previous version of Word.

Thank you in advance,

Mike

Send as Email attachment in Word, Excel, or Powerpoint not opening up Outlook - Instead opening up Yahoo

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:28 AM PDT

Hello-

When I am in an open document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.) and click on the Email icon ( ) in the quick access tool bar, a browser opens to Yahoo mail so I can log in and send the document as an attachment.   I would like for Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc. to open Outlook as it has done in the past a million times!  This has been working for me on all previous versions of Office but for some reason it stopped working.  I don't want documents to open up Yahoo.

Even if I go to File | Share | Email | Send as attachment, a browser opens up and not Outlook.   I can still send attachments the 'long' way, by going to Outlook 1st, clicking on a new mail and sending the attachment from the saved location.

Please HELP!!

Running Windows 8, Office Professional Plus 2013

Thanks,

Marlien

Start-tag/end-tag mismatch error preventing Word 2013 *.docx file from opening

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 10:25 AM PDT

I'm having a problem similar to what several others seem to have reported, namely I get an error message that says there is a start tag -- end tag mismatch error which prevents me from reopening a word 2013 file. However, it seems almost everyone who has reported this problem has only had it on word 2010 or word 2007 whereas I'm on word 2013. I have attempted, with no success, to fix the document with the available automatic fixes. All else equal, the issue seems to be identical to what others describe. The MS FixIt solution hasn't worked nor has the rebuilder. I really need someone knowledgeable in this area to assist me manually. 

I just wanted to check, before uploading the document in question, whether this thread is still active and if I would receive help with it? I would greatly appreciate any assistance as the dissertation is very precious to me. Thank you in advance for any response (that may or may not come)!

MOS Exam Retake

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 09:25 AM PDT

Hello,

A quick one.

I failed MOS Word Expert Exam but did not use a bundled retake voucher.

If I purchase a new exam voucher, do I get to write the same failed exam or a new exam?

Answers appreciated.

How do I change the page numbers in the header of my document to start at 1 on the second page?

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:16 AM PDT

I'm currently trying to format an assignment and I figured out how to remove the page numbers from the title page but now my first body page says page two, for this particular formatting the title page does not count as a page. So how do I make my body page numbers start at 1?

Have Word attachments open in Protected Mode but in Page Layout rather than reading view.

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 08:14 AM PDT

When I open an attachment in Word 2013 it opens in Protected View.

I would prefer to view the document in Page Layout view. I can follow the instructions to disable reading mode at 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/turn-off-reading-layout-view-HP001097160.aspx however it appears that these settings are superseded by the protected mode settings and so the only way I can get my word attachments to open in page layout view is to also follow the instructions to disable protected mode. https://support.office.com/en-us/article/What-is-Protected-View-d6f09ac7-e6b9-4495-8e43-2bbcdbcb6653#bm5

I know it is possible to get a document in protected mode and page layout view at the same time by using the status bar button. It is easy to get into the bad habit of clicking on the Enable Editing button highlighted by the gold strip at top of the screen rather than the smaller status bar button when all you really want is the more familiar page layout view.

Does anyone know if it is possible to default to opening attachments in Protected Mode with Page Layout view?


Widow/orphan control won't stay off

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 07:26 AM PDT

I have figured out my problem on how to make sure I have 25 lines on every page.  However, I have turned off the widow/orphan control at the beginning of my document and set it as my format on this document.  When I get to the beginning of a new page and start typing, if it starts a new paragraph it is turned back on again.  I have to go in and manually uncheck the box and then the remainder of the lines  to make 25 on the previous page will populate.  Any suggestions on why this keeps turning back on? Thanks.

Date format in Comments

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:02 AM PDT

I am using Word 2013. If I add a Comment to the document the time added is displayed as, for example, 3 minutes ago. If I open the document a few days later and display the Comment it will say added Sunday, for example.  I need it to simply display the date and time when the Comment was added so is there a way of changing this? I have found out how to format the Comments text but can't see anyway of formatting the time added.

Indent controls missing from the ruler

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 06:02 AM PDT

Split from this thread.

