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| Subject | Date Asked |
| I'm sure it's a simple command | 2/10/2012 |
| Q: Firstly, thank you for your time and assistance. When using Microsoft Word 2007: I am attempting to ... A: If all of your staff are using Word 2007, then what you want to use is a "content control." This is ... | |
| unstable behavior of graphics in Word 2007 | 2/10/2012 |
| Q: how've you been? I'm very frustrated with my document, which contains text, lots of ... A: I'm afraid I can't be much help with this, as, like most other Word users, I also struggle with ... | |
| Regarding custom properties in word 2007 | 2/9/2012 |
| Q: To insert any custom property in content in office doc.We need to go to INSERT-> QUICK ... A: There are a lot of ways that don't work. You can add the Document Property command to the Quick ... | |
| Word Fancy Job History | 2/7/2012 |
| Q: I'm trying to build a new and stylish C.V using Word 2007 as I'm applying for a new job but the old ... A: It appears from your salutation that you have submitted this question to more than one "expert," so ... | |
| fill in question | 2/6/2012 |
| Q: We use Word 2007. In the old version (2004 i believe) we created a template for a form that we were ... A: Word 2007 still has the same forms features as previous versions, plus a new one: content controls. ... | |
| Word Forms | 2/6/2012 |
| Q: I currently use Word 2003. I have a form that I have protected. My problem is that I have links all ... A: Although I don't have any direct experience with this, there is an article at ... | |
| Multilevel list numbering | 2/5/2012 |
| Q: I have specific requirements for a software test script. It must contain a multilevel list as ... A: Start with the numbering that shows 1 Heading 1, 1.1 Heading 2, 1.1.1 Heading 3. Then just type a 1 ... | |
| graphics won't stay put | 2/2/2012 |
| Q: I have put a vertical line from the Shapes menu on the page, but I can't get it to stay put. When I ... A: The problem with any graphic that isn't In Line with Text is that it has to be anchored to a ... | |
| how to copy graphics etc. from a website | 2/2/2012 |
| Q: Greetings Suzanne! I have a question about incorporating graphics from a PDF file or a website to a ... A: In a PDF, the "snapshot" tool in Adobe Reader (camera icon on toolbar) allows you to select an area ... | |
| MS Word 2010 Picture Tools | 1/27/2012 |
| Q: I insert a photo into a Word document and use Picture Tools to crop, add borders and shadows, and so ... A: My understanding is that, before you use Save as Picture, you have to copy the picture and Paste ... | |
| Word 2007 Mirror Indents | 1/26/2012 |
| Q: I am working with some documents in Word 2007 and am having an issue with Mirrored Indents. For some ... A: If you're applying bullets using the Bullets button (as opposed to applying a bulleted style such as ... | |
| Appendices in Word 2010 | 1/19/2012 |
| Q: I would like to add appendices to a document so that (1) the page numbers have the format A-1, B-1 ... A: Fortunately for you, the late great Shauna Kelly has created a Web page that explains how to do ... | |
| Turning off hard returns in Word 2007 | 1/18/2012 |
| Q: I know how to enter in a soft return (using shift + Enter) in Word, but my problem is that I ... A: There's no way to do this through the Customize Keyboard dialog (and you wouldn't want to, anyway, ... | |
| Mail merge from an existing document | 1/14/2012 |
| Q: I am using Word 2010 and trying to do a routine process, but can't quite figure it out. I have a ... A: There are specific types of files that Word can use as a mail merge data source. It can use the ... | |
| searching for a word or a file | 1/13/2012 |
| Q: how've you been? I'm using Word 2007, and some aspects are totally baffling. I'm talking about ... A: Actually, what I said was that you cannot do this within Word; you have to do it from Windows. It ... | |
| searching for a word or a file | 1/12/2012 |
| Q: how've you been? I'm using Word 2007, and some aspects are totally baffling. I'm talking about ... A: Recent versions of Word (especially 2010) make searching for text within a given (open) file very ... | |
| Merging Purblisher with Word | 1/11/2012 |
| Q: I am using: Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, and Microsoft Office Word 2007. Is it possible to ... A: Sort of. Keep in mind that Publisher is not my area of expertise, so I'm answering based on my own ... | |
| unable to see deletions when track changes is on | 1/6/2012 |
| Q: Happy New Year to you and yours I've been using the Track Changes feature in Word 2007 all day ... A: Well, assuming that the view you have selected on the Review tab/toolbar is Final Showing Markup and ... | |
| paste special/unformatted text in word 2003 | 1/1/2012 |
| Q: I use MS word 2003. When I click on paste special from Edit menu I can not see Unformatted text in ... A: The options displayed by Paste Special depend on the type of selection on the Clipboard. If you have ... | |
| toolbars/forms and default text | 12/29/2011 |
| Q: I saw your question regarding trying to find this function in word 2007 but I wasn't sure how to get ... A: I assume you're referring to the Office Button, sometimes jocularly called the Pizza Button. It is ... | |
| footnote fonts | 12/22/2011 |
| Q: In my completed document,the footnotes are not uniform in type size because some have been imported ... A: By default, footnotes in Word used the Footnote Text style, and footnote references (both in the ... | |
| Reinstating Personal Information | 12/21/2011 |
| Q: There is one Word 2007 problem that I could not find an answer to by googling for about an hour. It ... A: In Word 2003, there is an option (at Tools | Options | Security) to "Remove personal information ... | |
| Document Map | 12/20/2011 |
| Q: I have a template document that defines the styles that I use. After I used this template, and ... A: This is a known Document Map issue in some versions of Word. I can't tell from your screen shot ... | |
| Hyperlink to page on the same file | 12/19/2011 |
| Q: I would like to do a index page at the beginning of my 80+ page word doc, and would like to have the ... A: What you are describing is not an index but a table of contents, and by default the entries are ... | |
| discount versions of ms word 2010 | 12/19/2011 |
| Q: I'm considering an upgrade of Word Starter 2010, the limited function version of the program that ... A: What product exactly are you seeing for $110 or less? Unless you qualify for the academic license ... | |
| Word veritcal page alignment | 12/16/2011 |
| Q: I've created a template for some of our documents. It includes a header and footer and various ... A: I can't imagine what could be wrong or why this wouldn't work, but I will offer two suggestions: 1. ... | |
| Optional Space | 12/15/2011 |
| Q: I know how in Word to enter an optional hyphen (Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen) where the hyphen only shows if it ... A: Yes, of course, as described in my article at ... | |
| Booklet border adjusting | 12/15/2011 |
| Q: I have a 54-page booklet created in Word 97-2003 that has wider border margins (top and bottom) then ... A: Are you talking about the page margins or a page border? A page border can be placed up to 31 points ... | |
| Question on Document Map | 12/15/2011 |
| Q: I have a quick question about the Document Map in Word 2007. I love the Document Map, and am very ... A: When there isn't anything that really qualifies as a heading, I don't think there's any way to do ... | |
| Table Formatting | 12/15/2011 |
| Q: Have created a motor claim form in Word, as a table format - so have got lots of different column ... A: One thing that might help is to constrain tables to the document margins. You don't say what version ... | |
| Can't Cut and Paste within Word | 12/14/2011 |
| Q: OK for starters VERY impressed with the Master's in Latin, my husband is a linguist. I cannot copy ... A: I wish I could help, but I've never seen a definitive solution for this problem, which seems to crop ... | |
| Ribbon appears only by clicking on it | 12/14/2011 |
| Q: I don't know what happened, but the options under the ribbon headings appear only when the headings ... A: You've just minimized the Ribbon. There are three ways to toggle the view: 1. With the mouse: ... | |
| Optional Space | 12/13/2011 |
| Q: I know how in Word to enter an optional hyphen (Ctrl-Shift-Hyphen) where the hyphen only shows if it ... A: In the Symbol dialog, select the Special Characters tab. One of the characters listed is "No-Width ... | |
| Trying to Adjust Numbering Style Font | 12/13/2011 |
| Q: Using Word 2007. I have a document which uses multilevel list numbering, for which the first level ... A: Unfortunately, it is not possible to use small caps for the text part of numbering. You're not the ... | |
| PageNumber in MailMerge | 12/13/2011 |
| Q: I have a single page MS Word 2007 file created mail Merge (near about 75 pages after edit individual ... A: Since you have apparently created this as a Letter-type merge, then every page *is* page 1. In a ... | |
| section breaks for footers | 12/13/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne, I am using word 2007 in windows 7, I have a document with footers on each page and I need ... A: If you really need to be able to change the content on every page, then you'll need to insert ... | |
| Word 2007 header & footer sections | 12/11/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne, I have a 4 page document and I am trying to get the pages numbered 1 of 4, 2 of 4 etc. ... A: You cannot "type" page numbers, and it is better not to enter the number of pages as plain text, ... | |
| Outline numbering - prints different from on-screen | 12/7/2011 |
| Q: I inherited a document at work that was created in an older version of Word (probably 2003) but I'm ... A: This will be hard to diagnose without seeing the document, but here are a couple of things you can ... | |
| little black squares at the top of my page | 12/6/2011 |
| Q: I'm working in Word 2007 and I'm having an issue with these little black squares on the top of some ... A: Is the black square a little black bullet in the left margin? If so, perhaps the paragraph is ... | |
| Maintaining frormat when copying a word table into another word document | 12/5/2011 |
| Q: Please can you tell me how to copy a word table from one word document to another without losing ... A: Assuming that the margins of the target document are the same, I would guess that the difference may ... | |
| Templates / Section Breaks | 12/4/2011 |
| Q: I have written a novel and saved the individual chapters in separate files. I need to a) merge all ... A: Been there, done that. You just have to take it slow and easy. I usually start by applying the ... | |
| warning red line for mispell words in 2010 won't show | 12/4/2011 |
| Q: After copying documents from Word 2002 and Word perfect into Word 2010, the auto spell check red ... A: If the first step didn't help, then the formatting of Normal is probably irrelevant, as that would ... | |
| warning red line for mispell words in 2010 won't show | 12/4/2011 |
| Q: After copying documents from Word 2002 and Word perfect into Word 2010, the auto spell check red ... A: The most likely answer is that the text is formatted as "Do not check spelling and grammar." Use ... | |
| footnotes | 12/3/2011 |
| Q: in word is it possible to delete all footnotes of a document in one swipe? A: Actually, yes. When you delete a footnote reference mark in the document body, you delete the ... | |
| saving in multiple locations | 12/2/2011 |
| Q: I have used Word for many years and have lost many files. So I back all my documents to the HD and ... A: There is an add-in at http://www.gmayor.com/SaveInTwoPlacesAddIn.htm that allows you to save in two ... | |
| Word 2003 Print Preview | 12/1/2011 |
| Q: My text looks fine while I'm typing it, but when I go to print preview, about an inch on the right ... A: Have you tried actually printing any of the documents? If so, is the problem also evident in the ... | |
| Multi-page letter template vertical alignment | 12/1/2011 |
| Q: I have a twist to your multi-page letter template at: ... A: I don't think there's an easy answer here, but, even if there were, I wouldn't recommend it, for ... | |
| sorting in Outline view | 12/1/2011 |
| Q: I use Word 2007 and Windows 7. In Outline view, I have,say, 4 or 5 subdocuments. I specify that ... A: If you display only Level 1, then the Level 2 headings within those Level 1s will go with them when ... | |
| getting to the bottom of the header | 11/16/2011 |
| Q: In formatting a series of documents, I have had a lot of difficulty with getting text in the header ... A: Probably what you need is a better understanding of the way headers work, the interaction between ... | |
| Displaying form content in headers in Word 2007 | 11/16/2011 |
| Q: Howdy Suzanne, I'm trying to figure out something with headers in Word 2007. I'm creating a ... A: In a protected form, your best bet is to use a StyleRef field. For instructions, see ... | |
| changed printing margins | 11/16/2011 |
| Q: I have a problem with printing a document. It has been moved between different versions of word, and ... A: You don't say what version you have, but I assume it's Word 2007 or 2010. Select the Review tab, ... | |
| Normalize Text Feature | 11/15/2011 |
| Q: I look to you for the definitive answer on Word. Thank you for all of your information over the ... A: I don't know anything about this, either, but it's a good bet when you run into any unfamiliar ... | |
| punctuation | 11/13/2011 |
| Q: My 2010 version of Word has suddenly decided to put a @ sign instead of opening speech marks, and ... A: The most likely explanation is that you have somehow enabled a different keyboard layout. One ... | |
| End note Numbering | 11/11/2011 |
| Q: Some of your answers have touched on my problem, but I have't found one that says what I need. ... A: Unfortunately, you haven't found an answer because there isn't one. There is no workaround from the ... | |
| Re: Pleading Paper | 11/11/2011 |
| Q: I use Word 2003. (I am a new Word user.) I downloaded the 28 line pleading paper template. I added ... A: Since you won't ever be wanting "Widow/orphan control" in this particular template, the easiest way ... | |
| Re: Pleading Paper | 11/10/2011 |
| Q: I use Word 2003. (I am a new Word user.) I downloaded the 28 line pleading paper template. I added ... A: I confess I can't visualize what you're trying to do with the slashes, but the way to do this in ... | |
| printing return address's only | 11/10/2011 |
| Q: How do I print only the return address's on a #6 or #10 envelope A: If you just want to print a single envelope, I should think you could do it from the Envelopes ... | |
| Bitmap image won't print | 11/8/2011 |
| Q: A bitmap image pasted from PAINT into a word document won't print. On the same page of the ... A: You don't say what version of Word you have, but in any version a difference in selection handles ... | |
| Locking headers | 11/7/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007. I have a document that is a locked document that only enables users to use the ... A: Form fields should not be placed in the header or footer of a protected form, as those areas are not ... | |
| word design mode | 11/5/2011 |
| Q: I have created a template in design mode that has a header where the user needs to fill out one ... A: Unfortunately, form fields cannot be placed in the header or footer of a protected document. If it ... | |
| Section titles in footnotes | 11/4/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007, and I am including section names in the footer of each page. (The section ... A: Without seeing your document, I don't know how it's configured, so I'm not sure exactly what you did ... | |
| outlines, table of contents, using only the Normal style | 11/3/2011 |
| Q: how've you been? My question deals with what a table of contents (TOC) looks like when using only ... A: This seems to be a contradiction in terms. A TOC is based on headings. If all your headings (and ... | |
| Section titles in footnotes | 11/3/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007, and I am including section names in the footer of each page. (The section ... A: Are you using a StyleRef field in the footer? If so, any chance that there's a hidden character at ... | |
| Mail merge | 11/3/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2010 and merging with an Excel 2010 spreadsheet via DDE connectivity (so that the ... A: I just tested this in Word 2010, creating a new document with a DDE connection to an Excel source ... | |
| Word styles and formatting being destroyed | 10/31/2011 |
| Q: I recently "upgraded" to Word 2010, and I am being plagued by an absolutely infuriating bug. ... A: Ah, yes, I keep forgetting about that inconspicuous icon that replaced the button quite clearly ... | |
| Word styles and formatting being destroyed | 10/31/2011 |
| Q: I recently "upgraded" to Word 2010, and I am being plagued by an absolutely infuriating bug. ... A: Assuming that this is not the problem described at ... | |
| Track Changes Balloon text printing tiny | 10/25/2011 |
| Q: Susan. I'm working on a document from another person and she saved it in compatibility mode, but I ... A: Nobody has figured out what causes this problem, but it has been rather frequently reported. It's ... | |
| How to generate table of content for a song book? | 10/24/2011 |
| Q: I am trying to write a song book. The format will be a A4 page and will have multiple songs on a ... A: Unless the songs themselves are in alphabetical order, than a TOC will not do what you want. If they ... | |
| Border | 10/23/2011 |
| Q: I have Microsoft Office Professional Edition 2003 and would like to create my own border. My mother ... A: Unlike Publisher, Word doesn't allow you to create your own border art. If your version of Office ... | |
| postcards | 10/21/2011 |
| Q: What version of word do I need to scan a 8.5x5.5 postcard image to my computer then to a template to ... A: If the image to be scanned is ready to print, you don't, strictly speaking, need any version of ... | |
| can't open my office file | 10/19/2011 |
| Q: I need to open this word file urgently. Whenever i try to open it, the following window pops up in ... A: In the Open dialog in Word 2007, click the arrow beside Open and choose Open and Repair. If the ... | |
| font height in inches | 10/12/2011 |
| Q: I mus have a letter height of .125 to .175 when i print. How do i determine the font size? A: There are nominally 72 points to the inch, so nominally you would get six lines of 12-point type per ... | |
| zoom | 10/11/2011 |
| Q: When i open word, it is usually set at 75% zoom. I want it to be at over 100%. But when i change it ... A: For general principles, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm. I'm surprised ... | |
| endnote hidden footnotes word | 10/10/2011 |
| Q: in a word document, (docx) i have four sequential hidden endnotes; they used to correspond to ... A: The correct way to delete notes is to delete the references in the text. I'm not sure exactly what ... | |
| create a file | 10/8/2011 |
| Q: i want to create a file where i fill the blanks ( to fill only the changeable fields) and then the ... A: I'm tempted to ask, "So what's stopping you?" That is, I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. ... | |
| Mail Merge with percentages | 10/5/2011 |
| Q: I am having a problem with mail merge reading 0% from the database source and I don't know how to ... A: There seem to be two questions here, neither of them very well defined, so I'll throw out a few ... | |
| Multiple text directions in a label for mail merge | 10/3/2011 |
| Q: I am attempting to save myself several hours of work by using mail merge to create labels for the ... A: Your images are rather small and blurry, so it's hard to tell what I'm looking at, but in the four ... | |
| styles | 10/2/2011 |
| Q: I have MS WORD 2010. I can't modify the built-in footnote reference and the footnote text styles. ... A: In a footnote, right-click and choose Style. The Style dialog will open with the Footnote Text style ... | |
| Multiple text directions in a label for mail merge | 9/30/2011 |
| Q: I am attempting to save myself several hours of work by using mail merge to create labels for the ... A: If text boxes work for you, then you can continue using them, though I'd suggest trying to use ... | |
| Word 2003 autocorrect/autotext | 9/30/2011 |
| Q: I installed word 2003 in my new windows 7 computer (have to use this version for client purposes). I ... A: If you have imported your AutoCorrect entries (see ... | |
| Convert TOC to 2 columns | 9/29/2011 |
| Q: I searching for instructions on how to convert a single column TOC and list of Figure to two ... A: This is much easier if you create the columns before inserting the TOC and TOF because then Word ... | |
| Inserting pdf at end of doc and not include page numbers | 9/29/2011 |
| Q: My manager has created a Word 2003 doc with 12 pages. He would like me to insert a pdf doc (not a ... A: 1. Since you have just the two sections, you can use the SectionPages field instead of NumPages for ... | |
| formatting toolbar | 9/28/2011 |
| Q: what are the functions of the different icon in the formatting toolbar? A: If you mouse over a button on any toolbar, a ToolTip will pop up to tell you what the button does. ... | |
| Page numbers in Word 2007 | 9/26/2011 |
| Q: there. I have a document of about 93 pages. The last 60 or so of those pages are Appendices (A ... A: To have the appendix number included in the page number both on the page and in the TOC, you must ... | |
| Landscape printing problem | 9/26/2011 |
| Q: I have MS Office 2003 with MS windows XP and use a HP 8500A printer. While in word I cannot print ... A: You should not need to select Landscape orientation in your printer Properties provided you have ... | |
| watermarks | 9/22/2011 |
| Q: In MW7 I have four postcards on and 81/2 x 11 page. Each was created with a text box. I want to ... A: See the article at http://www.gmayor.com/graphics_on_labels.htm. FWIW, my experience with trying to ... | |
| Changing the default Footnote Text style in a template | 9/22/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 and I have created a template document (let's call it TemplateX.dot) for my ... A: This is indeed puzzling. If you have modified the font of the Normal style to be Tahoma, then ... | |
| Cross-references | 9/17/2011 |
| Q: Would like to cross-reference an unnumbered heading, defined as Heading 1, but when the heading text ... A: Cross-references are linked to bookmarks. Bookmarks are created automatically for headings in the ... | |
| Cursor position in Word 2007 | 9/15/2011 |
| Q: In Word 2003, if I was typing on a certain page in a large document and wanted to look at something ... A: I'm seeing exactly the same behavior in Word 2003 as in Word 2007 on the same (Windows XP) system. I ... | |
| Word 2010 Word Art Gradient Color | 9/15/2011 |
| Q: I am doing an assignment using the Shelly Cashman MS Word 2010 Advanced Book and trying to select ... A: The accent colors available depend on the theme applied to the document. You appear to have the ... | |
| Doc path | 9/15/2011 |
| Q: I have MS Word 2007. How can I get the document path shown at the top of a document where the ... A: Greg Maxey's article at http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/File_Name_And_Path.htm was written for Word 2003 ... | |
| Text | 9/13/2011 |
| Q: I would like to know how I could keep a field name on a MS word form I developed to be visible to ... A: If these are legacy form fields, you don't need asterisks, as users will tab from one to another. ... | |
| superscribe text on symbol | 9/12/2011 |
| Q: I am trying to insert in my word-document an equation mark (=) with "déf" written on top of it (cf. ... A: I see you are in Belgium. Is the comma used as a decimal separator there? If so, you must use a ... | |
| superscribe text on symbol | 9/12/2011 |
| Q: I am trying to insert in my word-document an equation mark (=) with "déf" written on top of it (cf. ... A: You should be able to accomplish this using the EQ \o field. Using 12-point Times New Roman, I get a ... | |
| MS Word chapter endnotes. | 9/11/2011 |
| Q: I'm editing a friend's doctoral dissertation. She is required to have separate endnotes at the end ... A: Probably you thought the Chapter 4 endnotes had disappeared because they had joined the Chapter 5 ... | |
| Help Text for Drop-Down Lists | 9/8/2011 |
| Q: I want to be able to add "Help Text" for each selection in a drop-down list. It appears that the ... A: No programming experience is necessary. It would help to know what version of Word you're using so I ... | |
| Help Text for Drop-Down Lists | 9/8/2011 |
| Q: I want to be able to add "Help Text" for each selection in a drop-down list. It appears that the ... A: What you ask is not possible, but there might be a workaround. Would it be possible to have users ... | |
| macros not staying | 9/7/2011 |
| Q: I recently got a new HP computer and reinstalled Word 2007 on it. I have Windows 7 Professional. The ... A: Yes, when you open Normal.dotm as a document, you can do anything you would in any other document, ... | |
| macros not staying | 9/7/2011 |
| Q: I recently got a new HP computer and reinstalled Word 2007 on it. I have Windows 7 Professional. The ... A: This is always a tough kind of problem to troubleshoot, but the bottom line usually turns out to be ... | |
| Different row heights for different columns in a table | 9/3/2011 |
| Q: I will try to explain my problem via an example. Suppose that I have a table with two columns. For ... A: When I started to answer your first question, I thought it would be a simple matter of starting with ... | |
| Different row heights for different columns in a table | 9/3/2011 |
| Q: I will try to explain my problem via an example. Suppose that I have a table with two columns. For ... A: You can't have rows with different heights in a Word table, but you can have cells with different ... | |
| creating a new file folder in 2004 Word on a MAC | 9/3/2011 |
| Q: How do I create a new folder in Word 2004 for MAC OS X version 10.6.8? I have;t done it in a while ... A: I have no expertise in Word for Mac, and, given that this is really an OS function rather than ... | |
| Odd and Even headers and footers | 9/2/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2010 to format a manuscript. I have the page numbering in the footers. For this to ... A: When you enable "Different odd and even," it is for the whole document. You will have an Odd Page ... | |
| Word default punctuation setting and unwanted lines | 9/1/2011 |
| Q: Greetings, I would like to know the Word default setting for the double hyphen being converted to an ... A: I'm not sure exactly when these AutoFormat As You Type settings were introduced, but I'm guessing it ... | |
| Word default punctuation setting and unwanted lines | 9/1/2011 |
| Q: Greetings, I would like to know the Word default setting for the double hyphen being converted to an ... A: Two hyphens with no spaces before or after will be converted to an em dash in all versions of Word ... | |
| replacing foot note numbers | 8/26/2011 |
| Q: I want to renumber a foot note that has already been used. ie #11 for #10...when I delete the foot ... A: I'm not sure exactly what you're trying to do. If you insert a new footnote before #10, then it will ... | |
| MS word segmented line/box each character | 8/26/2011 |
| Q: Not sure if my subject made sense. I am trying to make forms for others to fill out but I want to ... A: Okay, let's tackle this as a printed form, then. If you're using a version of Word that allows you ... | |
| Tables in Word | 8/25/2011 |
| Q: I have a problem. I have documents created in Word, but are in table format. The problem is the ... A: It seems likely that these are page numbers. You should be able to double-click on them to open the ... | |
| Page Numbers | 8/25/2011 |
| Q: Hey Suzanne, I have a 150 page document in word with a header/footer including page numbers. However ... A: Assuming that you mean that there are 20 pages with the number 43 (not that those 20 pages begin ... | |
| MSWord2003 moving Autotext file. | 8/24/2011 |
| Q: How do you transfer or copy Autotext entries to another document, user or PC? ANSWER: By default, ... A: Before copying Normal.dot to the second computer, did you rename the existing one? Actually, if ... | |
| MSWord2003 moving Autotext file. | 8/24/2011 |
| Q: How do you transfer or copy Autotext entries to another document, user or PC? A: By default, AutoText entries are stored in the Normal template, Normal.dot. If you are installing ... | |
| spacing | 8/17/2011 |
| Q: I have a lengthy document (a contract) that I converted from a PDF to Word. After cleaning up all ... A: There are two approaches to this problem: 1. In the Paragraph dialog, make sure line spacing is set ... | |
| Fill in Blanks | 8/16/2011 |
| Q: I want to redesign an application form so I can have students complete it online and then print it. ... A: I'm assuming that by "Word 7" you mean Word 2007 and not Word 7.0, which was Word for Windows 95. ... | |
| vertical line numbering | 8/15/2011 |
| Q: How do I change the font on the vertical line numbering to match my text font? A: The font used for line numbering is determined by a character style called Line Number, which is ... | |
| How to add a new page | 8/13/2011 |
| Q: I divided the 1st page in to two columns and have kept text boxes in the two columns. The idea was ... A: Text boxes are objects, and objects in Word cannot exceed one page. To continue a text box on the ... | |
| auto populate multiple text boxes | 8/13/2011 |
| Q: I would like to know how you can auto populate multiple text boxes on word'2007 say for example date ... A: Assuming you are referring to text form fields, note that each form field has a built-in bookmark. ... | |
| Regarding printng | 8/13/2011 |
| Q: . Using Word 2002, I have a small pocket sized book to set which is to be center folded vertically ... A: Word doesn't offer any built-in way to do this, and I think it would be very difficult to devise a ... | |
| Word 2007 Borders | 8/13/2011 |
| Q: How to change the full page border color How to add a border to a paragraph within the same flyer. ... A: On the Page Border tab of the Borders and Shading dialog (Layout | Page Background | Page Borders), ... | |
| MS Word | 8/13/2011 |
| Q: I would like to know if it is possible to detect whether the text in word file was pasted or whether ... A: No, there is no way to determine the source of the text except by comparing style, formatting, or ... | |
| Word 97 Text Form Field | 8/12/2011 |
| Q: "Hi, I need to edit a Word 97 document, to add a "type question in box" similiar to the one being ... A: It would appear that you are attempting to create a protected form. For help with that, see ... | |
| CG Times Font | 8/11/2011 |
| Q: I read your reply to an old question regarding CG Times fonts and no longer having the capability of ... A: I think the real issue here is that older HP printers had resident fonts (font files actually stored ... | |
| Document Compare Feature | 8/10/2011 |
| Q: WordPerfect has a Document Compare feature that enables you to compare different drafts of a ... A: Yes. On the Review tab, in the Compare group, click Compare, then Compare. Word will mark up one of ... | |
| Printout text effects different from Print Preview | 8/10/2011 |
| Q: I am having a bold formatting problem with Word 07. The printout of my 26-page document has much ... A: If the document looks the way you expect/intend in Print Preview (not just Print Layout view) but ... | |
| Drop Down Help Text | 8/9/2011 |
| Q: How can i add help text to each and every choice in a drop down? I am creating a form where one of ... A: I don't believe there's any way to do this other than to make the choices themselves as verbose as ... | |
| Page x of y in MSW 2007.....where did it go? | 8/8/2011 |
| Q: OK, this is part vent, for which I apologize, but there is a very specific question at the heart of ... A: Page X of Y is still there, and it's not even that hard to find, but it may not please you. When ... | |
| undeleting doc in Word 2010 | 8/8/2011 |
| Q: I was doing a final edit on my novel when I somehow accidentally deleted the whole file! I am ... A: You're in luck that this is Word 2010! Provided you have not changed the default settings (that is, ... | |
| page numbers | 8/3/2011 |
| Q: How do you number pages in Word 2007 if there is no style gallery A: You can insert a PAGE field anywhere in a document (including in the header or footer) by pressing ... | |
| mirror margins, A4 and A3 size pages and page numbers | 8/2/2011 |
| Q: You've been a great help in the past. I'm on the latest Word version. I've a big doc (320 pages) ... A: When you're printing double-sided, odd pages must always be recto (right-hand) pages, and even pages ... | |
| section breaks | 8/1/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne You have helped me often in the past, and I believe you can help me again. Using Word 2007 ... A: In Word 2003, the search pane for Help is a task pane like any other that can be docked (and indeed ... | |
| section breaks | 8/1/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne You have helped me often in the past, and I believe you can help me again. Using Word 2007 ... A: Perhaps you could start with http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/front_matter_2007.htm and come ... | |
| WORD 2003 | 7/28/2011 |
| Q: I have specified my standard letter as ARIAL 12. Still, on entering new inserts, these are made in ... A: Are you experiencing the problem in new documents or only in existing ones? Unless you change the ... | |
| WORD 2003 | 7/28/2011 |
| Q: I have specified my standard letter as ARIAL 12. Still, on entering new inserts, these are made in ... A: Have you actually changed the default font by selecting Arial 12 in the Font dialog, clicking ... | |
| Table of Contents page numbering | 7/26/2011 |
| Q: I'm using a table of contents, table of tables, and table of figures in my document. I'm creating a ... A: I'm not sure what you're accomplishing with that TOC field: the standard TOC field for five levels ... | |
| styles | 7/26/2011 |
| Q: how are you? Can you tell me how to find a list of all styles available in Word 2007? thanks for ... A: 1. Press Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S to open the Styles pane. 2. Click Options in the bottom right corner. 3. ... | |
| free word | 7/17/2011 |
| Q: I was reading this on wikipedia: Office 2010 marks the debut of free online versions of Word, ... A: Well, yes and no. They are not free to download, but they are free to use. See ... | |
| Word 2010 - Label Margins | 7/15/2011 |
| Q: In Word 2003, the margins for the 5661 Avery label are top: .5, bottom, left, right: 0. In Word ... A: I don't think there's any way to do this directly in the Labels dialog because the style is ... | |
| Word 2010 - Label Margins | 7/15/2011 |
| Q: In Word 2003, the margins for the 5661 Avery label are top: .5, bottom, left, right: 0. In Word ... A: Definitely not your imagination. What has changed is that in Word 2003, the label paragraph had a ... | |
| How to print outline view | 7/14/2011 |
| Q: I've used Word for nearly 20 years for long documents. Printing the outline view is very handy. Now ... A: It has always been the case that printing from Outline view requires printing directly, using the ... | |
| How to set a character limit in a word document | 7/13/2011 |
| Q: I have been researching and tinkering for hours and can't seem to figure out a way to accomplish ... A: If you haven't already enabled the Developer tab, go to Office Button | Word Options | Popular and ... | |
| How to set a character limit in a word document | 7/13/2011 |
| Q: I have been researching and tinkering for hours and can't seem to figure out a way to accomplish ... A: Short of making the document a protected form with a single text form field limited to 4,000 ... | |
| unable to see wordart on word document. | 7/10/2011 |
| Q: Sir/Madame, I am new for MS office 2007, where as i can draw word art in MS Office 2003 easily, but ... A: At Office Button | Word Options | Advanced: Show document content, you must have "Show drawings and ... | |
| MS Word 2003 and 2010 | 7/6/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne, #1 Have you had any formatting issues such as header styles changing, if you save ... A: I'm not using Word 2010 for production work (I'm still using 2003), so I have't had a lot of ... | |
| Technical Documents | 7/6/2011 |
| Q: I manage a number of technical documents that have the same general format: title page, TOC, ... A: Word is really not very well set up to do this. In a discussion ... | |
| Footers | 7/3/2011 |
| Q: I would like to insert (text from file) into the beginning of an existing document which already has ... A: At the end of the file you intend to insert, insert a Next Page section break (Page Layout | Page ... | |
| Section Break & Restarting footnote numbering | 6/28/2011 |
| Q: I am finishing up my dissertation and am merging individual chapters into one master document. My ... A: I would have thought that you would want each chapter to start on a new page, but I guess that's ... | |
| Table header in document makes a page break. | 6/22/2011 |
| Q: I have a table in my word document that has a table header that is set to appear on first table row ... A: The usual reason for this is that the breaking row has been formatted as "Page break before" or that ... | |
| page numbering with sections | 6/14/2011 |
| Q: I am having trouble with numbering a book document with several sections. I have everything set up ... A: I'm guessing you're trying to do this by deleting the section break and inserting a new one. Don't. ... | |
| boarder and shading | 6/14/2011 |
| Q: In Microsoft word i am wanting to put a page boarder on alternate pages but it does it to the whole ... A: Word's Page Border feature is not very flexible. Your choices are limited to applying it to the ... | |
| MS Word Forms | 6/13/2011 |
| Q: Good Morning, We use a specific form that needs to be filled out by our CSR's that contains various ... A: Perhaps you would get some assistance from these articles: How to create a Mail merge ... | |
| MS Word Forms | 6/13/2011 |
