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Microsoft Word - Word crashes when choosing a writing template

Word crashes when choosing a writing template

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 03:05 PM PDT

Just downloaded Office 365 ProPlus from my University. I get this error message when trying to open a template to write on.

I am able to open Word, and Sign in.

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name: BEX
  Application Name: WINWORD.EXE
  Application Version: 15.0.4709.1000
  Application Timestamp: 54fe8bbc
  Fault Module Name: unknown
  Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
  Exception Offset: 0033d734
  Exception Code: c0000005
  Exception Data: 00000008
  OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID: 1033

Additional information about the problem:
  LCID: 1033
  skulcid: 1033

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Word 365 (2013) Oxford reference under "Reference" menu?

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:44 PM PDT

Hello!

I'm writing a paper in school and I'm having major problems with finding a way to use the reference system "Oxford". As I've understood it APA, Harvard and Oxford as the 3 most common systems for references to use. On my university either Oxford or Harvard is recommended. But in Word you can't select Oxford, only APA or Harvard (and some others). Is there a way to add "Oxford" since it is the one I prefer to use personally?

I would prefer to use the built in "source handler" thingy (källhanteraren) (I use Swedish Word so Im not sure exactly what it is named in English). If I can avoid using a 3:rd party application that would be good. Can you not just get an updated xml-file or something to have my reference systems added to word or something?

Oxford should already be installed on Word and I can't figure out why Microsoft haven't added it already.

Cheers!

MicroSoft Office 2013 for Students & Teacher

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:27 PM PDT

Whenever I am using Office 2013 and I go to print, as soon as I click on the "Print" button my cursor starts to flicker and does not stop until I exit Office. How can I correct that so that the cursor stops flickering.

How to update a drawing canvas on MS Word 2010

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 01:18 PM PDT

If I paste in a Picture from a program like AutoCAD, I can Right click on the image and choose edit.  MSWord (MSW) then converts the picture to drawing entities on a drawing canvas.  So far so good.  

Now if I Right click again and choose Fit, MSW changes the size of the dwg canvas to fit the draft entities that are there (essentially auto crops to minimize white space where there are no dwg objects).  When MSW does this, it moves part, and leaves the rest, splitting the picture into apparently 2 random parts.  If I save the document, close, and reopen the canvas will display correct.  additionally, if I move any object on the part that did not move inside the canvas, the rest moves too.

How can I tell word to just update without having to close and reopen the document?

Already tried the following method which helps update MSW in other areas:

  • F9
  • Zooming in and out)
  • Scrolling to another page and back again
  • Go to Print Preview

Actually, Recopying and pasting works also, but copying and pasting again provides opportunity for having to redo other types of sizing and formatting.

hat I am really looking for is a button that I can hit that will update the document.  Any other ideas?

Thanks!

Lawrence

 

Macro to find/replace the FIRST instance of a white space in a line of text and replace it with a TAB.

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:49 PM PDT

I receive .txt files and need a macro to replace the FIRST instance of a white space (usually one space) in a line, with a TAB.  As you can see below, typically it is a 3-digit number but occasionally is followed by a letter.  Sometimes I have 1000+ line txt files that have up to four digit numbers, also occasionally followed by a letter. It's almost always ONE space, but I believe sometimes it might be two or even three, so I was thinking of using the search and replace wildcard ^w to find whitespace, and then loop through each line and replace with a TAB (^t), but I can't get anything to work. Some sample rows of my txt files look like this:

001 TITLE SHEET
002 INDEX OF SHEETS
003 TYPICAL SECTIONS
004 TYPICAL SECTIONS
005 GENERAL NOTES
005A GENERAL NOTES
005B GF (31) TR-14

005C ACZ (350)-13 
006 JS 14

006A PED 12A

007 MISCELLANEOUS SUMMARIES SHEET

0001   TITLE SHEET

0002   INDEX OF SHEETS

0003   GENERAL NOTES

...

0999   SURVEY CONTROL

1000   HORIZONTAL ALIGNMENT SHEET

1000A   TCP PHASE III STAGE I

1000B   TCP PHASE III STAGE II

001 TITLE SHEET
002 LOCATION MAP
003 INDEX OF SHEETS
004 GENERAL NOTES
005 GENERAL NOTES
006 GENERAL NOTES
006A GENERAL NOTES
006B GENERAL NOTES
007 ESTIMATE AND QUANTITY

...

017 PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTIONS
018 PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTIONS
019 GENERAL NOTES
019A GENERAL NOTES
019B GENERAL NOTES
019C GENERAL NOTES
019D GENERAL NOTES
019E GENERAL NOTES
019F GENERAL NOTES
019G GENERAL NOTES
019H GENERAL NOTES

I need to REPLACE the FIRST SPACE ONLY with a TAB.  Can anyone please help me?  These thousand liners are killing me!

Microsoft Office Mail Merge (Send E-Mail Messages) Only Sending a Few Emails per 100 records

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:41 PM PDT

I've been looking for a solution to this Mail Merge malfunction for weeks. I've been using this very same process for years now on a weekly basis and all of a sudden it has broken down. 

