Questions tagged [microsoft-word-2007]
The version of Word from Microsoft that came out in 2006.
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Entering hash key on Word running on Mac
I have a document open in Word 2007 on Windows XP running within Vmware Fusion, hosted from Mac OS X 10.5 and using a UK keyboard. How do I enter the #(hash) key? I'm reduced to choosing it from the ...
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How to lock an image in Microsoft Word 2007
I have a picture and I want to fix and lock its position in MS Word 2007. I have done this:
Select the picture
On the Format menu, click Picture, and then click the Layout tab
Click the Advanced ...
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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 ...
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Cannot modify top/bottom space for header/footer in LibreOffice, and disabled Header/Footer after export to Office 2007
I have written my Thesis in LibreOffice. Everything is fine, but my University requires to provide the Thesis in a very specific format. In LibreOffice I cannot replicate the "From Top/From Bottom" ...
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How to add arrow as accent with keyboard in Word 2007 Equation Editor
I'm entering equations with vectors in, and getting a bit tired of having to use the Accents menu to add the arrow across the top of the vector symbols. So I'm looking for a way to do it using the ...
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How make Word 2007 update all fields upon save
How do I make Word 2007 update all fields upon save? This should include fields in headers and footers.
If possible, no macros and VB code please. I want to keep the documents clean.
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Back/Forward navigation in Word 2003/2007
I've been using Adobe Acrobat Reader since version 4. While I am reading a PDF document, I can use the Back/Forward buttons to navigate between the previously browsed pages.
For example, I am on page ...
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MS Word - Export image with overlayed text boxes as image
I am trying to export an image with overlayed texboxes, arrows and shapes as a single image with a dpi of >300.
At the moment I am exporting as a pdf and copying the image to Paint.NET. However, the ...
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MS Word field code error - "Error! No text of specified style in document"
I just opened a word document, in MS Word 2007, and the following error appears before the Figure and Table numbers:
Error! No text of specified style in document
The figure/table names code (after ...
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Word 2007 displaying {FORMTEXT} in place of forms
My friend is suffering from an issue in Word 2007. All the files with a form open incorrectly, with all the form fields replaced with {FORMTEXT}. I opened the same files in Word 2010 and they open ...
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How to index tables and pictures in Word so you can get a list of them automatically?
I'm writing one of those things where you have to provide a list of all the tables and pictures at the beginning of the text. I know how to insert caption for a picture, but I'm not sure as to how can ...
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Setting the first letter of a selection to be bigger and colored different than the rest
Is there an option or style where I can make a selection and on its first letter, have that be set at a larger font size, and possibly another color?
Say I have a selection of text all set to 11 ...
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In Word 2007 how can I set up a repeating section for Mail Merge
In Word 2007, I want to set up a mail-merge template where multiple rows from the data-source will appear on a single page. So, something like this:
---Page-Boundry--------
Header blurb 1
Header ...
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How can I embed all linked images into a .docx file?
Usually people ask how to extract images from a Word file; I want the opposite.
Let's say I have an image in an external file, which I've inserted into a document by linking to it (it is in the same ...
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How/when are the Microsoft Word 2007 date properties set?
I am a professor and was emailed a Word document (.docx) by a student, which the student claimed to have completed by the deadline (about two months ago) but her partner failed to submit. The student ...
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How to convert a SmartArt object to regular shapes
The SmartArt tool in Word is a great way to quickly create relatively complex diagrams; however, occasionally I want to use that diagram as a basis and then tweak it - for example remove some nodes ...
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Continuous page numbers in Word 2007 document with section breaks
I have a document with several section breaks and I want to add a page number to every page in the footer section.
When I use Insert - Footer, it starts with 1 for every section.
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Include only part of a figure caption within a textbox in a table of figures in MS Word
I am writing a thesis paper with long figure captions. I have discovered how to use Style Separator to have only the first sentence appear in the list of figures, however all my captions are in text ...
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Formatting a bullet list when text wrapped next to an image
I can't find any combination of list formatting and default or custom text-wrap settings where, for item 4, the second line of text lines up correctly - i.e. where the 'n' lines up with the 'S' as ...
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How can I copy tables between word documents without having the format change?
I have two both word 2007 documents, A and B.
I want to copy a table from A to B, and that table's format is totally the same as I see in A, not automatically changing the format to B's template ...
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Font affects MS Word's spell check ability?
When I use the Wingdings font, the spell checker doesn't work (Wingdings isn't the only font I have this problem, there are others).
How can I fix this, how can I force the spell checker to ignore the ...
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How do I search for higlighted text by color in MS Word?
In MS word, I have many differenet highlighted colors of text. How can I search for them by color in MS Word 2007?
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How to stop Word 2007 from inserting a line break at hyphens, without using a nonbreaking hyphen
I have a long URL that contains some hyphens, and would like to include it in a Word document. Unfortunately Word sees the hyphens and creates a rather ugly line-breaking scheme.
If I replace the ...
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Is there an AutoComplete feature in Word 2007?
I need something like the google suggest, or just plain old t9 from mobile phones - allow the typing of full words based on the first letters.
I saw there is such a feature in word 2003, but I couldn'...
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What's a good way to share a value in multiple places in a Word document?
