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IT sometimes does not work in template -- Kgap 2008-Aug-28 Pressing the spacebar once after the expansion or -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-28

question about right clincking to copy and paste -- Kgap 2008-Aug-28 You have to highlight something first for cut/copy/paste -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-28

spacing in MS Word 2000 -- vamt 2008-Aug-28 Turn on formatting marks to see what may be there. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-28

Working with Word 2007, Vista -- Arlene 2008-Aug-26 Blue background with white font is no longer available in 2007. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-26 Working with Word 2007, Vista -- Arlene 2008-Aug-26 Yes, you can change the background and text colors for Word and they -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-27

Lag time before Word document opens - sm -- susan22 2008-Aug-25 Many things can cause Word to open slowly. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-26

Help setting advisory lines in ExText -- Erin 2008-Aug-21 How are you setting the number of advisory lines? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-21 Advisory lines -- Erin 2008-Aug-21 Yes, in the Link Options, click on each application, then set lines. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-22 Thank you! -- Erin 2008-Aug-22

Toolbars . . . -- Betty JoT 2008-Jul-17 Did you try opening Word in safe mode, then reopen the normal way? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-18 View/format -- Betty JoT 2008-Aug-18

window split -- Kgap 2008-Aug-06 F6 and Shift + F6 will jump between split screens. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-06 split screen -- Kgap 2008-Aug-17

Formatted entries not holding when pasting from Word into Meditech. -- bonniean 2008-Aug-11 Repost this in the IT forum Support section. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-11

copying text without table format -- Enjoli 2008-Aug-05 There's no setting to change. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Aug-06

Minimizing Word 2003 -- ASPOCH 2008-Jul-30 The minimize button on the Word screen sends -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-30

error when trying to install Word 2000 on new computer (XP) -- Maro 2008-Jul-16 Are you inserting the Windows installation CD when asked to? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-18 sorry I haven't answered sooner -- Maro 2008-Jul-30 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) should be on the label. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-30

ordering new computer -- Kgap 2008-Jul-27 I run Word 2007 on Vista with no problem. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-27 word 2007 and Vista with IT -- Kgap 2008-Jul-28 Word's Help file has instructions for searching through multiple files -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-28 searching -- Kgap 2008-Jul-28 Alt + F4 will close Word and save all open documents -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-29

carbon copy -- Kgap 2008-Jul-24 See Cheryl's Articles above for cc in AutoCorrect. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-24 cc: -- Kgap 2008-Jul-28

indenting issues in impression -- Kgap 2008-Jul-16 indenting issues -- Kgap 2008-Jul-16 The proper way to achieve this kind of numbering is -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-18 indenting issues -- Kgap 2008-Jul-24

Word margins and printer/fax drivers question -- iaksma 2008-Jul-23 You have no control over the receiving fax software -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-23 Thanks Cheryl. And - bummer! nm -- iaksma 2008-Jul-23

Using Word 2007 -- met558 2008-Jul-08 Using Word 2007 -- nlh 2008-Jul-19

Problem with Word 2007 and glossary entries using command backspace -- stephcolo 2008-Apr-18 Please post this on the IT board. Also explain which -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Apr-18 I'm new to IT and to MS word, but -- Kgap 2008-Jul-11 You can use the Singles glossary for "with" -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-13 thank you.... -- Kgap 2008-Jul-15

smartype disabled on less privileged accounts on windows xp -- mudfish 2008-Jul-14 You need to check with the one who has admin rights. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-14 follow-up -- mudfish 2008-Jul-15 Are you saying you have two profiles on the same machine? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-15 finally gets it done! -- mudfish 2008-Jul-15

Line numbers for viewing only, tabs (decimal, margin adjustments, plus -- Betty JoT 2008-Jul-12 Are you referring to the tab boxes on the ruler -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-13 tab boxes on the ruler -- Betty JoT 2008-Jul-14 Do you have a backup of your normal.dot you can transfer over? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-14 Backup nomal.dot -- Betty JoT 2008-Jul-14 System Restore does not affect documents or templates, -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-15 safe mode . . . -- Betty JoT 2008-Jul-15

template save ? -- KC MT 2008-Jul-09 Are there any fields in the template that are updating -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-13

Looking to jump 1 page up or down. -- Kgap 2008-Jul-11 Word works in an entirely different way than WP5.1 -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jul-13

Ahhhhhh. Just imported my PRD into Instant Text and it changed -- Kgap 2008-Jul-11 fixed it... -- Kgap 2008-Jul-11

Keyboard command -- jonfer 2008-Jun-24 Ctrl + Left Arrow will jump back one word. Hold down on -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-24 keyboard command -- jonfer 2008-Jun-24 Yes, there are a several key combos that will achieve the same thing. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-25

Is there a key combination to take me backward to an F11 "stop"? SM -- Barbara Zeidler 2008-Jun-24 Shift + F11 will go back to previous fields. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-24 Upon trying, it takes me back to the "check box form field" and passes -- Barbara Zeidler 2008-Jun-24 I did a test with a check box field and -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-24 This morning it works! Must have hit the wrong key combo yesterday. -- Barbara Zeidler 2008-Jun-25 Thanks for coming back and saying what worked. You may have -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-25

