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looking for office specialist certification from prior to 2009

I am trying to find proof that I have done the microsoft office specialist certification back in high school. I have tried logging into the portal for certiport but it just says an email has been sent without telling me what email it could have possibly…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
PowerPoint
PowerPoint
A family of Microsoft presentation graphics products that offer tools for creating presentations and adding graphic effects like multimedia objects and special effects with text.
334 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
2,163 questions
asked 2025-02-15T22:36:33.8333333+00:00
AJ Smith 0 Reputation points
0 answers

why cant he open word documen.

Hello Please i need your help on this issue. One of my customer is having with why cant he open word documen. When trying to open word docs in 365, it asks him to choose an app, and word is not on the list

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,741 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,278 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,741 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,278 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
asked 2025-02-14T10:43:04.1433333+00:00
John Peter 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-14T10:47:23.0233333+00:00
Bladimirtech 0 Reputation points
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why cant he open word documen.

Hello Please i need your help on this issue. One of my customer is having with why cant he open word documen. When trying to open word docs in 365, it asks him to choose an app, and word is not on the list

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,741 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,278 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,741 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
Office Management
Office Management
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
2,278 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
asked 2025-02-14T10:43:04.1433333+00:00
John Peter 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-14T10:47:23.0233333+00:00
Bladimirtech 0 Reputation points
1 answer

What causes the available background colors for tables to change between documents?

have two documents--Document A and Document B. Both documents were created using Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016 and saved in the .dox format. Each document has a table in it. When I try to change the background color for a row in the table, the…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-13T14:44:09.7866667+00:00
fosgate3 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-14T09:18:29.6966667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 14,655 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Copilot says 'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' in Word?

Trying to work with Word and Copilot and have asked several questions to add text to Footer etc and the answer is always the same ...'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
asked 2025-02-13T14:26:57.09+00:00
Peter Hawkes 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-14T08:34:21.5766667+00:00
Peter Hawkes 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Copilot says 'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' in Word?

Trying to work with Word and Copilot and have asked several questions to add text to Footer etc and the answer is always the same ...'Unfortunately, I cant make changes to your document directly' Is there a setting somewhere I am missing?

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
asked 2025-02-13T14:26:57.09+00:00
Peter Hawkes 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-14T08:34:21.5766667+00:00
Peter Hawkes 20 Reputation points
2 answers

How are Citations formated in Word?

Hi, I am the developer of Author and Reader (for macOS) using the Visual-Meta approach to metadata. [http://visual-meta.info] Visual-Meta is a simple way to add BibTeX citation information to a document which then cane be used when a user copies…

Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
asked 2021-05-24T19:37:16.12+00:00
Frode Hegland 1 Reputation point
edited the question 2025-02-13T17:21:20.0633333+00:00
TP 103.2K Reputation points
2 answers

Microsoft word alignment issue while opening in 2 different regions.

Hi, I created a document (from India) and sent to counter partner who works in Denmark. While opening the document he could see alignment issue like image moved to next page & could see hidden line as dotted lines like this.... Why is it happening ?…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
asked 2025-02-10T07:17:21.6866667+00:00
Jegan Narayanan 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-13T06:13:33.2233333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,871 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

Office 2021 Pro default setup

How to modify / create my one setup default for Word under the path : C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates ? Windows 11 lock this directory and even with administrator right it is impossible to write in it! It's evil thank you…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
asked 2025-02-12T10:08:30.84+00:00
vincent vidal 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-02-13T05:49:29.4866667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 14,655 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
4 answers

How to remove Copilot from Word

Hello, I would like to remove Copilot and Copilot's prompts from Word. I have adjusted the privacy settings, to prevent Copilot from having access to my documents. However, the annoying Copilot ribbon still provides a prompt and follows my efforts down…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
asked 2025-01-16T23:29:05.29+00:00
Nicole Piantedosi 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-13T03:52:45.9533333+00:00
Gloria Albuquerque-MSFT 0 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
4 answers

