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Can I remove Modern Comments and revert back?
My Word (on Microsoft 365) has updated to Modern Comments. I have a number of problems with the useability of these comments, based on the way I have used them in the past (for context, I am an educator and primarily use them when marking student assignments). The main issue is that autotext is no longer supported in a comment. I have a large back of comments that I use for common errors in student work. Some of these comments are up to a paragraph, or contain URLs to instructions for certain things. It's incredibly helpful to be able to insert these quickly and will increase my marking time substantially if I can't use them. Comments are slow to open. If I open a comment using a keyboard shortcut (on a Windows computer) and start typing, the first one or two letters often gets inserted into the main text They don't use the same autocorrect tools as the main text. My typing has evolved to use those features. Two capital letters at the start of a comment don't get corrected, and simple typos don't get corrected There are more steps to use them than before. I don't share my documents, so being able to edit comments and post when they're finalised is not particularly useful for me, as no one else is looking at them until I send the document. However, I can't click out of it to finish, I have to click or ctrl+Enter to post. I also can't just click INTO it to edit, I have to click on more buttons. It doesn't make sense to only be allowed to edit one comment at a time, particularly if the idea is to not post them until you're ready to share with others. Sometimes in the course of writing one comment, I want to comment on something else first and then come back to the previous comment. You're forced to finish one first, to the standard you're happy for others to see, defeating the purpose of not having to post until it's finished. Why not allow multiple to be in draft? If I forget to post and try to type a new comment, it pulls me back to my previous comment and starts typing, making me lose my spot where I wanted the next comment It has added an extra space to the side of the document, which wouldn't be an issue except that making any formatting changes under tracked change, which I often also do when marking assignments, goes into the ORIGINAL pane where comments use to be, widening the document even further (extra space for formatting, then another extra space for comments). My computer screen isn't large enough to cope with the extra width. Once I post a comment, it's still selected. There have been a number of times I've posted a comment then tried to ctrl+F something in the document, but it won't respond to my ctrl+F. Not something that is necessarily a huge issue but it is annoying and I can't see the purpose for keeping a comment selected when it's posted and non-responsive. Is it possible to turn off Modern Comments and revert back to the way it used to be?Solvedchiara369Apr 17, 2021Iron Contributor159KViews58likes220CommentsWord won't open on mac
Hi, For the last couple of days, the word app on my mac won't open. It bounces after clicking in the icon and then nothing happens. I have to force the app to shut down. All the other office apps are working fine. I downloaded the latest version of Mac OS. What should I do to fix this? ThanksJulie nullJun 05, 2018Copper Contributor298KViews0likes60CommentsLagging cursor in Word while using arrow keys
Hello, As of a few days ago, my cursor in Word cannot keep up with my arrow keys. For example, if I press the right-arrow key five times, it takes Word a few seconds for the cursor to get there. This is particularly annoying if I want to say, highlight a sentence using arrow keys alone, as it takes Word much longer than usual to accurately move the cursor. The problem persists after a re-installation of Office. Thanks in advance for any help. Edit 1: The problem only occurs on my personal PC, which has Windows 10 Home. It does not occur with my work PC, which has Windows 10 Enterprise. The computers otherwise have similar specs (former is Lenovo; latter is Dell). Edit 2: Reiterating some points made below, the problem occurs in Word only. Powerpoint, Excel, etc. are fine. Edit 3: The problem only occurs when multiple docs are open. Others have noted that disabling the Mendeley add-in fixes the issue. I confirmed this worked for me as well. Disabling Mendeley is not a satisfactory solution for me, however, as I rely on Mendeley for reference management.michaeldgarberJun 15, 2021Brass Contributor46KViews6likes53CommentsHow do I Stop Word Switching to Multiple Pages View
I have a high resolution wide screen monitor. Every time I open a Word document in full screen, it switches to the Multiple Pages view (typically 2 pages, side by side). I hate this view! I can't read 2 pages at a time. I always want a single page view. Does anyone know if there is a way to stop Word changing to this view? I am using Microsoft® Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2202 Build 16.0.14931.20128) 64-bit66KViews4likes46CommentsCaptions in Word
