Questions tagged [microsoft-word]
This tag should be used for questions about the [software] "Word" from the company Microsoft and how you can achieve something with this software.
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Do LaTeX and Word measure linespace differently?
I wrote an essay in university. The guide said to use linespace 1.5. The example was written in Microsoft Word. I wrote my essay in LaTeX. I used the command \onehalfspacing. I got feedback that my ...
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Two documents, one reference list
I am using Endnote (20.4) to manage my references in Microsoft Word for Mac (16.65). I have two documents: the main text and supplemental materials. Both these documents will contain references, but ...
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Can Word be put in Writing Mode?
I think the title of this question deserves some explanation.
For a number of reasons I am using Microsoft Word, Office 365 version.
I subscribe to the writing versus editing technique. I clear my ...
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Adding carons and diacritics to Greek letters in MS Word
When writing in Microsoft Word, is there a way to put carons and similar diacritics above Greek letters like in Latin? Simply inserting them seems to place them slightly to the side, either left or ...
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In Microsoft Word outlines, is it possible to set an outline level for topic sentences?
Can topic sentences be outlined in MS word after the full text has been written? I would like to use Word's outline feature to revise a paper. I need to work on the first sentences of the paragraphs....
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How do I fix this automatic indentation in listing?
I listed items but somehow it starts automatically indenting. I faced similar problems earlier and somehow they always start at number 10. How do I fix this?
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Microsoft Word Formatting issue with KDP (How to move titles in the middle of the page?)
I have my nicely formatted word file to upload to the KDP page for Kindle publishing. When I launch the preview the titles are too high up on the page. This is not a problem for chapter titles, since ...
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How can I prevent MS Word from reducing the size of my vector equations?
I want to write "a vector" times "b vector" for making an orthogonal projection formula in MS Word.
I use Equation Mode, but every time I do that, the size of "a vector" ...
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How can I add an hyphen to the chapter titles of my index without adding it to the titles of the actual chapters?
I'm going to give you an example, just for clarity (I'm using Word). Here is what I'd like my index titles to look like:
Chapter 1 - The Great Return
Chapter 2 - Lucy's Dinner
etc...
Whereas the ...
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How can I randomly replace only a few words (not all) in Microsoft Word?
How can I replace, say, 250 out of 1000 words in Microsoft Word?
For example, 'happy' is written about 1000 times in my document. I want to replace only 250 of them with the word 'joy'.
So is there a ...
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SharePoint Visual Studio Workflow Only Works The First Time [closed]
Hoping someone has some direction on solving the following issue.
I have a workflow, which changes the name of a SharePoint document based on the selected content type ID.
The workflow is set to run ...
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Should multiple chapters share the same page?
Now that my memoir is published, I notice how there are multiple chapters beginning sharing the same page that the previous chapter ended on. I don't like how it looks at all. Looking at other author'...
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Microsoft Word - Citation button greyed-out
I am doing a Practical Assessment Task for high school, and we have to use citations. I have a problem however, after page four, I am unable to use citations. The button is greyed-out. Any ideas?
This ...
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How to change color of all edits to red in word? I dont want to switch back to red each time I make an edit
I am editing an existing doc, I want to make all my edit as red (or any different color). What I am doing right now, I made edit and then reach out to fonts and change color each time I change ...
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Multiple hyperlinks
I'm writing a paper using Microsoft Word that must have all figures in Appendices. I have found myself in this situation: I use one figure to define multiple concepts, I have created multiples ...
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In microsoft word I want to show more information in the citation
I have a citation in a word doc and want to show more information in the reference text on the page.
So we have
I want to change (Heymann,2020) to "Heymann, D. (2020, May 4). Malaria"
I have ...
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MS Word correct the style of footnotes
I am having an issue with a bad documents that one of my colleague formatted. The footnotes appear to have a Return too much...
I tried clicking everywhere around the area to be able to modify ...
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Is there a way to make MS Word or LO Writer to automatically indent paragraphs in a section except for the first paragraph?
I would like to make a style in MS Word or LO Writer that will leave the first paragraph of a section or chapter (i.e. anything that follows a heading) unindended, but indent all the paragraphs that ...
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MS Word: images and lists break paragraph formatting
I've set up styles so that my paragraphs under level 4 headings stick together. To this end, I've set "Widow/Orphan control", "Keep with next", and "Keep lines together" for both the 4th heading style ...
