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Microsoft Word - Word 2013: Why doesn't bullets show up??

Word 2013: Why doesn't bullets show up??

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 03:26 PM PDT

I'm using Word 2013. I've been using tracking (something I'm new at, and honestly I don't know if this is relevant or not). I saved the Word document, accepted all changes and saved it again. Then I made a copy of the document. Made sure that track was back on (it wasn't turned off, I guess that's OK). The I put in a Heading 1, wrote a small amount and did a carriage return. For some reason I don't understand, Word stayed in the Heading 1 format, which I didn't want. I wanted it go to Normal, so I clicked on that in the ribbon. Then I clicked on the bullet button in the ribbon because I want a bulleted list.

Only, Word refuses to put a bullet there. No matter what shape/glyph I use for the bullet, Word steadfastly refuses to put it there. 

OK, I give up. Why is Word refusing to put any bullet/glyph there? 

What is the depth of header/footer in Word 2010?

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 02:20 PM PDT

I am trying to determine the maximum dimensions that an image can be when it is inserted image file in my Word document. My Word document has 1/2" margins on all sides, plus a header and a footer. How can I tell how much space I have remaining for my image file? I cannot figure out a way to determine how much space the header and footer uses.

Word Drop Down Box Selection - if Yes do this if no do that.

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:57 PM PDT

I have a simple Yes or No Combo Box Control..

If you select Yes, then in another area, Im assuming using a Rich Control Content box?   I want it to read "FILL OUT FOR 2", if it says no, I don't want it to say anything.

Thanks

Syntax Error! Calculating Mail Merge Fields

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:29 PM PDT

I hope someone can help. I am getting a Syntax Error! when trying to calculate a mail merged field in Word 2013. I use CTRL+F9 to add the {} and within those brackets I insert the Merge Field and create the expression as follows, but get a SyntaxError!

{= {MERGEFIELD Setup___Once_Off_Fee} * 1.14}

I am trying to do this from CRM 2013 Mail Merge Fields and have been told that the problem occurs with the fields of type currency in CRM. I was able to use the expression just fine with numeric field. I guess the currency symbol is causing the problem.

Can someone help to strip off the currency symbol and do the calculation?

Deleted personal template names still appear in Backstage in Word 2013

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:15 PM PDT

I created several templates, then selected the ones I wish to keep. The others I deleted from the Templates folder, while Word was closed.

But those templates--or their names at least--still appear in the list of choices in Backstage when I tell Word to create a New document. If I click on one of them, I get this error message: "Sorry, we couldn't find your file. Is it possible it was moved, renamed or deleted?"

How do completely get rid of all traces of those templates?

...

My own answer: I searched the Registry for all mention of those titles, and deleted them wherever I found them.

It worked; they're gone.

It also deleted the memory of which templates I had "pinned" as my favourites. But that was easy to fix, by just pointing and clicking them again.

By the way, my favourite tool for searching the Registry: "Registrar Registry Manager" by Resplendence. The free version for home use is at: http://www.resplendence.com/registrar_home. It's WAY faster than the Windows Registry Editor: it searches the entire registry and lists all results in less than 60 seconds!

Add static source list in word document to source manager

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:42 PM PDT

Hello,

I was wondering if it is possible to add a list of static references to the source manager in Word without having to add each reference one at a time? I have an article I wrote, and I want to add the static reference list to the source manager.

Thanks

Word mail merge from excel

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:25 PM PDT

I have 3 different color fonts in the name field in excel and when I do the mail merge the color does not transfer. Can this be done and if so what do I have to do. Thank you

User-controlled date field

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:36 AM PDT

I need to add a date field to a Word doc (template) that meets certain criteria:

  - it will reappear in several different places in the doc, such that updating it in one place updates it everywhere

  - it can be manually updated to any date whatsoever, without any reference to today's date, create date, save date, etc. (The date reflects various project events outside the document, such as release cycles and approvals.) This date may be a current date, or it may be past or future.

  - the field never updates automatically, only when a user manually changes it (necessary to avoid a 3-month-old document being mistaken for a new one because the date field changes every time it's opened). -- This would seem to put the built-in date fields out of the running, as far as I can tell, which is unfortunate.

I know such a field is possible, because I've worked with docs that include one in other organizations. Unfortunately, I don't have any of those old docs available to me, or I'd just copy/paste that field instead of trying to recreate it.

Is there a simple way to do what I want?

Word skips page 2

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:24 AM PDT

First of all, let me explain that I do understand how sections work in Word. I have a document with over 20 sections, and each one starts over at page 1. Everything is fine until I reach section 25. Then it inexplicably goes from page 1 to page 3. I have tried the "format page number" option. When I tell it to start at 2, it still displays 3, because I guess it thinks page 1 should be read as 2. But when I tell it to start at page 1, it still shows 3 instead of 2. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Thanks.

Uninstalled Trial Word 365, however it took away my current Word 2013. What can I do???

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:56 AM PDT

Uninstalled Trial Word 365, however it took away my current Word 2013.  What can I do??? I have no Word program at all.  How can I get it back?

