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Microsoft Word - Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Microsoft Word - Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Creating a dynamic break when using tables and mail merge

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:53 PM PST

Hey Gang,

I am trying to make some index cards based off of information contained in an excel spreadsheet.

My approach has been to create a table and format it to my needs with a mail merge.  The merge is working just fine without issue.  I formatted the original document to be the same size as an idex card.  However, with printing margin restrictions and such, I decided to try a more economical approach with expanding the table to fit 8.x5x11 cardstock which I would simply cut afterward.  So if I have a 6 cell table that fills the sheet (each cell is roughly 4x5), I have the first cell with the merge fields and the remainder with Next Record fields.  The problem I am running into is that the length of the total amount of information being inserted via the mail merge sometimes will be greater than the size of 1 cell.  If I fix the cell size to keep uniform card size, the remainder of the text is clipped.

Is there a way, using this approach, to roll that clipped text into the next cell or to somehow print on the same size area?  Would a different approach work better?  I tried the text box route which didn't work due to the Next Record field incompatibility.

Thanks!

-Aesculapius

HTML Elements displaying as red X's, Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:46 PM PST

Hi,

I've been using Word to interpret HTML and have recently run into an issue. My HTML elements display as red X's. This includes all hidden elements, and all check boxes. When I delete the element and then undo the deletion, the element loads without issue.

I'm looking for answers as to possible causes or what setting controls this. I'm guessing a setting somewhere has been toggled since documents that did not have this problem a month ago now do. 

I have tried deleting my registry keys and renaming my Normal.dotm, as well as using Add/Remove programs to try and Repair my installation.  Thanks for any help you can provide, I can try to post a file that is experiencing this issue if anyone is interested.

Cannot get Microsoft Word 365 to Work

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:41 PM PST

My daughter does online school and is unable to get her work done through Word 365. (meaning completing or submitting)  Recently our we had to purchase a new Router because our other failed.  Since then she's unable to use Word 365.  When logging on to K12 Online School, and trying to do an assignment through Word she is getting a message at the top of the page that states:  Most of the features have been disabled.  Then gives the option to re-activate.

When doing so a pop up will come up with 3 options that are:

1.)  Buy - I want to buy

2.)  Enter Key - I have a product key

3.)  Sign In - Add this computer to an active account

I don't know the product key.  Is there a product key I'm unaware of that came w/ the computer that I can put in to make Word work?   (Word came w/ my HP TouchSmart 15 Sleekbook purchased around Sept. 6, 2014)  When I try to sign in it states that The password doesn't match & do you want to change password stored in windows to your new entry.  I already changed my password to my Microsoft Acct.  (which worked fine)  

Only when my daughter tryies using word for her work does this error comes up.  

I do not understand why Word worked before, but doesn't work now.   Any suggestions on how to get Word 365 to work?  Thank You for any suggestions on how to make WORD 365  work so she can use it for her online school.  Keep in mind that it doesn't allow her to type any text at all because of the reasoning stated above..

Sincerely,

Jennifer O'Bryan

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headers

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:55 AM PST

I am using APA format, 6th edition.  It requires that the header of the first page of the document be different from all subsequent pages.  The first page must say;

Running header: and then the title of the paper.

On subsequent pages the term 'Running header" is removed, leaving only the title of the paper.

I also need the page numbering to start on the first page and continue through. 

I am not even sure what is happening other than to say that I cannot get the sequence correct. 

Can you please help?

Many thanks for your time and input.

Kim

Word document format changing when copied to flash drive.

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 11:27 AM PST

I am working on a document with Word 7 in Windows 7. When I copy it onto a USB flash drive, the formatting is slightly different. The margins are wrong on every other page. What might cause this?

XMLSchemaReferences.AllowSaveAsXMLWithoutValidation fails for Office 2013

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 10:08 AM PST

I have a piece of code which works fine on office 2010 but when I use it on office 2013, it gives me run time error

Run-time error '5891'
That Property is not available on that object

=========================

Code - 

    With ActiveDocument
        .UpdateStylesOnOpen = True
        .AttachedTemplate = sourcefile
        .XMLSchemaReferences.AutomaticValidation = False
        .XMLSchemaReferences.AllowSaveAsXMLWithoutValidation = False   ' It fails here
    End With

=========================

I want this to work for both office 2010 and 2013. Is there any way by which that can be done or if not then is there any way in which it ignores the error for office 2013?

