Surviving the Changes In Microsoft Word 2003 Mail Merge by Chris Le Roy
With every new version of Microsoft Office it seems that in Microsoft’s wisdom they decide to change the way in which we do the humble mail merge. In earlier versions of Microsoft Word such as Microsoft Word 2000, the process for undertaking a mail merge was simple. ... In Microsoft Word 2003, if you are starting a brand new mail merge then you should be aware that you no longer produce a Microsoft Word document as a datasource, in fact the datasource you produce is a Microsoft Access database. ... In earlier versions of the Microsoft Word application, such as Microsoft Word 2000, you...

Microsoft Word - Reduce Formatting Time by 98% (or More) by Eric Roberts
If you're like most people, when you sit down to create a new document in Microsoft Word you just start typing. When you have the document finished - you then go back and laboriously select text and apply formatting to headings, bulleted lists, etc. all by hand. ... It's very easy to get started with styles - simply choose "Styles and Formatting" (or "Styles" depending on the version of Microsoft Word you're using) from the "Format" menu. ... If you're using Microsoft Word 2002 or 2003 - you'll see the "Styles and Formatting" palette appear on the right side of the screen.

How Autocorrect in Microsoft Word Can Help You With Acronyms by Chris Le Roy
The world today has gone literally gone acronym crazy. Every industry has its own plethora of acronyms to bamboozle the uninitiated. Acronyms are also often a source of great pain for those people who have to create procedure documents for their industry. ... Autocorrect was originally developed by Microsoft to help those people using Microsoft Office and in particular Microsoft Word overcome typing issues but it has also become the saviour to those working in an acronym world. ... Autocorrect is actually available in all Microsoft Office Applications which include Microsoft Word, Excel,...

Sorry! No Bill Gates Article Today - Word Took Over by John T Jones, Ph.D.
Dear Reader: I won’t be writing an article today. I thought that you would like to know. I decided to put the article in letter format. Although Microsoft Word® asked if I would like help in writing this “letter,” I declined. If I let Word® help me pretty soon it would take over all of my writing. ... If Word® were capable of writing, we authors would just type in a title and let Word® go at it. ... "In his office on the Microsoft corporate campus in Redmond, Wash., Bill Gates took a few moments to reflect on the impact of the IBM PC.

The Uses Of Microsoft Word. The Power Is Under The Hood. by Robert Duvall
Recently I have had the opportunity to play around with Microsoft Word. We all use daily, but 99% of the users don’t take advantage of its incredible features. Even worse, if we think just a little bit, we actually sub-utilize it. How many hours we spend repeating over and over the same routine... But after a little while, you learn that macros are limited, and that they allow you to do only so much when your purpose is to make more automatic your experience with Word. ... VBA is “Visual Basic for Applications” and it is basically the language Word is built upon.

Keeping Track by Terry Freedman
One of the things we can be as certain of as death and taxes is that in every meeting at least one person will hand out a document for comments and discussion. But think of the huge workload this gives rise to for the author. She can only hope that not too many people respond, or that they don't... Microsoft Word has a nice feature called tracking. ... Word has exactly the same facility: Go to tools - and now when you delete a word it doesn't disappear, a red line is put through it. ... By the same token, when you insert a word it appears in green.

Microsoft Word 2007 - Is It For You? by Lionel Darell
For most users, Microsoft Word is the most popular tool of all the tools in the Microsoft Office package. Microsoft Word started during the early software programs when most computers were still running in DOS mode. However, the version that started Microsoft Word’s popularity was the Microsoft... The most stable Microsoft Word version that has been agreed upon by most users is Word 97. ... To view complete PC specification requirements for Word 2007, visit http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101668651033.aspx How simple or complex is it for me?

Passwords Used In Microsoft Word Documents by Denis Gladysh
You would like to protect your documents, wouldn't you? Reasons may vary but the problem is the same – you need to protect your Microsoft Word documents from unauthorized editing or viewing. What document protection features does Microsoft® Office Word 2003, a part of Microsoft Office... But it is not that easy with Password to open : The first versions of Microsoft Word had rather weak security; it took a bit more time to crack it compared to the other types used in Microsoft Word. ... Please note that it doesn't apply to Microsoft Word 97 version supplied to the French market as these...

You Can Write Microsoft Office Program in About 60 Minutes by Tenny Ing
Microsoft Office program is a programming tool called Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) that comes with Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Power Point, and Publisher. VBA can make your repeating jobs automatic. It also can customize Excel, Word and other Office procedures for your own needs. ... To make Excel work or control Word is called Excel automates Word. ... For example, we can write a VBA application to make Word read an Excel address list that is saved in a spreadsheet, and then show the addresses in the Word document.

Replace Microsoft Word For FREE! by Shania Duncan
Most writers use the all powerful Microsoft Word word processing program. Even non-writers use it for everything from school work to manifestos. When my computer crashed and I lost the use of Word on my computer, I felt completely lost. I tried Word's ugly cousin Wordpad and that just didn't cut... OpenOffice.org Writer is a powerful word processor that can handle all types of large documents and lots of different formats, including Microsoft Word. ... There is an alternative to Microsoft Word. ... OpenOffice.org was designed as a Microsoft Office clone in order to make the migration...