In my first two posts in the series on Word Automation Services, I talked about what it is and what it does – in this post, I wanted to drill in on how the service works from an architectural standpoint, and what that means for solutions built on top of it. Word Power on the Server The most important component of Word Automation Services is getting a core engine with 100% fidelity to desktop Word running on the server – accordingly, much of our effort was focused on this task. If you've ever tried...

Welcome!

If you're coming to Word 2010 from Word 2003 or an earlier version, this Word looks a lot different. Where is the Word you knew?  

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Do you have a favorite printer that you like to use? Is Word not choosing it for you automatically?

This weeks Word of the week video shows you how to change your default printer in Windows 7.

-- Ron Owens

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Intro Building off of my last Behind the Curtain post , this post will dig into the "other 20%" and specifically answer the following three questions on Styles: How do Document Defaults relate to the Normal Style? How do Style Sets relate to Styles? How do Themes relate to Styles? We've got a lot to cover, so let's jump right in. How do Document Defaults relate to the Normal Style? In all previous versions of Word the Document Defaults were hardcoded into Word. That is, you couldn't change them....

Earlier this year I asked if you'd fill-in the following sentences : If the next version of Word improved my ability to x, it would make my life better because… If the Word Team Blog improved my ability to x, it would make my life better because… Well, the results are in and available in their raw form below (note: the responses below are unedited and in the language that of the original poster). Thanks for the excellent feedback. Some good or bad news, depending on how you look at it, is that a...

If your Word document contains footnotes or endnotes, Word will automatically place a small line between the body text and the note text. This line is called the note separator. You can change the footnote or endnote separator to whatever you like or you can remove it by following the steps in this video.

For more information, see Insert or create footnotes and endnotes.

-- Ron Owens

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As we approach the new year (& regaining power in Seattle area ), I'd love to know what you'd like to see covered in this blog moving forward. Put differently, which posts have you found the most interesting/helpful? What posts haven't you seen yet that you'd like to see? Basically, what's your holiday wish list for the Word team blog? Also, check out this thorough "how to" on blogging from Word 2007 by Epstein Llewellyn. Now I'm off to spend the holidays with my family in Columbus, Ohio. Happy...

It's easy to put an elegant border around your page--but then the printer lops it off.

Why?

Each printer has its own minimum margin setting, and if you put any text or borders outside that margin setting, your page won't print correctly.

Word, on the other hand, will let you set your margins to 0.

How do you find out your printer's printable area--before you print? A colleague showed me a good trick...

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We get a lot of comments from people who have added a header or a footer and can't get back to the body of their document.

You have a couple of options.

• You can double-click in the body of the document.
• You can also use the Close button.

This works the same way in Word 2010 and Word 2007.

Here's what it looks like:



You can find more header and footer details in for Word 2010 in  Add or remove headers, footers, and page numbers. For Word 2007, see Insert headers and footers.

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You can add page numbers that show the chapter number and the page number, such as 1-1 or 1:1, or you can add a header that includes "Chapter n" and the page number.

Let's look at how to do each option.

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