These are the workarounds currently being proposed (open another document first, don't start with a table), but a fix is in the works.

The easy workaround is to open Word Options and immediately click on OK. All those other things people want to do after they open Options are irrelevant.

Yes - Options with OK works perfectly, no need to make any changes.  When the document is closed and reopened they are once again missing

My hanging indent and left indent controls vanished from the ruler today for the first time. I have Outlook 2010 and Word 2010. I have tried opening Word (not Outlook), displaying Options, and clicking OK, but those controls are still missing. I have tried displaying Options in Outlook and clicking OK, but no controls. Ideas?

Header missing from view

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 05:01 AM PDT

Split from this thread.


I have received a word document and converted it to my version of word for editing. When I open it the header has disappeared, but when I print it the header reappears. I need to add print to the header, how do I do this?

How to keep the number of lines on a page consistent

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 04:53 AM PDT

I type for a court reporter and the lines on a page need to stay at 25.  I have the line numbers in the left hand margin, but they never stay consistent at 25.  How do I keep it so that there are only ever 25 lines on a page?  Thanks

Receipt with auto-numbering

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 04:00 AM PDT

First look in to this link.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-in/templates/receipt-with-auto-numbering-3-per-page-TC010251641.aspx

Here you can see a ms office template named 

Receipt with auto-numbering (3 per page).

But I want the same template with 100 per page. Is there any easy way to make from 3 to 100s ?

Creating a link from one word document to another

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 02:55 AM PDT

Hey!

 

I'm using Word to create simple templets (samples of contracts and other forms). I'm using MacroButton NoMacro function. I have 2 documents that are connected, one is the contract and the other is instructions on how to correctly fill out the contract. There are some parts in the first document that are different from case to case, so I wrote examples on what to write in the instructions. I would like to create a link from the first document to the document with instructions. I tried using insert and then Object, but I like the idea which comes from using MacroButton NoMacro, that the person filling in the form doesn't have to erase anything because it disappear when you start writing.

First I tried inserting the object in the brackets as the part of MacroButton NoMacro []. But when I confirmed the code with shift+F9 the icon of the instructions document was visible but it wasn't clickable. It said [For examples on what to write click here (here was the icon)].

I had the same problem when I inserted a hyperlink.

Is it even possible to create a link from one document to another and that it would work in MacroButton NoMacro, so that a person filling in the form would just start writing and the icon and link would disappear?

 

Or do you have a better idea how to execute the whole thing? 

Thanks for your answers!

Repeating a row in a table using tab key (Still having checkboxs appear)

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:39 AM PDT

Hi all,

I am building a register and users will on occasion will be required to add their own data. At this stage the register contains 3 checkboxes on each row. Here is where the problem starts, if users run out of lines is it possible for them to hit tab (to open up a new row) and the checkboxes automatically appear in the new row?

Just wanting to know if it is possible.

Thanks in advance,

Adam

How do you delete a document in Word for iPad?

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:01 AM PDT

There doesn't appear to be an option to delete a document while in Wordp for iPad, I have to use the OneDrive app.

How do you rename a document in Word for iPad

Posted: 29 Oct 2014 12:00 AM PDT

The "Name" option seems to be greyed out after a document has been saved to OneDrive. Do I need to use the OneDrive app to rename the file?

Spellings and words concatenation problem.

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:25 PM PDT

Hi,

I have a problem of spelling concatenation in MS Word 2007. I am using a licensed version of Microsoft Office 2007. Sometimes while working on the documents, whenever I save any document and open it the other day. Almost 20% of the spellings goes wrong in my document.

For Example: Yesterday if I worked on a document containing below lines:

"My name is Shwetha. I work in MS Office 2007". and I would have save it properly.

The next time whenever I open my document, spellings will concatenate and will look like this:

"My nameis Shwetha. I workin MS Office2007".

Every-time I have to recheck the spellings and save it. Again when I will open it, it shows the same error.

Please help me whether I have something missing in my settings as I am very much frustrated with this error.

Error Code 1073741502-13

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:54 PM PDT

 Dear Technicians,

 I am having troubles logging in to my Mircrosoft Word and the error that is the title appeared.

