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I have been cut and pasting from EXCEL to PPT (Office 365) for months without problems until today. It won't paste, and I get the above error message. I have reserached the problem, quick repaired, long repair, and nothing works. This is a daily part of …
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I am running Windows 7 (about to upgrade to Windows 10) and Office 365 from my university-> Office 2016 programs installed on my laptop If I am working on Word (or One Note or Excel) while connected to the internet (but not using Word Online etc…
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I currently run Windows 10 Home 64-bit, version 1709, OS build 16299.64. Whenever I boot into Windows, Microsoft Word 2016 opens up 4 blank documents. I checked under the startup folder and Word is not there. I have not tried uninstalling Word but I am…
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In Word for Mac 2016, I am getting a weird issue where, after clicking on a heading in Navigation Pane, the text there turns white. This causes it to blend with the background and to all but disappear. The screen shot attached shows what I am talking…
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Hello, I am trying to link a Powerpoint Presentation to an Excel spreadsheet. I have copied a table in Excel into PowerPoint using the Copy Paste Special -> Paste Link feature. At first, this looks great. Updates I make to the Excel Spreadsheet…
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I have a single section document in Word 2013. The first page is a TOC. The document is 4 pages long and has three Level 1 Heading styles through out the document. The TOC initially appears correct. When I go to Print Preview the TOC will revert all…
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In the toolbar at the top of Word, the UNDO option no longer works. Save, Redo, and Speak still function properly. Since Windows 10 upgrade, any program I open uses so much memory and CPU, typing and deleting are jerky and slow, so I use undo a lot.…
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I have a student license (*** Email address is removed for privacy ***), and everytime I want to use anything like Word, it asks me to '...Activate Office if you've already bought it'. This is really frustrating since there are many areas in my…
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Hi all, I am using Word 2016 and am having problems with track changes. I have it set to show All Markup and under the show markup I have insertions and deletions ticked; however, when I delete something in the Word document, it is not showing as strike…
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Hi, How do I go about getting an older version of Office? I mistakenly upgraded to Office 2016, not knowing Outlook 2016 did not support Exchange 2007. I need to fix this, and the most logical solution (I think) is "downgrading" to Office 2013…
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Since I upgrading to Office 2016, I can not see the recent files of Office applications. I uninstalled the application I installed several times and not working. I have Windows 10 pro installed.
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Sir or Madam, I had a technical problem with my Lap Top computer and backed up all my MS Office Outlook 2007 files and folders. I resolved the problem. I opened my Seagate Expansion drive, discovered the folders and right clicked each sending them to my…
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I just ran the update program for Word for 2011, version 14.3.8 and when it gets to the part to select which drive to install it to, there is a yellow exclamation mark on my main iMac Hard Drive where Office 2011 for Mac IS installed. I get an error…
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
When I try to download Office Home & Business 2013, I'm getting this error. I can not find Office on my computer, however it's listed in my programs. When I try to uninstall it I get the following error. I need to get this installed and setup.…
Processes in Microsoft 365 for setting up Office apps, redeeming product keys, and activating licenses.
I created a mail merge using Word 2010. It is several documents combined into one large Word file with section breaks. It is many pages long. I need to convert it into individual pdf documents. I have used the vba code bleow with pdf creator with some…
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Is it possible to establish the order the cursor goes from beginning to end while entering values into a protected sheet? Thanks,
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I have Win 7 64 bit OS and I have Installed MS Office 2013.I want this option (Insert Picture From Scanner and Camera) in MS Ofiice word 2013. Because i am faceing problem to scan documents From Network Printer.I have canon IR3225 Network Printer and…
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I need to insert a PDF file printout into OneNote, but when I try I get the following error message: The file you have selected cannot be inserted as a Printout. There may be a problem with the file, or you may not have the right program installed. You…
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In Region and Language when I set the date as follows: dddd, MMMM d, yyyy It shows this way: Sunday, December 2, 2012 Yet when I use the insert date and time in Word it comes out: Sunday, December 02, 2012 Until this latest Windows or Vista …
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Word won't let me save. Every time I try and save my document it tells me "This is not a valid file name" and then asks me to check the path to make sure it was typed correctly or to select a file from the list of files and folders. I thought I…
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