How can I combine several Word documents into one without copying and pasting the content

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:39 AM PST

Is there a way to take a series of word documents and insert them into one document without copying a pasteing all the info.  Ex: I have 15 appendices that are separate word docs but wor like to put them together in one.

Original title: Word documents!

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Clipart printing problems

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:11 AM PST

Using Vista Word and Windows 8.1 printing duplex booklet. Prints correctly, including photos until I add in clipart, and the whole project goes haywire, with pages double printed and images out of place. Is there some setting I need to alter?

Resizing photos in Word 2013

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 09:09 AM PST

I am trying to resize a photo in Word 2013 (using Windows 8.1) so that it covers the entire page, including into the margins.  When I drag a corner sizing handle and the photo reaches the Live Layout alignment line for the page margin, the photo suddenly zooms to a massive size and scrolling up or down to try and return the photo to its original page and size is impossible.  Word then freezes and has to be restarted.  Indeed, even trying to move a floating photo or object, such as a text box, into the margins causes wild scrolling down several pages.  I don't recall this ever being a problem in Word 2010.  Would turning off Live Layout help (is this even an option?) or do I have to set all the page margins at 0mm (which would wreck my other formatting)?

Drop down in MS-WORD

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:59 AM PST

Hello friends and Happy New Year.

I will need a document with some form items, i.e. Legacy drop down which will be located lets say in Line 10.

I know how to insert the drop down and add all the values I need.

The difficulty for me is that, after selecting from that drop down I want to populate different text in lets say Line 30, based in the value I choose.

Drop Down List Sample (items):

1. Clerk

2. Assistant

3, Manager

Clerk duties: a bulleted/numbered list (might be located somewhere in the same file (perhaps as hidden text)?

After selecting e.g. Clerk I want to populate the duties of the Clerk - several paragraphs/lines mentioned above (starting from Line 30)

Any help will be highly appreciated,

Thanking you in advance,

Regards,

George

locking word table cells while auto-updating fields

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 08:35 AM PST

Hi,

Got a wee problem, hope someone can help!

I've created a table inside a word 2010 doc, image below..

...which contains two formulas. Both function perfectly. If I change any of the values in
the peach coloured cells, all I have to do is right click / 'update fields' on
both grey coloured cells containing the formulas, and it will update the values
accordingly.

However, I want users to input their own values into the
peach coloured cells without having to right click / 'update fields'. Is there
any way the formulas in the grey cells can automatically update after user
input? I also want to lock/protect the grey cells so users cannot edit the
formulas.

Using excel sadly isn't an option.

any help would be very much appreciated...thanks

Removing redundant/extra empty pharagraphs in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 06:54 AM PST

A text copied from a webpage and then pasted into Word 2010 contains some empty paragraphs in the document. How can I remove just the redundant/extra empty paragraphs?

Thanks for your help

Arrange Word Documents on Secondary Monitor

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 03:37 AM PST

I have a dual-screen setup. The primary monitor is the main focus for my work, with supporting documents etc. displayed on the secondary monitor. When I open a Word document, it appears on the secondary monitor (I previously moved a Word document there), although the 'splash screen' still appears on the primary monitor.

I currently have two similar Word documents open and I would like to view them in a split screen arrangement. When I click Arrange All on the View tab, the documents are arranged neatly on the primary monitor. I then have to drag (and re-size) onto the secondary monitor.

Can Word 2007 be persuaded to perform consistently on the secondary monitor?

Search in Word 2010

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 02:43 AM PST

In Windows Explorer, if I search with the term 'patent layout', the search results are listed in order of relevance, ie files that start with the words 'patent layout', then files for which the name includes the words 'patent' or 'layout', then files which contain the words 'patent' or 'layout'.  This also used to be the same for Word, Excel, inserting files into Outlook messages, etc. However, in Office 2010 rather than in Windows Explorer, the search results are now shown only in name, date, type, etc order, not in order of relevance. This has only happened since returning to work after the New Year.  Any ideas?

Word 365/2013 New field in document properties

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 01:26 AM PST

Hi,

I am creating a new Word document template.

This template should use central values like "Revision" and "Last Update Date".

Now I found out how to create new fields within the advanced document properties, but it is quite extensive to Change this value.

I know that I can show the document panel above the text, but the individual fields are not shown there.

Does anyone here knows a way to show this fields in the document Panel?

