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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 10:16:18 GMT
Bit of a long shot but Google is getting me nowhere.
I created a Word template but for some reason, when the template first opens, it shows a pop-up dialogue asking for a Document number.
I suspect this is a FILLIN field but I'm not sure where it came from.
The field Doc Number isn't used anywhere in the template.
It opens a new document with no content (so toggling field code/content with ALT+F9 does nothing).
I've clicked about in the developer tab to see if I can somehow see this FILLIN listed, so I can delete it but I can't find it anywhere.
I found plenty of online discussion on how to add FILLIN or ASK fields and how to remove them but these only work if the fields are actually present in the document to select and delete.
Any next-level Word power user that knows how I can remove a rogue fillin?
It's prompted when opening the template or when printing the document based on the template but for the life of me I can't find where to remove this.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 12, 2024 10:32:29 GMT
Your org hasn't deployed any document management add-ins?
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Post by Chopsen on Nov 12, 2024 10:47:02 GMT
There are document management add ins?
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 12, 2024 11:02:21 GMT
There's all sorts of shit you can stuff into word. Ive definitely seen a numbering add-in once upon a time.
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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 11:39:12 GMT
The only add ins I can find are under COM-add ins:
Acrobat PDFMaker COM adding & OneNote-add in linked notes.
Disabling them both doesn't seem to change anything.
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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 11:43:44 GMT
I've just found some article about checking your add ins via 'File' >'Download add ins' > 'My Add ins'.
That's come up as 'no add ins.
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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 11:46:00 GMT
I just saved a blank Word doc as a template and the FILL-IN field dialogue box doesn't come up.
So probably not something company-deployed.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 12, 2024 12:06:26 GMT
How MS Office became the default across all sectors is baffling. Having just come back to it from Google, I am struck at how utterly inept it is - especially Word.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 12, 2024 13:01:16 GMT
The problem is that Microsoft achieved perfection in the late 2000s in terms of function and usability and everything they have done since then has been change for the sake of it and a worse product.
Win 7, Server 2K8r2, Office 2008/10, Xbox 360.... all followed up with absolute shite.
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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 13:04:52 GMT
HOLY MOLY, I finally found it.
It was hidden in the footer, overlapping with another field to add a page number.
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Post by salaman on Nov 12, 2024 13:07:19 GMT
The problem is that Microsoft achieved perfection in the late 2000s in terms of function and usability and everything they have done since then has been change for the sake of it and a worse product. Win 7, Server 2K8r2, Office 2008/10, Xbox 360.... all followed up with absolute shite. Now that they're pushing the whole 365 suite, it's really horrible. It seems to default to opening Word files in the web version in your browser rather than the locally installed app. I keep seeing colleague that are messing about in web-based Word in a browser tab, wrestling with the limited functionality offered by te online version. edit: and then when they close it, it saved to the default location, their personal OneDrive folder and they can't figure out where it went. |
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Post by X201 on Nov 12, 2024 13:22:42 GMT
The problem is that Microsoft achieved perfection in the late 2000s in terms of function and usability and everything they have done since then has been change for the sake of it and a worse product. Win 7, Server 2K8r2, Office 2008/10, Xbox 360.... all followed up with absolute shite. You ain’t seen nothing yet. They’ve messed with Outlook and the new version is horrible. |
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 12, 2024 13:30:44 GMT
The most dispiriting thing in the world is when a 'preview the new portal' toggle appears at the top of an app you use regularly.
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Post by cubby on Nov 12, 2024 13:33:28 GMT
We use libreoffice at our place, it just works like MS Office used to. I hate having to use the MS apps now, even though we pay for them.
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