Questions tagged [microsoft-word-2013]
Microsoft Word is the word processing software from Microsoft that lets you create and edit documents.
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How to replicate a MS Word document's layout and formatting in a MS Access 2013 report
I'm building an order processing system in MS Access 2013 that allows the employee to input order details from the customer's form, then the system records this in the database and generates an ...
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Insert multiple objects in word 2013
How can I insert multiple objects (such as word documents, excel spreadsheets etc..) into a word document?
The only option I've found is doing it one by one , by choosing 'insert object' option and ...
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MS Word: Can't Save Any File
I have Ms Office 2013 Professional, and Word don't let me save any file.
It says to check the file block settings, and i did, and there was nothing wrong there.
I also checked the temp variable, ...
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Auto hot-linking in-text citations to a bibliographic entry
I'm trying to find the best way to automatically create hyperlinks within a document from an in text citation, "(Author, 2014)", to its respective bibliographic entry in such a way that is seen in ...
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Word 2013 - How to add figures to Visio Diagrams in Word Document
I am trying to add a figure caption to a Visio diagram that I have inserted into a word document and I am having some trouble. For example, if I right click on any inserted image in my word ...
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Word 2013 Textbox Clipping
When I insert a textbox into a Word document the content is clipped on the left side, like this:
Some of the text isn't visible it doesn't help to make it bigger. Have any of you experienced anything ...
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Word shading text not working for spaces before line break
In Word Home>Paragraph>Shading, I would like to shade scripts similar to what we have for in-line quote in Stack exchange /home/xxx/
I realized that if the shading is just before line break, I ...
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How can I remove Styles without changing formatting?
How can I remove Styles from all the headings in a Microsoft Word 2013 document, but leave the headings' formatting exactly as they are?
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Apply style to search results
I'm trying to use the Search/Replace function to find all occurrences of a string in a paragraph, then apply one of my defined styles to all results.
Have tried the following:
ctrl-F to bring up ...
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How can I display the name of the user who made an edit in a Microsoft Word document?
I wonder how I can display the name of the user who made an edit (with track changes on) in a Microsoft Word document.
For example, in the screenshot below, the string 15 iterations was deleted: how ...
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Make Office ribbon to drop-down and hide on hover
How can I make a minimized Office ribbon to drop-down on hover over a tab and disappear after the mouse leaves it?
Among other annoyances, one of the worst usability disadvantages of the Office ...
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Blurry Numbers in Word 2013
When printing a Document in Word 2013 to PDF (Adobe PDF Printer coming with Acrobat X Pro) or paper chapter numbers get blurred quiet badly. Doing so with Word 2010 on the same Win 7 PC the numbers ...
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Stop Microsoft Word from automatically opening .docx files downloaded through Chrome
I recently installed the Microsoft Office 2013 bundle on my computer. Since installing that, whenever I download any file Word is set up as the default program for (.docx, .doc, etc) through Google ...
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Word 2013: Get the page number for the previous page
I'm trying to accomplish something very simple in Word 2013, but the feature does not seem to be available, nor can I work it out with field codes.
I simply want to include, on multiple pages, "...
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Microsoft Equation 3.0 with Word 2013
I am having a weird issue with 2 of my workstations here. Both workstations are fairly new running Windows 7 Professional 64bit and Office 2013. When I attempt to edit a equation from Word 2013, I ...
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How can I assign section numbers automatically?
I have my sections labeled only in words, using the appropriate header hierarchy. My top level headers are header 1. Their children are header 2. Their children are header 3. etc.
When I build my ...
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Grouping Excel charts in a Word document
I have some Excel charts that I've pasted into Word, and I would like to group them together so they move as a unit as I'm moving text around.
Currently, they look like this:
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Cannot delete "hidden" table in word 2013
I have a large document that was originally created in word 2010, and having been editing it for some time in 2013 (on windows 8).
I recently moved a table by selecting it, cutting and then pasting ...
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Separate Word chart's data from Excel file
There is a certain chart in Excel that I cannot exactly replicate in Word, so I copied the chart into a Word document. However, now the chart's data are tied to the Excel document I copied the chart ...
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Bring Header/Footer (Images) in front of body in Microsoft Word
In Microsoft Word, I have an In Line with Text picture in my document body. (below)
Then a picture inserted in the Header as In Font of Text. (below)
I want to set the this picture (in Header) being ...
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Print Serial Number or Incrementing Number in Word Document Footer
I feel this is likely a dup, but I can't find good answers and "Question's that may already have your answer" only shows an answer for excel.
I'm looking to track documents printed by having a serial ...
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Does numbering have shortcut?
I would like to ask a question on Word shortcuts.
For bullets list, I know there is a shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + L, but for numbering, does there exist a shortcut?
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Microsoft Word - Not all Pages being displayed
I'm working on a report with some colleagues using Microsoft Word and Sharepoint.
It was working OK until a few hours ago, but now there are some problems:
If I open the document in word online, I ...
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How to add heading levels lower than level 9 in Microsoft Word?
I am working on a report that, due to external requirements, needs a heading level lower than 9. Entering Outline View and clicking the arrow button to reduce the heading level will not let me reduce ...
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Different line spacing between different list levels
Following this advice, I've created a style for each of my list levels and am now modifying the styles in order to get the list looking how I'd like.
I want a large space between each level 1 item (...
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Automatic Table of Contents in Word
I want to make an automatic Table of Contents in a Word 2013 document, but I want to use something other than the cover page title in the Table of Contents.
