Questions tagged [microsoft-word]
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How do I interact with, search, and replace scene breaks in MS Word?
I've got a fairly straightforward issue, but none of the guides or documentation can lend me a helping hand. It feels weird, and I suspect I'm using some poor search terms.
In Word, there's a long ...
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"contacting server for information. Press esc to cancel" message when pasting images
I get a "contacting server for information. Press esc to cancel" message when pasting images into Word and it takes 0-120 seconds for the image to paste. This only happens for images copied ...
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Remove contents of cell in Word table, shift components behind it to fill empty cell?
I am searching for a similar solution to the one posted here in which I have a word document with a succession of cells (images with captions in the cells) arranged in an order. The solution on that ...
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Microsoft Word scales up the header image when printing for unknown reason
I've got a coworker finds when he prints on company letterhead, the header image is scaled up about 20% and is cut off on the right by the page margin and on the bottom by the main text of the ...
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XML User Form Entry in Word [closed]
Im creating a word template document. I've created a custom XML file with the entry fields and managed to get them all to display as i want throughout the document. I was wondering if its possible to ...
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Syncing Excel cells with Word table cells on SharePoint - Possible?
I have some Microsoft Office files on SharePoint:
An Excel file (.xlsm)
A Word document (.docx)
I want to create a table in the Word doc and have a block of its cells automatically sync with a ...
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Within Microsoft Word, how do you continue a page number from a different document - not a different section within the same document
is it possible to to continue a page number from a previous document, without manually adjusting the starting page number? I also always want to make sure that the second document starts on an even ...
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How to adjust indentation on built-in bibliography in Word?
Is there any way to adjust the paragraph settings for the automatic bibliography in Word? I can't seem to find this anywhere, and the help documentation does not mention this.
I have used Word's built-...
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Printed pages are flipped
I'm using Windows 11, Microsoft 365.
I have HP laserjet MFP M227fdn, using preprinted papers with headers for my business (only on the front, the back is blank).
According to the printer, I put the ...
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MS Word for Mac 2021: Bullet point formatting disappeared in whole document - how to recover?
I was working on a word document with multilevel bullet points, when suddenly I realised that all bullets had disappeared. See screenshot for excerpt of the doc after the bullet formatting has ...
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Microsoft Word (Office Home 2016) displays FORMTEXT rather than value
For all text fields and checkboxes, my version of Microsoft Word Home 2016 does not display entered values but the field type, as in the attached image.
A screenshot of the field problem:
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Merge and edit documents function in Word is asking permission for all records
I have successfully set up a conditional merge in Word linked to a csv file. It has always worked easily in the past by asking one time to approve the data source. All of the sudden when I go to ...
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Conditional text in Word?
Been a number of years since I did this in InDesign, but I had a document where you could hide/show conditional text that had been categorized based on your needs. I'm looking to do similar in Word.
I ...
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How can I ensure that the text prints perfectly aligned with the lines on the paper?
I don't know how to use Word so I need a detailed step-by-step guide on how to make the text perfectly aligned both in the header and in the lines below it.
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Header approximately 1.5 cm
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With Microsoft switching to Aptos, what happens to the other ClearType fonts?
I've read that Microsoft has decided to change their default Office font — for running text — from Calibri to Aptos:
A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has arrived
But is this the ...
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