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    - Paste I am using XP Pro service pack 2. Office 2003 Hi, can someone help me please, I am pulling my hair out! This problem has started a while back If I highlight and copy text and right click the mouse to paste it Instead of text appearing I get an small gif image that looks like a mobile phone nothing else. Can anyone tell me how get back the text. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89169
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    - variables in WORD For lack of a better word, are variables possible in a WORD doc? What I'd like to do is have a table cell asking for COMPANY NAME. When that's filled out, I would like the variable in the contractual statement at the bottom of the page reflect that company name. Is this possible? How's it done? Likely, a cell cannot be transposed into the contractual agreement. But possibly a text block of some sort? thanks! Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89166
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    - last modified date in word footer I would like to include a "Last Modified Date and Time" in the footer of a Word document. I would like for this footer to be updated only when a change is made to the document, not when the document is just opened, nor if it is opened and printed. Further, even if the document is opened, printed, and saved with no changes, I do not want the date and time in the footer to update. A corresponding question and answer for Excel is contained at: www.officekb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/excel/11892/Putting-Last-Modified-Date-and-Time-in-Custom-Footer Is there a similar solution in Word? Thanks very much for your help. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89163
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    - How to sort an index in Word I have done an index in a presentation, all works fine, except that the index cannot be sorted according to the numbers. I have the choice of Paragrph or field 1 in the sort menu, but if I choose Number in the Type menu it doesn't work. What am I missing here? -- Many thanks, and have a good day Ursula A. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89156
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    - ADDRESS LABEL TEMPLATE FOR AVERY L7164 I NEED A TEMPLATE FOR THE LABEL AVERY L7164 WITH 12 ADDRESS LABELS Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89153
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    - Question about tables. I have a 2-column table into which I want to paste text. If the first column of the table is too small for the total text, how can I make the excess flow into the second column of the table automatically? Please help, Frank Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89145
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    - How can I turn off the"protection" feature for a form...rop I created a 3 page form with form fields (check boxes etc) for several people in my office to use. One of the users want to add a 4th page that she can type notes into. Is there any way that I can allow her to type into this 4th page without having to call up the "forms' toolbar and turn off the protection every time she wants to type. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89140
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    - Forms Fields not active for users I have created a Word 2003 form that uses a combination of ActiveX checkboxes and ActiveX radio buttons as form elements. I make sure to leave Design View, then Protect the document, usually by using Tools > Protect Document and selecting Filling in forms as the Editing Restriction. The problem is that when I reopen the document, first I get teh stupid "open as read-only" prompt which I know my end users might also see, but worse, none of the form elements respond to clicks so the values cannot get set. I am not sure what I am doing wrong, since when I leave Design Mode and Protect the document before I close Word on my machine everything works great. Any suggestions. I wish Word had a radio button Form element so I did not have to use the ActiveX controls...I think it would make this much easier. Devin Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89138
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    - Form Fields in Protected Document I have a document with form fields for entering text. I can type and the field will expand to accomodate my text. I can format the text with bold, italic, bullets, etc. However, when I protect the document so that noone changes the text outside the fields, I can no longer format the text inside the fields. I can only enter unformatted text and most of the formatting controls are disabled. Is there a way to allow formatting of form field text when a document is protected? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89126
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    - Import Data My apologies if this is in the wrong spot, I could find no obvious place for it. Is it possible to import a .CSV file into an existing .XLS? I want to bring the data into a spreadsheet inside a macro, but I don't want to have to use the file name of the spreadsheet, only the name of the .CSV file. That way, I can use the same macro no matter what the file is named. Another alternative, is there a way to get the name of the spreadsheet within the VB code, then I could just interrogate the spreadsheet for it's name, open the .CSV file and then do my copy/paste operation to get the data where I want it. John KBS Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89125
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    - multi-level bullet lists New user having fits with bullet lists. I have a completed document and I'm trying to separate into the proper bullet levels. I have the 1st level digits 1, 2, 3 etc, and 2nd level letters a), b), c), etc. Inbetween #3 and #4 I have a heading that I want to become #4. I hit the enter key and I keep making e), f), g), etc. I've tried combinations of <CTRL>, <ALT>, and <ENTER> with no luck. Can't find the solution in help either. How do I make that happen? While I'm at it, how do I form new 1st level bullets? How do I stop bullet list? double-enter works, but that just makes 2 blank lines. Should I double-enter, then backspace? Is that the right way? thanks! Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89121
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    - How to create index in word presentation Does anyone know of a easy step by step guide with print screens about creating an index in a word document. -- Many thanks, and have a good day Ursula A. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89119
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    - Template for Fax This may not be the right place, but I do not know where to go. Happen that I am creating a template for a Company Fax, Including the logo on the header and address on the footer, but I would like to have as a template that when I open a new document, I cna choose my customized fax. Could somebody tell me how do I create this. Thanks Fernando Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89118
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    - works programs paste command won't work after copy command in microsoft works programs. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89117