I have discussed with the customer's support and they have uninstalled and re-installed Microsoft Word but I lost some icons and I cannot open my homework

which I did in the Microsoft Word. Microsoft Word told me to repair now. Please help me to recover my computer

Can not open any documents at all

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:53 PM PDT

I am not sure what is going on, but when I try to open a word document, word opens up and just goes to the templates page that says "Blank Document" "Tour Word" ect. Can someone help me?

This happens in Power point and excel as well

so basically I click on the word document I want to open in my documents and word just opens up to the online templates page. Word wont actually open my document. And if I'm in word and click file open and browse for the document, word just closes and opens back up to the online temples page.

How to export mail merge output to text file

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:45 PM PDT

I Have been able to create mail merged files and output them to individual .pdf files, but would like to output them to .txt files instead.

Is there a different ExportFormat that will support this?

How do I delete documents in Word2013 Windows 8.1?

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:26 PM PDT

I just got a new computer and have Word 2013 and I am simply lost.  I am used to XP and Word 2003.  How do I get a list of my documents and how do I delete ones I no longer need.  This cloud thing has me totally confused and nothing works the way I am used to.  Please help.

Office word serial numbering

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:13 PM PDT

I am Bholeswar Sahooo want to get some help about ms office 2013 pro.
I have prepared a word document on office 2013 pro. I want its 200
copies in the same document with different serial number ( i.e 100 to
300).

                Please provide me solution for this.

Template drop down list not showing

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:35 PM PDT

Hi,

I'm trying to solve an issue with a template in Word 2007. For some users the drop down list/options are displayed while for others they are not. I have tried copying a users account that works to set up a completely new Active Directory user account to test which doesn't work. To me this would seem to point to the issue being nothing to do with rights or permissions on the local machine or to the templates network mapped drive location. So it would seem it's a setting in word or somewhere on the users profile. I have tried Enabling all the options in Macro - comparing and matching with a working users settings as well as even giving them more rights, Adding the network patch as a trusted resource, etc but still no luck.

Can anyone help?

Many thanks in advance.

cant read Microsoft Word documents from external hard drive

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 05:42 PM PDT

In short..... I made several documents on one computer in Microsoft Office 2007, saved them to an external hard drive (saving as .doc), later that day tried opening them on my other computer, also Microsoft Office 2007 ( both computers have OS  WIndows 7)

I get a document but it is loaded with symbols. not letters and numbers....

Tried another computer (also Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows 7) it wanted to open the documents in html

Went back to the original computer.....,they open fine.....

I'm stumped.....

suggestions please

Transferring Office Standard 2007 From my Windows XP to my Windows 8.1

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:52 PM PDT

How can I transfer the original Office Standard 2007 from my Windows XP to my new Windows 8.1?

Word dcoments will not print two-sided on Lexmark 901 Pro printer

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:16 PM PDT

After setting preferences for "two sided" printing on Lexmark Pro 901 printer continue to get one side printing only.  It has been suggested that recent updates to either Windows 7 or MS Word may be causing this problem. Would appreciate  ideas about solutions.

Formatting problem in table cells

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 03:43 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

If I create a table and copy text to it, the top lines of text in the last or second to last row are affected. If I create new rows above and put my text in them, either typed copied or dragged, it looks ok, but as soon as I delete the affected bottom row, the highlight moves to the current lowest row. If my table breaks across pages, the lowest row on each page is affected. It happens if I make a new table in this docx and in old tables.  ?

I'm having a very similar problem on Word 2007. I've narrowed it down to the following: 1) if the last row in the table is a single line of text it displays normally; 2) if there is more than one line of text (or numbers) in the last row of the table, the last line of text displays normally but all the lines above it in the same row display as though they are shaded; 3) I have several tables on the page and the above is true for each table.

It makes no difference which column of the table you're in - if its the last row then the above applies.

