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Problem using Word document emailed from another user
I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for
printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in the newsletter. One person always sends information in a spreadsheet (produced in Word) that creates some puzzling difficulties. First, the attachments she sends never have an extension. However, I can open them by selecting Word when the Vista pop-up box says to "select a program." Second, the spreadsheet itself does not create any difficulties. However, there is always a two-line title immediately above the spreadsheet. If I try to add a line (by simply pressing enter) between the second line and the spreadsheet, the *first line stays in place* but one of two things will happen. Either the *second line immediately drops down below the spreadsheet.* or *part of the spreadsheet drops down to the next page* even though there is plenty of room on the page for it. Do you have any idea what is causing these problems? I am using Word 2007, but I work in compatibility mode so newsletters will be saved in 1997-2003 for the church office. I also have Vista Home Premium. Thanks, MaryL |
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"MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message
... I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in the newsletter. One person always sends information in a spreadsheet (produced in Word) that creates some puzzling difficulties. First, the attachments she sends never have an extension. However, I can open them by selecting Word when the Vista pop-up box says to "select a program." Second, the spreadsheet itself does not create any difficulties. However, there is always a two-line title immediately above the spreadsheet. If I try to add a line (by simply pressing enter) between the second line and the spreadsheet, the *first line stays in place* but one of two things will happen. Either the *second line immediately drops down below the spreadsheet.* or *part of the spreadsheet drops down to the next page* even though there is plenty of room on the page for it. Do you have any idea what is causing these problems? I am using Word 2007, but I work in compatibility mode so newsletters will be saved in 1997-2003 for the church office. I also have Vista Home Premium. it's not a "spreadsheet" - it's a table. The table's location has obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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"Gordon" wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in the newsletter. One person always sends information in a spreadsheet (produced in Word) that creates some puzzling difficulties. First, the attachments she sends never have an extension. However, I can open them by selecting Word when the Vista pop-up box says to "select a program." Second, the spreadsheet itself does not create any difficulties. However, there is always a two-line title immediately above the spreadsheet. If I try to add a line (by simply pressing enter) between the second line and the spreadsheet, the *first line stays in place* but one of two things will happen. Either the *second line immediately drops down below the spreadsheet.* or *part of the spreadsheet drops down to the next page* even though there is plenty of room on the page for it. Do you have any idea what is causing these problems? I am using Word 2007, but I work in compatibility mode so newsletters will be saved in 1997-2003 for the church office. I also have Vista Home Premium. it's not a "spreadsheet" - it's a table. The table's location has obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) Thanks. Yes, I should have realized that. I tried moving it previously (using the little box with arrows pointing in 4 directions), without success. After I read your message, I decided to try again. This time, I was finally able to move it. For some reason, it is difficult for me. It easily moves sideways, but it seems awkward tomove it *down* the page. But...you solved my primary problem. Again, thank you! Do you have any idea why her document is not being saved without a three-letter extension (and therefore is not automatically opened with Word)? Is she manually naming it without an extension, or is this a feature of Word? If she is manually naming it, I'll talk to her about it. She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and simply said she "wrote it in Word." MaryL |
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If she has a Mac version of Word, the extension wouldn't be added
automatically, I think. Note that dragging the table by the handle results in its being wrapped, which is not always a good idea. If the table is the first thing in the document, then in order to add a paragraph above it you must use Ctrl+Home to be sure you're at the very beginning of the table, then press Enter. This works only in this specific situation; any other time it would create a new paragraph in the first table cell. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in the newsletter. One person always sends information in a spreadsheet (produced in Word) that creates some puzzling difficulties. First, the attachments she sends never have an extension. However, I can open them by selecting Word when the Vista pop-up box says to "select a program." Second, the spreadsheet itself does not create any difficulties. However, there is always a two-line title immediately above the spreadsheet. If I try to add a line (by simply pressing enter) between the second line and the spreadsheet, the *first line stays in place* but one of two things will happen. Either the *second line immediately drops down below the spreadsheet.* or *part of the spreadsheet drops down to the next page* even though there is plenty of room on the page for it. Do you have any idea what is causing these problems? I am using Word 2007, but I work in compatibility mode so newsletters will be saved in 1997-2003 for the church office. I also have Vista Home Premium. it's not a "spreadsheet" - it's a table. The table's location has obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) Thanks. Yes, I should have realized that. I tried moving it previously (using the little box with arrows pointing in 4 directions), without success. After I read your message, I decided to try again. This time, I was finally able to move it. For some reason, it is difficult for me. It easily moves sideways, but it seems awkward tomove it *down* the page. But...you solved my primary problem. Again, thank you! Do you have any idea why her document is not being saved without a three-letter extension (and therefore is not automatically opened with Word)? Is she manually naming it without an extension, or is this a feature of Word? If she is manually naming it, I'll talk to her about it. She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and simply said she "wrote it in Word." MaryL |
