Note: If the Remove button appears grayed out, then the selected keyboard shortcut is a default keyboard shortcut, and therefore it cannot be deleted. Reset all keyboard shortcuts On the Tools menu, select Customize Keyboard. I have a document that was sent to me in Word 2007 format. It appears to have been an export from PDF at some point in it's life. It is usable and edittable as it is, but the Page Setup options such as Margins are unavailable. Word simply GREYS OUT the Margin option, along with Orientation Size and Columns and Breaks.
In Microsoft Word, if the text just after your cursor is being deletedas you type, Overwrite mode is enabled. To turn this option off,follow one of these steps:
- Press the
InsertorInskey on thekeyboard. - In Windows, double-click the OVR indicator that appearsat the bottom of your document's window. When you turn the Overwriteoption off, the OVR indicator will become grayed out.
- In Mac OS X, single-click the OVR icon that appears atthe bottom of your document's window. When you turn the Overwriteoption off, the OVR icon will change from green (Overwriteon) to blank (Overwrite off).
Note: In Mac OS X, you may need to widen the windowto see the OVR icon.
To return to Overwrite mode, simply repeat the steps above.
Note: In Word 2007 for Windows and Word 2008 for MacOS X, Overwrite mode is disabled by default.
To turn on the ability to enter Overwrite mode for Word 2007, from theOffice Button menu, select Word Options, and thenAdvanced. Then, select Use the Insert key to controlovertype mode.
To turn on Overwrite mode for Word 2008, from the Word menu,select Preferences. Click the Edit icon, check thebox for Overtype mode, and then click OK.
There is a very low-level corruption that can produce this symptom.It's very rare, but the master section break at the end of the document can
develop a slight corruption.
When that happens, one or more if its property containers will turn 'read
only'. What you are observing is exactly the effect this can produce.
Since the corruption affects only one of the property containers, not the
text, everything else in the document works: it's just that you can't change
'some' settings. Just which ones depends on which container corrupted!
Copying into a new document replaces the faulty container, so it again
becomes read/write, and the document will then behave normally.
Hope this helps
On 28/08/08 11:51 PM, in article
8E55477A-3652-4BB6-B824-609B22CD14F3@microsoft.com, 'Mark Harris'
wrote:
> One othet thing, this document is easy to edit, and can be saved without
> issue. I have even saved iot to the older version of Word (2003) and then
> opened THAT file and did a CONVERT to Word2007. Same issue persists. So, I
> really don't think the file is corrupt, but I think you suggestion to copy
> everything and paste it to a blank document that is freshly created should
> work.
>
> M
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To turn on the ability to enter Overwrite mode for Word 2007, from theOffice Button menu, select Word Options, and thenAdvanced. Then, select Use the Insert key to controlovertype mode.
To turn on Overwrite mode for Word 2008, from the Word menu,select Preferences. Click the Edit icon, check thebox for Overtype mode, and then click OK.
There is a very low-level corruption that can produce this symptom.It's very rare, but the master section break at the end of the document can
develop a slight corruption.
When that happens, one or more if its property containers will turn 'read
only'. What you are observing is exactly the effect this can produce.
Since the corruption affects only one of the property containers, not the
text, everything else in the document works: it's just that you can't change
'some' settings. Just which ones depends on which container corrupted!
Copying into a new document replaces the faulty container, so it again
becomes read/write, and the document will then behave normally.
Hope this helps
On 28/08/08 11:51 PM, in article
8E55477A-3652-4BB6-B824-609B22CD14F3@microsoft.com, 'Mark Harris'
wrote:
> One othet thing, this document is easy to edit, and can be saved without
> issue. I have even saved iot to the older version of Word (2003) and then
> opened THAT file and did a CONVERT to Word2007. Same issue persists. So, I
> really don't think the file is corrupt, but I think you suggestion to copy
> everything and paste it to a blank document that is freshly created should
> work.
>
> M
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