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My documents are saying "Word found unreadable content". Can these documents be recovered?!!!!!!!!!!

My word documents are saved on Icloud Drive and have been for 2 years. I am not experiencing an issue with my word documents stating "Word found unreadable content" and I am unable to open the file. This is extremely upsetting as I very much…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T17:35:58.37+00:00
Casha 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-12T09:19:38.4866667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 15,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Error on all Word documents: This file wasn't uploaded because the specified path wasn't found on the server or permission was denied

Can someone please tell me how to fix this. I am unable to save my word documents and I keep getting this error message on every single word document that I open.

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-12T03:02:39.7166667+00:00
Natalie 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-12T07:36:23.2233333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 28,666 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Why am I suddenly getting a message to 'Activate 365 to create and edit' in Powerpoint and Word when I already have purchased a Home/ Student one-off package?

I have had a Home/Student package bought one-off in 2019. I have happily been using Word / Powerpoint etc but suddenly I'm being asked to 'Activate 365' Why?

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-11T17:39:06.21+00:00
Jennifer Smith 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-03-12T02:25:33.85+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 15,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Word will not allow me to save documents it is giving the Error Tag: 657rx Error Code: 2148073520.

Word is allowing me to edit documents and print changes, but when I attempt to save my work or reopen Word to access the changed document I receive this error code: Correlation Id: 50d61a54-73cf-409c-8410-1b1a92f47f4f Timestamp:…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-04T17:24:50.56+00:00
Leigh Anne Summey 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-11T08:53:16.2966667+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 15,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Is it necessary to get a Microsoft Business account if I wanted to create products to sell on Teachers Pay Teachers? If it is necessary would the business account also cover the font license or would I need to additionally acquire that license?

I would like to create worksheets to sell on Teachers Pay Teachers. Can I do that with a personal account or is it required to have a Business account of Microsoft word? If I eventually stopped creating and stopped my subscription would I have to take…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-11T05:37:08.22+00:00
Cameron Stewart 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-11T08:45:16.3+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 15,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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.
960 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.
972 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.
229 questions
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft terminology for a universal copilot interface.
661 questions
asked 2025-02-13T14:26:57.09+00:00
Peter Hawkes 25 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-11T06:26:27.42+00:00
Gloria Albuquerque-MSFT 10 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Natural Voices MS Word are gone

I suddenly do not have the natural "Female/Male" options under my Read Aloud feature in Word anymore. All I have now are the robotic voices (Mark, Zira, and David). Does anyone have any idea as to what happened and how to get it back?

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-09T06:38:25.86+00:00
Robert Ramirez 45 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-11T00:42:48.3133333+00:00
Gary Leigh 0 Reputation points
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The voices on Microsoft Word read aloud have changed. How do I get the old ones back?

The voices on Read aloud have changed suddenly from realistic British voices to robotic American ones. When I try to activate the function, a message pops up telling me to sign in to my Microsoft account. But I already am!! How do I get the old voices…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T10:46:24.48+00:00
Denarii Peters 35 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-03-10T21:38:37.1533333+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,006 Reputation points
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what happened to microsoft word and onenote read aloud?

I was using Read Aloud on Microsoft Word and I think it was Microsoft Sonia Online's voice but when I came to use Read Aloud today the voices were the defaults of George, Susan and Hazel has something happened to Read Aloud? I had looked in options on…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T23:18:17.29+00:00
lucy 25 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-10T08:42:31.9133333+00:00
Jiajing Hua-MFST 15,870 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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Word on taskbar has no recent history

Right click on the Word icon on the taskbar of the Windows desktop, but there is no recent history. But other software in Office and other software in Windows are also available.

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-09T12:22:56.6933333+00:00
Miller Edward 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-10T08:34:16.5233333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 28,666 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
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How do I recover a damaged Word document?

I have tried following all the steps that I could find online, but it doesn't really seem to work. I also noticed that I am having problems logging into my OneDrive, but I don't know if it's related. Thanks!

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T23:17:01.0366667+00:00
Guillermo LO 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-10T07:58:28.5333333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 28,666 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers

Why is Microsoft Word back to using those horrible robotic voices in read-aloud?

Why is the read aloud realistic voice feature so horrible? It works often, but then for NO REASON WHATSOEVER it reverts back to 2010 robotic voices. This is awful and why I hate Microsoft. This particular issue has been in Q&A for 3 years now but…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T23:43:12.5733333+00:00
Joseph Logan 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-10T03:43:23.15+00:00
Felicia 0 Reputation points
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office Word blue background color in read mode

Hello, I like to read the chapter of an online story i am following in read mode of word with the page inversed. So white letters and a black background, cuts down on the hurting eyes. the problem is tough that for some chapters the complete background…

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.
972 questions
asked 2021-01-29T22:23:41.003+00:00
richard de leeuw 6 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-09T18:27:57.9433333+00:00
Stefan Blom 2,581 Reputation points MVP
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Microsoft Office programs will not load

When attempting to open Microsoft Office programs I receive a message that says "Updating Microsoft 365 and Office, pleas wait a moment..." After a moment, the window closes and a new one says "The application was unable to start correctly…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-08T23:35:46.34+00:00
cara hosmer 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-09T14:19:02.4266667+00:00
Stefan Blom 2,581 Reputation points MVP
2 answers

Word - Dictate/Transcribe Question

The Transcribe feature of Word is awesome. I have a client that records their board meetings (around 12 participants) and they are 9 hours long. They need to be able to transcribe the audio to written text. The Transcribe function of Word works great but…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-06T20:28:49.3+00:00
Dennis Imhoff 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-03-07T04:59:31.04+00:00
Charles Kenyon 3,006 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

The "Dictate" function in my Word disappeared

The "Dictate" function in my Word disappeared. I have Office Professional Plus 2021. Initially, everything was working perfectly fine, but after transferring my old files via USB (as I was working with Word 2007 on my old computer), the…

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-04T14:31:46.31+00:00
djam 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-03-05T12:06:45.51+00:00
djam 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Word 365 Multilevel problem

How do I correct a multilevel list. When using the "Start at Number" to reset the numbering to "1", the indent for that style changes.

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-03-02T17:05:58.2933333+00:00
Mel Orecklin 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-05T08:12:36.9733333+00:00
Emi Zhang-MSFT 28,666 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Word print problem

The document has page numbers set. When printing "odd numbered pages", what are the even numbered pages? Other files can be printed normally. What is the reason for this? thank you.

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-02-28T15:40:05.46+00:00
Kuro Kenji 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-03-04T23:09:46.5833333+00:00
Kuro Kenji 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I cannot cut & paste in word. How do I fix that?

I cannot copy and paste in word. How do I fix that?

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.
972 questions
asked 2025-02-27T20:10:45.69+00:00
Jim Fitzpatrick 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-01T21:31:12.6733333+00:00
Jim Fitzpatrick 20 Reputation points
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How to make printing without markup the default

I would like the default print setting to EXCLUDE markups without having to go into the dropdown menu on various files and deselect "print markup" in the print menu. Is there a way to do this in preferences, for instance?

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.
972 questions
asked 2022-01-12T16:45:00.673+00:00
Kate G 11 Reputation points
edited a comment 2025-03-01T17:31:02.24+00:00
Stefan Blom 2,581 Reputation points MVP