Microsoft Word/Questions Answered by Expert Aidan Heritage

SubjectDate Asked
romanian keyboard1/31/2012
  Q: I have problems with certain keys when I use the romanian keyboard named Romanian standard when I ...
  A: I'm afraid I'm unsure as to why this may be - my only guess is that the keys are being interpreted ...
Printing in Word 20071/25/2012
  Q: I am trying to print my son's homework document in Word 2007. It is a leaflet consisting of three ...
  A: I suspect you are not missing anything, and the descriptive text was very helpful so no need to ...
Word 20071/18/2012
  Q: I'm working on a novel and want to increase the size of the 1st letter of the 1st word at the ...
  A: I'm not sure I'm going to be able to help here - my only thoughts are possibly to have a 2 cell ...
File list with pictures1/16/2012
  Q: I have a few hundred photos (of the covers of books) that I need to create a list of. Each entry in ...
  A: The file list can be generated via a macro, or a dos command to name but two methods - this page ...
Word Form Fields1/13/2012
  Q: I am trying to set up a way for a Word Doc to repeat data. However I cannot use the REF formula for ...
  A: I'm not hugely familiar with REF fields, simply because my templated documents use VBA to populate ...
address book1/12/2012
  Q: I have started an address book in Microsoft Office but I need to email the list to another person ...
  A: You have asked the question in the category of MS Word - is this the program that the address book ...
import data from Excel1/3/2012
  Q: I have a price list that I would like to update prices from Excel file (export from our accounting ...
  A: I'm not sure of the best way to do this - you could link data, but I'm guessing the information ...
Word Tables to Excel12/21/2011
  Q: I thought I'd post my question here for others to see. The code you provided below, seems to be ...
  A: I seem to recall we had issues with data from incorrect tables coming across, so the macro was ...
Complex Merge12/19/2011
  Q: Deadline: ASAP Version: 2010 Attempts: I think everything! Goal: My boss wants letters of people ...
  A: You've not mentioned what the data source is, but IF it's excel, I would make this merge easier by ...
MS Word12/12/2011
  Q: I have an 86 page document that I have indexed, but cannot learn how to allow the reader to click a ...
  A: You didn't indicate how you had indexed it - it SOUNDS as though you have a need for a table of ...
Word Starter 2010 - Normal / full screen12/10/2011
  Q: I have tried following the instructions on the Microsoft site, but am unable to make my copy of ...
  A: I'm afraid I may not be going to be of much use as I haven't got access to the starter version, and ...
Word 2003 alpha listing12/8/2011
  Q: I work for a large medical clinic and we are always adding and subtracting new physicians, nurses, ...
  A: Yes, no problem - use the TABLE menu (even if the data isn't a table) and then the sort menu choice ...
warning red line for mispell words in 2010 won't show12/4/2011
  Q: After copying documents from Word 2002 and Word perfect into Word 2010, the auto spell check red ...
  A: It looks as though you have had a fairly full answer from another expert at ...
Word 2003 and Data Source12/1/2011
  Q: Of unknown reason, just start on one day when I start the MS Word 2003 a dialog box prompted up ...
  A: It indicates that the document is currently a merge document - there do seem to be some bugs in the ...
Footer on my Microsoft Word 2007 doesn't print11/16/2011
  Q: I wanted to ask what I need to change to get my footer to view in print preview and to print. I ...
  A: I'm not sure what setting would NOT display the header footer - I've spent a long time researching ...
Unremoveable line in Header11/12/2011
  Q: (N.B. Word 2007; Vista) Please see the attatched image showing the Header to the Notes section of ...
  A: Ah, light I think dawns as you mentioned endnotes - this SOUNDS like it's the endnote seperator - ...
manual feed11/10/2011
  Q: We just upgraded to Windows 7 and Word 2010. In word 2007 I printed labels placing the form in the ...
  A: Manual feed shouldn't make a difference to the alignment if the guides are set correctly, and often ...
Office 97 - Windows 711/5/2011
  Q: The installed Office 97 toolbar for Word, Excel, and Powerpoint display instructions in Spanish. I ...
  A: I've not had experience with other languages, but this link ...
hyphenation10/30/2011
  Q: Does Microsoft Word hyphenate proper nouns (e.g. surnames)? I was reading a document recently that ...
  A: I would guess they did it manually, but from the help file (of office 2003 but I don't think it's ...
Read only10/27/2011
  Q: When I go to my Documents and click on a subject it tells me it is "read only". However no text ...
  A: I'm not sure WHERE you are clicking to see this - it sounds as though you might be using explorer? ...
WORD 200710/25/2011
  Q: How can I insert a task bar at the top of the page next to the Office button for ...
  A: I'm not quite sure which bar you are referring to here - it sounds like it might be the quick access ...
AutoCorrect Alpha10/24/2011
  Q: Is there any way to get Word 2010 to replace "a" with the character "Latin small letter Alpha" every ...
  A: there is, but I'm not sure I'd want to do it as EVERY time you type an a it would do it - you simply ...
Word printing issue10/21/2011
  Q: Microsoft Word Starter will not let me print any documents. All other programs will print. Word just ...
  A: I've not used this version of office, but others have and this google link ...
MS Word and VB10/20/2011
  Q: I wanted to create a macro/VB editor "program" that would request a user for 2 prompts. I am not ...
  A: It is possible, and it would PROBABLY need VBA - which is programming! The programming isn't ...
Word 2010 Macros10/20/2011
  Q: I work in an 8-attorney law firm. Some of the attorneys are using Word 2010 more and more for their ...
  A: A lot of what you are doing doesn't even need macros - simply create a template set up the way they ...
alphabetizing information10/18/2011
  Q: I am using microsoft word 2003, and I am trying to but the information in abc order for co worker. ...
  A: The basic process as described seems fine, but clearly if it isn't sorting as you would like, it ...
Maintain links between the Excel and Word10/13/2011
  Q: I successfully linked charts from Excel to a Word doc. I was able to update the charts in Word from ...
  A: What you are asking isn't possible - IF two files are open, and both saved, then the links are ...
Page Numbers All the Same Throughout Entire Doc10/10/2011
  Q: I have a 20 page doc and all the page numbers read "2". I have tried everything I can think of to ...
  A: I would do this by using the insert menu choice (from your description I'm guessing you are on a ...
word 2003 fonts10/8/2011
  Q: The font doesn't change no matter what I choose. The font size changes. What can I do? Thanks
  A: I've not come across this, nor can I see any documents online or in help that would explain it. ...
Word shortcut to jump to "fields"10/6/2011
  Q: I am creating a template to be used for transcription. In the template I want to create "fields" so ...
  A: My templates use a UserForm in VBA to gather and populate the documents - these use bookmarks. The ...
ms word 2007 if statement compare AND10/5/2011
  Q: Aidan, I am trying to use the following code and it is not returning correctly. {IF {= ...
  A: The compare field was introduced in office 2003 and I have to admit I've not used it myself - ...
Recovering deleted material10/1/2011
  Q: I was using Microsoft Word 2010. I highlighted several paragraphs of text to copy, then hit the ...
  A: There is but only if you haven't saved the document since. My instructions are taken from the ...
Activating or Unprotecting a Checkbox9/29/2011
  Q: I am creating a word template with checkboxes for the first time. I used the develop tab to insert ...
  A: I have to admit to not working much with the form controls in any version of Word - I tend to ...
email mail merge in Word9/27/2011
  Q: Mahesh, I am attempting to use the mail merge, email function of Word. I am using Word 2000 and was ...
  A: It's not included in later versions directly either - but see ...
Microsoft Office 20079/22/2011
  Q: I only use this program to type up letters, etc., and that's it. Not very pc literate. I noticed 2 ...
  A: The settings you see when you load Word are functions of the normal template, so I would suggest ...
move up and down9/20/2011
  Q: I am working on a report summary. It’s about 4 pages and we want to print it with a printing ...
  A: It is possible to have a photo lower down than the official end of the header, though of course it ...
Drop down menu9/17/2011
  Q: I would like to know how to link a drop down menu item to a form made in MS word. The drop down menu ...
  A: It's sounding like it's form fields, but it is hard to be sure - is it possible to see the document? ...
Drop down menu9/17/2011
  Q: I would like to know how to link a drop down menu item to a form made in MS word. The drop down menu ...
  A: Not clear what form of drop down menu you are referring to here, nor if you mean a user form in VBA- ...
Print mutiple pages on 1 sheet9/14/2011
  Q: I am working from Microsoft word processor.trying to print off party invites wanting to get 4 to a ...
  A: The down to right right to left options simply affect the order of the pages, and as you have four ...
Undo creating "back up" documents9/14/2011
  Q: Somehow I set Microsoft Word to duplicate/"back up" all documents I create. However, what happened ...
  A: to turn off, tools, options, save, uncheck the backup option (I've assumed word earlier than 2007, ...
Disappearing linked object9/12/2011
  Q: Paste linked data (Excel Worksheet Object) from Excel 2010 to Word 2010. In Word, right clicked on ...
  A: I've not come across this problem, though it MAY be that the object has simply moved out of view ...
F2180 won't print office and others9/8/2011
  Q: I installed HP F2180 according to the manual but it won't print any office 2007 document, word pad, ...
  A: This question should be addressed to an expert with the printer concerned as it is specific to that ...
Microsoft word spacing8/5/2011
  Q: I am typing a resume and if I type 8 words or more the space between each word becomes bigger than ...
  A: It sounds as if your paragraph is set to fully justified, which prevents ragged right margins, but ...
mail merge labels changing print direction8/4/2011
  Q: I have a data set in an excel file that i want to print onto custom labels (through MS Word 2010 ...
  A: I think the first alternative is going to be the on to go with - if you arrange your document so ...
email address automatically spells out8/1/2011
  Q: I have Office 2007 on Vista SP2. When I first got this PC in 12/08 I did some experimenting just to ...
  A: I THINK that it is the autocorrect option you are referring to - which is fairly well hidden in ...
Address Block7/28/2011
  Q: I am trying to use Word Mail Merge with an EXCEL document. After the step Arranging the labels and ...
  A: I would GUESS that the data in excel has trailing/leading spaces as I would not normally expect to ...
Hyperlinking a template with fields7/28/2011
  Q: I have created a template for a non-profit volunteer organization. They need the document to have ...
  A: 1) - yes, I'd set a bookmark around the area to be copied - the macro can then unprotect the ...
file & path to show at bottom of page7/22/2011
  Q: I'm using Word 2010, how do I get the file & path to show at the bottom of a page? And, allows it ...
  A: My apologies for the delay in replying - I wasn't able to find a computer with office 2010 at my ...
Microsoft Word 20027/18/2011
  Q: Currently I am running Office 2002 with MS Word 2002 and I want to keep using it for now. Two ...
  A: As far as I know office 2002 will work on windows 7. As to difference in versions, IF you find you ...
Word vs Works7/14/2011
  Q: Can you tell me the features that word has, that works does not have? Thanks
  A: I have never used Works, and it partly depends on which version of Word you wish to use as to what ...
MSWord7/11/2011
  Q: For 2 months when I open my MSWord documents I have not been able to cut copy paste or anything to ...
  A: Word is commercial software and is not part of the operating system - it sounds as though you had a ...
conversion of .jpeg, BMP, TIFF,PNG7/10/2011
  Q: i have scanned a book and i want to edit it. How I convert the file in MS Word, so that i may edit ...
  A: Word is a text editing program - scans are pictures, so basically you cannot do it directly - you ...
Combining Multiple word files in one keeping formatting7/7/2011
  Q: I have 9 word documents that I have to combine into one word file to make it easier for formatting. ...
  A: I'm having problems getting an answer in the right format as my machine with Office 2007 is not with ...
Copying and Pasting7/6/2011
  Q: Can you help me with this problem? Thanks - I sent a question to one of the other experts last nite ...
  A: The version of the software you are using may well be relevant to a useful answer, and you didn't ...
Word 2003/2010 encryption compatibility7/6/2011
  Q: Will I be able to open up a Word 2003 password-protected, strongest encryption setting document ...
  A: I wouldn't expect upgrades NOT to be backwards compatable, but I tested this by sending a file from ...
Filterning a Mail Merge using Excel as the Data Source7/6/2011
  Q: First, creating the merge definition and getting the data from an Excel workbook is not the issue. ...
  A: I must admit I often have problems with filtering directly in Word, so much so that I will often ...
Header and Footers7/4/2011
  Q: I am needing to create a word template for a company. I need the footer to be smaller height then ...
  A: You could possibly protect the document, or alternatively (and possibly easier) use different first ...
Word 2007 header/footer not viewing properly6/24/2011
  Q: I have Windows 7 and Word 2007 and today I must have accidentally hit the wrong key. The headers ...
  A: The second part sounds like you have field codes displayed -use the office button, then Word ...
Word Count6/20/2011
  Q: Aidan! Could you please tell me how you decide on the average number of words per page? I have ...
  A: I'm not ABSOLUTELY certain about this, but my understanding of the word count is that each series of ...
Bookmark Limit in Ms Word 6.06/17/2011
  Q: I would like to know the maximum limit of bookmarks allowed in a Single document in Word 6.0. ...
  A: Page 987 of the Word Developers Kit second edition for Word 6 was my original source. The limit is ...
Bookmark Limit in Ms Word 6.06/16/2011
  Q: I would like to know the maximum limit of bookmarks allowed in a Single document in Word 6.0. ...
  A: My information came from a Microsoft publication, the developers guide. Your link related to Word ...
How do I transfer data from a table into text boxes?6/16/2011
  Q: I have a macro that manipulates and formats documents. Part of this involves putting information ...
  A: (Alice decided to have a slight relapse - nothing serious, but DEFINITE need for cuddles and NOT ...
Word 2002 - Envelopes6/15/2011
  Q: Dell Inspiron 1501 Service Tag GMQ9TC1 Windows Vista Home Premium w/SP AMD Turion 64 X2 60 GB hard ...
  A: Looks like you've been trying to solve it for a while - ...
Font size vs inches6/11/2011
  Q: In MS word can I type a number followed by 'in' to ensure that the font size will in the inches? ...
  A: I'm afraid not - although you can do this for MOST of the dialog boxes in word it doesn't work for ...
Word Changes change all text6/9/2011
  Q: When I try to change a word or cell in a table, (many times, not all,)Such as Bold or left, middle ...
  A: I can vaguely see this could happen for alignment as that applies to the paragraph - so if the ...
How do I transfer data from a table into text boxes?6/7/2011
  Q: I have a macro that manipulates and formats documents. Part of this involves putting information ...
  A: I'm having problems visualizing this - it SOUNDS as though it's easy enough. Tables can be ...
Grid Lines5/25/2011
  Q: We have just started to use a new proforma credit shell set up on Microsoft Word. When I click on ...
  A: The versions squares with my original answer, though you didn't specify if it was in compatability ...
Grid Lines5/25/2011
  Q: We have just started to use a new proforma credit shell set up on Microsoft Word. When I click on ...
  A: I'm GUESSING that you are using Word 2007 or later, and that the document you are opening is in ...
Hyperlink problems5/20/2011
  Q: I am using Office 2003 on a vista based PC. I am part of a large government office that operates its ...
  A: This might take time to resolve - but lets start at the beginning - the link does work if they use ...
Hyperlink problems5/19/2011
  Q: I am using Office 2003 on a vista based PC. I am part of a large government office that operates its ...
  A: I might be wrong, but is the link the right link - you've shown it as login.westlaw - which would ...
Merge from Excel to Word5/19/2011
  Q: We have set up an Excel file with 10,000 company names and their ID code. For each company, we have ...
  A: I would suggest that this needs to be a letter format, as you want one document per company - see ...
Can't stop heading style from changing when number of entries grows greater than 105/16/2011
  Q: I'm using Word 2010 and am using the default heading styles to create an outline style document. ...
  A: You need to set the format of the style to have the tab stop GREATER than the space that the longer ...
Mail merge from Excel with CSV Cells5/15/2011
  Q: I'm hoping you can help me with this mail merge in word'02, the source file being an excel2002 ...
  A: I'm not sure I follow what the problem is - word will happily take a CSV file as a data source, and ...
word 2007 autofill5/10/2011
  Q: I am trying to create a form template in Word 2007 that can utilize an auto-fill type feature (if ...
  A: I'm not aware of the answer Anne gave (you didn't give a link), but the Microsoft method would still ...
Header Page Numbering5/5/2011
  Q: My document contains a Table of Contents, with a total number of pages at 68. I don't want page ...
  A: Insert a section break after the TOC. Insert the page numbers in the TOC section formatted as you ...
Removing auto line in word5/4/2011
  Q: How to remove an auto line in ms word if i found it in a document send by another person. ANSWER: ...
  A: Insert a section break at the end of page 10, then insert page number and use the options to specify ...
mail merge multiple records on a page PART 23/31/2011
  Q: I've read both responses about setting up a directory to print multiple records on a page. It ...
  A: I've rechecked the process for myself and it works - BUT I did notice you mentioned the word ...
dividing binary nunumbers3/23/2011
  Q: How can I do this 10010/100010=? in binary numbers
  A: Word has very limited maths functions - did you MEAN Word for this? In excel, you can do it with ...
pc to mac conversion3/18/2011
  Q: I created a restricted document/form in word 2007 for PC. The document includes check boxes, text ...
  A: I'm not familiar with macs at all, but the first thing I would check is that they have an equivalent ...
regarding your answer dtd 2/26/20093/16/2011
  Q: On 02/26/2009 you had answered the question titled Wildcard. In your answer you presented Macro you ...
  A: My fix on the original was the wrong way round - it should be space first, then the characters Sub ...
Why won't WORD 2000 WYSIWYG??3/14/2011
  Q: First, thank you for doing what you do! Those of us who are constantly frustrated by Microsoft ...
  A: Word has (as you have discovered) many features designed to make typing easier – which is something ...
Microsoft word3/11/2011
  Q: I have a 100 page document in Microsoft word 2007. Everytime I save it, close it and re-open it, it ...
  A: Word will always open a document at the start – however, it saves the last three edit points in the ...
Spell check for Word on a Mac3/10/2011
  Q: The spell check on my word 2011 has stopped working. I am using a mac book and the spell check ...
  A: I'm a PC user, and our latest version of word is 2010, so I had to rely on google to try to get you ...
MS Word; Converting section breaks to table3/9/2011
  Q: I have a Word doc that is going to be used for address labels. It currently is structured with ...
  A: re-reading your problem, I've realised what I failed to say (or spot) - my original suggestion was ...
MS Word; Converting section breaks to table3/8/2011
  Q: I have a Word doc that is going to be used for address labels. It currently is structured with ...
  A: not totally sure what the data looks like, but as long as it's only the section break that needs ...
Fax3/8/2011
  Q: I used to be able to send free faxes from my old Windows XP computer by simply choosing "fax" under ...
  A: The word part gets as far as file, print - the print dialog that comes up is then going to show all ...
Converting e-mail into Word document.3/1/2011
  Q: Can an e-mail received in Windows Mail (Vista) be converted into a MS Word doucment format?
  A: This is really a windows mail question, and it's not a program I'm familiar with which doesn't help. ...
about microsoft word file conversion2/28/2011
  Q: sir, my question is about file conversion.sir my few files e.g-iexplorer,vlc,mozilla firefox etc. ...
  A: I'm not exactly sure what it is that you are asking here - is it that when trying to open web files ...
WORD 97 TOGGLE QUESTION2/22/2011
  Q: I'm using Word 97 with Windows XP. I have noticed that I can no longer have more than one Word ...
  A: I had a similar question some time back - ...
Microsoft Word Mail Merge Rule2/21/2011
  Q: Could you please help me with building the following business rule for the mailing – where there is ...
  A: I'm not aware of a way to do this directly in Word, IF I was doing this, I'd amend the data source ...
labels2/18/2011
  Q: Aidan, I'm not a geek and working with labels confirms that fact. I have a list, saved in Word, of ...
  A: You didn’t say what format the list is in, but hopefully it’s in a format that can be used as the ...
MicroSoft Word 20022/8/2011
  Q: Greetings: On a document, how do I find out how many words are in the document, I thought it would ...
  A: File, properties then click on statistics for the first one, view zoom for the second - depends on ...
Printer unable to print from word or excel2/8/2011
  Q: I'd be so grateful if you could help me with this problem. I have a MacBookPro (probably 2009) ...
  A: If the operating system can see the printer, then Word should be able to see the printer, so I'm not ...
Words jumpting around in Word2/7/2011
  Q: I am using WindowsXP and Microsoft Word in Office 7 on an MicroExpress computer. When typing, the ...
  A: How random is this jumping - are they moving WAY away from the original, or are they just moving to ...
margins2/5/2011
  Q: I was wondering if you would be able to help me with a problem I have with the margins in Word 2011. ...
  A: It sounds as though it relates to the document AND probably the styles in use - so possibly the ...
Formatting Text in Microsoft Word 20072/4/2011
  Q: When I type a page of text, Word usually sends the start of the last paragraph to the top of the ...
  A: firstly sorry for the delay in replying - had to get to a PC with Word 2007 on it and had been away ...
word file overwritten2/3/2011
  Q: ..recently,i overwrote my work and i thought it was sent out, but the truth was that i did not ...
  A: Data recovery experts MAY be able to suggest a way of doing this, but in practice if you have ...
Word doc application1/31/2011
  Q: I am filling out an application (word document) which has boxes to check (gender, ethnicity...). ...
  A: I'm not sure I follow what you mean by "bold the box", and it's also not clear if someone sent you ...
Language problems1/29/2011
  Q: Even after installing the (1) LIP file, (2) changing the display language and (3) encoding, it is ...
  A: I haven't used any non english versions of MS Office but I would GUESS that the LIP file modifies ...
tab brackets []1/28/2011
  Q: I use tab brackets for inserting information that changes on my word document. I hit F12 to go to ...
  A: I'm slightly puzzled as F12 is the keyboard shortcut for save - so possibly it has been assigned to ...
A7 Envelope in Word 20031/26/2011
  Q: I am trying to print A7 envelopes (5.25" x 7.25") as a custom size and it continually prints in the ...
  A: Not clear what you have set up - I'm assuming you are using the envelopes option - see ...
Mail Merge1/19/2011
  Q: I am trying to use an Excel spreadsheet as a datasource for a "directory" style mail-merge. Because ...
  A: You should use the NEXT RECORD field at the end of every row, with a series of the SAME fields on ...
Icons1/17/2011
  Q: I want to ask that how can I insert the icons of opening or saving a document in a word document. ...
  A: right click a toolbar, select to customize ignore the dialog box for the moment, just right click a ...
symbol problem1/6/2011
  Q: Whenever I call up a blank Word 2010 OR any of my Word 2010 documents it shows the symbol (almost ...
  A: Not absolutely sure of the location in Word 2010 as I've got an earlier version on the machine I'm ...
microsoft word 2003 version1/5/2011
  Q: how do we use the option of tools menu, in ms word 2003. and tell me what is the uses of it's.
  A: Can you expand the question - the tools menu gives a lot of choices, each of which has it's use (eg ...
Word 200312/16/2010
  Q: Question I am running Microsoft XP and using Word 2003. I am unable to open saved files. Error ...
  A: the normal template is the default template, and changes to this are being saved on exit - which ...
REMOVING THE NUMBER OF TC FIELD FROM TOC12/15/2010
  Q: how to remove a number from an entry that was marked in Tc field? so that the number will not appear ...
  A: I'm not very well versed in TOC's though they are incredibly powerful fields - but one of the ...
word 200712/15/2010
  Q: copy/cut and paste option not working in ms word 2007.
  A: Difficult to be certain, but I think ...
dat files12/13/2010
  Q: I had a Hex Editor, when i opened .dat files, it opened with Hex, but now i delated it, and i am ...
  A: I refer to my main point, which is that question has nothing to do with microsoft Word. I would NOT ...
dat files12/12/2010
  Q: I had a Hex Editor, when i opened .dat files, it opened with Hex, but now i delated it, and i am ...
  A: This isn't a word question, but hex shows you the hex contents of a file, notepad shows you the ...
Macro to rotate picture12/11/2010
  Q: I would like a macro which can rotate a picture/image 180 degrees in a Word doc. I tried to record ...
  A: I haven't done this myself but others have, so rather than take any credit ...
Graphics in Word 200312/9/2010
  Q: I have Word 2003 documents with graphics (I created the docs.) How can I tell where a particular ...
  A: As far as I know, you cannot tell this UNLESS you inserted it as a link to the original document - ...
cross reference messed up in word 200312/4/2010
  Q: I need to delete the list of cross references and replace them with new references because I think ...
  A: Possibly the easiest way would be to use the FIND command within word, use ^d to specify what you ...
Check Box12/1/2010
  Q: I figured how to place a check box onto a Word-2007 document using the Legacy tools in the Developer ...
  A: You didn't say what you wanted to use it for (apart from clicking it!) or which checkbox you used - ...
Word Merge with unique data source11/29/2010
  Q: We need to have a document for each of our clients and did not receive it until after the fact so I ...
  A: For some reason I always find the pictures hard to read - probably my eyesight! I TEND to get excel ...
Transferring personalized macros and templates across different OS11/25/2010
  Q: I just bought a new computer with Windows 7, 64 bit OS. I have installed my same old Microsoft ...
  A: OS doesn't make a difference - copy the normal.dot file from one computer to the other to give you ...
Labels on Microsoft Word 200311/15/2010
  Q: I used to be able to open my labels on Microsoft Word 2003 under the drop down menu for Tools, ...
  A: The key here is the word GRIDLINES - a page of labels is actually a page with a table on it, and the ...
macro to replace OLE objects11/8/2010
  Q: I have an automatically generated Word doc that contains tables in OLE form. I would like to ...
  A: I've not worked with linked objects in this way, but I would IMAGINE that they would all be on the ...
Word 200711/8/2010
  Q: I have a purchase order form that is in Microsoft word. The PO number has to be manually entered ...
  A: I would do this by using a template (in case there are other overwrite details you might forget to ...
document to ask and if parameters11/3/2010
  Q: Within a Word 2007 document I need to use a dollar amount entered in a {Fill in} field and if it is ...
  A: I've not been able to find an easy way to do this (though possibly the guys over at www.wopr.com ...
table contents in word doc10/30/2010
  Q: i have put an excel table into a word doc, and now wish to get rid of "table tools" so that typing ...
  A: If this is simply converting the table to text, then select the table (not sure which version so ...
mail merge10/26/2010
  Q: I've tried to make changes in mail merge - edit recipients list - eg. spelling TAmp to TAMP. When I ...
  A: He doesn't give out his number to those of us in the UK! What is the data source? I TEND to use ...
Microsoft Word page margins10/23/2010
  Q: Paper is 8.25 x 11 (& set that way on printer). Margins are default 1.25 left and right. It prints ...
  A: The margins apply to the paper, but individual paragraphs can have different settings - so at the ...
Mail list10/15/2010
  Q: My email adress is part of a group of about 50 other recipients. I use Microsoft Outlook 2002. I ...
  A: This is an outlook question, not a word question, and I would expect that Constant Contact should ...
changing from WordPad to Word10/14/2010
  Q: Heritage, My laptop is Windows 7 Home Premium, AMD Turion 64*2 Dual-Core Processor, 2048MB DDR2 ...
  A: You were clear, but I obviously wasnt. I assume you are opening the files from "my computer" or ...
adding toolbar to MS Word10/13/2010
  Q: sure hope you can help. I need a PDF(maker) tab/toolbar on my toolbar in word. I've tried numberous ...
  A: I'm afraid this isn't really a word question - you can add buttons as needed for things that are ...
changing from WordPad to Word10/12/2010
  Q: Heritage, My laptop is Windows 7 Home Premium, AMD Turion 64*2 Dual-Core Processor, 2048MB DDR2 ...
  A: It's actually a function of the operating system - the OS stores the associations, so it knows what ...
removing solid lines10/11/2010
  Q: I use Windows 97. I have a document I created by cut/pasting paragraphs from a collection of my own ...
  A: The line will be an autoformatted border on the paragraph (at least, that's my best guess) - so to ...
Permanently removing an unwanted border10/7/2010
  Q: I am using Word 2000. On the very first page of my document, also my title page, I put a border ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - had problems of my own with internet connections The border will ...
Making a graphic in the header appear non-transparent10/4/2010
  Q: I am sending out this flyer to customers and need our logo that was placed into the header to be ...
  A: yes, you can either send the graphic behind the text or you can insert a text box from the drawing ...
Making a graphic in the header appear non-transparent10/2/2010
  Q: I am sending out this flyer to customers and need our logo that was placed into the header to be ...
  A: It's dimmed as that is how a header looks in normal view – this is by design, to differentiate the ...
Word 2007 mail merge9/29/2010
  Q: In earlier versions of Word I was able to mail merge from different worksheets within a single ...
  A: I hadn't come across this, so I've just tried a merge and I get to choose all the tables - though ...
Macro to create a directory & save current doc as template9/17/2010
  Q: I'm trying to create a macro in Word 2007 to save the current document as a template into a new ...
  A: if this were ME I'd have ONE template that knew the letterhead details, asked for the location and ...
word to pdf9/14/2010
  Q: Do you know if I can use those pdf converter downloads to get a word file to PDF? They are about ...
  A: No, I mentioned version of WORD - the operating system (as far as I know) doesn't have it, but the ...
word to pdf9/13/2010
  Q: Do you know if I can use those pdf converter downloads to get a word file to PDF? They are about ...
  A: You didn't specify word version, as later versions of Word will save to PDF anyway. This google ...
Cut and Paste Taking Forever on Word9/10/2010
  Q: I saw that somebody reported a problem with cut and paste taking forever on Windows 7/Word 2007. I ...
  A: As I mentioned, it is not something I've experienced, which makes it very difficult to give an ...
Cut and Paste Taking Forever on Word9/10/2010
  Q: I saw that somebody reported a problem with cut and paste taking forever on Windows 7/Word 2007. I ...
  A: It isn't something I've experienced, but it does seem to be documented - see ...
If statement and mail merge9/7/2010
  Q: I still can't get my mail merge to work correctly, possibly my brackets are incorrect. The statement ...
  A: The mergefield should look like {IF {MERGEFIELD CON_EXT_JDO}<> """{MERGEFIELD CON_EXT_JDO}" ...
Mail Merge9/3/2010
  Q: I need to create a mail merge in MS2008 for Mac. I specifically want to use first names as the ...
  A: I haven't got a mac, and haven't got the 2008 version,but I HOPE it's pretty much the same as the ...
Create paragraph using list of sentences8/31/2010
  Q: Using Word 2003, we seek to create a paragraph using a list of sentences. Depending on the ...
  A: I would, if doing this myself, do it via VBA which would then present a form to the user with a ...
Repeat Text Different Font8/28/2010
  Q: I need to repeat a text in one field in the headers for subsequent pages. I have found tutorials for ...
  A: You didn't tell me what the tutorials suggested, but you basically need to use REF fields in the ...
Error messages, Word conks out8/28/2010
  Q: not sure what version I have of MS Word, think it's 2003, but I keep getting the message: MW has ...
  A: I would think that it is an add-in, or the normal.dot that is to be blamed – SP's might fix other ...
Mail Merge If/Then Function8/27/2010
  Q: I'm having problems with an "if statement" using merge fields. I'm creating a legal document. The ...
  A: to paraphrase IF extended date then extended on xxx else yyy IF you type exactly that into the ...
Auto fill-in fields in letter8/27/2010
  Q: I tried to see if this was asked before but couldn't find anything, but to be honest I don't know if ...
  A: No problem - if I was doing this myself, the fields would be bookmarks, and a userform would gather ...
Removal of frames in Word8/27/2010
  Q: I have a report generated by Crystal Report and saved as Word. Everything looks fine. However, all ...
  A: Further research indicates this MAY be problematic - see ...
Personal mail8/23/2010
  Q: I have a sister in UK that I write to snailmail as shedoes not have a computer and I need to learn ...
  A: Not sure what you needed to learn - Word is a word processor, so can be used as a typewriter to ...
Microsoft Word 20078/23/2010
  Q: Why doesn't the text in text boxes print in my Word 2007? The text that is not in a text box will ...
  A: I would GUESS that in printing options the "drawings created in word" option has been unchecked - ...
Simple addition8/21/2010
  Q: I wold like to add numbers in a column. How do I accomplish that?
  A: Word will happily sum values that are in a table – so providing your column is part of a table then ...
