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Cannot Insert Excel in Word with Office 365

When adding an Excel object in Word, it fails and returns the following error: The program used to create this object is Excel. That program is either not installed on your computer or it is not responding. To edit this object, install Excel or ensure…

Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,344 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2021-03-14T09:08:16.097+00:00
Quentin Styger 16 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-24T09:06:33.8533333+00:00
Shaina Gupta 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Custom dictionary in Word web app?

How can I create a new custom dictionary for the word web app? I can't add words directly to a custom dictionary. I made a new account recently and when I try to access Review>Editor>Personal dictionary I get this message "unable to fetch the…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-22T18:54:17.2033333+00:00
Robin 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-23T18:54:00.5566667+00:00
John Korchok 5,941 Reputation points
2 answers

need a program to translate MS Works docs to Word docs, keeping formatting if possible

I have been using Microsoft Works word processor for many years, and i have scores of Works documents on my old laptop. But I had to buy a new laptop in December, 2024, and of course I have to use Word now. I don't thinks Works exists any more, and I…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-23T15:16:37.03+00:00
C K GATZ 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-04-23T18:42:59.6033333+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,106 Reputation points
1 answer

How to remove debug pop up on add in load

Hello all, Currently developing a JavaScript add-in for Microsoft word and are looking to start running live tests with users. To facilitate this I wish to remove the following pop-up that appears when the add in button is pressed. (Clicking…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,771 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
960 questions
JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
1,057 questions
asked 2023-03-24T09:39:49.4133333+00:00
Keith McClung 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-04-23T16:32:36.13+00:00
Martin Parkur 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to auto-populate combobox values in Word 365 form based on other content control (text) inputs on same form

I've set up a form in Microsoft Word (365) containing a number of Rich Text Content Control inputs. I would like to add Combo box content control with values that auto-populate based on the Rich Text Content control inputs. The image below shows the…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-25T16:45:56.7866667+00:00
Genevieve Lariviere 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-21T15:36:26.9133333+00:00
Genevieve Lariviere 20 Reputation points
0 answers

How to add tracked change to xml in docx file programatically

My goal is to programmatically manipulate the document.xml file of a docx word document in order to create a new word document with tracked changes. I've attempted to do this using Python's native xml.etree.ElementTree module. The script I've written…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-18T21:12:21.89+00:00
matsuo_basho 30 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-04-21T13:58:57.2133333+00:00
matsuo_basho 30 Reputation points
0 answers

Is there a way to pull term GPA's for a certain year?

Good morning, I have been using Infinite Campus to pull term GPAs looking for growth and decline. I have just found out that the term GPA's are not reflecting both of our schools (Park High School and our SoWashCo online). It is only showing me the GPA…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-21T13:16:05.7566667+00:00
Bodurtha, Andrew 0 Reputation points
1 answer

I have word stand-alone, what data is collected?

I have word stand-alone, what data is collected? I have the option of signing in or not. Thank you.

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-14T16:53:07.3366667+00:00
Imme Staeffler 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-19T07:59:33.5166667+00:00
Stefan Blom 2,596 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

I have a 4707 error with Word for the Mac, Beta Version 16.97

I'm running a Beta version of Word for Mac, 16.97 and I recently encountered a 4707 error whenever opening Word and I can't debug or clear the error message without Force Quitting the application. Thanks in advance for your help. Norm.

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-16T18:44:01.03+00:00
Norman St. Pierre 5 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-17T16:40:40.56+00:00
John Korchok 5,941 Reputation points
5 answers

Restoring Fonts

What is the best way to restore fonts to Microsoft Word? ex. Segona Book

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2022-01-13T20:28:46.177+00:00
Reginald Kee 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2025-04-15T17:33:47.4433333+00:00
Dio Xavier 3,610 Reputation points
1 answer

My letter head will not show up in Word anymore. Why?

I exported a Word document from a PDF document and now none of my letter heads can be seen either in Word or after in saving as PDF. How do I fix this?

