#27235
Why Does the Appearance (or Layout) of My Document Change When I Open it on a Different Machine?
Because Word is a WYSIWYG application, it will always try to represent on screen the result you will get if you print on the printer that is selected as the default. Changing printer drivers will almost always change the layout at least slightly and sometimes radically. There are a number of ways to minimize the changes.
Barnhill, Suzanne. Word MVP Site, The (2002). Articles>Word Processing>Document Design>Microsoft Word
#24947
Ori Redler, co-founder of RedleX, talks about the history of Mellel and why RedleX has invested so much in support for minority languages.
Redler, Ori. LISA (2004). Articles>Language>Word Processing
#27209
The complete explanation would be a book in itself. For now, it is enough to know that a Word document is a great big 'list' of objects. An object can be anything you can put in a Word document. Each of these objects has many, many 'properties' that determine how it appears and how it behaves.
McGhie, John. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#27222
Why Variables Should be Declared Properly
Almost all Microsoft Word variables should be dimensioned as whatever they are (Dim MyRange As Range, Dim MyString As String, etc.).
Rado, Dave. STC Proceedings (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Programming>Microsoft Word
#27708
Why Won't Microsoft Join Existing Standards Efforts? 
Microsoft has stated on numerous occasions that they believe in and support open standards. But from my experience, they do this not by joining existing open standards efforts, but instead by creating entirely new, parallel (and arguably redundant) 'open standards' efforts around their own technologies. And often it seems these new standards efforts are around new, untested, and immature technologies that began life as proprietary to Microsoft--introduced into the standards process when a pre-existing open standards effort already exists, and exists around proven and shipping technologies which were developed in the open with lots of input from a variety of expert stakeholders.
Korn, Peter. Sun Microsystems (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Standards>Microsoft Word
#21440
Mit diesem Thema wurden schon ganze Bücher gefüllt. Machen wir's hier etwas bescheidener und konzentrieren wir uns auf einige ganz grundlegende Beobachtungen. Sofern nichts anderes dabei steht, stammen die Erfahrungen von Winword 97.
von Obert, Alexander. Techwriter.de (2003). (German) Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#31189
This tutorial is based on the PC version of Microsoft Word 2003, but the principles explained here should be similar for older versions of the program and for Macs.
Cramer, Dan. Ereunao (2007). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#26748
Word can be very frustrating. Take, for example, when it refuses to open a file that you have worked on only a few minutes earlier. You know you closed the file correctly. There were no error messages when you exited. So, why does this happen?
Klariti (2006). Articles>Software>Word Processing>Microsoft Word
#26747
Even if you do everything right, sooner or later one of your documents will become corrupt. Sometimes word will even open the file, but before you can do any work, it crashes! How can you retrieve the document?
Klariti (2006). Articles>Software>Word Processing>Microsoft Word
#27189
Word for Windows Commands, and Their Descriptions, Default Shortcuts and Menu Assignments
Word has a built-in command ListCommands, which produces a table of all the Word commands with their current key and menu assignments. However, it does not list the commands using their actual names; nor does it include descriptions of what the commands actually do.
Rado, Dave. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#31968
This guide to dealing with the trials and tribulations of Master documents is virtually guaranteed to save whatever fragments of sanity you may have left as you deal with Master documents.
Hudson, Steve. TECHWR-L (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#19686
Given that word processors are now common tools for writers and available to most students at all educational levels, integrating the software into a technical writing or English (or other language) composition course seems part of a natural progression. If you teach writing or are involved with students who use word processors for class assignments or other purposes, consider a group exercise in designing style sheets or complete file templates. Such teamwork introduces students to the collaborative environment of the workplace and provides opportunities for ancillary analytical and creative activities. It also allows you, as the instructor, to review and evaluate compositions electronically. Further, using word processing software and defining standards for its use emulate professional documentation workflows.
Ware, Bill. Intercom (2003). Articles>Writing>Software>Word Processing
#14431
Word Processing vs. "Web" Documents
Reading on screen is different than reading on paper. The metaphors used for writing word processed documents do not make for easy to read screen documents. Techniques from CD-ROM's, the Web, and on-line documentation can help make web documents that are compelling to read on-screen.
