How to Eliminate “Error Reference Source Not Found” Issue when Printing from MS Office (2010, 2013 or 2016)

“Error! The message “Error Source Not Found” appears when you delete a header or other content that is “referenced” elsewhere in a Word document. Some users need to remove these error references from the document. In this guide, you will find some tips on how to remove all error references in MS Office.

What causes the ‘Error reference source not found’ error message?

  • A cross-text marker has been deleted: In most cases, the error message appears when a cross-text marker has been deleted.
  • Office installation is corrupt: Some people report that the problem can also occur due to a corrupt Office installation. In this case, healthy cross-reference fields cause this error message.

How do you fix the ‘Reference source not found’ error?


Repair the Office installation

You can restore Word or restore the entire Office installation. If restoring doesn’t work, you can uninstall Office and then install Microsoft 365 again. read more

How to Troubleshoot ‘Excel Won’t Open’ Issue on Windows 10

It happens regularly that we try to open an Excel file, but it won’t open. In most cases, instead of the Excel file you want to open, you see a blank sheet of paper. Not being able to open Excel files is a common problem reported by thousands of Excel users around the world.

When you double-click on a file to open it, it opens, but you see a blank or gray screen instead of the file’s contents. In this case, you just know that the Excel file cannot be opened. You need to know what to do if the Excel file cannot open. In this article, we will look at what you need to do if your Excel files won’t open. read more

How to Repair Microsoft Publisher Won’t Save Files as PDF

Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing application developed by Microsoft. As a program, it is often used to create documents. Since documents are usually meant to be read, it is natural that people want to save them in one format or another.

For some time now, users have complained that Microsoft Publisher causes problems when they try to save documents in PDF format. Users may get the following error when trying to save a Publisher file in PDF or XPS format: Microsoft Publisher cannot save the file. read more