Microsoft Word is the word processing software from Microsoft that lets you create and edit documents.
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MS WORD Changing Page Margins / Setting Print Margins without changing document layout
I have a certain layout in word document that is 250 pages. Unfortunately, it has 0.5 page margins. Is there a way to simply increase the paper/page size so that I will have 1 inch margins without ...
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change default list indentation for all lists, word 2010
i wanted to ask how to change the indentation for all lists (including multi-leveled) to indent one inch inward? for example if i have...
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Ms-Word introduces line breaks in RTF
I'm using a template system based on RTF + Velocity. In my RTF's I've got several VTL sentences, such as:
#foreach($item in $somevar.someProp)Some may-be RTF text #end
If I open the RTF file with ...
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setting specific 'window' constraints into a word document for images
I want to enable users to simply drop any image they want into a template in Word and not require them to crop or re-size anything. If the image is larger, those areas that fall outside of my ...
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Hotkeys don't work in MathType equations in Office for Mac 2011
For work-related reasons I recently switched from LaTeX to Word. I heavily use the MathType equations editor (in-line; not the pop-up editor) in Office for Mac 2011 14.1.0 on Mac OSX 10.8.2 Mountain ...
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Methods to remove acronyms from a document?
I have a friend who wants to learn how to remove replace all acronyms with their proper names in reports she compiles. She showed me a list she has written out and it's enormous.
I would think there ...
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Word 2007 does not update when printing
I used the "update fields when printing" option for years; it is a useful feature.
Unfortunately, the update stopped working a few years ago. Our IT guys say it's because of one of the service ...
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Write-n-cite drops some data (pseudorandomally) from citations
I'm trying to help with a case where Refworks citations are integrated to an MS Word (Office 2010 with Windows 7) document with Write-n-cite utility (version 612?).
Citations seem mostly to work but ...
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How to copy equations as MathML from Word for Mac 2011
On Windows Word 2007 and later includes a new style equation editor. When copying equations they are placed onto the clipboard as MathML (in addition to other formats), and can be pasted into ...
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“View Source”-equivalent for Word documents?
Sometimes Word documents seem to more or less break, usually when the layout has gotten quite complex and the document has changed hands and/or versions a couple of times. Symptoms may be that nothing ...
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Why is my external stylesheet ignored in in a Word-generated (and severely cleaned) epub?
Situation is that I am working in Sigil, creating epub's from filtered HTML files generated from MS Word. After the generation, I clean out all the junk I can recognize in the HTML file, and move the ...
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How to convert Word track changes markup to document content?
I would like to edit a Word document with Track Changes on, and then save the document with the track changes markup as the actual document. For instance, deleted words should be in the final document ...
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Getting autonumbering from Microsoft Word autonumbered styles to show up in a quick part
I have chapter headings in a style in Microsoft Word 2007 that is an autonumbered style, so each instance of the style is automatically prefixed Chapter 1, Chapter 2, etc. So my chapter headings look ...
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Change gridline colour or style in MS Word 2010
How can I change the colour or style (solid line or dots, as in The Gimp) of the document gridlines shown using View > Gridlines (not table gridlines) in Microsoft Word 2010 or 2007?
I can change the ...
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WordConv.exe errors on Windows Server 2008 SP2
I am trying to convert MS-Word 2003 documents to the docx format as part of a larger programming effort. Microsoft offers their Office Compatibility Pack as an option for this conversion. As per the ...
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Print a color document on a B&W printer, with good color separation
I want to print a PDF document converted from Word by Adobe Acrobat Pro. It has some figures containing colors that when I convert to black & white are distinguishable but after printing by a ...
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VBA to save document in Excel and Word periodically (AutoBackup)
I want to create a VBA script that would save a copy of the document every 5-10 minutes with a new name. The script would keep like 10-15 copies in the same folder, incrementing a number each time. If ...
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How to register a macro programmatically?
I have like 700 machines in which I need to deploy a new macro we have created. Is there any way to do this via cmd?
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How do I make Microsoft Word show unicode correctly on all computers?
I have a Word DOCX file that uses the Calibri font. It has hairline spaces (unicode character 0x200A I think). It looks fine on my computer with Word 2007 on Windows 7, a coworker's Word 2010 on Mac ...
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How do I tell MS Word to email using GMail and NOT Outlook
When you have a document open and select Send, Email as attachment, MS Word defaults to Outlook. I have not used Outlook for a long time and I have changed all my default email clients to be GMail. ...
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Shortcut keys don't work in MS-Word on Win8
I've just upgraded to Windows 8 (from XP) and re-installed my copy of Office 2007. Now the common shortcuts (Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V etc) don't work in Word, however other shortcuts (Ctrl-P) are fine.
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MS word 2010, adding different page numbers to first page of each chapter in a single document
I need to add roman numbers to first 10 pages and rest must be arabic numbers.
Roman numbers must be on the middle,bottom and roman numbers should be on the top right corner.
But when a new chapter ...
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how to stop microsoft word inserting smart quotes on find and replace
I'm running a find and replace in Microsot word something like:
Find highlighted text.
Replace with '^&'
but it converts the ' characters to smart quotes, even though I disabled that option in ...
