I have Word 2003. My horizontal ruler (located beneath the toolbars) keeps disappearing from documents with no rhyme or reason. I got so frustrated that I finally added the "View Ruler" command to my custom toolbar. Can you tell me why this is happening and how to make it stop (without having to...

I am trying to automate a task that is frequently done in my department. I have created a form in Word 2007 that asks the user about 10 pages of questions (some as yes/no, some as check boxes, some as open ended questions using text form fields). Based on their answers, a report will be...

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In a Word Document I have a hyperlink to a template. The Template is opened instead of a new document. I Followed Article ID : 278627 Last Review : September 8, 2005 Revision : 2.0 Would someone setup the same Scenario and verify that this can be done. If it can I need directions. The shortcut...

I'm creating a template, and having issues with creating a style for numbered lists. I have made a style that is based on the built in style "List Number," and haven't changed anything else besides the Number Position and Text positions for the indentation. Problem: This style, when applied,...

I have seen how you change the metric ruler to inches for 2007, but how do you do it for word 2003? The default language is also not English so how do I change that?

Hi all, I have what I think is a relatively easy to fix issue (I just don't know what the fix is). I'm in Word 2007 and am trying to make the first letter in a line of text larger than the remainder of the line - like in a story book - but when I just increase the font size of course it changes the...

I am looking for the five French accents as well as the Spanish accents that were in the old version of word under inserts and then symbols. Does anyone have experience with this or know if they were 1. omitted or 2. put into another category. Thanks in advance.

By default underline in word is thin. Whenever i press ctrl+u it underlines the word. If i select the drop down window and select thick underline the underline becomes thick. But when i again press ctrl+u on any word the thin line appears not the thick line.Now here is the question: Can anybody...

How do I keep from committing suicide when using Microsoft Word? I'm about 95% serious. I use Adobe InDesign and I'm constantly stumped when it comes to doing simple text formatting in Word. In InDesign I can use quick keys or change fields in open toolbars to change Leading, Baseline Shift,...

I have a large document of lab results where normal values/comments are mentioned at various intervals as "interpretation.......... values". The first and the last words are usually the same. What is in between can be different. Find and replace works only for characters or words. Is there a macro...

I am working on a 500-page document that contains in tracked changes, has had portions pasted in from various sources, contains NUMEROUS (but simple) tables and has too many styles to mention (a recipe for disaster?). Just about every line item in every table (except for the header rows) has...

Hi, I can’t open a Microsoft word document, when I try to open it its shows me that: “This file cannot be found try one or more of the flowing Check the spelling of the name of the document Try a different name” If I try to copy it it shows me: An unexpected error is keeping you from copying...

Office Pro 2003: I like using the print view when working in Word. I keep the rulers showing and the margin tabs are visible. I can see the whole page with the margins on the top, bottom and sides. All of a sudden, for some reason, the vertical ruler, on the left side, is there--but the margin...

Hi, I'm working on a big Word document which contains various numbered propositions or statements which are then referred to throughout the body of the document. For example, the document will contain a number of statements like this at various points: (1) Sally crossed the road (2) Sally...

I'm creating labels (Avery #5160)...which I know how to do (select Tools,; Letters & Mailings; Envelopes & Labels; select label size; and press New Document), but once I select "new document", the screen is empty....just a small square box appears in the top left hand corner. There are no grid...

In Word 2002, I was able to use the keyboard shortcut of Alt+X to check a checkbox. This no longer works in Word 2007. Is there a new shortcut? Thanks!

Hello! I've created my Form in Word 2010, it's all ready to go. My last issue is the protection, I'm choosing "Filling in Forms" which works great. However I need people to be able to be able to bold certain words in their text as they fill it in. I have Content Controls set up with Rich Text...

About a third of the way through printing my document, just after the first embedded visio diagram, Word 2007 has started printing the remainder of the visio diagrams in colour. The company logo bitmap in the document header is still in B&W. Any ideas why? The printer did run out of paper and...

Hi there, I cut and pasted some text from a website and it is now grey characters with an underline. How can I get rid of the grey characters and underlining? I've tried all the formats for the fonts, and colors are on automatic black, but to no avail... Any ideas? Thanks,