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How to control bullets in Microsoft Word 2000, 2002 and 2003

In Word 2000, 2002 and 2003, you can control bullets by using the built-in List Bullet styles. This page explains how to use the List Bullet styles to get reliable bullets that you can control.

5 Curiosities about Placeholders in Word Content Controls (for developers)

How to create a ribbon button to show the ‘More Windows’ dialog in Word

How to create a ribbon button to show the Signatures pane in Word

The FileViewDigitalSignatures command in Word is broken. But you can work around this by creating a custom button on the ribbon to display the Signatures task pane directly.

Returning a value after .Show-ing a built-in Word dialog box

Word.Application.Options.LabelSmartTags doesn’t work in Word 2010. But there is a workaround.

In Word 2010, Smart Tags are re-named as Actions, and are deprecated. The user can still turn on the recognition of Actions but we can no longer read or write the corresponding option in the object model. This article proposeds a workaround.

Border basics for developers

What borders are available for which style types? How can I format line style, weight and colour of borders?

Hyperlinks: different colours for text and underline in Microsoft Word

When you create a hyperlink in Microsoft Word, you can't have different colours for text and underline. It's a bug. Here's one (poor) workaround.

Page (that is, section) borders

How to control page borders (which are actually section borders).

How to create a table of contents in Microsoft Word

Two easy steps to creating a table of contents in a Microsoft Word document. Plus: how to customize your table of contents so it looks just as you want. And, 10 tips about Word tables of contents.

How to number headings and figures in Appendixes in Microsoft Word

How to use the Document Map in Microsoft Word

The Document Map shows an overview of your Word document. It lets you navigate rapidly. It's most useful when you're working on a big document. Here's how.

How does Track Changes in Microsoft Word work?

There are four steps to tracking changes: 1. Tell Word to track changes. 2. Tell Word to display Tracked Changes. 3. Tell Word how to display Tracked Changes. 4. Tell Word to accept or reject the changes This page explains how.

4 ways to control page breaks within tables and table styles (for developers)

For developers: How to prevent a whole table, or just one or more rows, from breaking across a page. The Microsoft Word object model has 4 ways to manage, or prevent, tables from breaking across a page. Some of them work.

Background and foreground: Shading in paragraph styles

For developers: The background colour in a paragraph style is controlled through the Shading object. It manages background and foreground colour and texture. The Word object model is straight-forward, but you need to choose the right texture as well as the background and foreground colours.

Error 5848 “The style definition is empty”, or, why are there two Normal styles in my document?

How to apply a style in Microsoft Word

15 ways to apply a style using the mouse or the keyboard in Microsoft Word.

How to apply a style using the keyboard in Microsoft Word 2007 or Word 2010

How to hide table styles on the Table Tools Design tab in Word (for developers)

How to modify styles in Microsoft Word

How to reinstate the Styles combo box in Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010

Customize the Quick Access Toolbar to display the Styles combo box. It shows what style has been applied to the selected text as you move around your document.

Reading Conditions of a Word table style (for developers)