A Workaround to show Special fields in a Dialog box to Change them would also be OK.

Thanks

Golem

Adding equations vie Macro using the formula editor - function stops working at equation no. 99

Posted: 13 Jan 2015 12:39 AM PST

I created a document template including a customized ribbon for adding predefined elements like e.g. equations in a predefined font and layout.

In addition to the equations, a consecutive, equation reference number is added on the right hand side - everything is packed into a macro.

The related code for adding the consecutive number is the following:

.Fields.Add Range:=Selection.Range, _
                    Type:=wdFieldEmpty, _
                    Text:="SEQ PDEq \* MERGEFORMAT", _
                    PreserveFormatting:=False

The problem that I currently have is, that for any reason this section of the code for adding the consecutive number)doesn't work for equation numbers higher than 99.

If I copy and paste the entire line, it works also for numbers higher that 99.

Unfortunately I don't have an idea on where the problem can come from.

Generating automatic TOC for different sections in the same document

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:22 PM PST

If I have, for example, 5 sections in a document (created using section breaks), is there any way to create automatic TOC for each sections?
If not, what would be the alternative?

Cursor instability

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:18 PM PST

Why does my laptop cursor jump back into an earlier position whenever I insert text. It functions normally for a short time, then inevitably jumps back.

"Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable."

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:31 PM PST

Hi, I am having a problem with my Word 2010 since 2 weeks. Whenever I open it, a pop up comes up and says "Word could not create the work file. Check the temp environment variable." I have tried everything, I've searched online, I've chatted with a Microsoft tech but nothing helped AT ALL. Can anybody help me solve this problem? Also, I have tried uninstalling Microsoft Office and installing it back but that didn't work either.

I need help as soon as possible.

Thank you.

I need a pattern match expression to change the digits place from side to side of a slash (changing 12/34 to 34/12)

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 08:24 PM PST

I need a pattern match expression to change the digits place from side to side of a slash (changing 12/34 to 34/12).

I've used this pattern "([0-9]{1,}).([0-9]{1,})" in find what and "\2/\1" in replace with places.

but it shows an error that your pattern match contain a .. which is not valid.

could you please help me to find the right command?

think if you wanna do this command in your word document:

changing 34368/56 to 56/34368.

what would you do?

please help.

Word 2013, Headers and Footers

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:20 PM PST

I've had this problem in the past and have yet to find a solution.  Can anyone tell me if they have ever experienced their footer starting at the exact same place where the header ends if they were able to fix it?  No matter what I do, [when this happens] I cannot resize the header so it is at the top of the page.  Attempting to resize only makes a mess of everything else and has no impact on the header.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated!

Create a Varying number of labels using Word Mail Merge

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:03 PM PST

I am working on a file label project that I would like to take one step further. 

We have an Excel spreadsheet with the file codes, description, retention, etc.  At the beginning of the year, we want to print out the labels we anticipate we will need so the labeled folders can be distributed.  The number of labels for the various file codes will vary.  Some might not need a label, others will need dozens.  If we had a column in the Excel sheet with a count, could we use this number to "tell" Word how many of each label to include in the Mail Merge? 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Direction of Table of Authorities

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:10 PM PST

Whenever I try to insert a table of authorities on my word document, it comes in the direction of right-to-left (instead of the needed left-to-right). I've currently been unable to change this, whereas doing so manually still leave many problems. Does anyone know how to fix this problem?

Word 2013: is it possible to ref field on first 3 characters

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 04:07 PM PST

Is it possible to display only the first 3 characters of the field month?

{REF MONTH}

How to convert PDF into Word document and vice-versa.

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:42 AM PST

Original Title <365 Word>

Office 365 will let me save a word version of a PDF file but the file is still not editable.

I need to be able to convert a PDF file to a word document, fill in the form and convert it back to PDF before sending to a customer.

Please advise the simplest and cheapest way to accomplish this.

Thanks!

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 file will not open some files

Microsoft Word - Word 2013 file will not open some files

Word 2013 file will not open some files

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:51 PM PST

I have a problem that when I open some of my Word files the blue start up screen comes up like this:

but it gets no further. On one occasion, I left it for nearly two hours, and it kept on cheerfully working at it i.e. those dots kept sailing in from left to right to encourage you that it was doing something, but nothing happens. No error report or any such thing.

