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Microsoft Word - Recover and repair

Recover and repair

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:58 PM PST

I was using Word 2007 with Vista.  I bought a new computer (Windows 8) and upgraded to Office Home & Student 2013.  I get a message that I need to use recover and repair to open the documents on the new computer.  I've gone to the forum and tried the suggestions there but still cannot open the documents.

Share Office 2013 and other programs across all accounts.

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 11:47 AM PST

Hi all,

I have installed Office 2013 on my new Acer laptop, running Windows 8.1 and after some bumbling around have also set up accounts for my hubby and two children. The problem is that I can't figure out how to share Office with the other accounts, because when I click on Start and look at the available apps none of them (or others I installed on my own account) are showing.

How do I a) share Office across all accounts and b) only download an app once for it to show as available on all accounts?

Thanks LOADS!

Cathy :-)

Microsoft Office 365 Word Document Problem

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 08:51 AM PST

I have a document that a letter N has appeared at the top of all my pages. Why is it there and how do I remove it?

Styles

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 07:25 AM PST

I have just starting using Word Styles in Word 2013 and I am finding them generally great in managing my documents however from the articles I have read, it should be that when using Styles, there should ideally be no extra spaces or unwanted spaces in the documents. I still find extra spaces which I have to manually delete and this does not make me happy at all.

Secondly in a number of cases when I make changes in the 'Line and Page Breaks' under paragraphs which contains; Widow/Orphan control, Keep with Next, Keep lines together and Page before break by checking the boxes to activate these controls; the style does not respond and I have to make adjustments manually. Is there something I am missing in handling styles? They should automatically format the document to be neat.

Please advise on this as I need to train my colleagues on use of Styles.

MS Word 2013 spell check highlights changed words as misspelled.

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 06:35 AM PST

This problem started yesterday. If, for example, I delete the lower-case f in finally and replace it with a capital F, spell check highlights "inally" as if it's a fragment. The only way to get rid of the highlighting is to retype the word. Any thoughts?

Moving Word mail merge file

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 05:38 AM PST

I have a number of Word mail merge master files linked to a very old Access database as the data source. Every so often over the years, I've changed computer and had to reset the link between the Word files (they are .doc, but could be .docx except for the ones that do image merging) and the Access data because the path has changed.

The problem is that I have dozens of often quite similar queries in the database, and it is hard, after several years of it all just working, to find out which query is being addressed by the Word file. There doesn't seem to be any UI in Word to provide this (even if the old path is still available; if it isn't it won't open the file without identifying the new source, which is chicken-and-egg). I even tried opening the Word file as binary (in emacs), and it doesn't seem to store the query name as a text string within the file).

So, how can I determine which query a Word mail merge master file is referencing in an access database? Is there a way to determine this after the link has been lost?

problem of filling text from bottom of the page

Posted: 27 Nov 2014 01:31 AM PST

when I start to write, the first line appear at the bottom of the text and by pressing inter, text go up. On the other hand text fill from the bottom of the page and blank spaces (due to figures and next paragraphes) appear on the top of text. What should I do?

starting page 1 on the left without having Word inserting an extra unwanted page

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 09:01 PM PST

I want to have page 1 start on the left page without Word 2010 inserting it's famous unwanted 'blank' page that skewed my document when it's printed.

I have a title page and inside cover page as section 1. The TOC is 3 pages and those are SECs 2 and 3. Then comes Section 4 where Task 1begins (could be called Ch. 1) but I want this to start as page 1 but on the left side as this task is 2 pages and I want them facing each other.

The thing is, the problem of odd/even page business. If I do get page 1 to start where I need it to, then somewhere in the middle of the 140 pg document Word insert a blank page.

How can I get to have page one start on the left and keep the numbering consecutive all the way through without Word inserting anything anywhere? Is there a simple and clear way to go about this?

Merging Table Cells in Microsoft Word on Apple iOS app?

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:40 PM PST

I have Microsoft Word app installed on my iPod touch (5th gen).  I tried searching online and the Help/Support section and couldn't find what the subject of this thread is.  How would I merge two cells on a Word table into one big cell?  I didn't see anything in the menu or the quick pop up menu when I selected two or more cells.

Mysterious heavy horizontal dotted line

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:33 PM PST

In WORD document - - a heavy horizontal dotted line suddenly appeared. How can I get rid of it?

Small letter n with tilde - where is it?!

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:29 PM PST

Microsoft Office 2013, Word:  I've been searching the Symbol pane in several different fonts looking for n with ~ above it, but either I'm blind or it's just not there.  Has anyone else found it?

Help with fixing Word to normal sized page look

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 07:48 PM PST

When I open Word, is opened with the actual page as half of the possible screen in the Word window. I've clicked and changed views a few times, and it fixed, but now it won't. I've tried opening several saved documents as well as new documents and they all end up looking like this. Is there any way to fix it? It is very hard to read, edit or type documents with this view.

