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Microsoft Word 2010 - How can this merged document be only 65,520 KB in size?

Wed, 16 May 2012 03:38:18 Z

Hello, to whom it may concern. After many weeks of trying, I finally merged 2 Office documents. Document A was a Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document of 515,008 KB. Document B was also a Microsoft Word 97-2003 Document of 206,782 KB. Both documents were converted and editing work had to be done on document B to make it the same as document A, but it finally worked. The combined document is is now a Microsoft Word Document but only 65,520 KB in size. How can this be? I used the trial 2010 Microsoft Word Office program. What was used before was Microsoft Office 2003. Microsoft Office 2003 would get to a certain point in size and then you could not save the file, hence I had to break it up into two different files. Obviously, Office 2010 can handle large sized documents with photos, word art, different fonts etc.

Thanks for any explanation, James

How to Control the Quick Style Gallery?

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:20:04 Z

I know that I can add any of my styles to the QS Gallery and also remove any from the Gallery one at a time. And I usually keep enough control over the styles so that the menu of styles includes only those I watn to use. But the QS Gallery seems stuffed with ersatz styles, i.e., ones I don't want and in most cases have no idea what they are about. E.g., Subtle Emphasis, Emphasis, Intense Emphasis, How about Strong? Subtle Reference? Intense Reference? I can keep these unwanted styles off the menu but they take up space on the toolbar. Or is it Ribbon? Is there a way to get rid of these in the QS Gallery

How do I enter a variable with a subscript raised to a power?

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:23:17 Z

In the equation editor in Microsoft Office 2010, is there a way to enter a variable with a subscript raised to a power. If I use the script template that has both a subscript and superscript. It will only allow me to enter either a superscript or a subscript but not both.

Is there a way to enter:

\sigma_y^2

[Word 2010 Equation] How can I align equation at symbols other than "=" like in OneNote?

Tue, 15 May 2012 18:59:29 Z

(I can align using array or matrix, but it's cumbersome comparing to the method in OneNote)

In OneNote 2010 I can align at any symbol using "&"
Like typing these in equation

     a&=b
     asdf&->asdf
     blah blah&>blah

will result

                     a = b
              asdf -> asdf
     blah blah > blah

(align at =, ->, > repectively)

Can I do something like that or similar in Word 2010

Thank you.

how to select all text and copy text to new document

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:31:18 Z

How do I select all text and copy text to new location such as copying my resume from word 10 to career builder? In xp verison I could select all and copy but word 10 will not work that way for me.

Show the style area in Word 2007/2010

Tue, 15 May 2012 15:45:07 Z

Word versions till 2003 had a very nice feature which allowed you to show a style margin on the left of the text (Tools | Options || View ||| Style area width). Does this feature still exist in Word 2010? - if so, how do you enable it? Yes I know that the styles are visible on the Home ribbon, but this means that you have to move your eyes from the paragraph you are reading up to the ribbon and back again. So much less eye strain when these are side by side.

Also, clicking against the style in the style margin selected the whole paragraph. How can you do this in 2010, other than by selecting the first line then dragging down?

how to cancel a printing log sheet

Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:05 Z

I must have inadvertently changed the setting as every time I print now, I first get a printing log sheet with details such as

filename

center titles in MS Word document

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:44:21 Z

I'm editing a document written by someone else. When I try to center and bold titles and subtitles, the entire document gets centered and bolded. I've been an editor for many years, and I've never run into this problem before. I'm using Office 2010.

how do i open an autosaved dicument in word 2007?

Tue, 15 May 2012 09:45:14 Z

I closed Word 2007 in Windows 7, when interrupted, without saving the document,. but I believe it was auto-saved - how do I open it please?

How can I type set like this

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:23:02 Z

How can I type set like this automatically

                                     asdfasdfasdfasdf                                          (1)
                            blah blah blah blah blah blah                              (2)
             Content Content Content Content Content                       (3)
                                              Example
                                      Example Example                                         (4)

Content are aligned at center and there are numbering at far right or left.

