Questions tagged [microsoft-office]
Application suite from Microsoft which includes always Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Depending on what edition of Microsoft Office you have you can also have OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access.
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Is there a 64 bit version of Office for Mac / OSX?
I notice that the current version of Office for Mac includes VBA7. Which is required for the MS implementation of Win64 / 64 bit Office for Windows.
Does that mean there is now a 64 bit version of ...
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How to optimize Win11 VM for MS Office only?
I'd like to set up a Windows 11 VM image only for running the latest MS Office (including online collaboration features). There are lots of guides out there on how to optimize VMs, but some ...
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Move Microsoft Office to different Hard Drive
I've cloned my HDD to a SSD, then I activated Office on my HDD, when I've put the SSD in Office isn't activated.
I've tried to copy the folder from Program Files across, but that hasn't fixed it.
Is ...
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Save PDF from Word that are searchable, links to bookmarks works and high quality
I use Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise, and I would like to save a Word file as a PDF that is searchable and where the links to bookmarks work. I use these links for literature references and in the ...
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No BCC recipients in sent emails
my outlook 365 (version 2304 16.0.16327.20200) do not show in sent items bcc recipients at all, bcc are enabled during mail compose, but when email is sent with "To" and "BCC" ...
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Getting the last 5 digits of the Microsoft Office product key with a script
When running the command cscript "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office16\OSPP.VBS" /dstatus you get the following output (keys hidden for privacy):
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host ...
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How can I give a MS Account only access to certain Sharepoint folders? [migrated]
I'm an MS Office Administrator in my company, and I was asked to create an account for an external freelancer that would help us with Marketing Measures. Now, we want that he only has access to two ...
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Rules aren't working on emails contained in subfolders
I have a rule to send all email from Amazon to a folder with the same name.
I have noticed that this company is also sending me unwanted emails that are not able to be unsubscribed. I have made a ...
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How do I get the same version of Microsoft Outlook that I use on my work machine on my personal machine?
My work laptop has recently received an upgrade to Windows 11. Outlook has also updated and has a new UI (which I really like, which is why I want to have this version on my personal computer):
New ...
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Switch Microsoft Office user interface language to English
I have this big problem, that Office 365 switched to Polish user interface some time ago.
And the problem is, that I cannot set it back to English, no matter what I do.
I'm Polish and I've paid for ...
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Footnotes as bibliography in Word?
Is it possible to create a bibliography from footnotes in Word Office 365? If so, how?
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How to undo a grammer rule saved by Outlook 365 desktop by mistake
So I type a line that is NOT supposed to end in a period. It was a line of text that was not meant to have a period, like a poem. Outlook grammar asks if I always want to ignore this error and not bug ...
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OneDrive "remembers" accounts not used/signed-in on new MacBook
My Issue
I have been struggling find a solution to this for about a week and need some help. I have recently bought a personal MacBook as dev machine for my research, so all it will have installed is ...
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How to remove a custom style from the Normal.dotm template in MS Word?
Not remove from the ribbon. I mean REMOVE. It's not a built-in style.
The following was suggested but didn't work: new document > Styles > Manage Styles > "edit" tab > (select ...
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Cannot send emails with shared mailbox if I simply type the FROM address
I'm having strange behaviour with one of my shared mailboxes (ie mailbox2)
Users with full access to this mailbox can reply as mailbox2, but they cannot send emails as mailbox2. I have tested with 2 ...
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Can't copy/paste in Word: "Word has encountered a probIem"
Word won't let me copy/paste.
When I try to copy, Word at least looks like it's copying. When I select text and hit Ctrl+C, the Paste button lights up in the ribbon. When I select text and hit Ctrl+X, ...
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How can i create an org chart and display it in outlook
Recently was trying to create an Org chart to reflect our organisation. However when I open users account in outlook it shows the following:
I have been doing a research on this and found out that I ...
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Outlook Exchange user login error
When I try to add an exchange account to Outlook, it grabs the mail, but when I enter the password, a popup opens up and then instantly closes multiple times, then after a couple of tries it throws an ...
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Possible to get desktop notifications for shared mailbox on outlook
Is there a way to get desktop alerts or notifications for when a new email is sent to a shared mailbox on outlook? I've tried looking around in rules and alert flags but none seem to give me the right ...
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Why can't I share (personal 365) OneDrive files with people signed into a work account?
I am trying to share files (and OneNote's) from my personal (Office 365) OneDrive account. If the recipient isn't signed in at all, it works fine. If the recipient is signed into a personal Microsoft ...
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Office 365 - Word developer mode: yes! But no
In Microsoft's Word (in this case from the Office 365 package), developer's mode solves a lot of impracticalities and may help in document consistency.
I just discovered it's possible to use the "...
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PowerPoint export to pdf removes bold
I have an issue since I switched to the Open Sans font in my Power Point presentation. In PowerPoint it looks fine (correct font, correct bold). However when I export it to PDF the bold formatting is ...
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Set default zoom in Excel on a new sheet
I have set zoom level when new workbook is open with this code:
Private Sub Workbook_Open()
ActiveWindow.Zoom = 109
End Sub
How to I set custom zoom on every new sheet that's created in that ...
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Outlook 2016 rule for BCC received
My outlook at work was recently upgraded. I believe it is 2016 version. How do I create a rule to highlight emails in which I am a bcc recipient?
I see rules for me being in the To field or the CC ...
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Equations are distorted in PowerPoint
I am trying to create some math equations in Microsoft PowerPoint but they are distorted both on the desktop and the web app:
I would appreciate it if you could help me know what the problem is and ...
