250 Answered Questions for the topic Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Linux

04/20/19

Markdown to Word/PDF converter for Linux?

Does anyone know of a good Markdown to Word Converter? It would be great if it also converts to PDF.
Microsoft Word Windows Microsoft Office

04/20/19

Can I lock (or make uneditable) portions of a word document?

I am looking to make a letterhead for my company. Right now I currently have an image within the header of the document and an image within the footer of the document.Is there any way I can lock... more
Microsoft Word Caption Microsoft Word 2013

04/20/19

Change default style of a caption in Word?

When inserting a figure or table, you can add a caption. It has some default styling that you can edit in the Quick Styles pane. By default in Word 2013 this is a 9pt italic font. Unfortunately,... more
Microsoft Word Formatting

04/20/19

How to hide text formatting popup (Mini Toolbar) in Microsoft Word 2007?

In Microsoft Word 2007 when you select a piece of text, a pop-up toolbar will display containing the common font formatting tools like font-name, font-size, bold, italic, etc. (The Mini Toolbar.)... more
Microsoft Word C Syntax Highlighting

04/20/19

Syntax highlighting in Microsoft Office Word?

How do I easily highlight the syntax of PHP code in Word? I need to paste some code (ANSI C) in Microsoft Office Word, and I need some form of syntax highlighting (instead of simply changing the... more
Microsoft Word Arabic Typing

04/19/19

Typing in Arabic is tedious. Is there anyway that typing in Arabic can be a smoother process?

I realized that typing documents in Arabic script on Microsoft Word is a tedious process. Selecting, formatting, aligning (among other things) Arabic text is a really inefficient process... more
Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

04/19/19

Pressing tab to indent a list moves to the next table cell?

I have a list (e.g., a bulleted list) in Microsoft Word. This list is inside a table cell.When I press <kbd>Tab</kbd> toincrease the indent, rather than increasing the indent, it moves... more

04/16/19

Get Table of contents to include "title" style?

I know Word automatically generates a table of contents using heading levels 1 and 2. I was wondering if it was possible to make Word include the Title formatting also? I am using both Word 2010... more
Microsoft Word Microsoft Word 2010

04/12/19

Word 2010: One button save as PDF?

How can I set Word 2010 so that save as PDF is a 1 button (or key-stroke) option instead of the default 4-step `File > Save & Send > Create PDF/XPS Document > Create PDF/XPS` workflow?
Microsoft Word Microsoft Word 2010

04/11/19

Is there a keyboard shortcut to return to previous position?

Is there a keyboard shortcut to return to previous position?The Shift + F5 seems to be back to last "editing position", rather than the last position of the cursor.
Microsoft Word

04/07/19

How do I insert text above a table at the top of a Word document?

This seems like it should be so basic, but it apparently isn't very intuitive.**The scenario:** (1) I've inserted a table into a new blank MS-Word document. (2) I want to add some text outside and... more
Microsoft Word

04/06/19

How to create a footer with a chapter name and page number?

I'd like a footer that has not only page number, but also the chapter title (heading 1) depending on what chapter the page is in. How do I add the chapter info to the footer?
Microsoft Word Clipboard

04/05/19

Prevent Word from Including Bullet Letter when Copying Text?

I'm copying quite a bit of text from Word into a text-based application, line by line. The word text is structured like this: > 1. Topic a. Item A > b. Item B When I highlight `Item A`,... more
Microsoft Word Word

04/05/19

What are the steps to insert a circle within texts in MS Word?

Microsoft Word Spell Check

04/04/19

Word: Disable spell checker for a paragraph?

Is it possible to disable the automatic spell checker in MS Word 2010 for single paragraphs of a document or just for some parts of a document? I'd like to get rid of the squiggly lines in some... more
Microsoft Word

04/04/19

How to copy deleted text in MS Word?

I want to copy the text that is in revisions marked as deleted - and paste it to another document. But when I mark it with mouse and do Ctrl-C it says "The selection is marked as deleted text" and... more
Microsoft Word Php Syntax Highlighting

04/04/19

How do I easily highlight the syntax of PHP code in Word?

How do I easily write and syntax-highlighted PHP code (or any others programming language) in a Word 2009 document?
Microsoft Word Arabic Microsoft Word 2007

04/04/19

How to change some of the numbers in word to be arabic numbers within Word?

I have a Word document.It has two parts: one English and one Arabic.The problem is that all the numbers are English numbers [0123456789], but I want the Arabic part's numbers to be Arabic numbers... more
Microsoft Word

04/03/19

How to swap two words in a Microsoft Word document?

I have a very long file which refers certain persons as Petitioners and certain persons as Respondents. I want to swap these two words so that the Petitioner is changed to Respondent, and vice... more

How to simultaneously rename a file in MS Office and delete old version?

In Microsoft Office, when wanting to save a file to a different file name without keeping a copy of the previous file name, doing so requires two steps: - First, File -> Save As... and select... more
Microsoft Word General Computer Word

03/30/19

How can I make Microsoft Word 2016 load faster?

03/27/19

Hotkey for insert equation to word 2010?

It's not so convenient to go to insert --> equation --> insert new equation everytime you want to create a new one. I guess there must be some hotkey to insert an inline equation at the... more
Microsoft Word Spell Check

03/27/19

Why does Microsoft Word mark contractions as a grammatical error?

The following is a small sample of the words MS Word marks as a grammatical error: don't, I've, I'd, doesn't, I'm. These are all contractions. However it doesn’t mark anything as a grammatical... more
Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Virus Security

03/26/19

How can you find out if .xlsx and .docx files are safe to open?

I have received an email from a not entirely trustworthy source, it might be legit but I'm not really sure. It contains, among other things, information on a `.docx` Microsoft Word file and a... more

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