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| Word 2003 questions | 9/6/2009 |
Q: Two questions: (1) I'm setting up a book that will be transferred to PDF when finished. However, I ...
A: Steve The simplest option is to create one section for the main document, then place the endnotes ...
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| Word 2007 | 9/2/2009 |
Q: I am using word 2007 to prepare a document. My document looks great, even in print preview--but when ...
A: Candice It is the printer that is causing the Margins are Outside message. Basically the printer ...
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| MS WORD 2007 | 8/26/2009 |
Q: I open a blank word document and it has a grid on it for the whole page how do i open just a normal ...
A: James If it is a table then the easiest option is to rename your normal template (with word ...
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| d with sedilla | 8/23/2009 |
Q: I have to write something and I need the special character "d with sedilla", d with a little comma ...
A: emi This should be the same for all versions but go to Insert Symbol and in the Font section select ...
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| Info added to Header in a locked form | 7/15/2009 |
Q: I have created a form in Word (2003) and have it locked for use. Is there anyway that I can have ...
A: Nadine You can do this using a REF field in the Header. If you set a name in form field, you can ...
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| scaner using readiris with ocr | 7/5/2009 |
Q: I am using windows vista on a hp a6110n and hp psc 750. I can copy anything inn picture form from ...
A: Leonard I haven't used readiris so this is only a guess. Make sure that you save the file with as ...
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| scaner using readiris with ocr | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I am using windows vista on a hp a6110n and hp psc 750. I can copy anything inn picture form from ...
A: leonardo You need an OCR program to get editable text. see if your scanner has ocr software, if you ...
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| How do You Combine Word Documents Without Losing the Individual Formatting of the Documents? | 5/7/2009 |
Q: The Word documents I am trying to combine all have Headers and Footers, and I'm trying to combine ...
A: Paul This link explains all the problems with inserting a file using different formatting and some ...
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| autotext problem | 5/1/2009 |
Q: I have word 2003. When i try and insert autotext (I have to insert the filepath on almost all my ...
A: Jane It looks like Adobe has somehow rewritten your menus, one way to check this is to find the ...
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| Images in Word 2003 | 4/27/2009 |
Q: Running Win XP (Home edition) with current Microsoft patches and updates, including SP3. My ...
A: Rana See if this solves the problem Click Tools -> Options -> View Tab -> In the Show group ...
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| Word 2007 columns | 4/23/2009 |
Q: 1. How do I set up columns within the body of a document? When I put the cursor where I want the ...
A: Charles 1. Place the cursor where you want the columns to start and then go to the Columns button ...
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| CHM file is not opening | 2/27/2009 |
Q: My CHM files are not opening. When i click on the file it gives me news that your file is not ...
A: Usman A chm file is a compiled html file and can't be edited by word, you may be able to get the ...
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| Word 2003 Template | 2/25/2009 |
Q: I created a letterhead template and somehow have 3 pages of this letterhead. How do I delete pages ...
A: Michelle You will need to open up the template, remove the pages in the template and then save it. ...
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| word formula | 2/23/2009 |
Q: I have a cell in microsoft word (a big pricelist) I want a number/price in a cell to multiply by ...
A: The only way to do this in word is to get the answer in another cell. If you have Excel available ...
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| SpellCheck MicroSoft Word 2002 | 1/31/2009 |
Q: When I do a spellcheck in MS Word (This just started within the last week after scheduled updates), ...
A: Debbie Are you using a spell check apart from Words? If you are not running any special macros or ...
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| mouse not working in word doc | 1/29/2009 |
Q: I tried the below fix and it didn't work. Any suggestions? Elango M writes on 2008-10-04 14:57:46 ...
A: Jim The main culprit here is a template from laserfiche. If you have this template or are working ...
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| Micrsoft Word for PC | 1/29/2009 |
Q: Feel so dumb... just updated Word, went from Mac to PC (Vista), and in F1 help the options they say ...
A: Neko The instructions below will turn off the straight quote to curved quotes. If you are using ...
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| ms word 2007 | 12/8/2008 |
Q: i was working on a word file for more than 10 hrs, n then i decided to copy the file on my pendrive. ...
A: Guarav If you have automatic saves active you have have it in a tmp file on your pc somewhere. I ...
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| e-newsletter | 11/26/2008 |
Q: I'm a small business owner and would like to send out an email newsletter on a periodic basis. I'd ...
A: Jan The document will move around for each individuals email as not all are opened in exactly the ...
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| Change date format | 11/18/2008 |
Q: How do you change the date format? Or, rather, ADD the following Date format: MMMM D, YYYY? Went ...
A: Michael Word 2003 does have that date format, it is shown as November 17, 2008 in the Insert > Date ...
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| inserting break in Word | 11/17/2008 |
Q: All of the sudden I am no longer able to select the type of break I want to insert into my ...
A: Margie Another option is to rename the normal.dot to normal1.dot and see if that solves the ...
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| Symbols? | 11/7/2008 |
Q: I want to include a couple of little boxes in a document which the end user can check to indicate a ...
A: Valerie If you want the checkmarks to be able to be used in Word itself, ie they can click on them ...
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| Header issues | 10/9/2008 |
Q: I am working on a document produced by ano and the headers are proving very difficult. For example ...
A: Mary It is definitely a coding problem ie link with last header or too many sections etc. If ...
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| Word with index | 10/7/2008 |
Q: How can I create a word file with index page where you can click on a section and it'll bring you ...
A: Rudd You only have two options to do this. You can either manually insert hyperlinks in your auto ...
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| about Ms word | 10/3/2008 |
Q: how i can write mathematical tags like square and cube. ANSWER: Saurav What version of Word are ...
A: Saurav If you want an entire line of an equation the best option would be to use the Insert Ribbon ...
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| merging word documents | 10/1/2008 |
Q: Is there a way to merge 3 separate word document & keep their individual headings, then add a ...
A: Karen Depending on the version of word you have you can either copy and paste to a new document or ...
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| automatic word backup | 10/1/2008 |
Q: I want to routinely save a particular Word file onto an external memory, and simultaneously save it ...
A: John Have a look at this link and scroll down to Save Reminder which should do what you need. ...
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| Microsoft Word | 9/25/2008 |
Q: When I start a new sentence in Word it automaticaly capitalizes the first letter of the new ...
A: Patricia If you are using Word 2003 go to the Tools Menu and select AutoCorrect and you will see ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 | 9/24/2008 |
Q: Under Tools, many of the options (including Options)are greyed out. I have renamed the normal.dot ...
A: Annette Is there a document open when you try the options and other greyed out menus? Is it a doc ...
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| tables | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I'm using Word 2003. I'm customing a table in Styles and Formatting. Is there a way to make it so ...
A: Jenny I am not getting the same problem when I try to paste unformatted text into a table, it goes ...
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| tables | 9/23/2008 |
Q: I'm using Word 2003. I'm customing a table in Styles and Formatting. Is there a way to make it so ...
A: Jenny Insert a Table and then go to Format > Styles and Formatting. This should open the Styles ...
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| Sort columns in a table individually | 9/20/2008 |
Q: Is there any way to sort columns of text in a table individually? Say, I want to sort the first ...
A: Sara To sort data in a single column: Select the table column that you want to sort. Under Table ...
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| microsoft word (2008)for mac not working | 9/19/2008 |
Q: recently i installed microsoft office for mac on my my mac os x. everything seemed fine till i ...
A: Cheryl I haven't loaded Mac 2008 so can't give you definitive help, however if the program was ...
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| word 2003 additional pages | 9/12/2008 |
Q: How do you insert additional pages into a existing 2003 MS Word document
A: Sharon The quickest way is to go to the end of the paragraph of the page where you want to insert a ...
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| Autopopulating fields in Word | 9/12/2008 |
Q: to put in a date and have that information populate to several other fields, BUT, change the dates. ...
A: Bryan It will allow you calculate dates however it will not allow you to use a reference (ie ...
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| Background | 9/10/2008 |
Q: I have a question relating to incorporating backgrounds in Word document. Please click on the link ...
A: junaid You can insert the graphic using the insert picture option then right click on the image and ...
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| Microosoft Office Word 2003 | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I am working on a PC in Microsoft Office Word 2003. I have a letter written that requires a ...
A: Amy Is there any chance you can send me the document? (or just the signature part) If so my email ...
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| Microosoft Office Word 2003 | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I am working on a PC in Microsoft Office Word 2003. I have a letter written that requires a ...
A: Amy You can type in the name then place the image over the name, select the image and right click ...
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| Winword page setup default | 8/20/2008 |
Q: All of a sudden documents in Word open with a truncated page in normal view. I have to go into page ...
A: Phil Find the normal.dot template using windows explorer and rename it to normal1.dot then start ...
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| Word 2003 | 8/20/2008 |
Q: I am trying to delete blank pages in a word document but having no luck.I have tried normal view but ...
A: Pat Go to the last line of the page you want to keep and then hold the shift key down and use the ...
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| Filename in footers | 8/19/2008 |
Q: Richard. Word2003. I am trying to set up a blank template with the filename in the footer. I have ...
A: Graham You have found a favorite pet peeve of many a word user. You have two options, the first ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003- Margins questions | 8/12/2008 |
Q: I'm just wondering if you can help me. I have this file that prints as if it is shrunken into the ...
A: Lauren As far as I know there isn't, the comments are generally there for revision options and ...
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| Using Message Box to Auto Fill Fields In Word 2003 Template | 8/7/2008 |
Q: My question relates to an important document that is customised to a specific person at an address. ...
A: Adam This is a fairly long process that will involve creating a text box that uses the autoopen ...
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| Page Numbering within Sections | 7/31/2008 |
Q: I have a document with odd/even pages and section breaks. Most of the pages are single column, but ...
A: Cherie There is a solution but it requires going through and deleting all the extraneous page and ...
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| deleting menu bar...getting the original toolbar back | 7/30/2008 |
Q: "Hi. Ready to have a nervous breakdown or kill myself over this. Dont' know what I did but when I ...
A: L You may be in full screen view, if so press the ESC key and it should return. If you have ...
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| Word 2003 text box | 7/30/2008 |
Q: So, I have a wonderful document in Word 2003 containing some tables. Most of the tables have 2 ...
A: Mircea This needs to be created in 2003 as the options don't go backwards (as you have found). ...
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| restoring deleted ms word for xp | 7/15/2008 |
Q: i have deleted my MS word application incidentally, i need to restore it now bcos i am more familiar ...
A: Deboh You will need the original disk with Office/Word on it to restore it. If you don't want to ...
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| Columns/Borders | 7/14/2008 |
Q: When I have two columns, how do I put an individual border around EACH column. Thanks.
A: Jack Word doesn't have an option to do column borders automatically, one option is to place a ...
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| microsoft 2000 page borders | 7/12/2008 |
Q: I am combining several files which all have different custom page borders. When I click on "insert ...
A: michelle Open the footer and header and then move down to the footer, on the right you will see a ...
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| Populate WORD fields from Excel | 7/10/2008 |
Q: Richard, I am an EXPERT at Excel, in fact I am on this site as such. But I am NOT an expert at ...
A: You would think that this would be a nice simple operation wouldn't you, however it isn't. To ...
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| microsoft 2000 page borders | 7/10/2008 |
Q: I am combining several files which all have different custom page borders. When I click on "insert ...
A: Michelle When inserting a file with a page border word defaults to the current style (or it would ...
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| Microsoft Word autoinsert feature | 7/7/2008 |
Q: I have use Microsoft Word, and I really like it, however there is a time saving device that I can’t ...
A: stefan They changed the name (and the ease of use) in 2007 to what is called Building Blocks. Have ...
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| How to lock a table | 7/5/2008 |
Q: I have 2 grids (2 rows x 20 cols ea) One has letters and symbols in each square. The other grid is ...
A: Mark For the second question the only way is to use the Ctrl key and Mouse, there isn't an option ...
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| removing section break | 7/4/2008 |
Q: Am preparing manuscript for self-pub. by LULU. Learning a lot but still running into conundrums. ...
A: Cynthia You can apply headers and footers you just have declare whether you want the header and ...
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| Newsletter templates | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I recently created a newsletter using a Word template. It looks really nice. Now I'd like to send ...
A: jan The only real way to preserve the formatting is to send the document as a word ...
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| turning font sideways | 6/29/2008 |
Q: the computer wont allow me to do this. the text direction on format is grayed out.and i must say im ...
A: Sue To use text direction you have to either place the text in a Table (Table > Insert > Table) ...
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| Word 2007 simple macro | 6/26/2008 |
Q: I've tried several times to create a very simple macro that will insert the path and file name of ...
A: Gail Are you saving the document first before running the macro? If you would like can you send ...
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| MS Word 97 | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I'm getting back to you sooner than I thought I would. I have 2 documents that show up on MS Word ...
