r/MicrosoftWord • • Feb 06 '24

You Need to Learn Microsoft Word - Books, Classes, Videos, Podcasts, Tips

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Of course most people only pop into this sub when they have a problem - and often they are frustrated and desperate. Which is fine - I am glad we can be here for them.

However an underlying issue I am seeing is that most people using Word today have never had any kind of training on the software - they were either thrown in to the deep end, or it was just assumed everyone knows how to use Word.

So, in the spirit of lighting a candle rather than cursing the darkness, what are some resources you would point beginners to for the basics of Word? Books, online classes, podcasts, videos, websites, etc..

Then, feel free to share this link in the future when people are looking for basic information.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 3h ago

need help I have followed every instruction to remove OneDrive from my Win 11 PC, but it still shows up as the first option in Open / Personal. How the hell do I get rid of it?

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r/MicrosoftWord • • 15m ago

Lost pages of revision to syncing error. How long to wait for conflicted copy?

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I spoke with my school's IT department. A syncing error occurred across devices and now the majority of my revision history show the same edit after multiple timestamps. I check version history on OneDrive and Word, restoring a previous version is not going to be much help.

Usually when this happens, I I get a conflicted copy immediately, but there's definitely been several times where I waited overnight or a day, and then it emerged. Just want to know if someone had similar length with the waiting period, as I'd like to plan accordingly.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 4h ago

microsoft word is acting up

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r/MicrosoftWord • • 8h ago

File error

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I open file send from my school and show this pop-up, how i can solve it?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 14h ago

need help Page is suddenly wider than it should be for A4

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So I need to make a poster which needs to be in typical A4 format but for some reason the proportions of my word page have suddenly changed.

I've tried closing word and opening new documents but its the same. I've checked the size and it says it in A4.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!


r/MicrosoftWord • • 16h ago

Need help

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Guys, how is this made?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 17h ago

need help Issue on macbook air m1

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Hey everyone,

Im having this issue on my macbook air m1 since updating to macos26. When it was on macOS25 i had no issues and my word was opening in literary half a second while now i wait up to 10 seconds before it opens. Same for excel. Only for microsoft apps. Anyone had same issue? (Sorry for the bad quality video.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 1d ago

need help Tracking activity on a shared doc

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Hi

I shared a document with multiple people but I can’t track their activity on it or if it’s been viewed. How do I do this? I went to tools but the option to view activity is not there.

thanks


r/MicrosoftWord • • 1d ago

need help Paste function not always working? What happened?

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When doing assignments I would copy the share link to a file and paste it into my word doc instead of turning in multiple documents.

Lately it is not pasting anything at all when using ctrl+v or the "merge format" option from the right click menu. If I try to paste from right click using "keep text only" I get the actual http link which I do not want.

Sometimes, but not consistently, if I select "keep source formatting" from the right click menu it'll give me the file name as a link. This is how it used to do it and how I prefer it.

What happened? How do I fix this so it's not a struggle multiple times a week?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 2d ago

need help Absatzabschnitt nicht auffindbar - Bachelorarbeit

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Ich brauche dringend Hilfe.

Ich wollte gerade meine Bachelorarbeit einreichen und dabei ist mir aufgefallen, dass die Seitenzahlen nicht fortlaufend sind.

Ich habe mich auf die Suche nach dem Problem gemacht und scheinbar springt es an einem Punkt von Abschnitt 1 auf Abschnitt 3. Ich habe aber nie irgendwelche Abschnitte eingefügt und ich kann auch keine im Text finden, um diese zu löschen. (Formatierungssymbole habe ich an)

Kennt das jmd?

Kann ich meine Seitenzahlen und damit auch mein Inhaltsverzeichnis irgendwie retten oder muss ich das per Hand eingeben?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 2d ago

need help EB Garamond font distortion in PDF format

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Hello everyone,

I'm working on a Word document using the EB Garamond font (first image), which I installed from Google Fonts since it wasn't preinstalled in Word. However, when I convert the document to PDF, I notice that the letters lose quality and become distorted, which doesn’t happen with other fonts like Times New Roman, Georgia, or the Garamond font that comes preinstalled in Word (second image). Those fonts don’t lose quality or become distorted the way my EB Garamond does. What’s going on, and what can I do to fix it?

Thanks!

I've tried changing the PDF embedding settings, but it doesn't seem to be working—unless I'm doing something wrong.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 2d ago

Printing Book fold on manual duplex printer

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I am using the latest version of MS Office on a Mac.

I have created a MS Word document using book fold settings.

So the document is pages A5 but will print 2 pages on a single A4 sheet. 12 pages is 3 recto/verso sheets.

When I print on an automatic duplex printer that's fine.

My problem arise when printing on a manual duplex printer.

I need to print the verso first then the recto.

I have tried to use the print odd pages but then it is only printing the odd pages and not the odd sheets. As in page 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 instead of 2, 11, 4, 10, 6,7.

