Questions tagged [microsoft-office-2007]

Office 2007, also known as Office 12, is a version of Microsoft Office. This release featured a new interface known as the Fluid Interface, or the Ribbon.

Applications Included in Microsoft Office 2007

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Related Microsoft server programs

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Other Versions of Microsoft Office

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Two blue arrows at top right of icons

On some icons I am seeing a two blue arrows at the top the right pointing towards each other. I first noticed it on the icons on folders which I archived which happened randomly. I archived the folder and the text went blue as expected, then when…
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Outlook does not show desktop notifications on a message receive if e-mail is transfered to another folder with a rule

I have a number of accounts in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, a folder for each and a rule which moves message for appropriate folder. Also it has to show a desktop notification. But it doesn't! I have enabled an option to showing notification for…
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Setting up a column of "enum"-fields in Excel

I'd like to setup a column in excel with several fixed possible values (like 'in-progress', 'done', 'canceled'). I'd like to set it up so the only possible values in these column are from the fixed list, and it would be easy to pick one of these…
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Shortcut keys don't work in MS-Word on Win8

I've just upgraded to Windows 8 (from XP) and re-installed my copy of Office 2007. Now the common shortcuts (Ctrl-Z, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V etc) don't work in Word, however other shortcuts (Ctrl-P) are fine. These shortcuts do work in other applications…
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Automatically resize picture/image in Word?

I'm using Microsoft Word 2007. I have several large screenshots that need to be inserted into the document at various places. When I paste the pictures, I have to manually resize them to fit within the margins of the document. This takes up too…
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How do I force Excel (and other Microsoft Office products) to stop opening files in the same application?

Whenever I "double click" on an Excel file and another Excel file is open, the newly opened file automatically opens in the same application window as the previously opened Excel file. This isn't limited to just Excel, as I've seen Word do this as…
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Search text in multiple Excel files

I'm using Microsoft Office 2007. How can I search inside multiple Excel files?
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Smileys in Outlook, how to prevent it

When I type the emoticon :) in Outlook 2007, it turns into a smiley face, as in a face inside of a circle...Is there a way for me to prevent Outlook from doing that? I just want a plain old colon and parentheses... Thanks! Other than putting a…
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How to enable Email desktop alerts for inbox folders in outlook 2007?

Possible Duplicate: Outlook does not show desktop notifications on a message recieve Right now desktop alerts only comes if mail comes in inbox only . i need desktop alerts for every folder on incoming mail
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why does Windows 7 x64 Explorer.exe suddenly gobble up all available RAM and slow my system to a crawl?

UPDATE: RESOLVED - see my answer below Frequently, while I'm navigating through folders in a Windows Explorer window (Explorer.exe, not to be confused with Internet Explorer), suddenly I'll hear my hard disk start to thrash and my system becomes…
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Float table to bottom of page in Word 2007

Is it possible to float a table to the bottom of a page in Word 2007? I am making a template for revisable documents for work (specs, routines etc) and I want the front page to contain the document title, and a table of revisions. I want to float…
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MS Office documents suddenly become read-only

Possible Duplicate: While editing a document in Word 2007 the document suddenly becomes read only This is really annoying. When I work on a Word or Powerpoint document in MS Office 2007, after a while, the document becomes read-only by itself. As…
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How can I make Excel documents open in different windows?

Office 2007, Windows Server 2008 x64. How can I make Excel so that when I double-click a document, it opens in a new Excel instance, so that I can easily view them side-by-side as separate windows and not using the View-Arrange All functionality?…
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What is the 2007 Microsoft Office Plugin for Netscape Navigator?

After installing Office 2007, the following plugin shows up in Firefox: 2007 Microsoft Office system   12.0.4518.1014 Office Plugin for Netscape Navigator What exactly does it do?
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Can't edit a specific document in Word 2007

I have a document in Word 2007 that seems to be read only. There are forms in the document that I can type in, but I can't edit or reformat the rest of the document. There is probably a setting somewhere I can flip to make it editable again but I…
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