Word topics

Text get cut off on page switch if table spans across pages

djda9l — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:44:42 GMT

I have some code that creates a docx document that includes tables. At first i used some other code that could create doc files, through html, but to update it i now use docx instead, which is build differently. But the problem Im facing after the switch is that text gets cut off through the middle when the table spans across a page. See screenshot below.

The only thing I've found to work, is if i change the table theme when the document is opened in word, but I cant find a way to do this via xml.

It is also worth noting that the document is generated via code, that creates a html file holding the main content, and loaded via the <altChunk> tag in the xml

If i upload the document to word online there is however no issue

I've tried lots of things in the xml which is used in the docx generation, like padding, spacing, line-height etc. but haven't found anything yet that works, and at this point im out of ideas, hence why i reach out to the community.

Equation editor renders properly on screen but does not print properly

HWGNY — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:30:55 GMT

For multiple people at my workplace, on both their home and work computers, Equation Editor expressions are often not printing properly, either to pdf or to physical printers. On screen, everything shows correctly.

It's especially frustrating because equations are partially rendered -- cos x will be printed as co , a polynomial expression will be missing the last term, etc. -- which means that the errors don't jump out in a quick look at the printout or pdf.

As far as we can tell, the longer you wait after opening the document in Word, the more renders properly, but there are no guarantees, and there are often a great many errors on a one- or two-page sheet with lots of formulas.

I didn't see this problem before this last year or so. We are using version:

Word for Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2604 Build 16.0.19929.20164) 64-bit

Add-in Error: We could't connect to the '{0}' catalog server for this add in

cmflynn — Fri, 29 May 2026 16:57:41 GMT

For the past month every time I try to use an Add-In in word I get the following error "we couldn't connect to the '{0}' catalog server for this add in." I have tried from multiple computers, Safari, Chrome, different accounts, etc. and nothing is working. It is a personal account and I use word online. It happens for multiple add-ins and I have reached out to the companies directly and they said it was a Microsoft issue.

understanding revisions

mindapolis — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:21:01 GMT

Hi, this is my first time working with revisions and I am not understanding how to work with them at all. I understand comments for the most part but I'm not understanding how to edit or accept revisions. If I can get some help, that would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Table Design -How to see which table styles adopted

JennyTan — Tue, 26 May 2026 11:39:31 GMT

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.

3 column layout and footnote to appear in the same column bottom of page

JennyTan — Tue, 26 May 2026 07:43:59 GMT

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.

Message: I need paid version of Adobe Acrobat to convert docx to pdf?

khlear — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:56:55 GMT

Just this week (05.2026) I get a message that I can only use Adobe Acrobat to convert a Word doc to PDF once. After that I need a paid version of Adobe Acrobat. Is this correct?

Microsoft Office 365

a table but not really a table

JennyTan — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:38:18 GMT

I have this word document that has an addin that linked to financial system in terms of extracting values.

so usually we will create an excel report with excel table in the financial system where it will populate the figures in the excel table and then in the word document, we just use the addin to extract the entire table into the document - we called it a table object. It is not an embedded excel table instead it behaves just like inserting a word table in the document. The benefit of this is user just need to refresh or update the extraction parameters to update the figures in this table object.

so now, we need have a weird request where it is not possible to do this excel table but we can extract exact amount from the system instead - they called it an amount object. this amount object can also be refresh and updated like table object. BUT we cannot insert an amount object as "nested" in a table drawn in word document. In usual case, amount object is inserted in text content....like CEO words about performance of business in an annual report.

I need to be create a "table like" visual in word document so that I can insert several amount objects. The final visual of these will look as if I use a table. Like below:

As long as it is inserted as a table, I can insert amount object in the respective "cells".

Does anyone have a creative way to do this?

Page cplor Blocking Header

JennyTan — Wed, 20 May 2026 08:11:23 GMT

Hi, I have a specific page in the document that needs to have a page color. I know the workaround for this is to create a shape filled with the color to cover the entire page but set it to hide behind text.

I managed to do that.

But the document has a header that look like below:

first row of text: ABC Pte Ltd

second row: black rectangle shape to look like separator (it is set to wrap as "tight")

When the page shape was stretched the entire page, it did not block the page content but it block the header (both text and rectangle).

How do I fix this so that the page color shape does not block the header?

Page color and do not block header

JennyTan — Wed, 20 May 2026 06:37:34 GMT

I know that in order to set a specific page with page color in word, I need to use a workaround where I draw a rectangle filled with color and then stretch to fill the entire page and set it to hide behind text.

I did that but this page also has a header where it shows the name of company and then next row is just a long black rectangle. The black rectangle was set to "tight".

but now I have a problem because "page color" rectangle does not block content in the page but it block the header (both text and black rectangle). I don't understand why it is blocking both the text and shape in the header. How can I fix this?

Error del complemento. No pudimos conectarnos con el servidor de catalogo "{0}" para este documento

cridataco — Tue, 19 May 2026 20:06:39 GMT

Estoy usando Word Online (Office 365) y al abrir complementos como Mendeley Cite aparece el error: “Error del complemento. No pudimos conectarnos con el servidor de catálogo {0} para este documento.” En general, este error aparece en todos los complementos existentes, como si en mi cuenta los mismos no estuvieran habilitados.

Ya probé:

Cambiar de navegador (Edge, Firefox, Google).
Limpiar datos de navegación.
Reiniciar sesión y el computador.
Permitir cookies y permitir permisos de los navegadores

Hasta ahora no hay forma de que los complementos funcionen en Word Online. ¿Alguien sabe cómo resolverlo?