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Set “Fit Text Width” as default when opening Word Document
I'm partially sighted and as such have difficutly reading word documents unless I set the zoom level to "Fit Text Width". I've been doing this manually and was wondering how I set it as the default ...
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How to hyperlink within document [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I make a hyperlink within a Word document to another place in the same document?
I want to know how to insert a hyperlink from one place in a Word 2010 document ...
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How to find all field codes in Word documents?
My document has tons of field codes, pointing to sections. Now, I need to update the label of these field codes, but I don't want to skim the document for them.
How do I search for all the field ...
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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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MS Word: Compare Documents Layout
I'm using MS Word 2010. I wanted to compare two documents, so I used the built-in compare function, which opened the overly-cluttered layout showing the two versions in two small views, the merged ...
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Replacing Italic with markdown formatting or em tags
I have content in google docs that is being converted to HTML. The main trick is that there are a number of italic sections which I would like to add <em> tags or markdown asterisks.
I tried ...
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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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Why will Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac only let me type in Times New Roman?
I'm having a problem where Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac will only let me type in Times New Roman. Even if I change the Normal style it still reverts back. I do not want to change the default font for ...
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Export Microsoft Word document for Adobe Acrobat signature
When I save a MS Word document (.docx) as a PDF, I am not able to sign it in Adobe Acrobat. Is there a way to export an MS Word doc to a signable PDF? Third party products are an option as well.
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Problems opening sharepoint document, checked out, but opening from temp folder instead
A user at work has a problem with Office 2010 and IE 9 against Sharepoint 2010.
Whenever the user clicks on a Word file (.docx) on Sharepoint, he first gets the normal dialog asking whether to open ...
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consistently format a messy word document
I'm wondering when several people have applied all their idiosyncratic ideas of how a document should be formatted rudimentary all throughout the document, if there's an easy way to homogenize the ...
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Need to skip certain cells when tabbing through a MS Word Table
I have WORD 2010 on my machine. I am trying to tidy up a table we use alot. It's a very basic document, but has a lot of fields that need to be filled out, though for every field, there is a label ...
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How to split a word 2010 document and keep the automatic table of contents?
I have a word document I want to split into 3 files and save them to different pdf files.
The problem is that when I split the file the automatic table of content insists of changing all the numbers ...
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How can I print two copies of a document in Word, one on each side of a single page?
I have a document I would like to print twice, once on each side of a single piece of paper. Currently, this is done with a two-page document set up to print two pages per sheet, and it is printed ...
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table of contents in Word not fitting page
I've created a table of contents but it goes out of the right margin, and the lines between the heading and number continue off so that you can't actually see the page number.
I've tried shrinking ...
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Unable to find Word and PowerPoint in start menu seach
I've recently got a new computer, and was tasked with some basic configuration.
I've created 4 accounts, all of them administrators.
On one of them, I've created taskbar and desktop shortcuts for ...
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How to get consistent indenting of multiple levels of bullets in Microsoft Word 2000?
Running Microsoft Word 2000, I click on the Bullet icon in the taskbar, and the current line gets a bullet. I press and the cursor moves to the next line, which also has a bullet. I click on the ...
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in MS Word 2007: how can I define a custom keybord shortcut for Display:Final (for reviewing tracked changes)
In MS Word, shortcuts can be defined by user.
Where in the menu would I find to assign a shortcut so that with one keyboard click, I can switch to review view that says 'final'.?
There is in Word ...
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How can I print out 20 individual Word documents at once?
I need to print out 20 individual Word documents. I don't want to open each up and click Print.
Can I somehow print all at once?
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How to combine several records in a single letter using Word mail merge
I have a long Excel list with data in the following format:
A, B, C
x, y, z1
x, y, z2
x, y, z3
I want to create a mail merge in Word 11 for Mac in the following style for each x, y , which is ...
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Formatting multiple choice questions
How can I format multiple choice questions so option A from the second question will be under option A from the first question (B, C, D etc. as well)?
Update: I just use MS Word in order to write ...
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Is it possible to Link to Excel File Based on Dynamic Mail Merge Field?
If I were to create an excel sheet with merge fields for a Mail Merge, and one of those fields were to be a file location, for example, can I then create a link in my Word document to a second Excel ...
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MS Word: Center align only image in a list
I have made a numbered list in Word 2010. Each list entry has an image as well. I want to center align all images, but when I try to center align an image, the text above get centered as well.
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MS Word mass header adder/remover/replacer tool
I have lots of MS Word .doc and .docx files that all have same headers.
Now I need to change this header on all of those files.
Is there a tool that be able to replace or remove/add header in multiple ...
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How to get Word to not revision mark a field update whose result hasn't changed?
I am using Word 2010. AFAIK, this problem has been in Word since the beginning of time, though.
When I create a field in a document, the field is updated when I force it to (e.g., with F9 or a ...
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For tracking, visual diff & merging Word Documents, between TortoiseSVN, TortoiseGit & TortoiseHg which would be best? Or any others? [closed]
For tracking, visual diff & merging Word Documents, between TortoiseSVN, TortoiseGit & TortoiseHg which would be best? Or any others?
I've been reading interesting examples of people using ...
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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 ...