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She's not using a Mac. She's using an older model PC (don't know which one)
and an older version of Word in one of the church offices. Thanks for the tip on moving tables. That will be very helpful. MaryL "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... If she has a Mac version of Word, the extension wouldn't be added automatically, I think. Note that dragging the table by the handle results in its being wrapped, which is not always a good idea. If the table is the first thing in the document, then in order to add a paragraph above it you must use Ctrl+Home to be sure you're at the very beginning of the table, then press Enter. This works only in this specific situation; any other time it would create a new paragraph in the first table cell. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... "Gordon" wrote in message ... "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message ... I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in the newsletter. One person always sends information in a spreadsheet (produced in Word) that creates some puzzling difficulties. First, the attachments she sends never have an extension. However, I can open them by selecting Word when the Vista pop-up box says to "select a program." Second, the spreadsheet itself does not create any difficulties. However, there is always a two-line title immediately above the spreadsheet. If I try to add a line (by simply pressing enter) between the second line and the spreadsheet, the *first line stays in place* but one of two things will happen. Either the *second line immediately drops down below the spreadsheet.* or *part of the spreadsheet drops down to the next page* even though there is plenty of room on the page for it. Do you have any idea what is causing these problems? I am using Word 2007, but I work in compatibility mode so newsletters will be saved in 1997-2003 for the church office. I also have Vista Home Premium. it's not a "spreadsheet" - it's a table. The table's location has obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) Thanks. Yes, I should have realized that. I tried moving it previously (using the little box with arrows pointing in 4 directions), without success. After I read your message, I decided to try again. This time, I was finally able to move it. For some reason, it is difficult for me. It easily moves sideways, but it seems awkward tomove it *down* the page. But...you solved my primary problem. Again, thank you! Do you have any idea why her document is not being saved without a three-letter extension (and therefore is not automatically opened with Word)? Is she manually naming it without an extension, or is this a feature of Word? If she is manually naming it, I'll talk to her about it. She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and simply said she "wrote it in Word." MaryL |
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Back in the day, such files came from Macs, which do not/did not use
extensions. To get above a table that is at the top of a page, put the cursor anywhere in the table and pressCtrl+home. Then press return. The new return should be above and outside of the table. I recall this behavior in W2003, but I just tested it in W2007. PamC MaryL wrote: I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. Thanks. Yes, I should have realized that. I tried moving it previously (using the little box with arrows pointing in 4 directions), without success. After I read your message, I decided to try again. This time, I was finally able to move it. For some reason, it is difficult for me. It easily moves sideways, but it seems awkward tomove it *down* the page. But...you solved my primary problem. Again, thank you! Do you have any idea why her document is not being saved without a three-letter extension (and therefore is not automatically opened with Word)? Is she manually naming it without an extension, or is this a feature of Word? If she is manually naming it, I'll talk to her about it. She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and simply said she "wrote it in Word." MaryL -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200901/1 |
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Thanks! I learned some good information from you, Suzanne, and Gordon.
(She's not using a Mac, though, so that is not the reason for no extensions.) MaryL "PamC via OfficeKB.com" u43222@uwe wrote in message news:90302a604902b@uwe... Back in the day, such files came from Macs, which do not/did not use extensions. To get above a table that is at the top of a page, put the cursor anywhere in the table and pressCtrl+home. Then press return. The new return should be above and outside of the table. I recall this behavior in W2003, but I just tested it in W2007. PamC MaryL wrote: I create our church newsletter at home and email it to the church for printing. Various people email articles or other items to be included in [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] obviously been fixed in the document - you need to move the table to insert a line above it. Thanks. Yes, I should have realized that. I tried moving it previously (using the little box with arrows pointing in 4 directions), without success. After I read your message, I decided to try again. This time, I was finally able to move it. For some reason, it is difficult for me. It easily moves sideways, but it seems awkward tomove it *down* the page. But...you solved my primary problem. Again, thank you! Do you have any idea why her document is not being saved without a three-letter extension (and therefore is not automatically opened with Word)? Is she manually naming it without an extension, or is this a feature of Word? If she is manually naming it, I'll talk to her about it. She didn't seem to know what I was talking about and simply said she "wrote it in Word." MaryL -- Message posted via OfficeKB.com http://www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forums.a...neral/200901/1 |
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