Questions tagged [microsoft-office]

Application suite from Microsoft which includes always Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Depending on what edition of Microsoft Office you have you can also have OneNote, Outlook, Publisher and Access.

Recent Versions of Microsoft Office

Stand-alone license/version for Windows

Subscription based license/version for Windows and MacOS

In addition to the stand-alone Office installations/versions Microsoft also offers a subscription license called Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 installations offer continues updates to the latest Office version. Although the newest stand-alone versions usually offer the same features as Microsoft 365 they are two software products develop separately.

Microsoft 365 also incorporates all of the cloud-based "software as a service"-products like etc. Usually, with more features when compared with their free counterparts.

Stand-alone license/version for MacOS

There are also versions for OS X, generally grouped under , or individually:

Applications Included in Microsoft Office

Unless your question pertains to Microsoft Office as a whole or the integration between Microsoft Office programs, it is best to use one of these tags instead:

Alternatives to Microsoft Office / Microsoft 365

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Microsoft Office document is "locked for editing by 'another user'"

A few of my users are in and out of various Excel 2007 spreadsheets all day. One of them reports that "50% of the time" she tries to open a spreadsheet from the file server, an information message comes up stating: foo.xlsx is locked for editing …
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How to write subscripts in Microsoft Office formulas

I have to write equations that have a lot of subscripts. What is the shortcut key in Microsoft Office to write subscripts in equations?
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Office 2016 - How to remove individual apps?

I purchased the full version of Office 2016 Pro from the Home Use Program. I did the standard click-to-run install, and I never got a chance to select which apps to install. Trying to uninstall or "configure" afterwards only gives the option for…
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Microsoft Office "retro" look and feel

Recently the look and feel of my Microsoft Office 2007 products (on a Windows XP system) has taken on a "retro" look. I'm not sure what caused this to happen but I would like to return it to the standard look and feel. How do I go about changing…
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Which version of Office 2016 I have?

I'm trying to understand which version of Office 2016 I have. I click File and then Account. Here is the screenshot: As you could see, the build number under "About Word" button is 9029.2167. However, when I click this button, the new window…
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Install x64(64-bit) and x86(32-bit) Microsoft Office on same pc?

Can I have both versions of Microsoft Office on same Windows? for example, Office 2007 (32-bit) and Office 2013 (64-bit). On answers.microsoft.com (the worst forum ever seen in my life) it was said, that's not possible. Any ways?
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Office ~$ Files

If you look in a folder where you open a Office document, .xls, .doc., .pst, whatever.... it also creates a file with the same name (or close to it) preceeded with a ~$. Getting a good definition of what these file are has been tough. Try Googling…
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Obtaining a list of all hyperlinks?

Is there some method by which a list of all hyperlinks in a Microsoft Office 2010 Document can be obtained? I'm trying to check a large number of large documents (a grab bag of Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents) for broken links, and I'd rather…
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Microsoft Word 2010 Style Sets - Where to get downloads

Knowing that I can edit existing styles, is there anywhere that offers style-sets that can be downloaded and added to the list of available style-sets that come with Microsoft Office 2010? Another way to put it is that I would like to expand on the…
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MS Office 2010 refuses to let go of the Swedish Language

I am trying to change the default interface language (menus, buttons, shortcuts etc) of MS Office 2010. I find it very annoying that they have made up ad.hoc. Swedish names for loads of things making searching for something you have a problem with a…
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Remove the backstage Office 2016 / O365 for business

I am not a fan of the backstage. Until today, I didn't even know it had a name (besides "yet another annoying new Microsoft feature"). I would like to disable it in its entirety. I've come across a few articles that mention disabling it for the…
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How to toggle spell checking quickly in Microsoft Word

It would help if there is a way to toggle the underlining on and off programmatically, assigning the command to a button to enable me to toggle with a single click. It is a pain to go through the menus every time I want to do it currently. How do I…
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When in MS Word we add new words to the dictionary, Where do they save?

I use MS Office Proofing Tools. On the other hand, I have to install a fresh Windows. Obviously after Windows installation, the words added in old OS will disappear. So, I am seeking a trick to save these words and add them to the Fresh Windows. Can…
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What is the difference between metafile and enhanced metafile?

Simple scenario: Go into Excel. Create a graph. Select it, and copy it. Now go into powerpoint. If you go to the "Paste Special" menu, there are options for Picture (Windows Metafile) and Picture (Enhanced Metafile). What is the difference?
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In word 2010 (or any version really) how do you get text's current color?

In word 2010 (or any version really) how do you get text's current color? I just end up having to approximate the color in the palette picker. There must be a better way.
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