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What does this nonprinting symbol mean in Microsoft Word?
It's a no width non-break
I've found it here: http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/NonprintChars.htm
Beginning in Word 2000, Microsoft added two new special characters to
Word: the no-width optional break ...
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.docx document can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer
I've been having the same issue with a file that I created in Apple's Numbers.app (originally in Numbers '09 2.3, then migrated to 3.6.2).
I believe that Gatekeeper doesn't scan the file content. ...
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Remove the Dropbox + Word integration
In Dropbox preferences, choose Dropbox badge: Never show.
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Decreasing table row height in Word 2011 (possibly specific issue with end of row formatting)
How can I decrease table row heights in this case?
You need to check your paragraph formats:
Open the "Paragraph" dialog
Select "Indents and Spacing" tab
In the "Spacing" section make sure "Before" ...
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How to change width of comment area in Microsoft Word 2011 for mac
For PC's: To change the width of the comments section on the right side of your document.
For Word 2016, go to Review, in the Track Changes box, click on the bottom right arrow, then on the Advanced ...
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How to stop table of contents listing itself as the first chapter?
To set up a Table of Contents in Word for Mac 2011 I give everything a style, then:
Go into Document Elements on the ribbon.
Select Table of Contents -> Options.
Click Options and I get the Table of ...
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How to stop Word 2011 opening hyperlinks on click?
I went looking for this for the same reason - it isn't on the preferences menus anywhere. Just by chance, I discovered that if you use Ctrl+Click (the default for Windows), it doesn't open the link ...
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Changed locale screwed up Microsoft Word password protection
Any thoughts on how to fix the problem - apart from changing the locale back to US?
You will want to change the locale back, remove the password, then change the locale and set a password. This will ...
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Changed locale screwed up Microsoft Word password protection
I think your problem is that in France, 128-bit password protection used to be
illegal. However, it is very puzzling why Word 2011 still maintains
this law which was repealed in the year 2000.
You ...
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Printable Area Error
Ah yes, the default settings. This will always happen unless you manually set your margins to accommodate all printing area(s). You might have a header or footer set too low or too high. You might ...
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How To Mail Merge a Document With Both A Numbered List and If/Then Conditionals, When Some Lines May Be Empty
I think if you include the respective returns in your formula, it would work:
{ IF {MERGEFIELD IS_NOT_AWESOME} = "x" "You are not awesome<RET>"} }
because when the formula removes the text (IF ...
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Is there a Keyboard-Shortcut for updating all fields, tocs and indexes in MS Word 2011 Mac OS X?
In Mac Word 2011, OS X Yosemite, the cmd-P, Esc did not update the cross-references in the footnotes.
To do both main body and footnote, I first placed my cursor in main-body, select All (cmd-A), ...
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How do I turn a table of contents into plain formatted text?
Simple Solution: Merge the cells and copy the content inside.
Hope it helps
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How do I turn a table of contents into plain formatted text?
If you want to keep the same format and remove that annoying frame around the TOC after you made it static try this:
Select the text of TOC.
Copy and Paste to a new location using "Use destination ...
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