Questions tagged [microsoft-word-2007]

The version of Word from Microsoft that came out in 2006.

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how to compare 2 word file?

I've a 2 ms word file and both has almost same content? I just want to see any changes between documents in content. if is there any. can anyone tell me a simple way?
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How can I set "Final" as the default selection instead of "Final showing markup" in Word 2007's review section?

How can I set "Final" as the default selection instead of "Final showing markup" in Word 2007's review section?
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How to set English (UK) as default editing language in Word 2007?

How to set UK language in MS word 2007 for always as default language?
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"macros have been disabled" message in Word 2007 but no macros

I open a .doc file in Word 2007 (sorry I am unable to supply the .doc) which pops up with a message above the document "Security warning: Macros have been disabled" but there are no macros shown in ...
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Preventing text from moving between pages in Word 2007 or Open Office

I have been working on revising a novel using pen and paper, and I am fast approaching the point in which I will be making all these revisions to the original document. In order to more easily ...
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Latex reference sheet for usage with Word 2007

Anyone knows where one could find a Latex reference sheet for usage in Word 2007? I'm interested in some which mostly deals with writing math. Formulas, text formatting and page layout are of lesser ...
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Adobe distiller: Cambria not found, using Courier

Whenever I try to print to PDF from an MS Word 2007 document, I get this error: Cambria not found, using Courier. (Even though I believe I removed ALL occurrences of Cambria from the document) The ...
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Word 2007 assigning "Outline Level" Level 1 randomly on document close

Sometimes when I open a document and view the Document Map, I discover that Word 2007 SP2 has completely destroyed my outline by assigning seemingly random paragraphs an Outline Level of 1. I then ...
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Control styles used for cross-references in MS Word 2007

I often want to cross refernce headings in a document e.g "this will require extra work, as detailed in New Functionality". When I inset such a X-ref, it just shows as normal text and gives no ...
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How to display page breaks in Word 2007

Is there a way to display page breaks (the horizontal dotted line) in Word 2007 within the Web Layout and Draft views? I am aware of the "Show all formatting marks" options, which isn't what I want as ...
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Control autoshape corner rounding for rounded rectangle in Word 2007

I have some textboxes in Word (some containing text, others dropped on to text with complex formatting) I have set the autoshape to 'rounded rectangle' The problem I have is that on the larger ...
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Error in Word 2007 page setup

I am not sure what the issue may be, but I am getting a weird error in Word 2007 (running on Win7 pro x86). When I click the page setup button (or try and chnage one of the page formatiing button ...
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Are formulas supported on fields in Office Word 2007

Scenario I'd like to use: I want to have two fields in a Word document. I would like to enter a date in the first one. Then I want the second one to display a value based on the date I entered in the ...
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Interacting w/ Graphs Using VBA in Word 2007

I have a long MS Word 2007 document, in which I occasionally need to replace all of the embedded graphs. The changes are simple enough and regular enough that I could probably write a VBA macro to ...
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Word: How to copy User Assigned keyboard shortcuts to another computer

Is there a way to copy Word 2007 User Assigned keyboard shortcuts to another system? (Right now I am manually setting them up again.) If not, then is there a way to tell what keyboard shortcuts were ...
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Symbol for statistically independent events in LaTeX, Unicode, etc

Can someone point me to Unicode and/or LaTeX symbol that's used to indicate that two events are statistically independent? Ideally, it should be possible to produce this symbol in the equation editor ...
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mail merge e-mail in Word 2007 with attachment

Is there a simple way to mail merge with Word 2007 and add an attachment? I've searched google, and all results point to pasting in VB code. I want to a small team of novice users to be able to mail ...
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How can I create limits of integration in Word 2007's equation editor?

Specifically, how can I create the limits of integration for the antiderivative of an integral (see freehand circle)?
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Preventing ugly hyperlinks in Word-generated PDFs?

I'm creating a document in Word 2007 on Windows XP, and using the "Save As PDF" add-in. The document contains hyperlinks. When I open that PDF in Preview.app on a Mac (OS X 10.5.8), I see ugly ...
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How to setup a template with custom bullets and styles in Word 2007

I have created a document with a cover page, and back page, and would like to have staff where I work use it as a default document template. However, I have used custom bullet points, and have ...
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How do I allow page breaks between list elements, but not inside them?

I know it is possible to keep MS Word from inserting a page break in the middle of a paragraph. Now, however, when trying that with list elements, it takes the whole list as a paragraph. I want it to ...
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Word 2007 Equations: How to stack symbols

Does Word 2007's equation editor have any equivalent to the \stackrel or \overset commands in LaTeX? I'd like to be able to stack custom text on top of = signs, etc.
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Is there an AutoComplete feature in Word 2007?