| Q: Good Morning, We use a specific form that needs to be filled out by our CSR's that contains various ... A: I'm not quite sure I understand the question. Are you wanting to create a mail merge using the Excel ... | |
| Remove one specific image while keeping all others | 6/12/2011 |
| Q: After copying/pasting text from an ebook into Microsoft Word 2007, I notice that a small image ... A: Since you're using Word 2007, it's possible that the picture could be identified in the XML of the ... | |
| form field commands | 6/9/2011 |
| Q: I used to be able to use ctrl and alt in combination with some of the function keys at the top of ... A: You don't say what version of Word you're using, but since you're having problems with form fields, ... | |
| Can i open unsaved word documents | 6/7/2011 |
| Q: I don not have it saved to my computer but when i open word 2007 it appears in my recent documents ... A: If it appears in the Recent Documents list but does not open when you click on it, then I'm afraid ... | |
| TOC style hanging indent issue | 6/3/2011 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007 and I have a large document that has a 2 level TOC (with chapter numbering), a ... A: This is indeed mysterious, and I don't think I can troubleshoot without seeing the actual document. ... | |
| How To Convert PDF To Editable Word ? | 5/31/2011 |
| Q: I receive a lot of PDF files & wish to convert them to editable word documents. I see a lot of these ... A: You're right; this is outside my expertise. I have owned a couple of multifunction devices but have ... | |
| How To Convert PDF To Editable Word ? | 5/30/2011 |
| Q: I receive a lot of PDF files & wish to convert them to editable word documents. I see a lot of these ... A: OCR is Optical Character Recognition. If you have a scanner, you probably have some kind of OCR ... | |
| How To Convert PDF To Editable Word ? | 5/30/2011 |
| Q: I receive a lot of PDF files & wish to convert them to editable word documents. I see a lot of these ... A: I've never used any of them, but the general impression I get from reports in various forums is that ... | |
| Word text search | 5/28/2011 |
| Q: Is there a way to search for a word or sequence of words that's not in a document? It's easy to find ... A: If you search for the word or phrase and Word doesn't find it, then doesn't that solve your problem? ... | |
| HELP!! | 5/26/2011 |
| Q: Please help me! I am 6th Grader and I was doing my essay on Microsoft Word Office 2007, when i ... A: I'm afraid you've learned a painful lesson. If you never saved the essay at all, then it is entirely ... | |
| word 2007 | 5/23/2011 |
| Q: Help! A friend "borrowed" my computer and now when I create legal documents (printing pleading ... A: Assuming you're using a pleading template that has the line numbers and rules in a text box anchored ... | |
| Microsoft Word 10 component disappeared | 5/22/2011 |
| Q: I had been using the program to consolidate files and folders. I accidentally moved files where I ... A: I don't believe there's any way to lose the Quick Access Toolbar entirely; perhaps you just moved it ... | |
| autocorrect entries | 5/19/2011 |
| Q: is there a way that I can find out how many autocorrect entries I have saved using MS Word? ANSWER: ... A: You can print to a file. Depending on what version of Word/Windows you use, you can either print to ... | |
| autotext entries | 5/19/2011 |
| Q: is there a way that I can find out how many autocorrect entries I have saved using MS Word? A: AutoText or AutoCorrect? You can print out a list of your AutoText entries (File | Print: Print ... | |
| printing a booklet with a cover page in Word 2003 | 5/18/2011 |
| Q: You seem to have given a majority of the responses regarding booklet printing. I print bulletins and ... A: Ah, somehow I was thinking you had Word 2007 or 2010, which have the ability built in. For Word ... | |
| Mail merge labels | 5/18/2011 |
| Q: I'm the one who usually teaches others to use data merge. But I'm stuck. I"m on Word 2008 for Mac. ... A: Very bizarre. Without testing this (which I don't have time to do at the moment), I can do no more ... | |
| Mail merge labels | 5/18/2011 |
| Q: I'm the one who usually teaches others to use data merge. But I'm stuck. I"m on Word 2008 for Mac. ... A: I make no promises about MacWord, in which I have no expertise, but in WinWord it works this way: ... | |
| printing a booklet with a cover page in Word 2003 | 5/18/2011 |
| Q: You seem to have given a majority of the responses regarding booklet printing. I print bulletins and ... A: The "book fold" feature in Word 2010 seems essentially unchanged since its introduction in Word ... | |
| printing a booklet with a cover page in Word 2003 | 5/17/2011 |
| Q: You seem to have given a majority of the responses regarding booklet printing. I print bulletins and ... A: I'm not sure there's really any way to solve this by printing directly from Word--at least not in a ... | |
| MS Word 2007 Normal Style Changes Font | 5/16/2011 |
| Q: I am having a recurring problem with the Normal style's font on a custom template for the documents ... A: There may actually not be anything you can do from your end except offer suggestions. If the ... | |
| ms office opening problem | 5/16/2011 |
| Q: when i try to write something in word,power point, etc ms office tools , it doesn't displayed. and a ... A: This usually is an indication that Office is an expired trial version or, if it is a retail version, ... | |
| Headers & Footers | 5/15/2011 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007 and need to have the same default headers and footers through all certain report ... A: See http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm for general information. Note that if you ... | |
| Word text highlighting | 5/11/2011 |
| Q: I am using MS Word 2003 and doe some reason can no longer highlight text and furthermore documents ... A: Possibly you're confusing Highlight, Fill Color, and Shading. Highlighting is a specific tool that ... | |
| Unwanted renumbering and format changes | 5/11/2011 |
| Q: I am writing my dissertation using Microsoft Word, where each chapter is a different file. When I ... A: This is why we usually recommend that such documents be created as a single file to begin with. But ... | |
| Word 2007 font issue? | 5/10/2011 |
| Q: Each time I open Word 2007, the font on the screen is very large. I set it to Times New Roman 11 ... A: Most likely you've just inadvertently changed the Zoom setting. There's a slider at the right end of ... | |
| numbering pages in Word | 5/9/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007 I thought I was done with my paper, all 37 pages, but when I proofread it I ... A: It's a bit chancy because whenever you put a document back through the printer you run the risk that ... | |
| Word 2010 Labels | 5/6/2011 |
| Q: Hey there Suzanne! I have this problem concerning Word 2010 and labels. I was just wondering if ... A: Assuming you have labels as illustrated (24 per sheet, in six rows), then you can do this provided ... | |
| Using MS Word 2007 & WLM 2011 for Mail Merging | 5/5/2011 |
| Q: I have trawled the internet looking for a concise description on how to utilize MS Word 2007 running ... A: I don't have any experience with merging to email, so I can't swear that it can be done, but I can ... | |
| Using MS Word 2007 & WLM 2011 for Mail Merging | 5/5/2011 |
| Q: I have trawled the internet looking for a concise description on how to utilize MS Word 2007 running ... A: Word cannot use any Address Book other than Exchange or Outlook Contacts as a mail merge data ... | |
| Starting Page numbering on page 3 | 5/4/2011 |
| Q: I have a document I inherited from a previous worker. I need to add page numbers to the document . ... A: This absolutely should work, but the new UI in Word 2007 can be a little confusing. Make sure that ... | |
| Unwanted line in text box | 5/2/2011 |
| Q: I had added text boxes to a screenshot so that I could put numbers in them to identify areas for a ... A: I also thought about change bars caused by Track Changes, but I would have thought those would be in ... | |
| Unwanted line in text box | 5/2/2011 |
| Q: I had added text boxes to a screenshot so that I could put numbers in them to identify areas for a ... A: Assuming that you have chosen No Line for the text boxes, then my guess is that perhaps you used ... | |
| Find & Replace font color for all words of certain font type | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: I've been trying to change all text in a Word 2007 document that currently appear in Calibri 10 font ... A: You don't need anything in either box. Leave both the "Find what" and "Replace with" boxes empty and ... | |
| Wildcard Find & Replace | 4/29/2011 |
| Q: I am using MS Office 2007. I have a list of words which have one or more words on each line. Some ... A: You may not even need to use Replace. Try selecting the text you want to change and using Home | ... | |
| Format Tab | 4/28/2011 |
| Q: Reference: http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/2009/10/1-2007-Format-tab.htm Is there ... A: In Word 2010, you can, in fact, create new tabs as well as new groups on existing tabs, but this ... | |
| Strange indentations | 4/26/2011 |
| Q: Occasionally Word does something strange: I open a new document and start to type. When I get to ... A: The paragraph has acquired a hanging indent. If you have the horizontal ruler displayed, you'll see ... | |
| how to replace enter with shift+enter | 4/25/2011 |
| Q: how to replace enter with shift+enter? A: Manually, you can just select the paragraph mark and press Shift+Enter to replace it. To replace ... | |
| Printing envelopes | 4/25/2011 |
| Q: I have Microsoft word 2007. When I attempt to print an envelope, I get a message, number must be ... A: This error message is obviously bogus since it applies to "From text" settings for borders. A Google ... | |
| changing function keys | 4/24/2011 |
| Q: I would like to change what some of the function keys do in Word 7 specific to my work. Is this ... A: When you select a command that you want to assign the function key to and press the function key in ... | |
| changing function keys | 4/24/2011 |
| Q: I would like to change what some of the function keys do in Word 7 specific to my work. Is this ... A: By Word 7 I assume you mean Word 2007 and not Word 7.0 (which was Word for Windows 95). To the ... | |
| Word 07 Autocorrect/Protected Document | 4/21/2011 |
| Q: Autocorrect is grayed out when working in a protected document. I know you now have to use the F3 ... A: It seems that you're confusing AutoCorrect and AutoText. It would appear that in fact AutoText does ... | |
| Page #s & Margins for Word 2003 | 4/21/2011 |
| Q: Hey Suzanne, I'm REALLY hoping you can fix this for me as I've been struggling with it for years. ... A: Problem 1: For a start, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NumberingFrontMatter.htm, paying ... | |
| label merge | 4/20/2011 |
| Q: Every year I need to merge my mailing list of 900 plus names to labels. I never can get the label ... A: Find step-by-step instructions for Word 2002 and 2003 at ... | |
| Numbering line with mathematical equations | 4/19/2011 |
| Q: I am writing a paper with a few mathematical equations among the text. Usually, those papers number ... A: For more on setting tab stops, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/SettingTabs.htm. You will ... | |
| Numbering line with mathematical equations | 4/19/2011 |
| Q: I am writing a paper with a few mathematical equations among the text. Usually, those papers number ... A: Provided you don't need to reference the equation numbers in the text, this is quite simply done. ... | |
| pagination in word 2008 for mac | 4/19/2011 |
| Q: I am a stage manager. When working on a new play, there are often a lot of script changes that I ... A: I'll say at the outset that (as indicated in my bio) I have no experience with Word for Mac, but I ... | |
| Word Table of Contents - dot leaders | 4/18/2011 |
| Q: My document is complete, I have a nice TOC with automatic H1, H2 & H3. For some reason, the dot ... A: Display the horizontal ruler if it is not displayed. Click in one of the TOC 3 entries. Drag the ... | |
| Default save has changed on all MS Word docs | 4/16/2011 |
| Q: A few months ago, I download OpenOffice.org 3.3 because I liked the feature it had to export as a ... A: OpenOffice has grabbed the file associations for Word file types (which will cause Windows to ... | |
| Microsoft word | 4/15/2011 |
| Q: Is there any way to link a table in one document to another? For example, if I type something into ... A: If you insert content from Excel as a link in Word (using Paste Special), it will be updated ... | |
| Word Headings | 4/14/2011 |
| Q: I've read your tutorial on creating heading styles in Word 2007, but I'm still having trouble ... A: Since I don't have a tutorial on this subject, I assume you're referring to Shauna Kelly's article ... | |
| Word 2003 Mail Merge and Section Breaks | 4/8/2011 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 to create merged graduation announcements. The data is in a word table that is ... A: I suspect that you can't. Word inserts Next Page breaks between sections of a Letter-type merge and ... | |
| typing line | 4/8/2011 |
| Q: there is line which cover all the alphabets and we use it for typing practice.ie the quick fox jumps ... A: The sentence you're referring to is "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." But this is just ... | |
| Footer auto text insert jumbled up | 4/7/2011 |
| Q: When i open header and footer, then select auto text insert fro file name and pages x of y, they ... A: I didn't see this question until after I answered your other one. If starting in Safe Mode clears ... | |
| Footer auto text insert jumbled up | 4/7/2011 |
| Q: When i open header and footer, then select auto text insert fro file name and pages x of y, they ... A: As noted in the article, the Normal template is in a hidden folder. You must enable the display of ... | |
| Footer auto text insert jumbled up | 4/7/2011 |
| Q: When i open header and footer, then select auto text insert fro file name and pages x of y, they ... A: It's hard to tell from your question, which just shows mostly squares on the Web page and HTML codes ... | |
| word 2007 minimized docs | 4/7/2011 |
| Q: I'm trying to find out how to get word from bringing up minimized documents when I close one. I have ... A: A lot of people seem to complain about this sort of behavior. Either I haven't experienced it or it ... | |
| Page Indentation(Urgent) | 4/6/2011 |
| Q: I have to indent a paragraph which looks like this. The Big Bang: ... A: Is this a trick question? A misunderstood homework question? I don't know of any way to do what you ... | |
| MS Word 2003 - Footnotes and brackets | 4/5/2011 |
| Q: Have a text organized in two columns, justified on both sides, prepared with MSWord of the Office ... A: Word should not be inserting spaces if there are none. Are you sure the text is just Justified ... | |
| MS Word 2003 - Footnotes and brackets | 4/5/2011 |
| Q: Have a text organized in two columns, justified on both sides, prepared with MSWord of the Office ... A: In justified text, the ordinary spaces in a line will expanded as needed to even the line ends. The ... | |
| International symbols and marks | 4/4/2011 |
| Q: I want to put an international symbol hour glass on a label. I have it in a pdf but thought their ... A: In any standard Unicode font, you'd want to look in the Miscellaneous Dingbats character subset, but ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2007 Question | 4/3/2011 |
| Q: I wish I could include a screen shot with the question, but that functionality does not seem to be ... A: I'm not sure why the ability to attach an image is not available to you (you should see it at the ... | |
| Add Date to Letterhead | 4/2/2011 |
| Q: Usually the date and year appears as soon as I type the month at the top of my letterhead. That has ... A: Date AutoComplete has always been a bit iffy in Word 2003. If you allow Word to complete the month ... | |
| Table of Contents | 3/28/2011 |
| Q: My TOC is set for non-bold text and the headers are set for bolded text but when I update the TOC, ... A: As you are apparently aware, the TOC styles are independent of the heading styles. If, however, the ... | |
| formatting | 3/27/2011 |
| Q: Two questions today: first I have downloaded a manuscript from WP, scanned from a printed copy and ... A: OCR is Optical Character Recognition. You said the manuscript you received had been "scanned from a ... | |
| formatting | 3/27/2011 |
| Q: Two questions today: first I have downloaded a manuscript from WP, scanned from a printed copy and ... A: WordPerfect conversions can be a bit rough, but start by removing all the section breaks (search for ... | |
| word art | 3/26/2011 |
| Q: My father-in-law has Microsoft Word 2000. When he tries to insert word art, it always defaults to a ... A: Is he using Format | Background? That's intended only for Web pages. If he inserts the WordArt ... | |
| Legal Settings | 3/25/2011 |
| Q: Do you know if there are any templates for Word 2007 which already have the proper settings for ... A: Earlier versions of Word included a Pleading Wizard that had line numbers created in a text box ... | |
| Word 2010 deletes to end of file | 3/24/2011 |
| Q: About one in every couple of weeks when I am editing a document in Word, it suddenly starts to ... A: Although there may well be a key combination that deletes from the insertion point to the end of the ... | |
| Word 2007 Pagination Issue | 3/23/2011 |
| Q: I am revising a document prepared by someone else. The document consists of several chapters, and ... A: Although you can include the chapter number by following the directions at ... | |
| ALWAYS SEE HEADERS & FOOTERS | 3/22/2011 |
| Q: Windows XP/Office 2003 I have just transferred to a different PC, I cannot find how when I open a ... A: If you are not seeing headers and footers, then either you are in Normal view (not likely) or you ... | |
| Using an IF statement, to have conditional drop down menus. | 3/19/2011 |
| Q: First of please allow me to say, I am extremely impressed with the level of quality which I have ... A: I'm sure it's possible, but I imagine it would require VBA, in which I have no expertise. One way I ... | |
| Trying to .. | 3/17/2011 |
| Q: I am trying to make three different examples of documents in one word document. I am trying to give ... A: For more on headers, see http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm. If you have only three ... | |
| Mail merge | 3/15/2011 |
| Q: Good afternoon, I have done many mail merges using Word 2007 and Excel 2007 but generally I am ... A: You might try checking the box for "Full page of the same label" in the Labels dialog before ... | |
| About table of content..........to align to the right | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: I have a table of content similar to this: t1.........................5 ... A: If you use Word's built-in feature to create a table of contents (TOC), the page numbers will ... | |
| Number must be between 1 and 600 | 3/14/2011 |
| Q: I have a document which is currently in Word 2007- because I wasn't sure if it had been used in ... A: It is not necessary to format "Chapter" as All Caps in the Multilevel List dialog provided the style ... | |
| RE: How to make my watermark be in front of my table? | 3/11/2011 |
| Q: I would like to add a graphic watermark to my word document and I have tried doing so with 2 methods ... A: A watermark is always behind text, so you can't make it in front of your table. If you want a ... | |
| Page View Not Centered | 3/10/2011 |
| Q: Suzanne. Hope you can help with something that is driving me crazy. All of a sudden, Word files are ... A: You don't say what version of Word you have, but does the document have more than one page? In ... | |
| Text Box around an image | 3/7/2011 |
| Q: I want to write text around an image much like this one: ... A: You will need to use WordArt. You don't specify which version of Word you have, so I can't tell you ... | |
| finding particular field | 3/6/2011 |
| Q: I have data in which the usable delimiter is a check-box (It can be checked and unchecked, so I ... A: If it is a check box form field, then you can find it with Find/Replace under two conditions: 1. ... | |
| Headers and Footers | 2/28/2011 |
| Q: How can i add a text form field into a header? A: You can't. Form fields can't be used in the header or footer. If the information is found elsewhere ... | |
| watermark will not print | 2/24/2011 |
| Q: I am not able to print text watermarks. I used to beable but now can not. The text word appears on ... A: Both the options you mention are irrelevant to this issue. "Background printing" refers to printing ... | |
| Print Preview different to Print Layout - Text Not Justified | 2/23/2011 |
| Q: If anyone can help, maybe it's you. A business document needs to be 100% full justified. In ... A: I assume you are the same person who posted this question in the Answers forum, and I find it just ... | |
| Home tab on the Ribbon | 2/23/2011 |
| Q: What does this mean? What is the ribbon? It was referred to in the following instructions: HIDE ... A: Are you using Word 2007 or 2010? If so, then the Ribbon is the strip of tabs and buttons at the top ... | |
| Help with TOC Gallery | 2/22/2011 |
| Q: Can I create more than 1 TOC and save it to the Gallery without them turning into hyperlinks? ... A: I assume that you want the TOCs to be hyperlinked and just don't want them to appear hyperlinked in ... | |
| TOC | 2/22/2011 |
| Q: I am a beginner trying to change the format of a Table of Contents with three levels. I am trying ... A: You need to create the indent in the TOC2 style; see ... | |
| Spacing between the words in a Justified Para | 2/22/2011 |
| Q: I have justified the whole text in a document. I don't want to use Hyphenation nor it's working on ... A: The only way to correct loose spacing in justified text is to use hyphenation judiciously (you can ... | |
| Formfield | 2/21/2011 |
| Q: A user opens a template, with form fields inside tables, and everything looks fine. When the save ... A: I can't think of anything that would cause the file to be changed upon saving. There are, however, ... | |
| Help with TOC Gallery | 2/18/2011 |
| Q: Can I create more than 1 TOC and save it to the Gallery without them turning into hyperlinks? A: I'm not sure I understand the question. A given TOC can have hyperlinked entries or not as you ... | |
| Best way to create a proposal template? | 2/18/2011 |
| Q: We have been using a Word document as template for reps to manually customize each time they write a ... A: I know of some people who might be able to do this but probably not in a time crunch. May I suggest ... | |
| Best way to create a proposal template? | 2/18/2011 |
| Q: We have been using a Word document as template for reps to manually customize each time they write a ... A: Word is quite capable of handling this. My suggestion would be to build a UserForm, deployed on ... | |
| Mail Merge - Next Record | 2/17/2011 |
| Q: I'm busy with merging a letter with lots of data and tables. When I use the Next Record function, ... A: Ordinarily a «Next Record» field is not needed in a letter or catalog/directory-type merge, only in ... | |
| word mail merge | 2/17/2011 |
| Q: in my Excel file I have text that is bolded and underlined. When I perform a mail merge to Word, ... A: Yes and no. If an entire field is formatted, you can reproduce the formatting by applying it to the ... | |
| alphabatical arrangement | 2/16/2011 |
| Q: I am using microsoft word 2003 for encoding the records of my customers. Like on one page I have ... A: The Sort command (which sorts text into alphabetical order) is on the Table menu, but text doesn't ... | |
| printing envelopes | 2/15/2011 |
| Q: I am running WORD 2003 but have access to a PC with Word 2007. I need to print envelopes with just ... A: In any version of Word, in the Envelope dialog, click the button for "Add to Document." This will ... | |
| Bookmark or Document Map | 2/14/2011 |
| Q: I have a document in Word 2003 and have been trying to create a pane in the document for quickly ... A: It sounds as if you want to use the Document Map. In order to do this, you must have paragraphs ... | |
| Numbering is lost with IF field | 2/14/2011 |
| Q: My document uses heading styles, and I have Articles with multiple numbered Paragraphs in each ... A: I don't know that I can provide a complete solution to you, but I can perhaps suggest where the ... | |
| MicroSoft Word 2002 | 2/12/2011 |
| Q: Greetings: On a document, how do I find out how many words are in the document? I thought it would ... A: The green underline indicates grammar errors. If you right-click on an underlined word, Word will ... | |
| Finding how many words are in a document | 2/12/2011 |
| Q: Greetings: On a document, how do I find out how many words are in the document? I thought it would ... A: Tools | Word Count. The word count doesn't appear on the status bar unless you have Word 2007 or ... | |
| screen / taskbar difference | 2/10/2011 |
| Q: i'm currently using microsoft word 2007 at school for some classes. however i own a mac and has word ... A: In a word, no. From looking at screen shots of Word 2008 (as noted in my bio, I have no expertise in ... | |
| Unwanted headings | 2/9/2011 |
| Q: I am editing a long document with a style template attached. After saving and re-opening the ... A: Most likely this is a combination of the use of the Document Map and having "Define styles based on ... | |
| address book | 2/9/2011 |
| Q: I am using microsoft office Home and Student 2010. When I create an envelope, I cannot save the ... A: For several versions now (including Office 2000, I would have thought), Word has required a fully ... | |
| Regarding two column printing | 2/5/2011 |
| Q: . Using Word 2002, I have a book to set which is center binded. The size in which it is to be ... A: On the Margins tab of Page Setup, under "Multiple pages," choose "Book fold." Word will do all the ... | |
| Time Tracking | 2/3/2011 |
| Q: Is it possible to track a word document's open time up to the point is was saved? Also, is it ... A: The only statistic that Word keeps track of is "Editing time." This is found on the Statistics tab ... | |
| Drop down menus in Word 2010 | 2/2/2011 |
| Q: I found your details while Googling for some help with the incomplete drop down menus in Word 2010. ... A: There is no such option in Word 2007 or 2010 because there are no menus per se. If you are having ... | |
| AutoTextList fields | 2/1/2011 |
| Q: I read an answer you provided on 1/18/2008 ... A: My understanding of this field is that it presents a one-time selection. Once you have selected an ... | |
| Paragraph tabs | 2/1/2011 |
| Q: Susan. I'm an expert on this site too. I have an important Word document for a publisher that has ... A: The way I do this is to set Body Text as the following style for the heading styles and Body Text ... | |
| columns | 1/29/2011 |
| Q: Word 2007 W7 WLM I have a printed page of various tips in two columns. Tried to add to it and found ... A: From the sound of it, perhaps there is a column break at the end of the original first column. But ... | |
| Numbering in Squares | 1/29/2011 |
| Q: Can you tell me how you would get a numbered list with squares around the numbers? What I mean is ... A: AFAIK, there is no way to get an autonumbered list formatted that way. There are several ways to get ... | |
| How to Automatically Add File Path to Doc | 1/28/2011 |
| Q: On September 24th 09, 06:39 PM you posted to microsoft.public.word.newusers a response on how to ... A: For existing documents, yes, you would have to add it to them individually (unless you use a macro ... | |
| general | 1/28/2011 |
| Q: I have a document with 6 chapters, with sections,sub-sections, using 3 (parent-child) heading ... A: Absolutely! This topic is covered very thoroughly by Shauna Kelly at ... | |
| How do I exit a text box? | 1/26/2011 |
| Q: I am creating a brochure in Word. I've set up my first text box, but I can't get out of it. I ... A: I generally find it easier to avoid using text boxes except when they are absolutely necessary. You ... | |
| Cannot enter symbol in MS word 2007 | 1/24/2011 |
| Q: I have installed MS office 2007 on my machine. I can open the word document successfully but when i ... A: Did you try using another printer driver as I suggested? Did you try the other troubleshooting steps ... | |
| Old German fonts missing in Word 2010 | 1/23/2011 |
| Q: I have been forced to upgrade to Word 2010. The Old German fonts in previous versions of Word appear ... A: I don't know what fonts you are referring to specifically, but here is some general information: 1. ... | |
| Cannot enter symbol in MS word 2007 | 1/23/2011 |
| Q: I have installed MS office 2007 on my machine. I can open the word document successfully but when i ... A: Unfortunately, I don't see your screen shot, but the most common cause of problems with the Symbol ... | |
| Auto complete in word 2003 | 1/22/2011 |
| Q: I know that there's an autocomplete option in Word 2003. However it does not suggest for every ... A: AutoComplete works only for AutoText entries. You can create more AutoText entries, or you can use ... | |
| Switching from Word 2003 to Word 2010 | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Can someone please tell me the proper way to migrate all my Word 2003 templates to Word 2010. I am ... A: Yes, it definitely sounds like you did everything right on that score. As for the difference in ... | |
| Switching from Word 2003 to Word 2010 | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Can someone please tell me the proper way to migrate all my Word 2003 templates to Word 2010. I am ... A: Okay, so they're FILLIN fields. I would not be surprised to learn that AutoText doesn't work ... | |
| Switching from Word 2003 to Word 2010 | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Can someone please tell me the proper way to migrate all my Word 2003 templates to Word 2010. I am ... A: I understood about the renamed Normal.dot. My point is that Normal.dot can contain a lot of ... | |
| Switching from Word 2003 to Word 2010 | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Can someone please tell me the proper way to migrate all my Word 2003 templates to Word 2010. I am ... A: I'm not entirely clear on how you converted your templates. Just renaming them with a different ... | |
| Quick parts | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Is it possible to link Quick Parts to a DOCUMENT, so that when I email the document to one of my ... A: Quick Parts are a subset of Building Blocks, which can be stored only in templates. If you save the ... | |
| Filtering information in Word | 1/20/2011 |
| Q: Is it possible to have a list of "Topics" written in paragraph style (e.g. Topic 1, Topic 2, Topic ... A: There are ways to control the insertion (or not) of specific elements, but it is much more difficult ... | |
| Hieroglyphics | 1/19/2011 |
| Q: prevent me from completing my work. Tried Microsoft, HP and Language Settings 2007, my last edition ... A: What sort of hieroglyphics? And how are they "popping up"? If your problem is that the Research pane ... | |
| Word 2007 page sizes wrong | 1/18/2011 |
| Q: I've been working on an A4 document (my normal size and the default setting for my documents), and I ... A: The paper sizes you see in Word do not come from Word. They are supplied by your printer driver. If ... | |
| Regarding Hiding/Printing Images/text | 1/18/2011 |
| Q: I am using MS word 2002 under XP baground. I want to know ... i) Is it possible to hide inserted ... A: Although Word doesn't provide any built-in way to hide images or text selectively, it can be done ... | |
| Alphabetize Headings? | 1/17/2011 |
| Q: Greetings, I am working on a long list of databases, and each section has a heading, the database ... A: If you have used one of Word's built-in heading styles for your headings, or if you have assigned an ... | |
| downloading documents from the internet | 1/15/2011 |
| Q: I use windows 7 and my browser is AOL, when I download and try to open a file from my documents it ... A: Are you sure the document you're trying to open is actually a Word document (does it have a .doc or ... | |
| Word 2003 Mail Merge How to Suppress Blank Lines for Several Fields | 1/13/2011 |
| Q: I have 2 problems within the same mail merge letter. I have tried numerous documented how to's but ... A: It's not clear whether you're using the "Address Block" feature or inserting mergefields ... | |
| Formatting in Microsoft Word | 1/13/2011 |
| Q: Recently I have started a job for a recruitment agency and part of the requiement of my job is to ... A: You can type an underline with Shift+Hyphen, but the built-in command for applying underlining to ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2007 files with graphics | 1/13/2011 |
| Q: We have a need to create a "microsoft word picture" within a word document. In other words, I do ... A: In my copy of Word 2003, if I use Insert | Object | Create New, I don't find "Microsoft Word ... | |
| Unseen Page Break | 1/10/2011 |
| Q: I am working on a document and it seems as if there is an imaginary page break within the text. ... A: Most likely you have some text flow properties applied to some of the paragraphs of text. For ... | |
| Word 2003 - numbered heading styles | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: In reference to my previous question on 12/29, I have tried to follow your instructions but to no ... A: By default your lower-level headings should be set to restart after higher levels. If this is not ... | |
| Word 2007: Hard Spaces needed in Cross References | 1/5/2011 |
| Q: My manager is very particular about hard spaces and hard dashes within the document. We frequently ... A: If you have used nonbreaking spaces and hyphens in the figure and table captions, these should be ... | |
| help with word | 1/3/2011 |
| Q: I have set the Autoshape default by accident and need it turned off. It is causing problems with ... A: You misunderstood me. The Mini Toolbar is not a floating WordArt toolbar; it's just the only ... | |
| help with word | 1/3/2011 |
| Q: I have set the Autoshape default by accident and need it turned off. It is causing problems with ... A: In previous editions of Word, which used toolbars, you would get a floating WordArt toolbar when you ... | |
| help with word | 1/3/2011 |
| Q: I have set the Autoshape default by accident and need it turned off. It is causing problems with ... A: I'm not entirely sure what you have done. Setting AutoShape defaults (which you do by selecting a ... | |
| bookmarked information repeated in same document | 12/30/2010 |
| Q: Using 2003 and 2007 I have converted information I get in Excel to bookmarks in word. I need to ... A: Cross-references should work, with two caveats: 1. Cross-references to bookmarked text that is not ... | |
| outline numbered headings in Word 2003 | 12/29/2010 |
| Q: I have tried to set up my 3 level headings with numbering styles according to the Shauna Kelly ... A: The problem here is a common one: you have the "previous level" fields in the wrong order at Level ... | |
| Following up previous question | 12/28/2010 |
| Q: You refused to answer the question, but what you are saying makes perfect sense. I used a Macro to ... A: Again, the only thing I can think of is that perhaps you had Track Changes enabled when you recorded ... | |
| Word 2010 compatibility | 12/20/2010 |
| Q: I'm about to buy a new computer and my old one has some very old documents of considerable ... A: In theory, you should have no problems opening .doc files in Word 2010. They'll open in ... | |
| Question on using Word | 12/18/2010 |
| Q: Greetings, I am wondering what feature or process (e.g. VBA, merge) would be needed to accomplish ... A: It would rather depend on what the "text from multiple Word documents" is. If this is static text ... | |
| Creating restricted form | 12/17/2010 |
| Q: I want to create an feedback report, where I want that reportee should restrict to write in given ... A: What you are describing is a protected form. See ... | |
| Printing Envelopes | 12/16/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne: I am suddenly unable to print envelopes after years of using Word. I suspect that I may ... A: Okay, that helps. If nothing prints even when you feed a sheet of paper, then the problem has ... | |
| Printing Envelopes | 12/16/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne: I am suddenly unable to print envelopes after years of using Word. I suspect that I may ... A: I need a little more detail on what you're doing and what result you're getting. First of all, what ... | |
| word 2003 | 12/16/2010 |
| Q: Question I am running Microsoft XP and using Word 2003. I am unable to open saved files. Error ... A: Your mention of "saving the documents to a floppy" may provide a clue. It is very risky to save ... | |
| Word | 12/14/2010 |
| Q: I am typing labels using word. When I print preview, some of the labels are not showing. After ... A: It would appear from your description that some of your labels have somehow been formatted as ... | |
| MS Word - Styles - TOC | 12/13/2010 |
| Q: Using MS Word 2003. I am creating a document with attention to Styles. In creating the TOC, the ... A: This could be difficult, perhaps impossible. When numbered headings are included in the TOC, the ... | |
| Word 2010 - Formula Entry | 12/12/2010 |
| Q: We are switching over from Wordperfect to Word 2010. In Wordperfect, you can enter a formula and ... A: Microsoft has intentionally limited spreadsheet functions in Word because it sells another program, ... | |
| Using a different label. | 12/7/2010 |
| Q: I have a page of labels (Avery 5250)- the labels are already filled in with data. I want to change ... A: If the labels were created as a mail merge, and you have access to the data source, then you can ... | |
| messed up cross references in word 2003 | 12/3/2010 |
| Q: I've spent more than 10 hours trying to fix this problem and have had no luck. I am using MS Word ... A: Alt+F9 just toggles the display between field codes and field results. You can see either the ... | |
| messed up cross references in word 2003 | 12/3/2010 |
| Q: I've spent more than 10 hours trying to fix this problem and have had no luck. I am using MS Word ... A: You have misunderstood. You need to search for ^19 REF and replace it with nothing. ^19 (or ^d) is ... | |
| messed up cross references in word 2003 | 12/3/2010 |