Here is the process:

1. Create Excel document with multiple columns (First Name, Last Name, Email Address)

2.  Create Word document with wording in body

3. Click Mailings

4. Click select recipients

5. Click Use Existing List

6. Select Excel Document created earlier

7. Insert Merge Fields as required

8. Click Finish and Merge

9. Click Send E-mail messages

10. Select message to: email from excel list

11. Select Mail Format: HTML

12. Select send records to: All

13. Hit OK!

PROBLEM: This process is not sending to all records in my Excel list. This process sends to a few records (rows). There is no pattern. This process sends to random records in different sized lists. If run twice, it will send to the exact same records. The records aren't necessarily the first few or the last few. They are totally random. All that is know is that not all records are sent. Maybe <10% are sent.

Checks that have failed:

1. I've tried to edit the recipient list to select all records

2. I've started from scratch with new excel files and word files

3. I've converted to Word and Excel 2003-2007 files

Here are my specs:

Microsoft Office Professional Plus Outlook and Word Version 14.0.7145.5000 (32-Bit)

Here is the white flag i'm waving: l>

compile error hidden in module AZ wizard.modul

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:05 PM PDT

every time I open word 2010 I get the following message

compile error hidden in module AZ wizard. Module

I went to options 

selected the Avery template removed it but the message keep popping up every time I open a word doc

Also I went into my c: drive clicked on programs files went to Microsoft office looked for the startup file is empty 

 C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\STARTUP

so how can fix this issue so this does not come up again

Sue Tauber

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

Word 2013: Double close buttons...

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 10:42 AM PDT

Hard to explain so I have included image below.  Does anyone else have what appears to be functionality from a prior version of Word showing under the ribbon?  The bottom of the three "upper right" buttons (minimize / resize / close) appear where they belong as well as under the ribbon (although almost entirely obscured).  They do function (so I can close the document by clicking on the tiny button sliver one to the far right).  When I minimize the ribbon (scroll down for second image), they are still there.  I am using laptop monitor and external in side by side configuration, and display driver is up to date.

The portion that peeks out is bluer than displays below.

Linking Several Text Boxes in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:59 AM PDT

Looking to link three text boxes together. After selecting the "create link" I have the ability to link one text box, however, I would like to link three together. Is this possible and how can this be completed?

Linking Several Text Boxes in Word 2013

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:57 AM PDT

Looking to link three text boxes together. After selecting the "create link" I have the ability to link one text box, however, I would like to link three together. Is this possible and how can this be completed?

Why do I pay for Office 365? Word formatting issues

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:55 AM PDT

Why am I paying for a service which is not worth the money?  I purchased microsoft office 365 and I have been smashing my head against the wall ever since due to constant AND I MEAN CONSTANT formatting issues.  I am working through my PhD thesis, working on my corrections and almost every time I scroll down, words are cut in half and placed all over the page and the same is happening with the diagrams.

I used to be able to place the cursor on the page, return key the cursor so that it shifts the page of words down but now this is not working so I am having to not save, and reload the previous save.  This is seriously lengthening the time it is taking me to work through my corrections.  Also once again its nice to see that Microsoft are still packaging up unstable programs masking the main issues they still are yet to deal with.

So Microsoft I ask, why am I paying a subscription for this poor service?  If I could code in LaTeX I would.

Number lines in text field of a form

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 09:52 AM PDT

In Word 2010, I have a form that users are supposed to type in and number their various observations in a text form field. The problem I am having is that when they type 1. in the text field, the automatic numbering takes over which is fine but when you press enter and type a 2. it isn't automatically numbered so the indentation is off (see below).

Since this form will be filled out on hundreds of different machines, turning off automatic numbering in the autocorrect options will not work. I created a custom style so I could apply it when in the Content Control Properties box but it isn't listed when I check the box to "Use a style to format contents".

Long story short, how do I allow users to number their observations in the text form fields without automatic numbering kicking in or apply my number style to the field?

Thank you in advance,

Chris

Word 2010 Crashes When Using Macro on Large Documents

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:34 AM PDT

I use the below Macro in Word 2010 to apply heading styles to documents from various authors. It works great unless the document is more than about 15-20 pages long. Word will stop responding, and I have to restart the program entirely if I try this Macro on larger files. Is there any way I can prevent this?

Sub ApplyHeadings()
    Dim rg1 As Range
    Dim rg2 As Range
    Dim pos As Long
    Dim i As Long
    Dim dots As Long

    Set rg1 = ActiveDocument.Range
    With rg1.Find
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .Text = "[0-9.]{2,}[!^13]@[^13]"
        .Font.Bold = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        While .Execute
            Set rg2 = rg1.Duplicate
            dots = 0
            ' isolate the numbering
            pos = InStr(rg2.Text, " ")
            If pos > 0 Then rg2.End = rg2.Start + pos - 1
            For i = 1 To Len(rg2.Text)
                ' count the dots in the number
                If Mid(rg2.Text, i, 1) = "." Then dots = dots + 1
            Next i
            ' apply correct heading level
            Select Case dots
                Case 1
                    If Mid(rg2.Text, 3, 1) = "0" Then
                        rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading 1")
                    Else
                        rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading 2")
                    End If
                Case 2, 3  ' maybe more...
                    rg1.Style = ActiveDocument.Styles("MacB Heading " & CStr(dots + 1))
                Case Else
                    ' do nothing
            End Select
            ' prepare for next find
            rg1.Collapse wdCollapseEnd
        Wend
    End With
End Sub

Content being erased in Word & Excel

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:28 AM PDT

When opening Word documents the text in that document starts to be erased before any keys are touched.  Touching the escape button will sometimes but not always stop the process. This also happens in Excel. The document can be recovered by exiting without saving. In addition to this problem when I try to open folders in my Documents folder they are sent to the recycle bin. 

