250 Answered Questions for the topic Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Microsoft Office

05/06/19

Prevent heading from being located at the bottom of a page, but without setting it to always be at the top of a new page?

I am working on my thesis and I keep running into a very annoying issue. The heading of a new section is located on the bottom of the page, and all the content of that section is located on the... more
Microsoft Word Windows Libreoffice Copy Paste

05/06/19

How to copy drawing from LibreOffice Draw to MS Word?

What is the best way to copy a drawing (complete document) from LibreOffice Draw into an MS Word document (using MS Word) on Windows? A "naive" copy&paste form Draw to Word gives next to... more

05/06/19

Is there a way to repeat the first two rows of a table as a header on each page in Word?

I want to repeat the first two rows of the table as the table header on each page of a Word document.I can repeat the **first row** by checking "Repeat row as table header" in the Table properties... more

05/06/19

Recover Word documents from computer lab PC when source (USB) drive no longer exists?

I lost my 60 GB USB drive quite recently back in my school's computer lab.Unfortunately, by the time I got there when I realized my USB was missing, it was already gone. So, its currently missing.I... more
Microsoft Word Windows 7

05/03/19

Disappearing cursor in Word 2010?

I'm using Word 2010 under Windows 7, and when I browse through a document using the arrow keys, the Cursor in Word disappears. This is very annoying, because you do not see anymore where you are in... more

05/02/19

Use two columns in Microsoft Word separately?

I want to do a two-column layout in Microsoft Word, but instead of the second column being written as a continuation of the first, I want the two columns to be written separately just like they... more
Microsoft Word Fonts

05/02/19

Why can I see a font even if it is not installed?

I do not have **Seravek** font installed on my system. My client sent a Microsoft Word document with contents using this font. When I select the text, it shows the correct font name i.e. Seravek.... more
Microsoft Word

05/02/19

Is there any way to restore/recover the previous version of a file that was saved over?

I just wrote an extensive essay, ironically the last one of my academic career, and then, for the first time in my life, saved over it with an empty document by accident.Is all hope lost? Is there... more
Microsoft Word Formatting

05/02/19

Microsoft Word form - Preserving "lines" to type on instead of underscoring and underlining?

We've got a form that somebody created in Microsoft Word 2007. As an example, it would look something like this:Name: ________________________________Where the "line" is created by somebody... more
Microsoft Word Docx

05/01/19

How can I unlock a Microsoft .docx document?

I have a Microsoft .docx document that is locked down and can't even be viewed without the forgotten password. I'm wondering if there is an easy way to unlock it or get the computer to remember the... more
Microsoft Word Fonts

04/30/19

Use a different font for bold text, instead of synthetic bold?

In Word, how can we make bold text (such as by pressing Ctrl+B/the B button) use the bold variant of a differently named font from that of the non-bold font? We're using the Light weight of the... more

How to change the saved Office 2013 Product Key?

I installed Office 2013 and put in the product key when it asked me to. After typing in the product key, it allowed me to use MS Word once. After I closed MS Word and went to reopen it the next... more
Microsoft Word Version Control

04/28/19

Version Control for Microsoft Word?

Is there a good version control method for strongly formatted word docs? Ideally something that works with git and shows the diff in an easy-to-view format.Most of the questions I've seen on this... more
Microsoft Word

04/28/19

Word Document: viewing document history?

in Word Document, is there a way to go back in time so that it shows you all the diferent saved versions, kind of like how you can view the Doc history in Google Doc?
Microsoft Word General Computer Word

04/25/19

My *.docx file is not converting properly to PDF. How can I fix it?

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

04/23/19

Headings shortcut in Word?

I use headings a lot in my document and I like to use the navigation pane to quickly look through them. The "issue" is that the only way I know how to open the navigation pane is to hit CTRL+F and... more
Microsoft Word

04/23/19

Force Microsoft Word to NEVER auto-capitalize the name of my company?

I work for a growing online company that recently re-branded itself as "mycompany" (not its real name but the real name has all lower case, no space between words). I am trying to find a way to... more
Microsoft Word

04/22/19

Can I create a custom Field Code in Word 2010 or use a Macro?

I am using Word 2010 and would like to use a "field code" in a contract so that I only have to type the Company's name in once and then have it update the rest of the document. Do I do this in... more

04/22/19

How to save Word documents as HTML to be viewed in Firefox?

I'm in need for saving a Word document as HTML. It has some background images, other images, texts, ...It opens correctly in Internet Explorer, but how can I save a word doc as HTML so that Firefox... more
Microsoft Word Regex

04/22/19

Is there a way to search for a pattern in a MS Word document?

Is there a way to look up patterns inside an MS Word document instead of an exact match?I have a document where all decimals have been written as `/` instead of `.`. For example, `1.02` has been... more
Microsoft Word Pdf

04/21/19

How to create PDF bookmarks from Microsoft Word?

I have a PDF file which I converted From Microsoft Word. Actually I'm working on an eBook and now I want to publish it as a PDF.How do I create PDF bookmarks, either through Word or through editing... more
Microsoft Word Microsoft Word 2007 Images

04/21/19

How can I convert all my word equations into images?

I have a file full of equations (inline and not), written in Microsoft Word 2007 and saved as a "Word Document" (`.docx`).I want to convert them all to images.So far, the only way that I have is to... more
Microsoft Word

04/20/19

Wildcards in Word?

I know little of wildcard usage in word.wildcards - case sensitiveTO FIND--------<pre>enter mark ^13tab ^tany lowercase letter ... more

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