#13723
Editing Macros for Word and WordPerfect
Useful resources on a variety of relevant topics, including a collection of macros for Microsoft Word and links to a selection of Word resources.
#26117
This section will show you how to insert text, symbols, and special characters; select characters, words, and paragraphs; and copy and paste text. This section also covers methods of automatic text entry, including AutoCorrect and AutoText.
Glenn, Walter. O'Reilly and Associates (2004). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#24629
Writers in our Vancouver office use several procedures to simplify the writing process, improve the final product, and avoid unnecessary work. These procedures include: an online library thatcontainsthe tools, instructions, and documentation we can share; a style guide that gives rules for usage, spelling, formatting, and punctuation; macros, style sheets, and boilerplate text to speed repetitive tasks and improve consistency; and detailedchecklists of the steps in ourmajortasks.
Eastman, Michael, Rhonda Arnason, Stephen Burtch, Arthur Jennings, Heather M. Sommerville and Elaine Young. STC Proceedings (1996). Articles>Documentation>Word Processing
#21677
Extending an Existing Word Template
In certain situations, you might want to extend an existing Word template, and add on new styles. Rather than create a RFP template from scratch, we modify the existing one—retaining all the styles and formatting that we want—and adding new styles where required.
#27204
Finding and Replacing Characters Using Wildcards 
Wildcards are like the blank pieces in Scrabble, or like the Jokers you can use in some card games to stand in for any card.
Mayor, Graham. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#27203
Finding and Replacing Non-Printing Characters (such as Paragraph Marks) and Text Formatting
How to find text that has particular formatting and replace it with different text, but without changing the formatting.
Rado, Dave. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#21678
Five Steps to Update Word Templates
You can customize the templates that come with Word in a few easy steps. In this exercise, we will change the Memo template's font type and size.
#24959
Flexible Diff-ing in a Collaborative Writing System 
Discusses the use of computer-generated information about what has been revised in the display of editing in word processors.
Neuwirth, Christine M., Ravinder Chandhok, David S. Kaufer, Paul Erion, James Morris and Dale Miller. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (1992). Articles>Editing>Word Processing>Collaboration
#27234
Floating Objects in Word 2000 Table Cells are Vertically Aligned Wrongly
Whenever I insert a graphical object (picture, drawing object, etc.) into a Word 2000 table cell I lose the vertical formatting. The text is always aligned at the top of the cell, instead of being centered or at the bottom of the cell. Why, and what can I do about it?
Meister, Cindy. Word MVP Site, The (2002). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#30364
These are some formatting/word processing tips for Microsoft Word.
Leigh, Heather. Crazy for Words (2007). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#24939
Generating PDF Files from Word Documents 
This document explains how to create PDF files from Microsoft Word documents.
InfoTechWriter. Articles>Publishing>Word Processing>Adobe Acrobat
#27229
Getting Help With Calling Word's Built-In Dialogs Using VBA
There are two Help topics in Word VBA Help that are required reading to get you started with built-in dialogs: 'Displaying built-in Word dialog boxes' and 'Built-in dialog box argument lists'. Unfortunately, in the latter article, Microsoft listed the arguments you can use but forgot to mention what the arguments mean or what values they can take! Fortunately, the dialog box arguments are almost identical to the arguments of the commands of WordBasic, so if you know one, you can work out the other. Therefore, the WordBasic Help file is at present by far the best resource for programmers wanting to use the dialogs. It is an absolute must-have.
Rado, Dave. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Programming>Microsoft Word
#26115
Getting the Most from OpenOffice.org Writer Fields
Fields are extremely useful features of Writer. This article describes how to use fields to solve common business and technical writing problems.
Weber, Jean Hollis. NewsForge (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>OpenOffice
#27218
Getting to Grips With VBA Basics in 15 Minutes
I can't turn you into a VBA expert but I can suggest a way to explore VBA that you may find helpful. Below, I've listed 22 steps that can be completed in approximately 15 minutes, assuming someone is kind enough to read them to you as you sit at your keyboard. If you have to read them by yourself and turn your attention alternately to the keyboard and back to the steps, then you may need a half hour or longer to complete the steps. Either way, the steps should give you a feel for what it's like to program in Word.
Coan, Bill. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Programming>Microsoft Word
#19933
Green Squiggly Lines: Evaluating Student Writing in Computer-Mediated Environments
We have a theory, a trace, a prediction of what will happen in the influence that word processors have had on student writing. By outlining a history of word processors in writing pedagogy and assessment (a vast increase in studies of and pedagogies advocating revision occurred in the 1980s), 'Green Squiglly Lines' sketches the potential impact of electronic portfolios on writing assessment. How will the publication--the turning of academic essays into (pre)professional documents [literally portfolios in the graphic artist sense of the word]--change writing assessment in American higher education?