Need Help with MS Office 2007 Pro Help (*.chm) Files - Microsoft Office forums

Need Help with MS Office 2007 Pro Help (*.chm) Files - Microsoft Office forums

Need Help with MS Office 2007 Pro Help (*.chm) Files

Posted: 08 Oct 2007 05:23 PM PDT

Bob Buckland ?:-) wrote: 

When I click on the ? for help files, or press F1, I get the following error
message:

"There is a problem with one or more help files. Please repair your Office
installation and try again."

I have repaired and reinstalled to no avail. Happens with all MS Office
apps. Any suggestions?

setup Office97 "insufficient memory"

Posted: 08 Oct 2007 02:37 PM PDT

By the way, if you could see me as I am, I'd be the one scaring y'all away...

And I'm running Windows XP Home Edition....
HP Pavillion Laptop, it's only a year old....

"Garden Gnome" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Home and Student Upgrade

Posted: 08 Oct 2007 08:47 AM PDT

2007 is the first version to allow cross-grades. ;-)

--

JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375




"Eric A." <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Installing Outlook 2007

Posted: 06 Oct 2007 03:27 PM PDT

NEVER import a .pst file unless you don't mind losing data.

Simply copy the .pst file to the new computer and DON'T override any existing .pst file. Then, open Outlook->File->Open->Outlook Data File. Browse to your saved .pst file and open it.


--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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

After furious head scratching, mdp asked:

| p0 wrote:
|| I had a machine with Microsoft Office Professional 2003 on it. Then I
|| obtained an Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007 version. To get the feel
|| for it, I ran the setup program and selected that I wanted to run the
|| 2007 version in parallel with the 2003 version. Not being all that
|| adventurous, I selected to only install Word 2007.
||
|| Now, a few weeks later, I want to switch over completely from 2003 to
|| 2007. However, the installer no longer offers the option to overwrite
|| the 2003 version. I can install all components manually by selecting
|| them with the exception of Outlook 2007. As long as Outlook 2003 is
|| on the machine, Outlook 2007 can not be installed over it by the
|| regular setup program. One solution would be to first uninstall
|| Outlook 2003 and then install Outlook 2007 but then I would have to
|| redo all my settings. Something I would like to avoid.
||
|| So the question is, how can I run the setup program so that it acts
|| like a first time install and ask me if I want to overwrite older
|| versions of Office on this computer? That way, my settings should be
|| automatically ported.
||
|| Awaiting a reply,
||
|| Yves
|
| Export the mail you want to keep into a *.pst file. Uninstall
| Outlook 2003. Install Outlook 2007 and import the *.pst file.
|
| To save account settings:
|
| http://www.the-pc-guru.com/How_to_back_up_Microsoft_Out.php

proplus.ww\proplsww.cab Missing

Posted: 05 Oct 2007 01:51 PM PDT

Hi garfield-n-odie -

I pointed the installer at the CD and told it to look there. It didn't find
it. I have not actually opened the CD and looked for the file. I guess I'll
try that next.
Thank you for your input.

Thank you for your assistance!

Regards,

Vic


"garfield-n-odie [MVP]" wrote:
 

Double-Click Won't Open Excel from Explorer

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 04:56 PM PDT

Greg wrote:
I uninstalled and reinstalled Office and launching from explorer
worked
until I ran Outlook. So I'm beginning to think that it is related to
the new
preview feature in Outlook.

-------------------------
I have not installed Outlook, so in my case anyway, the two are
unrelated. I read somewhere that it could be related to Acrobat
Reader as an addin inside Excel, but I cannot find a way to turn that
addin off to test whether that would resolve my problem or not.

How to change from inches to centimeters in powerpoint 2007?

Posted: 04 Oct 2007 05:24 AM PDT

Glad to have helped.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Mia" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Multiple Licenses?

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 02:56 PM PDT

"Leythos" <lan> wrote in message
news:Usenet.com... 

retail licence for Office Standard allows install on one PC and one laptop,
both owned by the Licensee....

Problem creating MSP's

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 01:02 PM PDT

Thanks for answering, but that's not the same error. It doesn't matter if I
open up the OCT, make no changes and try to create a MSP. Or if I make
changes to the settings and try to create a MSP. All I get is ""Unhandled
exception: MsiDatabaseCommit call failed".

