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| pull down menu | 11/26/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: I was working ordinarily with Word part of Office 2003, when I noted that the Save As option no ...
A: You can always use the keyboard shortcut - the F12 key - to access Save As, but I suspect that this ...
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| gaps in endnotes | 11/26/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a question related to your answer about endnotes posted on 9/29/2009. I have spaces between ...
A: Vertical alignment can be set by section (the setting is on the Layout tab of Page Setup), so it ...
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| gaps in endnotes | 11/26/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a question related to your answer about endnotes posted on 9/29/2009. I have spaces between ...
A: The only other thing I can think of is that you might have the vertical alignment set to Justified. ...
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| MSword page problem | 11/25/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I took a risk yesterday and allowed an install of all MSWORD 2003 updates. Now it no longer has a ...
A: I hate it when Microsoft Word “updates” and then screws up something else. Must report that I don’t ...
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| Copy & Paste and Endnotes | 11/25/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: Hope you can help. I am creating a form in Word and using endnotes in the title boxes to flash up ...
A: A macro could possibly be used, but you mention other documents PLURAL so I’m not sure if the ...
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| calculations in merge | 11/25/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I want to subtract 2 fields together, then divide by 2. I can subtract 2 fields, but I don't know ...
A: The slash symbol serves as the operator for division, so you would have { = { MERGEFIELD1 }/{ ...
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| footnote problem | 11/25/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: How can I get my footnotes arranged in columns like that : ________________ 1 Thanks so much for ...
A: I'm afraid you can't. Or rather, you can, but it doesn't do you any good. You can set a tab stop ...
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| MERGE LABELS | 11/24/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: WORD 2007 MAIL MERGE PRINT LABELS ON AVERY 5161 THEY WONT PRINT. THEY PRINT THE FIRST 3 PAGES AND ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2007 and have yet to be convinced that I need it. Feel free ...
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| Microsoft Word Header | 11/24/2009 | Mahesh |
Q: I need to e-mail you the document, but the problem is I have a red line in my document header. I ...
A: The line that you see is actually the border for that particular paragraph. Did you erase the ...
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| Mail merge IF statement and TC fields | 11/24/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a Word template that is used for two different purposes - say Plan A type and Plan B type. ...
A: Okay, let's get back to basics: 1. Why do you need TC fields? If you have a TOC based on headings, ...
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| Mail merge IF statement and TC fields | 11/24/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a Word template that is used for two different purposes - say Plan A type and Plan B type. ...
A: Although I've never tried anything like this, in principle it should work. Before we go any ...
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| date format issue | 11/23/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have been trying to mail merge some data from excel to a word table for a report. There are 40 ...
A: Mail merges in recent versions of Word do not respect Excel formatting. To format dates, currency, ...
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| Word Templates | 11/23/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: Will Word 2000-2003 templates work with Word 2007? I have many templates created in Word 2000-2003 ...
A: I haven't used Word 2007 extensively, but my understanding is that Word 2003 .dot templates will, ...
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| Header/Footer page number Alignment | 11/22/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I recently finished a 250 page document and I wanted the page numbers to be aligned on the outside ...
A: As explained in my article at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm, each section can ...
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| word 97 professional uninstall/reinstall | 11/22/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I am trying to uninstall and reinstall word 97. It makes reference to word sharing components with ...
A: I know exactly how you feel. It makes me nervous when I see that question about shared components ...
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| MS word display is different | 11/22/2009 | Mahesh |
Q: may i know how to fix this problem sir, the display is totally different,instead of a space,there's ...
A: What you see is not a problem. Those are non printing characters which are bydefault hidden in ...
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| footers | 11/21/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I just finished a 250 page document with page numbers in the footers. I wanted the page numbers on ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2007 and have yet to be convinced that I need it. Feel free to ...
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| default font for envelopes | 11/20/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I have recently updated to Word 2007 and successfully changed the font default for return addesses ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2007 and have yet to be convinced that I need it. Feel free to ...
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| Labels | 11/20/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I use computers a lot but am really not knowledgable about them. I need to print labels for my ...
A: There is no "Windows 2007." The version of Windows that followed Windows XP was Vista, and the ...
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| how to print gridlines in Word 7 | 11/20/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: I activate rulers and gridlines when I use Word 7. How can I print these gridlines? Thank you ...
A: Sorry I wasn't able to help further - as I mentioned, if I knew what form of document you were ...
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| Chapter Headings in Word 2007 | 11/19/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a document (about 250 pages). Each chapter is a section, and each chapter title is formatted ...
A: This is what the StyleRef field is intended for. Reference the Heading 1 style, and it will change ...