I need something like the google suggest, or just plain old t9 from mobile phones - allow the typing of full words based on the first letters. I saw there is such a feature in word 2003, but I couldn'...
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Word 2007 - Change default text control text

When inserting a text box using the developer tab in Word 2007, by default the inserted text box says "Click here to enter text". How can I change this to something different?
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Document Map in MS Word 2007 going bonkers

I’m working on a large project report in Microsoft Word 2007 and have been using the document map to generate the index. I have been carefully selecting the headers that need to be added to the ...
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How to change tab stops for a single paragraph in Microsoft Word 2007?

In previous versions of Word, I could just put my cursor into a paragraph or select the whole paragraph, and change the tab settings - it wouldn't change the settings of any other paragraph. In Word ...
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How to change the template that Word 2007 is based on?

How do I change what template is based on by default?
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How to change default template for Word 2007 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to change the template that Word 2007 is based on? How do I change the default template for Word 2007? Now from Document Properties is says based on Normal.dotm. And ...
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Word 2007 "Out of Memory or Disk Space" Error on launch

Word 2007 is installed on a Vista Home Premium machine and whenever it starts up it opens what appears to be a dynamic installer to do something and then throws up the "Out of Memory or Disk Space" ...
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How to make a Table of Content auto-update?

I am using Word 2007, but saving my documents in .doc (as opposed to .docx) formats because that's company policy. I have the ToC set up fine, but is there a way to have it update automatically (at ...
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How to change the name of a reviewer in Word?

How can I change the name that is displayed in the track changes baloons and comments of another person (not myself)?
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Bullet problem with Microsoft Word 2007

I'm having a problem with bullets in Word 2007 that is driving me insane. I have two items in a list and I just want each one to be preceded by a bullet, like this: This is my first item, which is ...
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Word 2007 pauses and displays an hourglass with every keystroke while editing an shared doc

Word 2007 pauses and displays an hourglass with every keystroke while editing a shared doc. How can I fix this?
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Microsoft Word: Combine different column types in one page

Is there a way in Microsoft Word to achieve the following lay out Column 1 ------- Column 2 Full page width text Column 1 ------- Column 2
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Word 2007 sending mail tries to use Exchange address book

My son has Office 2007 installed on Windows XP, although not Outlook - we use Thunderbird for email. In Word 2007 when he does File / Send / E-mail, he gets an error saying that Word cannot contact ...
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Preventing mid-item line breaks in a list in a table

It's not programming, but it's the paperwork you have to fill out ot get things to program. When you have a list with an item that's two lines long, and text above pushes it down such that a page ...
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Insert line into an existing table in Microsoft Word 2007?

This is driving me nuts! Is there a way to quickly insert a line to an existing Word 2007 table? In Word 2003 there was a specific button for this - it was quite easy to splice and dice existing ...
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Page numbers in contents and footer

I've been trying to work out how to make page numbers skip the first two pages (title page and contents), and also how to have the footer say "page x of y", rather than just the current page which ...
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Word 2007 heading numbering incorrect

I have a large-ish document (1.5MB, 105 pages) with headings provided by formatting styles. Everything was fine until some point in a recent edit and now the first H1 heading is 4 (the second 5 and ...
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How do I change the colors used in MS Word 2007 track changes?

I'm reviewing a document in MS Word 2007, and when I add comments, the bubble has red text on a slightly lighter red background. This is pretty hard to read. The Track Changes Options dialog isn't of ...
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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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Wildcards in Word

Is there some way to switch the words hello and looking directly with wildcards in Word in the find and replace-box? In a nunc tortor hello. Nunc luctus dui molestie sapien semper placerat. Cras ...
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Swap words next to each other in Word?

If I have a Word-document and want 2 words next to each other to change places with oneanother is that possible with some function or logic in Word?
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Setting transparency to a picture in Microsoft Word 2007

In older versions, there was a button in the picture toolbar which I could click, and then select a color on a picture. Then that color would be considered transparent so it wouldn't overlap onto ...
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Entering hash key on Word running on Mac

I have a document open in Word 2007 on Windows XP running within Vmware Fusion, hosted from Mac OS X 10.5 and using a UK keyboard. How do I enter the #(hash) key? I'm reduced to choosing it from the ...
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In Word 2007 how can I set up a repeating section for Mail Merge

In Word 2007, I want to set up a mail-merge template where multiple rows from the data-source will appear on a single page. So, something like this: ---Page-Boundry-------- Header blurb 1 Header ...
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Microsoft Word restores all open documents when clicking on a .DOC file

I tend to have a few Word documents that I keep open all the time, with notes for a long-running project. Normally they are all minimized. The problem is that when I click on a different .doc or ....
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Rotate a table in word

I have a word 2007 document in portrait mode. I have a table that is too wide to fit in 8.5" but would fit in 11". Is there a way to make just one page landscape? Or alternately is there a way to ...
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Is it possible to assign a specific style to all cross-references in Word 2007?

Nothing more to add, I would like to change the style of all cross-references I have in a Word 2007 document at once. But I have no idea how to do it. How can this be done?
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