Word 2007 Page x of y. y = x not y

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:31 AM PDT

I set up page numbering for Page x of y. Everything looks fine in print layout , but when I print the document, the page numbering prints Page 1 of 1, Page 2 of 2, Page 3 of 3 instead of Page 1 of 3, Page 2 of 3, Page 3 of 3. How do I fix this problem?

Question on page numbering

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:58 AM PDT

I have a document that I have numbered correctly in the .docx format, however when I save it to a pdf file, at page 10, it starts numbering twice.  For example, on page 10 at the bottom it shows 10 and directly underneath it a 0 and continues on from there with the dual numbers.  This is only happening when I save it as a PDF.  Since it doesn't show in the docx format, I'm not sure how to remove the dual page numbers. (I'm working on a MacBook Pro.)

Urgent help required related to Office 365

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:41 AM PDT

DEAR 

i just purchased office 365 university edition i need help in following issues

1. under start i can not find office folder

2. under right click- new -- i can not find option for word file ( even though i can see links for opening new excel,power point ,publisher documents)

3 where to find the details of the machine using my subscription in online account 

4 how to sync my full pc with one drive suplied with the office 365

using windows 7 

Amit

Can't open documents ...

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:26 AM PDT

Hi,

I've got kind of an odd problem. I have a document that I created which was based on a template (.dotx) that I also created. Whenever I try to open the docx (note ... not the template, the actual document) I get a message on the bottom right of the Word (Office 2013) screen stating that it's trying to open the .dotx file. It spins and spins and never errors or opens the actual document. The longest I've let it run is 3 hours on its own. Word never reported any errors.

I end up killing Word, re-opening Word and then my document loads.

My Word Document (.docx) is located on my PERSONAL OneDrive. The Word Template (.dotx) that the document is based on is save on my OneDrive for Business location. Might that be the problem? Is there a way to change my Word Document to change the location of the template that the document is based on?

Thanks a bunch.

--- Val

Bibliography and citations disappeared after emailing Word Document

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:18 AM PDT

So I'm a student and I've been writing an essay for the past two weeks and emailing it, along with other pieces of work, to myself back and forth with no issues.

I have been doing this for the past 4 years.

Now, all of a sudden, Word has decided that even if I do send the document to myself so I can work at home/University library, I lose all my references, citations, EndNotes, everything.

I know that from one computer I can get the refences back by clicking "Manage Sources", which I did and copied all my citations back into the document hoping it would save and sent it back to myself. But. Everything has disappeared again, and on manage sources from my laptop, the only sources I find are the ones I have manually put in from other essays and not this one.

Is there a way I can get my sources back without causing too much hassle? Or just go back to being able to email myself Word documents and enjoying the fact that my sources come along with it.

I have the latest version of Word on my laptop (Student account) which I downloaded in November, the computers at my Uni use an older version, but I'm pretty sure this is not the case as the problem only arose a few days ago and before then I've been able to keep my references when sending the document through the email.

My essay is due tonight, so a speedy response will be more than appreciated.

Thank you!!

Word 2013 open files as read only

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:02 AM PDT

This problem happens intermittently. 
Microsoft word 2013 open word 2003 files as read only

The pc runs Windows 7 pro and MS Office 2013 home & business edition. The company file server has a ton of office documents saved in various office versions. A mass conversion of all the files to the latest format would be quite a project and not really an option.

The permutation that is problematic and repeatable is when a user opens a MS word file saved in word 97-2003 format, the file opens in read only mode or it will prompt and say "<filename> was last opened as read-only. Do you want to open as read-only again?"

Seeking next steps so that all Word files simply open when accessed, so they can be used or closed without being in read only or being asked about read-only.

word docs in office 2010 locked out of my own documents

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 10:19 PM PDT

Hi 

A document in Office 2010 is advising of being locked by another user. The user is the only person who users the computer and cannot get into the file to modify it. Option to read only or not even that sometimes.

Have you any suggestions - step by step instructions please?

Cheers

Steve

Can't open Word files that other people send to me

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:00 PM PDT

I am running Office 2013 on Windows 8.1.  When someone sends me a .docx file in mail and I try to open it (either by clicking on it in the mail message or by saving it to a directory where I have my other documents and then trying to open it from Word), I get an error message something like this:

Word experienced an error trying to open the file

Check permissions

Make sure you have sufficient memory and disk space

Try opening with the text recovery converter.

This happens no matter who sends me a docx file and other people who receive the file are able to open it.  I'm having no problem opening my own files or opening other attachments, such as photos that people send me.

Markup Area

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 07:53 PM PDT

1. I should have asked this years ago but I was sure I knew the answer. Is there any way to put the fields not inline with the text but off to the right in the markup area or somewhere not inline? Having them inline complicates things drastically.

2. On another subject, I note with dismay that if a TOC or an index is updated before the whole doc is read in, the TOC entries and index are completely wrong, with no warning. How could they do something like that?

Word Not Showing Paper Size Correctly On-Screen (8.5 x 11 looks like the proportions of 3 x 5)

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 06:32 PM PDT

I am using Office 2007 Non-Commercial Use Only. Screenshot below. I cannot scroll farther up or down. I have checked Page Layout > Paper Size, changed it, changed it back, but to no avail. Any ideas (other than using LibreOffice, which I probably will switch back to!)

