Questions tagged [microsoft-word-2003]
Microsoft Word 2003 is one of the early versions of Microsoft Word.
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How do I prevent microsoft-word from prepending a space when pasting from clipboard?
When I cut and past a single word in word 2003 using the clipboard a space is "helpfully" prepended. How/where do I tell word to stop doing that? I suppose there is a configuration option, but I can't ...
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How do I get rid of the extra space in tables with Microsoft Word 2003?
I am copying and pasting tables from another document (Word 2007) over to Word 2003 and when I do this, right click on the upper left hand corner of the table, AutoFit, AutoFit to Contents, I am left ...
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How to find comma without following space in MS Word 2003?
Sometimes I get docs from users that do not use the space bar after a comma, e.g. "Look,this is an example."
In Word 2003, is there any search wildcard that I can use to find those occurences?
I ...
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How do I print 4 impressions of a one page document onto a single page in Word?
I need to print a full size one page document in Word, reduced to 1/4 scale, in four separate panes on the sheet. How do I do that? Is there a way to preview?
If you are going to tell me to use ...
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How can I count the characters in a word document? [closed]
well I looked at the similar Qs but they were all about counting words not characters, is there a way to do this? or if not Are there any plug-ins for this purpose?
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How to print fold-marks on letters using Microsoft Word
Is it possible do make side lines (folding), that are independent from the text (no matter how you move your text up or down, the lines are on the same place when you print it)
These lines are for my ...
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MS Word - Reference to highest number in a numbered list?
I have a list like this:
Step one
Step two
Step four
As the list grows, I want a reference at the top of the page to say something like:
The last step in this document is step 3.
I want that ...
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How can I correctly link nested numbering in Word?
How can I correctly link nested numbering in Word? Currently it is doing this:
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I want this:
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I can'...
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Get rid of gray brackets arond editable text in restricted Word docs
I'm trying to work out a problem in Word that I thought was simply a glitch from 2003 until we upgraded to 2010 and the problem persisted.
For our corporate letterhead, we set up the template with ...
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What are Microsoft's definitions for `keep with next`, `keep lines together,` and `widow/orphan control?`
In MS Word (2003), when I want to keep a line (that is formatted as a hyperlink+header) and subsequent lines (regular text) on the same page, the only way that works for me is to choose format/...
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how to remove or change background fills in all tables in a microsoft word document
I have a bunch of large documents, with many tables that have different and inconsistent fill styles - some of them are not readable in black and white when printed.
I cannot change the background ...
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auto-updating date field in word template, that stops updating after save
I want to add a date field to letter template in Word 2003 (windows version).
However, I want to update it only when the template is opened - I don't want to auto-update it in the resulting file, ...
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Graphic Design in Outlook HTML Emails
At the moment we are creating artwork in Word and saving it as an HTML file. Opening up a new email, clicking insert on menu>clicking ‘File’>Selecting HTML file and choosing insert as text. The word ...
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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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How to change the font of the heading number in Microsoft Word 2003?
How do you change the font of the heading number?
If I get into the Styles and Formatting tab, then click on the drop down arrow of the heading I want to modify, and then edit the font in the Modify ...
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Merge table columns in Word 2003 or Word 2010
How can I merge two table columns in Word 2003 or Word 2010?
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How can I get Microsoft Word 2003 to go left-to-right by default
Whenever I open MSWord 2003, the direction is right-to-left. It becomes very annoying to reset paragraphs back to left-to-right every time. How can I fix this?
I tried deleting C:\Documents and ...
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Word 2007 allows unwanted styles in Word 2003 protected documents
We use Word 2003 documents that have their styles locked down (via "Protect Document"). We have a strict list of styles because we later map the documents to XML.
When we open our existing documents (...
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How to print 4 index cards on a single A4 sheet in Word 2003
I have an index card designed in Word. It's fairly complicated with graphics, borders and background.
The page layout has been set to landscape and with size set to 4x6.
How can I print this, 4x per ...
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Easiest way to go to your previous location in a large word document
I make regular small edits to a 150 page document and find it frustrating that word does not remember what part of the document I last edited. Is there some option I can set in word so that it does ...
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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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MIcrosoft Word 2003 - Can you import heading styles from other Microsoft Word documents?
For some reason, my copy of Microsoft Word 2003 has its headings all strange-like. I have a document with much nicer headings that I want to use. Is there an easy way to import these to my Word 2003 ...
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Remove MS word decorative line
I am working on a document, based on a template i received from a friend, which contained a decorative line at the bottom, as you can see in the picture.
I have to delete that particular line to ...
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How can I prevent <Title> appearing in <Table of Contents> in Word?
The first row of the table of contents is displaying text with the "Title" formatting, how can I prevent this from appearing?
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Numbering sequences in MS Word?
I'm trying to find a feature that MS Word likely excludes, but it's worth a shot.
At my job I have documents which must be formatted like so:
REQ 16: The application must open maximized.
REQ ...
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Set default paste to Keep Text Only
When I paste into Word 2003 the default is Keep Source Formatting. How can I change the default to Keep Text Only?
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Word find/replace: add space to postal code with wildcards
Using the “Find and Replace” dialog in Microsoft Word 2003,
I want to search a list of addresses for postal codes (Canadian) that do not have a space in them, e.g.,
M2N3X6
L4C2A9
K5G1S7
and put a ...