I am trying to place a caption under Tables and Figures that include chapter numbers as follows: Figure 1.1, Figure 1.2, Figure 2.1. I follow all instructions but when I enter the caption it returns it as Figure 0.1, which means it is not picking up the chapter number. Since I am using custom headers that are not reflected in the Caption dialogue box, I go back and set up a new header style (Header 6) that is not used anywhere else in the document. Then when I apply that to the Chapter number header, it applies it to all section headers in the document. Anyone know what I am doing wrong?SnowmanMSMay 25, 2024Brass Contributor4.3KViews0likes44CommentsPrinting a range of pages in a multi-section document stopped working
Hi, we recently encountered problems with printing multi-section documents. For example: a document with 3 sections, 10 pages each. I want to print pages from 5 to 15. Print >Settings > [Custom Print] > Pages: 5-15 > Print. Done. That always worked but it stopped now. The pages are not printed at all and there is no error message nor anything else. [Print All Pages] works. [Print Current Page] works. No problems with documents without sections. All other programs print normally as usual. The only solution I figured so far is to specify section numbers like p5s1-p15s2. But it is tedious and almost impossible with big documents having many sections. As a workaround it can be printed from a PDF export but there are some minor quality issues. The prints don't look the same. The same problem appeared on several computers. I don't know exactly when it started. Probably with some updates at the start of the year 2021. Is it some kind of intentional change or a bug? Is there any way to just print range of pages regardless of sections? Version: MS Office Professional Plus 2016 (16.0.13530.20132) 64bit Thanks.AlestosJan 13, 2021Copper Contributor85KViews0likes42CommentsWord 2019 spontaneously corrupts all other open Word files
So, recently, my Word 2019 software has been exhibiting a serious problem: when I have files open, and am typing in one of them, all of a sudden this entire file will go corrupt. That is: all the text is diminished, and scattered everywhere in tiny little pages. All of the control icons are obscured, and broken. The whole document is an unusable mess. More importantly: any other Word doc open at the time is similarly corrupted. I close these files without saving...no way to save them, anyhow...and go into MS Office repair protocol. I do a quick repair; no problems are shown. I do a full repair; all of the Office programs are downloaded over the internet, and replaced. I supply my software key, and all works well. For a day or two. Then, it all happens again, randomly. I have gone through this repair cycle numerous times, with no final improvement. I check each individual doc, and none are corrupt, or have any diagnosable problem. I see no discussion of this type of problem; has anyone seen anything like it? A fresh install of Office should eradicate any corrupt software...but doesn't. A full computer scan hasn't yet shown any lurking malware. Thoughts? Suggestions?kbird1950Jan 04, 2022Copper Contributor5.5KViews1like40CommentsNew spell check highlight--how to disable
I've noticed a new red highlight (not the red squiggly underline) connected to spell check in Word. It only appears when you mouse over a word that has been flagged by spell check. When you click on it, you get a pop up of suggested "did you mean?" words. Screenshot below. I would like to turn this red highlight off WITHOUT turning off spell check, the red squiggly underline, or the ability to right click and get a list of spelling suggestions. The highlight is incredibly annoying and gets in the way of other functionality (like clicking though a hyperlink). I found one post about this on another forum (here: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/419624/how-to-turn-off-new-popup-for-spell-checking-in-word-for-mac-on-macos-11-3), which suggested un-checking "Automatically use suggestions from the spell checker." I have un-checked this and restarted Word, but it makes no difference. What can I do to get rid of this thing? In case it is relevant I am using Word 16:50 on Mac OS Catalina 10:15:7.anoneditorJul 23, 2021Brass Contributor39KViews6likes40CommentsSimply 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.markaaronky1390Jan 16, 2024Copper Contributor214KViews4likes38CommentsWord 2021 crashes when you try and use table properties
I'm using Word 2021 on Windows 11 with Language ID="en-gb" (because I'm in the UK). Brand new document. I insert a table. I then right click on the table and select Table->Properties. Word crashes every time. I've repaired and re-installed and it makes no difference. Is anyone else seeing this issue? Has anyone got a solution? I've included a video below showing it happening.Solvedarj-2021-UKOct 22, 2021Brass Contributor12KViews0likes38Comments
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