Palin isn’t in the Word dictionary
Why isn’t Sarah Palin in the MS Word dictionary and the suggested spellings offensive to some people? We explain why Microsoft is NOT to blame, what’s happening and how to fix it.You can tell election fever is getting too hot when poor old Microsoft Office gets dragged into arguments between Republicans vs. Democrats. Earlier in the […]
MS Word vs. The New York Times
How does Word cope with a grammar quiz in The New York Times? The New York Times has a grammar quiz today (free registration required for some of the NYT web site). ” When we stumble over sound-alike words, readers accuse us of turning our editing chores over to a computer program (and not a […]
How to save a PDF from Office
There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. Here’s a quick guide to some of the options including free downloads. There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. PDF files retain most of the look in your original document […]
August updates for Office
‘Remote Code Execution’ is the phrase for August 08 updates for a wide range of Office products. August 2008 brings two security updates for Access plus Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Office. It’s really a case of ‘once more around the roundabout’ with most of the patches fixing yet more ‘remote code execution’ security lapses. […]
Make the Office 2007 ribbon go away
The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The ribbon can be minimised from the pull-down menu […]
Quick Access toolbar – keyboard shortcuts
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. Alt + 1 for the first icon on the QAT, Alt + 2 for the second and so on. […]
Automatically open the last Word document you edited
If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create a shortcut which does just this. If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create a shortcut which does just […]
Delete an open Word document
Here’s how to delete the Microsoft Word document you’re currently editing. Here’s a rather more complex macro you might find useful. This one lets you delete the document you’re currently editing. Word normally won’t let you do this: you must first close the document, then delete it. That’s a sensible safeguard, but sometimes it gets […]
‘Zero Day’ problem for Word 2002 users
Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only, Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) – that’s the bad news. The good news is that the problem seems limited to only Word 2002. Later versions of Word (2003, 2007, Word viewers and Office for Mac) […]
Word 2003: Obama or Osama
How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. Word can have some quirky results in the suggested spellings for […]
Copying Word revisions to another document
How to copy revision information from one Word document to another. The Word’s Spike feature will cut and paste revisions in a document plus standard paste will work if you know the trick. We love feedback from readers, especially when it uncovers some peculiarity in Microsoft Office. Anne C. read Rose Vines article about the […]
Rearranging text with Spike
Word’s Spike lets you quickly reorganize snippets of text and graphics. You grab the snippets from different locations in your document, place them one by one on the spike, then use the Insert From Spike command to paste them as a block into your document. Microsoft has long produced software with a belt-and-braces approach, offering […]
New Word 2003 update released
Office 2003 SP3 has a bug in the Documening Imaging program – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix and if you can find a way to ask for it! Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Office 2003 Service Pack 3. The problem is described thus: […]
StyleVision 2008r2 – Support for Word 2007/OOXML at a New Low Price, EDI Conversion with MapForce, and more
From: Altova StyleVision Supports Word 2007 / OOXML; Altova Lowers Price. Case Study – MapForce EDI Conversion Optimizes Business Transactions. Tips & Tricks – Content Re-Use in XMLSpy with OOXML & XSLT 1) StyleVision Supports Word 2007 / OOXML; Altova Lowers Price 2) Case Study – MapForce EDI Conversion Optimizes Business Transactions 3) Tips & […]
A Rand()om facelift in Word
Word 2007 has changed the Rand() feature and not entirely for the best. One of Word’s quirky, tucked-away features is the rand() function. It lets you quickly insert a block of text in a document. To use the function in pre-2007 versions of Word, at the beginning of a line type =rand() and press Enter. […]
Traps in Office 2003 Service Pack 3
There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should you install it or not? Microsoft has chosen to make that decision a difficult one for all Office 2003 users. There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should you install it or not? […]