COPYING AUTOCORRECT -- jonana831 2008-Jun-23 Add an AutoCorrect entry on the old machine, -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-24

MS Word File conversion problem -- gladysg 2008-Jun-16 Does this happen with all files you attempt to open or specific files? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-16 Just files saved in my saved documents folder. sm -- gladysg 2008-Jun-16 Do you get the same result when you open documents in other folders? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jun-16

Autocorrect problem -- Kelly Weaver 2008-May-30 AutoCorrect is limited to approximately 7,000 entries. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-May-30 RE: Autocorrect -- kelly weaver 2008-May-30 It sounds more like it's time to invest in a -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-May-30

Word 2002 -- JB 2008-May-22 Word 2002 problem -- stteardrop 2008-May-22 Word 2002 spellchecker problem -- JB 2008-May-22 Reinstalling your spellchecker. -- stteardrop 2008-May-24 RE: Word 2003 problem -- LauraC 2008-May-23

Auto Correct in Word 2003 -- Julia 2008-May-22 Have you contacted ChartScript tech support? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-May-23

macros not saving -- met558 2008-Mar-16 Click the debug button to find out where the exact error is in your -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-16 Finding paths -- ERuthK 2008-Apr-23

MS Word 2002 documents slow to open after adding macros -- Debbie 2008-Mar-03 You might try putting those macros in a separate template -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-03 Normal.dot is 109 KB after adding macros -- Debbie 2008-Mar-03 Copied old normal.dot back without macros and still slow -- Debbie 2008-Mar-04 CRSDK32 is a Collins Dictionary add-in. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-04 I copied the CRSDK32 to a disc and deleted it from my hard drive. -- Debbie 2008-Mar-04 Working directly on documents on a disk is well known to -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-04 I only work on documents on my hard drive. I only tried opening one -- Debbie 2008-Mar-04 You need to contact Stedman's tech support. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-04 Okay, I will work on the uninstalling and reinstalling of the Stedman' -- Debbie 2008-Mar-04 There are many things that can cause this problem. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-04 It was the printer driver. -- Debbie 2008-Mar-15

Word template is very slow to open -- di 2008-Feb-28 If the problem is only with these specific templates, -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-28 some more info... -- di 2008-Feb-28 Need more clarification. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-28 more info... -- di 2008-Mar-01 Have you tried creating a new template? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-01 yes, tried creating new templates.... -- di 2008-Mar-01 What are the exact steps you take to -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-01 Opening templates to create a doc -- di 2008-Mar-01 What steps are you taking, as in -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-01 steps I take.... -- di 2008-Mar-03 Do you have the same problem if Word is open? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-03 more.... -- di 2008-Mar-03 Your version and RAM are fine. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-03 sent it to another computer... -- di 2008-Mar-04 Are the exact same programs running on both computers? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-04 figured it out..... -- di 2008-Mar-14 Thanks for letting us know what the problem was. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-14

Making templates repeat on subsequent pages -- mandi 2008-Mar-11 You need to copy/paste your text on subsequent pages and -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-11 Thanks....was hoping there was "trick". -- mandi 2008-Mar-12 There are several tricks, but not without some input from you. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-12

Word 2003 - Unknown keystrokes are causing documents be read only.... -- iaksma 2008-Mar-06 A quicker key combo to save is Ctrl + S. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-06

Short cut ExText problem -- Jo-Anne 2008-Mar-05 autocorrects -- nevadagal 2008-Mar-05

Importing other expander to Instant Text -- anita 2008-Mar-04 Call Instant Text tech support direct. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Mar-05

Expansion repeat problem -- alfie 2008-Feb-08 Need more details. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-08 Tabs -- alfie 2008-Feb-08 I can't duplicate your problem. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-08 Hanging indents -- alfie 2008-Feb-09 The hanging indent stays for me under the S. Expand your entry -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-09 I managed to duplicate your problem. Add the command -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-09 Ctrl-Q -- alfie 2008-Feb-22 You could add a backspace command at the end since you can't -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-22

Shift-Alt-D command causing us problems - what about this macro? -- Kerri 2008-Feb-18 It should stay a constant unless you are modifying an -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-18 Just to make sure I understand you correctly -- Kerri 2008-Feb-18 No, the date macro itself does not insert a field. If you are -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-18

Can't delete text in MS Word -- DeniseW 2008-Feb-15 Check with IT tech support. This shortcut is built-in to IT and -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Feb-18

Word 2007 saved as Word 97 - 2003 problem -- mcrosbie 2008-Jan-29 Did the document you saved down to 97-2003 contain any macros? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-29 Yes the documents did contain macros -- mmcrosbie 2008-Feb-01

