Threads Replies Last Post 1401 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>   ActiveX List Box - Hi I am creating a form, where I would like to have a list box with three options in it. Red, Amber and Green. I would also like to be able to set the list box so that when the user chooses one of the options the colour also appears. I.e. choose Red, the box turns red. I presume I need to use an ActiveX List Box, and I can insert one, but have no idea on how to use Visual Basic Ed... 2 12/23/2008 8:43:29 AM Multiple Forms from Checkboxes Is there a way to store multiple forms within one word doc? I have about 50 forms that I want to integrate into one file so that when one of my employees open the file the first page is a bunch of check boxes that when clicked create that form in the subsequent pages. A perk would be that if an employee checks the box, the box and form field next to it become highlighted--how would I d... 2 12/23/2008 8:43:29 AM How to make ink pen markings stick with the text when it moves? I have a tablet and like to review my documents with the pen in Word. I will circle words or sections and write comments in the margin and even directly on the text.. The problems is when I add or remove lines above the marked section, the pen markings and the text move independently and I lose the context of my changes or remarks. Anyone know how I can make the pen markings stick wi... 4 12/23/2008 8:43:28 AM How do I remove colored highlighting using a keystroke combination I can't find any keystroke combination that applies or removes colored highlighting (yellow, green, pink etc.). I have to select text, then click the Highlight toolbar icon to turn it on and off. CTRL+Space doesn't work to remove highlighted text - the highlighting remains, and I can't find any keystroke combination in the standard Tools > Customize window (in fact, Format in the Comm... 10 12/23/2008 5:01:55 AM Linking Text from Excel to Word Hi I have an excel sheet that has some database and which will keep getting updated. I have another Word file that is based on the database of the excel sheet. The purpose of using word is that I will have content written for each of the database element from excel. I am wondering if i could link excel and word in such a way that Any update in excel will automatically make the update ... 10 12/23/2008 4:58:43 AM endnotes 2007 Greetings (*_*) I am doing a course in Word 2007 and stuck on the exercise on endnotes. Instructions say to position cursor where I want the endnote to refer to then click the 'Insert Endnote' button. When I do this I jump to the end of the document - no endnote number is inserted. When I scroll back to the place the endnote was to refer to - the whole section (several paragraphs) have... 3 12/23/2008 4:40:00 AM Mail Merge & Excel I have an excel spreadsheet with several columns of info. Name (Current Resident), Address1 (Street #), Address 2 (Condo #), Address 3 (Street Name), City, State, Zip are the column headings. The parenthesis are what the info is and not included in the column heading. I need to do a mail merge. Although I have used excel and word for years, I am a mail merge newbie, so need help in f... 3 12/23/2008 4:16:46 AM My WORD used to autoformat "..." (3 periods) into one character I turned this autoformat by mistake. Can you tell me how to turn it back on? Many thanks.... 2 12/23/2008 4:15:57 AM Print PowerPoint to Word (2007) in 2-slides-per-page Format I need to print PowerPoint 2007 slides to Word 2007 in 2-slides-per-page handout format. Most of the other formats are available for this function, but not this one. The only way I have found to do it within Office is printing to OneNote from PowerPoint, then importing into Word. Is there a way to print directly into Word? Why are the other formats available, but not this one? Are t... 3 12/23/2008 3:16:01 AM How do I create a check mark box I want to be able to have a check mark box in front of options. How/where do I get these into my document?... 2 12/23/2008 1:21:23 AM How do I find specific document file by text search? In Word 97 I could click open file and then search text from all documents to get a list of documents that contained a particular word or phrase. Anyone know how to do this in Word 2007?... 