And feel free to read my essay on density if you so desire!

MS Word 2007 - How to Identify Graphic Image Filenames

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:38 PM PDT

I have a long document with a number of graphic files embedded (mainly screenshots.) I have put captions on them to create a table of figures - all good. But I now have to hand over the document AND all the graphic files as files. So is there any way I can ID the filename of the source files inside MS Word? Because then I could add the caption number to the filename, which would make the job a lot easier for the person I'm handing over to.

(The one thing I tried was exporting the doco as HTML and then lookng at the image files as source files - but they've simply been named image00X.  I suspect the answer is 'no' but thought I would ask before I go off and do it manually. )

How can a large gap in between MS Word 2013 table rows be reduced?

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Hi!

I'm working in a lengthy table in MS Word 2013 and have a large gap between rows that I would like to eliminate. The gap leaves about 80% of one of the first page in the image below blank.

The subsequent row on the second page covers nearly the next two full pages of the document. (There is no page break in the content in the second row.)

How do I get a portion of the second row to "bump up" to fill the gap in the first page? 

MS Word -- adding collapsible sections

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:56 PM PDT

I want to creat collabsible sections in MS Word 2013 and the help says the optioin is in the paragraph dialog box.   It is not.   Can anyone tell me how to find this option?

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Microsoft Word - Documents open lower than the top of the screen if there is already a document open - Word and Excel (probably PowerPoint too)

Microsoft Word - Documents open lower than the top of the screen if there is already a document open - Word and Excel (probably PowerPoint too)

Documents open lower than the top of the screen if there is already a document open - Word and Excel (probably PowerPoint too)

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

I like to have my documents open pretty much the full size of the screen. Word and Excel both do this, but if I already have a document open, all others opened in the same program will be shifted down to expose the frame of the first document. It isn't cascading them, as all documents after the first are all in the same position. The size of the window is the same as the first, just shifted down.

To see how this works, open a document in Word. Make sure the window is not maximized. Then open another document without closing the first. The 2nd window is lower than the first. The same happens with Excel.

Is there a way to have the document windows always opened in the same spot?

I'm using Windows 8.1, but it happened on my Windows 7 machine as well.

Thanks.

MS Word

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:56 PM PDT

I want to creat collabsible sections in MS Word 2013 and the help says the optioin is in the paragraph dialog box.   It is not.   Can anyone tell me how to find this option?

Where did my clip art go in Word? Why was it replaced with such horrible pictures that don't work?

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:54 PM PDT

All of my clip art has changed in Word.  When I insert clip art into document, and change it to in front, It will not move the clip art to where I want it.  The menu it shows is for pictures...insert frame, not the menu for clip art.  I used the old clip art all the time and never had a problem with placement.  It's very frustrating trying to create a document when you have no control of where the placement is.  If I go to Bing for clipart, it looks ok on the screen but doesn't print where I put it and cuts the bottom of the picture off. 

It seems like everything in the program isn't working the way it used to.  If I get clip art into a document, the program is using set positions and you can't place the clip art where you want it.  When I ran the diagnostic program, it says there's nothing wrong???  Not so!

It seems to me that every time there is an update to install, my program has a bad reaction to it and never works the same as before.

Can any of the above be fixed?

Joann Tutalo

*** Email address is removed for privacy ***

Spell Check not working on another language

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:27 PM PDT

Hello

I need to write a letter in another language. So I added the language in > Language Preferences > Add additional Editing languages.

Chose Swedish. I installed the Proofing pack when I was prompted to, so that keyboard layout is Enabled and Proofing ... is Installed. I choose Swedish in Set Proofing Language I also make Swedish the Default in BOTH set proofing language AND in Language Preferences but the spell check is not working

 

I tried all this with French, and all worked fine. Although I'm very confused as to why there is a set default in Set Proofing AND set default in Preferences. Because messing about between French and English, in the same document, the spell check picked out errors correctly in both languages even though Set Proofing Default was left on Swedish!! I know it's because I have 'detect language Automatically' checked but what the point of the default, both defaults?

 

I have noticed that in Set Proofing Language, both English and French have a ABC Icon (spell check I guess) but the Swedish doesn't.  Which must be the problem.

 

Can anyone please help me with this.

 

Office 2010 Mail Merge not working as of today?

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:18 PM PDT

I have been using Office Home & Student 2010 for quite awhile. I do mail merges everyday and have never had a problem. Today, something is wrong with the software. I attempted to do a merge by first selecting the recipients and clicking on use existing list. I select the list and then click edit recipient list. It's incredibly slow to load. Then when I sort by last name it takes a really long time saying "not responding" and then the list is complelely blank like it's dumped all the info. The list is fine because I can open it in Excel with no trouble. This is the same thing I have done everyday for a year or more with no trouble, so what has happened to the software today? I restarted the computer and it still does it. Help! I have mail I need to get out today!

Word document stays locked after a name change (save as...)

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 11:21 AM PDT

Hello to all,

I've got a weird one.

After oneping a Word 97-2003 document with Word 2013 and renaming the document (save as...), my coworkers can't open the originale file. You get the message that it's being used by another user.

If I close the new document, thay can now open the file.