   The file I am trying to open is not the name that you see on this screen snip, but it was created off of this custom template. So far nearly all of my errors have been with files created off of a custom template, but I can't prove that that is a connection, because I have been working almost exclusively with those files. Once I lose hope that it is getting anywhere I click exit until a window comes up to say that "Office is not responding" then I choose "close the program." The next time I open Word there is a box to warn me that "Last time you opened Word it did not start correctly. Would you like to open in Safe mode?" I choose yes, and it opens fine in Safe Mode. I exit and open again. Everything seems to work fine. But when I try to open that file again it warns me that "Last time you opened this file it caused a serious error. Do you still want to open it?" If I choose yes Word locks up again.

   This all would seem to indicate a corrupted file. But the strange thing is, at the same time that word is unsuccessfully trying to open the file, I can go to another computer (also with Windows 7 and Office 2013) and open the same file (it is on my OneDrive). The file opens fine and informs me that my other computer is currently working on this document (even though it still hasn't managed to even get it open). I can save this open file with another name and then my first computer is able to open that file.

   I don't run into this error every time I open Word. It works fine for a while, then for no understandable reason it comes again to this place of spinning its wheels.

   I thought maybe my template was the problem, so I created a new template and just brought over my four custom styles from the old one. That didn't help.

   I tried the route of deleting the Data and Options registry key. Again no change.

   I have tried repairing Microsoft office both the thorough and the quick fix. Again no help.

   It seems like since the other computer opens my "corrupted file" without a problem, it must not be a corrupted file but rather something with this copy of Word. Actually I am wondering if it is something deeper than Word. A while ago I was also having a problem with copying mp3 files to micro SD cards via the built in card reader. I insert a micro SD card into the included SD card adapter and that into the card reader. These are 4GB cards and I am copying more than 1,000 files totaling very close to the capacity of the card. I take all of the files at once and drag them to the card. For some cards everything worked fine. The transfer completes in about 20 minutes. But for several of the cards it would copy for a while then suddenly pop up with an error that read something down the line of "The semaphore timeout period has expired." Sometimes it would copy quite a few files before coming up with that error. Sometimes it wouldn't get far at all before coming up again. I used a different computer to copy the files to the cards, and it did the job fine with no complaint, so obviously the problem was with my computer and not my cards. Now I don't know if this problem has any connection to the problem with Word, but I thought I would mention it in case it might be connected.

Style Set Blocking

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:44 PM PST

The Normal.dotx and Normal.dotm in Word 2010 has been changed and saved so that the Style Set Switching was turned on for "New documents based on this template".

However, when Word is reopened the Style Set Switching option is turned back on again.

Any suggestions as to why this is happening and how we can stop Word from switching it back on?

We are on a network, however, the testing has been done from a new Normal.dotm by removing all copies of the Normal files before reopening Word, opening the Normal.dotm file from the 'Roaming\Microsoft\Templates' location, turning the Style Set Switching off saving on the Normal Style and saving the Normal.dotm. Once complete Word is closed and reopened, however, the Style Set Switching option is turned back on.

Please HELP!

Thanks, Delma

Using Quick Parts in Protected Document

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:39 PM PST

Is there a way to use Quick Parts in a protected document?  I set up a template and entered all the information into Quick Parts so it can select an address from the Quick Parts drop down list.  But when I turn on the protection in Restricted Editing, the list becomes inaccessible.  I tried using the drop down option as well but the address is not in address format.

if field not working with text

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 02:11 PM PST

I have created a field called month, default text is November.

I then enter the following:

IF month = November Yes Null

I have also tried

IF month = "November" Yes Null

The result is null.

This worked fine in word 2003 (just been updated to word 2013)

The if statement also works for me if I use numbers but never when I use text.

Any ideas?

Word 2010 - Outline in Spanish

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:44 PM PST

In Word 2010, is there a way to change the ordinal numbers, when in Spanish, to accommodate whether it be masculine or feminine. For example:       It should be Clausula PRIMERA not PRIMERO.   Please help me correct this?  

Keyboard command to remove auto formatting/linking in Table of Contents in a Word document

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 12:51 PM PST

I've done this before, but forgot how to do it. There's a keyboard command (F9 is part of it) in Word that will turn an automatically created table of contents into text so it retains the page numbers as-is if it's copied into another document. Does anyone know off-hand what the keyboard command is for this?

Thanks,

Susan

Print Screen to Word 2010 document?

