Jun 02, 2021
Creating Quick Parts in Microsoft Word
Quick Parts are a type of building block in Microsoft Word that allow you to insert a ‘standard clunk’ into your Word documents. They are great for ‘bits of a document’ [...]
Mar 13, 2021
The Spike
The Spike in Microsoft Word is a feature that has been around for years. I can remember it being featured in courses I taught back in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. [...]
Oct 21, 2020
Inserting an online video in Word 2013
Microsoft Word 2013 introduces a new feature which I think is pretty great: the ability to insert a link to an online video. The most likely source of the video would be [...]
Oct 17, 2020
The mystery of mail merge in Microsoft Word
There seems to be some mystery surrounding the process of performing a mail merge in Microsoft Word. People are often daunted by the thought of having to use this [...]
Oct 10, 2020
Why use section breaks in Microsoft Word?
So you just got told that you are going to have to write the next training manual for your job. No problem. Just type everything up and then print it out, right? Hold [...]
Sep 01, 2020
Heading styles in Microsoft Word
Recently, one of the students in a Microsoft Word training course asked me whether it was a good idea to use the existing Heading styles (Heading 1, Heading 2 Heading 3, [...]
Jun 27, 2020
Protecting content in Microsoft Word with 'Restrict Editing'
I often ask people "what is the main reason for converting a Microsoft Word document into a PDF?" One of the most common answers is “to stop people from changing the [...]
Jun 02, 2021
Borders and shading in Microsoft Word 2010
Don’t you hate it when you can’t get the borders to appear on all sides? Or when the frame of the border goes all the way to the edge of the margin when you really want [...]
Jan 14, 2021
Master the tricks behind numbered lists in Microsoft Word
Are numbered lists in Microsoft Word frustrating you? More often enough, people aren't using numbered lists correctly. I see many cases where people just type in the [...]
