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Scrolling in draft mode does not work
Just subscribed Office 365 and downloaded the latest version of Word. When I'm working in draft view, scrolling with a touchpad does not work. -scrolling is much faster/sensitive, than normal -scrolls randomly in the wrong direction Does anyone know something about this issue? Is there a solution out there?
Simply cannot delete a section break. It is impossible. Cannot be done. Please prove me wrong.
So I was introduced to section breaks as a means of getting page numbering up-to-spec for book I've written (roman. numerals in the front material, arabic numerals in the book itself). I'm using the latest version of Word (16.8?) on Mac. To my horror, I've found that it is impossible to delete section breaks once they're in my document. I have spend an entire day in Google on this subject, and every single suggestion fails. So I have enabled showing markup, so I can see page breaks, section breaks, paragraphs I cannot select a section break. Word will not allow that. So I can't select and delete it. I cannot put the cursor after a section break and then hit the delete button as many suggest. Word will not allow the cursor to be placed after a section break. Putting the cursor before the section break, as other articles recommend, is just wrong. All you're doing there is deleting text before the section break. Why is this so hard? I've lost a whole day on something that should be simple. In the screenshot from my document below, The section break simply cannot be touched.
Em Dash short cut not working in Word
I am using Windows 11 Pro on my Lenovo P14 laptop, and Windows 11 on my HP Pavillion x360. I often write in Word and insert Em dashes. CTRL+ALT+"-" (shortcut). Both machines have this setting automatically in Word's built-in shortcuts, however the Lenovo machine ignores the shortcut sequence and inserts nothing (the HP works fine). I have reinstalled the OS and Office Pro 16 MS Word on Lenovo, and nothing helps. Any suggestions?
Unable to Print Document in Word Web
Hello Community, I’m experiencing an issue where I’m unable to print a document using Word Web. When I select the print option, nothing happens or the print dialog doesn’t respond. Here’s what I’ve already tried: Updated the printer driver to the latest version. Performed troubleshooting on my browser. Despite these steps, the issue persists. Has anyone else encountered this problem? If so, what solutions worked for you? Any guidance or official workaround from the Microsoft team would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!
Make numbering independent of position
Yes. I want to try that... (The actual question is placed at the end of the post) Below there's a gimmick ilustration of what I'm trying to achieve. The actual document I'm working on is an instructions manual of a complex machine with lots of elements. I want to place referenceable identification numbers of the elements contained in explanations throughout my document. Here I made some baloons by inserting round shapes with added texts and and also some arrows, with the Numbering Style giving me those identification numbers. These let me copy and paste, getting the next number every time. Problem 1: I can't create a new baloon for SolidWorks (for example) and assing it any desired number, like 5. Using "Set Numbering Value..." would do a mess. It seems that doing it would set the first element (that doesn't even show in the ilustration) to 5 and then re-number everything from that. Problem 2: I couldn't find any way to cross-reference headings or numbered lists insided texts in shaper nor inside text boxed. I guess that this is a subject for another post. Question: Is it possible to insert a new list item at any position of that same existing list in another paragraph or shape? It would be something like inserting number 3 like this: 1. Item 2. Item 4. Item Other location: 3. Item
Issue with siplay a picture “The picture can’t be displayed”
I worked for many days on a document that contains a very large number of images. When I reopened it, every single image was replaced by an error/placeholder message (e.g., “The picture can’t be displayed” / “The image cannot be displayed”). After troubleshooting with Microsoft Support, we discovered the document had been saved/handled as OpenDocument Text (.odt) (OpenDocumentText) instead of a standard Word Document (.docx). Support attempted format changes/conversions, but the issue remains. I urgently need a way to recover the images/content from the existing file and guidance to prevent this from happening again. Any idea about how to solve it? Thank you in advanceWord glitching table headers to look like wingdings
Hi, we've had one user report that our table header text occasionally glitches to look like corrupted wingdings: I cannot replicate this issue and don't fully know at what stage of document creation it happened but will update with any extra info they provide. Any help would be appreciated!Splitting alignment on the same line in Word
I'm trying to do something that I can't figure out how to do, I'm not even sure it's even possible. I'm trying to split the alignment on a single line so that a few words are left aligned and then a few words are right aligned, leaving a large gap in between. I have it set up right now with tabs, but the second set of words on the right-hand side are a different length and does not have the effect that's needed for the document. There are numerous lines that have this formatting and even thinking about the time required to set up customized tabs and spacing for each individual line threatens to give me an anxiety attack. Is there a way to split the alignment on a single line and I'm just missing how? Thank you in advance!Word printing a random blank page before printing the document (booklet)
Ok I have a printing issue on a document (handbook), which is an 11x17 booklet. It has started printing a blank page before printing the actual handbook and we can't seem to locate the issue. Even if I try to print to a PDF, it first prints a blank page that must be saved as a separate document, then a second document which is the handbook. It does the same thing when we print to the printer. I have even created a new blank document, copied the content over to the new document and it still does the same thing. I have also tried saving to other versions, etc. No luck locating the issue on my end so far. I have attached a link to it to see if anyone else wants to take a moment to open it and print to see if they get the same issue or can find my issue. https://we.tl/t-aiOMkEGD5u
