| Subject | Date Asked |
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| Combining word files | 11/10/2009 |
Q: Nancy I wonder if you can help? I have completed my PhD thesis which is in separate chapters. I want ...
A: Nigel - I would suggest you consider creating a master document and your chapter will be the ...
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| Word 2007 | 11/9/2009 |
Q: I am trying to place a header in Word 2007 in an 8-page newsletter I am doing for a club I belong ...
A: Terry, if you have not inserted section breaks you should be able to simply to to the Insert TAB > ...
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| word 2007 columns | 11/8/2009 |
Q: i created two columns in word 2007, but i don't know how to add a different background on each ...
A: Create a table with the same number of columns you have currently using the columns feature. Turn ...
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| Word Text Form | 10/16/2009 |
Q: This one may be real easy for you. I have a document in which I have inserted a "TEXT FORM FIELD". ...
A: Dan, I am going to make some assumptions. You are using Word 2003 The Forms Toolbar (View > ...
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| center words on printout | 10/15/2009 |
Q: Janyszeski, With my page size set to 6" x 9", when I print onto an A4 sheet, the print is not ...
A: Dan - are you using Print Preview before sending to the printer? Double checking margins, page ...
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| Graphics in Word 2007 | 10/14/2009 |
Q: I have some .doc files that I can view normally in older versions of MS Word, but when I view them ...
A: Gary, check the setting using the Office button > Word Options > Advanced > Show document content > ...
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| Envelopes | 10/11/2009 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2007 on Windows XP Pro. I have two printers hooked up to my computer: a Canon MX ...
A: Chas, there are a lot of variables Word 2007 Windows Xp and Printer specific Are you saying that ...
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| Compressing a file using Microsoft Word 7 | 10/8/2009 |
Q: I am currently taking an on-line course and am required to compress all Microsoft Word 7 documents. ...
A: Trish- I use this feature - I would ask if you are using Windows XP or Vista. Directions for XP ...
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| Formatted documents 'Text box' pages | 10/7/2009 |
Q: I have a strange problem. Our company sent documents to a third party source to re-format with a ...
A: Peter, I have seen this problem in Word 2007 documents, I am assuming this is what you are using. I ...
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| problem in printing | 10/6/2009 |
Q: i am having some documents made in word 2007 but in a pc now i am having word 2003. there is a ...
A: By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office ...
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| Goto | 10/5/2009 |
Q: I wish to make a “Go to” command in my document. Means when I click on a specify word in my ...
A: First you select the word you want to "go to" Then from the Insert menu > Book Mark >type the name ...
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| MS Word File Overwritten Recovery | 10/4/2009 |
Q: i hope you are fine, recently i made a mistake, i jus wanted to install window, and i copied my some ...
A: Nabeel- I am sorry I do not have a solution. I checked system restore features but it does not ...
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| MS Office 2007 | 10/2/2009 |
Q: Not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question but am hoping that you can help me. I ...
A: Suzy, this is a computer setup question and I really am not the person to ask. I could not ...
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| microsoft word | 10/1/2009 |
Q: how do i link the table of contents to the header? Thanks,
A: Manisha, not sure I am clear on this one. You don't link a Table of contents to a header. Table of ...
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| TOC and Index won't update | 9/29/2009 |
Q: I am working in Vista, MS Word 2007 with document saved in compatible mode Word 97-2003. I've been ...
A: Jerry, it appears that your TOC is a hyperlink. I would make a backup copy of the document, delete ...
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| Formatting/Editing Updating | 9/26/2009 |
Q: My question is a little similar to previous entries; however, I cannot resolve it. When I go to ...
A: Don, it seem that since the entire document is being updated to the newley selected style that this ...
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| Printing Blank pages in Word 2007 | 9/23/2009 |
Q: I am having problems in Word 2007 whenever i print from it.What ever document that I print form word ...
A: I would ask if you go to Print Preview do you see 2 pages? If so go to the end of your document and ...
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| Margins | 9/22/2009 |
Q: I have 7 separate documents that I had done for school, For my next project I have to copy and paste ...
A: Melissa - you need to use Section Breaks to change the margins on pages within a document. What I ...
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| Vista + New Version of Word | 9/16/2009 |
Q: What is the best way to go about changing the "ribbon" to look and feel more like the 2003 XP ...
A: Deb, you cannot customize the Ribbon Keystrokes always work in any version of Word Auto Text is gone ...
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| Copying Word Tables into another document | 9/13/2009 |
Q: Someone prepared multiple page tables for my document, but when I try to copy the tables into the ...
A: Marjorie, it sounds like the tables were pasted as images or pictures of tables. Right click your ...
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| Word 2007 table properties | 9/12/2009 |
Q: When I insert a table into a word document and then try to view the table properties, the program ...
A: Stephen, there are so many results from a search on Office Enterprise freezes with so many variables ...
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| Markup area shading | 9/8/2009 |
Q: I often work on documents for my local club and make changes after we meet. I bring the changes ...
A: Walt, I don't know of a setting (styles or markup options) that turn off the shading in balloons. ...
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| need help in track changes | 9/4/2009 |
Q: I am working on some automation tool where i need to extract/retrieve the track changes between two ...
A: Raja, there is a Macro available to extract changes to a new document found at the following ...
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| Table of Contents | 9/1/2009 |
Q: I am using Microsoft Word 2007 with Windows XP. I have a few questions about creating a table of ...
A: Krista, you can have a table of contents created by referencing heading styles. Heading one style ...
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| Mail Merge | 8/30/2009 |
Q: i created a database in excel. When i tried to do a mail merge in word i got the follwing error ...
A: Mort, you need to name the range in Excel Select all the cells containing your data CTRL+F3 is ...
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| normal.dotm | 8/28/2009 |
Q: We have just installed Office 2007. I modified the Normal template. When I tried to exit Word, it ...
A: Alexa, do a My Computer search and be sure to include hidden and system files. Search for Normal.* ...
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| Table of contents | 8/27/2009 |
Q: How can I get the page numbers appear before the chapter number and contents. By default it appears ...
A: Alice, it is not possible by rearranging the field codes but you should be able to modify the style ...
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| Unstable graphic in template footer (Word 2007) | 8/26/2009 |
Q: I have created a letterhead template in Word 2007. The footer contains a graphic that becomes ...
A: Catherine, I have not seen this question before and I don't have a document to compare it to. But I ...
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| Using publisher in Word | 8/23/2009 |
Q: Nancy, I am one of the tax experts, so I can really appreciate your service. I have designed a ...
A: John you can paste the letterhead into the HEADER of a word document and change the top margin to ...
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| Word image problem | 8/20/2009 |
Q: I am running Windows XP SP2 on a new dell computer. Office 2007 when we go to print letter head ...
A: Steve, there are printing compatibility issues with running 2007 on Windows XP. Make sure you have ...
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| Date Update | 8/19/2009 |
Q: I have looked all over Microsoft Word Help for the answer to my question. If the answer is there I ...
A: Dave, assuming you are using Word 2003 (but this applies to all versions with slight variations) ...
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| Rotating a text box | 8/17/2009 |
Q: I have been trying to work out how to rotate a text box in Microsoft Word and came across your ...
A: Claire, I am not seeing which version of Word you are using, but in 2003 from the drawing toolbar > ...
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| Laying out booklet Word in Office 2007 | 8/16/2009 |
Q: Nancy, I know you have answered questions on this subject and I have read them and when I go to lay ...
A: Jim, I think I understand what you are trying to do. I believe what you have to do is redefine the ...
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| Columns in MS Word - PROBLEM!! | 8/11/2009 |
Q: I am trying to create a 1-page flyer consisting of 2 columns on top of the page, then back to normal ...
A: Adam, Select all the text and select 1 column. Select the text you want to be in two columns select ...
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| email a document while in microsoft 7 | 8/7/2009 |
Q: i am running Microsoft office word 7 and i cannot e-mail a document while using it. outlook is the ...
A: Rob, I think you are asking can you configure Microsoft Word to use another application other than ...
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| Page #'s - Word | 8/6/2009 |
Q: I have a 73 page document that has been compiled from several sources. Some pages are portrait, ...
A: Debra, the document has been created using Section Breaks, which can be confusing. From the insert ...
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| Word 2007 Master Doc Links | 7/30/2009 |
Q: When you use the features of master docs, is it possible to edit the hyperlink that connects to the ...
A: George, I am not aware of a way to do this, but would suggest that all files be kept within one ...
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| Word 2007 - Curser in Doc Not working | 7/27/2009 |
Q: I was getting the AZWizardModuel error. I corrected that problem uninstalling Avery. However, I am ...
A: Charlie - Keep the following because it happens after updates sometimes. ...
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| Linking (?) two word docs | 7/26/2009 |
Q: I have male and female versions of a Word 2007 docm document that I use for reports (via fields and ...
A: Karen, the only way I know to link > update data is to use the Paste Special link OPen both ...
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| Find and Replace | 7/22/2009 |
Q: I have a large amount of data that was exported from an Excel spreadsheet to a text file. Each row ...
A: Peter, I use this feature a lot. I am thinking if you have the original Excel document that you ...
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| Reusable document | 7/21/2009 |
Q: I would like to know how to make a document template (or some type of document I could reuse) for ...
A: Don, a Template is what you create to make a reusable document that has data and formatting already ...
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| A4 and A3 pages in a word file | 7/20/2009 |
Q: I use Microsoft Office 2007 software to write reports,I am trying to incorporate an A3 page into a ...
A: Brian, you can change the paper size of one page by using Section Breaks - However -- Section ...
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| INTERACTIVE FORM TEMPLATE | 7/17/2009 |
Q: WE WORK IN A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND MAKE UP OUR OWN SURGERY FORMS, A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO USE AN ...
A: Gary, what you want to do is set your document up using the table feature. Tables are not just for ...
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| MSWord 2007: Applying modification in doc property in whole document | 7/16/2009 |
Q: I am starting writing a complete technical document, and some parameters will change in the future. ...
A: Fred, I may not have it straight exactly what you are doing. I opened a document Insert TAB > Text ...
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| outlook | 7/15/2009 |
Q: is there any way to manage my contacts in outlook in groups. for example friends - colleges and not ...
A: John, you can create additional Contact folders under Contacts. Right Click Contact and select > ...
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| Lock font/Exclude font from fit to page | 7/14/2009 |
Q: We have a macro that adds a signature to a document consisting of a date, the name, a line under the ...
A: Paul, built in to the Shrink to fit feature is changing the font size. I am not aware of a way to ...
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| word question | 7/10/2009 |
Q: I am usuing the student version of microsoft word. I downloaded a label template. I need to make ...
A: Jamie, labels are nothing more than the TABLE feature in Word. When you get to the last label at ...
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| Microsoft word | 7/2/2009 |
Q: How does microsoft word work with other elements???
A: Kylie, I'm not sure what you are referring to. Is this a homework question? All of the ...
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| copy/paste slow | 7/1/2009 |
Q: I have XP Professional/Office 2003 Suite, with all the up to date (July 2009) patches. In the last ...
A: Tommie, I am seeing office 2003 and Office 2007 Office 2003 Suite Not sure if you are running ...
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| Avery 5160 labels | 6/30/2009 |
Q: I created labels using Avery 5160 in Word 2007. When I attempt to print them a window pops saying ...
A: You can get this error message and still have the labels print ok. It may be the smallest ...
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| Deactivated hyperlink in TOC | 6/29/2009 |
Q: I use Word2003. I have a Table of Content with hyperlinks. I was able to jump to the correct page by ...
A: Roland, this might help. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929867 if not do a browser search on the ...
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| Text From the Internet | 6/26/2009 |
Q: Quite often when I copy information from a web site,I often have small circles embedded. It makes ...
A: Dale, there is a lot of code when you copy from the internet. I would copy and then use the Paste ...
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| Table of Contents | 6/26/2009 |
Q: After completing my TOC and saving the document, I am getting paging errors when I attach the ...
A: Don, no I do not know what would be causing this. I don't see what version of Word you are using. ...
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| Bookmarks/Cross Reference | 6/23/2009 |
Q: You have helped me before. I am working on a form and I want to book mark a field and then have the ...
A: Beryl, I haven't duplicated what you are trying to do but I think you are referring to paste Link. ...
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| word file hidden | 6/20/2009 |
Q: i had a problem with virus attack,after that i scaneed my computer and removed the virus. after ...
A: Alex, I have not heard of this problem before - have you opened My Computer and tried to open the ...
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| typing a phone list | 6/17/2009 |
Q: I have M/S Word Ofc Student 2007 version - I can't find how to type a phone list with ...
A: what you need to do is put a right tab stop on the right margin of your ruler. It might be easiest ...
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| MS Word Macro | 6/16/2009 |
Q: I work with Word Mac 2001. I'm trying to figure out how and whether it's possible to set a macro ...
A: Natalia, I really don't use Macro's anymore because of security reasons. You will find it hard to ...
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| How to Add Board Names on Side of Letter in MS Word 2007 | 6/10/2009 |
Q: I just started a non-profit organization and am trying to add the board of directors names to the ...
A: I am not sure I understand. Are you trying to create a letterhead with all the names positioned on ...
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| file formatting incompatible between different computers with same program | 6/7/2009 |
Q: I have been dealing with this dilemma for a while and can't find a solution. I write documents with ...
A: Patricia, how a document is formatted is determined by, but not limited to, the normal.dot template ...
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| Word 2003 | 6/6/2009 |
Q: Can I load Word 2003 onto a computer with windows 2000
A: Glen, I found the following at Microsoft. System Requirements Supported Operating Systems: Windows ...
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| Word - page numbering | 6/5/2009 |
Q: I want to creat a document that contains both a running total page number in the footer, and a page ...
A: Yes, You can put in more than one page number field in a footer. One can be number of pages, one ...
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| Word Doc into interactive test | 6/4/2009 |
Q: I have an ms word document consisting of 82 questions that was meant to be presented on paper. I ...
A: Mike you can use the html forms feature and create an form that can be published online. ...
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| Word 2007: Inserting a footnote makes a column of page numbers appear at the top left of the page. | 6/3/2009 |
Q: Inserting a footnote makes a column of page numbers appear at the top left of the page. Did the ...
A: Jennifer, if this does not happen in a new document only this one existing document then it has to ...
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| ms word template questionaire | 5/30/2009 |
Q: I received a ms word template questionaire and answered the questions then saved it and emailed it ...
A: Karen, I am not sure but that is possible. If you don't have Word then you wouldn't be able to ...
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| Word 2007 | 5/29/2009 |
Q: 1.Is it possible in Word 2007 to display the path of a document I have open? 2. Almost invariably, ...
A: Yes to both. 1. From the Insert TAB > Text Group > Quick Parts drop down menu > Field... select ...
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| ulocking and locking forms in word 2007 | 5/26/2009 |
Q: I use to use the 2003 version of word and created a lot of forms which would require to lock and ...
A: Shane - once you have inserted your field, Click on Protect Document in the protect group, Select #2 ...
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| inserting page numbers in Word 2007 | 5/25/2009 |
Q: I am creating a medical file in Word 2007. However, I have to save it in the 2003-2007 format, as ...
A: Paula, I am not 100% clear on this but what you want is for the page numbering to start with Zero, ...
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| Office printer settings | 5/22/2009 |
Q: First of all, thanks and excuse my English. Let me explain the situation. In our office we are using ...
A: Martin, I cannot help with the settings of a network printer. However - on a free standing PC you ...
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| 2007 word | 5/16/2009 |
Q: I am a Certified Foerensic Examiner and have 2007 Office (student) I installed on my personal ...
A: Kathy, I am not seeing if this only happens when you use Word or all applications. If it is just ...
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| Word to excel | 5/11/2009 |
Q: I have a document in word that I would like to tranport to excel with all the formulas, but went I ...
A: You will need to change the formatting of the Word document. The easiest way is to put the data ...
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| Problems with the List of Tables | 5/10/2009 |
Q: Nancy, I have used the "list of tables" function of WORD to generate a list of tables for my ...
A: if you have combined documents I would review if the missing tables are in a different section. ...
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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, I would think that by putting a section break before and after the loacation within the ...
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| Printing a merged document | 4/30/2009 |
Q: I have prepared a merged document which consists of a letter of several pages for each client. Every ...
A: Colin, you would need to create the letterhead within the first page of the document or stack your ...
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| Mouse Cursor does not work in Word 2007 | 4/18/2009 |
Q: Two days ago my cursor stopped working within Word 2007. I use the Vista operating system. My mouse ...
A: Keep the following because it happens after updates sometimes. ...
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| Envelopes are printing a random "M" | 4/11/2009 |
Q: I am using the envelope function in Word 2007. I am highlighting the address in my letter, clicking ...
A: Tracy, to be honest I have not heard of this before. I can only suggest trying a different font one ...
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| Auto fill-in of duplicate data in Word (2) | 3/26/2009 |
Q: I've created a template for a letter that won't be used in a mail merge - it'll be completed by the ...
A: Katherine, you can insert a Text Form Field found on the Forms toolbar and then copy > Edit menu > ...
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| Mail Merge Question - Word 2007 | 3/23/2009 |
Q: I am using Avery 5160 labels, and have a data source in Excel of approximately 500 lines. I would ...
A: Mark, I am afraid I don't understand your question. A record is by definition that information ...
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| ms 2007 word has a grid on ALL my docs | 3/20/2009 |
Q: Some sort of setting where all my documents have a grid or a notebook-paper like background, even ...
A: Monica, your new blank document template seems to have been changed. Close Word You need to find ...
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| Writing side by side | 3/18/2009 |
Q: I'm trying to write a letter explaining our services. I would like it to look like this (service ...
A: April, create a table with 3 rows and 3 columns. Once you have inserted the table from either the ...
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| Save problem in Word | 3/17/2009 |
Q: I am currently trying to save a project on a regular basis. Each time I 'save', it takes ...
A: Jess, I am guessing that the document is too large for your computer to handle. I would review h ow ...
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| inserting autotext in Word 2003 | 3/13/2009 |
Q: I have Word 2003. When I go to insert autotext attention, closing, header/footer etc. all of these ...
A: Wanda, it appears that you have downloaded an Office Live beta plug in. ...
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| Letters | 3/12/2009 |
Q: I want to creat my letterhead that I can then use as a starting point for letters. I know how to do ...
A: Charles, you should be able to do the same thing in Word. You might try typing the text first and ...
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| Word 97 Templates in Word 2003 | 3/11/2009 |
Q: When I use templates I created in 97 in word 2003, when closing the document, word wants to save ...
A: Paul, I would allow the changes to your normal.dot if you want these templates to be available in ...
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| MS Office Enterprise 2007 | 3/10/2009 |
Q: I have MS Word 97 installed on my computer but I have also recently installed MS Office Enterprise ...
A: Franco - you cannot run Word 97 and Word 2007 on the same machine. You can use Word 2007 and save ...
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| Bold and Italic | 3/9/2009 |
Q: Microsoft Office. Only in Times New Roman, bold turns on bold and italic both. I can't get it to ...
A: Sean, it sounds like an Autoformatting setting. I am assuming you are using Word 2003. In 2003 if ...
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| Built In Menu | 3/4/2009 |
Q: I like the Word (2003) Built in Work Menu, but I have forgotten how to delete the document after I ...
A: Regi, are you referring to the list of frequently accessed documents on the File menu? You can ...
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| "File" | 3/3/2009 |
Q: When I open a new Word document, there is no heading for "File" on the top left as I'm accustomed ...
A: Barb, from the Tools menu > Customize > Commands > Built in Tool bars Drag the File menu from this ...
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| word | 3/2/2009 |
Q: I have Office / Word 2003 and when typing in word lately everytime I type the letter "a" a red line ...
A: Gary, I am unable to duplicate what you are experiencing. Have you checked your autocorrect ...
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| Insertion of graphics into Word 2007 | 3/1/2009 |
Q: I prepare my figures in CorelDraw and using control C followed by control V paste them into Word ...
A: Martin, does this only happen with Corel Draw images or any image? Have you tried going to the ...
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| word | 2/26/2009 |
Q: I have Office / Word 2003 and when typing in word lately everytime I type the letter "a" a red line ...
A: Gary, the automatic spelling of your document is turned on and the red line suggests that the a ...
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| Footre | 2/23/2009 |
Q: We are encountering a situation where our professors are indiscriminately printing to various ...
A: Tina, it appears you are on a network so my help will be limited. You can certainly create a ...
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| Template Link on Website | 2/22/2009 |
Q: and thank you for being available to us! I need to put a template of mine (that my friend created) ...
A: Robin, I am not really clear on what you are trying to do or why. In addition - the template ...
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| Date field in Word | 2/11/2009 |
Q: If I enter a date using Alt I T, the format stays the same for about 3 weeks and then goes to the ...
A: David, it probably changes when you use a different format. You set the date format from the Insert ...
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| mail merge a protected Word document | 2/5/2009 |
Q: Nancy, I have read your answer on this topic ...
A: Mark, what you might try is to create continuous section breaks and protect all but the one section ...
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| sending a e-newsletter through publisher and not receiving images | 2/4/2009 |
Q: I hope you can help me with this. I am using MS Office 2007. I just reconfigured my Outlook because ...
A: For sure the size of the email is important. You also do not want to be sending an email to a mass ...
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| sending a e-newsletter through publisher and not receiving images | 2/3/2009 |
Q: I hope you can help me with this. I am using MS Office 2007. I just reconfigured my Outlook because ...
A: When you create a publication with publisher the images are saved in a separate folder. You would ...
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| Word 2003 - Book fold printing | 1/31/2009 |
Q: I have currently set up an 80 page Word document as a standard A4 portrait document. I now want to ...
A: Peter, I just duplicated a document to A5 and booklet printing. I didn't have any trouble. I can ...
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| Word 2003 - Book fold printing | 1/30/2009 |
Q: I have currently set up an 80 page Word document as a standard A4 portrait document. I now want to ...
A: Peter, File page setup > Landscape Multiple pages > Book Fold From the paper tab you have the ...
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| default envelope setting | 1/29/2009 |
Q: I came in this morning and my envelope default setting changed and is putting the address in the ...
A: Helen, I understand the frustration on this one, it has happened to me, it actually happened half ...
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| Custom Labels | 1/27/2009 |
Q: I have some labels that are standard size (3.33 x 4), but they are imprinted (not blank). When I ...
A: Nicole, when you create a sheet of labels Word is actually creating a table. Click anywhere within ...
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| Word to Excel | 1/26/2009 |
Q: I was just wondering if I can make labels in Word, then transport them to Excel. I've read some ...
A: Crystal, Excel is an application that can be is a DATA source. The following is from Excel Help. ...
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| Word 2007 Watermark Print Job | 1/16/2009 |
Q: Nancy, I am trying to print off tests for students in which each student is assigned a computer ...
A: Colin, below is Wordperfect help for creating a watermark and also using a Macro to do so. 1 Click ...
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| Merging labels | 1/10/2009 |
Q: I have a simple one-page letter which I am merging with an excel spreadsheet (130 names and ...
A: Verdie, this would be very had to determine without looking at the document. It is clear that there ...
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| Winword | 1/9/2009 |
Q: recently I got the following Error Message: Runtime Error: C:/Program files/Microsoft Office/Office ...
A: Ray, I did a browser search on the error and the following may help. ...
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| Mail merge data source | 1/7/2009 |
Q: I work for an accountant. He needed me to create a data source in Word XP Mail Merge containing all ...
A: Loretta, the file is saved as an access data base file so you wouldn't be able to just open it ...
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| Word document search problems | 1/5/2009 |
Q: For years, I have searched for specific Word documents in folders with no problems. However, in the ...
A: Debbi, there is a new window feature "windows search" it is download and causing problems. I don't ...
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| Word 2007 | 12/30/2008 |
Q: I am having the same problem as Andy. Everytime I try to save the program hangs. All the other ...
A: Brooke, I have useed the following several times, usually when there is an update. ...
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| Microsoft Word 2007 problems with using a check box in a form | 12/19/2008 |
Q: I am creating a form/template in Microsoft Word 2007. This is a form that others will be able to ...
A: Chelsey, you can do a document such as this by creating section breaks. It can get involved ...
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| Flattening in Microsoft Word 2002 and/or Protecting documents but allowing Mail Merge | 12/18/2008 |
Q: I had create form fields in a Word Document and protected the document from editing so only the form ...
A: Debra, yes you can protect SECTIONS of a document, use Word 2002 help for information on protecting ...
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| Word graphics and printing | 12/16/2008 |
Q: I have just been upgrade from Office XP to Office 2003 and a strange problem has developed. In my ...
A: Keith, the following link is a nice reference for using graphics. ...
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| Two quick questions | 12/12/2008 |
Q: Two questions: [1]I use Word 2003 and XP. If I have a document minimized and open another document, ...
A: Steve, to view your word documents separately on the task bar go to the Tools menu > options > View ...
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| Creating labels from Excel into Word 2007 | 11/18/2008 |
Q: I am following directions: Highlight appropriate fields in Excel, Define Name :example ...
A: Taylor, from the Mail Merge wizard, you click on Browse to find the Excel file > Open it You should ...
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| Convert a scan document in MS Excel | 11/16/2008 |
Q: I have recently scaned some addresses in MS Words rich text format. The document however contains a ...
A: Leroy, I am not understanding what you mean by FRAMES. If you mean the text is within a table ...
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| Clip Art | 11/14/2008 |
Q: I am a novice, I only use my computer to write copy. I would like to email an Open House invitation ...
A: Rene, there are variables here. I am assuming you are creating the invitation in a Word document. ...
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| Word 2007 locks up using "find" | 11/13/2008 |
Q: Using "find" repeatedly, at some point it stops working and the program freezes up. One thing I ...
A: I did find a solution at the following site. I have not used this solution for the Find error you ...
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| Page numbering question | 11/12/2008 |
Q: I have a 27 page document and the page numbering shows a 28 page document so the last page shows ...
A: Dave, my guess is that the page numbering did not start with page 1 or the cover page. Another ...
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| Send files to AOL users | 11/11/2008 |
Q: I have a difficult time sending either .jpg files or Word files, and sometimes even pictures ...
A: Scott, there are some issues when sending email to AOL accounts. It might be that you are using ...
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| Word Question? | 11/4/2008 |
Q: I created a form in Word that requires me to put the persons name in three different places. Is ...
A: Jen, copy the first field, click where you want it to show up and then from the edit menu > Paste ...
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| hyperlinks in Word 2003 | 10/31/2008 |
Q: I carefully followed the directions for hyperlinking (in Word2003) my index page to other web pages ...
A: Donna, each browser reads html code differently. I personally removed FireFox from my computer ...
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| hyperlinks in Word 2003 | 10/30/2008 |
Q: I carefully followed the directions for hyperlinking (in Word2003) my index page to other web pages ...
A: Donna, I have never used word to create an html page but I do know it has limitations. Try ...
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| Address lists | 10/29/2008 |
Q: How do I select names and addresses from my outlook database for preparation of a Christmas card ...
A: Dennis, you use Word's mail merge feature. Tools menu > Letters and Mailings > Mail Merge There is ...
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| Document fields | 10/23/2008 |
Q: Microsoft 2007 - I'm trying to put together a document where I need to have boxes to fill in ...
A: Ron, I am not completely clear on how you are trying to do this but if you go to the review ribbon ...
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| MS Word 2007 - Keyb Shortcut Hdr/Ftr | 10/22/2008 |
Q: I have a blind student who uses MSWord 07. Aside from using ALT + an alpha character to access ...
