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• Type A personality? Make checklists in Word

  11 Jan 2012

  Sometimes all it takes to get your world under control is checking off tasks on a list. Office.com has lots of already-made checklist templates to meet your needs, including those for general projects , travel planning , or daily tasks . But if you're a Type A personality, making your own list is the...
• Last-minute gift tags

  20 Dec 2011

  'Twas the night before… the children nestled all snug… and you've got gifts to wrap before your long winter nap. Bright, shiny presents with no tags. No problem. Word has gift tag label templates that you can customize or just print out and fill in. You can also find templates for gift...
• Make talking books within Word: Save as DAISY for Office 2010

  15 Dec 2011

  Broader access to content is important in today's information-rich world. Microsoft Word is a critical tool for content creation. We're happy to announce that a free accessibility add-in for Microsoft Word is now available. Save as Daisy for Office 2010 makes working with Microsoft Word easier for people...
• Do revision marks have you seeing red?

  10 Nov 2011

  Inserted and deleted text, formatting changes, moved paragraphs... Yikes! Tracked changes can turn a Word document into a maddening, frightful mess even though you know the editor's only trying to help. With all those revision marks, you might have trouble envisioning the final document, right? Actually...
• New XML Mapping tool for Word developers

  27 Sep 2011

  Today's post is guest written by Tristan Davis, a program manager on the Word team. As part of the Word team, one of the things I'm responsible for is extensibility. In that role, I've had the opportunity to see how Word developers are building solutions on top of our object model, and to hear a lot...
• Hint: Endnotes are at the end of the document

  20 Sep 2011

  Footnotes and endnotes are included in a document to cite a source or to comment or explain something in the text. If you have trouble distinguishing footnotes from endnotes, remember: Footnotes belong at the bottom, or the "foot" of the page, while endnotes are at the end of a section or document. Footnotes...
• Use cross-references to link to other parts of a document

  16 Sep 2011

  You've heard that cross-references can enhance the professional quality of a research paper. What are cross-references and how do they work? A cross-reference is a pointer or link to an item that is in another location in a document - for example, "See Figure 1" to link to a salient graphic. You can...
• Win with a dream theme

  30 Aug 2011

  You've dotted every i and crossed every t. Wait, does anyone do that anymore? You get the idea. It's down to the wire, and you've added one last illuminating chart, a chilling conclusion, and a stunning cover page to the research paper that cost you more in caffeine bills to date than any other. What...
• So many chart options, so little time

  4 Aug 2011

  Tables are designed to present easily scan able raw data, according to Word writer Ron Owens in a Word blog post about table styles . Charts also provide a visual picture of a large quantity of data, but they have the added benefit of illustrating relationships between pieces of data. If you have presented...
• Format a resume ... with a Word template

  12 Jul 2011

  If you've pulled out your resume recently, you know that formatting a resume in Word can be, well, tricky. Manual formatting problems could be a signal that it's time to give your resume a rehaul; I recommend starting fresh with a free Word resume template . Bold headings, paragraph indentations, italization...
• Understanding images: Staying in position

  23 Jun 2011

  Sometimes, especially when you are trying to create a one-page flyer, you want to position a figure in a certain spot on the page and make sure it stays put. One way to do this is to use the Position menu on the Format ribbon to align your figure with one of nine common locations on the page: Choosing...
• Understanding images: Part 3 - Anchoring

  9 Jun 2011

  Why do figures (images) sometimes jump to a different page in your Word document? This is one of the great mysteries of Word and today, I’ll reveal the answer. To get to the bottom of this question, it’s important to understand the concept of anchoring . In a previous post, I covered the...
• Understanding images: Part 2 - Wrapping styles

  26 May 2011

  Wrapping text around figures, also called graphic objects or images, can give your documents a more polished look and help focus attention on the most important content. Last week, I wrote about the basics of inline vs. floating figures . One of the big differences between these types of images is that...
• A picture's worth 1,000 words, so make sure the picture's right

  23 May 2011

  We are all familiar with this cliché by now, but it is true nonetheless. A picture conveys a lot of visual information that is open to interpretation by the viewer. The immediate benefit is that images can be used to evoke emotion or set the ambience. However, if too much is left open for interpretation...
• An image, a diagram, and a chart meet in a document…

  16 May 2011

  Most of us are remember images and diagrams better than words. I won't bore you with the research references, but the numbers are pretty straightforward on that. Not only do we remember better, but when words are accompanied by illustrations, we even understand the content better. Visuals alone though...
• Table of contents: There's a course for that

  12 May 2011

  Whenever I submit a manuscript to a publisher, I need to include a table of contents. Publishers require page numbers and a table of contents. I want that table of contents to look perfect and professional, with all the right headings and page numbers and dotted leader lines. And I can get that from...
• Track changes--a book's worth of working together (video)

  26 Apr 2011

  Meet two blogging moms who have a book coming out soon, and hear how they used Microsoft Office--especially Word and the Track Changes feature--to write it and make changes without losing their work. (Spoiler alert: I like the part in this video about the different colors.) To learn more about tracking...
• Turn Track Changes off or on, or hide or reveal tracked changes

  19 Apr 2011

  Today's post about track changes in Word is contributed by Louis Broome, a manager and writer for Office.com . To turn Track Changes off, on the Review tab, in the Tracking group, click the Track Changes button (the paper & pencil with the healthy orange glow, pictured below). Here's the relevant...
• Change the margins of a page

  12 Apr 2011

  Today's post about page margins in Word is contributed by Joy Miller, a writer for Office.com . Margins are the blank spaces outside the main body of text on the top, left, right, and bottom edges of a page. When you change the page margins of a document, you change where text and graphics appear on...
• Insert a screen capture in a Word document (video)

  15 Feb 2011

  Give your Word 2010 documents instant visual appeal with very little effort by using the new screen clipping tool in Word 2010 and other Office 2010 programs. Click Screenshot on the Insert tab in the Illustrations group, choose an open file, and the screen capture is inserted directly into your open...