When attempting to open email attachments in WordPad the following message appears: ‘Wordpad has caused an error in MSWRD832.CNV. Wordpad will now close’. Restarting the computer has not resolved the issue. (more…)

A PDF file allows me to copy an image, by selecting the image and right-click then select ‘Copy image to clipboard’. After pasting the image into a Word document the image is initially very small, but this is not a real problem as the image can be enlarged. However, the image appears flipped upside-down, and I am unable to find any options to flip the image so it appears at the correct orientation. When selecting the image to show the Picture Toolbar, the ‘flip’ buttons are greyed out and cannot be accessed. How can I flip the image? The computer is running Windows XP Service Pack 2. (more…)

Quite a while back I read instructions on how to print a graphic as well as a return address on an envelope using Microsoft Word. This could then be saved and automatically added to every envelope that is printed. Can you refresh my mind as to how this can be done? (more…)

I have three issues with Microsoft Word 2003. Firstly, after upgrading Word 97 to Word 2003 the find function no longer works when using wildcards in the search criteria. For example, when I use a combination of letters and the ? wildcard to find a certain word, not every instance of the requested search pattern will be found. However, this works correctly in Word 97. Secondly, a document I am authoring has embedded graphics. These graphics display fine in ‘Normal’ view, but when I apply text-wrapping around the images the pictures are only visible through ‘Print Layout’ mode. Is it possible to force the text-wrapped graphics to appear in ‘Normal’ view? Finally, I do a lot of cutting-and-pasting in Word 2003 and find the clipboard icon (which appears whenever pasting text) is a real nuisance, as it appears over-the-top of the text below the newly pasted text. Can I disable the clipboard icon from appearing? The computer is running Windows XP Professional. (more…)

How can I manage (especially delete) the history items which appear in the Microsoft Word ‘Save As’ dialogue box? (more…)