This originally happened on Office 2007 so I upgraded to 2013 with no change. I have run multiple anti-virus and malware scans to try and find the problem to no avail. 

Thanks for any help. 

changing tab settings

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:23 AM PDT

I have typed several lines of text with numbers and dollar amounts.  After they're all typed I try to go back in and align everything but my text disappears when I drag existing tab stops.

Embedded fonts

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 08:06 AM PDT

Hi community!

When trying to copy and paste into a MS word document from a pdf document which has some sets of fonts embedded, the result is illegible, since several symbols are changed or even disappear.

Since using Adobe Acrobat I can check which specific fonts are embedded, would installing such fonts in Microsoft Word work it out? if so, where can I get or even create those subsets of the fonts needed? if not, how could I solve this problem? 

Hope to hear news soon.

Thanks in advance!

Office 2013 - Right clicking on Word file to create PDF not saving actual page size from Word...HELP!

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 07:08 AM PDT

We have a process of quickly creating PDFs along with combining several Word files to PDF by utilizing the "right click" on a Word file(s) to save as a PDF.  Many times, our page size in Word is 5.5 X 8.5 and it does not save actual page size once PDF is created by using the "right click" and defaults to 8 1/2 X 11.  Is there a way to fix this or edit a setting?  It works fine from within Word if you "Save as" or "Export" but we need the right click to save as actual page size.  Please help. It worked fine in all previous versions of Word/Office.  Thanks!

Read-only documents

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:44 AM PDT

I'm working with documents stored on my local drive, and whenever I double-click on one to open and edit it, Word starts up and presents it in read-only mode.  If I close Word and then immediately double-click the document again, it opens up without the read-only indicator.

This happens to me and my wife, on 2 different computers all the time.  This is a Microsoft bug.

To save everyone time, do this:

Create your own WORD file, save it, and then open it from Windows Explorer about 20 times.  When it happens to you, which it certainly will, FIX IT AND GIVE US A SOLUTION!

Thanks.

[Moderator note: Split from the thread at http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-word/word-always-opens-documents-in-read-only-mode/cd04e338-a1c3-49b9-ae8c-a1119aca1c6f]

word for ipad opens old file verions in dropbox

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 06:37 AM PDT

Hello,

I'm using the word for ipad app (with office 365) and dropbox (both up to date). When opening certain files, word would consistently open an old version (3-4- months old, a couple of modfications having been made in between). This happens both when I open directly from the word app and from dropbox. Oddly enough, dropbox  itself shows the newest file version, and word - before opening - also displays the correct date of the last edit for this file. But once opened, word switches to display the prior date.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Word 2003 not auto-formatting fractions

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:53 AM PDT

I've recently upgraded from WinXP to Win7, and I've discovered that Word 2003 is not auto-formatting fractions anymore.

In Tools/Autocorrect options..., under the Autoformat tab, I have Fractions checked.  My font is arial.  I've tried editing previous documents that already have the fraction symbols in place, and it doesn't work there either.  I tried switching to Times New Roman, but no change.

Autocorrect IS working in some cases, but not others.  If I type "teh", it corrects it to "the".  But I've also noticed that it doesn't upper-case the first letter of a sentence if I missed that.  I can live without that, but if I type "1 1/2", I'd really prefer the symbol to be substituted.

Fonts differ between levels in Multi-Level Lists

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 04:06 AM PDT

Hello,

I have this strange problem I can't seem to figure out.

When I use a Multi-Level list some of the numbers are formatted with one font and some with another. Sometimes these are numbers on different levels of the list and sometimes numbers within the same level.

for example:

1. blah blah blah

2. blah blah blah blah

 2.1. some more blah blah blha

 2.2. blah blah and blah

3. and so on

when I select the number 1. it shows as using one font; the numbers 2.1, 2,2 use the same font; but the number 2 uses another font. then 3 uses the first font again.

I don't know why this happens, and even stranger is the fact that I can't change this. when I select the recalcitrant number (2) and change the font in the Home tab it instantly changes back.

I have also tried changing it from within the list settings, and by turning on paragraph marks and selecting the paragraph. nothing seems to work.

This causes problems later when I use the auto table of contents feature.

any ideas why this happens and how to fix it?

thanks in advance.

Issue with Office 365 normal.dotm for new users

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:59 AM PDT

Hello, I posted this before in this forum Office 365 and was advised to repost this here.

I didn't find the Office 365 Professional Click-2-Run option (Office Product) so I used Office 2013.

In our firm we are using Office 365 Click-to-Run and try to set a default normal.dotm for all new users who log in to our systems after the Office installation.
The default font setting, as far as I know, in Office is Calibri 11. We changed it to Verdana 9.