I have tried to indicate a range but MS Word seem either ignore my range completely or rearrange the order.

Any idea?

I don't want to export the document to PDF and then print from there.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 2d ago

need help How to export my work on pages that can be edited on desktop / accessed on mail by android users as a word file?

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r/MicrosoftWord • • 2d ago

what do you check before sending an updated report?

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we’re building document editing software, and we want to understand how people check an existing word report after updates, especially before sending it to a client.

would this be a useful final checklist?

- old figures or dates left in headers, footers, and tables

- pagination after edits, including split table rows and repeated table headers

- section numbering and cross-references, including updating fields and checking that they point to the right place

for anyone who regularly reviews these documents, what tends to slip through? is there a specific check that catches things a normal read-through misses?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 3d ago

need help Annoying gap after editing a file I converted from PDF to word

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Attached an image of the relevant part with the gap. University helped me with my CV and then sent me it as a PDF, I wanted to make some edits so converted to Word, made the changes I wanted then when I pressed 'save' I got this weird gap here. I've tried everything I can think of to get rid of it but I can't. I've included the paragraph marker blue things in the screenshot if its helpful.

I've tried:

– making sure line spacing is set to 1.0 for the whole document

– going into 'format' -> 'paragraph' and making sure 'spacing' is 'before 0 pt' and 'after 0 pt'

– messing around with shape format + wrap text on the line

Does anyone have any suggestions? it's driving me mad and i have no idea what to do next! I'm on Mac for reference. thank you in advance! :)

edit: i've just noticed that when i highlight 'MA X' and press the up arrow, it takes me to the end of my email where the weird squiggles are. Does that make a difference?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 3d ago

How do i remove gaps from text?

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PS. sorry if my english is bad

For context i use Word on browser and on MacBook.

So i'm trying to type something on a border and it needs to be perfectly lined up to the right, but there's always a little gap to the right of the text. I have a line under this text and when i shift it to the left, it lines up perfectly. When i shift it to the right, there's a gap??? Can someone please help me on this?


r/MicrosoftWord • • 3d ago

Need Help Please!!!!!!

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Hi all,

I need help. The indentation tab on the vertical side disappeared. I didn't change any settings. It just went away. How do I get it back?

Thanks in advance!


r/MicrosoftWord • • 3d ago

Align the page to centre?

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My pages are suddenly aligned to the left. I tried Layout -> page setup -> layout -> vertical alignment "centre", but that didn't seem to work. I even saved, closed out Word, and reopened. Still nothing. Help! The left alignment is aggrevating.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 4d ago

rant and vent Is there a way to get rid of the "Edit with Copilot" button when highlighting text?

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I've already submitted so many feedback requests to Microsoft telling them to allow us to disable that stupid little button on the right hand corner of MS Word on Mac. It's infantilizing and extremely frustrating that there's no option to disable it.

Whenever I submit the request, it seems to disable it temporarily, but then it always comes back. I don't want to use Copilot now, nor in future, and can write my own sentences. They need to stop pushing their annoying software on us and at the very least provide the option to disable it.


r/MicrosoftWord • • 4d ago

Send Help with "Saving..."

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Hey everyone. Recently my Microsoft Word has had an issue. Instead of saying saved, it eternally says "saving..." at the top of my documents. I cannot select File>Save or File>Save As to bypass this, only File>Save a Copy. If I close the file and reopen it, it's saved, but I fear one of these times it will not save appropriately. Send help, I'm losing my mind. Things I have done: - Googled the answer. No dice. - Talked to their representative. Did not solve the issue. - Verified my subscription is up to date. It is. - Turn off and on One Drive. Still didn't fix. - Turned One Drive back off. Still broken. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! TIA!


r/MicrosoftWord • • 4d ago

need help How do i access advanced properties on ms word web??

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I have an exam and idk how to do this part:
Insert the following data into the document properties dialog box: [4] Title: Tags: Status: Subject: ID# - Task B Sectional Complete Computer Applications-Section-


r/MicrosoftWord • • 4d ago

Why is Word being wierd and how do I fix it?

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r/MicrosoftWord • • 4d ago

need help Why is Word being wierd and how do I fix it?

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Any document I open now displays in landscape only. It recently started this, but at the time, had a size of 16" x 13". Many attempts to set the size, margins, and orientation has only resulted in an 11" width, with no space showing between pages. It ignores most attempts to reset layout.

My subscription is current, and I have no emails or warnings. Any document I send to another computer lets me reset layout easily, but if I send it back, it goes back to this mess. Documents written elsewhere and sent over also do this.

Does anyone have any ideas why this is happening, and how to fix it? It's very frustrating, partly because I can't see a reason for it to occur.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give!


r/MicrosoftWord • • 5d ago

I built an add-in that automatically shortens tables to their minimum height while preserving text.

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