I'm trying to make my first auto-updating Table of Contents in Word
2000.  I'm trying to make a Table of Contents using Table Entry Fields
rather than by using Styles.  Basically, I enter my field before each
paragraph I want as an entry in the TOC.  My problem is that all my ...

I'm learning Word 2002. I notice on a New document that there is a
paragraph looking icon to the right of the insertion marker. I haven't
been able to find any information on what it is telling me. As I move
the insertion marker around the blank sheet the icon disappears and

Everytime I try to print something in WORD, I have to go and change my page
size/layout from a INDEX card to a standard 8.5x11.  Is there a way to make
it default ALL the time to 8.5x11 without having to change it every time I
print a document?

I'm trying to create a template that other users can use and would update
the user name automatically on opening.  I inserted a user field, but the
user has to manually update it.
Does anyone know how to automatically update the field when the file is

I finally got the Form Fields to Calculate and do a simple
addition.  Now when I am trying to add two different sets  
of numbers and them subtract the second from the first, it
is adding *2

I moved up to Word 2002 by purchasing Works. I want to view available
Word 2002 templates. However, when I click on File/New I just get a
blank Document 1, whereas I was expecting to get a new file dialog box
that displays templates. Somehow, I can get Works templates, but they

Why is it that you must place the address on an envelope by trial and error.
If I place it according the preview it ends up in a different position?
Thanks
Kalevi

In previous versions I was able to open an excel document
in word fairly easily. I would just select the file
type .xls when I went to open a document, and it would
bring the excel file into word as a table. Now in Office

Up until the last few days, whenever I would insert a page
number, the number would show up, and everything was fine.
Now, whenever I go to insert a page number, either with
a "conversion" macro I've established to make all our

I recently began having problems with my word 2000. When I open a document no
tool bars ar visable at all, just a gray frame with nothing on it...not even
where File, View etc used to be. I tried right clicking on the gray frame
area and it doesn't show anything that will bring ...

I have installed Microsoft Office Professional 2003  and I cannot read any
documents that were created in word that are on my hard drive or on my floppy
disk.  All of those documents were created with an earlier version of word
2002.

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I am using the Form toolbox and have added Text Form
Fields and formatted to Currency.  I then want the bottom
field to calculate the total.  I thought it would be as
simple as changing the properties Type to Calculations and

I am trying to create a form that I can have both
checkboxes and the ability to type on it also. Currently,
if I "protect" the document, I can only select the
checkboxes, I cannot type on it anywhere.

Is it possible to add annexes to a word document so the
attachments do not take on the characteristics of the main
document.  Example:  the document has 5 parts and I want
to add 2 attachments with each being independant of the