Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2005

I am having a bit of a snafu and am hopeful that someone here can give
me a hand.  I have a Word DOT template that was originally created in
MS Word 2003 for Windows and needs to be utilized on both Mac and
Windows systems.  The template includes a number of text boxes and

I also don't know how to send a bug report to MS Office for Mac team nut
would like to report one.
When we submit NIH grants (Word files), oftentimes we need to put
figures in it. The regular way is to make them in PowerPoint, copy and

Hi, I am an editor using Word for Mac, v 11.2; using comment bubbles
but not the name/dat/function feature. Queries inserted as comments are
not showing for some of my authors. I've tried getting them to View,
Comments (but often they don't have that setting); setting Prefs

I've created a style, but I want to use it in any/all docs that I open.
It seems like I would need to copy the style to each doc's template,
but that's a DRAG. Anyone know how to do this? Word Help is no help...
Jan

In recently switching from Windows to Tiger I've found that my footers
which printed fine on four different HP printers (Officejet 7410,
deskjet 450, and several laserjets) now results in "footer section is
outside the printable area of the page"  message on the same printers

I just installed Word 2004 and also changed my OS to OS10.4.2.
And I've been getting this  "sub or function error"
I checked my Normal template in (Documents/Microsoft User Data) and it
was

I have been sucessfully running Word x on my iMac. I just bought a new
iBook and the EULA states that you may use word on a portable device
also if the primary user is the same. But, when I tried to run it on my
iBook, I got an error message saying- this product is already licsenced

I am looking for an article on the basic layout of VBA. Maybe a map
would work. More specifically, when you edit a macro, there are 3
panels that open. The Projects, Properties, and the panel that says
Normal-NewMacros (code). The third one I have a handle on but the

How do I get Word to command my printer to print onto 3x5 cards (I'm
making a set of flashcards)? I can get word to layout in a 3x5 format;
however, when it commands the printer, for some reason it commands the
printer to print the material as if centered on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece ...

Is there some way I can stop Word from automatically converting words
such as organisation to organization? I have the language set to
English(AUS) but Word still insists on the incorrect spelling.
Peter

Does anybody know how to report a bug to Microsoft, regarding Microsoft
Office 2004?
Here's the bug that is driving our clients batty, who use Microsoft
Word to handle their transcription business:

I find that in some word documents that I have created on a PC in Windows
Word 2002, when I open them in Word:Mac 2004 version 11.2 (iMac G5 OSX
10.2.4) some of the images (not photos) come out as a "negative". I.e. What
should be black is white and vice versa.

I'm using office 2004 on my mac to create wedding invitations. When I
enter an ordinal, say "1st," the "st" should be superscripted. It is
not. So I went to the data source and auto formatted. All of my
ordinals became superscripted in that document. Great, or so I thought.

I am running Word 2004 11.2 which I reinstalled after updating to OS
10.4.2 on 1 GB RAM, PB 1.33 MHz. Also Menustrip which hides all
backgrounded but running apps. and Keyboard Maestro which enables me to
cycle through all open apps but in order of most recent use.

I'm writing fairly long documents using Word X. About every 10 to 20
minutes, Word will temporarily hang, with the spinning beachball. The
hang lasts for maybe 20 to 40 seconds (it varies). Then it's back.
Here's some relevant info: