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Heading Style Misapplied to Body Text
Hi, I'm editing a novel manuscript. Somehow. the author applied the same heading used for the chapter numbering to the last line of text of Chapter 28, so that that short line and the Chapter 29 heading are ... linked? If I try to set the heading for the line of text to normal in the Style pane, the chapter 29 heading goes to "normal," too. If I try to apply the heading style to the chapter heading, the line of text gets that style, too. Chapter 29 has of course disappeared from the Navigation Pane in all this. Any advice is very welcome.SolvedIreneBCJul 16, 2026Copper Contributor39Views0likes3CommentsHow do I get balloon commenting on the right side of the page?
I'm using Word 2024 because I don't want AI in my interface. Now commenting all appears in the tab side bar. I can click on the "Comment" pulldown in the ribbon to show comments properly, but I can't write in them. This is aggressively hostile to people with vision difficulties. Even with my glasses, that's much smaller than I'm comfortable with. How can I get the comments that were so good and useful back? If not, how can I change the type size in the sidebar so I can read and write comments? Microsoft, please, don't ruin your products because you want to make us use AI for things that it's not helpful for. I don't use Word for anything I want AI in and deal with documents I cannot legally allow to be exposed to unverified servers like AI chatbots.SolvedDynamic Pages in Mail Merge
Is there any way to dynamically turn pages in a document on or off during a mail merge? Building a welcome packet for an event, and some people need to see Page A. Others need to see Page B instead. If it were just simple text differences between the two, I could merge in the content itself, but the pages are wildly different, with images and other elements. ThanksSolvedBrad_DocimoJun 28, 2026Copper Contributor138Views0likes8CommentsChange gradient above Word menu?
I would love to remove this gradient from the Blue theme and replace it with a solid color, as in the Black theme. I doubt it's possible, but I guess it never hurts to ask. This is just annoying - having to squint every time I need the menu. I've set a 200% display on the 4K monitor but it doesn't help much.Solvedrunbei99Jun 18, 2026Copper Contributor90Views0likes4CommentsTable Design -How to see which table styles adopted
I have only recently discovered table design / table styles in word and is trying to adopt using it just like Styles in my work. But I realize that I am facing a problem. For word style, i can usually see which style is adopted by clicking in the existing paragraph and check with style is highlighted in the style gallery. This does not seem to work for table styles. I previously set a custom table style and then apply it to an existing table in the document. When I click on the table, I do not see "custom" being highlighted in the table styles gallery. Is there also no way to name table styles like word styles? It gets really confusing to search only by visual shape/colors in the gallery. I really want to remove some of the table styles from the gallery to avoid users from trying to use them.SolvedJennyTanMay 26, 2026Tin Contributor137Views0likes4Comments3 column layout and footnote to appear in the same column bottom of page
Hi, I have a 3 column layout of text. In the third column, I need to insert a footnote. I need the footnote to appear at the bottom of the page but it must be under the third column at the bottom of the page. see below screenshot. I tried several ways to setting the footnote and it still appear on the left hand side (1st column) bottom of the page.SolvedJennyTanMay 26, 2026Tin Contributor42Views0likes4CommentsProblem with footnotes
When I add a footnote in (all) Word files, it automatically adds an Enter key below the footnote. When I close Word and reopen it, it duplicates that Enter key. Microsoft Help has already been contacted; he performed updates and also checked options and paragraphs options, but found nothing. He referred me here because it appears to be an underlying problem. How can I solve this?SolvedYolanda1234567May 01, 2026Copper Contributor242Views0likes6CommentsConditional field code
Hi, I'm trying to create some conditional code as seen in the screenshot below: But when I update the field it just shows a field code saying STYLEREF I need it to insert the paragraph number from the referenced paragraph if it's above 0 and if it's zero I need it to not insert anything. Where it says "Error!*", I tried removing that and inserting "0" but this had no effect. I was wondering if someone could help me out? Thanks in advance.SolvedCAE421Apr 30, 2026Copper Contributor197Views0likes11Comments2 spacing after every full stop of a sentence
Hi, I believe the old norm is to have two spacing after the end of a sentence before starting a new sentence. But nowadays many people are using only one spacing. I need to try to make it a consistent way to follow. Is there an easy way to scan through all the document and make sure changes are applied to follow at least one norm.SolvedJennyTanApr 07, 2026Tin Contributor93Views0likes1CommentStyle for Heading - Adding a straight line on the second row of the text
Is it possible to set a style that is meant for heading 1 and it has a straight line on the second row of the text? how can I do that so that it will appear automatically based on style updates?SolvedJennyTanApr 07, 2026Tin Contributor100Views0likes3Comments
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