I am running Microsoft Word XP, which is fully patched and updated.
There are times when test becomes highlighted for no reason that I can
figure out. Wherever I move my cursor, the text from the old cursor position
to the new cursor position become highlighted. Understand that I am ...

I an attempting an email merge to members of a club where fields are
used in the body of the message.
I have setup Word with the mail merge wizard and I see a merge
progress bar at the foot of the screen but get a message that I do not

"Sort" is listed in the Help file, but not for sorting
lines. For example, I have a file with the names of movies
one to a line. I would like to alphabetize them but don't
know how. Any advice for doing this with MS Word?

Is it at all possible to make it so that Word
automatically starts up every time the computer is turned
on? Any suggestions would be appreciated!

How do I rotate an excel chart 90 degrees once I have
inserted it into a word97 document?  I want the bar chart
to run up the page, with the x-axis on the right hand
margin.  Changing the page layout from portrait to

I use Word a lot for producing labels and so on, and I'm always having to use
the Paste Special... option to get unformatted pasting. Is there a way to make
this the default for paste and CTRL-v? On a per-template basis would be great
(so I could use normal.dot with the usual ...

when i try to type in word or excel sometimes (not all the
time) when i hit e - it opens explorer
                r - it opens run
                d - goes to desktop

It's a bit difficult to explain, so I put a Word file here that does
what I'm asking about...
http://red.quasimetric.tripod.com/example.zip
If you type in a word and then tab, the tab space is automatically

Is there a way to create a form in word (using tables) to require a user to
add data to fields. I'd like to make sure that a form cannot be saved until
all data is filled out.
using word 2000, windows 2000.

I'm working on a large document - over 700 pages - at
work.  Is it possible to have just one doc?  It has over
400 graphics, and needs a TOC.  Do I need to split this
up?  We have Word 2002 running on XP Professional.  Is

I am using the Word Application object to create a mail merge document.
Different pages go to different trays.
Now, some of the pages have to go to a different printer, to the fax, and to
email.

I am trying to add a command button to a document that
will allow users, once they have completed the document to
automatically send an email to a given email address.
This attaches the doument fine but I can't see any way of

How can I stop Word97 (and probably later) from automatically adding a
bullet at the start of a line if I have all the text in the line bold?
I know I can do a Ctrl+Z straight after it puts it and it will remove
it, but if I do not do this, the only way seems to be to delete the ...

I put the Time Icon on the tool bar.  It inserts the time where I want but
if I close the document and then open it later it changes to the new time
that I reopen the document.  Is there a way to stop the time from updating
in the document?

A Word attachment to an internet based email message will
open normally if Word is already opened on the desktop.  
If the attachment has to open Word, I receive a error box
stating - This file could not be found.  Try one of the