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 11:53 AM PST

Hi!

Please I have spent this whole day finding a way to add a print screen picture to my Word 2010 document

but while out result!

My print screen is shown on the clip board but adding it to the Word 2010 document by clicking the tiny picture on the clip board only brings a black outline of the site, no content!

This is my home laptop, I am the only user and owner so there should not be any strictriction to add e.g. my own web page to my own Word document!

But no! It is uninpossible!

I wonder if there is some false selection " x " somewhere in Word's configurations which is preventing that!?

There is a Ms article about "Content rights" in finnish here:

https://support.office.com/fi-fi/article/Sis%C3%A4lt%C3%B6oikeuksien-hallinta-Office-2010ss%C3%A4-c7a70797-6b1e-493f-acf7-92a39b85e30c

"Mitä sisältöoikeuksien hallinnalla voi tehdä:

  • estää valtuutettua vastaanottajaa lähettämästä luvattomasti edelleen, kopioimasta, muokkaamasta, tulostamasta, lähettämästä faksilla tai liittämästä käyttöoikeuksiltaan rajoitettua sisältöä

  • estää käyttöoikeuksiltaan rajoitetun sisällön kopioinnin Microsoft Windowsin Print Screen -näytöntulostustoiminnolla"

And it tells about "Content Rights" which can prevent adding Print Screen to a Word 2010 document!

But unfortunatelly this article says no words about the opposite!

I do not understand where I can manage to change, possible some preselected(?) preventing of Print Screens

so that I could make normal notes so that I would be able to add a print screen then text and then the next picture!

Earlier I used to make notes e.g. for seldom used computer skills which I could refer next time.

Print Screens where great e.g. for making notes of home web configurations which a professional hade put right

and I then made a note to remember all those several configurations. :)

Thank You for all help!

With Best Regards from Finland!

Footers in Word 2013

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 11:47 AM PST

  1. I want to place the document file name at the left side of the footer and the page number in the center of the footer.  This was possible in Word 2003 but I have not been able to do it in Word 2013.  After putting the file name in the footer, it disappears when the page number is added.  Does anyone know how to do this?
  2. Word Help says that double clicking in the footer area will open Header & Footer Tools.  This does not happen in my case.  Any comments on this?

Create and Run Spellcheck Macro on Restricted (protected) Form

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 10:19 AM PST

Hi All!

I have a form I created that is restricted to filling in fields.  Because spellcheck will not check fields in a protected form, I would like to create a macro that will do the following:  1) stop protecting the form 2) run spellcheck and then; 3) protect the form.  

I am haven't been able to figure out how to do this since the "record macro" button is grayed out when the document is protected.  If I unprotect the form to begin recording the macro, I loose the step of unprotecting the form in the actual macro recording.

A few years back I was able to get this to work in a protected Excel Spreadsheet.  Can I not do this in Word?

Sincerely,

Amy

Cannot open any word documents

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:37 AM PST

Hi

I hope someone can help me please. Lately I started to experience that I cannot open any of my word documents. I get this message: 

Microsoft Office Standard 2010 cannot verify the license for this application.

I bought this pc in 2009 with Windows Vista but now use Windows 7. Should I download office 2010 activator to rectify this problem?

Thank you for your help.

Clipart in MS Word 2013

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 09:27 AM PST

I do not like the new clipart function in MS Word 2013.  I have 15+ years worth of purchased clip art on disks, from many different collections.  I want to use THAT clipart, instead of the very limited and often unattractive offerings from Microsoft.  How can I disable the MS Word 2013 clipart function, and go back to the way that I have used clipart in Word for the past 20+ years?  Do I have to remove Word 2013 and reinstall one of the prior versions of Office?  I use clipart ALL the time and I want what I used to have!  I am a very unhappy Word 2013 user!  I have been unhappy with the changes that Microsoft has made to its flagship programs in the past three years.  I don't mind change, but when the changes are so radical that a heavy user has to spend weeks "re-learning" a program that they have been proficient with for many years, it makes no sense to me!  I don't want to be a dinosaur, and I embrace innovation.  But, the recent changes are frustrating and I am seriously thinking about either going back to using WordPerfect or firing up an older laptop, so that I can do the things that I want to do in a word processing program!