A: Lyn, I have checked all my resources - I have a 49 page document of Word keystrokes and there is no ...
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| Paste Special link Word & Excel - Not work | 10/20/2008 |
Q: I have Excel 2003 open and Word 2003. When I 'Paste Special' from Excel to Word, choose 'Paste ...
A: Chris, from the Edit menu > Links On the Edit menu, click Links. In Links dialog box, in the list ...
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| Building a form in word | 10/17/2008 |
Q: I am building a form in word (newest version) and have successfully been able to create editable ...
A: Tina, for sure, as soon as you protect the document you cannot edit or add text. The way around ...
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| Filling in a template | 10/16/2008 |
Q: I would like to find out how to create a template in Word that will automatically allow me to fill ...
A: Jen, that would be to use the fill-in field. Field codes: Fill-in field { FILLIN ["Prompt "] ...
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| manual dates in footers of Word documents | 10/13/2008 |
Q: Is there a way I can change footer dates without opening up all the files to do so? THe auto date ...
A: Kim, If you are manually typing dates within the footer of a document than you will indeed have to ...
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| Word 2007 Image problem | 10/12/2008 |
Q: Nancy, do you know of a way to set an image in Word 2007 so that the image does not jump to the left ...
A: Michael, Double click the image and look at the ribbon over on the right for text wrapping. From ...
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| Word spreadsheet | 10/10/2008 |
Q: Someone sent me a word spread sheet and told me to delete all of the verbage in it and re-use it. ...
A: Mark, there is no such thing as a Word spreadsheet. In Word it would be a table that has cells. ...
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| How to make the printer to print not on top of the page | 10/8/2008 |
Q: When I highlight a paragraph and want to print it, why the printer starts printing ALWAYS from the ...
A: Kaz, in order to print text in the middle of a page, you need to change the top margin to something ...
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| Modification of letters created using Mail Merge Wizard | 9/29/2008 |
Q: I am currently working with the function "Mail Merge Wizard" in MS Word. I use MS Excel data source ...
A: You can add all the text to all the documents by using the Header/Footer option from the View menu, ...
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| copy & paste from microsoft word 2007 | 9/24/2008 |
Q: I have tried to copy & paste an essay that I did for a class I am taking online and I can't get it ...
A: Tara, there are a lot of unknowns here. What is happening that you can't paste. Is the document ...
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| Table of Contents page numbering | 9/23/2008 |
Q: How do I align the page numbers on the right margin? Word 2003. I have generated a ToC by using ...
A: Sylvia, When you open the Index and Tables window from the Insert menu and click on Table of ...
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| Auto numbering in Word | 9/21/2008 |
Q: I wish to create a voucher in Word 2003. I am endeavouring to number the vouchers consecutively. I ...
A: John, you are going to have to create a data source such as excel and number up to 100 including ...
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| word 2007 image printing problems | 9/16/2008 |
Q: when i copy and paste an image into microsoft word 2007 it shows up and it shows in the print ...
A: Samuel, two places to check your settings. One is the open Print dialog box window, lower left hand ...
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| Changing the default display in Word's File-New dialog | 9/12/2008 |
Q: In Word, when I got to File> New and see the Templates dialog, it seems to always default to ...
A: Stephanie, usually the last setting is retained until you change it. When you go file new (I am not ...
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| Pagination problem | 9/11/2008 |
Q: I cannot get my word document to start with page 1 on the first page. I go to footer, press the ...
A: Skye, have you gone to insert page number > Format... and checked to see what the starting page ...
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| normal.dot file decreases | 9/9/2008 |
Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and have a global normal.dot template for remote users that I ...
A: Kay, there are limits to everthing, most are so high it really doesn't matter. In the case of ...
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| Mail Merge Windows XP, Word 2003 | 9/5/2008 |
Q: I have a Excel Workbook with 3 sheets. I am trying to use mail merge to propagate label from the ...
A: Linda, not sure I can help without seeing the files. If this was my problem, I would right click ...
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| Bullets in MS Word 2007 for Mac | 9/3/2008 |
Q: When I am using bullets and push enter then tab i want the bullet to indent along with the text but ...
A: Hanna, I have not seen this before and I don't use a MAC. I would try going to the Office Button in ...
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| making a template | 9/1/2008 |
Q: I am trying to design my own worksheets for a small school I have. I use Word 2007 but I don't know ...
A: Oliver, I am not sure if you are using the Word Template as an a recognized Microsoft term or just a ...
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| Header and Page Number | 8/28/2008 |
Q: I can't figure out how to add a header and page number to the top of every page. It will only let me ...
A: Charlene, assuming you are using Word 2003. From the View menu Header/Footer The header footer ...
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| Nedd help creating Letterhead Template | 8/27/2008 |
Q: I've created stationery for a friend and can insert the header and footer but not sure about how to ...
A: Sharon, the background image goes in the header footer area as well. From the View menu > Header / ...
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| Bookmarks | 8/26/2008 |
Q: I am working on a form which has check boxes. The check boxes are room numbers. I need to have the ...
A: Beryl, Create your check box then copy it. Move to page 2 and (I don't see what version of word ...
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| Need help creating a personalized template | 8/22/2008 |
Q: I am trying to create a document that has base sentences and leaves an area for finishing the ...
A: Sarah, I am not completely clear on what you are tring to do but you can create a document that has ...
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| Word 07 wont open from the start menu | 8/19/2008 |
Q: i can open word through an icon or by searching for it however i cant open it under my recent ...
A: Chris, I understand but they are both related and based on the same application. Type a URL in the ...
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| Word 07 wont open from the start menu | 8/17/2008 |
Q: i can open word through an icon or by searching for it however i cant open it under my recent ...
A: Chris, there are so many variable with this one that I suggest you go to Google.com ( I just ...
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| Word 2007 | 8/16/2008 |
Q: I am stumped by an extra page appearing in my document that shows blank in print preview and the ...
A: Shirley, I have not seen this before. Do you have show/hide on? When you say page number on the ...
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| Word 2007 not responding | 8/2/2008 |
Q: I am medical transcriptionist and I recently updated to a new Dell that has Microsoft Office word on ...
A: Sheri, the following should do it for you. However, go SLOW, triple check the directions. ...
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| MS Word 2007 Forms | 8/1/2008 |
Q: Good Morning Nancy, I have a question for you. I know that Microsoft is capable of way more than ...
A: Donna, when you click on protect document on the Developer Tab you have the option to Restrict ...
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| Favorites link disappeared | 7/30/2008 |
Q: .I used VISTA. and Microsoft Office..Do you know about VISTA......The bar that has the Favorites on ...
A: Angela, are you referring to the Favorites on the internet explorer 7? If you don't have your menu ...
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| Opening New Documents | 7/29/2008 |
Q: I hope I have not already sent this to you. I have Office 2004 and when I try to open a new Word ...
A: Barry, Close Word. Then you need to delete the normal.dot file. You can do a search of your file ...
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| Word 2007 | 7/23/2008 |
Q: ..and then I check the font and it is labeled "xheaders" - it didn't do this with my last version of ...
A: Kath, there is an issue with 2007 and some printers and this may be your problem, you may need to ...
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| word 2007 | 7/22/2008 |
Q: any time i open a document (even a new one) in word 2007, when i press save or save as nothing ...
A: Andy, there have been issues with Word 2007, I have not seen this one before. The following may ...
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| Attachment To Email | 7/19/2008 |
Q: I sent an Email with a Word document attached, and the recipient was unable to open the file. I then ...
A: Nicholas, it is suggesting the document was not really attached to the email but rather a local path ...
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| Word editor will not work with outlook | 7/18/2008 |
Q: I am using outlook 2000 and word 2000. I recently switched my hard drive from one computer to ...
A: Melvn, Have you re-installed the Office Suite? If the new machine is using a different version of ...
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| microsoft word | 7/16/2008 |
Q: i have lost the ability to use my mouse to move the indicator of a point i am up to on a letter, ...
A: Stephen, what version of Word are you using? If you are using Word 2007 - there is a fix. I had ...
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| Wrapping text around object. | 7/15/2008 |
Q: I have a problem that I don't seem to be able to work around and thought that you may be able to ...
A: yes you can do that. I think if it were my document I would put the text box in the header/footer ...
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| table of contents | 7/14/2008 |
Q: I want to update the page numbers in my table of contents, but am not seeing the dialog box when I ...
A: Michele, I don't see which version of Word you are using. From 2003 I selected my TOC and hit F9, ...
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| 2007 | 7/12/2008 |
Q: If I install 2007, what will happen to my documents in word 2003? Will i be able to access or print ...
A: Sharon, the version of the software you use does not have any effect on existing documents. You do ...
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| Word 2003 Styles: Organizing, Moving and Controlling | 7/8/2008 |
Q: I am frustrated by MS Word 2003 Formatting and Styles I need to take a Word file research paper and ...
A: Tom, from Word Help Turn on or off automatic style definition On the Tools menu, click ...
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| export to excel; sizing problems | 7/7/2008 |
Q: Trying to export to a MS Word document, but the excel worksheet is set too wide. Can't figure out ...
A: Donna, there are time that a spreadsheet is too wide to fit an 11x8.5 piece of paper. You can ...
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| MS Word Hyperlinks | 7/5/2008 |
Q: I have two simple questions and hope the answers will be too. Firstly, I have a Word document with ...
A: Mark, from My Computer > Tools menu > Options > File Types let it populate Scroll down until you ...
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| Getting my word documents to send as email | 7/4/2008 |
Q: I just got a new computer with Vista and word 2003 ( Ithink) loaded on it. After much trouble (I am ...
A: Sally, have you tried simply attaching the word file to an email as an attachment and sending ...
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| Word template – background picture | 6/29/2008 |
Q: I am using the newest version of Word for Mac, and have the following problem: I have created a ...
A: Thomas, I don't use a MAC, I am not sure if that makes a difference. I would put a background ...
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| word document statistics | 6/27/2008 |
Q: I am after some help. I have a word document that has been emailed to me, that I suspect the author ...
A: Stephen, I have a few documents very much the same. One created in March and printed in January. ...
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| Can't get rid of tracking changes on forwarded documents | 6/25/2008 |
Q: I typed a document in Microsoft Word 2002 and sent it to a co-worker to make changes. When I ...
A: Patricia, I am going to venture a guess that you have not ACCEPTED all the changes before you sent. ...
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| Graphics in Word (Footers) | 6/18/2008 |
Q: I would like to have a graphic only appear on the last page of a word document, no matter how much ...
A: Matt, I actually don't know what it is you have done but if you want the image to be in a specific ...
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| Printing envelopes in MS Word 2007 | 6/17/2008 |
Q: I am using Windows XP and recently installed MS Word 2007. When I print envelopes (using a HP ...
A: Eric, it sounds like you have a compatibility issue because of using Word 2007 on Windows XP and ...
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| label fonts for word | 6/16/2008 |
Q: I am trying to change the font for the text using Avery labels. Everything I tried has failed - the ...
A: Fred, I am not seeing what version of Word you are using. I am assuming you are referring to a full ...
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| endnotes | 6/12/2008 |
Q: Endnotes, Win XP. According to a manuscript publisher's instructions, each chapter must be in a ...
A: Larry, I can only refer you to this same answered previously answered. ...
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| VISTA and WORD | 6/10/2008 |
Q: I just bought laptop and it came with VISTA HOME PREMIUM. I am used to older systems. I cannot find ...
A: Matt, Vista is the operating system and Word, Excel, etc are the Microsoft Office Suite. The ...
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| Reformating/blocking footnotes | 6/8/2008 |
Q: I already asked 2 experts, but they don't know the answer. Is there a way to reformat the ...
A: Adrian, this is a featured hard programmed into Word. You can see that even if you try to delete ...
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| copy & paste problems Word 2003 | 6/5/2008 |
Q: Recently when I copy text from any source outside of Windows nothing appears on the transfer area ...
A: Robert, I am not sure what you are experiencing here and I don't know what OpenOffice Writer would ...
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| Tables in Word 2007 | 5/29/2008 |
Q: When I create a table in Word 2007, and click inside the table, it turns blue. The more I type, the ...
A: Michelle, I have seen this question a few times but not the answer. I believe it has something to ...
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| Spell Check on Microsoft Word 2007 | 5/25/2008 |
Q: OK, so a while back my Microsoft Word (2007) stopped checking my spelling mistakes. I hadn't changed ...
A: Carlotte, you might try the following. results of a browser search... microsoft.com "word 2007" ...
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| word | 5/24/2008 |
Q: This is a little hard to explain but there are sometimes I have typed out something and I decide to ...
A: Gary, I would have to ask how you are trying to MOVE the text? If the paragraph (defined each time ...
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| layout is different on certain PCs | 5/23/2008 |
Q: Ok here's the problem I am trying to solve for someone (I'm a technician). Company X creates ...
A: My Experience has been the same, it is the printer driver that determines how a document is viewed ...
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| Office 2007 | 5/22/2008 |
Q: I just downloaded a trial version of Office 2007 Home & Student to see if I really wanted to upgrade ...
A: Joe, once you have installed the new version it takes over, you don't have a choice. If you had put ...
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| non sequential numbers | 5/21/2008 |
Q: I have a word 2003 doc which is a going to be a "master 'reference document. I have numbered the ...
A: Margot, I don't have the document but if I understand correctly you should be able to do as you wish ...
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| Faint text characters in word document | 5/20/2008 |
Q: Nancy - I've run this question past Dale Wiley and he is stumped. Hopefully, you'll have an answer. ...
A: Dan, If you select the text and apply different formatting can you now read it? If so you would ...
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| Printing Envelope | 5/11/2008 |
Q: When I printed an envelope - the date and time printed on the envelope using - Tools, Letters and ...
A: Paul, you need to put a full sheet of paper in the printer and then put an envelope over this ...
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| word 2007 | 5/7/2008 |
Q: can you help me with my question is there a way that when saving a document under Save As the name ...
A: Henry, you can use the File properties > Title field to initially save a document but this does not ...
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| printing problems | 5/4/2008 |
Q: I am attempting to print a document from my laptop computer. A small horizontal slice at the top of ...
A: Kathi, I would check that the font and line height and spacing is the same on the laptop as it is ...
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| Print Preview | 5/1/2008 |
Q: I read in one of your answers that "print drivers rule print preview." So my question is, if there ...
A: John, I am not aware of away to preview in grey scale in Word. You can copy the text from word, ...
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| Round page border | 4/20/2008 |
Q: How to create round page border instead of square. Thank you.
A: Keeve, you can use a rounded auto shape in the Header of the document. From the View menu > ...
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| headers/margins | 4/16/2008 |
Q: Is there a way to put the headers in the margin. One publisher requires that I put the headers in ...
A: Michael, I am not clear you what you mean. Margin is the distance between text and the edge of the ...
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| Remove business logo off envelopes | 4/15/2008 |
Q: I recently attempted to put my business logo on envelopes in ms word. The attempt failed as I made ...
A: Michelle, I am assuming you inserted the image from the Tools Menu > Letters and mailings > ...
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| Microsoft Publisher line spacing. | 4/13/2008 |
Q: I have made a Microsoft Publisher document that is uploaded to ...
A: Richard, If you want your text to be the same from the top than you do not want to vertically align ...
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| word not typing | 4/12/2008 |
Q: I open word 07 doc and can get cursur on nor will it type
A: Bill, This is a very open ended type problem with lots of possibilities. Have you rebooted your ...
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| Microsoft Publisher line spacing. | 4/11/2008 |
Q: I have made a Microsoft Publisher document that is uploaded to ...
A: Richard, I don't think I understand what is meant by align top and bottom. I would wonder if this ...
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| Microsoft Publisher line spacing. | 4/10/2008 |
Q: I have made a Microsoft Publisher document that is uploaded to ...
A: Richard, if you turn on the Show/Hide (View menu > Show special characters) you will see that you ...
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| Word 2007 | 4/7/2008 |
Q: I just installed Word 2007, opened it and found a whole host of differences. What is the best way ...
A: Word 2007 defaults to 10sp between lines when hitting enter (this is annoying, I know). I am hoping ...
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| Word 2007 | 4/6/2008 |
Q: I just installed Word 2007, opened it and found a whole host of differences. What is the best way ...
A: Clarence, Microsoft offers free training courses online. ...
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| Microsoft Word for email editor | 4/5/2008 |
Q: I have purchased a new computer for the first time in 10 years and have Microsoft Vista as my ...
A: Janet, to use Word as your email editor you need the Microsoft Office suite installed. You would ...
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| footnote problem | 4/4/2008 |
Q: On inserting a footnote, the Microsoft Word 2000 program has begun putting a dimmed time stamp above ...
A: John, I have tried to duplicate what is happening but I haven't seen Word 2000 in quite awhile. ...
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| envelopes | 4/2/2008 |
Q: I need to print 2000 envelopes with only one delivery address. how do I set up in Word to be able ...
A: Kevin, I don't think I understand the question. To print multiple copies of an envelope that is ...
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| Outline formatting | 3/30/2008 |
Q: Nancy: I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 SP3. My outlines suddenly began behaving incorrectly. The ...
A: John, I would suggest reviewing your outline format. Select text that is outlined Format menu > ...
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| File transfer | 3/29/2008 |
Q: Nancy: How can I transfer my Wordperfect 10 files on Windows XP to Microsoft Works Word on Vista? ...
A: Gerald, open a WP document and go to the file menu > Save As Under File Type review the options. ...
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| word - data base merge | 3/28/2008 |
Q: I have document that contains 3 identical versions of the same information placed 3-up on a 8 1/2 x ...
A: Bill, I am not seeing what versionof word you are using. You are saying merge into a letter, ...
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| Microsoft word | 3/27/2008 |
Q: why is it every time I try to use Microsoft word it gives me a message that says, there is ...
A: Varie, It could be your normal blank document is giving you troube and needs to be regenerated. ...
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| insert picture--partials | 3/23/2008 |
Q: When I insert a picture (or link to a picture) in Word 2007, all I get is a box, with a 10% or so ...
A: Dan, i am not sure why you are not seeing the entire picture but you might have the drawing canvas ...
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| Calculate Age in Word Document | 3/22/2008 |
Q: I have created a report in word form format. In the report user will enter date of birth as ...
A: Haja, I cannot help with running a macro on open as this is gets in the area of virus'. I can tell ...
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| MS Word 2003 | 3/21/2008 |
Q: I am trying to create a two page, two column newsletter template. The first page will have a 2in ...
A: Ian, you need to create a Next Page Section Break at the bottom of page one. From the Insert menu > ...
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| Manuscript page numbers | 3/19/2008 |
Q: I have been writing a book using a separate Word document for each chapter with page numbers at the ...
A: Kevin, what you want to create is a master document and each chapter as a subdocument. The following ...
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| automating word header input | 3/18/2008 |
Q: Nancy, hello What I am asking I can do with no problem in Word 2007 but at school I am using Word ...
A: Mike, by field do you mean a form field? If you simply want to insert a header at the top of every ...
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| 2007 Word - Master Document | 3/4/2008 |
Q: I'm hoping you'll be able to give me some direction & pointers on how to create this document. We ...
A: Andrea, previous versions of Word had the Master Document feature that allowed you to create one ...
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| MS Word Default page | 3/3/2008 |
Q: How can I get my default page in WORD to come up blank. Someone was typing one day and must have ...
A: Jackie, your normal.dot file was over written. Close Microsoft Word. You need to go to My Computer ...
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| ask question | 3/1/2008 |
Q: how to lock word documents for edit
A: Tools menu > Protect Document > on the right Click on #1 Click on #2 - select No changes (Read ...
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| Word 2007 | 2/29/2008 |
Q: I am having problems printing a Word 2007 document with a coloured background and clipart image. ...
A: Anna, from the Microsoft Office button, large round button top left. Click on Word Options (at the ...
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| How to edit only one page in MW | 2/27/2008 |
Q: I have 2 Qs: 1. How to edit only one page in MW without messing the rest of document. Any time when ...
A: Svet, you can insert a next page sectio break on the first line of the page after the page you want ...
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| pasting from internet into word | 2/26/2008 |
Q: !! Please how do I do that? Thankyou
A: Lorraine, select the text Use your keyboard to copy and paste Copy= Control + C (CTRL+C) Paste= ...
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| microsoft word | 2/18/2008 |
Q: I'm trying to duplicate a form on Microsoft word....is there a templets wizard I can use..and how ...
A: Char, what you want to do is create a Table in Word and then you work with the cell borders. The ...
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| lost my microsoft word paper | 2/15/2008 |
Q: I was typing a report and saved as Graffiti Unit 3 Paper. I was working on it for 5 days and I came ...
A: Ann, you have to save as you go. CTRL+S or File Save or the Toolbar SAVE. I am not seeing what ...
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| Retaining duplicate fields in mail merge | 2/14/2008 |
Q: I am using Word 2007 and want to retain duplicates when doing a label mail merge but it ...
A: Dorothy, I created a mail merge by opening a new blank document, clicked on the Mailings TAB > Start ...
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| Word 2003 & 2007 | 2/8/2008 |
Q: I am currently in college and taking Keyboarding II. I have Word 2007, but according to the ...
A: Marcia, no you cannot have both versions on your computer at the same time. However, you can save ...
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| Outline Numbered Lists | 2/5/2008 |
Q: Word 2003 or 2000. Unable to Customize Outline Numbering to change the distance between the level ...
A: Katharine, from the Format menu > Bullets and numbering > Outline list > select an outline format ...
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| Word 2007 | 2/3/2008 |
Q: How do I change the Page Size A4 from "Letter" in Word 2007 by default? It is always Letter sized in ...
A: Deobrata, on the Page Layout Ribbon, click on the Page Setup TAB, then click on the Page Setup ...
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| how does mail merge work in ms word | 2/2/2008 |
Q: how do use mail merge in microsoft word
A: You did not mention which version of Word you are using. The following site is an over view from ...
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| Maybe you can answer this... | 2/1/2008 |
Q: ...but I have a suspicion a macro might be the answer. But it can't hurt to ask: At work I'm using ...
A: Jeff, I do not write Macros so I cannot help you there. The only thought I have is to use a mail ...
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| Portrait versus landscape pages | 1/4/2008 |
Q: I don't know WHAT I did to mess it up but I cannot get my page to return from landscape to the ...
A: Angela, it may be that your normal.dot is corrupted. You need to delete it and when you re-open ...
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| Portrait versus landscape pages | 1/3/2008 |
Q: I don't know WHAT I did to mess it up but I cannot get my page to return from landscape to the ...
A: Angela, Ok, not sure I understand. Does this apply to every new blank document or a specific ...
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| Word 2007 pasting and margins problems | 1/2/2008 |
Q: Word 2007 will not allow me to paste more than one page of data from another document. I also cannot ...
A: Brian, I feel like your normal.dot is corrupted if this happens with every document. I would ...
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| Dividing the page | 1/2/2008 |
Q: Is there a way to divide a page in WORD into 1/4's in order to make postcards? If so, how?
A: Pony, I am assuming you are referring to postcards that you mail. From the tools menu > Letters and ...
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| Linking two word documents | 12/31/2007 |
Q: I have two word documents I would like to link. I want one to be the master document and the other ...
A: Yvonne, I am not sure I understand exactly what you are trying to do as you could complete the one ...
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| Bullet | 12/27/2007 |
Q: Can we create our own bullet in Microsoft Word 2003? And if can, how we do so? TQ
A: From the Format menu > Bullets and numbering > click on anything other than none Click on ...
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| business card template software | 12/26/2007 |
Q: where can i get business card template software in order to print cards
A: David, not sure if I understand. You can design and print your own business cards from Word using ...
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| alphabetizing in Word | 12/18/2007 |
Q: I used to know how to do this but haven't done it in a long time -- so the knowledge has flown out ...
A: Sally, select the list of name, go to the Table menu > Sort > Paragraphs Now it is going to sort ...
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| Word templates & printer settings | 12/17/2007 |
Q: Nancy, We have templates that print the first page to letterhead and remaining pages to plain ...
A: The answer is yes, how a document prints is dependent on the printer printing it. Margins and fonts ...
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| Microsoft Word | 12/17/2007 |
Q: I have just changed my computer. This means I have gone from Word 2003 to Word 2007 and from Windows ...
A: Peter, no you should not do that. I am actually involvd in the development of the ECDL ...
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| Word 2007 not responding to mouse clicks within documents | 12/16/2007 |
Q: I can navigate through Word 2007 documents using the arrow keys and the mouse scroll wheel, but I ...
A: Andrew, I think you are experiencing the same problem I have once in awhile, it happens when I get ...
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| icon size | 12/14/2007 |
Q: I have Office 2003 and is there any way to increase the size of the icons that show save, print open ...
A: Greg, you can change the size of your resolution of your computer so it is easier to use. From the ...
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| Footer not printing on end of page | 12/11/2007 |
Q: I have a Microsoft Word document with Footers. When I view the document in print layout mode the ...
A: Arlen, not easy to understand without seeing the document, but there is also a footer margin. If ...
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| icons/symbols in Word | 12/10/2007 |
Q: I am using Word X for Mac (2001). Currently I'm writing a document that requires me to create a ...
A: Sarah, I can tell you that every font set installed on your computer has it's own set of symbols. ...
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| markups | 12/10/2007 |
Q: I know you recommended a good site-full of Microsoft Word 2007 tutorials, but to be frank, I haven't ...
A: Dan, totally understand the frustration. The keystroke for turning off the Reveal Formatting Task ...
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| Pagination Issues on Word 2007 | 12/9/2007 |
Q: I created a lengthy Word 2003 doc consisting of several sections, some numbered, some un-numbered. ...
A: Andy, it is difficult to diagnose these type of issues without having the document. I might suggest ...
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| creating avery labels | 12/8/2007 |
Q: My wife created a word doc for our Christmas card list and did not format it for labels. Is there a ...
A: David, this so much depends on how this was done. A document formatted for labels is really a Table ...
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| jagged blue lines | 12/5/2007 |
Q: My first experience with Word 2007 (from 2003) being far from pleasant, my documents are resplendent ...
A: Dan, Office 2007 saves documents in a different format with a different file extension. Some users ...
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| word 2007 | 12/5/2007 |
Q: I need help with word 2007. I am attempting to make a basic postcard type document and do not know ...
A: Kathleen, the easiest way is to create a table with 2 columns and 2 rows, then resize the table to ...
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| jagged blue lines | 12/4/2007 |
Q: My first experience with Word 2007 (from 2003) being far from pleasant, my documents are resplendent ...
A: Dan, these are indications that the spelling or usage of a word is in question. Example: there vs ...
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| Return address in Word | 12/2/2007 |
Q: I'm working on my Christmas cards and have found a frustrating problem. I've created a custom sized ...
A: Kristie, put a full sheet of paper in the printer and see if the return address is printing in a ...
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| Horizontal line above footer | 11/30/2007 |
Q: how do you put a horizontal line about the footer so it is on every page the footer is on?
A: Ely, you need to open the footer either from View menu > header Footer or double clicking the ...
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| forms | 11/28/2007 |
Q: I am an executive recruiter and I've created a word document (2 pages) that asks candidates all of ...
A: Mike, I am not sure how you are creating a "form". Are you using "form Fields"? or just simply ...
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| Word tables | 11/26/2007 |
Q: I have a form to fill in prepared by another org. Has various rows/boxes etc Problem is that on ...
A: John, right click your mouse within the table and choose Table Properties. Click the Row TAB ...
