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Word 2007 Files Not Compatible

Hi Computer Lady.
I’ve been enjoying your newsletter for some time now and have a question.
I have Word 2007 on my new Del laptop and Word 2003 on my Dell XPS 400 desktop.
Documents from the laptop will not print when I copy them to my desktop computer. How can I make them compatible?
Thank you, Harry [...]

Word 2007 Files compatible

Dear Computer Lady,
I recently installed Office 2007 on my computer, and now when I send a Word document attached to an email, no one is able to open it. What happened, and how can I save all my documents so that others can open them?
Thanks, Nancy

Typing Fractions

Dear Computer Lady,
Please tell me how to make fracions. I am copying my recipes to the computer.
Thanks, Joan

Office Product Keys

Dear Computer Lady,
I’ve been running a small business for over 10 years. We’ve junked many that died over the years and as a result have several installation disc for Office, some 2000, 2002 and XP. I have not been good about keeping the installation key codes with the discs. I have them but can’t [...]

Word Document Shortcut

Dear Computer Lady.
You have helped me so much with your information, but I have a question.
I have a very long document in Word that I add to daily and would like to reverse the order so that I don’t have to scroll down so far each day.
Can you tell me how to do that? [...]

Word product key

Dear Computer Lady,
I purchased a refurb HP laptop with Word. I cannot find the 25 digit code needed to register Word. There was no included info to register this.
Any ideas? Sue

Double Space Word

Dear Computer Lady,
I have Windows XP and Microsoft Word. There are some documents for which I need the lines double spaced. When I click on FORMAT, I cannot find a direction for that order.
Can you tell me what I must do?

Thank you, TwoJunes

Bookmarks in Word

Dear Computer Lady,
I’m writing a novel and want to save it chapter by chapter and as a whole piece as I move along.
I don’t want to have to scroll through 14 chapters, for example, to get to chapter 15 on which I am working. But I do want the entire work in one piece when [...]

Bold Shortcut

Dear Computer Lady,
I’m doing medical transcription using Microsoft Word. Is there a shortcut I can use when I want to put something in “bold” other than going up to the tool bar and clicking “bold”? Also, a shortcut to undo the “bold”. Thanks for all your help! You’re a Godsend!!
Robin
Dear Robin,
Just hold down the “Ctrl” [...]

Word AutoCorrect

Dear Computer Lady,
When typing a letter in Microsoft Word and when you continue the sentence on the next line Word always capitalizes the first word on the next line.
Can this be changed?
Your newsletters are very informative.
Thanks, Earl in Michigan
Dear Earl,
Word capitalizes the first word in a new line because it is programmed to think that [...]

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