MSWord 2003
300 page document with graphics
Trying to select all and update all fields.  It doesn't work.  I can
update by right-clicking on the TOC and update field, but why can't I

Does anyone have recommendations for how to batch convert existing DOC files
that have font attributes that I want to see changed?  For instance, let's
say I have 30 DOC files in a folder, and I want to change the font face
"Arial" with "Times Roman" in ALL of the DOCs.  Is there ...

Dear Friends,
I am creating an index for a long document. If I understand correctly I add
an index entry and word will create an index automaticly when I am finished
with a refernce to where that entry is in the final document, i.e. the page

I have a Word document (a thesis for school), with about 20 figures
and tables among 80 pages.  I would like the figures/'tables, with
their captions, to align to the bottom of the nearest page to where
they are referenced from (actually, I will gladly settle for aligning

In order to add comments to a long text printout, I am chosing to use MS
Word 2003. (Suggestions for alternative are welcome)
The problem is that I cannot turn off wrapping of text at all. The best I
can do is Options->View->Wrap to Window. However, this isn't good enough...

There is a format shown in the "styles and formatting" side bar when I
specify "available formatting" thas is named "Normal + Centered, Space
Before: 2 pt, After: 2 pt"
It says it is in use in 1 place but will not go anywhere when I select

I'm trying to copy text from one word document to another. The source
document contains lots of formatting and styles which are different from the
destination document. Say for example, Source document has "NORMAL" defined
in a different way than the destination "NORMAL" style. ...

I'm writing a very long document, and have used different files for
different chapter. However, there are numerous occaitons when I need to
cross reference figures/tables/headings from other chapters.
Can anyone think of a way in which I can do this short of loading the

We're in the midst of upgrading our agency from Word XP to Word 2003.
We've found some evidence on the net that docs with tracked changes, created
with Word XP and then moved to Word 2003, often become corrupt.
Does anyone have any evidence or opinions on this?

   I cannot drag and drop text in Word 2007? Yes, I allowed this in Word
Properties>Advance section. But after I select the text and drag and circle
with line through appears so that I cannot drop the selected text. What's
going on? Thank you.

I'm looking for a property called readyState [1], but I can only find it for
IE browser objects. I'm unsuccessful in locating something like this for
Word objects.
Why: I'm trying to detect when, within powerpoint, the "Send To > Microsoft