| Q: I've spent more than 10 hours trying to fix this problem and have had no luck. I am using MS Word ... A: First of all, you may want to see ... | |
| Two Columns in one A4 Portrait Page | 12/3/2010 |
| Q: I'm using WORD 2003 and I've one A4 Portrait page. I created two columns on this page, now I wish ... A: Unfortunately, as you have discovered, Word's "2 pages per sheet" setup applies only to portrait ... | |
| footnote continuous numbering | 12/2/2010 |
| Q: I have been desperate figuring out why my footnotes are not showing out correctly. after footnote ... A: I can think of a couple of possible scenarios, neither of which exactly meets your description. I ... | |
| Word - Search Function and navigation thereafter | 11/29/2010 |
| Q: After using CTRL+F in Word, I can't navigate through a document using CTRL + Page Down/Up any more. ... A: On your Word screen, look at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar. You will see two double arrows, ... | |
| Don't want drop--down menues | 11/23/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2003 (and, I think, other programs), when I highlight text to copy or delete it (with CTRL C ... A: I'm not sure why you would be seeing this in Word 2003. The shortcut menus appear on right-click but ... | |
| Mail merge | 11/23/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne, I started a mail merge on a Word 2003 document, and no longer want to merge it. I now want ... A: You can get around the SQL message by editing the Registry (see "You receive the 'Opening this will ... | |
| view | 11/16/2010 |
| Q: I am wondering if a Word file can be saved such that it always opens in Print Layout mode on ... A: A Word document will always open in the view in which it was saved, with one exception: if the ... | |
| MS Word anomoly | 11/15/2010 |
| Q: When printing a page instead of merely reproducing the page the computer issues two [2] sheets - the ... A: On the Print tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Document properties." If you have Word ... | |
| Microsoft Word help needed | 11/12/2010 |
| Q: I was fidgeting around the features of Microsoft word and ended up with a weird symbol at the end of ... A: You probably just pressed Ctrl+* (Ctrl+Shift+8) or clicked on the Show/Hide ¶ button and turned on ... | |
| Mail Merge Not Working | 11/9/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to utilize mail merge in Word 2007 and write an expression where 5 different fields from ... A: A couple of things to try just to see if they help: 1. Make sure there's a space between IF and the ... | |
| mail merge | 11/6/2010 |
| Q: I created a file in excel (Office XP Professional 2002) and I am trying to do a label merge in word. ... A: If you're connecting via DDE, then Word should be picking up the data as it is formatted in Excel ... | |
| mail merge | 11/6/2010 |
| Q: I created a file in excel (Office XP Professional 2002) and I am trying to do a label merge in word. ... A: Are you looking at the "US ZIP Codes" section of the referenced page? This switch should work to ... | |
| Mail Mege Not Giving Desired Result | 11/5/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to do a mail merge using an excel sheet but some of the cells will be blank that are ... A: In its general principles, it looks fine to me. The only things I would change, just to see if they ... | |
| mail merge | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: I created a file in excel (Office XP Professional 2002) and I am trying to do a label merge in word. ... A: When you merge from Excel using the default connection method (OLEDB), you get raw data, not as ... | |
| Microsoft Office Word 2007 | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: I have a purchase order that was created in word. There is a field/cell that I can manually key in ... A: This is not an area in which I have personal expertise, but I believe you will find the answer you ... | |
| Splitting columns over multiple pages | 11/4/2010 |
| Q: I love your answers - thank you! here's a knotty one (or maybe not?) I need to produce two columns ... A: The usual approach to this is to use a two-column (unbordered) table instead of snaking columns. ... | |
| Numbering paragraphs | 11/2/2010 |
| Q: I am drafting a document where I number several paragraphs. However, I don't want to number every ... A: The QAT is the Quick Access Toolbar. The only way to access the classic Print Preview view, as far ... | |
| Numbering paragraphs | 10/31/2010 |
| Q: I am drafting a document where I number several paragraphs. However, I don't want to number every ... A: 1. There are several ways to do this. The easiest is probably to backspace once as soon as you press ... | |
| Bookmarks/Fields/Checkboxes | 10/29/2010 |
| Q: Deadline - ASAP would be great been spinning my wheels for a while Version - 2007 I'm setting up a ... A: I'm a little confused about how you're inserting the fields, but, unless you use Insert | Field, ... | |
| Bookmarks/Fields/Checkboxes | 10/29/2010 |
| Q: Deadline - ASAP would be great been spinning my wheels for a while Version - 2007 I'm setting up a ... A: Sorry, I'm so used to using IF fields in conjunction with merge fields that I forgot that an empty ... | |
| Bookmarks/Fields/Checkboxes | 10/29/2010 |
| Q: Deadline - ASAP would be great been spinning my wheels for a while Version - 2007 I'm setting up a ... A: To answer your second question first, unfortunately, no, there is no way to test the status of a ... | |
| File transfer | 10/28/2010 |
| Q: Can I convert all my WP8 files and folders to MSWord 2003? Is there a procedure or program that ... A: Word 2003 has built-in converters for WordPerfect 6.x and earlier. If WP 8 still uses the same .wpd ... | |
| linking in Word 2003 | 10/28/2010 |
| Q: I use linking in a single Word document. On page 1, I will enter my text, and on page 2 I have ... A: In that case (and assuming you have the referenced Options settings enabled), all I can suggest is ... | |
| linking in Word 2003 | 10/27/2010 |
| Q: I use linking in a single Word document. On page 1, I will enter my text, and on page 2 I have ... A: I've always viewed this as a way to link to text stored outside the document--for example, to link ... | |
| recent document | 10/22/2010 |
| Q: I'm a Word 2007 user. I'm repeating a question you received 4 years ago. I have the same question ... A: I have to agree with John that My Recent Documents is very random, which is why I never try to use ... | |
| Template in Word 2003 | 10/21/2010 |
| Q: Designing a new template in Word 2003 and trying to make a field which will copy data that the ... A: Every form field has a built-in bookmark. By default, these are in the form of Text1, Dropdown1, ... | |
| Indentation | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne -- Hope I'm not driving you mad. When I adjust either the indentations or the tabs, the ... A: I think I need to be clear exactly what you're doing. We are talking about a first-line indent? If ... | |
| Indentations and Tabs | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: I am polishing a novel written some years ago in Word for Mac, 2008. When I first wrote this book ... A: Your reference to the gutter suggests you have been playing with the document margins. In most cases ... | |
| Indentations and Tabs | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: I am polishing a novel written some years ago in Word for Mac, 2008. When I first wrote this book ... A: This should not happen. If you want your tabs to be the same as the existing first-line indents, ... | |
| Indentations and Tabs | 10/20/2010 |
| Q: I am polishing a novel written some years ago in Word for Mac, 2008. When I first wrote this book ... A: Unless you have a very good reason for using tabs instead of a first-line indent (for example, some ... | |
| Switch commands in fields | 10/19/2010 |
| Q: I am editing the TOC field using the switch commands (for example, “TOC 1-1”). It gives me the ... A: Your quoted field syntax (TOC 1-1) doesn't actually have a switch in it, so I'm not sure whether ... | |
| Custom Property Fields | 10/18/2010 |
| Q: I have setup a document using the custom properties fields to autoformat text. The document works ... A: Word 2007 and 2010 do make it more difficult to find the document Properties, 2010 even more than ... | |
| Negative indent import | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2007 on Win Xp, I have created a template .dotm in which the first 3 heading levels are ... A: I'm not clear on exactly what you're doing. You say you can create a document based on your template ... | |
| MS Word: Forms: Tables: repeating a form row | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: Barnhill. Good morning. I have a task that I want to achieve in MS Word 2007, and which I failed ... A: You could, of course, just copy and paste the row, but the problem with that would be that the ... | |
| 2003 Internal Document Hyperlinks Issue | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2003, I am having trouble with internal document hyperlinks. I am working on a large ... A: You might want to look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm for general ... | |
| Repeating Data | 10/15/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way I can get information placed into a document to automatically populate the header? I ... A: You can put REF fields in the header of the document, but these do not work in protected forms. For ... | |
| Mail merge from excel with multiple rows | 10/14/2010 |
| Q: I need to know how to create labels for boxes by merging a list from excel that is a column of "book ... A: This is what is known as a "many to one" merge, about which I am not knowledgeable (as my bio ... | |
| Mail merge | 10/13/2010 |
| Q: I am mailmerging some data from an access database into a table in a word document. It is a list of ... A: Instead of inserting the merge fields and punctuation directly, you will need to insert them as part ... | |
| Microsoft word | 10/12/2010 |
| Q: I have a German name I want to type onto a word document and the name has two little dots above the ... A: The two little dots are called an umlaut when they occur in German (in English, they are a diaeresis ... | |
| Graphics in Word | 10/11/2010 |
| Q: I use Word quite a lot for graphics as it is in some instances better than Photoshop. But there is ... A: Depending on the version of Word and the format of the images, you may be able to group them, but ... | |
| MS Word | 10/11/2010 |
| Q: Good Day, I am using office 2003 basic - Sometimes you cant move the first letter in a line along ... A: It sounds as if you may be trying to create a hanging indent. You can do this in the Paragraph ... | |
| thanks and a friendly FYI | 10/10/2010 |
| Q: MS Word 2007 (SP2 MSO) Hi Suzanne, I am a college instructor, and I often have a need to keep two ... A: The URL works fine for me, but often the problem is that the link is not clickable in the message ... | |
| microsoft word | 10/10/2010 |
| Q: I want to use word for a song sheet. All I need is the words and the chords. I can have the chords ... A: Since you can have the chords at the beginning or end of the line (as opposed to directly underneath ... | |
| spellcheck setting | 10/9/2010 |
| Q: I just installed office 2007, which may have interfered with emails. The spellchecker setting for ... A: The bottom line is that Outlook Express has no spelling checker of its own and can't use the ... | |
| "Linking" two Word files | 10/8/2010 |
| Q: MS Word 2007 (SP2 MSO) Hi Suzanne, I am a college instructor, and I often have a need to keep two ... A: If the two versions contain shared content that you want to keep in sync, then your best bet is to ... | |
| Crop marks | 10/8/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2003, can Suzanne Barnhill's beautifully-explained method for adding crop marks be used to ... A: If you're referring to the instructions at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CropMarks.htm, then ... | |
| Using Character Styles in Field References (STYLEREF) | 10/8/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2007 we have inserted into the multi-lined header a field STYLEREF, (Heading 1). The ... A: The reason you're noticing a problem when pages are repaginated is that all fields in the header and ... | |
| formula/calculation | 10/6/2010 |
| Q: I've already asked two other Word experts and they didn't know the answer. I'm hoping you can help ... A: I spun my wheels over this one for quite some time last night before declaring defeat, but I asked ... | |
| Making a graphic in the header appear non-transparent | 10/2/2010 |
| Q: I am sending out this flyer to customers and need our logo that was placed into the header to be ... A: As long as you stay in Word, header/footer content will be dimmed when the focus is in the document ... | |
| issue with microsoft word 2008 - header/footer | 10/1/2010 |
| Q: I am attempting to insert page numbers at the bottom of the page. The document is over 200+ pages ... A: If this is really Word 2008, then it is a Mac version, and my answer may not be entirely applicable ... | |
| consecutive numbering in windows vista | 9/30/2010 |
| Q: i am trying to consecutively number tickets - document in word A: I'm going to guess that this will be a labels-type setup, that is, that you will have more than one ... | |
| Word 2007 hyphenation | 9/29/2010 |
| Q: Iam formatting a novel for publication. I need to use automatic hyphenation, but I need to be able ... A: I generally prefer not to use automatic hyphenation at all--just to insert optional hyphens as ... | |
| Microsoft 2008 MAC Mail Merge field formatting | 9/27/2010 |
| Q: I cannot figure out how to format individual fields (placeholders) in a merge document I am ... A: As you have gathered, the formatting must be done in the label itself, not in the data source. You ... | |
| Regarding word 2003 | 9/26/2010 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 with windows xp background. My question is .. Consider I had word file of 10 ... A: Do NOT "draw" the table. Insert it using the Insert Table command. Then remove all the borders using ... | |
| Regarding word 2003 | 9/26/2010 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 with windows xp background. My question is .. Consider I had word file of 10 ... A: In no case should you use drawing lines for this purpose, as the result (seen in your posted image) ... | |
| Thank you | 9/26/2010 |
| Q: My husband finally found it thanks for all of your help. Word 2007 came with this new computer, but ... A: Yes, you were very sensible to get Windows XP! It's what I'm still using (with Office 2003) on my ... | |
| Thank you | 9/26/2010 |
| Q: My husband finally found it thanks for all of your help. Word 2007 came with this new computer, but ... A: If you had mentioned that it was a new computer (presumably with Windows 7 installed), I could have ... | |
| Word 2000 | 9/25/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with Word 2000, which I am sure is very minor. Except I can't fix it. Every ... A: Have you tried all three methods of locating Normal.dot? Are you sure you are including hidden files ... | |
| Word 2000 | 9/23/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with Word 2000, which I am sure is very minor. Except I can't fix it. Every ... A: The link to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm works perfectly well for me. ... | |
| Word 2000 | 9/23/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with Word 2000, which I am sure is very minor. Except I can't fix it. Every ... A: No one knows quite how it happens, but the bottom line is that you have gotten a document saved in ... | |
| follow up | 9/22/2010 |
| Q: It is definitely autotext and not autocorrect. I am using Word 2003. What a kanundrum. I had the ... A: but I will see your question there and any answers you receive. I do hope you get a solution! As ... | |
| follow up | 9/22/2010 |
| Q: It is definitely autotext and not autocorrect. I am using Word 2003. What a kanundrum. I had the ... A: I wish I could help. I have the same setup you do--Word 2003 on Windows XP Pro SP3, and the AutoText ... | |
| Word 2007 - Form Fields using IF statements | 9/21/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to create a form that will enter a number based on a text value in a drop-down list. For ... A: One thing I forgot to mention is that, whenever you reference form fields, especially in a ... | |
| multiple table of contents | 9/21/2010 |
| Q: I have a full generated toc at the front of my doc. I would also like to have a chapter toc at the ... A: Yes, this can be done quite easily, using a bookmarked TOC. The first step is to select the entire ... | |
| Word 2007 - Form Fields using IF statements | 9/20/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to create a form that will enter a number based on a text value in a drop-down list. For ... A: My answer will assume you are using legacy form fields. If you are using the content controls (new ... | |
| Headers in Word 2007 | 9/20/2010 |
| Q: Headers will not print - can see them when doc is open but they won't print out/ A: Do you see them in Print Preview? If so, then there is something very wrong, as Print Preview is ... | |
| Word | 9/20/2010 |
| Q: "I am using Word 2007 and from the table of contents, use 'ctrl' key and click on the page number I ... A: Shift+F5 (GoBack) in general will take you back to the previous edit point. When you have reached ... | |
| word insert picture | 9/19/2010 |
| Q: Is it possible to set MS WORD to show a thumbnail image when displaying the Insert picture from file ... A: You don't say what version of Word you have or what OS you're running it on, but in Word 2003 and ... | |
| Disappearing Bookmarks | 9/17/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2003, I am creating a template with merge fields that are merged from another application. ... A: I would guess that this is at least in part because bookmarks have to be unique, so they can't be ... | |
| Print Button For A Word Document. | 9/17/2010 |
| Q: I have been using Text Form Fields in a word document and can set the field to a time or date format ... A: If you are referring to a MacroButton field, the articles I previously referenced should provide ... | |
| Regarding word 2003 | 9/16/2010 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 with windows xp background. My question is .. Consider I had word file of 10 ... A: Whenever you have more than one section, you must include the section number along with the page ... | |
| Table formatting issue | 9/14/2010 |
| Q: My requirement is like, my word document contents paragraphs and tables. I need to divide the page ... A: As stated in my bio, I have no expertise in VBA, but no macros are required to do what I described ... | |
| Print Button For A Word Document. | 9/13/2010 |
| Q: I have been using Text Form Fields in a word document and can set the field to a time or date format ... A: I assume there is some reason you can't use the ordinary Print button on the Standard toolbar (or ... | |
| Table formatting issue | 9/13/2010 |
| Q: My requirement is like, my word document contents paragraphs and tables. I need to divide the page ... A: There are two ways to accomplish what you want. Which you use will depend on the effect you want: ... | |
| Protecting Word 2003 forms | 9/13/2010 |
| Q: Susan,the procedures for protecting my Word 2003 forms do not seem to work. E Have Ptorct Document ... A: A protected form does not have "input dialogue boxes." That sounds like a description of a UserForm ... | |
| Protecting Word 2003 forms | 9/13/2010 |
| Q: Susan,the procedures for protecting my Word 2003 forms do not seem to work. E Have Ptorct Document ... A: It would appear that the forms you are trying to use do not actually contain any form fields, so ... | |
| word 2007 | 9/12/2010 |
| Q: How do I copy the bullet item formatting from selected bullets to another paragraph? A: In general, you can copy all formatting from a paragraph or selected text using Ctrl+Shift+C. You ... | |
| Chapter specific table of contents.... | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: I'm not sure if you are familiar with Information Mapping®, but I'm creating a guide in Word 2007 ... A: Creating templates for others to use is really outside my expertise. As you know, it's hard enough ... | |
| embedding fonts in pdf saved from 2007 word | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: I found this All Experts site by googling how do I embed fonts in pdf generated from 2007 word file. ... A: In my copy of Word 2007, the Tools button is in the bottom LEFT corner of the Save As dialog. It's ... | |
| Placing text in front of background pictures | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: I'm a new user of Word 10 but have used previous versions, although not for a project such as this ... A: There are several issues at play here. A "watermark" is just a washed-out graphic (WordArt in the ... | |
| Protecting Word 2003 forms | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: Susan,the procedures for protecting my Word 2003 forms do not seem to work. E Have Ptorct Document ... A: There are a couple of known problems that will prevent you from protecting a form. One is being in ... | |
| TOC and Document map issue | 9/10/2010 |
| Q: I'm a writer and my problem is that I use MS-word (2007) and I have a (doc) file that has gone ... A: I think if you will read the articles I referenced, you'll get an idea of what's going on. You need ... | |
| TOC and Document map issue | 9/9/2010 |
| Q: I'm a writer and my problem is that I use MS-word (2007) and I have a (doc) file that has gone ... A: There can be a number of problems with the Document Map (see "How the Document Map works in ... | |
| Getting rid or outer gridlines | 9/9/2010 |
| Q: I'm a new user of Word 10 but have used previous versions, although not for a project such as this ... A: Note that there is a difference between gridlines, which don't print, and borders, which do. If you ... | |
| create A5, print on A4 | 9/9/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to create a 2 page A5 document (landscape) but would like it to print on 1 A4 page ... A: On the Paper tab of Page Setup, select A4 as the paper size. On the Margins tab, under "Multiple ... | |
| if statements | 9/7/2010 |
| Q: Below is the if statement {IF{MERGEFIELD CON_EXT_JDO} then extended on {MERGEFIELD CON_EXT_JDO}else ... A: First of all, you do know that you must insert the field delimiters (the things that look like ... | |
| toc - 2007 | 9/4/2010 |
| Q: First off - I have to say thank you - I have learned so much from you off of the mvp site. I'll put ... A: There is probably more than one way this can be done, but the way I would do it is explained at ... | |
| Blank Line on if statement false | 9/2/2010 |
| Q: Hope you can help on this. I am doing a mail merge with conditional if statements - when the ... A: The trick is in where you put the paragraph break or line break. In the example you give, you ... | |
| Personal mail | 8/29/2010 |
| Q: I have been told I can use Microsoft Word to write personal mail, can you tell me how to do this? I ... A: If you know how to use Word at all, then you can use it to write personal letters. Just type the ... | |
| Personal mail | 8/29/2010 |
| Q: I have been told I can use Microsoft Word to write personal mail, can you tell me how to do this? I ... A: By "personal mail" I'm guessing you mean email rather than personal letters, which of course can be ... | |
| Repeat Text Different Field | 8/28/2010 |
| Q: I need to repeat a text in one field in the headers for subsequent pages. I have found tutorials for ... A: It's not clear what sort of field you're using, but I suppose either REF or STYLEREF. There should ... | |
| Table of Contents using Word 2003 | 8/26/2010 |
| Q: I have changed the style of Heading 2-5 and also changed the font for the Table of Contents. When I ... A: TOC styles are set to update automatically, so in theory any changes you make to a single TOC entry ... | |
| HELP! | 8/19/2010 |
| Q: I need to know how to lock a caption to a picture in Word 2003. When I insert a caption for a ... A: Any "floating" (wrapped) object must be anchored to a text paragraph. The order of captions in the ... | |
| HELP! | 8/19/2010 |
| Q: I need to know how to lock a caption to a picture in Word 2003. When I insert a caption for a ... A: There is no foolproof way to do this if the picture and caption are both In Line With Text. You can ... | |
| Format numbers in a table in word 2007 | 8/17/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to format numbers in a table in Word 2007. The numbers are coming from a mail merge ... A: There are basically two approaches to this: 1. If the numbers are formatted in Excel, you can ... | |
| formatting a Word text Form Field | 8/17/2010 |
| Q: I have been using Text Form Fields in a word document and can set the field to a time or date format ... A: It appears that if you format it as a "Number," you can use the usual numeric picture switch items. ... | |
| merging directory using Word & Excel 2002 | 8/16/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to merge into a Word 2002 document using Excel 2002. I need certain things to appear on ... A: In a mail merge, any material that should not be repeated for each record must be either put in the ... | |
| Don't want Word ribbon | 8/15/2010 |
| Q: I have long used XP and Word 2003. I have a very large number of macros, made with a program called ... A: If your copy of Word/Office 2003 is a retail one vs. OEM (that is, you bought it separately; it did ... | |
| Headers and Footers | 8/14/2010 |
| Q: I am working on Word 2003 and would like to use the same header throughout the document, but would ... A: If by "inactive," you mean that it is turned off, then that is what you would want--probably. You ... | |
| Headers and Footers | 8/14/2010 |
| Q: I am working on Word 2003 and would like to use the same header throughout the document, but would ... A: There are actually two ways to have different content in the footers in different sections. If the ... | |
| Lost my normal Word Menu Bar. | 8/13/2010 |
| Q: I'm using AOL9. Since changing to Broadband (previously on AOL Dial-Up), I have been unable to get ... A: This is a common problem in Word 2000. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/MissingMenusEtc.htm ... | |
| Funky formatting endnotes when followed by a landscape section | 8/13/2010 |
| Q: I am writing a grant proposal, and I need to insert a landscape orientation section after the main ... A: The solution appears to be to insert two section breaks at the end of the main document section, a ... | |
| Long document setup process | 8/12/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne, Thanks for the all the help and links you have provided. You have suggested that I use ... A: I think my inclination (for the most part, anyway) would be to just pour it all in (and note that ... | |
| long doc headers & footers | 8/5/2010 |
| Q: Ref: my past four posts As I mentioned all my word files are set with header / footer ... A: If you use Insert | File to insert your documents, the result will be a document in a single ... | |
| section breaks in long document | 8/5/2010 |
| Q: Ref: previous three posts. Ok. I'm going to try your method of creating a single document from ... A: I would recommend a Next Page section break between chapters. In books, I usually use an Odd Page ... | |
| setting up a toc in ms word 2003 | 8/5/2010 |
| Q: I'm creating a manual that has several chapters which contain numerous sections and sub sections, ... A: You don't need to copy and paste. You can use Insert | File. If the TOC is set up correctly, it ... | |
| setting up a toc in ms word 2003 | 8/5/2010 |
| Q: I'm creating a manual that has several chapters which contain numerous sections and sub sections, ... A: My experience is entirely in creating long documents in a single file. Although it's possible to ... | |
| setting up a toc in ms word 2003 | 8/4/2010 |
| Q: I'm creating a manual that has several chapters which contain numerous sections and sub sections, ... A: If you are actually using the Master Document feature, then I cannot help you as I have no expertise ... | |
| Windows 2007 to W97-2003 doc | 8/4/2010 |
| Q: I created my resume in the new version and need to save as W97-2003 for electronic submission. When ... A: If you used one of the résumé templates supplied by Word, it is probably set up as a table, and Word ... | |
| Trouble Using Excel as a Data Source | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: what a blessing you are! I was trying to show a friend how to use Mail Merge but when we selected ... A: You don't say what version of Word you're using, and what I'm saying may not apply to Word 2007/2010 ... | |
| Office enterprise 2007 | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: Have undistilled reinstalled office 2007 enterprise problem persists they appear by default have ... A: The reason the Normal template (whether Normal.dot or Normal.dotm) is described is "global" is that ... | |
| forms template | 7/30/2010 |
| Q: I don't have a question - just a huge thank you! I have nearly gone crazy trying to find the forms ... A: I'm glad you found the answer you needed. In case the post you found didn't include this tip, the ... | |
| Office enterprise 2007 | 7/29/2010 |
| Q: Have undistilled reinstalled office 2007 enterprise problem persists they appear by default have ... A: Word should be saving the settings in effect when you close it. If it does not, then it could be ... | |
| Word file recovery | 7/29/2010 |
| Q: Earlier today I somehow deleted half of a very important word file I am working on then saved the ... A: If you have not closed the file, you can use Undo to reverse the deletion and then save again. If ... | |
| Table of Contents | 7/28/2010 |
| Q: My TOC will not recognize the first defined table in my document. It finds all subsequent tables ... A: It doesn't appear to me that you're doing anything wrong. To clarify, however, is the "TOC" a ... | |
| MS Word 2003? | 7/27/2010 |
| Q: A good friend of mine, has made name tags before using MS Word 2003 - no problem. Now they, the ... A: Okay, after choosing the 5390 labels in Label Options, the next step, back in the Labels dialog, is ... | |
| Grayscale table shading for print | 7/22/2010 |
| Q: I'm working on a corporate template that has alternating 5% and 12.5% gray stripes in the table ... A: If you have one of the many color printers (I think they're mostly inkjets) that insist on using ... | |
| word | 7/22/2010 |
| Q: Is there any way to create a document in Word and then print it and have the printed page have ... A: I don't really understand your first question. If you set the margins equal and are not getting that ... | |
| Formatting Pictures | 7/22/2010 |
| Q: When I paste 100s of pictures inside word, I want to be able to resize them all at the same time. ... A: I don't believe there's any way to do them all simultaneously, but there are several approaches to ... | |
| Word | 7/20/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne, I write a lot or Reports using Word 2007. These reports contain colour photographs that I ... A: I'm familiar with the issue you describe. Because images are illuminated from the rear on computer ... | |
| Radial keys | 7/19/2010 |
| Q: I am not sure if I am using the right terminology or not. What I want to do is to create a ... A: In basic terms what you are describing is a form. In order to use radio buttons, you would need to ... | |
| order | 7/8/2010 |
| Q: I have to type 50 peoples names down the one side, so my question is can the words be put into ... A: Your version of Windows is actually irrelevant here; since you're asking me and not a Windows ... | |
| Document re-formatted itself | 7/2/2010 |
| Q: My name is Kimberly and I am using Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002. I created Word ... A: Yes, if you have that printer selected in Word. Did you read the article? Word bases all its layout ... | |
| Word: multiple [concurrent] selections | 7/1/2010 |
| Q: Working with word 2003. You can use Styles and Formatting to select all instances of a particular ... A: There is certainly a way through the UI. Instead of using "Select All Instances" in the Styles & ... | |
| Bookmarks | 7/1/2010 |
| Q: I have been using bookmarks in my document to reference data that needs to be repeated throughout ... A: I'm glad you figured out something that would work. Sometimes, especially when time is short, that's ... | |
| Auto-correcting after a hyphen | 6/29/2010 |
| Q: I am working on a product that is named eagle-i. All characters are lower case. It's ok to have "E" ... A: I don't believe you can enter this as an exception--just as an AutoCorrect entry. Create the entry ... | |
| Auto-correcting after a hyphen | 6/29/2010 |
| Q: I am working on a product that is named eagle-i. All characters are lower case. It's ok to have "E" ... A: Microsoft Word's attempts to be helpful can be very infuriating, especially when there is no useful ... | |
| Bookmarks | 6/29/2010 |
| Q: I have been using bookmarks in my document to reference data that needs to be repeated throughout ... A: According to the Microsoft Knowledge Base article "Operating parameter limitations and ... | |
| text rotation in word | 6/25/2010 |
| Q: How do I make diagonal text (instead of vertical text). I can change text direction to vertical via ... A: Word 2010, I'm told, can free-rotate text. In earlier versions, you can rotate it 90 degrees left or ... | |
| Page X of Y | 6/25/2010 |
| Q: I am working with a large word document in word 2007 that is broken up into different sections. No ... A: To change the text in the header or footer, you do need to unlink the sections, but you can restart ... | |
| Word 2007 -- section breaks | 6/24/2010 |
| Q: I use footnotes, and I need continuous section breaks. They don't work: they cause page breaks. At ... A: Yes, it should still apply. I guess I just assumed that your continuous breaks were for a change in ... | |
| Disable en dash | 6/24/2010 |
| Q: A user I support often wants to enter space dash space without the dash changing to an en dash. Can ... A: Go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type and clear the check box for "Hyphens (--) ... | |
| outlinr numbering | 6/16/2010 |
| Q: You've helped me so much in the past, I hope you can do it again! Working in Word 2003, I want to ... A: See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numbering/OutlineNumbering.html for the best tutorial I know of ... | |
| How can I delete saved files from Word 6.0 | 6/15/2010 |
| Q: In preparation for recycling my old computer, I'm trying to delete the old files, but Word 6.0 ... A: It's been many a year since I used Word 6.0, but I can't see why deleting files would be any ... | |
| Word 2007: line spacing | 6/14/2010 |
| Q: With "before" and "after" paragraph spacing set at 0 pt, suppose you set the line spacing "exactly," ... A: You would probably not want to set Exact line spacing at 12 pts for 12-point type, as this would be ... | |
| Headers | 6/11/2010 |
| Q: I am composing a project plan for school which is divided into multiple sections. The header for ... A: In working with headers and footers you may find my article at ... | |
| page numbering WORD 2000 | 5/30/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to insert page numbers in my document, but I only want the numbers to appear at page 11, ... A: Don't use Insert | Page Numbers for this purpose. Unless you have a copy in which you have not ... | |
| Page numbering and Margins | 5/28/2010 |
| Q: Am Using Microsoft Office Word 2003: Am trying to put page numbers to a document that has about 250 ... A: Well, first of all, you don't need page breaks to keep the tables together; see ... | |
| Word Properties | 5/28/2010 |
| Q: Microsoft Word 2003 Hi, Is it possible to sort the property Name values in File/Properties/Custom ... A: No, I don't believe this is possible except by deleting existing properties and recreating them in ... | |
| Labels | 5/25/2010 |
| Q: Wondering if there is a way to re-alphabetize labels after adding additional names and address after ... A: Not exactly. If the labels were created as a mail merge, then you need to re-sort the data source ... | |
| Save Normal Template Option | 5/21/2010 |
| Q: How do I turn off the Save Normal Template Option in MS Word 2003? I made normal.dot Read Only ... A: Options should certainly be on the Tools menu. If it is not, is there a double arrow at the bottom ... | |
| Microsoft 2003 Line Numbering Issues | 5/21/2010 |
| Q: I've created a document using Microsoft Word 2003. The document is approximately 100 pages long and ... A: As noted in my reply to your email, I didn't find it till this morning because Gmail tagged it as ... | |
| New Section and Footers | 5/20/2010 |
| Q: I followed your previous advice and have created 10 new sections in my 66 page document. The TOC is ... A: When you enable "Different first page," you enable it for both headers and footers. If you want the ... | |
| Microsoft 2003 Line Numbering Issues | 5/19/2010 |
| Q: I've created a document using Microsoft Word 2003. The document is approximately 100 pages long and ... A: This is certainly very odd. I assume from your description that you're using the automatic line ... | |
| Can't change spell check language to English | 5/18/2010 |
| Q: When trying to change my language on my spell check, the only option to choose from is French. How ... A: Is this actually in Word, or is this in your mail client? If the latter, see ... | |
| How to open more than one Microsoft Word 2003 Document Simultaneously | 5/16/2010 |
| Q: I cannot open more than one word document at a time. Everytime I try to open another document, that ... A: How your documents are displayed depends on the setting of the "Windows in Taskbar" check box on the ... | |
| brochure template | 5/15/2010 |
| Q: I want to make a brochure in Word 2003. The brochure will be on 8.5 X 14 paper landscape. I want ... A: Ordinarily I would refer you to the Office Template Gallery ... | |
| My Microsoft Office programs won't open | 5/14/2010 |
| Q: I recently purchased a Dell home PC and I love it, I am a student so Microsoft office is a great for ... A: If you actually purchased Microsoft Office with your computer, then Dell should have supplied an ... | |
| Including headers in TOC? | 5/13/2010 |
