Questions tagged [microsoft-word]
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Regular expressions to replace text strings in a MS Word document
I have the following protocol names like GR232 or GR485 and I am looking to replace them with the expression "GR" followed by a hyphen and the appropriate three digit number, something like ...
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How to automatically add a period in table of contents that is not there in the chapter heading in MSWord
I create chapter heading using the Heading1 style with a soft return between the chapter designation and the chapter title as shown:
I then add a toc somewhere else in the document and it looks like:
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How can I reset the Math Symbol Autocorrect in word?
How can you
Reset the math autocorrect pairing between shortcuts of e.g. the form \scriptF and the mathematic symbol to default settings?
How can you add a shortcut to a mathematic symbol that ...
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Microsoft Word: Collapsible Arrow can not be removed, even after switching to a normal style
My document has somehow ended up filled with these collapsible arrows. They don't hide or reveal anything, but it seems every second line (where I've entered then indented) is being treated as a ...
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MS Word randomly adds white space before a new line begins
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In my word document that has had no issues until now, the 470th page has randomly begun adding a blank space that I cannot get rid of. No page formatting or font size changing has ...
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Dropcaps in word, how to remove the margin/line spacing
I am attempting to make headings with dropcaps. Everything works, except I am unable to get the line spacing/margin of the dropcap to line up with the top of the first line. Is there anyway to set ...
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Ignore Null Field when printing name, middle I., and last name
Using Word in a multi-print document, I would like to ignore null fields when printing. As it is now, things are fine when a filled middle initial is present, but if no middle initial is present, it ...
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Adding specific text to any bold text in Word file
Can you help me how to add word " (correct)" after every bold word, in MS Word?
Ie. if I have text
This is my example text.
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This is my example (correct) text.
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Removing Content Control Quick Part in Microsoft Word
I have a VBA macro that will auto populate a document with content control quick parts that have blocks of text with other content controls within them.
I'm attempting to write a VBA macro that will ...
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Unique ID for Fields and Cross References in Microsoft Word
I am working with a collaborative Microsoft Word Document with Figures and Tables cross referenced throughout the document. For instance, there are 75 figures linked with Captions. We have cross ...
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Published app calling Microsoft Word for a merge and failing
We run a published app on an RDS 2019 server. This works perfect, however when a specific function is used to create a mail merge to Word (it pulls client data, and job info and sets up a template) ...
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Remove border lines appearing between paragraphs formatted with the same style
I defined a custom paragraph-level style in Word 365 that, relative to the normal Style, indents the text right, applies some text level formatting, and separates the text using horizontal border ...
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Word 365 Headings that take up multiple Lines
I am attempting to make
I would like the larger font to be the heading, is it possible to make a heading that would textwrap lines and float on the left side? As shown in the photo you can see that ...
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Remove paragraph spacing before very large text
I'me creating labels Word where the text is vary large, 300 pts. I have the paragraph spacing before and after set to zero. But Word is insists that there is around two inches space before and after ...
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Moving Body Text out from a Heading in Word
I am using Microsoft Word 365
I'm wondering if there is a way to move the body text out to the previous heading in word. This is what my document looks now:
I would like the text 'NEXT PARAGRAPH TEST ...
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Inserting fields for mail merge and space bar repeats field instead of adding space
Inserting fields into Word doc to create labels for mail merge. When I click on first name and insert, it does. I hit the space bar to put a space between first name field and last name field, but ...
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Page numbering isn't working
I am trying to set numbers on the pages but it's not working properly. For example, it starts from the first page as 1, then the second page takes the number 2, then the third page takes the number 1, ...
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How to run a Word macro from the command line?
I'm trying to save and close all open Word files (to start I only target one of them).
The macro I made works when ran from Word (clicking "Execute"), but it won't run when called from the ...
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Recommended ways to automatically update several word documents with specific info
I have several word documents (20+) that need to be updated with info like dates, names, addresses, titles. What are some recommended ways to automatically update all of them?
Ideally, I would like to ...
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How to create a hyperlink to a particular bookmarked spot in an MS Word Document?
I want to share a URL that links to a specific spot in an MS Word document.
It would link to the web version of the document.
My understanding is that you can only link to that from another Word ...
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Force Smart Tags and Accelerators to Appear (or to Disappear) in Microsoft Office Word 2019
An issue I have wondered about for years. At times it is mildly iniquitous; at other times it is seriously irritating; and some of the time it is veritably cataclysmic.
Since at least MS Office 2007, ...
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Indent an Entire Paragraph in Microsoft Office Word 2019 with the TAB key (instead of indenting only a single line)
Long time reader, 1st time caller :)
An inexplicble formatting problem has suddenly arisen in Word which, for some reason, seems to be un-reversible. (It occurred in Word'19, so it might also be ...
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How to keep figures and captions on their own separate page while text flows on the page before and after in Microsoft Word?
I am writing a thesis and the formatting requires that when a figure name is mentioned, that figure must appear on the next page by itself with its caption. However, the text from the rest of the ...
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Manual line break in Microsoft Word: identifying number followed by a dot
I've the following sample of text. Is it possible to use the function find and replace in Microsoft Word in order to replace all the numbers followed by a dot with a double line break (^l^l)?
1. Il ...
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How to reformat columns in a table from a Word template
I am designing a resume, using the Swiss design resume template. The only change I want to make is with the 4 columns at the bottom (see screenshot below). I would like to combine the two columns in ...
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Prevent other users from deleting my comments in Word
When using the comment feature present in most Office apps (e.g. right click on a word or sentence and select New Comment) my comment shows up on the right side panel, and others can add subcomments, ...