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How do I remove the printable area marks in Word 2003?
Suddenly, and without warning, Word 2003 has started displaying (what I think is) markers to indicate the printable area on a page.
They can only be seen when you are in the "Print Layout" view and ...
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How to utilize cross references in Microsoft Word 2003?
I am compiling a document full of figures with captions and cross-referencing them in a paragraph before the figure. My problem is if I add a new figure before another, the cross-reference gets ...
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Header/Footer Issue in New Document
I use Word 2003 - when I create a new document using File > New, the header and footer sections of the document are not visible.
If I subsequently attempt to edit the header/footer using View > ...
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How to know which macro is assigned to a certain toolbar button in Word 2003
I have a Word 2003 toolbar made by someone else long time ago. The toolbar contains lots of buttons and assigned macros.
Until now I have been able to set breakpoints in the VBA code in order to ...
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Mail-Merge on Steroids: Can Word 2003 do this?
I have a huge report to put together, made up of over 1,000 smaller, nearly-identical reports.
Each report includes:
General 1:1 information (basic mail-merge stuff)
Lots of text, some of which may ...
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Do data sources travel with a particular mail merge document?
Do data sources that you set up (particularly to SQL Server) travel with a mail merge document?
In other words, if I set up data sources in a mail merge document on my machine and then save and send ...
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How to create a non-breaking en-dash in Word 2003?
I have an en-dash between two words, and I am following the usual British rule (as advised in e.g. the Oxford University style guide) of surrounding it with space characters. Using Word 2003, running ...
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Opening Office 2010 (.docx) file in Office 2003 on Win2K Machine with Compatibility Pack Installed
I work for an organization that has a fairly old server running some critical apps. We have a road map to move these applications to a new server, but have to support the existing one for the time ...
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Reopen recovered docs pane in MS Word 2003?
I hit the close button after choosing which doc to work with, now I can't remember how to get the window to reopen.
This is the pane that shows if your document got corrupted/word crashed and it ...
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Word 2003 crashes when I edit the "Heading 2" style
So I have a large (~97 mb) Word document, with an ugly and inappropriate modified Heading 2 style. I open the Styles and Formatting pane, right-click on Heading 2 and choose Modify ... and Word ...
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MS-WORD - Insert as icon for image files
Is there a default setting to have ALL files that are inserted to be inserted as an object?
For example, when dragging and dropping an image file into Word 2003, the image is rendered. However this ...
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Microsoft Word 2003 has no suggestions for synonyms
In Word there should be a functionality that when I right-click over any word the menu pops up and I can select the Synonyms. However instead of a list I only get a grayed-out No Suggestions and ...
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How to 'unlock' table header rows in Microsoft Word?
I have a Microsoft word 2003 document that contains a table. I have to edit the text in the header row of that table. However, I can't select it, nor select any text in these header cells.
Any idea ...
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MS Word 2003: Page-break before heading splits it over both pages
I use shading in heading styles. Making a page break from cursor positioned left of heading splits the heading style over two pages. From cursor position on line above the heading, an extra normal-...
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How to fix AutoCAD/Word 2003?
I have a user who has a AutoCAD (2010) drawing in a Word (2003) document.
Double clicking on the AutoCAD drawing in a Word doc, AutoCAD has the following error:
A10 Drawing Recovery In your ...
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How can a Word document reference another file or document?
We are currently in the process of migrating from one server to another and are looking to programmatically step through all Word documents in our user's folders. We need to be sure any references / ...
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Word documents very slow to open over network, but fine when opened locally - on one machine
Windows XP, Word 2003, patched.
The issue is happening with several Word documents stored on a network drive.
The Word documents are clearly a bit wonky (i.e. one is 675k, but if you copy everything ...
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Microsoft Office Word 2003 - Problem with saving File - Perhaps equation
I have a Microsoft Word File (Version 2003) with 366 pages with a lot of formulas (Microsoft Equation 3.0). The Office Password Function is also used, for opening and changing. Now everytime I try to ...
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Mail merge, using my own fields: .xls, word 2003 xp pro
Office Version:Office 2003Operating System:Windows XP
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I have a Word doc that looks like this:
<<PracticeName>>
<<PracticeAddress>>
<<PracticeCitystate>>
<&...
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Creating a specific paragraph style for tables in Word
I want to create a style specifically for tables. The problem I'm facing is that every time I create a new table or modify it, it switches to "Normal" instead of my "Table Text"
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Page number doesn't show anymore (Word 2003)
I've a weird problem : i "see" the tags of MS-Word app instead of their values. This is the case for the table of content, page number etc.
Tags are like {PAGE} {NUMPAGES} {TOC \0 "1-3" \h \z \u}
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Microsoft Word drop down box for row in table entry
Good afternoon
I am wondering if it is possible in Microsoft word to implement a drop down box where selecting an entry will fill data across a row in a table, example of table as below. id like ...
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Read a MS Word (doc) file page by page
Is there any way to make wvWare (or possible some other command line tool, or Python library) to read a doc file page by page? I can't seem to find anything in wvWare's manual, neither in Abiword, ...
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