does anyone know why I can paste some desktop icons into word and not
others ?
I'm trying to put together an introduction to the company desktop with
an explanation of what the desktop icons are for.  Some will paste OK

Every day, or so it seems, I untick "Horizontal scroll bar" from
Tools/Options - and every next day, when I load Word, there it is again.
It infuriates me that the software won't behave the way I tell it to.  Is
there any way of making that particular option stick?

Word 2003 under WinXP
I've gotten quite used to using F4 to repeat the last action, especially
editing actions.
I've recently upgraded to WinXP from Win2000. Now when I try to use F4, I

This has typically been a simple task -- until recently.  (I am using Office
2000.)
On an existing document, I recently wanted to change the location of
existing page numbers from the upper right-hand corner to the center at the

I am working on long report.  I used a footnote on page 5. Now I am on page
16 and would like to refer to the same footnote.  How do I do this.  I tried
using the cross reference feature but there is no reference on the bottom of
page 16

XP Home edition, Word 2003. I opened an old file and instead of text the
entire screen is full of identical rectangles. The file was originally one
page but now when I scroll there are about 20 pages, all full of these
rectangles. Can anyone shed any light on this and can I ...

I have a document that I believe may have been edited in a later version of
Word. I use W97 at home, and identified that there are over 100 tracked
changes in the document when I got it, and when I use the track changes
option to show changes in W97, I can see them in the document. ...

I have created a form using a protected template that has an unprotected
section in the middle of it to allow for the insertion of a snapshot.
Problem is the user can't tab out of this section to the next field.  When
the next field is clicked or double clicked, the entire field ...

I am using Word in Office XP 2002 SP3 with all latest updates.  There are
two annoyances I would like to eliminate:
1. When I open a particular file, it always opens displaying a small toolbar
in the Word window (See attachment).  What is this toolbar and how can I get

In my documents, I usually have the following formating:
(i)    some title that may span
       two lines
       text text text

i have office 2003 student teacher pack. i noticed today that spellcheck is
not correcting or highlighting spelling errors. i have checked the
appropriate boxes in spelling and grammar but to no avail. i know that in the
past it has been working ok, so what has gone wrong?

Don't see a newsgroup for Office 2003, so I'm hoping someone here can answer
my question or redirect me.
Is Picture Manager something that can be purchased separately and installed
on an Office 2000 machine?

I would like to see all selected same format very quickly, for exa. by short
keyes
best
barjini

When I click on the toolbar to open a new document I don't see the top and
bottom margins. The paper size is set for 81/2 x 11 but in print view it does
not show either margin. How can I set it so the margins will show?

I have created a form in Word with radio buttons.  Every time I open the
form, the toolbox appears, and I have to keep switching off the design mode.  
How can I stop this from happening?