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How do I add (stamp) a graphic to EVERY slide on a PowerPoint presentation?
How do I add a graphic (the same picture or object) to EVERY slide in a PowerPoint deck?
I don't want to use the 'Slide Master', I want to actually add an item on EVERY slide.
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Office randomly prompts for passwords
I'm experiencing an issue with some users, using both office home and business '19 and office home and business '21, on windows 10 and 11 machines.
These users get seemingly at random a prompt asking ...
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Insert a PDF file as an object in PowerPoint
I am trying to follow the instructions from this page to embed a PDF into a PowerPoint slide, but I get the below error message:
The server application, source file, or item can't be found, or ...
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How to avoid that Office enables "Hide Spelling Errors" when exchanging documents between Windows and Mac users?
We have multiple users with Microsoft Windows and Mac machines co-editing Word documents. Switching from Mac to Win and back again leads to unintentional hiding of spelling/grammar errros:
Say A (Mac ...
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Search results differ for users searching a shared mailbox in Microsoft Outlook?
Just like the questions states. We are using Outlook Ver 2302
We have a mailbox that holds a ton of information. All the billing info is emailed to this email address. Therefore, users use this ...
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Microsoft Loop can't save workspace (InternalServerError)
Whenever i login to Microsoft Loop public preview and create a Workspace I get the following message (translated from German):
The loop workspace and the pages you created could not be saved. They
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Microsoft OneDrive on MacOs - How to choose folders to sync before the sync starts?
I have been using OneDrive quite a long time. In general I was very happy. But as the amount of the data grew at the cloud I started to face issues that I can not find a workaround for.
The data at ...
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Change default Math font in Word for Mac? I can do the same in Word for Windows?
I downloaded a math font that I was able to set as default in MS Word Windows via the Equation Options settings. However, this settings box doesn't seem to exist in the Mac version of Word.
Can ...
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MS Office applications not starting after opening and closing multiple times in Citrix environment
I have discovered some wierd issue I am having with the MS Office 365 applications in our firm. After opening and closing Project or Word more than 5 times, the application doesn't open anymore. If at ...
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Why are my equations hidden between two pages in Microsoft Word?
I am using word office to write some math notes. Most my equations are written in tables which makes it easy to number and cite them. While the equations look nice in the middle of the page, once I ...
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Dotted transparent selection box appears after closing Word documents
When I close Microsoft Word files, this annoying dotted transparent selection box appears on my desktop home screen.
When I close any other file type, a translucent selection box appears, which seems ...
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Change Title Bar Color in Microsoft Office365 Applications
I have Microsoft Office 365 and each application has its own color for the title bars. For example, Excel is a solid green:
Outlook is blue:
OneNote is purple:
and so on.
Is there any way to ...
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Why does Office 365 word insert figure images in front of its cross reference when updating all links?
I am working on a document in Office 365. In this document I have several figures with captions (added via the insert caption functionality). I reference these figures in the main text using cross ...
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Save all previous versions of a Word document as separate files at once
I have a Word document saved in OneDrive that I've been editing for a couple of weeks. Autosave has built up a version history as I've made changes over time:
There are quite a lot of older versions ...
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Is there any benefit in signing Excel macros using EV certificates?
Some of our software services at work offer downloading Excel files as templates to fill in some data and then reuploading them to our software for import. Since the users in our domain usually are ...
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How do I create a table in Microsoft Word such that the table edges are not double-struck?
I have used Microsoft Word thousands of times before to format my tables.
However, now I can't get the table borders to be single-struck.
I always either have two lines, or zero lines, but never one ...
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Word GUI (ribbon, bars etc.) became larger
My friend stumbled upon a problem. Suddenly (?) their Word GUI became larger, while the rest of Office and Windows stayed the same as before. How can they reduce Word to the normal size?
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Configure Windows 11 Home PC with Google Workspace accounts & Office 365 Business accounts
Windows 11 Home apparently forbids you to use a Microsoft Work or School accounts to log in. You can circumvent by creating an additional Microsoft Personal account using the same email, but this ...
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Reoccurring Out of Office Every Other Week Outlook
In Outlook, is it possible to set a an out of office automatic reply every other week on the same day? e.g. every other Monday.
I see a solution here using headers for every week: https://answers....
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Can you change the Excel Autorecovery location for just specific workbooks?
I have some Excel files on my computer's hard drive that are not particularly important, so the default Autorecovery path %AppData%\Microsoft\Excel (on C: drive) is just fine. I have other Excel files ...
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Is there a way to run a SQL on excel to create another table on the same spreadsheet?
I have a spreadsheet on Microsoft Excel with a formmated table similar to the attached picture. It is a long table (1000 lines or more) with ~30 columns and I would like to know if there is an easy ...
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Merge PowerPoint Presentations Slide By Slide as Animation
I have 12 PowerPoint presentations (one for each month) with same number of slides and each slide contains similar reporting info/trends/tables for the corresponding month. I would like to merge all ...
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Able to change / switch a Office 365 (now Microsoft 365) main account domain to one added within the organization?
I have a 365 account with multiple domains. For simplicity's sake lets just use two, the one I made the account with and another I added to the account that I would like to make the the primary domain....
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How to enable PowerApps & Dataverse for domain users?
The company I work for has PowerApps & Dataverse in its Office365 package, but it doesn't generally allow everyone to use it so its currently disabled. The IT would enable it for a couple of test ...
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How do you create a new custom preset page size in excel
Microsoft excel does not let me create custom page size outside of the preset ones (word lets you make your own size) now this is annoying since we occasionally print in long (8.5in by 13in).
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