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| Booklets in MS Word | 11/21/2007 |
Q: Nancy, We have an older manual that was setup 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 and duplexed. We could print this in ...
A: Jerry, it is still the same way once you open the page setup dialog box window. Page Layout Group ...
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| Normal.dat MS Word 2003 | 11/20/2007 |
Q: When opening my MS Word 2003 program, I get a message saying that the plug-ins for Normal.dat are in ...
A: Brandi, there are many reasons why your computer might be running slow. Normal.dot is not one of ...
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| Normal.dat MS Word 2003 | 11/19/2007 |
Q: When opening my MS Word 2003 program, I get a message saying that the plug-ins for Normal.dat are in ...
A: Brandi, the common solution for this problem is to delete normal.dot. It will be regenerated when ...
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| Grid in background of Word 2007 | 11/19/2007 |
Q: I was struggling with Styles in one of my documents, and now horribly I have triggered some sort of ...
A: Kim, it sounds like you have made changes to the normal.dotx which is what a new blank document is ...
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| wORD | 11/19/2007 |
Q: Several weeks ago I sent you a quetion about a problem I had with Word (xp). I received an ...
A: Robert, I do remember answering this one. You RIGHT click the desktop icon and drag from the icon ...
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| Microsoft Word | 11/15/2007 |
Q: I have a Word shortcut icon on my desktop but would lke to move it to my taskbar. But the system ...
A: Richard, first Identify the part of your task bar that is the Quick launch. There should already be ...
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| Printing large Word 2003 document | 11/14/2007 |
Q: In Word 2000, in order to speed up the printing of a large document (600 pages with color text), ...
A: Theresa, one thing that changes with each new version of Word is the size of the document because of ...
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| email links in a locked form | 11/13/2007 |
Q: I am trying to create a short survey using a form in Word. The goal is to have an email link that ...
A: Tim, From the tools menu > Protect and the Protect Document task pane opens. Read and determine ...
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| special characters | 11/12/2007 |
Q: Somehow a bunch of paragrah symbols are all over my MS word document and I can't get rid of them. ...
A: Pamela, these are the show/hide symbols and are used to show where you hit the enter key. They also ...
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| Styles and TOC in Word 2007 in Compatibility Mode | 11/12/2007 |
Q: I am editing a 42 page Word 2003 document in Word 2007 in compatibility mode. I have updated the ToC ...
A: Alex, I can't duplicate your document so I don't know how the styles were used. I can say, however, ...
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| Word e-mail: large, open documents receive error messages | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I have to send a proposal of about 155 pages without putting it in an attachment. When I tried ...
A: Oh, Visual Basic is the SQL programming language that Microsoft uses. I do not believe it is so ...
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| Word e-mail: large, open documents receive error messages | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I have to send a proposal of about 155 pages without putting it in an attachment. When I tried ...
A: Mary, Outlook has an limit on the number on the number of emails you can send at one time. I am ...
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| Microsoft 2007 word (Not Responding) | 11/9/2007 |
Q: I have hours invested in a project (it has been autosaved) that is time sensitive, for over eight ...
A: Katherine, if you don't have the DATA folder then your problem is probably different than the one I ...
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| Microsoft 2007 word (Not Responding) | 11/8/2007 |
Q: I have hours invested in a project (it has been autosaved) that is time sensitive, for over eight ...
A: Katherine, I had a similar problem. I could not use my Vertical scroll bar and Word stopped ...
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| tables | 11/8/2007 |
Q: I am familiar with getting headings within a table to traverse pages, but I also have a footer in ...
A: Jim, no sorry I do not think this is possible. I see no reason why you couldn't include ...
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| Formatting a Document- with fields to fill in. | 11/7/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to put together a document where I need to have boxes to fill in information like name, ...
A: Elizabeth, there is a forms toolbar from the View menu >Toolbars. Click on the form field you want ...
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| Word and Page numbers | 11/6/2007 |
Q: How I can change the page numbers manually? Example : I need to change my page number to 5 instead ...
A: Kiran, from the Insert menu > page Numbers > click on Format...which opens the page number format ...
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| Microsoft Word margins - RHS too big | 11/5/2007 |
Q: The default setting for landscape right hand margins seems to be .58" which is fine. However, when ...
A: Gwen, margins are determined by your printer. It appears that you printer cannot print a margin ...
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| word 2007 | 11/4/2007 |
Q: I really liked letter wizards and I am hoping to activate them in word 2007---can you help? I am ...
A: David, I was able to find that Word wizards from prevous versions have been discontinued after Word ...
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| Removing personal information from file properties | 11/2/2007 |
Q: Is there a way to remove personal information from file properties in all new documents heretofore ...
A: John, you can change the user name from the Tools menu > OPtions > User Information. The only way I ...
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| Mailmerge Time formating | 11/1/2007 |
Q: I am using Word and Excel 2003 and have created a file, merged data and have been able to format all ...
A: Pete, I created a data source in Excel with 4 different variations on date and time. date ...
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| opening a word document prepared by word xp with a word 2003 | 11/1/2007 |
Q: I have a word xp installed on my computer and sometimes I send a doc prepared by it by mail to ...
A: Mohamed, Word XP and Word 2003 are totally compatible. I am not clear on how you are "sending" the ...
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| Hyperlinks in Word 2003 | 10/24/2007 |
Q: I have a user who is wanting to basically do a find all nonlinked "Form 940" occurrences and replace ...
A: Janet, you can do a search for a hyperlink style but you can not use Replace to include the words ...
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| Auto fill-in of duplicate data in Word | 10/24/2007 |
Q: At work we use Word 2003 to create planning for manufacturing. We have a standard template doc that ...
A: I see, so the information is in the body of the first page. I again tried paste special but Header ...
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| Word Field Codes | 10/24/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to type in field codes instead of clicking on the menu and selecting my favorite field ...
A: yes, they are. As soon as yu Alt+F9 and you see the merge fields you know it's a field. I have ...
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| Word Field Codes | 10/24/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to type in field codes instead of clicking on the menu and selecting my favorite field ...
A: Daniel, there is a difference between typing the code and inserting a field. If Date is what you ...
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| Auto fill-in of duplicate data in Word | 10/24/2007 |
Q: At work we use Word 2003 to create planning for manufacturing. We have a standard template doc that ...
A: Scott, if I understand correctly you have a Page 1 header then... You have a document with a ...
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| Numbering in text boxes | 10/19/2007 |
Q: I am having a real nightmare with something I would say should be relatively easy to do! Problem: I ...
A: Fran, have you double clicked the image and looked at the Layout TAB > Advanced? Start by selecting ...
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| ms word 2007 | 10/18/2007 |
Q: we just got word 2007 and i am so confused i am 15 and trying to do outlines can you please help me? ...
A: Alex, 2007 does take sometime to get used to. Experiment on a new document by clicking on the Home ...
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| Formatting in Word 2003 | 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 turned on the Show/Hide feature that is used to format a document. the "p's" are ...
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| Mail Merge labels | 10/16/2007 |
Q: I would like to merge my excel data into a label format that when I place the label on the folder I ...
A: Kathy, yes I do understand your question and certainly see where it would come in handy. I don't ...
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| tab indentation with bullets | 10/15/2007 |
Q: I am a new user to Word 2007, and I am trying to create a normal outline. With old versions of Word, ...
A: Jason, in Word 2007 you can find the automatic bullet lists under the Office Button > Word Options > ...
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| word 2007 envelope printing | 10/12/2007 |
Q: When i print a #10 envelope, the text is displayed and prints in 1 1/2 line spacing. How can I ...
A: Don, not sure where your starting point is. Vista is the operating system so not the issue. Word ...
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| Merging data into a table format | 10/10/2007 |
Q: I am trying to merge data from an Excel spreadsheet into a table in Word. I can not remember how to ...
A: Cindy, create a table with one row and the correct number of columns for the fields y ou are using. ...
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| shuffle pages | 10/10/2007 |
Q: i want to shuffle the pages of my document. how?!!
A: Nebu, there is a feature in Word called SPIKE. You select text and put it into the Spike in the ...
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| Adding landscape pages alters the headers | 10/9/2007 |
Q: I have a document with headers and footers with potrait form of pages. Now,I add a few pages in the ...
A: Dharmik, a page break will not do it you need a Section page break from the Insert menu > Break > ...
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| small windows | 10/6/2007 |
Q: Nancy, the Word version is 2000 (9.0), and IE 6. I had tiled a few windows for the same reason as ...
A: Dave, I feel like what you are dealing with is simply the "memory" built into windows. Whatever the ...
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| Numbering Problems with TOC, Word 07 | 10/5/2007 |
Q: I certainly hope i'm not wasting your time, but my searches didn't find the solution to my problem. ...
A: John, never a waste of time to explore different features and issues. I created a new blank ...
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| Mail Merge Envelopes | 10/3/2007 |
Q: Nancy: Many thanks for the help in years past. This is an easy one for you. During the mail merge ...
A: Nicholas, I feel from what you stated that you are inserting the fields individually and not the ...
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| word 2000 and 2003 | 9/28/2007 |
Q: I am working from home on a computer with windows 2000/word 2000. I am doing transcription for the ...
A: Jennifer, this has to do with the different printers installed on the computers along with possibly ...
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| Microsoft word 2000 endnotes | 9/28/2007 |
Q: "In Microsoft Word 2000 I am trying to delete endnote text. Many times before I have done so by ...
A: Kisha, yes that is certainly a possibility or something between different versions of Word or ...
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| Microsoft word 2000 endnotes | 9/27/2007 |
Q: "In Microsoft Word 2000 I am trying to delete endnote text. Many times before I have done so by ...
A: Kisha, I was unable to duplicate what you are trying to do. You might try the following and see if ...
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| insert Gothic P in Word 2007 | 9/27/2007 |
Q: How do I insert a gothic P sign (to represent Papyrus) in Word 2007? I can't find the symbol in the ...
A: When you go to the Insert Tab > Symbols > Symbol > More Symbols... Review each font you have ...
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| PAGE NUMBERING | 9/26/2007 |
Q: I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A NUMBERING SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A-1..., I HAVE ONE DOCUMENT THAT ALSO HAS AN ...
A: Dawn, yes you can but you will need an understanding of Section breaks and creating headers and ...
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| Contract Documents | 9/26/2007 |
Q: I work for a company that produces customized contracts on a daily basis for our customers. We use ...
A: Staphanie, Yes you can make templates for the frequently used documents and you can use tables or ...
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| Spell Check | 9/26/2007 |
Q: i am a mac user, OSX, and i am currently using Word i believe 2004. Anyway, apparently i ...
A: Colin, I don't use a MAC so I cannot duplicate your application version. But I can tell you I have ...
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| Protected document's editable area missing. | 9/25/2007 |
Q: We have a document that was created in Word 2003. It is protected with certain editable areas for ...
A: Lyle, you are correct. Microsoft applications are not backward compatible. The only suggestion I ...
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| Menubar missing in Msword2000 | 9/25/2007 |
Q: How to enable Menubar in Msword2000.Ihave uninstalled and reinstalled Ms word, still no go. Kindly ...
A: From Microsoft on the Missing toolbars in 2000. ...
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| Endnotes | 9/24/2007 |
Q: -I have a large (~100,000 words) document divided into chapters, with endnotes at the end of each ...
A: Bud, I am pretty sure you can delete the text of an endnote and keep the superscript numbers. If ...
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| Endnotes | 9/24/2007 |
Q: -I have a large (~100,000 words) document divided into chapters, with endnotes at the end of each ...
A: Bud, obviously I cannot duplicate your document and I am not 100% sure if you are referring to ...
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| Word 2000 and 2003 | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I have a number of fairly long documents (70-130 pages) that I created in Double-column format ...
A: Glenn, there is a difference in the formatting of Word 97 and Word 2003. Have you tried going ...
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| Top mergin actual set up. | 9/23/2007 |
Q: My top mergin will be down .5 inch. When I setup a page with Top Margin 1 inch But while I take ...
A: Abdur, I don't know which version of Word you are using, what type of operating system, if you are ...
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| Lost Toolbars/Menu Bars on Microsoft Word 2000 | 9/23/2007 |
Q: I have lost all the toolbars/Menu Bars and basically everything at the top of the document with the ...
A: The following site addresses this problem. ...
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| Word 2002 | 9/22/2007 |
Q: Hullo - sometimes when I create a document a second page appears and just won't go away! I have ...
A: Derek, the only way to get rid of page two in this case is to change your top and or bottom margins ...
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| convert questionnaire to interactive web page | 9/21/2007 |
Q: I sent this earlier to Dale who responded quickly and legibly though unfortunately it was a bit ...
A: Rick, I do not use Word for web publishing and I am not aware of how you publish to the web. If you ...
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| bullet default changed | 9/20/2007 |
Q: The normal circular bullet has changed to an arrow pointing upwards. I can change it back to a ...
A: Kevin, I know that when you use the Bullets and numbering feature from the Format menu, the default ...
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| Mail Merge Excel 2003 to Word 2003 | 9/19/2007 |
Q: Nancy - I have a mail merge issue/problem. The orginal data is stored in Excel 2003. This includes ...
A: Chris, I have seen this question before and the only way that I know of is... Before you click on ...
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| deleting empty lines in word | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I am trying to get rid of hundreds of empty lines that populate a word file that I am working on. I ...
A: Well now it comes down to how did the blank lines get there. If they are the result of hitting ...
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| tables in word 2007 | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I have a word 2007 template with multiple tables inserted. the 1st table needs to "grow" as needed. ...
A: Michelle, I created two tables within one page of a document. I then added rows and data to ...
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| tables in word 2007 | 9/18/2007 |
Q: I have a word 2007 template with multiple tables inserted. the 1st table needs to "grow" as needed. ...
A: Michelle, put a page break at the top of the page with the 2nd table so it will always be on it's ...
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| Word 2007 Formulas | 9/17/2007 |
Q: I have created a form using word 2007 and there is a table in the form that needs to have several ...
A: Michell, I don't have your table in front of me and it may be different. I created a table, entered ...
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| microsoft word virus | 9/17/2007 |
Q: I have a laptop running Vista and Word 2007. All of a sudden last week I could not open any of my ...
A: Barry, I have not heard of this problem before. I can highly recommend that you go to ...
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| Delete Page | 9/14/2007 |
Q: I am unable to delete a blank page from a Word document. The page automatically was created by a ...
A: Dan, you need to adjust the bottom margin of the document. Word does this, it will allow you to ...
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| autotext for tables | 9/14/2007 |
Q: I want to when I write a word "memo" that the table with my memorandum to be inserted instead of a ...
A: Oleg, create the table. Select the entire table Tools Menu > Autocorrect > pick a word with at least ...
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| tickets | 9/13/2007 |
Q: I create 2 part tickets in word. The have graphics on one side with name and phone number and the ...
A: Brent, you will not see the numbers change on the computer, if you use the Excel data source the ...
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| CUTTING?!?!? | 9/13/2007 |
Q: When writing a book of more than 120 pages, I go back through page by page, and edit/delete unwanted ...
A: Brian, to take complete control of where you want page breaks without exception, you would from the ...
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| Word upgrade | 9/12/2007 |
Q: I have MS Word '97 and only now need to upgrade to open word 2007 documents with a ".docx" tag. MS ...
A: Brian, this is going to be an ongoing issue. No other version of Office or other software will open ...
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| Microsoft closes when I delete extra lines | 9/10/2007 |
Q: Nancy- Whenever I'm creating a document, it occasionally spills over onto a 2nd page (sometimes ...
A: Jon, there are a lot of unknowns here. It appears you are on a network and I don't see what version ...
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| Table of Contents | 9/9/2007 |
Q: I inadvertantly created a TOC to a book I'm writing. Now I can neither delete it nor update it. ...
A: Phyllis, A TOC is based on the Heading Style. What whatever text you have applied either Heading 1, ...
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| Clip Art | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Recently, I am unable to view and resize the graphics I import into my word documents, but I can in ...
A: Tina, the first thought i have is go to the Tools menu > Options > View TAB > Down where it shows ...
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| unwanted artifacts and lines in webpage | 9/6/2007 |
Q: i have created a webpage using MS 2000 Word and when I open the page in IE I can see "tick" marks ...
A: Archie, in my opinion and of others, Word is the worst program for creating web pages. It is ...
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| 2 page doc with nothing on second page- can't make second page disappear | 9/5/2007 |
Q: I wasn't sure where to put this since I am actually using WordPerfect 12 in Microsoft Word mode, but ...
A: Mark, I see that you are using WP in Word mode. Word will do this if your bottom margin is "tight". ...
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| Problem with copy/paste changing fonts | 9/5/2007 |
Q: First, thanks for any help you may give. The problem is that when I copy and paste (it often ...
A: Win, you didn't mention which version of Word you are using. If you are using 2003 or 2007 you will ...
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| ms office standard 2007 | 9/4/2007 |
Q: I had been running ms office 2003 perfectly fine. I decided to try the free trial version download ...
A: Dale, This is a Microsoft issue, I have not used the trial version. I have learned a long time ago ...
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| Problems with bullet setting | 9/3/2007 |
Q: Every time that I press the Bullets button when I want to put one bullet against one line, MS Word ...
A: Killian, the only other thought I have is to edit the Bullet style from the format menu. My level ...
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| MS Word 2003 Find feature | 9/2/2007 |
Q: Is there any way to use Find (Ctrl F) to find blank space? For example, I want to locate all the ...
A: Mike, yes you can do what you want but I am sorry to say I do not totally understand "blank space". ...
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| Problems with bullet setting | 9/1/2007 |
Q: Every time that I press the Bullets button when I want to put one bullet against one line, MS Word ...
A: Killian, I have to be honest I have not heard of this one before. I had a thought before you said ...
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| Macro help | 9/1/2007 |
Q: I made a macro in Microsoft Word. When I type several paragraphs and run the macro, the words on ...
A: Patricia, I don't offer Macro help, but I am guessing you have a soft return at the end of the last ...
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| Dots between every word in Microsoft Word document | 8/24/2007 |
Q: I have same problem as you have it is why I put your question here. Please reply Question I have a ...
A: Yudif, you have turned on the Show/Hide characters feature. The dots are simply spaces between the ...
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| Word 2007 | 8/23/2007 |
Q: I am trying to get AutoComplete to finish certain words for me such as the name of our Agency, etc ...
A: Kay, I am in the process of reinstalling Word 2007 as it has become unstable, go figure. However, I ...
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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, No, changing a template that a document is based on will not change existing documents. You ...
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| shuffling of contents in word | 8/23/2007 |
Q: I need to send a questionnaire as a word file. For specific purposes I need to shuffle the questions ...
A: Anjana, so you need 100 different variations of the same document list of questions. Well that is a ...
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| Table of Contents | 8/22/2007 |
Q: The table of contents (for the company Employee Handbook) includes an omitted heading style. I have ...
A: LeAnn, understood. I duplicated your steps and my TOC does not show the level 1 Style. I would ...
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| Table of Contents | 8/22/2007 |
Q: The table of contents (for the company Employee Handbook) includes an omitted heading style. I have ...
A: LeAnn, when you say omitted heading style ... do you mean you have removed a level from the Index ...
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| Red line | 8/14/2007 |
Q: Nancy. I write books--that have endnotes. Atop every page of the endnotes is a line (a red line, as ...
A: easy to do but the trick is knowing how :-). You did not mention which version of Word so I am ...
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| Windows Vista MS Office 2007 | 8/13/2007 |
Q: I have the new Windows Vista system with Office 2007 on it. I recently began transcribing ...
A: Cathy, obviously this is an ongoing problem. You need to go to the file menu > Save As and from the ...
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| Searching the content of word file | 8/9/2007 |
Q: I have lot of individual document word file and I want to check either a particular content or the ...
A: Take these two documents and put them or a copy of them into a new folder. Then... using the search ...
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| Searching the content of word file | 8/8/2007 |
Q: I have lot of individual document word file and I want to check either a particular content or the ...
A: from My Computer, Click on the folder that contains the word files you want to search. Click on ...
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| Auto Correct files | 8/5/2007 |
Q: What is the maximum entries we can make in Auto Correct files? I want to create a database ...
A: Simon, the following site shows an overview of parameter limitations for Word 2000,2002 and 2003. ...
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| Word, autotext | 8/4/2007 |
Q: When I created an Autotext envelope return with a graphic, it works fine. But when I want to type in ...
A: Paul, to be honest I don't understand your question. AutoText is created by typing text then ...
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| writing a macro | 8/3/2007 |
Q: Office 2007 - I have designed a a word template for our salemen. When the salemen go to print their ...
A: Michelle, I personally cannot recommend attaching macros to documents because of security issues. ...
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| Word 2007 | 8/3/2007 |
Q: How to decrease the spacing between lines. When I am writing something and I complete a line and ...
A: Tanya, it sounds like you are hitting enter at the end of each line. This is fine if you are ...
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| Microsoft Word 2000 | 8/3/2007 |
Q: I am using Microsoft Word 2000. When I delete a document and go to file the name of that document is ...
A: Sydney, I am going to assume the following. You created a document and saved it. You went to My ...
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| Word Spell Checker | 8/2/2007 |
Q: I am tech support at our Law Firm, but this one has me stumped. I have a paralegal who says her ...
A: Paula, I don't see the version of Word mentioned. There are several different spots to change the ...
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| errror message when opening a file | 7/27/2007 |
Q: I recently changed the name of a word document using the 'rename' function. Then, when I tried to ...
A: Kellie, the question is? Where did you rename the file and how are you trying to open it? If you ...
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| Word Formatting | 7/26/2007 |
Q: I am already bald, but I am pulling my remaining hair out. I know there has to be a way that the ...
A: Oh, Clif - somethings can not be controlled. I would ask if the font you are using on one machine ...
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| Read only remove | 7/25/2007 |
Q: I have thousands of word files stored on a HD for which some have been set to read only by the ...
A: David, to be clear I have not used this and not sure it will help. But the following link is how to ...
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| Losing the page numbers in TOC | 7/23/2007 |
Q: When i attach a word document in my outlook mail,and open it from there,all the page reference ...
A: At this point I am going to suggest that it is your Outlook settings. Although, to be sure, I have ...
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| Losing the page numbers in TOC | 7/23/2007 |
Q: When i attach a word document in my outlook mail,and open it from there,all the page reference ...
A: Vikram, I believe this could be a Word issue. How was the TOC created/ A Concordance file or with ...
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| Page Numbering | 7/20/2007 |
Q: Is there a way to have two different sets of page numbering in the same document? I have tried ...
A: Corrina, an understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE ...
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| Editing Webpages | 7/20/2007 |
Q: I built a webpage with many images using Microsoft Word in that one format that includes the images ...
A: James, Word is probably at or very near the bottom of the list of applications for creating web ...
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| page of the same labels using mail merge | 7/19/2007 |
Q: I am making pages of labels using a mail merged list. I want to print one page of the same label ...
A: Theresa, you did not mention which version of Word you are using. If you are using Word 2003, then ...
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| Opening a Microsoft Word Documnet | 7/18/2007 |
Q: I keep trying to open a word document, that I have opened numerouse times in the past, it says that ...
A: John, dialog boxes do not show up on your task bar. It is really a process of elimination. Close ...
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| Shuffling two word documents | 7/10/2007 |
Q: I have two documents in two different languages and I would like to shuffle them so that the ...
A: Laith, to be clear i have never worked with more than one language. I don't know if you are asking ...
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| Shift + Enter, how to change it | 7/9/2007 |
Q: I copied some pages from the internet into MS Word. It has mostly SHIFT ENTER when it goes to the ...
A: Sy, you have two options. One is to copy and then in word, Edit menu > Paste Special > Unformatted ...
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| Word 2007 - Footers | 7/6/2007 |
Q: I have a multi-page document and would like to number them starting at one but then stepping by one, ...
A: Marc, this is always a challenge in Word and Word 2007 is not making it any easier. You need to ...
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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, double click the edge of the text box, you may have to select 2 times to get the right ...
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| read only files | 7/5/2007 |
Q: A read only file has entered my computer trying to sell me spyware. I have deleted the dat file ...
A: John, this isn't really under my expertise in Word, but on my Computers I run the following and they ...
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| Merge Pages Into MS Word 2003 | 7/4/2007 |
Q: How do I take 20 different Word documents and merge them into 1 document in MS Word 2003? I want to ...
A: Todd, what I beieve you want to do is to create a Master document and then the 20 additional ...
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| word + hyperlinks + write protect | 7/2/2007 |
Q: i'm running MS Word 2002. All hyperlinks (within the same document) work fine until i turn on ...
A: William, I guess i would have to say you cannot have it both ways. Lock protect removes interaction ...
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| Opening a file | 6/30/2007 |
Q: I am having trouble opening Word 2002 files. In the past, all I had to do was double-click on a ...
A: Walter, sorry I don't know of a windows setting that would explain this. I would ask if you have ...
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| word 2003 | 6/27/2007 |
Q: I set up a list in an outline format like this: 1. Gh 2. As 3. Att When I copy and paste a ...
A: Austin, if you do not want to add a level to your list then use a soft return... Shift + Enter ...
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| Date in Form with UK date format | 6/25/2007 |
Q: I need to have a date field with dd/mm/yy format. This date format is not in the drop down menu ...
A: Dave, I have my language set to UK as well. From the Insert menu > Date and Time Besure the ...
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| Keyboard problem | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I have a keyboard problem When I type " I am getting the @ sign and visa vers, also when I type £ ...
A: Neil, I am using a UK Keyboard and I am checking what settings I have changed. When you are at the ...
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| Keyboard problem | 6/21/2007 |
Q: I have a keyboard problem When I type " I am getting the @ sign and visa vers, also when I type £ ...
A: Neil, your keyboard has been changed to United Kingdom. START MENU > CONTROL PANEL Open Regional ...
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| To Become A Word Expert | 6/19/2007 |
Q: I want to become a Legal Firm word processor. I am good with computers and fast at the keyboard. ...
A: Hector, Microsoft.com actually has tutorials online for Word, you can certainly start there. ...
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| Mail merge question | 6/18/2007 |
Q: Nancy, I am using Word and excel 2007 to prepare oil and gas leases. I just started having an ...
A: Wes, have you double checked the format of the field in Excel. I would go to the field, Format ...
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| Outlook Signature | 6/17/2007 |
Q: I want to insert a .bmp file (my company name and logo) into my email signature and I don't know ...
A: Lou, you have asked this question under the Word category so I don't know how you are trying to ...
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| MS WORD | 6/15/2007 |
Q: I can not open a BLANK new document. Evertime I click on "new document", the same text appears from ...
A: yes he did, he replaced Normal.dot. Close Word The easiest way to fix it is to go to the Start ...
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| pictures in Word | 6/14/2007 |
Q: I have a table in excel that I am inserting in to Word as a link. However, the size of the table ...
A: Isaiah, no sorry I am not aware of a way to do what you are looking for. I am assuming you are ...
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| endnote question | 6/13/2007 |
Q: I have a research paper in which endnote numbering automatically goes from 14 to 17 is skipping note ...
A: Sarah, Word 2003 from the Insert menu > Reference > Footnote, click on End note and you will ...
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| Blank Template Again? | 6/12/2007 |
Q: I hope you can help me. Somehow, I must have saved a 3 page document in WORD (in a template?) and ...
A: Debbie, it sounds like this document was saved as your normal.dot (new blank document). Word 2003 ...
