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How to change MS Word’s default color White to Blue

November 18th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, News, Print, Style, Templates, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Word 2010

You can change the background color of Microsoft Word from White to Blue.

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How to Add Special Effects to your Next Business Report

November 17th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, News, Templates, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

How to Animate Text in a Word Document

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How to Create Dynamic Web links in your Technical Documents

November 13th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Style, Troubleshooting, Writing

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.

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How to Improve Readability on Laptops and HD Flat Panel Displays

November 11th, 2009 · Comments · Downloads, Formatting, How To, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

This free download from MS “delivers improved font display quality over traditional forms of font smoothing or anti-aliasing. ClearType improves readability on color LCD displays with a digital interface, such as those in laptops and high-quality flat panel displays. Readability on CRT screens can also be somewhat improved.

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5 Tips for Keyboard Fanatics & Time Poor Tech Writers

November 10th, 2009 · Comments · Downloads, Formatting, How To, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

Donationcoder continue their excellent series of products with TapTap Hotkey Extender, a tiny super-efficient tray-based utility (under <100k) for keyboard fanatics.

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Error Messages when Starting Microsoft Word

October 12th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Normal.dot, Ribbon, Troubleshooting, Word 2003, Word 2007

Over the years Microsoft Word has crashed on me several times. What’s interesting is that the error message I get tend to vary but the result it always the same – I can’t get Word to start.
Here are some common error messages, the reason why they appear, and what you can do to re-start Word. [...]

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How to Force Word to Close after it Crashes

September 27th, 2009 · Comments · Autoformat, Formatting, How To, Misc, Ribbon, Troubleshooting, Word 2003, Word 2007

Word crashed. But when you go to re-open it, it refuses to do so. What’s happening here and how do I fix it.
When Word crashes, the Winword.exe file may still remain open.

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How to Open and Repair a Damaged Word file

September 27th, 2009 · Comments · Autoformat, Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Troubleshooting, Word 2007

You can “force” Word to recover a document after it has crashed. Here’s how. Microsoft Word tries to automatically recover a damaged document if it detects a problem with the file.

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How to Stop Microsoft Word Getting a Macro Virus

September 23rd, 2009 · Comments · How To, Troubleshooting, Word 2003

How to Stop Microsoft Word Getting a Macro Virus

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3 Reasons Why Microsoft Word Documents Become Corrupt

September 22nd, 2009 · Comments · File Properties, Formatting, Troubleshooting

3 Reasons Why Microsoft Word Documents Become Corrupt

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5 Things you can’t do with the Microsoft Word 2007 Ribbon

September 21st, 2009 · Comments · Ribbon, Troubleshooting, Word 2007

I have Microsoft Word on two different PCs. My old laptop have Word 2003 (which I know and love) and the new, shiny desktop has (sadly) Word 2007. It’s not so bad, but the ribbon is driving me insane. Here are 5 things I can’t make it do:

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How to Open & Save Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 files in earlier versions of MS Office

September 19th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Troubleshooting

If you use MS Office XP, MS Office 2002/2003 and you want to open documents created in Office 2007 formats, you must install the Office Compatibility Pack. It’s free to download from Microsoft and easy to install.

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How to Fix Error Message “Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file”

September 19th, 2009 · Comments · Troubleshooting, Word 2003, Word 2007

How to Fix Error Message “Do you want to download a compatibility pack so that you can work with this file”

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How to Fix Damaged & Corrupt Word 2007 Documents – Part 2

September 17th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, Normal.dot, Troubleshooting

This article provides advanced Troubleshooting steps if your damaged document still does not open. It describes how to identify a damaged document and how to recover the text contained in a document.

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How to Fix Damaged & Corrupt Word 2007 Documents – Part 1

September 17th, 2009 · Comments · How To, Normal.dot, Templates, Troubleshooting

How to Fix Damaged & Corrupt Word 2007 Documents

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