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I am getting the message "WORD did not save the document C:\...\AutoRecovery save of...
Recently I am getting the message "WORD did not save the document C:\...\AutoRecovery save of..." This happens when I am working on large WORD documents, of about 700 pages. I have gotten the message when using WORD on two computers, in different locations. I have worked on these large documents for months without getting this message. I will appreciate advice.RobertGJudgeFeb 26, 2026Copper Contributor22Views0likes2CommentsWord Mail Merge document will not print.
I have created a mail merge document using an Excel s/s as my list of recipients. The merge completed successfully and I saved the completed document of 50+ pages. I want to print page 23 of the document and find it will not print. As a matter of fact, the whole document will not print. Please do not tell me I have to go back and set up the document over again...it has many fields and I never had this problem with Mail Merge before. PS I am returning to work after 2 years. Did Word 2016 change something in Mail Merge?? Thank you, GayeGaye DoughertyFeb 25, 2026Copper Contributor37KViews0likes13CommentsWord - Same Line Page Breaks Visibly Change Formatting
Within the last week or so, Word suddenly has started changing the formatting of visible text when a page break is used on the same line. How can this be corrected? (To be clear, yes, a page break could moved to the next line or deleted if there is not room for the extra line, but this impacts dozens of templates I have been using for years and I just want to set the formatting back to how it has worked in the past, where a page break inserted at the end of a line with centered text did not change the formatting of the visible text in said line.) Example 1 below is how it always used to appear whether the page break was on the same line as the centered title text or not. Example 2 below is how it looks now when the page break is on the same line.RebsFeb 24, 2026Copper Contributor198Views2likes6CommentsTrying to create a form field that uses images (but not a simple one!)...
I have a Word form that uses a https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/lifelines-toolkit/lifelines-icons used in the public safety community. For each icon, there are four different border colours, indicating a certain level of urgency, using the TLP model - green, yellow, red, grey. What I would like to do is create a dropdown (elsewhere on the form) where someone chooses an option in that field, and depending on the choice, the icon with the corresponding colour displays. Example: Any assistance is appreciated!Solvedjspeck1Feb 23, 2026Copper Contributor56Views0likes4CommentsCannot turn off Copilot in MS Word for Windows as "Enable Copilot" is missing...
This is ridiculous. I have spent over 2 hours trying to turn off Copilot in MS Word O365 version. I am running MS Word in I I Windows 11 (updated) and running what I believe is the most current version. I have been able to go into Excel => Options and uncheck the "Enable Copilot". I do not see such a box in Powerpoint (thank God - I don't see it in the app at all) and have been able to turn it off on my Mac Office Apps. I have an O365 account. When I open Word in Windows and then select the Options I get what is displayed below. Do not see the enable coPilot option, but CoPilot is on. This is ridiculous. I have cleaned the registry and I have seen hacks on how to turn off coPilot by butchering the registry, which I refuse to do. I even removed the coPolite App. MS, I DO NOT WANT TO USE AI TO WRITE. How do I get rid of this? I am EXTREMELY frustrated with this. BryanbschmiedelertempconnetFeb 19, 2026Copper Contributor1.6KViews1like4CommentsSearch and replace can't seem to delete \o or \t in URLs
I am trying to delete specific text that has been added to all of the URLs in a Word document. The added text follows a specific format: "random characters" \t "_blank" \o protect" Using search and replace (with wildcards) and show field codes (so I can see the URLs) hasn't been successful. This approach -- searching for "random*protect" and replacing it with [blank] -- does nothing. Trying to delete just the \t and \o entries by surrounding them with parentheses deletes all the t's and o's in the document. Any help getting rid of these additions would be greatly appreciated. pjsSolvedpjs15Feb 17, 2026Copper Contributor45Views0likes2CommentsSearch a specific string in URLs across multiple Word documents
I would like to search for a specific string ("urldefense") in URLs across multiple Word documents that are all in the same folder. (I use Word on a Windows 11 desktop.) If it's possible to do this, I'd be grateful for directions. pjspjs15Feb 17, 2026Copper Contributor132Views0likes7CommentsImport Images using MetaData
How can I import a bunch of images based on metadata (date) or (time) or both of the image ?Reprobus RFeb 17, 2026Iron Contributor26Views0likes1CommentIndenting in numbered list has gone haywire
My office uses custom Word templates that are updated to a legal software site, populated with an intake form through the same site, and then downloaded to our individual computers to edit as needed. The templates mostly use legal numbering under the Normal style. On Tuesday February 3, everything was working fine when I put my laptop to sleep. The next morning, I opened a Word document that I had downloaded from the legal software site and edited a week or two previously, and the formatting and indentation of the numbered lists was suddenly completely wonky. I had not changed any settings from the end of one day to the beginning of the next to cause this issue. In addition, I am the only one in the office of five people to be experiencing the problem. I contacted tech support, and the support person walked me through fixing the styles settings, and when that did not work, they uninstalled and reinstalled the entire Office suite. That also did not solve the problem. I'm completely stumped here; why would this issue suddenly arise with no input from me and also only affect my version of Word? And why didn't reinstalling the application fix it?? Details of the formatting issue: Normally, the numbering should look like this FIRST 1.1 The text goes to the right margin of the page and then wraps so that the second line is indented by the same amount. 1.1.1 The first sub-paragraph begins at the indentation of the text in the first paragraph 1.1.1.1 The second sub-paragraph starts the same way, etc. Now it looks like this: FIRST 1.1 The text begins closer to the number and goes to the right margin, then the second line is not indented to begin at the same point as the first line. When I click on the leading number (e.g. 1.1), some of the text jumps over to the right slightly. When I try to use the markers on the ruler to adjust the indentation, the text doesn't move at all. In addition, I can open a document, not mess with the wonky formatting but change something else, for example remove a watermark, then save and close the document, and one of my colleagues can open the same document and not have the formatting be messed up. Please help!m_cwelpFeb 16, 2026Copper Contributor228Views1like3CommentsSearch for URL string in multiple Word documents
I need to modify certain URLs in a number of Word documents. Is there a way to search for a particular string (like "urldefense") in multiple Word documents in a folder? (I'm using desktop Word for Windows)pjs15Feb 16, 2026Copper Contributor60Views0likes5Comments
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