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| Envelope and Mail Merge | 6/11/2007 |
Q: How nice of you to offer this service. I am a certified Word user (MOUS) and I have been ...
A: George, it has been a long time since I have used 97 but I do remember an issue of this sort. What ...
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| Microsoft Word Tables | 6/11/2007 |
Q: Is a Microsoft Word table considered to be a database?
A: Janet, it can be used as a data source, a database is a collection of records. So a Table can be ...
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| Word and Page numbers | 6/10/2007 |
Q: I'm creating a report that has no page number on the cover page (got that) and then i, ii, iii on ...
A: Shannon it is all about section breaks, the following is for 2003, but once you have the concept it ...
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| MS Word 2004 for the MAC | 6/8/2007 |
Q: Am getting the following error message when trying to save a file and Word dumps the file into one ...
A: Susan, there are a few sites out there that address this error. I personally do not work on a MAC. ...
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| MS Word 2007 - images invisible | 6/8/2007 |
Q: I have a problem with my MS Word 2007 and maybe you can help me.. For the last week, the images in ...
A: Alex, it sounds like you touched something. I can only tell you what I have checked in my Word ...
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| Auto format problems with XP | 6/7/2007 |
Q: Whenever I type 1 period . it automatically types 3 periods ... this is driving me nuts and I have ...
A: Don, it sounds like you have an entry in your autocorrect. From the Tools menu > Auto correct ...
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| Viewing table on screen | 6/6/2007 |
Q: I have a Word table in a .doc file (nothing else in the doc.). The table fits nicely on the screen. ...
A: Steve, without seeing your document and I don't know which version of Word you are using or the size ...
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| Word Page Numbering | 6/5/2007 |
Q: I need to automate page numbering on a 11x17 sheet to include two page numbers in footer e.g. ...
A: Connie, the following is Word 2003 Help for including chapter numbers in your footer. When you have ...
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| about print | 6/1/2007 |
Q: I want to print 20*15 size document on A4 page in MS word.How can I do?
A: You can only do that if your printer supports that size paper. From the file menu > Page setup ...
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| cut and paste a word 2007 doc. to an email . | 6/1/2007 |
Q: I need to cut and paste an essay into an email i am sending and the recipient does not want it sent ...
A: Robbie, yes you should be able to copy and paste into an email with no problems. I am not sure ...
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| Question about Word 2007 and formulas | 5/30/2007 |
Q: Here goes... I will do my best to explain my little situation... I have a mail merge letter that I ...
A: Michael, it is my understanding the the Word Table formula feature is limited compared to the ...
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| Word 2007 TOC | 5/29/2007 |
Q: I have a TOC that only contains state names. Even though everything I've looked at indicates that ...
A: Joanne, without having the document to work from I am going to say that the problem is the tab ...
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| Word dot file on web page | 5/29/2007 |
Q: I created a dot file and place a link on my web page. Tried the link and document open in the web ...
A: David, you can use an HTML form and the submit button will send the form results back to you in an ...
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| Word 2007 | 5/28/2007 |
Q: You helped me with Outlook 2007 and send attachments recently. I have a question about inserting ...
A: To understate, inserting page numbers in 2007 is not the snap it used to be. From the Insert TAB of ...
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| Word dot file on web page | 5/25/2007 |
Q: I created a dot file and place a link on my web page. Tried the link and document open in the web ...
A: David, I have never heard of using a *.dot file within a webpage. A *.dot is a Microsoft Word ...
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| Backslash does not work | 5/10/2007 |
Q: For the past few weeks, when I use the backslash key, I don't get a backslash; instead, I get a ...
A: Monelle, my backslash key gives me the # sign because I have my keyboard assigned to UK. Have you ...
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| change font in envelope printing | 5/9/2007 |
Q: is there a way to change the default font so that it will always start up with the same font. i want ...
A: June, you can change the default font for Word itself so that each time you open a new Word document ...
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| Not able to view header of the even page in ms-word | 5/8/2007 |
Q: Sir/Madam, I am not able to view header of the even page in ms-word in print layout view.Kinldy ...
A: Vandana, I dont' know if the following applies to what you are trying to do. ...
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| Word 2007 Envelope Printing | 5/4/2007 |
Q: I am printing custom size envelopes in Word 2007 and every envelope I choose a custom size for, it ...
A: Sharon, I ran into the same problem with my old system. So much has to do with the combination of ...
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| Table of Contents Problem | 5/2/2007 |
Q: I am having a table of contents (TOC) problem. Here is the issue: I have created a document in ...
A: Michael, I would create a table with 2 columns, use the Table Properties to turn off the cell ...
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| Table of Contents Problem | 5/2/2007 |
Q: I am having a table of contents (TOC) problem. Here is the issue: I have created a document in ...
A: Michael, I do not understand what you mean by "left edge". Are you speaking of a graphic? The ...
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| Numbering hyperlinks | 4/19/2007 |
Q: I'm not experienced with word 07 at all. What my boss wants me to do is set up a document in word ...
A: Emily, I did find an online tutorial that might be of help. ...
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| Numbering hyperlinks | 4/19/2007 |
Q: I'm not experienced with word 07 at all. What my boss wants me to do is set up a document in word ...
A: Emily, I don't know how you are creating "hyperlinks". A table of contents is created and based on ...
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| microsoft word 2003 | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I am using microsoft office 2003 on my desktop computer and on my laptop. My problem is that what I ...
A: Joop, sorry I can't be of more help, I see you have the same operating system on both computers, but ...
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| microsoft word 2003 | 4/17/2007 |
Q: I am using microsoft office 2003 on my desktop computer and on my laptop. My problem is that what I ...
A: Joop, if you did not mention if you are using the same printer for both computers. There is a ...
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| Mail Merge questions | 4/16/2007 |
Q: 1.) How to eliminate extra records that are produced after the merge. I have data for only one ...
A: Anna, would have no way of knowing what the difference is between the "templates" are that you are ...
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| Mail Merge questions | 4/16/2007 |
Q: 1.) How to eliminate extra records that are produced after the merge. I have data for only one ...
A: Just a quick follow-up, I have tried reformatting the field in Word and in Excel and this not not ...
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| Need to hire someone for a real quick job | 4/15/2007 |
Q: I need someones help pretty badly.I am looking for a fomular for word thats basicly does what ...
A: Robert, there is a formula function using Word's table feature. So you create a table > Table menu ...
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| I need Word 2007 help! | 4/12/2007 |
Q: So there may be a simple explanation to why this is happening, which I am just not seeing, but for ...
A: Laurie, the first thing I would ask if this is a version that was downloaded for free. If so than ...
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| error in ms-word | 4/10/2007 |
Q: When I open word-2000,The toolbar(even menubar)are not displayed.How can I retrive it? I reinstalled ...
A: Partha, Here is the Microsoft link. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm ...
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| Microsoft word | 4/10/2007 |
Q: I am using Word to prepare a single-spaced document but in one part of the text, Word wants to skip ...
A: Bob, my guess is that you have paragraph spacing set. Click your mouse on the line of text, go to ...
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| office 07 | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I have a copy of office 07 in french. there are lot of languages in the lang folder but not english. ...
A: Ernest, then you will click on the Start button, lower left hand corner a round button with the four ...
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| Bookfold printing | 4/5/2007 |
Q: I have a 23 pages bookfold but I need to print only page 15 which have an error. I have Word 2003. ...
A: Annie, I don't have a copy of the file you are trying to work on but, if you are using a bookfold ...
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| merge data from Excel | 4/4/2007 |
Q: Am using an Excel data file with cells formatted to dollars (ex. $2.50) but it comes over as 2.50. ...
A: Richard, sorry I am not aware of a way to apply a currency style to text in word as you do in Excel. ...
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| ms word | 4/3/2007 |
Q: When I create a file using microsoft word it is saved as a word pad file. The only way that I can ...
A: Bruce, the first place I would look is the Tools menu > Options > Save TAB and review what is ...
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| Copying a picture from Word to a Photo Editor | 3/29/2007 |
Q: A friend send me a Word document with a picture in it. I'm trying to copy/paste it so I can edit it ...
A: Ricky, I don't know which Photo Editor you are using, but you can try to go to the Edit menu, Paste ...
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| Font Issues | 3/29/2007 |
Q: I have a citrix server running MS Word 2003. This MS Word installation includes a whole bunch of ...
A: Neil, I believe this has to do with City BluePrint (an AutoCad Font) being monospaced and Times New ...
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| Works Conversion | 3/28/2007 |
Q: My son uses an old version of Works that he refuses give up. Since I am more current I convert ...
A: Ron, there is a file converter Add-in in 2003 that will help convert these documents. I believe ...
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| Create Booklets | 3/27/2007 |
Q: How do you create a booklet and print a booklet from this 2007 version? I have exhausted all search ...
A: Donna, Click on the Page Layout TAB Over the right of the words "Page Setup" you will see a small ...
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| Capitalization | 3/27/2007 |
Q: Our Transcription department recently moved from Word97 to Word2003. One difference they are ...
A: Brian, I am not sure how you had this setup in Word 97 and if this is what you are referring to. ...
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| MS Word 2007 - Creating Letter Templates | 3/26/2007 |
Q: I wanted to ask if there was a resource that would teach me how to create a template in MS Word - ...
A: Akash, I am not seeing Microsoft Tutorial online for creating a template. Basically what you do is ...
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| Microsoft word | 3/25/2007 |
Q: How to uncover the toolbars. I've tried right and left click, F1, going to the boarders of the ...
A: Terry, you didn't mention which version of Word, but try this first. ...
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| Office 2007 | 3/23/2007 |
Q: I have bought a new computer and am moving from office 2003 to office 2007 and from windows xp pro ...
A: Pary, I am currently using 2003 and 2007 at the same time (on different networked machines). ...
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| Normal.dot problem in Word | 3/23/2007 |
Q: Every time my wife saves and closes a Word document, she gets a message about changes in normal.dot. ...
A: Steve, this could happen for any number of reasons. If it were my computer I would delete ...
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| How to create a check box in Word? | 3/23/2007 |
Q: Excuse me...it is a very urgent question! Would you please let me know teh way to create a check box ...
A: Pinky, The question is, do you need a check box that can be checked on the computer or a check box ...
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| Check Spelling in Word | 3/22/2007 |
Q: When typing in Word the check spelling function is on - but it is not picking up errors. I have ...
A: Maggie, not sure how much help I can be with this one. You didn't mention which version of Word and ...
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| Format view | 3/21/2007 |
Q: I'm not sure what I changed on my computer but now it shows a period for where all of the spaces are ...
A: Paul, you have turned on Show/Hide You can deselect by using the paragraph symbol to the left of ...
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| Error while opening a word document | 3/21/2007 |
Q: I use Microsoft Office 2000. I have edited a word document with track changes which has table of ...
A: Basavaraj, I am not sure if you can open it, but you can try... 1. Go to My Computer make a copy of ...
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| Title in the middle of the page | 3/20/2007 |
Q: Janyszeski, How can I make a sentence, or a short paragraph, centered in the middle of the page. I ...
A: Nabiel, from the File menu select page setup and click on the layout tab. In the middle of the ...
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| Outline Numbering Increments | 3/19/2007 |
Q: hope you can help out. Is there anyway to change the increment value? I'm after a numbering style ...
A: Sam, From the Tools menu > AutoCorrect > Autoformat you you Type and Autoformat put a check next to ...
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| fax merge | 3/18/2007 |
Q: I am interested to know if there is ant software available to work with office 2007 word and windows ...
A: Tariq, I am not aware of such an application, but Vista Fax does have the capability to send to more ...
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| Word 2003 Print Layout | 3/15/2007 |
Q: Asked a similar question before but Iam having a similar problem on a different machine. In print ...
A: Dennis, you need to do a search for normal.dot from the search menu. normal.dot always exists, keep ...
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| Word 2003 Print Layout | 3/15/2007 |
Q: Asked a similar question before but Iam having a similar problem on a different machine. In print ...
A: Dennis, just a guess you could have an image in the header/footer area which is basically the ...
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| Merge document - track changes problem | 3/14/2007 |
Q: I am the coordinator of a project whereby I keep the main document. Three other people have ...
A: Barb, you have a lot going on there, but I am going to suggest you try to accept the tracked ...
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| Using Fax Merge | 3/13/2007 |
Q: I have a Dell Dimension 8100 computer, the Windows Xp operating system and I'm using Office 2003. ...
A: Steve, I believe you have to have access to the Microsoft Exchange Server and this is an additional ...
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| Using Fax Merge | 3/13/2007 |
Q: Using Fax Merge I just installed Office 2003 because I wanted to use its fax merge capability to ...
A: Steven, you need to have faxing capabilities on your machine separate and apart from Word. Check by ...
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| teaching electronically via video and action arrows using Word | 3/11/2007 |
Q: Nancy, Because of expense, I need to refine how to teach home-schooled students via Word 2000 and ...
A: Ron, there is a program called Snag-it produced by Tech Smith that will allow you to record your ...
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| Delete Page | 3/9/2007 |
Q: May I know how to delete some selected pages on Word 2003. Example: I have total 10 pages, I just ...
A: Word does not create individual pages unless you have manually created them by using Sections. I am ...
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| Microsoft word | 3/7/2007 |
Q: Nancy, Do you know how to prepare a Word document with two columns? I would also like to separate ...
A: William, I would suggest you type the text first. select the text From the Format menu > Columns and ...
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| Word 2003 Print Layout | 3/6/2007 |
Q: Open Word 2003 and the blank document displays a dotted box on the template. This dotted box is ...
A: Dennis, I believe this is... Tools menu > Options > View TAB > Text Boundaries I am not able to ...
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| Pasting links crash word | 3/5/2007 |
Q: I am using office 2003, and have recently had issues pasting into Word. If what I am pasting is ...
A: Stuart, I forgot to mention the other option is to paste into Notepad first and then copy and paste ...
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| Moving a file to a different folder | 2/27/2007 |
Q: How do I move a Word file from one folder to a different folder? I have Word 2002. Thanks very much. ...
A: Karen, you would need to go to My Computer from the START MENU. You would select the file, click on ...
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| Microsoft Word | 2/23/2007 |
Q: I am preparing a standard Word document (single space)but one section has suddenly been double ...
A: Bruce, without seeing the document it is possible you are hitting a hard return at the end of each ...
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| Printing Business Cards | 2/22/2007 |
Q: I'm trying to print business cards using avery 5371. The cards look okay on the screen and on print ...
A: Marta, this sounds like a compatibility issue with the printer. I am not familiar with this brand. ...
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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, I am sorry I don't know what you mean. I don't see the version of Word you are using. You ...
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| Word Pad | 2/21/2007 |
Q: "My Microsoft Word went down in the saving of a document. Unlike all previous times the recovery ...
A: Kathy, I don't know what happened and it sounds like the document may be corrupt. This means it can ...
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| importing fonts off of a CD | 2/13/2007 |
Q: I have a cd that has a "napa" font and i want to import it in to MSword for flyers and such. How do ...
A: Brian, Fonts are installed onto computers. You can do an internet search for the font, download and ...
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| MS Word Pageination | 2/12/2007 |
Q: I want to number pages in a very large text. No page on teh first page, next four pages i,ii,iii, ...
A: Bill, I can tell you that this can be a very frustrating process. I would make a backup of your ...
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| word '03 | 2/1/2007 |
Q: I have a few problems with word. First every time i try to save a doc or just exit word it ask if i ...
A: Gary, start with Microsoft's explanation at... ...
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| Template | 1/31/2007 |
Q: We have a template that when it is used the spelling only checks the words in the template and will ...
A: Marsha, A template in Microsoft word is a document saved by going to the File menu > Save As > Type ...
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| ADDRESS LIST IN WORD 2003 | 1/30/2007 |
Q: Here's my problem: I'm using Microsoft Word 2003 and have a long list of addresses typed straight ...
A: Vicki,I am assuming you are familiar with Mail Merge, if not let me know. it has been so long ...
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| Storing and protecting data | 1/22/2007 |
Q: Nancy, I am a small self-employed person and have recently had a total computer crash requiring ...
A: you can not "edit" data on any cd. You can burn a CD and then you and re-write over that data and ...
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| What's wrong here? | 1/18/2007 |
Q: How come my table-to-text converting function doesn't work? I have a table, which I want to convert ...
A: Vladimir, I am assuming you have a Word created table with rows and columns using the Word Create ...
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| another question | 1/17/2007 |
Q: Can I ask you another question I am trying to kreate a template for example a Purchase agreement ...
A: Rita, Create your document with all the information that will remain the same including the footer, ...
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| mail merge | 1/17/2007 |
Q: I have letter in word and need to send it to about 100 clients. I need to save time and not to type ...
A: Rita, I do not see what version of Word you are using. XP is different but the concept is the same. ...
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| Edit replace with ASCII | 1/11/2007 |
Q: Nancy, I have a text file that when opened in M/S Word, Notepad or Wordpad doesn't recognize the ...
A: Richard, select the text go to the Edit Menu > replace... In the first field enter the tilde ~ in ...
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| E Mail Button | 1/4/2007 |
Q: I have created a word document questionnaire for which i would like to add a button to the document ...
A: Andrew, Macros can not select from a list. I personally don't think sending an email with a ...
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| revision dates in footers | 1/3/2007 |
Q: Nancy, We've wrestled around with the section breaks and you are right they are the most ...
A: Ohhhhh, you are correct AutoDate does update each day. However you can go to the insert menu, ...
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| revision dates in footers | 1/3/2007 |
Q: We have a manual in word that is 100+ pages long. We want to be able to display a revision date in ...
A: Cathy, you will need to create section breaks. I would make a back up copy of your document, just ...
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| cut and paste | 12/30/2006 |
Q: When I try to paste information from the Internet to Microsoft word, Microsoft word freeze up but ...
A: Yusef, pasting from the internet includes an ENORMOUS amount of coding and images and depending on ...
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| Insert Break is gone | 12/30/2006 |
Q: ..I am using the latest version of Microsoft Word and my INSERT BREAK heading totally ...
A: Angie, do you mean it is missing off the Insert Menu? Right click anywhere over the menus and ...
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| MsWord Form fill | 12/26/2006 |
Q: I have a customer who wants several Government forms converted to Word as a template so they can be ...
A: Jim, Word has a feature call FillIn Fields. One way to create the fields is by using the Forms ...
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| Mail Merge Envelope Addresses | 12/19/2006 |
Q: Nancy: I believe that this is an easy one for you. I defined the Address Block for Mail Merging of ...
A: Nicholas, I am not clear how you defined the address block. I would turn on my Show/Hide (to the ...
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| Word 2003 fonts and tables | 12/18/2006 |
Q: Using Word 2003 on my home computer. New Times Roman font size ten. I either send my document via ...
A: Dennis, there are many possibilites, of course. As always think of a virus and be sure you have ...
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| Text-to-table Converting | 12/12/2006 |
Q: I have a long line of random words that looks something like this: "house, cat, dog, turtle, ...
A: Vladimir, there is a Word feature converting text to Table. You can use spaces, Tabs, etc. but you ...
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| Reversing texts | 12/8/2006 |
Q: Is there a function (or a macro) in ¡§MS Word¡¨ that would allow me to reverse texts? For example, I ...
A: Vladimir, I am sorry I am not aware of a function that would do this. But... there are languages ...
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| word problem | 12/7/2006 |
Q: I am wondering where the setting option for this might be: whenever I'm in a word doc. and I want ...
A: Michael, hopefully the following link will answer your question. ...
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| normal template in word 2000 | 12/5/2006 |
Q: Somehow my bosses normal template opens with a period and a space and we can't seem to change the ...
A: Sandra, his normal.dot file has to be deleted from "My Computer". Close Word, Do a search for ...
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| Inserting Clip Art (MS Word) | 12/4/2006 |
Q: I have Microsoft Word (11.8106.8107) SP2; Professional Edition 2003 installed. From time to time I ...
A: Jas, I guess i would have to ask are you simply inserting the clipart into a Word Document or are ...
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| Clipboard problem | 11/29/2006 |
Q: Beginning yesterday, I am having clipboard problems. It's happening in ALL programs. Whether I do ...
A: Lori, I don't know much about this one but the following site might be of help. Otherwise I would ...
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| microsoft word | 11/29/2006 |
Q: yes i can print from a email excel but on the progress bar it stops half way im wondering why ,help ...
A: It is possible this Word document is corrupt. Can you print from a new Word document with just a ...
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| product key | 11/28/2006 |
Q: very new to computer world -- computer is asking for my product key number o the back of the disc ? ...
A: Linds, you have to contact http://www.microsoft.com and prove to them that you have purchased ...
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| microsoft word | 11/27/2006 |
Q: help please im wondering why my microsaoft word 2000 won"t print on my laptop .It says word is ...
A: Darrell, It doesn't necessarily mean there is something wrong with Word. Is this a new problem? ...
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| Table of Contents | 11/27/2006 |
Q: Nancy, Thank you for your prompt reply - and on a holiday week-end! I am using Word 2002. I had ...
A: Janet, by style I mean the where you have selected TAB leader. You have a choice of None, dashes, ...
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| cut and paste | 11/26/2006 |
Q: I did a search and found it, now how do I get it back into the All Programs menu? Thanksstart menu - ...
A: Craig, I have never had to do this, so I am not comfortable giving advice on this one. If it were ...
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| cut and paste | 11/26/2006 |
Q: start menu - all programs - but then no accessories (don't know why) but I did a search for ...
A: Craig, it may have accidentally been moved by dragging to another location or just dragged off the ...
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| cut and paste | 11/26/2006 |
Q: yes pasteing in the unformated way worked. Do I have to do it that way all the time to get it to ...
A: Craig, as I said when you copy from the internet you also copy the html code and ALL images and ...
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| word forms | 11/25/2006 |
Q: how do I change the sequence of fields in a form? I want it to tab to a specific filed and it is ...
A: Dan, I moved fields around to change the TAB order. Without seeing the document and why this ...
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| cut and paste | 11/25/2006 |
Q: I have ms word 2000. I have had no trouble when I cut and paste from my yahoo mail to word, but ...
A: Craig, when you copy and paste from an internet page, as would be the case with a Yahoo page you are ...
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| MCA word | 11/24/2006 |
Q: What is MCA word?
A: Ken, it is the Microsoft Campus Agreement http://www.microsoft.com/Education/CampusAgreement.mspx ...
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| problem in opening word files | 11/23/2006 |
Q: I've done all you've suggested but my problem is different. I saved a word file of 10 pages, but ...
A: Ohhhhhhhhh, this sounds like a virus. I would be sure you are up to date and do a scan. If you ...
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| problem in opening word files | 11/23/2006 |
Q: sir, i have a major problem in my computer , while i am working in ms word 2000 i save the files ...
A: Vinod, it sounds like you are running out of hard disk space on your computer or... you might be ...
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| Table of Contents | 11/22/2006 |
Q: I am trying to create a Table of Contents in MSWord. I have marked each item I wish to be included ...
A: Janet, when you create the TOC you are prompted within the TOC wizard to select a style on the ...
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| Check box form field | 11/19/2006 |
Q: In forms, how can I get the check box form field to display a tick instead of that annoying cross?
A: Susi, sorry I do not know of a way to change the properties of the check box. There is an ...
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| Email attachment with specific subject and TO address field | 11/18/2006 |
Q: i hope you can help - i am using word 2003 sp2 - i need to attach a document into an email - the ...
A: Ken, not that I am aware of. Sounds like you are looking to write a macro to send an email. Macros ...
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| Disappearing cursor in Word tables | 11/17/2006 |
Q: I have applied right alignment to a column in Word 2000 and 2003. When I tab into that column, I ...
A: Sam, it is there. You can change the dimensions of the cells of your tables. Click inside a table, ...
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| merge | 11/17/2006 |
Q: Nancy: I have an Excel worksheet with names, ID numbers, and data related to them. The names and ...
A: Sherry, mail merges depend on merging unique records. Your spreadsheet should have something unique ...
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| Vertical Alignment | 11/17/2006 |
Q: I know how to vertically align text on a page but how do I vertically align my name and then above ...
A: Michelle, I am not sure I understand what you mean. If you want text at the bottom of the page you ...
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| Conversion of Word Documents | 11/16/2006 |
Q: Is it possible to convert a .rtf file to a .doc file, and if so, how is this accomplished?
A: Richard, open the *.rtf file in Word and then from the File menu > Save As > Under Files of type > ...
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| Only numbers | 11/15/2006 |
Q: I have a table, in which each line contains a sentence having a group of some digits within. For ...
A: I only have one thought on this one. You are going to replace the spaces with tabs and then convert ...
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| order of columns in mail merge receipients | 11/11/2006 |
Q: I'm doing a mail merge using an Excel spreadsheet as data input. When I click in Step 3 on "Edit ...
A: Nicolaj, you can simply drag the ID column to the left to be the first column in the recipient ...
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| Microsoft Word Template | 11/10/2006 |
Q: It is very good of you to be willing to help. I have been sent a document as a Microsoft Word ...
A: Graham, this sounds like it might be a font issue. You might not have the font that the document ...
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| MSWord/Email | 11/8/2006 |
Q: I'm not sure how to word the question so I'll tell you what I'm trying to do. I need to ...
A: Norma, you can password protect the document before sending. From the Tools menu of your Word ...
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| all documents locked | 11/4/2006 |
Q: All my microsoft word documents are locked and I can not open up any of them today...I have the ...
A: Angie, this really isn't enough information. I would certainly check that you don't have a virus. ...
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| Page numbering in Word 2000 | 11/1/2006 |
Q: I have a 60 page document and I would like to start the page numbering on page 20 leaving the first ...
A: Nancy an understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE the ...
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| font, changing on its own | 10/27/2006 |
Q: I work in an office and we are all on a network. The document is being written by one user, opened ...
A: Tina, I really can't help a lot with network issues, but it sounds like someone is using a font that ...
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| calculation fields in a template | 10/26/2006 |
Q: Word 2003 - I'm having trouble getting a basic calculation to work in a table in a template. I've ...
A: Linda, once the document is locked this comman menu option is no longer available to you. The idea ...
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| How To Increase Amount Of Characters In Wordart | 10/25/2006 |
Q: I was wondering is it possible to increase the amount of characters that can be typed into a wordart ...
A: Tyler, I just created a WordArt and kept on typing. I found no limit to how much I could type. I did ...
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| Word formatting | 10/19/2006 |
Q: I have Office 2000. I have a problem where whenever I start to type at the top of a new document, ...
A: Grahame, it sounds like your normal.dot is corrupted. Close Word. I would do a search on My Computer ...
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| WORD ART | 10/15/2006 |
Q: IN MICROSOFT WORD XP HOW DO I MAKE WORD ART.I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO FLIP OR ROTATE TEXT
A: Autumn , from the Insert Menu > Picture > Word Art and then type the words you want. After that use ...
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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, In 2002 you need to create continuous section breaks. Insert Menu > Breaks > Continuous. ...
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| Inserting full date in date field | 10/11/2006 |
Q: Good day to you Nancy, I am trying to use a date field to write the full date. Rather than use ...
A: Paul, you can create different date formats from the Insert Menu > Field > Create Date option. ...
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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: You probably should change it in two locations. Tools menu >AutoCorrect 1. AutoFormat 2. ...
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| Microsoft Works conversion to Word | 10/6/2006 |
Q: I made a file in Microsoft works and wouold like to open it in Microsoft Word. When I go to open it ...
A: Arthur, I would open the file again in word by going Open > then at the bottom of the open dialog ...