| Q: I am working with a multiple page document (more than 60 pages) and I am using section breaks in the ... A: I have to say that you are very much working against Word's design. There is no way you can force ... | |
| Revised Copy gone! | 5/13/2010 |
| Q: I opened a file that was attached to an email in word. I made a lot of revisions and pressed the ... A: You have learned an important lesson: never open and edit attachments directly; always save to your ... | |
| Question | 5/10/2010 |
| Q: I have a press release that I want to email to several national publications. It is a small letter ... A: If you want an emailed document to be viewed by the recipient exactly as intended, your best bet is ... | |
| Mirroring my document | 5/10/2010 |
| Q: I use ms word 2007 I don't know how to mirror for document for printing ANSWER: Word doesn't offer ... A: Go to Start | Settings | Printers and Faxes. Right-click on the icon for your printer and choose ... | |
| pts | 5/10/2010 |
| Q: I'm doing a school project that asks for a 1 cm black border around the page but I don't know what 1 ... A: Good question! I don't know, either, but it should be possible to calculate it. There are 72 points ... | |
| Mirroring my document | 5/9/2010 |
| Q: I use ms word 2007 I don't know how to mirror for document for printing A: Word doesn't offer a built-in way to create a mirror image of an entire document, as this is usually ... | |
| Word 2007 MergeMail Address2 | 5/4/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to create Envelopes with the Mail Merge. For each record, there is an Address1 and an ... A: If "Apt. 1" is Address2, then this is what you asked for. If you want "Apt. 1" to be on the same ... | |
| Word 2007 MergeMail Address2 | 5/4/2010 |
| Q: I am trying to create Envelopes with the Mail Merge. For each record, there is an Address1 and an ... A: The trick is to add the IF field to the end of the line that contains the Address1 merge field. ... | |
| Multi-level bullets in Word | 5/4/2010 |
| Q: I read an article (probably written by you!) a year or so ago called "How to Modify Styles in Word" ... A: The article "How to modify a style in Word" is one of Shauna Kelly's excellent tutorials, but it was ... | |
| Paper Clip guy?? | 5/3/2010 |
| Q: How do you download microsoft word? I want microsoft word, because I like the Paperclip guy! He's ... A: I should have thought I had already made it perfectly clear that there is no way for me to "help." ... | |
| Paper Clip guy?? | 5/3/2010 |
| Q: How do you download microsoft word? I want microsoft word, because I like the Paperclip guy! He's ... A: The "paperclip guy" is technically named Clippit, though usually known as Clippy (see ... | |
| Track changes using more than one author | 4/29/2010 |
| Q: I often have to make changes to documents (contracts, etc.), then my boss (a lawyer) will make ... A: Click on the Office Button (the big multicolored button in the top left corner). The menu you get ... | |
| Outline Numbering | 4/29/2010 |
| Q: I have a document that has four levels of outline numbering. I don't have any problems apply the ... A: It does work, as I accessed the Web page while I was writing you. It is not clickable because of the ... | |
| Outline Numbering | 4/29/2010 |
| Q: I have a document that has four levels of outline numbering. I don't have any problems apply the ... A: The step-by-step instructions you want are at ... | |
| forms | 4/29/2010 |
| Q: I am creating multiple forms some which will have the same information such as Name address. This ... A: Possibly. You can easily repeat information within a given form using REF fields (see the relevant ... | |
| Track changes using more than one author | 4/28/2010 |
| Q: I often have to make changes to documents (contracts, etc.), then my boss (a lawyer) will make ... A: The information on colors is the same. The "Remove personal information" option is available only ... | |
| label printing margin | 4/27/2010 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007. When trying to print Avery label 5266 I get the left margin indented too far. ... A: Good question! And one to which I don't know the answer. Although it's certainly the case that some ... | |
| word 2007 | 4/23/2010 |
| Q: How do you type x to the second power, or x to any power? A: There are actually two ways to add exponents: 1. Some fonts contains specific characters for ... | |
| Page Formatting/Shifting of Text | 4/21/2010 |
| Q: Ever since my computer was upgraded to Microsoft 2007, I have had a terrible problem with the text ... A: Make sure that the printer you have selected as the active or default one is the one you will ... | |
| Undo multiple consecutive deletetion/addtions at once | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have Word 2007 and used Word 2003 for years. In Word 2003, if I deleted or entered consecutive ... A: Although I have seen this phenomenon reported, I do not experience it myself. There are, however, ... | |
| table of contents too wide | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have formatted my book to a 6" x 9" trim size. My table of contents, unfortunately, refuses to be ... A: Let me see if I can make it clearer. You cannot use the ruler to remove the incorrect tab stop, but ... | |
| table of contents too wide | 4/19/2010 |
| Q: I have formatted my book to a 6" x 9" trim size. My table of contents, unfortunately, refuses to be ... A: As I think I indicated before, Word does NOT change the tab setting in a TOC style when you change ... | |
| table of contents too wide | 4/18/2010 |
| Q: I have formatted my book to a 6" x 9" trim size. My table of contents, unfortunately, refuses to be ... A: I'm surprised that inserting a new TOC didn't work, as Word usually sets the right tab dynamically ... | |
| Document Recovery | 4/17/2010 |
| Q: Barnhill, I'm in desperate need of help! I've been working on a novel during my spare time, and I ... A: Well, I think it is unlikely that the files have "deleted themselves." When you emailed the file (as ... | |
| blanks in autocorrect document | 4/14/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne. Thanks for checking with Mr. Freedman about his email address. To answer your question, I ... A: Unfortunately, I really don't know anything about how this works at all, and I still haven't heard ... | |
| Fup question about transferring macros | 4/14/2010 |
| Q: I am a medical transcriptionist and currently type in MS Word 2002. I have been told that I am ... A: I've emailed to ask Jay for permission to give you his email address, but so far I haven't heard ... | |
| Fup question about transferring macros | 4/13/2010 |
| Q: I am a medical transcriptionist and currently type in MS Word 2002. I have been told that I am ... A: No, I have no idea what this means; as my bio indicates, I have no expertise with VBA. But I will ... | |
| transferring auto corrects from Microsoft Word 2002 to Microsoft Word 2007 | 4/13/2010 |
| Q: I am a medical transcriptionist and currently type in MS Word 2002. I have been told that I am ... A: Go to http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm and download the AutoCorrect.zip ... | |
| dl envelopes in landscape | 4/13/2010 |
| Q: When i attempt to print dl envelopes in landsape the printer seems to be printing but the envelope ... A: Set up the envelope as before and insert a sheet of Letter or A4 paper. See where the envelope ... | |
| Repeating vertical column text across multiple pages of Word 2003 tables | 4/11/2010 |
| Q: Per my question to Michelle Howell last week, titled 'Repeating Header of vertical text in column ... A: No, this is not possible. Word makes no provision for repeating table text other than in a heading ... | |
| remove unseen lines in microsoft word | 4/10/2010 |
| Q: i'm working in word document on a project, and every time i try to move my work up the page to align ... A: I'm still not clear what you're seeing. Unless you have a right-to-left language enabled, you ... | |
| remove unseen lines in microsoft word | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: i'm working in word document on a project, and every time i try to move my work up the page to align ... A: You don't say how you're trying to "move" the work, but the only way to make text higher is to ... | |
| MS Word Styles - TOC | 4/9/2010 |
| Q: MS Word 2003. I am working on a document with a table of contents. The style for level three needs ... A: Most formatting (both font and paragraph formatting) that is defined as part of a heading style is ... | |
| Some Keyboard Functions Stopped Working | 4/7/2010 |
| Q: today, all of a sudden, keyboard functions "Ctrl + C", "Ctrl + V", "Ctrl + Z", "Ctrl + Y" have ... A: I can't imagine what would cause all these shortcut keys to become unassigned, much less for you to ... | |
| Autocorrect in Word 2003 | 4/6/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way to sort the autocorrect list by the long form instead of the shortcut? It is ... A: No, there doesn't appear to be any way to do this. I would just suggest that, when you create an ... | |
| Some "Ctrl +" Functions Stopped Working | 4/5/2010 |
| Q: today, all of a sudden, keyboard functions "Ctrl + C", "Ctrl + V", "Ctrl + Z", "Ctrl + Y" have ... A: If you've checked the Customize Keyboard dialog and ascertained that the key assignments are still ... | |
| re: Word 2007 multilevel numbering | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: I tried saving a Word 2003 doc as 2007 version. The format has been screwed up but I've managed to ... A: Section breaks are a red herring here. Your numbering will work provided you have all the numbered ... | |
| Word 2003 default page size | 3/27/2010 |
| Q: I use XP and Woed 2003. I always use legal paper. How do I tell Word to always use this as the ... A: Create a new blank document and, without making any other changes, change the paper size in Page ... | |
| never mind!!! | 3/18/2010 |
| Q: I stumbled on how to shade a cell and text! I hope you see this email before you answer the one I ... A: The easiest way to toggle between two fonts is with styles (paragraph or character as required). If ... | |
| shading in table cells | 3/18/2010 |
| Q: (I was running 2003 on my XP before complete meltdown required me to buy Win 7.) Win 7 seems to ... A: I have exactly the same requirements as you: I want to record my business receipts and expenses, ... | |
| never mind!!! | 3/17/2010 |
| Q: I stumbled on how to shade a cell and text! I hope you see this email before you answer the one I ... A: Okay, I gather that you are using Format | Borders and Shading, which is certainly one approach, but ... | |
| shading in table cells | 3/17/2010 |
| Q: (I was running 2003 on my XP before complete meltdown required me to buy Win 7.) Win 7 seems to ... A: I don't think this site permits attachments--just screen shots--but I see from your follow-up that ... | |
| Track Changes | 3/17/2010 |
| Q: We are using 2007 and track changes for editing books. We have 4-7 people editing the books. We ... A: Unfortunately, when you choose By Author, you're giving Word carte blanche to assign the colors. ... | |
| Word merge limitations | 3/17/2010 |
| Q: If I merge the same field multiple times in a merge document, does each time use one of the 64 merge ... A: Where did you get the idea that there is a limitation on the number of merge fields in a document? ... | |
| Sorting Months in Sentences | 3/15/2010 |
| Q: This may not be possible, but is there a way to sort sentences where the months are the first words ... A: I had hopes that a "Date" sort would accomplish this, but unfortunately, it does not, even if you ... | |
| Problem pasting text into Word Mac 08 | 3/15/2010 |
| Q: I am copying text from an InDesign CS4 Doc into Word 2008. The text in Word is showing very weird ... A: I have no experience with MacWord or InDesign, but I suspect the issue isn't necessarily related to ... | |
| Word - Find and Replace sentences starting with non-capitalised word | 3/14/2010 |
| Q: I wish to combine all sentences which starts with a non-capitalised word into a single sentences ... A: It would have been helpful if you'd stated the problem that way in the first place. When using ... | |
| Footnote Font size | 3/14/2010 |
| Q: How can I quickly change all footnote numbers in the main body of a document to a different font ... A: I can't say I would necessarily recommend this, but you can do it with Find and Replace. You can ... | |
| headers in Word 2007 | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: Two related questions about headers in Word 2007. Is it possible to make a header change in the ... A: Your approach to getting a header in the endnotes sounds reasonable to me. I don't know of an ... | |
| headers in Word 2007 | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: Two related questions about headers in Word 2007. Is it possible to make a header change in the ... A: Yes and no. Beyond the three separate headers that you can have in any given section (First Page ... | |
| Word File Retrieval / Recovery from ThumbDrive | 3/12/2010 |
| Q: I have accidentally saved a Word file ("File 2") in the name of another old Word file ("File 1") ... A: I gather that you were using File 1 as the basis of File 2 and used Save rather than Save As. In ... | |
| bookmark feature in Word 2003 | 3/11/2010 |
| Q: how've you been? If I'm looking for some text in a long document, what is the point of using the ... A: Yes, and I said that in my first reply. Using Find is fine if you remember the words you are looking ... | |
| bookmark feature in Word 2003 | 3/11/2010 |
| Q: how've you been? If I'm looking for some text in a long document, what is the point of using the ... A: There is no reason to assign a bookmark to aid in searching for specific text. Bookmarks are used to ... | |
| bookmark feature in Word 2003 | 3/11/2010 |
| Q: how've you been? If I'm looking for some text in a long document, what is the point of using the ... A: At its most basic, a bookmark in Word performs the same function as a physical bookmark in a book, ... | |
| Create Date in Word 2007 vs 2003 | 3/9/2010 |
| Q: I use a lot of Word Templates, in Word 2003 i Use Create Date in my templates, it opens up as a new ... A: CreateDate is the one you want. I don't know why it would not be updating automatically if you are ... | |
| pictures & drawing boxes | 3/9/2010 |
| Q: I am overwhelmed. I've been in Word help and to MVP and your site and all over the web (so I am ... A: I'm still much more comfortable with Windows XP, but I haven't used Windows 7 much yet. I do find ... | |
| pictures & drawing boxes | 3/8/2010 |
| Q: I am overwhelmed. I've been in Word help and to MVP and your site and all over the web (so I am ... A: I can understand your feelings about Windows 7, as I have a new laptop with it installed, but I was ... | |
| creating and printing a booklet in Word 2003 | 3/8/2010 |
| Q: I want to print a booklet of 8 pages with 2 pages on front of and 2 pages on back of a sheet 11 ... A: You can see two pages in Print Preview, but they will not be facing pages unless you check the box ... | |
| Word 2007 | 3/7/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with word and imbedded hyperlinks for Tables and Figures when I run re-create the ... A: Do you have a manual page break before the reference? If so, you'll need to delete it and reinsert ... | |
| Word 2007 | 3/7/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with word and imbedded hyperlinks for Tables and Figures when I run re-create the ... A: If you're referring to hyperlinked cross-references, see ... | |
| Word for Mac problem | 3/6/2010 |
| Q: I constructed a certificate in Word 22204 for Mac (OS 10.5.8) V11.3.8 using landscape orientation ... A: Word's Print Preview pretty faithfully represents what will print if you send the document to the ... | |
| CREATEDATE field in Word 2003 | 3/5/2010 |
| Q: Susan - I read your response regarding the CREATEDATE field in Word 2003. I now know how to update ... A: Not really. As you can see from "Which fields are updated when you open, repaginate, or print ... | |
| pesky picture | 3/4/2010 |
| Q: I am printing the invitations for my wedding with a design I created using Microsoft Word. I've ... A: It wasn't too clear from your question whether the problem was that pictures weren't printing or ... | |
| Do not want my document to open in cascade position | 3/1/2010 |
| Q: I use Microsoft Word 2000 and Windows 7 Home Premium. When I open the first document, the document ... A: I don't think there's any way around this as long as you have Word open in a Normal window. If you ... | |
| PDF to Word (2003) | 2/27/2010 |
| Q: I would like to thank you for all the help you have given me in the past. I have a document in PDF ... A: The information on that page suggests that it's a one-way converter. But if you are the person who ... | |
| PDF to Word (2003) | 2/27/2010 |
| Q: I would like to thank you for all the help you have given me in the past. I have a document in PDF ... A: There is nothing built into Word that will do this conversion. There are various options: 1. If all ... | |
| how to sort lines | 2/26/2010 |
| Q: ..i use word 2007.i have a treatise and i have to publish it as soon as possible but i dont know how ... A: I'm afraid I'm not very clear on what you're asking, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with ... | |
| Ignoring case in an IF field | 2/25/2010 |
| Q: I would like to set up an IF field so that it will ignore the case (a/A) in a comparison. It seems ... A: I have essentially no experience with ASK fields, so I'm going out on a limb here. I don't know how ... | |
| Formate Headers & Footers with section breaks | 2/25/2010 |
| Q: I have a document with 13 different sections, each with different headers, 4 of the sections are ... A: Link to Previous affects only the content of the headers/footers. Although you can enable "Different ... | |
| Cross References | 2/23/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way to see all the cross reference insertions say on a single page and be able to see ... A: You can see the underlying field codes of the REF fields by pressing Alt+F9, but they probably won't ... | |
| MS Word - problems with forms | 2/23/2010 |
| Q: I have created a form in MS Word that needs to be emailed. Every time I email it, the checkboxes do ... A: There is no way this will work if you send the document as the body of the email. As for an ... | |
| Mail Wizard in Word 2007 | 2/20/2010 |
| Q: Is there a function in Word 2007 that works similarly to the Mail Wizard in previous version of ... A: There are no wizards in Word 2007, but I understand that if you still have them installed, you can ... | |
| Alphanumbers in footer | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: Unfortunately I still can't get the alphanumbers into the footer of my appendices. Is there any way ... A: In order to restart numbering in each appendix, you must already have inserted section breaks ... | |
| fonts changing arbitrarily in document | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: My default font is Times Roman 11 point. I will type documents where the font appears correct, but ... A: I agree that this is very puzzling. The next time this happens, could you send me a portion of the ... | |
| Section breaks with Word 2003 | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: I have just finished writing a family history book and would like to put headers and titles on each ... A: That suggests that you have "Different first page" enabled and have entered the A only in the First ... | |
| macros warning | 2/19/2010 |
| Q: W 7 word 7 This message appears on the word 7 screen. Security Warning: Macros have been ... A: I assume your question is about Word 2007, not Word 7 (which is Word for Windows 95). What you do ... | |
| Section breaks with Word 2003 | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I have just finished writing a family history book and would like to put headers and titles on each ... A: Yes. There are two approaches to this, depending on whether or not you want the page numbers to ... | |
| Applying Word Templates | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I was reading through one of your responses to someone asking a similar question. It seems as ... A: Obviously, Word and PowerPoint are very different applications intended for different purposes. I ... | |
| Word autofill | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I would like know if it is possible to take text in a word document and then autofill other word ... A: You can accomplish this with an INCLUDETEXT field. You will need to bookmark the text in your source ... | |
| Recovering Another Version of a File | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I was busy copying and pasting from a website, when I got careless, and accidentally hit CTRL-A, and ... A: Panic is always destructive. Ctrl+Z is the appropriate panic button, but one press should have ... | |
| Recovering Another Version of a File | 2/18/2010 |
| Q: I was busy copying and pasting from a website, when I got careless, and accidentally hit CTRL-A, and ... A: I'm afraid I can't offer any encouragement since you say that there is no *.wbk file. I'm sorry, but ... | |
| fonts changing arbitrarily in document | 2/17/2010 |
| Q: My default font is Times Roman 11 point. I will type documents where the font appears correct, but ... A: When you say that TNR 11 is your default font, I assume you mean that you have actually selected ... | |
| Word 2007 | 2/17/2010 |
| Q: I need to set 4 evenly spaced pictures to an A4 page with caption underneath each photograph. Can ... A: The easiest way to accomplish this is with a 2x2 table, placing a picture and caption in each table ... | |
| import a dropdown menu into a word document | 2/17/2010 |
| Q: In order to ease my work in the office, I want to make a word document in which instead of typing ... A: Some versions of Word include "date picker" controls for forms documents, but it sounds as if a ... | |
| Changing size of endnote # in text | 2/16/2010 |
| Q: I would appreciate your help. I have a 50 page document w/ approx. 100 endnotes (a book chapter). ... A: It would appear that the Endnote Reference character style has been modified since by default it is ... | |
| Section breaks with Word 2003 | 2/16/2010 |
| Q: I have just finished writing a family history book and would like to put headers and titles on each ... A: There are two ways to accomplish what you want. The first is to break the link between the headers ... | |
| hyperlink | 2/15/2010 |
| Q: i am using Word 2003 and when i am pasting the text with the hyperlinks (when copying and pasting ... A: I don't experience this in Word 2003; when I paste from Wikipedia, I have to explicitly unlink the ... | |
| Labels and envelopes | 2/15/2010 |
| Q: How do I change the font on labels and envelopes in Word XP? A: Labels use the Normal style, so they will use your default font. You can select the text in the ... | |
| turningoff red font | 2/15/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne: I cannot turn the red font off from "font/automatic/default. What to do? i cannot finf ... A: I don't think you'll find "SEE BELOW" anywhere in my answer. I said "click the arrow under Accept." ... | |
| turningoff red font | 2/14/2010 |
| Q: Suzanne: I cannot turn the red font off from "font/automatic/default. What to do? i cannot finf ... A: It would appear that you have inadvertently turned Track Changes on. The keyboard shortcut for doing ... | |
| Changes to form converted from 2003 to 2007 Word | 2/11/2010 |
| Q: I have a form that was created in Word 2003. I need to make changes to the form. I converted it to ... A: I would imagine that what you are asking is how to access the forms controls in Word 2007. The first ... | |
| Autodate complete in Word | 2/10/2010 |
| Q: This is a recent question submitted to you: Autocomplete date should work as advertised- type in ... A: I haven't made a study of this, but, judging from your experience and from reports by others (a) ... | |
| Word 2000 Table Of Contents Issue | 2/9/2010 |
| Q: We have a document that we inserted a 2 pictures in .jpeg format. When we update the Table of ... A: For help with heading numbering in general, see ... | |
| No guillemets visable with field names | 2/7/2010 |
| Q: I want to create a profile of prospects which displays contact and revenue information etc. about ... A: To start with the quotation marks, yes, you can type them from the keyboard. If you're typing inside ... | |
| No guillemets visable with field names | 2/6/2010 |
| Q: I want to create a profile of prospects which displays contact and revenue information etc. about ... A: I'm not sure there's anything you can do. Word seems to default to displaying a preview of one of ... | |
| Word 2002 - Hyperlinks | 2/6/2010 |
| Q: I created a document containing many pages with hyperlinks from a master page to key places further ... A: This is an issue I've seen reported quite frequently but never tried to tackle because I have no ... | |
| MS Word 6.0 | 2/5/2010 |
| Q: I'm trying to open a document in MS Word 6.0 using the MS Word which came with the Windows XP Home ... A: Let's see if this is a little clearer: 1. Don't try to open a Word file directly from a diskette. ... | |
| print user name | 2/4/2010 |
| Q: How can I automatically adding user name to printouts for word documents? A: You can insert the Author field in a document, either at the end or in the footer or elsewhere. The ... | |
| Word 2007 Problem Part 2 | 2/4/2010 |
| Q: Word 2007 is cutting the the first line of text I type in half, it only displays the bottom half of ... A: I don't really see how it could be a margin problem unless your top margin is within the unprintable ... | |
| Creating a [text box] with brackets? | 2/3/2010 |
| Q: I don't know if this is called a "text box", or what it is called. That's the problem so I don't ... A: Makes perfect sense. Many of Microsoft's templates make use of this feature, which is simply a ... | |
| Creating a BLANK text box that will generate on each new page in a Microsoft Word Doc | 2/3/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way I can create text box that will automatically appear in the exact same spot, format, ... A: No, there's no way to do this with a text box. What you can do is set the document up as a ... | |
| Word 2007 Problem | 2/3/2010 |
| Q: Word 2007 is cutting the the first line of text I type in half, it only displays the bottom half of ... A: If this were happening on every line, I would think that it was a result of Exact line spacing set ... | |
| Microsoft Word | 2/2/2010 |
| Q: I have a problem with Microsoft Word 2007. While it opens OK it stops responding as soon as there is ... A: Do you have a printer installed and set as the Windows default? Word's inability to see a printer is ... | |
| Cornell Notes | 2/2/2010 |
| Q: I am taking notes using the Cornell Note template on Microsoft Office Word 2007. I need to go on to ... A: Without knowing exactly what template you're talking about (is this something you downloaded from ... | |
| Tabbed Pages | 2/1/2010 |
| Q: I've asked you a few questions before, and you were extremely knowledgeable and helpful. Hopefully ... A: 'Fraid not. It's a frequent request, but not something I think MS will ever do for Word; it's just ... | |
| book printing on word 2007 | 2/1/2010 |
| Q: i have a book i want to print, 160 pages, size is 7 by 5.25 inches. i would like either print two ... A: Word's "Book fold" setting makes it very simple to make a 5.5" x 8.5" booklet, though 160 pages is ... | |
| concordance table and indexing | 1/31/2010 |
| Q: am trying to create an index using a concordance table with Word 2002 and Windows 7. I have created ... A: If I correctly understand your description, you generated the index while the index entry (XE) ... | |
| Word EX - 2002 - Unprotect or Unlock | 1/27/2010 |
| Q: I have a document that we are using fields and boxes with "X's". I made changes to this form ... A: It's hard to know what might have gone wrong. Perhaps the other person who worked on it applied some ... | |
| dropdown lists | 1/27/2010 |
| Q: I am making an Invitation to Bid template wherein I am using forms and fields. Dropdown list boxes ... A: There are at least two ways to approach this: 1. If you need to use a protected form anyway, then ... | |
| rotating a document in Word 2003 | 1/26/2010 |
| Q: I have a document that was scanned to my email in pdf sideways. I have rotated it in adobe then ... A: If it is actually editable text, you can change the orientation of the document on the Margins tab ... | |
| MS word 2003 landscape problem | 1/23/2010 |
| Q: In landscape mode word won't allow me to insert anything beyond 15cms. It imposes a carriage return ... A: Go to Format | Columns. Note that, even though you probably have one column selected, the column ... | |
| Default font | 1/22/2010 |
| Q: I just saw your recent post about a user having difficulty establishing Times New Roman as the ... A: This can definitely be tricky. In previous versions, you could just open the Font dialog, choose a ... | |
| word 2007 | 1/18/2010 |
| Q: The remaining part of the sentence goes to the next line as a new paragraph and is supposed to be ... A: If you will display nonprinting characters (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/NonPrintChars.htm), ... | |
| Centering mailing label text | 1/17/2010 |
| Q: Can I center the text on an Avery 5164 mailing label without tabbing or manually spacing the address ... A: Yes, you can. It's a little deceptive in that the usual keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+E) doesn't work, but ... | |
| Grammar checker | 1/14/2010 |
| Q: Language and dictionary defaults are all set to English (US) however, when grammar checking the ... A: Select the header text and make sure that it is actually formatted as English. In fact, check the ... | |
| can I uninstall openoffice writer - still use word? | 1/14/2010 |
| Q: i use office word 2007 - i have asked this question before and cant quite get the specific answer i ... A: As I understand it, no version of Word can open the .odt files created by OpenOffice. Although there ... | |
| Word | 1/13/2010 |
| Q: I am preparing a will with headers and footers. I want do discontinue the footer on the signature ... A: You will need to insert a section break (it can be Continuous) before the signature page, unlink the ... | |
| Word 2007 / Section breaks forcing headings to renumber | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: I have a template with Headers 1-6. Header 1 needs to be continuous throughout the document. ... A: I'm not sure whether you're referring to headers or headings, but the mention of levels 1-6 suggests ... | |
| Merge Label | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: Here's my question. I create Avery labels using the Merge feature in Word for mailing projects ... A: If you have saved this form as a mail merge main document, it is not necessary to do all this from ... | |
| Footnote text style does not appear in style drop-down box | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: Barnhill, I set my toolbar to allow me to apply styles using the drop-down toolbar box. For some ... A: For whatever reason, there are some styles that Word doesn't display even when you select "All ... | |
| Word - Drop Down Boxes Issues with '07 & '03 | 1/12/2010 |
| Q: I am having issues creating a form that includes drop down boxes that will work in both Word '07 and ... A: To make a form that will be backward-compatible with Word 2003, you must use the "Legacy Forms" ... | |
| Word 2007 index | 1/10/2010 |
| Q: This is a follow-up. A couple of hours ago I asked about keeping italic index page references to ... A: I think this should be solved if you delete the XE field for the footnote (and hence all reference ... | |
| Word 2007 index | 1/10/2010 |
| Q: This is a follow-up. A couple of hours ago I asked about keeping italic index page references to ... A: No, sometimes that's really about all you can do. The only document I've done that had an extensive ... | |
| footnotes in Word 2007 | 1/9/2010 |
| Q: Barnhill, I got your name from typing an inquiry about Word. I got some excellent information from ... A: I don't think there's any way you can fix this except by tweaking the text manually, say, by adding ... | |
| Word 2007 index | 1/9/2010 |
| Q: On a certain page, say p. 35, a specific topic, say "Red mice", is discussed, and there is also a ... A: A limitation of the INDEX field is that it will pick up only one reference to the same item on a ... | |
| MS Word Merging Photos | 1/8/2010 |
| Q: I am working in Russia and was asked to help our Russian counterparts to setup a simple database in ... A: When I created my directory, which had one record per (small) page, with the photo at the top, I ... | |
| MS Word Merging Photos | 1/8/2010 |
| Q: I am working in Russia and was asked to help our Russian counterparts to setup a simple database in ... A: There are a number of different ways to set this up, but I don't see any way for "Photo.jpg" to ... | |
| Footnote numbering across section breaks within chapters | 1/2/2010 |
| Q: I have a very long document (a book draft) within which I have used Section Breaks (next page) for ... A: I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately this is just a real failing of Word's ... | |
| Word 2007 endnotes | 1/1/2010 |
| Q: A book of multiple chapters has endnotes for all chapters at the end of the book, although numbering ... A: I confess I was unaware that "blank" was an option; that probably at least partly explains the ... | |
| Word 2007 endnotes | 12/31/2009 |
| Q: A book of multiple chapters has endnotes for all chapters at the end of the book, although numbering ... A: There may be better ways, but they might be prone to trouble. One way would be to insert an endnote ... | |
| Merge Labels | 12/31/2009 |
| Q: Here's my question. I create Avery labels using the Merge feature in Word for mailing projects ... A: Since you chose Labels as the merge type, Word should be adding the Next Record field. If not, you ... | |
| Merge Labels | 12/31/2009 |
| Q: Here's my question. I create Avery labels using the Merge feature in Word for mailing projects ... A: If I have understood your question correctly, then what you need to do is open a document based on ... | |
| Word 2007 Index | 12/29/2009 |
| Q: Is it possible to disable the sensitivity of index fields to capitals, italics, etc.? For example: ... A: Indexes are compiled based on your index entries (XE fields). If you are using a concordance, then ... | |
| Adobe PDF | 12/28/2009 |
| Q: Every time I open Word 97, I get a screen that says: The Create Adobe PDF monitor cannot be found. ... A: The add-in I mentioned would not be an add-in to Adobe Reader 9.0, nor would it come from it. It ... | |
| Adobe PDF | 12/28/2009 |
| Q: Every time I open Word 97, I get a screen that says: The Create Adobe PDF monitor cannot be found. ... A: I would imagine that this results from having a Acrobat add-in (usually PDFMaker.dot) in Word's ... | |
| Replacing Word | 12/26/2009 |
| Q: Recently had to completely replace one computer and wipe %26 start from scratch on the other. The ... A: It's unclear whether you're looking for Word or WordPerfect. I can't answer about the latter, but ... | |
| Russian in footnotes! | 12/23/2009 |
| Q: I usually insert a footnote at the bottom of a document that I insert the path of the document so I ... A: If you don't read Russian, then presumably "all the words were in Russian" means that they were in ... | |
| Find (CTRL+F) does not work on the whole document. | 12/21/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne: Thanks for your volunteer help. I help on the Computer-Aided Drafting - AutoCAD forum. ... A: A common reason for a search failure is that some (usually leftover) formatting has been applied to ... | |
| automatic date change | 12/20/2009 |
| Q: Using MS Office 2003-WORD with my Windows XP system, I have the problem that the date in documents ... A: The current status of the "Update automatically" check box in Insert | Date and Time affects only ... | |
| Autofill question | 12/18/2009 |
| Q: I am preparing a document that I want to be able to select a company name from an AutoText right ... A: No doubt there is a way to do this, but it would probably require some VBA, which I can't handle. I ... | |
| set autoshape default order | 12/17/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003, and I am trying to set my Autoshape defaults for the square to be yellow fill, ... A: Text wrapping style is evidently not included in the AutoShape defaults. But you could try setting ... | |
| borders on flyers | 12/17/2009 |
| Q: Some time ago, you answered this question but I misplaced the answer Please repeat. Word 2002 xp IN ... A: The page border can be placed pretty much anywhere on the 8.5x11 page by adjusting the distance from ... | |
| Automatic update of table/links in MS Word | 12/17/2009 |
| Q: I'm making a checklist in MS Word. Half the way down on each page there is a table. The content of ... A: Assuming that the table contains text form fields, then the data that is entered can be repeated ... | |
| borders on flyers | 12/16/2009 |
| Q: Some time ago, you answered this question but I misplaced the answer Please repeat. Word 2002 xp IN ... A: Well, I can't guarantee that I'll give the same answer I gave before, but one way to do this is with ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2003 (SP3) | 12/16/2009 |
| Q: I'm trying to print labels which appear to be set up correctly. I can view them in "preview" and ... A: I think this is probably outside my area of expertise because I don't believe this is actually a ... | |
| Word 2007 Page headers | 12/16/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I have a 211-page document with StyleRef fields in the page headers - Header 1 for even ... A: Okay, to translate what you wrote, you have a StyleRef field in the Even Page Header picking up ... | |
| Academic version question | 12/15/2009 |
| Q: Arma virumque cano...oh wait, wrong person. In the following article ... A: Not as far as I know. It's the same edition as the comparable retail version; any differences in ... | |
| Text Form Field | 12/15/2009 |
| Q: Word 2007, Windows 7 OS When I create a Text Form Field, the default "gray bar" is five characters. ... A: It's still usually easier to use a table to lay out the form. You don't have to have borders on the ... | |
| Academic version question | 12/15/2009 |