Word templates and save as command8/20/2010
  Q: I have created a multi-page Word document and saved it as a template. I can open the template, ...
  A: IF the file has been saved as a template, you should be using file, new to generate a blank document ...
MS Word - Mail Merge from Excel Data8/17/2010
  Q: What are the practicial limitation of Mail Merging from a BIG Excel DATA file (200 columns, many ...
  A: The issue is BASICALLY with the size of the resultant document being produced - as you have already ...
Extract data from word and display it in Excel Spreadsheet8/16/2010
  Q: I have a requirement to extract a value from a word document on a daily basis and write it to an ...
  A: Is this a fixed document, such that you can reference the table by number or perhaps by bookmark? I ...
Word 2007 VBA Track Changes and copying8/16/2010
  Q: I would like to know how to get my Word Macro to select the sentence where it finds any changes ...
  A: Its not something I've had cause to do myself, and you didn't give me the original code, but I THINK ...
Don't want Word ribbon8/15/2010
  Q: I have long used XP and Word 2003. I have a very large number of macros, made with a program called ...
  A: Windows 7 is an operating system and doesn't include office, and PROBABLY that won't be bundled with ...
word 200 folders8/15/2010
  Q: also it asked me to change a a:/ drive to c drive what was it really asking and how would it be done ...
  A: file open, this brings up the open dialog which is simply an explorer window - use the buttons at ...
Unsure about headers in Word '07 when copying and pasting8/4/2010
  Q: Hopefully this is a quick and easy fix for you. I used Microsoft Word '07 to type up my novel, and ...
  A: That makes sense - I'm not sure what the best solution would be though - you could either send it ...
Text formatting7/31/2010
  Q: I want to turn of the text formatting function that breaks words up, by syllable, at the end of each ...
  A: You didn't specify version, but it's basically a feature of the paragraph - format, paragraph, lines ...
Conversion7/30/2010
  Q: I recently bought an HP Pavilion laptop. I thought it was loaded with Ms Word. But it was not; it ...
  A: I thought the word processor bundled with Works was Word? I'm not familiar with Works (you would ...
Graphics not showing up in Word 20077/30/2010
  Q: Some of my graphics are not showing up in my Word document. They are being replaced with an "X" in ...
  A: I would imagine it is indicating the picture cannot be interpreted for some reason - if it was ...
Using Mailmerge Rules7/30/2010
  Q: I am trying to create a word template for payslips. I've already finished with the entire template ...
  A: You wanted two records per page, so that is one next field - if you had a set of mailing labels then ...
Markup area margin problem in repaired document7/28/2010
  Q: I was working on a document using Microsoft Word 2007 with track changes turned on. Word froze and ...
  A: There seems to be a few possible answers regarding this - see ...
Adding footnotes to fields in form template7/28/2010
  Q: I am creating a form template using Microsoft Word 2003. I need to include footnotes in many of the ...
  A: I tend to use macros for all my templates, avoiding fill-in fields completely - I would think that ...
Printing 2 pages poer sheet7/23/2010
  Q: I'm stuck !! I make my own greetings cards and would dearly love to be able to print two inserts for ...
  A: Easiest way would be to do it as two tables in an ordinary A4 document - you can insert all that you ...
word7/22/2010
  Q: Is there any way to create a document in Word and then print it and have the printed page have ...
  A: You didn't specify version of word, but it's the page setup area that would allow you to set the ...
Book Fold and Clipart7/20/2010
  Q: I have developed a 21 page bookfold, and when I go to print, the clipart is anywhere but where I ...
  A: It's probably not in line with text - I would TEND to try to have pictures inline rather than ...
word spellcheck7/19/2010
  Q: How do I set the default spell check to UK English? ANSWER: ...
  A: Odd, it was Ok when I posted it - however, google have an archive, so ...
Labels7/19/2010
  Q: I have been trying for days to solve this issue, please help!! I am using Microsoft word 2003. Mail ...
  A: Brain wasn't in gear - the layout you refer to is actually a series of cells of a table - so it's ...
Labels7/18/2010
  Q: I have been trying for days to solve this issue, please help!! I am using Microsoft word 2003. Mail ...
  A: Haven't got word 2003 at home at the moment, so cannot be certain BUT I THINK it's probably down to ...
Need to convert a jpeg image to MS Word 20077/17/2010
  Q: My daughter scanned a document and sent it to me as a .jpeg file. It doesn't print like a document. ...
  A: A jpeg file is (as you know) a picture and whereas you and I can look at a picture with words and ...
Document_Open7/16/2010
  Q: Good day to you. I had been searching the internet and no one seems to have answered my question ...
  A: if by start a new document you mean create a new document from a template, then you are using the ...
Numeric fields in Word7/10/2010
  Q: I've created a Word 2003 form with information in some fields to appear elsewhere in the form. With ...
  A: insert a bookmark surrounding the sums in each table - you can then use these bookmarks to get the ...
Scanning letterhead into word7/9/2010
  Q: We have some church letterhead that we wish to scan into microsoft word 2003 and then make some ...
  A: Scanning will create EITHER a graphic or OCR text - if it's a graphic, it cannot be edited in word, ...
My Recent Documents7/9/2010
  Q: What happens when you open a Word document from My Recent Documents that you just filed away in a ...
  A: I'm not aware of anything that would cause this, although my recent documents is a feature of the ...
tiny print7/7/2010
  Q: my word documents are printing in miniscule print all of a sudden. this is not happening with my ...
  A: There isn't a setting in word that I am aware of that would reduce print, although there is in ...
Fields in Word 20077/6/2010
  Q: My question is: How do I create fields in Word 2007 where if I type a word in one location, it will ...
  A: See http://cws.internet.com/article/4069-.htm for a description of this - the KEY is the use of the ...
MSWord 2000 forms7/2/2010
  Q: I have set up a form as a protected template in MS Word 2000. When the recipient has filled in the ...
  A: Not knowing what the recipients use is key - you COULD simply ask them to use the file, send to ...
MSWord 2000 forms7/2/2010
  Q: I have set up a form as a protected template in MS Word 2000. When the recipient has filled in the ...
  A: You haven't said what the macro code is which might shed some light - there are problems with ...
MS Word appears to be unstable6/30/2010
  Q: how are you? I have a large file, about 7 MB in size. Lots of pages, lots of pictures, lots of ...
  A: I've not come across this,but with lots of pictures and that big a file you may run into problems - ...
Defaults6/29/2010
  Q: I want to know how to do away with the "defaults" in Word 2007. You know, the ones that were not in ...
  A: I've done some research and have failed to find any obvious ways of turning off these things- many ...
Inserting Julian Date6/28/2010
  Q: I need to insert the Julian Date into a Word Document. The Julian date needs to be proceeded with ...
  A: the example actually used JD if you use the field as typed it will give you what you want IF you ...
Word Mail Merge6/25/2010
  Q: I am using a database at work and mail merging some records from it into Word. Everything is set up ...
  A: You are making the task difficult by the proposed method you offer - you COULD merge to a large ...
Word-locking6/23/2010
  Q: I bought a new laptop about 3 months ago and it already had MS word on it. Everything was fine until ...
  A: The version of Word would (I imagine) have been an evaluation version - though this should pop up ...
Changing default insertion of pictures into Word6/22/2010
  Q: I often insert pictures into documents. (My staff submit their weekly itineraries to me by email, I ...
  A: Yes it does seem to be possible - see ...
page setting6/21/2010
  Q: I'd like to create an index page of chapters in word so that when I click the link, Word can take me ...
  A: ensure that the chapter headings are in a heading style, then use the insert menu to get to the ...
Replacing text with a Form Field6/16/2010
  Q: Aidan, I'm using Word 2003. Specifically, I want to replace ^^ with a text form field. That way ...
  A: you can record this macro - it simply needs to find the ^^ characters and then insert a form field - ...
form fill documents6/15/2010
  Q: i have several documents that have form fill-in form fields. my old microsoft word has been replaced ...
  A: The REVIEW ribbon gives you the protect/unprotect options which will then allow you to edit the ...
windows application6/15/2010
  Q: 1.What is microsoft board? 2.Whwt are the shortcut keys in typing document using microsoft board?
  A: As you have asked the question in the category of Microsoft Word, I'll assume that is what you are ...
Unable to edit and Unrestricted document6/14/2010
  Q: I have a document that I created in office 2003 and am now trying to edit with office 2007. It ...
  A: I'm assuming by unrestricted you mean not password protected to open - if so, this doesn't preclude ...
Converting figures to text in MSWord6/14/2010
  Q: I want to know whether there is any command/add-in application by which I can convert figures to ...
  A: This depends on how the figures are generated - if they are part of a field, then formatting ...
Headers6/11/2010
  Q: I am composing a project plan for school which is divided into multiple sections. The header for ...
  A: I haven't got word 2010 (difficult balancing act of keeping up to date, but having a version that ...
full screen / customizing appearance6/7/2010
  Q: Windows98 had an option to create documents in full screen, with no toolbars or rulers, the document ...
  A: I was sure I'd answered this question, but it still appears in my question queue - for full screen, ...
First Line Indent6/6/2010
  Q: Our office was recently upgraded to Office 2007. We have different documents that we all must work ...
  A: I would IMAGINE that the normal style on this PC has been modified - that is the ONLY thing I can ...
mail merge Word 2003 on windows 76/5/2010
  Q: I had one success using the wizard with my first list. Then when I created new lists, which turned ...
  A: I tend to dislike the wizard, preferring to use the mail merge toolbar, however both should work the ...
Text Boxes in 2003 Excel Workbooks =>PrintableTextboxes in 20076/3/2010
  Q: I still see this posted with no resolve. Is there a known fix from Microsoft or a workaround? ...
  A: I've done a quick test with a file created at work using a textbox, and it prints fine on my 2007 ...
Microsoft Word - Word Art6/2/2010
  Q: On the Apple Mac Microsoft Word, how do you write your text in the Word Art after placing it into ...
  A: I've never used a mac, and you haven't specified version of word, so it's a little difficult to ...
Using Mailmerge Rules5/28/2010
  Q: I am trying to create a word template for payslips. I've already finished with the entire template ...
  A: There should be a next field in the middle of the document (at the divide of the 1st and 2nd ...
Standard Tool Bar Missing5/27/2010
  Q: My standard tool bar is missing - it doesn't show up anywhere even though it is ticked. I have ...
  A: I'm not an expert on MAC never having used it - in windows, I would use view, toolbars to ensure it ...
Line numbers5/25/2010
  Q: I am using Word 2000. I'm transcribing from audio an interview between two people. I would like to ...
  A: For line numbering, use file page setup and the layout tab - this will give you the options you ...
Mail Merge with Excel Document5/19/2010
  Q: I'm trying to send a letter to a list of sales reps that includes customer information contained in ...
  A: see http://cornell.veplan.net/article.aspx?&a=3815 as THIS online tutorial does seem to do it - when ...
protected forms5/18/2010
  Q: when one hits a "enter" key in the cells in a protected form it seems there is NO protection as far ...
  A: You didn't specify version, but you if NOT 2007, right click the field and you can set the ...
MS Word very slow to cut and paste5/17/2010
  Q: I am working with Vista(32) and MS Office 2007. I use MS Word practically exclusively. Over the past ...
  A: I have not experiennced this myself and despite long searches I haven't found anything definitive - ...
Save dialogue box in word 20075/16/2010
  Q: I am blind and teach basic word processing to blind people. Is it possible to set a default for the ...
  A: As always, Microsoft seem to have managed to make things "easier" by making them more difficult for ...
Excel in Word 20075/14/2010
  Q: I'm using Office 2007. I'm trying to import a Excel spreadsheet into Word with mixed success. I can ...
  A: I would insert it as an object (actually, I would generally not insert excel into Word as I've never ...
Microsoft 19975/13/2010
  Q: My computer at work is a windows '97' they have asked me to make a flyer to advertise the company. ...
  A: I would put the words into a text box, have that formatted with no borders, and with a clear fill ...
MS Word 2003 DrawToggleCropMode5/7/2010
  Q: Recently I had to re-image my machine and reinstall MS Office 2003. Before the install I had the ...
  A: It's not a standard shortcut, but see my answer at ...
length of bookmark name5/7/2010
  Q: I need to know maximum length that a bookmark or field name can be. MS Word 2003. IF later ...
  A: a bookmark (ctrl shift F5) IS 40 characters, but a text field isn't - as you've seen, it's 20. What ...
Word 2007 Favorites Links in the Open Dialog5/5/2010
  Q: I have users who are using Word 2007 with XP. (I'm running it on Win7). In 2003, you could add ...
  A: I was suffering from word blindness with the original answer - I hadn't seen "In the Open dialog" - ...
Macro to Copy Table from many word document into one word doc.5/5/2010
  Q: I need your help to develop a macro that will copy a particular table from every word document and ...
  A: Not sure about this one - does the table have a bookmark around it that would define it as an item ...
Word 3 - Highlighting tool5/4/2010
  Q: Good morning! Looking for a solution to highlight spaces before and after words, i.e.: ****Select ...
  A: Not sure which version of word is being referred to - I'm not aware of version 3 (though maybe on ...
Moving autocorrect files5/2/2010
  Q: I have an extensive AutoCorrect database and I am going to get a new computer. I need these ...
  A: The official answer is at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826147 I'm SLIGHTLY worried that you ...
Labels in Word 20074/27/2010
  Q: I use mail merge for labels and envelopes hundreds of times per week. I just upgraded from Word 2003 ...
  A: I haven't had cause to merge using Word, but a label is simply a table, so it's the formatting of ...
Word 3 TOC "PRIVACY" code4/27/2010
  Q: Working with TOC and when I mark text to be included in the TOC, the word "PRIVACY" comes up before ...
  A: I cannot actually find ANYTHING to explain the privacy marking - is it possible to see a sample ...
Converting fonts4/26/2010
  Q: I thought I would receive an e-mail reply, but since I didn't see my original question on your list, ...
  A: I think you DID submit this, and did get an answer via the site, though the email telling you ...
Mail Merge (email)4/26/2010
  Q: You recently posted a question to Richard Rost in category Microsoft Word: I have a spreadsheet ...
  A: Mail merge requires an email address - it won't resolve on merging - it can be fixed by using vba OR ...
text color4/25/2010
  Q: I am on a mac -os x vs.10.6.3 Somehow I am not able to find the place to insert the RGB values to ...
  A: I THINK that http://www.mofeel.net/151-microsoft-public-mac-office-word/2224.aspx MAY shed light on ...
Mail Merge4/24/2010
  Q: Please see my question below. I am unable to ask a follow up question or respond to Nancy's answer. ...
  A: As Nancy said, it is hard to be certain without seeing the document though I would be INCLINED to ...
text color4/23/2010
  Q: I am on a mac -os x vs.10.6.3 Somehow I am not able to find the place to insert the RGB values to ...
  A: I don't have a mac, and I'm not sure which version of word you are using but HOPEFULLY there is a ...
Protected Form - Conditional formatting4/22/2010
  Q: I am in the process of creating a protected form for completion. In one field people are requested ...
  A: Should be fairly similar - I would THINK it would need to use a formula to run a countif against a ...
PDF page border4/21/2010
  Q: I am trying to make a pdf from a word document. The word doc has an image which goes to the edge of ...
  A: I don't know anything about the mac, and little about PDF's, but a google search suggests that the ...
PDF page border4/21/2010
  Q: I am trying to make a pdf from a word document. The word doc has an image which goes to the edge of ...
  A: It's more a question about PDF files than Word - which version of Word are you using and how are you ...
Word Format4/21/2010
  Q: Every time I open new document a previous text (over one paragraph long)comes up and have to delete ...
  A: Unlikely to be macros, much more likely is that you have saved changes to the normal template. ...
page numbering4/20/2010
  Q: I've just written a book on Microsoft Word. I want to add page numbers, but I don't want the ...
  A: You BASICALLY need to ensure that the section header/footer area is NOT the same as previous - I'm ...
Print page numbers on blank pages4/19/2010
  Q: I have created a book that I want to print with the first page of each chapter on an odd numbered ...
  A: This has taken me some time to research, with very little positive result - it SHOULD be that ...
Converting fonts4/13/2010
  Q: I sent you a question about a month ago and have not received a response. Do you have time to reply ...
  A: Did you specifically ask ME or another expert - AllExperts requires that I answer questions within a ...
Alignment in word4/13/2010
  Q: MY probem is when selected a paragraph and and clicked on Justify option in paragraph of Home page,i ...
  A: I'm not sure I follow the question - a fully justified paragraph would do this if you have a manual ...
bmp loss of quality4/13/2010
  Q: I have a bmp picture that I need to insert in a word document (word 2007). But when I choose ...
  A: A BMP file isn't really a scaleable file, so I would generally go to 100% zoom or smaller on such ...
M-word help4/13/2010
  Q: I cannot select and delete any hyperlink, picture, a number given to a foot note / endnote. It has ...
  A: There is a setting to turn on Wordperfect keys which MIGHT be the issue - you didn't specify version ...
M-word help4/12/2010
  Q: I cannot select and delete any hyperlink, picture, a number given to a foot note / endnote. It has ...
  A: I don't think shift plus right arrow should do this - it extends the selection, but pictures are on ...
Bullet point style vs Table of Contents4/9/2010
  Q: Aiden, my old friend. You have taught me so much. This time it is with MS Word 2003. I am working ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - it has been mad in the office and I've been struggling to keep up ...
Word Doc's4/6/2010
  Q: When I try to open some word docs, it comes up as an error. I'm using MS Office 2003. My OS is ...
  A: http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&source=hp&q=word+2003+there+was+an+error+opening+the+file&meta=&aq=0& ...
Mirror Indent4/5/2010
  Q: I have a question about mirror Indents,actually I don't get what does it do.I can't figure out in ...
  A: A mirror margin (I take it that is what you actually mean) would typically be used for a book where ...
Word 2007 label mail merge from Excel4/4/2010
  Q: I have followed the help screened instructions but when I try and do a mail merge from excel to word ...
  A: Not sure what the help screen instructions said, but I'm CERTAINLY puzzled about getting repeated ...
Data transfer to MS Word3/31/2010
  Q: I currently use MS Word 2007. I do not know whether my question is related to VBA or Macros, thus if ...
  A: I do macros/vba questions quite happily, but this one doesn't need it - what you are after is mail ...
Header and Footer3/24/2010
  Q: how we can insert header or footer in all files of our system
  A: You didn’t specify version, but a macro could do it – the only potential problem I can see is that ...
microsoft3/22/2010
  Q: i can;t find a catagory that relates to my ? so i;m going to ask you. i have alreadytransfered all ...
  A: I haven't used Money for many years - the answer to your question depends on what format the files ...
save and open next3/21/2010
  Q: What is the macro in .doc to save a .doc and open the next .doc
  A: Not sure I follow the question – activedocument.save will save the current document, but what did ...
page breaks3/20/2010
  Q: umm i was doing my Pe assignment,...nd i think i accidently clicked on the insert page break or ...
  A: Without seeing a screenshot it’s difficult to know what you are seeing – I would GUESS it might be ...
Auto Fill for Word3/18/2010
  Q: I want to create a word document which is something along the lines of an auto fill. I want to be ...
  A: would tend to do this using visual basic for applications. This would have a macro which ran on ...
i need to flip words and pictures ni mircosoft word 20073/17/2010
  Q: how do you flip words and pictures so that they read forwards in a mirror? i am making a t-shirt and ...
  A: some printers have this as a setting, but see ...
go to3/16/2010
  Q: I have a folder with many .doc. Is there a command/macro which will open one .doc and then close it ...
  A: The macro itself should run ok (I’ve used it often myself, but it is PERHAPS missing a line which is ...
Microsoft Word changes to scanned form3/15/2010
  Q: What would be the reason for changes occurring where I made no changes? I scanned a will from the ...
  A: I've not found anything to explain this - once a file is created it should contain what it contains ...
Different Footers/page numbers in same doc3/15/2010
  Q: I need my pages numbered 1, 2, 2A, 2B, 2C, 3, 4, 5, ect. How can i do this with out the Section ...
  A: A section break should work as you should be able to amend the outline style in different sections ...
go to3/13/2010
  Q: I have a folder with many .doc. Is there a command/macro which will open one .doc and then close it ...
  A: Sub dofiles() Set fs = Application.FileSearch Dim newbook, curbook, MyCount, myrange With fs ...
Word file Retrieval / Recovery from ThumbDrive3/12/2010
  Q: -) I have accidentally saved a Word file ("File 2") in the name of another old Word file ("File 1") ...
  A: You are probably out of luck - but see ...
Word spell-check won't work3/12/2010
  Q: My spell checker doesn't work anymore :-( I read an answer posted on this site, and tried what ...
  A: I don't know anything about Macs to speak of, but it would seem unlikely that you would need to ...
Word 2007 - Mail Merge freezes after clicking on 'edit'3/10/2010
  Q: I'm wondering if you can please help with with a mail merge problem I have when using Windows 2007 ...
  A: I've searched for something to explain this and have failed despite repeated attempts - mail merge ...
Word 20073/7/2010
  Q: I have a problem with word and imbedded hyperlinks for Tables and Figures when I run re-create the ...
  A: I'm not an expert on TOC's as I don't have to use them much (luckily) but it is probably one of the ...
Printing Envelopes3/5/2010
  Q: All of a sudden I can not successfully print an envelope. I an print a letter just fine. The ...
  A: I haven't managed to find anything to explain this despite a long search - POSSIBLY the version of ...
wordprocessor to computor3/5/2010
  Q: I have a wordprosessor floppy disk and wants to transfer it to computor how can I do that please I ...
  A: You need whatever program will be capable of opening these files - I'm GUESSING they are in brother ...
MS Word 2007 - where is the binder feature???3/4/2010
  Q: I found your reply in a previous question you answered which is exactly my question, but I have ...
  A: No, it's not there - see ...
Word 2003 scrolling2/26/2010
  Q: I have a document with 45 pages. Each page has drop down buttons and a person's name. Is there any ...
  A: quickest way would be to use the find command - ctrl F or edit find and then type the name in. You ...
darkening a document2/24/2010
  Q: I copied and pasted a bunch of images from the internet into microsoft word. When I tried to print ...
  A: something like this - amend the percentage as required Sub Macro8() ' ' Macro8 Macro ' Macro ...
Autocorrect2/24/2010
  Q: I do medical transcription from my home and I have many autocorrects saved. I am going to start ...
  A: Word XP is word 2002, and is BASICALLY the same as word 2003, so my first question is why install ...
File Conversion Message2/21/2010
  Q: I use Word 2003. I maintain a list in Word which shows, by author, what books on tape I have. I do ...
  A: I would suggest that as this relates to ONLY one file, that file has become corrupted - possibly due ...
Word2/21/2010
  Q: I'm trying to help my mom do an assignment for school, and most of these questions we can't answer ...
  A: A quick google search for this is the easiest fix - if teachers use google to find the questions, ...
How to activate format for outlines2/19/2010
  Q: I have asked the help menu every way I know how...I am trying to use an outline format (roman ...
  A: I'm guessing you meant Word XP (although windows xp is valid too) - I'm not 100% sure I follow what ...
section breaks that won't go away2/18/2010
  Q: I've read a few of the instructions for removing breaks but none of them have helped. I need to ...
  A: I would suspect the page setup which might be set incorrectly on thelayout tab,forcing new sections ...
Docx2/16/2010
  Q: I have a folder with several thousand Word documents, of which about 300 are in the docx format from ...
  A: This page gives a method of doing what you want ...
Word 2007 macro question2/16/2010
  Q: My office (a law firm) is in the process of moving from Word Perfect to Word 2007. I want to create ...
  A: The choice of fonts is dependent on those installed on the computer, so may be dictated by the ...
word2/15/2010
  Q: what is the use of macro in microsoftword
  A: A rather short question for what could be a very long answer – a macro is a visual basic for ...
Word 2003 hanging when positioning the cursor2/12/2010
  Q: All in a sudden, I have this problem (for the past 2 weeks) and I suspect it's a Windows problem due ...
  A: The step 4 is basically telling you to get a command prompt and type this - you can do this EASIEST ...
Word 2003 hanging when positioning the cursor2/11/2010
  Q: All in a sudden, I have this problem (for the past 2 weeks) and I suspect it's a Windows problem due ...
  A: I haven't come across this myself, although I haven't been able to keep all copies of office on my ...
Word 2007 TOC tabs2/10/2010
  Q: I have a document and my Heading 2 line is Subject (tab with leader) Name (tab with leader) Date ...
  A: sorry for the delay in replying - my daughter was ill last week and whilst nothing serious it has ...
Text Break2/10/2010
  Q: It is common in English publications that words at the end of the line are split and continued from ...
  A: This is hyphenation - word will do this for you - in Word 2007 it's the page layout ribbon, then the ...
will removing documents really remove them - hardrive?2/5/2010
  Q: if my place of work requires me to do research material that is intellectual property sensitive and ...
  A: Not really a word question, but deleting files from the hard drive marks them as deleted - they are ...
Word formatting problem2/5/2010
  Q: I have a word document written in Office 2007 - it a business proposal. However, when I change a ...
  A: you don't specify what you have done to amend the word to bold,but it sounds as though you are ...
Printing a document (2/page) with difference section numerals2/5/2010
  Q: I have a six page forword pages in Roman (i's)the body in arabic. When I attempt to select (for 2 ...
  A: Not sure I can - I'd have the document set under file, page setup to print to 2 pages per page, and ...
Paste Special in Word 20072/4/2010
  Q: I'm using Word 2007. I'm trying to insert a small document into a master document. The first ...
  A: Possibly trying alternative pastes as picture could resolve it - I'm guessing that paste special, ...
word 2003 and Word 2007 printing small2/3/2010
  Q: The users on our system about 80 machines are having problem printing. Take for instance 2 users ...
  A: I would be INCLINED to think printer issues but not NECESSARILY driver ones - printing preferences ...
Microsoft Word2/2/2010
  Q: I have a problem with Microsoft Word 2007. While it opens OK it stops responding as soon as there is ...
  A: I haven't experienced this myself, and have failed to find a definitive answer - the best I came up ...
Endnotes in a Thesis2/1/2010
  Q: I am working on a manuscript-based thesis in Microsoft Word 2003. The thesis has multiple chapters ...
  A: The only solution I can think of is to have each chapter as it's own document - to word, a section ...
Mail Merge Font Format Problems1/28/2010
  Q: I've created a simple mail merge with the only merge fields being First Name and Last Name. Whenever ...
  A: I'd be inclined to go with track changes, but you said it wasn't that - nevertheless, you should see ...
Spelling gets changed1/28/2010
  Q: I am using Word 2003. I work in the document, save it, then upload it to a server at work. Sometimes ...
  A: The "tiny box" may be the key as there is no other logical reason for a document not displaying the ...
Printer issues1/27/2010
  Q: My boss has MS Word 97 with Windows XP and a HP Photosmart c3180 all-in-one printer. I have ...
  A: This sounds like it may be a conflict with the program and the printer – it’s difficult to be sure, ...
WORD 2003 duplicating data1/26/2010
  Q: The user enters their name at the top of a page. I want the same name to automatically appear on ...
  A: I’d suggest using an ASK field to get the data and REF fields to insert it where required – as an ...
Filling in a form1/22/2010
  Q: This is probably an extremely simple question, but I can't figure it out. In Microsoft Word 2000 I ...
  A: What you haven’t told me is how you created the form – is this with form fields or simply an ...
Printing booklet in book fold1/21/2010
  Q: I recently purchased a new laptop and printer and am trying to create a small booklet using book ...
  A: On the Page Layout ribbon, the second group is page setup - at the bottom right of this group is a ...
Microsoft Word 121/20/2010
  Q: My instructor says there is no such thing as Word 12. My computer is a PC made by Dell in 2006. My ...
  A: I wouldn't tend to call versions of word after word 6 by their version numbers but ... 1995 Word 95 ...
field code1/20/2010
  Q: Word 7 has some positives and negatives; I haven't figured out how to exclude the front matter and ...
  A: Another set of fields I haven't really used - could I perhaps see the document (or a sample) as that ...
Auto-populating form fields in MS Word1/18/2010
  Q: I am not computer savvy in the slightest! I've looked for this all over the place. I have a multi ...
  A: If you have used the legacy control for a text form field, then if you RIGHT click and go to ...
Regarding paragraphs in 20071/13/2010
  Q: I am copying the text from from pdf and pasting in word 2007, but text is not coming as paragraphs ...
  A: Difficult to answer, but I would GUESS That although it looks like paragraphs in the PDF file it ...
Word 2007 Macro for setting "Tab Order"1/13/2010
  Q: At the bottom you will find my first note sent to Pamela yesterday. She responded quickly, and I ...
  A: If the macro is as typed, it's the comma that's the problem activedocument.bookmarks.... (dots ...
Problems with copy/paste in Word1/11/2010
  Q: just a couple of days ago my computer seems to have problems doing copy/paste within the same ...
  A: the PrintScreen key would capture the screen to clipboard, so it may be that this is stuck and ...
line spacing word 20081/10/2010
  Q: the line spacing in 2008 does not give me true single line spacing. it appears to be duble line ...
  A: I'm not aware that word 2008 is actually available - but that said, I would EXPECT that with single ...
hard return1/8/2010
  Q: What is a hard return?
  A: A hard return is a return generated by hitting the enter key - so it's actually a character in the ...
Error1/7/2010
  Q: in Microsoft '07 after Hebrew No. 392 i got this massage: Error! Number cannot be represented in ...
  A: This is a fairly specialised question and clearly relates to the Hebrew numbering - I would IMAGINE ...
MS Word 2002 - Drop-downs on menu bar not showing up1/5/2010
  Q: The other day I was typing a document on MS Word (2002) and when I went to 'File' on the Menu Bar, ...
  A: I don't think it's a virus or similar, but I'm struggling to think of something global - right click ...
Split Window Help1/4/2010
  Q: I often work with the Split Window option, however can only move between the two parts using the ...
  A: I'm not aware of a way of doing this - alt F6 switches between windows, but that is only one window ...
Often Used Font at Top Of List?1/1/2010
  Q: Is there any way to have an often used font up at TOP of FONT list and not having to always scroll ...
  A: This was introduced in word 97, and it does seem to have been taken away again - I'm GUESSING that ...
MSWord Spell checker inop1/1/2010
  Q: While typing I got the messages that the dictionary was causing errors. Now, the spell checker is ...
  A: I've found a discussion at http://forums.techarena.in/ms-office-support/900463.htm which suggests ...
MSWord Spell checker inop12/29/2009
  Q: While typing I got the messages that the dictionary was causing errors. Now, the spell checker is ...
  A: I haven't come across this, and without knowing the version of Word it's difficult to do more than ...
Word problems with links12/28/2009
  Q: We are experiencing problems with links to word 2003 documents, when adding excel, endnote or other ...
  A: it SOUNDS as though you are simply viewing the field codes - tools, options, view and UNCHECK field ...
Expert on Word12/23/2009
  Q: The following is at ...
  A: This is a free service - I felt a response with a reason was more helpful than a reject. I'm ...
Replacing text based on option chosen12/22/2009
  Q: I am working on a contract and would like to create a drop down menu with 2 options. I would like ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you - I thought this should be easy, but it's turning out to ...
typing problems12/20/2009
  Q: Frequently when using Microsoft Word 2003 we experience problems with half of the word not ...
  A: It SOUNDS like a keyboard issue - it MAY be the keys on the keyboard are sticking, or it MAY be that ...
Change highlight color to pastel tones in Word 2003, 200712/18/2009
  Q: 12-17-2009, 6:06 PM Resubmitted per Dale's suggestion. Dale F. Wiley Subject: Word 2003,2007 ...
  A: well, I did - but forgot to mention it earlier - sorry, I'd read it as word 2007 only for some ...
Change highlight color to pastel tones in Word 2003, 200712/18/2009
  Q: 12-17-2009, 6:06 PM Resubmitted per Dale's suggestion. Dale F. Wiley Subject: Word 2003,2007 ...
  A: I've re-read your original question in light of the follow up - I'm wondering if the solution would ...
Change highlight color to pastel tones in Word 2003, 200712/18/2009
  Q: 12-17-2009, 6:06 PM Resubmitted per Dale's suggestion. Dale F. Wiley Subject: Word 2003,2007 ...
  A: If you want to use the highlighters, these are the only colours available - they mimic highlighter ...