Help with creating letterhead document

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 07:22 AM PST

I am trying to create an electronic letterhead for our company.  I would like for the Header and footer to be on the first page when a one page document is needed but for the footer to "move" to the second page (or 3rd, 4th etc) as text is entered after the first page.  If I have a 4 page document, I want the header appearing on the first page and the footer appearing on the 4th page.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Kim

365 Word

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:42 AM PST

Office 365 will let me save a word version of a PDF file but the file is still not editable.

I need to be able to convert a PDF file to a word document, fill in the form and convert it back to PDF before sending to a customer.

Please advise the simplest and cheapest way to accomplish this.

Thanks!

File levels

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:34 AM PST

How do you remove an unwated file level from a file hierarchy without losing the contents of the lower level file?

Thanks to anyone who can help

Paul

Word docs formatting has changed since Office 2010 / Word Starter update

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 06:13 AM PST

I've had that little pop-up box telling me there's an update for Word Starter, which I'd been ignoring until today, when I accidentally clicked the 'Okay' button.  Now all my Word docs, especially the ones with column formatting, have changed (though it may be that these are just the most obvious ones - I haven't checked every single doc!).  They are mostly things like CVs, but I am at a loss how to change them back (e.g. so that content fits on 2 pages), or how to identify and uninstall whatever update it was that has caused these changes.  I've had a look at the Click to Run Manager, but that only tells me that updates have been installed, and there seems to be no way of seeing what's been done, or how to undo it.

I am running Word Starter 14.0.7140.5000

Click to Run version 14.0.7140.5002

Mail merge Doc doesn't show cents

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:57 AM PST

One of my Excel source fields has a currency amount of $663.25. It shows up on the doc as $663 with no cents shown

I have checked the source formatting and it is $0.00. The amount in the mail merge source list doesn't show the cents value.

How do I correct?

Problem when clicking "save as" in MS Word 2010 pointing to a different path or folder

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 05:37 AM PST

I have a user that when she opens a word document (from any source folder) and then tries to "save as", the path destination folder points to a different folder that is not the source folder nor is it the default location configured within Word.

For example, If I open an existing Word document located F:\Data\Stats\Word and do a "save as", it will immediately point to a different to folder on the server to M:\Public\Docs instead of F:\Data\Stats\Word. This does not occur to one specific file or files located in a specific folder, but to different other files in different folders.

I want the computer to open a Word document from its original location (ex. F:\Data\Stats\Word) and automatically open to its original source folder (ex. F:\Data\Stats\Word) when clicking "save as" without having to browse to it.

I'm aware that you can just do "save" instead of "save as", but often this user has to edit a file and save the changes as a separate file name.

The only step I've taken to remedy this was disabling the Trust Locations within Trusted Center Settings, but it did no resolve the problem.

Mail merge fields not updating

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 03:02 AM PST

I have a mail merge that takes field data from an Excel sheet.

In the Word settings, Update fields before printing and Update linked data before printing are selected.

However, if click Finish & Merge >> Print Documents...

...and click Options in the Print dialog, you can see that Update linked data before printing is no longer selected. In fact, it's disabled so I cannot select it.

And then of course, none of the fields are updated in the mail merge. 

Does anyone know why Update linked data before printing is disabled?  I didn't have any problems with this document in an older version of Word. Also, I get the same problem when using a real printer, instead of the PDF printer.

Formatting Issues on Word 2010

Posted: 12 Jan 2015 01:30 AM PST

Good Morning 

One of our clients is having an issue on Microsoft Word 2010. The Client uses document templates for all of the work they do. In their office, all of the computers are Microsoft Windows 7, with Either Office 2010, or Office 2013 Installed. The problem is that on Office 2010, the formatting of these document templates is not correct. The Bottom of some of the words is chopped off, but in Office 2013 it is fine. 

Also, This computer was recently reinstalled with Windows 7, and I have checked to make sure office is up to date, completed a repair on the office installation, made sure that windows is up to date and tried various different printer drivers on the computer to see if we could resolve the issue

I have attached some images on this post for referance, but due to confidentiality I have had to remove some of the lettering frmo the customers logo, but you can see the issue. 

The First Image, is what the document looks like in Word 2013, and the second image is what it looks like in 2010, that is causing the problem. 

- Office 2013 

- Office 2010 

Thanks in advance for your help with this! 

Open documents created in Word 11

Posted: 11 Jan 2015 04:57 PM PST

How do I open in Word 2003, Word documnets created in Word 2011.