El flujo concreto es: Entro a un documento en word online -> oprimo el botón de complementos -> se abre la lista de complementos -> elijo cualquier complemento y me aparece el error del titulo de esta discusión.

Hace una semana si me funcionó en edge, ahora no hay formas.

Ruby text functionality/Publisher-like formatting

JNak — Sun, 17 May 2026 02:18:49 GMT

I use Publisher to create workbooks for students learning Japanese. Word is not a suitable replacement because it has ridiculous formatting issues. PowerPoint has better functionality because you can control placement of text and images and the pages are discrete. But there is no way to use Ruby text (phonetic guide) in PowerPoint. Can it be enabled in Powerpoint? I asked a support person and they told me to copy the sentence from Word to PowerPoint but that doesn't work.

Alternatively, is there a way to make Word function like Publisher, so each page is a discrete entity and when I add something, it doesn't muck up the formatting on every other page or push things to another page?

Embedded Excel sheet in Word Doc not showing all rows

Dolphins84 — Wed, 06 May 2026 17:06:09 GMT

I have a Word Doc with an embedded Excel sheet. After I add rows to the sheet, the Word Doc cuts off the new rows. I tried stretching it in the Word Doc, but that doesn't work, the Excel sheet just gets stretched. I've changed the print area and cleared the print area in the Excel file. I unhid all the rows as well. I've searched Google and here and I couldn't find an answer. Is the Word Doc or Excel sheet I'm working on corrupted? I've attached some screenshots.

MS Word and Excel Mail Merge Certificates (advanced)

SM33 — Mon, 11 May 2026 05:03:13 GMT

I need to run a mail merge (using Word and Excel) for certificates where per Course each student has a unique number of competencies they have achieved, example code attached.

I cant manipulate or add data to the excel content with additional columns.

I need one certificate per student each with their related competency achievement(s).

Has anyone else found a solution without having to use an add in?

Ive seen a template where the creator used the "next if" rule and the "if" condition is if the student ID is equal to, but i cant recreate it.

Data Loss: automatic safety labels in a file opened from WhatsApp

Clelia01 — Tue, 05 May 2026 23:09:48 GMT

Hi everyone! I made a huge mistake... I sent myself a word file from WhatsApp, I opened it (without saving it, dumb I know) and started working on that file. I didn't know that Word couldn't save the file due to safety labels, I mean there was no pop up, no Alert, nothing, I just continued pushing the button save and then when I closed the window there was no special alert, no message, so I thought it was all fine...

My file disappeared, I couldn't find any .TMP to restore, it wasn't in the driver or somewhere else. I swear it was like writing with invisible ink!

Of course I spent this night writing everything again, but I was wondering if there's a way to suggest adding a message to make the user aware of the label. I really don't know why there wasn't any message when I pushed X button even if the file wasn't really saved.

Documents based on template don't have correct styles

MelanieN2450 — Mon, 04 May 2026 23:44:32 GMT

I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I've searched and either can't find an answer or can't understand the answers offered.

I'm doing some contract work for an organisation and documents related to the project I'm working on are supposed to be branded in a certain way, with a consistent font and headers etc. I've been struggling with trying to keep documents to stay with this formatting and not revert to other fonts and header styles. I thought I'd figured it out by taking one of their templates and saving it as a template on my computer and then basing new documents on this template. But it's still not working.

When I open the template, everything in the document looks correct, for example heading 1 shows as Avenir Book 12pt dark grey bold. If I click on that heading in the document text itself, it shows in the style box on the ribbon as heading 1. But if I take some text in the document and apply heading 1 to it, the font turns to Arial. For some reason, the styles showing in the ribbon are not the same as in the body of the template.

I went back to the original template on the organisation's share point, and it seems to be a problem there as well. However, the documents on the site and in the online version of Word are actually showing as Arial and not Avenir Book at all, despite the fact that the font box says it is. There is an exclamation mark in a yellow box beside the words 'Avenir Book' though, which makes me wonder if that font's not available in their system or the online version of Word. Perhaps the designer who came up with the branding has selected an obscure font which isn't available in the organisation. Could that have resulted in the styles becoming messed up? If that is the case, can I fix it?

As far as I can tell, I'm probably the only one who cares, because I notice things like font inconsistencies and I think nobody else has noticed that they are doing everything in Arial. But I would like to get things working correctly if I could.

Word freezes when using modern comments with tables

MarinaGoelz — Sat, 02 May 2026 12:06:12 GMT

Hi everyone,

I’m running into a very frustrating issue with Microsoft Word and I’m hoping someone has seen this before.

Word Desktop consistently freezes when I try to use modern comments with tables. The freeze happens after typing into the comment field and trying to save the comment. The application becomes unresponsive and needs to be force-closed.

What’s strange:

The exact same document works perfectly fine in Word for the Web. I can add and edit comments in tables there without any issues.

Brand new Lenovo laptop (Windows 11)

Microsoft 365 (latest version)

Issue started immediately on this device

Same workflow worked fine on my previous laptop

What I’ve already tried:

Running Word in safe mode (winword /safe)

Creating a new Windows user profile

Quick Repair and Online Repair of Office

Fully reinstalling Microsoft 365

Disabling / removing McAfee antivirus

Testing with a completely new document

Disabling modern comments (old comments work, but are not ideal)

Testing local vs OneDrive files (same behavior)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Problem with footnotes

Yolanda1234567 — Fri, 01 May 2026 13:37:46 GMT

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?

Conditional field code

CAE421 — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 11:01:34 GMT

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.

Is there a way to reset a password locked word document that I developed?

medic_lahaie — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 20:15:16 GMT

Is there a way to reset a password locked word document that I developed? The document will not except the password that I set. Its a very important document. There must be some sort of over ride available?