A: Douglas The documents should be gone but the active link will still show in the file menu, open up ...
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| Word 97 - Opening Documents | 6/22/2008 |
Q: The Word 97 I have I got in 1999. When I open MS Word, go to File and scroll down to a document I ...
A: Doug If you are right clicking on the file in the open or save menu then that is deleting the file ...
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| can't undo command | 6/20/2008 |
Q: I was typing a word 2003 document and accidentally hit a set of keys that deleted everything that I ...
A: Mike The ctrl x and s options are close so you could have cut the information then saved which ...
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| Trying to Link Page Nos on Index Page to Actual location in the document | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I am trying to Link Page Nos on Index Page to Actual location in the document but not sure how to do ...
A: Roy Did you create the Index using the Insert > Reference > Index and tables option? If not I ...
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| can't undo command | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I was typing a word 2003 document and accidentally hit a set of keys that deleted everything that I ...
A: Mike Did you start a new document and the old one is still there but behind the new one? Usually ...
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| Page setup in word 2002 | 6/19/2008 |
Q: I am trying to print a document via the manual feed tray. I go into page setup, paper and set the ...
A: Diane I am pretty certain that this isnt a word problem. So the only option I can think of is to ...
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| Mailing Labels not lining up with template | 6/15/2008 |
Q: I mail merged names/addresses with a label template. I selected the correct template number and all ...
A: Perplexed This usually indicates that the printer is slipping the page ie the rollers are not ...
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| MS Word 2002 Sort Two Column Table | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I have a two column table in word. First column will be girls names(lastname,firstname) and second ...
A: Pam Highlight the column that you want to sort. Go to Table > Sort > select ascending or ...
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| multiple captions | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I have a question about updating fields. I have written several chapters of a long document, each ...
A: Vishal The options shown on the link will restart your numbering for you at whatever number you ...
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| Footnote Awry | 6/9/2008 |
Q: I am marking one of my students' papers and have come across a footnote oddity I have never seen ...
A: Kristian Tracking changes can cause footnotes to be numbered wrong until the changes are accepted. ...
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| Enable header/footer editing while body of doc is locked | 6/4/2008 |
Q: I use an electronic document management system which is a database and is a part of lotus notes. ...
A: Mel There is no way to just have the headers and footers updateable using the protect method for ...
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| Pictures links do not update in large document | 6/2/2008 |
Q: Stepehens, Am an semi-advanced user in word and am currently working with large documents which ...
A: Manuel Have a look at this link. I did find information that this will help solve the 2003 problem ...
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| Word collor palatte | 5/30/2008 |
Q: Is it possible to change the color palette with my own rgb colors. Like for example I want the ...
A: Gino There is no way to change the default palettes in word but you can create a macro that will ...
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| Numbering - Word 2003 | 5/29/2008 |
Q: This is the problem: 1. I copy into Sheet B an excerpt from a text in sheet A . This excerpt has ...
A: Robert I have checked into this and it seems the only option is to paste as you normally would with ...
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| Inserted Picture Original File names | 5/28/2008 |
Q: I have a large Word document with hundreds of inserted image files. My publisher needs the original ...
A: Tom The simplest answer is organization. When create anything with a number of pictures/graphics ...
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| Inserted Picture Original File names | 5/28/2008 |
Q: I have a large Word document with hundreds of inserted image files. My publisher needs the original ...
A: Tom If the file was linked then you are going to be lucky as you can use the Alt + F9 key to show ...
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| Bullets and Numbering | 5/23/2008 |
Q: When I try to select bullets and numbering either on the toolbar, or the format drop down menu, it ...
A: Alan The only options I can think of is that somehow the program files have become corrupted. I ...
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| Thumbnail view in Microsoft Word 2003 | 5/23/2008 |
Q: I have somehow set up my default view to show the Thumbnail view panel on the left side of my screen ...
A: Mariann It has been saved with the normal.dot file that creates all new documents. To change that ...
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| Bullets and Numbering | 5/22/2008 |
Q: When I try to select bullets and numbering either on the toolbar, or the format drop down menu, it ...
A: Alan Try renaming your normal.dot. The instructions are on this link. ...
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| Merging tables | 5/19/2008 |
Q: I have a very long table (12 pages) and was inserting page breaks to keep different sections of the ...
A: Jennifer This can be a problem with Word tables and not easily fixed. Is it possible for you send ...
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| Section breaks not deleting | 5/16/2008 |
Q: I've been trying to delete section breaks from my document, but they simply will not delete. I've ...
A: Elizabeth Is it possible to send me a copy of the file so I can see what is happening? If so then ...
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| Transferring software | 5/16/2008 |
Q: How do I copy Wordperfect Productivty Pack software from a computer I purchased to another computer ...
A: Rick The CD is about the only way unless you downloaded the file from WP in which case it will be ...
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| how to turn off the redline edit feature | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I have ms word 2007. how do i turn off the redline edit feature which i accidentally turned on but ...
A: If you need a quicker answer you can send an email to koob (at) littlewingweb (dot) com and I will ...
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| Section breaks not deleting | 5/15/2008 |
Q: I've been trying to delete section breaks from my document, but they simply will not delete. I've ...
A: Elizabeth Try deleting the paragraph mark before and after the break at the same time as deleting ...
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| All new documents are italicized and bold? | 5/13/2008 |
Q: Is this a problem with the normal.dot file?
A: Paul It definitely sounds like it. I would rename the normal.dot and then start word and see if ...
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| word userforms | 5/13/2008 |
Q: I have created a word template that is populated from a userform (all launched by a "New" macro..), ...
A: Colin It probably can be done using a Macro/VBA but I am not a macro expert. I would suggest ...
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| Page numbering issue | 5/12/2008 |
Q: I have a 300 page document with chapters. Need to number the pages by chapters (1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, ...
A: Ross I recently discovered this problem with a manuscript that was copy and pasted and then breaks ...
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| Printing Enovolops | 5/11/2008 |
Q: This problem just started - When I print an envelope - the date and time printed on the envelope ...
A: Paul Can you send a copy of a document the prints out with the date and time on it. It may that ...
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| word userforms | 5/9/2008 |
Q: I have created a word template that is populated from a userform (all launched by a "New" macro..), ...
A: Colin He can as long as you give hime the template that the userform is created from. It will be a ...
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| Page numbering issue | 5/8/2008 |
Q: I have a 300 page document with chapters. Need to number the pages by chapters (1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 2-2, ...
A: Ross This usually indicates too many breaks on the one page, to test if you have too many page or ...
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| MS Word | 4/8/2008 |
Q: My clipboard works sporadically. It will always register anything I cut or copy from MS Word. When ...
A: Nathan The clipboard will only copy one item at a time, if you copy again it will overwrite the ...
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| Word 2003 | 3/31/2008 |
Q: I have asked this of Suzanne before and got an answer, but for some reason Pro Docs Manager still ...
A: Susan Not sure if this will help as I couldn't find anything on Pro Docs either but this link will ...
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| Deleting a Word Document | 3/31/2008 |
Q: In Word XP, how do I delete a document? (I have found all kinds of topics I may delete, but I need ...
A: Jeannie You have two options. You can use the File Open dialog box in Word to delete word files, ...
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| Mailing Labels | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I am trying to take addresses I have stored on a disk in excel format and print mailing labels, but ...
A: Sonja You didn't mention what version of Word you are using. Have a look at this link for 2003 and ...
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| Pasting a page | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I think this should be fairly easy, but I just can't seem to figure it out. I'm making some labels, ...
A: Jeff The easiest way is to Tools Envelopes and Mailings and select Labels, type in the text you ...
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| Fields | 3/26/2008 |
Q: I am very familiar with using fields with Word but is there a way for Word to take one of the fields ...
A: John You can use the Reference and bookmark fields. Name the form field in the Bookmark section ...
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| Mail Merge to Mirror Image | 3/25/2008 |
Q: I need to mail merge a list of names to a mirror image for printing on labels. The only way I have ...
A: David There isn't a feature in Word that will do this, however, depending on your printer you may ...
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| access header in a form | 3/23/2008 |
Q: I have limited knowledge. I have created a form which I have locked so that the user only has ...
A: Lori Hmm that would work in earlier verions but it looks like it has been disabled in later ...
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| Word Slow to Close | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I have Office XP (except outlook is 2003), Windows XP, and IE7 and all of the MS updates installed. ...
A: Ngan I haven't come across this before but I am going to guess that it is because word opens the ...
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| Word saving problems | 3/8/2008 |
Q: I have folders (Projects) and sub folders (individual projects) and when I need to save a document ...
A: Marc What version of word and windows do you have? How many folders are there in each directory? ...
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| i cant open | 3/6/2008 |
Q: Whenever i try to open a word file from internet explorer, a command prompt comes up and tell's me ...
A: Fabian This sounds like a problem with Internet explorer. I would suggest asking this question at ...
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| Marco | 3/4/2008 |
Q: I have a Microsoft word document with Marco in it. After this file upload on a website, I can ...
A: Angela check to make sure the macro is attached to the file (I don't know what version of word you ...
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| OCR SOFTWARE | 3/4/2008 |
Q: Before I begin, do you have any knowledge of OCR software? Thanks. ANSWER: Kevin I am familiar ...
A: I use Omnipage 16 pro and have found that even with the best settings it can sometimes go screwy. I ...
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| Hyperlinking issues MS WORD 2003 | 2/29/2008 |
Q: The Original MSWord file is on the Network ServerMAINoriginal.doc The target File is located on ...
A: Ruf To prevent Word from changing your hyperlinks, take the following steps: Click Tools | ...
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| WORD ERROR | 2/20/2008 |
Q: WHEN TRYING TO OPEN A WORD FILE, I RECIEVE AN ERRROR. " CANNOT FIDE FILE. P:\FILE LABEL WITH ...
A: Rich Are you trying to open the file from your hard drive? Look for the file using windows ...
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| Mail merge - time field (from access db)format problem | 2/6/2008 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2000 and creating a mail merge with data from an MS Access DB 2000. In the data ...
A: Kate I can't get the same thing to happen when I create a db for a merge. Is there any way you can ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 | 2/5/2008 |
Q: Can Microsoft 2003 Open File be change to something other than default of MyDocuments? ANSWER: Al ...
A: Al I am not sure what you mean, if you change the directory to where you save the files ie My ...
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| insert data from excel | 2/2/2008 |
Q: I am using Word 2003. I have an MS Excel spreadsheet that I input the data into and then have 6 ...
A: Dene This is more problematical. I would suggest a VBA solution that will find the new data and ...
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| Formatting | 1/31/2008 |
Q: I am trying to print out invitations on cardstock paper, and I want to divide one piece of paper ...
A: Mary The simplest way would be to create a 2 X 2 Table or create 2 columns and split them in the ...
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| Auto Numbering | 1/29/2008 |
Q: I would like to add a auto numbering macro into my Microsoft Word 2003 template so that it ...
A: Wendy I don't usually do VBA but have a look at this site ...
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| mail merge | 1/28/2008 |
Q: I have word 2003. I have used mail merge using an excel database without issue. One day I used the ...
A: Bill It looks like it is a problem with the Address Block used in Word but I can't see it to repair ...
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| Word 2003 Field Codes | 1/28/2008 |
Q: I have created a second page header macro for a multiple page letter. It has our firm name, date ...
A: Geri Insert a name that we will use as a default. Ie client name(thereafter whenever you change the ...
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| Omit blank field printing merge document | 1/25/2008 |
Q: I am using Office 2007 and created a mail merged envelope in Word 2007 using data from Access 2007. ...
A: Wayne You need to create the mail merge and before merging change the fields to something like this ...
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| Macro Compatibility | 1/24/2008 |
Q: I have created a word document with embedded macros on Word 2007. I have saved it and made it ...
A: Lauren There were some major changes for Word 2000 macros to Word Xp and 2003 so I can see the ...
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| black box | 1/24/2008 |
Q: Here's the deal. Everytime I use my word program, a black box appears over the text and text boxes ...
A: Diana This is generally a display problem. Have a look at this link ...
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| Font | 1/23/2008 |
Q: I am attempting to install a font from a document that was sent to me but is not on my system. Is ...
A: Jason This link explains the font properties that may have been included with your embedded true ...
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| page range bookmark in Word 2003 | 1/21/2008 |
Q: I am going nuts trying to use the subject item shown. Let's say I have the name Robert on pages 1 ...
A: Chris Sorry I thought it was a smaller file (what do they say about assumptions). These steps will ...
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| Need help working Word | 1/17/2008 |
Q: hi you know how when you are typing and when you make a mistake it tells you by making the line ...
A: Lola You didn't mention what version of word you are using, if it is 2003 go to Tools and Options ...