I wish it would give me a message like "Security Settings element", at least
I would know what is causing the problem.

Vicki

"Caladona" wrote:
 

*PDF Add In*

Posted: 03 Oct 2007 10:18 AM PDT

There is no download for Word or other Office programs for any version
prior to 2007 to do what the download for2007 will do. That PDF button you
see in Word 2003 is for Adobe Acrobat program. It is a 3rd party program
and is relatively expensive for each license. As many have said there are
third party programs for use with ANY program that can print to a printer
that will create a PDF file. If you need to create a PDF file from a Word
doent I recommend the download and install of PrimoPDF which can be had
here: http://www.primopdf.com/. If you do qualify for and download the 2007
Save As PDF file, you do not need any other program to allow it to work
other than the Office 2007 program/s.

For a free PDF reader, I use Foxit Reader that loads a lot faster than
Acrobat Reader and it can be had here: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/


"Kelly Armitage" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

install Outlook 2007 after installing Office 2007 home and student?

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 01:20 PM PDT

No, Outlook standalone will not "magically" start working with Office 2007 Home and Student. No Office automation, etc.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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

After furious head scratching, DL asked:

| yes
|
| <com> wrote in message
| news:googlegroups.com...
|| I want to install Office 2007 home and student edition, their is no
|| Outlook 2007 in this suite. Is it possible to install Outlook 2007
|| after installing Office 2007 home and student and to have all the
|| functionality?

Office 2007 programs will not open from Vista Start menu

Posted: 29 Sep 2007 06:58 AM PDT

Adobe programs have also lost icons but do open from Start menu.

However cannot print to pdf any more...

Microsoft Word - Encoding

Microsoft Word - Encoding

Encoding

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 02:00 PM PDT

Help!!  I saved something in notepad as Text.  Somehow? it saved as an encoding of 'ANSI'.  I cant read it now.  How can I change this back to readable regular info? 

Not all Word 2013 Document Themes available

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 12:50 PM PDT

I am a computer teacher and some of my students have many document themes available in Word 2013 and others have very few.  What can I look at on the student's profile to make all document themes available to all of my students?

Saving from Word 2013 to Word 97-2003 corrupts table of contents

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 11:51 AM PDT

I'm seeing a very strange effect on some of my documents.  I don't know what is causing it, but to me it is clearly a defect.

You take a document that has a table of contents and multiple pages of content, saved in Word 2013.  Next, save it as "Word 97-2003" for compatibility purposes.  Then open up this freshly saved document and take a look at the table of contents.  The page numbers slide off to the right outside the margin!

Here's how the document looks in Office Word 2013:

Now when saving as Word 97-2003, you are warned about some conversions that may affect the layout:

OK, that's fine. It doesn't suggest that it won't be able to handle the TOC (table of contents) and change the formatting there.  But then you get this:

Notice the ".............................." goes clear off to the right past the right margin limits.  You cannot see the page numbers.  If you shift to LANDSCAPE mode you can find your page numbers.  There will be a right tab stop floating out there around inch #9.  Try manually correcting this and you get into a nightmare of playing around with tab stops.  You try to select all lines of the TOC, but after doing that and moving the tab stop, you get unpredictable results.  It's a mess.

If you delete the TOC and recreate it in this document, THE SAME PROBLEM HAPPENS.  There is some strange conversion effect that permanently corrupts the document.  I even tried to save the original document without the TOC, but still adding one causes this.  The layout/formatting in this document is extremely basic and rudimentary. There is NOTHING sophisticated going on here that would incur a compatibility issue.

I've tried to search on this issue and cannot find prior complaints.  Is this a known issue?

Excel and Word very slow when double-clicking on file

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 10:21 AM PDT

Win 7 and Office 2007.

 

There are several posts regarding this topic. But I have not found any that gives me an applicable solution. This is my problem:

 

If Word/Excel is running it takes less than a second for a small file to open after double clicking it.

 

If Word/Excel is *not* running it takes from 30 seconds to several minutes for the file to open.

