Questions tagged [microsoft-word]
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Rotate a character from the character map in word and excel
I'm not sure where to post this question, but I am looking for a "pulled in reverse" character set of the runic alphabet and cannot find one, or how to rotate just a single item. Does anyone ...
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How to create circular progress bars for resume in Ms word
I recently came across a resume template which had circular progress bars as such-
Is there a way to recreate this in word?
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Non-Conventional MSWord Formatting Using Baselines
It was a tie between SuperUser SE or this one - I feel like I would get better results here. My question is regarding the use of baselines, but keep in mind that I have a copy of MSOffice 2016 Home &...
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Updating link to changed Word document results in wrong paragraph style in InDesign
I have over three hundred word documents linked into my InDesign CS6 project. The authors of these can update them with revised texts. The documents are all in Normal Word style, and I have a mapping ...
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Opentype features in Microsoft Word
I'm keen to use an Opentype font in Word that has a "swash" feature. However, the swash feature isn't under a numbered stylistic set (see below). Can someone help me select it in Word? All I ...
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How to set the resolution of pasted vectors in Word/Writer etc.?
When copying geometry from Inkscape for pasting into a word processor, how or where is the rasterisation done and where is the resolution set?
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FontForge Modified guillemets do not work in Microsoft Word
I have adapted the guillemets in the free Google Libre Baskerville font for visual dialogue, and I can type and print fine from all native Mac applications such as Textedit, but the font doesn't ...
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Is there a better method for InDesign -> Word?
I use InDesign for layout of pieces which range from 2 to 72+ pages.
On occasion I'll get a client request to send a PDF and Word file for the latest iteration of a piece so that someone somewhere can ...
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Blank clip when Inkscape SVG is exported
I am having an issue with an SVG image that includes a clipped element.
This is what I see when I have the SVG file opened in Inkscape:
where image369 in layer 3 is a clip from a bigger image I ...
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Is it possible to search in Microsoft Word or Adobe InDesign to find text based upon its color?
Is it possible in Microsoft Word to search for text based upon its color?
So I can find all text set to a white fill in a Word file?
Or . . .
Is it possible in Adobe InDesign to search for text based ...
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Inconsistent length of divider line on footnotes imported from Word to InDesign
I've placed a file with footnotes from Word into InDesign, but the length of the divider line is narrow on some and full column width on others. I've applied a paragraph style to achieve the correct ...
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Word isnt applying formating
I defined a format:
As you can see Cursive is enabled and Bold is disabled.
When I apply this format to a text line, Bold is applied but Cursive is not
As you can see in the first screenshot, this ...
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Printed Text in Word a lot better than in Photoshop
I am porting a design that has been sent to me in Word to Photoshop.
One part of the design contains a text with the font Bacalisties
When I try to print the original word layout to a white paper, the ...
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Microsoft Word lines
Could you please give me some advice and various methods to do this work?
Basically I would like to fill the sheet with lines like a notebook.
The problem is that when I reach the end of the sheet the ...
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Problem with text write on inkscape and put on Microsoft-Word
Here's the explainations of the problem...
Not many words are needed because it is quite visible.
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I wrote a small text attached to the image in INKSCAPE.
As you can see, however, the ...
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How do I create a Word file from InDesign which recognises footnotes?
I've designed a book completely in InDesign. However, I want to delegate the job to others to continue adding to the book. It would be costly in terms of time and money to purchase and teach InDesign ...
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Inkscape: Stroke width different when exporting .pptx to PDF
So I created an infographic in Inkscape that I use in my Powerpoint-Presentation (Office 2016). When I save my presentation as .pdf, the stroke width changes (it becomes much thicker). The same ...
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Recomendations of Word-to-PDF with high quality and keeping hyperlinks?
I want to save a Word (2016) as a PDF but keeping the native high quality of images and text hyperlinks. Currently I am able to do only one of those at once: I can retain hyperlinks if I use the ...
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Keeping image-quality when saving Word as PDF
I would like to keep SVG images inserted in a Word (2016) document without lowering their native quality (first image) when saved as PDF. Default save-to-PDF from word messes up the images' quality (...
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Word to InDesign: Import leaves blank text boxes with overset text mark
After I import my Word Document into InDesign it only places the first few pages. Afterwords I get empty pages, eventhough the word documents is shown in the story editor. How can I force InDesign to ...
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Illustrator: Any way to convert letterhead/sheet design to Word?
I'm not sure if the question is clear, I'll try to explain.
This client asked for some branding sort of work which includes, on top of regular header/footer letterheads, some files with fields which ...
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Illustrator graphics for word doc
I need to place graphics from Illustrator into word. Every time I save as png or wmf the size is smaller than the actual size in Illustrator. Does anyone know what to do to get the word placement to ...
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How to export special characters from illustrator to word
The problem is I want to get some specific special characters from SVN-Bellico font like the H below. I could use it in Illustrator but I want to use them in MS Word to be able to edit them.
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Ensuring that MS Word margin settings meet provided requirements
I've the following set of requirements with respect to the document margins:
4cm binding margin
2cm head margin
2.5cm fore-edge
margin 4cm tail margin
How to ensure that MS Word ...
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Is there a term for adjusting the spacing between WORDS for a font (not letters)?