I tried to make a detailed manual how I try to set a normal.dotm as default and the issue I ran into:

I start with an 'old' normal.dot that I open in Office 365 where the biggest change is the Font change from Calibri 11 to Verdana 9

 

I press File, Save as (location Computer -> Desktop) and save it as normal.dotm and press OK on the notification that Word is going to save the document to the newest layout.

 

I check in Word where the normal.dotm is loaded from and I paste the new normal.dotm in the folder (copy and replace).

I reopen Word and, yes, it works. The default setting is now Verdana 9.
So, next thing is to get it right for all possible users to log on to the laptop.

I go to the Default folder and I see there is no Templates map.. So I create one and place the Normal.dotm inside with a test-shortcut (just to illustrate this example that, I have done it before without the shortcut)

 

Next I log off and log on with another user. I check the Templates map and see the files were copied.

I open Word, I accept the Disclaimer and I notice the Font is changed back to Calibri 11

 

I doublecheck the location where Word gets its Templates from and it is still the same (the user appdata (and so on) folder location)

I check the folder once again and I see that it added a few files and has overwritten the existing Normal.dotm

 

So, a resumé:

I saved a .dot as .dotm
I placed the .dotm in the Templates map and successfully  tested it with an existing user
I placed the .dotm in the Templates map of Default
I logged on with a new user and see the .dotm from Default was successfully copied.
I open Word and it overwites the .dotm

 

Can anybody please explain to me what I have to do to make this work?

Watermark problem on word 2010

Posted: 14 Apr 2015 12:17 AM PDT

Hi This is Amit, 

I have a problem with watermark that i have to create two pages letter head with 2 different watermarks. But unable to change the watermark on 2nd page. 

And i want 2nd page of watermark continued on of every page after 2nd page. Plz give me solution of this.

How to find the hidden formatting symbols when we don't know their name

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 07:01 PM PDT

Hi everyone,

When I collected some contents from the Internet, I realized there're some hidden formatting symbols that can't be found with "Word Find tool". And there're some formatting can't be removed alone, though they can be removed when we clear ALL the formatting. I uploaded the sample below to show my problem more clearly.
Please get the sample here
So problem #1:

Is there anyway we can get the codes to find the formatting, special characters?

#2:

How to see a formatting list so we can choose which one to keep and which one to remove. And it should be done with Find and Replace Tools because the content is incredibly huge.

Thanks for reading.

Macro to extract text from a cell in a table located in the document header

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:20 PM PDT

So I was able to modify this macro:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537149(v=office.11).aspx#officewordautomatingtablesdata_extractingdatafromatable

So it worked to read the table in the header as follows:

Set doc = ActiveDocument
Set tbl = doc.Sections.First.Headers.Item(1).Range.Tables(1)

I cannot, however, get the Split() function to do what it's supposed to do.  If I read out the aData1() value as it goes it will read me the value of the entire row for each row.  If I replace "vbTab" with " " it isn't quite working right.

I can't really do much with it having the entire text of the row, is there an easier way to search for the specific text in the cell preceeding the text I want to use as the file name?

Thank you!

When trying to print labels, Office stops tesponding

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 05:00 PM PDT

everything is finally in place and when I try to print, Iffuce stops responding. I lose my work. And it just refuses to resond to print the labels  it prints everything else-at least most of the time. 

VBA / registry style restrictions

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:52 PM PDT

Hello,

I would like to use a macro (or the registry) to modify the theme and styles options within the Manage Styles dialog > Restrict tab. Does anyone know if this is possible. Ideally I would like to use a macro within a template to govern the settings at a pretty granular level.

Thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Mark

Header/Footer and Saving Problems

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 04:02 PM PDT

I have been using Microsoft 2010 for a while now, as of today when I try to type a paper for class I cannot insert a header, footer, or page number. It only says more are available online and when I go to that menu bar and drop it down it says no online content available. When I try to save my document it says that I am trying to save it as Microsoft 2007 and that this is not compatible and I have it in a don't trust list. I'm not sure why my Microsoft Word is acting like this, I have used it for a long time and even as recently as last week and had no problems at all with it. 

Microsoft Word - Macro for a Word doc with 4 options with text

Microsoft Word - Macro for a Word doc with 4 options with text

Macro for a Word doc with 4 options with text

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

Hi guys,

I am working on a Word doc for legal purposes. For that reason, when a person choose one from 4 possible options (texts) the choose text should be pasted in the doc and the combo should disappear. Can you help on that ?

hidden text appears when printing in Word Office 2007 on IE11

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 02:01 PM PDT

I have a text document with text originally imported as a text scan. It is landscape, two columns. When I print, there is a "1." appearing under other text at left margin on column 1 and "2." on left margin on column two. I have no page numbers, footers or headers.... could there be a hidden layer? Thank you.

The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 01:27 PM PDT

Hi all,

I have a very important document for a college presentation that has given me the following warning on opening, The name in the end tag of the element must match the element type in the start tag.

I have spent about 8-9 hours editing the document and I have not the time to redo it.

The file itself is a portfolio containing lots and lots of images across 38 pages.

I have tried fixing the file using various methods but I have had no success can anyone offer me any advice or help please.