  • It does not matter if it is a doc docx xls xlsx et.c.
  • It does not matter if it is a local file, a file on the server or on the NAS.
  • It does not matter if it is a newly created file or a very old file.

Some interesting observations regarding Outlook:

  • Opening a Word/Excel attachment shows the same symptoms as above. Very fast if Word/Excel is running an very i slow if they are not. But my impression is that now it takes twice as long time.
  • Opening a .pdf attachment shows exactly the same symptoms as Word/Excel files from within Outlook. But here I do not have the double clicking problem. From Explorer .pdf files starts "immediately".

Any help is much appreciated.

Kjell K

Problem with long header during TOC formating

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 09:53 AM PDT

Hi,

I have a problem with a header that spans over 2 lines.

My first header is formatted correctly like this:

Chapter 1: XYZ.....................5

 1.2 Abstract..........................7

However the second header is long and ends up looking like this:

Chapter 2: XYZ XYZ XYZ

XYZ 9

 2.2 Abstract......................10

Even messing around with the tab stops didnt help..

I would like to have it look like this:

Chapter 2: XYZ XYZ XYZ

XYZ.........................................9

 2.2 Abstract......................10

Is there a fix for this? Thank you very much!

Mail Merge losing superscript formatting

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 09:27 AM PDT

Hello!

I am trying to use mail merge to transfer numbers with superscript following them (i.e. 1st, where 'st' is in superscript). I am transferring the text from an Excel file to a Word document using Mail Merge, but I haven't had any luck retaining the formatting.

I also tried to figure out a way to make Word change the text to superscript automatically after the merge is complete, but I'm not sure how to do this either.

Any help would be appreciated!

My Most Recently Used Symbols Disappeared

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:28 AM PDT

I recently had to re-install Word 2010. As an author, I use quite a number of symbols. Now my gallery of most recently used symbols is gone, and it hasn't come back with usage. How can I get it back? If I clickk the omega symbol, it shows up, but I want it in the popup when I hit the symbol like it used to be.             

Vertical Line - Tranck Changes not printing as viewed on Print Preview

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 08:17 AM PDT

I'm working with MS Word 2010.

It is a two column document, and I'm tracking changes on the individual columns by using a vertical line at the right side of the individual columns.

While working on the document, the vertical lines are shown at the right hand side of both columns, this also shows on Print Preview.

When I print, the document shows the consolidated vertical lines of my changes to both columns on the extreme right only (no longer on the right of the individual columns).

It is not printing as displayed.

I had this working before on my desktop, it is not working on my laptop.

What can I change on settings to correct this?

I have tried converting to PDF, but it displays as printed. I have tried downgrading to compatibility mode in MS Word, no difference.

How to: 1 Import custom shapes, 2 add link from one shape draw to next shape draw in document, 3 table of contents with links to pages and drawings ? Please

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:44 AM PDT

http://blogs.office.com/2012/03/20/creating-custom-shapes-in-powerpoint-2010/

1 How to import custom shapes for word 2013 created in PowerPoint 2013 
    (can be somehow replace files with the shapes of the word with powerpoint or create custom shapes and add to Word 2013) 
2 How to add a link to the form in Word 2013 drawing so that when you click on the shape passed on to the next drawing in the same document? 
3 How to create a table of contents of the document in Word 2013 that contains a hyperlink to the pages of the document and drawings? 
    (Can be create drawings in Power Point and Word 2013 only display their content?) 
I care about you create a document, working with text and drawings numbered, tables in the same document office in 2013.

These are the official questions from the Department of the sales hotline Microsoft. 
I called the Hotline sales, but they're there do not know anything about the shapes in Office 2013

I want to just buy Office 2013 package.

Word experienced an error trying to open the file

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 07:21 AM PDT

One of our users who is using Windows 8 and Office 365 Home and Office received an error message when trying to print a Word document from an email (Outlook).  It said, "Word experienced an error trying to open the file. Try these suggestions.

Check the file permissions for the document or drive.

Make sure there is sufficient free memory and disk space.

Open the file with the Text Recovery converter."