Microsoft word form fields visual basic exit macro12/17/2009
  Q: Using visual basic in a Microsoft Word form field exit macro I default information to another field ...
  A: Screen updating sounds like the way to go – it only affects the display, so try putting ...
Microsoft word form fields visual basic exit macro12/17/2009
  Q: Using visual basic in a Microsoft Word form field exit macro I default information to another field ...
  A: you didn't say what your macro is actually doing, but there is no reason for it to actually move ...
Delete Button in Word 200312/16/2009
  Q: I would like to switch the delete function in word to the backspace key. Right now to delete text ...
  A: in normal mode, when selected as a block ANY key will effectively delete the text as anything typed ...
unwanted 'bar' covering lower toolbar12/16/2009
  Q: I have 2 "toolbar-type" expanded items: one on top, one on bottom stretched side to side on my ...
  A: I don't know which version of word, so it's a bit tricky, and I cannot see them so it's trickier ...
Cursor moves on;y one space at a time12/14/2009
  Q: All of a sudden. when I press an arrow key the cursor moves only one character at a time. To move ...
  A: keyboard response is set from control panel, so it is PROBABLY there - though it MIGHT be that help ...
Problem with Word 2000 comment function12/14/2009
  Q: I have been using Word 2000 for several years without a problem; about a week ago, comments inserted ...
  A: I don't actually work with comments in word, but they are part of the track changes function, so I ...
Word problem12/12/2009
  Q: when I try and save a file to the cd rom drive it gives me an error message, "Incorrect function" ...
  A: I'm not an expert in CD roms, but generally you would burn files to these using special software - I ...
MS Word recursive shut-down/restart12/10/2009
  Q: MS Word has been my MS Outlook email editor for years without difficulty. BUT, 3 weeks ago Word ...
  A: despite searching on microsofts knowledge base and google ...
Font color12/10/2009
  Q: When I bold my font and then change font color it is displayed as a contrasting color for example I ...
  A: I cannot be certain, but I SUSPECT that you have a block of text selected - with a block of text ...
Shapes & Pictures12/8/2009
  Q: I am working on a manual in Word 2003 that has been a template for all of our manuals for a long ...
  A: I'm not aware of a global setting that would do this though there may be one - right clicking the ...
Footer Word 200712/3/2009
  Q: How do you get a footer on just one page in Microsoft Word 2007?
  A: use a next page section break(from the page layout ribbon) or just have different first page if it's ...
continued overleaf footer in mail merge12/2/2009
  Q: I don't know if this is bad form to do - I have recently made a request for help (see below), but ...
  A: I must admit I have a nightmare myself with these type of issues - the BEST I think I can do is to ...
Microsoft Word 200312/1/2009
  Q: I would like to insert a database of names into my card. I have 25 names that I would like to place ...
  A: No problem – simply set up a normal mail merge and insert the fields you want into the text boxes – ...
pull down menu11/26/2009
  Q: I was working ordinarily with Word part of Office 2003, when I noted that the Save As option no ...
  A: You can always use the keyboard shortcut - the F12 key - to access Save As, but I suspect that this ...
Copy & Paste and Endnotes11/25/2009
  Q: Hope you can help. I am creating a form in Word and using endnotes in the title boxes to flash up ...
  A: A macro could possibly be used, but you mention other documents PLURAL so I’m not sure if the ...
how to print gridlines in Word 711/20/2009
  Q: I activate rulers and gridlines when I use Word 7. How can I print these gridlines? Thank you ...
  A: Sorry I wasn't able to help further - as I mentioned, if I knew what form of document you were ...
Importing charts from Excel into Word11/19/2009
  Q: I'm importing charts from Excel into Word and when I paste them into the Word document the bottom ...
  A: In that case I'm at something of a loss - clicking once on the chart and copying (I use ctrl C) then ...
how to print gridlines in Word 711/19/2009
  Q: I activate rulers and gridlines when I use Word 7. How can I print these gridlines? Thank you ...
  A: Rulers and gridlines are there to help you layout the document on screen, but they are not part of ...
word 2000 / Windows 711/18/2009
  Q: Word 2000 loads ok with Windows 7 but when the programme is opened there are no tool bars and any ...
  A: the Normal.dot file is the default template and will be in the template location - but as you canot ...
word 2000 / Windows 711/18/2009
  Q: Word 2000 loads ok with Windows 7 but when the programme is opened there are no tool bars and any ...
  A: I've no experience of word 2000 with the latest version of windows, and of course Microsoft have ...
MS word 200311/13/2009
  Q: I have been using word 2003 for the past 8 months with no problems. I type letters for doctors. ...
  A: I’m not quite sure why this would be – POSSIBLY a change to the normal style, but that doesn’t ...
Microsoft Word Bullets and Tabbing11/10/2009
  Q: http://www.allexperts.com/user.cgi?m=6&catID=1058&expID=105045&qID=4780260 I have just asked this ...
  A: I'm not familiar with the macOS but the description of the problem doesn't sound like something I've ...
cursor jumping while entering text11/9/2009
  Q: I'll be typing in Word and Outlook and all of a sudden the cursor/text is in the middle of previous ...
  A: This is almost certainly computer related - but you didn't specify what form of computer it is - IF ...
10pt spacing on Mac Word 200811/5/2009
  Q: I am currently having a problem with sentence spacing using Mac Word 2008. Everytime I open up a ...
  A: I'm not familiar with the Mac platform but it is basically a case of changing the defaults,which ...
Printing Labels - Using mail merge11/4/2009
  Q: We have a excel spreadsheet where I have stored the address of all my customers with there names, ...
  A: The mail merge SHOULD consist of a page of labels, each one one cell in a table and each one EXCEPT ...
urgent and desperate! I have to recover a word file11/4/2009
  Q: I opened a Word document that was attached to an email message (in my yahoo account) with Word 2007. ...
  A: It MAY be there, but you probably are out of luck - we have a similar problem in my office, though ...
urgent and desperate! I have to recover a word file11/4/2009
  Q: I opened a Word document that was attached to an email message (in my yahoo account) with Word 2007. ...
  A: As the attachment was opened directly, it will be in one of the temporary locations - but it will ...
Forms in Word11/4/2009
  Q: I am making a Form in Word that has to work for word 2000-2007 users preferably. The form is 2 ...
  A: The only way I can think of to do this would be via VBA, though if I was using VBA I probably ...
closig11/2/2009
  Q: Wean i open one word doc and minimize.Then open other word doc in that time that minimized word doc ...
  A: version of word might help, but I'm not 100% sure I follow what it is that is going on - I realize ...
skipping around10/31/2009
  Q: I bought a new dell laptop in march and am having an issue with the cursor jumping around when I try ...
  A: This is an issue with the laptop rather than the software - as I haven't got a dell I cannot be ...
MS Word Table10/29/2009
  Q: I am required to produce a template for a number of manuals but am having difficulty with the TOC. ...
  A: You can try to use the modify button against the relevant headings and set the style that way – I ...
Conditional page break in mail merge10/29/2009
  Q: I'm wondering whether you can help. I have created a one-page letter for mail merge where some of ...
  A: As long as you set the view to view field codes (tools, options view, then check field codes in ...
MS Word 200310/28/2009
  Q: Ms word 2003 does not recognize my HP photosmart C6380 all in one printer and does not print. Ms ...
  A: As far as I know, all Office programs print to whatever printer is selected using the driver in ...
Word 2007: chapters in headers across master documents10/27/2009
  Q: Right, I’m using Word 2007 and I’m getting to that stage where I need to start thinking about my PhD ...
  A: I'm almost certain Word will be able to do it, but it's outside my area of expertise- I work very ...
WORD 2008 for Mac, Line Spacing10/26/2009
  Q: WORD 2008 with Update 12.2.1 Aidan, My Paragraph setup refuses to give me single line spacing. It ...
  A: I’m not familiar with that version of Word – but that shouldn’t matter – I’m not sure what steps you ...
MS-Word 7 hyperlinks point to previous page10/26/2009
  Q: A MS-Word 7 document has many hyperlinks, some working correctly and some pointing to the text ...
  A: Not sure which version of word you are actually referring to as Word 7 is from memory Word 95, Word ...
change normal template in word 207, Vista10/26/2009
  Q: I am trying to change the default font and page layout in Word 2007 (Vista). Apparently I have done ...
  A: The picture certainly helps - this is the NEW menu, which is fine for creating new documents - the ...
Microsoft Office10/26/2009
  Q: Hey, I have installed Microsoft office on 3 PCs in my home, which is the maximum number. If i were ...
  A: I hadn't come across three as the maximum number, but if you uninstall it from one PC it is fine to ...
Pagination - 2007 Word Home/Office10/24/2009
  Q: I have a 9 page doc to paginate. On page 1, the text is formatted 2.0" at top margin, and "1" must ...
  A: I've always found the page number options to be slightly unhelpful - SO I tend to use the page ...
change normal template in word 207, Vista10/23/2009
  Q: I am trying to change the default font and page layout in Word 2007 (Vista). Apparently I have done ...
  A: The official guide to this is at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100307561033.aspx There ...
Re: Microsoft Word 200310/22/2009
  Q: For some reason, the Microsoft Word 2003 on my computer do not have the "Spelling and Grammar" under ...
  A: It MAY be that the option is still there but a hidden menu choice - if so, look for a downward arrow ...
Microsoft Word Language setting problem10/22/2009
  Q: Mr. Heritage, While typing a normal Word doc in English, I accidentally pressed some kind of ...
  A: The left point “black flag” sounds like a paragraph mark – tools, options, view and uncheck this. ...
MS Word problem printing on envelopes.10/21/2009
  Q: My name is Lenny and I'm having this problem with Microsoft Office Word 2007. This problem relates ...
  A: I can find nothing to explain this despite a lengthy search - my own printing preference for ...
dual documents10/21/2009
  Q: When I'm working with two documents at once - moving info from one to the other - something strange ...
  A: It sounds to me as though this is likely to be a memory issue as the document itself is fine, but ...
read-only, box unchecked10/16/2009
  Q: I know that a lot of people complain about files suddenly appearing as read-only files in Vista. I ...
  A: It's PROBABLY a vista issue rather than Word - a lot of folders are set at a level that only ...
Microsoft Word and other Office 2007 slow to open and operate.10/16/2009
  Q: I have had this issue with Microsoft Word and Excel for nearly three months now. I have tried ...
  A: I have not been able to find an obvious answer - there MAY be add-in issues, or perhaps indexing ...
Inserting Page Numbers has disappeared10/16/2009
  Q: I have Microsoft word 2004 for Mac. I have used this program for about two years now and have never ...
  A: I am at something of a disadvantage here in that I've never used a mac - this site ...
Format Painter Question in Word 100710/15/2009
  Q: I have a manual that I need to change. It has headings, then numbered subheadings. Some of the ...
  A: You could try selecting a paragraph that has the format you want, then click on the button to the ...
Scan problems10/14/2009
  Q: I ask Dale but he was unable to help me. I can not scan in to word 2007 Insert does not give the ...
  A: this sounds as though it's a printer specific problem - the scanner is not being recognized by ...
MS Word Spacing Issue10/14/2009
  Q: my question is how in the world do I get MS Word 2007 (not any other version) to correct spacing ...
  A: Not sure what issue you are having - a justified paragraph would automatically fill the space ...
Odd symbols in Microsoft Word document10/12/2009
  Q: Every time I open my senior thesis document at school, there are sections that turn into strange ...
  A: Word should be happy enough opening the older version on the newer, and I'm WONDERING if the ...
interactive word doc10/9/2009
  Q: I am looking to create an interactive word document that may be edited by more than one party. Or ...
  A: I'm not sure what the best way to go about this would be - my inclination would be to almost get the ...
deletion methods10/9/2009
  Q: For all the many years of using Word, I have not had this happen before and it drives me crazy! I ...
  A: You have PROBABLY turned on WordPerfect help/navigation keys - tools, options and then (I think) the ...
MS Word Page Numbering10/9/2009
  Q: Is it possible to print numbers on a single page you need to print fifty times? I need to number ...
  A: Interesting question - I wasn't able to find an easy and obvious answer to this online - my ...
cross reference word 200710/7/2009
  Q: Sometimes when a Table or Figure is cross referenced and the document is sent to print it inserts a ...
  A: I've not been able to find any explanation of this in searching, but it MAY be that the document is ...
directories10/5/2009
  Q: Somehow I have reversed the alphabetical order of all the directories on my C: drive. How do I get ...
  A: Not a problem - simply change your view to a DETAIL view in the file open dialog box, then click on ...
Word Toolbar10/4/2009
  Q: Edit, View etc across the top. The top line was a series of boxes, first box on the top left was ...
  A: It was Word 2007 - it's the new look, and without add-ins you CANNOT change it to the old way - most ...
autochanges in Style (don't want)10/1/2009
  Q: When I type something on a new blank page, after the first line Word2007 automatically changes the ...
  A: The normal style will apply usually - and if you choose a different style, this would apply to that ...
Set cell size in a table in Word 20039/30/2009
  Q: I would like to restrict the number of characters that can be typed into a cell in a table in Word ...
  A: Not directly - you CAN set a cell height which would restrict the characters by virtue of the user ...
Microsoft word problem9/30/2009
  Q: When I open Microsoft office, the last document with typing appears and I have to delete the typing. ...
  A: You didn't specify version of word BUT you either have a corrupted normal template file, or you file ...
Borders9/16/2009
  Q: I want to put my cover letter and resume into one document. I do not want to put a border around my ...
  A: No problem - after the cover letter insert a section break (other than word 2007, insert menu, ...
Hi9/16/2009
  Q: I have a microsoft word 2007, but it have a problem of typing, when I typing the carsor jump back ...
  A: This would need OCR software - the language isn't relevent to that - most scanners come with some ...
Using merge field in If statement in Word 20079/14/2009
  Q: I am using application Pegasus Opera II. There is a CRM module and with this you can set up User ...
  A: I think the solution is in the fact that you have mergefields shown with numbers and not names, so ...
mail merge wizard for envelopes9/12/2009
  Q: When I print the envelopes the recipient address doesn't stay together. The house address and ...
  A: I don't tend to use wizards, but I don't know which version of word you are using so troubleshooting ...
Can you assist w/ a MS Word 2007 trouble shooting ?9/11/2009
  Q: I have Windows Vista installed and am using MS Office Professional 2007. Over the past week I have ...
  A: I would think it's a Word problem - I have had reports of similar problems - the FRST thing I would ...
Hyperlink problem9/10/2009
  Q: Good day Aidan Heritage, Thank you for taking my question. I am using MS Office Word 2003. How do I ...
  A: I'm not clear here, but it seems that possibly your changes are altering the hyperlink to normal ...
how to activate page numbering9/8/2009
  Q: I have installed Microsoft Word 2007 but page numbering is off. How can activate it. Thank you ...
  A: I have not been able to find anything at microsofts knowledge base to explain this in a release ...
Mail Merge in 20079/2/2009
  Q: I have a user that has Win XP\Office 2007. In Word, she created an envelope mail merge which she ...
  A: IF the data source still exists, it would be easier to re-merge - selecting just to merge records ...
save each page as seperate document but retain header and footer9/2/2009
  Q: i have this macro to save each page as a seperate document file, but in this macro header and footer ...
  A: This macro has come directly from microsoft and as they themselves remark it has that feature - not ...
inserting a image into word9/1/2009
  Q: I want to insert an image (JPEG) into a word 2003 document. I know how to insert an image but have ...
  A: Images can be hard to work with in Word - it's POSSIBLE that using Publisher may be a better option ...
Updating a UserForm9/1/2009
  Q: unfortunately I think I put the wrong e-mail address. I have created a macro, which is attached to ...
  A: I don't actually get to see the email address, it's only used to send you the confirmation - so I'll ...
User Form Editing8/31/2009
  Q: I Have created a MSWord 2003 template and within the template I have created a macro that would ...
  A: I don't actually get to see the email address, it's only used to send you the confirmation - so I'll ...
Applying two styles to one paragraph in Word 20038/30/2009
  Q: I need to create paragraphs that have automatic numbering (several levels), followed by a short ...
  A: Sorry, but a style (as far as I know) has to apply to the paragraph - which is (to word) all text ...
Paste Function8/27/2009
  Q: I am having trouble pasting into Word from the internet and other programs. I have Microsoft Word ...
  A: Can you be a little more specific - in what way are you having problems pasting - this information ...
MS Word templates8/26/2009
  Q: I saved a word document as a template in the My Documents file. The document has 37 text boxes in ...
  A: It looks as though it IS the number of text boxes that is the issue (see ...
Printing from word8/25/2009
  Q: wonder if you can assist me. When printing from word I am unable to print in black. I have checked ...
  A: options, and the print tab, so I've done some research online and not got very far - I've not come ...
Word 2007 page numbering8/25/2009
  Q: I am working in a document someone sent to us, a scientific report set up with styles, but I am ...
  A: I certainly agree with you about fixing things that aren't broken - I still struggle to find things ...
Footer does not appear over picture8/24/2009
  Q: I am using Word 2002 to create templates for our team. We have a picture set up to create a ...
  A: does the letterhead have to be on additional pages? If so, I'd put it into the header area - but ...
Word 2007 blank doc8/23/2009
  Q: I am using Vista and Word 2007. Each time I open Word a document comes up that I already wrote. I ...
  A: When word starts, it bases it's default document on the normal template - so if the document that ...
Active hyperlinks in a Word mail merge8/12/2009
  Q: I have active hyperlinks in my Excel spreadsheet that I am using as a data source for a mail merge. ...
  A: Not directly as hyperlinks, but if the merge is being printed that shouldn't matter - if they HAVE ...
sending an email attachment with endnotes8/12/2009
  Q: I have Microsoft 2007 and I would be very grateful for your help. I am trying to send an email ...
  A: I'm confused - if your document is saved with endnotes, and you attach it to an email (or send to ...
Quote Form8/11/2009
  Q: I need to create a quote form that allows me to type in the quote form field without the document ...
  A: examples don't make it through on this system, but you are welcome to email me - ...
Microsoft Excell 2003 and 2007?8/11/2009
  Q: I've been having a problem with Microsoft Excel. The company I work for uses Excel 2003 and I and ...
  A: I think this is a simple compatability issue, and I haven't been able to find any answer to it ...
alignment problem8/9/2009
  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: I would be INCLINED to blame the printer here - paticular for what is perhaps non standard paper - ...
Usable Forms in Word8/5/2009
  Q: I have created a checklist/form and want to set it so the information cannot be changed by others. ...
  A: No problem, you need the developer ribbon (Office button, then Word options - click the button for ...
[Word 2002] Dependant drop down menu8/5/2009
  Q: I'm attempting to have a section of text 'appear' depending on the selection made from a dropdown ...
  A: Yes, you can do this - it would be an IF field, using the bookmark name of your dropdown list to ...
copying emails from Outlook to Word8/4/2009
  Q: Is there any way to prevent Microsoft Word from automatically changing e-mail addresses to name only ...
  A: I use macros to copy data from outlook to Word, but I’m not aware of any way of doing this without ...
Usable Forms in Word8/4/2009
  Q: I have created a checklist/form and want to set it so the information cannot be changed by others. ...
  A: You didn't specify version, so I'll assume NOT 2007 - view, toolbars, forms - then use the checkbox ...
Interactive quiz in word8/4/2009
  Q: I want to create a quiz for people they can do in word. The basic idea is a question with 3 or 4 ...
  A: Difficult to do via the medium of AllExperts as I cannot give you sample files – basically though, ...
Equal Character (===)8/4/2009
  Q: Hello and I wish that you are doing well. Thanks for your last recommends. My question is: After ...
  A: it's auto format as you type which is kicking in here - you can undo previous action as soon as it ...
How do I save letterhead.8/3/2009
  Q: I am in outside sales for a forklift company. A lot of the work I do is from my laptop. I scanned ...
  A: having scanned it and emailed it it's already mostly done I imagine - I ASSUME that you effectively ...
reporting a typo on your page7/31/2009
  Q: "Mircrosoft Office Word" on this page: ...
  A: I realise that you spot the mistakes but not the detail - the detail in this instance was that the ...
Word Templates/Master Pages7/31/2009
  Q: The company I work for has a large number of Word documents containing training material. They are ...
  A: I can sympathise - our company has been bought out a number of times, so we've rebranded more times ...
Interactive quiz in word7/29/2009
  Q: I want to create a quiz for people they can do in word. The basic idea is a question with 3 or 4 ...
  A: I would do this completely via a userform I think - this would require VBA but would be fairly easy ...
protected form7/29/2009
  Q: I just completed formatting a form and protected it with no password in Word 2003. Now it is not ...
  A: Did you protect it only for forms? You will basically need to unprotect it and then protect it for ...
Linking a word in a word document to lead to a cell in Excel7/29/2009
  Q: I have a series of numbers in a Word document which relate to single-celled captions to photographs ...
  A: Yes, much more easily - you could then use data, filter, autofilter to get the items you wanted, or ...
Word2003/077/28/2009
  Q: I have a document saved as a doc. and when I open it in compatibility mode in 2007 only 18 of the ...
  A: Word 2007 seems to be fussier about document formatting - see ...
Form in word 20077/28/2009
  Q: I was tasked to create a form in word 2007 i have made it but my problem everytime i filled it the ...
  A: I'd do this by putting the data in a table, and setting the row height to a fixed size - after ...
paging a booklet in microsoft work7/27/2009
  Q: I have created a booklet, in landscaped format, 8.5 x 14 (legal paper), with 2 columns on each page. ...
  A: Not sure which bit you are stuck with - I THINK the first thing you need to do is use the page ...
Linking a word in a word document to lead to a cell in Excel7/26/2009
  Q: I have a series of numbers in a Word document which relate to single-celled captions to photographs ...
  A: I can make sense of the requirements, but I'm not quite sure how to go about it - you effectively ...
Re-Writable CD Question & Memory Sticks7/24/2009
  Q: I am so frustrated! And aparently Dumb! I have written and saved files on Memorex CDRW disc ...
  A: Any memory stick should do the job - it will give you the freedom to edit your document on any ...
Re-Writabe CD's7/24/2009
  Q: I am so frustrated! And aparently Dumb! I have written and saved files on Memorex CDRW disc ...
  A: I'm afraid this isn't a word question - it is related to the method you use to write to CD - BUT ...
Word 2003 and Word 2007 together7/23/2009
  Q: I've another question for you. I have Windows XP and MS Word 2003 and Excel 2003 on my computer. ...
  A: It is possible, I had both on my computer before I upgraded the operating system - I found I had ...
graphics7/23/2009
  Q: how goes it? I have files with loads of graphics, each captioned, and I also use cross-references. ...
  A: I haven't found anything to directly explain this, although I've had to search generally as I'm not ...
MS Word on Vista7/23/2009
  Q: I know this is going to sound like a really dumb question and probably pretty insignificant in the ...
  A: can you define "Avery" - if it's simply labels, then (assuming it's office 2007) you need the ...
Mail merge excel to word not formatting7/22/2009
  Q: I run Office 2007 - when trying to merge data from Excel to a Word Doc the formatting of the cell in ...
  A: I'm not going to make comments about Microsoft, but the best manual on doing mail merge was the one ...
Hourglass hanging up typing in Word7/22/2009
  Q: I read your answer about the hourglass hanging up typing in Word. In her case, it happened on the ...
  A: Based on the information given in the question, all I can do is give you a google link ...
Find and Replace7/22/2009
  Q: I have a large amount of data that was exported from an Excel spreadsheet to a text file. Each row ...
  A: I'm not aware of a way of doing this - if the data was three rows and a blank line, then that would ...
convert MS Word 97 merge data files to 20077/21/2009
  Q: per your explanation before, looks like issue not clearly laid out. Merge files set up in MSW97 ...
  A: It WILL work, although in vista the file locations have changed - which is possibly why it cannot ...
Preparing legal document7/21/2009
  Q: I need to add a vertical line and numbers on the left side of a legal brief. How do I do this using ...
  A: Not sure exactly what is required - so possibly format, tabs and set a bar tab - which gives a line ...
Reusable document7/21/2009
  Q: I would like to know how to make a document template (or some type of document I could reuse) for ...
  A: a template is a template - that's what it's called. In word, file save as, files of type, ...
Org Chart in a locked form7/20/2009
  Q: I have created a locked form in Word 2003 (standard). In one section I want to put in an editable ...
  A: I'm afraid I don't - if you look at the insert options in a protected document, you will notice that ...
About MS Word forensic feature or tools7/17/2009
  Q: I am in a project that requires me to locate any tool that can help to trace how many version ...
  A: I'm not sure such software exists or could exist - if I copy all the text of a file, paste to a new ...
Office 2007 TOC7/17/2009
  Q: I have inserted a TOC in my document but do not like what 2007 is doing with regard to formatting. I ...
  A: I haven't had cause to work with TOCs much in any of my documents, and certainly not in Word 2007, ...
Word Fails to Open Document7/17/2009
  Q: Whilst using Word to try to continue writing a saved document the document disappeared when an ...
  A: The NORMAL explanation for this would be that ctl A was pressed followed by pretty much any other ...
page numbers and header - word 20077/16/2009
  Q: The document I'm working on needs page numbers in the right corner and a header on the same line ...
  A: As seems to be the case a lot of the time, this used to be easy, but in making it "user friendly" ...
Word 2007 document saving/coping7/14/2009
  Q: I need to be able to put a word document into several folders in one action and cannot figure out ...
  A: If I understand the problem correctly, it relates to the multiple document interface - which you can ...
Microsoft Office Basic Edition 20037/12/2009
  Q: When I try to use the custom size for the envelope 4 3/8 x 5 3/4 I get the message "the requested ...
  A: I've not come across the message, but did find a similar question asked of one of the other experts ...
Insert hyperlink into Text Form Field7/10/2009
  Q: I am trying to insert a link into a text form field. I need keep the form protected so that users do ...
  A: Not sure of an easy way round this - I suppose converting to an acrobat file could be one way round ...
end note numbering7/8/2009
  Q: I have a large Word file containing several chapters of end noted material. I would like the end ...
  A: Insert a section break at the end of each chapter -this then gives you a document with Breaks that ...
Word 2007 Automatic Updates on Subsequent Pages7/6/2009
  Q: I am trying to create a 2007 word document so that information entered in will automatically ...
  A: so my apologies for the delay in replying - you can use bookmarks to mark text, and then ref fields ...
Hi7/3/2009
  Q: I have a microsoft word 2007, but it have a problem of typing, when I typing the carsor jump back ...
  A: The files you have linked to are in the format GGB as you have stated - but these SEEM to be files ...
Word 2000 - Footnote Cross References7/2/2009
  Q: I am working on a manuscript. When I click on Insert - Footnote - OK, the reference number that ...
  A: I think the instructions are probably badly worded, and yes, it does appear that you would have to ...
Style7/2/2009
  Q: How does one replace all occurrences of a particular style with another style? Thanks
  A: find and replace, then click on more, and the format button - you can then select the style you want ...
word 20077/1/2009
  Q: How can I add word art to a picture when a picture style has already been applied? I know you can ...
  A: We are all fairly new to word 2007, and my knowledge goes back so far with other versions that you ...
Copied text from the web7/1/2009
  Q: Quite often when I copy information from a web site,I often have small circles embedded. It makes ...
  A: The problem with web pages is that although they appear as text, they are written in a markup ...
embed tiff file in word 20076/28/2009
  Q: How do I embed a tiff file in word and have the icon look like a package. I tried the paste special ...
  A: Just for once, this option remains exactly the same as far as instructions are concerned as earlier ...
Word 97 Placeholder Text6/26/2009
  Q: I hope this is an easy one. I can't find out how to insert what I believe is called placeholder ...
  A: The fields are macrobutton fields, but I'm not sure if they existed in office 97 - haven't got it ...
Saving a document to two diffeerent folders6/25/2009
  Q: I often work on a document that I would like to save to two directories.I realize that I can "save ...
  A: The only way would be via VBA, but I wouldn't set it to Ctrl S as that's the standard save ...
MS Word6/24/2009
  Q: Does anyone know how to do straight quotes, and to find and replace all the quotes with straight ...
  A: you can turn them off - you didn't specify version - but other than 2007, tools, autocorrect, ...
Microsoft Word 2003 - Formula Question6/24/2009
  Q: Can you please help me!! I am trying to put in a formula in a cell in a table in word, that works ...
  A: I haven't been able to find an answer for this either - I TEND to avoid using fields in this ...
word6/22/2009
  Q: can you take a scanned document..save it as a file...and then go in to file and make changes if the ...
  A: You can if you have OCR software on your machine - that would come with the scanner, and the ...
Word 2007: Drop Down list update6/22/2009
  Q: I have a form that has a drop down list that the user can select. I would like to have another drop ...
  A: I don't tend to work with fields within Word, preferring to use UserForms - this would then be a ...
word and vista6/21/2009
  Q: I typed stuff on MS Vista and when I go to read it in MS Word itis unable to read it even when I ...
  A: MS Vista is an operating system, but I'm GUESSING you are referring to Office 2007, which uses a ...
Microsoft word keep showing 'not responding'6/19/2009
  Q: Whenever I open Microsoft word, after a while, it goes not responding. Even if it is reponding, ...
  A: Difficult to answer as it could be any number of things, but I would suspect that there are too many ...
Word Art6/18/2009
  Q: I am trying to print wordart and when I print there is nothing on the page. Why is this?
  A: probably have the option to print drawing objects turned off, or are printing in draft mode. You ...
Inexes, TOCs, TOAs6/17/2009
  Q: I am creating a manual that needs an Index, Table of Contents, Table of Authorities. I have ...
  A: There is a style for TOC, so I would guess that that might be the culprit - it's hard to tell though ...
Word 2003 - Multi IF / Else6/16/2009
  Q: Good morning. I use Office 2003. In Word I have a statement where if I would like to use IF; ELSE; ...
  A: You don't need the REF - the if statement is if condition is true, trueText, FalseText - so {If ...
Word Thesaurus on Toolbar6/15/2009
  Q: I am trying to convert myself from WP to Word 2003, but as an author I am addicted to WP's toolbar ...
  A: sorry, probably not very clear - customize, then click on commands, under categories scroll down to ...
VBA code6/13/2009
  Q: Sir, I have three different word files on different topics with 30 questions in each file. I want ...
  A: As I've mentioned, a macro (i.e. computer program) will follow a series of logical steps to arrive ...
Word 20076/11/2009
  Q: I am computer illiterate. While doing a long paper I must have hit a wrong button, because I lost ...
  A: not sure if this just applies to one document, or all - but paragraph is right, however, click on ...
WORD forms6/10/2009
  Q: I built a form/template in WORD 2K3 that I use to request a service. I insert create date at the ...
  A: I'd do the whole thing with bookmarks and not form fields, but I'm guessing that Text23 is actually ...
Microsoft Word6/10/2009
  Q: When I open an existing word doc (from My Documents) all that opens is a grey screen, I can then ...
  A: I've come across this before but with Excel - however, I haven't seen a solution anywhere in my ...
Pasting images/graphs into locked forms in Word6/10/2009
  Q: Using Word 2007, I created locked forms for users to fill out. My question, the contributors using ...
  A: I think I would be inclined to use section breaks and only protect the document in the non pasteable ...
spacing when printing an envelope6/9/2009
  Q: When printing a document in Microsoft word 2007 the spacing is saved as single spacing and prints ...
  A: It SHOULD be set by the envelope address style - though by default this is set (as far as I can ...
word97 on winXP6/9/2009
  Q: Till now I worked without trouble with my old MSOffice97 on my WinXP and as from today when I try to ...
  A: I've not managed to find anything (other than previous allexperts answers you have received) to ...
word97 on winXP6/9/2009
  Q: Till now I worked without trouble with my old MSOffice97 on my WinXP and as from today when I try to ...
  A: Are you SURE the OS is XP as this message seems to be more appropriate for Vista? Note that office ...
Word 2003 mail merge to Outlook 2003 in html6/4/2009
  Q: I have a new computer with XPSP3 and Office 2003 SP3. I am using Outlook with Exchange. When I ...
  A: I haven't managed to find anything to explain this either - I have written macros that can ...
MSWord6/2/2009
  Q: When I try to e-mail a document from MSWord it automatically take me to MS Outlook, not Outlook ...
  A: odd if you haven't changed anything that it does this - however, it MAY be that somehow your email ...
