Word for Windows (Desktop Application)
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Render EndNote obsolete by integrating Citations and Bibliography with OneDrive
Citations and Bibliography in Word 2016 is powerful but closed-off to how we manage files and data in cloud-based storage.
To keep track of references across machines on various domains (home, work, university networks), I need to:
- Allow the source file in Word to automatically default to a specific location (ie OneDrive folder)
- I store my citations in OneDrive and prefix them with the unique reference identifier in word
- I share a OneDrive URL and paste this manually into the URL field of the source manager.
To automatically 'close the loop' on these manual steps, it would be useful to…
6 votes -
You could have a 'browse for images section'
I find it a bit time consuming sometimes if you want an image you have to open Google images etc. so I was thinking you could have a tab that says 'Brows for images' and you can get your images from there without having to copy and paste but literally just by selecting it and dragging it to the right spot! simple :)
2 votes -
Video : add option "video on my PC"
In word 2016 there is an option to add "online Video" ..
Why not an extra option "video on my PC" like in PowerPoint?4 votes -
Update Turabian citation style to 8th edition (currently is 6th)
In Word 2016 when using the Resources tab it is possible to select a standard citation format. It appears this is outdated as the Turabian style is now on 8th edition, but the only available style is 6th edition.
33 votes -
Publish on Facebook
please add an option which can allow to publish our word's text to be publish directly from MSword.
3 votes -
Bug in Equation Writing Tool
Is the Microsoft Word development team aware of the following bug in the Equation writing tool?
When trying to type the derivative of a function in the form "f'(x)=...", as soon as I type the equal sign "=", the "'(x)" will jump up into an exponent on the "f" character.
This bug also occurs when typing other math operators after the parentheses and other types of brackets. I tested it, and it occurred, typing +, -, *, and / instead of =. Also, the parentheses can be empty (you don't need to type "x" or anything in it. The quirk…
5 votes -
Recently used styles
This was a very convenient thing in 2007. In large documents with many styles, you can spend a lot of time scrolling between one or two often-used styles. Please bring it back!
5 votes -
Let the user re-define the default for menus.
Eg for references I always want 'label and number only' but it always defaults to 'entire caption'. there are many menus or responses where I always have to change from the default.
10 votes -
Customize language specific smart quotes
I'm using word 2016 on a windows 7 machine, using "German (Switzerland)" as my default proofing tool language.
As per default the double quotations marks in "German (Switzerland)" are set to the guillemets («»). This is not completely wrong, as we swiss people use the guillemets normally in books and some publications. However, in everyday communication, business and private, we use the slanted double quotes like this: „“ (alt+0132 / alt+0147)In the language pack "German (Germany)" quotation marks are used how I'd like them. However, switching the proofing language to "German (Germany)" is not the desired solution, because grammar…
19 votes -
word 2016 full of bugs - It's a backwards step from 2013
Word 2016 is an unstable application to use.
I've been using Office 2016 for 3 days now, thinking it would be an upgrade on 2013 and 2010... I was wrong - there are so many bugs in it, I can't believe MS charge so much for it and expect the users to be their Testers. At least Google Docs is free.
Styles have a variety of issues, attempting to update a style doesn't work (the text used as the update source is instead changed to match the style to be updated.)
Styles behave erratically and unpredictably.
Navigation around documents is…5 votes -
Please let us move files within Office jumplists
It is possible to increase the number of files in an Office application jumplist through a registry hack. However, items pinned in the jumplist cannot be moved, which used to be possible in earlier versions. This applies to both 365/2013 and 2016
5 votes -
Figure Quickview
Sometimes I read or write documents that have many tables and figures placed at the end of the document. While placing some or all of the figures (charts, photos, schematics, and sketches) and tables at the end of the document can make the document "cleaner", it definitely puts the burden on the reader to scroll up and down the document.
While the functionality to open a second (or multiple) window allows the user to separately scroll through the figures and tables on a second monitor, a second monitor is not always available (ex. laptop) or screen space is limited. Alternatively,…4 votes -
Endnotes in multiple columns
Up to Office 2010, at least, endnotes in multiple columns came after the text (end of section or end of document) with no column justification either for the text or the notes. In this way the endnotes started midway in the column wherever the text ended and extended as far as needed.
Office 2016 justifies the text (so that text columns are even: they reach the same length down the page) and then adds the references starting a new (left) column (like a new section) and justifying them so that the whole text columns (including endnotes) are even.
This (new)…6 votes -
Here's a really radical idea Microsoft: read this page, maybe once a month at least? And respond!
Why does Microsoft even have this page if they dont respond? Lots of users are really angry about the stupid omission of the autocorrect on the fly feature, and nothing happens! No apologies, not explanations, no attempts to fix it.
10 votes -
I have a preview pane in my Word documents files but I cannot preview any documents. Please fix this.
We should be able to preview documents as we did in Windows XP Pro
4 votes -
Compare documents directly from document recovery window
Allow compare documents to be run directly from the document recovery window. When the document recovery window comes up there are often multiple versions of the same document [Original], [Recovered], [Autosaved]. To know which document actually has the newest information, or whether perhaps the newest Recovered one lost information, I always use "Compare Documents" on these files first. Please make compare documents available right from the Document Recovery window, perhaps with check boxes for selecting two at a time to compare. This would help make the save/close/delete choice more informed and prevent wrong guesses from deleting the document that actually…
10 votes -
Fix numbered lists and bulleting so they work correctly and don't just do whatever they want! WORST feature in Word!!!
Numbering has always been the most poorly implemented Word feature. Numbers change randomly and Word often won't allow me to correct its own numbering mistakes. Indents change on their own, for both numbering and bullets. It even makes changes in my templates or won't obey formatting set up in templates. In short, the numbered list and bulleted list functions are GARBAGE and have been this way for years without ever getting fixed; they need a COMPLETE TOP-TO-BOTTOM overhaul.
30 votes -
Allow use of list formatting identical to Excel columns
Have, as one of your list formats, formatting identical to Excel columns: A, B, C, . . . AA, BB, CC, . . . BA, BB, BC, . . . etc
2 votes -
Applying style doesn't change font size, pls fix it!!!!
I have converted a bunge of pdf to word (docx) and need to apply "styles" to format them. When I apply a style, e.g. Normal, Headings, it change everything (indent, italic, bold, etc.) EXCEPT font size.
I need to first "clear format" then apply style to change the front size.
Pls let me know if I have done it in a wrong way or is it a bug????5 votes -
Draggable comments highlight area
When adding comments in tracked changes, what I'd like is to have draggable boundaries on the highlighted areas of text so that I can include less or more text as appropriate. At the moment, I highlight the text and then type the comment; after that I might realise that I should have included the previous sentence in the highlighted area, but the only way to correct it is to cut the comment text, delete the comment box, then rehighlight all the text, then paste the comment back in. Time consuming...
13 votes
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