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looking for temp files or autorec in word. Autosave was turned off

Hi, I really really need desperate help. Am supposed to deliver my thesis next monday and just figured out that my last month's work is gone. Did not check the onedrive option in  new word app that I downloaded from the university server, becasue I…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
OneDrive
OneDrive
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
939 questions
OneDrive Management
OneDrive Management
OneDrive: A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
1,184 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
907 questions
asked 2023-02-10T22:23:34.7766667+00:00
hasrzap 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-06T08:07:58.07+00:00
XinGuo-MSFT 15,781 Reputation points
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Word legacy dropdown and textbox question

I have two word documents, one is a list of item definitions and the other is a form. I need to create a combo box on the form with a list of items, when an item is selected, I need for the definition to be displayed on the form. How do I link the two…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-03-03T12:54:22.0733333+00:00
shaun Fisher 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-06T06:56:44.03+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Accessing other enumerations in Word VBA

I would like to know more about accessing other enumerations, for example: Spelling not in dictionary enumeration as demonstrated in this screenshot below.

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-02-25T09:47:28.6233333+00:00
John 426 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-05T09:06:03.9433333+00:00
Stefan Blom 2,131 Reputation points MVP
2 answers

Is it possible to customize a built-in contextual-tab using the Ribbon designer?

In a core-tab like "TabHome" it works as expected, but in a contextual-tab (tools tab) like "TabHeaderAndFooterToolsDesign", my group doesn't show up on the screen. (Maybe it's because this tab doesn't load immediately upon loading…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
907 questions
asked 2023-02-25T19:06:18.75+00:00
Eli 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-03T15:27:55.3766667+00:00
John Korchok 5,156 Reputation points
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question pertaining to the binary compound file format

Hello, I am working off of the specification for compound binary files found here: https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-cfb/53989ce4-7b05-4f8d-829b-d08d6148375b When attempting to parse a conforming document, I noted that the…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Windows Open Specifications
Windows Open Specifications
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
40 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-03-01T00:47:07.82+00:00
Justin Ferguson 5 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-03T12:39:43.94+00:00
Sreekanth Nadendla 401 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Digital Signature date format dd-mm to dd-mmm within Office Apps

Hi Team, We use Microsoft Digital Signature and Certificates to digitally sign our documents. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/digital-signatures-and-certificates-8186cd15-e7ac-4a16-8597-22bd163e8e96 Problem We have staff in the US and the…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,436 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,653 questions
asked 2023-02-07T17:33:16.0233333+00:00
AMM 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-03T10:16:11.9533333+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Word document with custom bullet styles cannot be edited in Word for the web

We have a few word (.docx) documents that we have generated some styles with custom bullets for using open-xml. When we distribute these to users who are using Word on the web and they open these documents they cannot edit them. When they try to edit…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-02-28T19:28:04.6+00:00
Kofi Holdbrook-Smith 25 Reputation points
accepted 2023-03-03T08:28:01.0333333+00:00
Kofi Holdbrook-Smith 25 Reputation points
1 answer

La suppression des zones rognées ne diminue pas la taille du fichier word (2019 pro et 365 )

Bonjour, Dans la compression des images, j'ai sélectionné "toutes les images", "supprimer les zones de rognages", et 96dpi. Dans les options avancées, j'ai coché "ignorer les modifications" Procédure décrite…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
asked 2023-03-02T10:18:46.0233333+00:00
jean luc dG 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-03T06:49:30.49+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

How do I Unlock a file in Microsoft Word

I just purchased Microsoft Word.  Before I get into the steps I have taken so far, I will cut the the proverbial chase.  The first file I have opened in the newly purchased Microsoft Word is locked and I can not edit it. I had created the file with Open…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
asked 2023-03-01T20:30:15.04+00:00
William Thompson 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-02T20:20:02.8366667+00:00
Charles Kenyon 2,781 Reputation points
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How to Show the Ruler in Microsoft Office 365 Word offline ?

How to Show the Ruler in Microsoft Office 365 Word offline ?

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
4,217 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,436 questions
asked 2023-02-20T20:03:04.46+00:00
ahmad najdawi 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-02T10:06:52.0166667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Edit with word in Edge

How can I edit local pages in word from Edge? Like it was possible in Explorer. Like in the picture ...

