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Word Crashes after Mailmerge since Version 2603

Hello, our clients are experiencing issues with generating mailmerge documents .dot format in word. We have a custom template that does the basic word mailmerge, formats the document as per their company configuration, margins, font, font size, then…

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asked 2026-03-26T07:01:38.22+00:00
Michael Veloso 100 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-14T14:08:59.8533333+00:00
Hubbell Kelsay 30 Reputation points
5 answers

Copilot Icon now floats in the middle of my work. Why was it removed from the logical ribbon placement and dropped in the middle of the work space?

I would very much like to put the Copilot icon back where it belongs, on the Home tab ribbon, and not have it floating in the work space. How can I make this happen as I don't see Copilot as a viable option in the Ribbon Customization any longer?

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asked 2026-05-09T14:15:39.86+00:00
William Clawson 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-14T10:14:33.9133333+00:00
Ron Zuber 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Issues with language markup in Word and Save to PDF

If I set the language for a document, Word overwrites any existing selection markup for other languages. Ideally, it would detect that there are selections marked up for other languages and ask me whether I want to overwrite them or retain them. Once I…

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asked 2026-05-13T23:24:08.87+00:00
Charles Belov SFMTA 10 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-14T09:06:57.4533333+00:00
WordWizzard 995 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Customised Secondary Colour Palette in MS Word

Hi Hoping someone can help me. I would like to build a customised Secondary Colour Palette in a Word Template so that only certain colours appear for selection - not accents from the Primary Colour Palette - but totally different colours. Is this…

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asked 2026-05-14T01:12:24.8166667+00:00
Janelle McCosker 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-14T06:10:19.7066667+00:00
Kai-Ex 1,390 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Is there a way to set the editor to "Transcription mode"

I'm working on direct transcriptions and I find the grammar setting useful in some cases, such as when to put a comma or not, but extremely frustrating in others, such as continuing to suggest new words or ways of saying things. Is there a way to set the…

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asked 2026-05-13T17:14:38.54+00:00
Roland Belmont 0 Reputation points
recommended 2026-05-13T20:14:01.1833333+00:00
Jay Freedman 207.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Remove Watermark

I have a watermark in a WORD document that I can't remove. The remove water mark function is not having any effect. I can put a second and different water mark over the top of it and both show on the document. I can readily remove the second one but the…

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asked 2026-05-13T01:43:31.7633333+00:00
Adrian Miller 20 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-13T18:11:38.2133333+00:00
Stefan Blom 340.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

How to fix the ms-word lost password to open

I had lost may document password. How to opened the MS-word document

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asked 2026-05-13T08:24:30.94+00:00
daniel gebrehawaria 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-05-13T18:04:05.6+00:00
Charles Kenyon 167K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
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microsoft Word can't save

I am trying to save word document into my desktop or dropbox. I says: The saved failed due to out of memory or disk space. But I don't think I have used up so much data. Please help. How can I see what is occupying too much disk space and if there…

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asked 2026-05-11T19:17:15.57+00:00
Michelle 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-12T22:51:29.0933333+00:00
Chris Duong 8,660 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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how to unblock the macros in microsoft word document

how to unblock the macros in microsoft word document

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asked 2026-05-11T20:23:00.7966667+00:00
Rajender Pande 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-12T22:18:35.6233333+00:00
Hendrix-C 15,825 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Delete Header & Footer permanently

How can I permanently remove headers and footers in Microsoft Word so that they no longer appear by default whenever I open a new document, without having to manually delete them each time?

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asked 2026-05-12T16:03:51.73+00:00
Rafael 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2026-05-12T18:21:19.3333333+00:00
Charles Kenyon 167K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
3 answers

recover unsaved word document

Lost a business letter I was working on. System crashed before I saved a document. I did not have my autorecovery feature turned on. I have tried several methods for recovery but so far no luck.

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asked 2026-05-09T21:47:36.93+00:00
Lynda McBroom 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-12T15:05:41.84+00:00
Vy Nguyen 10,740 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MS Word problem

I am an archivist and i am 'recovering' old files from formats/programs that do not now exist. Most of the problems I can fix but I now have one that I can't. "2)The Toft of ground & 4 acres of Arable & pasture 2 acres lyeing to the same…

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asked 2026-05-11T12:03:53.24+00:00
Colin Broadley 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-12T07:20:36.0033333+00:00
Colin Broadley 20 Reputation points
4 answers

Font properties (bold and colour) not being applied when using table styles

Hi all When you apply a table style to a table (newly) inserted, the text formatting (colour and / or bold) is not applied, however, the other cells in the header row do have the correct formatting. This issue started yesterday and the same issue occurs…

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asked 2026-05-08T01:43:43.8833333+00:00
LIG_AB 40 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-05-11T22:21:00.1233333+00:00
Stefan Blom 340.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
4 answers

First Page Header is not same as previous despite being selected

We use software that generates a large report in Word. The data is good, but the formatting is ugly so I reformat & apply our business theme colors. The document runs about 200 pages and probably has 130 section breaks - so a new section every page…

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asked 2026-05-08T16:24:12.8466667+00:00
Renee Harlow 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-11T15:11:41.8833333+00:00
Jay Tr 11,935 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
4 answers

How to turn off an annoying copilot icon in Word

Hi I keep getting this annoying modern equivalent of the dreaded paperclip appearing in my Word documents. As you can see from the snip, it gets to be a pain on some landscape pages where it covers over text. I have trawled the web and tried…

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asked 2025-12-02T22:02:58.03+00:00
Kiwi_Craig 15 Reputation points
answered 2026-05-11T09:13:08.1733333+00:00
Kevin Hicks 0 Reputation points
2 answers

spelling/autocorrect issue Obsoletely and not Absolutely

Hello Microsoft team, I would like to report a spelling/autocorrect issue in Microsoft Word. When typing the word “Obsolutelly”, Word suggests “Obsoletely” as the correction. However, this suggestion is incorrect. The expected correction should be…

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asked 2026-05-08T13:44:01.83+00:00
Felipe Lopes Rauck Burzaca 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-10T15:51:44.44+00:00
Stefan Blom 340.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Word、Excel error

ノートパソコンでWord,e\Excelにアクセスしようとしているのですが、このメッセージが表示され続けます。 個人用のアカウントを依然入れたことがあるのですがその資格情報も登録がなく、再 起動も試したのですが解決しません

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asked 2026-05-07T05:51:45.6666667+00:00
崇央季 内村 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-09T02:22:59.3166667+00:00
Jade Ng 11,420 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

How to prevent nested tables from merging when "tab" pressed

We have an internally-created Word document with nested tables. After the most recent Word update, when curser is in the nested table and tab key is pressed, the two tables merge, distorting all formatting. The only work-around I've found is to NOT…

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asked 2026-05-07T21:57:57.0233333+00:00
Renee Harlow 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-05-08T20:25:26.3366667+00:00
Stefan Blom 340.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
3 answers

MS word Transcribe not working

After I start transcribing from recording and press save and transcribe. The following error message display "We can't generate a transcript for your recording right now. This recording has been saved, or will be saved to your OneDrive the next time…

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asked 2025-06-26T19:06:06.2266667+00:00
Athicom Parinayakosol 40 Reputation points
commented 2026-05-08T16:39:55.7966667+00:00
Stefan Blom 340.3K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Selecting an object in a JPG file in Word

How do I select an individual item in a JPG file in Word? "Select an Object" doesn't work.

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asked 2026-05-06T18:26:25.2166667+00:00
Roy Davis 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-05-08T14:54:11.74+00:00
Roy Davis 40 Reputation points