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Word 2010 page number problems
Help! I'm trying to renumber my 2010 .docx file, starting at physical page 11 as page 1. In certain sections of the document, the page number shows up, but in earlier sections, it completely disappears. I've been online, done everything that all the "help" posts say to do, all to no effect. Is there a free app out there somewhere that allows you to renumber your entire document, starting at a specific physical page number, and also allows you to determine where and how the page number is displayed? Or, if anyone knows a trick I don't know, I'd be all for that, too! Thanks for any help you can provide! God bless!!! Pastor Ray Young
Why is Excel suddenly calculating much slower than before?
I've noticed that one of my workbooks has become significantly slower over the past few weeks. It's around 20 MB, contains several PivotTables, XLOOKUP formulas, and conditional formatting. Simple edits now take a few seconds before Excel responds, even though my PC isn't under heavy load. Has anyone experienced something similar? Are there any common settings or features that typically cause this kind of slowdown? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac – activation after erased old Mac
Hello, I own a perpetual Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac license, linked to my Microsoft account on 6 February 2022. The old MacBook where Office was activated was completely erased before being sold. I now need to activate Office on a new MacBook, but Word and Excel say that no license was found. Microsoft support told me that the license is limited to one device and cannot be reset. I understand the one-device limitation and confirm that Office is no longer installed or used on the old Mac. Could someone confirm whether a retail Office 2019 Home & Business for Mac license can be transferred to a replacement Mac after the old Mac has been erased? If yes, what is the correct activation or deactivation procedure when the original Mac is no longer available? The product is visible under Services & subscriptions in my Microsoft account. Thank you.Dynamic 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. ThanksGetting data from Snowflake to Excel
Hello I have multiple no technical users and am trying to find a way to setup a snowflake query for them and then let them refresh it whenever they want or on a schedule, but I couldn't find a good solution this what i found so far: ODBC (Not great for non technical users needs setup on each user desktop) Power Automate (Needs Power Automate Premium which we don't have) Third Party tools (Expensive pricing models) Through Power BI (We want to separate this process from power bi) Any suggested solution please!Space between Sentences changed in recent update
Before my PC was rebooted for an OS update on the fifteenth, the space checking behaved as expected. Since then, it is incorrectly adding grammar squiggles and pauses when checking where it should not. In the proofing settings for this, I have (why is this panel not in dark mode? xD): Which used to ignore quoted sentences such as: However, you can now see a squiggle where one does not belong. This happens with all "special ending" punctuation (question & exclamation) provided the following character is a capital letter. (A full-stop in quotes should be followed by two spaces as a comma is used when ending followed by a "(s)he said.) In other cases, if followed by a lowercase, it remains correct: I changed nothing about my settings between the update and also tried with the latest one this morning (the 25th), but the problem persists. This was also working correctly with mixed sentences before the update: Here, we see a new sentence after the first question, indicating a bit of extra movement or, in some cases, a thought. Again, this worked correctly before the update and has since started doing this. I hate to disable this option because I sometimes forget to space correctly (or I am deleting stuff and remove too much, where the squiggle helps me fix it, as it should). And no, I am not interested in a "how many spaces" fight. The live support told me to post here to find an answer or get this fixed… I hope it helps in finding the change and reverting it back to how it should be. Thank you.Decommission from one tenant to become separate tenant
A customer of mine has been using Office 365 A3 which was actually a tenant for their parent university. Now the child (my customer) wants to become separate entity by having their own Office 365 tenant. How can they move their mailboxes and other data from the parent company? How to route emails to the new tenant (child)? Please guide.
UltraTax CS Cloud Hosting for Secure and Flexible Tax Operations
Accounting firms are increasingly adopting UltraTax CS Cloud Hosting to improve operational flexibility, simplify collaboration, and securely manage tax preparation workflows. As remote work continues to grow across the accounting industry, cloud-hosted tax environments provide firms with reliable access to applications and client data from virtually any location. One major benefit of UltraTax CS Cloud Hosting is enhanced accessibility. Tax professionals can securely log in to their accounting environment using laptops, tablets, or desktop systems without being restricted to a physical office. This flexibility allows accounting teams to continue working efficiently during busy tax seasons while supporting hybrid and remote work models. Another advantage of hosted UltraTax CS cloud solutions is improved data protection. Cloud environments typically include encrypted access, automated backups, multi-factor authentication, and disaster recovery systems to help protect confidential financial records and client information. Centralized hosting also minimizes the risk of data loss caused by local hardware failures or unexpected disruptions. Performance and collaboration also improve in cloud-hosted tax environments. Multiple users can work on tax files simultaneously, share information securely, and maintain better workflow coordination across departments or office locations. Centralized management additionally reduces the burden of maintaining local servers and handling frequent software updates. Scalability is another important factor for growing accounting firms. Businesses can easily expand storage capacity, add users, and support larger workloads without making major infrastructure investments. Apps4Rent offers reliable hosting solutions designed to support secure tax-preparation environments, remote access, and efficient accounting operations for firms using UltraTax CS. Overall, UltraTax CS hosting services help accounting firms improve productivity, strengthen data security, simplify collaboration, and support more efficient tax preparation operations in modern digital work environments.
