I have correctly set up a template with Heading styles I and Next Page
section breaks. In the footers I chose 'Include Chapter Numbers."
When I create an RTF document based on this template, it contains the
chapter numbers in the footer upon creation. However, after I close the ...

my computer was typing on it own about hong kong in word xp. it freaked me
out. how and why did it do that? what should i do?

I get an error message about an open dialogue box, then system error when I
try to open a Microsoft Word document in Office 2003.
The first message reads "The command cannot be performed because a dialogue
box is open. Click OK, and then close open dialogue boxes to continue.

I have recently started experiencing a problem in Word.
When working on a document, it will randomly start inserting the sequence
"dq1t45", repeated over and over, and on several different sentences. This
happens during typing, as well as when otherwise using the document (for

I have recently started loosing formats after the document is closed - also
lost ALL past docs formats.  I have tried the Detect & Repair SEVERAL times.  
It may help for a few, but reverts back to loosing ALL formats.  What can i
do?

Hi,
I am trying to use Mail Merge with an Excel spreadsheet containing names and
addresses.  When I select my file, I get the message "Word was unable to open
the datasource".  I don't know what I've done wrong as the data is on an

Ihave Dell Dimension 4600 with Win XP. I have Office 2000 plus Word 2--2
loaded on it. I copied the entire disk to a backu-up HD using a utilty
software provided by the HD maker.
In the new back-up drive, certain Ofiice functions don't get loaded. I get

When trying to save a document I receive this error,
"[Project]_SaveDoc ERROR: 52: Bad file name or number"
have you seen this before, or do you know what could cause this?

All of a sudden in Word 2000 and Excel 2000 my comma disappears after hitting
the space bar.
How can I fix this?

Since I downloaded sp2, Word will no longer open.  Any thoughts?

Whenever I now create a document in Word, it is saved in what I believe is
web page format.  I do not know why.  The default file format is set to Word
Document when I look at the Save tab under Tools/Options.  If I do a "Save
As" the document type is shown as Word Document.  Any ...

On a couple of occasions now (on different pcs) i have opened word and
started typing in a new document.  From the first letter a black band appears
across the whole page and over the typing.  Does anyone know how to get rid
of it please.

I have a comma (",") in a footer that I can't get rid of. I've tried
deleting, backspacing, changing formatting.
In the short-term, I've changed the comma's font color to white, so that it
is not visible, but this is a very important document that I need to send to

Suggestiosn for Word XP: Do NOT load a html page in my existing brower window
(Help -> Office on the Web), sometimes I have important information on a
browser window and then when an application (e.g. Word XP) loads up a webpage
in an existing browser window, it kills my data!

I'm using Word 2003 on my Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo D 8830 lap top with XP Pro.
Word chrashes several times a day when I'm writing, never directly on
start-up. There doesn't seem to be any difference if I'm working on a small
or large document, with or without pictures, or if I'm ...