Embedding theme colour palettes

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 07:41 PM PST

I am currently trying to somehow 'embed' a number of theme colour palettes into a Word (2010) template. Is this at all possible for the the colour palettes to 'live' with the template, so anyone that downloads the template will have the themes or do the theme colour palettes need to live on each individuals computer?

Apologies if this has already been answered before.

MS Office 2013 Pro installed on a Vaio laptop with Windows 7 OS. When WinWord is launched, all tamplates appear on the screenb but does not work?

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 05:18 PM PST

Laptop:  Sony VAIO   RAM:  8GB   OS:  Windows 7

Sufficient Storage - 750GB

Office 2010 worked fine.  Completely uninstalled Office 2010 before installing  Office 2013.

When you click on any template "not responding"appears.  I have not been able to resolve this even after  a complete un-install and re-install of MSOffice 2013.  Note that, PowerPoint, Excel, OutLook work fine.!!!

Latest:  When the app shows "Not Responding"  I tried to quit X (top RH corner of the app box),  it showes three options

1.  Close the program, 

2.  Restart the program,

3.  Wait for the program to complete.

(a) When I chose # 1,  a new doc page opens!

(b) If I open a "old"  existing docx from a folder,  work proggram works.

I am not sure why the "Word Portal page"  is not working??? in this MS  Office 2013 Pro app?

Mailmerge on Word 2013 stopped working correctly for a document that had been working correctly for a long time

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 04:44 PM PST

The Word document pulls records from an Access query to fill out fields in a letter. It still does that but now it prints the set of letters over and over whether I send the output to a printer or a PDF.  

Numbering paragraphs in Word 2010

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:44 PM PST

I've followed the instructions from WordMVP to set up a list style for document in Word 2010. I need to the sections to look like this

Section 1 - Content (Level 1)

1.0  Content (Level 2)

1.0.1  Content (Level 3)

1.0.2  Content (Level 3)

1.0.2.1 Content Level 4)

etc........

1.1 Content (Level 2)

1.1.1 Content (Level 3)

1.1.1.1 Content (Level 4)

1.1.1.2 Content Level 4)

1.2  Content (level 2)

1.2.1 Content Level 3

Section 2 - Content (Level 1)

2.0  Content (Level 2)

2.0.1 Content (Level 3)

When I set up my style list per the instructions when I'm in level 2 it goes from 1.0 to 2.0 instead of 1.1

Thanks in advance for the help!

Office 2013 Does Not Work

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:36 PM PST

Getting error message "We're sorry but Word ha run into an error that is preventing it from working. Word will need to close as a result."

Will modified keyboard shortcuts in Word affect other programs?

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:24 PM PST

Split from this thread.

Will changes made in Word flow through to other applications? It is not just in Word that they stopped working

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 slow when editing document with tracked changes

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 slow when editing document with tracked changes

Word 2013 slow when editing document with tracked changes

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:32 PM PST

I am editing a 5 mb Word 2013 document in tracked changes.   Editing is very slow - it takes forever to delete a word or character, etc.   I have a new Surface Pro 2 with 8 gb RAM, a 500+ gb SSD and an i5 processor (Windows 8.1 of course).  Only 2% of CPU and 30% of memory is being used.   I don't have a virus, and set download to pdf as my default printer.   I tried deleting the formatting changes, but no dice.   How do you speed up editing?   I'm a business user. Not using track changes is not an acceptable answer.   It's only a 5mb document - lots of tables, but no graphics yet.

How to install required tools for spell check with 2013 Word (HUP)?

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:00 PM PST

Details:

Personal computer running Windows 8.1, 64-bit

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PPT) installed using Home Use Program (HUP)

Question:

I currently do not having spell-check enabled (no red/green squigglies). A pop up prompt within Word suggested I install the required proofing tools. Following the link led me to this MS website. 

From here I wasn't entirely sure what I should be downloading. I scrolled down to Proofing Tool > Download > selected English and downloaded. Once installed it prompted me to restart Word so I closed out and reopened my document. Clicking spell-check prompted the same pop-up.

It would appear that I need to download something else. Is spell-check a free downloadable tool? Should I have downloaded something other than the Proofing Tool (I.E. Language Pack $)?

Thank you for any help or direction,

Zack

Templates in Word

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 01:56 PM PST

There are 7 Normal.dot templates on my computer. (Normal1.dot, Normal2.dot etc) 

Can I delete some of these templates and not delete or corrupt a document created with the template?  Is there a way of knowing what Word document is using which template? 

As you can tell I do not know how the template and data connect.  I do not need all these templates but I do not want to delete data.

Thanks  

Fonts Won't Embed

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 01:17 PM PST

I have uploaded a Word (2003) manuscript to Create Space half a dozen times, but the Interior Reviewer keeps saying that my fonts aren't embedded.  I have verified that the correct boxes are checked and unchecked in the Options menu.  The fonts are TrueType fonts (Adamsky and Accord), but I'm not certain that they are embeddable, because I don't know how to confirm that.  Does anyone have an educated guess as to why this is happening?