| Q: Arma virumque cano...oh wait, wrong person. In the following article ... A: The Student and Teacher Edition is a very affordably priced entry-level Office suite sold at retail ... | |
| Text Form Field | 12/15/2009 |
| Q: Word 2007, Windows 7 OS When I create a Text Form Field, the default "gray bar" is five characters. ... A: The best way to reserve space for a text form field (and also limit the space it can take up) is to ... | |
| Cursor moves only one space at a press of key | 12/14/2009 |
| Q: All of a sudden. when I press an arrow key the cursor moves only one character at a time. To move ... A: You can set the repeat rate for all keys in Control Panel | Keyboard, but since you haven't ... | |
| corrupt word doc | 12/13/2009 |
| Q: I wrote a very very long doc in Word 2000. I emailed it to discover from the recipient that the ' ... A: I'm glad that worked. I'm not sure about the margin problem. If the paragraph had some Spacing ... | |
| simplify fraction | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I would like to know, if there is a possibility to show how the fraction is simplified. For example ... A: I haven't found any really satisfactory way. Using Equation Editor, you can create a fraction and ... | |
| corrupt word doc | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I wrote a very very long doc in Word 2000. I emailed it to discover from the recipient that the ' ... A: I know this has worked for me some way or other. Here are another couple of things to try: 1. With ... | |
| corrupt word doc | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I wrote a very very long doc in Word 2000. I emailed it to discover from the recipient that the ' ... A: If the WP Typographic Symbols font is not in the Windows Fonts folder, then it will not be available ... | |
| corrupt word doc | 12/12/2009 |
| Q: I wrote a very very long doc in Word 2000. I emailed it to discover from the recipient that the ' ... A: There's no easy way to recover the formatting, so I'd advice you to take a step back. Retrieve the ... | |
| Text form fields | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: in 2003 version i was able to add text form fields then lock them so that when editing the document ... A: Microsoft really didn't make this easy, did they? They put all the buttons from the Forms toolbar in ... | |
| MS Word 2007 Freezing | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: My MS Word 2007 seems to run seamlessly during the start. However, every time i go to PAGE SETUP, ... A: Although I can't say definitively what might be causing the problem, historically, when users have ... | |
| Creating a character-limited text box in a Word form | 12/11/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create a form in Word (2003) for the first time. All I'm trying to do is provide ... A: There's no practical way to limit input unless you're using a protected form. Using form fields, you ... | |
| sorting labels | 12/9/2009 |
| Q: Your assistance is needed. I am doing address labels for my Christmas cards and would like to sort ... A: There isn't really any good way to sort the labels themselves, so what you need to do is take a step ... | |
| Word97 paper sizes | 12/9/2009 |
| Q: I work on WinXP sp3 with Office 97 (please don’t ask me why, I like it). I just bought a new ... A: The list of paper sizes does not come from Office; it comes from the printer driver. If you have not ... | |
| ms word 2000 page number placement | 12/6/2009 |
| Q: I now have another little problem. I have added page numbers to my document using the "page number" ... A: When you use Insert | Page Numbers, the page number is inserted in a frame. Where the page number ... | |
| Auto shape fill color Word 2007 Student Version | 12/4/2009 |
| Q: I cannot fill an auto shape with a color. Can you help please? Personal comment: I see you went ... A: All versions of Word 2007 are the same except for a very few very advanced collaboration features ... | |
| Auto shape fill color Word 2007 Student Version | 12/4/2009 |
| Q: I cannot fill an auto shape with a color. Can you help please? Personal comment: I see you went ... A: I wasn't from Decatur/Atlanta originally, although, counting college (where we met), my husband and ... | |
| enq for msword | 12/4/2009 |
| Q: How i write a letter in (hindi & english) as like shown as mirror, i mean reverse. when i keep that ... A: If you just want to print a document reversed, check your printer Properties for a setting labeled ... | |
| PLEASE HELP! | 12/3/2009 |
| Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2003. I have a bunch of files saved on my PC. Three of them are not ... A: What a bummer! I guess you may never know what happened, and I suppose you should just be glad there ... | |
| basic merge affecting 'Continued overleaf' in footer | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: Tried looking for hours and can't find the answer! I have a template which has basic address merge ... A: I was afraid of that. I guess you'll just have to trust the recipients to have sense enough to ... | |
| MS word formatting instability | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: I'm using word 2000 with windows xp pro. I have some formatting set up very specifically for legal ... A: Are you using specific styles for your formatting? The only way to guarantee consistency in ... | |
| basic merge affecting 'Continued overleaf' in footer | 12/2/2009 |
| Q: Tried looking for hours and can't find the answer! I have a template which has basic address merge ... A: There are two factors at work here. One is that certain fields are unlinked or ignored in a mail ... | |
| format picture | 11/30/2009 |
| Q: I understand how to set my photos to "behind text" by default. Is there a way to set image not to ... A: It is not possible to change the default Advanced Layout settings for pictures and other graphics. ... | |
| Format Return Address in Mail Merge Envelopes | 11/30/2009 |
| Q: I'm using Microsoft Word 2000. I am creating a mailing using contacts from Microsoft Excel 2000. ... A: Any mail merge main document can contain static text as well as merge fields. The merge fields are ... | |
| microsoft word | 11/27/2009 |
| Q: how do i get my work on a landscape piece of paper A: You don't say what version of Word you have. In Word 2003 and earlier, go to File | Page Setup. On ... | |
| gaps in endnotes | 11/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a question related to your answer about endnotes posted on 9/29/2009. I have spaces between ... A: Vertical alignment can be set by section (the setting is on the Layout tab of Page Setup), so it ... | |
| gaps in endnotes | 11/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a question related to your answer about endnotes posted on 9/29/2009. I have spaces between ... A: The only other thing I can think of is that you might have the vertical alignment set to Justified. ... | |
| calculations in merge | 11/25/2009 |
| Q: I want to subtract 2 fields together, then divide by 2. I can subtract 2 fields, but I don't know ... A: The slash symbol serves as the operator for division, so you would have { = { MERGEFIELD1 }/{ ... | |
| footnote problem | 11/25/2009 |
| Q: How can I get my footnotes arranged in columns like that : ________________ 1 Thanks so much for ... A: I'm afraid you can't. Or rather, you can, but it doesn't do you any good. You can set a tab stop ... | |
| Mail merge IF statement and TC fields | 11/24/2009 |
| Q: I have a Word template that is used for two different purposes - say Plan A type and Plan B type. ... A: Okay, let's get back to basics: 1. Why do you need TC fields? If you have a TOC based on headings, ... | |
| Mail merge IF statement and TC fields | 11/24/2009 |
| Q: I have a Word template that is used for two different purposes - say Plan A type and Plan B type. ... A: Although I've never tried anything like this, in principle it should work. Before we go any ... | |
| date format issue | 11/23/2009 |
| Q: I have been trying to mail merge some data from excel to a word table for a report. There are 40 ... A: Mail merges in recent versions of Word do not respect Excel formatting. To format dates, currency, ... | |
| Word Templates | 11/23/2009 |
| Q: Will Word 2000-2003 templates work with Word 2007? I have many templates created in Word 2000-2003 ... A: I haven't used Word 2007 extensively, but my understanding is that Word 2003 .dot templates will, ... | |
| Header/Footer page number Alignment | 11/22/2009 |
| Q: I recently finished a 250 page document and I wanted the page numbers to be aligned on the outside ... A: As explained in my article at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HeaderFooter.htm, each section can ... | |
| Labels | 11/20/2009 |
| Q: I use computers a lot but am really not knowledgable about them. I need to print labels for my ... A: There is no "Windows 2007." The version of Windows that followed Windows XP was Vista, and the ... | |
| Chapter Headings in Word 2007 | 11/19/2009 |
| Q: I have a document (about 250 pages). Each chapter is a section, and each chapter title is formatted ... A: This is what the StyleRef field is intended for. Reference the Heading 1 style, and it will change ... | |
| mail merge - excel to a word table | 11/18/2009 |
| Q: I have been trying to mail merge some data from excel to a word table for a report. There are 40 ... A: I'm guessing you're just doing the wrong kind of merge. A Letter-type merge will produce one page ... | |
| Word 07 and Page Numbers | 11/18/2009 |
| Q: Ack! I have been tasked with fixing the formatting on a Word 07 doc created from four different ... A: There are essentially two possibilities: 1. The most likely one: The document contains more than ... | |
| old problem for you/ i am unable to rectify | 11/18/2009 |
| Q: When I try to open a word document warning shows up: "An instruction cannot be done because a dialog ... A: Did you make sure to include Hidden and System folders in your search? If even that does not turn up ... | |
| old problem for you/ i am unable to rectify | 11/17/2009 |
| Q: When I try to open a word document warning shows up: "An instruction cannot be done because a dialog ... A: It would appear that ABBYY FineReader OCR software has placed an add-in template in Word's Startup ... | |
| Headers and page numbers on Microsoft noncommercial use (home) | 11/15/2009 |
| Q: I have a document of 100 pages on Word, 2007 (Office word for home use). I have been working on the ... A: This is what happens when Microsoft tries to make it "easy for users to create great-looking ... | |
| Page numbers not printing | 11/14/2009 |
| Q: Running Windows XP and Word 2000. Have a document that I have inserted page numbering in the footer ... A: On the Print tab of Tools | Options, clear the check box for "Field codes." And for future ... | |
| microsoftoffice | 11/14/2009 |
| Q: how ms excel 2007 can be converted in to ms word? A: You can't convert an Excel sheet (any version) to a Word document. You can link to the Excel sheet ... | |
| Page Move in Word | 11/13/2009 |
| Q: I would like to move a page from one word document to a new word docuemnt. Can this be done? If ... A: The simple answer is that you just Copy everything on the page and Paste into the new document. This ... | |
| Styles in Tables | 11/13/2009 |
| Q: I'm in the process of creating some templates in Word for use by my colleagues at work, most of whom ... A: To clarify, the article on "Why I don't use table styles" is not mine but was written by Shauna ... | |
| Merge Labels | 11/12/2009 |
| Q: Here's my question. I create Avery labels using the Merge feature in Word for mailing projects ... A: You don't say what version of Word you're using, so I can't give exact directions, but from your ... | |
| Dividing the page | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to divide the page in half to make something like a flyer. When I print it out I am ... A: You can do this in any version of Word using two columns (Format | Columns), but if you have Word ... | |
| Merge Labels | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: Here's my question. I create Avery labels using the Merge feature in Word for mailing projects ... A: Because Word sets up labels as a table, and data in tables always goes left to right and then down, ... | |
| Styles in Tables | 11/11/2009 |
| Q: I'm in the process of creating some templates in Word for use by my colleagues at work, most of whom ... A: The drawback of table styles from the outset has always been that you can't associate specific ... | |
| 2000 Microsoft Word | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: I am doing an online medical transcription class and before I decided to jump into this I posed the ... A: If you go to Format | Paragraph, you will see the controls for indents in paragraphs. On the right ... | |
| Avery Labels | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: I can't find the Avery label templates in Word from office 2007 That I have always used. I saw your ... A: Select the Mailings tab and click on Labels. In the Labels dialog, click Options. Select Avery US ... | |
| Save normal.dot | 11/10/2009 |
| Q: Quoted: "Microsoft Word - Normal.doc ... A: What I actually said was, "you should not change any styles in a document based on Normal.dot and ... | |
| How do I remove body content from the TOC? | 11/9/2009 |
| Q: How do I create a TOC without Word 2007 putting the entire body content in it? This is driving me ... A: I am unable to view your sample image, but there are two ways that body content can be included in a ... | |
| word 2007 columns | 11/8/2009 |
| Q: i have created two columns in word 2007, but i don't know how to set a different background on each ... A: A background, per se, applies to the whole document (and is really intended for Web pages, not ... | |
| How to make a pamphlet | 11/8/2009 |
| Q: How do I make a pamphlet with three columns and how do I put the a logo on the front of pamphlet A: There's a discussion of working with columns at ... | |
| form fields | 11/8/2009 |
| Q: What is tabbing form fields? A: When an online form (that is, one that you can fill out in Word on the computer) is created with ... | |
| American Typewriter Font | 11/6/2009 |
| Q: Does microsoft office word 2003 have American typewriter font? Thnaks A: The American Typewriter font is not offered with any Microsoft product. ITC American Typewriter is ... | |
| Printing Labels - Using mail merge | 11/4/2009 |
| Q: We have a excel spreadsheet where I have stored the address of all my customers with there names, ... A: I would imagine that the problem is that the «Next Record» field is missing from one or more of the ... | |
| AutoText | 11/4/2009 |
| Q: Help, please. This morning my AutoText is not working mid-sentense. It will prompt me at the left ... A: You didn't say whether starting in Safe Mode made a difference, but I guess it probably wouldn't ... | |
| urgent and desperate! to recover my word 2007 file... | 11/4/2009 |
| Q: A few days ago I lost a word 2007 file, I had been working on that essay for three days, and now I'm ... A: If your document were retrievable at all, it would have the filename under which you opened it, but ... | |
| AutoText | 11/4/2009 |
| Q: Help, please. This morning my AutoText is not working mid-sentense. It will prompt me at the left ... A: You don't say what version of Word you have, but I assume it is Word 2003 or earlier (AutoComplete ... | |
| urgent and desperate! to recover my word 2007 file... | 11/4/2009 |
| Q: A few days ago I lost a word 2007 file, I had been working on that essay for three days, and now I'm ... A: Under the circumstances, I'm afraid the file is almost certainly irretrievable. This is a painful ... | |
| Creating labels from an Excel list in Word | 11/2/2009 |
| Q: I have much experience creating labels from my Excel lists in Word. However, I recently upgraded to ... A: I'm afraid I can't imagine! Could you send me a small sample of your data source and a copy of the ... | |
| Word 07 List Formatting | 11/1/2009 |
| Q: I prepare medical reports using Word '07. Each report contains several lists which must meet the ... A: What you have been told is correct in that there is no way to reliably line up runover lines (using ... | |
| hyphenation | 10/31/2009 |
| Q: I work with large amount of text and use "automatically hyphenate document". Bad thing is that I am ... A: I have no experience with automatic hyphenation because I don't use it. I prefer to hyphenate my ... | |
| Word: Find and Replace. | 10/31/2009 |
| Q: I want to replace all instances of Proper noun in a word document (i.e. Names starting with Capital ... A: The syntax I gave you will find all words beginning with a capital letter, whether the rest of the ... | |
| Auto text.. | 10/28/2009 |
| Q: I'm using Office Word 2003. Is there anyway that I can add a line or some text on every new page ... A: As you realize, this is default Word behavior: when the focus is in the document body, the header ... | |
| Auto text.. | 10/28/2009 |
| Q: I'm using Office Word 2003. Is there anyway that I can add a line or some text on every new page ... A: The only way to cause text to appear on every page automatically is to put it in the header or ... | |
| Word 2003 Index | 10/28/2009 |
| Q: I have created an index in Word 2003 using a concordance file. I then added new entries in that ... A: I've never used a concordance to create an index, but the way I read the Help, it's not sufficient ... | |
| Word: Find and Replace. | 10/27/2009 |
| Q: I want to replace all instances of Proper noun in a word document (i.e. Names starting with Capital ... A: You can certainly find all words that begin with a capital letter and format them as bold, but this ... | |
| letters being erased | 10/27/2009 |
| Q: When I am writing a sentence and I correct a letter in a word, it seems the next letter is ... A: You have toggled from Insert to Overtype mode. This usually happens when you inadvertently press the ... | |
| Creating labels from an Excel list in Word | 10/26/2009 |
| Q: I have much experience creating labels from my Excel lists in Word. However, I recently upgraded to ... A: If you're using the same data source and the same mail merge main document, I can't imagine why this ... | |
| ms word | 10/26/2009 |
| Q: what is adeptive menu A: Adaptive menus were introduced in Word 2000 and are also found in Word 2002 and 2003. They are ... | |
| 1. 2007 Format tab ribbon location, font for book printing | 10/24/2009 |
| Q: October 24, 2009, 8:28 AM Good Morning, Susanne, I discovered this site this morning while ... A: 1. What your image shows is the Picture Tools | Format tab, which is contextual. It appears only ... | |
| underline & word spacing | 10/24/2009 |
| Q: I am using word 2003, I want to know, can we increase/decrease spacing between the word and the ... A: 1. You can use Word Underline. In the Font dialog (Ctrl+D), choose "Words only" for the underline ... | |
| underline & word spacing | 10/23/2009 |
| Q: I am using word 2003, I want to know, can we increase/decrease spacing between the word and the ... A: There is no way to change the spacing between text and the underline applied using Format | Font: ... | |
| Re: Microsoft AutoCorrect | 10/22/2009 |
| Q: For some reason, my Microsoft Office 2003 doesn't have the AutoCorrect feature for both Excel and ... A: I can't imagine that there is any way to install either application without installing AutoCorrect, ... | |
| Mail Merge (Remove automatic section break) | 10/21/2009 |
| Q: I want to import personell/address info from Excel '07 to Word '07. I want to use the mail merge ... A: Section breaks are inserted between letters in a Letters merge and between sheets of labels in a ... | |
| MS word 2003 Headers | 10/21/2009 |
| Q: I am working on a document which requires the headers in each section to be on the left for even ... A: When you enable the "Different odd and even" setting for a document, Word assumes that you intend to ... | |
| Auto Populating Data | 10/21/2009 |
| Q: I am using MS Word 2007 and have a document that has two text boxes that need to contain different ... A: Since you don't specify a text form field, I'll assume you're talking about ordinary text boxes. In ... | |
| Mail Merge | 10/21/2009 |
| Q: I want to import personell/address info from Excel '07 to Word '07. I want to use the mail merge ... A: To create a "directory" you need a Directory-type mail merge. You can certainly use Excel as a mail ... | |
| Word 2003 to PDF page number issue | 10/20/2009 |
| Q: I have several word documents with page numbers. The page numbers display and print correctly EVERY ... A: Since the problem seems to affect PDFs only, it would be more appropriate to post your question in ... | |
| Word 2003: fields | 10/20/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create a template for printing name tags. The tag is very simple: first name and ... A: I can't imagine why you would not be able to use any styles you want in a table cell. You apply the ... | |
| Choose text for Word with bulleting | 10/20/2009 |
| Q: I'm looking for advice on how to easily apply the following at work: I have 5 different kind of ... A: I'm not entirely sure I understand what you're trying to do, but my hunch is that AutoText is the ... | |
| Printing clip art | 10/20/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to print clip art as part of my document, but nothing shows up when I go to print ... A: If the art has a wrapping style other than In Line With Text, it could be that you don't have ... | |
| MS Word Forms | 10/19/2009 |
| Q: I have to collect data by e-mail from 100+ user population. (most of whom are not very good with ... A: Although there is a free Word viewer at ... | |
| Excel spreadsheet | 10/18/2009 |
| Q: I'm taking a course to get recertified (teaching) I'm supposed to make a spreadsheet. The first ... A: As far as I know, there are no wizards of any kind in Office 2007. But if you're supposed to create ... | |
| Automatically remove paragraphs | 10/18/2009 |
| Q: MS Office 2007 here. In Microsoft Word, is there a way to automatically remove all the paragraphs ... A: Well, if you automatically removed all the paragraphs, you'd have nothing left, so I'm assuming you ... | |
| Footnote Styles | 10/17/2009 |
| Q: Please forgive me asking you another question about footnote styles, as I see you answered one ... A: See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MacrosVBA/UnSuperscptFnotes.htm for a macro that you can perhaps ... | |
| Word 2003: fields | 10/17/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create a template for printing name tags. The tag is very simple: first name and ... A: I do this with styles. Create two paragraph styles, one for First Name and one for Last Name (create ... | |
| Microsoft Word version 6 | 10/16/2009 |
| Q: Unthinkingly deleted a finished Microsoft Word document by clicking the X and confirming. How can ... A: Although there are file recovery applications that can sometimes recover parts of deleted files (the ... | |
| word 2000 | 10/15/2009 |
| Q: how do I insert text next to a picture that was inserted to the text with out the picture moving the ... A: The default wrapping style for pictures inserted in Word 2000 is In Line With Text. In order to ... | |
| Word 2003 to PDF page number issue | 10/14/2009 |
| Q: I have several word documents with page numbers. The page numbers display and print correctly EVERY ... A: This problem has plagued every version of Word, one way or another, for years. The accumulated ... | |
| pagination | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to paginate in Turabian form for my doctoral work. The first chapter's # is bottom of ... A: You don't say what version of Word you're using. If it's Word 2003 or earlier, you'll need to avoid ... | |
| lock on writing | 10/13/2009 |
| Q: my Microsoft word program is saying that the writing modification is not allowed because the ... A: If this is a retail copy of Word, you probably have not activated it. If it came installed on a new ... | |
| In MS Word 2007 | 10/10/2009 |
| Q: I want to set a user defined text as page border kindly help me soon as possible A: The only way to create a text border is with text boxes, and the selection of page borders and ... | |
| Odd problem in Office 97 | 10/9/2009 |
| Q: Barnhill, I have a oouple really odd problems with Office 97 (Word). I may have a virus, but my ... A: I'm strongly tempted to reject this question because it really is outside my area of expertise, but ... | |
| Word docs printing small | 10/8/2009 |
| Q: I have a new laptop, and for some reason, only in Word, the documents are printing out really tiny. ... A: I don't have any definitive answer but maybe some ideas of where to look. Often when users complain ... | |
| MS Word 2007 Fill Colors | 10/7/2009 |
| Q: after spending three hours trying on-line help to match the fill color used in a text box and a ... A: Select the text box. The contextual Text Box Tools | Format tab will be displayed. Click the arrow ... | |
| Headers. | 10/7/2009 |
| Q: I want to have a different header image on the first page and different header image for rest of the ... A: I've already suggested all the methods I can think of. Perhaps you should ask someone else. I ... | |
| Headers. | 10/7/2009 |
| Q: I want to have a different header image on the first page and different header image for rest of the ... A: There is no built-in way to do what you want unless you can use a StyleRef field in both headers ... | |
| Headers. | 10/7/2009 |
| Q: I want to have a different header image on the first page and different header image for rest of the ... A: On the Layout tab of Page Setup, check the box for "Different first page." This will give you a ... | |
| Automatic Numbering in tables | 10/6/2009 |
| Q: I have an issue with automatic numbering in a table: While the first column (NO) will update with ... A: I'm not at all clear what you're doing here. It appears that you have text form fields in the ... | |
| page numbering | 10/6/2009 |
| Q: We created an instructional multi page document and distributed it to staff via email. Now we have ... A: You'll need to make each page a separate section (insert Next Page section breaks between them) and ... | |
| disappearing footer | 10/6/2009 |
| Q: I merge into a document with a header and footer. When I activate the merge, the header and footer ... A: The usual reason for not seeing a header and footer is the display option. If you have Word 2003 or ... | |
| directories | 10/5/2009 |
| Q: Somehow I have reversed the alphabetical order of all the directories on my C: drive. How do I get ... A: If you're viewing the directories in Windows Explorer (My Computer), choose View | Details and then ... | |
| 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: I'm not clear on what you're trying to do, but it appears to me that Word's built-in Find command ... | |
| Automatically italicize in MS Student 2007 | 10/4/2009 |
| Q: I frequently type the names of bacterial species which must be italicized to be correct- that is the ... A: If there is a limited number of terms that you use frequently, you could save them as formatted ... | |
| MS Office | 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: I have done this myself, so I should be able to tell you how to do it, but I confess I just followed ... | |
| A3 and A4 pages in the same document | 10/1/2009 |
| Q: I asked this question of Pamela however she is unavailable at present for a follow up question so ... A: HP do seem to be outsmarting themselves with recent printers that require bidirectional ... | |
| Word 2007 - My cross-references won't update | 9/30/2009 |
| Q: I am in the midst of creating a complex legal document from scratch. I know that there will be ... A: This really just makes no sense at all. I'll ask around and see if anyone else knows more about it ... | |
| Word 2007 - My cross-references won't update | 9/30/2009 |
| Q: I am in the midst of creating a complex legal document from scratch. I know that there will be ... A: You seem to have covered all the bases. Everything I can think of as an explanation (Track Changes ... | |
| TOC Right alignment | 9/30/2009 |
| Q: I am facing a problem with the right alignment of page numbers in the TOC (MS Word 2003). I have ... A: With the help of the ruler, verify that the tab stop at the right margin is a right-aligned tab (not ... | |
| Word | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to open a word doc that is attached to an e-mail. I think the document was created in ... A: For a start, don't try to open the document from the attachment. Save it to your HD first and then ... | |
| Endnotes in Word for Mac 2008 | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: not sure if you can help me with the mac version of Word. Anyway - here's the problem: I have ... A: To make "Suppress endnotes" available, you have to set the position of your endnotes as "End of ... | |
| Multiple master pages | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create a word doc with a front page, and then a 'continuation' page. They both have ... A: You do this by enabling "Different first page" for Headers (see ... | |
| Endnotes in Word for Mac 2008 | 9/29/2009 |
| Q: not sure if you can help me with the mac version of Word. Anyway - here's the problem: I have ... A: For the positioning question, see ... | |
| deleting lines on far left side | 9/28/2009 |
| Q: After receiving back edits from my editor, I have these mysterious short vertical black lines that ... A: I would guess that they are change bars. See ... | |
| Word Add-in | 9/28/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003. I have created a Add-in Function,call "AutoEmail.dot" to handle the email ... A: The Templates folder is intended for document templates, those on which you base documents. If you ... | |
| Cannot open word files: MS Office: Word 2003 | 9/26/2009 |
| Q: I just discovered that I can open them if I highlight them, then click on File, then click on Open. ... A: I'm afraid when a document has been corrupted this way, there is usually little hope of repair. You ... | |
| Cannot open word files: MS Office: Word 2003 | 9/26/2009 |
| Q: I just discovered that I can open them if I highlight them, then click on File, then click on Open. ... A: If you are double-clicking on Word files in Windows Explorer (My Computer or Computer) without ... | |
| default font in word 2007 | 9/25/2009 |
| Q: We are using MS Word 2007. there seems to be a little confusion as to what the default font is when ... A: Well, you didn't say that you were wanting to force TNR 12 as the default font. If you're pushing ... | |
| default font in word 2007 | 9/25/2009 |
| Q: We are using MS Word 2007. there seems to be a little confusion as to what the default font is when ... A: It seems very likely that TNR 12 could be a result of upgrading over a previous version and ... | |
| default font in word 2007 | 9/25/2009 |
| Q: We are using MS Word 2007. there seems to be a little confusion as to what the default font is when ... A: The default normal font out of the box is 11-point Calibri. In addition to the font of the Normal ... | |
| Compilation Problems with Your Macro | 9/25/2009 |
| Q: Compilation Problems with Macro on Your Web Site I used the macro on your web site ... A: I didn't write that macro (my co-author, Dave Rado, did, and unfortunately he is no longer ... | |
| Micorsoft Word 2007 Student Edition | 9/25/2009 |
| Q: Word is not responding and I can't access my saved files. What do I need to do. Thank you A: Start by working through the troubleshooting steps at ... | |
| Bullets - Word 95 | 9/24/2009 |
| Q: I have a problem related to the bullet symbol. The symbol is no longer the (default) dot, but ... A: In that case, the Symbol font is missing from the Fonts folder in Windows. You can search your ... | |
| Bullets - Word 95 | 9/24/2009 |
| Q: I have a problem related to the bullet symbol. The symbol is no longer the (default) dot, but ... A: I'm guessing the fix is going to be the same, more or less, if the problem is that the Symbol font ... | |
| Retaing Formatting & TOC Numbering | 9/24/2009 |
| Q: I have two questions for you. I’m using word 2003. 1. I have used ... A: While it is certainly possible for Normal paragraphs to have direct formatting, at this point if you ... | |
| Labels- follow up | 9/23/2009 |
| Q: We have been going back and forth about my label issue. This is what Is happening. So the first ... A: Did you protect the document for forms? If not, when you typed in the form field, you may well have ... | |
| Label question | 9/23/2009 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could please please help me. I do a lot of documentation updating for my job ... A: If you follow the instructions I gave you for inserting a form field and cross-references, you will ... | |
| Label question | 9/23/2009 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could please please help me. I do a lot of documentation updating for my job ... A: Since labels are just tables, I'd advise splitting each label cell into two. Put the static verbiage ... | |
| Searching a Word 2007 file | 9/22/2009 |
| Q: I created an acronym list using Word 2007. At the top of the 1st page are the hyperlinks for the ... A: If you are circulating this list to users who do not know how to use one of the most elementary ... | |
| Deleting bullets | 9/22/2009 |
| Q: Barnhill, I am using Word 2007. A while ago I created new bullets from pictures. I no longer need ... A: It appears to me that you can right-click on any bullet in the Bullets gallery and choose Remove. ... | |
| Lost option in Format Tab in Microsoft 2003 | 9/21/2009 |
| Q: and was about to superscript a number in my text, clicked on Format, and the "FONT" option is no ... A: The article at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/RestoreMenuCmd.htm will explain how to ... | |
| Label question | 9/21/2009 |
| Q: I was wondering if you could please please help me. I do a lot of documentation updating for my job ... A: If you were creating the labels with mail merge, then the Propagate Labels command might be helpful. ... | |
| section breaks and footnote continuity | 9/21/2009 |
| Q: I have brought several files which are chapters of a thesis into one document. I am using Word 2007. ... A: Unfortunately, there is NO way in current versions of Word (and that includes Word 2007) to combine ... | |
| Shading/colour fill cells in word | 9/20/2009 |
| Q: I am making a schedule and would like each individual to have their own colour in order for the ... A: When you apply shading, be careful about what you have selected (if you're using the Shading Color ... | |
| word 2007 | 9/19/2009 |
| Q: Susan, I have followed the procedures for creating a template and locking the form just to allow the ... A: Most form creators find that the best approach is to use a table (borderless), with auto resizing ... | |
| Random Header Appearing With New Page | 9/18/2009 |
| Q: I am being driven crazy by this header that keeps popping up and I am hoping you will be able to ... A: If what you're actually dealing with is different headers within the same section, then there may be ... | |
| Random Header Appearing With New Page | 9/18/2009 |
| Q: I am being driven crazy by this header that keeps popping up and I am hoping you will be able to ... A: The problem is most likely with the template itself, and that's where you need to fix it. Every ... | |
| computor MS Word 2007 | 9/18/2009 |
| Q: Usually I copy yahoo emails & paste it in MS word 2007 document, But there will be lots ... A: Well, I'll overlook the fact that your first example and your second have entirely different text; I ... | |
| RD and multiple field codes in a toc linked to multiple documents | 9/17/2009 |
| Q: I am sort of stuck and need some assistance. I managed to build a table of contents linked to ... A: I won't say there is no way to do what you're trying to do; as soon as I said that, I'd find out I ... | |
| Paste Special Command | 9/16/2009 |
| Q: How do I add Paste Special to Word 2000? A: You don't have to add it; it's already there, on the Edit menu. If you want to add a toolbar button ... | |
| Continue from previous section not working | 9/15/2009 |
| Q: I have a Word 2007 document running on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3, with numerous ... A: I saw your question in the newsgroup and didn't tackle it there because it doesn't seem to me that ... | |
| envelopes | 9/15/2009 |
| Q: Is is possible to print multiple envelopes with the same address? A: Yes. After you've typed or pasted in the address information, click the Add to Document button. This ... | |
| Extraneous Codes | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I appreciate your timely response to my question about the extraneous codes that appear ... A: These do appear to be HTML codes. I don't know why Web pages would be interpreted this way in Word ... | |
| Word | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: Recently I loaded XP onto my computer. Then I loaded my Word file. Now when I copy text from the ... A: It rather depends on what you mean by "formatting codes." I'm guessing that you're not viewing HTML ... | |
| Keeping Word Images 'Masked' When Converting to pdfs | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: I am encountering a problem. I have created a document in Word 2007. I have inserted a jpeg into ... A: As I mentioned previously, you can't group the images unless both are in the drawing layer, so you ... | |
| Keeping Word Images 'Masked' When Converting to pdfs | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: I am encountering a problem. I have created a document in Word 2007. I have inserted a jpeg into ... A: Your picture and the patch you have put on it are still separate objects. It's possible that if you ... | |
| MS Word 2002 - mulitple page orientations within one document | 9/14/2009 |
| Q: Appreciate any help you can provide. I am working on a document in which pages 1-12 are portrait ... A: This problem usually has nothing to do with orientation or even margin settings, at least not ... | |
| Absolute Hyperlinks Displayed in Word, Need Relative | 9/13/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I am asking you this question because I saw an answer you made to a similar question as ... A: I'm afraid you've now touched my (or Word's) Achilles' heel. I never did find a way to ensure that ... | |
