Mac Forum / Applications / Word / August 2007

Please tell me how to lock the size of a template in Word so that it still
can be manipulate inside to change the text and add or delete a single
photo. Can this be done?
Thank you,

Not sure how this happened, and more importantly I can't figure out
how to get rid of it. All of a sudden I have a grid background on some
- but not all - of my doc files. It's not a table, and not affected by
turning on/off the gridlines function in Tables menu. It appears even

I am using Firefox on Max and get an undesired text format (Lucida
Grande size13). When I paste from Safari, I get something different
(Tahoma size 11, also undesired.
Is there an easy way to force the formatting of any browser-copied

With an Excel worksheet created in word (MAC), how do you define what
items (rows and columns) actually show up in the word document, how do
you change what actually shows, etc.?

I have a number of important documents created in MS Word 5.1 for the
Mac. My MS Word 2004 for the Mac cannot read them. It only returns
boxes. I have tried different fonts, which actually slightly improves
content (changes to letters and some actual words) but the best I can

Hi I've been using my mac to create and save word files on word 2004
with no problems, and they work fine on a PC too. However, I have a
large word file that I work on mainly on a PC but when I work on it on
my Mac I can't save the file. An error messege comes up saying the

I am using Word 2004 for Mac to create a large file for a book. I need to
wind up with one pdf file. However, when I go to the print command and save
it as a pdf, instead of giving me one file, it breaks it up into five parts.  
There must be something giving it a comand to break ...

When sending a Word documtne to PC users from my Mac, some cannot open
the attachement, getting a MIME warning. Some can open. Is it a Word
version issue, i.e. an older PC version of Word. Or is it an email
issue - version or type of email software. I do not get any problems

Hi everybody. Been a long time. Many changes including a new job that has me
a lot busier these days.
Hope maybe someone can help me with this. I have a long questionnaire in
Word 2004 that includes many tables. I think I know how to manage tables

I am doing a mailmerge in word 2002, and have found a little program called
MMtoDocs.Zip which creates a new file and saves them individually as the

I am facing a problem with a particular Word Doc of mine. It was
working fine until it suddenly stopped responding. Now whenever I open
the file, the file opens in Word for Mac, and I can see the first
page, but the wheelie immediately appears and Word stops responding.

When I copy something from a website to paste into Word 2003, it always
creates an error.  The reason for the error is Styles1.  I have changed the
font in Word before I even try to copy and paste into a Word document so that
it matches what I am copying but the error still ...

I finally broke down and parted with my old Blueberry 333 iMac and
bought the new iMac.  However when I tried to install my Microsoft
Word 98 Special Edition (which I find more than adequate for my needs)
into the new machine, I received an error message that the new

For years, I have used some documents that contain tables, and contain
formulas for things like todays date.  In "Normal", or "print layout" they
have always appeared just as they do when printed.  Now, suddenly, they all
appear as code, such as

Sorry for the really dumb questions (I am new to Word Mac being a
former Windows Word user).  I need help with how to do the follow in
Word 2004:
1. I have a word document.  In it, I use lots of Excel spreadsheets