Questions tagged [microsoft-word-2008]
Microsoft Word 2008 is part of the Office 2008 suite for OS X
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How to use Word styles across documents
I have Microsoft Word for Mac 2008 and I use a Macbook (Yosemite).
I have a paper written in Word (let’s call it document A) and I need to format it according to some formatting guidelines. I have a ...
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How to access "in progress word count" for Mac Microsoft Word 2008
Word ordinarily counts the number of words in a document as you type, easily allowing you to keep track of how far you are into an assignment and bookmarking sections. A recent program update has ...
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Word template necessary for multiple users?
I have created a document in MS Word using a company-standard template to define many paragraph and character styles. This document now needs to be passed around to multiple (non-company) co-authors ...
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Exporting an audio recording in MS Word 2008 (Mac)
I have recorded a lecture in Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac. Now I would like to export the recording from the Word file as an .mp3 or some other audio format. How can I go about doing that?
This is my ...
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Trying to print 4x6 pages on US Letter paper
Here's the goal. I'm trying to make 4x6 notecards for the play Twelfth Night. My idea was to create a Word document with page size 4x6 and then print it 2 pages to a page. The problem is that Word ...
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Setting Second-Level Bullet Indent in Microsoft Word 2008
I am trying to set the indent of the second level of bullets in my "List Paragraph" style to 1". I was able to modify the first level by:
Style >> Modify >> Paragraph
However, there does ...
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Resetting Styles to Default in Microsoft Word 2008
I want to reset all my MS-Word "Styles" to their default settings; i.e. fonts, sizes, spacing, etc. There doesn't seem to be an option to do this in the "Styles" panel. Is there any other way to do ...
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Add padding to bordered paragraph
How can I add cell padding (term related to HTML) to a paragraph in Word 2008 (for Mac).
Here is a screenshot of how my paragraph looks:
How can I add space between the border and the characters?
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Differences between MathType and Equation Editor format in Microsoft Word?
I've been using MathType Equation Editor to create Equations in Word. They key feature I have been using is the one where you type TeX equation and render it as an equation object. This generates ...
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Vector notation in Word equation editor comes up as "r" on Mac OS X
I am using Word 2008 on Mac OS X and find that whenever I try to make denote a letter as a vector variable (with an arrow pointing to the right on top of the letter) using Equation Editor, the letter ...
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How to force Word to reload the sources.xml file?
I converted some references from my citation management program to words sources.xml file.
The file should be located in the word user data folder. All tutorials say that just overwriting the Sources....
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Mail merging a 4-up post card in Word for Mac 2008
I need help with mail merging a 4-up postcard I have already created in Word for Mac 2008.
I need one address per card (4 per page), not the same address 4 times per page. Also I need to be able to ...
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Can I set the font size in the Document Map in Word 2008?
Is there any way how to set font size in Document Map portion of Word 2008 (Mac) to something actually readable ? Or set different font?
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Equations saved from Word 2007 for Windows do not appear in Word 2008 for Mac
I am a math teacher who uses Word 2008 on the Mac, and I need to collaborate with other teachers who are using Word 2007 under Windows. When they send me a document with mathematical equations in it, ...
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C++ Style Comments for Microsoft Word 2008?
I would like to be able use some sort of C++ style commenting for Microsoft Word.
E.g. If I have
// line of text
the entire line should be a comment and should appear in a different colour.
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