In preparing the Command Finder for Word 2010, we’ve found some curious inconsistencies. In preparing the Command Finder for Word 2010 , we’ve found some curious inconsistencies. For starters, the ‘Commands not on ribbon’ list doesn’t include all the commands missing from your ribbon. For example ‘Character Border’ isn’t on the default ribbon for most […]
Why can’t you add repeating words or phrases to the Microsoft Word custom dictionary? Word’s custom dictionary can’t handle repeating words or phrases and it should. While we wait for Microsoft to catch up there are limited options available. Microsoft Word’s custom dictionary only lets you add single words to its list. Anything that’s separated […]
OpenOffice .odt files should open with Word 2010 – but not always. Margaret H. says “I downloaded a .odt file from Wikipedia but when I tried to open it in Word 2010 all I get are errors. Even the repair option doesn’t work. I thought Word 2007 and 2010 supported OpenOffice documents? “ Wikipedia has […]
Free training manuals for Office 2007 and before plus Quick References for Office 2010. Mouse Training in the UK has released their training manuals free for all comers plus some Quick Reference Guides. The Training Manuals are for Office 2007, Office 2003, Office XP (2002) and Office 2000. They cover Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, […]
Word’s spell checker has some peculiar ideas about where an & symbol belongs. Susan S. writes with a question about the Word spell checker. She’s noticed that an ampersand next to a letter doesn’t trigger a spelling error in Word. We tried it out and she’s right: An ampersand next to a word is ‘OK’ […]