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How can I add dynamic images to page headers based on headlines?
Version: Microsoft Word 2016
Here you can see, that my headline 9 (and all other headlines, too) have an image as part of the headline and the headline is also displayed in the page header.
Everything ...
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How to use special characters in footnote numbering within Word
I'm using Microsoft Word 2016 for formatting my paper. I'm trying to use different footnote numbering sequences for the title page and main body. More specifically, I want to use special characters ...
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Different header numbering formats in a document
I am writing a document with several chapters. Each chapter title uses heading 1 and the chapters have the numbers 1 to 8.
All chapters are using header 1 so that I can build a table of contents.
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Foreign words break spellchecking
I am writing a text with a lot of foreign words, and MS Word complained that there were too many ‘errors’ and stopped checking spelling. Is there a way to force spellchecking? (Short of creating a ...
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Does software exist to easily markup technical documents as audio scripts?
Inspired by this question: Is there a need for better software for writers? I have an IDE¹ related question about software that can assist writers.
Is there a tool to (easily) turn technical ...
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Problems with picture alignment in Microsoft Word - which other DTP software can I use?
I have been struggling to write a book on my 14 years research. I have used Microsoft Word exclusively, but I have a problem that the book uses lots of pictures, sometimes six per page and this is ...
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How to convert APA style citations (Coley et al 2004) to IEEE format [1]?
I have a journal article with citations in APA format (e.g. Coley et al 2004) and I need to convert them to the IEEE format (represented with numbers, such as [1]), which are then listed at the bottom ...
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Git plugins for MS Word?
Is anyone aware of a plugin for MS Word that allows me to keep my documents in a git repository (gitlab compatibility would be even better)? I'm aware that git diffs won't be very meaningful, merges ...
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Can I use LaTeX in a fictional code-weaving?
I'm working on a magic system that works with weaving types of power. The most commonly used power source is a magical code. I'm trying to base this code off of latex. LaTeX is a math code that is ...
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Printing a book in word - double sided, multiple pages on one sheet
I want to print a mini book, of about 8 pages, one one sheet. It should be something along the lines of this, which I have tried. But this is not double sided, so when you are done, you see blank ...
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How do I remove Nikkud (vowel marks) from a Word 2016 document?
I am working on a commentary on Ethics of the Fathers and I want readers to be able to read sources I'm quoting in their original Hebrew. I am getting most of my sources from sefaria.org and ...
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Does Microsoft Word give a correct Word Count?
I am writing a novel on Microsoft Word 2016. Does it give a correct word count that I can tell to my publisher?
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What font should I use to write alien language?
In my story, I'm using the font WingDings to represent the language for the alien race.
Should I be using something different or am I ok with using WingDings to represent a constructed language? Any ...
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MS Word -- free or low cost options? Comments/Track changes?
My Office365 subscription expired recently, and I don't have the money now to renew.
But I may have a writing/editing gig coming up which involves MS Office. I already have LibreOffice, but I don't ...
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What is the line spacing in novels?
I don't mean in a manuscript or submission or anything like that--I mean in the actual novels we read. I googled it and keep getting different answers. In all the publishers I like--New Directions, ...
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Manuscript Format in Microsoft Word
I plan to write a novel, but before I do so, I need to know if Microsoft Word's manuscript format is accurate.
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Best place and software for a one-off, quick print of a book?
I have a book in Microsoft Word format which I would like printed as a book as a present for someone. It is predominately text with a few black and white photos. From what I see, perfect binding looks ...
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I need recommendations for what software can I use in writing my first story [closed]
Hi I'm new here and obviously I'm also just a beginner in writing a story. Actually, I'm gonna try to write a fictional story. So I will just ask if how do you start writing a story? Of course, this ...
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Format for electronic download sales: letter sized pdf okay?
I would like to self-publish a book and sell it through Amazon, and also make it available in a variety of electronic formats.
I recently bought a book for $35 as an electronic download from the ...
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Multiple continues references in Microsoft office word 2013
I'm writing a paper for IEEE using Microsoft office Word 2013. I want to use dynamic reference which is available in this version of Word. In a place of my article the references are similar to:
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Writing thesis paper: Grammar correction tool [closed]
I have been writing my master's thesis. My supervisor is helping me a lot to format and correct the spelling and grammar. But I think he has been using some Microsoft word addons which looks like the ...