Kind Regards

Christopher Mc Clelland 

Google Input Tools

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 12:06 PM PDT

Hi All,

Is there any feature in MS Office available that works similar to Google Input Tools?

Also, In Office 2010 I used to use a feature that used to read the content after selection. Means, if i select any text or a paragraph, Outlook & Word automatically used to read that. How to get that feature enabled?

Regards,
Pradip

A7 envelopes. How to print from mail merge?

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 11:22 AM PDT

I have now spent over three 3 hours with HP support trying to get a A7 envelope to,print. I have made the list and now cannot get a single least of all the 45 I need to print!  

a7 is an extremely popular size envelope. Isn't there an update yet?

Microsoft Open Office

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 11:03 AM PDT

I currently have Microsoft Office Starter (English) that I use for my documents.

My question is; "If I download Microsoft "OPEN OFFICE" how will it affect the documents I currently have on my PC, and on any storage devices?"

Do I need to uninstall the Microsoft Office Starter (English), or will Microsoft "OPEN OFFICE" install over it like an upgrade?

Any help will be appreciated,

Bill

Word

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 10:24 AM PDT

How do I make a line go completely from top to bottom when printing.  In document view it looks as if the line goes completely up and down but when printing, it doesn't.

Office 2013 display glitch

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 08:11 AM PDT

Good day,

I looked for a similar issue all over the internet, couldn't really find one.

Office (= ALL Office programs) keeps displaying some strange grey bars on the top and bottom edges of context menus and tooltips (on hover) for me.

Disabling hardware acceleration for Office and/or FXAA in my graphics card's settings didn't help.

Any ideas what may be causing this?

Notebook is a Dell Precision M3800.

Create special language-keyboard layout for US English using a LA keyboard?

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 08:02 AM PDT

My problem is that all office programs use my keyboard as input for the language. Even if I removed the Spanish from the Editing Languages, Office happily changes my proofing language to Spanish on new items.

After reading How do I type UK English using a US keyboard? it's become apparent that what I need is to install a new language-keyboard pair. However, the English/LA pair doesn't match my keyboard layout (the keyboard layout is SP/LA). This wouldn't be too much of a hassle, but I'm a programmer too, and I need the brackets to be in the right place (and also, now and then I write in Spanish too)

Does anyone know how can I create a custom language/keyboard pair (if possible, starting from the current English/LA)?

(I know this is a contrived solution to a simple problem, but I couldn't find a simpler way) 

Split document into part-documents

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 07:04 AM PDT

Good evening folks,

I have this report which spans multiple projects, so I would like to assign each with its own TOC. My guess is that I have to split it up somehow, so that it won't count the ones on the previous report and vice versa. Perhaps the page numbering should start from one again too, but that is no must. Any idea of how I would do that?

Response is appreciated, thanks.

Add style to TOC

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 07:00 AM PDT

Evening,

I would like to add a style to the TOC. How would I go about doing this?

Page background displaying on wrong page when working within a template.

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:22 AM PDT

Working with my company template in word 2013 there are certain pages that are set to display certain backgrounds, for example a front cover background, one for a page before the appendices ect. After a while of working/editing in a document this tend to move and the front page will have a plain white background whilst a page of text will have a blue background so you cannot read the text ect. I've figured out this is something to with the section breaks within the document, but cannot ever  seem to manipulate the pages easily, they just seem to behave completely randomly. I there an easy way to edit the backgrounds for each page in a document?

Cannot seem to print 'original' document

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 06:14 AM PDT

I am using Microsoft office 2013 and have been working in the 'original' tab under display for review part of the review ribbon. Whenever I print, to pdf or a printer it will either only print the all mark-up version or no-mark-up version despite it even showing the 'original' document that I want to print. Is there any way to do this? I cannot even copy the 'original' text into a new document as when I paste it in it comes up with the marked up text.

Font and font case problem

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 05:57 AM PDT

Hi Dear someone,

I just in a problem of ms office word 2007.

I'm trying to change the font but it's not working.

So what is the wrong with the program. And I tray

to change font case this program is not working also.

Can some one help me to fix those problem... I will be glad to him/her.

Plz plz help me...........

In Blessing

Roni

In my MS Word 2010, Rich texts are rendering as Plain HTML Text

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 02:56 AM PDT

Hi

I was working on MACROs in Word 2010 and enabled the MACRO settings. But some how my MS Word 2010 setting is disturbed and because of which all the Rich texts like Hyperlinks, Table of Contents, Page Numbers, Embedded Objects are coming as just HTML text. I have reverted back all the MACRO related settings to original but still facing same. As for example;

Hyperlink is coming as '{ HYPERLINK file:///\\\\abcd.com }' where as it should come like \abcd.com\

Snap Shot :    

Table of Content as '{ TOC \o \f }'

Snap Shot : 

Page Numbers as '{ PAGE  }'

Snap Shot :

 

Inserted Excel Sheet as '{ EMBED Excel.Sheet.12 }'

Snap Shot :

I am unable revert the setting. Can some one please help me in this to identify which setting I should see in MS Word 2010.

Thanks

Anirban

Front-to-middle/back-to-middle flipped printing

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 10:28 PM PDT

Hello! Just a quick question, in case anyone has the experience: Is front-to-middle right side up and back-to-middle upside down printing at all possible in a single document with Word?