| Absolute Hyperlinks Displayed in Word, Need Relative | 9/13/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I am asking you this question because I saw an answer you made to a similar question as ... A: As I discuss in my article at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/HyperlinkProbs.htm, there are at ... | |
| templates (?) in word 2003 | 9/11/2009 |
| Q: I'm using word 2003 for years and very familiar with all ms applications. Yesterday I received a ... A: The template you saw listed as an add-in may or may not have anything to do with the logo, but the ... | |
| Changing formatting of cross-references in Word 2007 | 9/11/2009 |
| Q: In Word 2007, is there a way to change formatting so that when you insert a cross-reference, the ... A: There is certainly no easy or straightforward way to do what you want. The problem is that, by ... | |
| Removing the style separator | 9/10/2009 |
| Q: I am not sure if my question comes under your listed expertise, however, I am writing to you anyway. ... A: I don't believe there is any visual indicator of the style separator in Word documents (not to ... | |
| Using Word to give a presentation | 9/10/2009 |
| Q: I'd like to use Word as if it were PowerPoint. Is there any way that I can have a Word page fill ... A: You can get close. You'll need to use a landscape page, of course. In Print Preview, click on the ... | |
| Word default spacing- | 9/9/2009 |
| Q: I use Word 2007 and for some reason my default spacing seems to double space everything. The ... A: The default paragraph spacing for the Normal style in Word 2007 includes 1.1 line spacing and 10 ... | |
| Merging costs/pricing into a table in Word | 9/9/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to merge data from a spreadsheet that includes cells that are formated as currency - the ... A: There is no reason you should see anything different in Word 2007 than in any previous version. For ... | |
| Merging costs/pricing into a table in Word | 9/9/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to merge data from a spreadsheet that includes cells that are formated as currency - the ... A: You will need to edit your merge field by hand to add a "Numeric picture switch." To edit the field, ... | |
| Spell Check | 9/8/2009 |
| Q: I can't seem to get the spell check to work in Word 2007. Is there any help? A: Please read my article at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm I hope you'll ... | |
| Creating folders and moving related subject files into folders | 9/6/2009 |
| Q: Your instructions read: "To ensure our emails get through your SPAM filters, please add and to ... A: Those are not my instructions but the instructions for AllExperts. If my answer to your original ... | |
| Creating folders and moving related subject files into folders | 9/6/2009 |
| Q: I would like to know the steps to create folders for a general subject and move related subject ... A: The instructions are not in Word's Help because this is not (ideally) a Word operation. Although ... | |
| Fan mail | 9/4/2009 |
| Q: I am not writing to ask a questions but to thank you for the excellent Word tutorials you provide on ... A: It's always great to hear feedback like that. As a matter of fact, the Word 2007 Help files actually ... | |
| AUTO TEXT | 9/4/2009 |
| Q: I use Word 2003/Windows XP. Hi Sue, I am a fan of Auto text using AltF3 to insert new often used ... A: As a general rule, an AutoText entry will be unformatted if it does not include a paragraph mark. ... | |
| Word 2003 | 9/3/2009 |
| Q: Suddenly I'm having a problem opening Word. It eventually opens fine but first I get this message: ... A: What has apparently happened here is that at some time you had ABBYY Fine Reader 6.0 Sprint ... | |
| Import Command List(ShortKey) in Word | 9/3/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003. I had set up my shortkey(keyboard) in my Word and store in normal.dot. I used ... A: Unfortunately, Word does not provide a way to copy shortcut key assignments from one document or ... | |
| Table of Contents Word 2007 | 9/1/2009 |
| Q: I am using Microsoft Word 2007 with Windows XP. I have a few questions about creating a table of ... A: There is no built-in way to do what you're asking, but I'm not sure what you would accomplish with ... | |
| eMail merge of a hundred or more addresses | 9/1/2009 |
| Q: I have Word and Outlook 2003. I need to be able to email (as well as snailmail) 150 state ... A: As noted in my bio, I don't have any expertise in complex merges, but if it is possible to do what ... | |
| MS Word 2007 | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I opened word for the first time and instead of a full page I get a small box. How do I get a normal ... A: It rather depends on what you mean by "a full page" and "a small box." If you're referring to the ... | |
| bookmarks and indexing | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I have used a concordance file to index a lengthy book and added bookmarks to capture page ranges. ... A: I don't have much experience with indexes, but those I have prepared I have done "by hand" rather ... | |
| Merging headings. | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I'm working with Table of Contents and I have 2 different headings and I want them to be merged and ... A: You have to create a TC field that includes exactly the content you want in the TOC. For example, ... | |
| Word 2007 - Developer tools | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I saw a post where you helped someone find how to set-up FORM tools in Word 2007, which is a legacy ... A: If you will be using this type of form frequently, I would advise that you put the Lock/Unlock ... | |
| Merging headings. | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I'm working with Table of Contents and I have 2 different headings and I want them to be merged and ... A: As noted in my bio, I have no VBA expertise, but you should not require a macro to edit the TOC ... | |
| Merging headings. | 8/31/2009 |
| Q: I'm working with Table of Contents and I have 2 different headings and I want them to be merged and ... A: It rather depends on what you mean by "2 different headings." Two headings at the same level or two ... | |
| MS Word Footnotes | 8/30/2009 |
| Q: Another question about footnotes in MS Word. I'm using Word 2003 and when I enter footnotes the ... A: Yes, absolutely what you are seeing is not "normal." Here's what you need to do to fix it: The ... | |
| To make micro-key | 8/30/2009 |
| Q: I am doing pdf data conversion work. I have working in 2003 microsoft ward, please give me ... A: It sounds as if you are asking for a macro to change the page setup and font and paragraph ... | |
| Writing a book help | 8/30/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007 for the first time and started my book in Word 2000. I have not put in any ... A: Luckily, everything you want to do is relatively easy (and a little easier in Word 2007). You can ... | |
| Search/Replace: Words in quotes | 8/28/2009 |
| Q: I need to replace words in quotes from unformatted to italics, including the quotes. Using search ... A: This should be so easy, shouldn't it? What's actually much more difficult is to italicize the text ... | |
| Table of Contents appearance | 8/27/2009 |
| Q: IN the automatically generated TOC, how can I get the page numbers appear before the chapter number ... A: I would not want to say no, as many things can be accomplished with macros, but I personally (as ... | |
| Table of Contents appearance | 8/27/2009 |
| Q: IN the automatically generated TOC, how can I get the page numbers appear before the chapter number ... A: It is not possible to do what you want with a TOC generated by a TOC field. Although it would be ... | |
| Who are your counterparts on IE? and Hotmail? | 8/27/2009 |
| Q: I have a couple of questions for them... Regards, Carol Brown A: I would imagine there are IE and Hotmail volunteers here at AllExperts, but a very good source of ... | |
| word | 8/26/2009 |
| Q: I am using windows Xp Professional version 2002. When I click on the menu bars on MS word, the ... A: I've never heard of this particular problem before, and it certainly sounds very bizarre, but it's ... | |
| Endnote numbering on Word 2k in long documents | 8/26/2009 |
| Q: I have an extremely long document with numerous end notes. As the numbering for them is running into ... A: If you look at the Footnote and Endnote dialog, you'll see that you have a choice for endnotes ... | |
| Automatically updating sum w/o using F9 | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: MS Office 2007 We have set up a form that has multiple tables in it. The tables need to sum as you ... A: If the form uses legacy form fields, and "Calculate on exit" is checked in the Form Field Options ... | |
| drop down form field without locking document | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: I would like to make a template with a drop down form field. As far as I can tell the drop down ... A: You could use an ActiveX control, the combo box, which is a dropdown that also permits user entry. ... | |
| drop down form field without locking document | 8/25/2009 |
| Q: I would like to make a template with a drop down form field. As far as I can tell the drop down ... A: It's never practical to add form fields to documents that are not intended primarily as forms. ... | |
| TOC page numbering doesn't match page numbers | 8/24/2009 |
| Q: I'm planning to insert a pdf file into my word document, and have altered the field code for ... A: The TOC never reflects calculated page numbers; it always reflects what would be generated by the ... | |
| Change bar | 8/24/2009 |
| Q: Are you aware of a way to alternate the change bar display between the left and right margin in the ... A: I can confirm this, even with "Mirror margins" enabled and even if you don't use balloons. I will ... | |
| \*MERGEFORMAT switch automatically adding in | 8/24/2009 |
| Q: Following on from http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/2009/8/Word-Fields-Formatting.htm, ... A: As the Help topic I referenced explains, "When you insert fields by using the Field dialog box ... | |
| Word Fields Formatting | 8/24/2009 |
| Q: When I use the {REF BookmarkName/* MERGEFORMAT} field to copy information in another part of the ... A: The generally recommended approach is to delete the \* MERGEFORMAT switch and substitute a \* ... | |
| word 2003 fill-in forms | 8/24/2009 |
| Q: okay, so I am able to create a generic fill-in space via the Forms toolbar. How can I set this ... A: Although you might be able to handle such short amounts of text with tab stops, most people find ... | |
| Field codes | 8/23/2009 |
| Q: I am creating a template for letters, and I have forgotten how to insert field codes for e.g. ... A: It's not entirely clear whether you're creating a mail merge main document (with mail merge fields) ... | |
| booklet MS 2003 | 8/23/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to do a booklet in MSW 2003. At the moment the pages are not printing out properly. The ... A: I can't imagine why this would happen (changing the orientation of the second side shouldn't change ... | |
| booklet MS 2003 | 8/23/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to do a booklet in MSW 2003. At the moment the pages are not printing out properly. The ... A: If you are duplexing manually, then you are not flipping the pages correctly, but I'm guessing that ... | |
| no black chancery | 8/22/2009 |
| Q: ok...I have no black chancery on my new dell...had it on my Hp..AND I cant find Microsoft word works ... A: Black Chancery is not supplied with any Microsoft product. Perhaps it came with some other ... | |
| Word 2007 | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: Just upgraded to Microsoft Office. Word 2007 is pretty good, but my shortcut to copy does not work: ... A: It certainly should work. If you were unable to copy at all, I would suspect interference by an ... | |
| embedding a PDF file | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: My manuscript was e-mailed in PDF form to the printer, but they said that it must be embedded. I am ... A: I suspect you may have misinterpreted what the printer told you. Perhaps he told you that fonts (and ... | |
| Mail Merge If-then-Else with an "Or" comparison | 8/21/2009 |
| Q: I am wanting to use an If-then-else statement where the If is compared to a group of 3 values and I ... A: There are basically only two ways to do this. The first is with a nested IF field, and those make my ... | |
| Microsoft Word | 8/20/2009 |
| Q: I created a document in Microsoft Word 2007. I've inserted the page number and number of pages (Page ... A: There are three possible approaches to this problem: 1. Accept that the title page really should be ... | |
| Word 2003 footnotes | 8/20/2009 |
| Q: I'm editing a document written several years ago. When I try to enter an new footnote, the ... A: I'm going to assume that you probably didn't create the legacy document yourself. And I'm going to ... | |
| ms word installation | 8/20/2009 |
| Q: excel, ms pub, etc all start up as normal from the desktop shortcuts, but ms word goes through a ... A: The problem likely stems from your installation method. You can't "copy and paste" installation ... | |
| Word 2003 Footnotes | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: We are having a problem with footnotes on a legal document. Some of the characters overlap each ... A: If you are not seeing this in Print Layout view and especially if you're not seeing it even in Print ... | |
| Word 2002 - Footers | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: I've been using Word for quite some time and when creating a document, I created a footer that gives ... A: When the built-in AutoText entries in Word do not appear, the usual reason is that you have ... | |
| printing a lable with a border | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: I am using Avery 8376 business card stock, and Microsoft WORD 2002. I can create my card in WORD, ... A: Printing a border on a business card is a little tricky because the cards are created as table ... | |
| custom size envelopes rotated? | 8/19/2009 |
| Q: I'm trying to print on a 12"x9" envelope on a Konica Minolta bizhub 200 MFP. It will print but I ... A: It sounds as if you are printing this from Word's Envelopes dialog, using the Envelope Options to ... | |
| printing labels in Word with $ and % from an Excel file | 8/14/2009 |
| Q: Don't know how to print labels in Word using data from an Excel file such that the numbers print on ... A: Assuming this is a mail merge, you can add a "numeric picture" switch to the merge field to define ... | |
| Word 2007 irremovable solid line. | 8/14/2009 |
| Q: I'm in Word 2007, and can get rid of all the auto-formatted solid freaking lines except the LAST ONE ... A: Have you already looked at the article at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/CantGetRidOfLine.htm ... | |
| Problem with using Office | 8/13/2009 |
| Q: I use Vista 2007 on my laptop. This morning I rreceived an automatic upgrade from Microsoft. Since ... A: Although you do not say this, the problem may have been caused by the update being applied while ... | |
| QUESTION AND ANSWER FORMAT FOR LEGAL PLEADINGS | 8/12/2009 |
| Q: IN WORD PERFECT, THERE IS A PARAGRAPH FORMAT FOR Q AND A AND IN WHICH THE Q AND A ARE AUTOMATICALLY ... A: There's no built-in automatic feature, but you can easily automate this yourself. See my article at ... | |
| borders | 8/11/2009 |
| Q: Can I download more borders for using in MS-Word 2003??? If yes, where can I find them??? Thx A: I imagine you are referring to Border Art, and unfortunately the answer is no, there is no more art ... | |
| Word - number format | 8/10/2009 |
| Q: Can I automatically get Brackets when typing figures ie(0.5)like you do in excel by typing a minus ... A: You can apply number formats to numbers only if they're the result of fields, such as the EQ ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2003 | 8/10/2009 |
| Q: (1) How do I permenantly disable "Properties" (under "File" menu)so that no document properties are ... A: What you ask is not possible. You can remove personal information from the properties (there's a ... | |
| show/hides | 8/10/2009 |
| Q: I am using Microsoft Word 2003 - I create lengthy Procedure Manuals for which I create a hyperlink ... A: Although display of nonprinting characters shouldn't ordinarily affect pagination so drastically, ... | |
| alignment problem | 8/9/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to print party invitations on 5.5" x 8.5" paper. I've set the paper size to custom sized ... A: Some printers don't handle custom sizes very well. If your printer doesn't have 5.5" x 8.5" as a ... | |
| sorting a document (Dictionary) | 8/9/2009 |
| Q: i have a document that i want to sort in alphabetical order, but this is a chemistry dictionary and ... A: I was hesitant to answer this question because I was pretty sure that my answer would have to be ... | |
| booklet printing with cover page | 7/13/2009 |
| Q: i am using MS Word 03 and have created a booklet which i can print and get the two staples in the ... A: If you are using Word's "Book fold" feature and want to include a blank cover, you do this by adding ... | |
| Printing a Word 2002 Doc | 7/11/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2002 and am having difficulty printing a document - happens to be a 3 page resume. ... A: The totally blank page indicates that there is an Odd Page section break after page 3. You'll need ... | |
| deleting all field code | 7/10/2009 |
| Q: I'm sorry... I found the option to find and replace all fields, so that's okay now. And I'm manually ... A: Darn! Didn't test this, and obviously I should have. If you're in Print Layout view, you can click ... | |
| deleting all field code | 7/10/2009 |
| Q: I'm sorry... I found the option to find and replace all fields, so that's okay now. And I'm manually ... A: I'm sorry it took so long to work out my answer, but I think you'll find that my Replace method is ... | |
| deleting all field code | 7/10/2009 |
| Q: I have a document that was exported from RoboHelp to Word, and it carried along the index entries, ... A: Clearing out the XE fields is easy enough, not that leaving them in would do any harm. You can do it ... | |
| Trying not to type twice. | 7/10/2009 |
| Q: I use MS word 2007 at work as a crisis counselor in the ER. Many of my documents are several pages ... A: If your document is set up as a protected form, this is quite easy, but there are other methods of ... | |
| date fields | 7/9/2009 |
| Q: MS word 2007 - How can i change a group of saved docs when a 'date' field was created in the ... A: It would probably be just as easy to make the change to each document as you open it (and the ones ... | |
| Bookmark Index page ranges | 7/8/2009 |
| Q: I am using MSWord 2007 in Vista. My Concordance Index process works fine now, except, for page ... A: This requires inserting XE fields manually and including a bookmark. The first step is to select the ... | |
| Autotext suggests incorrect date | 7/4/2009 |
| Q: Microsoft Office 2000 suggests a date 1 day earlier than the actual date. Date as displayed in ... A: The usual reason for this is that your Word session was begun the previous day, since Word seems to ... | |
| Word Forms Calendar dropdown? | 7/3/2009 |
| Q: Using Word 2003, I wand to use Forms to include a drop-down box (or something like it) to populate ... A: Word does not offer this ability in a protected form in Word 2003, but if you can use a UserForm ... | |
| WORD 2003 AND FILLABLE FORMS | 7/2/2009 |
| Q: I have created a fillable form,a macro for spellcheck and with certain sections unprotected in order ... A: What sort of "box" do you have the form field in? Note that text boxes cannot be used in protected ... | |
| Word 2007 page numbering problem & also page formatting issue | 7/2/2009 |
| Q: After four pages of text properly numbered (the page numbers are in the footer), I am now getting a ... A: It would appear that you have a section break between the fourth and fifth pages. Whenever you ... | |
| Restart numbering | 7/1/2009 |
| Q: “Restart Numbering” changes the formatting of the paragraph. I have styles for all paragraphs in my ... A: In a structured document, it is preferable to restart numbering using a higher-level style. See ... | |
| using paste special in Word 2003 for Web links | 7/1/2009 |
| Q: I need to use paste special in my Word 2003 program to copy Web links and paste them as plain text, ... A: What sort of Web links? Can you give an example? Although pasting as plain text is often the only ... | |
| Managing mulitiple Word documents | 6/30/2009 |
| Q: Working in Word 2003 I'm updating an Employee Handbook for a company with divisions in several ... A: Your best bet is to bookmark the changeable parts in the "master" document and use IncludeText ... | |
| how to create MS-Word TOC Format template | 6/30/2009 |
| Q: To create a TOC in MS Word, select Reference/ TOC/ Insert TOC, the TOC configuration dialog box ... A: "From template" uses the TOC styles you have defined. You can create a TOC field to incorporate any ... | |
| Table reference | 6/29/2009 |
| Q: If I have 2 tables, how do I get one cell in table 2 to reflect what is in another cell in table 1 ... A: Although you can use bookmarks and REF fields, there are two caveats: 1. Unless you're referencing ... | |
| Follow-Up | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne- I've exhausted all the follow-ups! Thanks for your answer, but I'm still having problems. ... A: I confess I'm stumped, then. If you want to send me the malfunctioning portion of the document ... | |
| Page Numbers and Multiple Sections | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a complicated document consisting of multiple articles, each of which is 2 sections as the ... A: I suppose the RTL language might well make a difference, especially if the sections are actually ... | |
| Page Numbers and Multiple Sections | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a complicated document consisting of multiple articles, each of which is 2 sections as the ... A: With the insertion point in Section 5, you have to go to Page Number Format and select "Continue ... | |
| Page Numbers and Multiple Sections | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: I have a complicated document consisting of multiple articles, each of which is 2 sections as the ... A: The information is probably not much help to you now that the document is already created with ... | |
| Using Tab key to indent | 6/26/2009 |
| Q: I have Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and somehow I lost the ability to use the tab (and shift-tab) ... A: I warn you I have no experience with MacWord, but in some previous versions of Word, the option was ... | |
| Saving doc to two directories | 6/25/2009 |
| Q: I often work on a document that I would like to save to two directories.I realize that I can "save ... A: There's certainly no built-in way to do this, but you might have a look at ... | |
| Word 2007 - Labels | 6/24/2009 |
| Q: Program wouldn't let me post another question in our conversation. And I'm sooooo embarrassed - ... A: Still odd that your list would be different from mine. Another "gotcha" to be aware of: the stock ... | |
| Word 2007 - Labels | 6/24/2009 |
| Q: I've read the response to a similar question, but couldn't get Label-Options to allow me to put in a ... A: I was primarily wondering if you had the Home and Student Edition. If you did, you would see ... | |
| Word 2007 - Labels | 6/23/2009 |
| Q: I've read the response to a similar question, but couldn't get Label-Options to allow me to put in a ... A: You can't type in a number; you have to choose from the dropdown product number list. I find Avery ... | |
| custom page numbering | 6/23/2009 |
| Q: I have a long document that was created in Word 2002 or earlier and has gone through many ... A: As far as I know, there are only two ways to have information other than the page number included ... | |
| Mail Merge Word 97 Non Standard Form Length 12 inch | 6/22/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 97 under Windows XP to set up a mailmerge for 60 labels to be printed in an 8 x 3 ... A: That is an unfortunate limitation of trying to define custom labels. What you will have to do is ... | |
| scrolling a WORD 2000 document | 6/22/2009 |
| Q: I have this problem in both Word 2000 and 2003. When I scroll and highlight more than one page ... A: You should not experience this in Word 2003 (except in tables), but it is certainly a problem in ... | |
| Layouts for US and A4 | 6/19/2009 |
| Q: I'm laying out a document (certificate) in landscape format. How can I position the content on the ... A: I'm not 100% positive about this, but this is how I would do it: 1. Make sure that "Allow A4/Letter ... | |
| turning off Mark Up/Track Changes permanently?? | 6/19/2009 |
| Q: follow-up to your response on 1/22/09. is there a way to turn this frustrating feature permanently? ... A: Track Changes is off by default. It should not be on unless you have turned it on. If you're ... | |
| Request help in using Word 2007 | 6/19/2009 |
| Q: This week I installed Microsoft Office Home and Student 2007 on my computer. Yesterday, when I was ... A: Assuming that you are using "header" in each instance to refer to the actual page header and not a ... | |
| Fonts | 6/19/2009 |
| Q: I have eight letters I want to turn sideways. How do I do it? A: There are various ways to rotate text depending on what you're attempting to accomplish. Text in ... | |
| mail merge envelopes | 6/18/2009 |
| Q: Our wedding invitation envelope size is 5.5 X 5.5. When I try to do the "mail merge" to the ... A: I assume you've been warned you'll pay extra postage for square envelopes, but perhaps you're ... | |
| Creating a templet that has the ability to have drop downs | 6/18/2009 |
| Q: I need to make a templet that has drop downs which have a number of phrases available to insert in ... A: There are a couple of ways to approach this, depending on whether you need to be able to freely edit ... | |
| WORD Document - Header Disappearing | 6/18/2009 |
| Q: Most WORD documents that I use have a Header. After a document is open for about four minutes, the ... A: If the document is not really affected (still prints correctly), then I would guess this is just a ... | |
| print section number in table of contents | 6/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a number of sections in my document. My footer shows pages like "section 1 - 1" and "section ... A: As far as I know, there are only two ways to have information other than the page number included ... | |
| Figure Numbers Disappear When Printing | 6/16/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I use Microsoft Word 2007's caption utility to number figures and tables. When I view my ... A: I'm glad you got something figured out, as I don't think I would have been capable of any further ... | |
| Figure Numbers Disappear When Printing | 6/16/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I use Microsoft Word 2007's caption utility to number figures and tables. When I view my ... A: That is extremely bizarre, and I can't think of any way to account for it. Do you see the numbers ... | |
| index and endnotes Word 2003 | 6/15/2009 |
| Q: I have a long book with endnotes, bibliography and index. How can I put them in that order at back ... A: I've never actually tried using a concordance since, in the documents I've indexed, preparing the ... | |
| Populate a document | 6/12/2009 |
| Q: I do not need info on mail merge or protected documents...I don't think. What I need to know is how ... A: Although mail merge and protected forms are among the ways to achieve this result, there are others. ... | |
| Words don't show on the screen but will print | 6/11/2009 |
| Q: I am running word 2003 with xp sp3. When I opened an existing word document it APPEARS blank. I ... A: I'm glad that worked. One of my first impulses was to suggest working through ... | |
| Words don't show on the screen but will print | 6/11/2009 |
| Q: I am running word 2003 with xp sp3. When I opened an existing word document it APPEARS blank. I ... A: Perhaps the text is formatted as Hidden? Does it show up if you click on the Show/Hide ¶ button or ... | |
| Word 2002 Removing a Banner | 6/11/2009 |
| Q: There is no division so I cannot simply click and remove. I want to edit the color/banner on the ... A: I'm not sure how your follow-up question relates to the original one, but anything that is a ... | |
| Using Paste Special in Word 2003 | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to update documents that are in Word 2003 using the Paste Special Command, but to no ... A: I'm afraid the combination of the words "update" and "Paste Special" is not creating any clear ... | |
| Word 2002 Removing a Banner | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: There is no division so I cannot simply click and remove. I want to edit the color/banner on the ... A: I'm not sure what you mean by a "banner," but I'm guessing it may be something anchored to the ... | |
| Inserting Pictures Into Word 2007 Documents | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: Barnhill: I'm very impressed with your credentials and hope you won't find my query too trivial to ... A: That's reassuring! What I have found wrt inserting pictures is that I prefer to leave the default ... | |
| Inserting Pictures Into Word 2007 Documents | 6/10/2009 |
| Q: Barnhill: I'm very impressed with your credentials and hope you won't find my query too trivial to ... A: Change the default setting at Office Button | Word Options | Advanced: General: File Locations | ... | |
| Word 2003 shows different formatting of "before" and "after" spacing in two different PCs | 6/9/2009 |
| Q: I have Word 2003 installed in my computer same as my client. However when we open a same single page ... A: There are two possibilities that come to mind, but neither of them should be a factor if the exact ... | |
| page numbering | 6/8/2009 |
| Q: I asked a question but it may not have been clear, and the answer did not address my problem. The ... A: Some of the things you ask for are easy enough. For "Section 1, page 1/15," you would use "Section { ... | |
| WORD forms/macros | 6/6/2009 |
| Q: I have a problem that I am sure will be trivial for an MVP. I have a template that I use to request ... A: It would probably be trivial for some MVPs, but, because it requires VBA, it would not be trivial ... | |
| Hyperlinks dont open when printing | 6/5/2009 |
| Q: I have a document that contains only hyperlinks to other word documents. It is only one page. The ... A: From your description it would appear that your first document was created as a Master Document. ... | |
| Saved word document | 6/4/2009 |
| Q: I recently received an email with word document attached from MS Outlook. I opened the document and ... A: Whenever you open an attachment from email, it is saved to a temp folder, and all subsequent saves ... | |
| Merging chapters into one document | 6/3/2009 |
| Q: When I tried to put all my chapters into one document, I clicked on Automatic Format or something ... A: Without knowing what you clicked on and certainly without a better description of "messed up," no, I ... | |
| borders | 5/31/2009 |
| Q: word 2003 I have prepared a flyer on a 8 1/2 x 11 paper. The message is centered and it 7x8 inches. ... A: I assume you're wanting to use a page border, perhaps using Border Art. The secret is to set your ... | |
| Footnote length - Word 2007 | 5/31/2009 |
| Q: Is there a limit to the length a footnote in Word 2007? A: AFAIK, there is no specified limit to the length of a foonote in any version of Word, but there may ... | |
| 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 and no. If you have Windows XP, this is very simple. You select any given folder, right-click in ... | |
| 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: The answer to (1) depends on what you mean by "display." You can certainly insert a FILENAME field ... | |
| Getting headings from word file | 5/29/2009 |
| Q: I would like either to obtain or develop some software that will build me a ‘contents’ database for ... A: There's no built-in feature that will do exactly what you ask (though possibly a tool could be built ... | |
| book page printing order | 5/28/2009 |
| Q: 27/5/09 Dear Suzanne, I would like to use MS Word 2000 (Windows XP, HP 1220 laser jet printer) to ... A: If you had Word 2002 or above, you would have more options (with Word's built-in "Book fold" ... | |
| Word Toolbars | 5/27/2009 |
| Q: Recently, we went through a computer upgrade. Since then, the toolbars won't stay where I move ... A: On the most basic level, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/SaveViewAndZoom.htm If you still ... | |
| Word Multilevel Numbering | 5/26/2009 |
| Q: Working on a 150+ page procedural master document with four sub documents, my numbering scheme ... A: No image was required. Your problem description was completely clear. Try this for me, please: 1. ... | |
| Word Multilevel Numbering | 5/26/2009 |
| Q: Working on a 150+ page procedural master document with four sub documents, my numbering scheme ... A: First, make sure that you have the outline numbering set up according to the principles laid out in ... | |
| Word 2007 contextual spelling | 5/25/2009 |
| Q: Everything I read says the contextual spelling option should pick up on incorrect use of words like ... A: I'm sorry I can't be more helpful. You might try posting your question in the ... | |
| Word 2007 contextual spelling | 5/25/2009 |
| Q: Everything I read says the contextual spelling option should pick up on incorrect use of words like ... A: By "the box" I assume you mean the check box for "Use contextual spelling." I don't know what would ... | |
| Quarter Page Booklets | 5/25/2009 |
| Q: How can I print a 20 page membership directory as a quarter page booklet using WORD 2003. I figure ... A: Using the "Book fold" feature in Word, you can create half-page booklets, but Word does not offer a ... | |
| word 2000 is frozen when opened up | 5/23/2009 |
| Q: i have MS small business 2000 and MS office home and student 2007 both on my computer because i was ... A: You must NOT put Normal.dot in the Startup folder! This alone will cause problems. Remove it ... | |
| envelopes | 5/22/2009 |
| Q: When I try to set up a custom size envelope (7.25W x 5.25H)in Word 2003, I get the message "The ... A: I confess I'd never actually tried to do this, as I have envelope templates for most of the sizes I ... | |
| word 2000 is frozen when opened up | 5/22/2009 |
| Q: i have MS small business 2000 and MS office home and student 2007 both on my computer because i was ... A: I would not worry too much about Herb Tyson's instructions until you have worked through all the ... | |
| word 2000 is frozen when opened up | 5/21/2009 |
| Q: i have MS small business 2000 and MS office home and student 2007 both on my computer because i was ... A: You're headed in the right direction. Follow the steps at ... | |
| Word File Names | 5/21/2009 |
| Q: I manage some significant technology wide testing for my corporation. I have a form to be filled ... A: I can definitely sympathize, as I have the same problem getting the Rotary club secretaries in my ... | |
| CAPTIONS | 5/21/2009 |
| Q: how are you? There’s a whole jarful of problems when using captions that are driving me crazy, but I ... A: I don't have much experience with the Caption feature because I rarely create documents with ... | |
| Word Table of Contents | 5/20/2009 |
| Q: My Table of Contentshas been set up using TOC and then Headers. Neither one works properly. The ... A: A TOC set up to use the first three heading levels (the default) will include all paragraphs that ... | |
| Little squares in Word after pasting from PDF | 5/20/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to cut and paste from a PDF document into Word. Everywhere there was a line break in ... A: It may be that the line breaks are just oddly represented in a particular font. Have you tried using ... | |
| Printing Comments | 5/19/2009 |
| Q: I have been working on a document that includes many comments. I have printed earlier versions of ... A: I'm stumped, too. If you haven't changed any settings, then I just can't think of any explanation, ... | |
| Pasting from word 2003 to other programs | 5/19/2009 |
| Q: How can I keep bullet numbers from changing when pasting parts of a word document into other ... A: One way to do this is to change the numbers to plain text before copying and pasting. You may want ... | |
| Printing Comments | 5/19/2009 |
| Q: I have been working on a document that includes many comments. I have printed earlier versions of ... A: How comments are printed will depend on your version of Word. In Word 2002 or above, if you have ... | |
| index and endnotes Word 2003 | 5/17/2009 |
| Q: I have a long book with endnotes, bibliography and index. How can I put them in that order at back ... A: Unless you used a concordance file to generate your index entries, I shouldn't think they would be ... | |
| Paper sizes in Word | 5/17/2009 |
| Q: I have a large format printer that will print up to 600mm wide. But if I prepare an image in Word, ... A: Word imposes an absolute limit of 22" in height or width. There is no way to create larger documents ... | |
| Editing Word 2000 Forms in Word 2007 | 5/15/2009 |
| Q: I created a form previously in Word 2000 that I now want to modify and update in Word 2007, but I ... A: You can unprotect the document using Review | Protect Document | Stop Protection. Once you have ... | |
| MS Word 2002 | 5/14/2009 |
| Q: I find that I can not move the cursor with the mouse. I can move it using the keyboard. The problem ... A: I believe the Registry keys may not be recreated until you restart Windows. Normal.dot is not ... | |
| reducing page size without changing formating | 5/14/2009 |
| Q: I am new to word (using word 2007 on Windows XP). I have a contract in a word document that needs to ... A: You can print a document at a smaller size by using the Zoom settings in the Print dialog; you could ... | |
| MS Word 2002 | 5/14/2009 |
| Q: I find that I can not move the cursor with the mouse. I can move it using the keyboard. The problem ... A: This problem has been reported extensively in Word 2007 as a result of an update; I'm not sure that ... | |
| Annoyiing "Getting Started" | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: Whenever I open a document in Word 2003, I get that annoying "Getting Started" column on the right. ... A: The simple answer is that you go to Tools | Options | View and clear the check box for "Startup Task ... | |
