Autocorrect "Replace text as you type" no longer working in comments
I'm a college English professor. I've been using MS Word's Reviewing features for years (decades?) to offer feedback on student essays. I mainly make bubble comments in the margins of the document (CMD-OPT-A or Insert > Comment). Until recently, my Autocorrect "Replace text as you type" feature was working in the comments (my fumbly fingers mistype things like "differnet" and I've even added some shortcuts like "dangmod" to "dangling modifier"). But as of maybe a few months ago, my comments no longer autocorrect. I haven't changed any settings, and the function works in the body text of the document. I have a 2023 Macbook Pro running Sequoia 15.7.1, and I'm using MS Word for Mac Version 16.101.3. Anybody have the solution for this? I've spent years training myself to use MS Word's Reviewing so I can be very efficient with my time (I know all the keyboard shortcuts, etc.), but if autocorrect no longer works, I'll probably just switch to Google Docs or something. Thanks for any help you can give.
How to stop MS Word from saving doc and pdf files to the cloud
I'm on Windows 10 and Office 365. When I hit F12 on an MS Word file and save it as a .docx file or a .pdf file in a OneDrive folder: (1) the file does not immediately appear in the folder. (2) when it does appear, after more than 5 minutes later, it's on the cloud and it has be downloaded. (3) saving has become a lot slower. I'm not sure when I first noticed this but it has been a while. I've gone to File > Options > Save > Unchecked "Show additional places for saving, even if sign-in may be required". How do I prevent that? It slows everything down.
Word on iPhone
In the past, I’ve managed to edit some documents on my iPhone in Microsoft Word. But now Microsoft is slapping me in the face with grammatical suggestions that obscure my document. I don’t want any grammatical suggestions, but I can’t figure out how to make them stop. Can anybody suggest how I can do that? Am I in the right place to ask this question? Is there another place for the iPhone app?Index tab leaders don't reflect tab leaders in the Index Style
Contex: 700 page word document with multiple indexes - about 1500 index items in each of three indexes Issue: Indexes appear with dotted tab leaders in front of page number. Index 1 style (and the other levels as well) have a tabs without dotted leaders. Question: How to get rid of the dotted tab leaders if they don't follow the relevant index style when the index is updated. Note that I have tried clearing the index style changing the index style creating a clean document with good styles and copying the index definition from that document creating a clean document template with good styles and adding that (and activating it) to the document And numerous other methods that I have not documented. Any thoughts on how to address this (other than applying the style every time I update)?Save Recent Font Color
Is there a way to save recent font colors so that they don't need to be selected with each new Word session? I use the deep blue color shown below constantly, and not just as cosmetic thing. That color has good contrast with other text and is easy for my eyes to pick up. I would just like it if I didn't have to go select it all the time. I'm hoping maybe there's a registry setting that will make that color automatically available in the below list, or maybe it can be made part of a template or something. Thanks in advance for any help that you can offer! --Tom
Avery Word Template – Text Boxes Not Linked, But Typing in One Moves Content in Others
Hello, I’m helping a client who has been using a Word document with an Avery name tag template for years. Recently, she noticed some unusual behavior: The document is built with multiple text boxes laid out for name tags. The text boxes are not linked (we checked, no “create link/break link” settings). However, when she types in one text box, the content in other text boxes shifts around or moves. It’s not duplicating the text, but it’s disrupting the alignment/layout of all the tags on the page. This happens even with brand new text boxes created in this document on her computer. If we create a brand new document with text boxes on a different computer, it works normally. But once that file is opened on her computer, the same issue occurs again. So far we’ve tried: Resetting Word settings (renaming Normal.dotm and Word registry keys). Testing with a new blank document. Checking for linked text boxes. Saving as a new file/template. The problem seems isolated to this one computer/Word installation, but it affects both old and new documents once they’re opened here. Other computer with the same template doesn't do this. Has anyone seen this before? Any advice on what else we can try, or how to ensure her Avery templates work normally again, would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Cheers! - Colin
