Comments on: Finding obscure commands in Office 2007

By: TJ Elliott

TJ Elliott — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:20:59 +0000

What a lifesaver it was to find this tip!!

Many thanks.

By: Meliss B.

Meliss B. — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:56:28 +0000

This is wonderful. I am a university professor and am always trying to teach/assist students with shortcuts and navigation tips and was lost without this function. Thanks so much for the direction.
Meliss B.

By: Patrick Sweeney

Patrick Sweeney — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 10:41:23 +0000

Thanks you for the tip, i really missed this feature and was about to spend a lot of time creating a similar solution.

By: Paul Woods

Paul Woods — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:48:09 +0000

Hi Tim,

That is a great trick! Hope you don’t mind, I shared it with my readers at my Office 2007 help site – with full kudos to you of course!

Cheers,
Paul W
(TheNewPaperclip.com)

By: hb

hb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:27:01 +0000

OK, I figured it out–the command does work but only with the built-in Word headings (whereas in Office 2003 you could convert documents with custom styles/custom outline levels).

Please let me know if anyone finds a workaround. Thanks.

By: hb

hb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:24:40 +0000

Just FYI, I am using custom styles but they are all correctly assigned outline levels.

By: hb

hb — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:23:50 +0000

I attempted to use this command with a docx document in Word 2007, but after processing for a few seconds it tells me that the location where I am trying to save the document is inaccessible, and that it may be full, write-protected, etc.

Also, I attempted to import the Word document using PPT 2007 using the Convert Outline to Slides command, and after a long period of processing (the progress bar inches along to about 3/4 finished), it just stops with no error message.

This is so frustrating! This is supposed to be one of the beauties of using MS Office….

By: Kurt Anderson

Kurt Anderson — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:21:09 +0000

Powerpoint 2007 also has an option in the Open dialog box to open “All Outlines(*.txt;*.rtf;*.wpd;*.doc;*.docx;*.docm;*.wps)”. The ability to share between products in the suite is enhanced in 2007 so try importing various word documents to see how Powerpoint utilizes the content in the new version. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.

By: Dennis O'Reilly

Dennis O'Reilly — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 23:01:23 +0000

Thanks very much for the tip on where to look for commands “missing” from the new version of Word. I’ll come back to this topic in a future blog post, and I’ll certainly credit you with the useful information (with a prominent link to your blog, of course).