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Office MS 365 Apps for Enterprise restart withoutsave
I have Office MS 365 Apps for Enterprise installed and after resuming Windows 10 Enterprise after hibernate the office applications sometimes restart.
This would not be so bad except that the content ...
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Why can I see comments but no field or button to reply to them in Word 2021?
I'm helping someone with a document and have used Track Changes in LibreOffice to create a comment. I then saved as .docx again and sent it back.
The person on the other end* sees my comment but, ...
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In Microsoft Word, is there a way to conditionally format the cell properties of a MS Word Table (like in Microsoft Excel)?
Background: So, in Micrsoft Excel, you may colorize or affect the design/style of a cell via the "Conditional Formatting" feature that is present in the standard/plain vanilla version of ...
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In Microsoft Word, is there a way to assign particular Bullet Styles automatically to a Heading Style through the Design Features (Themes and Styles)?
What? My goal here is to have Microsoft Word automatically adjust the Bullet List Style in a conditional manner, where the condition is the specific heading style (i.e., heading 1, heading 2, heading ...
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How to paste Excel rows into Word as paragraph lines, not as a table?
I have a Word file consisting of text where each line is a link: free text with a URL behind it (Ctrl+K). I want to sort it, but Word refuses, maybe because the lines are links.
I copied it and ...
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Trying to replace newline character with comma in MS word table from email, search on ^p didn't work
I'm trying to replace newline character, the symbol ↵, with comma in an MS Word table that was copied from email. Searching on ^p didn't work, nor did ^l, either.
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Microsoft Word IF formula
I am having trouble with my IF formula in Microsoft Word, I am trying to automatically output a phrase depending on if cell in my table (J2) is equal to, less than, or greater than 0.
=IF([J2]=0.0,&...
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Dynamic find and replace in Word files with DocuSign
I have a Word document that I am using as the basis for a DocuSign template.
There are various placeholders left in this document, such as [NAME], which are meant to be replaced with the signatory's ...
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extract VBA userform from corrupted word docm
I have a userform in word built over 10+ years. Today Word chose to crash the normal.docm file and the VBA project became unreadable.
I have used python scripts to extract the code, but I don't have ...
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MS Word: Linked doesn't not show entire subdocument, only one page of it
I'm using Word 2016 and trying to create a master document with subdocuments. I add the subdocument by clicking Insert -> Object -> Object and in the dialog box, select Create From File tab, ...
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Save pages of a document as separate documents (explode), but without using PDF [duplicate]
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I have one .DOC/.DOCX document that is a model for Mail Merge;
After using the Mail Merge feature on Word 2019, a new document with hundreds of pages is generated, as expected;
I want to ...
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MS Word Field to Calculate Total Number of Credits in Exam
I am drafting an exam and I know how to create my own counter for the separate questions. I did this with Strg + F9 and {seq questionno}. I have also added text boxes to the lines with the number of ...
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Microsoft Word Global Templates Loaded from SharePoint?
I have a Macro Enabled Template I use to store my Macros and I wanted to share them with my company without having to duplicate the document on everyone's computer or changing the file path in the ...
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How to make document dimensions match printouts
I would like to be able to specific dimensions in MS Word (*) and have them match in the real world. This seems straight forward, but when I try this they don't match.
A minimal example is an empty ...
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Word cutting off the sides of my word document?
When I print a word a document the sides are cut off. When normally view it (while editing) the full document appears, when in print view the sides are cut off. I have set no margins and this still ...
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Does adding linked text to a Quick Part and saving it automatically update it?
I’m getting used to linking text from another Word document to a specific document and am curious to know if I saved the linked text as a quick part would it update anytime I decide to include it in ...
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Soft hyphen in Microsoft Word (Office 365)
I fail to insert a soft hyphen in Microsoft Word with CTRL + - since some time now. All it does is changing the zoom level instead of inserting a soft hyphen.
Searching the web did not help much, ...
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Having custom numbering format inbetween normal numbered list / two list levels on the same line as a different format
What I basically want is an MS Word list formatted in a way like this:
1. First step
* do this and that
* here is an example
2a. Next step for use case A
* do stuff
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How can I find a word and replace it with itself but with a few things different in Microsoft Word?
I want to edit a word file. Let's say there's a few John:s in the file and I want to change it to #John#s. But the John part isn't known beforehand.
So, what I want is finding the word using : then ...
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Content Controls / Form Fields Referencing Other Microsoft Word Documents
I wanted to see if it was possible to have the values in a content controls or form fields in one Microsoft Word document can be produced in a different Microsoft Word document. Maybe it isn't through ...
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Is it possible to convert Word to PDF without screenshot quality loss?
In Word I have a code screenshot.
I tried to convert it using many different ways (save as PDF, export to PDF, Print to PDF (Microsoft, Adobe, CutePDF), Adobe Acrobat (paid) Create PDF / Convert PDF (...
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Styles based on Normal display a white background, unrelated to the Borders & Shading
In Word, when I write text in a table cell with a colored background, I see a white background behind my text. I supposed it had something to do with the Border & Shading options, but it was ...
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Unable to Print in Landscape Mode from Excel Document
I'm encountering difficulty when attempting to print an Excel page in landscape mode. Despite trying various adjustments, such as scaling, changing paper formats, and playing with file and printer ...
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Word 365 table formula relative to row value
I have a table in Word which does not contain a fixed number of rows. We need to calculate values on each row and have the formulas added automatically to any additional rows inserted in to the table....