E.g. you go through a book/brochure all the way to the middle in one language, and if you start from the back and flip it upside down you can read the same thing in another language, so one half would read from the back and upside down.

I am looking for an elegant solution that could be applied for more similar documents, flipping everything manually isn't really an option. Could this be achieved by a printing macro or something of that sorts? And would that be something that Word has any word in (^^) or is it merely a matter of the printer and its drivers? Or is perhaps another tool required, like Microsoft Publisher?

Thanks for any answers :)

Cut/Copy/Paste not working in Office 365

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 05:08 PM PDT

I am unable to cut/copy/paste in any of the Office 365 programs. I re-installed the program, and it still doesn't work. 

Cannot attach .docx file to mail from MS Word 2010

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 03:51 PM PDT

When I try to email a .docx file as an attachment from within Word 2010, I get an error message, saying that it can't find an email program associated with MS Word 2010.  I have Gmail and IMAP is enabled.  What else should I do?  It says to go to Associations in Control Panel, but not sure what that means.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ron Duvall

Wod 2013 will not open documents created on a template and then saved as .docx files

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 03:40 PM PDT

I have created a number of documents and saved them as .dotx files.  Now I find that when I use them to create new documents I can't open them again after the new documents are saved as .docx files.

When I click on them to open them in windows the blue Word opening screen displays and it says "Processing" in white print in the bottom left of the blue Word window except it says its processing/opening the template, not the new .docx document with its new name - it's says the name of the template.

Then word just hangs until I use the task manager to force it to quit.  The n it tells me to use safe mode when I try to open word or if I try to open the document again it tells me it caused a serious error.

If I try to open from within Word it just hangs.  I tried repairing word with a new installation same problem

What to do , please???

How do I change the reviewer name associated with changes in Track Changes?

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 03:25 PM PDT

Greetings and thanks in advance,

I have a technical document that I have been editing for some time using Office 365 Word.  I am running Windows 8.1.

Anyway, I went to check some changes that I had made and found that the program was using my Microsoft account name rather than the user name I had setup in Options| Personalization.  I double checked my setup and found I had neglected to check the box to use the Personalization user name rather rather than the account name.  I have hundreds of changes and really need to edit the reviewer name rather than remake my changes. 

Can this be done?

Dave

Microsoft Word - System Error Oxe06d7363

Microsoft Word - System Error Oxe06d7363

System Error Oxe06d7363

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 11:52 AM PDT

I am using Office Home and Student. Word 2013 frequently fails to open and I get the message:  "Sorry, we ran into a problem while trying to install the product key. If this keeps happening, you should try repairing your office product. System error Oxe06d7363."

Checking the repair button does not help. I have tried the Quick Repair method which does not help. When I go to Online Repair, it tells me to restore the computer system. The only way I have been able to deal with the problem is to restore the system, but the problem continues to occur.

HELP, please!

Autocorrect issues

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 08:17 AM PDT

it recognises my spelling errors, and I can change them, but when I right click it does not come up with the autocorrect button to change the word in the future. Originally my word did this, I have not changed any of the settings, the keyboard language and the autocorrect language match. I do not understand this. Please help as it's wasting a lot of my time as I make a lot of spelling errors etc.

thanks

Word 2013: symbol screen is so small that I can barely recognize them....

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 03:02 AM PDT

As the picture from my screen when i use Word 2013 on Asus UX305

Even though this is Chinese, I hope you can understand that those symbol are just too small to see.

not to mention the right one...

It seems not just Word has this problem, other software like "line" windows 7 version, a communication app, also suffers the same problem.

Is there anyone knows how to deal with it?

Thank you very much!

How to add a punctuation exception?

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 02:24 AM PDT

Is there a way to stop Word from considering a punctuation "mistake" a mistake?

I need to use the double comma (like this ,,) a lot in the kinds of texts I write, and I would like to "teach" the proofreading function to stop considering this a mistake.

Is there a way to do that, just like you add to the dictionary a word that the proofreader doesn't recognize?

Thank you!

searching files in Word 2013

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 01:25 AM PDT

how do I search for text inside a Word document, not just by the file name of the word document?

Word 2013 - Cannot uncheck Hide spelling errors box

Posted: 12 Apr 2015 12:49 AM PDT

Hi,

I've switched to Microsoft Office 2013 recently. However, unlike my previous 2007 version, my Word 2013 is refusing to check spelling and grammar errors. I've been looking for solutions and found out that in Options -> Proofing, the 2 boxes Hide spelling errors in this document only" and "Hide grammar errors in this document only" are permanently checked (grayed out) and I cannot uncheck them.

I've tried installing the Proofing Tool from here, installed it and restarted Word as instructed, but it's still not working. When I check Options -> Language, the Proofing for English (US) still shows 'Not Installed'. There's no Proofing Tool in Control Panel -> Uninstall a program, either.

So, is there anything I can do to make spelling & error check working like it should? I appreciate any help. Thank you in advance!

Best file-sharing option for hyperlinks embedded in Word?

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 11:02 PM PDT

I currently run the certification program for my professional association. As part of a recent process re-design, I've created about 70-80 files to support this effort. The files include everything from application forms to competence assessment guides. Most of these files have hyperlinks to one or more of the other files. For example, the application form for each of the 4 levels of certification have links to files such as a self-assessment, the appeals policy, and so on.

