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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Complex Merge | 12/19/2011 |
| Q: Deadline: ASAP Version: 2010 Attempts: I think everything! Goal: My boss wants letters of people ... A: I don't know what the answer is but I am sure it must be quite simple... you just need to add some ... | |
| conditional merge statement creation | 9/21/2011 |
| Q: I have created a letter template and if recipients in the datafile have a nickname present I want to ... A: Good question! I have not tried this, however I am sure it is possible. Here is a Microsoft page on ... | |
| footnote where there is none | 6/6/2011 |
| Q: I have a lengthy document (200+ pages). On page 16, instead of reading "normal+Century gothic" in ... A: I have 2 suggestions: (1) Do a search for a footnote field code... to do this choose Edit - Find ... | |
| formatting date in a table in word | 12/8/2010 |
| Q: In Word 2003, can you format the date from 0/0/00 to 00/00/00. Someone answered me back to paste it ... A: I'm not sure if there is a way to automate what you want to do, seeing as it seems like the dates ... | |
| MS Word2003 Open Quote | 3/7/2010 |
| Q: Is there a way to insure the first word of a new sentence is capitallized. For some reason mine ... A: Yes, you can find this setting under "Tools - Autocorrect Options". When this pops up, you will see ... | |
| Find and Replace Help | 12/1/2009 |
| Q: I have a long string from a website that is just one long line (29 pages). It is a grouping of 110 ... A: Yes this is easy. In the Find field, enter the characters you want to find. In the Replace field, ... | |
| MS Word Footer | 9/17/2009 |
| Q: I have a questions about placing a footer on pages in a document. I have 10 sections within the ... A: If you insert a Section Break between the two sections, you can then have independent ... | |
| numbering word documents in continuous sequence | 9/16/2009 |
| Q: I am beside myself trying to get Word 97 to number in continuous sequence a 230 page ms grouped into ... A: You just need to do Insert - Section Break between each section you want... that way, you can then ... | |
| images and tables in documents | 9/15/2009 |
| Q: I've written a book with figures (images), figure legends (in text boxes), and tables (legends and ... A: Sorry for delay in replying...hopefully you have received other answers. I need to ask if you have ... | |
| User entered templates | 6/17/2009 |
| Q: We have a number of templates we send out to prospective clients that we tailor to their companies. ... A: I'm afraid I don't have the answer for you on this one, without being able to see what you are ... | |
| Right click menu | 6/16/2009 |
| Q: If I have no text highlighted and right click on the mouse the normal menu comes up but with cut and ... A: The first obvious thing to check is that you are not somehow un-selecting the text before you use ... | |
| Alphabetizing numbered list | 3/16/2009 |
| Q: I am trying to alphabetize a numbered list, I have tried every suggestion I have found. It is a list ... A: Simply select the entire list, then right-click your mouse and choose "Bullets and Numbering..."... ... | |
| Microsoft Word | 1/19/2009 |
| Q: I want to number the page. i have one document that contain 15 pages. When i click view - header and ... A: You need to put in a section break between the first un-numbered pages and the first page to be ... | |
| Creating Index with concordance file | 10/14/2008 |
| Q: I'm trying to make an index for a document. In the index must be the following entries : K. 1, K. ... A: I must admit I'm not clear what you mean when you say "Index". Do you mean an alphabetical listing ... | |
| word for mac | 6/13/2008 |
| Q: My problem is similar to this http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/bullets-numbering.htm I ... A: I am not a Mac user, so I don't have a definite answer for you. You may however find an answer ... | |
| moving index | 4/14/2008 |
| Q: I am using Microsoft word 2002 on a laptop. I am writing a book and have used the index feature. For ... A: When you insert an index in Word, you are inserting a dynamic field... so I imagine if you had ... | |
| Mail merge, IF SUM OF TWO FIELDS | 3/11/2008 |
| Q: I have been trying and not suceeding to get the sum of two mergefields to insert text. I am using ... A: I do not know how you would do this, sorry. However, I can suggest it would be very easy for you to ... | |
| Read only files on rewritable cd | 2/15/2008 |
| Q: I have saved a document to a Sony Rewritable CD, but when I insert changes and try to save it, I get ... A: You can save your document to your computer by choosing "File - Save As" (from the menu, not the ... | |
| copy and paste hyperlink | 2/13/2008 |
| Q: can you copy a hyperlink from word and paste it into hotmail or myspace or bebo? thanx in advance A: The answer to your question depends on exactly what you mean by "paste it into hotmail or myspace" ... | |
| Microsoft Word Mode Button | 2/12/2008 |
| Q: Where is the mode button on the Microsoft Word screen? A: I'm not sure what you mean by "mode button". Do you mean the button to click to go in/out of ... | |
| Page Selection? | 2/11/2008 |
| Q: Using Word 2003 I have a written document with over 100+ pages in it! How do I quickly go to ... A: All you have to do is type "Control-g" (hold down the Control key and the g key at the same time). A ... | |
| Open folder from Word with VBA | 12/11/2007 |
| Q: I'm using 2007. I made a code in word that reads txt-files and then publish them to pdf-files. I'd ... A: I don't know much about Visual Basic, but opening a folder (or file) sounds like something that ... | |
| Menu bar, Tool bar not shown | 9/12/2007 |
| Q: Karen Lee Today morning when I start computer and open MS Word the Menubar and all ... A: What an interesting name you have...backwards it sounds like my nickname "Kazza"! I am not ... | |
| How to have text pop up when selecting a certain option in a drop down box? | 10/6/2006 |
| Q: I am creating a form in microsoft word. I have several dropdown boxes with different options. ... A: I don't think you can do this with Word... however you CAN type prompt text that appears down in the ... | |
