Last week we showed you how Bullet Lists can crash MS Word documents, especially if you cut and paste from several different documents. We outlined some techniques to reduce the file size, mostly by creating pre-formatted bullet lists and re-creating bullet lists the correct way.
Entries Tagged as 'Microsoft Word'
How to Reduce Huge Microsoft Word Documents
August 10th, 2010 · Comments · Formatting
Tags: Errors·Format·Microsoft Word·Style·template
How to Convert Word Tables Back into Plain Text
November 22nd, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, Tables
Let’s say you have a table that you want to convert back into text. How do you do it?
I write technical documents for a living. Part of my work is extracting text from excel files and other documents where technical information is located. Sometimes this is text inside tables that I need to get out [...]
Tags: Documentation·Formatting·Microsoft Word·Plain text·Printing·Table·Technical Writing·Text
How to Convert Boring Text into Stunning Tables
November 19th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, Tables, Tips
Let’s say you have a large block of text that you want convert into a table. How do you do it?
I write many technical documents. This means that many times I need to reformat text so that it is more attractive and easier to read. One way to do this is to place the text [...]
Tags: Dialog box·Formatting·Layout·Microsoft Excel·Microsoft Word·Tables·Text
MS Word 2010: Is the new Find re-design better or worse?
October 17th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007, Word 2010
In the new version of Word 2010, there is a new ‘integrated flavor of the Find feature’.
Scott Walker, Lead Program Manager, for Microsoft Word explains that ‘Rather than a modeless dialog box that jumps about on the screen to get out of the way, the basic Find experience now sits conveniently at the top of [...]
Tags: Design·Dialog box·Errors·find·Find and Replace·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Word·Ribbon·Scott Walker·User experience design·User Interface·Web search engine·word·Word 2010·Word Processors
MS Office 2010, New Mini Translator feature
October 16th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Tricks, Word 2007, Word 2010
Microsoft have introduced a Mini Translator in Office 2010 that provides on-the-fly translation as you select a word or phrase and provides dictionary definitions of individual words.
Tags: Design·Errors·Microsoft·Microsoft Office·Microsoft OneNote·Microsoft Outlook·Microsoft PowerPoint·Microsoft Word·Mini Translator·Outlook·Ribbon·Screenshot·Translation·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors
How to extend the Ribbon in MS Office / Open XML SDK
October 15th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007, Word 2010, XML
The Fluent UI, or as it’s better known the Ribbon, was introduced in Office 2007. The Fluent UI technology, like the Open XML formats, is based on XML, which allows for a richer extensibility story for developers.
Tags: Data Formats·Design·Errors·Markup Languages·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Office 2007·Microsoft Word·Office Open XML·OpenXml·Ribbon·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors·XML
How to add Line Numbers to Word 2007 Documents
October 9th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007
Microsoft Word can automatically count the lines in a document and display the appropriate number next to each line of text. This is useful if you need to refer to specific lines in a document, such as a legal contract. By default, Word numbers every line in a document (except those in tables, footnotes, endnotes, [...]
Tags: Design·Errors·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Word·Ribbon·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors
Microsoft Office 2010 – How OneNote will work with Shared Notebooks
September 30th, 2009 · Comments · Downloads, Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007
How can you capture the benefits of brainstorms when your group is spread across locations and time zones?
Tags: Business·Design·Economic·Errors·Microsoft·Microsoft Office·Microsoft OneNote·Microsoft OneNote 2010·Microsoft Word·MS Office 2010·notebooks·Ribbon·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors
How Word 2010 will be different than Word 2007
September 30th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007, Word 2010
Microsoft has published an introduction to how Word 2010 will work. Interesting concepts here for technical writers and others who use Word for document creation.
Tags: concepts·Design·document creation·Errors·Microsoft·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Word·Mobile phone·Office Suites·Ribbon·technical writers·User Interface·word·Word 2010·Word Processors
MS Office Developer Guild on Facebook, How to Join
September 28th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007
John R. Durant’s writes on his MSDN blog that “to make it easier for Microsoft Office developers to stay alert about events, up-coming content, etc. and more easily share ideas, John has setup the “Office Developer Guild”—a group of like-minded professional friends on Facebook.”
Tags: "Office Developer Guild"·Design·Errors·Facebook·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Word·MSDN·Ribbon·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors
Top 10 New Features in MS Office 2010
September 28th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007
What do you want to see in Microsoft Office 2010? Arpan Shan, who has access to the beta versions at Microsoft, shares his favorite 10 Office 2010 features.
Tags: Design·Errors·Google Docs·Microsoft Office·Microsoft Office 2010·Microsoft PowerPoint·Microsoft SharePoint·Microsoft Word·Office 2010·PPTX·Ribbon·Screen clippings·Snagit·Sparklines·User Interface·Word 2010·Word Processors