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| Footers and Section breaks | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I am making corrections on a job. They used section breaks instead of page breaks. When I delete the ...
A: Michael It sounds like a nightmare actually. I would go to the first or second header if it is ...
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| emoving "read only" from a m/s word document | 1/17/2008 |
Q: I am running Windows X-P on a Compaq 6450NX C.P.U. with Cox high speed internet service. I recently ...
A: Mac If you backed it up to a CD/DVD and then copied it back it is automatically read only. This is ...
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| how to remove forever frame in Word 2003 | 1/17/2008 |
Q: Some how when I open a new word document it comes whit a frame by default. I can remove it by ...
A: stephan It looks like it has been saved to your Normal template. Start windows explorer from Start ...
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| Word Forms | 1/16/2008 |
Q: I have created a form using a table format with form fields and have locked it down. The trouble is ...
A: Laura I don't use word 97 anymore so can't test this (but I can't remember doing anything like ...
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| Word autotext stopped working | 1/14/2008 |
Q: I have a computer running xp pro and office 2003 sp3, up until last friday the person using it was ...
A: Mike A couple of steps first 1 Make sure the box for "show autocomplete suggestions" IS checked in ...
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| Printing-Word 2002 | 1/12/2008 |
Q: Word 2002:While in “Print Layout View” document page numbers match Footer Page numbers, example: ...
A: Clinton It should not be that large a disparity but for long documents Print Preview and Page ...
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| Paste problems in Word 2003 | 1/12/2008 |
Q: Was wondering if you could help me? My problem for several months (and I've been trying to ignore ...
A: Shelina It sounds like you may have a program that does screen capture or is somehow incompatible ...
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| Headers | 1/11/2008 |
Q: I have a document where I need a different header on each page. Word keeps repeating the same header ...
A: Anita You will need to create section breaks for every page to use the Header and footer option ...
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| Word and margins | 1/11/2008 |
Q: I have a word file that must not exceed 1 page in length printed. I wrote the first draft, which ...
A: Drew It sounds like one of the lines has a larger font but without seeing the line I couldn't tell. ...
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| Paste problems in Word 2003 | 1/10/2008 |
Q: Was wondering if you could help me? My problem for several months (and I've been trying to ignore ...
A: Shelina To copy text highlight the text and press Ctrl + C and to paste use the Ctrl + V keys. If ...
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| ms word 2003 drops my default printer | 1/10/2008 |
Q: when i go and try to print a document in ms word 2003, i have to reset my default printer. is there ...
A: Bryan This link explains how to set the default but I haven't found anything that explains why it ...
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| WORD | 1/8/2008 |
Q: Is word and wordpad compatible?
A: Al You can open earlier versions of word in wordpad (pre 2007) but they may also open in wordpad ...
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| Read Only Issue | 1/8/2008 |
Q: I have been having a problem when working on a document, when I Save (not Save As) somehow between ...
A: Bill Are you saving the file to the My Documents on your pc or to a CD/Memory Stick? If so then ...
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| scanning a letterhead on microsoft word | 1/7/2008 |
Q: i have a letter head that i scanned on to microsoft word , however for some reason i cant type into ...
A: Johnny If you scanned in the entire document it will be one graphic for the entire page. If you ...
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| Problem with Microsoft Word | 1/4/2008 |
Q: My Microsoft word is slow to open. I can open all the other softwares (Excel, Access, Publisher, ...
A: Cassandra Try this step first, using Windows Explorer Start > All Programs > Accesories > Windows ...
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| Microsoft Word (Not repsponding) | 1/3/2008 |
Q: Richard I installed Microsoft works and Word 2002 from a CD on my Acer Aspire E380 Desktop computer. ...
A: Zeb It sounds like a file has become corrupted so an install is probably the only way around it. ...
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| Calendars | 1/3/2008 |
Q: I would like to know if it is possible to create a calendar for a five day work week where I could ...
A: Carla It is possible but not a quick option. You would create the date in a text box or as an ...
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| Microsoft Word (Not repsponding) | 1/2/2008 |
Q: Richard I installed Microsoft works and Word 2002 from a CD on my Acer Aspire E380 Desktop computer. ...
A: Zeb Completely uninstall Word and then reinstall it. This is probably the problem with 2007 as ...
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| RE: tables in word 97 | 1/2/2008 |
Q: I have created a table in word 97 and it has shifted to the very top of the page, above the header. ...
A: Isabella Check to make sure that the table isn't in the header section of the document and check ...
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| Missing fonts when reloading Word 2000 | 12/31/2007 |
Q: I have had to reload Word 2000 several times over the years. This time I lost many of my favorite ...
A: Tom They should still be in there somewhere. I am assuming you have windows xp. If not then get ...
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| Re-Populate Text Fields | 12/26/2007 |
Q: I am creating a document that has 41 pages to it. I would like to input the first name, last name, ...
A: Lance Use the bookmark feature and reference using the text fields. Create your first text field ...
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| themes | 12/25/2007 |
Q: I was doing a project for school and added a theme on my document on microsoft word. I wanted to ...
A: Sharon I am not sure that you can print the themes out unless you have Word 2003 (in which there is ...
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| MS Word, browser windows | 12/23/2007 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2000 and MS Word 2003. For all MS Office products, when I want to browse for a ...
A: Patrick I can't reproduce the problem on my versions so I can only guess as to the first one. ...
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| Printing graphics | 12/22/2007 |
Q: When printing from Word 2003 many times I am unable to print documents with graphics. It is ...
A: Teresa Go to Tools Options Print and make sure that Drawing Objects is ticked and Background Colors ...
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| spell check corrections | 12/21/2007 |
Q: How do I stop my spell checker from capitalizing the entire corrected word? MS Word 2003. Thanks. ...
A: Chaplain Ed If the word you are spell checking is capitalized then the spellchecker will ...
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| WORD 2003 | 12/19/2007 |
Q: I need to be able to find any file by any part of the file name, ex: my files are stored by last ...
A: Summer Go to File > Open and on the tools button click Search then click on the Advanced tab. ...
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| Dual Monitors and Word 2003 | 12/17/2007 |
Q: I use Word 2003. I also have two monitors already configured for my computer (I use Windows XP). Up ...
A: Suzanne Not sure I can help as I dont use two monitors. It could be two problems though, the ...
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| microsoft word 2000 | 12/6/2007 |
Q: I cannot delete a previously saved document. Every time I turn on Word this doc appears. I have ...
A: Melissa It sounds like you have saved the file as a template and replaced the normal.dot template ...
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| printing bitmaps not showing | 12/5/2007 |
Q: When i print to my HP GL/2 plotter the bitmaps don't show up. Any ideas?
A: David Do the bitmapped images print from another program? If so go to Tools Options in word and ...
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| Word | 11/16/2007 |
Q: 1. In word, We have the links ( pressing control click) we go to the page. when i click i ...
A: Prachi 1. There are two options, the fist is to use the shortcut keystroke Alt and Left arrow or ...
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| Finding and or replacing text in headers | 11/15/2007 |
Q: IS it possible to search a directory of word documents and replace text within the header only? We ...
A: Shane It can be done, there are programs that are out there that will do it for you at a cost. If ...
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| Tool bars on MS Word Screen | 11/15/2007 |
Q: The toolbar Tile, View, Format, etc. is not visible on Microsoft Word Screen. How do I get it back? ...
A: Dorothy The full screen isn't related to your monitor, in Word there is an option for full screen, ...
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| Tool bars on MS Word Screen | 11/9/2007 |
Q: The toolbar Tile, View, Format, etc. is not visible on Microsoft Word Screen. How do I get it back? ...
A: Dorothy Make sure you are not in Fullscreen View, press the Esc key once, if that doesn't work ...
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| Images to move with text | 11/7/2007 |
Q: I have a matched mailing document that must be set up in Word. Although I consider the program a ...
A: Peyton Lock the picture into the line you want with the Anchor, this will move the picture as more ...
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| auto capitalization | 11/5/2007 |
Q: I was wondering why each time I hit "Enter" it automatically capitalizes the next word. I've looked ...
A: Jenn Does it capitalize the entire word? By default word will capitalize the first letter of the ...
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| Drop down calendars in Word | 11/4/2007 |
Q: Hoe do I create a drop down and select calendar in a word document.
A: David Basically the easy answer is you can't, the harder answer having one dropdown for 1-15 days ...
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| Line breaks in word-excel | 10/31/2007 |
Q: I have a huge data in term of table. In a column cell ,lines are seperated by line breaks( enter) ...
A: Prachi Try these steps 1. Select the entire area in Excel that includes translatable cells, then ...
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| word | 10/28/2007 |
Q: When I try to save a word document on my usb disc drive I get a file permission error. I never had ...
A: Jay This is usually a problem with where word is saving the file first, sometimes if you open it ...
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| Track Changes | 10/19/2007 |
Q: I have a report I did that was sent to the user and they wanted some changes made. I turned on ...
A: Clayton try this I havent tried it myself but it should work Go to Tools > Options > User ...
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| Word formatting question | 10/17/2007 |
Q: I accidentally got something set up in Word 2003 that I want to un-do and do not know how. I don't ...
A: Sue You have the show/hide button active on the toolbar (the one that looks like a bacwards P) ...
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| auto date change | 9/8/2007 |
Q: when i call up old documents, it automatically changes the dates on them to today. I don't want this ...
A: Try this If you insert a {DATE } field instead of date text, then it will automatically update. But ...
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| problem with footnote | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I have a 200 page document. The footnote is messed up. The footnote is good till 78. then the ...
A: Have a look at this link ...
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| Typing 'enter' issue. | 9/7/2007 |
Q: I don't know if the message I previously sent to another person went through. I checked my emails to ...
A: Sorry WP is Word Perfect and you wont tamper with the system files. normal.dot is the template for ...
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| Microsoft Word | 9/4/2007 |
Q: Every time I open up Word it defauts to landscape instead of portrait. How do I get this set up so ...
A: Patricia It sounds like you have changed the default template that word starts with. You can ...
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| Lost Toolbar in Word XP | 9/3/2007 |
Q: I lost my toolbar in Word. My version is XP. There isn't anything to click on such as tools. All ...
A: Keith It sounds like it may have been dragged of the screen, try deleting the normal.dot and see if ...
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| Word 2003 | 9/1/2007 |
Q: I'm brand new to Word and am trying to teach myself using a book. Problem is that I have done ...
A: Judy You changed the template that word is based on. To get back to a normal template you will ...
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| Protect mail merge document | 8/30/2007 |
Q: In Office XP, we have a long document in Word, which merges with an Excel spreadsheet for several ...
A: Gloria You would need to create some VBA code that would unprotect the document, merge it, and then ...
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| Marginal header | 8/29/2007 |
Q: I have a user that wants to place a "header" in the left margin on the first page of certain ...
A: Bob The only way to put a header down the left of the page is to use it in landscape and then the ...
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| Creating Stationery in MS Word 2003 | 8/27/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to create stationery in MS Word 2003 that has different margins that the body. I have a ...
A: KATHY The only real way to do this is to create the document like a form with text fields in the ...
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| Global Header | 8/23/2007 |
Q: I need to standardize several documents and have set up a global template with a standard header. I ...
A: Sandra It won't change the already created files, only the new ones. If you are constantly ...
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| Word Repagination | 8/21/2007 |
Q: Word repaginates at the single click of a key, which is especially difficult and tedious for large ...
A: Shel This is the usual answer as you can always go to View headers and footers to work in them if ...
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| Word Color Fill | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I have been using Word (Office 97)in Windows XP for several years, and suddenly the color fill tool ...
A: Valerie Are you using the Tables and Borders toolbar fill color button or the Drawing toolbar Fill ...
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| Windows XP / MS Office 2000 | 8/20/2007 |
Q: I somehow increased the size of MS Office products so I could see it better, but when I open the ...
A: Debbie Make sure you have nothing open. Right click on the windows desktop and select properties ...
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| Word 2003 SP2 | 8/17/2007 |
Q: Microsoft Word keeps "helping" me by doing an extra step past what I do. Example: when I do a ...
A: Terry You can turn this feature (???) off by going to Tools > AutoCorrect and AutoFormat as you typ ...
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| Microsoft Office Word 2003 Shutdown | 8/17/2007 |
Q: I am recently having problems with Microsoft Office Word 2003. The problem occurs when I try to ...
A: Eoin I can't find any reports on this problem (lots with the save and saves turning of word). I ...
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| MicroSoft Word Question - Check Boxes | 8/16/2007 |
Q: I am working on a Word document that will contain several tables. Each Table will have columns ...
A: Robert I have never done it but you can find a macro that will do it here. Go to Google and select ...
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| WORD, If then statement, autofill/default | 8/15/2007 |
Q: I am desperately trying to figure out how to select a choice in a field in the beginning of my form ...