Insert Paragraph Mark After Specific Word6/2/2009
  Q: I have an RTF doc (saved as 97-03) that has table and column formatting making it almost impossible ...
  A: There are wild card search and replace options, but I have a suspicion that this MIGHT not resolve ...
2 pages per sheet5/31/2009
  Q: no matter what i do...word will not print two pages to a sheet. it's driving me crazy. it doesn't ...
  A: Oddly I have had to fight with documents like this recently to do the same thing. The only way we ...
mail merge5/29/2009
  Q: I am wandering if you can assist with a mail megre I am trying to set-up to go out as an email. The ...
  A: You didn't say what the data source was, nor which version of office - however, when doing this ...
Word 2003 Picture Placeholder5/26/2009
  Q: I created a sales flyer in Word 2004. I placed two picture boxes with an image as placeholders so ...
  A: I think you've answered your own question - it's not an option in that version of Word. I think if ...
Keyboard Language-Office 20075/25/2009
  Q: I am not sure what I am doing but every once in a while my keyboard seems to change - for example ...
  A: I have the same thing sometimes in Excel 2002 - my keyboard is UK based, but it switches to US ...
Word Not Responding5/23/2009
  Q: I have Word 2003 SP 3 and recently it stopped responding in the middle of a document. All my ...
  A: I would have thought that answers from 2006/7 could still be relevent for software released in 2003 ...
captions5/22/2009
  Q: You've been very helpful to me in the past, and I hope you can help me again. I'm a heavy Word and ...
  A: I've not done any work with captions, so I'm working slightly blind - a google search ...
Microsoft Word Mail Merge - 2003 & 20075/21/2009
  Q: I'm doing a mail merge and sometimes the data being merged contains / characters. These characters ...
  A: Well, that SHOULD be ok - I TEND to use comma delimited but any character SHOULD work OK - and a ...
corrupt doc file in ms word 20005/18/2009
  Q: I have saved many documents in MS Word 2000. yet when i try to open one specific doc all the text ...
  A: as far as I can tell, GPW is a Quattro Pro Project File extension - so opening the file in that ...
Text delimited file5/17/2009
  Q: Not sure if this is the right area but maybe you can help. I would prefer not to use access but a I ...
  A: wouldn't the small app be called the mail merge? Obviously I have limited infomation to go on here ...
Booklet format in Word for Mac5/16/2009
  Q: I saw your answer regarding setting up a document for printing booklet style in MS Word, but cannot ...
  A: I have two disadvantages here - firstly, I've not used a mac but secondly and more importantly you ...
Word 2007 labels5/14/2009
  Q: We have had 2007 Word for several months. Recently every time I print a label all that appears on ...
  A: You have me beat - my search of the knowledge base and google reveals nothing, and of course it ...
MS Word 20025/14/2009
  Q: I find that I can not move the cursor with the mouse. I can move it using the keyboard. The problem ...
  A: Can think of nothing that would be the obvious cause of this - the ONLY thought I have is a macro ...
Word 2007 labels5/13/2009
  Q: We have had 2007 Word for several months. Recently every time I print a label all that appears on ...
  A: Very odd - I PRESUME that the label itself appears OK in the layout section, it's just when printed? ...
macro5/12/2009
  Q: I am trying to create a macro in excel which first select a cell, go to formula bar, click in ...
  A: which part of the current macro isn't working - your example should work fine ...
macro5/8/2009
  Q: I am trying to create a macro in excel which first select a cell, go to formula bar, click in ...
  A: I don't follow what you want the macro to do- a macro would directly edit a formula without using ...
Table Format in MS Word5/7/2009
  Q: I saw in one of your answers that you weren't familiar with Mac's - but experience has shown me that ...
  A: if the table settings are set to EXACT then I would agree that the size should be locked in place ...
microsoft word question5/7/2009
  Q: .. i have microsoft office 2007 and a document to 2215 pages there are email addresses of the ...
  A: I think it would need to be a macro - can we assume that all the emails are on a line on their own, ...
Pagination problems5/6/2009
  Q: I have read the answers previously provided about this issue (by AllExperts), but nothing is ...
  A: I'm not familiar with Macs, but I haven't seen this issue on PC's - it MAY be related to the printer ...
Word 2007 Footer Macro5/5/2009
  Q: I am attempting to add page numbering to a specific section of a Word 2007 document. I can record ...
  A: try this version Sub Macro2() ' ' Macro2 Macro ' Macro recorded 06/05/2009 by ' If ...
Word 2007 Footer Macro5/1/2009
  Q: I am attempting to add page numbering to a specific section of a Word 2007 document. I can record ...
  A: what you haven't done is given me the recorded macro - the macro I recorded SHOULD I think do what ...
making wide tables4/30/2009
  Q: I need to make a wide table. is there a way to do it so it will print side by side on 2 pages? ...
  A: The entire page would need to be LANDSCAPE which I think is what you needed, but as long as you can ...
moving data from excel spreadsheet to word4/28/2009
  Q: I have a large amount of data in an excel spreadsheet that is laid out vertically and need this data ...
  A: Not totally clear how this data works - is it simply a single list (one column) of records? If so, ...
Page numbering in the table of contents4/28/2009
  Q: I have a Word 2007 document with 4 heading levels - Headings 1, 2, 3, and a custom heading level ...
  A: I very rarely work with TOC's and havent' used them at all in Word 2007, so the best I can do for an ...
Envelopes in Word4/28/2009
  Q: I'm desperately trying to print envelopes in Word from an Excel spreadsheet with all the names and ...
  A: Rather than fight word, which is determined to do what you don't want it to, play it at it's own ...
Drop down Menu's in Microsoft word4/27/2009
  Q: I hope you are well! I am creating a form in Microsoft word (2003) and am using a drop down menu ...
  A: I like the thought -not thought of that myself - not sure what you are using for the drop down menus ...
Finding and Inserting into New Word4/27/2009
  Q: Down beleow is my code I have generated. It is slow and cubersome. I know it can be done better and ...
  A: I would probably NOT use the find option, simply work through each paragraph to see if it matches ...
Typing word4/25/2009
  Q: I am having issues with my word. It will be fine for the majority of the time then randomly it will ...
  A: Nothing much to go on here - I'm afraid - the google search ...
Cursor Skipping in Word 20074/24/2009
  Q: Installed Microsoft 2007. In Word application, as I am typing, the cursor skips to a preceding ...
  A: Not sure what sort of computer this is on, but googling SUGGESTS that if you are on a laptop with ...
Finding and Inserting into New Word4/24/2009
  Q: Down beleow is my code I have generated. It is slow and cubersome. I know it can be done better and ...
  A: you shouldn't have to activate two different documents to work with them - you have already given ...
Word 2007 columns4/23/2009
  Q: 1. How do I set up columns within the body of a document? When I put the cursor where I want the ...
  A: ASSUMING you want to stick with columns then use the more columns option at the bottom of the ...
running out of space on hd4/23/2009
  Q: Computer painfully slow. It has 11 gb (old), trying to delete as much as possible, program files, ...
  A: The hard disk is the storage area for the computer and although it contains files related to ...
MS Word 2000 Status Bar "at" measurement4/23/2009
  Q: I am using MS Word 2000 with Windows Vista. When I am typing multiple pages in one document and ...
  A: I've not been able to duplicate this in Word 2002 (the earliest version I still have installed) - ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: Yes. That worked! I had to figure out how to put text after the check mark, but that was easy. I ...
  A: Glad we got there - it's sometimes difficult to work out the level at which to pitch the answers - ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: I want to ask you how can I insert boxes that you can check mark without protecting the document? I ...
  A: Gradually more information comes to light - My other reply would seem to work - you have a standard ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: Wiley: How do you insert boxes that you can check mark without protecting the document. I want to ...
  A: I'm ASSUMING that you want the checkboxes to be in the document from the start? If so, control ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: I want to ask you how can I insert boxes that you can check mark without protecting the document? I ...
  A: (take a look at my profile picture - I'm pretty sure I'm Mr Aidan Heritage!) Simplest solution is ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: Wiley: How do you insert boxes that you can check mark without protecting the document. I want to ...
  A: You haven't specified version of Word, but my suggestion of using the control toolbar SHOULD work ...
Check mark boxes4/22/2009
  Q: I want to ask you how can I insert boxes that you can check mark without protecting the document? I ...
  A: see previous answer to the question you meant to send to another expert (I think) - another option ...
linking to other docs on a server in word 20034/22/2009
  Q: i am trying to create a how to doc for my HR dept that links to other docs on shared folder on a ...
  A: I'm afraid the picture doesn't help a lot as the text is too small to read - but the links should ...
microsoft word4/21/2009
  Q: the word "private" is coming out on all my documents, I must have hit a key for this to happen and I ...
  A: You didn't specify version, but assuming NOT 2007, then it's probably some change to the normal ...
Hyperlinks in Word4/19/2009
  Q: I was sent a word document containing hyperlinks. It is an exercise as part of a job application. ...
  A: it sounds as though the document is a 2007 format file, and the viewer whilst letting you view it ...
wordart4/19/2009
  Q: Where can I find wordart in Windows XP? I have documents I need to amend, but can no longer find or ...
  A: I THINK you may have answered your own question - I've never used Works, but unless it comes bundled ...
Word Search Function4/18/2009
  Q: When I use the search function in Word (as well as the search/replace function), it recently always ...
  A: POSSIBLY you have wild cards turned on? It should still find the literal text however - I've not ...
Word 2003 Mail Merge Problem4/16/2009
  Q: I am trying to use Word and Excel (2003) to create a mail merge to fill out a complex form. My Excel ...
  A: I hadn't come across a limit, and I THINK I've worked with more data than this on some of my files - ...
Microsoft Word Justified Right4/14/2009
  Q: My computer crashed and after everything was reloaded, all is OK EXCEPT there is no justified left ...
  A: Your title says justified right and the body justified left, but I ASSUME you are talking fully ...
template for candy wrappers4/14/2009
  Q: I am looking for a template for Microsoft word 2007 vista system to personalize Hershey bar candy ...
  A: I would tend to create my own templates, and as I'm in the UK I don't have one for Hershey bars - ...
Printout-print preview discrepancy with footer code4/13/2009
  Q: On a number of company documents, we've inserted code into the footer to print part of the footer ...
  A: I like the solution, and at face value it should work fine! The version of Word in use may help me ...
Margin error4/11/2009
  Q: Using MS Word in Office Professional 2000, with XP (SP-3). Opened a word file from another source ...
  A: Does indeed sound odd, and I've not come across it before, but I'd be inclined to suspect corruption ...
creating a data base with phone numbers4/11/2009
  Q: I want to creat a data base including phone numbers. Can I then print labels from the database ...
  A: I'd do the database in Excel personally as it allows for filtering - however,that isn't critical - ...
MS Word Save As %20 Characters added4/10/2009
  Q: "Saskatchewan High Voltage Qualified Electrical Worker Assessment #2.doc" I am using Save As but it ...
  A: The %20 is the code for a space - you might see this on web page code and in email links where a ...
Excel mail merge not working properly4/10/2009
  Q: I have a large excel file that I am trying to create both a letter address block and labels from. ...
  A: With the description as given, neither can I as this is contrary to the programming - are you at any ...
Printing Word Docs4/9/2009
  Q: I have Office 2003 on my laptop. When I go file print in a Word doc the Print commands are grayed ...
  A: On all documents, or only some? If some,then MAYBE they are protected - I suppose in theory if all ...
Merging like records into Table4/9/2009
  Q: I would like to use a mail merge in Word to combine like records into a table using an Excel ...
  A: You will need to insert a module and then add this code Public Function MatchEntry(MatchItem As ...
Word starting macro4/8/2009
  Q: Since you are versed in both, Excel and Word, my question will hopefully be clear to you. In Excel, ...
  A: Yes there is - it's AutoOpen if you want to do it with a macro, but that is only there for backwards ...
merge word fields TO excel4/8/2009
  Q: Is it possible to merge from fields in word to an excel document? we have been typing them by hand.
  A: not sure what you are referring to by fields - IF this is a form filled document, then save the ...
Endnote problems with MS Word 2003 on a PC4/8/2009
  Q: HELP!! I get 13 paragraph markers at the top of EACH page of the endnotes, throwing them about half ...
  A: From the description it sounds like something wrong in the header/footer area - but difficult to be ...
word automatically opens access4/7/2009
  Q: When I open word 2000 on our new vista computer, it automatically opens two versions of Access 2000 ...
  A: I would go with the files in the startup directory as being the culprits here - tools menu, then ...
Microsoft Office4/3/2009
  Q: I have a Window Vista, and am thinking to purchase Office. But, I see many negative opinion about ...
  A: I have used MS Office since about 1994, so am very comfortable with it - but it depends on what you ...
Word '07 now w/Vista - Can't see my laber borders anymore4/1/2009
  Q: Our office expert upgraded me to Vista and I can no longer see the cell and margin boundaries when I ...
  A: It's an office 2007 problem rather than vista, but I "love" them both (isn't it a fine line between ...
parsing a text string4/1/2009
  Q: In Word, I created a text string that is the open document path and filename, using the field code: ...
  A: Sorry about that - I tend to use MsgBox to demonstrate what a macro does, but should have mentioned ...
Large Documents4/1/2009
  Q: I have a PDF to Word converter. As it converts the docment it sometimes creates a very large ...
  A: This seems to be a fault of the PDF converter - the size of the document you can open depends on ...
Word 2003 font buttons using complex font3/31/2009
  Q: I have a problem with my Word 2003 that has possibly appeared since an upgrade to Adobe Acrobat. It ...
  A: I'd try deleting the normal.dot file first as it does sound like some form of corruption - without ...
parsing a text string3/30/2009
  Q: In Word, I created a text string that is the open document path and filename, using the field code: ...
  A: Sub helpme() Dim MyStr As String MyStr = activedocument.path & "\" & activedocument.name MyStr = ...
memo template date field auto-update turn-off3/28/2009
  Q: When I open a memo I wrote using the microsoft template, the date field updates to the current date. ...
  A: As it's a date FIELD it will update - that's what fields do. On the default template, the date ...
word 2007 legacy tools3/25/2009
  Q: I have created a document in word 2007 using set text mixed with text form fields as well as ...
  A: I don't know the answer, though I would imagine that a drop down list with limited choices would ...
problem of import word document in powerpoint3/23/2009
  Q: I tried to insert a word document into a powerpoint, by using the Insert/Object/From file The .doc ...
  A: Sorry, this is ACTUALLY a powerpoint question - my understanding is that you have an object which ...
Word Template - 'enter recipients name'3/21/2009
  Q: quickI have built some templates which are to be sent to a number of people - but not a date base. I ...
  A: I do this with macros and user forms, but I THINK you are after the ASK field - which is used with ...
Page numbers (total of combined sections)3/20/2009
  Q: I have a Word (2003) document with several section breaks. I'd like to include some roman numberal ...
  A: To insert a page number starting at the current section is easy enough - it's part of the insert ...
Word form Templete3/19/2009
  Q: I scanned one of my forms I use daily and that needs to be filled out daily . I saved it has a ...
  A: how did you save the scanned output? As a picture, or as OCR'd text - if text, then view, toolbars, ...
MS word3/19/2009
  Q: Hope the below mail shall give u some idea of my requirement. I need to develop a program for ...
  A: I follow the aim, but I'm not sure how easy it would be to achieve - basically it would need to find ...
File Conversion3/19/2009
  Q: The word files that I am trying to open are saying that they need to be "encoded". It is telling me ...
  A: It isn't telling you that they need to be encoded, it's asking you what encoding to use - the ...
Strange bolding in MS Word Table of Contents entries3/17/2009
  Q: In the TOC for my document, for the TOC styles whose font is defined as bold, the numeral associated ...
  A: I have tried to find an answer for this but haven't managed to do so - I searched ...
Controlling MS WORD 2000 startup behaviour3/13/2009
  Q: I just had a reply from your forum with what should have been a solution to my problem but I'm sorry ...
  A: Not a problem, my only concern was that these answers (and feedback) are searchable so it MIGHT have ...
Controlling MS WORD 2000 startup behaviour3/12/2009
  Q: I just had a reply from your forum with what should have been a solution to my problem but I'm sorry ...
  A: Firsty let me apologise on behalf of whichever expert gave this advice - office 11 is office 2003 ...
Hyperlink to "Printers & Faxes" in WORD3/11/2009
  Q: I have a laptop that I take on the road with me, requiring, of course, that I unplug all USB ...
  A: The printers and faxes folder isn't a folder, it's a program within control panel as far as I know - ...
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: Without seeing the document I cannot answer this - I agree that normal documents behave, so there is ...
Converting Word 97 Mail Merge Data Form to Office 20073/9/2009
  Q: I had previously used Word 97 to create a mail merge document. There are approx. 200 entries in ...
  A: What you don't say is what the source format of the file is - I would IMAGINE it's a word document, ...
Oops!3/7/2009
  Q: I deleted a 60 day Microsoft Office trial offer cause it expired. In doing so, it also deleted my ...
  A: I don't know what the restore disk would contain, it MIGHT contain Word, but I suspect it wouldn't. ...
Oops!3/7/2009
  Q: I deleted a 60 day Microsoft Office trial offer cause it expired. In doing so, it also deleted my ...
  A: Office includes word, so if you uninstalled it (which is what you said) it would completely ...
Macro ti import text from Word to Excel3/5/2009
  Q: Aidan. I am working on several Word documents which look like this: ...
  A: Sub lookin() Set fs = Application.FileSearch Dim newbook, curbook, MyCount, myrange With fs ...
section breaks3/4/2009
  Q: [Word 2007--the Devil's right hand] Section breaks baffle me. When I insert a "continuous" section ...
  A: Apparently not I think - the old normal view would show the breaks, but it's not there anymore! I ...
odd & even pages off kiltre3/4/2009
  Q: Yet another aspect of Word (2007) is driving me nuts! After my having laid out my book pages with ...
  A: My guess would be a slightly subtle difference in that the headers are probably SLIGHTLY different ...
Format?3/3/2009
  Q: I'm having a problem with the format of a text Here's a portion of the text I'm working with, I've ...
  A: My email is aidan.heritage@virgin.net if it helps to send sample files. In theory, formatting the ...
section breaks3/2/2009
  Q: [Word 2007--the Devil's right hand] Section breaks baffle me. When I insert a "continuous" section ...
  A: I hate the program too - but then, I've known Word since version 2! If you use the office button, ...
activate windows3/2/2009
  Q: my son rescently defragged my computer when he came to reinstall my windows it saya i need a code or ...
  A: If you have no details of the transaction you are probably going to have problems persuading ...
activate windows2/28/2009
  Q: my son rescently defragged my computer when he came to reinstall my windows it saya i need a code or ...
  A: This is a question relating to the operating system - IF you purchased it via the the net you SHOULD ...
all caps for nouns2/27/2009
  Q: is there a way to make all nouns with caps without having to hold shift or pressing all caps?
  A: You can set autocorrect rules, but I don't think there is a rule that would apply to nouns - it ...
Follow up to wildcard2/26/2009
  Q: Hey, first of all sorry to be such a pain but I wanted to do a follow-up and It said too many ...
  A: Difficult to see from the email - but looking again at what I've written the paragraph mark would be ...
wildcard2/26/2009
  Q: I've been checking out the wildcard function and I would like it if you could help me I've been ...
  A: No problem - it's the replace bit that is the problem - I've put Selection.Text = ...
wildcard2/26/2009
  Q: I've been checking out the wildcard function and I would like it if you could help me I've been ...
  A: I have limited experience of wildcards, and although I think it should be possible have not managed ...
Problem with Ms. Word 20032/25/2009
  Q: I need urgent help with Ms. Word 2003. I configured Windows 2003 Server, and allow my users to ...
  A: It will be something to do with the user account being used for RDC, but beyond that I'm afraid I'm ...
adding percent2/22/2009
  Q: I've attached an image for clarification. The number in A1, I want that number to multiply itself ...
  A: This sounds rather more like an excel question - if so If you want the value in A1 itself to ...
dot leaders2/20/2009
  Q: I'm using Word 2007 - how can I change the style of the dot leader? I want fewer dots/more space ...
  A: I'm willing to be corrected on this, but I don't think you can change the spacing - I've not been ...
Tables breaking across rows for no reason2/19/2009
  Q: Some of the rows in my table break in the middle of the page for no obvious reason. I checked table ...
  A: I would also recommend checking the settings for the paragraphs to ensure that these are not set to ...
Align vertically two columns in Microsoft Word2/17/2009
  Q: I'm trying to do an agenda or program for a convention. The structure that I'm using for it is two ...
  A: The EASIEST way to do this form of document is to create a 2 cell table, but have it formatted with ...
Excel Chart printing2/16/2009
  Q: I have a .xlxs spreadsheet that will not print the entire chart. It cuts off the bottom axis titles ...
  A: It was PROBABLY related to the reduction and excel trying to fit to page - it was following an ...
Excel Chart printing2/16/2009
  Q: I have a .xlxs spreadsheet that will not print the entire chart. It cuts off the bottom axis titles ...
  A: It's odd that it shows correctly in print preview - I would therefore be inclined to looking towards ...
word form help2/16/2009
  Q: Question is I have been trying to do the following: 1. I have a forum Scan sheet type with a (bubble ...
  A: I'm not sure I follow what you want to do - and I'm not certain that a bubble check box exists (if ...
microsoft word 2007 help2/15/2009
  Q: I had a 7 page word document that had been saved previously. When I clicked 'save' again, it said it ...
  A: I would use the search option on the start menu to look for files with the name of the document, and ...
Microsoft Word 97 printing problems2/15/2009
  Q: When I attempt to print a word document through the file/print option Word just closes. I am able ...
  A: I'm not aware of anything that would cause this, but it MAY be a problem with the printer driver ...
MS Word2/13/2009
  Q: I am unable to open any MS Word documents. Whenever I attempt to open a document a dialogue box ...
  A: I'm fairly sure that this will indicate you have added a file as a file to be loaded at startup - ...
MS Word 2000 Line Justification2/13/2009
  Q: I'm completely desperate. I thought I was an advanced user. I guess not. I'm typing a resume and I ...
  A: the example doesn't work brilliantly well here, and I'm confused that tab won't work - I would set a ...
print problems with Word 20072/12/2009
  Q: I have a new HP CM2320 MFP printer/fax. I was having fax problems so HP sent a tech to replace a ...
  A: You didn't say what the Operating system is but I IMAGINE it's Vista - I'm NOT an expert in Vista ...
New document opening in landscape2/12/2009
  Q: 1. Every time I open a new Microsoft Word document it is automatically in landscape. I can go to ...
  A: (1) the settings for a blank document are based on the normal.dot file (assuming office other than ...
Macro to copy data from notepad to word.2/11/2009
  Q: I have about about 1000 files in notepad and I want to merge the contents into a single word file. ...
  A: Yes it is - ideally all the files would be in the one directory Sub bulkInsert() Set fs = ...
Question About Equations in Word 20072/11/2009
  Q: I can't see the whole equation in Word 2007 because the equation box is to small (see picture ...
  A: I'm afraid I'm not an expert at equations, but would suggest the first port of call is to switch to ...
Upload Picture in Protected Form2/11/2009
  Q: How do I have end users upload a picture in a protected Word document? I know you can use VBA code ...
  A: I'm not entirely clear on what is to happen here, but it SOUNDS as though you would want to get a ...
Word Art2/9/2009
  Q: I'm trying to group 2 word arts together and also 1 clip art. I'm using the 2007 version. I've tried ...
  A: Microsoft have as always made something that was easy, something that is NOT easy - the topic from ...
Microsoft word2/7/2009
  Q: I am unable to change the default settings for font and line spacing on word. I do all the right ...
  A: Default settings are held on the normal.dot file, so you will need to have change access to that ...
creating outlines2/6/2009
  Q: how are you? In Word 2002 and 2003, it is possible to create professional-looking outlines in two ...
  A: Microsoft make a big thing out of using styles, but a lot of users do not use them - the ADVANTAGE ...
saving revised document issues2/4/2009
  Q: Lately I've been revising Word document and saving as same filename and file doesn't save. I can ...
  A: I would expect to see a "document not saved" message if the file was NOT saved, so the lack of this ...
Adjust print position when printing labels / WORD 20072/4/2009
  Q: This is a basic question about printing label sheets from WORD 2007. Often, when printing, the text ...
  A: This sort of problem is generally down to the printer driver - the only thing you can do within word ...
Wordpad2/3/2009
  Q: I have Windows Vista. When I try to save a file in Wordpad and name the file - a window appears ...
  A: Wordpad isn't word, and this question is OS related, but apart from that - the message indicates ...
Fonts2/2/2009
  Q: Can I find and download more fonts for MS Office 2000?
  A: Fonts are simply a part of the operating system - which in turn means that you need to be careful ...
color on monitor vs color on printer2/2/2009
  Q: I'm still trying to figure out why, all of a sudden, with no changes to preferences or options made, ...
  A: No problem - as the question was in the "pool" I thought it best to try and give you some form of ...
Excel Macro to Word Macro1/30/2009
  Q: I have an Excel spreadsheet with many rows and columns, and a word document that I am merging my ...
  A: I'm not sure why a mail merge won't work, but I would move AWAY from DDE as although it works, it ...
Micrsoft Word for PC1/29/2009
  Q: Feel so dumb... just updated Word, went from Mac to PC (Vista), and in F1 help the options they say ...
  A: They are called smart quotes, you didn't say which version of Word so I'll give both - in word prior ...
Default textbox to current date on open1/27/2009
  Q: I would like to know how to set a textbox to the current date as a default value on first open. I ...
  A: Can you clarify what you mean by textbox? Is this a form field for example? If it's actually a ...
Index marks in Word031/26/2009
  Q: Aidan, I have a document with many index marked areas; if I position my cursor on some text, then ...
  A: I've not come across this and cannot see it referenced anywhere, but I would PROBABLY use the tools ...
Word 2000 Header and footers1/26/2009
  Q: I am trying to break this document up. The problem areas I am having I have highlighted in Yellow ...
  A: You need section breaks everytime you want a new header. You need to use the file page setup menu ...
Opening earlier versions of Word using Word 20071/23/2009
  Q: I currently have Word 2007 and operating on Windows Vista. The majority of my Word Documents are ...
  A: I suspect it MAY be related to Vista, and I'm not 100% sure that the executable of Word 2007 is ...
Word macro1/23/2009
  Q: I got yor reference from Tom, I need a urgent help in macro writing, I can understand the how to ...
  A: Seeing the file would help - I do follow the process, which is basically (I think) select each ...
Word macro1/23/2009
  Q: I got yor reference from Tom, I need a urgent help in macro writing, I can understand the how to ...
  A: I don't follow what it is you want to do - are you talking about splitting ONE file into multiple ...
Autotext1/21/2009
  Q: Our transcription dept just upgraded from Word 2K to Word 2003 and now most but not all of their ...
  A: as far as I know my answer to someone else ...
microsoft office1/20/2009
  Q: I lost my installation cd. My hard drive crashed. Is there a way for me to reinstall without ...
  A: You could try ringing them -I've never done it, but at least in theory they SHOULD hold details. ...
Micr. Word Question1/19/2009
  Q: Good Afternoon! Not even sure if this is possible but here goes... I created a logo for my husband's ...
  A: I'm not sure what you DO have in terms of picture editing software, BUT if the logo always has to ...
linking with in a form1/18/2009
  Q: I am creating a word form and want to link information already inserted. I.E you put in your name ...
  A: Could you send me the file - I can then give you tailored instructions - it basically a case of ...
Link fields to my numbered headings1/18/2009
  Q: I need to create a style of a numbered heading in Word (I do not want to use one of Word's default ...
  A: I would personally just modify the existing styles to get the format you want - but you can create ...
MsWord macro1/16/2009
  Q: I need a macro that will replace the user id: which is either an 8 or 14 digit number (all commence ...
  A: The simplest would be to do two replacements 'Replace_Customer_barcode Macro ' Macro created ...
scan documents to word for edit1/16/2009
  Q: I am trying to scan a document to word . Iwant edit names and adresses with out changing how the ...
  A: This is really a question that relates to whatever software you are using for the scan, but ...
How to send MS Word form data to an Excel spreadsheet1/15/2009
  Q: I want to create a Purchase Order form in MS Word 2004 (Mac) and send the form data to an Excel ...
  A: (1) create the form using form fields, and then set it to save data for forms (tools menu, options, ...
format Toolbar Won't Appear When Docs Are Opened1/15/2009
  Q: I used to be able to open one of my documents and the format toolbar would be at the top of my ...
  A: I'm at something of a disadvantage in that I'm a PC user and only have access to office 2007 as the ...
Cursor position in template1/12/2009
  Q: Is there a way to create a template so that the cursor jumps to a specific line in the body of the ...
  A: I tend to use VBA for all my templates, and this can select the appropriate bookmark to do what you ...
Arranging icons in Windows XP1/12/2009
  Q: I recently changed from W-98-ii to W-XP. On arranging the icons in a window, with W-98-ii system, I ...
  A: if you use the VIEW icon to change the view to details you can then click on any heading to have it ...
Mail Merge not merging all data1/9/2009
  Q: I have a simple one-page letter which I am merging with an excel spreadsheet (130 names and ...
  A: Could be a filter set in the mail merge recipients, could be a blank row causing data problems, ...
Page numbering in MS Word 20031/8/2009
  Q: I am trying to prepare a document for publication but when I insert page numbers, the text pages are ...
  A: AT a guess you've got a section break before the appendix, and specified that the numbering starts ...
Mail Merge with a table1/7/2009
  Q: I saw you had answered a question like what I'm about to ask but I am to much of a rooky to really ...
  A: I wouldn't generally recommend the next record field in these circumstances IN THAT that goes to the ...
UnDo feature in Word 20071/7/2009
  Q: Out of curiosity, I used the Help feature in Word 2007 to look up when the Undo stack would clear. ...
  A: Well, officially it's still claimed to be 100 items - don't forget that this isn't selective, it's ...
remove an auto format of * to dotted line1/7/2009
  Q: While typing my document I typed several asterisk to mark my place. Microsoft Word 2000 ...
  A: Put the cursor on the line ABOVE the dotted line, then use format, borders and shading to remove the ...
Mail Merge - data is a paragraph1/5/2009
  Q: I have a monthly mailing in which the data source has thousands of contacts and many, many fields. ...
  A: You didn't say which contacts, but presumably there is something in the merge that identifies them - ...
Writing in Arabic in Word1/1/2009
  Q: My question is about Arabic script in Microsoft word. I have installed Arabic language in windows ...
  A: As you will appreciate, this is a fairly specialised area - I have not had cause to write in Arabic, ...
Authorities page is truncated on left side1/1/2009
  Q: First, I thank you for having this service available. You have probably saved a few lives ...
  A: By margins I'm assuming we are talking the setup of the page, so the first thing I would check is ...
mail merge dollar values12/30/2008
  Q: i am trying to do a mailmerge using a Word Form Letter and an Excel Spreadsheet. I have dollar ...
  A: You will come across this with any numeric or date value - you can EITHER use a field in the excel ...
Printing labels from Excel using Word's Mail Merge Wizard12/30/2008
  Q: I'm trying to print address labels from an Excel spreadsheet using Word's Mail Merge Wizard. The ...
  A: I assume that the title field is a seperate field from the rest - if so, the wizard will have set up ...
TOC Generation12/30/2008
  Q: First, I thank you for having this service available. You have probably saved a few lives ...
  A: Without seeing the document it's hard to be sure what is going on, but the settings for the TOC ...
Excel Mailing List12/29/2008
  Q: I am working on a deadline project and have run into a kink with an Excel mailing list. My address ...
  A: I always try and work with field codes on when doing merges - I also view paragraph marks - your ...
Excel Mailing List12/28/2008
  Q: I am working on a deadline project and have run into a kink with an Excel mailing list. My address ...
  A: I'm not sure what the labels are supposed to look like, in that you have name on one line, and then ...
replace - when condition - ture12/27/2008
  Q: replce when condition true: Using macro. a document which contains 2000 words in it. replace the ...
  A: I cannot see the link in the same way you can, but here is the answer I originally gave ...
gray page when opening word document12/22/2008
  Q: Upon opening a saved word document, the document opens all grayed and text is not visible. If I open ...
  A: Sounds like a memory issue which I've come across before with limited success on resolution - IF you ...