All of the files are stored in Dropbox. Everything works fine if you are using a Mac with OS X and Office 2011, or Windows 8 with Office 2010. But we're finding that quite a few folks are using older versions of both Windows and Office, and those older versions often have trouble opening the Dropbox links. For example:

  • Sometimes users get asked for a Dropbox user name and password that they have to cancel multiple times before they can access the file.
  • Sometimes they have to download and save the file before opening it rather than opening it directly from the link.

Does anyone here know if:

  1. Other file-sharing services such as GoogleDrive, OneDrive, or SugarSync will work better? I have a Mac with Office 2011, so I can't test other options.
  2. If there's some way for me to establish the links so that they will work with older versions of Windows and Office? For example, I usually "display" just the file name, not the entire hyperlink. Would the behavior differ if the entire hyperlink were displayed?

Compressing pictures in Word 97-2003

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:42 PM PDT

I do ebook formatting and have to compress pictures so the file is not more than 10MB for publishing on Smashwords.  I am working with a file right now created in Word 97-2003 (the required file type for Smashwords), and after compressing each picture to 96dpi, the file size is still over 25MB. 

I have never had this happen before.  Have restarted my PC, went back and compressed again, and still no change.

Any ideas?

Better Undoing Functions

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:22 PM PDT

It would be nice to have separate undo buttons or hotkeys for formatting and typing, so that undoing one won't undo the other.  Is it possible that this will happen anytime soon?  Thoughts on this or how to improve this very basic idea?

Office 2013 typing slow on startup

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 08:40 PM PDT

Hello.

I have a problem with Word 2013.

When I open ANY document, typing is slow in first few minuets, but not in safe mode.

So I followed common solution on the internet. I Disabled office 2013 animation, hardware acceleration, and add-ins, and even re-installed entire office, but problem consists.

Again, this problem not occurs when I start office using safe mode.

How can I fix this?

How to disable online template search in Office 2013 Home & Business for my child?

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 06:25 PM PDT

Hello,

The title explains my request:  How to disable online template search in Office 2013 Home & Business for my child?  I've already disabled the start menu at Word startup and Windows 8 Family Safety has prevented images from being displayed when selecting Personal in the template search, but the actual intent is to not have this feature available for my child.  I need to disable this online template search on Word 2013 - please advise. 

Thank you,

GB 

Ms Surface 3 pro with pen/ office 2013 bugs

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 05:11 PM PDT

I use /word 2013 with pen, apart from rather lousy 2 touch activation of the pen i have very annoying experience:

1. Pen disappears: suddenly pen stops reacting and you can't write, nor use it as a mouse. Never happened in non office use. it very annoying, i need to close word with mouse and later on it resurfaces

2. While i use pen in same word 2013 it crashes and restarts (it less common than no pen... bug) 

I just curios is there are any chance to fix this bug?

I have all latest updates and yes it original office 2013 preinstalled on surface 3 pro (just punched number after i bought licence )

Lost document edits made on phone

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:47 PM PDT

Last week I opened a document on my one drive and made edits to out on my windows phone. I thought it had saved, but when I opened up the document all of my changes were gone. Help! I need these changes back. How to I find the document?

Search and Navigation Problem

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 04:25 PM PDT

I just got Word 2013 a week ago.  I have two related problems:  (1) Word 2010 used to allow you to navigate page up/down a page at a time - there were arrows on the right that let you do it.  Word 2013 does not seem to have this feature, but I figured out that I can use the Control+FN+page down/up keys to move page by page.  This brings me to my second problem (2) If I happen to have searched for something, then the page down/up feature no longer works, but instead it takes me to the same old search each time. This happens even after I have erased the search words from the search box. Even after doing that, if I then want to go up or down, I keep ending up at the search spot which I no longer need. The only way to make this stop happening is to exit the document and open it back up.  Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong? Any help will be much appreciated.  Thanks.

Microsoft Word - "Close Window" for Word docxs not showing at taskbar

Microsoft Word - "Close Window" for Word docxs not showing at taskbar

"Close Window" for Word docxs not showing at taskbar

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 10:33 AM PDT

When I press the right click at a taskbar icon I can "close window".

But when that icon taskbar is a Word docx I don't see "close window" as an option.

How can I add that option, ie, that when I open that Word icon I can "close window"?

How to get Word to always open up with web layout view

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 09:13 AM PDT

I know how to edit the normal template (right click and select Open). I have done this, and after Word has been closed for a while, when I open up Word the new file doc opens up in web layout view (how I want it).

But after opening up a document saved in the traditional print layout, when I hit the icon in the QAT for a new file, or close out that doc, then open up a new doc (say, by right clicking on the Word icon in the taskbar), I very often get a new document opened up in the print layout.

How do I make Word ALWAYS open up with a web layout view?

How to continuously add more lines on an inventory form when more items are needed

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 08:10 AM PDT

I have created an inventory consignment form with Word and will always have the first description line and the first item line but could then have 2-200+ more items to enter.   Is there a way to tell the form to create another line if it is needed or am I restricted to opening another form to continue on ?

