Questions tagged [microsoft-office]
Application suite from Microsoft which includes always Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Depending on what edition of Microsoft Office you have you can also have OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access.
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What does Plain text e-mail document checkbox in Microsoft Word refer to? [duplicate]
Screenshot of AutoFormat DiagWhat does the Plain text e-mail documents refer to in Microsoft Word 2021? What does it do, and what is it used for?
I also notice that Outlook has the exact same setting....
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Hanging indents not working in PowerPoint
I am currently working on making an APA-7 formatted slideshow in PowerPoint. As part of that, I am required to include a reference list slide. To comply with the format, the reference list must have a ...
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What is Outlook 2021 MSO exactly?
A customer is having issues with an application sending emails through Outlook via MAPI. The Outlook version displays as 'Microsoft Outlook 2021 MSO (Version 16.0.15731.20822) 32-Bit'
What Office SKU ...
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MS Outlook keeps changing double quotes to chevron quotes
I’m using MS Office 365 for Small Business on Windows 11 (Slovenian language version). All updates regularly installed.
By default, Outlook’s AutoFormat As You Type setting changes double quotes "...
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Cursor moves back several words while composing messages in Outlook 365 desktop app
Just recently, the Outlook message compose interface started behaving strangely for me. As I'm typing, the visible cursor is constantly jumping back several words. When I type, the words still appear ...
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Powerpoint change picture without changing cropping area
My question is similar to this one posted on stackoverflow 9 years ago, viewed 17k times but closed because it should have been posted on superuser based on the comments. I didn't find this question ...
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Microsoft Office 2021 uninstall error "We're sorry, Something went wrong"
We have installed Office 2021 and we want to upgrade to Office 2024. Unfortunately the install Process won't uninstall Office 21 first, it just crashes with the Error that we need to uninstall Office ...
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How to export a docx to a pdf but keeping the current zoom value?
For any .docx file opened through MS Word (Office 365). If it has a specific zoom such as 130%.
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How to export a docx to a pdf but keeping the current zoom value?
Therefore in any place ...
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Missing Furigana / Phonetic Guide button in Excel
Like the title says, I am trying to add furigana to japanese Kanji but there is no such button in the font group, and if I manually add a custom group with the phonetic guides, or phonetic settings, ...
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excel keeps changing operators in multilingual sheet (Farsi for texts and English for numbers)
Excel keeps changing operators in multilingual sheet (Farsi for texts and English for numbers). For example when I try to type in "52.1429" it changes "." to a "/" and ...
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High Resource Consumption When Sharing MS Word Files on a Server
We are using MS Word to prepare some documents , save it on a server and then share it over the network to some users. (This is shared over an in-house application which is coded in VB.NET and uses ...
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What's this weird pixellated image I often see at the top of Microsoft Office windows?
The image is such poor quality it doesn't seem intentional. It looks more like marks on a screen. What's the purpose/intention of this?
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Using Shared channels to push a channel to multiple teams? Questions about permissions
We're trying again to setup a Teams environment for our company.
Our corporate structure is rather messy due to a couple of acquisitions and spin-off companies.
There are 5 companies altogether, each ...
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Read Aloud in Microsoft Word does not launch
In Microsoft Word, on the Review ribbon, clicking the 'Read Aloud' button does not open the Read Aloud controls or start the TTS.
System is running Windows 11 with up-to-date MSFT updates, office is ...
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How to repair corrupt .docx file
I tried many repair programs without success. Here is the file on Google Docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rUaVK0G6rBlgAf-Cu8fSkuhhDd406K8q/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=118096348047738996435&...
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Is there a way to disable the contact card that pops up when you hover over a contact in Outlook (2024)?
There's this annoying feature in MS Office Outlook (v 1.2024.903.200) on Windows where when you hover your mouse cursor over somebody's email address it opens up this big contact card that expands and ...
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I disabled automatic data conversion in Excel but my ID numbers are still converted to Scientific notation
Excel has the nasty habit of trying to be clever and consider any string of digits as a number. I deal a lot with data that include ID numbers and Phone numbers. These are text strings although they ...
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Changing the hanging indent changes the tab distance - how to prevent?
I have a hanging indent for a paragraph.
I then increase the hanging indent, and as a result of that, the tab distance changes as well, to match the hanging indent.
How can I prevent the tab distance ...
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MS Word - Keep AutoCorrect options unvaried through updates
I have most AutoCorrect options turned off in Microsoft Word. I intend the options available through: File -> Options -> Proofing -> AutoCorrect Options... , and then going through the ...
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Office online not respecting regional date setings
I work for a US based global organisation, and they host our Sharepoint. However, despite me setting local regional settings I am seeing that online regional settings are not being respected.
I ...
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How to get rid of the sign-in prompt for Microsoft Office 365?
Every time I open one of the Office 365 applications on my personal Windows 10 desktop, I get this sign-in prompt.
I'm already signed into Office 365 with my personal Microsoft account. This pop-up ...
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Windows 11 - Command Line Path - Microsoft Office 365, Edge, Chrome, FireFox [closed]
On my previous work issued laptops I have been able to use the Run prompt box or Command Line Prompt to launch Microsoft Office applications, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox using ...
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Microsoft Word Content Control Questions
I'm building multi-purpose templates in Microsoft Word. The documents have a fixed structure (e.g., the letterhead template—address block, salutation, body text, signature block) but each piece might ...
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Is there any way to improve the quality of a grow animation in PowerPoint?
I have a presentation that has a number of PNG images. They are of multiple pieces that fit together into a larger assembly. The presentation shows each piece individually and then I use some ...
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Microsoft Office "Add an Author" Popup Data
Where does Windows store its data to fill the PopUp List for the Add an Author field?