How to add side marks to page margins12/19/2008
  Q: I am writing a thesis that includes many chapters. I found that adding some labels to right page ...
  A: The picture was attached but I find them hard to read - I've uploaded a file ...
forms and tabs12/18/2008
  Q: I am trying to set up a form to use when taking minutes, I need to tab quickly between fields and ...
  A: I'd probably do this as a table in word, type as you want in one cell and then press tab to move ...
Word 2000 Not Responding12/18/2008
  Q: A couple of days ago I attempted to open a Word document and was unable to do so because hte system ...
  A: If word isn't responding the LIKELY culprit is the normal.dot file, so use the start menu to find ...
excel to word format12/17/2008
  Q: I am merging an excel data base (which has some formula calculations) into a word document (letter). ...
  A: ah the joys of word merging - I would use a formatting switch on the merge field - I'll assume you ...
How to add side marks to page margins12/17/2008
  Q: I am writing a thesis that includes many chapters. I found that adding some labels to right page ...
  A: Use section breaks to seperate the chapters, and then use the heading area to insert text boxes ...
Adding a Heading Style12/16/2008
  Q: MSWord by default has nine heading styles. I need to add another one. I've accomplished this, but ...
  A: I think you've got me beat on this one - I havent been able to find anything to explain adding more ...
Delete12/15/2008
  Q: All of a sudden, Microsoft Word will not let me delete in bulk. When I highlight a certain section ...
  A: difficult to be sure - but it could be a setting on tools, options and then the general tab - I'm ...
merge12/13/2008
  Q: i am trying to mail merge the address from outlook to word for envelopes ... the response i get is ...
  A: I haven't done many merges from Outlook (actually, thinking about it I haven't done ANY for ...
Combining Word 2003 documents...12/11/2008
  Q: I work with multiple Word documents on a daily basis and am wondering if there is a simpler way to ...
  A: if you need to insert the entire document, then it's the insert menu, and then file - the entire ...
Email attachments12/10/2008
  Q: Aidan: This is probably VERY elementary question for savvy computer operators, but this ...
  A: As to the settings, it would be a question for AOL - I use Virgin media here in the uk, and to get ...
emailing resumes12/9/2008
  Q: Aidan: This is probably VERY elementary question for savvy computer operators, but this ...
  A: Ok, office ASSUMES you have outlook set up for mail - the message you indicate implies that you ...
emailing resumes12/9/2008
  Q: Aidan: This is probably VERY elementary question for savvy computer operators, but this ...
  A: You didn't say which version of Word you have got (or even that you have) - however, IF you have, ...
word-form12/9/2008
  Q: We currently use a word application form but it's formatted so that candidates can only change ...
  A: It would be good to know what the issues are, as a well presented online form should be fairly easy ...
Word12/7/2008
  Q: When I enter the text *text*, Word changes it to text. How can I get Word to leave the entry alone?
  A: This is the auto-correct feature kicking in - you can undo previous action (menu choice, or ctrl z) ...
Print button in the envelope window not highlighted12/4/2008
  Q: when an address in Word is highlighted and then the print envelope option is chosen, the actual ...
  A: I'm not exactly sure what actions you are carrying out here but it sounds as though you are in the ...
Mail Merge Program12/4/2008
  Q: OK, I will try to explain this as simply as possible. I have a data query in an access database ...
  A: There was no photo, but that shouldn't have mattered - I've not managed to find anything to explain ...
order of mail merge columns12/4/2008
  Q: Aiden, You responded to a question on this topic way back (11/13/2006 ...
  A: you can always learn more. The BEST instructions on mail merge were way back in the Word 2 manual - ...
order of mail merge columns12/2/2008
  Q: Aiden, You responded to a question on this topic way back (11/13/2006 ...
  A: I thought the original problem was related to the order of the ROWS (i.e the records) rather than ...
Printing in MS Word 200211/19/2008
  Q: Is there a way to print a word document in MS Word 2002 so the formatting marks (paragraph, space, ...
  A: I'm not aware of any way to do it through Word itself but I'd probably do it by doing to full screen ...
autoshapes11/17/2008
  Q: I have XP. In using Word/labels, I use autoshape, specifically block arrows. I need to replicate ...
  A: A label is simply a cell in a table - I would IMAGINE that you are selecting the shape and then ...
Printing more than one envelope w/ Word11/17/2008
  Q: Is it possible to print the address on more than one envelope at a time (that is, print A LIST of ...
  A: Yes, you need to do a mail merge (which will mean you will need to have the addresses saved ...
search and replacing text11/17/2008
  Q: how does one search and replace text on word?
  A: You didn't say which version, and you didn't give much detail about what you wanted to search for ...
add words to dictionary/auto correct11/16/2008
  Q: I do medical transcription out of my home. Just recently I have been unable to add words to my ...
  A: as the software works on another computer we can be fairly sure that the software of itself is fine. ...
Word in Vista crashes11/15/2008
  Q: Aidan, I just bought a new machine loaded with Vista and upgaded to Office 2007. A few days ago when ...
  A: I'm not familiar with vista, but AppCrash is specific to Vista - it's probably due to a conflict ...
Erratic text entry behavior11/14/2008
  Q: I asked the following question in an XP section, but the answer was only to ask it in the Office ...
  A: based on the symptoms you describe I would put this one down to HARDWARE - it's probably a sticky ...
Word 2007 Forms11/14/2008
  Q: I have created a form in Word 2007. For a couple fields, I want the user to have the ability to use ...
  A: As I mentioned at the start of the answer I rarely use online forms, but the instructions did show ...
TOC in footer11/14/2008
  Q: I have a document. Have TOC on 1st page. Now on rest other pages apart from 1st page I want to ...
  A: If it's in the footer, you'd have to activate the footer first, so I would say this is a LONG way ...
add words to dictionary/auto correct11/13/2008
  Q: I do medical transcription out of my home. Just recently I have been unable to add words to my ...
  A: it sounds as though the medical spellcheck is a stand-alone program, so wouldn't have anything to do ...
add words to dictionary/auto correct11/13/2008
  Q: I do medical transcription out of my home. Just recently I have been unable to add words to my ...
  A: I suppose it COULD be a problem with the normal.dot file - without word running, use the find option ...
Word 2007 Forms11/13/2008
  Q: I have created a form in Word 2007. For a couple fields, I want the user to have the ability to use ...
  A: I'm not too much of an expert in online forms, in so much as I don't use them - I use VBA to gather ...
add words to dictionary/auto correct11/12/2008
  Q: I do medical transcription out of my home. Just recently I have been unable to add words to my ...
  A: I suspect the custom dictionary may simply be full? From the online help:- Custom dictionaries I ...
Word doc problems11/12/2008
  Q: I have Microsoft 98 2nd edition in my computer. Problem: On 2 of my Word documents when I draw and ...
  A: No problem - I was a bit suprised by the 2 rating - all I have to go on in a question is what the ...
5pt font size11/11/2008
  Q: I have a specification that I need help with. My customer is specifying that I need to detect print ...
  A: I think the best thing I can do is to refer you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography) ...
Macros and protected word documents11/10/2008
  Q: I am trying to get a macro to run within a form to paste extra information however it is not ...
  A: I'd probably have the section set as autotext and insert the autotext, but apart from that there ...
Microsoft Office not responding11/10/2008
  Q: I am having the same error of Microsoft office not responding. First it was only word and not Power ...
  A: It could be ANY of those things - not responding would usually point to some memory issue, but would ...
Work editing and lock down11/10/2008
  Q: Here is the situation: I have created a document. In it, I require folks to place information in ...
  A: various options - put the textboxes in cells of a table set to a standard height (this would be my ...
Macros and protected word documents11/10/2008
  Q: I am trying to get a macro to run within a form to paste extra information however it is not ...
  A: I've always found Word easy to program, but then that's probably down to the use I've had to make of ...
word perfect11/9/2008
  Q: I had word perfect in my laptop with the icon on the toolbar. Now icon has disappeared. How do I ...
  A: WordPerfect isn't Word, and the "icon on the toolbar" you refer to PROBABLY makes this an operating ...
Word doc problems11/8/2008
  Q: I have Microsoft 98 2nd edition in my computer. Problem: On 2 of my Word documents when I draw and ...
  A: You are welcome to speak to me, but I'm in the UK! See http://www.citikey.com/business/DGNL850/ for ...
Drop down list11/7/2008
  Q: Is there a way to have several drop down lists, that when I choose something on the first list, will ...
  A: I was wrong in my earlier reply as I used Excel as the source - hadn't spotted this was a word ...
Labels Document11/6/2008
  Q: When I create a document for mailing labels the actual labels are not visible on my screen. What ...
  A: You didn't say which version of word so my instructions may not work as typed, but you have ...
Automatic appendix numbering11/5/2008
  Q: I have the following problem. For work I often write long reviews/memo's that include lots of ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - couldn't get to an office 2007 machien before now. I would ...
Word11/5/2008
  Q: I am trying to add a new field to an existing data source in Word. I can't seem to find out the ...
  A: What format is your data source? Also which version of Word? My data sources TEND to be Excel, but ...
Word Problem As Outlook Editor11/4/2008
  Q: A user I support has Office 2003 with Outlook 2003. A change happened suddenly with any mail in ...
  A: I've not come across this myself BUT I don't use Word as an email editor which MAY explain it - ...
Word11/3/2008
  Q: I'm using Word on my MacBookPro (3 years old). I have a long list of document files and know how ...
  A: I'm not a Mac expert, but this SOUNDS like an operating system question! In Windows, I would use ...
Bolded text becomes unbolded when pasting11/3/2008
  Q: I am working with Tables in Word 2003. Some of my cells contain bolded text, while others do not. ...
  A: It seems very odd, but I wonder if it is actually bold text as against light text on a dark ...
Microsoft office will not open11/1/2008
  Q: For the couple months my Microsoft office will not open. When I try to open word a message comes on ...
  A: memory and disk space aren't the same thing, so I would be INCLINED to think that it is a memory ...
Table of Authorities10/31/2008
  Q: I work in Word Perfect, but sometimes corporate clients want us to use Word so I am trying to learn ...
  A: Styles are a means of applying given settings across the document, but you don't have to work with ...
Use British dictionary by default10/30/2008
  Q: Applies to Outlook using Word as the underlying editor. I have tried everything including setting ...
  A: tools, language, set language - set to UK, click default and then ensure you say YES to changing the ...
Scrolling in MS Word10/30/2008
  Q: Whenever I scroll upward in a MS Word document, the sentences start to repeat themselves and I have ...
  A: It is indeed a display issue, usually caused by (in my experience) memory issues more than anything ...
Word 2007 Mouse Won't Click in Doc10/29/2008
  Q: I have the same question that you got on 1/31/08. When I click in a Word document (ANY word ...
  A: My answer hasn't changed from the answer I gave, which was a google search with a lot of reference ...
AUTOCORRECT in Word 200710/28/2008
  Q: .. I am working at a law firm where a conversion to Word 2007 is now complete. As I help "support" ...
  A: I've not come across this, but equally I've not used Word 2007 in an office/networked environment - ...
mailing from word problem10/27/2008
  Q: For the last three days I have been unable to send mail from Microsoft word or excel. If I try to ...
  A: I haven't experienced this problem but see ...
Multiple records on a form10/27/2008
  Q: We produce CSV files that are mail merged in word. In one scenario, multiple rows relate to a given ...
  A: The easiest way of doing it is going to be via the data source - not sure what that source is [other ...
Generating a TOC with Styles defined by Outlined Numbering10/25/2008
  Q: I have a problem regarding numbering in TOCs. I have used Outline Numbering to set up the heading ...
  A: A style applies to the entire paragraph, so it is going to be difficult if not impossible to resolve ...
Remove a page number from a TOC10/25/2008
  Q: The author of a document wants the page number for a Heading to NOT appear in the TOC - only that ...
  A: The TOC is an incredibly powerful field, and does have a number of switches - the easiest thing I ...
Tildes and other international accents10/24/2008
  Q: I use Microsoft Office 2007. How do I create a tilde (such as in the Spanish word "senor" and other ...
  A: (1) use the insert ribbon then insert a symbol (2) use the shortcut keys - these are shown on the ...
Multiple records on a form10/24/2008
  Q: We produce CSV files that are mail merged in word. In one scenario, multiple rows relate to a given ...
  A: Is there any logic to the multiple records (eg are we always talking 5 records represent one card?) ...
Address labels with pictures10/22/2008
  Q: I have been able to use Word to get the proper size label but cannot figure out how to insert a ...
  A: Insert the picture, then format it to be behind the text -you can then overwrite with whatever you ...
Changing one word10/22/2008
  Q: If you have a document that you want to use for different customers, can you fill in the company ...
  A: various ways of doing this that I can think of - Ask fields and ref fields, or mail merge being the ...
auto-formatting field references10/22/2008
  Q: I'm creating a very lengthy document which is full of cross-references to headings, tables, figures ...
  A: you actually want them to BE hyperlinks? If so, the only way I can think of (apart from as you ...
Word 2007 - Mail Merge Directory: Need Multiple Records on One Page10/20/2008
  Q: I'm using Word 2007, trying to create a directory of businesses for a reference directory, and I ...
  A: One of my pet HATES about Word is how they have made mail merge more "user friendly" as each version ...
Creating a Survey in MS Word10/20/2008
  Q: I am trying to create a survey for use at work, which is to be completed via computer. Most of the ...
  A: If you use the view menu you can find various toolbars (view, toolbars) one of which is the forms ...
Word 2007 Bulleting10/20/2008
  Q: My tab button will no longer indent/move over the bullets in a list. How can I remedy this? Thanks
  A: I don't follow - a bulletted list would be formatted as per the formatting of the bullet, and the ...
Can no longer see heading 3 in the normal view in Word for mac - only in outline view!10/17/2008
  Q: I am currently writing a thesis using Microsoft Word for Mac 2004. I am using a Mac with OSX. I ...
  A: sounds like some form of corruption to the heading 3 style - so just use the format menu to reformat ...
Filling in a template10/16/2008
  Q: I would like to find out how to create a template in Word that will automatically allow me to fill ...
  A: You can do this with ASK fields and REF fields Field codes: Ask field { ASK Bookmark "Prompt " ...
format changes when saving document in MS word X for mac10/11/2008
  Q: When I open a Word document after I have saved it, many of the characters have changed ie ...
  A: This SOUNDS like the files to open dialog is set to "recover text from any document" in the files of ...
need addition formula to work10/10/2008
  Q: in the below example - hours are to be computed in quarterly increments. line 1 starts with the ...
  A: I don't think it is going to be easily possible, as the only method I could think of involves Visual ...
Em dash10/10/2008
  Q: Aidan In Word 2002, I’m having trouble converting two hyphens into an em dash. When I click ...
  A: This feature works within words, so if you simply type two hyphens they won't correct - however, if ...
Merge Word Doc w/Excel Spreadsheet10/9/2008
  Q: I have an Excel data base of 50 names. Have created a form that I want to merge with the data base ...
  A: Based on the information supplied I'm puzzled - but lets back track -You haven't specified version ...
"Mail Merge" first, then a "Form"10/8/2008
  Q: The Word doc (from a template) has two sections: Sec 1 is a "mail merge" with data source coming ...
  A: There is no workaround IF you want to stick with this method - but alternatives are in existence - ...
forms10/7/2008
  Q: I create an electronic file for new clients with blank forms. The forms will be filled in by ...
  A: I'm not sure I follow the request - do you want to have the form partly populated, saved, then ...
Word 2003 indent problems10/4/2008
  Q: I am working on a World War II chronology and I'm having trouble getting Word to put indents where I ...
  A: I would agree that using tabs alone is likely to cause problems as when you re-edit the text, the ...
Can't print word documents10/3/2008
  Q: can you please help me with printing word documents. I just recently moved and now I can't print ...
  A: I'm not sure I have enough information to go on, but the first thing I think I would try would be to ...
Global resizing of a Picture10/2/2008
  Q: I am using the "Send to" feature in powerpoint to create a Word document of a powerpoint ...
  A: see http://en.allexperts.com/q/Microsoft-Word-1058/2008/9/Resize-Images.htm for a macro solution ...
how to add prompt box in word10/1/2008
  Q: How can i add prompt box in a long word document so that user of the template do not need to locate ...
  A: Various ways - ask and ref fields, form fields with the document protected, or bookmarks and a ...
bookmarks with shortcut button9/30/2008
  Q: I use MS Word 2003 and would like to understand a nuisance that I am experiencing: When I use the ...
  A: I don't have 2003 installed, which MIGHT be a problem, but I've NOT come across this in any version ...
Word background error9/23/2008
  Q: a couple of days ago i've changed the background for a doc and made it blue. Now i have that blue ...
  A: It sounds like you need to go to TOOLS, then OPTIONS, select the GENERAL tab and uncheck the blue ...
microsoft word and spell check9/22/2008
  Q: my 98 and X.P have both been overhauled by an expert now unavailable.I have lost spell check and ...
  A: You say you have lost spell check AND word - this implies that the PC's have been rebuilt and not ...
Resize Images9/19/2008
  Q: My question relates to resizing all images in a word document. What I want to do is to resize all ...
  A: Try it with an error trap Sub Macro1() ' On Error Resume Next For Each s In ...
delimiter word macro9/17/2008
  Q: Record macro ok. Then when I run it delimiter screen pops up asking for selection that was done in ...
  A: The last line of your original code set the query options, but as you can now see that isn't ...
delimiter word macro9/17/2008
  Q: Record macro ok. Then when I run it delimiter screen pops up asking for selection that was done in ...
  A: It does, but IF the file is always called c:\parade\zzz.txt and if it always contains the same ...
WORD closes when trying to print9/17/2008
  Q: Just recently (both my laptop (via wireless) and my desktop wired directly to the printer) the WORD ...
  A: Being only Word points to SOMETHING in the normal.dot file, but as you said you've checked that this ...
MS Word 2003 tab/Outline9/16/2008
  Q: I experienced the same issue of the Tab key not moving the outline. Your answer in the Auto-Text ...
  A: I'm glad a previous answer of mine helped - especially in this case where I don't even remember the ...
delimiter word macro9/15/2008
  Q: Record macro ok. Then when I run it delimiter screen pops up asking for selection that was done in ...
  A: I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with the macro - seeing the recorded macro or having an ...
Mailmerge from Excel 2003 to Word 20039/15/2008
  Q: When mailmerging from Excel 2003 to Word 2003 the date format changes into US format although the ...
  A: This seems to be my question of the month, in that it's appeared quite a number of times recently - ...
Text in form fields with number formats9/15/2008
  Q: I have a Word form where the format of certain fields are set as number with format 0,0. Yet users ...
  A: It cannot be done with formulas alone, UNLESS you get the closed time entered, but that would be ...
WORD closes when trying to print9/13/2008
  Q: Just recently (both my laptop (via wireless) and my desktop wired directly to the printer) the WORD ...
  A: There seem to be two unrelated questions here - the copying of documents onto the computer which is ...
microsoft word saving/opening docs as wordpad9/13/2008
  Q: I have windows xp on a secondhand laptop and just installed my own copy of microsoft word 2003. When ...
  A: The icon you see is the default program associated with files, but it SOUNDS as though you've tried ...
Word 2000 "read-only" doc can't be open9/12/2008
  Q: The Word 2000 doc cant's be open even if the "read-only" box is unchecked (in file properties). This ...
  A: I get NO money for it, so it costs me time (and sometimes MONEY) to answer questions - your question ...
Word Label Templates9/9/2008
  Q: I need to use an Avery 5112 label template but it is not in the template list in mail merge. I ...
  A: You didn't specify version of Word, but BASICALLY I would generally do this by using the template ...
Spacing9/8/2008
  Q: I have a really strange problem with Microsoft Word. When I open any new document I can type ...
  A: You didn't specify the version of word - doesn't matter as far as the overall solution is concerned, ...
Endnotes9/6/2008
  Q: I've been having a lot of trouble trying to end the "endnotes" section. I'm working on a large ...
  A: From Help:- Change the placement of footnotes and endnotes Microsoft Word, by default, places ...
wordpad vs ms office word9/5/2008
  Q: I have microsoft word 2003. Today I was saving a file in word, but it has converted wordpad. In ...
  A: The issue isn't with the files, but with the association of files on your computer - if you open ...
Importing Excel into Word9/5/2008
  Q: I have an excel spreadsheet. I want to insert some cell values into a word report. For example, I ...
  A: You have various options when you paste into word - I usually go with the unformatted text, which ...
Importing Excel into Word9/5/2008
  Q: I have an excel spreadsheet. I want to insert some cell values into a word report. For example, I ...
  A: If you are talking about one document and one sheet (as opposed to mail merging multiple records) ...
Option (radio) button9/4/2008
  Q: Word 2000 I am putting together a questionnaire and would like to have a radio button type option ...
  A: I might be inclined to do this in excel with data validation, but otherwise use the forms menu and a ...
When I open my microsoft word file it comes up in gibberish9/3/2008
  Q: Not long ago I wrote a document in Microsoft word 97-2003. I saved the file and added to it when ...
  A: HOPEFULLY that file isn't the actual file - I would first do a search from the start menu for files ...
Allowing free formatting in text form fields9/1/2008
  Q: I have made a locked document for users to fill in information on Word 2002 containing several text ...
  A: I'm afraid as far as I know the answer is no - it's one of the limitations of form fields (but if ...
frame in a form8/30/2008
  Q: I'm creating a form for an ID card that many staff members will use. I need to include a frame into ...
  A: You didn't say which version of Word, but frames are LARGELY outdated now - I would PROBABLY do this ...
Word Art in Office 2003 suite8/28/2008
  Q: I cannot see a word art object for formatting text in the shape of a ball - circle or globe. I have ...
  A: If you are going to use it on a webpage, I would DEFINITELY go to a graphics package to create this ...
Word Art in Office 2003 suite8/27/2008
  Q: I cannot see a word art object for formatting text in the shape of a ball - circle or globe. I have ...
  A: I'm sure it can - I would check the online clip art gallery at microsoft.com (just use the insert ...
Importing pictures from a directory8/27/2008
  Q: I am trying to get a macro to do the following: ask for a directory where pictures from a digital ...
  A: Although I'm sure this SHOULD be possible, I've only managed to achieve part of the requirement:- ...
Spelling Checking - English French8/26/2008
  Q: Morning Adrian I'm spell checking a 15 page English document in Word 2003 but the spell checker ...
  A: It sounds as though the underlying language of the document is set to Frence - try this edit select ...
FAQ Help8/26/2008
  Q: I am trying to create a FAQ within a Word document (word 2003). I would like the page to read as a ...
  A: The only ways I can think of (not to say that others cannot come up with better) are outline view - ...
Formatting Fractions.8/14/2008
  Q: I am trying to write an address on an envelope and the address includes a fraction. When I type the ...
  A: The envelope is outside the normal area of Word and autocorrect doesn't work - options are (1) type ...
Email docs through WORD 20038/14/2008
  Q: I have WIN XP, use MSN explorer provided through Verizon for my email. Whenever I try to email a doc ...
  A: Mail to uses the operating systems mail program - as far as I know, MSN mail isn't registered in the ...
Multiple Record Mail Merge8/13/2008
  Q: I have recently tried to set up a multiple record mail merge so that one email is sent out to each ...
  A: You will need to create a field which contains the forms they need to return as one field - a merge ...
using FORMTEXT inside an IF field8/13/2008
  Q: I want to add a FORMTEXT inside an IF field. If you look at the IF field below, you'll see that if ...
  A: I would SUGGEST having calculate on exit on ONLY the last one - otherwise (as you have discovered) ...
pdf chopped off8/12/2008
  Q: I am trying to save a Word document as a PDF to use in an email to announce my business' 10th ...
  A: I'm afraid I know nothing about PDF files, but I would IMAGINE it is related to the method of ...
footer unprotected8/11/2008
  Q: Can you tell me how to protect the document, but still have the footers editable. When I protect the ...
  A: I'm afraid I've been unable to find a way of doing this, APART from with a macro which could ...
page orientation in MS Word8/11/2008
  Q: Can I have page one with Portrait, and page 2 with Landscape ?
  A: Yes, it is basically done with section breaks, but Word will handle that for you - do file page ...
word vba8/10/2008
  Q: I've been unsuccessful in my attempts to get a macro to do 2 things and I'm hoping you can help? ...
  A: To delete bookmarks and hyperlinks:- dim Th for each th in activedocument.bookmarks th.delete ...
Downgrade word 2007 to word 20038/9/2008
  Q: I had a virus on my computer and a computer tech removed many of my programs in the process of ...
  A: Yes, reinstalling office 2003 should be fine. All doc files should be fine, so your old ones will ...
Downgrade word 2007 to word 20038/9/2008
  Q: I had a virus on my computer and a computer tech removed many of my programs in the process of ...
  A: I like techs like that! Office 2007 is a LOT different as you've seen - it does have it's uses (eg ...
building a website using Microsoft Word, inserting a Paypal button, etc.8/8/2008
  Q: I have a few questions about building a website using Microsoft Word which is what I am attempting ...
  A: My name is Aidan not Richard, but we'll let that go! Word DOES produce web pages, which it can save ...
database formatting possibly by mail merge8/6/2008
  Q: I've collected responses from a PDF form and converted the information into an Excel spreadsheet. I ...
  A: I think mail merge would work, in that you PROBABLY want the questions in the header row, and then ...
microsoft word 20078/6/2008
  Q: I did my resume and I saved it in my documents. When I tried to send it as a attachment doesn't ...
  A: It's probably being opened in a version of word other than 2007? I would save a resume as an older ...
Hotlinks in Word 20008/5/2008
  Q: I'm working on a project that requires that I copy hundreds of URLs into a Word 2000 document. ...
  A: It's not clear how the URLs are being copied, but certainly in Word XP (2002) if the text copied is ...
Inserting a background picture in Word 20038/5/2008
  Q: I created a two column bulletin. I inserted a background picture and the picture covered the entire ...
  A: A background picture will apply to the entire document and as far as I know cannot be altered - ...
Problem copy/paste8/4/2008
  Q: I have never seen this happen before but when I go to copy and then paste it does not paste. ...
  A: The paste option would not be available in a protected workbook, so that would be the first thing I ...
Mail Merge into Word Table8/3/2008
  Q: I am trying to create a mail merge using Word 2003 with the data being pulled from an Excel ...
  A: Not sure how you've laid the document out - it should use the nextrecord field until the end of the ...
mail merge8/1/2008
  Q: I am merging data from excel to word using the mail merge feature. in my excel sheet one column is ...
  A: No problem - whenever using numbers or dates in mail merge, I would always recommend viewing the ...
Information Prompts in a Document7/31/2008
  Q: How do I create, from scratch, a document/template that whenever I open it, right in the beginning ...
  A: There are various ways of achieving this (1) at the top of the document insert a number of ASK ...
TOCs7/30/2008
  Q: I have a document for a manual with several chapters. It has a multi-page TOC (3 pages). How can I ...
  A: The problem is that a TOC is a single field (if a very powerful one) and therefore needs switches to ...
My favorites toolbar disappeared7/30/2008
  Q: .I used VISTA. and Microsoft Office..Do you know about VISTA......The bar that has the Favorites on ...
  A: I haven't used vista but I think ...
Need ASAP delete menu bar and get my original toolbar back7/30/2008
  Q: "Hi. Ready to have a nervous breakdown or kill myself over this. Dont' know what I did but when I ...
  A: I'll do my best - what you have done is pulled the menu bar away from it's normal location. Click ...
REF field formatting7/29/2008
  Q: I don't mean to sound stupid, but I have a couple of REF fields that I want specific formatting for ...
  A: I'm intriqued, in that a ref field is a field and therefore effectively a single entity -that should ...
Emailing word documents to a LINK with an attachment7/29/2008
  Q: Please let me know how i can email a word document to a link in that word document
  A: Can you clarify the question - do you mean that the document contains an email address and you want ...
Margins within Word7/29/2008
  Q: Is there a way to create a template that has a certain margin on heaters and footers but then a ...
  A: The EASIEST way to do it is to edit the header/footer, view the ruler and then drag the indent ...
Opening New Documents7/29/2008
  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: By open a new word document I think you are referring to creating a new document (the file, new ...
Label Outlines in 20077/28/2008
  Q: It is not a gridline problem, turning them off or on does not fix it. If I create a new page of ...
  A: This seems odd - can I just check how you are toggling the gridlines - I'm using the layout ribbon ...
word not responding7/28/2008
  Q: every time i want to use word, a message comes out (not responding) when i want to print or save a ...
  A: If it's word 2007 (the only one this applies to!) then it's NOT the normal.dot file - it's the ...
macros to add hyperlinks7/28/2008
  Q: Need help in VBA and macros. The issue is discussed here ...
  A: Its easy enough to do what you want, but how do you want the hyperlinks to work IF you haven't got ...
Recent Documents and More to the Right7/27/2008
  Q: Can you tell me how do I change setting regarding Recent Document? I was using word 2003. in that ...
  A: I'm not quite sure what you are describing, but Ctrl O would bring up the file open dialog box which ...
word not responding7/27/2008
  Q: every time i want to use word, a message comes out (not responding) when i want to print or save a ...
  A: Not really enough information to go on as I don't know the version of word,or what else is running ...
macros to add hyperlinks7/26/2008
  Q: Need help in VBA and macros. The issue is discussed here ...
  A: You have had an answer to the question already at the original site - the macro you have is creating ...
Word - Spacing issues7/25/2008
  Q: I am working on a manuscript using Word from Office 2000. I have combined a couple of different ...
  A: It sounds like the formatting of the paragraphs - probably marked as keep together and/or keep with ...
Interactive Forms7/25/2008
  Q: Same Problem as 4/29/08 Created my first form in MS Office 2003. When the document was completed, I ...
  A: I haven't been able to duplicate the problem, ALTHOUGH most of the documents I create use Visual ...
Changing normal.doc7/25/2008
  Q: I use Word 98. When I open a word document I want it to create a document with a certain page setup, ...
  A: I would personally create a specialised template for this, so that the normal.dot file remained a ...
Message Box applied with Case Results7/24/2008
  Q: I am working with a form in Word. I have a dropdown choice ("TypeOfService") with three options. If ...
  A: Sub MessageBox1() On Error Resume Next If ActiveDocument.FormFields("dropdown1").Result <> "1" ...
Image shows as broken in MS Word 2000, but shows fine in other docs...7/23/2008
  Q: I am a Tier 2 IT Specialist in the Federal Government. I have a customer who can't seem to see a ...
  A: If it's only one document, then it is probably related to the document - eg it MAY be that this one ...
Running a Macro in a protected section7/23/2008
  Q: I'm fairly new at this, and am in the final stages of preparing a template document for which i've ...
  A: A protected section of a document (by definition) cannot be modified, however that modification is ...
Form Drop Down Lists7/22/2008
  Q: I have a multi-page form document with many drop down lists. I would like to make it so someone can ...
  A: Not directly, although I THINK it would be possible to write a VBA routine that went through the ...
WORD7/21/2008
  Q: We use triangles as markers of revisions in WORD docs, text and tables. Use a shape(triangle) with ...
  A: My thoughts are (1) find or design a font that has the numbers in triangles (2) create a series of ...
Import Word data into Excel7/21/2008
  Q: How would I import data from a word document into an excel spread sheet? Example: I'm trying to ...
  A: As long as the data has one paragraph between "fields" and two between records it's easy enough to ...
Keyboard input problem7/20/2008
  Q: I hope I can explain this right so you will understand. I work in Word 2002. My keyboard will ...
  A: I'm afraid I failed on this last time I looked, and the top google response is my reply! ...
Word 2007 Page Number7/20/2008
  Q: I have a document that is over 100 pages long. Part of the document is the appendix section. How ...
  A: Insert a section break at the end of the document (page layout ribbon, breaks)- before the appendix ...
winword.exe not responding7/19/2008
  Q: I am unable to work in msword2000; message is msword.exe is not responding . pl help
  A: This could be due to any number of reasons, but the first thing I'd do would be to housekeep the ...
Books7/16/2008
  Q: I am writing a book and I need to flip all of the text side ways so I can bind it do you know how?
  A: Not quite sure what you are trying to achieve, and don't know the version of word - in XP, under ...
merged document fields7/15/2008
  Q: I have a merged document using data from Access. I just want to show the person's names from all ...