Thank you.

Mail merge misses every third record

Mon, 14 May 2012 18:40:57 Z

When I merge a document, it "skips" every third record. The document I'm creating is for name tents for training classes. The database is an Excel spreadsheet with multiple records, from which I select a group. The merged document contains two records repeated twice (the name tents are printed with info on both sides):

<<Name>>

<< Location>>

<<Name>>

<<Location>>

<<next record>>

<<Name>>

<<Location>>

<<Name>>

<<Location>>

<<next record>>

I have tried using different databases and starting a new/different document from scratch. There must be a setting somewhere that I'm not aware of. Any help would be appreciated!

Microsoft Word Starter 2010 cannot be opened.

Mon, 14 May 2012 17:36:00 Z

When I try to open a doccument have in Word,I keep getting the message " Microsoft Word Starter 2010 cannot be opened. Try again or repair the product in Control Panel." I can not seem to figure ot what to do. HELP! Thanks. Jeri

Advanced Find Macro

Mon, 14 May 2012 16:07:32 Z

In Word 2010 I'm trying to create a keyboard macro that will pull up the Advanced Find dialog (like the one from 2003). Using the Developer Ribbon I perform the steps to create a keyboard macro but when I execute the keystroke nothing happens. Any ideas?

Richard

Word flags contractions

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:30:57 Z

Hi All,

I must've changed something but for the life of me, i can't figure out how to undo whatever it is i did.

It seems that all of a sudden, Word is flagging all contractions (we're, shouldn't...) in my document with the infamous green wavy underlines. How can i make this unnecessary flag go away?

Thanks,

Sal

how to copy paste equation within the same word document? it always paste unformated text.

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:52:04 Z

I used be able to copy/paste equation within the same word document. But now I cannot. it always paste unformated text now. I know I may be able to do it again by chance. Is it depending probability? how should I control this?

How to remove text that pops up when cursor moves over picture?

Mon, 14 May 2012 11:47:39 Z

I have a Word document with several pictures. I save this Word document as a pdf. I open the pdf and as I move the mouse cursor over a picture text pops us in the pdf document. For example, "Untitled-1.tif" and with another picture a description of that picture.

I would like to have this text removed. But how? The text is not part of a hyperlink (the pictures do not contain hyperlinks; and I checked the pictures on ScreenTip text, which they do not have). I cannot find the text anywhere in the Word document.

flashing cursor in office 2010 pro

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:21:12 Z

I have Office 2010 pro on 7 pro and I get a flashing cursor and radial timer most of the time in Word and Outlook often closes when I try to print an email. I have run the office repair and it hasn't improved it.

How do you transfer a word document to a pdf file?

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:33:43 Z

A friend cannot open a Word document on his E-mail and requests that I send it as a pdf file.

Word files open in Office 2007 rather than 2010

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:30:36 Z

The last 2 days, when trying to open word documents, my computer has been opening them with Office 2007 but states that I need to enter the product code (which I don't have) so I have been limited to only viewing the documents. I don't understand why it has started doing this as I have been using Office 2010 since I bought my computer new around a year and a half ago.

vba textbox around selection

Sun, 13 May 2012 22:16:37 Z

Hello,

Is anyone able to tell me (if and) how I can use VBA to place a textbox (with no fill) around the selected text in a document so that the textbox effectively becomes a border around the selection. I need the textbox to move with the text.

I need to do this as there seems to be no way to surround a number of differently styled paragraphs with a single border.

Any assistance appreciated.

Cheers,

Mark

Word will not recognize any numbers past 2.0 for my table of contents.

Sun, 13 May 2012 11:46:03 Z

MSW 2010 TOC Function Won't Work

I am using MS Word 2010. My titles and paragraphs are numbered automatically. MS Word will not recognize any numbers past 2.0 for my table of contents. MSW will not input Sections 3.0 thru 9.0. I finally input the TOC myself. The TOC function does not work.