Bricklin, Dan. Good Documents (1998). Articles>Writing>Workplace>Word Processing
#29054
Word-Processing "Efficiency" By Means of Personalized Word-Frequency Lists 
This article examines the concept of the efficiency with which text is entered into a word processor from the perspective of effective use of keyboard shortcuts (sometimes called hot keys or accelerator keys ). The article makes reference to the Autotext facility which is available in Microsoft Word. The article illustrates how the possibility for productiveness offered by shortcuts, available through the use of features such as Autotext, are often under-utilized by many word processor users, academics being no exception. The method involves constructing a word list from a corpus of one s own writing. This word list can then be taken as the basis for a personalized set of shortcuts of the most frequent words in an individual s writing.
Coniam, David. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (2001). Articles>Writing>Software>Word Processing
#27236
Numbering in Word is difficult to understand because Word attempts to hide 'complexity' from us. In many cases, it provides insufficient detail in the explanation of features. Regrettably, a simplistic explanation does not help understanding of a complex subject. It fills our heads with loose ends, which makes the problem worse!
McGhie, John. Word MVP Site, The (2002). Articles>Word Processing>Information Design>Microsoft Word
#27226
The most important thing you need to know when working with bookmarks in Word is that there are two 'types' of bookmarks: 'placeholder' bookmarks and 'enclosing' bookmarks.
Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Programming>Microsoft Word
#27193
When you delete a section break, or move an entire section to another part of the document, you get what seem to be very strange results. For instance, deleting a Continuous section break causes the preceding Next Page section break to convert to a Continuous one, or deleting a section break causes an important Header to disappear from the document, or causes the entire document to become landscape.
Rado, Dave. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#26104
Writing, Editing, and Reviewing Documents 
OpenOffice.org Writer provides many ways to write, edit, review, and comment on documents. This chapter covers some of those techniques, plus some other tips.
Weber, Jean Hollis. O'Reilly and Associates (2004). Articles>Word Processing>Software>OpenOffice
#32631
Microsoft Word: An Unnecessary Evil?
First and foremost, Microsoft Word is a solid piece of software, and the 2007 version is untouchable at present. It pretty much sets the standard. It's also in no way evil in and of itself. That said, it's unfortunately not free, so here are some alternatives that are.
MattBarton.net (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Open Source
#33219
It's Possible to Ditch Microsoft Office
Is today's OpenOffice good enough for the enterprise? For most jobs—word processing, presentations or spreadsheets—the answer is yes. Compatibility with Microsoft Office isn't a problem unless sophisticated macros are involved. Interoperability, the greatest hurdle to conquer on the way to adoption, is almost a nonissue. OpenOffice even offers features missing in Microsoft Office, like PDF or Flash data exports.
Ciurana, Eugene. ComputerWorld (2004). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Open Source
#33610
Building Blocks are reusable chunks of a Word document. They can contain any thing a Word document can contain, including pictures, shapes, fields, and even other building blocks.
Boyer, Jodie. Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#33611
Taking Control of Your Table of Contents or Document Map
Table of contents and the Document Map are designed to work best with documents that use styles. Styles not only apply a look and feel to a document, but also provide semantic structure. For example, applying a Heading 2 style to some content that exists under a Heading 1 style implies hierarchy within a document.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#33613
How to Make the Formatting in Your Document Consistent
If you've ever worked document with more than one person, then you've likely had to deal with this type of nonsense: Sally likes to emphasize text by making it 13 point and bold, Sam prefers to change the font and italicize it, Billy used Emphasis Style, and on, and on. Because of this, not only do you have to work to make the language in your co-authored document consistent, but you've got to deal with formatting inconsistencies as well.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33614
Have you ever wanted to make some text in your document look like other text in your document? Or maybe you made a picture look just right in last week's status report and really don't want to start from scratch on the picture in this week's status report. Either way, this week's tip will save you some time.
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Style Sheets>Microsoft Word
#33615
Field codes provide a way to customize your Word document manually. That sounds like hard work, but the field codes also give you an inside look at some of the ways that you can customize a page number or a table of contents. (Really—those are fields.)
Microsoft (2008). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