  A: There isn't a way of doing this that I know of - what I would do is to have TWO merge documents - ...
Macro in WORD7/15/2008
  Q: V.B.6 how can i add textbox on word and manipulate is width,height,left,top,fontsize,fontbold ...
  A: Not 100% sure why you would want to - I would TEND to have a saved template and create a new ...
2007 Word - mail merge issue7/14/2008
  Q: We have created a mail merge in word 2007 and it all looks correct on screen. We wanted to only ...
  A: A merge document is a little different to other documents, in that it is effectively multiple ...
Failure of keyboard operations to affect documents7/12/2008
  Q: I use my home desktop computer solely for word processing, on Word 2003. The situation at present: ...
  A: This is one of those questions that would be so much easier to answer if I was at the computer in ...
Repeating Text automatically7/10/2008
  Q: I have a document which requires you to input the same set of words throughout the document is there ...
  A: I'm assuming the document you have in mind would be a standard template, which has a lot of text in ...
Excel Help7/10/2008
  Q: I have an excel questions. I want to be able to enter into excel the following information... Date ...
  A: You confused me slightly by typing a star, which is the symbol for multiplied by - but I think I ...
IF Field in mail merge document7/9/2008
  Q: I have a merged document that is populated with data from an Access table. If the field ...
  A: At face value this look fine, but I suspect that EITHER the table contains a space value (so " " ...
Word 2003 Styles: Organizing, Moving and Controlling7/8/2008
  Q: I am frustrated by MS Word 2003 Formatting and Styles I need to take a Word file research paper and ...
  A: Office 2003 is a version I don't have installed on any computers I have access to at the moment, and ...
RE: Background Image7/7/2008
  Q: I have a full page image that serves as my templates background. I placed text fields in front for ...
  A: and the measurements referred to do fit with driver issues.
Tables7/6/2008
  Q: I am using the latest version of Microsoft and I inserted an excel table in my Microsoft Word page. ...
  A: It depends slightly on how you inserted the table - if it was inserted as an object, then right ...
Word Template Problem7/5/2008
  Q: I have a few different word templates for 07. My problem is when I cut and paste text between them I ...
  A: If text is formatted using styles, then it will retain the style name, and re-apply to the ...
Word typing problem7/4/2008
  Q: I'm using Microsoft XP Word and over the past couple of weeks it's started behaving quite weirdly. ...
  A: I've not come across this, but a google search implies it's not unknown, though I failed to find any ...
Microsoft Word Footer Issue7/2/2008
  Q: I am trying to insert a footer into a Word 2003 document. When I select View Header/Footer and the ...
  A: Odd - if this applies across documents, then I'd try resetting the toolbar - right click any toolbar ...
Hyphen turned into a unremoveable line7/2/2008
  Q: I'm using Microsoft word and I used the hyphen to make a line to separate two paragraphs. It ...
  A: It's word helpfully applying autoformat as you type - if you spot it happening, ctrl z (edit undo ...
Microsoft Word Footer Issue7/2/2008
  Q: I am trying to insert a footer into a Word 2003 document. When I select View Header/Footer and the ...
  A: I THINK (if I've read the question correctly) it's simply the toolbar that you are missing - so when ...
WORD 2003 Print Layout View7/2/2008
  Q: Aidan,in print layout view I have lines on the top and bottom, left and right that appear. They ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying, I wanted to check on an office 2003 machine rather than assume it ...
Excel search and replace macro7/2/2008
  Q: I create a macro through which each cell in a colun will be search in another column if the match is ...
  A: simplest method would be Sub ae() On Error Resume Next For Each cell In Range("a1:a6") ...
inserting whole month dates in a table7/1/2008
  Q: I was wondering; when i make a table that contains a column for date for a whole month. do I have to ...
  A: Word has no auto-complete entry for this, but the EASIEST way to do it would be to use excel to ...
Underlining a word in a Word Table of Contents7/1/2008
  Q: I am having trouble figuring out how to do the following: In a Table of Contents, I have headings ...
  A: The switches available are Switches \a Identifier Lists items captioned with the Caption command ...
Eliminating Errors6/30/2008
  Q: My company does utility billing. We generate over 30,000 bills a month. We have a set way of doing ...
  A: I'm puzzled, as you say the files are CSV created from lotus 9- I know nothing about lotus, but ...
Open Word 2000 to Envelopes/Labels window6/30/2008
  Q: I only use Word 2000 for printing envelopes. Is there a way to either have Word start up and open ...
  A: The easiest way would be to create a macro on your normal.dot file , attached to the ThisDocument ...
Word Tables6/30/2008
  Q: It is very generous of you to take your time and energy for this purpose. I am a fairly ...
  A: Firstly thanks for your appreciation of the time aspect! BOTH of these issues can be handled with ...
Smith6/29/2008
  Q: Is it possible to alter some of the default options of MS word (2007) permanently. For example, the ...
  A: Firstly, sorry for the delay in replying - work sent me at short notice to another site which has ...
word sort of letter6/28/2008
  Q: I would like to take a letter created with Word and be able to sort all its words into an a-z column ...
  A: See ...
Newsletter templates6/27/2008
  Q: I recently created a newsletter using a Word template. It looks really nice. Now I'd like to send ...
  A: As to the first part, no as the Word document will be coverted to HTML format on sending - so unless ...
word macros6/27/2008
  Q: Regarding Chained Use cases Report generation i/p = is a design folder containing business ...
  A: The files you sent don't contain any macros - I'm guessing that the macro was recorded on the global ...
word macros6/27/2008
  Q: Regarding Chained Use cases Report generation i/p = is a design folder containing business ...
  A: I think this really needs to be done in word, so the excel macros book probably won't help much - ...
word not responding6/26/2008
  Q: I have vista on a new acer laptop. I have loaded microsoft word 2000 onto it. It has been working ...
  A: This sounds like it is going to be difficult to pin down - it's PROBABLY a conflict within the ...
Punctuation Replace6/26/2008
  Q: I have a 300-page manuscript, the first half of which was originally written in Word 97-2003. I'm ...
  A: This SHOULD be fairly simple - do a search and replace (the old keyboard shortcut of Ctrl H should ...
problem with microsoft word 20006/25/2008
  Q: I have a problem with my Microsoft Word. It's quite an annoying problem. Every time I press ...
  A: I cannot find anything to explain this - it half sounds as though it's a sticky key on the keyboard, ...
word not responding6/25/2008
  Q: I have vista on a new acer laptop. I have loaded microsoft word 2000 onto it. It has been working ...
  A: POSSIBLY corruption to the normal.dot file to blame - certainly worth checking - if you use the find ...
sorting on headings6/25/2008
  Q: i have a very long document comprised of several others. all are subdivided to 5 heading levels and ...
  A: I'm not aware of an automatic way of doing this, but you could use the spike to gather the sections ...
font color change and save6/22/2008
  Q: I am running leopard, mac os 10.5.3 Question regards microsoft word-teachers addition V.X I want ...
  A: I would set up a style for the font, which would make it easy to apply - if you use the format ...
html in Word6/22/2008
  Q: I have written an Ezine for my web site and have included articles and images/text to my affiliate ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - I hadn't got access to my office 2007 machine until today - and ...
Word 07; header; pagination6/20/2008
  Q: I have been searching the web to find out how to put page numbers in the header of a long document. ...
  A: Helpful is not how I'd describe this feature - HOWEVER, as LONG as you want continuing page numbers, ...
undo command ..after delete6/20/2008
  Q: I was typing a word 2003 document and accidentally hit a set of keys that deleted everything that I ...
  A: I'm not aware of any key that would undo all - although Ctrl N would look similar in that it would ...
undo command ..after delete6/19/2008
  Q: I was typing a word 2003 document and accidentally hit a set of keys that deleted everything that I ...
  A: ctrl Z is the keyboard shortcut for undo, and SHOULD keep working backwards - Ctrl A is edit select ...
Page setup in word 20026/19/2008
  Q: I am trying to print something off in word via the manual feed print tray. I go into page setup, ...
  A: I do have one thought, which is counter-intuitive - try to find an OLDER driver and see if the ...
Page setup in word 20026/19/2008
  Q: I am trying to print something off in word via the manual feed print tray. I go into page setup, ...
  A: This is certainly very odd - I've done some research in between the two questions and have found ...
Page setup in word 20026/19/2008
  Q: I am trying to print something off in word via the manual feed print tray. I go into page setup, ...
  A: Is it definitely word that is at fault (as in, you save the document, close it, re-open it and the ...
Disappearing bookmarks in word6/18/2008
  Q: I am trying to insert multiple, yet occasionally repeating, bookmarks into a document. For ...
  A: Think of a a bookmark as an index entry, or a literal bookmark - you can then probably see that it ...
Page Numbering6/18/2008
  Q: I am laying out a report that will be printed to read like a book. Because of that I changed the ...
  A: Difficult to fix remotely as I'm not sure why it's happened! HOWEVER, I would suggest deleting the ...
stripping word tags6/18/2008
  Q: I am a website admin and to enter data in our new portal system website,I have to copy paste data ...
  A: I'm not familiar with any such apps - a programmer in this office wrote a utility to create web ...
stripping word tags6/18/2008
  Q: I am a website admin and to enter data in our new portal system website,I have to copy paste data ...
  A: I assume you are talking here about a need to reformat the HTML that is created when saving a word ...
Non-Sequential Page Numbers6/17/2008
  Q: I am developing a facilitator's guide with the even pages containing notes for the facilitator and ...
  A: There shouldn't be a minus sign with the fields as I typed them, but I do realise it can be ...
Non-Sequential Page Numbers6/15/2008
  Q: I am developing a facilitator's guide with the even pages containing notes for the facilitator and ...
  A: I've not been asked this before, but I took your suggestion of a calculated field as a base point! ...
Trying to make a Drop-Down Field Autopopulate6/13/2008
  Q: Aidan, I have built a form for our staff to use, but was told that it would be easier for them if ...
  A: The only way I can think of to do this would be via VBA and a Userform, but I suspect that may be ...
Page borders in Word6/13/2008
  Q: I'm sure I'm missing something very obvios, but since previous versions of MS Word I couldn't get ...
  A: On the right of this dialog is a graphic representing the pagee - if you choose the options you want ...
New to TOC - worked once, but not now!6/11/2008
  Q: I, too, am creating a Word doc from an InDesign file. Having some word experience has been useful, ...
  A: The TOC is simply a field, so selecting the entire TOC and then format, font SHOULD resove it (BUT ...
Using multiple page borders6/11/2008
  Q: I'm trying to use type "a" border on pg1, no border on pg2-9 and "b" border on pg10-11. How can ...
  A: I would suggest using section breaks - at the end of page 1 and page 9 put a section break - you can ...
Word Fill-in Form6/10/2008
  Q: I have a Word document that I want to make available on a website as a fill-in form. Is there a ...
  A: Not sure what you have used for fill in fields - I would do this (assuming I wasn't doing it as a ...
symbol guide6/10/2008
  Q: I'm looking to print out a guide to all the various symbols available, and their shortcut keys.
  A: There isn't anything available in Word to do this but see ...
formulas6/10/2008
  Q: how dose a formula look when you are dividing two numbers in a word table?
  A: Formulas in word are in what is referred to as R1C1 format - i.e. row number and column number - so ...
breaklinks vba6/10/2008
  Q: Please(?) - I'm looking for an auto-run VBA for a word document that will break links back to an ...
  A: I'm not 100% sure how succesful this will be as you want the data to update first - my INCLINATION ...
updating fields6/10/2008
  Q: I have a question about updating fields. I have written several chapters of a long document, each ...
  A: It's not clear where the fields actually exist, or if there are other fields within the document - ...
microsoft 2000 print labels6/7/2008
  Q: i need assistance please. i have version microsoft 2000 and excel database. i want to print ...
  A: The steps SHOULD be Tools, Mail Merge (1) - create - form letters (2) Get Data - open data source - ...
ms word6/5/2008
  Q: my ms word is telling me this word could not load e-mail envelope,when i try to use it as an ...
  A: You haven't given me the version of word, so I cannot be certain which is the right answer for you - ...
Finding someone to set up formatting and stylesheets6/5/2008
  Q: I'm looking for someone I could hire to take a carefully designed template created in InDesign (and ...
  A: I posted this question to the question pool as at the time I was seriously overloaded with questions ...
Word Art doesn't print6/4/2008
  Q: I have added Word Art to my word document, but it won't print. It doesn't even show up when i do a ...
  A: Possibly down to a setting in tools, options and then the print tab - ensure that it is not set to ...
Text Boxes6/3/2008
  Q: Not sure if this has been asked before, but here goes anyway! My query is very similar to a ...
  A: I would PROBABLY use form fields here (view, toolbars, forms) and insert textbox fields. Insert a ...
Fields and References6/2/2008
  Q: Is there a way that I can link two identical lines of text on different pages of a document so that ...
  A: The edition shouldn't matter, and the field you are after is a REF field - the quickest way of ...
formula in header6/2/2008
  Q: How do I put a formula in a header. I am making a standard order formula in word 2003, where I need ...
  A: I'm slightly confused, in that you SEEM to be using a macro to populate part of the document, but ...
Microsoft Word5/30/2008
  Q: You have previously answered this question for somebody else but I still dont seem to be able to do ...
  A: Being in the UK is quite helpful as I'm in Stevenage, Herts! You didn't refer me to my previous ...
Word - Forms5/29/2008
  Q: I'm delving into a side of Word that I've never used before. Forms and Calculations. I'm trying to ...
  A: The calculations will work fine in a table, PROVIDED that the document isn't locked - once you lock ...
problem5/28/2008
  Q: when i was typing the any word and copying to word sheet it may be displays like that the word is ...
  A: I'm afraid I don't follow the question -=- if you mean that you are typing a word and that word ...
garnish & veg.carving book5/26/2008
  Q: am in catering industry for long time, i always wanted to write a book in food garnish & veg.& ...
  A: If your choices are word or front page, then it has to be word - front page is fine for web pages, ...
Word borders printing problems5/23/2008
  Q: Please tell me how to fix this error: "the page border section 1 are set outside the printable ...
  A: Printers generally cannot print to the extreme edges of the page - solutions to the problem are (1) ...
Footnote field codes5/23/2008
  Q: I'm using Word's footnote feature (+ Endnote software) to add footnotes to a manuscript. What i ...
  A: I haven't worked much with footnotes, but I've done a long search to try to find a solution for you ...
word5/21/2008
  Q: I am not sure how to describe this but here goes. Sometimes I may have something typed and I go to ...
  A: POSSIBLY the paragraph is fully justified? However, the question is hard to answer as I dont' fully ...
excel to word5/20/2008
  Q: I want to import an excel table to a word table, but I want special feilds of excel table be ...
  A: OK, that sounds easier - I'll assume we are talking word OTHER than 2007 - in the word document, use ...
excel to word5/20/2008
  Q: I want to import an excel table to a word table, but I want special feilds of excel table be ...
  A: Not clear how you want to do it - with visual basic, use bookmarks. Without, either use mail merge, ...
transferring software5/16/2008
  Q: How do I copy Wordperfect Productivty Pack software from a computer I purchased to another computer ...
  A: Wordpefect is NOT Microsoft Word, so I can only give general advice on how to install software on ...
Repaginating MS Word Docs5/14/2008
  Q: Is there any menu option or other automated way to repaginate documents that have (mysteriously or ...
  A: It's one of these annoying things that PROBABLY seeing the document would resolve, but I do ...
Headings5/14/2008
  Q: I was wondering how you can create a document with a heading that won't move when you paste in text. ...
  A: The EASIEST way would be to put the heading details in the header area of the document - it's then ...
Repaginating MS Word Docs5/13/2008
  Q: Is there any menu option or other automated way to repaginate documents that have (mysteriously or ...
  A: The original question referred to them only as page breaks - IF they are automatic breaks, they will ...
Setup Error5/13/2008
  Q: I use MS Word 2003 all of the time at work and at home. Just this week at work, I have been unable ...
  A: Sorry for sounding so cautious, but I feel it is better to be that way than to gaily tell someone to ...
Setup Error5/13/2008
  Q: I use MS Word 2003 all of the time at work and at home. Just this week at work, I have been unable ...
  A: If it is a work machine, I would contact the IT guys as they MAY have set something running which is ...
Missing text in Word 20035/13/2008
  Q: In many of my word documents when I scroll up or down, some of the text will disappear. When I go to ...
  A: The memory issue is related to display memory as far as I know - I'm afraid the ONLY answer I've ...
Missing text in Word 20035/13/2008
  Q: In many of my word documents when I scroll up or down, some of the text will disappear. When I go to ...
  A: This is an issue with the display of the computer, and will effectively be a memory issue - the ...
page layout5/9/2008
  Q: Is it possible to get Word to lay out a document to print in signatures that will later be bound ...
  A: You didn't give me the address of the web source, but I'm not aware of any easy way of doing what ...
Repaginating MS Word Docs5/8/2008
  Q: Is there any menu option or other automated way to repaginate documents that have (mysteriously or ...
  A: You can use the search and replace option to find page breaks and replace with (I would suggest) ...
merge to email grayed out5/8/2008
  Q: The merge to email button in Word 2003 is grayed out on my computer. I have Outlook Express 6 ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - we had some family matters that needed sorting out which meant I ...
Word to excel5/7/2008
  Q: I want to copy a text field from word to excel using a macro. Please help me with this. Thanks, ...
  A: In theory yes, see previous answer - however, I still don't know what you ACTUALLY mean by FIELD - ...
Mailmerge5/7/2008
  Q: How do i stop dates changing to an american format when doing a amilmerge from an excel ...
  A: Always a nuisance this one - you need to use the tools menu choice to get to the view tab and select ...
Word makes an unwanted copy of document5/6/2008
  Q: Every time I save a document in word, it makes a copy of itself but one i can't open. If the ...
  A: It's standard that these files will exist while working on the files, they are backup copies for ...
Formating or layout? Different views from different PCs5/6/2008
  Q: Ok here's the problem I am trying to solve for someone (I'm a technician). Company X creates ...
  A: It could still be printer drivers, as companies may flood the network with standard drivers - and ...
Word to excel5/6/2008
  Q: I want to copy a text field from word to excel using a macro. Please help me with this. Thanks,
  A: I cannot give you specific code as you didn't specify what you meant by text field but the basic ...
macro operation5/4/2008
  Q: recorded a macro in word to do a mail merge. Then developed code in excel "I thought" would execute ...
  A: This is real-world code I'm using for one of my automated merges Sub LetterProduction() Open ...
Booklet style Format5/1/2008
  Q: Yes to both questions. The document is already in 'Word" and yes to stapling into a book style. ...
  A: I'm hoping that Word Windows XP means Word 2002 or Word XP - if so, it's nice and easy - file menu, ...
Word won't open4/29/2008
  Q: I have MS Office XP (2002) and recently Word has taken longer to open than normal. It came to a ...
  A: Difficult to answer without access to the PC, but I think the first thing I would try would be to ...
Mail merge, future date insertion based on a merge field4/29/2008
  Q: I have a document that I am trying to have auto populate a fist of the month date based on a merge ...
  A: I assume from the question that the excel sheet is actually the data source for the merge - if so, I ...
Interactive Forms4/29/2008
  Q: Created my first form in MS Office 2003. When the document was completed, I protected the form and ...
  A: I suspect that you protected the document in the wrong mode - tools menu, protect document and then ...
Replacing Phone Numbers In Word 2003 Using "Find and Replace"4/29/2008
  Q: I am working with address labels (with cells). The addresses that have copied and pasted over, ...
  A: If you simply want to replace the number with the text shown, then the ? wild card will do it for ...
Word opening files incorrectly4/29/2008
  Q: I am a tech with an odd problem on a machine. I have a WIN2000 machine running Word2000. New drive ...
  A: I SUSPECT that the user in question has changed the FILES OF TYPE option so that the files are not ...
mail merge4/25/2008
  Q: I have created a form, there are two on a page. The merge fields are first name, last name, then ...
  A: As you say there are two records on a form, it is reasonable to assume you have inserted NEXT RECORD ...
blocked collumn4/24/2008
  Q: I have a table with 9 column in MS Word 2003 with SP3; One column is not allowed me to enter any ...
  A: The only reference to "block" that I'm aware of in Word is block editing which allows you to select ...
Mailing Labels Not Lining Up!4/23/2008
  Q: My name is Sarah, and I work for a printing company. I often have people come in that want mailing ...
  A: labels have always been a problem, as they have the label size AND the spacing between labels - I ...
drop-down boxes in Word 20034/23/2008
  Q: I have designed a simple booking form where i have an option to select an airport destination (this ...
  A: If using form fields, then the drop down list will ONLY allow the selected entries, so you would ...
Centering labels4/22/2008
  Q: Can you help, I am trying to center the address whilst doing a mailmerge task, I have notes saying ...
  A: Your second method is fine, but the issue would appear to be the indent - try selecting just one ...
2003 MS Word Letter Merge4/22/2008
  Q: So i am attempting to send out multiple letters to multiple clients. Is there a way to ...
  A: Personally, I'd put this value into the data source (especially as I tend to use Excel as the data ...
doing math in Word4/22/2008
  Q: how've you been? In Word 2003, I have several tables. In table 1, in cell A1, I place a date, say ...
  A: Ouch! You can do maths (UK english, sorry!!!) in Word tables, but as far as I know only within the ...
landscape4/21/2008
  Q: How do I go from portrait to landscape a document?
  A: version of word might have helped, as the specifics change, BUT use the file menu then page setup ...
Label outlines4/18/2008
  Q: I was looking for the answer to the same question. However, it isn't a border that I want. I simply ...
  A: I've not referred back to the original question as you didn't reference it, but I seem to remember ...
Word Merge4/16/2008
  Q: I have to send a memo on a weekly bases to multiple individuals on $'s put into the accounts they ...
  A: I have recently had to do something very similar in this office. Our data source was Excel, so I ...
Bookmarking issue4/14/2008
  Q: I am using Ms Word2000. I have to mark a specific text in a document while processing and later ...
  A: It is bookmark, and a bookmark does indeed mark a location - but that is the selected text or cursor ...
using ActiveDocument.sendmail4/14/2008
  Q: I am trying to use activedocument.sendmail, and it work great in everything accept filling in the ...
  A: I think in this situation it is the case that you need to use what suits you - there are limitations ...
using ActiveDocument.sendmail4/14/2008
  Q: I am trying to use activedocument.sendmail, and it work great in everything accept filling in the ...
  A: I use outlook as my automation model whenever trying to handle mail (or Lotus notes when at work) - ...
MS Word 2003 Spell check4/12/2008
  Q: I'm not sure if you are able to help me, but several weeks ago my spell check in MS word 2003 ...
  A: I cannot find an obvious answer to the problem - a google search ...
hyperlinks in word 2000 and 20034/11/2008
  Q: I am trying to link to a web site in a word 2003 document. I use an application called Fiddler2 to ...
  A: I haven't noticed that this happens, although of course I haven't got a logging application - I can ...
Word mail merge issues4/11/2008
  Q: Firstly thanks for your time in looking at this question I have. Greatly appreciated. I am ...
  A: I don't think that merge is going to be the way to go with this, due to the formatting issues - I ...
Language Translation4/10/2008
  Q: I had a customer ask if we could translate our machine manual into Spanish for his workers. Our ...
  A: I really WOULDN'T try to use a program to do a translation - you will get a word for word ...
Can i autofill a second field by selecting a drop down menu ?4/9/2008
  Q: Hope you can help me, i only know the very basics of word. Each morning i must complete a duty sheet ...
  A: I haven't managed to find an easy way of doing this - IF I was doing it myself, I would use VBA for ...
Printing Multiple Word Documents From Command line4/8/2008
  Q: I need to print multiple word documents from a command line without opening them. How can I do this? ...
  A: I would use windows explorer to do this - select the files you want to print as a block (hold down ...
Drop down list on Microsoft Word4/8/2008
  Q: I have created a drop down list but as soon as I protect it I can't type on the other lines. PLEASE ...
  A: The trick with forms in this situation is to use section breaks - put yourself at the position you ...
Word 2003 Mail Merge4/8/2008
  Q: I am trying to use mail merge to merge data rows from Excel. My Excel file has only values in it, ...
  A: Excel stores data in a strange way to mere humans it seems, but it may simply be that your formula ...
word and excel docs4/8/2008
  Q: Why is it that when you try to open an attachment from word or excel from another program it won't ...
  A: As long as you have excel or word on your home computer, the attachment should open. You didn't ...
read only4/7/2008
  Q: How do I send an MS-Word file to somebody and have it be read-only?
  A: Depends what you mean by read-only - if you want it to be impossible for the user to change what you ...
formulas: product4/7/2008
  Q: Word 2003. I have a table, and I want to get the product of the field to the left and .0125. I've ...
  A: I'm sitting here at work trying to do a boring task, and thought it made sense to answer your ...
formulas: product4/7/2008
  Q: Word 2003. I have a table, and I want to get the product of the field to the left and .0125. I've ...
  A: I don't think it's the product bit that is causing the problem, but determining the row to use? If ...
Word 2007 - Too Many Styles!4/7/2008
  Q: I want to tame Word 2007's style gallery - so it shows only normal, body single, 3 levels of ...
  A: Sorry about that - as you will realise, we are all learning office 2007, and often the first time I ...
macro operation4/6/2008
  Q: recorded a macro in word to do a mail merge. Then developed code in excel "I thought" would execute ...
  A: If I understand the question correctly, the "SEARCH" is due to the merge trying to merge more ...
MS Word 20034/4/2008
  Q: I have mentioned this before to Suzanne and Richard but neither solution has worked. I have ProDoc ...
  A: It's not a program I'm familiar with, and you didn't say what the solutions that didn't work were, ...
Properly protected forms in word4/4/2008
  Q: Is there any way I can create a form with fill-in text fields that are of a fixed length that won't ...
  A: I'm not aware of a way of doing it with form fields - although you can set the length of the fields, ...
allowing attachments in forms4/4/2008
  Q: I am creating a form in Microsoft Word and I want to create an area where the user can add ...
  A: Use section breaks to seperate the forms area from the "free-format" area then protect the document ...
Word 2007 - Too Many Styles!4/4/2008
  Q: I want to tame Word 2007's style gallery - so it shows only normal, body single, 3 levels of ...
  A: If you click on the button to the right of the word style at the bottom of the ribbon group, you can ...
autocaptioning tables in word 20074/4/2008
  Q: When I create a new table, it always adds a caption. How can I turn this feature off? ANSWER: I'm ...
  A: sorry for failing to answer first time - Word 2007 being so different to earlier versions makes it ...
Bold and Underline Mail Merge Fields4/4/2008
  Q: Back again with another problem I am having with mail merge. I have a field which I have formatted ...
  A: It is fairly easy, but you need to ensure you set the formatting on the entire field - to do this, I ...
Creating a document.4/3/2008
  Q: I want to create a standard letter that when i open it prompts me for details EG Name, Address Etc ...
  A: Ask fields update when any fields are updated, they aren't my preferred method of handling this type ...
TOC in Word 20074/3/2008
  Q: I'm working on a document created by someone else and amended by another person. The document is ...
  A: I've not found anything documented on the microsoft knowledge base to explain this - is it possible ...
Word'03 ASK field prompt for answer4/3/2008
  Q: I'm in the process of creating a template. I would like to create the document so that when the user ...
  A: The ask field will prompt for data when the fields are updated, so (for example) a PRINT command ...
Mail merge4/1/2008
  Q: I use Access 2003 to provide names and addresses to feed to a standard letter in MS Word for mail ...
  A: You have answered your own question - once you have inserted the fields and attached the data ...
macro operation4/1/2008
  Q: recorded a macro in word to do a mail merge. Then developed code in excel "I thought" would execute ...
  A: I would still look to taking the information from Excel and have it send it to word, but word.run ...
Headers lock when I only protect one section of a form3/31/2008
  Q: I have been assisting in creating some report templates for global use for my company. Actually, ...
  A: I'm afraid that is the design of the program, so you will need to use workarounds - IF the layout of ...
Problem using a Word 2003 template in Word 20073/31/2008
  Q: I have to use a 2003 template for a presentation but I have Word 2007. Every time I save my changes ...
  A: I cannot see why this would be happening, but you didn't say how you were making the changes - ...
Enable Macros Warning Continues to Appear3/31/2008
  Q: Using Windows XP Pro: I have a document created with Word 2003 that contains multiple check boxes. I ...
  A: Actually, it isn't - it's VERY easy (and very useful) In a cell that you want to restrict input ...
word crashes when accessing address book3/30/2008
  Q: I've been on the internet looking for a solution and it appears many people are experiencing the ...
  A: I've not experienced the problem, but I can see from a google search there are lots of probable hits ...
macro operation3/30/2008
  Q: recorded a macro in word to do a mail merge. Then developed code in excel "I thought" would execute ...
  A: It can definitely be unscrambled - my email is aidan.heritage@virgin.net - the PROBABLE problem is ...
macro operation3/30/2008
  Q: recorded a macro in word to do a mail merge. Then developed code in excel "I thought" would execute ...
  A: Why do you want to do this via code? Having said that, it's pretty simple do do - let me know what ...
Enable Macros Warning Continues to Appear3/28/2008
  Q: Using Windows XP Pro: I have a document created with Word 2003 that contains multiple check boxes. I ...
  A: As you did have macros, office programs continue to assume they still have them - the EASIEST way to ...
Word form with email hyperlink3/28/2008
  Q: I am trying to figure out….how to have a protected doc with a Hyperlink that works. Apparently this ...
  A: Not too much of a challenge - use section breaks before and after your hyperlink, then protect the ...
word- data base maialaing3/28/2008
  Q: I have document that contains 3 identical versions of the same information placed 3-up on a 8 1/2 x ...
  A: You didn't say how far you could get, so I'll assume nothing and start from the beginning - I'll ...
Word won't open3/27/2008
  Q: All of a sudden, I can't open Word. When I try to open it, it flashes on the Word 2000 logo screen, ...
  A: A difficult one (potentially) to resolve remotely, but I'll try - use the start menu to get to the ...
word / excel3/27/2008
  Q: When I click on them nothing happens. When I double click a second time - NOT RESPONDING appears. ...
  A: It's probably an operating system issue (and I don't know which that is) as it is affecting two ...
fill in the blanks3/27/2008
  Q: I need to make a sheet that has blank spaces which are underlined, like a fill in the blanks that ...
  A: A few possible methods - you could use a table formatted with the necessary borders (bottom only on ...
ms word form question3/26/2008
  Q: I have created a MS Word form that I have my clients fill out. Is there a way to create a ...
  A: basically, its the send to mail recipient as attachment mail command, but I guess you want it to be ...
How to "reverse" the Image Polarity on Word3/26/2008
  Q: Aidan! I think you are one of the guys I asked a previous question to, which I still can't solve. ...
  A: it's certainly do-able - the problem may come from the fact that you are pasting from a website so ...
Merging Excel Data into Word Document3/26/2008
  Q: I am merging Excel data into a word document and the numbers are printing several places past the ...
  A: A common problem - the formatting of the data in excel doesn't change the underlying data, so dates ...
MS Word 20033/25/2008
  Q: I am trying to create a two page, two column newsletter template. The first page will have a 2in ...
  A: There is no way that I know of for this to be an automatic process I'm afraid - it would even be ...
Mail Merge to Mirror Image3/25/2008
  Q: I need to mail merge a list of names to a mirror image for printing on labels. The only way I have ...
  A: WordArt won't work, as WordArt is another application effectively. Not 100% sure WHY you need to ...
find and replace with code3/24/2008
  Q: I need to insert a rtf document coming from MS Access snapshot into MS Word. At the final phase, in ...
  A: I might have missed something, but if code is being used to manipulate the word document, why not ...
Microsoft works 8.53/23/2008
  Q: purchased 2 1521's for kids in august for college. while personally using both in the past 2 weeks, ...
  A: Works isn't MS Word, and I've never used the program, but there isn't anything in any version of a ...
problem viewing tables in print view3/23/2008
  Q: I am having a problem viewing a table in the print view mode in ms word2003. It shows fine in the ...
  A: I would GUESS that the table has borders set to none in certain parts, and these won't print - but ...
Letterhead protection3/21/2008
  Q: I am creating a letterhead template with jpeg graphics( top, left margin and footer. I would like to ...
  A: I suspected it was 2007 - I think we are going to be ok - use the footer to put the footer graphic ...