Office 2010 suddenly won't open Word documents

Sun, 13 May 2012 09:43:09 Z

I have Office 2007 trial pre-loaded on pc and bought and installed Office 2010 in 2011. I suddenly can't open Word docs, they throw up the "2007 trial is expired..." message. I notice the 2007 compatability pack was automatically installed last week, has that effected things?

using an external storage device for data composed in microsoft works word

Sat, 12 May 2012 22:23:19 Z

can you help me access data held on an external storage device composed in works word format - getting error messages for one particular file when all other files

can be opened with no problems. this has only happened very recently - any ideas

transferring old Word settings to new installation of Word 2007

Sat, 12 May 2012 18:15:17 Z

I've had Word Home & Student 2007 on my old Windows XP computer for a couple years, and I made a number of changes to the way it looks and works (e.g., adding shortcuts to commonly used commands, changing the background screen color, hiding the ribbon). I tried transferring my settings by copying normal.dotm from its location on the old computer to the same location on the new one (I overwrote the normal.dotm that was on the new computer). But nothing has changed on the new computer. What should I do to get the same settings on the new computer that are on the old one?

Thank you!

Cannot add border to picture in Word Starter

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:32:59 Z

I have four pictures on a Word Starter page and want to add a border. When I click on any of the photos, the "Page Border" icon becomes disabled. According to the directions, this is the only way to add a border. What am I doing wrong?

MS Word is screwing up all my documents.

Sat, 12 May 2012 05:35:23 Z

MS Word(Office Home and Student) 2010 will not open documents previously saved in the free trial version of same. Help!?!?

How do I find the file path to Office.exe?

Sat, 12 May 2012 05:11:36 Z

I am trying to set up an app launcher to start Office but have not had any luck so far.

I've enabled hidden files and still could not find the Office.exe file.

I've also looked all up and down the main hard drive (:C) but to no avail, maybe I'm just missing something.

Thank you for the help.

How to fix a corrupt normal.dot template in Office 2000?

Sat, 12 May 2012 05:08:25 Z

normal.dot is corrupt. HELP PLEASE

How to fix a corrupt normal.dot template? I'm using office 2000....Which obviously isn't in the list of choices....OS is xp.

In search I found 2. One was the original, 2nd looked like an error. I renamed both. Opened a new document. Was able to save it. However, I was unable to reopen it. Also, I did a search after. There was not a 3rd, (new) normal.dot template.

Word to PDF Conversion Problem

Sat, 12 May 2012 02:05:55 Z

I have Word 2007 with Windows Vista. I click on "Save As" and then the "PDF or XPS" option. The dialog box opens with PDF highlighted ("save as type") but it doesn't allow me to check the "open file after publishing" box (it does if I select XPS). I select my file and folder, click on "publish", and its seems to do its thing but when I go to the documents list the saved file doesn't have the usual Adobe symbol next to it and when I open it a "File Conversion" dialog box appears over the blank Word background asking me to select encoding to make the document readable. Nothing works. I upgraded from Adobe Reader 9 to 10.3 -- was this a mistake? I also downloaded Microsoft "Save as PDF or XPS" add-in for Office 2007 -- also a mistake? As a "test" I saved the file as an XPS document and that format came up fine. Can anyone help? Many thanks. I encountered the problem after doing a Windows update of about 95 megabytes of stuff.

How do I go back to the normal settings where my signature and its PS stay on the page instead of being over-typed.

Fri, 11 May 2012 20:33:11 Z

Stop overtyping

Suddenly, with no input from me or the one other user of this computer, overtyping has started in my Hotmail messages. I have checked the Word settings and have un-clicked overtype, whether by itself or using the 'insert' key. How do I go back to the normal settings where my signature and its PS stay on the page instead of being over-typed. I cannot find anything referring to insertion vs. over-typing.