Word 2010 Is this possible

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 01:02 PM PST

Hello From Steved

Question please find the below and delete in a single macro, I do not want to have nine macros if possible

They are at the start of a paragraph, there are nine paragraphs

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

4th:

5th:

6th:

7th:

8th:

9th:

Thank you

Copy-Paste web page with PNG image to Word 2010-2013

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 12:32 PM PST

Is there a way to copy-paste web page with PNG images to word 2010-2013? In word 2007 works fine.


Example:
Go to http://www.microsoft.com/library/errorpages/smarterror.aspx? select all, copy and paste. PNG pictures are not displayed (show like picture placeholder but is not)

This is a good link http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/invisiblegraphics.htm but not in this case.

Thanks for any guidance

Clipboard problem

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 11:54 AM PST

I use windows 8 and Office 2007.

I have the following problem with clipboard.

I open a new word document and use the clipboard which works 100%.  But when I open a new document the clipboard empties automactically leaving only one entry.

Kind Regards to the Community

Mark

Multiple Linked Content Control Drop Down Lists In Same Word Document

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 11:18 AM PST

I have been successful in linking the the drop down lists i created but have not yet been able to duplicate the same concept in the same word document i am trying to create. I am trying to use the same data in 6 different rows of a 2 column table in a Word document

Word 2007 not working

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 10:56 AM PST

When i open my word 2007 they required the product key when i put it down the product key error why?my windows premium is genuine...pls help me

Cursor disappears in MS Word

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 09:47 AM PST

When I switch from print mode to draft mode my cursor disappears. This is very disconcerting because I prefer to do all my work in draft mode.

I use MS Office 2013 in Win 8.1.

Also, is there any way to make draft mode the default for new docs?

Thanks.

Recover files in their original format extensions from readyboost

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 08:07 AM PST

Needing to free up some memory, I transferred a directory containing a large number of files, mostly doc and docx but also some pdf and jpg, to a high-capacity usb memory stick.  Now I find that they have been stored in sfcache format, which I had never heard of.  When I try to open the directory in Word (I always accessed it in Word before, and right-clicked the non-doc files to select the program that opened them), I get a message that another program is using it.  Also when I insert the usb drive, there is no autorun popup.  I need to recover this material in the original formats, and I cannot find anything I can understand on how to do it.  

Unable to send mail directly from Word document

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 05:39 AM PST

I have Office 2007 and Windows 8.1 OS. I am unable to send mail directly from file and get an error message   as below. Please advise

Convert a PDF file with PostScript font (T3) to Word document

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 05:30 AM PST

Hi,

I have a PDF file with Type 3 PostScript font embedded in it, the text is in Vietnamese. I used Nitro PDF to convert the file to Word so I can edit it but after converting the text is displayed incorrectly. Even when I open the PDF file directly in Microsoft Word 2013 the text still displays incorrectly. Is there a solution this?

I have a some screenshots here so you can easily know what I mean:

Word 2010 - mailmerge previews OK, simulates OK but completing or printing or editing gives "data records empty or no data records fit your query"

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:42 AM PST

Fed up with 2010 -  always needs the data file on drive C while I am working over a shared network at home with the data stored originally on a NAS box so I have to copy it across each time - not particularly onerous but a damn nuisance.  This particular data file I used 6 months ago and it worked fine - now I choose the data source and it previews the first page perfectly.  I use the Auto Check for errors and the simulation works with "no errors" while the other 2 options give "data records empty or no data records fit your query"-  neither giving any indication in a 'separate document' of what the problem is.  If I Finish and Edit the individual document I get the same error message.  Printing just doesnt do anything - you click print - no error message and nothing goes to the printer.  Have tried re-choosing the data.  Have tried re-saving both master and data with different names plus .doc and .docx .  Never had any of this with previous versions of Word.

Page information in status bar

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:35 AM PST

Yesterday Word ceased including page information in the status bar at the bottom of the screen, indicating that every document was one page long regardless of word count. Right clicking showed that the appropriate check marks were all in place for page info to appear. Still nothing. Anyone know how to get this function to work properly?

file conversion

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:29 AM PST

Tried to print an envelope from a template that worked before.After i reinstalled windows same version

I am getting the error message select the encoding that makes the message readable windows msdos or

'other Nothing works What am I doing wrong

winword.exe - Application Error

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 03:22 AM PST

Microsoft Word wont open for me the following message keeps showing up 'The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)'. I have started and restarted my laptop. help???

Mailing merge creates a document, with all the pages numbered as 1

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:59 AM PST

Hi, I've got this problem:

TL:DR:
All the pages of a mailing merge are treated as one huge page (all have number 1), even when printing.

Full:

I create a mailing merge for labels (around 70 pages), Everything works fine,prints everything etc. However, due to printer problems there sometimes is a need to reprint one or more pages. Here is where it becomes tricky - I think that because the exported table of labels is treated as a single section, even though I see the each page the way I would print, they all have number 1. I can scroll trough the entire document, and the number always remains 1. When I print, it is impossible to print out only one page that I wold like to, as it prints the entire document insted. Inserting a page break results in the next page being number 2, but the consecutive ones' numbers are unchanged (1). Theoretically, I could insert a whole lot of page breaks, but it would result in my document becoming a huge mess. Exporting the file into PDF help, as Adobe sees each page as a separate, properly numbered page, but nevertheless having the document in a printable, editable form in Word is quite important to me.