Letterhead protection3/21/2008
  Q: I am creating a letterhead template with jpeg graphics( top, left margin and footer. I would like to ...
  A: You didn't specify which version of Word - but BASICALLY the steps are the same in all versions - ...
Word3/21/2008
  Q: Everytime I open this Word file that was created by someone else, the formatting looks like IE and ...
  A: It sounds like the file has been saved as an HTML file, which is associated with Internet Explorer, ...
cursor problem3/19/2008
  Q: Somehow the keypad controlled keypad has disabled the cursor. We can't find a way to get the cursor ...
  A: This is an operating system query and you didn't specify which OS you are using - I would START by ...
Linking a name in a document3/18/2008
  Q: am using MS Word 2003 and I would like to create a document where I can enter information once at ...
  A: You didn't specify how the document is laid out, but assuming it uses form fields, you would use the ...
Printing Labels in Word, list from Excel3/18/2008
  Q: I have an Excel lead list and am trying to print labels with the names and addresses in Word under ...
  A: I'm not sure which version of Word you have, or where you are having the problems - I PERSONALLY ...
Trying to isolate an avatar image and send it.3/18/2008
  Q: Aidan! I appreciate any help you can give, I'm pulling my hair out! If you use Yahoo, you may have ...
  A: No problem - as I mentioned, I can think of a way of getting the file onto your computer, which is ...
Help! Trouble formatting endnotes3/18/2008
  Q: I am copyediting a book for an old professor of mine and something has gone haywire with the ...
  A: I've spent a long time trying to duplicate this (hence the lack of speed in reply) and have managed ...
check boxes and frozen fields3/17/2008
  Q: I would like to make a document that not only allows users to place an x in the box but also allows ...
  A: You didn't specify how you protected the document, but if you use the forms toolbar to set the ...
form in microsoft word3/16/2008
  Q: for work i was asked to complete the following task with word 2003: design a form (its a contract) ...
  A: Yes, no problem at all - insert a form field at the FIRST location you need the information, then ...
Macro error in Word3/13/2008
  Q: Word 2007 Every time i open a document i get an Error about macros. How can i set Word to not ...
  A: You don't say WHAT the error is, so I'll GUESS it's related to macro security - if so, you CAN ...
Storing data in Word3/12/2008
  Q: I noticed that forms can be created in Word (I have MSWord 3)but am curious if it can be used for my ...
  A: Within word forms, you have the option on save to save data only, so that MIGHT be the way forward - ...
Storing data in Word3/12/2008
  Q: I noticed that forms can be created in Word (I have MSWord 3)but am curious if it can be used for my ...
  A: I'm slightly puzzled about the version of Word, but I'm GUESSING it was a mac version - Word for the ...
Mail merge for labels3/12/2008
  Q: I am getting duplicate address blocks. Page 2 starts the list over starting with the second person, ...
  A: Mail merge labels should have a next record field after each label on the page EXCEPT for the last ...
Trying to isolate an avatar image and send it.3/12/2008
  Q: Aidan! I appreciate any help you can give, I'm pulling my hair out! If you use Yahoo, you may have ...
  A: but tried to be as helpful as possible - you SEEM to have missed the bit in my reply where I ...
Page numbering and section breaks word 20083/11/2008
  Q: I am currently writing a book and have found that the page numbers start from zero at every section ...
  A: I'm not aware that this is the norm, page numbers would normally start from 1 and continue unless ...
Fields to disappear within protected forms?3/11/2008
  Q: I am creating an electronic exam answer book in Word 2000, using a protected form. I'd like to have ...
  A: If you set the default text, it will remain as the text UNTIL the user starts to type - just ...
Protection3/10/2008
  Q: I have a form that I need to fill out that I downloaded from the internet but I need to alter the ...
  A: You will need to do this with a macro - protecting a form with a macro allows the use of a switch to ...
Inserting/removing a line with conditional mail merge3/10/2008
  Q: I have a document for a mail merge in which an entire paragraph consists of a merge field. As it ...
  A: It will be easy to deal with if you turn on the paragraph mark view and field code view (tools, ...
File permission error3/8/2008
  Q: Last year I saved documents on Microsoft word and now when I try to open them I get the message: ...
  A: The files have either been deleted, moved or renamed - you didn't say which operating system you are ...
Fields to disappear within protected forms?3/7/2008
  Q: I am creating an electronic exam answer book in Word 2000, using a protected form. I'd like to have ...
  A: You can either use default text, or alternatively help text - both of these are available by right ...
Clip Board Save3/5/2008
  Q: Is there a way to save all the Clip Board Items automatically when Word 2003 is exited?
  A: I've not worked in any great way with the extended clipboard, but I'm not aware of any way of doing ...
MS Word 2000 deleting certain page numbers3/4/2008
  Q: I'm writing a complicated document that requires different pagination in different sections. I have ...
  A: You haven't specified where the page numbers are, but if in the header footer area you need to make ...
Collapse in Word3/3/2008
  Q: How can I add more than bookmarks in Word XP? I can add only 1 in a document. (insert > bookmark). ...
  A: If you use the outline view (tools, options, view) option (which would require the use of styles for ...
word2003 picture is lost/missing3/2/2008
  Q: 1. picture imported to doc, format: in front of text. 2. I moved the picture in the page. 3. ...
  A: I've managed to duplicate the problem, but unfortunately have failed to find a solution - the ONLY ...
bookmarks in Word3/1/2008
  Q: How can I add more than bookmarks in Word XP? I can add only 1 in a document. (insert > bookmark).
  A: The word "than" in your sentance confuses me, but I'll assume you are asking if you can add multiple ...
Change comment bubble color2/29/2008
  Q: How can this be done? Thanks.
  A: I've not worked with comments much myself, and despite a lengthy search of all the sources I know, ...
WORD 97-Open newer version documents2/27/2008
  Q: when I'm trying to open documents over the net with my WORD 97 it's crashes... ( with my old ...
  A: There isn't really enough to go on, but BASICALLY any documents pre Word 2007 should open fine in ...
Typing a solid line in word2/27/2008
  Q: I am trying to revise a form that my company uses. I need to put a solid line after Name:_____ or ...
  A: Various ways - my PREFERRED method would be to format tabs, set a leader of an underline, then hit ...
formatting for graphics2/27/2008
  Q: Aidan, how are you? I use Word 2003. I want to use graphics in my document but the advanced ...
  A: I don't work a lot with graphics in this way, so I think the BEST I can do is to point you to ...
Insert Object2/26/2008
  Q: Aidan. If I insert an Adobe file as an object (show as icon) in word2003 it shows the red icon and ...
  A: Unfortunately I no longer have installed copies of those versions of Word, and although I've done a ...
Table content2/26/2008
  Q: Every time I print a document that has table of contents it asks me to update the table of contents. ...
  A: When you print, this field will update - when it updates, it has options available to you - so these ...
wordperfect database conversion to microsoft word2/26/2008
  Q: Aidan. We've spoken a few times and you've always been very helpful. I work for a firm that does a ...
  A: I'm not familiar with Wordperfect dat files, although I haven't used WordPerfect since DOS days so ...
Microsoft Word Printing Option Errors2/22/2008
  Q: I seem to be having a problem with MS Word (11.3.8) Printing Options after I installed Leopard ...
  A: I've not come across this problem but from the description it would seem to be some conflict between ...
Table content2/22/2008
  Q: Every time I print a document that has table of contents it asks me to update the table of contents. ...
  A: The Table of Contents is a field, so SHOULD update automatically on printing - I'm not clear what ...
paragraph breaks2/21/2008
  Q: Many times, when I download email text or a text document from a Web site, the formatting of the ...
  A: emails tend to be set up to a fixed width, with paragraph marks at the end of them - the fix (which ...
Catalouge in Word 20032/18/2008
  Q: Using MS Excel and Word 2003 in Xp. I'm attempting to create a Network Administrator guide which ...
  A: Best starting point I've found is to record macros, then look at them and analyze what they do (and ...
Upgrading from MSword 2002to ??2/18/2008
  Q: Aidan, you have helped me in the past, and again, thank you. Now I would like to know if you have ...
  A: Probably the issue you are having wont' be resolved by later versions - and indeed, moving to 2007 ...
Word 2007 save/re-saving2/18/2008
  Q: I'm working on a paper in MS work 2007...when I hit the save icon to save my progress, it tells me ...
  A: It certainly helps to narrow down the problem, but it hasn't helped me with the solution (through no ...
importing control codes for formatting in word2/17/2008
  Q: are there control codes that exist so that one can use a text file embedded with codes that Word ...
  A: That helps a lot - I'd be INCLINED to use a template as the starting point for a report, as ...
file conversion2/17/2008
  Q: please tell how to convert the picture file into word document?
  A: not clear what you want to do - if you want to turn a picture containing words into a text file, ...
importing control codes for formatting in word2/16/2008
  Q: are there control codes that exist so that one can use a text file embedded with codes that Word ...
  A: I am not aware of any, BUT you didn't specify why you wanted to know - if a program is to generate a ...
Word 2007 save/re-saving2/15/2008
  Q: I'm working on a paper in MS work 2007...when I hit the save icon to save my progress, it tells me ...
  A: It's odd that it does it for each document, and I haven't managed to find a setting within Word that ...
Microsoft Word 20002/14/2008
  Q: I sit down at my computer and try to use Word and it will not fully open, it stops just before the ...
  A: The file is normal.dot not mormal.dot and it WILL exist. The mdmp file is a memory dump of the ...
Word 2007 - envelope address2/13/2008
  Q: I am trying to create an envelope in word 2007 and insert an address from my outlook address book. ...
  A: I would recommend a search at http://support.microsoft.com as that is the location of the knowledge ...
Microsoft Word 20002/13/2008
  Q: I sit down at my computer and try to use Word and it will not fully open, it stops just before the ...
  A: Difficult to answer as it could be a number of things - it sounds as though the installation medium ...
Word 2002 document merge2/13/2008
  Q: I have two versions of the same document that I want to merge and compare. I have selected "accept ...
  A: I cannot find anything in the knowledge base to explain this, although possibly as both documents ...
Mail Merge - Combining multiple fields into a single formatted field2/13/2008
  Q: I am doing a mail merge where individual fields for account number and amount which need to be ...
  A: you could do it in Excel using the TEXT worksheet function and the & sign ...
WORD crashes with Vista2/13/2008
  Q: I have been using WORD from Office 2000 with my vista laptop for months. All of a sudden, I try to ...
  A: I would try the following - without word running, use the find option (not sure where it is in ...
Microsoft Word 20032/12/2008
  Q: Our office creates documents that have been marked to create a table of authorities. When one of the ...
  A: I'm pretty sure it will be tools, options, then the print tab - this should include options for what ...
Trouble printing an envelope from Word2/12/2008
  Q: I am having trouble printing out an envelope from Word. Everything else is printing without any ...
  A: I tend not to print envelopes, but there should be no issue with doing it - the problem description ...
WORD 2000 PRO, Version 92/12/2008
  Q: I have a home network set up for 2 computers. I cannot print a WORD document to a shared printer ...
  A: It sounds like a networking problem, as there is no reason why Word will not print to ANY available ...
Microsoft Word2/12/2008
  Q: I am trying to move my word doc. from MS Office professional 2000 to MS office Student & Teacher ...
  A: It sounds like you have created a shortcut to the folder (all items on the desktop are LIKELY to be ...
Catalouge in Word 20032/11/2008
  Q: Using MS Excel and Word 2003 in Xp. I'm attempting to create a Network Administrator guide which ...
  A: I'm not sure that it is possible - although you COULD probably use VBA to automate the process ...
large document issue2/10/2008
  Q: We have a word document (538,324) that saved perfectly but when we go to open states that it can't ...
  A: Word files (as with any program) CAN corrupt, so always keep a backup - but you knew that! On the ...
Word 2007 on my Vista changes docs to READ-ONLY is killing me2/9/2008
  Q: HELP what can I do- where is a patch that prevents all my docs in Word 2007 on my Vista-- changes ...
  A: If a document is saved in office 2007 it will be (by default) in office 2007 format, but wouldn't be ...
auto superscript2/7/2008
  Q: I have a dislike of, say, 'th' after '4' meaning 'fourth' automatically becoming superscript - is ...
  A: No problem - you didn't say which version of Word so I'll assume NOT 2007 - tools, autocorrect (you ...
Cannot save word document from word template - word:mac 20042/6/2008
  Q: I cannot save a microsoft word 2004 mac document from a template. When I do a Save As... and change ...
  A: I don't know why, but why do you want to? Use the File New menu choice to create a NEW document ...
Concordance document2/6/2008
  Q: I'm running Word 2002 and trying to create an index from a concordance document. My concordance ...
  A: It's worth checking you have service pack 2 installed, but I don't think that is the issue - but I'm ...
Word pop-up2/5/2008
  Q: I'm curious as to how I can get Microsoft Word to stop popping up whenever I'm typing on my wireless ...
  A: It's not clear what you are typing in, or what you mean by pop up- but PROBABLY a key combination ...
Missing toolbar & menu bar in Word 20022/4/2008
  Q: Both my toolbar & menu bar are in hiding. Nothing I've read in "help" seems to help.
  A: This used to be a very common question, so I actually had the answer saved for a long while - it ...
Need help on Word 20072/4/2008
  Q: I'm going crazy because when I open a document in word (both existing and/or new) and move my cursor ...
  A: I've only very recently encountered this via a question from another AllExperts users - the answer I ...
TOC Problem2/4/2008
  Q: I've created a table of contents and the page numbers match up, but when I e-mail the word doc the ...
  A: It's puzzling that they don't match the document, but my GUESS would be that the margins are close ...
Problems track changes word 20032/3/2008
  Q: I am having major troubles with Word 2003 Track changes. No matter what I do, when I try to close ...
  A: You seem to be doing everything I would expect - I double checked at ...
automatic path and filename in header/footer2/2/2008
  Q: BUT.... If the file is then moved or copied to another drive or folder, the path and filename does ...
  A: As long as the path has been inserted as a field, you should have no real concerns - F9 causes the ...
Creating labels2/1/2008
  Q: I want to be able to create labels for sticking on envelopes. Could you direct me to where I can ...
  A: The best book EVER for mail merge was the printed manual to Word 2 - ever since then, Microsoft have ...
Creating labels2/1/2008
  Q: I want to be able to create labels for sticking on envelopes. Could you direct me to where I can ...
  A: Create the list, in pretty much any program - I tend to use Excel as it is easy to do data entry ...
Excel/ Word Documents1/31/2008
  Q: I have an excel spreadsheet(23 columns by 4760 rows which increase on a daily basis) that only ...
  A: By Word documents I take it you mean documents consisting of words - in the example that you give, ...
Mail Merge Problem with dates1/31/2008
  Q: I have been trying to do a mail merge which includes dates. The dates in the excel sheet take either ...
  A: Its the same answer as before - you will need to include formatting "switches" in the mail merge ...
Mail Merge Problem with dates1/31/2008
  Q: I have been trying to do a mail merge which includes dates. The dates in the excel sheet take either ...
  A: Don't you just love the Americans who assume that everything works their way? BASICALLY, unless you ...
can't click on an open word document1/31/2008
  Q: when I click on an open Word doc to move the cursor from one sentence to another, nothing happpens. ...
  A: EXCEPT that the other one WASN'T so it's not even that. Of course, it's not something I've ...
can't click on an open word document1/31/2008
  Q: when I click on an open Word doc to move the cursor from one sentence to another, nothing happpens. ...
  A: If this applies just to specific documents, then I would think that they have been protected for ...
MS Word Mailmerge1/31/2008
  Q: I am trying to mail merge about 8,000 records in MS Excel into email messages through MS Word. ...
  A: For some reason, my reply to your question appears not to have been sent via the system - so my ...
one picture on multiple labels1/30/2008
  Q: How to I put a picture in the corner of a label before addressing them ANSWER: Insert it using the ...
  A: I would create a page of labels, then insert the picture, resize it to fit first, then copy and ...
Word source file1/29/2008
  Q: I have a doc file that created by RTF and tiff files the files have been moved from their original ...
  A: might be worth using notepad to open the word doc and search for any references to the incorrect ...
VBA simplification1/29/2008
  Q: Aidan, Hope you are well. Apologies for posting this question through the wrong forum, but I am ...
  A: ). Your answer is nice and simple - create a PUBLIC variable, store the folder name in that and ...
my footnotes appear on the wrong pagesH1/29/2008
  Q: I'm using Microsoft Office Word 2007 to write my degree dissertation, and my footnotes don't always ...
  A: I cannot find anything to explain this, but WONDER if there are perhaps too many footnotes to fit ...
ms word1/28/2008
  Q: I have made a list of labels 3 across and 10 down I have about 12 pages.. I need to put them in alpa ...
  A: Not as it stands, as the data is not linear - use the table menu to select all, then convert table ...
Undeleting a deletion that was not the last deletion1/27/2008
  Q: I use Word 2003 and XP. Occasionally I use undelete a couple of times in an hour and then want to ...
  A: You can use the undo list to move backwards in time, BUT that means that all actions UP TO that ...
Text color1/27/2008
  Q: Word 2003. Envelopes and labels have begun to print in green, although Print Preview shows in ...
  A: Odd, it's not something I've come across - if it was a GENERAL problem then I'd recommend checking ...
Showing specific text1/25/2008
  Q: I have a master document which describes various tasks that need to be performed by people in ...
  A: Probably is possible - my current thought would be that using IF fields would probably be the way to ...
word edit lock1/24/2008
  Q: the guy said i should delete the file will that delete it forever or will it still be there.
  A: I don't mind coming into a conversation part way through if I can catch up, but I'm afraid this ...
Disappearing Duplex Option1/24/2008
  Q: I look after a few machines in my office. They all run on Word 2002. One of the users frequently ...
  A: I've done a full search of the Microsoft Knowledge base, and a pretty thorough Google search and ...
Convert addresses1/24/2008
  Q: The following is my problem: I have a database (Excel) with 5000 addresses. Based on these i will ...
  A: OK at home now and can check the actual version - it's the MAILING ribbon, then start mail merge - ...
Convert addresses1/24/2008
  Q: The following is my problem: I have a database (Excel) with 5000 addresses. Based on these i will ...
  A: Yes, mail merge! You didn't say which version of office you are using, but the tools menu in ...
unable to resize header in Word 20041/23/2008
  Q: I don't know how it happened, but I somehow changed the default header size to 1/2 of the page. I ...
  A: I'm a PC user, and Word went from 2003 to 2007 on this platform, so I'm going to be slightly working ...
RE: Microsoft Word 20021/23/2008
  Q: I have a question in regards to sendinga an email. I open up a word document and then go to FILE - ...
  A: Sorry, but this is inbuilt into the command itself - the subject will be the document name as ...
Printing problem1/23/2008
  Q: I made a chart in the excel and want to copy and paste it in ms word. i could not able to print the ...
  A: I'll do my best to answer, but it MAY be under tools, options then print - check that drawing ...
Merge Field IF Blank1/22/2008
  Q: I am trying to merge fields to a Word Postcard for a Little League mailing using Excel as my ...
  A: Not my website personally, but i know what you mean! You will need to insert an IF field, which you ...
Global templates1/22/2008
  Q: We created a template containing some macros and toolbars and made it a global template by copying ...
  A: I presume that the rogue machines do have the correct startup location set in tools, options, file ...
not printing full page1/20/2008
  Q: Have recently started using office 2007 after getting new vista computer. Several letters (from the ...
  A: As you will have guessed, it's not the mode, but I SUSPECT it's the printer driver - printers have ...
MS Word1/19/2008
  Q: At some point my auto complete for date insertion stopped working and I can't seem to get it going. ...
  A: You didn't say which version of word, so these instructions MIGHT be different on your version ...
Word1/18/2008
  Q: I want to be able to define a multilevel list (in Word 2007) and have it actually saved as the ...
  A: I've not had cause to do this yet in Word 2007, but from the help file (F1, type Define Multi level ...
Mail Merge1/17/2008
  Q: Is it possible to have word add a watermark automatically when doing a mail merge? ANSWER: I think ...
  A: If the watermark is one of a few depending on conditions, then an IF field would handle this ...
Mail Merge1/17/2008
  Q: Is it possible to have word add a watermark automatically when doing a mail merge? ANSWER: I think ...
  A: Thats fine then - the merge will take EVERYTHING in the template document and merge the fields in as ...
Mail Merge1/17/2008
  Q: Is it possible to have word add a watermark automatically when doing a mail merge?
  A: I think I need more information - if you mean part of the standard boiler plate document, then yes, ...
removing "read only" from a m/s word document1/17/2008
  Q: I am running Windows X-P on a Compaq 6450NX C.P.U. with Cox high speed internet service. I recently ...
  A: I would GUESS that your backup was to a CD or DVD - which would then be a read only file (cd's once ...
FORMS toolbar in Word 20071/17/2008
  Q: I recently moved to Microsoft Word 2007 (from Word XP). I am looking for "Forms" toolbar with which ...
  A: Er, yes! As you will have gathered, it's all changed - there are NO toolbars, only ribbons, and ...
automated form completion (filling in fields)1/17/2008
  Q: I have a situation where I capture certain key data - e.g. First and last name, street address, ...
  A: IF you have to capture LOTS of records and then produce a lot of documents, then possibly Excel, but ...
automated form completion (filling in fields)1/17/2008
  Q: I have a situation where I capture certain key data - e.g. First and last name, street address, ...
  A: I would do this by having the forms themselves set up in Word - if it were being done by me, I would ...
form field depencency and documents with equal contents1/17/2008
  Q: I've been making a form. I've got two questions. 1. is it possible to let forms field contents ...
  A: I would tend to do this type of form using Visual Basic and userforms - which would enable ...
Inability to repeat info. in a UserForm1/17/2008
  Q: I have downloaded and trialled a number of instructions to create a UserForm and I'm very grateful ...
  A: The link should work, but try http://www.aidanheritage.byethost3.com/word which will take you to ...
.Doc1/16/2008
  Q: I have been advised to send a file in a .doc form. I am unable to figure out how to do this? Or am I ...
  A: You will be pleased to hear this is easy if you have Word - .doc is simply the standard file format ...
Inability to repeat info. in a UserForm1/16/2008
  Q: I have downloaded and trialled a number of instructions to create a UserForm and I'm very grateful ...
  A: The method I use is to have bookmarks and insert text at that location - however, it would help to ...
Date format change from excel to word1/15/2008
  Q: In my excel document the format for the date is mmmm d, yyyy and when I merge into word 2003 the ...
  A: Yes to both - in excel, use a blank column to contain the formula =text(CellRef,"mmmm d, yyyy") ...
Microsoft Word for Mac 2004 Version 11.3.81/15/2008
  Q: I have a word doc that I began writing on my iMac. I then transferred it via firewire to my iBook, ...
  A: Difficult to answer without seeing the document (though if you want to send it to me you can get me ...
MS Word 5.1 and fractions1/14/2008
  Q: I am using MS Word 5.1a for Mac. Although I have system OS 10, Word opens in Classic (I'm on an ...
  A: I'm at a slight disadvantage in that I've never used a mac and therefore also never used this ...
Duplicate form1/14/2008
  Q: I have created a form to have others fill out. We also need to use only the top portion of the form ...
  A: I think my inclination would be to create a two page document, with the relevent section duplicated ...
Portrait versis Landscape in Word1/13/2008
  Q: I don't know where to go to find windows explorer to get the following suggestions to my ptoblem ...
  A: I would agree that deleting the normal.dot file would be a good starting point - without Word ...
Word 2003 Pointer1/12/2008
  Q: Since installing Word 2003 a little while back, the pointer has been so light that it's difficult to ...
  A: My GUESS would be that this is to do with the system settings (from control panel, mouse pointer ...
link in word to a file located on a remote ftp site1/11/2008
  Q: I wish to send an email to a large group of people. This email must reference to 2 other emails that ...
  A: As far as I know this isn't going to be possible (at least not as you have requested it) - it MIGHT ...
drop down list for Word1/11/2008
  Q: We use MS Word 2003 and I would like to add one or two drop down lists within a document in word ...
  A: Sorry for the delay in replying - I'd forgotten that we were away for the weekend. Your method is ...
When I tried to make a paragraph as Heading1, why would it add a line right below the heading text?1/10/2008
  Q: When I tried to make a paragraph as Heading1, why would it add a line right below the heading text? ...
  A: If you check the formatting of the style , you will find (as far as I know) that it is set with ...
mail merge for excel leads list1/10/2008
  Q: I want to use a leads list that is in excel.When I dopen it with excel... the contact names that are ...
  A: I'm puzzled - the cell would display up to 256 characters if wide enough, and be able to contain ...
protecting paragraphs1/10/2008
  Q: I am trying to recreate an application in Word and I would like to protect the questions but still ...
  A: It's odd that this was the second question in a row on this subject - however, use the FORMS toolbar ...
Word Doc Protection1/10/2008
  Q: What is the best way of going abut this
  A: Using the forms toolbar, insert fields where you want the data to be entered, then use the tools ...
Odd/Even Headers & Footers1/9/2008
  Q: Running into a glitch in Word when using odd/even (different) headers & footers. Sometimes, towards ...
  A: probably caused by rogue section breaks or (more likely) paragraph marks forcing a page break and ...
Table custom autoformatting1/9/2008
  Q: I've been researching table autoformatting, since the custom tables in the company template don't ...
  A: Although I purchased a copy of 2003, I never had any questions on it so never installed it - which ...
Template style issue1/9/2008
  Q: Greetings. This is one of two questions I am sending separately. As incoming senior DTP at global IT ...
  A: I admit to having no idea - I think this is one of those situations where it would take ages to find ...
sorting in order of word length1/9/2008
  Q: I do hope you can help me. I have a list of words and phrases on a Microsoft Word 2004 document, and ...
  A: I think the EASIEST way to do this is to copy and paste to Excel, then use the LEN function to get ...
Microsoft word 20031/9/2008
  Q: I am using Microsoft word 2003 on a lap top. I used to be able to just "paint" a section of text and ...
  A: It's PROBABLY WordPerfect navigation keys (use tools, options, general tab to amend this). It could ...
MS Word fonts1/8/2008
  Q: I have heard that Microsoft changes the fonts on updated versions of Word ever so slightly such that ...
  A: The fonts are all stored in the fonts directory, so a user could easily replace any fonts with any ...
Microsoft Word Template1/8/2008
  Q: Created a two page template. First and second pages have different header/footers. Section one and ...
  A: I'm not sure I've got enough to go on - why do we have two sections (one section can have a ...
Printing MS Word Documents formatted with themes on a1/7/2008
  Q: Why do I receive an error when printing an MS Word 2003 document with "theme" formatting on an HP ...
  A: As far as I know, this is a printer generated error rather than a Word error - as such, it's outside ...
Updating Index - Formatting reverting1/7/2008
  Q: When updating my Index (by using F9, or right clicking - either on the index directly, or over to ...
  A: I'm not an expert in indexes as the documents I produce tend not to use them, BUT an index is simply ...
hourglass symbol1/4/2008
  Q: While typing in Microsoft Word or even on the Internet, the hourglass symbol occurs in the left ...
  A: As this is occuring in Word AND the internet (which are unrelated applications) it appears to be a ...
page range in index1/3/2008
  Q: I hope you can help. I'm going nuts. No book is of any use. I enter text on page one, say "western". ...
  A: To mark entries as index entries, don't worry about the bookmark - just display the dialog box and ...
Microsoft Word (Not repsponding)1/3/2008
  Q: Aidan I installed Microsoft works and Word 2002 from a CD on my Acer Aspire E380 Desktop computer. ...
  A: It will be either of the two templates options, but PROBABLY user Templates (unless you have ...
Microsoft Word (Not repsponding)1/2/2008
  Q: Aidan I installed Microsoft works and Word 2002 from a CD on my Acer Aspire E380 Desktop computer. ...
  A: Normal.dot is probably the best starting point - you didn't say how you searched, and I'm not ...
Calculations in tables1/2/2008
  Q: I have an embedded Excel table in a Word document performing some fairly complex calculations. I ...
  A: If you copy the area you want to duplicate, then go to the area you want the table to appear, you ...
Bullet12/27/2007
  Q: Can we create our own bullet in Microsoft Word 2003? And if can, how we do so? TQ
  A: To create a bullet, first create the picture you want and store it on the computer or server. Then ...
screen tips are blank12/17/2007
  Q: I use Microsoft Word 2000. In documents that were always fine and new documents - all written with ...
  A: I haven't got Word 2000 installed on any machine at the moment, and never used Screen Tips - so I'm ...
mail merger12/13/2007
  Q: "Lately, when trying to use the mail merger tool in Word by linking a letter to an Excel ...
  A: I haven't experienced this problem but the knowledge base has a number of answers ...
mail merger12/12/2007
  Q: Lately, when trying to use the mail merger tool in Word by linking a letter to an Excel spreadsheet, ...
  A: I haven't experienced this problem but the knowledge base has a number of answers ...
Word 200312/8/2007
  Q: I use Styles to handle legal paragraph numbering. Question – Is it possible to change the style ...
  A: Not sure if you mean styles or outline numbering - it's certainly possible with outline numbering to ...
Drop Down Box Shading12/6/2007
  Q: When you add a drop down box in Microsoft word it automatically shades. Is there anyway to remove ...
  A: If you are using the drop down form field, this is a design feature (or failing) and as far as I ...
Retrieving documents not saved12/4/2007
  Q: How can I retrive on Microsoft word a document. I was working on a letter and then I oponed a ...
  A: You can work on more than one unsaved document at the same time, and closing the active document ...
Tabbing and automatic bullet format change...12/4/2007
  Q: So I'm going to try and explaing this to the best of my ability...here goes. So, my computer all of ...
  A: You have changed the default settings for auto numbering (possibly by editing directly on the ...
Page numbering in Word11/30/2007
  Q: I know how to add page numbers in Word, however, I would like to customise how this looks. The ...
  A: You didn't say HOW you added page numbers, but various ways exist - as do various ways of doing the ...
Creating a new folder using a macro11/29/2007
  Q: Is it possible, using a macro, to copy a selection of text in Word, create a new folder at a ...
  A: but it seems as though the macro wasn't the macro you wanted (my version creates a new document ...
Misaligned Avery Labels11/29/2007
  Q: Aidan. I am now using Word/Vista. I can no longer get my Avery mailing labels #5160 (15660 on the ...
  A: By Word/Vista I assume we are referring to 2007? I wasn't aware of any changes to the layout of the ...
Creating a new folder using a macro11/26/2007
  Q: Is it possible, using a macro, to copy a selection of text in Word, create a new folder at a ...
  A: something like this Sub Macro1() ' ' Macro1 Macro ' Macro recorded 28/11/2007 by heritaa ' Dim ...
Extract Word Fields Into Excel11/23/2007
  Q: Aidan, You kindly helped me in the past with some code which worked fine for years - Unfortunately I ...
  A: I'm always amazed at some of the things I've done, and I'm sure this was easy at the time (after a ...
Dated forms11/22/2007
  Q: I was wondering if there was any way i could change the date on a form in MS Word 2003 without ...
  A: A macro could certainly do it, or using Excel for the form could do it - I'm not aware of a field ...
Macros assignment11/21/2007
  Q: Aidan. Is it possible to assign a macro to either some text (like a hyperlink) or to an object in a ...
  A: It is possible to assign macros to buttons on the forms toolbar (view, toolbars, forms) and the ...
Drawing Canvas11/20/2007
  Q: I am trying to draw a flowchart with Word 2003 and every time I want to add a shape the drawing ...
  A: I admit to being puzzled, as if I try this by doing tools options general tab, unchecking FIRST I ...
At and Ln shaded on 2000 Word11/16/2007
  Q: I have managed to turn off the At and Ln in the margin of MS Word 2000. (they appear in the screen ...
  A: I'm only aware of these being off when you are viewing a different page to the location of the ...
Finding and or replacing text in headers11/15/2007
  Q: IS it possible to search a directory of word documents and replace text within the header only? We ...
  A: Oh yes, been there, bought the T shirt! If you can email me (aidan.heritage@virgin.net) I can point ...
Ask prompts in Word11/14/2007
  Q: I am trying to set up a template which involves using ask prompt. I have created a book mark then ...
  A: I don't tend to use these myself, preferring to use a UserForm with VBA to get the data, then ...
