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• Avoid repeating yourself: Create a Word macro

  13 Feb 2013

  Repeatedly entering the same information in document after document, over and over...there has to be a quicker way, right? Word macros can save you time (and potentially, some sanity) by automating repetitive tasks. Let's say you're a real estate agent. Every time you sell a house you have to add a client...
• 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...
• Webinar: Spell Check and Proofing your Word doc

  7 Jan 2013

  In this week's webinar, we'll explore Word tools like AutoCorrect and Proofing options that help you polish your documents and make them shine. Can't view this video? It's also available at Microsoft Showcase . What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar: How to adjust your spelling and grammar options...
• '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...
• 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...
• Customize! 5 table of contents tricks

  18 Jan 2012

  The Word 2010 gallery makes adding a basic table of contents quick: Click the References tab, click Table of Contents , and then click the gallery table of contents you want. But what if you want more? What if your table of contents needs to provide different information--more levels, or fewer levels...
• Business cards in Word

  18 Jan 2011

  You can use Word to create business cards from a template or from scratch. However, if you have Microsoft Publisher installed , that's your best bet for making business cards. If you're going to use Word to create your business cards, your next best bet is to start with a template from Office.com. The...
• Chapter headings with page numbers

  18 Oct 2010

  If you want page numbers that show the chapter number and the page number, such as 1-1 or 1:1, you can use the a heading style and the Page Number Format dialog box. If you want a header or footer that looks like this: you can use sections and field codes. Let's take a look at each option. Use chapter...
• Booklets in Word 2010

  15 Oct 2010

  Earlier, we posted a video on making a booklet in Word 2007 . Now, let's take a look at Word 2010. In the document that you want to print as a booklet, click the Page Layout tab and then click the Page Setup Dialog Box Launcher. In the dialog box, in the Multiple pages list, click Book fold . If you...
• Shortcuts for getting the filename and path into your document

  17 Sep 2010

  On my post about how to add the file name and path to a header or footer , Steven asks a good question: "Is there a way to save this into a shortcut for future use?" I've found a few ways to do this: You can save the field code in your Header gallery or your Footer gallery. You can save the field code...
• Insert page x of y page numbers in just one section

  6 Aug 2010

  A lot of people want to use different page numbering schemes in different parts of their documents. And a lot of people want to use " page x of y pages " page numbering in their documents. Sometimes, people want to use " page x of y pages " page numbering in just a part of their documents. It all gets...
• The Navigation Pane

  3 Aug 2009

  One of the Pillars of the Word 2010 vision outlined in Scott's post on Framing the Release was " Polished User Experiences ". This pillar represents a desire to dramatically improve a set of scenarios that define Word's core user experiences in terms of polish, ease of use , and responsiveness – basically...
• Multilevel Lists vs List Styles

  25 Jun 2009

  Introduction A common question that comes up is about the difference between multilevel lists and list styles. Stuart discussed these two list types in his post The Many Levels of Lists . What I hope to do in this blog post is an in-depth look at the similarities and differences between these two concepts...
• Bibliography & Citations 102 – Building Custom styles

  29 Apr 2009

  My name is Nathan Kwan. I am a PM intern on the Microsoft Word team. My internship started in early January and is sadly coming to an end at the end of April. I'm a 4 th year student at the University of Waterloo working towards my Software Engineering degree. When I started on the team, I was given...
• Managing and Administrating Building Blocks

  3 Feb 2009

  In my first blog post , I gave an overview of some of the concepts with respect to building blocks and several readers commented with questions/concerns with regard to the management of building blocks. I felt like this was a large enough topic that it was worth dedicating a post to. There are 2 aspects...