MS Word
How to Create Shortcuts to MS Office Files and Folders
© Ugur Akinci Creating shortcuts to MS Office files and folders is a great way to organize your content by providing multiple navigation points to the same document. Shortcuts eliminate the need to have the multiple copies of the save document in multiple locations. With this method, when you edit the source file, all shortcuts…
Read MoreThree Options to Save a MS Word Page as an HTML Web Page
© Ugur Akinci Granted, no professional web designer would use MS Word to design a web page. There are much better tools for that out there like the mother-of-all-HTM-editors DreamWeaver. However, there are also times when you may not have ready access to a web designer or when you’d like to post up a page…
Read MoreHow to Control Widow and Orphan Lines in Your Technical Document
You should avoid widow and orphan lines in your technical documents. A WIDOW line is one that ends up all alone at the top of the page. An ORPHAN line is the opposite: it’s that single line that sits at the bottom of the page. Both look weak (especially an orphan HEADER) and should be…
Read MoreHow to Enter Math Equations into a MS Word Technical Document
© Ugur Akinci There is an easy way to enter math equations into a MS Word technical document. Open the Word document into which you’d like to insert a math formula. Insert your cursor to where you’d exactly like to insert it. Click the start button and from All Programs select Accessories. Then select Math…
Read MoreHow to Select a Template for a MS Word Document
© Ugur Akinci MS Word offers two different types of templates: (1) The first kind do not allow macros in them. Their file extension is .dotx. It is safer to use these types of macros because Word macros can hide extremely dangerous virus and malevolent code. (2) The other Word template type allows macros and has…
Read MoreHow to Convert ALL CAPS to Upper-and-Lower Case Letters in MS Word 2010
© Ugur Akinci Here is a useful tip that may one day save you precious time effort when editing a MS Word 2010 document. Imagine you have a text or list which is typed in ALL CAPS: How are you going to convert this list into a normal upper-and-lower case text? EASY! Follow these steps:…
Read MoreHow to Share a MS Word 2010 Document and Edit it with Other Authors
© Ugur Akinci Here is an automated way to share a MS Word 2010 document with other authors, editors, or reviewers in your group. If you have Word 2007, you cannot use this method because it does not provide an easy link to SharePoint like MS Word 2010 does. I also think that Google Documents’…
Read MoreHow to Add a Math Equation to a MS Word Technical Document
Did you know that you can add complicated mathematical questions easily with just one-click into your MS Word technical document? Here is a list of equations you can insert with no problem at all: Pythagorean Equation Taylor Expansion Trig Identity 1 Trig Identity 2 Area of Circle Binomial Equation Fourier Series Expansion of a Sum…
Read MoreHow to Switch Templates for a MS Word 2007 or Word 2010 Technical Document
© 2011 Ugur Akinci When you create a technical document with MS Word 2007 or 2010 the application uses its default Normal template. But you do not need to use the Normal template all the time. You can switch to any template you like. Here is what the top three-level Word headings created with the…
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How to Add a Stylish Text Sidebar Box to a Word Document
Introduction Did you know how easy it is to add a very stylish text sidebar box to your MS Word business or technical document? MS Word comes with a number of impressive page layout features that perhaps you generally don’t expect from Word since it’s not known as a “page layout application” (like InDesign, QuarkXpress,…
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