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Table 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, 2026Copper Contributor77Views0likes4Comments3 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, 2026Copper Contributor25Views0likes4CommentsProblem 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 Contributor179Views0likes6CommentsConditional 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 Contributor183Views0likes11Comments2 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, 2026Copper Contributor85Views0likes1CommentStyle 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, 2026Copper Contributor88Views0likes3CommentsList Styles & Style Sets
Does anyone know if it is possible to include a list style within a style set? I know to add the styles I want to include in a style set into the style gallery, then save the style set under the design tab. However, even though the styles in my style set are linked to list styles for the numbering, those list styles do not get transferred to a document I add the style set to. I really need the list styles to also transfer to the document I'm adding the style set to. Of course, list styles do not show up in the styles pane or the style gallery (or at least I cannot determine how to get them to). Thoughts?SolvedbkhenleyApr 06, 2026Copper Contributor210Views0likes10CommentsCan a font become 'corrupted,' and how to replace?
This refers to MS Word from Office 2019, running under Windows 10 Pro. I have a somewhat large (10MB) Word .docx I've been adding to as time permits. It has text, illustrations, pictures and captions for the pictures in text boxes. suddenly, when I open the file, some of the captions are garbled. The font I used is Arial 10pt, bold and regular. The bold is just fine, the regular is garbled. However, if I highlight the garbled text and change it to bold, italic or any other font, it appears just fine. Here is an example of what I'm talking about. First the .docx as it appears on my screen: Then if I highlight that garbled text and change it to Bold, or any other font, it looks good: If I change point size the problem persists. It's just Arial Regular that garbles, and only in this document, and . Other .docx files using that same font display fine. Also, I can take this file and open it on my other computer, which is running Office 2010 under Windows 10 Pro, and it opens properly. I do have Word programmed to embed non-system fonts in the document, so I'm assuming that Word is fetching Arial Regular to display when opening the file on this computer, and that my other computer maybe has a good Arial Regular installation, which is why it looks good there. Something else I just noticed, referring to the two screenshots that follow. Other 10pt. Arial Regular that was NOT in a text box seemed okay in this document. But on close examination, the kerning seemed a bit off. So I changed that non-text box text to another Helvetica-style font and it did look better, but then when I set it back to Arial, it was garbled too. So do I have a bad Arial Regular on this computer? If so, why don't other documents show this problem. And, most important, how do I fix it? Thanks in advance, and... HELP!SolvedInojimMar 24, 2026Copper Contributor312Views0likes3Commentsline spacing
I'm creating a word doc (w/the help of ChatGPT). I copied and pasted from GPT into a Word doc, but I can't duplicate the spacing from one line to another. When I put the cursor behind a line and hit enter, the next line doesn't match up. Industries We Serve ✔ Medical & Clinical Laboratories ✔ Pharmaceutical & Biotech Facilities ✔ Research Laboratories ✔ Dialysis Centers ✔ Electronics Manufacturing ✔ Industrial Processing Facilities This is what happens when I put the cursor behind Laboratories. The spacing is way bigger and has no checkmark. What gives? ✔ Medical & Clinical Laboratories ✔ Pharmaceutical & Biotech Facilities ✔ Research Laboratories ✔ Dialysis Centers ✔ Electronics Manufacturing ✔ Industrial Processing FacilitiesSolvedNaz52Mar 06, 2026Copper Contributor158Views0likes3CommentsMS Word is throwing up 'Error 4608' I haven't a clue what to do.
Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me here, because I am at a TOTAL los... I have a Word document that I have been updating for a few years, which is a sort of log. It has worked well up until today. Now, whenever I try to save the updated document, a very old fashioned (looks like Windows 3.1!), error message window appears which is headed 'Visual Basic for Applications' and in the window it says: Run-time error: '4608': Undefined dialogue record field There are then four buttons at the bottom labelled Help, Continue (which is greyed out), End and Debug. I have no idea what this error message means. Clicking on End gets rid of the error message, but prevents me from saving my updated document, and the next time I try to save it the error message just reappears. Clicking on Help takes me to a website with the title 'No F1 help match was found', followed by a load of technical computer-geek stuff I don't understand. Clicking on Debug seems to open a new window, but I do not know what it is... Here is a screen-shot of it: The highlighted text seems to refer to Bookmarks, which is throws me because I only associate Bookmarks with my web browser, not MS Word. I'm sure I haven't added any bookmarks to my document in any case. Can anyone enlighten me as to what is going on here please? ThanksSolvedcaptain-plummetMar 06, 2026Copper Contributor195Views0likes6Comments
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