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| "grouping" data in merge | 9/27/2006 |
Q: Here's a tough one...I have a set of customer records. If there is a patron who appears more than ...
A: Chandra, you did not mention which version of Word. In 2003 you can open the Mail Merge Task pane ...
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| Word error message | 9/27/2006 |
Q: My word software is giving me an error when I open it. It says: "Microsoft word has not been ...
A: Allison, Current user suggests the software was installed by one user and trying to be used by ...
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| FONTS | 9/27/2006 |
Q: Can I and how do I add 'new'(additional) fonts to Word? TIA.
A: Lou, Fonts are installed from the START menu > Control Panel > Fonts File Menu > Install new Font ...
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| Setting up word as email editor | 9/26/2006 |
Q: I am trying to get microsoft word set up as my email editor in outlook. I have gone to -Tools - ...
A: Deena, you did not mention which version of Office you are using and I am guessing you might be on a ...
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| how can i make an accent over a letter like in the word resume or mexico? | 9/26/2006 |
Q: how can i make an accent over letters and spell resume or mexico with their proper spelling? thanks
A: Audrey, I don't know what language your computer is setup for but you can go to the Insert Menu > ...
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| font's | 9/24/2006 |
Q: i have been e-mailed a font, but do not know how to save this file as a font type. it has come as ...
A: Charlotte, first save the font to a location where you can easily find it. Then open the Control ...
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| Word 2003- WORKS ERROR | 9/23/2006 |
Q: I use Word 2003. Lately, I am randomly receiving a pop-up error (i also get it when I try to save ...
A: Paul, I have seen this error before. I did a browser search on "Works cannot complete the task" ...
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| Merging information from Excel to Word | 9/23/2006 |
Q: I am trying to merge data from an Excel to MS Word. In my excel file, I have firstname, lastname, ...
A: if memory serves, Excel has a limit of 256 characters per cell and you may have exceeded that. I ...
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| Printing Multiple copies from WORD 6 | 9/23/2006 |
Q: Since purchasing a new printer I can not print multiple copies of a documnet unless I go ointo ...
A: Dwight, this is a printer issue not a Word problem, but I would say if you are using Word 6, it may ...
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| Most Recent Documents | 9/22/2006 |
Q: I would like to know if there are any add ons / programs etc that will allow the MRU (that I access ...
A: Howard, I am not aware of anything that will add to this feature. I understand the need as I would ...
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| Printing the Show/Hide markings | 9/22/2006 |
Q: I teach and would like my students to print thier work showing the Show/Hide marks, but I don't know ...
A: Jo, I am not aware of a setting that will print the show/hide symbols. Following are all the pring ...
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| Microsoft Word Move Page | 9/21/2006 |
Q: I want to move a page in a Word document to another part of the document. Other than cutting and ...
A: Ed, pages in Word are not separate entities so the only way is to copy and paste. You can turn your ...
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| Merging Excel data into Word Template | 9/21/2006 |
Q: I use Microsoft Excel 2002 & Microsoft Word 2002. I have an Excel file which acts as template to ...
A: Excel can certainly be used as the data source for a Word document. You will also have the option ...
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| Can't save word files -- wha hoppen? | 9/21/2006 |
Q: Suddenly Word is not allowing me to save files. If I click Save or Save As, absolutely nothing ...
A: Michael, You have a lot of things going on. I did a browser search on "word will not save" ...
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| MS Word 2003 - Rotating a Text Box | 9/20/2006 |
Q: Nancy, You just helped me with "removing a solid line across the page" a couple of days ago. ...
A: David, you actually can not rotate a text box. You can rotate a rectangle found on the drawing ...
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| MS Word 2003 - Can't seem to delte a line that goes across the page | 9/19/2006 |
Q: (I have already submitted this question to Dale, MS Word expert at AllExperts, but I'm a bind ...
A: David, you probably have received an answer already, but just in case for future reference. ...
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| Using a Table in MS Word 2000 | 9/19/2006 |
Q: I need to create a Last Name, First Name, Company Name table. I have no problem creating the three ...
A: Rita, first of all please understand I no longer have Word 2000 available. However, you should be ...
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| Formatting Bug | 9/18/2006 |
Q: When I bullet or number an item Word bullets or numbers all my paragraphs in the entire document. I ...
A: Chris, I am making a guess in that I am not looking at the document but it sounds like you might be ...
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| adding borders | 9/18/2006 |
Q: I can't seem to find the right look for a presentation I'm creating. Are there any sites where I can ...
A: Matt, the only place I know that might have new border is http://www.microsoft.com. Microsoft often ...
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| NUMBER FORMAT IN WORD 2000 | 9/17/2006 |
Q: I am attempting to use the page number format of this type "2 of 12" etc. This is available in Word ...
A: Daryl, you should be able to find it on your Header/Footer toolbar. From the View menu ...
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| MS Word - Headers and Footers | 9/16/2006 |
Q: On a 4 page document, how can I put the header on page 1 only, and the footer on page 4 only? Also, ...
A: Bob, An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE the ...
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| Word Merge Formulas | 9/15/2006 |
Q: I'm sure I've done this before, but not am unable to figure it out. I have a merge document in ...
A: Chandra, what you need to do is place the merge fields you want summed in a TABLE Each field on a ...
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| Normal.doc | 9/14/2006 |
Q: Each time i open a new document in MS Word, there is alot of text that should not be there. Is there ...
A: Andre, yes you can reset normal.dot Close Word START MENU > Search normal.dot Delete it. Open ...
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| MS word bullets indent | 9/13/2006 |
Q: Previous to yesterday when using Word/bullets, I would press enter and another bullet/number would ...
A: Lisa, lots of stuff going on not sure I can figure it out, but I would select your text that you ...
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| left weighted stationery | 9/13/2006 |
Q: I am directed to type a business letter in block style on left weighted stationery. What is left ...
A: Erma, I believe it is placement of the logo. Logos lend themselves to a particular placement based ...
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| mail merge a protected Word document | 9/12/2006 |
Q: In our office we have several form letters with merge fields that are accessed and used by ...
A: Gary, sorry. To the best of my knowledge, mail merge is not available in a protected file. I ...
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| Memory Error in Word 2000 | 9/12/2006 |
Q: When I open a document that has a lot of track changes in it I get the following error : The ...
A: Lisa, it sounds like a compatibility issues between versions of Word. I would have no way of ...
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| excell template error | 9/11/2006 |
Q: When I open up office 2000 excell I get an error template-2006 GLobal.ppt file format is not valid. ...
A: Jeff, it is possible that this is a macro error. I would open Excel go to the tools menu > Options ...
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| Cannot open up large word documents | 9/11/2006 |
Q: I have a remote user who cannot open up large word documents in office 2000. below are the steps I ...
A: Jeff, two things one is I would ask exactly how large is this document. It may be he doesn't have ...
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| Concordance file | 9/10/2006 |
Q: I have a large document and have created a concordance file. In the table for the Concordance file, ...
A: Charles, I am afraid your query doesn't have enought information. What version of Office? Have you ...
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| my documents in microsoft word will not print | 9/10/2006 |
Q: I cannot get any of my documents in microsoft word to print; however, the printer does work if ...
A: Patricia, the best I can offer is what is in Word HELP. Printing from your computer is primarily ...
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| microsoft word | 9/9/2006 |
Q: how can i tell if i have microsoft word on my computer. i have windows xp.
A: Shelby, you go to the Start menu > All Programs. If you don't readily see the office suite programs ...
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| Word Document-Overlapping letters | 9/8/2006 |
Q: All my word documents are now opening with the letters overlapping each other. I had this problem ...
A: Leila, it sounds like your normal.dot template is corrupted. Another possibility is that you are ...
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| deleting section breaks using find and replace | 9/7/2006 |
Q: In Word 97,2002, and 2003, you probably know how to delete section breaks that are created when ...
A: Chris, labels are created using a table, not section breaks. Select the labels and turn on the ...
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| Locking header and footer in templates | 9/6/2006 |
Q: We have a client who has asked us to create a Word template for them. They want the header and the ...
A: Jennifer, I am using 2003 and the following works for what you are looking for. I would create a ...
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| Word 97 and Excel 97 | 9/6/2006 |
Q: I currently have Windos XP, but the only office tools I have are Word 97 and Excel 97. I need the ...
A: Jay, I don't believe there are upgades from 97. You would have to purchase the Microsoft Office ...
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| Open the MS Word as Read Only through Oracle Forms OLE | 9/5/2006 |
Q: I have coded to open the word document through oracle Forms using OLE. My requirement is to open ...
A: I am no familiar with Oracle but to change the properties of a Word document. Go the My Computer ...
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| Word | 9/4/2006 |
Q: Can you alphabetize your document in Word?
A: Nick, I am not sure what you mean. If data is entered into a table you can sort the table by ...
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| help | 9/3/2006 |
Q: i accidently removed the word processor from my computer would the system restore help or destroy my ...
A: Joy, removing the WordProcessing system will not remove the files you created. Reinstall the Word ...
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| Deleting Empty Rows | 8/31/2006 |
Q: I have a very large document (over 5000 pages). The paragraphs are seperated by an empty line. Is ...
A: yes there is. First turn on your SHOW/HIDE. Toolbarbutton to the left of the zoom level button ...
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| Mail merge to envelope | 8/31/2006 |
Q: Followup To Question - I want to do a mail merge to Microsoft Word and I am using Access as the ...
A: Wayne, I just checked my 2000 machine and found that the window is different, it has two tabs at the ...
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| Mail merge to envelope | 8/31/2006 |
Q: I want to do a mail merge to Microsoft Word and I am using Access as the data base. I wanted to use ...
A: Wayne, I tried every variation I could think of and I always get the new query. From what I am ...
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| Mail merge to envelope | 8/31/2006 |
Q: I want to do a mail merge to Microsoft Word and I am using Access as the data base. I wanted to use ...
A: Wayne, the way to do what you are trying to do is to create a query in Access and use the Query as ...
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| ger rid of plus sign? | 8/28/2006 |
Q: "Dave, I can put a small plus sign next to my cursor if I hold down my control key as I drag ...
A: Dave, I am not what you mean by get rid of it. If you don't hold down the control key it won't be ...
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| Get rid of a 'plus' sign | 8/28/2006 |
Q: What does it mean and how do I get rid of this annoying plus sign? Thank you Dave PS - I just ...
A: Dave, I can put a small plus sign next to my cursor if I hold down my control key as I drag selected ...
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| Dictionary Capability | 8/27/2006 |
Q: Nancy: This is an easy one for you. Does Word provide a dictionary capabilty in addition to a ...
A: Nick, it depends if you mean a spelling dictionary or a definition dictionary. You didn't mention ...
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| templates | 8/24/2006 |
Q: I am trying to make a template. I want to make the top graphic un-editable, yet make it so the ...
A: Rebecca, position the graphic in your header. View > Header/Footer Change the top margin, if ...
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| Microsoft Word Print Options | 8/22/2006 |
Q: I'm hoping you can assist me. Here's what I'm attempting to do. I have a checklist which covers ...
A: Janice, first try changing the spacing between paragraphs, A Word paragraph is created every time ...
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| Word 2000 | 8/22/2006 |
Q: I have a report in my access database that shows employee information. A different employee is one ...
A: Adrienne, the one page you are referring to is a form which would contain all tyhe employees. You ...
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| start numbering on a cerain page | 8/21/2006 |
Q: Am trying to start page numbering on page 3 starting with 1. I put in a section break and will start ...
A: Brian, sections can be challenging. An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks ...
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| Microsoft Word | 8/18/2006 |
Q: I usually like single space when typing text and everything is OK, but once in a while an extra ...
A: Thom, without seeing the document I can only suggest a few things. 1. You are hitting the enter key ...
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| refer to endnotes more than once | 8/17/2006 |
Q: The method proposed by the help text in answer to "refer to end note more than once" admits that ...
A: Alan, to edit the existing method of inserting endnotes, cross references, etc. you would need to ...
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| Mouse disappearing & wrong window opening | 8/17/2006 |
Q: I have a Dell, Win XP machine that is having problems. The mouse will disappear and when you ...
A: Landon, I would say that either your mouse is wearing out or you have a virus. My roller ball mouse ...
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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, Word 2003 Start with Tools > Mail Merge Select Labels Set label options… Choose data source ...
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| word 2002 spell check | 8/10/2006 |
Q: Nancy, I have works suite 2006, which contains word 2002. The spellcheck works when I am typing a ...
A: I have never used Works, but I can tell you that to recheck a document in Word 2002 you would go to ...
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| Emailing a Word document. | 8/10/2006 |
Q: I'm trying to email a Word document from my home computer that I've used a a Bradley font but when I ...
A: Kim, fonts must be installed locally on computers. You would need to attach the font file, send it ...
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| Outline Numbering using Headings (Styles) | 8/7/2006 |
Q: Sometimes, I use the Outline Numbering Scheme that uses headings, since it is so easy to just ...
A: John, there are so many possibilities. Do you have other custom styles associated with 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, your Table of Contents is working correctly if you have even a partial list. It may be that ...
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| Templates | 8/4/2006 |
Q: When I go through File -- New, a Window pops up on the right. From there, if I select, "From ...
A: John, I see where you are clicking. I actually have never used that option. I click under it a bit ...
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| word templates | 7/29/2006 |
Q: which the graphic at the top of the page can't be altered, yet the rest of the page is open for ...
A: Rebecca, I would put the graphic in the header so it will not be part of the document. You can then ...
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| Erro in MS word file while opening | 7/26/2006 |
Q: OS using Windows XP professional When a word file opened in Ms word 2003 it gives the error can't ...
A: Afsar, I can only suggest try going to Tools:Macro...:Security... and reset your security level to ...
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| text formatting in Word 97 | 7/25/2006 |
Q: "My office uses Word 97 (getting ready to upgrade to Office 2003). The default spacing of the ...
A: Teresa, I use Word 2000,2002 and 2003. None of these versions offers the feature you are looking ...
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| not able to print whole task | 7/19/2006 |
Q: I'm not able to print custom size documents. I'm using word 2003.? Why I'm not able to print custom ...
A: it may very well be that your printer does not support this paper size. I would also say that .25 ...
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| Word 2003 new documents | 7/14/2006 |
Q: Until the other day, whenever I began a new document in Word 2003, the cursor was .7" from the top ...
A: Barbara, Word 2003 has a new feature which allows you to toggle "white space" on and off. Take your ...
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| Excel to Word Paste Special Link formatting | 7/14/2006 |
Q: the workarounds you suggest won't work - (a) using the Worksheet Object format rather than the ...
A: Ken, An Excel cell has the ability to contain three variables. The text The formatting Forumlas ...
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| pagination in book fold format | 7/14/2006 |
Q: When creating a book-fold booklet of, eg, 4 sheets, the pagination is irregular. Eg, the first side ...
A: Jim, when creating a booklet there are two steps to consider. 1. File > Page Setup > Margins TAB > ...
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| MS Word macros | 7/14/2006 |
Q: I'm using Word 2002. I've copied a form from a webpage (form is an Oracle front-end) and pasted it ...
A: Tony, I believe the code is embedded in the document. There are options under the Edit menu > Paste ...
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| MS Word Forms - Summing Tables | 7/13/2006 |
Q: I created a form in Word 2000 with summing tables (i.e. I formatted each cell as a number and then ...
A: Barb, Office XP is 2002. I have seen similar inquiries and the discussion is are you sending the ...
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| Word templates & printer settings | 7/13/2006 |
Q: I have created a number of MS 2003 Word templates (.dot) for standard letters to be printed on ...
A: Peter, I am disappointed that you gave me my first negative comment in 10 years. I was unable to ...
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| MS Word Form Issues | 7/12/2006 |
Q: I'm posting the form in a local directory that everyone has access to. I'll check the virus ...
A: Nancy, in re-reading your information I would continue to think that the venue by which the document ...
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| MS Word Form Issues | 7/11/2006 |
Q: I've created a MS Word Form that allows the user to insert comments and check the checkboxes. I ...
A: Nancy, are you sending the form as an email or as an email with the Word document attached? It is ...
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| running headers in Word | 7/11/2006 |
Q: I'm using Word 2002 on a PC. I'd appreciate your help to see if I can do the following: I want to ...
A: Michael, You can have page one different than the rest of the document from File menu > Page setup > ...
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| Hyperlinks in Word | 7/10/2006 |
Q: Right, you are talking about the auto format feature. For example, if I put in www.yahoo.com, then ...
A: Carlos, you can certainly select this text and then either go to the Insert Menu > Hyperlink, ...
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| Word form | 7/10/2006 |
Q: I would like to make a form with 10 check box and after that, I would like to print the form with ...
A: Maria, I experimented with printing selected text but it does not work for non -contiguous text. I ...
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| Word 2000 date field switches | 7/9/2006 |
Q: In a document, I'd like to know how do I make the date field give the year 5 years from the ...
A: Sorry J.T. if this is possible it would be done with SQL programming as with a MACRO and adding 5 ...
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| Merge Formatting | 7/5/2006 |
Q: I am creating a contact sheet by merging a Microsoft Access database into Microsoft Word. My ...
A: Bethany, without seeing the documents I can tell you that line breaks and/or tabs in the formatting ...
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| Microsoft word fonts | 7/5/2006 |
Q: I have downloaded several free fonts from the internet. Now when I try to add them to my computer, ...
A: Ashley, I am assuming you are installing the fonts from the Start Menu > Control Panel > Fonts > ...
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| Form Fields | 7/4/2006 |
Q: I have been using form fields for my transcription work at home for the past 5 years. All of a ...
A: Juli, are you working from a new template or a previously saved document? Are the properties of the ...
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| Re: Printing Envelopes Problem | 6/30/2006 |
Q: [http://experts.about.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/Printing-envelopes-problem-1.htm] After seaching ...
A: Andrew, I do remember seeing this issue a few times and the best answer I can give is to put a full ...
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| Microsoft Office XP Professional merge | 6/28/2006 |
Q: Sorry - Lynn again. I have tried all your suggestions. The query merges if it is a full field that ...
A: Lynn, I think I am now understanding what you are trying to do. You can not use the wildcard within ...
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| Microsoft Office XP Professional merge | 6/27/2006 |
Q: I have been given a new computer which is loaded with what seems to be a full suite of XP ...
A: Lynn, thanks for clarifying. 1. The new Word Merge is not the same as it was in the older ...
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| Microsoft Office XP Professional merge | 6/27/2006 |
Q: have just changed from Microsoft Office '97 to Microsoft Office XP Professional and I find that I ...
A: Lynn, I am not sure if you upgraded your Microsoft suite or your operating system. Office 97 is an ...
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| typing text into the text frame | 6/24/2006 |
Q: how to type text into a text frame or box what do we mean by wrapped table, drawing canvas and to ...
A: A drawing canvas helps you to arrange drawing objects and pictures and to move them as a unit. ...
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| Word 2003 (XP) Mail Merge | 6/24/2006 |
Q: Nancy--many thanks for your response. I'll try merging to a document. I don't use all the fields in ...
A: Paula, the looping is not necessarily common, but I have seen it in running a query in Access. I ...
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| Word 2003 (XP) Mail Merge | 6/24/2006 |
Q: I am a volunteer who is responsible for sending out mailings occasionally so I don't use Office in a ...
A: Paula, Personally I would never merge directly to the printer, I would merge to a documents. I ...
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| Autocorrect question | 6/21/2006 |
Q: I'm having to recover my system and would like to copy the autocorrect file on a disc so that I ...
A: Michelle, the following are a few suggestions for copying your autotext. Autotext is not a specific ...
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| Microsoft Word | 6/20/2006 |
Q: I use Microsoft Word (Windows XP, ME, 98)and would like to know if there is any way text can be ...
A: Carl, type your text and then select the text. Click on the format menu, Columns and select 2. You ...
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| word update field | 6/17/2006 |
Q: I agreed with what you said. When i added the fields (form fields) and protect the document it works ...
A: Sue, I don't have another suggestion, but i will tell you that you need to turn your show/hide on ...
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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, the only thought I have without seeing the document is that you would need to create sections. ...
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| File menu....GONE! | 6/16/2006 |
Q: Ms. Janyszeski: I'm using Word 2003 (SP2), which came with MS Office Small Business Edition 2003. ...
A: David, this should not be a problem unless a virus did it. From the View menu, select Toolbars and ...
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| style generation | 6/15/2006 |
Q: How do you disable automatic style generation in MS word? My problem is that a NEW style is created ...
A: Jeff, open the Styles task pane. You can go to the format menu, styles and formatting. Down at the ...
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| Microsoft Word - drop down menus for a Word document | 6/14/2006 |
Q: Good Morning Nancy, I am an Office Manager for a chiropractic office in Maine, looking for some help ...
A: Amy, You can insert a drop down field from the Forms toolbar. View toolbars, Forms, on the forms ...
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| Making outline symbols less obvious | 6/5/2006 |
Q: I have just begun using MS Word outline mode and like it except the + and - symbols on the left are ...
A: Brad, I am not aware of a way to change the plus and minus symbols shading, however, you might try ...
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| Sending a Word document from Outlook Express | 5/25/2006 |
Q: I created a document in Microsoft Word and wanted to email it to a friend. I put the document on the ...
A: Wayne, I have never used Outlook Express, but I believe it is similar to Microsoft Outlook. With ...
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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: I use search and replace from the Edit menu. Edit menu > Replace (CK+H) Click on More click on ...
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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, it is all about Section Breaks. An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section ...
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| PDFs and Word? | 4/29/2006 |
Q: I hope you can help me - I'm having a problem trying to figure out Adobe Acrobat PDFs, and how to ...
A: Michael, you can not convert a PDF file to Microsoft Word. You can copy and paste the the text, ...
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| Word Drop-Downs | 4/26/2006 |
Q: Microsoft XP, Word 2003. I create a drop down in word using the form toolbar and once finshed I ...
A: Lynda, sorry I have not been able to duplicate your drop down problem. I did create a drop down ...
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| Unable to Print Envelope Address | 4/21/2006 |
Q: After years of using this function, I am suddenly unable to print an address on an envelope. I ...
A: Nick, when this happens to me, I setup the envelope as usual and then use an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper ...
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| Line of thick dashes | 4/12/2006 |
Q: A minor problem, but one that is very annoying. I use Word 2003 in normal view with XP. Every now ...
A: Steve, normal view is used primarily to make pagination easier in large documents. You will see the ...
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| Pagination | 4/7/2006 |
Q: I have Word 97 and 03 on two computers. I cannot figure out how to have consecutive page numbers, ...
A: The answer is section breaks one of the most confusing features of working with Word. An ...
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| Endnotes | 3/28/2006 |
Q: Word 2002 Can I change size of text in pop-up box next to endnote insertion point? Is there another ...
A: Alan, I am not aware of a way to edit the endnote screen tips. It may be possible with SQL ...
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| Footnote separator in landscape document | 3/27/2006 |
Q: In Word 2002, I want to change the footnote separator so that it extends right across the width of a ...
A: Sally, the following is Microsoft's answer... which is to replace the short line with a graphic ...
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| Searching for duplicated entries in Word XP | 3/27/2006 |
Q: Is there any program that can search for duplicated lines thru a whole word file and then delete all ...
A: Magoood, you should be able to use Search and replace. Save your documents. From the Edit menu, ...
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| Simple Word questionnaire | 3/27/2006 |
Q: I want to create a simple questionnaire with 10-20 questions with multiple answers. Some of the ...
A: Javier, I would use tables to create the document so you have control of the placement of the text. ...
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| word - section pagenumbers. | 3/24/2006 |
Q: sir, i need the page numbers in word 2000. 4 pages in section 1 (physical pages 1-4) 2 pages in ...
A: Phani, An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE the ...
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| Opening Word Template file | 3/17/2006 |
Q: I'm using Word XP (professional) version 2002 on a SBS2000 network. All the latest service packs ...
A: Mark, I tried the same thing here locally and It doesn't happen to me. I would copy the template to ...
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| Print gridlines in imported document | 3/12/2006 |
Q: I copied a treasurer's report that I have created in Excel and pasted into my minutes for an ...
A: Wayne, in Word the gridlines don't print it is cell borders. You will see that when you paste from ...
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| mail merge for labels | 3/9/2006 |
Q: i have finally figured out most of making a set of labels from an excel mailing list, using the word ...
A: June, labels are actually a word table and if you select the table and then right click your mouse ...
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| Microsoft Word cursor | 3/8/2006 |
Q: There is a plus sign in front of my cursor. How did it get there or how do I get rid of it? ...
A: Nyla, sorry I don't use a MAC, but in windows a plus sign with the cursor suggests that the control ...
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| Mictrosoft Word Icon | 3/3/2006 |
Q: I had a typed word document and in trying to copy and paste it, the document disappeared and now all ...
A: Ronda, I really don't know what happened, but I would close the word document WITHOUT (NO) saving ...
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| Microsoft Word Macros | 3/1/2006 |
Q: I currently use the Word indexing feature on my recipe collection. I first highlight the recipe ...
A: Sheila, a macro doesn't work when it involves selecting. You could assign a Heading 1,2, or 3 style ...
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| Microsoft Office WORD 2003 | 3/1/2006 |
Q: Nancy, I use a WORD document as a template for many license agreements in my job as a sales person. ...
A: Nora, I don't know that Word is corrupted by the document may be. Save the document with a new name ...
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| Microsoft Word User Profiles | 2/27/2006 |
Q: Nancy, Thanks for the feedback. I understand what you are saying but I must have not been very ...
A: Scott, my first response would be I wouldn't let a 5 year old on my computer our 4 year olds have ...
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| Microsoft Word User Profiles | 2/25/2006 |
Q: I need to understand if I can remove basic functionality from MS Word. My daughters school is ...
A: Scott, what you are looking to do is controlled by the network administrator and is often done at ...
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| ? | 2/19/2006 |
Q: .. can i please ask you... (I'm using 2003) I set WORD on the setting that it should spell check the ...
A: Greg, I'm not sure if you are sending emails from within the Word Applicatiion or using Word as your ...
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| HyperLinking | 2/14/2006 |
Q: I have created a link within a MS word (XP) doc to another one. The link seems to work ok but when I ...
A: Shane, there is no automatic way to have a word document close when clicking the back button. This ...
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| Word | 2/14/2006 |
Q: I have a form downloaded from a gov. site in adobe reader. The problem is that I can not write to ...
A: Samuel, Only Adobe software can edit a pdf file. You can not edit or type in a pdf file. I imagine ...
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| Word questions(latest version of word) | 2/12/2006 |
Q: I made an invoice for my company, and i saved it as template. I want to know if its possible for ...
A: Marios, I am not aware of a way to have your templates automatically number. My suggestion would be ...
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| print preview and pdf conversion | 2/12/2006 |
Q: I'm in the process of converting a Word document (book block of a novel) into pdf for submitting ...
A: Oh Bruce, first I would certainly make a backup copy of your document. Second you are on a MAC and ...
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| dots between words | 2/9/2006 |
Q: I have a 159 page word document that I add to everyday. When I opened it today there were dots ...
A: Tracylee, all that has happened is you have turned on Show/Hide. There is a toolbar button over the ...
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| Default footer for every new document..possible? | 2/6/2006 |
Q: For every new Word doc I create, I want to have a custom footer that automatically applies to every ...
A: you need to create a template. Create the document you want to base every new document on. From ...
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| fonts and accents | 2/5/2006 |
Q: how can you get more/new fonts? how do you do french accents?
