Allen Wyatt's WordTips

Unable to Edit Document with Embedded Fonts

2009-06-27T01:04:00-08:00

What are you to do if you embed fonts in a document and then someone else cannot make changes to that document? Chances are good that this scenario has to do with the characteristics of the fonts you are embedding. Here are some things to check out.

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Noting Changes at the Left of the Text

2009-06-27T01:03:00-08:00

The Track Changes feature allows you to easily see where changes have been made in a document. Resolve those changes, and you can' no longer see where the changes were. If you want to still note where changes once existed, you may be in for a lot of manual work.

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Finding Long Lines

2009-06-27T01:02:00-08:00

Word is very dynamic in how it "flows" text from one line to another and one page to another. In most cases we are willing to allow Word to do its job in this area. In some situations, however, you may need to know if a paragraph has flowed to a new line so that you can "force" it to fit all on one line. Making this determination is not as easy as you might like.

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Determining the Upper Bounds of an Array

2009-06-27T01:01:00-08:00

When working with variables in a macro, you may need to know the upper boundary dimension for an array. This can be discovered by using the UBound function, described in this tip.

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Help Wanted: Program Opens without the Desired Document

2009-06-27T01:00:00-08:00

On occasion I'll select a Word 2007 document from the recent documents list in Windows. Word 2007 then loads, but the document itself won't open. Why is this?

-Ed Pomelear

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Underlining Tabs In Numbered Lists

2009-06-20T01:04:00-08:00

When Word creates an automatically numbered list, it removes some of your formatting flexibility. One thing you can't seem to format is the space after the number and the period and before the start of your text. There are ways around this dilemma, however.

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Saving AutoText Entries with Each Document

2009-06-20T01:03:00-08:00

AutoText can be a great way to add consistent, common text to a document. Unfortunately you cannot save AutoText entries with an individual document. Instead, you need to focus on saving them in templates, as described in this tip.

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Using Cross-References in Footnotes

2009-06-20T01:02:00-08:00

Need to make a cross-reference from one footnote to another footnote? You can do it if you throw bookmarks into the mix, as described in this tip.

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Changing the Starting Page Number

2009-06-20T01:01:00-08:00

Word normally numbers pages in a document starting at one and extending as far as the number of pages you have. If you want, you can adjust a starting page number for any section in your document. It's easy to do, as explained here.

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