Creating a form in Word11/13/2007
  Q: I want to create a fill in the blanks only word document. Robert answered this Q on 3/17/2004. When ...
  A: I'm not 100% sure what you are describing as the problem here - could I see the sample document (my ...
Why Doesn't Word Send E-Mails Through Mail-Merge11/11/2007
  Q: I'm using MS Office 2003 on my WinXP. The problem is that I cannot send e-mails with the mail-merge ...
  A: If you have a valid data source and have Outlook set as the mail program, then I cannot see why this ...
questionnaire11/10/2007
  Q: I want to study the impacts of trainings(skill management trainings like voctional, book keeping and ...
  A: To create an online form in word, use the forms toolbar (viewable from the VIEW menu, then toolbars) ...
Symbols in a work document11/9/2007
  Q: However, I can't find symbols for forall (upside down A), there exists (backwards E), not at element ...
  A: Use the insert symbol menu, change the font to symbol - the first two are definitely there - cannot ...
Office 2003 border images11/9/2007
  Q: Is it possible for me to add my own border images to MicroSoft Word 2003? Where (what file path) do ...
  A: As far as I know you cannot do this in the way you want (see ...
Track changes turns off when saving11/7/2007
  Q: Several people I work with are all experiencing the same problem - when working with track changes ...
  A: I'm afraid my research on this one has drawn the same blank that you have - I haven't actually used ...
Protect part of a document11/6/2007
  Q: I have a canvas on a page with regular text at the bottom. I just want to protect the canvas ...
  A: no problem - insert a continuous section break after the canvas area, then use the tools menu to ...
DOWNLOAD11/6/2007
  Q: I really have a question about the effect of downloading 2007. As a requirement of an on line ...
  A: All files will be fine PROVIDING you don't update them to the 2007 file format. As to the earlier ...
Open Word 97 file in Word 200711/4/2007
  Q: Hey I'm having some problems when trying to open a MS Word 97 file in MS Word 2007.(And MS Word ...
  A: My suspicion is that the file is either NOT a Word file, or is a corrupt one - there should not be a ...
saving a userform in word to an excel or text file11/4/2007
  Q: i have seen how to save a file using the save data form bit but this doesnt apply as i created the ...
  A: OK, your original question said you wanted to save to a text file, your follow up says that the ...
Invisible word added during paste11/3/2007
  Q: Aidan! A friend of mine writes articles in Microsoft Word and sends them to me attached to emails. ...
  A: Your friend COULD simply email from word (file, send to, email recipient) , which would send the ...
Problems running Word templates from Internet page11/2/2007
  Q: I have several .dot templates that need to be run from an Internet link. These templates call a ...
  A: I can see some problems, MAINLY that the user would be prompted to allow or disallow macros. I ...
I NEED HELP ME ABOUT MS WORD11/1/2007
  Q: How i can make it in Ms Word .. if u dont mind can u make it for me.. Same Like This ...
  A: You can do this with tables, and I would suggest the use of form fields as well - I've created a ...
MailMerge from Excel10/31/2007
  Q: Aidan. I am using word 2003 and Excel 2003 under Windows XP. I am doing a Mailmerge from a ...
  A: I think it's the method of creating the link that is the problem - my method of getting a link is to ...
Microsoft Word 2003 - save as opening when I don't want it to10/29/2007
  Q: For some reason any time I open a word document, the "save as" prompt pops up. I'm not trying to ...
  A: This is certainly not a standard thing, and its also something I've not experienced - my suggestions ...
Useing Word 200210/29/2007
  Q: Here I am again Aidan, with a problem. Every time I attach a .doc to an Email, it will not go ...
  A: I'm guessing it's the encoding, and you are seeing (possibly) the character codes - my problem is ...
questionnaire in MS-WORD10/28/2007
  Q: i hav to type a questionnaire in ms-word for a survey report.tell whqt i have to use type this with ...
  A: Use the forms toolbar and insert drop down boxes from here - once done, protect the document for ...
Text around table10/26/2007
  Q: I often include narrow tables in text documents. I'd like to have text flow around the table, like ...
  A: The EASIEST way to do this is by extending the table to have additional columns left and right, then ...
mail merge breaking document apart10/22/2007
  Q: I have set up a mail merge and once the merge takes place I would like it to create new documents. ...
  A: If you still have the original data and document, then it is PROBABLY easier to do the "merge" again ...
Background colour in mail marge10/21/2007
  Q: I am using Word and Excel 2000. The data source is Excel. In the spreadsheet, I have a field that ...
  A: two problems here - one, mail merge only brings in the TEXT not the formatting, and two, Word ...
text box orientation in a word document10/20/2007
  Q: i need to print a page with 3 text boxes upside down. (on an 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheet that prints 5 up ...
  A: There isn't an option to do this with text boxes, but I think you are probably making it more ...
PAste of excel sheet in Word10/18/2007
  Q: I have a table build in excel which is landscape formatted. I'd like to paste/import the table in ...
  A: If you don't need a link, then you can use edit paste special, then paste as a picture - the picture ...
mail merge in Word 200310/18/2007
  Q: Aidan! I have been successfully mail merging using an Excel 2003 database as the data source and ...
  A: Sorry! I'm so used to avoiding the wizard I sometimes forget it's there - use the toolbars menu to ...
Word 200310/17/2007
  Q: I accidentally got something set up in Word 2003 that I want to un-do and do not know how. I don't ...
  A: Tools, options, view tab and UNCHECK the formatting marks boxes (I'm doing these instructions from a ...
mail merge in Word 200310/17/2007
  Q: Aidan! I have been successfully mail merging using an Excel 2003 database as the data source and ...
  A: Mail merge can be problematic (didn't used to be in earlier versions!!!) so my suggestion would be ...
Word 2002 Page number issue10/16/2007
  Q: I'm still working on my novel. I need my name and the page number at the top right of each page. I ...
  A: I would suggest removing the page number, then using the view header menu choice to insert a field ...
MS Word 2003 Language setting10/16/2007
  Q: Language setting jumps from German to French uncontrollably
  A: I haven't any experience with languages, but I would GUESS that there are extra paragraph marks in ...
2007 normal.dot10/12/2007
  Q: I want to replace my new 2007 normal with my old normal.dot from Word 2003. I tried to replace it ...
  A: Can we take a step backwards on this one - you are trying to use the old normal.dot file, but ...
2007 normal.dot10/11/2007
  Q: I want to replace my new 2007 normal with my old normal.dot from Word 2003. I tried to replace it ...
  A: the global template in word 2007 has a 4 character file extension - dotm rather than dot, so this ...
A4 Printing10/8/2007
  Q: I am using an American version of Microsoft Word 2007 on Vista. I am in Europe and want to print a ...
  A: You didn't say what you had done to change the settings - it SHOULD be the page layout ribbon, then ...
Header graphic10/8/2007
  Q: How can I set my logo in full color in the header? When I close the header, my logo gets dim. It is ...
  A: If you are going to include it in the header area, then no, it's going to look faded - if the ...
Import Word Data to Excel10/5/2007
  Q: I wanted to know if it would be possible to import data from a word file to an excel file? ...
  A: This depends on the document set up - IF you have set it up with form fields, then use tools, ...
Ms word formatting10/1/2007
  Q: Let's say I have a table with 1 row and 2 columns.Column 1 contains number and column 2 contains ...
  A: Yes, no problem - you can use bookmarks, or simply the RowIndex and ColumnIndex functions Sub ...
Hyperlinks in MS-Office10/1/2007
  Q: On my PC, my "Hyperlinks" in MS-Office to Adobe PDF files do not work and by click on my ...
  A: You don't specify what "do not work" actually means, but as a starting point, I would check what ...
Ms word formatting9/30/2007
  Q: Let's say I have a table with 1 row and 2 columns.Column 1 contains number and column 2 contains ...
  A: You would need to modify this, as this version is set to handle each individual cell but Sub ...
Page Source9/29/2007
  Q: I have been trying to use VBA in Word 2003 to get the available printer trays of the default printer ...
  A: Not as far as I know - you can return the number that Word has chosen for the current printer, you ...
word 20079/27/2007
  Q: i am trying to create a word documents that i can use for quotes, i am wanting it to be the same for ...
  A: Various ways of doing it - one way is to use form fields for the variable text and then protect the ...
auto page numbers9/26/2007
  Q: I am having trouble with automatic page numbers. I insert Page _ of _ Pages and it appears to be ...
  A: You didn't specify the version of Word, and the knowledge base has a large number of POSSIBLE ...
Create a folder in Word9/26/2007
  Q: How do a create a new folder in Word? It's probably really simple, but of course the Word "Help" ...
  A: Word folders are just the same as any windows folder - so you can create them through explorer, or ...
Using slit screen with dual monitors9/25/2007
  Q: I am using Word 97 on Windows XP. I recently set my computer up to use dual monitors. This is very ...
  A: I've not had any experience of working with split screens, but apart from using the split screen ...
Editing (?) a field in MS Word 20039/24/2007
  Q: I have a field that I enter time in in this manner: 00:12. I would like Word to skip over the ...
  A: I'm not really aware of anything that would automatically move to the next field after 2 characters ...
Lost Toolbars/Menu Bars on Microsoft Word 20009/23/2007
  Q: I have lost all the toolbars/Menu Bars and basically everything at the top of the document with the ...
  A: This used to be such a common question that I had a saved version of the Knowledge base article - ...
Mail Merge headach...9/19/2007
  Q: I have a word doc that I am trying to use mail merge with an excel spreadsheet. I start it as a ...
  A: You are setting up the document correctly, but clearly Word is sorting it - which presumably is NOT ...
Page numbering issue9/19/2007
  Q: I added page numbering using 'insert' and now I really need to remove them. I cannot find any place ...
  A: The page numbers were probably inserted into the footer of the document, so use the view menu to ...
MicroSoft Office Word.(e-mailing problem)9/19/2007
  Q: When writing an e-mail if I pause for a few seconds, I constantly have the message appearing, ...
  A: Not sure how you are doing the emails, but my suggestions would be (1) - use Word itself to create ...
word is ignoring some line while printing9/19/2007
  Q: i am trying to print a document in word. but it is skipping some lines in the middle of the ...
  A: Difficult to answer, especially as you describe the problem as being in the middle of the document - ...
wordpad9/18/2007
  Q: Aidan, Whether it started with my new laptop (how it was set-up) or after it was set up - somehow ...
  A: Wordpad and Word use the same file format, however when you try to OPEN a file (by double clicking ...
Automate e-mail in word form.9/10/2007
  Q: Aidan, Good morning, I building a form in Word 03 and would like it to open an e-mail in ...
  A: Outlook is probably the most complicated object in Office to automate, but the instructions on the ...
moving word files to new computer9/10/2007
  Q: I am currently using Office 97 on a Windows 98 computer. I just bought a new computer with Vista ...
  A: All FILE moves are easy (relatively) - find the appropriate files, copy to a CD/Memory Stick etc and ...
Links from Word to Excel9/9/2007
  Q: I created an excel workbook that is a mini database for tenants in an apartment building. The user ...
  A: The issue (I think) is down to the protection of the document, and yes, it can be version (and ...
Page Set Up in Microsoft Office9/9/2007
  Q: When we open the "page set up" window in Word (or in any other office application like excel, power ...
  A: Firstly, go to the properties of the printer (from control panel, or via the file print dialog) and ...
Annoying hitting enter problem.9/8/2007
  Q: I already asked this question to another expert (I forgot who, sorry if I resend it to you), but I ...
  A: The previous answer might help, but I'm not aware of any settings that would cause this - there are ...
Printing issue9/8/2007
  Q: Whenever I print a document in word, the next time i open word to print a different document word is ...
  A: The implication is that you are changing the default printer, OR are having the settings set on the ...
auto date changing9/8/2007
  Q: when i call up old documents, it automatically changes the dates on them to today. I don't want this ...
  A: The date has been inserted as a field, so will update - you can change this field to the actual ...
Mail Label from User Form9/7/2007
  Q: I have a sort of complex question. I have a a word template that open up with a user form. The user ...
  A: Doesn't sound overly complex if you have a form gathering the data already, it's presumably using ...
Page numbering9/7/2007
  Q: I want to create the inside pages for a program. Each page will have 2 columns, and I need to ...
  A: It's not something I've done myself, but Word will do it - it is fairly well explained here ...
Word Error 4629/5/2007
  Q: I have read many times that to correct this error you must be specific when addressing the object ...
  A: My SUGGESTION would be to have each table set at the start, each with two rows - the first being the ...
Word Error 4629/5/2007
  Q: I have read many times that to correct this error you must be specific when addressing the object ...
  A: Actually, you don't need any code IF I'm right - you have simply missed a full stop - you have ...
Word Help9/5/2007
  Q: I created a form in microsft word that contains text boxes and radio buttons. The form is used to ...
  A: It depends a little on what you mean by a form, but I'm assuming you are talking about controls on ...
Word Error 4629/4/2007
  Q: I have read many times that to correct this error you must be specific when addressing the object ...
  A: I'm not 100% sure why there is the need to build the tables - my own method would be to have the ...
word 2003 multiple if statement9/4/2007
  Q: ord 2003. I have a word document FORM (2 pages) Page one contains 3 company names and addresses ...
  A: My knowledge of this is limited, simply because this isn't the way I've designed this form of ...
MS 2003 Word9/2/2007
  Q: I keep getting error messages: Microsoft office word needs VBA macro language support to complete ...
  A: Ofice XP is office 2002, so if you are saying you've applied a 2003 patch to office 2002 (though it ...
status bar bottom left page nums w20039/1/2007
  Q: Can someone please let me know where to switch on the page numbers in the status bar in print layout ...
  A: 2003 is the one version I haven't got ready access to, but in all other versions as long as you have ...
Cusor position8/31/2007
  Q: Suddenly one day, when I opened a new document the cursor appeared at the top of the page. I click ...
  A: Not totally clear what you are describing, but as new documents are based on the normal.dot file ...
Only Word is not responding8/31/2007
  Q: I recently purchased a new Acer Aspire 5610 laptop complete with windows Vista. When i installed ...
  A: I was slightly less than helpful about my instruction to search for the normal.dot file, this is ...
MICROSOFT WORD 97 ..... HELP!!!8/30/2007
  Q: I was typing this morning and all of a sudden whenever I type the letter a is shows up like this... ...
  A: It sounds as though it could be a sticky keyboard - probably the ctrl key, although I'm not sure ...
using ctrl f4 to close a Word document8/30/2007
  Q: I have a user who previously used Word 2002. Whenever she created a document from a template that ...
  A: It's certainly odd, but clearly Word THINKS that something has changed on the template - not quite ...
Icons8/30/2007
  Q: I'm not sure I can ask the question correctly but here goes. How do I get rid of unwanted Paragraph ...
  A: Nice easy one to answer - what you are seeing are the paragraph marks etc, which can be quite useful ...
Changing table values in word with VBA8/29/2007
  Q: I was hoping you might be able to help me out, I'm in a slight bit of a pickle with MS Word. I've ...
  A: Not sure if the adjoining cell has a form field as well - hopefully it does, and hopefully there is ...
Microsoft Word Stuck on 500% Zoom8/29/2007
  Q: My microsoft word program is stuck on 500% and will not let me lesson it. When I select 100% it ...
  A: I have no idea why this should be, however worth trying to delete the normal.dot file (do this ...
print screen8/29/2007
  Q: I would like to print a screen as seen on the computer and I am not sure how to do that. Like when ...
  A: Not really a Word question, but not to worry! The Print Screen key is really misnamed as what this ...
using ctrl f4 to close a Word document8/29/2007
  Q: I have a user who previously used Word 2002. Whenever she created a document from a template that ...
  A: It's definitely nothing to do with the WordPerfect options, as the problem is that Word thinks that ...
Only Word is not responding8/28/2007
  Q: I recently purchased a new Acer Aspire 5610 laptop complete with windows Vista. When i installed ...
  A: Word will work fine with Vista, and office 2007 was designed with Vista in mind. I'm not a Vista ...
Translation8/28/2007
  Q: 1. I am using word 2003. 2. My operating system is windows xp English version. 3. I want to ...
  A: This would indicate that the German dictionary has not been installed - see below from help - the ...
List Sort and Merge8/27/2007
  Q: I have thousands of lines of text, each a seperate line stored in Excel, each with a bullet starting ...
  A: I would personally use ACCESS as the means of storing the file as this would allow the creation of a ...
Survey Responses8/26/2007
  Q: There are many available questionaire generating software programs. However, I need responses to ...
  A: Difficult to answer - I would do this with VBA and a user form, OR simply have a form in the word ...
Mail merge data from excel to word 20038/26/2007
  Q: I am mail merging data from an excel spreadsheet into a Word 2003 document and it all works fine ...
  A: It SHOULD work with no problem - is it possible to see a sample file - I will have to try it with ...
Word Document with Excel Spreadsheet8/23/2007
  Q: I have a Word document that I am inserting several large Excel spreadsheets into the body of my ...
  A: I have seen this problem on many occasions with such situations - and failed to find a workable ...
Word 2000 - Protecting a Mail Merge Document8/23/2007
  Q: Ultimately, I need to be able to protect a mergable document from being edited. The only fuction it ...
  A: I haven't got a copy of Word 2000 installed anywhere, but what you want to do should be fairly ...
Headers Word 20038/22/2007
  Q: I want to simply skip headers on the first five pages of a consolidated document and begin on page ...
  A: Yes, it almost certainly is the same thing - Word 2003 is a version I never really used, as I never ...
Headers Word 20038/22/2007
  Q: I want to simply skip headers on the first five pages of a consolidated document and begin on page ...
  A: As with many things it's easy if you know how. At the end of page 5, insert a next page section ...
section break odd page8/21/2007
  Q: I am writing a large document in MS Word 2000. I have inserted a number of odd page section breaks ...
  A: If the section breaks truly are odd page section breaks, then no I'm baffled as to why Word would be ...
Word/Excel Merge8/21/2007
  Q: I have been doing the same mail merge in MS Word 2002 using an excel spreadsheet generated daily for ...
  A: I have experienced exactly the same issue on a regular basis on one of my mail merges, and on this ...
Text alignment8/21/2007
  Q: Ailan,I'm using XP-sp2 with Word 2003. When typing an email (Outlook) typing changes to somewhere ...
  A: It is not a behaviour I have come across, although there are keyboard shortcuts that would move the ...
Microsoft Word and Large Documents8/20/2007
  Q: I've used Word for years, but only for 50-60 page documents. My father has finished his memoirs in ...
  A: Word can handle large documents, with many pictures BUT with larger documents loaded, more memory is ...
Styles - Numbering8/20/2007
  Q: I have three levels of numbering 1., 1.1 and 1.1.1. When I exit the document, the second level turns ...
  A: I am not aware of anything that would do this, unless you are modifying the style on the normal ...
typesize changes8/20/2007
  Q: I'm a writer and do a lot of editing. Why when I go from document to document do certain paragraphs ...
  A: In Word, the style of the document is based on a template - unless specified, the normal template. ...
Styles and Formatting: deleting a style8/20/2007
  Q: I created a style "Table Text Centered" in a document that was passed around for comments. When I ...
  A: To be honest, I'm not sure - clearly Word thinks the style is in use - POSSIBLY in a header/footer ...
Linking jpg in Word 20028/20/2007
  Q: My pc with Word 2000 (Windows 2000) links correctly to JPG files - Alt+F9 reveals the {LINK...} ...
  A: Options for linking are yes/no - it's a check box (sorry for not being clearer!) The home machine ...
Paragraph Numbering in Word 2002 SP38/20/2007
  Q: Aidan. I have been directed that if I need to have paragraph numbering for papers to be issued on ...
  A: To change the colour of numbering use the format menu, bullets and numbering, customize the ...
Word Segmentation8/20/2007
  Q: I want to retrieve Segments from word document. For example, if my document contains a Paragraph of ...
  A: I'm afraid I think that the method you are using is probably the method you will have to use - ...
Linking jpg in Word 20028/19/2007
  Q: My pc with Word 2000 (Windows 2000) links correctly to JPG files - Alt+F9 reveals the {LINK...} ...
  A: I've not been able to duplicate the problem, although there are check boxes in Word 2002 to set ...
Microsoft Word8/18/2007
  Q: I have been working with Office-97\Word for some years, currently with Windows 98-II. Since a few ...
  A: The only dates that I know of that would update are fields - so PROBABLY the dates you are looking ...
Word Segmentation8/17/2007
  Q: I want to retrieve Segments from word document. For example, if my document contains a Paragraph of ...
  A: I'm afraid I don't understand what it is you want to do - HTML Segmentation doesn't mean anything to ...
microsoft word8/17/2007
  Q: I have windows xp, and microsoft word version 97. When I open a new document and click on file. It ...
  A: What you are seeing are the documents on the "recently used file list". There are two easy fixes ...
How to replace Word with same version and save documents8/17/2007
  Q: I have Office 2003 on my home computer, my personal office computer and my company's office ...
  A: documents produced by the programs are not affected by installation of other programs (or other ...
MS Word Endnotes8/16/2007
  Q: Is there a way to tweak Endnotes so that it does not assign a new and unique number to each ...
  A: end notes and footnotes are not an area I'm too familiar with due to the nature of the work I do,BUT ...
MailMerge in Word20038/13/2007
  Q: Aidan. I have designed a form letter in word containing mergefields in a mixture of text boxes and ...
  A: I would GUESS that the merge is merging to a text based email rather than HTML - PERSONALLY, I would ...
Microsoft Word Specific Symbols8/13/2007
  Q: I am looking for a special symbol in word, i was wondering if you could help me. The symbol i am ...
  A: I'm afraid I've not been able to find anything like this in any of the fonts installed on my PC - to ...
Word Table of Contexts8/1/2007
  Q: I'm merging my text into another doc and am trying to update the table of contexts, but it puts in ...
  A: I'm assuming that you simply inserted a table of contents, and have updated this - if so, you will ...
Unlocking Protected MS Word Forms7/30/2007
  Q: **My apologies, I gave the wrong e-mail address before.** Last week using MS 2000 (version 9.0), I ...
  A: The "expert" doesn't see the email address, it's just used by the AllExperts system to contact you - ...
mail merge7/30/2007
  Q: I can mail merge with Word 2003, using Excel 2003 as the data source. However, I want to have ...
  A: As far as I know, you don't - not in Excel anyway - the formatting of a cell is the formatting of ...
follow-up to your all experts entry7/28/2007
  Q: Aidan, I seem to be having the same issue as you did years ago with the Microsoft Word menu bar... ...
  A: I didn't have the problem, but at the time lots of other people did - so much so that I saved the ...
sdw file7/27/2007
  Q: I have a story that my son (who died 3yrs ago) wrote. it is in a sdw file and I need help opening ...
  A: In Microsoft word, you can try file open, and then in files of type choose recover text from any ...
connect drop down menus7/26/2007
  Q: could you help me solve this problem. i would appreciate your help. thank you very much! i have 2 ...
  A: Depending upon the document being produced it MIGHT be easier to do this in Excel, in that Excel has ...
Word Formatting7/26/2007
  Q: I am already bald, but I am pulling my remaining hair out. I know there has to be a way that the ...
  A: Word documents pick up formatting from the styles, or from any applied formatting - SO if the ...
Auto-populating form fields in MS Word7/26/2007
  Q: Greetings, I am creating a proposal template in MS Word. I would will be using the same customer ...
  A: Put the form field in the FIRST location you want the name to appear. In all other locations, use ...
Insert Table (by dragging) button7/25/2007
  Q: I have just been migrating my Word 2000 settings to a new PC. I used the Microsoft Office Resource ...
  A: Right click any toolbar, select customize, click on the commands tab and scroll to the table menu - ...
Excel Macro7/23/2007
  Q: I am writing an Excel macro to extract data from the excel worksheet and put that data on a word ...
  A: You haven't said how you are getting the data across to word, but... Dim WrdHold As String ...
Locked Microsoft Word Document7/22/2007
  Q: I have MSWord. For some reason a document that I've been working on for quite awhile is suddenly ...
  A: Possibly a corrupt document - if you go to the file open dialog box, find the file, but then click ...
word to jpeg7/21/2007
  Q: I copied a photograph off of a web site into a word doc. Somehow, I converted it to jpeg so I could ...
  A: OK, in that case the word doc is a Word Document and NOT a picture file - so follow the second part ...
word to jpeg7/21/2007
  Q: I copied a photograph off of a web site into a word doc. Somehow, I converted it to jpeg so I could ...
  A: A photograph is a type of picture, a jpg is a type of picture, so I'm not sure what your question is ...
Can Word show directory of document on screen?7/20/2007
  Q: Is there any way--menu, macro, or third-party program--to do the following: On the line that gives ...
  A: It's certainly possible to display it with field codes (perhaps in the footer, set to hidden text), ...
Editing webpages7/20/2007
  Q: I built a webpage with many images using Microsoft Word in that one format that includes the images ...
  A: Word is a powerful program and has many strengths, it also tries to let you do pretty much ...
ms word mail merge if statement7/19/2007
  Q: I have a word mail merge doc and need to include text based on a merge field. I can't seem to get ...
  A: You have too many field braces in the typed example {IF {mergefield} = "a" "}"{INCLUDETEXT ...
word 2003 left and top margin7/18/2007
  Q: On the left side and on top there is a margin set where you can adjust the indent top and tab ...
  A: The item you are referring to is (I think) the ruler, but I cannot find any reference to this ...
excel/word merging7/18/2007
  Q: I have a spreadsheet containing name and address data. I am trying to do a mail merge in word on ...
  A: I'm UK based, so zip codes don't mean anything to me, and I'm not sure what you are referring to by ...
Email7/18/2007
  Q: When I start typing for about an inch and a half it goes to the next line, it does this in Outlook ...
  A: I'm slightly puzzled that Outlook Express does this as well as word as there is no link between the ...
MS Word7/16/2007
  Q: I did receive an answer on this question, but It did not work. Q - I can not open a BLANK new ...
  A: I cannot see my previous reply anywhere, so I may well repeat my advice here. Firstly, if you have ...
copying custom dictionary from one computer to another7/16/2007
  Q: I have a new computer running with Vista. My old computer had Word 2000 and my new computer has ...
  A: You should be able to use explorer to browse the CD, copy the file, then browse the C drive to put ...
Shuffling 2 word documents7/10/2007
  Q: I have 2 word documents (lets call them A and B) each is 250 pages and would like to shuffle them ...
  A: In that case, you will need to use one of the copy and paste options - try (some original code left ...
Shuffling 2 word documents7/10/2007
  Q: I have 2 word documents (lets call them A and B) each is 250 pages and would like to shuffle them ...
  A: slightly quick and dirty answer using a macro - not something I've had cause to do but it looks like ...
copying custom dictionary from one computer to another7/9/2007
  Q: I have a new computer running with Vista. My old computer had Word 2000 and my new computer has ...
  A: The custom dictionary is simply another file (text format) - if you use the tools options menu, then ...
auto populating headers in word7/9/2007
  Q: I am trying to find a way to have word (upon opening of the word doc) access an external file such ...
  A: I was deliberately vague with the original reply as it wasn't too clear what you wanted - but yes, ...
auto populating headers in word7/6/2007
  Q: I am trying to find a way to have word (upon opening of the word doc) access an external file such ...
  A: Quickest method (but probably not for the text file) is to do Edit Paste Special, paste link by ...
Cannot open Microsoft Word 20007/6/2007
  Q: All of a sudden, I am unable to open Microsoft Word 2000. When I try, there will be a long wait ...
  A: Difficult to give a definite answer - possibly something recently installed may be causing problems ...
MS word tables7/4/2007
  Q: I need to be able to insert tables to specific coordinates in a .document using VBA - is this ...
  A: You don't say WHY you need to do this, but as a table would be anchored to a paragraph, which may ...
MS word crop tool6/27/2007
  Q: Is there a keyboard shortcut so I can toggle on/off the crop tool? When I'm working with a "picture" ...
  A: The problem is that the picture is on a different layer to the document, so switching from the ...
Embedded Excel File in Word document6/26/2007
  Q: When user opens an embedded Excel file from within a Word document he gets Microsoft Word error ...
  A: There could be a number of reasons - so my BEST bet is to refer to ...
Word Docs on Screen6/24/2007
  Q: I realize that one can, as I do, have Word set so that each minimzed document has its own icon at ...
  A: The only way I can think of is to start a new instance of Word everytime you want to open a new ...
Microsoft Word labels6/21/2007
  Q: When typing labels to print out on 2002 version of Word, for some reason the lines no longer appear ...
  A: I'm not 100% sure what you mean by the lines - it could be that you are in a different view (view ...
To Become A Word Expert6/19/2007
  Q: I want to become a Legal Firm word processor. I am good with computers and fast at the keyboard. ...
  A: There are many books, and part of the reason for this is that they suit different people - so what ...
Auto Updating Fields6/18/2007
  Q: Aidan, I have been reading many of the answers and you seem qualified to help me out. I'm creating ...
  A: I'm certainly happy to help - My initial thoughts are that this MIGHT be better in excel, but I'm ...
Word and Excel documents opening slowly6/15/2007
  Q: When attempting to open any .DOC or .XLS while in Windows Explorer, it takes a very long time (~ 30 ...
  A: I've done some more research and I think the thread at ...
ms word or email6/15/2007
  Q: my elderly aunty has been having a problem with email in that all of a sudden her typing turns into ...
  A: You did mention email in the earlier mail, but really a document is a document - and it was me as ...
Looping(?) macro6/15/2007
  Q: Aidan. I have a question that I have tried to get answered everywhere, including reading every ...
  A: The macro is basically set to run in a continuous loop until you press ctrl break, at which point ...
ms word or email6/15/2007
  Q: my elderly aunty has been having a problem with email in that all of a sudden her typing turns into ...
  A: The keyboard shortcut for italics is Ctrl I - so PROBABLY she is missing the shift key and hitting ...
Word and Excel documents opening slowly6/14/2007
  Q: When attempting to open any .DOC or .XLS while in Windows Explorer, it takes a very long time (~ 30 ...
  A: It sounds like one of the indexing functions is turned on (google search, office search, office fast ...
Word 2002 - Compare Side by Side6/14/2007
  Q: 1stI just got an IBM Lenovo R60 with XP Professional. I installed Word 2002 from the original disc ...
  A: Compare side by side is a feature introduced in Word 2003 - it didn't exist in earlier versions as ...
MS Word Mailmerge for a postcard6/13/2007
  Q: I am trying to create a postcard with "custom" info on the front that is specific to the addressee ...
  A: It sounds as though one of the documents is sorting the data in a different way to the other - my ...
Looping(?) macro6/13/2007
  Q: Aidan. I have a question that I have tried to get answered everywhere, including reading every ...
  A: Possibly the silliest macro I've ever been asked to write, but I understand the reasons ! Try this ...
word 2003 printing problem6/12/2007
  Q: I download a file from a manufacture I do business with. If I print the file (in word) the picture ...
  A: I have not been able to find an answer for this, but possibly the link ...
link a drop-down box to a field6/12/2007
  Q: I have a form with employee names in drop-down box. 1) How can I get another field or drop-down ...
  A: I'm not sure how achievable the first bit is with Word form-fields - I would do it with a macro, ...
Word 2003/ auto text6/12/2007
  Q: I have lost all my entries in auto text. Is there a way to bring them back. Thanks.
  A: The autotext entries are stored on the template they apply to (so global ones are on the normal.dot ...
Rotated Images Opening in Word 20006/11/2007
  Q: i'm having a problem, whereby i am using word 2003, but my clients are using word 2000. when they ...
  A: This is I think a compatability issue - although the file format remains constant between the two ...
Background Pagination has gone insane!6/10/2007
  Q: For some reason, the background pagination feature in Word 2002 suddenly seems to have gone crazy! ...
  A: Certainly odd, and not something I've come across before - my THOUGHTS are that possibly it is down ...
Punctuation6/9/2007
  Q: Can I set word to automaticity place punctuation when writing a letter?
  A: I'm not aware of any automatic punctuations other than the auto format as you type and auto correct ...
macro to run a fill-in template6/8/2007
  Q: In Word 97 it was possible to write a macro which would open a .dot template which had fillin fields ...
  A: The macro you have given me simply calls another macro - but as you told me what you were TRYING to ...
automatic numbering for invoices6/7/2007
  Q: Is it possible within Microsoft word or Microsoft excel to create an invoice template that numbers ...