An image is worth a thousand words.

I tought that if you changed name of a document, the old one would still be available to be opened and changed by other users.

Is this a bug? And is there a workaround? 

Thanks and have a nice day.

Stephane "Steve" Halle 

Forms - Change drop down field entry back to blank

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:49 AM PDT

I have created a form with drop down list fields.  Once someone has selected an item from the list, they realize they entered it by mistake.  They now want to leave the field blank, as it was prior to selecting an entry from the drop down list.  But there does not seem to be any way to delete the original entry/selection from the drop down list.  Other than adding a new entry to the drop down list selections that is just a number of spaces (creating a blank entry in the drop down list), is there any way a user can just delete the item s/he selected originally (and leave it blank)?

New install of Office 365

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:45 AM PDT

When I try to run the apps, this is what I get:

  Problem Event Name:                        BEX

  Application Name:                             WINWORD.EXE

  Application Version:                           15.0.4701.1000

  Application Timestamp:                     54d9bb8f

  Fault Module Name:                          unknown

  Fault Module Version:                        0.0.0.0

  Fault Module Timestamp:                  00000000

  Exception Offset:                                003dd950

  Exception Code:                                  c0000005

  Exception Data:                                   00000008

  OS Version:                                          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48

  Locale ID:                                             1033

The only difference is when I try to run Excel, or any of the others the Application Name is different. I uninstalled the previous version of Office that was on this computer. Not sure where to go from here. Running Windows 7

Macros in Word 2013

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:24 AM PDT

After installing Word 2013, I started recording my macros to give simple keyboard commands to insert various symbols I use a lot. But pressing the keyboard command I programmed them with does nothing. No error message or anything. But they are listed under Macros in normal.dotm when I open the Macros window.

I had a similar problem in Word 2010, and that was that the Templates folder in Windows/Users/MYNAME/AppData/Roaming/Microsoft was not actually named Templates. But this isn't the case this time around, so once again I'm at a loss.

Conditional use of image in mail merge.

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:08 AM PDT

In a mail merge, if one of the input fields is "no" I want to insert an image.  Otherwise, I do not want to insert the image.  How can I do this? 

Thanks

"When selecting, automatically select entire word" unchecks itself and must be re-checked

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:50 AM PDT

In Word Options|Advanced, I have checked "When selecting, automatically select entire word." However, every once in a while, I find that it has spontaneously become unchecked, and I must check it again.

Any reason why this might happen?

Thanks.

Edit Chart Data in Microsoft Word 2013 Not Popping Up

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:20 AM PDT

When I click "Edit Chart Data" for a chart in my word document, it acts like the mini excel table popped up, but nothing is visible. It thinks it's open, as I can't try to edit data in another chart (it says I have another chart's data open).

Previously, I've solved it by just closing the file and opening it up over and over again until it works, but that strategy seems to be failing me.

Please help!

Page x of y across sections in Word 2010

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 03:59 AM PDT

I draft my reports in Word 2010 and use section breaks to separate the title page (section 1), contents (section 2), main body (section 3 to 10) and appendices (section 11).  The main body of the report is sub-divided into sections so that each one has a unique header (section 3 to section 10). 

In the footer I use page x of y. 

I can easily set the x value to be continuous across the relevant sections - for instance starting at section 3 and ending at section 10 but how can I make the y value show the total number of pages from section 3 to section 10 inclusive?

How do I disable "Don't add space between paragraphs of the same style"?

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:44 AM PDT

Split from this thread.

We are trying to permanently disable the 'don't add space between paragraphs of the same style' option.  We are using Word 2010.  I have see your reply previously to change in the Apply Styles pane, but, unfortunately I am not following.  Would you kindly provide me with a step by step instruction on this (I am unable to find the Apply Styles and when I (Ctrol+Shift+Alt+S) control then I do not know where you say type in List Paragraph.  Hence my request for complete instructions.

Also, can we switch of this formatting style in already created templates?

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Word 2010 changing some punctuations to Times New Roman while typing

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:14 AM PDT

Hi,

Apologies if this question has already been asked, but I couldn't find anything after looking.

I have a word document I use to write my Uni notes in saved to Dropbox. It worked fine until I tried to edit it on my phone in their app.

Now, for some reason, when I type (on my desktop) apostrophes ('), speech marks (") or ellipses (...), Word changes them from the normal font of Calibri to Times New Roman.

I did some sleuthing, and found a few things that may help:

  • they're only changed when typed in a bulleted or numbered list (ie. everything's normal when typing in paragraphs)
  • the Straight Quotes/Smart Quotes checkbox (at File > Options > Proofing > AutoCorrect Options... > AutoFormat As You Type) will make apostrophes appear in the correct font (but straight, not smart...). However, turning this option off still causes ellipses to change to Times New Roman.
  • only this document is affected, but copy/pasting my notes into another document causes it to happen in the new document - so it seems the only way to keep my pages and pages of notes would be to retype everything if I were to abandon my current document.
  • I can change them back to Calibri with the Replace function, but this is tedious and doesn't always work.

Perhaps Word is finding the wrong character when looking to replace the straight quotes with smart ones? Or maybe there's something wrong with my Calibri font (but this doesn't explain why other documents are fine)?

