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How to Reduce Huge Microsoft Word Documents

August 10th, 2010 · Comments · Formatting

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.

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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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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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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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How to create your first Word template

September 8th, 2009 · Comments · How To, Templates, Word 2003, Word 2007

How do I get Word to open with my favourite font and the exact size that I want refer to use?
The easiest way to do this is to create a new template. It’s very easy. A template lets you create your own custom settings and get straight into writing your docs without having to waste time select fonts, sizes, heading and what not. Here is how it works.

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