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| Importing charts from Excel into Word | 11/19/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: I'm importing charts from Excel into Word and when I paste them into the Word document the bottom ...
A: In that case I'm at something of a loss - clicking once on the chart and copying (I use ctrl C) then ...
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| Page Numbering/TOC Errors | 11/19/2009 | Mahesh |
Q: Mahesh, I'm a new Tech Writer and I am editing a couple of documents that the previous Tech Writer ...
A: I have understood the issue and it is unfortunate to tell you that the process involved in fixing ...
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| formatting and TOC issues | 11/19/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I have a multi-page 2007 WORD document that contains two Table of Contents. After correcting some ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2007 and have yet to be convinced that I need it. Feel free to ...
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| how to print gridlines in Word 7 | 11/19/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: I activate rulers and gridlines when I use Word 7. How can I print these gridlines? Thank you ...
A: Rulers and gridlines are there to help you layout the document on screen, but they are not part of ...
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| Word template | 11/19/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: I am not sure if this question falls within your relm of expertise...I am trying to create an ...
A: You’re right this is outside my expertise. Feel free to ask one or all of the other volunteers ...
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| mail merge - excel to a word table | 11/18/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have been trying to mail merge some data from excel to a word table for a report. There are 40 ...
A: I'm guessing you're just doing the wrong kind of merge. A Letter-type merge will produce one page ...
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| Word 07 and Page Numbers | 11/18/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: Ack! I have been tasked with fixing the formatting on a Word 07 doc created from four different ...
A: There are essentially two possibilities: 1. The most likely one: The document contains more than ...
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| word 2000 / Windows 7 | 11/18/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: Word 2000 loads ok with Windows 7 but when the programme is opened there are no tool bars and any ...
A: the Normal.dot file is the default template and will be in the template location - but as you canot ...
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| word 2000 / Windows 7 | 11/18/2009 | Aidan Heritage |
Q: Word 2000 loads ok with Windows 7 but when the programme is opened there are no tool bars and any ...
A: I've no experience of word 2000 with the latest version of windows, and of course Microsoft have ...
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| old problem for you/ i am unable to rectify | 11/18/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: When I try to open a word document warning shows up: "An instruction cannot be done because a dialog ...
A: Did you make sure to include Hidden and System folders in your search? If even that does not turn up ...
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| ALPHABETICAL | 11/18/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: HOW DO I PUT A LIST OF NAMES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER I WENT TO SORT UNDER TABLES THERE IS NO OPTION.
A: You didn’t mention what Microsoft Word version you are using so this answer reflects version ...
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| Word Graphs into PPT | 11/17/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: We have windows 2003. I work with a licensed report that provides PDFs of charts and graphs for us. ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2003 and have yet to be convinced that I need it but I will do my ...
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| old problem for you/ i am unable to rectify | 11/17/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: When I try to open a word document warning shows up: "An instruction cannot be done because a dialog ...
A: It would appear that ABBYY FineReader OCR software has placed an add-in template in Word's Startup ...
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| retrieving files | 11/17/2009 | Pamela Mullenix-Croft |
Q: i recently deleted a very important file by accident.i had saved it to microsoft word three times ...
A: It sounds like you are trying to open the files from the File menu in Word. If you go to the Recycle ...
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| Word 07 and Forms | 11/16/2009 | Pamela Mullenix-Croft |
Q: When creating a form in Microsoft Word 2007, is it possible to insert a table with a form field that ...
A: There are directions below which will create a bookmark in a table cell, which can then be updated. ...
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| 2007 Word responds slowly | 11/16/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: The launch time for Word is normal, but when I make any command such as opening a new file, it takes ...
A: Must report that I don’t have Word 2007 and have yet to be convinced that I need it. Feel free to ...
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| Envelopes & Labels In Word 2002 | 11/16/2009 | Dale F. Wiley |
Q: Greetings: I have just done a fresh reinstall of Windows XP and subsequently of Office XP Standard ...
A: This is a very good question and I don’t where Word stores this stuff. If it were me I would start ...
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| Headers and page numbers on Microsoft noncommercial use (home) | 11/15/2009 | Suzanne S. Barnhill |
Q: I have a document of 100 pages on Word, 2007 (Office word for home use). I have been working on the ...
A: This is what happens when Microsoft tries to make it "easy for users to create great-looking ...
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| Can't Remove a Blank Page | 11/15/2009 | Richard Rost |
Q: I'm working on a tri-fold for a non-profit and have been told that the printer wants the front and ...
A: You probably have a page break character (CTRL-ENTER) in there somewhere. Turn on the non-printable ...
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