A: nikki Now for the real answer. It is possible but the if statement would have to be very large for ...
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| Exporting list markup to a document | 8/10/2007 |
Q: I review alot of word documents with tracking turned on. I need to export just these markup notes to ...
A: Andy I found this macro that should do the trick If you run a macro containing the following code ...
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| Auto Save docs in Word | 8/9/2007 |
Q: I would like to set up MS Word so that it automatically saves every 5 minutes. In case my computer ...
A: Colin You can't have a backup copy saved automatically every 5 minutes unless you create a macro ...
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| Unable to do anything with word | 8/8/2007 |
Q: Im using Word on Microsoft office 2003 and within the last few days it has ceased to work. I can ...
A: Caroline Can you type in programs like Notepad? If you can then go to Windows Explorer and using ...
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| Word table | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I am implementing a macro for segmentation. i.e. if a paragraph contains five words. And each word ...
A: Vincent I am not an expert in VBA but I did find these options You can use this to tell if the ...
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| Macro | 7/29/2007 |
Q: Hey, I have rarely ever used Word for anything but basic text editing. My Boss has asked me to ...
A: Mayank Create a text box using the control toolbox and then link the information in the textbox to ...
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| Word Table of Contents help | 7/25/2007 |
Q: I have a document that I am formatting with a table of contents. However, the table of contents was ...
A: Tiffany In a table you need to use Ctrl + Tab to use the tabs in the cell. ie if you place a right ...
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| stop word changing the dates | 7/25/2007 |
Q: I have over 3000 documents where the date filed was set to update automatically , I would now like ...
A: Bob Try this If you insert a {DATE } field instead of date text, then it will automatically ...
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| Word 2003 Student and Teachers Edition | 7/23/2007 |
Q: am being told to open a nd repair a file which has a corrupted table,,,cannot see an arrow next to ...
A: The chances are very good that it has been either disabled or moved. I haven't used a student ...
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| Can Word show directory of document on screen? | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Is there any way--menu, macro, or third-party program--to do the following: On the line that gives ...
A: steve You can do this in the header or footer of your document by going to View Headers and footers ...
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| Jumping cursor | 7/17/2007 |
Q: When I type in word, after a while the cursor suddenly jumps to another location on the page and as ...
A: Ken Are you using a plug in or wireless keyboard as opposed to the laptop keyboard? If so check ...
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| Normal.dot template | 7/16/2007 |
Q: I am working in Word 2003. When I make a change to the Heading or Numbering styles in a document ...
A: Dave Click on open and look at the bottom of the open dialog box and see if it says word template ...
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| Word 2003 bullet | 7/9/2007 |
Q: i've got text formatted with the bullets feature. I'm working a few levels in, as in the example ...
A: Danny Have a look at this link to change the default template ...
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| Text box placement | 7/5/2007 |
Q: I have a document with a lot of text boxes in it (as a user friendly way of explaining aspects of ...
A: Bernard There are quite a few reasons for the this, the most basic is that the printer driver was ...
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| Word 2003 bullet "next paragraph" not working | 7/5/2007 |
Q: i've got text formatted with the bullets feature. I'm working a few levels in, as in the example ...
A: Danny It sounds like you only have 3 or 4 levels active, go to Format > Bullets and numbering > ...
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| Word Footers | 7/3/2007 |
Q: Richard, after 20+ years of using Word Perfect I have finally had the courage to jump to MS Word. I ...
A: Mike Open the template or new document you are using. Go to View > header and Footer and on the ...
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| PROBLEMS WITH LINE SPACE | 7/1/2007 |
Q: I AM USING WORD 2003 AND MY PROBLEM IS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED A DOCUMENT .RTF THAT I HAVE CHANGED INTO ...
A: Luis It sounds like there may be Before and After measurements used as well, this is found in the ...
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| Woord 2003 - Frames | 6/27/2007 |
Q: This is regarding Word 2003: I’m involved in an extensive "Family History" project, with photos ...
A: Barb Lock anchors will lock it to a paragraph usually so if the paragraph moves the picture will, ...
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| Docs on screen | 6/26/2007 |
Q: I realize that one can, as I do, have Word set so that each minimzed document has its own icon at ...
A: steve Well now for the bad news. It can't be done with versions later than 2000 (someone many ...
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| Includetext Field codes | 6/20/2007 |
Q: Recently switched to MS Word 2003 from 2000. Includetext field codes no longer update upon printing. ...
A: Susan Do the other documents have macros? Word changed and by default you have to open the files ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 | 6/20/2007 |
Q: I want to know how to lock a cell(s)in a Word table. If I create a form using a table, there are ...
A: Sherry Right click on the Text box and select properties then untick fill in enabled, this will ...
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| annoying backup files | 6/18/2007 |
Q: Whenever I save a file a backup copy is made. This is fine, but the backups, since they all start ...
A: Natalie Word does not provide a way that you can modify or remove this prefix from the filename or ...
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| Deleting rows having same words | 6/15/2007 |
Q: Deleting rows having same words: If I have a table (7 columns, 789 rows), in which some rows ...
A: Vladimir For some reason I assumed you had an Excel Table in Word, since you don't then the only ...
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| Flash game into Word | 6/13/2007 |
Q: a friend of mine send me Word file not so long ago. What is in this file is a small Flash game: The ...
A: You may need to associate the Flash program with the file, if word can see the flash program on your ...
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| Looping Macro | 6/10/2007 |
Q: I have looked all over the Internet for the answer to this. How do I make a simple macro in Word ...
A: Sue Here is an example of loop statement. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306338 Another option ...
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| Auto populate in MS Word | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I have added form fields to autopopulate information within my form. However, once I protect the ...
A: Brittani You can still use the form fields to autopopulate, just follow the steps after creating ...
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| Use of borders in microsoft word document | 6/4/2007 |
Q: I have a 39 page document that I've been working on for two years on my Presario Compay laptop. I'm ...
A: Walter You won't be able to use the Page Border feature unless you put section breaks between the ...
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| Compressing the results of a completed form | 5/28/2007 |
Q: I have recently created a form in word for clients to complete relevant information. I do however ...
A: I don't think word has this capability. You can print the field data only or the entire document ...
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| word | 5/27/2007 |
Q: I have imported into word a list. Unfortunately the complete list for some reason has put a ...
A: Barry Select the list and turn off the numbering using the toolbar (hopefully it is that easy) or ...
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| Placing file & path into footer automatically on save | 5/25/2007 |
Q: I have found many explanations, including on this site, about how to place the file and path name ...
A: Rob If you insert it as a field option then it will update whenever the new file is saved. To do ...
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| Links in word | 4/20/2007 |
Q: I am currently using word 2003 SP1, I have links from SAP in my word document, the problem is the ...
A: francois Many fields do not automatically update. You can write a macro to automatically update ...
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| Links in word | 4/18/2007 |
Q: I am currently using word 2003 SP1, I have links from SAP in my word document, the problem is the ...
A: Here is a link to a macro that should do the trick ...
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| clipboard | 4/14/2007 |
Q: I copied and pasted a letter from yahoo mail into a new microsoft word document. Whenever I create ...
A: Venkat It sounds like you have saved the file as a template, specifically the normal template that ...
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| Printing out Lined paper | 4/12/2007 |
Q: Is there a way to tell Word to print a blank lined page? Thanks Kay Crandall
A: Kay It is not a quick option but it is the only way (I will look and see if someone has a macro ...
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| ASK Fields and Macros | 4/9/2007 |
Q: I work for a small surgery center, and we have created all our forms in Word. What we've been doing ...
A: Richelle The easiest option (without a large learning curve) is to use the Form Field options. ...
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| deleting a line in word | 4/4/2007 |
Q: this is a very simple question i guess, i have windows xp & i am trying to type a letter in word, i ...
A: June Place the cursor to the left of the line till it turns into a right facing arrow, click once, ...
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| MS Word | 4/2/2007 |
Q: My Word Art is not working properly. When i click on Word Art button and select a style, it is not ...
A: chandra It can either be one of two things, the wordart files have become corrupted somehow and you ...
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| Word document not responding | 3/31/2007 |
Q: We have a word document with about 3 hours worth of work put into it. Went to print and the document ...
A: lynette Try turning off the printer and restarting the printer and see if that works. If it is in ...
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| keyboard locked up | 3/30/2007 |
Q: while in a word doc(03) She accidently hit a 'few' keys that locked up the keyboard. the mouse ...
A: Fran If it only happens after a few keys have been hit it may have been that too many action keys ...
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| Toolbar Missing in Word 2000 | 3/28/2007 |
Q: My toolbar disappeared last week and I can't find a solution. All instructions tell you to click ...
A: Jude Make sure you aren't in print preview, press the escape key once and see what happens. if ...
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| Locking Headers/Footers or Inserted Pictures | 3/28/2007 |
Q: I am working on a Mac and creating a Word template for a client of mine who is on a PC. I know how ...
A: Jodi I have never used Word on a Mac so I am hoping it will be the same. The protect document ...
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| Word/Web Page | 3/27/2007 |
Q: How do I add a web page link to a word document? I would like for the web page to be an attachment ...
A: Saundra you can type in the web page address and depending on what version of word you have it will ...
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| Locking Headers/Footers or Inserted Pictures | 3/27/2007 |
Q: I am working on a Mac and creating a Word template for a client of mine who is on a PC. I know how ...
A: Jodi You can create section breaks in your document and then protect them so that they can't be ...
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| unsaved word document | 3/26/2007 |
Q: I was working on a word document when accidentally my husband closed the window. How can I retrieve ...
A: joanna you can look for the tmp file that is created when word is being used, sometimes when the ...
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| 'Protection' of certain pages in a Word document | 3/26/2007 |
Q: Note: I'm using Word 2003 on a machine running Windows XP. To give you the background on my ...
A: Shane The simplest option would be to insert the graphic or graphics onto the page, lock the anchor ...
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| Microsoft Word "eats" my typing! | 3/22/2007 |
Q: When I type a paragraph and go back to edit the copy, my Microsoft Word program will sometimes "eat" ...
A: Skitch Not sure what version of word you are using but the insert key is active, look at the bottom ...
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| Endnotes? | 3/22/2007 |
Q: After typing the text for a particular endnote, is there a keyboard shortcut to take the cursor back ...
A: Lisa The easiest option would be using the Go Back command Shift + F5 which will go back three ...
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| Word | 3/22/2007 |
Q: Recently my computer changed all my Word files to Wordpad. Even if I try to sae in Word while using ...
A: John Somehow the association has changed, follow these steps and see if it helps From Windows ...
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| formatting | 2/21/2007 |
Q: How to set Match Destination Formatting as default, but Keep Source Formatting from Paste Options.
A: Bruce Not knowing which version you have I would suggest a macro as word wont allow changes like ...
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| automate copying data from one table to another | 2/8/2007 |
Q: I have a set of tables to collect info, then a final table that provides totals. I was able to use ...
A: Carol If I have read it right you could create a macro to copy the text and then assign it to a ...
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| converting quark or Indesign docs | 2/7/2007 |
Q: I need to know whether it is possible to convert a Quark Xpress or Indesign document into Word? I ...
A: Pernille You can export the file as an RTF file but you will lose formatting and some layout as ...
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| Clickable Changing Graphic Button | 1/30/2007 |
Q: I want to recreate a status report form in Word I saw at a previous employer. The form had a ...
A: Tracy It may be able to be done using some VBA but I am not an expert in VBA. Try asking Aidan ...
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| Text Form Field Question | 1/29/2007 |
Q: I'm using MS Word Xp (i think 2002). I've been trying to find a way to customize the Address field ...
A: Daniel As far as I know it can't be done, but I am not an expert in VBA which may allow you to do ...
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| lag | 1/19/2007 |
Q: Yes, the file does seem to paste when i select "edit" then "paste" - but not when i right click on a ...
A: Do you get your email using outlook or some other mail program on your computer or do you use an ...
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| Need help creating a Word 97 Macro...auto centering with right alignment...? | 1/18/2007 |
Q: I need a macro the automatically centers a number (could have decimal places and commas) in a table ...
A: Ahmad Get the table basics set up and then before doing the alignment start the Macro recorder and ...
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| recovering fonts | 1/12/2007 |
Q: Mr. Stephens, I currently have WORD Office 2003. As you know, with each of the upgrades since 2002, ...
A: Carole The quickest way would be to download them and install them that way otherwise you would ...
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| Virus Scan at startup of word | 12/23/2006 |
Q: Using 2003Everytime I start word it runs virus scan and takes along time to load document. How can I ...
A: Zia If it was an earlier version of word you can disable it in word, in this case the culprit is ...
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| Reversing Texts | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Yes, this is one paragraph of a text. It may be numbers or letter or both. For example, it may ...