Thanks for your help,

Cameron

Headings MS Word

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 09:49 PM PDT

Hi Community,

Pressed Ctrl + Enter to skip to next page. Page break is on previous page. Heading on the following.

I clear formatting for previous page but formatting is also cleared for the page with the heading.

Why is this happening and how can i fix it?

Thanks in advance

Need help

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 09:30 PM PDT

In Microsoft word. I typed my letter and then I did some setting. I decided not to use the setting and thought if I clicked on 'RESET DEFAULT" It will return to the original setting it was programed to. It did not return to the original . I then realized that it was set so that every time you type a letter it will use that setting. I can not figure out how to undo the setting. I uninstalled Microsoft office and reinstalled. Every thing remained the same nothing changed. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

How can I use a macro to navigate activex controls in word 2013?

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:21 PM PDT

Please only answer with respect to how this can be done in Word, as that is where the template must be used.

I have created a template form in Word. It uses ActiveX controls. Each of the controls, for simplicity sake in this discussion, have been named tab1 through tab29. I am well aware that this may not be the best naming practice... but again... just for simplicity sake, let's keep it at that: tab1 through tab29.

I chose to use ActiveX controls, because the new standard controls do not allow me to set a maximum number of characters. Something that is a necessity, as I can't have the form morphing out of control when the end user types too much info. The form must fit on one page no matter how much info the end user tries to provide.

I need the end user to be able to press the tab key to move from tab1 to tab2 to tab3 and so on. I had no problem doing this in versions of Office prior to 2007 (I think...) but now... I can't seem to get it working. The only thing I haven't tried so far, is locking the form down - protecting it - because I am not sure I am done developing it. (If someone tells me that doing so is all I need to get the tabs working... /facepalm. I really should try it... but I will wait to see what everyone says. LoL.)

I tried some things that I found online... to no avail. Even the below, which I had nested in the "document" sub of the VB code for the form.

Sub TabOrder()

Dim StrCurFFld As String, StrFFldToGoTo As String

'First get the name of the current formfield
If Selection.FormFields.Count = 1 Then
    'No textbox but a check- or listbox
    StrCurFFld = Selection.FormFields(1).Name
ElseIf Selection.FormFields.Count = 0 And Selection.Bookmarks.Count > 0 Then
    'Textbox
    StrCurFFld = Selection.Bookmarks(Selection.Bookmarks.Count).Name
End If

'Then find out which formfield to go to next ...
Select Case StrCurFFld
     Case "tab1"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab2"
     Case "tab2"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab3"
     Case "tab3"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab4"
     Case "tab4"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab5"
     Case "tab5"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab6"
     Case "tab6"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab7"
     Case "tab7"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab8"
     Case "tab8"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab9"
     Case "tab9"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab10"
     Case "tab10"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab11"
     Case "tab11"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab12"
     Case "tab12"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab13"
     Case "tab13"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab14"
     Case "tab14"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab15"
     Case "tab15"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab16"
     Case "tab16"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab17"
     Case "tab17"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab18"
     Case "tab18"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab19"
     Case "tab19"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab20"
     Case "tab20"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab21"
     Case "tab21"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab22"
     Case "tab22"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab23"
     Case "tab23"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab24"
     Case "tab24"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab25"
     Case "tab25"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab26"
     Case "tab26"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab27"
     Case "tab27"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab28"
     Case "tab28"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab29"
     Case "tab29"
        StrFFldToGoTo = "tab1"
 End Select
'... and go to it.
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks(StrFFldToGoTo).Range.Fields(1).Result.Select

After a bit, I realized that the code had been generated for an earlier version of word, and probably wouldn't work no matter where it was placed... I just don't know enough about coding for word... Or coding in general, and might have to resort to using another product with which I had no problem making the form work the way I wanted... I just really don't want to admit my shortcomings. I want this form to work!

Can anyone help me get the navigation working?

Microsoft Word - Inserting a section break in a table

Microsoft Word - Inserting a section break in a table

Inserting a section break in a table

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:25 PM PDT

I am making a form that has two sections: the first section protected and the second section (containing a table) is not. I would like for the first row of the table to be protected, have all other rows unprotected, and keep all of the lines of the table together. When I insert a continuous section break it splits the table so the "keep lines together" option does not work. Is there anyway I can accomplish this?

Any help is much appreciated!

Auto Formatting

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 01:58 PM PDT

I'm sure I am simply missing something but I need the answer this question for work purposes. I have a template in word with several styles. This document is used for reports that we send to clients. Currently I am having an issue with Word 2013 automatically formatting text after bullets. When I press enter after typing text into a bullet, it automatical formats the text for a heading instead of another bullet. I've looked through Auto Correct for anything that may be causing it but after unchecking all the boxes nothing has changed. The bullets themselves are part of a set style as well if that helps. I appreciate any assistance with this issue.

Automatically Spell-check

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:52 AM PDT

Is there any way to turn spell-check ON for everyone who edits a saved document? I have a template that is filled in by a number of people, and I am getting complaints that the documents that they produce are full of spelling errors. I would like to automatically spell-check the documents produced by the template. Is there a way to do this? Thank you.