Is there some fix for this? Thanks in advance

Highlight function doesn't work, it stops after one click in the document

Posted: 26 Nov 2014 02:02 AM PST

I never had problems with my hihglight function in Word 2007. Since I opened a certain document, nothing special just a Word document, my highlight function stopped working.

I can still highlight text, but after one click with my mouse, the marking stops. Where it should normally should stay on, untill you click the button 'stop highlighting'.

I've alreay called the help desk, but they cannot help me unfortunately. Is there anyone else who had the same problem, but was able to fix it?

Microsoft word has stopped working while editing an equation

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 11:39 PM PST

I am trying to edit an equation in word document but the moment I click on it, it says "microsoft word has stopped working". I tried different office suites, different computers and let microsoft support access this file. But no success. I am so frustrated. Here is the link to that file. Please have a look at it and if someone knows how to fix it please let me know.:)

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=256D68B5021CFB26!38792&authkey=!AANl3wl72-1QDSw&ithint=file%2cdocx

or

http://1drv.ms/1zWWgQy

Thanks Heaps.

Formatting page numbers in a header

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 07:09 PM PST

I  have a  different response when I try to insert a page number into my header.  It says      {PAGE\* MERGEFORMAT}  I have never seen this before.  It occurs when I click on the Page # icon and press top of page and when I try Quick Parts  Field Page  Format 1,2,3,...    When I attempt to formatt page numbers all of the pages have the same number.     Please Help

 1

No responding when close word after copy something from the document

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 07:02 PM PST

I use office 2013 64 bit on Windows 8.1. The hard drive is SSD with TRIM on. Also I has another computer with normal hard drive. The following problem occurred on both computers.

When I open a word document, no matter .doc or .docx, and copy some words, even a character, then I close the document. The word program stop responding. This problem arises no matter the size of the documents. If I open some word documents, no responding when I close the last one. I tried

  • Deleted COM plug-ins
  • Repair install
  • Disable Hardware Acceleration
  • Remove internet from locations to save to
  • Disable background saving

While it still exist.

I don't know is there any connections with the topic: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2013_release-word/word-2013-extremely-slow-saving-and-pasting-plain/94718ebd-0a1a-4542-904a-33185a115ae2?page=12&tm=1416970165055

Pls help to figure me out. Thanks

Recovering files

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:25 AM PST

I accidentally deleted a file with Office 365 Home Edition on my iPad and I would like help to recover it. 

Office Enterprise 2007 - Missing WordLR.cab file - Microsoft Office forums

Office Enterprise 2007 - Missing WordLR.cab file - Microsoft Office forums

Office Enterprise 2007 - Missing WordLR.cab file

Posted: 22 Dec 2007 06:58 PM PST

Office 2007 Enterprise Edition is a Volume License version of Office, You need to get in touch with the IT person at your Company who is the one that can sort this out with Microsoft.

--
Peter

Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged.

"Bob Irvine" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... 

[Another] missing file

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:54 PM PST


::::
I too face a similar situation.In my case the missing fil
is:-SKU012.CAB.
I am getting regular updates from Microsoft,but for Office 2003 SP3
since the file is about 117MB,I downloaded it from Microsoft Downloa
Center and tried to install it,as guided by MS Site and Forums.Bu
installation stopped showing the error:-"Microsoft Standard Editio
2003 installation error-file not found:A required installation file:
SKU012.CAB could not be found.
Insert the CD or browse to the installation source in your network."
Since the CD is misplaced and not traceable,I tried al
forums,support.Microsoft and pointed it to i386, but still th
installer did not respond.In MSOCACHE and in i386 the file is i
SKU012.xml.I've run the Windows Installer Clean up Utility and remove
Microsoft OfficeStandard Edition 2003 as per the guide i
support.microsoft.com/kb/290301,as seen in Mary Sauer's Notes in thi
Forum, but did not yield any result.
*Is there any solution for this?*
I don't know why Microsoft does not give a smooth installation to thi
Office2003SP3

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How do I install Accounting Professional 2008 on Vista 64-bit?

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 05:15 PM PST

Bob,

You certainly wouldn't know that from the email triggered by the trial
download. Here's the entire text (just to jog the memory of some of the folks
over in Bldg 31 on the Redmond campus):

=====================
Thanks for visiting the Microsoft Office Accounting 2008 Web site! By now we
hope you've had an opportunity to download the 60 day trial version of
Microsoft Office Accounting Professional 2008, our new, easy to use financial
management software for small businesses. We're confident you'll find this
software a valuable tool to help take your business to the next level.

If you have downloaded the software already, please use the following
Product Key in order to activate your trial:

XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (thought I'd better not provide the key...)

