Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2006

In a mail merge where the outcome is a list of names and addresses
several pages long, how can I prevent the name and address for a record
from being separated by a page break?  I'd like to keep a record
together on the same page, without having to go back and adjust it

Help! The AutoCorrect smart button is SO annoying. Does anyone know how
to turn it off? It hides text and I don't want to see it again. Ever.

I just put two word documents of 2,5 mb and 3 mb together in one document,
changed the titles and the foot notes, and after a while I realised that the
document had increased to the size of 110 MB! Anybody has a clue what I
shouldn't have done, and how I can get back to a ...

Recently my computer started opening all new word documents in word pad.  If
I imported an existing word document it would be converted to word pad.  The
only way I could open it as a normal word document is to right click and hit
"open with...'" then choose word.  How do I reset ...

I received today a few Word files containing images in the header from a
Windows user fellow worker.
These images are logos but I can only see a black or grey box. I have had
this problem in the past with Powerpoint and submitted a notice on the

I work in a sales office with agents who have limited Word knowledge and
skills.  We are in the process of updating all of our sales forms and need to
set them up as templates.  The documents have been saved as .dot and I've set
the server up to include these files as templates ...

Hello--
I'm a newbie to the group & somewhat to MS Word. Is there a simple way
to highlight a list of names and sort it by the second word (i.e. the
last name)? I've only found a sort function that works on the first

I'm trying to set up a mail merge where my main document starts off
with the following code...
{ IF { MERGEFIELD Name } <> "" "{ MERGEFIELD Name }" "" } { IF {
MERGEFIELD Name } <> "" "

Boy, I can't figure out how to get clipart from microsoft.com into the clip
art gallery in Word. With Word open, I clicked on Insert/Picture/Clip Art. I
clicked Online button, selected several Microsoft clip art images. Before I
clicked Download, I notice MS labeled the Application ...

I'm having problems making line numbering work correctly in Outline
View using Word 2004.  I've opned a fresh new document, selected
'Outline View', selected 'Bullets and Numbering' from the Format menu
and used the resulting dialog box to select an 'Outline Numbered'

every time i try to create a new document, a page appears with some
script already on it. how do i change this?

Is there a way to modify the i-bar in Word X so that it's easier to
spot. Can I make bigger, bold, flashing or a different color?

I've been getting this error message - and have been unable to open
Entourage at all - since doing a 2nd install of Office for Mac (Student
& Teacher Edition 2004) - my husband was unable to access Entourage
when he logged on so I assumed I had to install it again under his

Since I updated to word 2007 refresh I am unable to open any of the word 2007
files that I saved with the first beta. I keep getting the error the file
(filename).docx is not available. What could be wrong?

I've spent much time making changes to the Word 2004 Normal template,
them Word suddenly quit unexpectedly.
I've found the Autorecovery Save of Normal in the Microsoft User Data
folder in Documents. How can I open it and have it replace the Normal