Office Word 13 keeps crashing.

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:42 AM PDT

Since I bought this computer about a year and a half ago, my office would crash for various reasons. I don't have them all enumerated but a couple of them come to mind: 

If I copy paste something into word and it is in a different format, (using ctrl + v without first instructing it to paste text only or merge format), word will crash.

My track pad allows me to scroll left to right, and I'll often accidentally do that and it will scroll through the tool bar tabs at the top of word (Home, Insert, Design, Page layout, etc) and then word will crash. 

It feels as if I do anything on Word that requires the program to do a little more work than receiving input from me directly, it will crash. 

It doesn't happen often enough because I generally avoid these behaviors or save pretty frequently, most often auto-save is my savior, but my document WILL crash as often as once or twice a week. 

At this point, I'm just tired of having a defective product that gives me so much heartache. Any ideas, information, questions would be grateful. 

Word displays "Not responding" message

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 11:05 AM PDT

Split from this thread.

What can I do? My Word is so slow I can't even save documents without having this "Not responding" message! I'm trying to finish my dissertation and I am in the process of editing it and it is very frustrating!!

OPening DOC from Word XP in Word 2007

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 10:49 AM PDT

I am hopeful for a simpler answer than I discovered in the MS Support site, but I have a marked up document in Word XP that I want to open and continue to update in Word 200f, but when I try to open it there is a Registry block "to protect me". The only way I see to remove this registry block is to go through a long complicated Registry edit process. Surely there is a better way. Perhaps I can do a conversion of the DOC to DOCX then open them.

Thanks for any advice

Jim

Here is error comment:

This error occurs if you try to open a Microsoft Office document and the file type for that document has been blocked by a registry policy setting. To help secure your computer, Microsoft or the administrator of this computer implemented a registry policy setting that prevents opening this type of file.

To open documents with this file type, disable the registry policy setting. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 922850.

How to disable the backspace key in Word 2010 by group policy

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 08:32 AM PDT

Hello Everyone,

I was asked if it was possible to disable the backspace key while in Word 2010 for a keyboarding classroom. I did some research and hopefully someone can fill in the missing pieces.

A quick background on the scenario:

-domain environment with Server 2012 R2

-computers are Windows 7 with SP1

- I want to use group policy to manage one classroom with this setting (computers from that classroom are already in its own folder)

I have already downloaded and installed the group policy add in for office 2010. When I open up GP computer configuration > Policies > Administrative Templates >  I do not see anything for Microsoft word. When I go to the user Configuration I do see settings for Word 2010 but I still do not see how to disable the backspace key.

I guess my question is three part.

How do you disable the backspace key in Word 2010 using group policy computer configuration?

If that is not possible How would I disable the backspace key in user configuration?

Or do something like this have to be done manually on each computer in the local group policy?

Thank you,

Malik

When using Word 2013 Save As PDF, the Document Properties fields in the PDF are blank

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:42 AM PDT

When I save a Word document as a PDF using File | Save As and then select PDF (*.pdf) as the type, the document properties fields in the created PDF are blank.  Before creating the PDF I click on the Options button but the Document Properties check box is missing under "Include non-printing information".  How do I get it to include the document properties I've set?

Returning to where you left in Word using Shift + F5

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:06 AM PDT

When using Shift + F5 in Word, you return to where you left editing. But when opening 2 documents, Shift + F5 switches you to the wrong/other document. This is a bug IMO.

Microsoft Word 2013 has stopped working

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 06:36 AM PDT

Hi

I got a problem with Microsoft Word 2013. First we got a problem to open 97-2003 word files in Word 2013, but after we set the default printer to Microsoft XPS document writer, we can now open the document/documents. But as soon as i click on print and change to a printer (have tried more than 1 printer) the whole Word just hangs and get "Microsoft Word has stopped working".

We have a lot of Windows 7 X64 Enterprise machines here with Office 2013 X86 installed. And have tried on different PCs and its the same problem at all of them. This is only happens to some Word 97-2003 files not all.

This is what i have tested :

- Tried from another PC

- Repair Microsoft Office 2013

- Uninstalled Office 2013 and done a offscrub and install it again.

- Have inactiveted all Add-ins

- Have put in "Disable hardware graphics acceleration".

- Removed the language pack

- Tried to run the program in Safemode

- upgrade the internal graphic driver

- Tried another driver for the printer

- Change default printer to "Microsoft XPS document writer".

- Tried to copy the file to local disk

We got some machines that is using Windows 8.1 and have Office 2013 x86 and no problem to open and printing this files.

Hope someone knows something about this.

Best Regards

style reference field with odd/even page layout

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 03:41 AM PDT

I have an odd/even page layout for a manuscript containing many stories. I want to have the second and subsequent pages of each new story to contain a style reference field in the header to that story title. How do I prevent the style ref field from appearing on the first page of the each new story?

Microsoft Word Web App,Editing Issues using Sharepoint

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 02:11 AM PDT

Hi 

My Document template is defaulted to Arial and 10 points 

When i try to open & edit the document using Word Web App

eg adding a text numbering etc it works fine.

Problem- When i try to delete the text  it automatically changes the font to Arial 12 points 

 Also Adding a Table and deleting the contents inside a table cells.changes the font to times new roman 12 points

The whole font and size changes during deleting and editing.


Requirement:I would like the Word Web app to persist the same Arial and 10 points,irrespective of addition or deletion of words or sentences

 

Thanks in advance.

Some screen shots 

1)When adding point 6 no issues maintains the same font size 

2)When deleting point 6 font type and size changes

Word hangs on switching orientation to landscape

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 02:08 AM PDT

I am using Office 365 on Windows 8.1

Word version 15.0.4701.1002

When I try to switch the orientation from portrait to landscape, Word hangs.

There are no add-ins.

I have tried to repair as well as re-install word. It has not worked.

'In line with text' text box to move down in line with the other text in the line.

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 12:36 AM PDT

I wish to know how to make the text box move down to be in line with the line of text it is in, instead of sitting mostly above the line of text. I know how to make an 'in line with text' object/picture move down - by using 'control, shift, F' and adjusting the level, but with a text box, this just moves the text down within the box. Thanks

Microsoft Word 2013 recovering unsaved file

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 12:30 AM PDT

Hello everybody first and foremost thank you for taking the time to read this post. I was working on a paper in Microsoft Word and Word closed unexpectedly. I saved the file once but when i went back to open my project  the word file didn't open as ".docx". The type of file listed is " A file" and when I try to open it a box pops up with the following message: "File Conversion - *name of my file*" with the text " Select the encoding that makes your document readable." then it gives the options "windows (default)", "MS-DOS", and "Other encoding". When I open with "Windows(default)" I get text that looks like this "‹Ÿ±Ö§x3ãMž¡ñ»À‰vìÚÍæ¥#x»MI§‰œ‹©™'ö8"í". I also have a ".tmp" file of my work but am not sure how to convert it. I'd like to recover my work and would appreciate some help. I'm stuck and not sure what to do. I apologize for my formatting. 

MSWord replaces word BUTTON with {HYPERLINK }

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 12:10 AM PDT

I have a word document(say x.doc) that has word "Button" at many many places. All of a sudden, where ever there is "Button", i see following text

{HYPERLINK "http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/something.aspx"}

I highlight above text, R-click and click "Remove HyperLink" or "Select HyperLink". Then the {HYPERLINK....} gets replaced with word Button. This is what I want.

I have spent days working on this document. Now all I see is HYPER Link

Please tell me how to fix this(I want to see Button, not this hyper link).

Any idea how could this have happened? So that I do not make this stuuupid mistake again.

I am using 2003 word

TIA,

Problem with help file on Office Word 2007

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 11:22 PM PDT

Hello, I have a problem with the Word 2007 Help file.  I am using Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2007.  When I press F1 for help I receive the following error message.  "There is a problem with one or more help files.  Please repair your Office installation and try again."

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to repair the installation, so I have reinstalled the Office 7 program several times with the same problem.

All other help files in Office work O.K.  Example Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Etc.  Any help would be greatly accepted.

Thank you.

Selecting Current Page Range

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 04:01 PM PDT

I want to do some work (primarily replacing text) on the current physical page.  I presume that I will need to extract and then replace the current page's range.

How is this done?

TIA

Microsoft Word - When creating or saving files in Turbo Tax, Word, Excel and certain other applications, the system is registering a createdate of 3/xx/2000. Current year is 2015.

Microsoft Word - When creating or saving files in Turbo Tax, Word, Excel and certain other applications, the system is registering a createdate of 3/xx/2000. Current year is 2015.

When creating or saving files in Turbo Tax, Word, Excel and certain other applications, the system is registering a createdate of 3/xx/2000. Current year is 2015.

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Over the last 6 months, something has been modified in my system.  When saving files in certain applications as noted above (Word, Excel, Turbotax, Quickbooks, notepad etc) the create date is showing erroneously as a date in March 2000.  

Files downloaded through a browser or copied from the network appear to retain their correct create date.

Since this has been happening over the last few months, how do I identify if this may be caused by a virus, or if a registry entry got accidentally or deliberately modified, or if this may have been caused by a disk hardware corruption?  

If this is the know issue, how can it be resolved?

Thanks

Kannan

Word 2013 "Normal" Style is Not Available

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 02:25 PM PDT

I'm working in a document that has been edited and copied many times.

There are dozens and dozens of styles in the style list.  But not "Normal."  There "Normal (web)" whatever that means.  There is "Normal Indent" and "Normal Indent + Centered".  But not "Normal".  I'm showing "All Styles".  Of course, it won't let me create a "normal" style.

I would like to assign some paragraphs to "Normal" so I can try to reformat them in a meaningful way.  Any help?

Thanks.

Prevent Text Boxes in MS Word 2010 from being deleted?

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 01:36 PM PDT

I am creating Letterhead templates for a client. I have been able to prevent a text box from moving by using the Restrict Editing pane. I have also set-up controls, so users can insert names, phone numbers, dates etc.

Is it possible to lock a text box into position to prevent users from deleting or re-sizing it?

My suggestion to the client was to simply "undo" if they accidentally delete. As well, I have created .dotx for them use as read only - so they can always go back to the original if they mess-up.