| formatting word page numbers | 5/9/2009 |
| Q: I would like to alter the font in which Word displays the page numbers. I'm publishing a Word ... A: Select the number in the box, right-click, choose Font, and apply the desired font. Or change the ... | |
| formatting word page numbers | 5/8/2009 |
| Q: I would like to alter the font in which Word displays the page numbers. I'm publishing a Word ... A: Page numbers are formatted with two styles, the Header or Footer paragraph style and the Page Number ... | |
| Microsoft Word Office 2007 | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: when i go to properties of a document i do not see the custom tab which will show me all the ... A: In your original question, you said, "When I go to properties of a document." If you didn't get ... | |
| Microsoft Word Office 2007 | 5/7/2009 |
| Q: when i go to properties of a document i do not see the custom tab which will show me all the ... A: Word 2007 definitely doesn't make it easy to access the document Properties. After going through ... | |
| Form Fields Word 2007 | 5/6/2009 |
| Q: If I create my documents using Word 2007 form fields, can users who may older versions utilize the ... A: Assuming that by "Word 2007 form fields" you mean the new "content controls," then no, as I ... | |
| Installing Office 2007 Business on 2003 Pro | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: I've trawled the web but couldn't find a specific answer to this. I have MS Office 2003 Pro on my ... A: I'm glad this worked out for you. If you're like me, I think you'll be glad you kept the Office 2003 ... | |
| Word tab stops | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: In MS Word 2007, how do I set (and save), as my default tab stops, (1) first line of paragraph ... A: Tab stops are set in styles. You could set these tab stops in the Normal style, but I would not ... | |
| Installing Office 2007 Business on 2003 Pro | 5/5/2009 |
| Q: I've trawled the web but couldn't find a specific answer to this. I have MS Office 2003 Pro on my ... A: I currently have Office 2003 programs running side-by-side with Office 2007 programs, so you can ... | |
| Opening MS Word 2007 | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: How can I set MS Word so that it opens to the directory I use most of the time? ANSWER: In any ... A: Use Office Button | Prepare | Properties to show the Document Properties. One of the fields ... | |
| Opening MS Word 2007 | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: How can I set MS Word so that it opens to the directory I use most of the time? A: In any version of Word, you can change the folder in which Word starts. In previous versions, this ... | |
| Word -->2007<-- Reference to form fields | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: I am making a template for formatting engineering calculations. There is a cover sheet with basic ... A: There are certainly several ways to accomplish what you want, two of which you've already considered ... | |
| Always Opening Word 2000 At 100% | 5/4/2009 |
| Q: May 4, 2009 Dear Suzanne, I'm running ... A: As a general principle, documents open in the view and at the Zoom ratio in which they were saved. ... | |
| table of contents problem | 5/2/2009 |
| Q: and i have created a document of about 250 pages. the document is written largely in outline form -- ... A: These paragraphs should not appear in the TOC unless a heading style has been applied or an outline ... | |
| Unable to open links from word documents | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: I have inserted links into my word document. I can open the documents as they are from my drive, ... A: I don't know of a solution. This flaw in Word is what made me give up on it for Web publishing and ... | |
| Word 2003 print settings | 4/30/2009 |
| Q: If I change print settings for a document (eg number of copies) after I close the document and open ... A: This should not be happening. The first time you print in a Word session, Word will use the Windows ... | |
| Word 2007 Bookfold Image Errors | 4/29/2009 |
| Q: I saw your post from November about the bug in the book fold layout when printing, just wanted to ... A: I have no information that this problem has been corrected. Office 2007 SP2 is currently being ... | |
| Spell-checker for outgoing email | 4/27/2009 |
| Q: I use MSOffice 2007, and the spell-checker works for word documents, but can't set spell-checker ... A: If reinstalling the proofing tools for an earlier version of Office or using a third-party spelling ... | |
| making a pamphlet using Word or Excel | 4/26/2009 |
| Q: I need to make a pamphlet for school and I'm not sure if there is a template for this. I have Word ... A: It depends on what you mean by "pamphlet." This could be a brochure or a booklet. For either ... | |
| WORD 2007 CANT PRINT PICTURES | 4/24/2009 |
| Q: i see pictures in print preview but dosent print pictures.. is there a control of printing text but ... A: If you actually see the pictures in Print Preview and they don't print, then the problem is with ... | |
| Cursor skipping Word 2007 | 4/24/2009 |
| Q: Installed Microsoft Office 2007. In the Word application, as I am typing, the cursor skips to a ... A: The usual cause of this is an oversensitive touchpad on a laptop. If you're using a mouse, disable ... | |
| Creating linked table of contents in MS Word for Mac | 4/23/2009 |
| Q: I have written a book and want to make my table of contents work with hyperlinks to make the book ... A: What part of it doesn't work? You format your headings using heading styles, and they are ... | |
| Creating linked table of contents in MS Word for Mac | 4/23/2009 |
| Q: I have written a book and want to make my table of contents work with hyperlinks to make the book ... A: TOCs are hyperlinked by default in all (Windows) versions of Word. In Word 2000 and above, the ... | |
| Label templates for mail merge | 4/23/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to use mail merge to make labels on MS Word. I have the info in Excel. I know how to ... A: Because even Word 2007 doesn't include a built-in label definition for this particular stock number, ... | |
| Save As | 4/22/2009 |
| Q: A colleague of mine is having these problems. 1. When he tries to print an envelope, he sets it up ... A: Your colleague has the Windows default printer (or the Word active printer) set to one that requires ... | |
| Word or character limit on text field | 4/22/2009 |
| Q: Is it possible to create a blank text field with a word limit in a Word document so that a person ... A: Assuming you're referring to a text form field in a protected form, then yes, you can limit the ... | |
| short cuts | 4/21/2009 |
| Q: is there a shortcut way of maximizing an ms word window? is so what is it? A: According to the Help topic "Keyboard shortcuts," Alt+Spacebar displays the title bar shortcut menu. ... | |
| microsoft word - emailing documents | 4/20/2009 |
| Q: I just had my Word 2007 re-installed and now I can't email documents. When I go to the send ... A: See whether "The 'E-mail' command is missing or is unavailable in Excel 2007, in PowerPoint 2007, or ... | |
| MS Word 2000 - reference and updating | 4/18/2009 |
| Q: I'm using MS Word 2000 to write test procedures. There are times when we need to repeat certain ... A: What you need is a cross-reference. In Word 2002 and above, this is Insert | Reference | ... | |
| Inserting graphic surrounded by page breaks? | 4/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a question about inserting a picture into a MS Word 2003 document. I would like the picture ... A: This can't be done; it can only be faked. Text will not flow around inline pictures, and wrapped ... | |
| Concordance table corrupts 300 pg document | 4/16/2009 |
| Q: I have the same problem using both Word 2003 on XP and Word 2007 on Vista (both in compatability ... A: The XE fields on which an index is based (and which are generated by the concordance file) are ... | |
| Creating a Index | 4/16/2009 |
| Q: I am currently using Word 2003 running on Windows XP. I have a Index page in my document, and I need ... A: Current versions of Word do not offer this feature. If you generate the index and unlink it, you ... | |
| PC is WindowsXP_bought 2004 | 4/15/2009 |
| Q: I had to take PC to local store, added memory, did a checkup, when got PC back Windows Word & ... A: This is not really a question about Word but more about hardware, software, and service. Take the ... | |
| Backup Files - ~$ | 4/14/2009 |
| Q: This isn't a severe problem, but a mildly irritating one. Just the other day, I went to open a file, ... A: The file you saw is the "owner file" or "lock file." It prevents anyone else (including you) from ... | |
| Settin margin defaults for page set-up that have always held until now | 4/13/2009 |
| Q: I have MS Word 2003, which has kept its margin defaults until recently. I go to page set-up and ... A: Word's failure to save your settings suggests that the Normal template is not being saved (or is ... | |
| Word 97 | 4/11/2009 |
| Q: I have a Word 97 doc I am trying to edit, however Word 2003 won't let me open the doc. How do I ... A: How are you trying to open it (from Windows Explorer/My Computer, My Recent Documents, from Word's ... | |
| Changing envelope printing settings in old documents: word 02 | 4/10/2009 |
| Q: I have run into a dead end. I'm working on Word 2002, and have had to create quick sets for the HP ... A: Short of a macro to intercept the Print command for these documents and change the tray settings, I ... | |
| Endnote problems with MS Word 2003 on a PC | 4/8/2009 |
| Q: HELP!! I get 13 paragraph markers at the top of EACH page of the endnotes, throwing them about half ... A: My guess is that the empty paragraphs have appended themselves to the Endnote Continuation ... | |
| formatting numbers | 4/7/2009 |
| Q: Word version 2003 - When I format numbers/letters to separate information in my documents it appears ... A: If the document actually looks correct in Print Preview (not just Print Layout view), then there is ... | |
| Word 2000 Footer Problem | 4/7/2009 |
| Q: April 7, 2009 Dear Suzanne, I'm running Windows ... A: No laughter here. My husband is running WordPerfect on Windows 98SE. <g> To place any text in a ... | |
| Mail Merge Question | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: I have done a merge, but when I do the Edit Individual Letters step to view the letters, the text at ... A: Without seeing the document, I can only guess that perhaps the last line ends in a line break (if ... | |
| Problem with TOC and bookmarks | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create multiple TOCs in a Word 2003 document - an overall one plus one for each ... A: The \u switch builds a TOC based on outline levels. If you have not used Word's built-in heading ... | |
| Problem with TOC and bookmarks | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create multiple TOCs in a Word 2003 document - an overall one plus one for each ... A: I'm not sure why the first TOC would be a different color unless you have Track Changes turned on, ... | |
| Problem with TOC and bookmarks | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to create multiple TOCs in a Word 2003 document - an overall one plus one for each ... A: The problem *may* be that the TOC doesn't indicate which levels to include. It's supposed to include ... | |
| Styles issues | 4/6/2009 |
| Q: Word 2000 Widows XP Hello. I am having a problem that I'm not sure how to correct. Many of my ... A: If you had Word 2002 or above, my answer would be different, but in Word 2000, the default is to ... | |
| Microsoft WORD:mac 2008 - Version 12.1.5 | 4/5/2009 |
| Q: PROBLEM: Whenever I compose a new WORD document, one of the first things I do is date it. Once I ... A: The usual reason for this is that you've had Word running continuously for several days. Word gets ... | |
| applying page setup from template to a word document | 4/2/2009 |
| Q: Could you help me in understanding how to retain page setup and margins from a template in an ... A: When you attach a different template to a document, you get access to the styles, menus, toolbars, ... | |
| Word trouble | 4/1/2009 |
| Q: I had completed work on to Microsoft office 2003. I saved this to a memory stick but lost it and ... A: No, without the memory stick you won't be able to access the file. It's generally not a good idea to ... | |
| corrupt save file and squares for text?! | 3/29/2009 |
| Q: i've been having problem with Word (2000 i believe, running on XP) and i was hoping you could help ... A: Is the material really lost if you were copying it from a Web site? I do know that pasting from the ... | |
| Word Tables How to end them | 3/28/2009 |
| Q: I set up a word table. I don't know how to end it when I have come to the last row I need. It ... A: Whenever you tab out of the last cell in a table, a new row is created. I imagine this is what you ... | |
| dimmed text headers | 3/27/2009 |
| Q: I've made a header on the left side of a document. However, in print layout view it is shown dimmed. ... A: No, this is just the way Word works. When the insertion point is in the header or footer, the ... | |
| Adding text to an "illustration box" | 3/25/2009 |
| Q: I have WINDOWS XP and WORD 2003. I often use "Auto Shapes" to create rectangular and oval ... A: You can right-click on any AutoShape and choose Add Text, but you'll need to use paragraph ... | |
| Repeat ingText in a Document While Using MacroButton Fields | 3/25/2009 |
| Q: I have created a multi-page template document utilizing the MacroButton Fields (i.e. [MACROBUTTON ... A: There are numerous ways to repeat data in a document (see ... | |
| footnotes in Word | 3/25/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, I want to add several footnotes at the same point in the text. If I just insert 2 or 3 ... A: You have to type the commas in manually. Note, however, that it is recommended that you combine the ... | |
| *.acl files in W2K7 | 3/24/2009 |
| Q: I normally use Word2007 in French. But when I write a letter in English, if I make mistakes they are ... A: anyway). There is a better macro at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ExportAutocorrect.htm, ... | |
| *.acl files in W2K7 | 3/24/2009 |
| Q: I normally use Word2007 in French. But when I write a letter in English, if I make mistakes they are ... A: As you evidently realize, the AutoCorrect file used depends on the language applied at the insertion ... | |
| Merging into Tables | 3/22/2009 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2003 and merging SQL database variables into complex Word forms. Creating the forms ... A: I've never used an SQL database for a mail merge, but I have merged from both Word and Excel data ... | |
| Text Boxes | 3/20/2009 |
| Q: I have a file of envelope addresses.I did something the other day to add text boxes around the ... A: I doubt seriously that your addresses are in text boxes. Depending on how the document is set up, it ... | |
| Updating table of contents | 3/20/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to update a TOC. This is a document that is in a "compatability mode" I am using Word ... A: Is the problem that existing entries are not being updated or that new entries are not being added? ... | |
| Deleting a page break before inserted object | 3/19/2009 |
| Q: In Word 2007, I have inserted an object from file.It is an Excel 2007 selection. An auto page break ... A: You're getting a "soft" page break presumably because your inserted object wouldn't fit on the ... | |
| Format of pasted text | 3/19/2009 |
| Q: I am constantly having to change the format of pasted text to that of the destination document. Is ... A: The answer depends on what version of Word you have. If you have Word 2003 or earlier, there is no ... | |
| Repeat partial data from a dropdown box inside the form | 3/19/2009 |
| Q: I use Word 2003. I have a form with a dropdown box from which users make a selection. I can repeat ... A: I would guess this is not possible. You will need to break the data down into multiple form fields. ... | |
| 2 Contents Pages in Word Doc | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: I have a 250 page word doc that includes a 50 page Appendix. The front end of doc is numbered 1-200 ... A: See http://www.ShaunaKelly.com/word/numbering/NumberingAppendixes.html and ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2000 | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: Having cut some text from M.soft Home Publishing 2000, I pasted it on to an open document on Word ... A: There are basically two approaches: 1. Rename/delete Normal.dot and let Word create a new one. This ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2000 | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: Having cut some text from M.soft Home Publishing 2000, I pasted it on to an open document on Word ... A: Sorry, I should not have added a period at the end of ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2000 | 3/18/2009 |
| Q: Having cut some text from M.soft Home Publishing 2000, I pasted it on to an open document on Word ... A: If it is a picture, you should still be able to select and delete it. If you are unable to select ... | |
| index and endnotes Word 2003 | 3/13/2009 |
| Q: I have a long book with endnotes, bibliography and index. How can I put them in that order at back ... A: Word takes a rather literal view of ENDnotes, but see ... | |
| Form Field and TOC | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2003 which must be saved as 97-2003. I would really prefer to use the form fields ... A: Protected forms and fields that require updating don't mix easily. In order to do what you want, ... | |
| 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: You could do it this way in Word, but that's not the best way to do it. Even if you want three ... | |
| page breaks in word 2003 | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: I thought I had sent this yesterday, but I don't remember the spam robot box, so perhaps I never ... A: Yes, I got your comment and rating--much appreciated! The link will work if you copy/paste it into ... | |
| page breaks in word 2003 | 3/12/2009 |
| Q: I thought I had sent this yesterday, but I don't remember the spam robot box, so perhaps I never ... A: I would suggest that you go to the Layout tab of Page Setup and make sure that the vertical ... | |
| M/S Office Word Student 2007 | 3/11/2009 |
| Q: My document screen has changed completely to a wide page. When it prints out, it leaves half my ... A: You will not lose any data or documents if you uninstall and reinstall Office or Word, but it won't ... | |
| M/S Office Word Student 2007 | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: My document screen has changed completely to a wide page. When it prints out, it leaves half my ... A: This is very intriguing. If you were viewing the page in Web Layout view, it would wrap your text to ... | |
| Word 2007 form populates multiple places with single entry | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: I would like to make a form in WORD 2007. Many of the required fields will repeat several times ... A: It sounds as if you want a combination of a protected form and a mail merge. If all the data that ... | |
| no control over space after end of bulleted list (style:ListParagraph) | 3/10/2009 |
| Q: I am using Word 2007 to edit a large document. In it, I would like the first and last elements in my ... A: I saw your post (and the screen shot) in the NG and would have answered if I'd had any ideas, but ... | |
| MS Word 2003: Simple IF Statement | 2/20/2009 |
| Q: I have similar issue posted in - ... A: Yes, you have to use Ctrl+F9 to insert EVERY field in a field construction; the field delimiters, ... | |
| Word 2003 - *.DOT - autotext | 2/20/2009 |
| Q: 1. Is global autotext stored in normal.dot? 2. But where is normal.dot stored? Problem: I seem ... A: Unless you explicitly opt to save them in a specific document template, AutoText entries are stored ... | |
| page numbers in Word 2007 | 2/18/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to arrange Word 2007 into "Book" format (with facing, mirrored pages, but I am having ... A: I'm not seeing this in either Print Layout view or Print Preview. Regardless of zoom, I see the ... | |
| MS Word 2003: Simple IF Statement | 2/17/2009 |
| Q: I have similar issue posted in - ... A: This is the sort of question I hate because it always sends me into a tailspin trying to reconstruct ... | |
| document imaging | 2/17/2009 |
| Q: i scanned a document and converted it to a tif file. when i produced the new document it was all ... A: A TIF (or TIFF) file is just a picture; it is not editable except with photo editing software. In ... | |
| Hiding page numbers | 2/16/2009 |
| Q: How can I HIDE page numbers? For example, I want the numbering of my article to be shown on page v. ... A: For general principles, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Numbering/PageNumbering.htm. For some specific ... | |
| Document's last saved position | 2/14/2009 |
| Q: For the many years I've been using Word, and when I open a document, Word always has opened the ... A: Inserting a bookmark is an action that can be undone (it shows up on the Undo list), so naturally it ... | |
| Retrieving Document | 2/13/2009 |
| Q: I sent myself a Word document from my office to my home on Hotmail[Compatibility Mode]. It's part of ... A: When you open an attachment directly (instead of saving it to your hard drive first), every time you ... | |
| inserts | 2/11/2009 |
| Q: I would like to know how to insert a web address into a word document that if clicked it will send ... A: Generally speaking, if you have not changed the default settings, any Web URL or email address you ... | |
| Creating address list to merge | 2/10/2009 |
| Q: I need to know what is the best or easiest way to create an address list so that I can import it for ... A: If you already have addresses in an Outlook address book (and use Outlook as your default mail ... | |
| ms word 2000 not responding | 2/9/2009 |
| Q: i installed ms office professional 2000, everything opens except for ms word. it just hangs and do ... A: For general troubleshooting tips, see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm. ... | |
| Layout creation | 2/6/2009 |
| Q: How can I convert a WORD table into layout form as the attached one (application form for example)? ... A: Although you can use the padlock icon on the Forms toolbar to protect and unprotect the form, you ... | |
| Word 2000 spell check | 2/5/2009 |
| Q: When i am typing a word doc the spell checker randomly pops open offering to spell check. This ... A: I've never actually used Word 2000 (I skipped from 97 to 2002), but I can't think why this might be ... | |
| Layout creation | 2/5/2009 |
| Q: How can I convert a WORD table into layout form as the attached one (application form for example)? A: What you are describing, I think, and the image seems to show, is a protected form. For more on ... | |
| Document's last saved position | 2/5/2009 |
| Q: For the many years I've been using Word, and when I open a document, Word always has opened the ... A: In Word versions through Word 2003, Shift+F5 will take you back to the last edit location. This is ... | |
| MS Word 2002 - Print list of form fields | 2/5/2009 |
| Q: I'm aware there are some related options in Tools > Options > Print but these don't seem suitable. ... A: There is not, to my knowledge, any built-in way to do this, and some of it I don't think is possible ... | |
| Blank field in source document should = blank field in Word document | 2/4/2009 |
| Q: We have a mail merge document that was created in Word 2000. Our computers have just been updated ... A: By default, Word 2003 uses a new connection method (OLE DB) to connect to Excel (instead of DDE as ... | |
| Moving documents to folders | 2/4/2009 |
| Q: I set up folders after I created documents. How do I move them to the folder. How do I creat new ... A: Although it is possible to move files in Word's Open and Save windows, I generally find that Word's ... | |
| Adjust print position when printing labels / WORD 2007 | 2/4/2009 |
| Q: This is a basic question about printing label sheets from WORD 2007. Often, when printing, the text ... A: Sometimes this type of problem is caused by the printer. Some printers don't handle label sheets ... | |
| Change bars adjacent to table not printing | 2/3/2009 |
| Q: When I make changes in a table within my document, they do not print. They do show up in print ... A: If you have very narrow side margins, it could be that the change bars are outside the printable ... | |
| help | 2/2/2009 |
| Q: i have been trying to open a mac 2004 word document with office 2003 on a pc. have not been able to ... A: Microsoft is offering an Office 2008 converter for earlier Mac versions at ... | |
| help | 2/2/2009 |
| Q: i have been trying to open a mac 2004 word document with office 2003 on a pc. have not been able to ... A: Is it possible that the document was created in Word 2008? If so, it uses the new XML file format ... | |
| help | 2/2/2009 |
| Q: i have been trying to open a mac 2004 word document with office 2003 on a pc. have not been able to ... A: Although, as stated in my bio, I have no expertise in MacWord, I believe that Word 2003 should be ... | |
| Always Save As 2003 | 1/29/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, thanks for the quick response on my other question about large icons. One more question. ... A: Yours is not the first report I've heard of Word's failure to preserve this Options setting. This ... | |
| Large Icons | 1/29/2009 |
| Q: We have a visually impaired employee that consistantly views text at greater than 200 percent. In ... A: AFAIK, there is no option to change the size of anything in Word 2007. In general, icons will be ... | |
| Office 2000 SP3 and Word Mail Merge | 1/29/2009 |
| Q: Sorry for contacting you but unfortunately I currently have an issue where MS Word 2000 is no longer ... A: I'm not sure why you're apologizing for bothering me, as that's what this site is for! ... | |
| Spelling and Grammar stop working | 1/28/2009 |
| Q: I use the Office 2003. A time ago, the Spelling and Grammar stop working, after a rescue from a ... A: For starters, look at http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MasterSpellCheck.htm If nothing in that ... | |
| Word 2007 Merge Field | 1/27/2009 |
| Q: I merge Excel data with acknowledgement letters created in Word on a daily basis. I have merge ... A: In my experience, you'll have much better success if you don't even try to use the Address Block but ... | |
| Word 2003 Manually Marking TOC Entries | 1/27/2009 |
| Q: I need to manually mark text for a TOC entry but the entry is in the footnote. Is there any way to ... A: No, I'm sorry, you can't put TC fields in headers/footers or footnotes/endnotes, or in the drawing ... | |
| Avery labels Word 07 | 1/26/2009 |
| Q: I am starting to hate Word 07. I am trying to make Avery labels (8-Inex maker) but searching and ... A: Although Microsoft has introduced some interesting new features in the Labels dialog in Word 2007 ... | |
| bookmarks | 1/23/2009 |
| Q: In Word 2003, what is the purpose of the bookmark feature? I can click on Edit>Find to find any ... A: Yes, text and locations that are bookmarked can be cross-referenced and hyperlinked to. Some text in ... | |
| Turning off Track Changes default | 1/22/2009 |
| Q: I just got a call from my President. He said that after he has made his changes in his document and ... A: It will be touchy to question your president's word, but the fact is that if he has actually ... | |
| Templates to Word 2003 | 1/21/2009 |
| Q: One more question. Can I lock my templates which are used by many other users? All the templates are ... A: Well, I think it odd that you should be prompted for a password to open it if the password is to ... | |
| Word wrapping in table cells | 1/21/2009 |
| Q: I have a problem with Word 2003 tables that have been set to “AutoFit to Contents”. I have a table ... A: I have looked at your documents, and I don't see any explanation for this phenomenon but can offer ... | |
| Templates to Word 2003 | 1/21/2009 |
| Q: One more question. Can I lock my templates which are used by many other users? All the templates are ... A: Since you have these templates (*.dot files) set up for correct use, it should be quite possible to ... | |
| Autotext | 1/21/2009 |
| Q: When inserting autotext in a header or footer I do not get the correct result, it looks like this: ... A: It would appear that this AutoText entry has become corrupted. Just delete it and recreate it. Type ... | |
| Hyperlink appears in text | 1/19/2009 |
| Q: something weird has happened to all my Word documents. Every Hyperlink now has this appearance in ... A: The settings I described are global ones. If you use Toggle Field, it does the same thing as ... | |
| Hyperlink appears in text | 1/19/2009 |
| Q: something weird has happened to all my Word documents. Every Hyperlink now has this appearance in ... A: You are merely seeing field codes instead of field results. This would be an easy problem to solve ... | |
| Track Changes in Word 2007 | 1/17/2009 |
| Q: I use Word 2007 at the office on an XP operating system and all aspects of the "Track Changes" ... A: Yes, you have the same options in Word 2007 as in previous versions (and actually a few new ones). ... | |
| craziness in new Word; wrap-around | 1/14/2009 |
| Q: I am jauntily writing in the new Word and then when I get to the end of the line it often jumps back ... A: Probably not a Word issue per se, especially since it also happens when you're typing in a browser ... | |
| Book Fold Printing from Word 2003 | 1/13/2009 |
| Q: I have quite a few 4 page documents set up in book fold and until recently they printed out with no ... A: I wish I could offer any help or even encouragement, but my experience has been that "Book fold" has ... | |
| form letter with drop down boxes | 1/12/2009 |
| Q: How do I create a form letter with drop down boxes? I have a standard letter that I would like to ... A: I think you have misunderstood what a template is (see ... | |
| 1/11/2009 | |
| Q: How can I copy/import a PDF file into a word document? Thanks. A: Strictly speaking, you don't. If the file allows you to copy text, you can Copy/Paste from the PDF ... | |
| Adding custom file properties to Word 2007 documents | 1/9/2009 |
| Q: Suzanne, Google tells me you're know something about Word file properties - I want to write some ... A: The Properties dialog in Word 2007 works the same as in previous versions once you manage to get to ... | |
| word not responding | 1/7/2009 |
| Q: I've been working on a project in Word for the past 3 months, using the "track changes" function to ... A: The one thing I can guarantee is that uninstalling and reinstalling will not help at all because it ... | |
| word not responding | 1/7/2009 |
| Q: I've been working on a project in Word for the past 3 months, using the "track changes" function to ... A: The article at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProblemsStartingWord.htm suggests a number of ... | |
| Cover page in conjunction with headers | 1/5/2009 |
| Q: I am an experienced Word user and I'm trying to get the first page of a report template to be the ... A: That this is Word 2007 might make this easier, though it makes it a little more difficult for me to ... | |
| import word to excel or access | 1/3/2009 |
| Q: Please could you help me importing word 2003 into excel or access 2003 (which ever is easiest)? I ... A: I'm not quite sure I understand what you're trying to do, but if you're trying to create a data ... | |
| Invisiable drops down menus for Word 2003 | 12/30/2008 |
| Q: I am running Windows Home Edition 2002 SP2. Recently the drops down menus for Word 2003 have ... A: By now you've probably seen the answer to your duplicate question in the newsgroup: see ... | |
| Technic font | 12/26/2008 |
| Q: In word 2003, when I use Technic font, it breaks in the middle of a word at the right margin. This ... A: The Technic font may have a marker that flags it as "decorative." A decorative (pi, dingbat, symbol) ... | |
| Word .dot file | 12/22/2008 |
| Q: I made a word file from a template and accidentally saved it as a template file (.dot). Now I can ... A: As you have probably deduced, the error message is a red herring; it is a generic message that may ... | |
| indent problems | 12/20/2008 |
| Q: how do i stop Microsoft word underlining a correction in red and stretching out to the side of the ... A: Your previous question did not mention that you were using Word 2007, which is quite different from ... | |
| double spacing between lines | 12/20/2008 |
| Q: how do i stop Microsoft word underlining a correction in red and stretching out to the side of the ... A: The default line spacing in Word 2007 is 1.15 lines, and the default Normal style has 10 pts Spacing ... | |
| red underlining | 12/20/2008 |
| Q: how do i stop Microsoft word underlining a correction in red and stretching out to the side of the ... A: Word doesn't do this unless you have Track Changes enabled. If you don't want to be tracking changes ... | |
| Word 2007 TOC | 12/19/2008 |
| Q: I am in the finalization of a 150 page technical manual with 8 sections including the index. My ... A: That sounds very bizarre! I suspect that Word is just going to need a little help here. I don't have ... | |
| Document versions in Word 2007 | 12/18/2008 |
| Q: In 2003 I used to be able to save sequential versions of a Word document in the same file. I just ... A: It is true that document versioning was removed from Word 2007. It resulted in extremely large files ... | |
| Printing problem with markup | 12/17/2008 |
| Q: When I look at a page which has comments (Document Showing Markup) in Print Layout View, it's fine ... A: Those images are showing exactly the same thing. When you choose to show markup in balloons, Word ... | |
| Non-printing document text | 12/17/2008 |
| Q: I occasionally want to put an instruction for me--one that will not be printed--on screen. In ... A: You can format the text as Hidden (Format | Font | Hidden or Ctrl+Shift+H). As long as you have ... | |
| Indents and wrap-around | 12/16/2008 |
| Q: I am typing my project report with Word 2003. After going far, I noticed one funny problem: the ... A: Any answer I give is going to be guesswork since I haven't seen this particular constellation of ... | |
| Software | 12/15/2008 |
| Q: My husband is currently putting a document together that he may eventually make into a book. Someone ... A: I don't doubt that there is software for this purpose, but if all your husband intends to create is ... | |
| merge | 12/13/2008 |
| Q: i am trying to mail merge the address from outlook to word for envelopes ... the response i get is ... A: In general, in order to use Outlook as a data source for Word, I believe the Outlook and Word ... | |
| Opening document in Word | 12/12/2008 |
| Q: Two questions: [1]I use Word 2003 and XP. If I have a document minimized and open another document, ... A: 1. If you have "Windows in Taskbar" checked on the View tab of Tools | Options, you may avoid this ... | |
| Captions | 12/11/2008 |
| Q: I am typing my PhD thesis on Word 2008 for Mac. I have been on the phone all morning with tech ... A: This is an illustration of why I always suggest leaving the insertion of figures to the very end, ... | |
| e-mailing word documents | 12/11/2008 |
| Q: Window xp 2007, Microsft Office - My PC used to easily e-mail word documents. Now it simply just ... A: To send a document as the body of an email, you need to add the appropriate button to the QAT. ... | |
| e-mailing word documents | 12/11/2008 |
| Q: Window xp 2007, Microsft Office - My PC used to easily e-mail word documents. Now it simply just ... A: Sending mail as an attachment seems to be quite straightforward: Office Button | Send | E-mail. To ... | |
| Word 2007 Text Area | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: My letter template has decided to shrink the text area (shown within text boundaries) to one line ... A: My first guess was that you had hidden the "white space between pages." This is much more difficult ... | |
| MS Word 2003-Bookmarks | 12/10/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to finish reviewing a document in which I used bookmarks for a short time until I found ... A: Go to the View tab of Tools | Options and set field code display to "Always." The areas where you're ... | |
| MS Word 2003-Bookmarks | 12/9/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to finish reviewing a document in which I used bookmarks for a short time until I found ... A: First of all, on the Reviewing toolbar, click on Accept Change and choose Accept All Changes in ... | |
| WordArt and Printing | 12/9/2008 |
| Q: Word 2003 (SP3), Windows XP Pro. The word "Example" has been floated over a table using WordArt. ... A: It may well be a printer issue, but it's evidently a very common one. The transparency is probably ... | |
| Page number | 12/9/2008 |
| Q: I have a 38 page catalog in Word and I need page 1 to begin on the third page of the document. I ... A: Did you read the recommended article? You unlink the header or footer in one section from the ... | |
| printing on black paper. | 12/8/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to print invitations in white writing on black paper, but it keeps assuming I'm printing ... A: Unless your printer accepts a cartridge with white ink, you cannot print in white on black paper ... | |
| Finding embedded or linked objects through search or TOC | 12/5/2008 |
| Q: I am looking to use Word 2007 to create a single document from multiple smaller documents inserted ... A: By dumb-text insert, I assume you mean either hidden text or TC fields. You could also bookmark your ... | |
| crash with text box use | 12/4/2008 |
| Q: New computer with Vista. MS Word 2007. Large document (300MB). inserting pictures inot text boxes ... A: If the printer driver is not installed locally, this could still be the problem. See these articles ... | |
| Word 2007 not responding | 11/28/2008 |
| Q: Do you have any advice on why Microsoft Word 2007 may not be responding. When I open a document, it ... A: An article you can read for general troubleshooting advice is ... | |
| Shortcut keys in Word templates, Word 2003 | 11/26/2008 |
