In versions previous to 2007 I used to go in Tools->Options->File Locations
and set the paths for workgroup and user templates to company workgroup and
user templates paths and the templates would become accessible under
File->New. I have tried to do the same in Word 2007 but ...

Word 2003, XP (SP2)
Hi,
Everytime I type "\" I get a struck-through capital "w".
I don't have "strike-through" enabled in the "Font" box (Format > Font) or

Is there a way to have Word 2007 display menus that I am familiar with?
I was trying to help my Wife just click Edit/Select, then Edit/Copy and
finally Paste. That is a very simple thing to do in Word 2003. What a pain
in Word 2007! Even changing the font and enlarging print was ...

I've just bought a new machine, well, a late model Pentium. I gather
it has never been used before; I had it custom built with 160G hard
drive capacity and 256Mb of memory. It came with Open Office which
I've used before and which I'm told mimics Word. However, when I

Using Word 97.
I want to send someone some documents I have written using a Cyrillic
TrueType font. The recipient does not have the font on their system, so
I tried embedding the font in my documents (by checking

I want to put a band of color at the top of a page and have it continue
throughtout the document.  I don't want to put it in the header as it "grays
out" too much.  I'm using Word 2003.

I transferred data from my computer, onto floppy discs and this process was
very easy.  I marked each of the discs  'Recovery Discs' and gave each a
number.  Now I want to reinstall that data back onto my computer but it reads
the discs and doesn't process the information.  Why?  ...

I created address labels last year for all my Christmas cards but now I
cannot understand why I can't find my labels in my computer.  Can anyone help
please?

Every time I open a file in Microsoft Word 97, a box appears saying
that the file I have opened is being used by me and asks whether I
want to make a copy. For example, when I open books.doc, this appears:
"c:\books.doc is being used by Nick Bannister. Do you want to make a

I am using references over bookmarks. It works fine, but the style of
the reference is not cool. The reference appear normal, and it is only
by moving the mouse on it that I can see that there is a link behind.
I get the text with "press CRTL+click to follow the link". I would

Can I create a symbol from a typed fraction such as 2/3 in word 2007?

I have a huge text file with hard returns at the end oif every line.
In the good old days WordPerfect was able to import a text file
converting likely HRts to SRts (i.e. at the end of long lines).
Is there any way to import a text file into Word and get the same

I sometimes get files from work that are .docx files.
I can read them at work because we use Office 2007.
At home I have WORD '97 and I'm not aware of any patch that will allow me to
read such a file.

A co-worker of mine has recently started working on a new computer
using Vista with MS Word 2007.  When she works in MS Word she likes to
have the view size of her document set high which is easier for her to
see, but she is having a lot of trouble then saving the document at

I'm using Text Boxes to annotate a drawing and have the following
questions:
1.  Are Text Boxes the best way to add text to a drawing?  (I don't
need the box - just the text and have been removing the box after