If you have not yet had the opportunity to download the 60 day trial
software please click here:

http://www.ideawins.com/OAProDownloads1.aspx

After you have installed the software we highly recommend that you register
it as well. It's quick and painless, and you'll get useful insiders' tips and
tricks on how to get the most out of Accounting Professional, straight from
the experts.

Here are just a few of the benefits you'll enjoy with Office Accounting
Professional: [Note that this email is about the trial edition and there's
nothing in this benefits statement that excludes the trial explicitly or
implicitly - given the subject of the email]

Get up and running quickly: Easy step-by-step wizards guide you through
setup and common tasks. And you already know how to use Accounting
Professional, because it works just like the Microsoft Office applications
you use every day.

Save time on everyday tasks: Create quotes, invoices, track expenses and
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Enjoy free phone support for 90 days: Simply call 1-866-827-1619.** Ask us
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We know accounting can be intimidating, especially when you're busy building
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Thanks too for the alternative newsgroup. It wasn't available from the link
used in the Feedback menu of Accounting Professional 2008, this was the
closest one listed.

Thanks,
Richard


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Installing into new computer

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:57 AM PST

Don't look at the EILA online - read the one that is installed on your
computer. THAT'S that one that counts. The part about how many computers
you cna install it on is generally in the first section.


--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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


"KitchenSuccess" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

name recognition

Posted: 21 Dec 2007 10:53 AM PST

Actually, my previous instructions DO apply to Outlook 2007 as well. I just
looked and it is exactly the same. :-)
--
Bob Larson
Access World Forums Super Moderator
Utter Access VIP
Tutorials at http://www.btabdevelopment.com
If my post was helpful to you, please rate the post.
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"Wipper" wrote:
 

speech recognition and Error 1706

Posted: 20 Dec 2007 01:02 PM PST

On Dec 20, 6:21 pm, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote: 

THANK YOU VERY MUCH BOB. IT WORKED. and was great relief to me. As
you suggested I went to control panel (Regional settings if Windows
XP) to turn off the Dictation/Speech language features. Appreciate
your great help.

Office 2007 installation problem - missing cab files

Posted: 20 Dec 2007 08:59 AM PST

http://support.microsoft.com/

"alva1234" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Need advice on starting out with Office03.

Posted: 19 Dec 2007 03:13 AM PST

On 19 Dec, 15:42, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote: 

Thanks for the advice and link. Using Access is my favourite option at
present, though I 'm sure you're right about the learning curve.
--
Regards,
Jayne Bartram

Cannot open excel file directly

Posted: 19 Dec 2007 01:22 AM PST

It's work, thanks a lot.

--
KenL

"Dave Peterson" <net>
???????:net... 

Migrate Outlook Express to Outlook?

Posted: 19 Dec 2007 12:29 AM PST

Many thanks to both of you for the advice. Sure enough, I had underestimated
the task.

John

"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Can I re-install Office?

Posted: 18 Dec 2007 04:30 PM PST

Hi
Thanks again for your help. I shall head down that path.

Kiwi, when referring to fruit, is actually a shortened name from Kiwifruit.

A true Kiwi is a small flightless bird that lives in forests in New Zealand
and is the country's national animal. So as I am 6'7" tall and a NZer I
qualify as a Big Kiwi, but not a big fruit.

I hope you have a great Christmas, and thanks so much for your help. :-)

Cheers

Simon T.

"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
 

Can't copy 2003 files to 2007 Ouutlook

Posted: 18 Dec 2007 02:50 PM PST

Presumably you refer to outlook data files?
Copy them to your hardisk, not the default location but eg My Doents.
In Explorer check or set the read only flag to off.
Within Outlook, File >Open>Data File.....browse to the location.
All data is contained within the pst file

"Boze" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

the operating system is not configured to run this application

Posted: 18 Dec 2007 01:13 PM PST

On Dec 19, 5:36 am, "JoAnn Paules" <com>
wrote: 

Have it fixed. Need to open the application before doing the final
snapshot phase.

Office 2007 Installation Issue

Posted: 18 Dec 2007 09:34 AM PST

A retail copy?
The user has Admin rights?

"Aaron Beard" <Aaron microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Patch Package cannot be opened

Posted: 17 Dec 2007 06:28 PM PST

I receive the "patch package cannot be opened..." when I:
Try to use the MSOffice 2003 SBE CD to repair or install
Try to use Add/Remove programs to Change or Remove

I have used the install cleaner tool, rebooted and tried again with the same
result.

As I indicated I have the verbose data from the failed install in case
anyone wants to help me find which reg entry or patch package need to be
removed.

"DL" wrote:
 

Microsoft Word - Envelope Fonts

Microsoft Word - Envelope Fonts

Envelope Fonts

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 02:40 PM PST

Microsoft Word 2007......

Envelope and Label Wizard....icon.  After I create my letter I simply click on this icon on the Quick Access Toolbar, the Envelope and Labels Window opens and the Delivery address and return address automatically populate.  

When I print the envelope I found the delivery address too small.  In the Envelope and label Window I clicked on Options, changed the Font style and size for the Delivery Address and the Envelope printed to my liking.

