This last week at my day job my boss said I needed to edit book titles so they were under a specific number of characters. I said I would make sure to check that when creating titles and edit if necessary. At that time I […]
With any job, you probably have to work in Microsoft Word. That is no different for me and sometimes I need to convert that Word doc into a PDF. I have written a few articles on working with PDFs. Here are a few you can check
If you reference information from online sources, sometimes when you copy the information directly into Word, there can be issues, such as it does not look exactly the way you thought it would or how you wanted it. In most instances, you will not want
Normal.dotm Whether you know it or not, every document you create in Word starts with the template named Normal.dotm. This template includes the default styles and behavior that determine the look of each new document you create. You may modify this template to avoid resetting
Sure Office 2016 has been around for a bit now, but trust me, there are still lots and lots of users who are still slogging through the settings that just are not to their liking. Those users will never be comfortable with the applications the
The latest iteration of Word is geared more toward folks using the Web. The default line spacing has been changed to 1.15 — a more casual look that works well if you are creating content for the Web. If you are not, however, and most
Straggling Headings Sometimes, there are paragraphs that naturally belong with another paragraph. For instance, section headings belong with the paragraphs that follow them, a signature line belongs with the explanation line that may be after it, and a figure belongs with the caption that may
Word 2016 Style Gallery Did you ever wonder if you could change what is shown in Word’s Style Gallery? How to add your own styles to it? Or rearrange the order in which your styles appear in the gallery? Well, as it happens, changing what