Moving Office 365 Mailboxes to IMAP Servers - What’s the Best Approach
I’ve recently been looking into scenarios where organizations need to move mailboxes from Microsoft 365 to IMAP based email servers, and I noticed this is still a common requirement in many migrations. In most cases, the challenge is not just moving emails, but making sure everything like folder structure, old emails, and user data stays intact without creating too much disruption for users. From what I’ve seen, doing this manually can get very complex, especially when there are multiple mailboxes or large data volumes involved. That’s where migration tools usually come into the picture. Most tools simplify things by handling: 1. Secure connection to Microsoft 365 accounts 2. Bulk mailbox migration 3. Preserving folder hierarchy 4. Reducing downtime during the move 5. Avoiding duplicate data issues One thing I’ve noticed is that running a small pilot migration first always helps. It gives a clear idea of how the actual migration will behave before moving all users. Has anyone here worked on Office 365 to IMAP migration at scale? Would be good to know what approaches or tools worked best in your case and what challenges you faced during the process.Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365 Are Now Generally Available: The Future of AI-Powered
The workplace is entering a new era where artificial intelligence is no longer just a helpful tool — it is becoming an active partner in how people work, collaborate, and make decisions. Microsoft has taken another major step in this direction with the general availability of Microsoft 365 E7 and Agent 365, bringing advanced AI capabilities, enterprise-grade security, and intelligent automation to organizations worldwide. https://dellenny.com/microsoft-365-e7-and-agent-365-are-now-generally-available-the-future-of-ai-powered-work-has-arrived/
Auto fill cells depending on another cells content
I'm OK with Excell, but by no means an expert. I'm creating a sheet that will calculate gas purge volumes, and I've got most of the cells sorted with calculations based on other cells, but one of them is giving me a headache. It's probably simple for those with experience. So... I have cell E2 which contains a drop down list (linked to another sheet) which gives options (which are meter sizes) E6, U6, G4, U16, etc. What I'm trying to do is get the column F2 to auto fill depending what is selected in E2. So, if someone selects meter size U6, cell F2 will auto populate with the number 0.0028, if they select meter size E6 then cell F2 will auto populate with the number 0.008, etc Sorry if the use of E6, U6 etc complicates things, those are the actual names of the meters. Any help is greatly appreciated.
New to Access
Hello! I am new to MS Access, and currently looking for some advice in working the program. In using Access, I am working with a team that has data in arts and crafts projects that fall under many different categories, which are being exported from Excel. I’ve attached an image of what this data looks like, but I’ve also explained it below. For instance, the data might be sorted into something like 5 fields, those being: project name, square inches, client name, and weight. An example would be: Project 1, 100 sq inches, Client A, 50 lbs Project 2, 200 sq inches, Client B, 100 lbs Project 3, 300 sq inches, Client C, 150 lbs Etc. Then, we’d have a second collection of data that would branch off of the first set. For instance, the data might be sorted into something like 4 fields, being: brand new design, concept design, restoration, or simple cleaning. Finally, a third set of data would branch off of this information, detailing that each of the aforementioned categories have their own data. Such as, brand new design projects use X brand of glue, Y brand of paint, and are always Z color. Whereas, simple cleaning projects might use a totally different brand of glue, paint, and color. Now, my question is, is it possible in MS Access to be presented with all of the data based on what I ask for? Such as, say, I want to view all projects that have used X brand of glue. Am I able to create a database that will pull that up? Or if I wanted to view all brands of paint used ONLY in cleaning projects? Essentially, is it possible to create a database that can show me any combination of information based on what I ask for, creating relationships with one another to search both forwards and backwards with simplicity? If so, what research should I do to approach this, or what other direction do you suggest that I go in if it is not possible? I appreciate the help :)
I received 2FA request but I can't identify the source
Since a couple of weeks, I've started received unwanted prompt on my phone to "confirm my identity": asking me to approve (second factor). Obviously, this isn't me and I reject those. At first, I was thinking it was just some phishing/stuffing attack, but I tried to find out how I could see those attempts and it is impossible to see "failed attempt" on the Windows Account web page or on the 2FA application. I have no clue how to investigate this, I would like to confirm what is the "source" of these attempts. Is there any way to have more extensive logs?Need to Restore PST Files to Office 365 Mailboxes - What's the Best Approach
Hey everyone, I have a task coming up where I need to restore several PST files back into Office 365 mailboxes. Haven't done this before at this scale and honestly not sure where to begin. I've looked at Microsoft's native import service through Purview but I have a few concerns: Some of the PST files are quite large — not sure how well it handles that I need to restore only specific folders for some users, not the entire PST I'm worried about data consistency after the restore Would prefer something that doesn't require too many admin roles or complex setup For those who have done PST to Office 365 restores — what approach worked best for you? Any tools, tips, or things to watch out for that you wish you knew before starting?
HELP WITH EXCEL
Struggling to do a simple transition in Excel if anyone can give some advice: I have 3 items I need to run up & down instead of across... is there any easy way ??? So I need the Name and two of the xx Boxes to run from top to bottom... I did the first two but I did them cell by cell.... is there a formula that will take the entire thing and create what I need? Adriana Zaragoza Lopez Alejandro J Escobedo Alyssa Christina Amber H McCord Ana C DePaz xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx Adriana Zaragoza Lopez xx xx Alejandro J Escobedo xx xxDefault White Gridlines
I have the oddest problem, could not find anything like it online. After some recent update to Windows (i think it was after that) my Automatic Gridline - the default for Excel has turned to "white" See attached screenshot. It changed the existing as well as all new excel workbooks. And it has to be fixed for every sheet. This is annoying and cumbersome. I even tried Repair and Repair online but no difference. Please can someone assist in changing the Default back to black.
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