Application suite from Microsoft which includes always Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Depending on what edition of Microsoft Office you have you can also have OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access.
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How do I get rid of all caps ribbon titles in Office 2013?
Installed Office 2013 on Windows 8 today. It's great, except for one thing, the all caps ribbon titles are inconsistent with the title case titles everywhere else in Windows 8. Is there a registry ...
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Moving Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 files to usb
I am trying to attach all my files used in a presentation with the .ppt file so I can get it working on a different PC. I tried to follow this tutorial which said that I should click on File option, ...
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Why won't MS Office start?
When I open MS Office two dialog boxes appear:
The command cannot be performed because a dialog box is open. Click
OK, and then close open dialog boxes to continue.
then
Microsoft Office ...
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Office 2013 Professional Plus - 64 bit or 32 bit?
I have a copy of Office Professional Plus 2013 (not the preview, the real thing) - it comes in 32 and 64 bit varieties. Which one should I install? What are the pluses and minuses?
Currently I have ...
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Outlook 2003 SBE randomly restarts opening some Asian Email
We have a user with Outlook 2003 SBE. When an email is opened from certain Asian companies Outlook will randomly throw up an Outlook has crashed message send a report to Microsoft and restarts.
I ...
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Add windows 8 contacts to outlook 2013
Outlook 2013 (RTM) only shows the contacts synced with my mail accounts, and more specifically those using active sync which basically limits it to outlook.com.
Windows 8 added the contacts hub which ...
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Deleting specific text in several columns in an Excel spreadsheet?
I have several columns with several cells. Some of them contain the letter "R". I want to change all cells across all columns that contain the word "R" to be replaced with a blank. Normally I would ...
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run Windows 7 designed applications on XP
I recently acquired a copy of microsoft office pro plus 2013 for my computer (running windows XP) and tried to install it, but only to learn that it is designed for windows 7 and 8, and wont run on XP ...
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After installing Office365 can you go back to Office 2008 (without the CD)
I got this laptop from my dad and don't have the Microsoft Office 2008 CD which is what he had installed when he gave it to me to use. Now I've got a client that wants me to do some freelance work and ...
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What is Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers for
After installing Microsoft Office, there is an Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers in about:plugins page in Chrome. Is this supposed to open Office documents directly in the browser? But ...
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Why won't Access 2013 open an .mdb file?
Please not that I hardly ever use Access, so I might be missing something very obvious here, but a quick Google revealed little.
I am trying to open an .mdb file used by an in-house application, ...
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How do I set the default View in MS Publisher to Page Width?
Every time I open my .PUB, it defaults to Normal View when I want Page Width. Is there a way to change the document's default view, or even better, MS Publisher's default view, to Page Width?
Specs:
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Saving PDF from word - makes random bold paragraphs
I have a 70 pages word document with many formulas, graphs and images. It moves real slowly (compared to other open word documents on the same computer).
But the main problem is that when I save and ...
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MS Word: How to disable spell/grammar checking on a custom style
I often write documents that contain code snippets in them. I created a custom code style so I can quickly differentiate words or paragraphs that are code.
However, C++ code is not easy on Word's ...
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Create an Outlook Quick Step for every user on a certain computer?
I need to create a quick step that shows up on every Outlook account on a certain computer. It shouldn't be added to the user's roaming profile, although it's not terrible if that happens. It would ...
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How to create a “poll” in Microsoft Outlook 2011
Is it possible to create a vote/poll in a message in Microsoft Outlook 2011 for Mac OS X?
Here's an example of how it could be done in Windows version of Outlook.
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Adding a “Printed by”-watermark in Excel
Google couldn't help me, but I know the participants in Super User sometimes have more knowledge then what is publicly available, so to my question: Is there any easy way to add a watermark to an ...
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Error “setup cannot find the required setup controller file”
I uninstalled Office 2007 from my old laptop through the control planel and then i tried to install office 2010 from the setup. but it gives an error "setup cannot find the required setup controller ...
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Outlook 2010 - Only receive NEW emails
Is there a way to only receive new emails. That is, emails received by the mail server past a certain point? I'm terribly unorganized with my emails and I have a huge repository of emails that I don't ...
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How can I force the display of image “handles” in Microsoft Word 2010?
In order to select images in Microsoft Word documents you need to get the cursor just right so that it turns into the "+" arrow icon, at which point you can click to select the image.
When your ...
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Microsoft Office 2011 Mac: Reminders don't interact correctly with Spaces or Expose
I'm using Microsoft Office 2011 on Snow Leopard. I'm a heavy Spaces user. Whenever Microsoft Office Reminders pops up a reminder, it brings up the reminder in my current screen. However, if I do ...
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How to stop Office apps ignoring click on unfocussed window
Office applications on Windows behave like Mac OS - if a window does not have input focus then clicking one of its buttons only focuses the window and you have to click again to activate the button ...
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Can a slide be copied into PowerPoint 2010 without copying across it's corresponding slide layout too?
I've got a problem here - I'm trying to copy existing slides from a PowerPoint 2003 presentation into a new PowerPoint 2010 presentation. It copies across fine, but it also dumps the slide layout from ...
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Excel cut-n-paste behaviour
I am using spreadsheets to quickly sort the garbled tables. For example, I have an address sheet with columns for region, city (republic, zipcode, address, etc.). Some cities are erroneously in the ...
