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Recent files list shows files which have not been opened by user

Hello, for a couple of days or maybe even weeks I noticed that in my recent files list in Windows Explorer several files appear which I did not actively open. At this moments there are 13 of these files in my list. All of these files seem to be on…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2023-10-18T07:04:00+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

One Note keeps switching from drawing (Apple Pencil) to Text Mode. I am using the App on an iPad.

Please help me fix this.

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For education | iOS
asked 2023-04-08T06:44:54+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

No paragraph spacing in text web part (Sharepoint modern pages)

The styling has changed for paragraphs within the text web part in Sharepoint modern pages. All paragraphs in pages that I created prior to the March software update displays with paragraph spacing. All paragraphs in pages that I have created the past…

Microsoft 365 and Office | SharePoint | Other | Other
asked 2023-03-22T19:49:09+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Overwhelmed by onmicrosoft.com SPAM EMAILS

How do I block onmicrosoft.com SPAM EMAILS? I am getting relentlessly spammed and cannot seem to block these emails. This is a serious problem because about every third or forth email is this onmicrosoft.com SPAM EMAIL. I like office 365 but this is…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2023-05-29T18:58:59+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Office Apps only open when "run as administrator" is used,

Hello, since some days I got an big issue when it comes to office. I updated my windows like a week ago everything was going alright, but when I tried to use microsoft word some daays ago nothing happened. I clicked on the Icon and nothing happened. I…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2022-09-19T10:42:21+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Microsoft Access is not allowing me to compact and repair. Keeps saying its open etc

Microsoft Access is not allowing me to compact and repair the database. It keeps saying file is open. I made new database and imported files even then same issue and it says it is opening in sharing mode. I haven't shared with anybody. How to shut off…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | For home | Windows
asked 2022-02-17T10:52:42+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Stop dictate from turning off in Word 365

Is there any way that we can prevent dictate to turn off (or at least extend the time that it stays on) in Word 365? I'd really like for it not to stop listening while I'm thinking about what to say. Thanks!

Microsoft 365 and Office | Subscription, account, billing | For home | Windows
asked 2020-02-17T22:44:03+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Microsoft Teams JavaScript error occured in the main process error

I downloaded Microsoft Teams,then ı tried to setup but ı got this error on the first setup screen(on small white rectangle screen),then ı checked forums, >I delete all files about Teams on the appdata,Local etc. >I delete teams files on the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Windows
asked 2020-03-25T15:47:52+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Office Lens won't upload to Onedrive and stays in Transfering modus

After making a picture in Office Lens, and saving is to Onedrive, more and more files keep transferring, trying to upload. This is not happening all times, but I think it has to do with the internet connection at the moment of saving. Normally, the…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For home | Other
asked 2019-11-27T08:12:03+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Power Query - Loop through unknown number of Tables and append them all - solved

Hello, I have an Excel spreadsheet with a lot of columns but I want to save it in csv format with line breaks to put certain columns on different lines.   This is because I can upload different record types into my database but each record type needs its…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2018-07-17T09:29:18+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

OneDrive crashes and deletes itself

On my laptop OneDrive (which has been working flawlessly for years) now crashes at random. It won't restart.  In fact it seems the exe file has disappeared.  I need to unistall it and reinstall it.  Had to do this three times in the last three…

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneDrive | For home | Windows
asked 2018-06-08T05:44:26+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Cannot start Access today. Get error "Automatic configuration of the current version of Microsoft Access has failed."

Hello I have been using office 2016 (16.0.9029.2167) for about 8 months. Today Access will not start. I get the error "Automatic configuration of the current version of Microsoft Access has failed. Your database might not function correctly. This…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Access | For home | Windows
asked 2018-03-04T21:26:15+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Large Word Document spontaneously gains pages or loses words.

When I transfered a large Word 2010 Doc to my new computer (into Word 2016) from the cloud, 1500 words disappeared. Nobody could figure out why or which words were missing. Now that same file (Word 2016) has spontaneously added 10 pages (it went from 469…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2018-03-02T21:38:27+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers

Word auto-highlighting, how to make it STOP!

How do you disable this STUPID feature? I'm trying to highlight a single word or some part of a word for cut&paste operations and Word auto-highlights the whole line and sometimes the whole paragraph or page. I can be using a mouse, I can be using…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2014-01-17T18:00:43+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Need help with conditional formatting using an IF function to recognise blank cells and overdue dates

Hi I am wanting to add conditional formatting to a spreadsheet which lists invoices and their due dates, along with payment date. One column (H) has the payment due date. Another column (M) has the date paid. This column is left blank if unpaid to…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2013-07-04T01:44:42+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Problem with copy & paste in Excel 2010

I am running Excel 2010 on Windows 7. I am having a problem with the cut and paste command. This has worked OK for the few months I have been using the program, but the paste options have suddenly stopped working properly.  When I click on paste…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Excel | For home | Windows
asked 2012-03-16T10:47:34+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Dot Leader Sporadically Missing from Table of Contents

I am updating an automatic table of contents.  I'm using Word 2010.  There are dot leaders for each toc entry.  However, for several (but not all) of the new toc entries, the entry appears with the page number, but with no dot leader.  I've deleted the …

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2012-04-18T23:56:07+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I alphabetically sort notes in OneNote 2013

Hi.  I hope you are doing well today.  :-) How can I alphabetically sort notes in OneNote 2013? thanks for your help.  Take care, and have a great day. barbara

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows
asked 2013-03-17T09:42:58+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How can I make Word 2013 open in Draft View by default?

I use Word 2013 on a 14" laptop and the default view, Print Layout, is a colossal waste of space, but I can't get the program to open in Draft View by default. Have done the following: Changed settings to "allow documents to open in Draft…

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows
asked 2013-04-16T04:27:08+00:00
Anonymous
60 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Arrow keys don't work in slide view mode in powerpoint

My powerpoint used to work fine but recently I am unable to advance or move my slides backwards in the Slide view mode with arrow keys, space bar and return.  Nothing seems to work.  I cannot even exit the presentation with the ESC key.  I need to use …

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | For home | Windows
asked 2013-02-24T03:42:39+00:00
Anonymous