Whithaus, Carl. Academic.Writing (2003). Articles>Editing>Online>Word Processing
#26111
If you are using any word processor or editor in a group situation, such as a technical writing team, or an office, then it will probably be in your interest to set up templates for authors to use to ensure consistency, reduce effort, and help automate conversation of documents between formats, such as building web pages from office documents. If you are also trying to store and manipulate content in XML but want to use a word processing environment for authoring, then well-crafted templates are even more important.
Sefton, Peter. XML.com (2005). Articles>Word Processing>XML>OpenOffice
#27190
How Can I Insert Special Characters, Such as Dingbats and Accented Letters, in My Document?
Many Word users don't realize how easy it is to insert special characters. There are at least four ways to do it: through the Symbol dialog, using shortcut keys, automatically with AutoCorrect, or by direct keypad entry.
Barnhill, Suzanne. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#27207
How Can I Recover a Corrupt Document or Template – and Why Did It Become Corrupt?
Saving when resources are low can cause corruptions. If you notice Word start to slow down noticeably it's always best to quit and restart Word immediately; to close any other applications that are open; and to clear the clipboard, by selecting any character and copying it.
Rado, Dave and John McGhie. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Software>Microsoft Word
#27201
How Do I Generate an Index in Word?
The Microsoft Word Help suggests that you can automatically generate an index. Sorry, but you can't (the 'result' looks like an index, but the reader can't use it). You can automatically mark index entries: however, the amount of work required to edit the result into a usable index is usually double the effort required to manually mark the index entries one-by-one.
McGhie, John. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Indexing>Microsoft Word
#19140
How Do People Really Use Text Editors?
Keystroke statistics were collected on editing systems while people performed their normal work. Knowledge workers used an experimental editor, and secretaries used a word processor. Results show a consistent picture of free use patterns in both settings. Of the total number of keystrokes, text entry accounted for approximately 1/2, cursor movement for about 1/4, deletion for about 1/8, and all other functions for the remaining 1/8. Analysis of keystroke transitions and editing states is also presented. Implications for past research, editor design, keyboard layout, and benchmark tests are discussed.
Whiteside, John, Norman Archer, Dennis Wixon and Michael Good. ACM SIGCHI (1982). Articles>Usability>Software>Word Processing
#27216
How To Add Pop-Up Lists to any Word Document, So You Can Click Your Way Through Changes in Seconds
Do you re-use some of your documents over and over again, making slight changes just before you print, fax, or email it each time? Do you, for example, send the same basic letter to each new customer, but edit the letter each time so that it refers to the specific product purchased by that customer? Starting with Word 97, there's an easy way to add a pop-up list of choices to any Word document. This new feature lets you point at a word or phrase and simply right-click the mouse to switch to some other word or phrase.
Coan, Bill. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Programming>Microsoft Word
#26109
How to Change All Font Sizes in a Document at Once
Many people want a facility in OOo to enlarge or reduce the size of all fonts in a document at once, preferably by clicking on an icon. Although I do not know any way to do that, I have found a workaround that provides a similar result. It takes a bit of setting up but otherwise works quickly and easily.
OpenOffice.org (2004). Articles>Word Processing>Software>OpenOffice
#27202
How to Control the Page Numbering in a Word Document
Word's page numbering scheme isn't directly obvious but it isn't needlessly complex, either. Indirect might be a good term for it. Once you understand how it works, all sorts of possibilities open up. Unfortunately, the built-in tools that simplify the insertion of page numbers also happen to make it more difficult to tell what's really going on. So, for the moment, forget everything you've learned or think you know about page numbers.
Coan, Bill. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Document Design>Microsoft Word
#27194
Mail merge is for simplifying repetitive documents and tasks. Mail merge can be used for creating many documents at once that contain identical formatting, layout, text, graphics, etc., and where only certain portions of each document varies. Mail merge is also used for generating mailing labels, envelopes, address lists, personalised training handouts, etc. As well as hard copy mailshots, it can be used to generate multiple emails and electronic faxes. And it can even be used to create a 'friendly' front-end to spreadsheet or database information.
Melton, Beth and Dave Rado. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Databases>Microsoft Word
#27219
This example will step you through the process of creating a template that contains an autonew macro which, when you create a new document from the template, will cause a Userform to be displayed, into which you can enter some information that you want to appear in the document.
Robbins, Doug. Word MVP Site, The (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Forms>Microsoft Word
