A custom Ribbon tab is a great productivity alternative to memorizing shortcuts for those who are more visually oriented. This
Category: MS Word
Readability Indexes
What they are, why they matter, and how to use them Readability assessments (or indexes) aren’t getting much love because
Little-Known Word Shortcuts
Word shortcuts you won’t want to live without. Today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Go to the last edit point
How to Sort Lists in Word
How to use that little Sort button today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. [tweetthis]What that little Sort button in Word
How to Remove Auto-Numbering in Word
Need to convert automated lists to manual ones? Or automatically numbered headings to manually numbered? Get the one-line macro in
Why We “Maggie” a Doc(x) to Rescue It
“Is that you?” Maggie Secara often gets asked. “Yeah, that’s me,” she says. “What can I say? I’ve never been
Increase Productivity with Multiple Views
Open multiple views into a single document. I show you how today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com. Works in Word,
Flag Problem Words Automatically
This macro flags problem words in the MS. My favourite part of the Copyediting Newsletter treatment of my latest “Technically Speaking” column
How to Set Word’s Language Preference for Spell Check
There are two places you need to set the language preference in MS Word: in Styles, and for each paragraph.
How to Get Word Ready for Editing
11 auto settings in MS Word to turn off before you edit—today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.