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Ruler-less in Word
After an hour of typing back-and-forth with the chat person, I was told that I should post my concern here because this fellow couldn't figure it out. I'm working with Microsoft Word on a MacBook Air and all of a sudden today the ruler stopped showing up. The tech guy had me uninstall office and then reinstall it and it's still a problem. It's in print layout view and both new documents as well as old documents display without the ruler I'm hoping someone can help me with this soon. I can't believe this is the way Microsoft actually provides tech-support to its customers. other companies when the first resource person can't solve the problem they bump you up and they let you actually talk to someone.
Microsoft Word file names changing to .~WRD[4 Digits] and then deleting themselves
I have multiple word documents saved on an external hard drive. After upgrading to Microsoft Word for Mac Version 16.55 (21111400) and upgrading my mac to Mac OS Catalina Version 10.15.7, I started noticing issues when trying to save Word documents on my external hard drive. When I try to hit Command+Save (and sometimes before I even try to save), the file name changes to .~WRD followed by 4 random digits. Then I get an error message stating "Additional permissions are required to access the following files: /Volumes/G-DRIVE mobile USB-C/.Te...ing Saved by Word 170)/.~WRD3512." When I hit the "Select" button, I am then taken to a menu that says "Please select the file .~WRD3512." But no file appears and I cant select "Grant Access." So I click cancel. When I try to select File > Save, I get the message: This document’s file has been changed by another application since you opened or saved it. The changes made by the other application will be lost if you save. Save anyway? If I select save, I get taken back to the Grant File Access page described above. So I cant save the document. Then, when I try to close out the document, it gives me the prompt: Do you want to save the changes made to the document “.~WRD3512 [Compatibility Mode]”? Your changes will be lost if you don't save them. In the case of the lost document, since I couldn't save, I had to click "Don't Save." Then, I saw that neither the original document was in the folder nor was the renamed document. So my document completely disappeared, despite years of working on it and saving it multiple times. Since it was on an external hard drive, Time Machine didn't back it up and I have no idea where it is. Im absolutely mortified and stressed as this was a very long and important document. I simply cannot understand or believe how this happened. Has anyone had a similar problem to this? Do you know how I can recover the file? Does anyone know why this happened / what is happening? Any info would be greatly appreciated
Slow Word linked object updates since moving spreadsheet to Sharepoint
My company does engineering projects where the project deliverables consist of a Word document with 20-60 linked objects (numbers, tables, and charts) from a large companion spreadsheet. Since the document and the spreadsheet evolve together, we need live links rather than static pastes. Since migrating to SharePoint from our homegrown document management system, we're facing major performance issues. Word seems to ignore the local OneDrive copy, and hits SharePoint separately for each linked object, requiring about 15 seconds per link over a symmetric gigabit connection. A 60-link document needs 15 minutes to update! The slow update issue persists even when: Using a brand new document containing nothing but the handful of link objects. Breaking external links in the source spreadsheet. Pointing links to the local OneDrive copy (Word seems to refactor these links to the corresponding SharePoint URL). The problem disappears when links are changed to reference a local copy of the file, provided it's not within the OneDrive folder. I'm seeking advice on: Whether this is a known issue with linked objects on SharePoint/Onedrive. Possible configurations or optimizations to improve performance. Alternative workflows for handling large linked documents more efficiently in SharePoint. Thank you for your help!
Word Pro Plus 2021 Modern Resume Template. Too much space.
I used the modern resume template to create a resume. From the looks of the document, I think the various sections (education, job skills, experience, etc) is set up as tables in two columns. There is too much space between the job skills table and the experience table, and yet no matter what I do, I can't slide up the experience table closer to the one above it to get everything on one page. I right clicked on each table, and selected Table properties. Nothing there. Enabled paragraph symbols. No paragraph or line symbols in the offensive blank space. Tried to look at paragraph formatting. Nothing obvious there as well. What am I missing?
Word renders my white images as #fffefd
I have an image with a pure white background (#ffffff), but when I add it to MS word the white background becomes #fffefd. The document itself has #ffffff background. I've also tried setting the image background to transparent but the picture background is still #fffefd. Word build 18429.20158. Windows 11.Microsoft Word "Save as PDF" - fonts not rendering
Hi all, I have a Word document which uses the Readex Pro family of fonts: https://github.com/ThomasJockin/readexpro I have all fonts installed locally and when I view it in Word, it appears as rendered: the main font used is Readex Pro Deca Light, while headings used Readex Pro Deca SemiBold. However, when I use "Save a Copy > PDF" in Word, everything is rendered as Readex Pro Deca Light. (That happens with the "Bitmap text..." in the options either on or off. If I use Print > Print to PDF, the headings are rendered in the right font. But of course I don't get features that way such as a left-hand navigation pane of headings in the resulting PDF. Does anyone know why Microsoft Word's "Save a Copy > PDF" seems not to use font families correctly? Is there a workaround here?
Prompt to save changes in Word
I have recently set up a new laptop. When I close Word documents, I no longer get a dialogue box asking me if I want to save changes to the document. The changes are saved automatically. 95% of the time, that is fine: usually I of course want to save the changes that I have made. But sometimes I play around with a document, and then decide that I preferred it as it was. So it is useful to be able to choose to NOT save changes. But I can't work out how to reactivate the dialogue box. I don't know whether it is an option that no longer exists, or whether I perhaps inadvertently did something while setting up the new laptop that has disabled the option. Can anyone help?