A: There is a macro that will do the first step curtesy of Macropod. Highlight the text you want to ...
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| Mail Merge only prints first envelope | 12/1/2006 |
Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2002. I wanted to print all my Christmas newsletter envelopes using the ...
A: Jane Make sure that you are actually merging the document, when you print preview it shows the ...
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| Word 2003 will not collate documents | 12/1/2006 |
Q: OS: Windows XP sp2 On this particular workstation Word will not collate even when the collate box ...
A: Sally Make sure you have the latest printer driver updates for the particular printer you are ...
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| Mouse Problems | 11/28/2006 |
Q: I'm using word 2003. The mouse will not work on the document. I can do anything I want in the ...
A: Jared I have to admit to not hearing about this one either, however it could be a graphic driver ...
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| Office 2003 Web clipart | 11/28/2006 |
Q: We have a computer lab with Office 2003. When Teachers or students try to insert clipart, they do ...
A: Mark It should show up on the task pane on the right side at the bottom. If you can't see the task ...
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| MSWord 2003 Mail Merge Recipients & Text | 11/27/2006 |
Q: I want to merge recipient address info (Excel list) into an invitation to bid letter along with ...
A: Katie I would suggest two different mail merges unless you want to get into VBA programming for the ...
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| FIELD CODES | 11/27/2006 |
Q: we have just upgraded to word 2003 and I now find that my field codes do not update after I close ...
A: Catherine Make sure that Update fields is selected in the Print tab of the Options dialog box. ...
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| graphics on page | 11/27/2006 |
Q: It has to be some kind of problem with Word. When I integrate a .jpg or .bmp file into a document, ...
A: Max It sounds like the printer is blending too much when printing, try cleaning the printer heads ...
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| Word document | 11/13/2006 |
Q: So I am looking for a Word Document? Do I just run search or how do I go about finding this ...
A: Jim the normal.dot is the template that starts every time word does, it is supposed to be your new ...
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| Word document | 11/12/2006 |
Q: Everytime I open Word 2000. An old document opens I have to x it out. This is even when I start ...
A: Jim You need to find normal.dot and delete that file (or files), make sure you don't have word open ...
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| Putting a tilde over the "n" in Senorita | 10/21/2006 |
Q: I am working with Microsoft Word 2003 (Microsoft Word, Version 11). I am editing a book and need to ...
A: Carlyn http://www.pcexperthelp.com/answers/accented.html See it this link helps. It is a listing ...
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| document arrangement | 10/20/2006 |
Q: I use a Dell and Windows XP. When making a document, can I divide the page vertically in half and ...
A: Mark You can use columns and split the page into two columns, this will allow you to place text ...
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| Labels - different ones on one sheet | 10/18/2006 |
Q: I am used to WordPerfect, which is extremely efficient in simply creating and typing each label in ...
A: Joan In the Labels dialog, leave the address box blank and click the New Document button. In the ...
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| drop down form field without locking document | 10/15/2006 |
Q: I would like to make a template with a drop down form field. As far as I can tell the drop down ...
A: Danny You can create different sections in your form and only protect the ones you need. Note ...
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| Word 2002 Form | 10/12/2006 |
Q: I’m using word 2002 SP3 to create a form. I want the end user to be able to add text AND graphics ...
A: John The easiest way to do so is by putting section breaks in your document between the form ...
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| add line in front of each paragraph | 10/12/2006 |
Q: I have two quesiton. How can I add line number in my document. Second question, can they skip ...
A: Ron there is no simple way to do this, you can select each line or set of lines and not include the ...
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| Microsoft Word XP Printing Macro | 10/10/2006 |
Q: I am trying to create a macro that will allow me to print 2 copies of a document but have one page ...
A: Record the macro for the first print job then when it prints keep recording the macro for the second ...
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| “smart quotes” | 10/9/2006 |
Q: I checked both boxes of “Straight quotes with smart quotes” under AutoCorrect (XP).But I still ...
A: The standard quote mark or apostrophe will appear as a 'straight line' when using most fonts. The ...
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| Word 97 Macro | 10/9/2006 |
Q: I am trying to write macros where when you use it each field can be completed before the next one, ...
A: Daniel You can create a fill in form that uses a VBA form control, however I am not sure how much ...
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| from date into week numbers | 10/9/2006 |
Q: The solution to which you refer to is about week numbers in EXCEL. They do not work for WORD and in ...
A: Yvonne Sorry for some reason I thought you were merging from an Excel spreadsheet. You may be able ...
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| Mail Merge in Outlook | 10/6/2006 |
Q: I currently have Word 2003. I have some forms (documents) in Mircrosoft Word that I want to merge ...
A: Laurie Do you mean that you want to merge the addresses from Outlook to Word as that is the only ...
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| Can you make a master copy on Word? | 10/4/2006 |
Q: I have Micrsoft Office Word 2003. And would love to know how to make a master copy of a form I have ...
A: Brenna You can save the file as a template and then go to the New option and create a document from ...
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| Create Word Form, Add a Button, and e-mail form results | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I'm working with Word 2003. I have created a request form in Word. At the bottom of the form I put ...
A: Kasey I don't think that you can just get the form data sent, you can automate the email process ...
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| hiding field codes (Word 2000) | 10/3/2006 |
Q: I've been using Word 2000 for some time now, and feel that I am a competent user. But I have a ...
A: Michael Press Ctrl A to select the entire document then press Alt F9 to see if that solves the ...
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| Advanced Layout - grayed picture position options | 10/2/2006 |
Q: I am using Word XP. I find that the best layout option is "Inline Text". However, when I select ...
A: Jamie Inline layout is specifically designed to link with the text line that you want the graphic ...
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| TMP file to an ordinary Word .doc file | 10/1/2006 |
Q: Is there any way of opening a TMP file that was created from an ordinary Word.doc file to the ...
A: Robin The tmp files are basically text files and as such are really only used for autorecover ...
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| Wierd borders | 9/30/2006 |
Q: Everytime I open up Word 2002 and am in the Print Layout View (3rd from left) there are these 4 ...
A: The borders you are seeing are called Text Borders and are basically used by printers to show the ...
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| Works to Word conversion | 9/29/2006 |
Q: Richard - In the "Save As type", there is Rich Text format (rtf) or Word 97-2003 (doc). If I save ...
A: Kate Works recognises that you have saved it as this type and so will open it that way. If you ...
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| In Word - under Format - lost the "Bullets and Numbering" | 9/29/2006 |
Q: Somehow I was able to drag off the "bullets and shading" off under Format on the Menu Bar. I've ...
A: Gaynel From the View menu, choose Toolbars, Customize. Select the Toolbars tab and select (do not ...
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| Works to Word conversion | 9/28/2006 |
Q: I'm confused. I have a resume created in Works Word Processor (8.0) and the recipients always ask ...
A: Kate When you save the document in Works go to Save As and at the bottom of the dialog box you will ...
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| making booklets | 9/27/2006 |
Q: am using word xp and want to make a booklet, but one to be held on its side and read lengthways, ...
A: David I would suggest creating a table, 1 column and three rows per page, that way you can place ...
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| Create A Form with MS Word | 9/27/2006 |
Q: I have created a form in MS Word and need help with certain aspects of the form (similar to an ...
A: Linsey How much editing needs to be done, if it is a single line you can put a text box in and ...
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| erratic word file size | 9/26/2006 |
Q: With Word 2003: I have a file created in Word to be used as a template. It has some graphics and a ...
A: David have a look at this list and see if it helps, if it doesn't then can you send me the original ...
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| Word 2003- WORKS ERROR | 9/24/2006 |
Q: to my regular 'my documents' folder where i have saved all other WORD fileshello I use Word 2003. ...
A: Paul Well that rules out that easy fix. The only other option apart from reinstalling both word ...
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| Form Field text | 9/24/2006 |
Q: Richard, I guess I'm trying ask is after I protect my template, the text form fill-ins when single ...
A: Wilson Those fields in the Fax forms are actually Macro button fields with no attached macro, you ...
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| Mail merge problem | 9/24/2006 |
Q: When number in excel are in decimal & which are rounded off to zero but still while merging the data ...
A: Rasik this should do it place cursor on (or highlight) the offending merge field. - Right click ...
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| Mail merge to printer | 9/23/2006 |
Q: Using Word 2002 for my main document and an Excel spreadsheet for my merge data. When I use the ...
A: Irma One step is to make sure that you don't have the NEXT option selected or inserted into your ...
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| Margins cut off when emailing Word Document | 9/22/2006 |
Q: I've been trying to email a flyer using Word 2002. I have tried both copy/pasting it, and using the ...
A: James This seems to happen in word and email programs for some reason and it doesn't always happen ...
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| Word Form Fields | 9/22/2006 |
Q: I have a Word Form that contains 175 form fields. I need to export the data in the form fields into ...
A: Clif As far as I know it can't done through Word, I have done it using Excel and then selecting ...
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| Password protected document | 9/22/2006 |
Q: I have Microsoft Word 2004 for mac. I have a laptop that is also used by my children. I password ...
A: Jane There are some password breaking sites that charge by the file and I have heard that they work ...
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| MS Word | 9/14/2006 |
Q: I have Windows XP. I am a writer who has emailed documents in MS Works, HTML and Rich Text, but MS ...
A: lee If you cannot make changes to a document, your Word program might not be activated (which ...
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| Word Formatting on a network | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I am using Word 2000 (SP-3). I am finding that when I prepare a form-type document (Merge document, ...
A: Scot Each pc has to be set up exactly the same for that type of document, the same headers, styles, ...
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| MS Word Master/Sub Documents | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I am using Word 2003. I am working on a large document that is put out once/month. Because several ...
A: This link will help with number 1 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;176313 ...
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| Word Envelope Setups | 9/13/2006 |
Q: SITUATION: I am trying to print 6" x 9" envelopes from Word 2003 through an HP4000TN printer with a ...
A: Bob You can save a custom envelope as a template and then mail merge to it to create your ...
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| vertical text in mailing label | 9/12/2006 |
Q: I am using word xp and I would like to put vertical text into the space for a mailing label - is ...
A: Erin There isn't a simple way but you can do it by going to Tools>Envelopes and Labels... Create a ...
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| outut settings | 9/11/2006 |
Q: this is a bit of a shot in the dark,but is it[ossible to export a file and specify the icon(windows ...
A: Mat Word automatically saves its files with doc extension and you don't want to mess with that as ...
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| creating a link in word | 9/11/2006 |
Q: I'm wondering if you know if it is possible to use a template in word (for example a real estate ...
A: ashley The first step is to create a bookmark for the first date and name it something you will ...
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| Microsoft Office 2003 | 9/10/2006 |
Q: I installed my fathers microsoft office 2003 on my labtop before I left for college..entered the ...
A: Matt Legally you would need to purchase a new Word program as every time it connects to the ...
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| How can i open ANY document in | 9/10/2006 |
Q: I thank u a lot 4 yr response. I just wanted 2 ask again why i need both of the 2 macros u gave me ? ...
A: Maged The first Macro is for New Documents so that they open at the same size as already created ...
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| MS Ofc 2003: all apps same error on startup | 9/10/2006 |
Q: When starting any MS Ofc 2003 app, error msg appears saying "an error has occured and this feature ...
A: TD It sounds like you Windows installer may be corrupt. Go to ...
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| How can i open ANY document in | 9/9/2006 |
Q: Whenever i open any doc files, it does not take the width of my screen and i always do this manually ...
A: Maged Try these two macros Word will open documents in their last saved view. If you want to ...
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| Add values to Zoom drop down | 9/6/2006 |
Q: Is there a way to add values to the word 2003 ZOOM dropdown menu? Maybe thru the registry? I want ...
A: Mark As far as I know it isn't possible even with a windows hack, but you can create a couple of ...
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| Footnotes in Word 2003 (Windows XP) | 9/6/2006 |
Q: I'm working on a long document with various sections/chapters. For each chapter, I would like the ...
A: Angelika For Footnotes to restart in every chapter each chapter has to be its own section, if this ...
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| Word - columns | 8/17/2006 |
Q: I Richard - I have Word 2001 for Mac & have a problem I can't seem to figure out. I have a ...
A: This is by design (why I don't know) but you can either manually do it by converting to one table ...
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| Word 2003 or 2007 Mail Merge | 8/14/2006 |
Q: I have a large database of clients in Access. I have exported them to a .csv file so I could import ...
A: Landon you should be able to use the original database in Access and just do a mail merge to the ...
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| Table of Content | 8/6/2006 |
Q: I am using Windows XP pro and MS Words 2002, I need to organise some of my article collection by ...
A: Simon Each chapter has to have the heading applied to it, then when you have that done make sure ...
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| no subject | 7/4/2006 |
Q: Richard. I downloaded both and tried to figure out how they work. Boiler seems to do exactly the ...