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Keep lines together in Word; but the heading gets cut off
I recently found out about the 'keep lines together' option in Word, and it has saved me vast amounts of the worst kind of proofing. What remains are odd headings here and there in lengthy documents ...
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How can I stop Office files from opening in Internet Explorer? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where is “Browse in same window” in Windows 7
I am trying to open an Excel file from web based email, and the file keeps opening in a new window of Internet ...
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Using vi/vim key binding in MS office and outlook
Is there a cost effective way to use vi like key binding in office suit like word, outlook, etc? I know there is viemu.com but 1) it's a bit costly 2) it seems to only support pre 2007 version of ...
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Default save type for email in outlook 2003
How / Where do I set the default email save type for an email using Outlook 2003?
Right now, it's set to .oft, and I'd like it to be .msg
Thanks!
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Edit date field code on multiple Word Documents
I have multiple word documents that have a date field code displaying the current date. I need a way to modify each document so that it shows the CreateDate field instead of Date.
The format for each ...
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How to fade away the icon in the dock when close the program in Mac OSX [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Getting Mac OS X applications to close after last window closed
I'm using Mac OSX Mountain Lion.
But some program in the dock confusing me.
When I close some ...
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copy styles from office 2010 word document to another
Can anyone tell me how to copy styles from one word (2010) document to another? Seemed like a very obvious thing but is apparantly not.
Also, is there a command, script that I can run against a word ...
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Changing default file type used by windows explorer
We currently use Microsoft Office 2010
I've just downloaded the beta version of Office 2013 to play with (mainly to look at Power View for xl)
After the install in Windows explorer all the xl file ...
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Why does Excel try to open password-protected URL links itself instead of just giving to the browser?
I have links to secure sites inside Excel spreadsheets (currently 2010, but I'm pretty sure it's the same with Office 2007).
When I click on them, instead of just launching the system browser ...
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How do I move a photo from the GIMP to Microsoft Office?
I am new to Gimp2. I am using the photo editing which I am manipulating correctly, changing the background etc. Then I save the final picture to "My Pictures" folder but the problem is I can't move ...
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Exceptions for Microsoft Outlook 2010 Auto-Reply function
There are some scripts which are sending emails to me. Now I want to setup an auto-reply, but the stated sender of the automated scripts should not get an auto-reply message. Can I define a rule for ...
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Suppress incoming message popups from a specific account in Microsoft Outlook 2010
I recently added a second account to my Microsoft Outlook 2010. This account has about 74k mails and there are steady new status updates. Are there any settings to suppress the popups?
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Windows 7 x64 explorer and MS Office 2010 “recent authors” issue
How to remove recent authors entries that show up as soon as you start typing in windows explorer on .docx files?
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How to switch off Outlook Synchronization Manager
I have one strange thing which is happening to my outlook. It tries to synchronize something (seems it do this every time send/receive triggers). Does anybody know how to switch this manager off?
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Stop Excel from changing file contents upon open
I use synchronization a lot on my machines. Excel changes the modification date right at the very moment it opens the file. Then, it changes the contents of the file (I guess to update the statistics ...
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Skip rows in excel
I'm doing a budgeting spreadsheet in excel. Along the top, the columns are headed for each budget item I need to account for. The rows are each labelled with dates on a daily basis. At the end of each ...
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Office 2007 to 2010 [closed]
Newbie here. We have machines with MS Office 2007 and we would like to remove this and install MS Office 2010. This must be done on the network using a script.
The script will, after logon, identify ...
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Automatic LaTex document generation from Excel spreadsheet
I have some data in an Excel file from which I have to generate a report. I repeat this task fairly regularly and am looking to automate it. I have a LaTeX project into which I usually just copy data ...
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Microsoft Office tracking license marks/keys in saved files (doc/docx/xls etc.)?
Does Microsoft Office use any marks/keys in saved files, that can track the computer and software license using which file was saved?
E.g.: I use Office at work and save files on pendrive. When I'm ...
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Will uninstalling Microsoft Outlook for Mac affect other office products?
I have never used Outlook and never wish to use it. The only products I use from Office are Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
Can I just drag Outlook to Trash. If delete Outlook will this affect the other ...
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Can I install and run MS office on alternate drive?
I have recently installed a 120GB SSD and it is now my c: drive. I am finding that some programs can be run from an alternate drive (Just moving an icon to the desk top that targets to other drive for ...
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Typing math formulas in LaTex and getting them in MathType format?
I am asked to type some math formulas that can work in Microsoft Office and MathType equation editor.
But I only have access to Ubuntu 12.04 near me, there is LibreOffice available under Ubuntu as ...
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Specify a font family in Office 2010
Being a webdesigner, I wondered whether it is possible to specify a font-family for Word.
A webdesigner can specify a font-family, like so:
font-family: Lato, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;
So when a ...
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Why do Microsoft Office Excel and Word not know how to open files?
I have Windows Vista and Office 2007.
Whenever I click on a document such as an Excel or Word document I get this error.
It's annoying as I have to wait for the application to load, get the error ...
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Export to PDF from Microsoft Office for Mac (page color issues)
When I Save As...in Microsoft Office for Mac (2011) as a PDF file, the Page Color set in Page Background is not retained and shows up as the default white background when I open the exported PDF in ...
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Use of Excel 2011 to produce a line graph showing amplitude variations with distance
I have 2 columns of numbers: Column A I want to be the X axis of a smooth line graph which goes through all of the data points which shows distance and Column B I want to be the Y axis showing ...
