Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Can anyone help me with a Word problem?


I have downloaded a Word 97 job application form. I have Windows XP. Now I want to do some underlining on the form and make some of the text bold, but when I open the form, all of the text formatting options are greyed out on the toolbar.

Can anyone suggest anything please?

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Maybe the form is protected from changes being made? Have you checked the attributes for the file? Even better, can you provide a link to it so we can look at the original?

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Tools > Options > Unprotect Document

If it's passworded you "probably" won't be able to do what you're trying to do.

You could try highlighting the word you want to underline and then pressing Ctrl and U together, that may still allow you to underline the words that you want to.

Ctrl+U = Underline
Ctrl+I = Italics
Ctrl+B = Bold

(Incidently, the same shortcut key combinations work here on CF as well ;) )

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Otherwise, if you've opened it directly from the web, it may be that the document is in read-only mode... (it should say in the title bar if it is read-only). Try saving it somewhere where you have read/write access and then re-opening it to see if that makes any difference.

If that fails, I kinda remember seeing something once where using Open Office you could work around this... or was it Anti-Word. Ack, can't remember exactly... think I'm going senile.

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

There are workarounds but none of them are overly pretty, if you con't get it to work with any of the methods above (and you don't mind doing so) post a link, or the file itself, here and I'll take a look at it for you.

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:p:

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Meh :shrug:

If something's worth saying you might as well say it twice :p:

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

sm@rt@rse? But sugarlump I thought we agreed not to use petnames on the forum :angel: lol
Shame the OP doesn't have anyone that's good with PCs close by that can help...... :D

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Woo hoo this worked!!

Thanks guys.

Re: Troubleshooting a word doc please help!
 

Ooh so it was a protected document after all, it's Ok Raist I'll let you share the kudos for this one lol

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Another satisifed customer :)

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Yeah we get them sometimes ;)

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Nice one, glad you're sorted :)


Thanks :) After all, you came up with the diagnosis and I came up with the solution (with method ;) ) :p:

Don't know about you but I guarantee satisfaction :D