A: Edgar those two options were the best I could find, I did find out that the append idea when used ...
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| Microsoft Word formatting problem | 6/29/2006 |
Q: I have a large document that was originally created using Microsoft Word on an PC. I saved the file ...
A: I don't use a mac so am not familiar with the problems associated. I did find this so hope it is ...
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| form fields | 6/29/2006 |
Q: i have a document created with form fields and bookmarks. This is a generic document that is used as ...
A: Sue Protecting the document is the only way to ensure the user only fills in the necessary fields. ...
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| word update field | 6/17/2006 |
Q: I wonder why inserting a toc in a word document when the form is protected does not work. Do you ...
A: Sue It has something to do with the fact that when you lock a form it can't automate any options, ...
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| word update field | 6/17/2006 |
Q: I'm having soem trouble updating fields in a document template. Ive created a document template that ...
A: Sue As far as I have discovered there isn't a way to fix this problem, a table of contents isn't ...
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| Replacing in MS Word | 6/6/2006 |
Q: I have a simple, yet difficult problem i need help with. I dont know if you know the statistical ...
A: Lise I have been looking into this but can't find anything that will automatically remove the ...
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| Replacing a saved document | 5/13/2006 |
Q: I accidentally replaced a very important document with a new one. Can the old document be restored? ...
A: Megan The only way is to see if there is a tmp file with the old information on your pc. Go to ...
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| Can spellchecker check just one word and leave you there? | 5/11/2006 |
Q: In Word2003, I often use the spellchecker to check a single word in a long file. The spellchecker ...
A: Steve You can either highlight the word and then run the spellcheck and it will ask if you want to ...
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| Shift +Enter | 5/7/2006 |
Q: Sometimes, I copied documents from the internet in to MS Word files which used SHIFT+ENTER instead ...
A: Trying to find you an easier answer but the only real way is touse the find and replace option, ...
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| Sectioning up a word docs numeration | 5/3/2006 |
Q: I'm making a report, and it has to follow some guidelines that my University has put up. These ...
A: Javier At the Bottom of the page that is before the appendix place a section break (continuous), go ...
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| Problem with MSWord | 4/22/2006 |
Q: I found normal.dot (I had to check "view hidden files" in my search). I changed it to normal1.dot ...
A: Richard I was hoping it would be something simple and avoid the following, oh well. Here is a ...
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| Problem with MSWord | 4/20/2006 |
Q: Well, thank you for answering me so quickly. I hurredly tried the solution a couple of times this ...
A: Richard Another option is to find the file called normal.dot and rename it normal1.dot. You can ...
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| Problem with MSWord | 4/19/2006 |
Q: All of a sudden, when I open MSWord, the only thing that displays is the page, frame, and ruler bar. ...
A: Richard It sounds like you have the full screen view active, normally pressing the Esc key will ...
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| Justify text | 4/14/2006 |
Q: I'm trying to justify my text in microsoft word 2003, but when i try the justify button on the ...
A: Amanda Display nonprinting characters (using Ctrl+* or the Show/Hide ¶ button) and see if you have ...
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| PASTE AS HYPERLINK | 3/28/2006 |
Q: MAY I KNOW HOW TO USE THE PASTE AS HYPERLINK AT EDIT MENU. PLEASE GIVE ME A SAMPLE. THANK IN ...
A: ccchin The paste as hyperlink option in Word is ideally used for linking to different ...
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| MS Word form fields | 2/24/2006 |
Q: When I'm doing forms in MS Word using the Forms toolbox, I notcie that there is a "Text form" field ...
A: Emmar As far as I can remember the Text box field is in the control toolbar, not the forms toolbar ...
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| 500+ Documents, Same Type of Change | 2/18/2006 |
Q: Word 2002 SP-2, Windows 98 At work: Word 2002 SP-2, Windows 2002 (probably run in work environment) ...
A: Doug Either of these two should be able to help, it would require either a macro or visual basic ...
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| Startup in MS Word | 2/16/2006 |
Q: I recently updated my computer from MS Office 2000 to MS Office 2003 (or, 2002, as the 'About...' ...
A: Chris The low setting in Tools, Options, Security, Macro Security will allow the macro to run ...
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| Copy-Paste problem | 2/11/2006 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi! When I copy or cut text or a picture from another program and then ...
A: try these steps if all else fails delete the normal.dot template and restart word Please proceed as ...
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| Ref: question | 2/4/2006 |
Q: Good day, I am in the process of putting together a project on my computer with Microsoft Word. I ...
A: Sunil There isn't anything you can do for this, if you were to add the words to your dictionary ...
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| Is Word Field "IF" calculation possible? | 1/26/2006 |
Q: I'm using Word 97 on a Win 98 machine (at work). There's no immediate plans for them to upgrade ...
A: Ray As far as I know you can't do what you want in Word using and if statement, you could possible ...
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| help with formatting an MS Word template. | 1/25/2006 |
Q: How on Earth do I remove the shadings as I've circled here ...
A: Kos The first bar is actually in the header, you need to double click on the header, then open the ...
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| Making a test | 1/24/2006 |
Q: 1. ________ is an automated feature that corrects errors as you enter text. When making a ...
A: Janice Are you creating this for use online or on the pc, if so you might want to look at using a ...
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| .tmp files | 1/24/2006 |
Q: I have been having trouble with a winword error and closing files and this last time it put 3 .tmp ...
A: Kathy There can be many reasons for the winword error, corrupt files, low memory and even viruses. ...
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| Microsoft Word | 1/23/2006 |
Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2004 for Mac and I have a question. I have a four page document with a ...
A: Terry I can list all the steps but it would easier for you too look at this link ...
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| space between paragraphs | 1/11/2006 |
Q: Word 2002. I just finished a 400-page book and I noticed that the text looked cramped, so I tried ...
A: Jack Highlight the pages that went crazy and remove the paragraph spacing and only those pages that ...
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| Change Text only once for > 1 location in Doc | 1/9/2006 |
Q: I have a word document with 45 pages. At the top of each page, there are 3 lines that are for a ...
A: Steven You can use the Bookmark option, create the heading you want or use the existing heading on ...
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| Capitalization | 1/8/2006 |
Q: Please show me how to capitalize all letters in a word; for example, how to make John Doe to JOHN ...
A: Sy You can use short cut keys to do what you need, if you only want to change one word click ...
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| enabling macros error | 12/31/2005 |
Q: Stephens, I am pretty much a techno novice, so was wondering if you could help with a problem. I ...
A: Ranjit you may have opened a file that has macros or installed third party software like a anti ...
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| quotation marks | 12/13/2005 |
Q: Word 2002. In Autoformat, I keep checking both “Replace straight quotes with smart quotes” boxes. ...
A: Jack This option should stay, the only reason it would change back is if you opened a file that was ...
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| MS Word 2000 Premium Edition Dictionaries | 12/13/2005 |
Q: I am from Argentina, and I use MS Word 2000 Premium Edition in Spanish. As I manage a small team of ...
A: Pablo I can't find the office 2000 proofing tools on the Microsoft Website which may mean they are ...
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| Access to Office 97 clipart on my Office XP with Windows XP OS | 12/10/2005 |
Q: I have a Gateway 500S computer with a Windows XP Professional Operating System, and Microsoft Office ...
A: Carol You can transfer the clipart files to your pc. The easiest way is to open the CD (if the ...
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| Page numbering | 12/8/2005 |
Q: I have all of the pages of an 80 pg document numbered in the footer. How can I remove the page ...
A: Nancy Go to the last page and place the cursor before the first letter on that page, go to Insert > ...
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| WinWord file size | 12/5/2005 |
Q: Using Office/Word 95, however the max. file size spec. of 32meg is the same as later versions.is ...
A: Bill This must be a very large book, 32 meg for text alone is huge. (the 32 meg limit doesn't ...
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| MS Word Fonts changing to default | 12/2/2005 |
Q: Mr. Stephens, My question concerns Word 2000 (9.0.6926 SP-3) on MS XP 2002, SP-2, but I recall ...
A: Jeff This usually indicates that the styles are being invoked ie when a certain step is done or ...
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| Display View | 11/28/2005 |
Q: Word 2002 We make all our MS Word documentation available on our company's Intranet. Is there any ...
A: Jim As far as I know you can't force word to show Print Preview automatically, I think the main ...
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| Inserting data into a standard word document | 11/21/2005 |
Q: I am developing a number of letters that will be used by employees to notify customers of possible ...
A: Loretta Your best option would be to create a user form, this will allow you to create the basic ...
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| Headers | 11/17/2005 |
Q: I don't want Headers on the first page of certain chapters, but if I delete a first page Header, ...
A: G,day Jack I see you have already answered this question, I am looking at the book as we speak and ...
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| Headers | 11/17/2005 |
Q: Word 2002. This shouldn't be hard. I want centered Headers, plus page numbers on the far side on ...
A: Jack Are you putting the headers into the header area or creating sections for the headers? If you ...
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| memory | 11/16/2005 |
Q: Richard I'm doing a newsletter in Word. Trying to insert pictures into it uploaded from digital ...
A: Chuck I need some more information, can you go to my computer and click on the C drive, then right ...
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| Word date update | 11/15/2005 |
Q: Richard, How do I get a word doc to stop changing the date to the current one when I open it? This ...
A: Dave Open the template but open it as a template not a document, you should have this option when ...
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| Footnote in a row | 11/9/2005 |
Q: Salam, I'd like to put all my footnotes in a page in a row not under each other to save more space ...
A: Akbar As far as I know it can't be done, footnotes are an automatic process in Word, you may want ...
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| headers/footers | 10/21/2005 |
Q: Richard, I can close them with no problem but on one or two pages the space taken up is close to a ...
A: archie Go to File and Page Setup, in the page setup go to Layout and in the Header and Footer ...
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| CustomToolbars in Wird | 10/21/2005 |
Q: Two questions about custom toolbars in Word 2003. [1] Some toolbar items are in text, but most are ...
A: Steve Q1 Right click on the toolbars and select customize, then right click on the text button and ...
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| deleting headers and footers | 10/20/2005 |
Q: Microsoft Word 2003 First, thank you so much Richard for you service you provide to people. I have ...
A: Archie If you are seeing the header and footer areas you have the header and footer toolbar active ...
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| Control Toolbox Design Mode | 10/20/2005 |
Q: I created a questionaire in Word 97, using the control toolbox I inserted check boxes with the ...
A: Jodi Having any controls from the Toolbox in your document is going to trigger the macro security ...
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| WORD Header | 10/17/2005 |
Q: For some reason, when I open WORD (2002), the header is almost 1/2 page. I can't see where to set ...
A: Guy It looks like you made changes to your normal template. You can change this by one of two ...
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| Microsoft Word | 10/13/2005 |
Q: Whenever I try typing now with Microsoft word I receive within 3-4 minutes an error report. It says: ...
A: Dwight You may have got a corrupted normal.dot file. Close down all instances of Word (and any ...
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| microsoft word | 9/27/2005 |
Q: When I start a new document it automatically starts up with 2 columns and not 1. How do I change ...
A: Scott You need to open the normal.dot which is a template that controls what every new document ...
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| Hyphanate in justified text | 9/26/2005 |
Q: I want to have hyphenation in justified text. However, I have not been able to accomplish this. ...
A: Steve You need to turn on Hyphenation in theTools menu, point to Language, and then click ...
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| .csv file creation | 9/20/2005 |
Q: I need to take a Word 97 table and convert it to a spread sheet or .csv file where there is word ...
A: Libby You can create a csv in excel by opening the document in excel and then saving as a csv file, ...
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| Tables of Contents Using Styles & Hidden Text | 9/19/2005 |
Q: Word 97 and/or Word 2003 I have used styles to create my tables of contents. I type a heading and ...
A: Mary I have tried various options but as you have found they are not applicable to the built in ...
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| Don't know how to do this in Word XP | 9/16/2005 |
Q: ) something i don't know how to do in Word XP and 'll be thankful if u guided me... I have a very ...
A: Magoood The easiest way is to use the replace option again but this time replace the ^S like this, ...
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| Header problem | 9/15/2005 |
Q: I am using Word 2002. Sometime ago I idly created a large header space - takes up half a page of A4 ...
A: Julian It sounds like you have saved the changes to your normal template, the easiest solution ...
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| Printing track changes between 2003 and 2000 | 9/10/2005 |
Q: I have very unusual problem. We use word 2003 while our client uses 2000. I email documents to my ...
A: Sharad The user on the other end is the only one who can change the way they view tracked changes. ...
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| Word Crashes Computer | 9/7/2005 |
Q: I am using Office XP with Windows XP Home. Sometimes, when I open Word documents, my computer will ...
A: Adam I haven't come across this problem before, but I have been checking around and there are quite ...