Autotext/autocorrect entries Word 2003 -- deegees 2008-Jan-18 Which expander are you using? Have you done a full search -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-18 Autotext/autocorrect entries Word 2003 -- deegees 2008-Jan-18 Word also adds a period when I type admin and a space, as well as -- deegees 2008-Jan-18 AutoText does not expand with the spacebar. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-19 I do not have any other expander programs besides SmartType and -- deegees 2008-Jan-19 When you open the AutoCorrect dialog box and -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-19 Nope. -- deegees 2008-Jan-19 Smartype is known to not work well with Word 2003 -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-19 My bad! I don't have Smartype, I have Speedtype. Does that make -- deegees 2008-Jan-19 I figured it out! I turned off the automatically use suggestions -- deegees 2008-Jan-19 Yes, that can be a dangerous setting, but Word does not -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-19

Line Counting -- tess 2008-Jan-08 Are these columns in a table? -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-08 Line Counting in MS Word -- tess 2008-Jan-10 In Tools/Word Count, divide the characters by 65. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-10 Line Counting -- tess 2008-Jan-11

just starting to use MS Word for windows 97 -- Kgap 2008-Jan-05 In Word 97 you need to go to the Window menu to -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-05 Thanks, I'll try that. Cheryl ..... Wondering if tips/techniques ... -- Kgap 2008-Jan-05 Tips 'N Techniques has helped many migrate from WP5.1 to Word. -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-05 Tried Alt + W, but it did not work to switch between documents in Word -- Kgap 2008-Jan-06 When you press Alt + W, can you use your down arrow key to -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-06

How to set canned text for multiple referral letters .(date, re: dear) -- Kgap 2008-Jan-05 For one long document, you can create AutoText entries or -- Cheryl Flanders 2008-Jan-05

Microsoft word 2003 -- Danacat 2007-Dec-28 You need to contact tech support for the program you are using -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Dec-30

(Word 2000) When numbering in paragraph format, is there a way to SM -- Flash 2007-Dec-21 Sorry, there is no automatic setting for this. -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Dec-21

Changing the settings for Normal -- MMCROSBIE 2007-Dec-12 You can make these changes to the normal.dot, but -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Dec-12 Changing the Normal.dot -- MMCROSBIE 2007-Dec-12 You can only save AutoText to specific templates (.dot files). -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Dec-12 I use Smartype for Word. -- MMCROSBIE 2007-Dec-12

Making Changes to the Normal template -- MMCROSBIE 2007-Dec-12

F11 key -- Ronda 2007-Nov-27 To check a key assignment, -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-27

Installed Word 2000 on new computer with Vista. Need help pls (sm) -- jinx 2007-Nov-25 If you don't ever plan to use 2007, uninstall it. -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-25 Found! Will uninstall/reinstall & copy files to same place. Thanks! nm -- jinx 2007-Nov-25 I'm back in business! Thanks very much, Cheryl. One more question (sm) -- jinx 2007-Nov-25 Works has always been known to conflict with Word, but I -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-26 OK, thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. nm -- jinx 2007-Nov-26

Create a log or list -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-09 The version of Word would not matter. -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-09 Log or List -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-09 What is the 3-letter extension on the download file? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-09 Log or list -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-10 That's more than likely an MS Word document. -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-10 log or list -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-10 Are you referring to a "switch" to change the formatting in a field? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-10 Log or List -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-10 How do you need the list? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-11 log or list -- DEEDEE 2007-Nov-11 You can use Paste Special/Unformatted Text to paste -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Nov-12

MSW ME to MSW XP conversion question -- Margaret 2007-Oct-30 Restore favorites where? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-30

first letters of words capitalized -- April 2007-Oct-19 Hitting Enter at the end of every line instead of -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-19

Auto Correct font change in closing . . . -- Betty Jo 2007-Oct-13 Is the Dr. Jones entry formatted text? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-13 AutoCorrect font change . . . -- Betty Jo 2007-Oct-13 Your abbreviation is in the Replace box, expansion is in With box. -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-13 AutoCorrect font . . . -- Betty Jo 2007-Oct-13 Plain text vs formatted -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-13 AutoCorrect font . . . -- Betty Jo 2007-Oct-13

Word Macros -- WordUser07 2007-Oct-12 Is everyone working with the same normal.dot file? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-12 same computer -- worduser07 2007-Oct-12 Have the shortcuts ever worked? -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Oct-13

Any way to retreive deleted Word docs? -- saguarosun 2007-Sep-30 If you saved and named the file, -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Sep-30

Pause feature in Word 2003 does not stay when save/retrieved -- dh 2007-Sep-23 Press Alt + F9 to toggle the field code view on -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Sep-23 A BIG HEARTY THANK YOU CHERYL -- dh 2007-Sep-23

pause function within text using MSWord 2003 -- dh 2007-Sep-23

extra spaces in finished text -- dh 2007-Sep-23 You can toggle nonprinting formatting marks on and off -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Sep-23 getting the extra space out of text -- dh 2007-Sep-23

Spellcheck and ignoring words with numbers and upper case. -- dbrown022859 2007-Sep-11 Settings not sticking can be an add-in issue or -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Sep-11 Update -- dbrown022859 2007-Sep-12

Creating directories with select entries from another -- Steph7006 2007-Sep-07 You may want to post this on the Instant Text forum for more replies -- Cheryl Flanders 2007-Sep-07