For example, on page 1 there is cover page ...
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How to change the default Word 2016 style to 97-03
How can I set the default Style in Word 2013/2016 to match the default Style in Word 2003?
When moving from 2003 to 2007, Microsoft Word's default Style was changed:
In Word 2007 and 2010 there was ...
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Different Fonts Mash-up for text and numbers
I want to use a font i.e. Candara for text and at the same time, I want to use some other font for numbers in the text because the number style in the font Candara is somehow disturbing (at least for ...
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Remove carryover multiple-line spacing before paragraph
I have a long document that is in single-line spaced paragraphs, with Space Before paragraphs of 10 points.
At a few locations, I have inserted bullet points, and set these in multiple 1.15 spaced ...
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Why is the indent of my headings changing on odd pages
I have a document in MS Word. On even pages, my H1 and H2 headings look like this:
But on odd pages they look like this:
How is the indent on the H2 heading being modified on the odd pages? This is ...
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how to change the allign of microsoft word 2013
the word file I am usingI paste a mathematics formula into the word, then before I know it, the align of the text after it become super weird. I cannot move the text to the left, it seems ...
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Select a rectangular block of text in Word 2013
I'm pretty sure that older versions of Microsoft Word would let me select a rectangular block of text by holding down the Alt key while dragging the mouse from one corner to the other. When I try it ...
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Stop Word from creating a new row when I press enter when in a table
I am writing a document (in Microsoft word 2013) with a lot of tables in it. I need each table to have only one row. Consider the diagrams below.
If I press enter when the cursor is in position A ...
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Paragraph style in Microsoft Word overrides color
For once I'm trying to write a technical document in Microsoft Word 2013 and I need to add some code snippets from time to time. I copy the code from Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio and paste ...
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Transform option for Word Art
I don't see the transform option anywhere. I am using Microsoft Word 2013. Unfortunately, I cannot upload a picture because I don't have enough reputation points.
When I go to drawing tools > ...
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Why does Microsoft Word open Word 6.0 Binary Documents and Templates in Protected View by default? Is there a reason I shouldn't turn that off?
I have a .doc file which, because of the format it's saved in, Word 2013 opens in Protected view. I can't edit, save, or print it:
I would like to do at least one of those things with this file. I ...
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Headers in Microsoft Word
I'm using Microsoft Word 2013, and I set the footer with a page number on the left for even pages and on the right for odd pages.
Now I want to set the header in the way to write the chapter name on ...
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"Your margins are pretty small..." errors when printing
On sending to print I receive the following message:
Your margins are pretty small. Some of your content might be cut off
when you print. Do you still want to print?
I don't know why it appears.
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Calling Documents.Open for Word.Application Error converting msoFalse to type Object
How can the Documents.OpenNoRepairDialog method be invoked by powershell with all the parameters supplied at least up to the point that word documents open without errors, dialogs, or macros; and that ...
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Delete or Edit Custom Number Format in Style - MS Word 2013
So I created a new style that inserts a custom number format. After working with it a bit, I needed to edit the number format it but I couldn't figure out how. So I "Define New Number Format" again. ...
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Word Document Information Panel (DIP) fields are full width
The issue
Since two weeks, I have an issue with my Word application Document Information Panel (DIP) which holds the document properties. In fact, the fields are taking the maximum width they can:
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Tab stop across multiple lines so that text fills in the dots leader instead of moving down the lines
In word, I have a form type of document, and a field called "description" has a couple of lines to give space to write text (as you would see on a printed document).
I create a dotted line using dots ...
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Heading numbering is not sequencing
I cannot seem to make numbering work in word 2013. creating a new template and this is what I want:
1.0 Topic
1.1 Sub Topic
1.1.1 Sub sub topic
2.0 Topic
2.1 sub topic
2.2.2 sub sub topic
but what ...
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Import Word Documents (docx) to OneNote 2013/2016
Is it possible to import word documents (docx) to OneNote without printing every single word document to onenote?
The import should create a onenote page for each word document.
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Word 2013 Equation Matrix Partition
Is there anyway to create a matrix like below one when entering an equation?
I did this matrix using the Microsoft Equation 3.0, but I would like to do it using the (for me, better) Equation Editor ...
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How to tell Word "para." is an abbreviation and not the end of a sentence?
In Word 2013 on my system, the sentence He turned to pg. 2 and was surprised. spell-checks cleanly. However, the sentence He turned to para. 2 and was surprised. (changing pg. to para.) flags a ...
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Word template: Set default “paste text without formatting” at a document level
I am creating a word template (Microsoft Word 2013).
When someone pastes text into this word document (e.g. from the web), I would like the text to take the default text formatting of the line/...
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Adding dotted lines indicating the hierarchical structure in a bullet list in Microsoft Word
Is there any way to add dotted lines (or any other visual indicator) indicating the hierarchical structure in a bullet list in Microsoft Word?
E.g. like some file browsers show:
(I don't want any ...
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How to know which add-in is currently being loaded by Microsoft Word during launch?
When launching Microsoft Word, I see that some add-ins are being loaded:
How to know which add-in word is currently being loaded in Microsoft Word?
I use Microsoft Word 2013 with Windows 7 SP1 x64 ...
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How do I prevent Microsoft Word from pasting a picture as a bullet?
I'm trying to make a printable list of keyboard shortcuts using images to take the place of the Win key, Ctrl key, etc. The problem is, every time I paste one of these images at the start of a line, ...
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