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    - Temporary files: I recently noticed there are duplicated saved documents in my files. Specifically they are saved with an "~" mark next to them. I am assuming they are using space and wondering how to stop this from further occurance. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89114
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    - i can't use my document because it is lock , how do i get it unloc i am tyrn to use my document to type up something and i can't because it is locked . how do i go about gettin the lock off to used it Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89112
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    - Exclusion file Got it! When I erroneously moved the file to the desktop, I realised that may be the problem and started all over. But then I put the *.exc file in the same folder as the lex file, whereas I should have put it in the same folder as the custom.dic file. That cured everything. Then I created a shortcut and dragged *that* to the desktop for easy access, so the original file was left in the right directory... um... folder (difficult to lose old habits!) Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89110
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    - Omitted sentences in printing I have used Word for years! A lady of our acquaintance wanted to use it to do a little work. Somehow, a sentence of hers got an unwanted faint dotted line under it and when we printed her document the underlined sentence failed to print. I erased the affected sentence plus some other characters in the beginning and end. I then retyped the affected sentence and this time it printed the way it was shown on the screen. What happened and how do I prevet it from happening again? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89107
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    - Printing with Strikethroughs. I am trying to print a document that has strikethroughs. On the screen it shows the strikethroughs, but when I print they have been changed to a "deleted" box with a line pointing to where the strikethroughs were. HELP! Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89101
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    - form fields I am building a form that has mulitple fields, some are short fields (date, time,etc.) others are narrative. When I protect the form to try out the fields I am having trouble with the narrative field expanding my document. Bottom line is that I want to insert text into my formfield and not have it modify my document. Any help would be appreciated. Bob Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89096
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    - Exclusion spell file Hi all Am using Word 2000 with all latest updates on W98. I needed to exclude one word from the spell and followed all the instructions. The main dictionary file (Australian) was in C;\programfiles\common files\microsoft shared\PROOF so I put my *.exc file there too. All was OK. Then I dragged the new file from explorer to the desktop, and added two new words. Now nothing works, even the first word (that did before). I have deleted from the desktop (which seemed to cause the problem) and then deleted under explorer and started all over again. Nothing works. Any ideas? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89092
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    - Track Changes Is it possible to have a document save so changes are saved but the document opens with the changes hidden by default? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89089
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    - sarvice pack is there any service pack for word 2003 , where can i find and downloded ? best Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89087
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    - Bengali i searched the "insert icons" tingi...n found tamil characters. but did not find any bengali characters. whcih font r those? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89084
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    - I am trying to use a template in mail merger and it is not workin In Word I went to click to my computerlink and then went to the templates dialog box and click the Mail Merge tab and then click Elegant Merge Letter there was no response. It inform me to install and then click ok put an error showed up! Can you help please? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89083
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    - Drop down arrow doesn't work when saving document My drop down arrow does not work when I am trying to save a document in word. It doesn't work when I am on the internet to go to a previous website that I've visited without having to type in the web address all over again. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89082
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    - I want to anonymise confidential forms I am trying to anonymise confidential forms using word. This takes out the identifying names and addresses of people. I am using Office 2003. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89076
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    - Scroll wheel Is it possible to disable the horizontal mouse scroll? I want the text to always scroll vertically when using the mouse wheel, never horizontally. This is very annoying. Thanks. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89072
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    - PDF To Word Hi, Does anyone know of a good free PDF to WORD converter? I only need it for a one-shot conversion. Thanks for your response. Jerry Bodoff Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89067
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    - How does one stop the spacebar from "typing" dots? In word, I continually get dots "printed" with each stroke of the spacebar. How this was begun escapes me, as does how it stops. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89063
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    - How do I make a template? I have a front page from a register book that I would like to be able to fill out and print from the printer. Do I have to make a template in order to do that? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89051
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    - expanding Headers I am working on a large doc that was created my several people. In the middle of the document, I have 4 pages where the header is taking up the entire page. This is driving me crazy. Any suggestions? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89047
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    - Conditional fields I'm just starting to appreciate and understand conditional fields in page numbering. Although I don't at this time need to have the following circumstances apply, I was just thinking "what if?" Suppose I wish to have the Page 1 header of a document read "Beginning" and the last page to read "The End" with all pages in between showing the actual page numbers. Could I do this all in one header or do I need to divide the document into sections? Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89041
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    - What does the Reset Field Form do? I am in need of understanding what the Reset Form Field button on the Form toolbarin Word 2003 does. I have searched Microsoft web site to no avail. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89039
