Word for Windows (Desktop Application)
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縮小表示しているときの図形サイズ変更が不便
縮小表示しているときの図形サイズを数値で変更する際、数値部分を押さずにいきなり▼▲を押すと表示が消える。大変不便です。何でこんな仕様にしてしまったのですか?困りますので直してください。
また、この数値操作をした後、文字入力をしようとすると、マウスで文章編集部分をクリックしてからでないと、文章の入力ができない。非常に不便です。
3 votesマイクロソフトの製品に関するご意見をいただき、ありがとうございます。ご不便をおかけして申し訳ありません。
ご報告の件ですが、どの製品でこの現象が起こっているか教えていただけますでしょうか(例えば、Word、Notepadなど)。こちらで調査をする際に参考にさせていただきます。
よろしくお願いします。
澤野井
Microsoft – Global PM -
The ink editor would be cool if it had more options.
The ink editor would be more useful if it had the ability to add punctuation marks- like adding a comma where there should be one.
Also, as far as spelling goes- for those words that the spelling checker doesn't catch, it would be nice to be able to delete or add single letters rather than whole words.
I will probably not be using this feature as it is; it seems like it is more trouble than it's worth right now and doesn't have the features I need. However, if this feature is expanded it would make my life (as well…
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I want to type in the center of the screen all the time. Have doc scroll up behind my typing. Not have cursor move down to bottom.
I am an author and I have used Word for all of my 30 plus books, but one feature in word is missing. I would like to have the typing position “frozen in the middle of the screen” or set on the middle of the screen. That way, as I write the pages will scroll up line by line, behind my work. That would be different from the cursor moving down. Can there be a setting for this? NOT centering the page and stuff like that. I want the cursor to move along as I type from left to right…
70 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Predictive Text / Smart Typing is needed badly.
Please add the option to enable a feature while typing repetitive words / sentences.
I typed a document of 30 pages and had to copy and paste same words almost hundred times. I wish if Predictive Text / Smart Typing feature was there then this would have saved me hours of searching, copying and pasting... please add this feature... it is a must...
71 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Option to skip first header row of a table
Upon creating a table that has a header row and another 'header row' that is located in the middle of the table, it is not possible for the header row in the middle of the table to repeat when the table extends onto a new page. (This feature currently only works with the header that is the very first row of the table)
If the 'header row' in the middle of the table is also placed as the first row in the table, then a "Skip First Header Row" feature would be able to hide that first row but enable…
89 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Make it easy to delete a page in word
Make it as easy just so you can mark a page and delete it with a "right-click"
556 votesThank you for the feedback! We know that deleting a page can be challenging so we have recently updated our help article on this topic to help explain why you might have a blank page in your document and how to remove it when that happens. You can find the article here: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Delete-a-page-in-Word-174fedd3-b4e5-42e4-a4d0-5e25127a1404
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Feynman Slash Notation
A commonly used notation in Quantum Field Theory is the so-called Feynman slash notation, which is simply a forward slash going through a letter ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feynmanslashnotation ). Throughout my studies this is probably the only symbol I was unable to find in MS Office.
It would be quite convenient to add it within the Equation editor, as an "Accent" for example, allowing the user to apply it to any letter or symbol.
46 votesThank you for the feedback. We are reviewing your suggestions.
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Inline MathType equations appear raised above the baseline in Microsoft Word
Inline MathType equations appear raised above the baseline in Microsoft Word.
Issue: (from website of MathType company)
Once a saved file that contains a MathType equation at the end of a line has been re-opened in Microsoft Word, the Character Spacing Position properties will have been set to "Lowered" thus causing the baseline to shift downward relative to the surrounding text. This occurs when saving the file as a .docx format (does not occur on files saved as .doc format).Many users and I are using MathType and encounter the above problem. It is really inconvenient for people working with…
96 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing this issue.
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Add the automatic spaces back to the times symbol in equation editor.
Up until a few weeks ago, there has always been automatic spacing around all operators in equation editor. After a recent 2017 update, the times multiplication symbol no longer automatically spaces properly. All other operators continue to automatically space. This automatic spacing for the times symbol still exists in PPT and Excel, just not Word for Windows or Word for Mac. It looks like a glitch that went out in the last update.
42 votesThanks for raising this issue with us! We are investigating.
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Focus view for WINDOWS (Word 2016)
Introduce a focus view for the WINDOWS version (Word 2016) like it is already available for the Mac version. Why is the only available on the Mac version so far?
