I use what I call 'templates' for basic letters, pleadings, etc. I want to
set them up so that no one but me can make changes to the basic docs, but can
create new docs based on it. I tried saving the basic docs as 'read only' but
it disappears after a few days. Not even saving ...

I have a Windows 2000 user, using Word '97 that is trying to print multiple
Word documents by using the Windows Explorer, highlighting multiple
documents, right clicking and selecting print.
If the user is in the local Power Users (or Administrators) group, Word

How do I get symbols option when it is not shown under the insert tab?

As a fairly adept Word user, I feel extremely frustrated at the approach by
Microsoft to this genuine problem. Suggestions have been made on this and
other sites about dealing on a document by document basis with the appearance
of English (U.S.) as a language option for text in a ...

After I received a document with the corner margin indicators from a
co-worker, I haven't been able to turn them off in any document - even those
that I created previously.  I don't know what they are called officially, but
they are light gray in color and appear at what I ...

I need to attach a letter from word to an e-mail and I don't want any
auto-corrections to show.  At the top of the letter, I have an address line.  
There's a red dashed line under the address and I can't figure out how to
disable it.  Just looks unprofessional, you know?!  Thanks ...

I've lost the menu options across the top of my Word screen -
FILE, EDIT, VIEW etc
Does anyone know how I can get them back?  I cannot access any of the menu
headings so I can't even go into TOOLS or anything to try to find them again.

i have hundreds of word documents created in various versions of word.  
currently I used word 2002.  when I open a document to view it and then
without making ANY change at all, I close it, one of two things happens:
1) it closes

I've created a calendar using a table.  I'd like the dates on the calendar to
be a watermark or background image, so that the events I put on the calendar
can be typed overtop of the date.

Ive dug thru most the questions and I'm some what seeing what i need, but i
want to double check.  I've set up a document where 3 fields auto populate.  
Date, Time, User Name.  Unfortunately, the username isnt changing, it just
stays as my username whenever anyone else opens it ...

When I highlight an entire line to make it either bold, italic or underlined,
the entire document becomes Bold as well as ALL of the styles. This happens
in ALL documents opened and any new documents. I've tried repairing and even
re-instlling Office, but to no avail. Any ideas? ...

I am seeking for a solution or a hint to change the default font style in
Word 2000 for all users in our terminalserver farm without deleting their
normal.dot.

I am preparing a history book on WWII and am distressed to see military unit
designations sorted in alphabetic sequence in the Index (for example, the
101st Airborne Division appears before the 82nd Airborne Division).  Is there
a way to have the index use the absolute numeric ...

Does anyone have a Macro for Word 2003 to allow it to spell check a protected
template? I had one in word 2000 that I used inthe Normal.doc file but it
does not work with 2003.
Thanks!

Converted from Word 1997 to 2003 last week. Worked fine. Yesterday I opened
existing Word file. Text in the pg 1 footer of 2pg document is stacked up and
unreadable.Characters look piled up on top of each other.
Font settings OK. No tabs constricting text. Tried to autoformat from ...