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Word 2010
Word 2010: The milder, slightly better-behaved younger sister of Word 2007. Still can't find anything. Just have to put up with it. But it is better than 2007. Really.
Bullets
How to control bullets in Word 2007 and Word 2010
In Word 2007 and Word 2010, you can control bullets by creating a list style, and then attaching the 5 built-in List Bullet paragraph styles to the list style. This page explains how to create your list style, how to attach the built-in List Bullet paragraph styles, and how to use them to get reliable bullets that you can control.
Development
Creating images to customize the Ribbon in Word 2007 and Word 2010
For graphic designers: what kind of image is required for use as a custom image when customizing the Ribbon in Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010?
Interest: For graphic designers
Created 20 August 2010. Last updated 23 April 2011.
Design Mode in Word 2007 and Word 2010: How to detect it and turn it on and off
Word 2007 and Word 2010 have a 'Design mode' button for editing content controls. .FormsDesign and .ToggleFormsDesign detect or toggle Design mode.
Created 13 August 2010. Last updated 28 August 2010.
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.
Created 2 July 2011
How to detect whether a Word COM Add-in is connected and, if not, load it
Word's object model provides a COMAddIns collection of COMAddIn objects. In theory, the .Connect property of a COMAddIn object should tell you whether the add-in is connected and/or allow you to load it. In practice, not so.
Created 21 April 2011
Returning a value after .Show-ing a built-in Word dialog box
Created 15 October 2010. Last updated 18 April 2011.
Selecting or referring to a page in the Word object model
It's common to feel that you need to cycle through all the pages in a Word document and perform some processing on each page. This article discusses why it's not possible for developers to refer to a printed page using the Word object model, and some workarounds.
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.
Created 23 April 2011
Formatting
What borders are available for which style types? How can I format line style, weight and colour of borders?
Change the colour or remove the underline from hyperlinks in Microsoft Word
How to format hyperlinks in a Microsoft Word document to remove the underline, or change the colour (or the color!).
“Letters are missing in my watermark when I print”
Does your watermark in Word look fine on screen, but print as "D AFT" instead of "DRAFT"? Or "CON IDE TI L"? This article explains how to avoid watermarks losing some letters when they print.
Layout
How to create a glossary in Microsoft Word
Word has no built-in mechanism to create glossaries. This article describes several methods for creating a glossary using Word's built-in features.
Is your image slipping? How to get your images to stand still
Word has two ways to position an image: floating and inline. Most problems with images occur because the image is floating when it should be in line. This article explains how to identify whether an image is floating or inline, and how to format your image as floating or inline.
Managing pagination (or, avoiding page breaks where you don’t want them)
How to get the page breaks you want in a Microsoft Word document---and how to avoid page breaks where you don't want them.
Managing Word
7 reasons to upgrade from Microsoft Word 2007 to Word 2010
Interest: For managers For users
Created 2 October 2010. Last updated 28 July 2011.
Asking questions, getting help
4 ways to get free information about how to use Word.
Interest: For beginners For developers For graphic designers For managers For users
Version: Word 2002 Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010
Created December 2002. Last updated 29 April 2010.
The CompleteWordCount add‑in allows you to see a full word count for the different areas of your document.
What version of Word do I have?
Start up Microsoft Word. Compare these pictures to Word running on your computer to find out what version of Word you have.
Interest: For beginners For developers For graphic designers For managers For users
Version: Word 2000 Word 2002 Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010
Created 12 June 2010. Last updated 2 August 2010.
Word 2007 and Word 2010: Ribbon tutorial
Get to know the new Ribbon in Microsoft Word 2007 and Word 2010. Info on how it works, what's new, and what to look out for.
Numbering, headings, outlines
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 create numbered headings or outline numbering
How to set up numbered headings or outline numbering in Word.
How to create numbered headings or outline numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010
How to set up heading numbering in Word 2007 and Word 2010
Topic: Numbering, headings, outlines
Created 19 June 2010. Last updated 31 August 2011.
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.
Why use Microsoft Word’s built-in heading styles?