Are there any work-around solutions or suggestions to prevent users from deleting an editable text-box?

Thank you in advance.

Db

System error: Oxc06d007e

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 12:30 PM PDT

I attempted to open one of my Microsoft excel files today and could not.  Instead, I got this message: 

"We ran into a problem trying to install the product key.  If this keeps happening, you should try repairing your office product.   System error:  Oxc06d007e."

Can anyone help me I fix this problem?  

Thank you!

Word Agenda Wizard - can it be customized?

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:56 AM PDT

I like the way the Agenda Wizard works, but would like to customize some things.  For example, we call our Notetaker a Recording Secretary.  Is there a way to change things like that within the wizard rather than having to change the word document each time the Agenda Wizard is used.?

Thanks.

Haime

Vary Font Styles within a Table Cell (Word 2013)

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 10:09 AM PDT

I would like to include labels in a table cell that are a different format than the table cell content.  (I am pulling the table cell content from Document Properties, but I don't think that really matters.)  Plus, I am trying to set this up in a template, so I need to get the formatting/style to work automatically as opposed to having to manually space things (as I did for the image below). 

Specifically, as the image below shows, I would like to have the label "Title" in superscript, left justified font, while the actual title is regular font, centered. (And similar things in different cells - doc numbers, dates, etc.)  Changing the font size and type seems doable, but different justification is where I am stuck.

Anyone have any tips or ideas?  I could make a different cell with an invisible border, but that would throw the centering off.

Thanks!

Can't save a Word doc to pdf without stalling out Office

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 09:05 AM PDT

Have suddenly spent over 1 hour on trying to save a word doc (Office 2013) to a pdf. Office goes grey and unresponsive.  I would have thought there are settings which can make any document editable. Why do I need office to give me the bullet proof security features that I don't need or can't manage without IT support?

I have student edition which means to get support I'd have to have a more expensive version. The Chat people suggested I take out a third party help feature for support with technical issues of this nature. My fix was to send an invoice as a screen grab saved as pdf.  Never anticipated that Office would resort to upselling. 

Yes, I did a virus scan.

My "Mark grammar errors as you type" of Word office does not let me click on it.

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 07:23 AM PDT

the option appears in color gray and it does not let me click so I can enable the option.   I will appreciate the help thank you :) .  

Can't put name in Save As in Microsoft Word 2010 in Windows 8

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 05:15 AM PDT

Dear sir

I can't put name to my word file. I don't know what is the reason. Please help.

Yours sincerely

P.L.

Word Crashing When Discarding Checkout for Document Stored in SharePoint

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 04:34 AM PDT

We have recently noticed an issue when we have a Word file checked out from SharePoint, if we then discard the checkout from Word, Word crashes. The error details point to an issue in wwlib.dll.

Having done some further investigation into this it appears this only happens if the document has an attached template which contains a custom ribbon.  We use SharePoint 2013 and Word 2010, although I have tested using Word 2013 with the same results.

This was noticed on our company templates which contain a custom ribbon tab and a number of custom buttons. I have since tested it by creating a template with a single button on a custom tab with the same results.

Has anyone else come across this issue and and is there any way to resolve it?

Thanks,

Richard

Issues Using Microsoft Word on HDTV

Posted: 07 Apr 2015 01:02 AM PDT

After connecting my Desktop PC to my HDTV via HDMI, my windows appear on the TV screen, yet why can't I access Microsoft Word?  I have Windows Vista, but what else do I need to do to be able to have the ability for word processing through my HDTV screen?

Hiding styles on a building block after it is used

Posted: 06 Apr 2015 11:16 PM PDT

Hello,

I have a Word 2010 template with some built-in and some custom styles. The template also has a built-in front cover that has some cover styles (i.e. cover title, cover date, etc).

I have set up these styles as "always hidden" on the template, but every time I add the cover the styles become visible, making my styles list/panel messy.

Is there a way to ensure that these styles stay hidden even if I insert the cover?

Thanks in advance.

Is there Any Way to Hide Section Notation in Footer?

Posted: 06 Apr 2015 09:38 PM PDT

On a landscape page with the header/footer in the portrait orientation, the section number label covers up the rightmost text of my footer. Is there any way to hide the section number label so I can see my text while still in footer edit mode? Otherwise I have to get out of edit mode to check and this ends up with a lot of back and forth between footer edit mode and text checking.

Viewing vs. printing tables problem

Posted: 06 Apr 2015 07:41 PM PDT

HELP!  I have Word 2010 home version.  When I view my word table in web layout, it looks fine.  Any other view and part of the last column doesn't show.  When I go to print it, part of the last column doesn't print.  My margins are good for letter size paper, basically the narrow option.   I even tried to scale size to paper option.  That doesn't work either.  Any suggestions or recos?  Thx.

Word won't change to automatically save as .doc file type.

Posted: 06 Apr 2015 07:20 PM PDT

I have changed the default save type in the Word options to .doc instead of .docx and clicked ok. However when I go to save a file after it still tries to save it as a .docx file type. I need to have to automatically save as .doc as this is on a computer of a friend who is somewhat technologically disadvantaged and he needs .doc files and can't change it manually each time. If anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it!
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