A: Joshua, you can do a browser search for free fonts, you probably will get a lot of responses that ...
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| Ref: word | 2/4/2006 |
Q: Good day, I am in the process of putting together a project on my computer with Microsoft Word. I ...
A: Click on the Tools menu and select Options at the bottom of the list. Click on the Spelling & ...
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| turning on viewing for tabs, underline, bold | 2/2/2006 |
Q: How do you turn on the formatting codes in MicroSoft Word? I have previously done this in Word ...
A: Denise, WordPerfect has Reveal Codes, Word does not. The best you can get is showing field codes ...
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| MS Word List of Figures/Tables | 2/2/2006 |
Q: Using MS Word 2003 I have created a List of Figures using the auto function in MS Word. But the ...
A: Elizabeth, I'm sorry but I don't really understand what you are trying to do. You can set a decimal ...
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| Normal.dot | 1/29/2006 |
Q: I would like to demonstrate to a friend some of the macros and settings I use in MS Word 2002. We ...
A: Walter, no the document will retain the settings as it was created and not assume the "copied to" ...
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| Normal.dot | 1/28/2006 |
Q: I would like to demonstrate to a friend some of the macros and settings I use in MS Word 2002. We ...
A: Walter, don't do that. First of all I wouldn't take someone else's macros and put them on my ...
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| Document Formatting Problem | 1/25/2006 |
Q: My problem is this: I am using Word 2003. I have two documents, both of which are very long (192 & ...
A: Tim, without seeing the documents and knowing exactly what formatting is being used I'm not sure ... ...
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| Merging ms word xp documents | 1/24/2006 |
Q: Good morning; Is it possible to combine several word documents (located in the same folder) into one ...
A: Shane, yes it is. I would make a backup copy of my original document. Click where you want to ...
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| Hello
I have several word... | 1/18/2006 |
Q: I have several word documents (of versions office 97, office 2000)with mulitiple numbered pages that ...
A: Chitra, I would use a practice document first. but you can do it... First determine the main ...
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| word | 1/13/2006 |
Q: Am wondering what are the differences between the student version of word, excell, powerpoint vs. ...
A: David, I only use the educational version of Office 2000, 2002 and 2003. There is no difference ...
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| Files that are color in blue | 1/5/2006 |
Q: When in Word 2003, I clicked on File / Open and the window box that opens shows a list of files, ...
A: Bob, see if you have the following setting selected. Windows supports file/folder color coding for ...
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| Files that are color in blue | 1/4/2006 |
Q: When in Word 2003, I clicked on File / Open and the window box that opens shows a list of files, ...
A: Bob, those are system files or temporary files and you can not change the color. You can change how ...
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| Alphabet order | 1/1/2006 |
Q: I have listed my customers' names in a MS Word file. Is there any way I can arrange those names in ...
A: Sy, if you have the names in a basic list with a hard return at the end of each name then you can ...
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| MS Word Styles | 12/29/2005 |
Q: All the older versions of Word did not do this. Is this a new feature of Word 2002. I DO NOT want ...
A: Dave, deselect "automatically update" Click on Modify and deselect "Automatically update" With ...
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| MS Word Styles | 12/29/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To Thanks for your response, but it did not answer my question. ...
A: Dave, From Word 2002 help... Word detects when you alter the formatting of text containing a ...
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| Envelope Printing | 12/28/2005 |
Q: Nancy: You will recall that I was having problems with the printing of envelopes. Well, the problem ...
A: Nick, thank you so much for the update, I will keep that in my "printing envelope memory bank". I ...
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| linking | 12/28/2005 |
Q: i've been using Excel and Word for a long, long time, and in the past, I have had no trouble with ...
A: Chris, I am assuming when you do the Edit, Paste Special, you are also clicking on "paste link". I ...
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| Envelopes in Word 2003 | 12/28/2005 |
Q: Is there a way that I can print multiple self-addressed envelopes in Word 2003? The only way I am ...
A: Karen, I am not sure how you are starting your envelopes but I will assume you have a document and ...
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| MS Word Pagination Problem | 12/28/2005 |
Q: I am using Word 2002 SP-2 and I am working with someone who is using Word 2003. When the other ...
A: John, the following page may help. http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumber0.htm I would ...
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| Printing envelopes problem | 12/26/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- Nancy: I mislead you. I am not using Mail/Merge. I am using the basic ...
A: Nick, Hopefuly I am not missing something obvious, but I can't think Of why they wouldn't print. I ...
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| Printing envelopes problem | 12/26/2005 |
Q: Nancy: I inserted a piece of paper instead of an envelope, and no printing appears on the paper ...
A: Nick, I would wonder if the merge fields you have selected match the merge fields of the data ...
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| MS Word Styles | 12/20/2005 |
Q: I am running MS Word 2002 SP3. I am fairly proficient in Word but this new version has me stumpted. ...
A: Dave, you have a switch on a paragraph style to automatically update when changes are made. ...
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| formatting Avery labels using Word XP | 12/19/2005 |
Q: I'm trying to create return addresses using Avery labels 8160 with Word XP. When I type in the ...
A: Nan, the only way I saw to change the font on labels is to change the default font temporarily ...
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| Word | 12/16/2005 |
Q: Nancy: I have written a book, ready to send to the publisher. However, each chapter has endnotes ...
A: Ed, From the Footnote and Endnote window, you select Endnotes, End of Document. Under the format ...
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| Field codes | 12/13/2005 |
Q: I am a high school teacher, and I often have to use mail merge to fill in students' names for ...
A: Kipp, I think I would use a text box (without borders) and insert your field within the text box. ...
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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, I did a browser search on the following text... "office 97" clipart You will find quite a ...
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| stop updating non desired... | 12/5/2005 |
Q: When I type a few words in word, once I select one of the words. eg, if I type the following text, ...
A: I can not duplicate this. If I want to bold one word I don't select the word, simply click once to ...
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| Word 97- Column Preset | 11/30/2005 |
Q: I have a Word user that has an issue in that every time she opens Word, it assumes that there are 2 ...
A: Butch, it sounds like your new blank document has been changed. I would delete your normal.dot file ...
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| Gaps appearing in text | 11/20/2005 |
Q: Nancy. However, even when I call up those symbols I cannot eliminate the gaps. The cursor jumps ...
A: Tom, difficult to determine without the document, but I would select from the last line down and ...
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| Gaps appearing in text | 11/20/2005 |
Q: In a book length manuscript wide gaps appear on some pages between the end of the text and the ...
A: Tom, I would turn on your show/hide (on the right of the standard toolbar , left of the 100% zoom) ...
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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: Jack, to delete a header on one page only, like the first page of your chapter would require that ...
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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, Welcome to Section Breaks which are a nightmare to edit. A section defines the text ...
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| Memory problem | 11/16/2005 |
Q: Nancy- I'm doing a newsletter in Word. Trying to insert pictures into it uploaded from digital ...
A: Chuck, I would go into the Windows Explorer/My Computer folder where you saved the image and using ...
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| date field | 11/15/2005 |
Q: deselected. The problem still happens. Are you saying that any time I use a template for a letter or ...
A: Dave, sorry I missed that. If you are using a Microsoft Template the date is a field. From the ...
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| MS Word 2003 file | 11/14/2005 |
Q: I have this problem trying to open a Word file that is stored on a CD. The error reads "Word is ...
A: Morry, what I would look at are the differences. Is work on a network? It is NT? What version of ...
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| Language specific formatting of date fields | 11/14/2005 |
Q: I'm using MS Office Word 2003, (11.6359.6408) SP1, MS Office Small Business Edition 2003. Our ...
A: Johann, the current language is displayed on the Word Status bar, so all you have to do is select ...
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| Table of Contents | 11/12/2005 |
Q: Is there any way of changing the default settings of the Table of Contents. That is when you first ...
A: Chris, I am not aware of a way to pemanently change the default settings for Table of Contents in ...
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| Dark text problem | 11/6/2005 |
Q: I am in the middle of writing my final dissertation for an MA but when i print the work out some ...
A: Sue, the only thing I can suggest is to select all, Control A or Edit menu, Select All and go to the ...
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| MS Word Document need unprotected | 11/2/2005 |
Q: in Word XP, that was given to me from a co-worker, it is basically a form that is password protected ...
A: Landon, sorry I can not help with a password. You might try doing a Control A or Edit menu, Select ...
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| headers | 10/31/2005 |
Q: I recently sent you the following question, and received your answer. Question Word 2002. Header ...
A: I am flattered that you asked. I have a full time job and running for election locally so I am ...
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| headers | 10/30/2005 |
Q: Word 2002. Header nightmare. Want even pages to have centered book title plus page number on far ...
A: ok first of all you are taking on a huge task by trying to do all this at one time. Create a dummy ...
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| cannot delete doc | 10/30/2005 |
Q: I have a document which I have called REMINDER.doc but for some reason I cannot delete it from my ...
A: William, it sounds like the file is corrupted, for whatever reason. I would try two things. One is ...
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| word file appear differently for different users | 10/27/2005 |
Q: I don't see zoom under the edit menu. But I don't think it's the zoom level because no matter how ...
A: Ricky, what I am seeing when I open the file is that both lines are even. The top line is 13 font ...
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| word file appear differently for different users | 10/27/2005 |
Q: I have a network of a few word users. How come the word file appear differently when different users ...
A: Ricky, each network is setup according to how each network administrator wants it to be. The ...
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| Text box | 10/25/2005 |
Q: When I want to insert a text box into my Microsoft Word 2003 document, a large box appears ...
A: Patricia, I found it. The tools menu, Options, the General Tab, deselect Automatically create ...
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| MS Word 2003 formatting | 10/24/2005 |
Q: I'm VERY frustrated. My Word documents have apparently lost the ability to capitalize the first ...
A: Janet, I would go to the Tools menu, AutoCorrect and check the Autocorrect, options. I know you ...
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| Formatting lists in Word 2003 | 10/24/2005 |
Q: Nancy: Thank you for your quick response to my problem, but I still have not been able to figure out ...
A: Dave - I have two thoughts. One is to turn off the automatic numbering from the Tools menu, ...
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| Custom toolbar in Word | 10/21/2005 |
Q: Two questions about custom toolbars in Word 2003. [1] Some toolbar items are in text, but most are ...
A: Steve, to put your toolbars on separate rows go to the Tools menu, Customize, the Option TAB and ...
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| Deletilng eaders | 10/21/2005 |
Q: Nancy, thank you so much for replying and so quickly. Your response was; Archie, I guess I don't ...
A: Archie, a document always has "space" for a header or footer with or without data. I would click on ...
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| deleting headers and footers | 10/20/2005 |
Q: Microsoft Word 2003 First, thank you so much Nancy for you service you provide to people. I have ...
A: Archie, I guess I don't understand. If there is not text or graphics in the headers and footers ...
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| Creating a efficient template for forensic exam reports | 10/18/2005 |
Q: I'm grateful to be in esteemed expert company! Here's my needs: I generate reports to Courts for ...
A: Michael, you can create a template in Microsoft Word to do what you are looking for. Type the ...
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| Formatting lists in Word 2003 | 10/18/2005 |
Q: I have a large document (100+ Pgs)with headings followed by one or more lists. Several times I do ...
A: Dave, I am not clear on... ) How do I create a list that will always restart numbering when ...
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| Microsoft Word | 10/13/2005 |
Q: Nancy, Whenever I try typing now with Microsoft Word, I receive within 3-4 minutes an error report. ...
A: Dwight, see if the following applies... Error Click To Print ...
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| Form Fields | 10/7/2005 |
Q: I'm trying to figure out how to modify a inspection form so that it has fields that do not move and ...
A: Patrick, the easy answer is that you lock the form using the form toolbar (padlock). If it is a ...
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| Flip text | 10/5/2005 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2000 and I would like to flip text so that it appears upside down. Is there a ...
A: Nancy, I have not found a way to do this in Word. In WordPerfect you can flip or rotate a text box, ...
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| page numbers | 10/4/2005 |
Q: Word 2002. I have a 600-page document with page numbers at the bottom. How can I remove ALL of ...
A: Jack, I don't know how you put the page numbers there in the first place. Did you manually type ...
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| Word auto correct | 10/3/2005 |
Q: How do I save my entries in auto-correct so I can take and load in another computer? I use Word ...
A: Ruth, you have two options. One is to copy the file normal.dot to the 2nd computer or create a ...
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| dashes | 10/1/2005 |
Q: I like to use double dashes -- but whenever I type it, Word eliminates one of the dashes. How can ...
A: Jack, go to the Tools menu, Autocorrect and click on the Autoformat TAB. You will see Replace ...
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| Word margins | 9/14/2005 |
Q: I have a three fold brochure document. I get a message before I print that says "The margins in ...
A: Kim, the margins being referred to are determined by the printer being used. Each printer is ...
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| WORD Styles | 9/8/2005 |
Q: I have not worked with Master/Subdocuments before but was required to for a project. I created a ...
A: Well Kent, unfortunately I don't have an easy solution. I am under a time contraint at the moment ...
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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: Alex, on second thought I believe that the documents created on your office machine are not ...
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| word tool bar | 9/7/2005 |
Q: I am using Microsoft office 2000 on a XP system (Dell) and last week I lost my toolbars in my word ...
A: Gidus, Word 2000 Macros, Custom Toolbars, and Menus Are Missing This might occur for either of ...
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| Embed function | 9/1/2005 |
Q: I am trying to create a document that will embed help files, currently I use hyperlink to bring up ...
A: Jason, you must include the source documents when emailing or no hyperlink will work. Basically you ...
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| Left side of screen cut off | 9/1/2005 |
Q: I know MS Outlook is not your expertise, but maybe you'll know the answer to this question. In MS ...
A: David, this is a monitor issue or that would be my first input. There are control buttons on the ...
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| recovered document | 8/31/2005 |
Q: I have a recovered document that pops up every time I click on / open Microsoft Word. How do I get ...
A: Cheryl, it sounds like this document has become your normal blank document template. You might ...
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| creating lined paper | 8/28/2005 |
Q: After visiting my local stationary store only to leave empty handed, I thought I'd try to create my ...
A: Scott, use the tables feature of word. Create a table that fills your page and then using table ...
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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, I know exactly what you did. Unfortunately it was not the best approach. When creating a ...
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| Word 2000,, changes in entire document | 6/26/2005 |
Q: How can I make changes in a long, complicated document? I know how to find and replace details ...
A: David, there are so many possibilities. Have you assigned styles or are there styles assigned to ...
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| .jpg file inserts itself in new Word documents | 6/20/2005 |
Q: Until yesterday I used the M/S Word 97 component of M/S Office 97 as my word processor program. ...
A: Frank, the first thing I would do, is delete the normal.dot file on your computer. First close ...
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| Footers | 6/20/2005 |
Q: Is it best to divide the document into sections to get the results I am looking for or is there a ...
A: Sheila, yes section breaks is the only way to go. Section breaks define the formatting above the ...
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| Footers | 6/20/2005 |
Q: I have an 8-page document (in Word 2003) that I need to create that has various types of footers. I ...
A: Sheila, if the last three pages are the way you want them, I am assuming you numbered them manually ...
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| Section info into header or field | 6/16/2005 |
Q: I am trying to put info into a header that will indicate what section of a document is on that page. ...
A: Robert, your query is a bit complex for my time limitations, but I would check out the Insert menu, ...
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| pagination | 6/11/2005 |
Q: Nancy. I will try your suggestion. However, the document is only 18 pages but the program tries to ...
A: Ohhhhhhh, to which I would say this is not normal behavior and I would double check and rescan for a ...
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| pagination | 6/11/2005 |
Q: When I try to move paragraphs or text boxes in MS Word document, the program starts to add thousands ...
A: Frank, when you add or delete text the pages are repaginated. Normal view allows you work without ...
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| Outlook data | 6/11/2005 |
Q: Nancy-- I came to "AllExperts" looking for Outlook help, but remembered about you in the "Word" ...
A: to which first I wanted to say Ohhhhhhh dear! But on second read I think you might be ok. If I ...
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| MS Word - column problem | 6/10/2005 |
Q: In Word I know how to set up an entire document for column formats of differing types, BUT I want to ...
A: Norm, to create a section break within a page you insert section breaks, Insert menu, Breaks, ...
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| MS Word - column problem | 6/9/2005 |
Q: In Word I know how to set up an entire document for column formats of differing types, BUT I want to ...
A: Norm, yu are correct, section breaks are used to create different sections of a document so you can ...
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| n dashes and em dashes | 6/9/2005 |
Q: OK, here we go. When I finished a recent novel manuscript I noticed that not all of the - and -- ...
A: 2003 is now self correcting for the em dash, but I found the only way I can correct in 2000 is to do ...
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| Spell check not working | 6/5/2005 |
Q: I am experiencing the following error with MS Spellcheck on Word. Regardless of mispelling a word, ...
A: Len, I have seen references to this microsoft problem. I would go to http://support.microsoft.com/ ...
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| Tracking | 6/2/2005 |
Q: I'm using Word 2003. It suddenly started doing something maddening, and not only can I not figure ...
A: Teresa, in case it isn't versions take versions out of your search for a 2nd search. "merge changes ...
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| Read only Files | 6/1/2005 |
Q: My system crashed and the guru recovered most but not all of my docs. I have some empty folders. I ...
A: Jeff, you should be able to go into the windows explorer or My Computer right click on a file on ...
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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, not all font faces include all symbols. I always use ASCII when typing the £ £. Hold the ...
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| word doc paper size | 5/20/2005 |
Q: I am using microsoft word 2000. I would like to create a custom sized doc and would like to save it ...
A: Anne, what you want to do is create a template. Open a new blank document. Set the margins, ...
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| Mail Merge Data Format | 5/20/2005 |
Q: Nancy: In using Mail Merge, the leading zeros for the zip code are deleted on the letter and ...
A: Nick, I would ask what your data source is. I have not seen this error before. I know in Excel ...
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| Boss wants no markups showing by default | 5/19/2005 |
Q: My boss and I can't figure out how to get MS Word 2003 to open a file, by default, to 'Final' ...
A: John, it sounds like you would like a reviewed document to open on Final regardless of what state ...
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| lost toolbar | 5/19/2005 |
Q: I hope you can help me. I have Word 2000 professional and use it every day. Yesterday I turned it ...
A: Don, http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm Word 2000 Macros, Custom ...
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| Page numbering | 5/18/2005 |
Q: I am using Word 2000 and I would like to insert page numbers at the bottom center of all of the ...
A: Nancy, An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE ...
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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 would go to http://www.microsoft.com and at the bottom left look for the Knowledge Base. ...
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| Flagging words | 5/17/2005 |
Q: I have Microsoft Word 2000. I am looking for a way to “flag” words. I want to setup word to alert ...
A: Ryan, I am not clear as to what you mean by "flag". You might try autocorrect. This means each time ...
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| "open new document" command | 5/17/2005 |
Q: I have a problem with WORD 2000. When I try to open a new document I get an old document, saved in a ...
A: Joop, I just found your reponse to my answer. So, if you are not cooking dinner. Any hints for our ...
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| Formatting | 5/11/2005 |
Q: How do I indent an entire paragraph without indenting each line separately? Thanks for your help.
A: Julie, first I would say that a paragraph in Word is defined when you hit the Enter/Return ...
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| the buttons dont do their job | 5/10/2005 |
Q: i have windows xp and microsoft word version 2001. I have a problem because when i put press space ...
A: Arin, I am not familiar with Word 2001 unless it is a MAC version. I think you have your insert key ...
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| Paragraph breaks | 5/10/2005 |
Q: When I copy text from Microsoft Word 2002 and paste it into Thunderbird email program there is twice ...
A: Richard, this is a common problem when transferring data between applications, especially when one ...
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| Combining several documents into one | 5/6/2005 |
Q: We would like to combine several word documents into one and are wondering if there is a way to do ...
A: Nadine, I think the easiest would be to first... make a backup copy of your document, just in case. ...
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| Word 2000 | 5/4/2005 |
Q: I have tried using the "draw" tool and that doesn't seem to work very well. As a final resort I have ...
A: Basil, I got it. What you want to do is create a table, now a table can be as large or small as ...
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| Word 2000 | 5/4/2005 |
Q: I have created a .doc with underscored lines for client information. The problem is that when I add ...
A: Basil, I am not 100% sure I understand what you mean by ".doc" moves. I will go with the thought ...
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| WORD | 4/27/2005 |
Q: May i know how to use the Paste As Hyperlink at EDIT Menu bar and Merge Document at Tools Menu bar. ...
A: the Paste as a hyperlink pastes copied Excel cells into a word document as hyperlinks back to the ...
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| document with a page border | 4/27/2005 |
Q: -page borders of section one are outside the printable area, do you wish to continue printing- I ...
A: Marlena, I think what you are referring to is under the Format menu, Borders and shading, Page ...
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| Microsoft Word Endnotes | 4/24/2005 |
Q: I'm running Word 97 SR-1 on Windows XP Home. When I write articles, I use Word's endnotes feature ...
A: Gilbert, I no longer have a copy of Word 97 but I believe that this feature has not really changed. ...
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| MS Word Normal.dot template | 4/22/2005 |
Q: A recipe was somehow saved as the normal template and now everytime Word is open that recipes opens ...
A: Robert, I think I am seeing that you are opening a new blank document (showing a recipe), then ...
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| Word 2000 / Windows 98SE | 4/16/2005 |
Q: Nancy: Thank you so much for your time and trouble. I tried this last one and it did not work. ...
A: Sorry, I couldn't resolve it for you. I really thought it might have been hiding behind your task ...
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| Formating | 4/13/2005 |
Q: How do I turn outline numbered formated text into plain text that does not change when I copy and ...
A: Dan, what I would suggest is that you copy the text (outline) and then paste it into a new blank ...
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| msword | 4/11/2005 |
Q: i am a long time user of word; i'm in the proper view; for some reason, i can't View Header; ...
A: Dave, you didn't mention which version of Word, but in 2003 there is what is called a white space if ...
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| Word 2002 - saving files | 4/7/2005 |
Q: Followup To Question - All of a sudden, I am unable to save or save as files. I am using Word ...
A: Anita, thank you for the follow-up. If I were you I would uninstall Adobe, at least for the moment ...
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| Word 2002 - saving files | 4/7/2005 |
Q: All of a sudden, I am unable to save or save as files. I am using Word 2002. I use Windows 2000 for ...
A: Anita, I am not understanding... can't save a pdf file using my Word documents Word 2002 does not ...
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| Word 2002 - saving files | 4/7/2005 |
Q: All of a sudden, I am unable to save or save as files. I am using Word 2002. I use Windows 2000 for ...
A: Anita, there is a virus that attacks Normal.dot and prevents you from saving. I would certainly ...
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| File | 4/4/2005 |
Q: I cannot open a saved Microsoft Word file. The following message appears: The document name or path ...
A: Marcas, you didn't mention what version of windows. So from the START menu, click on Search or Find ...
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| Print preview not functioning correctly | 3/31/2005 |
Q: I regularly use the print preview function from my toolbar at top of the page in word2002 on xp. ...
A: Deb, to be honest I have not seen this before. First I would check to see if Print Preview works on ...
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| International English keyboard | 3/25/2005 |
Q: The older versions of Windows 95 and 98 had an International English keyboard which would allow you ...
A: Frank, from the "type a question here" field in the upper right hand corner of the Word window. ...
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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 would go to the Tools menu, Options, Print and see if you have a setting that might be over ...
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| Microsoft Word | 3/22/2005 |
Q: Is there a way Microsoft Word can produce superscripts, like superscript 2 for x squared, ...
A: Carol, I'm not sure if you are referring to simply applying the superscript text effect or inserting ...
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| Word 97 - Doc not printing as appears on screen | 3/22/2005 |
Q: I am trying to print off my wedding invitations in Microsoft Word 97. I am using a custom paper size ...
A: Lee Anne, sorry I don't have access to Word 97 any more. First I would put an 8 1/2 by 11 paper in ...
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| Microsoft Word 2002 | 3/21/2005 |
Q: I was hired as a paralegal and the former paralegal set something up on the computer so that if I ...
A: Joe, I believe you have autoformat heading turned on. From the tools menu, AutoCorrect, Autoformat ...
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| ms office | 3/19/2005 |
Q: I am having problem with Microsoft word.I have Windows Xp Home edition.I cant copy,paste in MS ...
A: I would suggest going to http://wwwm.microsoft.com at the bottom left of the window, click on ...
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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: Gabe, I am afraid I don't understand what you mean by... "fill up text with color". You can change ...
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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: Gabe, you might be trying to use the drawing toolbar for fill color. I would right click within ...
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| help | 3/14/2005 |
Q: I've been sent some ms word ducuments which have pictures in them, these pictures are small that one ...
A: Lawrence, the only thought I have is to copy the image and paste it into your image editing program. ...
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| Would like to know how to... | 3/12/2005 |
Q: Would like to know how to edit text in form after I have converted it from PDF to MS Word. I scan ...
A: Kathy, I don't understand the question. I see pdf, word and scan My guess is you have a scanned ...
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| Footnote problems Word 2000 URGENT | 3/10/2005 |
Q: I followed your instructions, but the footnotes appear to have been inserted using the automatic ...
A: Bette, it sounds like you might be dealing with sections within the document. If this is the case ...
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| Footnote problems Word 2000 URGENT | 3/9/2005 |
Q: I'm stuck and desperate for help! I am editing a dissertation that was provided on diskette, done in ...
A: Bette, from the Insert menu, Footnotes..., open the Footnotes dialog box window and in the lower ...
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| Microsoft Word | 3/7/2005 |
Q: I don't know what I did, but when I'm on a Word document now, there's no vertical scroll bar. It ...
A: Tom, I searched everywhere and found nothing on this one. If this happens for every word ...
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| Microsoft Word | 3/6/2005 |
Q: Can you tell me the keyboard command to insert a "thin space" in a Word document? I have Word XP ...
A: Leslie, I have never heard the term "thin space" before. What is it you need to do? Do you mean ...
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| Microsoft word problem | 3/5/2005 |
Q: My problem is that when I try to open a word document, either one I already have on my computer or ...
A: Sheila, it appears that there is something in your startup that is trying to run each time you turn ...
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| Microsoft Word Footer Frame | 3/3/2005 |
Q: I am using Microsoft Word 2000. Somehow I got a frame in my footer, but I want to delete it. When ...
A: Wendy, I am not clear what you mean by frame. Is the Header/Footer open? If so... then you will see ...
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| Check boxes | 3/2/2005 |
Q: I have made a form which includes fill in the blank along with some check boxes. I can't check the ...
A: Boyd, you can do what you are looking for by using Section Breaks. Section breaks can be ...
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| MS Word 2003 | 3/2/2005 |
Q: Sorry, I couldn't follow either of your directions: 1. I went to Tools, then Options, but I didn't ...
A: Bill, From the Tools menu, you click on the word Options... the Options window opens and there are ...
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| MS Word 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, I have not heard of this before and I am not sure what it is you may have changed. Two ...
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| toolbar | 3/1/2005 |
Q: I don't know what you mean by undocked or title bar. I could only guess though that undocked is out ...
A: Gary, you are correct. Docked toolbar simple means "in place' not floating within the document ...
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| Pagination Problems | 2/28/2005 |
Q: Janyszeski, I am having quite a bit of trouble adding actual page numbers to my documents. The ...
A: Bill, Tools, Options, View option Select Field codes and then under this selection choose, ...
