Mac Forum / Applications / Word / February 2008

If i want to change a misspelled word in the middle of a word document without clicking the spelling grammar check, how do i do that? In word for pc i could just left click and see a bunch of options for the correct word. i cant seem to figure out how to do this in the mac ...

How do I apply an existing, user-created template to an unformatted document?
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I am trying to build an index using the embedded Word feature. I thought I supposed to be able to mark multiple entries while keeping the dialogue box open. I cannot seem to make this work. I find myself closing the dialogue box and then moving the cursor to mark the next entry, ...

I'm importing pdfs into Word 2008(student & teacher ed) and the pdfs have ovals added to them to highlight important areas. These added ovals don't show up in Word. I've changed their color, tried adding them in Acrobat 7.0 and Preview 4.1 (mac OS 10.5.2) but no difference. They ...

We have a product that processes data on the clipboard. We currently look only for RTF and TEXT. What, if any, other formats do Word 2004 and Word 2008 put on the clipboard, and read from the clipboard.
Our processing of RTF does not seem to work correctly in Word 2008, and it is ...

any idea how I can change the bullet type permanently for the autoformat feature, e.g. when I type
- test bullet list
which bullet symbol is chosen?
thanks, Mathtias

I was trying to customize my toolbar when I removed the File, Edit, and View from my toolbar. If someone could help me figure out how to put them back on I'd greatly appreciate it.

I don't know what I did but every time I open a new document I have to go to Format and delete frame. I used to not have to do this. How can I get rid of this frame permanently.This is what it looks like. ///////
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A few weeks ago I posted a question titled "moving auto correct settings to another computer" and there were numerous replies. Today I wanted to find the topic, and so I did a search using the term "auto correct" but the search engine returned zero results. Is there a problem ...

I bet this is simple but when I open a previously saved document the document date is replaced with todays date.
how do I retain the origional ( correct) date?
Rabbit

Hi, all! I just upgraded to Word 2008.
I often only want to print the first page of a document - either that or the current page only. I can go to File > Print > Current Page, but that gets tedious.
Is there a way to configure a button or key command for this function?
thanks!

I created a macro in my old version of Word that removed carriage returns from paragraphs. I desperately need this now, as I have moved to a new iMac withOSX10.5 and Office 2008 - which doesn't offer recordable macros - and I have a stack of stuff that needs reformatting. Is ...

I am using notebook view for several documents. Recently each time I open the document the field codes are dispayed (audionotes, dates, etc,) so I go to preferences, uncheck field codes and everything is resolved. I save the document before closing, however, each time I open the ...

In Word 2007, there is a developer design tool bar which allows access to forms fields to allow entry of data into the document. Does this exist in MacWord 2008 as I can't find it.
I have been doing work in Word 2007 of linking this data to a database instead of the old merge ...

Every document I work on - new, old, everything - offers the compatibility warning that Word 6.0/95 Compatibility Options are set. I save documents in 2000-2004 and X format (.doc) and no matter what I set in the Prefs (according to the advice in the Compatibility palette) it ...