16 reasons to use Word's built-in heading styles. Word's built-in heading styles have "magic" properties that you can't recreate in custom styles.
Topic: Numbering, headings, outlines
Tags: Captions, Cross-references, Document map, Fields, Headings, Hyperlinks, Outline view, Paragraph styles, Table of contents
Version: Word 2000 Word 2002 Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010
Created August 2002. Last updated 23 April 2010.
Sharing documents
Editing a document that someone else has prepared: 6 tips for managers
Even if you don't create many Word documents, you may edit documents your team members have created. 6 tips on how to edit a document someone else prepared.
Hints for producing academic papers that you have to submit in soft copy
Students in universities and colleges sometimes submit assignments, research papers and essays as a Microsoft Word document. This page provides some hints for how to do this most effectively.
How do I control how a Word document opens from the internet or an intranet?
Microsoft Word does not control how a Word document displays in Internet Explorer. It's a Windows thing. Use the File Types command within Windows to control how a Word document displays in Internet Explorer.
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.
How tracked changes have made businesses and government look foolish
Examples of businesses and governments that published documents containing tracked changes that they didn't want to be public!
What happens when I send my document to someone else? Will Word mess up my formatting?
Myths, urban legends, misunderstandings and confusion reign. Don't save your document if the 'Automatically update document styles' box in the Templates and Add-Ins dialog is ticked. If that box is not ticked then Word will not mess up your formatting if you send your document to someone else.
Styles
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.
What borders are available for table styles, how to control them, and how to avoid the bugs and inconsistencies in the Word object model.
How styles in Microsoft Word cascade
A Word style can be based on another style. A style inherits the format of its parent. This gives you powerful control over the format of your 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 detect frames in paragraph styles
In the user interface, it is obvious if a paragraph style has a frame. It's not so obvious in the Word object model. There is no built-in method to determine whether a style has a Frame. This article identifies one possible way around this problem.
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)
Created 15 August 2011
Shading (ie background colour) in table styles
For developers: how to set the background colour in a table style using the Microsoft Word object model. There are 7 ways to set shading (ie background or foreground colour) on elements of a table style in Microsoft Word. Most don't work. This article describes what does seem to work, and identifies the bugs and annoyances in setting shading in table styles.
The basic way to format text in Word is to apply a style: A Tip for managers
For managers: Word formats everything with styles. Controlling the format of Word documents using styles increases both productivity and consistency.
Tips for Understanding Styles in Word
Using styles in Microsoft Word is the best way to create consistent, well-formatted documents. In Word, a style is a collection of formatting instructions. Typically, a style is associated with a structural element of the document. For example: Title, Caption, Body Text, Footnote.
If you apply a style to a paragraph, and less than half the text in the paragraph has direct formatting, then Word retains the direct formatting. If you apply a style to a paragraph, and more than half the text in the paragraph has direct formatting, then the style overrides the direct formatting.
Templates
Front cover images in Microsoft Word report templates
In a Microsoft Word template for a business report we often need a front cover with a big image and text overlaying the image. How to do it and traps to avoid.
Tags: Content Controls, Headers and footers, Images, Page breaks, Page numbers, Pagination, Templates
Created 30 August 2010
How to save a Word document as a template
If you save a Word document as a template, your template will start life with all the accumulated baggage and garbage that the document had acquired. Here is how to create a pristine, clean, new Word template in Word 2007 or Word 2010.
Specifying cover images for Microsoft Word templates
For graphic designers: about the best size and format to supply front and back cover images to be used in a Word template.
You can attach a new template to a document. But when you do so, you might not get the results you expect. This article explains what happens when you attach a template to a document, and how to achieve what you may think should have happened.
Tags: Copy and paste, Keyboard shortcuts, Macros, Paragraph styles, Templates, Toolbars, UI Customization
Version: Word 2000 Word 2002 Word 2003 Word 2007 Word 2010
Created August 2004. Last updated 27 June 2010.
What is the relationship between a Microsoft Word document and its template?
Describes how a document is based on a template, what effect the template has when a new document is created, and what role the template plays when a document is being edited.