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| Pagination Problems | 2/27/2005 |
Q: Janyszeski, I am having quite a bit of trouble adding actual page numbers to my documents. The ...
A: Actually the text does not have to be selected.... Bill, I believe you just have to toggle your ...
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| Word for project tracking | 2/25/2005 |
Q: I need a Word template to use as a project tracking document. I'm pretty good at organizing the ...
A: Bill, I am not completely sure I understand what you are looking for. Are you looking for ...
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| protect folder | 2/24/2005 |
Q: ------------------------- Followup To thanks I tried your suggestion and setup a user account with ...
A: I am not sure where you are saving these files. In otherwords are these folders on the Route C: or ...
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| protect folder | 2/24/2005 |
Q: ms office 2000 pro windows xp home thank you j mc manus
A: To the best of my knowledge you can not password protect a single folder. You can create a user ID ...
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| Do you know of any free or third party templates that have a multiple receipient fax cover sheet | 2/22/2005 |
Q: I know how to do that. I am looking for a specific fax cover sheet that allows for one or more ...
A: Tammi, I am not aware of a dynamic template, but you might go to Microsoft. They have a lot of free ...
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| Do you know of any free or third party templates that have a multiple receipient fax cover sheet | 2/22/2005 |
Q: I am trying to create a fax cover sheet that has an option of one recipient or many, but I am not ...
A: Tammi, perhaps I am not understanding your request. You can create a template by simply typing the ...
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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, you can use the Autocorrect feature to do this. Turn on your hidden symbols, Show/Hide on ...
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| Background on Image | 2/10/2005 |
Q: In my office, I use MS Office with WORD 2002 on an XP platform. PROBLEM: I helped an ...
A: Kent, I am not familiar with the problem you are having, but I do have a thought. In that it is now ...
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| Reducing the physical size of a Word document to 25% | 2/8/2005 |
Q: I need to print 4 (four) of this "slip" on one sheet... I know the current page is big enough for ...
A: Graham, you can start by making the page 2 pages per sheet. From the File menu, Page Setup, Margins ...
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| word | 1/31/2005 |
Q: I have a Compaq Presario running windows XP. I have installed Microsoft Works 7.0 and Microsoft Word ...
A: Steve, this isn't really a Word query. You have so many things going on that I would hesitate to ...
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| Word font | 1/28/2005 |
Q: Word 2000. In a document that I use each month, there is a certain font for the whole document. ...
A: Dave, to give you a quick answer without opening up 2000, I would copy the text and then at the ...
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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 also have a Dell Laptop, Inspiron 2650. I am not aware of disabling the touchpad. When I ...
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| Opening Files | 1/24/2005 |
Q: My Picture.pub files after upgrading to 2003 appear to still the original folder but when I place ...
A: Phillip, I do not know what happened to your files. Have you gone to the Windows Explorer and ...
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| Anchoring Text and Pictures | 1/23/2005 |
Q: Below you see my questions and answers from another expert regarding anchoring text and pictures. ...
A: Don, sorry it has been years since I have seen Word 6 and I don't have any documentation left. The ...
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| letterhead | 1/15/2005 |
Q: Using MSword 2000 I have hundreds of individual rtf documents that are letters with the "text" ...
A: Ron, if I understand correctly you want to take existing documents and include a header. Not sure ...
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| Hi, I have a question regarding... | 1/13/2005 |
Q: I have a question regarding Word 97. I often copy text from web sites (news stories, articles, ...
A: Larry, to eliminate all the formatting attached to these documents or web pages, In Word, click on ...
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| Word 2003 XP Mail Merge | 1/13/2005 |
Q: I'm having a problem finding the right shortcut for the final step of mail merge in Word 2003 XP. ...
A: there is no question that Microsoft has gone out of their way to complicate Mail Merge and they are ...
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| Failure of Microsoft Word | 1/13/2005 |
Q: My computer is working ok except for two problems. The first arrived about a week ago. I can only ...
A: Sheila, I did a search on the error message and it appears to be a common one. One page of results ...
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| Automatic Capitilization | 1/12/2005 |
Q: I use the latest version of Microsoft Office Word. I need to know how I can get an automatic ...
A: I don't believe there is an automated way do this as there is to capilalize the first word of a ...
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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, the reason the numbers are light is because when you use the insert page number they are ...
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| printing directory of word 2002 | 1/10/2005 |
Q: Can and if so, how can I print a directory, mircosoft word 2002, of a floppy disk and/or a cd? ...
A: Archie, Microsoft, for some reason, has never made it easy to simply print out a listing of files ...
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| font size drop-down window | 1/8/2005 |
Q: I think I have Word 2002. I need to enter and SAVE additional values into the font size drop down ...
A: Michael, I can not help you to change or alter the SQL programming of Word, but you can type any ...
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| Printing problem | 1/7/2005 |
Q: All of a sudden--for no reason I can determine--some (but not all) of my documents are printing out ...
A: Steve, the only thing I can think of is the paper size or printer settings. From the File menu, ...
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| Page Setup | 1/6/2005 |
Q: I have pre-formatted report forms in word that I get sent to me as an attachment. When I open them, ...
A: Lonnie, the first thing I would try is to right click the logo image, image properties and click on ...
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| Yesterday's Date with a Word Macro | 1/4/2005 |
Q: I have a Word XP macro that, after setting some formatting options, inserts the current date in a ...
A: Paul, not sure if you viewed the following. But I would scan the document before opening. ... The ...
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| MS Word formatting | 1/3/2005 |
Q: Greetings: When I select some text in a Word document (Office Word 2003) and then click the BOLD ...
A: Randy, I have not heard of this before and it certainly is unexpected behavior. Close Word and ...
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| Default settings | 1/3/2005 |
Q: I am using Office 2000 and everytime I go to preview a document, it comes in at 13%. Is there a way ...
A: Nancy, the first thing I would check is whether you have selected multiple pages or a single page in ...
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| formating word vowel sounds | 12/27/2004 |
Q: Please enlighten me as to how I can use microsoft word to place a long vowel sound mark over a ...
A: David, from the Insert menu, symbols, Select Times New Roman Font (if not already) and scroll down. ...
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| MS Word 2000 Labels | 12/27/2004 |
Q: I have MS ME and MS Word 2000, I would like to add my company logo to a label but I can seem to ...
A: James, Start with a new blank document, insert your image into the document from the Insert menu ...
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| Help : Password for microsoft word document | 12/25/2004 |
Q: Tried all that but nothing works. Out of 5 documents that I have created passwords for - 3 of them I ...
A: Jenny, the only thoughts I have are upper and lower case issues which mean that one letter somewhere ...
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| Publisher | 12/22/2004 |
Q: Is there a way to save just certain pages created in Publisher to a new or separate document, ...
A: AJ, I'm sorry I don't understand the question. You can have more than one application open in ...
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| Search in multiple word documents | 12/22/2004 |
Q: I would like to search for a word in each of the word files that are is contained in a directory (I ...
A: Catherine, you can search for words within files from the Windows Explorer, Start Menu, Search, ...
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| Printing sideways | 12/21/2004 |
Q: I'm running Microsoft Word 97 SR-1 on Windows XP and using an Epson Stylus C84. Last year before I ...
A: Oh, Gilbert. I'm wondering if you used booklet printing from the File menu, Page Setup, Margins ...
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| summarizing a table | 12/19/2004 |
Q: I have made a table (for companies's profiles which we wanna deal with)in Word 2003 that has many ...
A: Maged, Word does not have the ability to do what you are looking for. You can copy and paste the ...
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| My Documents | 12/17/2004 |
Q: I'm using Word 2000, Windows 98. On my system there are several listing of "My Documents" and I ...
A: Jody, there should only ever by one My Documents folder it is a system folder. It can usually be ...
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| Corrupted word file | 12/15/2004 |
Q: i've been workin' on a project for 2 weeks and forget to back it up... i modified it yesterday and ...
A: Ronny, the only thought I have is to try changing the font. Select all, Control A and then the ...
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| Creating multiple envelopes | 12/14/2004 |
Q: I must create multiple envelopes and cannot. I type a correspodnece and then create one envelope, ...
A: Chassidy, I am sorry I don't understand how you are trying to create the envelopes. Are you using a ...
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| Misspelled word making an "Office Sound" | 12/11/2004 |
Q: To: Nancy Benner Janyszeski I use Windows XP and MS Office / Word 2000 Do you know of any way to ...
A: Lawrence, If it was possible to have an alert sound for a misspelled word it would be under ...
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| Move to document end opening a Word document | 12/11/2004 |
Q: To: Nancy B. Janyszeski I use Windows XP Homw, and Word 2000 to keep several log files that ...
A: Lawrence, I am not aware of a way to have Word open at the bottom of a document. I am sure it is ...
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| Printing Address Labels | 12/11/2004 |
Q: I am using Microsoft Office 2000 Standard I am trying to print labels for my Christmas cards. I ...
A: Al, from the Tools menu, Mail Merge, the mail merge wizard opens up and shows you a window with ...
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| Indent default--Word 2000 | 12/10/2004 |
Q: I see that many normal.dot defaults can be set by "page setup". But I can't figure out how yto get ...
A: Steve, there isn't a default paragraph setting. However, you can create a new blank document ...
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| Interactive word doc | 12/9/2004 |
Q: I'm attempting to make a test with a word doc. There are several question type created with text, ...
A: Mike, does the video work before you lock protect the document? If so, then you would have to ...
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| Interactive word doc | 12/9/2004 |
Q: I'm attempting to make a test with a word doc. There are several question type created with text, ...
A: Mike, it sounds like the video is behind of the lock protection of the document. You can create ...
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| Page numbering in Word | 12/8/2004 |
Q: Version: MS Word 200, XP Business: I am having difficulty numbering pages in word. What I want to ...
A: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/PageXofY.htm Page X of Y” displays or prints as “Page 1 ...
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| Making lables | 12/8/2004 |
Q: I have MS Word 2000 and Win ME I would like to make Name Labels for my business with a logo in the ...
A: James, I'm not understanding your question. What do you mean finished set up to the labels? If ...
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| Mail Merge with word 2003 using excel as source of data | 12/7/2004 |
Q: I am trying to print merge mailing labels from a excel data base file using word 2003 professional. ...
A: Homer, to be honest the 2003 method is not my first choice, I find a mail merge so much easier by ...
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| Making lables | 12/7/2004 |
Q: I have MS Word 2000 and Win ME I would like to make Name Labels for my business with a logo in the ...
A: James, you can put an image in labels but not using the mail merge feature. Start with a new blank ...
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| Alpha sorting | 12/4/2004 |
Q: That was good start, but without a way to automatically remove the duplicates, there is still way ...
A: Bruce, Word does not have the ability to determine duplicates. You would have to import the text ...
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| Macro for autoshapes | 12/4/2004 |
Q: I´m an English Foreign Language Teacher in Spain. I use the Autoshapes feature in Word to create ...
A: Laurence, to create a macro for this task would require that the macro "select" a sentence or line ...
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| Word 2000 (labels) | 12/3/2004 |
Q: I would like to know how can I make labels (example Avery 5160) with all the names and addresses on ...
A: It sounds like you are manually typing labels, if this is the case ... within the label click on ...
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| Alpha sorting | 12/3/2004 |
Q: Aloha Nancy, I'm using Word 2000 v. 9.0. I have about 5,700 surnames separated by commas in one ...
A: Bruce, without seeing exactly how thesse names are entered, like first name first or last name ...
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| Formatting | 12/2/2004 |
Q: Hey, When I press _____ (5x underscore) in MSword2000 and hit Enter, it automatically puts in a ...
A: Erika, 3X --- will equal a thin line, 3X === will equal a double line and *X ___ will equal a bold ...
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| Saving Fonts | 12/1/2004 |
Q: Nancy, for that answer. It seems so easy I'm going to ask another follow up: Is it possible to save ...
A: Gilbert, this one isn't quite as easy. The only way I know of is to create a macro and select the ...
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| Saving Fonts | 12/1/2004 |
Q: Dzien dobry Nancy, How do I go about saving the fonts I use in my document so that whever I go, it ...
A: Gilbert, Good Day to you as well. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab. ...
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| word text box | 11/30/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2002 with Windows XP. When I use a text box to type a short label I want to be able ...
A: Carolyn, you can not rotate the text within a text box. You can use a single table cell, turn off ...
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| Word 2003 Numbering | 11/28/2004 |
Q: I'm working on the translation of a large-ish (80+ page) Word 2003 document. It's essentially a ...
A: Steve, I opened your query earlier and pondered it most of the day. I really don't have any good ...
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| microsoft word '97 footnotes | 11/25/2004 |
Q: I am running word '97, and am going nuts because the program is splitting my footnotes. Is there a ...
A: Brit, I no longer am able to support Word 97, but I am looking at 2000, 2002 and 2003. You can ...
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| changing fonts and words | 11/24/2004 |
Q: i wrote an article about a year ago, and decided to scan it and put it on my hard drive. i saved it ...
A: Dave, OCR scanning does not result in a perfect result and you have to proofread the result. As far ...
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| page border | 11/23/2004 |
Q: i am using windows xp , and i am facing problem in microsoft word. when i try to add page border to ...
A: I am assuming you have clicked on the arrow to the right of the word "none" which is where the page ...
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| Normal.dot | 11/20/2004 |
Q: Suddenly, and without warning, my Microsoft Word program started saying things like: "Changes have ...
A: Gilbert, normal.dot is the template that your blank document is based on. Making changes to just ...
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| Linking within document | 11/20/2004 |
Q: I have a rather lengthy word document and I want to be able to link within the document. I would ...
A: Jim, you want to create a bookmark. Select the word you want to jump TO. From the insert menu ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 Text Direction | 11/18/2004 |
Q: As you instructed, I did right click on the border. I clicked on Format Text Box, then Size. The ...
A: Gloria, I apoligize. I double checked and you can not rotate the text upside down in Word. You ...
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| Word Won't Print (Now) | 11/18/2004 |
Q: Nancy, yes the templates are true MS Word templates and fonts were installed. Also, I've printed ...
A: Ron, in trying to come up with a common denominator I'm not finding much except the possibility that ...
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| Word Won't Print (Now) | 11/17/2004 |
Q: Suddenly I'm unable to print MS Word & PowerPoint files related to a project I'm working on. Some ...
A: Oh Ron, the files may very well be corrupted and another thought is that they are too large for your ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 Text Direction | 11/17/2004 |
Q: I am designing my own three-fold money-holder Christmas cards. The bottom third folds up to hold ...
A: Gloria, Yes, it is. Use a text box from the drawing toolbar. View menu, toolbars, drawing. Click ...
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| word doc | 11/17/2004 |
Q: Windows XP I have a doc with a header that has a blue line under it and contains the whole text on ...
A: Wally, There are many ways for lines to be included in a document. It could be a border, in which ...
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| Minimizing and activating word. | 11/16/2004 |
Q: Sometimes, when I am working on a long document in MS Word and I minimize the document and activate ...
A: Richard, I experimented and went to page 2, minimized, maximized and was still on page 2. Are you ...
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| word | 11/15/2004 |
Q: i would like to know if there is a way to create a banner in microsoft word in such a way that ...
A: There isn't an automated way to do it, but you can certainly do it on your own by changing the page ...
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| little icons in Word | 11/9/2004 |
Q: I've asked you a few questions in the past. I believe there's been an additional to your name since ...
A: Ty, good to hear from you, just included my full name. When I signed up ... wayyyyyy back at the ...
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| Microsoft Word Formatting | 11/8/2004 |
Q: I have a few documents which are punctuated with lots of "returns key hits" so when I print them out ...
A: Yes, here is what you can do...keep in mind in word that hitting the enter key creates a paragraph ...
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| using word 2000 to create letter ,then emailing it | 11/4/2004 |
Q: How do I use word 2000 to write a letter and save it on my computer also with e-mailing it so I can ...
A: Melody, create the letter, go to the File menu, select SaveAs and observe where the file is being ...
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| Word 2002 Quotations Issue | 11/3/2004 |
Q: Our firm is currently using Word 2002 and 2003. We have a few documents having an issue where the ...
A: David, I have two thoughts. One is the font, is the document font available on each machine, have ...
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| What do I do? | 10/31/2004 |
Q: I upgraded to Window xp. Since then, so many glitches: I am getting this on my screen: 16 bit ...
A: Lee, I would ask if you upgraded on a Windows 98 machine? Do you have enough Ram and Hard Disk ...
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| Word date stamp | 10/28/2004 |
Q: I would like to have a template file with a date stamp that auto-fills when the template is ...
A: Jef, either the date is a field, in which case it will update the next time the document is opened ...
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| Microsoft Word | 10/25/2004 |
Q: we are using Microsoft word 9.0 Hi We have a table in Word with almost 800 rows. First column of the ...
A: Rizwan, Word does not have the capabilites that Excel does to regenerate a numbered list using alpha ...
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| microsoft word | 10/24/2004 |
Q: i have a company logo that i wish to print onto T-Shirt printing paper so i therefore need to print ...
A: John, I really do not know why this doesn't work for you. You said it was a *.jpg I am assuming ...
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| Using Word or Publisher to create Newsletter | 10/23/2004 |
Q: Nancy: Many thanks for your very fast reply. My problem still remains however. The mail/merge ...
A: Nick, do you use Microsoft Outlook for email. I believe this is necessary for the email merge to ...
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| Using Word or Publisher to create Newsletter | 10/22/2004 |
Q: Nancy: I have been trying for weeks to create an E-mail Newsletter using Word or Publisher and get ...
A: Nick, what you need to know is... when yo select the address to email to and fill in the subject ...
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| Link to Numbered Lists in WORD 2000 | 10/19/2004 |
Q: A simple example to explain myI have used “List numbering” to create a series of numbered ...
A: David, I am not aware of a way to have an automatic numbered list used as either a cross reference ...
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| Office XP Professional | 10/18/2004 |
Q: I would like to know how to address updating my Office XP Professional. I diligently updated my ...
A: Carol,these are not Microsoft Word questions but rather Windows XP, the operating system. There is ...
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| MS-Word Stroll bar | 10/14/2004 |
Q: When you have a document with several pages and click on the scroll bar it always show your page ...
A: Bob, no you can not do that. The status bar at the bottom will tell you what page of how many pages ...
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| Headers | 10/14/2004 |
Q: I have a lengthy document that I want to remove the header on for the last few pages. I have tried ...
A: Sandy, Section breaks define formatting before not after. So when you delete something within a ...
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| Printing envelopes | 10/13/2004 |
Q: I am using a PC with Windows 98, Microsoft 2000 and an HP 5510 printer. The Auto for the return ...
A: Bobbie, there are no easy answers for this one. You need to create a custom envelope from the File ...
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| Interested in being a mous instructor | 10/12/2004 |
Q: Nancy, I'm a Master certified Microsoft Office specialist for version 2002. I'm very interested in ...
A: Bradd, as far as I know MOUS is no longer offering the instructor certification. I believe they ...
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| MS Word Toolbars | 10/12/2004 |
Q: I am running Word 2003 on Windows XP SP2. When I open a new document I get the document opened with ...
A: Jeffrey, If you are getting the PDF toolbar, that suggests to me you installed Adobe which puts ...
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| I'm trying to prepare a manuscript... | 10/12/2004 |
Q: I'm trying to prepare a manuscript for submission. I need to have my lastname followed by the title ...
A: Jeff, first of would create a dummy document with a few pages. From the view menu, header/footer - ...
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| creating a template page with image in background?? | 10/7/2004 |
Q: I understand that when it prints it will not be a watermark however this version of our letterhead ...
A: David, I thought this might be the case. No you can not change how a header and footer views, you ...
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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 have been asked this many times and I don't have the answer. Microsoft Word has the ...
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| I am a teacher and I have... | 10/3/2004 |
Q: I am a teacher and I have a made a form for a school newsletter (Word file). What software do I need ...
A: Rob, from within Word you will save the file as a template. From the file menu, File, SaveAS, save ...
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| Unwanted line breaks | 10/2/2004 |
Q: How is there a way, when I'm typing, that I can make sure that first and last names are not split by ...
A: Mary, instead of just hitting the spacebar between the fist and last name, insert a soft space by ...
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| moving page breaks | 10/1/2004 |
Q: I am attempting to edit a copy of my resume that was prepared by a marketing company that I had ...
A: Jeff, make a backup copy of the document with another name. Select the text you want to keep ...
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| Undo Actions Missing | 9/29/2004 |
Q: I am currently instructing a Wordprocessing with Word course using Microsoft Word 2003. The UNDO ...
A: Marc, undo reacts based on how the user enters the text. Such as one motion or click and type, if ...
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| Mail Merge - Open Data Source | 9/28/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2000 and trying to print a mail merge. When I go to open the data source I get the ...
A: Cheri, from Microsoft's Knowledge Base. ...
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| Track Changes from Word 2000 to Word 2003 | 9/27/2004 |
Q: I have a pretty unusual question about the track changes feature in Word 2003. I'm working on a ...
A: Landon, I'm sorry I don't completely understand the question. I understand you are working with ...
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| Printing a book from Word | 9/27/2004 |
Q: I have a job that a client has asked of me. They would like me to create a book template in MS ...
A: Scott, I am not aware of such a template, but you can, from the file menu - Page setup. Use ...
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| Word Templates | 9/26/2004 |
Q: I have Microsoft 98 How do I create a template in Microsoft Word? I need to create a template for ...
A: Nancy, I don't know what APA is, but to create a template in Word, you go to the file menu, Save As, ...
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| Keeping Words Together/Tables | 9/24/2004 |
Q: I am a professional editor and am editing a dissertation. Is there a way in WORD to ensure that ...
A: Mary, to answer the first part you want a soft space by entering the space between John and Smith ...
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| columns in Word | 9/24/2004 |
Q: my problem is i can't the cursor to move from the first column i create! it should do so if i hit ...
A: Jay, Do you have text in the second column? If not you would have to use the enter key to get ...
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| Saving a Word form to Excel | 9/22/2004 |
Q: Is there a way to take a form that was created in word and save it to an excel spreadsheet? I ...
A: tc, when you save the form data to use in Excel or a database you are saving the data in a delimited ...
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| Windows 98
My word documents... | 9/21/2004 |
Q: Windows 98 My word documents want to start in the middle of the page.(Especially letters) This ...
A: Brenda, it sounds like a document got saved as your normal.dot (blank document template). Did you ...
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| how to rotate text | 9/20/2004 |
Q: I need to make some tent cards (two sided) and need the words to be head to head at the fold. How do ...
A: Steph, the easiest way is to create a table with one cell, type the text and then right click the ...
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| text and drop down form field | 9/17/2004 |
Q: I'm using Word03. I did choose the unlimited option but the last character still seems like it's ...
A: Mabel, I understand. The only way that I know of is to put a space at the end of each word. I am ...
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| text and drop down form field | 9/17/2004 |
Q: After inserting a text form field and a drop down form field, it seems like they get a bit cut-off ...
A: Mabel, unlock the document, right click your mouse on the field and select properties. Oneof the ...
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| deleting returns at end of lines | 9/16/2004 |
Q: I am helping a friend of mine edit a book. She single-spaced her text (all 300 pages!) and put a ...
A: Betty, I hope you gave your friend a good talking to about word wrap. Make a backup copy of the ...
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| software | 9/15/2004 |
Q: i want to know what the name is of a certain type of software program that is used especially for ...
A: Rachael, there is ... The Dragon NaturallySpeaking 7 family of products is the fast, easy and ...
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| microsoft word | 9/10/2004 |
Q: I have a question about Microsoft Word. I recently typed up a survey in Microsoft Word and I emailed ...
A: Sunil, Word has a feature call FillIn Fields which would allow the user to fill in fields by using ...
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| accidentally deleting a document | 9/9/2004 |
Q: I accidentally deleted an unsaved document while I was working on it. I intended to hit the ...
A: Kathy, I'm not sure what you deleted. How did you delete the document if you it wasn't saved. If ...
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| Autotext entries | 9/8/2004 |
Q: Nancy, thanks again, but I can't get the template file to attach to an e-mail. Is there some trick I ...
A: Jane, I am using Outlook 2003. I just double checked. I used the insert file feature and went to ...
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| Autotext entries | 9/8/2004 |
Q: Nancy. I have done that and now have a template, but how do I get it to someone else at another ...
A: Jane, I am assuming you created a template document, in which case you would attach it to an email ...
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| Autotext entries | 9/8/2004 |
Q: I have a whole list of doctor's addresses in a list of autotext entries. I want to send these to ...
A: Jane, You can attach the autotext to a template. Save a new blank document as a template. File, ...
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| columns | 9/7/2004 |
Q: Microsoft Word 2000 I would like to know how to get to the top of column b when you are at the end ...
A: Colleen, with your insertion point at the bottom of column A. From the Insert menu, Break, Column ...
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| text box disappears | 9/3/2004 |
Q: I am attempting to place some text in a graphics box so I can rotate it for the back of a card. ...
A: Adele, This is actually a Microsoft Word Query forum. Sorry I no longer have WP8 or windows 98. If ...
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| Microsoft Word 2003 | 9/2/2004 |
Q: I have a forms file that contains many documents. I'd like to print the list of documents that are ...
A: Sally, each new version of Windows that comes out makes it more difficult to print file listings. ...
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| Microsoft Word | 9/1/2004 |
Q: The menu bar on my Microsoft Word has just disappeared please please help
A: Aine, the following link and information will explain what happened. ...
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| Protected Form with Check Boxes | 9/1/2004 |
Q: When I protect my form and then try to check a check box, the box disappears. Also, if I set a field ...
A: Chris, without seeing your form and how you are setting it up I really can't tell you what is not ...
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| about microsoft word | 8/31/2004 |
Q: i am using the microsoft xp version. i was trying to use the "field" under the insert tab to have ...
A: Mona, from the Forms toolbar, Text Form Field then right click the field and select Properties. Type ...
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| Computer | 8/28/2004 |
Q: When my father started his computer all that appeared on the screen was the photo that he added for ...
A: Lee, this really isn't my expertise. There is also the possibility that a User was created ...
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| Computer | 8/27/2004 |
Q: When my father started his computer all that appeared on the screen was the photo that he added for ...
A: Lee, Iwould ask where he got the photo for the background. If it came in an email it's a virus. I ...
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| cannot unhide text | 8/27/2004 |
Q: we have a document created by someone else. A table with some hidden rows that cannot be unhidden ...
A: Eddie, if you can see the text by opening the Header/Footer than this is where it is. I think I ...
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| MS Word Highlighted Changes | 8/26/2004 |
Q: I'm using MS Word 2000 I drafted an SOP. Then I made changes, and tracked the changes. I've made ...
A: Frank, from the Tools menu, Options, Track changes you can determine how you want changes in your ...
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| copy to floppy disk word 2000 | 8/25/2004 |
Q: when I make changes to a word file or folder and then insert a floppy disk, my computer ...
A: Larry, You have created a document in Word on your hard drive. Then you saved the same document to ...
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| Microsoft Word 2000 | 8/23/2004 |
Q: Is there a way to view the date of when a word document was created while you are in the open ...
A: Candace, you didn't mention what version of Windows you are using. If by chance you are using ...
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| adding additional pages to catalog mail merge | 8/20/2004 |
Q: ... >You can add or include the additional pages in the mail merge form before >performing the ...
A: Mary, you are absolutely correct. I was only using one data field and 2003 and it gave the ...