129 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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LIVE WORD COUNT NEEDED!!
I'm a professional editor, and live word count is a must-have feature. I still use Word 2011 because it has live word count and Word 2016 doesn't. I keep checking to see if this has been added back in, but it has not. I don't understand why Microsoft would have gotten rid of this feature. It's so frustrating that they got rid of a feature so important to writers, editors, and students!
I am also tired of people saying it's there. These people obviously don't know what live word count is. Word 2016 has word count. It does NOT have…
153 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Restore pinned folders in Save options in all Office products
Before the most recent branch 16.0.6568.2025 we had the ability to pin frequently used folders we saved document in, in all parts of Office. Since this new version it takes more steps to save files in the places we want them. Many people are upset by this change. Please bring back this ability to pin directories. See othger feedback below.
510 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Word randomly rescales equations and other embedded objects
Sometimes in a Word document containing several equations, after closing and re-opening Word, the equations have been randomly re-scaled. The proportions aren't off by more than a few percent, but it's noticeable. An example would be height & width of 97x101%, when of course the original was 100x100%. To be clear, this isn't with a specific version of WinWord, but it is specific to equations created MS Equation 3.0 and MathType -- IOW, equation objects. We've seen this happen with other objects too, primarily embedded Excel charts, so it does seem like it's Word causing the issue, and not Equation…
229 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Stop automatically maximizing all minimized documents whenever a new one is opened.
Stop automatically maximizing all minimized documents (and workbooks in Excel) whenever a new document is opened. This is unnecessary since the Task View and other options allow one to see more than one document at a time. When all minimized documents pop back up whenever a new one is opened, we just have to re-minimize them again. It's a nuisance.
331 votesThanks for your feedback! This is an area we are currently investigating and will consider this feedback as we make a decision.
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Natural Gestures / Actions that Enable Copyediting Marks with Ink Editor
Natural gestures is a GREAT start, but please continue to expand the capabilities of ink editor. As an attorney I work in word nearly all day long. Ever since Microsoft released the surface pro, I've prayed for the ability to edit word files using copyediting marks and the pen.
Anyone who does editing of large word documents knows there is a big difference between editing text using the keyboard and track changes and editing text with a pen. That is why a lot of people, like attorneys, book editors, authors, etc. still print out their draft documents, mark them up…
49 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Improve digital signatures
Improving digital signatures, I believe that in the near future this will be a feature that is used much because the tendency is to stop using paper, so the use of alternative mechanisms such as digital signatures (certificates) or (biometrico as tablets wacom) will be one of the features that users will use daily.
Currently the functionality of digital signatures work well, however as a user think it could be improved by including more information regarding errors during the process of signing, suggestions on how to fix some errors in the firms, make more beautiful generally provide more elements tools…
52 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Bring back "classic" text boundaries
Yes, we've been told that the display of text boundaries in Word 2013 (and I assume 2016 as well) is the result of the new layout engine, that the old text boundaries were really a "mistake" and should not have been relied upon, but thousands of users did rely on them and prefer them. If this idea receives a large number of votes, perhaps it will create a groundswell.
1,166 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Add character count to status bar
In the age of content creation with Word dominating the market, everyone can agree that character count is often more important than word count. And it's a pain in the neck having to click word count 500 times when you're writing just to keep checking the character count...
It begs the question - what are bloggers and hired writers using to write short- and medium-form content? Surely there are any number of use cases that require a large percentage of writers to use character count, such as myself and many others who've had this question, including proofreaders, people who create…
97 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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add anchor tool for tables
I was trying to understand how table positioning work in word and I noticed that it's relatively similar to frame positioning
but the difference is: tables don't have anchor tool while frames have.Tables ,however, are anchored to text just like frames and images and if i select the paragraph to which a table is anchored , the table is selected with it, but sadly ,I can't change the anchor position of a table because there is no anchor tool
39 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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Provide an option to disable the "Welcome Back!" pop-up, or make it non-modal
When opening a Word document I'm presented with a "Welcome Back!" pop-up that lets me move to my last reading position. Though I've never wanted to use this feature, I have no problem with it.
Or rather--I would have no problem with it if it weren't input-blocking. I have to wait for the pop-up to disappear before I can type anything.
This may sound inconsequential, but I have some Word documents with reference material, and I'm frequently opening them for as quick a lookup as I can manage. As soon as I open them I hit Ctrl-F to search. My…
219 votesThanks for your feedback! We’re reviewing your suggestion.
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