| Q: I have asked for your help on the above matter before, and you have been so kind as to give advise, ... A: I can't give a definitive answer, but I can only guess that, if in fact the shortcut keys are ... | |
| export MS 2007 Address Book to Outlook | 11/25/2008 |
| Q: In error, I put all of my addresses in the MS Address Book which seems to only work as a mail merge, ... A: Word 2003 uses the .mdb format for the data sources that you create using the Mail Merge Wizard. You ... | |
| export MS 2007 Address Book to Outlook | 11/24/2008 |
| Q: In error, I put all of my addresses in the MS Address Book which seems to only work as a mail merge, ... A: Okay, I'm a little confused here because (a) I have almost zero experience with Outlook, and (b) ... | |
| Change the layout of a multi-page document by using print options (only). | 11/24/2008 |
| Q: How’s my Genius MS Word Expert?? I’m trying to use the Microsoft Word 2003 print options to print ... A: Okay, I think I see what you're trying to do, so let's see if we can figure a way forward. I think ... | |
| Landscape orientation | 11/20/2008 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007. I have created a fairly simple table in landscape orientation, but it prints ... A: Do you have Landscape orientation selected on the Margins tab of Page Setup? If so, I can't imagine ... | |
| delete page # in middle of doc | 11/17/2008 |
| Q: How do I delete a page # on ONE PAGE in the middle of a 200-page doc...on Office2008/Macintosh? I ... A: You unlink a header/footer from the previous one by clicking Same as Previous to turn it off. You ... | |
| delete page # in middle of doc | 11/17/2008 |
| Q: How do I delete a page # on ONE PAGE in the middle of a 200-page doc...on Office2008/Macintosh? I ... A: There are basically two approaches to this problem: 1. The standard one is to insert section breaks ... | |
| Word Problems | 11/16/2008 |
| Q: I have questions about two problems that I have encountered. I use Windows XP Professional as my ... A: I doubt that I can help with the printer problem; there are certain HP printers that don't work well ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2007 | 11/13/2008 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007 version and my operating system is Vista.... I don't understand why I tried to ... A: This is a bug in "Book fold" in Word 2007 that as yet has not been fixed. The only workaround that ... | |
| Eliminating carriage returns on large text files | 11/12/2008 |
| Q: I use a text to speech program that makes text files into MP3s for me to listen to. Problem is that ... A: You probably don't want to remove *all* the breaks, which would make the file into one huge ... | |
| Word 2003-Multilevel lists | 11/10/2008 |
| Q: I was able to do multilevel lists with Word 2003-no problem. It would go to the next level when I ... A: Go to Tools | AutoCorrect Options | AutoFormat As You Type and check the box for "Set left- and ... | |
| AutoCorrect, AutoText carryover | 11/7/2008 |
| Q: Right now I am using Word 2000 where I work and it is about to be upgraded to Word 2003. When it is ... A: If you are installing Office 2003 over Office 2000 on the same machine, all your customizations will ... | |
| Linking pages | 11/6/2008 |
| Q: I am wanting to be able to link pages either in word or outlook, I have several customers and I ... A: I can't answer for Outlook, but the two features in Word that would do part of what you want would ... | |
| Mail Merge Word 2007 | 11/5/2008 |
| Q: when i mail merge - I have paragraphs a. b. c. d. which is fine and as soon as I merge they change ... A: Although there are ways to ensure that the numbering will restart properly (see ... | |
| Endnotes | 11/4/2008 |
| Q: I have endnotes in my document, but want to include a back cover page. However, I cannot seem to ... A: See the "Text after endnotes" portion of the article at ... | |
| book fold - printing 1 page | 11/3/2008 |
| Q: I'm using Office 2007 and discovered printing in the Book Fold mode is very helpful for our manuals, ... A: You can depend upon it that MS does not visit these pages or even the newsgroups it provides at ... | |
| book fold - printing 1 page | 11/3/2008 |
| Q: I'm using Office 2007 and discovered printing in the Book Fold mode is very helpful for our manuals, ... A: I have never had any luck printing specific pages from "Book fold" documents in Word 2002 or 2003 ... | |
| field formula results formatting | 11/1/2008 |
| Q: A formula field multiplies a merge field imported from Excel. The result sometimes has three ... A: This is easily accomplished with a "numeric picture switch." If you have Word 2003 or earlier, you ... | |
| Microsoft Word Mirror Margin | 10/30/2008 |
| Q: I am producing a document which will be printed on both sides of the page. I would like to use the ... A: While "Mirror margins" is an all-or-nothing choice, there's no reason you have to have the same ... | |
| Spell Check | 10/29/2008 |
| Q: I am using Microsoft office 2003 and until yesterday had no problems. Today I turn on my computer ... A: According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273899, the error message you're getting is one you ... | |
| Using Frames - Word 2003 | 10/28/2008 |
| Q: I read you article on frames for margin text (http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/MarginalText.htm. ) ... A: Although there are probably several factors involved here, the one thing that jumps out at me is ... | |
| Lack of On Screen Color Display | 10/28/2008 |
| Q: I cannot view background colors while on-screen in any of the "view" selections, nor in print ... A: Limited color display in Word often results from a setting in the Accessibility Options in the ... | |
| non-printing space dots too faint | 10/26/2008 |
| Q: I have a lot of trouble seeing the space dots that come between words, making it hard to catch ... A: In Windows versions of Word, these dots (and other nonprinting characters) are the same color as the ... | |
| word! | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: Suzanne, First thank you for taking the time to answer my question. I am just starting to use word ... A: When you press Enter, you are beginning a new paragraph. Word assumes that the beginning of a new ... | |
| word doc | 10/20/2008 |
| Q: how to protect the user from opening the macros which i have written in the doc or in other words ... A: As noted in my bio, I have no VBA expertise, but I believe what is required here is to protect the ... | |
| Word 2007 - Mail Merge Directory: Need to Display Multiple Records Per Page | 10/20/2008 |
| Q: I'm using Word 2007, trying to create a directory of businesses for a reference directory, and I ... A: I hadn't tried to use Word 2007 to create a mail merge of any type, and it's certainly no picnic! (I ... | |
| My query is with the usage of MS Word 2007 when i add pictures to the file | 10/20/2008 |
| Q: My question is about MS Word 2007, whenever i create a file in MS Word, My photos get shifted to the ... A: This is an oft-reported problem with "book fold" in Word 2007. No one seems to know the cause, and ... | |
| do not want header & footer for first 2 pages... | 10/20/2008 |
| Q: A: You'll need a section break between the second and third pages. You'll then need to unlink the ... | |
| Document Imaging in MS Word | 10/17/2008 |
| Q: Barnhill, I am completing an assignment for a college course that requires me to use the document ... A: It greatly depends on what proof you have to have of having done the assignment. If all you have to ... | |
| Document Imaging in MS Word | 10/16/2008 |
| Q: Barnhill, I am completing an assignment for a college course that requires me to use the document ... A: Unfortunately, I don't think there is a (legitimate) free trial of Office 2003 available any more. I ... | |
| Document Imaging in MS Word | 10/16/2008 |
| Q: Barnhill, I am completing an assignment for a college course that requires me to use the document ... A: Good question! And one to which I thought I knew the answer till I opened Word 2007 and tried it. On ... | |
| From fields and track changes | 10/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a MS Word 2002 document. I added form fields and when I started to fill out the name field ... A: If you have removed all the markup and turned Track Changes off, locked the form, and saved and ... | |
| From fields and track changes | 10/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a MS Word 2002 document. I added form fields and when I started to fill out the name field ... A: Turning Track Changes off doesn't remove markup from the document. While you have the form ... | |
| csv File | 10/14/2008 |
| Q: I have a list of E mail addresses on a word document. I need to know how to format into CSV FILE? A: Word doesn't offer a way to save a document as a CSV file. You could use Find and Replace to replace ... | |
| Trying to incorporate a Table of Contents in a document that already is formatted. | 10/14/2008 |
| Q: My boss sent me a "work in progress" and wants me to add a TOC, however when I try to do this it ... A: You don't say what version of Word you're using. If it's Word 2007, you might try using the Manual ... | |
| Setting/clearing tabs | 10/13/2008 |
| Q: I have a WORD "file"--consisting of one page, attached--which I bring up whenever I want to write a ... A: Possibly the document is damaged; see http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/CorruptDoc.htm. As I've ... | |
| Setting/clearing tabs | 10/13/2008 |
| Q: I have a WORD "file"--consisting of one page, attached--which I bring up whenever I want to write a ... A: Are you making a change in the style itself (assumed to be Normal) or just in a single paragraph? ... | |
| microsoft word | 10/11/2008 |
| Q: how do I cancel the paragraph symbol in microsoft word A: Press Ctrl+* or click the Show/Hide ¶ button on the Standard toolbar. For some reasons why you might ... | |
| WORD 2000 Has New Character | 10/10/2008 |
| Q: I was copying and pasting an excel document from web into Word 2000. At first everything appeared to ... A: I would imagine that this is the paragraph mark (¶). See ... | |
| A character is repeated (40 some times) automatically | 10/10/2008 |
| Q: Occasionally, when I type I hit a key and get this ... A: This question is not really specific to Word but has more to do with your keyboard (hardware) and ... | |
| Office 2007 | 10/9/2008 |
| Q: i have a bit of a problem when i open word and i go to type a message at the bottom of the screen ... A: If you got Office 2007 preinstalled on a new computer, it is almost certainly the trial version, ... | |
| Setting/clearing tabs | 10/8/2008 |
| Q: I have a WORD "file"--consisting of one page, attached--which I bring up whenever I want to write a ... A: Let's back up a bit. You're evidently using a document as a template. Why not create a true template ... | |
| pdf file to word | 10/7/2008 |
| Q: i have a scanned document that i need to edit and it is a pdf file that i can open on adobe reader. ... A: Some PDF files are just images; to convert those to text you'd need an OCR application just as you ... | |
| Microsoft Office Word 2003 Professional edition | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: I am a fellow expert (Home Improvement, Water Quality, North Carolina). I have a question about ... A: There are quite a few ways to insert arrows in text: 1. If you type a combination of pointed ... | |
| Clipboard Clearing when opened | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: I've don a quick review of the manual and googled this topic to no immediate avail. I often cut and ... A: Word does not, by default, clear the Clipboard on startup. This problem is caused by various ... | |
| Using an IF Field | 10/6/2008 |
| Q: Suzanne: I have a questionnaire to send to clients. If I already have the information, such as ... A: You have too many parameters. You have = "" as your comparison (IsBlank) and "" (nothing) as your ... | |
| Word 2007 | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to figure out the easiet way to control my layout on a long proposal template that ... A: Well, to begin with, you don't use "headers" in a TOC but rather "headings." The basic principles ... | |
| Word Envelopes | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: I have Word 2007 and when I write a letter and go to print the envelope it now has double spacing on ... A: The formatting of the envelope address is determined by the Envelope Address style in the document ... | |
| Word 2000 CTRL key problem | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: In Word 2000 when I try to select areas using CTRL + Click it doesn't work at all. It works in ... A: I'm not sure what you're trying to select with Ctrl+click, but it you're trying to make ... | |
| footnotes | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: I am having troubling writing my footnotes. I inserted the footnotes and they are suppose to be in ... A: In the Insert | Reference | Footnote dialog, make sure you choose 1, 2, 3 as the number format (do ... | |
| footnotes | 10/2/2008 |
| Q: I am having troubling writing my footnotes. I inserted the footnotes and they are suppose to be in ... A: You don't say what version of Word you have, but if it is Word 2002 or 2003, use Insert | Reference ... | |
| Text appears crushed together on monitor | 9/30/2008 |
| Q: We're using Word 2003 SP3. While working on a document, the text will suddenly close up ... A: If this is the issue I think it is, the solution has been provided by Office MVP Bob Buckland: It's ... | |
| Autotext Question - MS Word 2.0 | 9/30/2008 |
| Q: When using autotext, how can I pause it to manually insert a word, then have it complete the entry. ... A: No, this isn't possible. You'll just have to leave spaces in the AutoText entries to fill these ... | |
| Modification of created letters | 9/29/2008 |
| Q: I am currently working with the function "Mail Merge Wizard" in MS Word. I use MS Excel data source ... A: As you acknowledge, just rerunning the merge would be much the most efficient approach (when I'm ... | |
| Word 2007 11x17 issue | 9/26/2008 |
| Q: Howdy, I am trying to print a standard document in Word 2007 to 11x17 on a HPCLJ 9500hdn. Recently, ... A: In (1) and (2), I assume you mean that on the Paper tab of Page Setup you have selected the correct ... | |
| AutoText entries | 9/25/2008 |
| Q: I would like to add autotext entries to the sub menus instead of them going into "normal". I would ... A: AutoText entries are categorized by style. If you edit the existing "Yours truly" entry, it will ... | |
| Book Fold Word 2003 | 9/24/2008 |
| Q: I am trying to publish a 36 page booklet. I follow instructions to the letter. When I try to print, ... A: You may be right. I haven't used "Book fold" a great deal, though I know it is possible to (sort of) ... | |
| Identical change in 700 MS Word pages | 9/24/2008 |
| Q: I would be extremely grateful if you could help me with my issue I am facing at the moment. I have ... A: Although this could probably be done with Find and Replace, it appears to me that what you have here ... | |
| Autotext toolbar missing normal | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: I have this strange problem. My lost in the menubar the normal with all her entries, but when you go ... A: If she has lost AutoText entries that she created in the Normal style, then the likelihood is that ... | |
| Autotext toolbar missing normal | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: I have this strange problem. My lost in the menubar the normal with all her entries, but when you go ... A: Okay, I think I see what's going on now. I should have caught on sooner, looking at my own AutoText ... | |
| Removing all characters except numbers | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: Is there any possibility to remove all characters(including ,.;:) in a .doc file except numbers? If ... A: That's going to be a little more difficult, and wildcards are not my specialty. If you use Replace ... | |
| Removing all characters except numbers | 9/23/2008 |
| Q: Is there any possibility to remove all characters(including ,.;:) in a .doc file except numbers? If ... A: Yes, you should be able to do this by searching with wildcards. Your best bet would be to exclude ... | |
| Cutting & Pasting Table Cells using Word 2003 | 9/22/2008 |
| Q: I've been using Word for many years but have only used Word 2003 for a few months. I notice a ... A: Welcome to the wonderful world of Paste Options! If you have the Paste Options button enabled, you ... | |
| Autotext toolbar missing normal | 9/22/2008 |
| Q: I have this strange problem. My lost in the menubar the normal with all her entries, but when you go ... A: It sounds as if your user has lost the AutoText entries that she has added? That would happen if ... | |
| Autotext toolbar missing normal | 9/22/2008 |
| Q: I have this strange problem. My lost in the menubar the normal with all her entries, but when you go ... A: When you display the AutoText toolbar, does it show "All Entries" or does it show a style name? ... | |
| Inserting pictures into word | 9/22/2008 |
| Q: Need your sagely advice. When I insert pictures or a text box, it automatically defaults them to an ... A: In Word 2000, the default is In Line With Text and can't be changed. If you have Word 2002 or above, ... | |
| word typing problems | 9/21/2008 |
| Q: sample of the problem - "W text will often skip like it just did.hen I type, my" I was trying to ... A: I'm guessing this is a laptop? The usual cause of this problem is inadvertently brushing the ... | |
| frames in word | 9/21/2008 |
| Q: I am working on a 200 pages document containing 7-10 frames on each page(used for marginalia). ... A: As noted in my bio, I have no VBA expertise, but I repeat that all of the settings you are trying to ... | |
| TOC error | 9/20/2008 |
| Q: I seem to have hit a command that has completely changed how my table of contents is vied. Actually, ... A: When you have toggled just a single field code, you can toggle it back with Shift+F9. You can toggle ... | |
| spell checker | 9/19/2008 |
| Q: The spell checker stopped working in the middle of a document. When I realized it I tried to restart ... A: If this is a recent version of Word, you can try the Open and Repair setting (in the Open dialog, ... | |
| Changing font size | 9/18/2008 |
| Q: I have a word document with about 200+ headings which have been formated as heading 1 and heading 2. ... A: If the headings have been formatted with a specific style, all you have to do is modify the style; ... | |
| page numbering in TOC | 9/18/2008 |
| Q: I have a document with different Sections, the first of which has authomatic page numbering with i, ... A: I don't really know how to answer this because this is not normal Word behavior and not what I have ... | |
| Word 2003 Table wonky formatting | 9/16/2008 |
| Q: your support is amazing! Thanks! I have a client with a large document with 3 columns across the ... A: From what you describe, it would appear that the paragraph in this cell has a negative left indent. ... | |
| data recovery | 9/15/2008 |
| Q: I recently had a computer problem and had to revert my computer to an earlier backup. The only copy ... A: If you had used a Windows Restore point (which doesn't affect data) instead of a backup, the ... | |
| autoformatting fractions in Word 2002 | 9/15/2008 |
| Q: I created some autoformat fractions (I hope that's what they're called.) (Like the 1/2, 1/4, and ... A: This is one of several ways to create a fraction (see ... | |
| autoformatting fractions in Word 2002 | 9/15/2008 |
| Q: I created some autoformat fractions (I hope that's what they're called.) (Like the 1/2, 1/4, and ... A: I suspect that, when you created the AutoCorrect entries, you had only the fraction in a paragraph, ... | |
| Word 2003 tab problems | 9/15/2008 |
| Q: I have a Word document that is over 500 pages long. It's a chronology in which I use tabs a lot. ... A: The only way I can imagine that you could have achieved what I see in your screen shot is by using a ... | |
| Mail merge label printing | 9/13/2008 |
| Q: I set up labels in mail merge using Excel database. Onscreen, all looks good. Step 6, selected ... A: I confess this is a new one on me. All I can suggest is that you see ... | |
| word | 9/13/2008 |
| Q: i have installed ms word2003 version but i could not take a print from that i think so it might be ... A: Are you saying that you are unable to print from Word? Press Ctrl+P to open the Print dialog and see ... | |
| word 2007 | 9/12/2008 |
| Q: I need to type a letter and have the ability to use the "TAB" key to be able to insert text. I was ... A: What you are describing is a protected form. If you had such a document in Word 2003, it should work ... | |
| Background | 9/10/2008 |
| Q: I am reposting the question again and will give one more shot with the video before transcribing it. ... A: Format | Background is intended for Web documents. Format | Background | Printed Watermark allows ... | |
| Spell Check | 9/10/2008 |
| Q: I am an IT staff in a British Columbia law firm. Our office uses Global Templates with three ... A: Neither replacing Normal.dot nor reinstalling Word will help in this instance. A document based on a ... | |
| Key Strokes in MS Word | 9/10/2008 |
| Q: In Word Perfect, I just hit control and home and go to the top of my document. I cannot find ... A: The keyboard shortcut is the same in Word (and Ctrl+End takes you to the end). If it doesn't work, ... | |
| ToC Page Numbering | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: I've been looking for insight into how to get a Table of Contents in a Word 2000 (or 2003) document ... A: Word makes no provision for including anything in the TOC page number that is not included in the ... | |
| Word 6, using hypertext cross references capability | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: In Word 6, using hypertext cross references capability, word 6 allows stuff (text, figures, ... A: Word 6 is now seven versions back, and I haven't used it since 1996 or so, at which time I was not ... | |
| about page borders in ms word 2003 | 9/9/2008 |
| Q: how to create my own page border in word . A: You can insert a variety of plain borders and border art using Format | Borders and Shading | Page ... | |
| Word | 9/8/2008 |
| Q: How do I change the default setting for the positioning of the delivery address when making ... A: The placement of the delivery address is governed by the Envelope Address style, which includes a ... | |
| file permission error | 9/3/2008 |
| Q: I have been saving to flash drive from C drive, either as I write a document, saving first to C, or ... A: It's generally not a good idea to save Word documents directly to any type of removable media (even ... | |
| Header - footer | 8/30/2008 |
| Q: I'm having a problem showing header and footer in Word 2007, its showing me { SHAPE *MERGEFORMAT } ... A: The Tools | Options | View path is for previous versions of Word that have a menu structure. In Word ... | |
| Repagination (and hyphenation) in long Word 2000 document | 8/29/2008 |
| Q: I have a 200 page Word 2000 document, containing several pictures (it's about 70MB, but I have a ... A: It sounds as if you've tried a lot of the things I might suggest. You mention that the document ... | |
| toc | 8/28/2008 |
| Q: I used built-in outline leves to format my toc, but it pulled the text into the table. our IT guy ... A: I have no experience with style separators, but you shouldn't need to press Enter to use one. ... | |
| List of tables/figures | 8/28/2008 |
| Q: I have managed to generate a TOC!! but am having problems formatting my list of tables. The problem ... A: If I'm interpreting your question correctly (hard to tell the way it appears here), what you need is ... | |
| Keeping the Header on One Line when Using Cross References | 8/28/2008 |
| Q: Is there an easy and low-risk way to make a header cross-reference stay on one line when the ... A: The trick to this is to eliminate the line break in the title. There are a couple of ways to do ... | |
| Worrd 2003 text formatting | 8/27/2008 |
| Q: I cannot see a word art object for formatting text in the shape of a ball - circle or globe. I have ... A: I think you haven't seen it because it doesn't exist in Word or Publisher (unless perhaps in the new ... | |
| envelope text prints in wrong direction... | 8/26/2008 |
| Q: Every time I try to print an envelope it prints out in the wrong direction. Instead of printing ... A: Assuming that you are printing using Tools | Letters and Mailings | Envelopes and Labels, click on ... | |
| Footnotes? | 8/26/2008 |
| Q: I'm having trouble with my footnotes and was wondering if you could help me out. Every time I add a ... A: The formatting of footnotes is determined by the Footnote Text style, which you must modify, as ... | |
| sCANNING AND PUTTING SONG LIST IN ALPHABETACLE ORDER | 8/25/2008 |
| Q: Can I scan and rearrange my song lists in alphabeticle order? Thank You Larry A: If by "scan," you mean that you have a hard-copy list that you want to scan into Word as editable ... | |
| MS Word "Print Layout" stuck | 8/24/2008 |
| Q: My Microsoft Word (2002) is stuck on print layout. When I go to View, and then Print Layout, the ... A: You are right that some menu settings are toggles. Show Gridlines/Hide Gridlines on the Table menu ... | |
| Mailmerge wont print correctly on postcards | 8/23/2008 |
| Q: I created a mailmerge document (with word 2000 and excel 2000) and the merge went great. The ... A: Some printers don't handle custom sizes very well, so what you often have to do is set the paper ... | |
| Header & footers - print layout view | 8/21/2008 |
| Q: Greetings. Is there a way to show header and footer art untinted in the Print Layout View? I know ... A: No, that's just the way Word is designed to work (a visual indication of which "layer" you're ... | |
| Mail Merge Form | 8/21/2008 |
| Q: I have a mail merge document that I have used for many years. I now want to add form fields to it ... A: Unfortunately, as you have discovered, form fields and merges are not compatible. You can use ... | |
| mail merge word 2000 | 8/20/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to create mailing labels using MSWord 2000. In the get data step, the program 'freezes.' ... A: Anything I suggest is going to be a long shot, but here goes: 1. In my experience, it does often ... | |
| Microsoft Word Labels | 8/13/2008 |
| Q: This might sound crazy but has something happened with printing labels in MS Word. I have been using ... A: There are two common reasons for problems with label printing. One is the printer, which sometimes ... | |
| Numbers in Headings for Word 2007 | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: I am starting a large report and want a detailed table of contents. I understand that Word 2007 ... A: You need to set up outline numbering as described at ... | |
| Formatting Figure Numbers | 8/12/2008 |
| Q: I am writing a dissertation and need help formatting my figures. I would like for Word to restart ... A: In order to get the type of caption numbering you want, you need to use the "Include chapter number" ... | |
| random cursor movement | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: In Word2003, while I'm typing, the cursor will jump up to another place in the text and start ... A: If you are using a laptop, the most common explanation is that you are either inadvertently brushing ... | |
| template problems | 8/11/2008 |
| Q: Suzanne, I have 3 significant problems with our word 2003 template. We're using defined styles, not ... A: I'm going to give you partial answers since I'm not expert on any of these subjects (numbering, ... | |
| Amended an original document - MicroSoft Word 2003 | 8/10/2008 |
| Q: I amended an original document and instead of choosing SaveAs I saved over the original. Is there ... A: The "~$ad Nite 2008" file is just the "owner file" (see "Description of how Word creates temporary ... | |
| Microsoft Word | 8/9/2008 |
| Q: My wife and I both bought new computers recently. They are alike except she got 'word' and I didn't. ... A: Having Word would make no difference to the size of pictures you could email because Word has ... | |
| Inserting & Positioning Pictures in Word 2002 | 8/8/2008 |
| Q: I am writing a remembrance book about my mother who died last year, and I keep having terrible ... A: I'm glad you found that helpful. From your description I wasn't sure whether you had mostly text, ... | |
| Inserting & Positioning Pictures in Word 2002 | 8/8/2008 |
| Q: I am writing a remembrance book about my mother who died last year, and I keep having terrible ... A: Your frustration is justified, and you needn't feel like a novice. Even "experts" are often baffled ... | |
| Email/MSWord2002 | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: .I'm relatively new at using MSWord2002; have written a book, and have been asked to send (email) ... A: Just select and press Delete. To select large portions of text, click at the beginning of the ... | |
| mail merge, mult-line headings in Excel file | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: can an excel file with 2-line headings be used in a mail merge? for example row 1 contains merged ... A: Maybe. I haven't tried doing this, but I can suggest two steps that will make it more likely to ... | |
| If commands with Drop Down menus | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: I built a form in Word and for the life of me cannot figure out how (or if it is even possible) to ... A: I tried referencing the bookmark just by name (not as a field). If I put quotes around the value it ... | |
| If commands with Drop Down menus | 8/7/2008 |
| Q: I built a form in Word and for the life of me cannot figure out how (or if it is even possible) to ... A: This is definitely possible, and luckily in this particular situation you don't even need to use ... | |
| Clarification on pictures not being visible in Word Docs | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: In reference to this posting you have already answered, I had a clarifying question. Date: ... A: I'm not clear from your description what you're seeing, but it sounds as if you're seeing an ... | |
| "Auto Text" in Word. | 8/6/2008 |
| Q: I can no longer insert text with "AutoText" in Word. There is just a small grey square where Dear ... A: The usual reason for AutoText being unavailable is that you have saved a document or template as ... | |
| Copy pages including Headers and Footers | 8/5/2008 |
| Q: I wish to copy pages including headers and footers from a one MS Word 2003 document to another. I ... A: How you approach this task will depend on what you are attempting to accomplish. 1. If you're ... | |
| Word 2007 Chapter Headings | 8/3/2008 |
| Q: I am working on a document that needs to have chapter headings inside the Headers part. For each ... A: Well, first of all, you should not put the actual chapter heading (title) in the page header. It ... | |
| Word 2003 Date in Reviewing Pane | 7/31/2008 |
| Q: From: Anand N Shastri, Mumbai, India. On: 31/7/2008 My PC is set to DD/MM/YY format of date, but ... A: I don't believe there's any way to remove the time information unless it is removed along with the ... | |
| TOCs | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: I have a document for a manual with several chapters. It has a multi-page TOC (3 pages). How can I ... A: This is difficult. I usually format TOC 1 as "Keep with next" and then let the chips fall where they ... | |
| Get rid of menu bar...get original toolbar back | 7/30/2008 |
| Q: "Hi. Ready to have a nervous breakdown or kill myself over this. Dont' know what I did but when I ... A: I know it can be traumatic to be suddenly thrust into a new environment, but I was greatly relieved ... | |
| Word 2002 | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I am doing chapters. In the chapters I have figures. Chapter 1 would have figure 1.1 and figure 1.2. ... A: In order to use the "Include chapter number" feature, you must have auto numbering applied to one of ... | |
| struggling with captions | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I am using the usual insert -> reference -> caption to add captions to my document, which has ... A: On the contrary, as a reader I would find that numbering captions sequentially throughout a chapter ... | |
| struggling with captions | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I am using the usual insert -> reference -> caption to add captions to my document, which has ... A: I think Word is doing what you have asked it to do, which is to reflect the Level 4 heading; if ... | |
| Recover Text Converter | 7/29/2008 |
| Q: I checked to be sure I had included the Recover Text Converter when I installed Office 2007 - ... A: I wasn't sure I had it, either, since the options are not in alphabetical order. Are you sure you ... | |
| 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: I was afraid of that, as I have zero Mac experience. To clarify, the Folder Options dialog is in ... | |
| 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: No, you hadn't previously sent it; my sympathies for your loss, which I'm sure is responsible for a ... | |
| Forms in Word 2003: Protecting | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: In a form (.dot template) I wish to refine, the first page will be locked except for the data entry ... A: Unfortunately, forms protection does hamstring Word even in unprotected sections, making many of its ... | |
| spell check | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: Recently i bought a new computer that has Vista home Premium on it. I don't have spell check on it. ... A: Spell check has never been included with any version of Windows. It has always been part of ... | |
| Microsoft Word 03, endnotes | 7/25/2008 |
| Q: I am using Windows XP Home ed. I finished one document with many endnotes. I wanted them to be ... A: I assume you numbered those first ten notes with custom reference marks. My experience with such ... | |
| "Freeze" list numbers in Word | 7/22/2008 |
| Q: Is there any way to "freeze" the auto numbers in a list or convert them to plain ol' text? A: Actually, there is, as follows: Press Alt+F11 to open the VBA Editor and Ctrl+G to get to the ... | |
| microsoft word 2007 | 7/21/2008 |
| Q: is it possible to remove words from the built in dictionary after you ask word to " ADD TO ... A: Absolutely! The dictionary is just a text file that can easily be edited. In Word 2007, go to Office ... | |
| Header missing | 7/18/2008 |
| Q: My header is missing on even pages. Can't get into it unless I choose same header on all pages and ... A: It sounds as if you have (a) inserted the page numbers using Insert | Page Numbers: Top of Page / ... | |
| Numbered Heading Style with a custom picture | 7/18/2008 |
| Q: I can create a Bulleted Heading Style that uses a custom picture, and I can create a Numbered ... A: I don't believe there's a built-in way to do this even in Word 2007. The only workaround I can think ... | |
| Word hyperlink copy paste | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I saw your answer on how to do a copy/paste of a hyperlink. I open edit hyperlink, but I cannot ... A: In the Edit Hyperlink dialog, you can select the text in the Address box and Ctrl+C to copy it, or ... | |
| Forms in Word | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: in regards to the previous question when tabbing out of the drop down list in word form it does ... A: My understanding is that, even if you have "Calculate on exit" checked in the Form Field Options, ... | |
| Word Printing with Changes | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I am using word 2002. I read the answer to a recent question re the printing of the changes list. I ... A: The option to use balloons or not is made on the Track Changes tab of Tools | Options. There will ... | |
| Word Printing with Changes | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I am using word 2002. I read the answer to a recent question re the printing of the changes list. I ... A: I don't really understand your question. There are three options: 1. Document 2. Document with ... | |
| Word mailmerge | 7/17/2008 |
| Q: I've just noticed that when I mail merge a letter/document to records in an Excel spreadsheet, the ... A: The default connection method used in Word 2003 (OLE DB) does not preserve number formatting in ... | |
| Word 2007 section/printing question | 7/16/2008 |
| Q: I have a 200+ page document. There are seperate "chapters," but I didn't separate them into ... A: If the chapters are really supposed to start on an even page (unlikely), then insert an Even Page ... | |
| single column endnote formatting | 7/16/2008 |
| Q: I would like take my endnotes and move them into one of the two columns of my document which is in ... A: Word doesn't provide a way to put footnotes to multi-column sections in a single column, though you ... | |
| different footters in 2nd section | 7/15/2008 |
| Q: Madam, in my word document there are three sections section one - pages 10 [page no as 1/10 to ... A: Assuming you don't want to introduce additional section breaks (and assuming the difference is not ... | |
| style separator and TOC | 7/14/2008 |
| Q: I have a problem similar to a problem that was previously submitted to you regarding numbering in ... A: This does sound like a show stopper, and I'm afraid I probably don't have much to offer since I ... | |
| endnotes in a book with chapters | 7/12/2008 |
| Q: How do I put in endnote markers which start renumbering with each chapter in my book and then list ... A: Yes, if you want to restart numbering in each chapter, you'll need to insert section breaks between ... | |
| Making lined paper on microsoft word 2007 | 7/11/2008 |
| Q: My name is Alison and I have been wondering how to make your Blank paper into lined paper on The ... A: It's fairly easy to make blank lines; several ways to do it are explained at ... | |
| Where did this page break come from and how can I get it to go away? | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: and thank you advance for any assistance that you can provide me. I'm writing a business plan and ... A: It's not entirely clear what you're doing here, but I gather that you're using Heading 2 (why not ... | |
| endnotes in a book with chapters | 7/10/2008 |
| Q: How do I put in endnote markers which start renumbering with each chapter in my book and then list ... A: If you're creating chapters as separate files, then the endnotes ar | |