How to remove Copilot from Word

Hello, I would like to remove Copilot and Copilot's prompts from Word. I have adjusted the privacy settings, to prevent Copilot from having access to my documents. However, the annoying Copilot ribbon still provides a prompt and follows my efforts down…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365 Development
Microsoft Copilot for Microsoft 365: Microsoft 365 Copilot refers collectively to Copilot experiences within Microsoft 365 applications.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
224 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
583 questions
asked 2025-01-16T23:29:05.29+00:00
Nicole Piantedosi 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-13T03:52:45.9533333+00:00
Gloria Albuquerque-MSFT 0 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How to extract value of MS Word form Content control box to excel

Hello y'all, I have a folder with about 200 word documents that contain data I am trying to get into excel. The word template used has many content control plain text boxes with unique names. My users have filled out these word forms and now I need to…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Excel
Excel
A family of Microsoft spreadsheet software with tools for analyzing, charting, and communicating data.
2,163 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-12T14:04:08.4966667+00:00
deepslp 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-13T01:58:32.42+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,871 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Get spurious message "You can't add object etc" while creating word document

Message - Warning Flag - "You can't add object while creating word document"

Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
5,741 questions
Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
asked 2025-02-06T23:08:41.1466667+00:00
AJH 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-12T09:25:09.06+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 14,655 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

Word Addin JS RichAPI /General exceptionerror when using getText() for fetching paragraphs

await Word.run(async (context) => { const document = context.document; const body = document.body; const paragraphs = body.paragraphs; paragraphs.load({ $all: true }); let listItems = []; let paragraphText = {}; …

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
JavaScript API
JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
1,043 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-12T04:45:53.65+00:00
Rathan K 0 Reputation points
1 answer

How to share a link to a heading (from a Word document) in a Sharepoint

I have a Word document stored in a Sharepoint. This document is built with several levels of headings. In a distinct list, I want to create a new "Link" item to provide a link to a specific heading of the Word document mentioned above. When I…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
11,209 questions
asked 2025-01-31T11:09:15.09+00:00
Joubert Charlotte 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-11T09:11:40.8066667+00:00
Joubert Charlotte 0 Reputation points
0 answers

I want authenticated users of my web app to seamlessly edit shared word documents stored in my app

I have a web app that created documents from a user-provided template. The template is stored in my cloud storage solution. The web app will generate the document by substituting data from a database into the template. I want my users to be able to edit…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-10T23:32:15.0833333+00:00
Wes Burwash 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-11T02:48:50.3033333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,871 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to calculate average in a Word table and not include zeros?

I have a MS Word table and need to calculate the average of a row without including any blanks or zeros?

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
asked 2025-02-07T21:56:34.7133333+00:00
Fisher, Audrey 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-10T16:16:42.1133333+00:00
Fisher, Audrey 20 Reputation points
0 answers

A problem that can implement dynamic function calls in word through the field code = (Formula) field

In my daily work, it is common to create bookmarks in word that are easy to quickly reference throughout the document. However, I have different uses for the text of these bookmarks. For example, I have created an amount bookmark in the document and its…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-10T02:59:46.7333333+00:00
li yujun 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-10T06:39:48.0766667+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,871 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

How to create a list in Word that you can select a name, and two lines would appear under a signature line.

How can I create list in Word that you can select a name, and two lines would appear under a signature line. The first line would show the name of the signing officer, with the second line showing the title and department the signing officer belong to.…

Word
Word
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
956 questions
Office
Office
A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.
1,909 questions
Office Development
Office Development
Office: A suite of Microsoft productivity software that supports common business tasks, including word processing, email, presentations, and data management and analysis.Development: The process of researching, productizing, and refining new or existing technologies.
4,263 questions
asked 2025-02-08T04:08:23.3566667+00:00
c b 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-10T02:22:35.2133333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 27,871 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers

Word - Sharepoint - Styles change formatting when multiple users

Hi, We have a lot of issues with predefined styles in Word. We have a lot of personnalised styles in our documents. We have many templates which we use to create documents. When multiple users are working on a document, the styles sometimes…

SharePoint
SharePoint
A group of Microsoft Products and technologies used for sharing and managing content, knowledge, and applications.
11,209 questions
Word Management
Word Management
Word: A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
952 questions
asked 2022-11-01T13:08:28.263+00:00
Cindy 6 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-10T01:28:57.35+00:00
Edward 0 Reputation points