| Table of Content | 8/6/2006 |
| Q: I am using Windows XP pro and MS Words 2002, I need to organise some of my article collection by ... A: Before you even generate the table of contents, make sure all the headings you want to appear in it ... | |
| font color | 7/3/2006 |
| Q: I have Microsoft Office Word 2003. I'm working in 118 page document. I have MS and sometimes little ... A: These are my suggestions: 1. You may have accidentally changed your default font colour to red. If ... | |
| WRAPPING TEXT AROUND A TEXT BOX | 1/6/2006 |
| Q: I HAVE MSWORD 2000....I CAN NOT REMEMBER HOW TO WRAP TEXT AROUND A TEXT BOX, TOP, BOTTOM AND ... A: It sounds like you are doing the right thing... under Format - Text Box, there are options to choose ... | |
| Word- Document Protection | 11/7/2005 |
| Q: First time user. Trying to lock some word documents that I have created. for some reason, it won't ... A: Sorry for the delay in your answer, but for some reason my reply the other day didn't get through to ... | |
| Microsoft Word 2000 not responding | 9/7/2005 |
| Q: I have Windows98 with Microsoft Word 2000 (office suite) and out of the blue WORD would not open ... A: It sounds like this is a system problem rather than a Word problem. Perhaps some of your system ... | |
| official memo template | 9/6/2005 |
| Q: hope you can help me. i have a logo for my school. i need to create a template for the dean's ... A: I can think of 2 things you can check with regard to the "pixely" appearance of the logo... (1) ... | |
| 1. Tables. | 7/5/2005 |
| Q: If I have constructed a table that's not very wide, but is long, I'd like to take the information ... A: If you perform your conversion to text by clicking the "Other" button, then enter a single space ... | |
| MIcrosoft word document with approx. 8 graphs | 5/6/2005 |
| Q: We have problems in word when we have verbage and graphs and try to save them....the system comes ... A: I'm not sure Nadine, but I think your network is implicated in this problem. I can only suggest that ... | |
| releted to ms word | 3/30/2005 |
| Q: when i open ms word for new document a old document open A: I think Word is opening an Auto Recover file. Perhaps Word shut down when you were editing a file? ... | |
| document formatting | 1/21/2005 |
| Q: Karen, I need to make a document where the demensions have to be 8.5 inches tall by 5.5 inches wide. ... A: You can change the dimension of your page by choosing File - Page Setup - Paper Size. Enter the ... | |
| symbol or overstrike | 12/6/2004 |
| Q: I'm using MS Word 2002 in MS Windows XP Professional. How do I create (or find an existing) zero ... A: if you choose Insert - Symbol... the resulting selection window should provide the symbol you are ... | |
| remove a page | 11/5/2004 |
| Q: We have a document template with a header and footer for Process Failure& Effects Analysis. We just ... A: it's hard to say what is forcing the last page of your document, but here are some suggestions... ... | |
| Border Art around sections | 10/1/2004 |
| Q: I wanted to know whether it was possible to add an art border to just a section of a document that ... A: karen this worked for me: 1. select the entire area of your column text, first word to last word. ... | |
| Word 2000 bullets | 8/31/2004 |
| Q: I use Word 2000. When I have inserted bullets on a file, the text indents but the bullets do not ... A: I really don't know what is causing your problem, but here are some suggestions for you.... 1. Try ... | |
| Dot Leaders | 7/29/2004 |
| Q: I am using Word 2000 and I am working on a Table of Contents. The dot leaders are going across the ... A: In the paragraph styles for your table of contents (TOC1, TOC2, etc.), you need to have only enough ... | |
| Copy and paste a header | 6/23/2004 |
| Q: I am having trouble copying a header from word and paste into excel. The header has 2 logos that are ... A: You could keep your header and other text in the Word document, and import the Excel data as an ... | |
| word documents | 5/21/2004 |
| Q: i recently upgraded my pc from windows me to windows xp pro...it somehow removed all of my document ... A: I don't think I can help you with this. If you did not backup your personal files before upgrading. ... | |
| Word 97 - Styles | 3/15/2004 |
| Q: I have created a level 2 heading with bold & underlined applied. I have also created a bog standard ... A: First of all, how big is the document and how many occurrences of these headings will you need? If ... | |
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This topic answers questions related to Microsoft Word stand-alone or Mircrosoft Office Word including Word 2003, Word 2007, Office 2000, and Office XP. You can get Word help on formatting text, tables, tabs, fonts, styles, general Word layouts, bullets, headings, and outlines, using templates, toolbar modifications, and using Track Changes. You may also find tips on linking Word and Excel embedded objects including charts. This site does not provide a general Word tutorial nor the basics of using a word processor. It provides specific answers to using Microsoft Word only. If you do not see your Word question answered in this area then please ask a Word question here
This topic answers questions related to Microsoft Word stand-alone or Mircrosoft Office Word including Word 2003, Word 2007, Office 2000, and Office XP. You can get Word help on formatting text, tables, tabs, fonts, styles, general Word layouts, bullets, headings, and outlines, using templates, toolbar modifications, and using Track Changes. You may also find tips on linking Word and Excel embedded objects including charts. This site does not provide a general Word tutorial nor the basics of using a word processor. It provides specific answers to using Microsoft Word only. If you do not see your Word question answered in this area then please ask a Word question here
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Karen Lee Biddle
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Expertise
I am an advanced user of Word (10+ years).
Experience
I am experienced with tables, mail merge, graphics, paragraph styles, tables of contents/index.
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