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which version is which - Microsoft Office forums

which version is which

Posted: 20 May 2008 12:26 PM PDT

Hey Jerry, Glad to help... Thanks for posting back, it is appreciated.

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Dual installation - Office 2003 and 2007

Posted: 20 May 2008 04:00 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

Thnx for your help. Now I'll check for is beeter: clean installation or dual
installation.


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote
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why when i enter my product key is it saying error?

Posted: 19 May 2008 10:40 AM PDT

Because the product key afixed to the PC is for windows, not office.
If you have a trial version of Office installed you have to purchase the
key, or better still & cheaper order the retail version from eg amazon.com,
not forgetting to uninstall your trial prior to installing your retail
version.
If however you purchased Office with your PC, the key will be amongst the
paperwork.


"lisa" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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reinstalling office enterprise 2007

Posted: 18 May 2008 06:53 PM PDT

If I choose "repair" from the disc it says:
Cannot find office.en-us\osetupui.dll

If I choose "remove" from the disc or try to uninstall through control panel
it says:
Error 1324. Folder path 'MS Office Enterprise' contains an invalid character.

If I try to install from the disc it says:
Path E:\MS Office Enterprise is not available for installing. Try another
path.


"JoAnn Paules" wrote:
 

Is there a way I can restore Office without my installation CD?

Posted: 18 May 2008 03:34 PM PDT


"penelope0511" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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No CD, No key, No running software.

Either follow Carey's post or go to http://www.openoffice.org/ and download
their free Open Office program suite that will read and write and perform
many of the same tasks that Office will perform.

new computer--problems with installing Office 2007 Home & Student

Posted: 17 May 2008 09:27 PM PDT

I actually figured it out last night--we didn't have to uninstall at all.
Administrator went through the process to activate, but since the user
accounts hadn't opened any Office Doents, it still splashed the screen. I
just went through the motions of "activating" and it jumped right away and
said it was all set.

"DL" wrote:
 

Licenses - Purchasing New Ones?

Posted: 17 May 2008 11:04 AM PDT

Volume Licensing Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/resources/default.mspx
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Office Enterprise 2007 - Error 2203 - internal error 2147287035

Posted: 16 May 2008 01:24 AM PDT

Sorry - I missed that part about it being on the same machine.

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After furious head scratching, mwelizeb asked:

| Id did buy it through the Hoem use program and are also using it om
| the same machine. I still have the information under the
| Windows.old.000 folder. The reason that I need to re-install it is as
| explained in my note. I had to reload Vista because of a hardware
| failure and because the operating systen has been reloaded all other
| software needs to be reloaded. It is not that I am using it on a
| different machine, it is still the same PC.
| I fail to see why I need to buy a new copy if I am loading it onto
| the same notebook.
|
| "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
|
|| If you purchased this through your Employer (Home Use Program) it is
|| a single installation much the same way that OEM is tied to the
|| machine on which it is installed. Your copy cannot be used on
|| another machine. Apply to your employer to see if they will sell
|| you a new copy for your new computer.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
|| unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
|| reading.
||
|| After furious head scratching, mwelizeb asked:
||
||| I have bought Office Enterprise 2007 and has loaded it on my
||| notebook. I am running Vista Premium and had experience problems
||| with a result that I had to reload the operating system again. After
||| re-installation I need to load all other software again incl. MS
||| Office Enterprise 2007as all linksto the software on the notebook is
||| now gone and the programs are not working anymore. I have tried to
||| reload Office Enterprise 2007 again but is receiving an error 2203 -
||| :\windows\installer\6d86fe5.ipi -2147287035. Because this product
||| was previously loaded, I get the error of access denied.I do not
||| have the same problem with other software. I am not very technical
||| and therefore d not know where to look/fix to overcome this problem.
|||
||| Error in re-installing Office 2007
|||
||| Error 2203 c:windows\installer\6d86fe3.ipi - 2147287035 contact
||| microsoft product support service (PSS) for assistance for
||| information how to contact PSS see
||| c:\users\elize\appdata\local\temp\setup00001780\ps s10r.chm.
||| error 2203 and internal error has occured
||| c:\windows\installer\6d86fe5.ipi -2147287035 contact PSS for
||| assistance
|||
||| I have searched for the file
||| c:\users\elize\appdata\local\temp\setup00001780\ps s10r.chm but
||| cannot find it.
|||
||| Please help as I urgently need to re-load the software again on my
||| notebook. Thanks
||| Elize