I thought making the change to the Delivery Address would be permanent.....but when I went to print another envelope and delivery address was back to the original "too" small font.  

I did some research and found an article that you created a New template going thru styles...envelope....Delivery and Return address...selected Font type and size, saved the document which was saved a Doc1.doc.  this worked except now if I am to print an envelope I must open Word, then open the Doc1.doc document......to me an extra step.    

Isn't there a way that when I open Word it opens to the Document1 blank document that I can change the Envelope so that the delivery address is saved to my desired Font type and most importantly Size?  I know each time I go to type an envelope I can just use the envelope and label Window Options to change the Font type and size and my changes will be saved permanently 

Signed name with pen tool but signature will not display in the PDF

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 02:38 PM PST

I am working with an HP EliteBook that has a touch screen. When I sign my name with the Pen tool using my finger and convert the doc to PDF, the signature will not display. Any ideas? I've tried different settings but no change. Any graphics added to the doc converts to PDF and displays, just not my drawn signature. I have a project riding on solving this problem, so please reply if you know what's going or have suggestions.

Thanks,

Charlie

charlie6067

PERSONALISING WORD 2013 - EG WIDTH OF BORDERS OF PAGES

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 01:59 PM PST

I CANT FIND THE PERSONALISATION OPTION THAT ALLOWS ME TO WIDEN THE SIDE BORDERS IN WORD, INCREASE THE SIZE OF FONT ON MENUS, CHOSE SIZE AND SPACING BETWEEN ICONS ON DESKTOP - I'M USING WINDOWS 8.1. I HAVE ALWAYS PERSONALISED MY COMPUTERS TO HELP WITH A VISION IMPAIRMENT WITHOUT USING THE MAGNIFIYING OPTION, WHICH IS DISTRACTING

PLEASE HELP

Total or Completion Using Checkboxes

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 12:57 PM PST

I'm using ActiveX in Word 2010 to insert checkboxes into a table of tasks, and would like to track the ones that have been completed with something like a progress bar or completion percentage that will update as the boxes are checked and show how many are complete.

Why is my template so large, and how can I avoid this in the future (Word 2010)

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 10:31 AM PST

A month ago, I saved a Word document, minus most of the text, tables and headings, as a Word template. I've had to update the template three or four times by adding or deleting a table or information to the existing template, which should have increased the size, but not by much. By the end of all the updating, the size of the template increased from 400KB to 10MB.

 

It is as though the original template took on not only the formatting and size of the newly added table or information, but the formatting and size of the entire documents from which the table or information was taken. So what started out as a KB size template – gradually increased to 3MB, then 7MB, to finally 10MB.

 

On a hunch, I copied and pasted the template at its largest size into a blank Word document and saved it as a new template. This decreased the size from 10MB down to 350KB.

 

How do I avoid this in the future? I have been creating and updating templates and forms for years, without an issue, until now. I shouldn't have to keep cutting and pasting my template or document into a clean/new document each time I update or change it.

I don't know if this has anything to do with this, but I'm wondering if Windows updates are the issues. Everything worked fine on my computer and Word 2010 until November, at which time tons of things went wrong. The manufacturer said that they had cases of Windows update -- even the recommended ones, causing issues such as this. As  result, I had to do a complete system reinstall. 

Anyway, I have Windows 7, 64-bit, and Office 2010 64-bit. (I had Office 32-bit, but installed the 64-bit version after the reinstall, since the 32-bit was sluggish. 

Any help will be appreciated! Happy Thanksgiving!

Printing issues in Word 2007

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 10:15 AM PST

Whenever I try to print a document in Microsoft Office 2007, it seems like it zooms in when it is printed out. The text is cut off the page and it looks nothing like how it is set up on my screen. In the print preview it looks normal, exactly how I set it up but when printed everything is large and cut off. I also got an error message about margins being outside of the page but the margins are set to the normal default setting. I even tried to make them bigger. I don't know if there is a zoom function that you can change when you print. It is not the printer for sure. It happens even when I print to pdf. It is happening to one other person as well on my companies network. 

Microsoft Word Starter 2010 Not Working

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 08:48 AM PST

Hi! I've been using the same Microsoft word application on my computer for roughly four years. When I bought the computer, it came with the purchased version of 'Microsoft Word Starter 2010', because I added pretty much everything to it when I bought it. Like I said before, I've been using it just fine since I got it.

However, just last week I tried opening it and it wouldn't open. A pop up appears and says, 'Click-to-run Application Manager' as the title and inside the box it has, 'Microsoft Word Starter 2010 cannot be opened. Try again or repair the product in Control Panel.'

Here's how I went about trying to fix it:

Start<Control Panel< ....

I tried typing in 'Microsoft word' and it said nothing existed. But, on my start bar and in my applications Microsoft word is present. And as I've said twice, I've been using the application for years, paid for. I was confused that it wasn't there, so I searched online.

At this point I tried using a trouble shooter for micro word found on this site, but it said no issues found.

And now I'm here, so can anyone offer me any advice? Help? I would appreciate it so, so much. I use Microsoft Word a lot.