I have tried the Registry, the User/Roaming folder, some Outlook address or Contact list, but I've found nothing ...
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"Ignore internet and file addresses" not working in spellchecking options
In MS Word we have an option:
Office button > Word options > Proofing > Ignore internet and file
addresses
I have it checked but still get links flagged as typos with the squiggly line etc. ...
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Support Requested: Updating Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business on an Offline Server
We are currently using Windows Server 2019 with Microsoft Office 2019 Home & Business installed. Our server does not have internet connectivity, and we need to update Microsoft Office 2019 Home &...
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How to make Outlook close to tray
Is it possible to keep Outlook open in the tray when closing the main window (by clicking the X button/ALT+F4)?
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MS Excel graphs do not follow decimal separator setting
On my computer, I use a dot as a decimal separator. However, in one Excel sheet, I have to use comma as the separator. Therefore, I wrote a simple VBA script using events on opening and closing the ...
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Syncing Excel cells with Word table cells on SharePoint - Possible?
I have some Microsoft Office files on SharePoint:
An Excel file (.xlsm)
A Word document (.docx)
I want to create a table in the Word doc and have a block of its cells automatically sync with a ...
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How can I ensure that the text prints perfectly aligned with the lines on the paper?
I don't know how to use Word so I need a detailed step-by-step guide on how to make the text perfectly aligned both in the header and in the lines below it.
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Header approximately 1.5 cm
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With Microsoft switching to Aptos, what happens to the other ClearType fonts? [closed]
I've read that Microsoft has decided to change their default Office font — for running text — from Calibri to Aptos:
A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has arrived
But is this the ...
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Is it possible to show a different data series in the data table below a chart (for example, to show a percent growth rate)?
I have this dataset displayed in a PowerPoint chart. I have also calculated the simple percentage growth rate between Series 1 and Series 2 within each category. 19.7% for Category 1, -11.6% for ...
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How to Manually Update Microsoft Office 2021 on Windows Server 2019 Without Internet Access?
In our organization, we are using Windows Server 2019 and have installed Microsoft Office 2021. Our server lacks internet connectivity, and we need to update Microsoft Office 2021 to address several ...
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Preventing Image Compression in Outlook (or any other Office App) for MAC
On Windows it is possible to set Outlook (or any other Office app) to stop compressing images (see image below).
I have searched online and explored the setting but was not able to find a similar ...
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Office Pro Plus 2021 Retail via Office Deployment Tool install fails on Windows 11 23H2
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 Version 10.022621 (OS Build 22621.1848)
My windows setup is Local Account with full admin.
Office Pro Plus 2021 Retail
I have been trying for the last three days, including ...
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Include another Word document in a Word document given a relative path
I have a file main.docx in which I want to include the content of another word file, snippet.docx. I have been following various suggestions on this (e.g. here {INCLUDETEXT} does not work with the ...
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Change document icons for Excel files on Windows 11
I am using Office 2021 but installed OneNote from Office 2010 because I need this version for some legacy notes. Except for OneNote, I am using the new applications (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) in 2021.
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How to prevent Word on Mac OS X from deleting/renaming an already saved document?
I am using MS Word (Ver 16.77) on Mac OS X (Monterey, 12.1.1), with Mendeley Desktop plug-in to insert references.
I was making edits to an already saved file when Word crashed and deleted the file, ...
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Outlook 2016 migration from old laptop: How to skip creating account on first run?
I have a fresh installation of Office. Also I have a .pst file from my old laptop . My plan is to run Outlook 2016 and open the .pst file. Then my account will be imported from it. However, when I ...
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Enable the Microsoft Office LTSC PLUS 2024 add-on store without being an administrator
I installed Microsoft Office LTSC PLUS 2024 but apparently it doesn't let me use it with liberta without being an administrator, I would like to install add-ons, it tells me that it is disabled by the ...
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Excel takes a long time to open my file
it is approx 5 minutes to open similar (lil bit complex) files. but when i open it in my friend laptop it just open instantly (in secs). there must be something wrong with my microsoft excel.
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How do i remove numbers before text in excel
I want to remove numbers before questions in the column C
the column name is ***QUESTIONS***
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Calculate best possible lineup from a team of players using performance ratings in Libreoffice/Excel
I'm stuck at what I suppose is an optimization problem.
Here my spreadsheet is showing two tables, the one at the top displays the performance ratings of various players at different football ...
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How to set text boxes in a PowerPoint slide to appear and disappear after a set time for each of them
I have 3 text boxes in a PowerPoint slide. I want them to be appeared and disappeared automatically based on the timing.
TextBox-1:
Appear: At the beginning of the slide shows up.
Disappear: Never ...
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Cannot remove OneDrive files shared with links
I'm having a really frustrating problem with shared files in my OneDrive. I'm cleaning up some old files, and there are a few Word documents that I was sent using a link that I can't remove. They ...
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Hardware acceleration is making Microsoft Word glitch and lag. What can be done to fix it?
Microsoft Word is glitching so bad due to hardware acceleration being on.
Unfortunately there is no option to turn it off neither the registry trick worked. Disabling HW acceleration from Windows is ...
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Locate and/or reinstall link to MS Query in Excel 365
I have a small data querying and analysis team that uses Microsoft Query to pull data from an ODBC connection. We are running Microsoft 365 and tapping into data sources inside Excel. The ODBC data ...
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How to disable Windows S mode - while I think this laptop is not in S mode
This Lenovo laptop has Windows 11 Pro with all the latest updates. We use a VLSC license to install Office 2019 and this works for most of our laptops. Except this one. It says that I need to get out ...
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Need Help Migrating A Drop Down List From One Workbook To Another
I need some help migrating a drop down list and the data selected from that list to another workbook.
I have a list of people that need to be contacted each week, with an updated file that is sent to ...
