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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.
---------------------------
OK  
---------------------------

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

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

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

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 03:26 PM PDT

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

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

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

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

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 02:20 PM PDT

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

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

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:57 PM PDT

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

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

Thanks

Syntax Error! Calculating Mail Merge Fields

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:29 PM PDT

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

{= {MERGEFIELD Setup___Once_Off_Fee} * 1.14}

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

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

Deleted personal template names still appear in Backstage in Word 2013

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:15 PM PDT

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

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

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

...

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

It worked; they're gone.

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

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

Add static source list in word document to source manager

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:42 PM PDT

Hello,

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

Thanks

Word mail merge from excel

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 12:25 PM PDT

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

User-controlled date field

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:36 AM PDT

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

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

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

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

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

Is there a simple way to do what I want?

Word skips page 2

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 11:24 AM PDT

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

Thanks.

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

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:56 AM PDT

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

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

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 09:31 AM PDT

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

Question on page numbering

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 07:58 AM PDT

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

Urgent help required related to Office 365

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:41 AM PDT

DEAR 

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

1. under start i can not find office folder

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

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

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

using windows 7 

Amit

Can't open documents ...

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 05:26 AM PDT

Hi,

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

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

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

Thanks a bunch.

--- Val

Bibliography and citations disappeared after emailing Word Document

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:18 AM PDT

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

I have been doing this for the past 4 years.

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you!!

Word 2013 open files as read only

Posted: 10 Apr 2015 01:02 AM PDT

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

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

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

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

word docs in office 2010 locked out of my own documents

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 10:19 PM PDT

Hi 

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

Have you any suggestions - step by step instructions please?

Cheers

Steve

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:00 PM PDT

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

Word experienced an error trying to open the file

Check permissions

Make sure you have sufficient memory and disk space

Try opening with the text recovery converter.

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

Markup Area

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 07:53 PM PDT

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

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 06:32 PM PDT

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

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

MS Word 2007 - How to Identify Graphic Image Filenames

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:38 PM PDT

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

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 04:12 PM PDT

Hi!

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

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

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

MS Word -- adding collapsible sections

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:56 PM PDT

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

[Moderator note: Changed title from "MS Word"]

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

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 03:00 PM PDT

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

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

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

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

Thanks.

MS Word

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:56 PM PDT

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:54 PM PDT

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

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

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

Can any of the above be fixed?

Joann Tutalo

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Spell Check not working on another language

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 01:27 PM PDT

Hello

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

Can anyone please help me with this.

 

Office 2010 Mail Merge not working as of today?

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:18 PM PDT

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 11:21 AM PDT

Hello to all,

I've got a weird one.

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

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

An image is worth a thousand words.

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

Is this a bug? And is there a workaround? 

Thanks and have a nice day.

Stephane "Steve" Halle 

Forms - Change drop down field entry back to blank

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:49 AM PDT

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

New install of Office 365

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:45 AM PDT

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

  Problem Event Name:                        BEX

  Application Name:                             WINWORD.EXE

  Application Version:                           15.0.4701.1000

  Application Timestamp:                     54d9bb8f

  Fault Module Name:                          unknown

  Fault Module Version:                        0.0.0.0

  Fault Module Timestamp:                  00000000

  Exception Offset:                                003dd950

  Exception Code:                                  c0000005

  Exception Data:                                   00000008

  OS Version:                                          6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48

  Locale ID:                                             1033

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

Macros in Word 2013

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:24 AM PDT

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

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

Conditional use of image in mail merge.

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 09:08 AM PDT

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

Thanks

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:50 AM PDT

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

Any reason why this might happen?

Thanks.

Edit Chart Data in Microsoft Word 2013 Not Popping Up

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 08:20 AM PDT

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

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

Please help!

Page x of y across sections in Word 2010

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 03:59 AM PDT

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

In the footer I use page x of y. 

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

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

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:44 AM PDT

Split from this thread.

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

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

Many thanks.

Kind regards,

Word 2010 changing some punctuations to Times New Roman while typing

Posted: 09 Apr 2015 12:14 AM PDT

Hi,

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thanks for your help,

Cameron

Headings MS Word

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 09:49 PM PDT

Hi Community,

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

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

Why is this happening and how can i fix it?

Thanks in advance

Need help

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 09:30 PM PDT

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

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

Posted: 08 Apr 2015 07:21 PM PDT

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

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

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

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

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

Sub TabOrder()

Dim StrCurFFld As String, StrFFldToGoTo As String

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

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

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

Can anyone help me get the navigation working?
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