Selection of text hilite color

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 08:18 AM PST

For some reason when I select text to copy, the highlight color is barely discernible. How can I change the color so that I can easily see what I am trying to select?

Add a list of figures and tables while avoiding cross-references

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 07:51 AM PST

Hello,

I'm looking for a way of creating separate list of numbered figure and table captions.

The sequence numbers for tables and figures are defined like this:

Table { SEQ Table \* ARABIC } ...

Figure { SEQ Figure \* ARABIC } ...

No problems so far.

It gets difficult when I add the lists of figures and tables:


** 1st approach **

{ TOC \c "Table" }

Problem: The document contains cross-references to captions. Since cross-references use SEQ fields, too, those paragraphs appear in the table of captions.

** 2nd approach **
{ TOC \t "Caption" }
Problems:
- By default, Word uses the paragraph style "Caption" for all kinds of captions. The captions of figures and tables end up in the same list.
- "TOC \t" uses paragraph style "TOC 1" from the main TOC, but I'd prefer "Table of Figures" since the formatting needs to be different.

Any suggestions how to avoid these problems?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

JH

CANT LOAD OFFICE 365

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:39 AM PST

I have a Office 365 disc for 5 computers. I loaded it on one of my computers just fine. I am trying to load it on my new computer and it will not work. Any suggestions?

Help with problem with Office Word 2013

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:37 AM PST

Hello, I am having a problem with Word 2013.  When I am in Word the documents looks fine, but when I go to print and in print preview the right side of the document is cut off.  I have tried changing the margins to different settings, I tried changing views but nothing works.  When I put a bolder around the page, it shows that the right side is cut off too.  It is as if Word is not recognizing that the page is 8.5 x 11 even though I have it set to this.  It is as though the paper size is too small even though it isn't.  I hope this makes sense.  Here is a screen shot.  Thanks.

Recovering files

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:25 AM PST

I accidentally deleted a file with Office 365 Home Edition on my iPad and I would like help to recover it. 

Why can't I start Word or Excel?

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:21 AM PST

i am not able open word or excel sheet. what can i do

Why wont Word let me place a line of text at the bottom of a page

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 06:09 AM PST

I am so sick of fighting with Word.

Todays problem is trying to simply place a line of text at the bottom of a page. 

I have typed a line of text, and hit return to send it to the bottom of the page, but before it reaches anywhere near the bottom of the page, it jumps to the top of the next page.

I have changed the bottom margin to .5, and removed any footer, and Word still will not let me move the line of text to anywhere near the bottom of the page.

The **** at Microsoft have really reduced word to the s.h.i.t.t.i.e.s.t word processing program on the market.

My entire staff wastes huge amounts of time trying to do simple things that were never a problem in the old versions of Word.

Can anyone tell me how to get past this latest defect in this c.r.a.p.p.y program?

P.S. you coders at Microsoft really s.u.c.k for ruining this program.

The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:55 AM PST

"The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents: Line 2 Column 1227"

"The file cannot be opened because there are problems with the contents: Line 2 Column 4452"

I tried the following for my MS 2007 Word Document which suddenly failed to open:

1. Chksk r/ f/

2. A couple of Hmtl Editors

3. Viewing on Gmail using different apps and HTML viewers

4. Various MS Word Repair programs from the Microsoft website and from other sites.

5. Read other's suggestions

Help pliz?

Skip Record If... Not Working linked to Access database

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:46 AM PST

Hey all,

     I'm trying to use the Mail Merge in Word to turn out a group of memos that call for work to be done on a group of parts (one memo per part number).  I have the parts organized in an Access database, which contains about a dozen fields or so about each part - one of which is a checkbox "Yes/No" field designating if the part has been "Found" in the warehouse or not.  Checking the box in the part's record designates it has been found.

     Over in Word, I've set up the Mail Merge fields as follows:

                         <<Skip Record If...>><<Found>><<Part_Number>>

With the conditions of the "Skip Record If" rule set as: 

Field Name: Found;

Comparison: Equal to;

Compare to: False

This results in the following field code being generated:

{ SKIPIFTrue<>"False" }

But of course, when I go to preview the merge, Word doesn't skip any of the records.  It just includes all of them.  Other things I have tried are using the "Next Record If..." rule (in which case Word skips SOME of the records, but not all of them?), and removing the quotes from around "False" in the field code (wondering if Word was looking for the Text String "False" as opposed to the value of False).  Neither of which gave me the results I was looking for.  My last thought was to change the Found field in the Access database from a checkbox field to a text or dropdown field with "Yes" or "No" explicitly in it, thinking this may give Word something easier to compare to in the Mail Merge, but this would involve changing several things in the database I'd prefer not to do.  What's more curious/frustrating is that if I add the field "Found" to my mail merge, the values output by Word ARE, in fact, "True" and "False" - so I know this is the proper way to represent the data from Access in Word.

Anyone have any idea why this isn't working as it should?

Much appreciated in advance!

Why can't I edit a word document I received as an e-mail attachment?

