Microsoft Word ninjas needed: Inserting a footnote makes a page number mysteriously appear at the top of the page. I want these page numbers to go away. [more inside]
posted by Jacqueline on May 14, 2009 - 12 answers

Microsoft Word crashing shortly after start-up. Tried common solutions with no success - other ideas? [more inside]
posted by Pontius Pilate on Apr 22, 2009 - 11 answers

I have a Mac user whose Word documents are suddenly opening as lime green text on lime green background. This is only on her machine, anyone else can open the same documents and have them show as black text on a white background. Office 2008, OS X 10.5
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey on Mar 2, 2009 - 2 answers

Can I make (remap?) my capslock key to be two keys? Specifically, I want to make it hit Ctrl+B. If your recommendation is Word-specific, that's fine too.
posted by demagogue on Feb 25, 2009 - 7 answers

Can you help me view and print background colors in Word? I'm trying to reproduce a form that has a purple background. This form will be completed on screen, but may also be printed. For reasons that we won't go into, it has to be in Word. I'm having trouble getting a purple background that shows up when viewing it on the screen and also when printing. Is there a way to get both? [more inside]
posted by willnot on Jul 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Anyone know where one could find a free-to-use font for POSTNET barcodes and the new Intelligent Mail Barcodes? I can do my own encoding, but my supervisor wants the fonts installed for Microsoft Word. Any help is much appricated. :)
posted by TrueVox on Jan 23, 2008 - 0 answers

How can I make Microsoft Word's Find-and-Replace feature work properly with regular expressions when Track Changes is on? [more inside]
posted by Partial Law on Oct 31, 2007 - 6 answers

How can I integrate Google Docs to Microsoft Word 2007? [more inside]
posted by enriquem on Aug 2, 2007 - 2 answers

Why does Microsoft Word (OS X v.11) hate PDFs? Or: Please help me make this stats assignment just a little less frustrating. [more inside]
posted by docgonzo on Feb 23, 2007 - 16 answers

"The measurement must be between 1 pt and 31 pt": error in Word, related to tables and page borders. [more inside]
posted by paduasoy on Feb 3, 2007 - 3 answers

MicrosoftWordFilter: How to always have my default view when I'm opening someone else's file? [more inside]
posted by Xalf on Mar 24, 2006 - 4 answers

StupidMicrosoftFilter: Why, when I am working on a document in MS Word, does the text occasionally, suddenly, and seemingly randomly change from English to Asian characters? [more inside]
posted by scody on Jan 3, 2006 - 15 answers

How do I disable one-touch printing in Word? [more inside]
posted by Wet Spot on Sep 25, 2005 - 7 answers

I want to do the opposite of this. I want to make many documents from one document in Microsoft Word. [more inside]
posted by schnee on Apr 25, 2005 - 4 answers

I have 100 separate documents in MS Word which have to be turned into one document for various reasons. How can I do this?
posted by chaz on Apr 7, 2005 - 13 answers

Does anyone know of an application that does word counts for Microsoft Word files without actually having to open up Word? I'm thinking of a handy right-click menu in Windows Explorer for example that also allows you to select multiple files and get a total word count. Many thanks in advance.
posted by jonathanbell on Dec 22, 2004 - 6 answers

Ack! Why does Microsoft Word move a footnote to the page following the page where the footnote is inserted (e.g. footnote reference in text is on p.14, footnote itself appears on p. 15)? Or spread the footnote across the bottom of two successive pages? It's nothing to do with (a) inserting the footnote ref near the bottom of the page, or (b) having large amounts of existing footnote text on that page. There's plenty of room for the footnote, it just goes on the next page. Thanks!
posted by carter on Jul 22, 2004 - 6 answers

MS Word in OSX
I’m formatting my thesis and need to create a “floating page” for my figures. This is a page that inserts itself between two full pages of text, so that the text flows around the page.
Can I do this? [more inside]
posted by nprigoda on Jul 17, 2004 - 9 answers

How can I get Microsoft word to paste things as plain text by default? Why would I want the formatting of the website I'm copying my homework from anyway?
posted by Orange Goblin on Jun 22, 2004 - 15 answers