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-10T20:00:09.5766667+00:00
Jessica Schruder 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-04-14T15:06:59.3833333+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,106 Reputation points
1 answer

Macro causing Word to crash in latest Office builds

We have a macro enabled template which is causing Microsoft Word to crash as soon as it is opened. The template macro includes a feature to pull user data to the file using LDAP. We have identified the following line in the macro as the cause: Set…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-04-10T14:22:04.8566667+00:00
Joe Aquino 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-10T16:15:51.8866667+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,106 Reputation points
2 answers

I am having an issue with Microsoft Word pausing when I click 'Read Aloud.'

I am having issues with about a five to ten second delay from when I click 'Read Aloud' in Word to when the program responds and begins reading. It does not freeze or 'spin' or give me any 'not responding' warning, there is just a delay. I'm in…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
960 questions
asked 2023-03-17T20:09:14.14+00:00
Jeff Bray 10 Reputation points
commented 2025-04-02T19:01:24.4466667+00:00
Matthew Cooper 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to convert English letters to uppercase and lowercase in Microsoft Word?

How to convert English letters to uppercase and lowercase in Microsoft Word?

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-31T22:10:39.02+00:00
Venkatesh ‌Priya 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-02T15:07:07+00:00
Venkatesh ‌Priya 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Error message opening files instead of opening them in protected view

My wife is using word from the lastest Microsoft 365 software version on a Windows 10 machine. For a few months, she has only been able to open a subset of word files. For any others, Word would show the following error message: Word experienced an…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-31T20:03:58.2733333+00:00
Andreas Trottmann 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-04-01T06:34:00.55+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 17,965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers

How to fix the Style portion of the Word Ribbon?

I don't know why it changed, I didn't ask it to and I don't think I approved any updates. But either way, I need to change it back. Any help would be appreciated.

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-28T03:24:32.8133333+00:00
NC 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-03-30T21:30:27.3733333+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,106 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Word cannot be opened

Word cannot be opened, and the following dialog box will appear. It will close after clicking the "Do not send" button. Run Word again and you will be asked if you want to start Word in safe mode. If you choose 'Yes' here, Word will enter' Safe…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-20T20:50:46.1766667+00:00
01 wyeu 140 Reputation points
accepted 2025-03-30T12:21:04.4733333+00:00
01 wyeu 140 Reputation points
1 answer

How do I stop "Paste with Co-Pilot" without completely turning off co-pilot?

How do I turn off "Paste with Co-Pilot" in Word. I don't want to complete turn off co-pilot, but every time I paste something, instead of using my saved settings it pops up "paste with co-pilot" and pastes it a completely different…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
997 questions
asked 2025-03-12T17:28:45.1833333+00:00
April Edwards 5 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-30T09:37:04.75+00:00
minz 0 Reputation points
2 answers

The recent function is not working for the template.

hello, I am facing issue with the recent file system in the word aopp and I am facing t this issue with some specific template that has been created, I have tried the office reinstallation and also I have tried the other possible troubleshooting that can…

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,771 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
960 questions
Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center
A suite of Microsoft systems management products that offer solutions for managing datacenter resources, private clouds, and client devices.
1,077 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,357 questions
asked 2025-02-17T22:24:28.18+00:00
Christian Kalb 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-27T07:35:48.7766667+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,106 Reputation points
2 answers

Detecting whether a word is a part of speech

I have this code snippet. It runs fine, but it does not detect anything as expected. What am I missing? WordCtDoc = TSearchNumberOfTimes.Text.ToString(); WordCt = 1; while (WordCt <= WordCtDoc.Max()) { …

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
960 questions
C#
C#
An object-oriented and type-safe programming language that has its roots in the C family of languages and includes support for component-oriented programming.
11,417 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,344 questions
asked 2025-02-02T01:09:30.4333333+00:00
John 466 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-24T16:55:52.5466667+00:00
John 466 Reputation points