Is it possible to change a defined paragraph style to a character style? Or should I just delete the paragraph style and replace it with a character style? I'm asking because we're switching over to InDesign and need to define styles a bit more carefully. Thanks, pjs

Hello I’m looking for a word macro that will extract numbers from a word file Its has bunch of numbers. The format of those numbers are ###+###-####, so it’s a 10 digit format after first 3 digits there is a plus sign and then after 3 digits there is a minus sign and then the last 4...

Is there a way to use the Find/Replace function to locate multiple words in a single search? Example: I'd like to conduct a single search through one document to find any use of the words "was", "were", "is" and "would". I'm using Word 2016 on Mac 10.13.6.

I have a locked document that needs to be unlocked so other users can write in a narrative field and use spell checker. I know there is a macro that would unlock the document at the beginning of this field and then lock it upon exit, but I don't know how to create macros, and specifically this...

I have a newsletter that I've created and want to move page 2 down to page 5. How do I do that? I thought I could right click on the page thumbnail, but it doesn't work. I can't even drag and drop. Any ideas?

With no apparent consistency, Word (16.13/Mac OS 10.13.6) has begun changing a Before and/or After paragraph setting from points to lines. Example: "3 pts." gets changed to ".6 lines." How do I ensure that "points" are always the default setting for paragraph spacing?

I have a word project that I'm working on in which items are copied from an excel sheet into word using Selection.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatPlainText). This is a list for a Table of Contents which only has dates (i.e. January 7 - 13, 1999) and a week number. What I am trying to do is to get the dates...

When i hit the backspce key it does not delete, the text just turns red and get strikethrough. I have checked Options and did not get to any solution. When i open new documents, they does not have the same problem, any idea how this happens? -- Keep the Hope

I am trying to find a template that will allow me to enter data for forms 1099 and 1096. I have the preprinted forms but no typewriter to type the information in with. Don't want to purchase a typewriter just to do a couple of tax forms and don't want to hand write them.

Hi there, I am trying a fairly simple formatting of a TOC by marking page headers with the style Heading1. This style works great for any text in the body of the document but any text marked in my page headers will not show up in the TOC. The field codes are as below (but I assume they are not...

What does the squiggely blue underline on my word documents mean?

MS Word 2010 I have a long document 1800 pages with a TOC and hyperlinks. I need to add an INDEX with hyperlinks to the TOC. The document will be read-only so that the new hyperlinks will not be destroyed. How do I proceed, please?

I am trying to make a "null sign" in Word and cannot figure out how to do it? I am familiar with inserting symbols but cannot seem to find that particular symbol.

I have a one page document with a header and when I add a watermark it deletes the header. How can I have both a header and a watermark in Word?

Hi. I have a document with Fill-In Fields and need to change the text in one. I found a thread on here that talked about using Alt F9 to show text. I did this and it worked, however, after I edited the text and pressed Alt F9 again, when I reopened the document, the prompt boxes wouldn't appear. ...

I used to have access to a program that did a lot of nice formatting using multi-level numbering. Now I really miss them because I format a lot of long documents. Can anyone provide a macro that will, inside a specific style, format only up to the punctuation mark? I did try to search but didn't...

Hi - I have a 300pp document into which I wish to type some copy edits, about one every 3-4 pages. This means I have to skip quite a few pages. If I press the arrow at the bottom of the scroll bar to move through the pages that don't have edits, it takes forever. If I click, hold and move the...

I'm writing a manual, using styles to create the index and to move easily between chapters (Navigator): https://i.imgur.com/yyeD5JE.png When I save as PDF I get a working index to jump to the proper chapter but no bookmarks at all: https://i.imgur.com/YXTMRSz.png

Is there a shortcut to minimize an active Word document (in a window opened with the "Windows in Taskbar" View option unchecked, obviously)? How about a shortcut to minimize all documents? I tried the macro Stefan Blom offered for this purpose...

I use "Arrange all" to tile several documents in my MS Word 2003 window. Having opened those document in a certain order, 1, 2, 3, 4, say, I'm hoping they would be arranged accordingly, from top to bottom and left to right. But when I arrange them all the order turns out to be 4 1 2,3 I'd...