Posted: 25 Nov 2014 05:35 AM PST

Why is it I cant add information to a word document that was attached via email from a trusted source. basically its an invoice on which I need to add my working hours. don't really want to have to pay a subscription fee for 365 if I'm only needing it once a month. I cant change the settings that allows editing.

PLEASE HELP

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Original title: word document

WORD 2010 STILL PRINTS SAME FOOTNOTE AND SAME PAGE NUMBER ON EVERY PAGE!

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 11:54 PM PST

Hello.

PLEASE! Can someone tell me (in plain non-geek English) how to solve this?  I've read everything on the Help pages that even remotely pertain to this. I actually called Tech Support 3 times and used chat 3 times. Nothing has worked. I tried the "Repair" feature in the Control Panel. I'm afraid to completely un-install then re-install for fear it will only make matters worse.  When I erase the footnote and/or page numbers from where I DON"T want them, they disappear from the pages where I DO want them. Example: a footnote I only want on page 7 appears on all 10 pages of a document. I delete it from all but page 7 . It disappears from 7 too!  Also, I can't get it to allow both page numbers and footnotes.

If it helps, I use a Dell Inspiron 560 running Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit.  Thanks a million times to anyone who can help.

Word Lists, especially multilevel lists are the buggiest things I have seen in Word

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 09:37 PM PST

I do not know how the heck they designed their list mechanisms, but working with lists in Microsoft word can be true nightmare.

It seems that by default you can stop a list, add some other paragraph style then start another list and the list number style seems to default to continuing from where the last list left off.  In my work that is not the normal situation, but that is something that should be controlled at the document level.

Then there seems to be a bug, (and I do mean bug), where renumber one list somehow causes twenty other lists (for example)  to also renumber, even though they were not selected at the time.  It would really be nice if Microsoft Word would pay attention to only the selected text and leave other stuff alone.

I thought that I used to understand multi-level lists, but I no longer do.  I believe I remember a time when they behaved somewhat like Outlines, so to go from level 1 to level 2, first I would hit Return and then hit the Tab key.  That no longer seems to work.  All I get that way now is the same level with an extra tab in the line.  It looks like they now use the indent and outdent line buttons on the ribbon.  But even that is questionable.

Another issue that I have run into with lists is poor control over the indent level.  I will have set up the list to indent .25 inch per level, but for some unknown reason I will get a spurious response where instead of indenting just .25 inches, a line will indent 2 inches.  And I have not been able to figure out what causes it. 

  • I double check the level settings for all list levels and they all seem to be okay. 
  • I have tried to correlate the indentation level with paragraph controls, but the results are inconsistent.  Sometimes the markers on the ruler make sense and the indentation can be adjusted and sometimes the markers seem to be where they should be, but the line is still indented way too far and can't be moved.
  • I have tried clearing formatting, but that doesn't seem to help.

One of the outside articles written by some Microsoft MVP indicates that multilevel lists are somehow related to styles and they recommend relating list levels to heading level styles.  This seems nonsensical to me because then how would use the same styles from structuring your document?  And I don't understand if the style controls the indentation or some in the numbering mechanism does so.  If it is the style, which it seems to be, is the amount of indentation relative to the previous level or absolute relative to the margin?  When setting up the style for a list level do I set the paragraph style for hanging indents, or is that taken care of by the list numbering control?

AS you can see, the use of Word Lists is not all that clear.  HEY MICROSOFT!  FIX YOUR BUGS!

Office 365 part of the document inserted when crossing page break

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 08:40 PM PST

I have a one page document, when I type off the first page, the content of the first page is duplicated again between where the first page breaks, and the content of the second page.

how to set up a combination hot keys for repetitive text

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 07:54 PM PST

I always end my business letters the same way...

name,

job title,

my initials/secretaries initials.

I use to use the Alt key and the letter S to automatically add the above info at the end of a letter, but for some reason it stopped and I can not remember how I set this function up.

How do I set up this hot key for this repetitive task?

Error in Mail Merge with Excel

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 05:16 PM PST

I am doing a mail merge with Word using an Excel spreadsheet. I understand how to use switches for calculations and formatting. The problem I am running into is that when the field is blank in the Excel spreadsheet, it is showing as a Syntax Error in the Word document switch calculations. I need to know if there is a way to make the make the field blank if there is no information. 

Ex:

{ = {MERGEFIELD} * 12 \# $#,###.00 } 

Using this calculation, how do I keep it from showing an error if there is no information in Excel to draw from? I just want it to show nothing if there is no information available. (Please not an "IF" function.)

word 2013 won't let me select chart neither screnshots

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 04:40 PM PST

hello,

im trying to finish my SBA (school base assignment) but Microsoft word wouldn't let me select charts or screenshots, the 2 tabs just appear grey... i really need help please.

skipping blank fields in mail merge

Posted: 24 Nov 2014 04:18 PM PST

When I used the mailmerge in Office 2007, and a merge field was blank, it would skip it and go to the next field.  No blank lines were in an address.  Now in 2013 when I do a merge and an address field is blank, it leaves a blank line in an address.  How do I fix this?
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