You can change the background color of Microsoft Word from White to Blue.
Archive of posts filed under the Style category.
How to Optimize PDF Files for Web Sites
Portable Document Format (PDF) is the defacto file format for presenting device-independent documents on and off the Web. While PDFs have become quite popular on the Web, many PDFs used in web sites are designed for high quality print output and are not optimized for the Web.
How to Create Dynamic Web links in your Technical Documents
Instead of using field codes to add filenames and file paths to your document, you can setup Word so that it displays these in the toolbar. You can then add these links to any page in an open document.
7 Steps to Better Technical Writing
7 Steps to Better Technical Writing
How to remove margin marks in Word 2003
How to remove margin marks in Word 2003
Word 2003 Tip – How to Change the Background Color in a Word Document
The bright white text area of most word processors can become a quite tiring on the eyes after a few hours. You can of course jiggle the brightness and contrast settings on your monitor but a far better solution is to give your blank pages a light grey tint.
Open Word so that you can judge [...]
How to Compare Fonts in MS Word
If you are constantly fussing over fonts for your documents then there’s a very handy feature in Windows that allows you to quickly compare typefaces according to style and design.
How to create Giant Sized Fonts in MS Word
How to create Giant Sized Fonts in MS Word
How to add sound To Word Documents
How to add sound To Word Documents
Word Tip – How to create Screentips that enhance your documents
ScreenTips are those little boxes that appear when you ‘hover’ your mouse over a hyperlink. As the name implies, they usually provide a small tip, or piece of information, about the word or phrase in question.
Change line spacing between sentences to improve readability
One of the quickest ways to improve the layout of your documents is to use line spacing.
We’ve all seen documents where the material was so densely written that you could hardly read the words? Just a huge block of words. To improve how your text looks, you can increase the line spacing between the sentences. This [...]
Writing Effective Short Descriptions
Short descriptions should explain what the subject matter helps the reader to accomplish, the purpose of using it, or the benefits it offers to the reader.
Do not simply repeat the title of the page or document. Avoid stating the obvious, such as “You can use the Paste option to paste text”.
Try to add more [...]
Change the spacing between characters
Change the spacing between characters
Select the text you want to change.
On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Character Spacing tab.
Do one of the following:
Expand or condense space evenly between all the selected characters
Click Expanded or Condensed in the Spacing box, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.
Kern [...]
How to Stretch Text
Select the text you want to change.
Click Format, Font, and then the Character Spacing tab.
In the Scale box, enter the percentage you want to stretch the text.
Stretching is also refereed to as scaling.
