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Does the search in Microsoft Word have a proximity operator?

I need to search for a word within a certain number of words of another word. Is that possible in Microsoft Word? For example, word1 *3 word2 would return the results for 'word1' where it is 3 words ...
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Adding Images side-by-side

I have three images of unequal size. I want to add them side by side horizontally in MS Word 2007/2010. Currently when I manually add them through Insert -> Picture then they are added without ...
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Normal.dotm Management Best Practice in Corporate Environments where standard look must be enforced

Is there solid guidance out there concerning the management of Microsoft Word in corporate environments where documents must conform to a standard look and layout? How to manage Normal.dotm (eg. ...
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Fully inline non-static citations

I would like to have fully inline non-static citations in my text that do not fit with the default form of "(author et al., year)", though I would like to keep those also. Basically I would like to ...
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Word 2007/10 hide figure label in table of figures

I have a load of figures in a document with standard captions ("figure n: some caption") and would like a table of figures. However, in the table (not the captions) I don't want the label "Figure" to ...
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Save docx as 2007 without 2010 features?

Is it possible to save a 2010 docx in "compatibility mode" for 2007. I am specifically thinking of the 2010 wordart and shape features, which don't exist in 2007, so although the document will open ...
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Microsoft Word 2007/2010 tripling typed characters and becoming unresponsive

I've already seen this issue on a couple of machines and on the web (see for instance http://help.lockergnome.com/office/Triple-letters--ftopict1004117.html). At random, Word 2010 (in my case) ...
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How can I set the orientation of a single page in a multi-page document in Word 2007-2010?

How can I rotate (or insert) a single page into an Office Word document that is oriented differently that the other pages? I know this can be done. I've seen in done in Word 2003 and older documents ...
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How to recover data from or repair a corrupt Word 2010 file

This is posted by proxy for a friend with no current internet access: I created a password-protected Word 2010 doc at work, brought it home using a flash disk, tried opening it using Word 2007, and ...
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Is Microsoft Word 2010 interoperable with Word 2007?

Microsoft provides a compatibility pack which helps with exchanging files between Office 2007 / 2010 and previous versions of Office. But it's not clear from the description whether this means that ...
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Adding many cross-reference in MS2007/2010 is very tedious

In a document in MS Word 2007 or 2010 I need a lot of cross references, to numbered items, figures, list etc. Every time I add a cross reference a dialog is displayed and when changing from type ...
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“This file originated from an internet location” - How to mark this file as local and safe?

I opened a dotx that was emailed to me and I get the prompt saying the file originates from internet location. That is fine. But I now made changes and Save As a new dotx but when I open it, it still ...
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How to open a file created in Word 2007 pre-release version

When I try opening some old Word 2007 docx files in Word 2010, I get the error message: This file was created in a pre-release version of Word 2007 and cannot be opened in this version. I tried ...
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Changing Word version creates unwanted borders

When I or a user changes the version of a Word 2003 doc to 2010, all pictures and charts suddenly gets borders. How can this be avoided?
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Scroll Lock Equivalent In Word 2007/2010?

In excel you can use the scroll lock key to toggle the arrow keys to move about the spreadsheet. Can this be done in Word? If so, how?
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Default bullet style in Microsoft Word

My company just came out with some branding and I've been tasked with developing the new Microsoft Word (2007+) template. The marketing consultant insisted that the first level bullets must be 12pt ...
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Is there a way to repeat the first two rows of a table as a header on each page in Word?

I want to repeat the first two rows of the table as the table header on each page of a Word document. I can repeat the first row by checking "Repeat row as table header" in the Table properties but I ...
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Why is my Word document losing connection to its template?

My client is having a problem with a Word template I've provided for them on their site. Specifically: They've placed the template on a shared drive (Windows mapped network drive) that everyone can ...
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How can I change the order of citations in Word?

When I insert citations into my document, they are automatically ordered by their first appearance in the document. However, instead I want them to be ordered how I like, such as: Books Articles Web ...
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Microsoft Word cannot Save

I use Microsoft Word 2010 to write long documents. These typically include a lot of sections, graphics, formulae, footnotes, a TOC, an index, a bibliography, and inline cross-references and source ...
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Any way to set a default view in Word 2007 or 2010 and keep among restarts?

Every time I open a document in Word 2007 or Word 2010 on a wide-screen display I get the two-page view (which is actually very annoying for me). I would like to make Word display the one-page view, ...
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Improved APA citation format in Word 2007/2010?

By default the APA citation in Word 2007 doesn't quite match APA style (e.g. it doesn't convert a citation to et. al. when the citation has been made previously and there are many authors). Is there ...
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How can I count the chararcters in a word document?

well I looked at the similar Qs but they were all about counting words not characters, is there a way to do this? or if not Are there any plug-ins for this purpose?
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Change default font in MS word 2010?

I don't believe this has been asked before, and I'm curious, Is there any way to change the default font in MS Word 2010 beta? Or MS Word 2007? I'm getting really tired of changing fonts every time ...