In some fonts although the letters of a word are well-spaced, the words themselves seem to run too close together. Is there any way to adjust this in MS Word? And is there a term for this sort of '...
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Typeface like Times New Roman but with "tied" percent sign
I wish to identify the below typeface, which is similar or identical to Times New Roman, except for a "tied" percent sign. I need it for MS Word so welcome suggestions of similar typefaces available ...
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Which format to provide a report template to a client?
I have this report template we made fo a client. Keeping in mind the client specifically asked for it to be editable, I did a relatively simple design, yet with some nice details to make it appear a ...
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Customer asking for InDesign files as a Word doc!
I have taken on a freelance project.
I sent in a cover letter to the client saying that I use InDesign and Quark and was offered work by a publisher.
They sent me all the files I required, and ...
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consolas font splits words at the end of a line
I am using a code editor called RStudio. It can produce a .docx output of the code that looks fairly nice for publishing. However the .docx document uses the consolas font. In Word, it splits words at ...
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How to create filling letter template?
I need to create letter template for one company which will keep a format styles unchanged (to keep united design across all letters which are sent from the company) but allow users to add specific ...
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Word: Creating a visual graph that can be highlighted by the reader
My supervisor has tasked me with creating a visual concentric graph for our international employees to fill in as a wellness exercise. The basic concept is that they answer 8 sections of questions, ...
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How to keep version control between InDesign document and Word: Best Practices
I'm working on an employee orientation book with around 60 pages. It has 5 different chapters with a lot of content. Because this will be a working document where multiple people will work on, editing ...
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Export settings for a sharp logo in Illustrator [duplicate]
I want to export a logo which I made in Illustrator (CC 2015) for a customer and import it into Word so it can be used as a standard template for their letters. The logo in Illustrator is created in a ...
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InDesign to Word: Issues with spacing when editing Word document.
I created a document in inDesign, exported it to PDF, and then exported the PDF into word. The formatting and style looks fine but my issue is when I try to edit the content in the word document. The ...
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Blurry image from Illustrator to Word [closed]
I am saving a logo from Illustrator and my client wants to import it into word. I save the file as a .pdf as been told by this sight and the image comes into word slightly blurry but blurry enough ...
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Do PNG images print CYMK?
I am designing a logo for teespring... I have used Microsoft Word for font, then exported word to PDF, which I have then saved on my Sony Xperia. I then take a screenshot of the PDF (as it is open on ...
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A font with custom ligatures (for music)?
I want to make a custom music font that can be typed in Microsoft Word 2010, but I cannot get custom ligatures to work. In Word 2010, I have in Font > Advanced the Ligatures option set to 'All'. I ...
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What word processing tools that can work with complicate text boxing?
I need to mimic the way Messenger boxes each message in bubbles. Word, obviously, is not a tool for this. However, going full-fledged HTML is kind of overkill for me. This is for a research article, ...
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How to format a chat conversation?
How to make a chat conversation really look like a conversation? The final result should be in text, not in image since this conversation is a supplement of a research article, and it should be phone-...
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Maintaining superscript from word to inDesign
Is there a way to maintain superscript when copy/pasting from word to inDesign?
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Different font thickness between InDesign and Word
I'm currently work on text, which intented to be read on screen. For that reason, body text should be quite large, 15-16 points.
I use both InDesign CS6 and Word 2016 for this project.
As I ...
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Image quality in custom QuickBooks invoice template
QuickBooks custom invoices can ONLY be created in MS Word. Most of it is fine and I have managed to make something I'm really happy with (considering it's limited capabilities in the design sense) ...
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Copy text from Word with with only specific formatting
I have text in Word which has a lot of various formatting - leading, scaling, a few sizes, and some parts are italic and some part are regular. All I need is just to copy it as plain text but from all ...
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Amazon Word Publication File to CMYK
I recently published a short story on Amazon and only the pink color in the text and in the photo were off. They were too dull. Amazon said to convert their template into CMYK colors. Most of what I ...
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Can I have vertically aligned subscript and superscript with Word or LibreOffice?
The Arithmetical Hierarchy is an example where one in mathematics uses aligned subscripts and superscripts. When writing in Latex I e.g. write $\Pi^1_1$ to talk about a certain class of formulas. How ...
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How to achieve controls like InDesign in a Word document
I want to create a template for a Microsoft Word document. I want the control of InDesign in terms of layout and Master Pages. How can I have both?
I have read online that I cannot save Indesign ...
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Microsoft Word Strength Meter
I have no idea if this should be created here but I have a simple question, anyone knows how to generate a skill strength meter similar to the one shown below
All the help is really appreciated, ...
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Import form design from Illustrator to Word [closed]
I created a form document design for a company in Adobe Illustrator.
How can I export it to Word?
How can I make it possible to type in date, right where I drew lines for it?
How can I make ...
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How to resize images for best view in Word and PDF document?
Note: I've asked this question in Super User but I couldn't get an answer. Later on, I noticed this community.
I have prepared some vectoral and python/matplotlib high resolution images. As you can ...
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Export artwork from InDesign to MS-Word with print-quality
Please help with advice, what is the best file format to export 1 page from InDesign and place it in MS-Word with high-quality (for print)?
That's should be 2-pages flier, where one of them should be ...
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