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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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7 Steps to Better Technical Writing

June 30th, 2009 · Comments · How To, Recommended, Style, Templates, Tips, Writing

7 Steps to Better Technical Writing

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New Wikipedia of Organization Charts

June 29th, 2009 · Comments · Downloads, Formatting, How To, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

No Inc have taken AJAX and “Web 2.0-ness” to create CogMap, which is a terrific Wikipedia of organization charts.
Their own site is an organization chart wiki! This means that it is a collection of organization charts online that anyone can edit, add to, and help maintain.

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How to Quickly Reduce Microsoft Word File Size – Secret #1

June 29th, 2009 · Comments · Font, Formatting, How To, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Word 2007, Writing

Ever had your Microsoft Word file explode from 1MB to 10MB in just a few minutes? In the tech writing world, Microsoft Word tends to get a bad rap.
One of the arguments put against Word is that its fairly unstable and prone to creating ‘horrors’, such as bloating in size until your (Microsoft!) operating system [...]

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When is a Word document not a document?

June 28th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

When is a Word document not a document?

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Review The Office 2007 UI Bible

June 28th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

Review The Office 2007 UI Bible

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Visio Hyperlink Problem in Internet Explorer 7

June 27th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, News, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

Visio Hyperlink Problem in Internet Explorer 7

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How to update the Date automatically when you open Microsoft Word 2003

June 24th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, Free, How To, News, Normal.dot, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Writing

How to update the Date automatically when you open Microsoft Word 2003.

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How to Change the Windows Desktop Theme

June 23rd, 2009 · Comments · How To, Tips, Tricks, Troubleshooting, Word 2003, Writing

Like its brother-in-arms, the Screensaver, the Windows Desktop Themes eat away at your computer’s memory. Unless you really need them, uninstall! You’ll have a much quicker and more reliable machine.To change or remove desktop themes, follow these steps: 

On the Desktop, right-click and click Properties. 

Click the Themes tab. 

3. In the Theme box, select the theme [...]

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Word 2003 Tip – How to Change the Background Color in a Word Document

June 23rd, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Style, Tips, Tricks, Writing

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 [...]

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How to Compare Fonts in MS Word

June 22nd, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Misc, Style, Troubleshooting, Writing

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.

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