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Word Online like Excel Online
When using word for the web, all formatting features constantly popup over the page. Why? Excel for web has a beautiful and convenient side menu that pops up, AND STAYS! Any time i make a format change in a drop down in word online, the pop up goes away, and I have to make two clicks and mouse movement back and forth to achieve repetitive formatting. It's it better to have both applications working more like one, solitary, uniform UI?
Custom TOC nightmare
Hi, really need some help or I might go out of my mind! I'm formatting an ebook for KDP. Has to have a custom TOC at the beginning. I've done this many times (over 40 in fact!) and never had a problem, but this time KDP didn't recognise my TOC, says "Missing" So I went back, re did the TOC from the beginning, followed all the steps. Highlighted each heading and updated Heading one to match, typed in Table of Contents at the beginning, went to References and Auto table of contents 1, then back to References and selected Custom to remove "show pages" and set levels to 1, as Kindle wants. the custom table appears But KDP won't accept it. Still says Missing. Looked for help online and one post said to update the TOC, which I hadn't done. So I went back. Now, I'd highlighted and tagged all chapter headings to Heading One, of course. KDP says to create an Auto 1 version of the TOC first, so I did it all again, and this first TOC, the A1 version, I can update and "update all fields" comes up like normal. When I take the next step and change the TOC to a custom table, as directed by KDP, I cannot update it. No dialogue box appears, nothing. I tried toggle field codes and on the custom table the fields are fine, as they should be. Track changes is off, I've tried re-doing the table many times and the result is the same. I contacted Microsoft help and an operator came into my computer and reloaded Office and 365 and told me this would fix the problem, and it didn't. I contacted them again and the operator told me to do all the steps I had done. Then he told me to try a manual table by typing in the field codes. I did this and nothing happened when I pressed F9 to initiate. He told me to come here. The TOCs were inputted using References, Table of contents, I did not input them manually (aside from the time I tried the above advice). I have tried going back through and tagging the chapter headings to Heading One again, but the same thing just keeps happening; it will update the table if it is Automatic Table 1, but not when I change it to custom. And it has to be custom because ebooks don't have the page numbers showing, and only use Heading One. F9 also does nothing to update the table, and I've tried both Update Table and Update Fields and neither work. I've tried opening the document in a new file, and the same problem happens. So, please help. Why would Word not be updating the custom table, when it will update the Automatic? Any help appreciated.
Altering the formatting of the figure caption leader
Hi! I'm writing a Word document, and I've been struggling with formatting the figure captions. If I use the "Insert Caption" feature, it adds a caption formatted like this: Figure 1: Caption text here. I would like to alter the format so that the "Figure 1:" part is bolded, while the rest of the caption isn't, like this: Figure 1: Caption text here. However, if I change the "Caption" style to make it bold, it bolds the entire caption, not just the "Figure 1:" part, and if I try highlighting. How can I change the formatting in Word so that the "Figure 1:" part is bolded, while the rest isn't? Also, when I use the "Insert Table of Figures" function, it lists the entire caption. Is there a way to have it only list the "title" of the figure in that table, such as: Figure 1: A figure of a dog.................1 instead of: Figure 1: A figure of a dog. A lengthy description of the dog....................1 Thank you for your help!
Pasting Resume bullets creates several paragraphs of space or info listed in columns
Hello, When I try to copy and paste resume bullets into a new document, the new doc doesn't keep the formatting I select, no matter what I choose If I use a completed Resume and add what I want, the same spacing will appear or the new info will go into columns. I've done this many times over the years and never had an issue until possibly around last September (2024). I've checked the paragraph formatting and adjusted the variables (spacing before or after and indentation) I get the same result. I've even tried using completely new Word docs. I do not understand what the issue is. I tried contacting Windows support, and they were less than helpful. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Trying to type text after picture
I use Word 2013 to create Assembly Instructions for our company. First I create the assembly in Solidworks, then snip images from Solidworks and insert as a picture in Word. I have to use text boxes to label the image as we need to be able to edit the text boxes after. My images are all in the back as far as order goes and my images and text boxes are all brought to the front. The problem I am having is that once I insert a picture, I then need to be able to type text after the picture, so I have to hit the ”enter” button several times to get the cursor underneath the picture. What is the trick to doing this? I am fairly new at Word. Regards
Office 2024 word issue: Some text after cursor deleted after save
Hi everyone, After upgrading from Office 2019 to Office 2024, I encountered a bizarre issue with Word: when saving a document, some text following the cursor would disappear. After some digging, I found that deleting the registry key at: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Word\Resiliency\DisabledItems resolved the issue for me. A few questions: - Has anyone else experienced a similar problem after upgrading? - Is removing this registry entry a recommended fix, or are there risks associated with it? - Could there be a more permanent solution or an upcoming update addressing this? I'm running Office 2024 LTSC. Any insights or similar experiences are appreciated!
mail merge select recipients got broken
This feature worked before with an office enterprise 2007, but it started behaving oddly some days ago. Option 1. type a new list throws error: Class not registered Option 2. use an existing list creates wrong file path by cutting the file name and appending file extension to the last folder. E.g.: the file to be used as data source in mail merge is C:\Users\me\folder1\folder2\data.xlsx, but the mail merge dialog box shows: C:\Users\me\folder1\folder2.xlsx In step by step mailmerge wizard, there is not option to select excel data source at step 3/6. I can select "Special" and then narrow down to Excel files, but no table data is shown after selecting any .xls(x) file. Most probably this freature has been broken since an office pro plus 2019 installation attempt (but i m not sure 100%). Is there a common office registry setting that blocks this feature and makes such weird behavior? Excel source file is healthy, it works perfectly on other PCs with mail merge.
