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Word 2010

• Webinar: Setting margins in Word

  11 Feb 2013

  Setting margins is key to creating clean, readable content. In this webinar, we'll show you how to set and change margins in Word, as well as how to set different margins on different pages of your document. Plus, you'll learn some power user tips for working with margins. Can't view this video? It's...
• Your top 10 favorite Word posts of 2012

  8 Jan 2013

  We looked at the year-end numbers to discover which things--so far--interest you most about the new Word and which posts about the current version you find most useful. If you haven't yet tried the new Office, visit the Customer Preview site. Top 5 posts about the new Word Introducing Word 2013 The blast...
• 'Tis the Season for Making 2013 Photo Calendars

  20 Dec 2012

  Guest blogger Cynthia Hartwig, co-owner of Two Pens (@twopens2), teaches business people how to write social media content from both sides of the brain. ) In the midst of shopping, tree trimming, cookie baking, and a whirlwind of holiday parties, who has time to build a 2013 calendar? (To download the...
• Juiced. Pickled. Canned. Use Word templates to label your holiday goodies

  19 Dec 2012

  ( Guest blogger Emily Warn is co-owner of Two Pens , which teaches people to write social media content from both sides of the brain. ) My handwriting is as legible as a doctor's. This holiday season that could have become a problem. Over the summer, my Italian plum trees pumped out fruit like a post...
• Webinar: Track changes and copyediting in Word

  3 Dec 2012

  Have you ever received a Word document with pesky editing lines? In this week's webinar, we'll show you how to use the Review tab. Learn how to edit, track changes, and work with comments in Word 2010 and Word 2013. Can't see this video? It's also viewable at Microsoft Showcase . There is also a 30-second...
• Top 10 reasons students will love Word 2013

  10 Oct 2012

  The new Office is packed with features that students will love and Word is no exception! Today, we present the Top 10 reasons we think students will be head over heels for Word 2013. Download the Customer Preview today and tell us which of these is your favorite new feature! 10. Working with web content...
• Comments and Revisions in Word 2013

  28 Aug 2012

  Today's post comes from Jonathan Bailor, the program manager on the Word team responsible for features for comments and revision tracking. In his introductory post describing Word 2013, Tristan mentioned our focus on polishing existing user experiences/scenarios over “adding new features.”...
• Reading in Word 2013

  7 Aug 2012

  Today’s post is written by the program managers who worked on the reading features in the latest version of Word. Who are we? Michelle Lisse focused on the overall Reading Mode experience, Alyshia Olsen represents the all new object zoom, Peter Frem headed up the newly improved navigation pane...
• Webinar: Create and use watermarks

  9 Jul 2012

  In this week's webinar, we explain what a watermark is and how to insert one using Word 2010. We also go over the different types of watermarks you can insert, such as text or picture watermarks. What you will learn in this webinar: How to insert a "Draft" watermark to pages How to insert a picture watermark...
• Five easy ways to use Picture Effects to rescue ho-hum photos

  5 Jul 2012

  (Guest blogger Cynthia Hartwig, co-owner of Two Pens, teaches business people how to write social media content from both sides of the brain. Follow @twopens2 or the Two Pens blog at http://www.twopens.com.) Have you ever skipped a meeting and then gotten nominated to take on a task because you weren...
• Seconds to add a section to your table of contents

  26 Jun 2012

  It is pretty embarrassing. But you still seem to have your job (so far, anyway). Of course it's your boss who caught the missing Benefits section in your sales proposal just an hour before the pitch meeting. Boilerplate has never been so handy. You rip out a Benefits section from a previous proposal...
• Zip! Create a table of contents in two steps

  20 Jun 2012

  Word makes it really easy to create a Table of Contents (TOC). It's a two-step process: first you assign a "style" to each heading in your document, and then you tell Word where to create the TOC. Let's say you're creating a sales proposal to convince Fabrikam, a medical-device distributor, that they...
• Webinar: Creating Forms in Word

  18 Jun 2012

  In this week's webinar, you'll learn about using forms in Word, including working with templates, personalizing, and locking the form. What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar: Using templates Personalizing forms Locking a form A cool trick for typing into a scanned doc References for this webinar: Create...
• Organize a BBQ by adding sauce to a Word table

  6 Jun 2012

  I don't know how it happened, but I've ended up being the designated organizer for our large, extended-family camping trips. I think it's because I love organizing things (some may call it being bossy) and I like laying out information clearly and visually. This way, everyone knows what they are supposed...
• Change page numbers in different sections in a Word document

  22 May 2012

  In an earlier post I explained that one of the main ways to change the order and formatting of page numbers in different sections is to break the link between the sections. In this video I walk you through how to use 1, 2, 3 page numbering in the main part of a document and i, ii, iii page numbering...
• Webinar: Mail Merge

  30 Apr 2012

  This week's webinar is a bit of cooking class. The dish? Fresh Mail Merge. This is a process, not just a few clicks. We'll show you some free tools at Office.com that we’ll show you, including a cookbook (of sorts). Go to http://aka.ms/offweb for more information on how to join the series. What...
• Change the default line spacing in Word

  6 Mar 2012

  (Note: Since so many people continue to ask us about how to change line spacing in Word 2010, we decided to re-publish this post.) When the default line spacing in documents changed from single spacing in Word 2003 to a slightly roomier 1.15 spacing in Word 2007 and Word 2010, customers asked the inevitable...
• Tip: Add page numbers—and only page numbers—to your Word document

  5 Mar 2012

  So why does the title of this post emphasize adding just a page number? Because in Word, you add page numbers to a header or a footer, which means to perform this simple task, you need to know how they work. Opening the Header or Footer option lets you include lots of information, such as a document...
• Tip: How to cut and paste without messing up formatting

  10 Feb 2012

  Why does formatting sometimes get messed up when you cut and paste text? And what is that thing that appears at the end of the last sentence every time you paste--like a fly returning to honey. That thing--the Paste Options button --is your friend, a worker bee and not a fly whose only job is to follow...
• Guy Kawasaki's Guide to Writing a Business Plan

  12 Jan 2012

  Just at the beginning of starting a business? Or mulling over an idea for one? Knowing how to structure and write a business plan is essential to testing your tantalizing idea against the marketplace. Author, influencer, and venture capitalist, @Guy Kawasaki, partnered with Office Web Apps team to show...