Microsoft Edge
Microsoft Edge
A Microsoft cross-platform web browser that provides privacy, learning, and accessibility tools.
2,223 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
asked 2023-02-20T11:29:36.1466667+00:00
hansepia 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-02T10:05:37.4+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers

Need help with .txt file

Hi, I have a file .txt, I opened it with Word and added some comments and highlighted a lot of text, I kept on saving all the changes. But when I closed the file and re-opened it all the changes dissappeared and I have the same file which I had before…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
asked 2023-02-24T09:37:50.97+00:00
Ankit Kumar Patel 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-02T00:49:55.5633333+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points
1 answer

"Could not create the work file” error in Office

When clicking on a word document in Windows Explorer user gets a pop up that reads "Word could not create the work file” check the temp environment variable." This is not during saving it is just clicking. I did find…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,436 questions
asked 2023-02-27T21:50:32.1166667+00:00
E A 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-02T00:46:55.2866667+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points
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Excel linked content in word doesn't automaticaly update anymore

Hi Everyone ! I'm having a problem with links between an excel sheet and a word document. Here is the situation : I manage the professional library of the company : process, formation guides, etc. We mainly use Word documents. In these…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
1,653 questions
SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
10,151 questions
asked 2023-02-01T10:02:00.8666667+00:00
Rongvaux, Jonathan 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-01T10:03:00.5466667+00:00
Yanli Jiang - MSFT 23,266 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Updated writeProtection logic

Hi, it looks like MS have changed how the writeProtection element (one definition found https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.wordprocessing.writeprotection?view=openxml-2.8.1) behaves in Word documents. Prior to Word 365…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
4,217 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Open Specifications
Office Open Specifications
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Open Specifications: Technical documents for protocols, computer languages, standards support, and data portability. The goal with Open Specifications is to help developers open new opportunities to interoperate with Windows, SQL, Office, and SharePoint.
127 questions
asked 2023-02-06T09:05:15.8266667+00:00
midget 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-02-28T18:54:58.3433333+00:00
Tom Jebo 1,991 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

doesn't word automatically open a doc/docx file when I double click on a file

Why doesn't word automatically open a doc/docx file when I double click on a file? Only the program opens without the content of the document (greyed out). You can only open a file through the word open menu and selecting the file from the list of…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
asked 2023-02-21T13:28:33.7966667+00:00
Andrzej Wysocki 26 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-28T07:24:10.2+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

OLe automation for Word in Office 2021 click-to-run

Currently out software support Word processing through OLE automation in office 365 and it works fine. Now client want to use Click-to-Run(CTR) version of MS office 2021 and we are not sure if our application will work or not. Can some help me find out…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
907 questions
asked 2023-02-22T12:27:04.3833333+00:00
Gautam Parekh 20 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-28T00:54:40.7233333+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points
1 answer

How to fill form fields in Word automatically with pywin32 in python?

I have a little problem to solve, but I don´t get an acceptable solution. I try to have a script that automaticcaly fills in FormFields in Word with entries of dictionaries. So far I used pywin32 for that task and somehow I managed to find a solution…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-02-23T13:04:05.2433333+00:00
Jammmme 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-27T11:29:33.0633333+00:00
Alan Farias 750 Reputation points
1 answer

New to this, need template for membership cards

We are a non-profit, Veteran program and we had to start a memberships. It is once a year or lifetime. We really need to find something that is easy to use but still can have ll their information on the card. We have thought about having their picture on…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Windows Small Business Server
Windows Small Business Server
A family of Microsoft server products with messaging and collaboration, security-enhanced internet access, protected data storage, reliable printing, faxing, and the ability to run line-of-business applications. Replaced by Windows Server Essentials.
40 questions
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10 Network
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
2,300 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,058 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
907 questions
asked 2023-02-18T07:08:36.24+00:00
rachel ferguson 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-02-27T10:18:53.6333333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 23,351 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Printing out a complete list of nouns, adjectives, adverbs, or verbs

I would like to know more about how the Synonym Info class works. I had wanted to buy more books on Word VBA, but it would be too expensive. Can anyone provide me some examples?

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
736 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
3,684 questions
asked 2023-02-24T08:34:42.3+00:00
John 426 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-02-27T01:34:42.39+00:00
Emily Hua-MSFT 27,581 Reputation points