2 12/22/2008 10:26:07 PM Word 2003: Changing the increase/decrease rate of the indent icon? Hi. I have just moved from Word 2000 to Word 2003. What I am trying to do is to increase or decrease indent by 0.25 inch everytime I click on the the "increase indent" icon or the "decrease indent" icon. Currently, the indent increases or decreases 1/6 inch. When I was using Word 2000, I could do it by changing default tab stop parameter from 0.5 inch to 0.25 inch. However, I cann... 12 12/22/2008 9:58:00 PM Track Changes - Make Permanent I get documents that have the appearance that the changes are tracked, however, there is no accept or reject change option, and the changes are actually hard formatted text - color, strike through, etc. Is there a way to do that automatically.... 4 12/22/2008 9:29:01 PM WordArt will not print in Word 2007 with Vista WordArt and text boxes will not print. They show in print preview, but will not print. I have checked "Show drawings and text boxes" in Display and in Advanced. Still won't print. Please help. -- kas... 5 12/22/2008 9:21:29 PM Cannot Update Compatibility from 97 to 2003 I have a Word doc that has footer issues, in order to resolve them I updated the Tools > Options > Compatibility from 97 to 2003. However when I closed and saved the document, then reopen the compatability reverts back to 97. I found a bunch of custom codes under file > properties and deleted them. Sorry didn't make note of what they were. Those stay gone but it still revert... 8 12/22/2008 9:20:31 PM How do I add fill in fields to a docu and display throughout? I want to add a field that allows the user to add their name and for that entry to be replciated wherever the users name is mentioned in the doc? did that make sense? Thanks TM... 2 12/22/2008 9:19:20 PM Max Number of Reviewers When tracking changes, is there a maximum number of reviewers you can have in Word 2007? Can you control/limit it somehow? -- MPS... 2 12/22/2008 9:17:22 PM landscape orientation and building blocks trying to insert a WORD 2003 document-landscape orientation- (that was saved as a word 2007-.dotm) into a quickparts building block, but the building block breaks it up into 2 pages.any suggestions? -- roch... 3 12/22/2008 8:48:03 PM How do you modify a list style I created a simple list style I call "Bullet". I used a dot for the first level and a dash for the second level. The first level has no indentation and the "hang" defaulted to .25". The second level indents at .25" and "hangs" at .25". I would like the level 1 to indent at .25" but I don't see where I can modify this. I'd like level 2 to indent at .5". Ideally I'd like to change ... 4 12/22/2008 8:39:01 PM How to copy TOC format from one doc to another? Hi, I have a document whose TOC is formatted exactly as I like it - is there an easy way to replicate this format in other documents? Thanks!... 2 12/22/2008 8:34:36 PM How can I print non-printing characters in Word? nThe ones that only show when you turn on Show/Hide (paragraph marks, tab characters, etc.) -- Rene - Do appreciate your help... 4 12/22/2008 8:34:01 PM Underlining in Word This is driving me crazy. When I am inserting underlined text (I position my cursor in front of the character where I want to insert, turn underlining on, then type my new underlined text), when I turn off underlining, it deletes the underlining I just put in! How do I stop it from doing that? This seems to be a problem if I start typing next to a character. If I start next to a spac... 4 12/22/2008 8:02:36 PM Hyperlink in MS Word document. I have a user who is adding hyperlinks to Powerpoint and other files, when the link is first added and before the file is saved placing the cursor over the hyperlink will display the "CTRL/Click" to follow link message and the file will be preceeded with "file:///\\". If the file is then save and re-opened "file:///\\" will have been changed to ../.../.../ rendering the file unobtainable... 4 12/22/2008 5:44:05 PM References to multiple docs Hi I am trying to cross-reference figures and tables from different documents in the current doc. I tried using the RD command, but it seems that only works for toc's. Could someone please tell me how to do this? Thanks!... 4 12/22/2008 4:48:21 PM Control of Numbering in a Word Table I have a table with a numbering system like this T2-1.0 for the first heading T2-1.1 for sub rows T2-1.2 and so on for rows thereafter T2-2.0 for the Next heading T2-2.1 for the sub rows like before Now during editing I have somehow created T2-1.2.1 How do I remove or reset the hierarchy for these sections - I don't even know how I created them in the first place. I can'... 2 12/22/2008 4:47:01 PM 1401 Pages: 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  >>