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    - Exam question wrong about Word? Opinions, please! I had an exam in which the following question was asked: http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c180/digitaltoast/OCR_ICT_L2_602_q22.png (You may need to "click the pic" to make it full size) There were 4 questions, but as we were under exam conditions, I had to do a rather clandestine screen dump to the fileserver, so I didn't get the other two options, but there were regarding alignment, I think "paragraph alignment" and "indent". Definitely nothing to do with it. So, we are left with "font" and "font size". Definitely not font. But not font size either! So, I called an invigilator over. She scratched her head, and along came another one. Eventually, they said "skip that question, see us after". So, I was sent to the the Office expert, who said "Ah, this is font - the font size is different". She then struggled to demonstrate it on Word 2000. She was able to make a bullet change size, but could not make the line text the SAME size as shown, AND get the font size dropdown to show a consistant font. We then tried it on Word 2002. This time, she was able to highlight the bullets, and make them change size. But this time they didn't change pattern! She gave up and said "it must be a different version, I don't know, but the question cannot be wrong." This is the ONE question I got wrong (because I hadn't answered it), had this question been possible, I would have got 100%. Yes, I still passed, but I'd like to get it sorted properly, for the sake of other people in the future. So, before I make a fool of myself to the exam board, is there ANY way this question CAN be right? For me, it was just about the satisfaction of getting 100%, but for someone else, that question might be the difference between pass and fail. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89032
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    - Saving a custom color When I'm using the custom color chart to color text, is there any way to save a specific color without setting it up each time? for instance: hue 2 ..........red 222 sat 255 .........grn 11 lum 111 .......blu 0 DSG Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89025
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    - create table of contents using headers Hi, I am not having any luck using individual headers to create a table of contents in a word.doc. Can this be done? Thanks. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89023
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    - creating online forms Hello, I'm trying to develop an online questionnaire to access people's satisfaction with an assessment tool. I want to email the questionnaire to people, ask them to fill it out, and then email it back. The only way I found to do this is to create a webform with a 'submit' button included at the bottom. When I formatted the submit button, I set the submit form method to 'POST'. The email response I get back contains the information but it includes a series of extra numbers and symbols. Two questions then, (1) Is there an easier way of doing this? (2) Is there some way to open the sent text file within the questionnaire without the extra text and symbols? I am a relatively new user and only somewhat familiar with MS Word. THis project was dropped in my lap a few days ago and its causing me nothing but frustration. Help! Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89022
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    - Still frustrated trying to add buttons! It seems like adding menu command and macro buttons to my toolbars has become specific to documents, or at least Word instances, in Word XP. I was in Word 2000 last month, and had no problems adding a button for a menu command or a macro to a toolbar - it would be there the next time I opened Word, and it would be there for every document. Not so in Word XP - a button added may not be there the next time I open a different document. For example, I am using strike-through a lot on my current report, so I added the button through Tools >> Customize. I can open the report doc again and it's still there. While the report doc is open, I click New - and the button is missing! Normal.dot has been saved a dozen times since I added that button - but it's not there is a New doc created on Normal! What gives??!? Ed Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89019
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    - preserve/keep original vertical spacing and layout after deleting paragraph or sentences Hi, I am working with 10 (soon to be 14 and later on 18) word.docs that are about 25 pages each. These are kinda / sorta annual statement type reports. Each year, certain paragraphs change substantially, are deleted entirely (no longer applies), or new paragraphs / sentences are inserted. Example: say at the top of page 12, I want to delete an entire paragraph, or a piece of it. Word automatically shifts upward everything after what was deleted, disrupting the layout and indivdual page headers and footers. Since these word.docs are not final, I want the space that was occupied with what was just deleted to remain - it may be used for a replacement paragraph or sentence later, or it will remain blank, which is OK. I want everything that was after the area of deletion to stay where it was originally. These word.docs are mega-important, and ASAP turnaround is required. I currently have 10, which will become 14, and later 18. Using the enter /backspace /delete keys to shift things back to their original locations, or to restore some aesthetically OK appearance (and re-working headers / footers) is becoming increasingly time consuming and burdensome. In short, I want the word.docs to behave as if each page is a separate compartment - deleting a paragraph in one page will not affect the text layout & header/footers of any subsequent pages. If anyone can provide a solution, or anything that can at least mitigate this problem, I would sincerely appreciate it. I have researched this issue without success. PS - I inherited these word.docs from prior users, and re-building from scratch won't be an option due to time constraints. Thanks in advance for any replies. Tag: Drop down options in a form Tag: 89006
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I have a form with a drop down box. Inside the box I have 3 options (yes,
no, n/a). Before anyone choses an option, the first option (yes) is the one
that shows. How can I make it so that the cell is blank with just an arrow
beside it before someone choses one of the 3 options.

I hope I asked this clearly enough.

Thank you

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Re: Drop down options in a form by Suzanne

Suzanne
Fri Apr 21 17:04:26 CDT 2006

Add a fourth item at the top that's blank (a single space will do, I think).

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"cate" <cate@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I have a form with a drop down box. Inside the box I have 3 options (yes,
> no, n/a). Before anyone choses an option, the first option (yes) is the
one
> that shows. How can I make it so that the cell is blank with just an arrow
> beside it before someone choses one of the 3 options.
>
> I hope I asked this clearly enough.
>
> Thank you

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