Update '{0FE78361-E9DC-43AF-BFF9-26249486B6E5}' could not be insta

Posted: 15 May 2008 07:29 AM PDT

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the reply. This is an upgrade from Office 2003 Professional.
We're using SMS to send it out and used the OCT to customize the install.
Here are the msp files in the updates folder:

10/14/2007 07:43 PM 12,743,168 ClientSharedMUIsp1-en-us.msp
12/19/2006 09:59 AM 1,240 eula.txt
01/28/2008 02:09 PM 11,896,320 excel.msp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 21,981,184 MAINMUIsp1-en-us.msp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 229,852,160 MAINWWsp1.msp
04/16/2008 03:02 PM 11,524,096 Ofc2007.MSp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 6,956,544 Office64WWsp1.msp
02/25/2008 11:08 AM 5,050,368 outlfltr.msp
01/28/2008 02:10 PM 14,201,344 outlook.msp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 5,749,760 Proofsp1-en-us.msp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 324,608 Proofsp1-es-es.msp
10/14/2007 07:43 PM 324,608 Proofsp1-fr-fr.msp
10/27/2006 10:18 PM 75 README.TXT
12/19/2006 09:59 AM 1,240 SupplementalEula_OfficeClient_ar-sa.txt
02/15/2008 04:54 AM 9,736,192 targetdir.msp
02/15/2008 04:55 AM 15,180,288 visio.msp
02/25/2008 11:07 AM 11,772,416 xlconv.msp

The Ofc2007.MSp is the one created with the OCT. We're running setup with
no additional switches, everything is taken care of with the OCT
customizations. No user interaction is required.

We've seen 30 errors out of 225 attempts and this particular error has
occured 15 times so far. Of course we never saw this in our testing and
pilot phases.



Todd Lorenc
NYS Dept of Taxation & Finance

"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

MS office acounting 2008 / server setup

Posted: 15 May 2008 05:23 AM PDT

Ooops. TY

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MS Office Accounting 2008 (FREE Version) on Vista

Posted: 14 May 2008 08:16 PM PDT

Thanks Bob. I'll do.



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Microsoft Word - Word 2002 access on Windows XP

Microsoft Word - Word 2002 access on Windows XP

Word 2002 access on Windows XP

Posted: 11 Jan 2015 11:49 AM PST

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Cannot insert some clip art images using Word 2010 - Error code 0x800C0006

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Hi

When I try to insert some (but not all) clip art images into a .docx file I'm getting the following error message when I double-click on the image:

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Thanks.

Word 2010

Windows 7 x64 Ultimate

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Inserting both Bibliography and Works cited?

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word 2010 Put borders around numbers with a dash between each number

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Hello from Steved

Put borders around numbers with a dash between each number

from the below to

1,2,23,24,7,9

to

1-2-23-24-7-9 and with borders please

At this time I am stepping each number(F8) what is required to make this function. thank you

Sub InputNumbers()
    Selection.Find.ClearFormatting
    Selection.Font.Size = 21
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = "[0-9]{1,}"
        .Replacement.Text = ""
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = True
        .MatchCase = True
        .MatchWholeWord = False
        .MatchWildcards = True
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    Selection.Font.Name = "Arial"
    Selection.Font.Size = 24
    Selection.Font.Bold = wdToggle
    Selection.Font.Color = wdColorRed
    Selection.Range.HighlightColorIndex = wdBrightGreen
    With Selection.Font
        With .Borders(1)
            .LineStyle = wdLineStyleDouble
            .LineWidth = wdLineWidth050pt
            .Color = wdColorAutomatic
    End With
    Selection.Font.Size = 21
    With Selection.Find
        .Text = ","
        .Replacement.Text = "-"
        .Forward = True
        .Wrap = wdFindStop
        .Format = True
        .MatchCase = True
        .MatchWholeWord = True
        .MatchWildcards = False
        .MatchSoundsLike = False
        .MatchAllWordForms = False
    End With
    Selection.Find.Execute
    With Selection
        If .Find.Forward = True Then
            .Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseStart
        Else
            .Collapse Direction:=wdCollapseEnd
        End If
        .Find.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceOne
    End With
    Selection.MoveRight Unit:=wdCharacter, Count:=1
    End With
End Sub

MS Word Form Field dependent on selection of 1 of 3 check boxes

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Any help or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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