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| Microsoft WORD 2000 not responding | 9/7/2005 |
Q: I have Windows98 with Microsoft Word 2000 (office suite) and out of the blue this week WORD would ...
A: Shari It is an unusual one, I would try uninstalling all of wp office, then open windows explorer ...
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| creating a new folder | 9/5/2005 |
Q: M/S word 2000. I have the "my pictures" folder in the "my documents" folder. I would like to place ...
A: MacSavage You can use windows explorer to create a folder on your harddrive (I am assuming you want ...
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| setting tabs in my resume | 8/24/2005 |
Q: MS Office Word 2003 SP1 Trying to set tabs in resume AM GETTING THIS, IMMEDIATELY BELOW: FURTHER ...
A: Gale Move the mouse to the right hand side of the 1st line, Prison etc until it resembles a white ...
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| Editing Book w/ Scientific Special Characters | 8/18/2005 |
Q: I am in the midst of editing a book. The content is very research scientific. I must format all the ...
A: Jennifer You can use the replace dialog box to change the font that you are using for the text ...
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| Word Issue | 8/16/2005 |
Q: I am running MS Word 2003. I have created an 8 page "form". When I say "form" I did no formatting ...
A: Paul The line you created will disappear as it is the same as typing a word and then typing over ...
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| Creating Word 97 document for multiple mailings | 8/13/2005 |
Q: I know how to create a word document with ONE delivery name, address, barcode and a return address. ...
A: Marty The simplest way is to create a mail merge document using the envelope option. This will ...
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| excel calculation | 8/12/2005 |
Q: In Excel 2000, I would like to add a column of numbers from B3 to B27, having tried typing SUMB3:B27 ...
A: Preston To create a formula in Excel it needs to start with an equal sign and in the case of a sum ...
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| Mysterious square | 8/8/2005 |
Q: When in Show/Hide mode, sometimes there appears a small square that looks like a bullet (but it ...
A: John The small Square indicates a heading is being used from the styles menu, if you want to remove ...
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| tabbing between predefined grey fields. | 8/6/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- I did reprotect it, but now I think it has somthing to do with Protect ...
A: Laura That is the way the form works, when it is unprotected it is designed to be worked on, ie ...
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| tabbing between predefined grey fields. | 8/6/2005 |
Q: A customer emailed us a WORD form that we use for each one of their jobs. The form is 5 pages long ...
A: Laura For the form to jump to each field it nees to be reprotected, if you removed the last two ...
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| import - export problem | 8/4/2005 |
Q: . I am using MS Office Word version 2003. I am also using Outlook Express version 6.00. Here is ...
A: Paul Outlook express isn't designed to work with Word however there is a workaround that you can ...
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| Word Templates & Supression | 7/20/2005 |
Q: Greetings: Thanks for taking my question! :) 1) OS: XP Warez: Word XP 2) Trying to supress ...
A: Garrett There is an option that will suppress follwing text fields if the previous has nothing in ...
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| Richard,
Thanks for your... | 7/16/2005 |
Q: Richard, Thanks for your reply. To elaborate on my problem: The VBA code behind my Word 2000 ...
A: Mirin This is beyond my knowledge of word as I only use the one version, you might want to look at ...
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| Word converting all color to RGB? | 6/30/2005 |
Q: I was wondering if you know if Word automatically converts all colors to RGB color space? For ...
A: Meghan I have done a search and checked all versions of Word and they do automatically convert to ...
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| sorting word | 6/12/2005 |
Q: I have a master list of to do items listed under certain headings in word 02' that I would like to ...
A: Kevin You have two options at least, the first is to highlight the list under each name and then ...
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| microsoft word 2000 | 6/1/2005 |
Q: I'm using microsoft word 2000 and I know it is old but I think the solution to my question would ...
A: Lee If the document is created from one start page you should be able to go to the end of the last ...
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| Cant get a £ pound sign | 5/28/2005 |
Q: I am using MS word 2000 and I have downloaded a font called fakereciept. The trouble is I can't get ...
A: Matt I have checked the three versions of Fakereceipt that I have and they don't have the £ sign, ...
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| Converting from Label format to text | 5/19/2005 |
Q: Someone has sent me doctors names that they have type into MS Word Label format directly. I ...
A: Keith The best option with Excel, you can import the original file and it should place each one ...
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| Word freezes when printer properties adjusted | 5/18/2005 |
Q: I'm using Office 2ooo, and Windows 98. A problem has developed when using Word. It results in the ...
A: Robin I haven't come across this one before, if it only just started I would suggest reloading ...
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| A "Looping" Macro | 5/10/2005 |
Q: Word 2002. I can't seem to figure out how to "loop" a macro in Word. I have a macro that Finds a ...
A: Paula You need to place a loop statement into your macro something like this Do your macro ...
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| Inserting Object - Format | 3/28/2005 |
Q: When I insert an object in Word it comes in with a black frame, which I then change the formatting ...
A: Dan As far as I know you can't change the default behaviour for pictures/graphics or the box ...
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| Word documents won't collate | 3/25/2005 |
Q: Word 2003 XP documents won't print collated, even though the collate box is checked on the print ...
A: betty I have looked for a possible problem with Word however it seems that it is mainly a (printer ...
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| Word - new blank document has text | 3/22/2005 |
Q: Word in Office XP For some reason, something has happened to my MS Word default setting. When I open ...
A: Deb Somehow you have saved text to the Normal template, the best option for fixing this is to go to ...
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| fill color | 3/18/2005 |
Q: Somehow I can not use the FILL COLOR and LINE COLOR functions. The tables come up but all grayish. ...
A: Gabriel See if this link will help, if not get back to me with the version of word you are using ...
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| word crashes | 3/7/2005 |
Q: The pc will suddenly reboot itself without any warning. Even with only Outlook Express running. But ...
A: Gabe This sounds suspiciously like a virus, if you don't have a current virus program I would go to ...
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| word art | 3/5/2005 |
Q: Word art no longer displays any color. In front page I select a word art style, i can't see the ...
A: Nicole Try these steps, if they don't work get back to me. This problem may occur if you have ...
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| MS Office Student/Teacher edition 2003 | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I used to use MS Word 2000, but have switched recently to MS Word 2003 (OS = WinXP). I used to be ...
A: Bill One I haven't heard of, you might want to look and see if you have turned on WP help in the ...
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| Microsoft Word Drop down Lists | 3/1/2005 |
Q: I have a word Document with a Drop down list, I was wondering is there a way to select more than one ...
A: Rose The only way is to create more drop down lists, the nature of the drop down list is that it ...
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| Number Alignment In A Table | 2/28/2005 |
Q: Word 2000 I'm trying to align numbers in a table and some of the numbers are positive and some are ...
A: Paul On the left hand side of the top ruler you will see a little button that looks like either a L ...
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| Number Alignment In A Table | 2/25/2005 |
Q: Word 2000 I'm trying to align numbers in a table and some of the numbers are positive and some are ...
A: Paul This all depends on the type of font you are using and how the characters are spaced ...
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| Start-up antivirus macro??? | 2/24/2005 |
Q: Nope. There were three instances on normal.dot and i renamed them all. After I opened Word it ...
A: Richard Well the virus scan is part of Norton's so that isn't any problem, it is looking for macro ...
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| Start-up antivirus macro??? | 2/23/2005 |
Q: Well that, deleting Adobe Reader, did not help. I still get that Word start-up dialog box. I think ...
A: Richard Go to your windows explorer and search for normal.dot on the entire harddrive, it may take ...
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| how to open read only files on cd | 2/23/2005 |
Q: stored files on Cd and I can't open the files off the Cd says read only. how can I open these ...
A: Brenda All files on a CD are read only unless it is a read/write cd, copy the file to your ...
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| Start-up antivirus macro??? | 2/21/2005 |
Q: I am using WIN XP Home. Office XP PRO with Word 2000... Every time I start MS Word I must click "OK" ...
A: Richard Nortons adds a virus scan to Word and Excel and updates for word can also add a virus scan. ...
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| Edit | 2/21/2005 |
Q: I want to place a forward slash after every word in my text which is in bold. Is there an easy way ...
A: marcas The easiest way would be to use find and replace which has a find option that will look just ...
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| FORM FIELD | 2/17/2005 |
Q: WHEN USING WORD, I AM USING A FORM FIELD TO TAB TO EACH BLANK AND FILL IN INFORMATION ON A TEMPLATE. ...
A: Shannon You can either limit the fields or create the form in a table, this will allow you insert ...
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| Microsoft Word problem | 2/10/2005 |
Q: I'm sorry I don't know specifically which version of Word I'm using. But I'll provide you with as ...
A: stan If you aren't opening two word documents at the same time using the start program Word option ...
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| M$ Word 97 "dots" | 2/9/2005 |
Q: I'm sorry I didnt get the exact version of Word 97 that my client is using. She is in her 70's and ...
A: Rob It sounds like you have the Formatting marks selected in the View Tab of the Tools Options ...
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| Refreshing data from MS Access in Word | 2/8/2005 |
Q: I have created a query in Word to a MS Access data source. I have formated the table the way I ...
A: Pat If you are using Word 2000 then check to see if you have Service Pack 1 loaded (word help about ...
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| replacement for Q&A word processing | 2/5/2005 |
Q: I have been using Q&A Database Word Processing system until recently (my printer broke and I can't ...
A: Leslie I am not sure what Q and A actually does so can't really give you a definite idea, if it ...
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| Word mail merge | 1/28/2005 |
Q: "When I create a document in Word (2002) to merge to a specific Access (2002) query, I have trouble ...
A: Thomas I haven't come across this problem and can't find any information in my usual spots. I will ...
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| Disable Touchpad | 1/26/2005 |
Q: I know this is not a software issue, but perhaps you know the answer. AllExperts only has one ...
A: Mary I thought if you have a mouse installed when you use the docking station it turns off the ...
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| Fax Merge | 1/23/2005 |
Q: Fax Merge Question I have Word 2000. I know how to do a mail merge but I would like to be able to ...
A: steven You will need a fax program to be able to do this particular option. Word and its fax ...
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| Problem with Word 97 | 1/18/2005 |
Q: I scan a document, save it to anywhere and it saves it as a JPG File? I try to change wording or ...
A: Hugh You need to scan the item using a text/OCR program to be able to edit it in word. Your ...
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| mirosoft word | 1/16/2005 |
Q: How can I delete the ever present 2nd page of a work book.
A: Gary You don't mention what version you are using. You can remove the second page by opening the ...
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| Formatting Columns | 1/13/2005 |
Q: I have a question regarding Word 97. I often copy text from web sites (news stories, articles, ...
A: Larry It sounds like you are copying text from either frames or tables, one option is that if you ...
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| Word 2003 Merge | 1/12/2005 |
Q: I hope you can give me some direction, I really don't know how to begin or if word is capable to do ...
A: Christine I don't think word would be able to do what you need easily, I am sure that it would need ...
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| MS WORD 2000 Pro. V9.0 | 1/11/2005 |
Q: I seldom use my Word 2000 for lengthy assignments so I normally place page numbers at the bottom of ...
A: Bill It could be a few problems. The page numbers are placed into the header and footer section ...
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| UNSAVED DOCUMENT LOST WHEN I HAD POWER LOSS FOR A MOMENT. | 1/9/2005 |
Q: I'm using MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP MY POWER WENT OFF FOR A SECOND AND I LOST A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT ...
A: Karen The only option you have is to look for the tmp file that may have been created as you were ...
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| Word document | 1/6/2005 |
Q: I have a very large Word document of around 300 pages. I would like to add the same piece of text ...
A: Steve There isn't a simple way as far as I know, one option is to copy the document into excel ...
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| two leading spaces after punctuation | 11/5/2004 |
Q: Is there a way in Microsoft Word 2000 to automatically add two leading spaces after punctuation? ...
A: Leslie You can place it into AutoText or AutoCorrect however that means that everytime you insert ...
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| Word shortcut or macro | 11/1/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2000 in Office XP Home. In a multiple page Word document, I need to get to the top ...
A: There isn't a shortcut to do this as word doesn't recognise the top of a page within a document as a ...
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| Microsoft Office Word 2003: Comments/Track Changes | 10/28/2004 |
Q: Someone has sent me a document with many comments and tracked changes noted. I want to accept all ...
A: Mary On the Reviewing toolbar, there is an Accept Change button (it's the one with a checkmark). ...
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| Microsoft Word 97 | 10/27/2004 |
Q: Is there an easy way to put information from a table into an Organisational chart. I have a lot of ...
A: The og chart facitities of word 97 can be a problem even when working properly. You can't directly ...
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| Office XP Professional | 10/18/2004 |
Q: I have a Gateway 500S computer that I purchased in October or 2002. I have diligently installed all ...