SafetyJack

Display Key Combinations for Styles

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:48:09 Z

In Word 2010, how can a list of user-defined styles, along with combination keys assigned to those styles, be displayed so that the list can be included in reference material?

autocorrect exception problem

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:26:20 Z

I added a word to the word 2010 autocorrect exceptions but it is still being corrected. I also tried adding it to my custom dictionary. No luck with that either. The word is still being corrected.

attaching a word doc to windows live mail adds an underscore to the file extension making it unreadable

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:47:53 Z

one of my users has an issue with office starter 2010 and windows live mail. when he attaches a word document to his email it adds an underscore in front of the file extension. this happens with both .docx or .doc making them ._doc or ._docx.

when the recipient gets the message they cannot open the file unless they save it locally and remove the underscore using file rename. i check his sent items to see if it did it on his end and the underscore does show up on the file he attached. we tried attaching in various ways with the same results.

oddly enough, some recipients, it seems those with non-starter office version, can open the files but all with office starter cannot.

thanks in advance for any insight!

How do I get watermarks on BOTH a Cover Page AND the remainder of the document?

Fri, 11 May 2012 15:10:30 Z

I put a Cover Page into a document.

If I am in the Cover Page when I insert a Watermark, it only appears on the Cover page.

If I go to any other page in the document and insert a Warermark it disappears from the Cover Page and is shown on every page of the document apart from the Cover Page itself!!.

I've tried "fooling" the document by making sections but have not been successful in getting the Watermark on all pages including the Cover.

Can anybody help?

How to print comments on alternating page edges?

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:04:39 Z

I use Microsoft Word to generate training guides and my company is using the comments function to add internal consulting notes to our guides. Is there a way to have the file print with the comments using duplex printing so the comments are always on the "outside" edge of the page?

For instance, If I opened the guide cover and had page one on the back of the cover, and page two was "facing" page 1: I would want page one comments to print on the left margin and page 2 comments to print on the right margin.

Is that possible?

"click to run configuration failure"

Fri, 11 May 2012 04:28:36 Z

Everytime I try to open Microsoft office or excel a box pops up and tells me "click to run configuration failure" I tried to uninstall the program and the same box pops up. I have tried everything that I have been told to do and it still is not working. Could someone please help!!

why have my trial expired before the sixty days

Fri, 11 May 2012 03:12:26 Z

I downloaded a free sixty day trial for office 2010 on April 10 and today it tells me its expired. 30 days later... Can someone please assist me.

Error Messages "Microsoft Word has encountered a problem" AppName: winword.exe

Fri, 11 May 2012 01:14:45 Z

Error Messages

When I try to open a any kind of Word file, I get an error message - "Microsoft Word has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." This just suddenly started.

The contents of the error report are:

AppName: winword.exe

AppVer: 14.0.6024.1000

AppStamp: 4d83c310

ModName: hpVplu 04.dll

ModVer: 4.43.7.853

ModStamp: 4cace886

fDebug: 0

Offset: 00003ba6

Then it gives me the option to restart word. I say yes, but when Word opens, it's just a blank file, so I have to open the file again from within Word. Or it says not responding.

I have also tried un-installing Office and then re-installing it, but it doesn't work. I tried the previous answers but it did not help. Microsoft spent 2 hours on the phone with me with no solution.

This also occurs with Open Office.

Please HELP!

Copying UserForms in Word

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:49:35 Z

I want to copy a UserForm, using a different name, back to the same Normal file so that I can reuse the look and feel of that form, but have it available for other purposes.

How is that done?

TIA

Spelling and Grammar check / Proofing troubleshooting

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:46:05 Z

I am using Word 2007 and I have ensured that all language settings are set to English (United States). The spelling and grammar check seems to work fine at first but I keep getting the message that "Cannot find proofing tools for Portuguese (Brazil) How do I correc this?