There is nothing wrong with the documents.  No settings have been changed on her computer. She had no trouble opening and printing documents from Outlook in the past.  When the documents are imported into our database, they will open in Word and print from there. If we save it and print from the location, it prints. Is this an Outlook issue?

Thanks for any help you can give us.

Different languages in word, with non-English physical keyboard

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 06:28 AM PDT

Hi.

I have a dilemma with Word in terms of language and proofing tools. The physical keyboard on my computer is with Danish layout but I often write texts in English in Word. I have installed both English and Danish proofing tools and both Danish and English keyboard layouts are installed in Windows. 

But I can't change the proofing language in Word to English, I can only mark text I've written and tell Word that this is English. The only way I can change the proofing language to English is to change the keyboard to English in Windows (via the language bar). But that comes with a prize, since my physical layout of my keyboard then doesn't match the input, i.e if press the button on my keyboard with question mark ( ? ) when I'm typing i Word I instead get underscore ( _ ). That is impossible/very frustrating for me to work with. 

Is it really not possible to tell Word that the text I am writing is in English, but still keep my Danish keyboard layout? I have set everything to English in word, but no matter what, it still uses Danish as the default language. When I press the language tab (from the lower task bar) when I'm working on my document and select English and press set as standard, I doesn't change anything. It immediately reverts to Danish.. 

I'm using Office 2013, Windows 7 and everything is installed in English.

Please advice.

Best regards, 
Kenneth

Word 2013 opening files in Read Only

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 05:30 AM PDT

Hi,

I have recently purchased a new computer, first time using Windows 8.1 and also first time using Office 2013.

I have a program that I create invoices with but when it tries to open the invoice template (which has fields which update according to data pushed through from the program) the template is opening in Read Only meaning that my data isn't getting loaded into it.  The Invoice Template is an RTF file type (I have no control over this) and I have previously used this program to run invoices using Word 2003 without an issue.

After looking here it seems there are a few people with this Read Only issue.  I have tried all the usual things like making sure Read Only box isn't ticked, checking all Trust Centre stuff out etc but nothing I do changes this.

Help!

Equation Editor - Insert custom size matrix

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:52 AM PDT

It does not appear to be possible in Word 365 to insert an equation with a Matrix that has a different size larger than 3x3. I.e. 

- create a new document

- Insert | Equation

- Equation Tools | Design | Matrix

I can only select from the predefined Matrix sizes. The context menu does not have an option to insert additional rows or columns.

I need to create a Matrix with 6 rows and 2 columns. I did manage to 'fake' it by first inserting a 2x2 matrix and then creating a 3x1 sub-matrix in each cell. This does seem silly.

question about word 2013

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:25 AM PDT

Hi,

I have a .doc file that was written in word 2010, now I have switched to office 2013, it open the document but only the first page of the document!!!! does anybody know how to solve that or have the same problem?

any hints or comments are appreciated.

regards,

Vahid

Unable to open Word 2013

Posted: 28 Oct 2014 04:24 AM PDT

I have downloaded office 2013 and everything will open with Microsoft except word.

what do I need to do to rectify this issue?

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How to create a new symbol

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 06:39 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

Sorry, you have explained how to get an *existing* symbol in the panel, which is easy. The question in general is: how do we add a non-existent, i.e., new symbol to the list of symbols in word? Is it possible at all?

Office 2013 is no longer working

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 06:16 PM PDT

I am unable to open any type of file from office.  Everything was working fine and now I can not even open a new document in word, let alone a saved document. Help!!!

Word 2013 File Conversion doesn't work

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 05:59 PM PDT

I have been opening earlier version of word documents with word 2013, but now all of a sudden I'm getting the file conversion window.  And in the file conversion window it says "select encoding to make your document readable" - WIndows ( Default),  MS DOS and  Other Encoding.   And the text for the file shows up as gibberish whenever I select each one of the options.

Please advise.

Regards.

  

Problem opening a document

Posted: 27 Oct 2014 03:58 PM PDT

Split from this thread.


When I try to open the document it only allows Word Desktop Option not regular Word. How do I get an editable copy of the document. 
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