A: Carol If you have a cd rw drive then back up everything in the mydocuments folder, hopefully you ...
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| about ms outlook | 10/14/2004 |
Q: Please tell me all about miscrosoft outlook
A: Edna Depending on the version you are looking at have a look at these links. Outlook is a full ...
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| how to open word doc and jump to a section | 10/12/2004 |
Q: I am using MS Word XP professionand. What I need is to open a word doc and then let the cursor jump ...
A: Yong I have tried various options but can't seem to find a quick answer, the only one I have so far ...
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| Using Forms in Word 2000 | 10/12/2004 |
Q: I am familiar in using forms in Word 2000, although I was wondering how you go about linking these ...
A: Gavin It is possible but would need to be an exact answer using the if statement. If you can send ...
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| Address Book in Microsoft Word | 10/6/2004 |
Q: Can you create an address book in word 97 and use it to create mailing labels? I need something ...
A: Dee create a table using headings at the top of the table ie Name, address, state, zip etc Insert ...
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| Word 97 - inserting jpg size problem | 10/6/2004 |
Q: When I insert JPG images into Word 97 documents (insert menu, picture, from file), the document file ...
A: craig I havne't used 97 for a long time but the only option I can remember really working was to ...
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| freezing and slow response | 9/29/2004 |
Q: I have recently designed a brochure in word. It has a photo in it so it is more than 2.5 mb. After ...
A: Cathy One option would be too make the graphic smaller in size (pixel size not actual size, you can ...
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| How to toggle textboxes on-off in Word | 9/29/2004 |
Q: We want to offer our visitors a Word-document (a businessplan-howto) to fill out/ complete them ...
A: There will be one major problem, if the users have Word xp or later then they macro's will probably ...
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| regarding faxing thru pc | 7/26/2004 |
Q: my question is kinda "partially" related to ms word, but please, any advice you could give would be ...
A: Jay Once you set up Windows to Fax it will send the file directly from Word (and other programs as ...
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| Corner borders | 7/25/2004 |
Q: Microsoft Word 2002. Hi, I've recently been getting two small perpendicular lines in print view at ...
A: Shane It may one of a few options, the most likely is that when you were surfing the web you may ...
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| normal.dot | 7/25/2004 |
Q: Every couple of months I get messages about normal.dot and have problems with one or anothr document ...
A: Steve The Normal.dot is usually in the MSOFFICE directory but can be placed other places as well. ...
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| Corner borders | 7/25/2004 |
Q: Microsoft Word 2002. Hi, I've recently been getting two small perpendicular lines in print view at ...
A: Shane Do you have support for other languages activated?. Check Start | Programs | Microsoft Office ...
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| Hyperlinks | 7/21/2004 |
Q: Word 2000 (Microsoft Office 2000) Hello there, This concerns cutting and pasting text from, say, ...
A: David This problem is common when cutting and pasting from the internet (especially email). There ...
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| Hyperlinks | 7/20/2004 |
Q: Word 2000 (Microsoft Office 2000) Hello there, This concerns cutting and pasting text from, say, ...
A: David When you cut and paste you should have an option in the Edit menu that allows you to select ...
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| converting a document | 7/8/2004 |
Q: I scanned a picture+words document into Word 2002. I found the document in My Document and it was ...
A: Gabe It was scanned as a graphic file, which is why you are getting the jibrish. You can insert ...
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| Organizing | 7/5/2004 |
Q: Yeah, thanks, I have Excel XP (10.2614.2625). ------------------------- Answer - Luke The best ...
A: Luke Import the text file into excel using the import wizard, this will allow you to spread the ...
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| Microsoft Word Problem | 7/2/2004 |
Q: In the older Word version, when performing a mail merge, when printing, you had the option to print ...
A: Cindy Don't you just love upgraded software. The default behaviour is to eliminate blank lines. ...
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| MS Word files on CD-RW missing!!!!!!!! | 7/1/2004 |
Q: Made a copy of Easy CD-Creator 5 Basic from original CD sucessfully. Then tested new copy of CD by ...
A: Chan First thing is that in cases where you save to a disk (of any sort except the harddrive) Word ...
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| Microsoft Word | 6/22/2004 |
Q: Windows XP Professionnal (Word is in the package) MyIn a document of 15 pages the same project name ...
A: Melanie The first step is to create a bookmark for the project name on the first page (name it ...
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| Wrapping text around an object | 6/21/2004 |
Q: I have windows XP. I am taking a test for a technology class. I have to type an answer and then ...
A: Paul Once you have your text and then insert the graphic, make sure you are in Print layout View ...
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| Unable to open files in Word | 5/30/2004 |
Q: I installed Microsoft Word 2003 from CD onto my laptop. The installation was successful. However ...
A: Sriram More than likely you are also using Norton AV. It has an option called the "Office Plug-in" ...
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| Writing in circles | 5/26/2004 |
Q: I am trying to tye a word so that it appears in a circle. And two words so that they appear as ...
A: If you don't have any other graphic packages the only option you have is to use Words Wordart ...
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| Word Menus | 5/25/2004 |
Q: Word XP. I accidentally eliminated the "Tools" menu from Microsoft Word. Could you please tell me ...
A: David This is easy enough to do if you are holding <Alt> down while clicking the menu you can ...
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| Importing content for a book-Word 2000- How do I set up best for chapters, keywords etc | 4/27/2004 |
Q: I have content that I have finalized for a formal book that I want to layout in Word 2000, I want to ...
A: Joe Word can only do limited automatic formatting. You may wan't to look at some addins that may ...
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| Footers and Paginating a booklet | 4/23/2004 |
Q: I am making a 16 page booklet out of 8" x 14" paper,folded in half, double-sided. Is there any way ...
A: Lawrence As you have discovered Word isn't a great program for making booklets. However that said ...
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| contents page | 4/23/2004 |
Q: MSWORD In would like to make a contents page for my thesis containing the various headings and ...
A: marcas the first step is to give all your headings styles. This can be done by clicking in your ...
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| block and delete | 4/20/2004 |
Q: I am truly technically challenged, so forgive how fundamental this question is. I have recently ...
A: Rhonda Turn off your WordPerfect settings in Tools=> Options=> General and the prompt should go ...
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| landscape tables | 4/20/2004 |
Q: I am using word 2000. In my document i have few landscape tables(wider tables). I don't know how to ...
A: Raj Follow the link (it saves me a lot of typing) and it will lead through the steps to do what you ...
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| Transferring Microsoft Word customized toolbars | 4/19/2004 |
Q: My employer just purchased new computers, and we now have upgraded to Windows XP from Windows 98. ...
A: Hazel If the toolbars are customized then you can't copy them to a new version of word. If they ...
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| MICROSOFT WORD PROBLEM | 4/16/2004 |
Q: ie, spacings are replaced by dots (.) and paragraphs with some weird |P signs. did i accidentally ...
A: Nicholas It sounds like you have the Show/Hide button on (click on the button on the toolbar that ...
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| EMBED | 4/14/2004 |
Q: I am using word 6.01 on a MacIntosh, OS 9.1. I have been inserting pictures into text without ...
A: John There was a similar problem that I found in the mac groups but sadly no one answered it. You ...
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| EMBED | 4/13/2004 |
Q: I am using word 6.01 on a MacIntosh, OS 9.1. I have been inserting pictures into text without ...
A: John I don't use a mac so am unfamiliar with it problems. However one option may be that you have ...
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| Print a large Word file | 3/29/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2000. I am a home inspector and I created my inspection report software using Word. ...
A: Dan There isn't much you can do, depending on your printer you may be able to tell it to print as ...
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| headers | 3/28/2004 |
Q: have a book written and in ms97. only problem is i want headers to appear only on text pages, not ...
A: Barbara For the headers in each chaptger you will have to create section breaks for each chapter, ...
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| labels | 3/28/2004 |
Q: I do have Excell Access 2002 and but I am not that familiar with these programs. I'd rather keep it ...
A: Gabriel The only way to split up the address fields is to do it manually, ie cut and paste. Word ...
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| labels | 3/25/2004 |
Q: I transfer some name and address into Word 2002 labels. How can I transfer the phone number that is ...
A: Gabriel If the phone numbers are in the same paragraph the best option would be to use a ...
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| Runtime error 429 | 3/25/2004 |
Q: Each time now I open a Word 2000 document I get a box reading 'MS Visual Basic Runtime error 429 ...
A: Michael There are quite a few possibilities, one is that somehow Word has become corrupted and so I ...
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| Macro required for MS/Word? | 3/23/2004 |
Q: Aloha, I am not too familiar with MS/Word 2000 but I know it's macro capability is powerful. I have ...
A: Steven Here is a macro that will do what you want, however I can't test it as I don't have 2000 ...
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| macros available to all documents | 3/22/2004 |
Q: I understand that i can copy macro modules from one open document to another, but what if i would ...
A: Alicson When you record the macro, make sure that you record it in your Personal Macro Workbook, ...
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| Microsoft® Works Word Processor | 3/22/2004 |
Q: d Morning, To begin with, I am novice @ this PC stuff. My? is, before I had my last crash, I had ...
A: Ursula If you bought the pc new then it will be on on of the CD's that came with the system, you ...
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| Printing from the command line | 3/19/2004 |
Q: I was wondering if there was some way to make Word print a document from the outside, i.e. without ...
A: Borko Try this option I dont think you can do it without the file being opened. "C:\Program ...
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| editing, columns | 3/13/2004 |
Q: I am a regular WordPerfect user (4.2, 5.1, 6.1, 11) sometimes saddled with editing MS Word 2000 ...
A: Larry You can see hidden characters by using the backwards facing paragraph mark Show hide or by ...
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| Word Directories | 3/13/2004 |
Q: Using Word XP, I'm trying to create a directory using and Excel database. One Excel column has ...
A: Tim When you go to your mail merge using the wizard, go to edit recipient list and where the date ...
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| Aargh! Outline view | 3/8/2004 |
Q: My Word 2002 document is in outline view. I entered a list of subheadings (normal text, no heading ...
A: Bill It sounds like you will need to create your own style for the levels you are using. Word has ...
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| Can't open my file | 3/5/2004 |
Q: I am working with word 2000 and I went to save my document and then it disappeared. When I went to ...
A: Kate There are two options, one is that you saved the file into a different directory and the link ...
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| Word Formatting | 3/4/2004 |
Q: I use Windows XP & Office Pro 2000 ~ I have been using Word for 15 years, but came across a problem ...
A: Steve This problem is fixed in word 2002 but that doesn't help you so here is a link that will ...
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| deleting blank page | 3/4/2004 |
Q: I often have douments that have a lot of section breaks and when I delete something at the end of ...
A: Mabel I don't think a macro will help as you still have to move to the blank page. When you do ...
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| Scanned documents | 3/2/2004 |
Q: Why is it that I cannot edit(make changes) to a scanned document? Last night I scanned a document ...
A: Richard There could be two reasons, one is that you are trying to work on a graphic image, if that ...
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| printing | 2/24/2004 |
Q: Word 97. Can't print .dot files. Everything else prints (.doc, excel, notepad, etc.)
A: Dan A .dot file isn't a regular document file, it is a template file, you can print it when you ...
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| word 2002 | 2/22/2004 |
Q: Why would you insert a table to arrange date in a document rather than use tab stops?
A: jimmy Well it depends on what you want the date to do, if you want it in a formula to work out days ...
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| insufficient memory in Word 97 | 2/16/2004 |
Q: now, working in Word 97, I'm getting a message “Word has insufficient memory. You will not be able ...
A: Chris Usually this indicates that you don't have enough RAM. If you are running 64 or less then ...
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| Find/Replace | 2/13/2004 |
Q: How do you get the find feature to release control of page up/down. Use the feature to find, finds, ...
A: Denise In order to get back to using PageUp/PageDown, you have to change the browse object back to ...
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| How to revise a Doctor's form set up by someone else. | 2/11/2004 |
Q: Word Microsoft XP Office Can we email you a file? or can you tell us how to unlock or unanchor ...
A: Jean You first need to unprotect the document, tools > unprotect (and hope it isn't password ...
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| Word97 and merging doc comments | 2/10/2004 |
Q: I was asked to merge only the comments from two differing Word97 documents. However there were ...
A: BJ you may have come upon a problem, if each person who added comments used a different format then ...
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| closing a file | 2/9/2004 |
Q: In Microsoft Word, if I open a document and close it again without making any changes, I want the ...
A: Wesley In general word will always close a file that hasn't had any changes made to it, however ...
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| Printing envelopes in Word for Mac?? | 2/9/2004 |
Q: I have used Word for years, have never had any difficulties. I have recently begun using a Mac and ...
A: Randy I hope this helps but I can't guarantee it, I don't use a mac so haven't had much to do with ...
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