Checking for Errors in Using Endnotes and Cross-references AND Quickest Way to Format Endnotes So It is Similar to Autonumbering Format Style

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:38 AM PDT

How do I check for errors in the utilization of endnotes and cross-references? These are things that I am worried about:

1. using manual superscripted numbers instead of putting in endnotes and cross-references (so that at the next update, the error might not be caught). Is there a way to catch this efficiently? The document is being touched by numerous individuals, and not all are adept at using endnotes at this time so I'm worried that some might make this error.

2. how does the "error not defined" show up? Where does it show up? In what instances does it show up? Should we just trust that if we update fields and no "error not defined" shows up, that it is all good and we don't have to check for anything else?

I'm also looking for the quickest way to format endnotes so that instead of superscript, it is not superscripted. Is there a way to do this automatically? We utilize endnotes for our reference list and we have a certain way we wanted it formatted (format we want is similar to autonumbering format). Is there a way to do this?

Thank you so much for all your help!!!!

Incorrect Fonts Displayed in Word 2013 (and other apps)

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 07:19 AM PDT

I'm having some difficulty with fonts displaying correctly in a document within Office 2013. The font displays correctly in the ribbon, but not in the document itself. It also doesn't print correctly. Below is what I see:

As you can see, the font displayed in the document looks more like Arial than Eurostile, and this issue exists with other fonts as well. When trying to get help in the Office 365 forum, I was referred here, since this is not the online version (itself rather frustrating and confusing, because my subscription says Office 365 on it).

The issue is uniform in all Office products.

I'm very frustrated with this, and am ready to dump 2013 and go back to an old 2010 version that I still have a license for. But as this was a new system that included an Office 365 subscription, I decided to give it a shot. But so far, I'm not able to use it to print the formats that I want to use.

I even went and purchased the Eurostile font, which didn't seem to help.

Word 2013 Envelope Dialog Box

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 06:57 AM PDT

When I click on envelopes to print an envelope from my letter, I don't get the usual dialog box that displays the return and mailing address.  Instead I get a box called Envelope Options that creates a separate envelop-looking document and gives me a warning that my letter will be altered.  All I want to do is print an envelope from my letter and retain my letter.  All versions of MS Word to this point have done that for me.  Not sure how to correct this problem.  Please help!

John

How to copy the widths of each column in a Word Table and apply to another Table/ Tables?

Posted: 11 Apr 2015 06:03 AM PDT

Dear all,

I would like to copy the widths of each column in a Word Table and apply to another Table.

However, Format Paint doesn't help.

Are there any other ways to do so?

Unable to open Word

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 08:13 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

I am unable to open my Word application.

It was working fine till last night but my computer shut down automatically and once it restarted my Word application is not working.

I need to work on my office projects and unable to do anything it's so frustrating.

Content Control - clear text specific CCs not delete CC

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:45 PM PDT

Hi, I have a letter.dotx Word 2016 (testing) with Rich Text CC [Body of Letter] encased in a Rich Text CC locked for no deletion and editing.

When the saved document is opened OR the template Letter.dotx is opened via File New if the Body of Letter CC has text in the CC I want to put a macro to

Clear Body of Letter CC content only so the user can reuse a letter (not best practice but usual) or clear text from the precedent on File New because they want to type new text in body or paste or use a building block etc.

  1. I am not sure that I even need to encase the CC in the CC. Is it necessary?
  2. Macro to clear [Body of Letter] CC only and place cursor ready for typing.

Many thanks.

Libby

Macropod's Mailmerge Tutorial - a question

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:51 PM PDT

As a novice to mailmerge, I've been trying to follow Macropod's tutorial for doing a mailmerge.  Specifically, a mail merge which calculates Group and Sub-Group totals such as shown on page 15 of the tutorial.  The input is an Excel file.

It seems to be working except for a very basic thing

For each page, I'm trying to include a "standard" address heading of

name            = {MERGEFIELD NAME}

address        = {MERGEFIELD ADDRESS}

city               = {MERGEFIELD CITY}

state             = {MERGEFIELD STATE}

But what I get in the heading of each are the text strings "MERGEFIELD NAME",  "MERGEFIELD ADDRESS" etc.  not the actual values from the Excel records.  What am I missing??

Thank you

Cant open microsoft word/office 2013 or dropbox because "the procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library"?

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:16 PM PDT

I've had office 2013 for over a year and never had this issue before.

I installed dropbox a few days ago in order to share a word document with a couple of other people.  Today was the first time I tried opening the document since doing so.

When I attempted to open it an error message stating "the procedure entry point ... could not be located in the dynamic link library..." popped up.

Since then I've tried to open different word documents as well as dropbox and the other office products on my pc but the same error message comes up in each case.

Has anyone encountered this problem before? If so any advice on how to fix it? I don't know much about computers or software so any help is appreciated.

Below is a copy of the specific error message that pops up when I try opening the shared word document. I would've done a screenshot instead but those are copied to the dropbox clipboard and when I tried opening them that same error message pops up. 

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explorer.exe - Entry Point Not Found
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The procedure entry point NdrpReÌäÑÜÅÓéÙÅÅßÛmatString could not be located in the dynamic link library C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ole32.dll.
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OK  
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