Office Add-ins error: Cannot connect to catalog
One of our admin-managed add-ins (Adobe Sign) has gone AWOL from the ribbon of the Word desktop app recently (it still shows up in the web-app version of Word). One of the suggested troubleshooting steps is to check review the Office Add-ins from within the app itself. When doing so, I receive an error: Insert ribbon-->Add-ins section-->My Add-ins-->See all...-->Admin Managed "Cannot connect to catalog" I've tried: signing out, back in, clearing the Office cache, and redeploying the add-in from central management. The deployment always reports that it was successful. Can anyone else reproduce this "Cannot connect to catalog" issue, or suggest additional troubleshooting steps/workarounds?
drag images doesn't follow the mouse path
Hello, Until yesterday, it was always easy for me to move images in Word. I could just click and drag, and the image would follow the path I was making with my mouse. However, since today this doesn't work anymore. I can still click and drag, but the images won't follow my mouse. This makes it really difficult to choose the correct position for my images. It is strange because if I group an image and a caption and then move the image in the group, it does follow my mouse. I suspect it has something to do with the anchor position, but I don't know how to switch this off. Word version = Version 2404 Build 16.0.17531.20140) How can I solve this issue? Thanks in advance. How can I solve this isse? Thanks in advance.
How to fix "upload pending" error message in Microsoft word
I dealt with this frustrating issue for over a year, but here's how you can fix it. Example image: How to fix: 1. Make sure Finder is open and all office apps are closed, including Microsoft Word. 2. Click on "GO" in the top bar. 3. Once the drop down menu descends, hold down the OPTION key on your keyboard. You'll see that a folder called "LIBRARY" appears. Click on "LIBRARY". 4. Once inside "LIBRARY", click on a folder called "CONTAINERS." 5. Scroll down until you find a folder called "com.microsoft.Word". 6. Once you've found it, delete "com.microsoft.Word" off your computer. 7. Now, reopen Microsoft Word, and make sure the upload pending error message is gone. It should be, and you should now be able to delete the file if you so choose. Also, if you're experiencing this problem with Excel and/or Powerpoint, you can probably fix it the same way. You'd just have to delete "com.microsoft.Excel" and/or "com.microsoft.Powerpoint" respectively, instead of "com.microsoft.Word". All the steps leading up to that would remain the same. I really hope this helps other people who are dealing with this problem. And if for some reason it doesn't work for you, reach out to Microsoft support while signed into your Microsoft account and get into a chat room. Chatting with a specialist was the only reason I was able to figure this out in the first place.Mail Merge from Access
Hello everyone, I am having a problem when merging into word from Access. I am trying to set up a document that is a work diary that merges from access. The first 3 columns are ID, Day and Date and the next 30 columns are the names of the staff members. I want to be able to group by Staff Member so that all the jobs are shown together for each date I.e. Staff Member 1 - Monday 01/01/2024 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 / Tuesday 02/01/2024 - 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 / Wednesday 03/01/2024 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 Thursday 04/01/2024 - 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 then Staff Member 2 - Monday 01/01/2024 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 / Tuesday 02/01/2024 - 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 / Wednesday 03/01/2024 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 Thursday 04/01/2024 - 08:00 Job 1 13:00 Job 2 etc. Please can someone help!
create a master template with insrtable sections with prefilled lists to select to create docs easy
I need to create a word template for a fillable document with pre-outlined sections and structure for quick document creation for each job we do. The document is a JSA (Job Safety Analysis and set up) the outline of the document will have the following sections Required Tools and supplies for jobsite" then have a list of some sort of any and all tools and supplies we have and use so you can pick the items needed for this specific job and it stays structured on the document every time.. example : (5 gal drums, screw driver, shop vac, hammer, etc) so the next section would be PPE Required training required (list of various trainings needed for specific job site example : Confined Space entry, LOTO, Fork Lidt, Respiratory,) engineering controls (supervisor tasks, to dos, processes et job site hazards clickable hazards for the following categories with all relevent info for the main hazards and then ability to add new custom hazards -chemical hazards (potential hazard, task/steps to do to avoid, consequences of hazard) -safety hazards (potential hazard, task/steps to do to avoid, consequences of hazard) enviromental hazards (potential hazard, task/steps to do to avoid, consequences of hazard) Before and end of job tasks finally it would be saved and renamed and printed for our employees to check off any sections that require checkboxes such as supplies needed then can fill in anything on document during job and be turned in to office once complete. How can I achieve creating this template and what controls/fields/document properties / form controls etc are required and how to i do it ? Attached is a sample JSA for referenceUsing Canvas for Figures creates large files
Hello, I am looking for a solution / help regarding file sizes. To describe the problem I'm facing: We have a lot of Word documents describing different tasks. The documents contain a lot of pictures, some with many inserted shapes to highlight / point to a certain things. Currently I use Drawing Canvas to keep the pictures and shapes in place and not to fall apart when editing. The problem is, doing it this way, the file size dramatically increases. I have compared the same document with figures in Canvas and another with pictures inserted without Canvas, the size increases drastically (e.g. form 10MB to 120MB). Some things i've tried: -Not using Canvas - obvious, but the shapes and figures do tend to fall apart, leaving small shapes scattered in the document. The documents are edited by many users with different levels of Word knowledge and attention to detail, thus rendering this solution unviable. -Using Tables to anchor the shapes - this also proved unviable, because when deleting a picture from the table, the cells resize regardless of the shapes (which are still anchored to the table itself, but are now outside of the table overlapping a text), and when deleting the Table, the shapes remain. -Inserting already edited pictures - while this solves the problem with shapes, it is also unviable, because the shapes often changes. Creating a collection of stock pictures that can be re-edited to suit changes could resolve this, but there are thousands of different pictures, so that would be counterproductive. -Using an alternative software to Word - unviable due to internal restrictions...and the fact that almost everyone has at least some experience with Word to be able to edit a document. -Compression of pictures - that is the only "kind of" working solution, but another problem was discovered. When trying to compress all pictures and deselecting the option to "Apply only to this picture", strangely not all pictures get compressed. When multiple pictures are in a Canvas, only one picture gets compressed. When pictures are "Grouped" with shapes, sometimes the compression skips them entirely. Hopefully my description of problems is understandable... Thank you all in advance 🙂Table cell value from VBA
Hello, I have a question. When I get the value of a cell from a table in Word, it always brings it with an unknown character. If we activate "Show All" we see that there is a respective symbol for each cell, although each part of a document has its own symbol, like space, section break, page break, paragraph, etc. In fact, I get, for the example of this post, the value of a paragraph and it gives it to me clean, without any character. So, I don't understand what is that character that brings the value of the cell, do you know what is that character and do you know what other way there is to extract the value cleaner without that character? I show you in the screenshot the solution I gave to this problem (it is as a comment), but I would like to know if you have another way to solve this issue.
Spellcheck keeps jumping to English despite choosing Dutch all over the place as main language
Hi, I'm facing an issue with Microsoft Word on my PC. Despite setting Dutch as the primary language in all possible settings – as recommended by various forums – the spell check keeps defaulting to English. This problem does not occur on my laptop, where I can seamlessly switch between Dutch and English. On my PC, I've tried repairing the app, reinstalling it, and removing other languages from the settings, but nothing seems to work. Even when I manually select text and set it back to Dutch, it fails to stick. This issue has become so frustrating that I'm considering cancelling my subscription. I've already gone through numerous forum posts and help articles, but nothing has resolved the issue. I would really appreciate some specific assistance. Thank you.