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| adding additional pages to catalog mail merge | 8/20/2004 |
Q: - I'm using Word2000. - I need to create a mail merged catalog. I have the merge part of it working ...
A: Mary, Performing a mail merge creates a third document. The first is the Form page, the 2nd is the ...
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| Printing after Mail-merge | 8/16/2004 |
Q: I use Word 97. I frequently use a mail merge process to send postcards to different addresses. After ...
A: Harry, I no longer have Word 97, but the concept is the same in the newer versions. Two thoughts, ...
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| ? | 8/15/2004 |
Q: .. I'm using Ms word 2000 and I'm getting a weird problem... whenever I open MS word it goes ...
A: Jes, it sounds like this document was saved as your normal.dot (new blank document). You can create ...
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| Word 2000: complex mail merge from excel source | 8/11/2004 |
Q: I am trying to do a Form Letter MailMerge into Word 2000 using an Excel 2000 workbook as my source ...
A: Sheree, what you are trying to do would work better in Access where you can create a report and ...
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| Word 2002 default folder and "retrieve" | 8/10/2004 |
Q: I am quite experienced in WordPerfect 5.1 and continue to run it in Windows XP at my law office. ...
A: John, I'm, not sure... If you are saving a new document in Word the default file location is My ...
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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, From the Tools Menu, Options, View Tab, Text bounderaries, This feature displays dotted ...
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| Office XP Word Macro | 7/22/2004 |
Q: Using Microsoft Office XP including word. Is there a simple way to create a macro to search and ...
A: Shane, I am not aware of how to create a Macro that requires "selecting". In this case it would be ...
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| computer | 7/22/2004 |
Q: what is word processor? what is word, wordstar, wordperfect, latex?
A: Niloy, you need to go to Webopedia.com. Word processor... Using a computer to create, edit, and ...
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| Displaying the time | 7/21/2004 |
Q: I would like to know what is the correct way of typing the time of day in a wordprocessing document. ...
A: Lyn, I have never seen the time 2.30 pm unless you don't live in the US. I do know other countries ...
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| garbled text | 7/20/2004 |
Q: when I type in long lines of text without a carriage return (enter), I don't get a new line, instead ...
A: Doug, I would check Word help, About Word and see if you have "Disabled Items" in the lower right. ...
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| MS Word 2000 / toolbar / icons | 7/16/2004 |
Q: I have just completed a week-long project of rebuilding my MS Word 2000 toolbar. This was required ...
A: I'm sorry I don't understand what it is you are rebuilding. If you reinstall Word the default ...
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| I love using the tracking... | 7/15/2004 |
Q: I love using the tracking feature in Word. However, I would like to have Word actually track changes ...
A: Sheldon, I don't see what version of Word you are using, but I have no problem tracking my own ...
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| Date in Word 2000 | 7/15/2004 |
Q: Why does the date on correspondence stored in folders change to today's date on each letter when ...
A: Josephine, you are correct unchecking automatically updating will effect new dates in documents but ...
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| excel into word | 7/14/2004 |
Q: I have a big excel document that I cannot fit into Word. Is there any way to make the document fit ...
A: AJ, obviously there are limits to what you can do. But you can turn the page orientation to ...
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| Word 2000 Table of Contents | 7/13/2004 |
Q: I have been using Word's automated TOC for some time, creating individual TOC's for individual ...
A: Charles, I see you are using Word 2000 and right now I am on Word 2003, but if you are looking to ...
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| Add/Remove Programs | 7/11/2004 |
Q: On my daughter's Windows XP computer, she suddenly discovered her add/remove programs function has ...
A: Connie, this really isn't a Word problem it is a Windows issue. There is a mailing list for windows ...
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| MS Explorer mail | 7/9/2004 |
Q: My poor Mom has sent e-mail thru MS Outlook or Express, and for 2 years she cant get pictures to ...
A: Gary, thank you. The only thought I have, assuming the obvious has all been covered, is her ISP has ...
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| Outlines | 7/9/2004 |
Q: I've asked a couple questions in the past, and you've always answered. Thank you. I'm using Word ...
A: Ty, sorry I can not help this time. I do understand what you are trying to do, but do not know of a ...
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| UNAUTHORIZED SALES | 7/8/2004 |
Q: EVERY DAY I RECEIVE E-MAIL OFFERS CONCERNING SALES OF MICROSOFT EQUIP. I AM SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT ...
A: Leon, first I would check to see if they really are from Microsoft, I have never received anything ...
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| Organizing | 7/2/2004 |
Q: I have a simple .txt file in which I'm keeping a list of every film I've ever seen (currently, ...
A: Luke, Search and replace is not going to work. You might try copying and pasting your data into a ...
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| footnote in rows! | 6/27/2004 |
Q: In translation to make the defination for words, I have 30 footnotes (each only one word)for one ...
A: if I understand your question correctly. Changing the bottom margin by increasing it will give you ...
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| Line Numbering | 6/24/2004 |
Q: In MicroSoft Word (any version), I know how to add line numbering as in a manuscript. I cannot ...
A: Melanie, you are correct the line numbering in based on the default font for the document. What you ...
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| customized letterhead template | 6/23/2004 |
Q: I am trying to help my husband out with his own business by making electronic letterhead. I have ...
A: Janice, I am not sure how you inserted the vertical line, but you might try double clicking it to ...
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| Import Word Table | 6/22/2004 |
Q: I am a Document Manager for a small company and work with several government technical documents. ...
A: Kent, There is a rule of 7 in PPT. Seven lines of text, 7 bulleted items, 7 words per line. PPT is ...
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| Preview application.in Word. | 6/18/2004 |
Q: Followup To Answer - "Charles, I am not aware of anyway to view the text of a word document without ...
A: Charles, actually I read it the way you meant it. I do not know of a way to access the preview ...
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| MSWord Forms | 6/16/2004 |
Q: I am using MSWord 2000. I have two things I'm trying to do with forms: 1. I want to be able to ...
A: Jan, As you have found out, once you have protected or "locked" the document you can not type in ...
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| Part of page blacked out | 6/15/2004 |
Q: I am trying to fix a table of contents in a big document and suddenly part of my page is blacked ...
A: Sue, without seeing the document it is difficult to determine what happened. Do you have a backup ...
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| Subtraction in Tables | 6/11/2004 |
Q: I have a Word table in which I would like to subtract numbers in a coulumn from numbers in the ...
A: Steve, you can insert your own formula. There are some limitatins, but you can do the basics. If ...
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| word 2000 | 6/10/2004 |
Q: When I open word or a word document, I get a small popup window comes up with "compile error hidden ...
A: David, I would check out the following... 328167 - WD2000: "Compile Error in Hidden Module: ...
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| can not delete file name in drop down box | 6/10/2004 |
Q: I hope you can answer my question. I trying to delete some old files in microsoft word. When I go ...
A: Melanie, if you want to delete a file on your computer you go to the Windows Explorer. You can ...
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| Word 2003 Form (DOT) question | 6/8/2004 |
Q: I'm using Word 2003. I create a lot of forms at work, and use Word templates frequently. Right now ...
A: Steve, one suggestion I have is to create your Help text as bookmarks on, let us say the last page. ...
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| Lost my top toolbars! Escape doesn't work!! | 6/8/2004 |
Q: I'm completely stuck, so I come for your help. I'm a journalist, and I seem to have screwed up my ...
A: Alex, you are not the first one to have this problem. The following site will help. ...
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| hyperlink | 6/5/2004 |
Q: i just created a WEB list of addresses i use from time to time. list has about 60 addresses on it. ...
A: Jack, If I understand correctly. You have opened a Word document and have typed internet addresses ...
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| Styles | 6/4/2004 |
Q: Word 2002 / Windows XP I have copied sections of text to my document using paste special - ...
A: Martin, the only thought I have is search and replace. from the beginning of your document ...
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| Tables, Columns formatting | 6/3/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2000. I am trying to create a document with two columns of information. The left ...
A: Joe, with your insertion point within the table go to the Table menu and select Properties. From ...
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| Autotext | 6/1/2004 |
Q: Hullo - I have a lot of Autotext saved in Word, and would like to create a back-up on CD or ...
A: Simon, Copy the Normal.dot Template from the Source Computer to a Floppy Disk NOTE: Complete these ...
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| Microsoft Word and Clip Art | 5/31/2004 |
Q: Help me! I am currently doing a project for school. The project is I have to make up a newsletter ...
A: Paul, right click the image and select , format picture, select the Layout TAB, and pick tight. ...
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| Password Protection | 5/27/2004 |
Q: I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure what version it is that I have but I know its pretty old.....It ...
A: Kenneth, from the Tools Menu, Options, Security TAB - this is where you can type a password. I ...
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| how do i get my default page setup | 5/19/2004 |
Q: a friend working on my pc made some changes to the word 2k document file. now when i open word ...
A: From the File menu, New Be sure Blank Document is selected, click on Template in the lower right ...
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| color codes | 5/18/2004 |
Q: How are you? I have two questions: 1. I would like to use Word to create slides with a certain ...
A: Seb, I would not use Word to create slides. You could save a Word document as an HTML file and then ...
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| Word - Table of Contents | 5/18/2004 |
Q: Every time I put a table of contents in, I manually adjust some of the headings to be consistent ...
A: Susan, I am taking your question to mean formatting of the TOC. When you have the Index and Tables ...
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| Word not responding | 5/17/2004 |
Q: Just recently I went to open WORD and the hour glass shows on my computer and WORD does not open. I ...
A: Lee, your normal.dot file could be corrupted. You can delete it from the windows explorer (Word is ...
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| The dimensions after resizing are too small or too large | 5/16/2004 |
Q: I have Windows 98 first edition and Microsoft Word 2000. I have recently copied and pasted a table ...
A: William, I copied the table into Word2003, It was almost 2 pages with the 14pt font. The following ...
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| Lost Toolbars/Menu Bars on Microsoft Word 2000 | 5/13/2004 |
Q: My wife is a teacher who uses Word for her school work. She ahs lost all the toolbars/Menu Bars and ...
A: Arthur, the following is a link to microsoft with the information you are looking for. WD2000: ...
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| ms word | 5/12/2004 |
Q: I am trying to create a letterhead. I use Office 97 - MS Word. I do not seem to find a wizard to ...
A: Wayne, I do not believe there is a Wizard to create a letterhead. You might try the File menu, New ...
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| DATE INSERT | 5/10/2004 |
Q: i have ms 2002 + when i go to my file + open + click on new date to add some info in file it changes ...
A: Rachel, this is what I think is happening. You are in Microsoft Word and opening a file, the file ...
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| Picture cropping | 5/8/2004 |
Q: I have scanned a picture into a Word document. I am trying to crop the picture to the desired size. ...
A: Barry, I understand this can be a bit confusing. When you click on your image the Picture toolbar ...
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| columns | 5/8/2004 |
Q: how do you number columns. For example, i have two columns on each page and i want each one to have ...
A: Jack, I am not aware of any automated way to number columns. There are some advanced techniques ...
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| Bullets | 5/5/2004 |
Q: How do you place a bullet in front of a heading with a colon. Example: Rent: $1,000 (bullet to ...
A: Vilma, anytime you want to control the formatting of a document you can use tables. Just create a ...
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| Page set up | 5/4/2004 |
Q: I keep getting this message when I go into page set up Increasing right margin causes last colum to ...
A: Linda, there are so many possibilities, without seeing the document I don't think I can help. If it ...
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| Microsoft Word | 5/3/2004 |
Q: Please just as Powerpoint has slide sorter - where one can rearrange slides, Does Microsoft Word ...
A: There is nothing like a PPT page sorter in MS Word. You can however, rearrange pages in Outline ...
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| Label Formatting Display | 4/30/2004 |
Q: I am using MS Word through Windows 2000 Professional in an NT environment. I have several labels ...
A: Teresa, Labels are actually tables you may have the gridlines turned off (from the Tables menu, show ...
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| MS Word Cut & Paste | 4/30/2004 |
Q: My default language in MS Word is English (Canada) However when I cut and paste from say an ...
A: Martin, I enjoy hearing "it worked well in WP but not Word". I have checked and do not see how this ...
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| Restarting Numbering | 4/29/2004 |
Q: Is that not page numbering though? I was meaning bullets & numbering. ThanksIs it possible to ...
A: Fiona, sorry I didn't catch that. You can right click the first number in the next section and you ...
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| Creating a book | 4/27/2004 |
Q: I have developed about 140 pages of content for a book and I have Word 2000 that I would like to ...
A: Joe, I just don't understand what you are trying to do. You have 140 pages that you want to break ...
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| Creating a book "can" in Word 2000 to import content into | 4/27/2004 |
Q: I have developed about 140 pages of content for a book and I have Word 2000 that I would like to ...
A: Joe, according to Webopedia. CAN Last modified: Thursday, April 17, 2003 (1) Acronym for ...
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| Creating fractions in Word | 4/26/2004 |
Q: I know Word automatically formats 1/4, 1/2, 1/3, etc., but I need to create that same fraction ...
A: Karen, what I do is go to the insert menu, Symbol. Pick a font face and scroll down the choices ...
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| Word XP | 4/25/2004 |
Q: How does one horizontally center an object within a column in a 3-column landscape page (like a ...
A: Scott, I created a landscaped page, File, Page Setup, Landscape. Using the column toolbar button ...
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| PDF files in office xp | 4/24/2004 |
Q: How do I put pdf files into Word xp and preferebly PPT? thanks a lot!
A: Michal, You have to buy Adobe Acrobat to convert a pdf file. Sometimes you can copy a pdf file and ...
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| Auto formatting problems | 4/23/2004 |
Q: My WOrd 2000 auto formats text. I select a section of text, go to bold or resize it, and it formats ...
A: Michelle, I have tried to duplicate your questions, but can not. I feel like you somehow have the ...
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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, I am not completely clear on the question but. From the File menu, Page setup, Margins ...
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| contents page | 4/23/2004 |
Q: In would like to make a contents page for my thesis containing the various headings and sub-heading ...
A: Marcas, you can automatically create a table of contents using the heading styles in your document. ...
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| Text box- Word 2002 | 4/22/2004 |
Q: I created a Word document using 2 columns. I wanted a title above the columns and I used a text ...
A: Rina, right click your mouse on the border of the Text Box and select, Format Text Box. From the ...
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| Date keeps changing in MS Word Memo | 4/22/2004 |
Q: I create a memo in Word using the word memo template and save the document. The next time I open the ...
A: Kevin, the date in a template is a Date field and automatically updates. When you create the memo ...
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| referencing | 4/21/2004 |
Q: i do a lot of assignments for my uni work, at the end i have to compile a reference list, is it ...
A: Phillip, You can insert Footnotes as you go along from the Insert Menu, Reference, Footnote. But ...
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| Margins and page numbers different on different pages | 4/20/2004 |
Q: Help! I need to format my PhD dissertation. My university requires that the first page of each ...
A: Nancy, I am not aware of a way to renumber footnotes. When you create a footnote you have the ...
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| Margins and page numbers different on different pages | 4/20/2004 |
Q: Help! I need to format my PhD dissertation. My university requires that the first page of each ...
A: Nancy, you need an understanding of Section Breaks which are inserted from the Insert menu. This is ...
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| landscape tables & headers | 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, you need to insert next page section breaks before and after the page that you want to be ...
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| MS Word question | 4/19/2004 |
Q: I have MS Office XP and I have a question that I was hoping to get an answer to. Is there a function ...
A: Kevin, what you need to do is... From the Edit menu, Search/replace or CTRL H in the search for ...
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| Using Word | 4/18/2004 |
Q: How do I attach a word/scanned document to AOL e-mail attachment?
A: Paul, when you create a new mail message or respond, look at the lower LEFT hand corner for the word ...
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| Word 2000 - footer/autotext menus in german! -- should be english | 4/13/2004 |
Q: It's set to English. Any other things I should check?Using Microsoft Word 2000, when I go to ...
A: Sheree, I could not find an answer, but I did find discussion on the issue, which was interesting. ...
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| Table containing numbered list spanning more than one page | 4/9/2004 |
Q: Followup To Question -Hi there: I have created a document that contains a two column table that ...
A: Tedd, I didn't catch the Word97. I have three versions here but no longer have 97. You might try ...
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| styles | 4/8/2004 |
Q: I understand how "char" styles are created; however, I see styles in documents where I work ...
A: George, if you are opening a new blank document and they have styles attached, then they were saved ...
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| Open a Doc. written with star office( SDW file ) | 4/7/2004 |
Q: I was sent a doc. in SDW format ( Star Office) What can I use to open this, Thank you, Harry
A: Harry, it is my understanding that Star Office is compatible with Microsoft. From the Manufacturer ...
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| Word | 4/7/2004 |
Q: I am wondering if there is a way to rotate text in Word? I am going to run a mail merge document ...
A: If you put your text in a Table, which does not have to be the width of the document - it can be ...
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| Table containing numbered list spanning more than one page | 4/6/2004 |
Q: I have created a document that contains a two column table that is 2 pages long. I want to create a ...
A: Tedd, on the first cell of the table on the second page where you want the number to start, select ...
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| Page numbering in Word | 4/6/2004 |
Q: I have Microsoft 2003. I want to number pages out of sequence. In other words, how do I turn off ...
A: Danielle, An understanding of Section Breaks is needed. Section breaks define the formatting BEFORE ...
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| Problem with large Word 2002 document | 4/6/2004 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2002 and having two problems with one document. Problem 1. 1. I have a large ...
A: Sandra, I would have saved the whole document as one. Using section breaks with numbering is ...
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| Word 2000 - line numbering | 4/5/2004 |
Q: However I wasn't talking about page numbers. I'm talking about line numbers (i.e. in Page Setup, ...
A: Richard, sorry I misunderstood. What you are trying to do might be possible if you have right to ...
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| Word 2000 - line numbering | 4/5/2004 |
Q: I am working on a 2-sided document that will be a booklet, using mirror margins. I need to use line ...
A: Richard, page numbers are usually created in headers or footers. In this case you would want to ...
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| Text form fields in Word 2002 | 4/5/2004 |
Q: I'm trying to insert some text form fields into a document that I will then circulate electronically ...
A: Patrick, the answer to something like this is to create your document or part of your document using ...
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| Coverting to another program | 4/1/2004 |
Q: I gave my book manuscript in Word to my publisher thinking they could use it, without having to ...
A: Frank, I guess I am confused as to whether you are the only person she has this problem with? What ...
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| Coverting to another program | 3/31/2004 |
Q: I gave my book manuscript in Word to my publisher thinking they could use it, without having to ...
A: Frank, I am not familiar with Pagemaster but it does not seem to make sense that a Publisher can not ...
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| Wrap around always capitalizes | 3/31/2004 |
Q: Whenever I click enter (to wrap around) the next line is capitalized. How do I stop this from ...
A: Hugh, The first rule of creating a document in WordProcessing is do not hit the enter key unless ...
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| Microsoft Word is printing page breaks | 3/30/2004 |
Q: Got a problem. I have a brother trying to print a document, a book actually. He states that ...
A: Julie, I have never heard of a page break printing and found no documentation on it. It sounds like ...
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| MS Word Chapter numbers | 3/29/2004 |
Q: I place the chapter numbers and page numbers in the footer of the document in the following format: ...
A: Mike, the fields in the header and footer are not linked so they would not automatically match. ...
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| MS Word Chapter numbers | 3/29/2004 |
Q: I am using MS Word 2002 (SR-1) version and I am trying to assign nonsequential chapter number and ...
A: Mike, if I understand correctly your chapter numbers and page numbers are both in the heading. I am ...
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| Event Sounds | 3/28/2004 |
Q: I have an annoying problem maybe one of you smart people can help me solve. I am getting obnoxious ...
A: Stephen, the only place I see sounds is with the Office Assistant and the control Panel, Sounds, ...
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| Printing via a macro | 3/26/2004 |
Q: I have a word (office xp) document that contains 4 links to pdf files. When you click on each of the ...
A: Shane, one of the things you can not do with Macros is select as in to choose a file which would be ...
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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: Gabe, I don't know how many labels you have but you can select the phone number go to the format ...
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| organization chart | 3/17/2004 |
Q: Unfortunetaly my question is not that simple (though I wish it was!) I have managed to insert the ...
A: Suzi, I'm sorry I don't understand. When a page is turned to landscape the headers and footers ...
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| organization chart | 3/17/2004 |
Q: I hope you can help! I am trying to produce a document which is made up of seperate pages which I ...
A: Suzi, If I understand correctly. You have a multi page document. You want one page to be ...
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| Book format | 3/16/2004 |
Q: Talking to the publisher I asked the wrong question. Sorry. My word document is 100 pages. How can ...
A: Frank, sorry I didn't have time to call, but to print in booklet form you go to the File menu, Page ...
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| Transfer of a Word document to another format | 3/16/2004 |
Q: My publisher cannot transfer my manuscript from Word to their format for typsetting. They can move ...
A: Frank, there is an option in Word to save as a Word for Macintosh document From the file menu, Save ...
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| Word 97 - Styles | 3/15/2004 |
Q: I have created a level 2 heading with bold & underlined applied. I have also created a bog standard ...
A: Fiona, numbering can be tricky but you should be able to select the text, go to the format menu, ...
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| German Spell check | 3/15/2004 |
Q: Nancy, it's with all words with "umlaut" and "bb". It's impossible to create a dictionary for all ...
A: Paul, have you installed the German language on your computer? You can do this from the Start menu, ...
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| Problem with auto format | 3/13/2004 |
Q: I have MS Word 2000,When I start a new paragraph, Word automatically puts in a double space between ...
A: Lisa, you can insert a soft return which is Shift Enter, but you will not be creating a new ...
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| Microsoft Word | 3/12/2004 |
Q: I am working on a two column research paper.The superscripts and subscripts seem to be changing the ...
A: Millie, I duplicated the superscripts and put the text into 2 columns and also inserted a few cross ...
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| Line in Doc | 3/10/2004 |
Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2002 version 5.1.2600. I rec'd a Word document from someone and there is a ...
A: Kathy, I think you are referring to a paragraph border. You can try to... go one line below it and ...
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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: Oh, Bill - it sounds like you are caught in the middle of an outline view that is running amuck. ...
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| Checklist and type into forms | 3/7/2004 |
Q: I am creating a checklist with a place to type in a date. It will not be a Web page, just a word ...
A: Kay, to use the forms checkbox you would have to protect the document. This is the padlock on the ...
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| saving formats | 3/1/2004 |
Q: I work with photographs at work, I have to type a caption under each photograph so I insert each ...
A: Lisa, I would have you check the windows explorer and view the actual file size of the photos you ...
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| Finding a Microsoft Word expert | 2/29/2004 |
Q: I'm in Los Angeles and would like to find someone who's an expert in Word to do some work for me. My ...
A: Debbi, I have worked on projects of this type in the past and they can be somewhat overwhelming. ...
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| Headings and bookmarks | 2/27/2004 |
Q: I've asked you two or three questions in the past year or two, you've always been fast and helpful. ...
A: Ty, you got me on this one. I tried creating new styles based on Heading 1 and 2. They do not show ...
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| Enabling Toolbar,Menu bar | 2/27/2004 |
Q: How to enable Toolbar,Menubar in Microsoft 2000 Word.When i open MSWORD the toolbar,Menubar is not ...
A: For more information go to the following sites: ...
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| Mail Merge | 2/26/2004 |
Q: How do I import my contact addresses from Outlook Express into word? I am trying to print out ...
A: Kelly, I'm sorry I do not use Outlook Express. You might go to Outlook Express, File menu, Export ...
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| microsoft email | 2/25/2004 |
Q: im trying to send my resume as a word att. can u help me, please?
A: Tom, do you mean you are trying to attach your Word Document (your resume) to an email. This ...
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| TOC | 2/24/2004 |
Q: Nancy, When I insert a TOC, I choose the "Formal" option as my Formats selection for it. The TOC is ...
A: Shelli, the only thought I have is that your document has an over riding style attached to it. Is ...
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| formatting toolbar | 2/22/2004 |
Q: i mistakenly deleted my format toolbar, therefore my bold, underline, italic, etc. are no longer ...
A: Joann, if you can see the Title bar of the formatting toolbar, double click it with your mouse and ...
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| citations | 2/21/2004 |
Q: I am using WORD 2002. Hello, I am doing a research paper in WORD that requires multiple ...
A: Mike, I have not found a way to globaly replace citations once marked. I did try to search and ...
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| Inserting checkboxes | 2/20/2004 |
Q: How do you insert a check box in MS Word
A: Harvey, if you want an active checkbox you would use the Forms toolbar from the View menu, Toolbars, ...
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| purchasing word processor | 2/18/2004 |
Q: I want to build a website and I was told that I would need a word processor.Im using windows xp 2002 ...
A: Charlie, you do not need a Word Processor to create a website. As a matter of fact Microsoft Word ...
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| Word Email | 2/18/2004 |
Q: I have a word document. It has ten chapters. I am proof reading each chapter. After I finish one ...
A: Sam, The Master Document feature gives you the ability to create a document and then each chapter ...
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| microsoft word template | 2/17/2004 |
Q: whenever I go into ms word 2000, an old document comes up automatically. How can I get rid of this ...
A: Jason, it sounds like this document was saved as your "new blank document". You can delete the ...
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| word templates? | 2/15/2004 |
Q: You may have helped me before, but the answer expired before I could try it. My problem is that I ...
A: Greg, the following is from this link. http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm ...
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| Open document to location I last closed it at. | 2/10/2004 |
Q: I am trying to find out if it is possible to have the document open to the last place I used it at. ...
A: Mike, you could use a Document Map or a bookmark. The Document Map is a separate pane (pane: A ...
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| version of microsoft word for home use | 2/9/2004 |
Q: I am a pc user. Just purchased a compaq xp. I have an old microsoft word 97 program. Was advised ...
A: Marcia, there is a software you can download for free. You would do a search using the exact text ...
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| merge printing | 2/9/2004 |
Q: I have just finished merging data into a catalog template. It looks like it should on the screen, ...
A: Nancy, without actually seeing the document it is very difficult. The only thought I have is the ...
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| Inserting Excel Sheet in Word | 2/4/2004 |
Q: I have a large excel sheet with 17 rows and columns. When I try to insert in word the whole excell ...
A: Sam, if the Excel spreadsheet is larger than an 8.5 x 11 sheet than it won't fit. Have you tried to ...
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| Word97 template | 2/3/2004 |
Q: Nancy, You've been very helpful to me in the past, so here's my current dilemma. Is it possible ...
A: Linda, it is possible to "lock" sections. Create each part of your document in a different section ...
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| Word - Table of Contents | 1/29/2004 |
Q: Word 2002 - I have a document that I am working with to update ( I did not originally create it) and ...
A: Susan,TOC are based on Heading Styles. Check to see that the new page you included has a Heading ...
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| Grow Fonts Tool | 1/20/2004 |
Q: I have a two year old custom built computer that recently developed a problem of not being able to ...
A: Paul, from the view menu, toolbars, customize click on the commands TAB On the left side scroll ...
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| Message on bottom of Word 2002 folder | 1/15/2004 |
Q: I am using Word 2002 as I have Microsoft Office on my system. At the bottom of the folder which is ...
A: Wayne, a hidden file is a file that can not be used unless you know it's name. This attribute is ...
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| Clip Art in Document | 1/13/2004 |
Q: I am writing a newsletter that is mainly two columns. I insert clip art pictures throughout, but ...
A: Larry, when you right click the image and select format picture, Layout TAB and have selected ...
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