Word 2013 - new Insert Controls

The new feature in Word 2013 allows you easily to insert a new row in a table by left-clicking in the white space to the left of the table. However, the original behaviour in 2010 and earlier (select the row, so it can be copied or deleted or overwritten)
is no longer available. I frequently need to reorganise tables by cutting & pasting one or more rows and it is now just about impossible.
It is sometimes possible to put the mouse far to the left of the table, so that it is "out of range" of the insert feature but can still select the adjacent row. However, if you have a page with a table in two parallel columns there is insufficient
space to the left of the right-hand table for this to work.
Can the new feature be disabled or by-passed?

Hi,
Sorry, we cannot turn off it. But it seems that we can live with the new feature and it can be helpful when we want to insert the rows or columns.
Best regards,
Rex Zhang
TechNet Community Support

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Hi Gunteacher,
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If it works fine, we need to repair the previous Word files.
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Hello members,
Any help will be much appreciated.
Platform: Win 7, RH 11, Word 2013 however, using an existing Word Template that was created in Word 2007.
HISTORY:
Six months ago, an upgrade of RH8 to RH11 took place (smooth, no issues reported). Please note, I have no "easy" way to verify if there was a problem in RH8 (all projects are upgraded, and old builds are backed up on IT server).
There are existing Styles created in RH and in the Word Template (e.g., Heading 1, Heading 2, Heading 3, Normal, normal_bold, etc.). These existing Styles have no mapping issues hence, RH CSS recognizes their corresponding Word Styles.
ISSUE:
RH11 CSS does not recognize New RH Styles and Word Styles.
NOTE: Styles are the same type. “For example, character to character, paragraph to paragraph, table to table, and multi-level list to multi-level list” (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/robohelp/robohtml/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d11aff59c2a0-7ee4.ht ml#WS21E2B5E4-C4AC-47b2-9D4B-D548EA9E3C04).
Things Tried:
Converted (SaveAs) my template .dot (Word 2007) to ".dotm" (Word 2013) = No change in issue mentioned above.
What do I see when I create new Styles in RH CSS and Word Template: I am able to map Table and Multi Level List.
Purpose: Working on a documentation standard project. Creating New Styles ‘based on’ existing styles. For example:
RH CSS
ListBullet
Style: Paragraph
Formatting: Font =10pt
Indents: Left = 36pt
Spacing: Before = 0px
Paragraph: Alignment = Left
Indentation: Left = 18pt, Right = 0pt, Special = Hanging (By 18pt)
Spacing: Before = 6pt, After = 0pt, Line Spacing = Single
Advanced:
Word Template (.dot)
ListBullet
Style: Paragraph
Style Properties: Name = ListBullet, Style type = Paragraph, Style based on = Normal, Style for following paragraph = ListBullet
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RH Wizard section - Print Document Appearance
Project’s CSS Styles (Used Only or All)
ListBullet
Microsoft Word Styles (all)
Unassigned – Use style in project) drop-down list
The Style “ListBullet” does NOT show in the list
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PS - Happy Holidays to you and your families. My Best, ~PM
PSS - Hi Peter ... I reviewed your site and this site, and Googled as well before posting.

Thank you Peter and Amebr for your assistance. I ended up using RH Multilevel List Style, configured, and created an identical List Style in Word. I created a Single and a Multilevel (e.g., Level = bullet, Level 2 = squares); their challenge is matching RH indents with Word Indents... It's sort of a bear since RH does not have the Format Paragraph option (ref. drop-down) like Word Lists - Numbering functionality.
After generating my print document mu Bullet style reads "Normal (Web)"; even though the RH CSS Wizard recognized Word List Style I created (Ref. Font: Symbol, Font color: Black, Indent: Left: 0.15", Hanging: 0.25", Outline numbered + Level: 1 +, Numbering Style: Bullet + Aligned at: 0.15" + Indent at: 0.4", Priority: 100, Based on: No List.
Question: Would anyone out there know why is when I highlight my bullet list to verify the correct Style (with the Styles pane open) and I see the "Normal (Web)" [its Style type = Paragraph and Style based on = Normal) is selected? If it came through (from Rh) as a true Multilevel List Style, I should not see anything.
Happy Holidays!
~PM

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Hi Anabas,
First, please create a new document and open it in Word 2013 to check if it works properly. If it works fine, you can copy entire content of that document into the new one.
If it doesn't, we can try these steps to check if it is helpful to you.
1. Make sure that all Office applications have updated to the latest version.
2. Open Word in safe mode (press win +r, type Word.exe /safe) to remove conflict with other 3rd-party add-ins.
3. Repair Office 2013 from Control Panel > Programs and Features.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact me.
Best regards,
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Run-time error 5097 on Selection.InsertFile in Word 2013 macro

We have been running Word 2003 macros to generate large volumes of document files for 10+ years.
Now running the same code using Word 2013, we are getting Run-time error '5097' on this line of code:
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Hi Dawn,
Thanks for the detail information for this issue.
Since the file even can't be inserted manually, this issue is not relative to the code. To get more effective response, I would suggest that you reopen a new thread in
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TechNet- Word forum.
And to help other communities to narrow this issue, I also suggest that you provide a sample file for testing.
Hope it is helpful.
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