Let's say I have a value: \\myServer\dir1\dir2\dir3. I'd like this value to appear in multiple places in an MSWord document. However I only want to write it down once. What's a good way to do this? ...
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mail merge e-mail in Word 2007 with attachment
Is there a simple way to mail merge with Word 2007 and add an attachment? I've searched google, and all results point to pasting in VB code.
I want to a small team of novice users to be able to mail ...
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Adjust List of Figures or Tables in Word
I created a List of Figures in Word based on the caption. My caption is something like:
Figure 1-Name of figure.
The list of figures created in Word look like below: (after adjusting the hanging ...
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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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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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Symbol for statistically independent events in LaTeX, Unicode, etc
Can someone point me to Unicode and/or LaTeX symbol that's used to indicate that two events are statistically independent? Ideally, it should be possible to produce this symbol in the equation editor ...
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Prevent style from modifying color in Word 2007
How do I prevent a style from changing the font color. I have "Automatic" selected as the font color (and the "Default" button under "Font" is disabled by the way), but whenever I apply the style, the ...
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Is there a way to make Word 2007 fail-proof?
My girlfriend has the absolute worst luck in using Word 2007, and it's very frustrating for her (and me, hearing: "OMG I LOST 3 HOURS OF WORK WHAT THE ####" every other day...).
Basically, a lot of ...
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How to create an augmented matrix in Word 2007+ Equations editor?
How to create an augmented matrix in Word 2007+ (2010) Equations editor?
Is it possible?
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Fields and Properties in Microsoft Word 2007
I have added some advanced properties into my Microsoft Word 2007 document. These were created by doing the following:
Click the Office button -> Prepare -> Properties. Under the Document Properties ...
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Converting a Word document to LaTeX format
I'm preparing a book to be published and keeping everything in .docx files. Other than text the files include graphs (jpeg) and lots of equations typed in MathType. Since MS Word is not fully ...
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How to add padding to images/chart in MS Word with 'in line with text' wrapping?
I have a justified paragraph at the end of a two column page. On inserting a chart with "in line with text" mode under text wrapping in the middle of the paragraph, the image appears fine.
How can I ...
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What is the simplest way to remove all hyperlinks in a MS Word document?
What is the most simple way to remove all hyperlinks in an MS Word 2007 document?
I have been copying and pasting contents pages and would like to remove the automatically created hyperlinks.
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Two different page numbers in Word 2007 (one starting at 1, the other at VI)
I have a document (docA) with arabic page numbers in the header. Now docA is part of a thesis which has roman numbers in the footer.
So I want to add roman page numbers to docA. This is no problem. ...
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Word 2007 assigning "Outline Level" Level 1 randomly on document close
Sometimes when I open a document and view the Document Map, I discover that Word 2007 SP2 has completely destroyed my outline by assigning seemingly random paragraphs an Outline Level of 1. I then ...
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How do I open an HTML file in Microsoft Word without it rendering the HTML?
I would like to open an HTML file in MS Word 2007 directly so I can use some of its search and replace features. I don't care about the file's encoding and will not actually use the final thing as ...
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Numbered paragraphs in Word 2007
I have the following styles defined in Word 2007. They all have outline levels 1-6. They also correctly show up in the Table of Contents (not all, I only set the TOC up to Level 3).
1 Heading 1
1....
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What is the Word 2007 shortcut key to go to the header/footer?
I need to record a macro that involves the header/footer. I want to run the macro inside several files based on the same template.
While recording a macro, I cannot use the mouse to navigate through ...
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Word 2007, Adding Page Numbers to Landscape, 5.5 by 8.5 Booklet Style Document
I am publishing a 5.5 by 8.5 booklet. I created this document in Word 2007 and will be converting it to PDF. It looks good as is, but I can't seem to figure out how to add page numbers automatically ...
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Page numbers in contents and footer
I've been trying to work out how to make page numbers skip the first two pages (title page and contents), and also how to have the footer say "page x of y", rather than just the current page which ...
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Complex auto numbering in table MS Word
I have the table with three columns. First two columns have complex numbering.
I want to number elements of table like this:
| First Column | Second Column |
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Print some pages duplex and some not
In Word (2007), is it possible to set some pages to print duplex and some not?
For example, I'd like the title and contents to not be duplex, and then most of the rest of the document to be duplex.
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Which style to use for simple paragraph text in Word?
How do I find out what the various built-in Word styles are intended for?
There are seven built-in styles that describe something along the lines of "normal base text paragraph":
Normal
Normal (...
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How can I print the template lines in a in Word 2007 template?
I'd like to print the label outlines from this Word label template onto some plain paper, but no matter what I try I cannot make them print; if I enter text into the template, the text prints fine (...
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How do I disable snap-to in drawings in Word 2007?
How do I draw lines in a Word 2007 drawing without them automatically snapping to the nearest whatever? Currently I'm forced to draw them to one side, then drag them into place.
Please tell me there'...
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Preventing a confirmation pop-up when updating fields in Word
In Word 2007, an obvious candidate for updating all the fields in a range is
myrange.Fields.Update
But if the range is the element of ActiveDocument.StoryRanges corresponding to the footnotes, ...
