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Page X of Y doesn't work in Microsoft Word!
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Word for Word Perfect Users
Favorite Documents Menu
Work Menu in Microsoft Word
Spell Check Dialog Instead of Editor
Templates Menu in Microsoft Word
What books have been recommended about Microsoft Word?
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Questions:

  1. How do I make a template? What is a template? What is Normal.dot?
  2. How can I get a different header/footer on the second (and subsequent) page(s)?
  3. How can I change the default font from Times Roman New 10pt (12pt) to something else?
  4. Page X of Y doesn't work!  
     
  5. How can I create a Word document that can't be copied (or modified)?

  6. How do I insert a date? Why does it (not) change when I re-open the document?
  7. What are some good books for me to read about Word?
  8. How can I get rid of that ^$#*@& paperclip?
  9. How can I get rid of the web toolbar?
  10. Why doesn't Word's Fonts list show all of the fonts I have installed in Windows?
  11. What are some basic tips for someone who is converting from Word Perfect?
  12. How can I best use the Master Document feature?
  13. Word 2K - How can I keep Word from opening separately for every document? 

  14. How do I use (What is) the Work menu? 

  15. I would like a menu (like the Work Menu) for my favorite templates. How can I add one?
  16. How can I print out a booklet?
  17. What are some common errors that people make using Word?

  18. I see a macro in a newsgroup I would like to try. How do I add it to my template?
  19. I have customized Word and want to move / share my macros / toolbars / styles / AutoText / AutoCorrect and keyboard assignments. How can I do this?
     
  20. The message keeps popping up when I close Word: Do you want to save changes to the global template - Normal.dot?
     
  21. Smart or Curly Quotes / Straight Quotes I want to change my AutoFormat as You Type options
  22. I see the designation "MVP" when I read articles or see postings in the Microsoft Newsgroups. What is an MVP? 

  23. What are the posting suggestions for the Word news groups? 

  24. Where can I find more information about Word on the Web?  

 

 Introduction

This FAQ is maintained (lightly) by me, Charles Kenyon. I am not an expert at any of this but read a lot. The questions and answers come from the various newsgroups on Word. Corrections to the FAQ (or additions) can be sent to word FAQ at Add Balance. Unless otherwise indicated the answers here are for Word 97-2016 (and probably apply to Word 95, 98 & 2K). I believe that the answers as to page numbers, headers & footers, and dates apply to all versions of Word released within the since Word 95. If I'm wrong please let me know.

This FAQ is posted in the spirit of "giving forward." I am a trial lawyer and this is a hobby for me. I am not an "MVP" on the Microsoft Word newsgroups. (I am constantly humbled by their combined expertise and willingness to help others.) While I read much of my e-mail, I don’t respond to it all, and often am untimely in my responses to those I do respond to. (I usually receive more than 50 e-mails a day.) My failure to respond to many of these is not intended to be rude, it is just a fact of life in my life. Since my clients are depending on me (and paying me) to attend to their problems, they take priority over my hobbies.

The suggestions herein are “as is” and without any warranty.

A brief version of this FAQ was regularly posted on a number of the newsgroups on Microsoft Word.

This FAQ is cursory. A number of fine (and more extensive) FAQ web pages are out there and you are encouraged to check them out (see Web Resources for Microsoft Word for URLs).

Also, the answers to most of your questions are in the Help screens that came with Word - if you can only find the right screen. Try using the office assistant (that ^$#*@& paperclip) in Word 97-2003 and help in Word 2007-2010!

 

Menu trees:

In this FAQ menu tree selections are indicated by the vertical bar ( | ).

Format | Paragraph means choose Paragraph from the Format menu.

Format | Paragraph | Line Breaks and Spacing (tab) means click on the “Line Breaks and Spacing” tab of the Format Paragraph Dialog box.

Over the next several months I will be switching this FAQ to use of arrows in place of the vertical bars. Sorry for any confusion this may cause.

Format => Paragraph means choose Paragraph from the Format menu.

Format => Paragraph => Line and Page Breaks (tab) means click on the “Line and Page Breaks” tab of the Format Paragraph Dialog box.

 

 

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Using Date Fields in Microsoft Word
Calculated Dates
Booklet Formatting and Printing in Microsoft Word
Changing the Default Font in Microsoft Word
Document linked to Printer in Microsoft Word
Fonts Missing from Menu in Microsoft Word
How can I get a different header / footer on the second page?
Heading? Header? Microsoft Word Help
More on Headers and Footers in Word
Letterhead
I want the filename in the footer of every document.
Margins Missing - White Space
Mapped Content Controls and Document Properties
Moving/Reorganizing Pages in Microsoft Word
Print Preview in Microsoft Word
Weird Lines and Borders
Macros and VBA
Malicious Macros vba in Microsoft Word
Master Documents Feature in Microsoft Word
A Back CoverPage in Microsoft Word
Normal Template in Microsoft Word - How to Open or Find the Normal Template
My docs open in the wrong program! Re-registering Word using the commandline.
Moving (Sharing) Customizations in Microsoft Word
Global StyleSheet?
MVP means?
Naming Files - A System is the Key
Posting tips in the Microsoft Word Forums
Getting rid of that (*)#"@^ paperclip! - Taming the Office Assistant
Page X of Y doesn't work in Microsoft Word!
Save Changes to the Global Template? Keeps Popping Up
Templates in Microsoft Word
Global Templates
Too Many Icons on the Taskbar in Microsoft Word 2000
Getting Rid of the Web Toolbar in Microsoft Word
Word for Word Perfect Users
Favorite Documents Menu
Work Menu in Microsoft Word
Spell Check Dialog Instead of Editor
Templates Menu in Microsoft Word
What books have been recommended about Microsoft Word?
Where can I find more templates?
Word Links

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