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Entries Tagged as 'Technical Writing'

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 [...]

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Office 2003 to 2007 User Interface Guides

September 27th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Ribbon, Word 2007, Word 2010

If you’ve just moved to Microsoft Word 2007 and wondered, “where are all the file menus gone?”, then these reference guides might help.

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RichEdit hyperlinks, automatic hyperlinks (autoURLs) and friendly name hyperlinks

September 26th, 2009 · Comments · How To, Word 2010

Murray Sargent’s blog, Math in Office, focuses on mathematics in Office along with some posts on RichEdit. For those who use math calculations, Murray’s insight is worth reading.

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Use F3 To Change An Entire Sentence To Uppercase, Lowercase, or BLOCK LETTERS

September 26th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting

What’s the quickest way to change an entire sentence to Uppercase, lowercase, or BLOCK LETTERS?

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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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How to count the number of words in a technical document

June 20th, 2009 · Comments · Formatting, How To, Troubleshooting, Writing

If you want to know how many words there are in a paragraph, or block of copy, select the text and click on Word Count. 
To create a keyboard shortcut to Word Count: 
From the Tools menu, click Customize. 
Select the Command tab and highlight Tools in the list of Categories. 
Scroll down the list of Commands and select [...]

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