When you open legacy Office documents (97-2003), Office applications may display the “File In Use” error and suggest opening the document in Read-Only mode. This may happen in every Office application—Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.Read more
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“Word has encountered a problem” Pasting from Paint to Word/Outlook
When you paste an image from the modern Paint app in Windows 11 to Microsoft Word or Microsoft Outlook, the following error may occur: Word has encountered a problem. The error message is the same when you paste the copied image (from Paint) into Outlook. However, the image may get pasted from the Clipboard after … Read more
Fix: Word could not create the work file when Opening Word Documents
When you try to open or save a document in Microsoft Word, you receive the following error message:
Word could not create the work file. Check the Temp environment variable.
OneNote 2016 Screen Clipping Shortcut Key – How to Change?
Windows 10 Creators Update replaces OneNote’s popular screen clipping shortcut: Win + Shift + S. Starting with the Creators Update, this shortcut will be a global hotkey — an Operating System feature. Win + Shift + S will capture a screen region from any application and copy it to clipboard — powered by Snipping Tool’s new "/CLIP" command-line.Read more
How to Reset OneNote 2016 Toolbar and Ribbon Settings to Defaults?
If you had customized OneNote Ribbon and Quick Access Toolbar settings and need to revert back to the default settings, here are a couple of ways to do that.Read more
Use Word 2016’s “Researcher” to Complete Your Research Papers Faster (Office 365)
If you have a Office 365 subscription, then take a look at the nice little new feature “Researcher”, available in Word 2016. Researcher uses Bing Knowledge Graph to pull appropriate content from the web and provide structured, safe and credible information which you can include in your research paper.Read more
How to Open Excel Hyperlinks (to Folders) Without Showing the Navigation Pane in Explorer
When you click on a hyperlink in Excel that points to a folder location, it always opens the folder with navigation pane enabled, even if the user has disabled the navigation pane. This is because Excel invokes the "explore" verb instead of “open”, when launching a hyperlink to a folder. To prevent the navigation pane from being shown when clicking a hyperlink in Excel, use the steps:Read more
Office File Types .docx, .pptx, .xlsx Downloading as .zip
When you try downloading one of the Microsoft Office file types such as .docx, .pptx, .xlsx, the file may download as a .zip (Compressed Folder) file. This happens if the Office document MIME types are not registered in the web server you’re downloading the file from. There is nothing much the user can do, apart … Read more
Fix: Cannot Change the Connected State of Registered Office Add-Ins
When you attempt to enable or disable an Office Add-In, the following error message may be displayed and the Add-In state does not change.Read more