Comments on: Living with Microsoft Word: Tips for survival http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: study skills http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-142313 study skills Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:32:29 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-142313 <strong>study skills...</strong> [...]Academic Productivity » Living with Microsoft Word: Tips for survival[...]... study skills…

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]]> By: Simi http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-139169 Simi Sat, 21 May 2011 20:16:31 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-139169 Finally. I am so tired of looking at the MS help files which are so stupid. Thanks for making this much easier. Finally. I am so tired of looking at the MS help files which are so stupid. Thanks for making this much easier.

]]> By: Tapi http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-110783 Tapi Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:47:04 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-110783 Hmmmm... you said you found a template on the web to handle numbered paragraph. How about posting a link. As it is, people like me googling for the template end up on your blog wasting time trying to find it. Hmmmm… you said you found a template on the web to handle numbered paragraph. How about posting a link. As it is, people like me googling for the template end up on your blog wasting time trying to find it.

]]> By: Ted Pavlic http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-48558 Ted Pavlic Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:01:55 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-48558 You should add a tip about inserting non-breaking spaces as well. Hitting Cntrl+Shift+Space inserts a non-breaking space. For example, you would not want the name: Mr.(NBSP)LastName to break across lines between the "Mr." and the "LastName". Nor would you want Figure(NBSP)3 to break between the "Figure" and the "3". So you insert the non-breaking space (NBSP). You should add a tip about inserting non-breaking spaces as well. Hitting Cntrl+Shift+Space inserts a non-breaking space. For example, you would not want the name:

Mr.(NBSP)LastName

to break across lines between the “Mr.” and the “LastName”. Nor would you want

Figure(NBSP)3

to break between the “Figure” and the “3″. So you insert the non-breaking space (NBSP).

]]> By: Alex http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-45217 Alex Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:42:38 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-45217 For work with word files use-<a href="http://www.recoveryword.com" rel="nofollow">how to repair word 2007</a>,because tool is very good,it is free as far as i know,soft can try to open your report in Microsoft Word format, that you have been preparing for a week, but in vain,can work with .doc, .docx, .dot and .dotx files and with any version of Microsoft Word text editor,recover only plain text, it means, that text formatting, graphics and all other elements will be lost,can recover your data from corrupted *.doc files, located on corrupted media: floppy and CD disks, flash and zip drives, etc,export recovered content into a new document in Microsoft Word format or any other text file. For work with word files use-how to repair word 2007,because tool is very good,it is free as far as i know,soft can try to open your report in Microsoft Word format, that you have been preparing for a week, but in vain,can work with .doc, .docx, .dot and .dotx files and with any version of Microsoft Word text editor,recover only plain text, it means, that text formatting, graphics and all other elements will be lost,can recover your data from corrupted *.doc files, located on corrupted media: floppy and CD disks, flash and zip drives, etc,export recovered content into a new document in Microsoft Word format or any other text file.

]]> By: Learn MS Word http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-43648 Learn MS Word Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:29:06 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-43648 When used properly, knowing all the shortcuts and tricks, then MS Word may be a powerful tool when trying to complete academia material. When used properly, knowing all the shortcuts and tricks, then MS Word may be a powerful tool when trying to complete academia material.

]]> By: Learn MS Word http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-33496 Learn MS Word Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:34:37 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-33496 When writing in MS Word, the most important tip you mentioned that helped the most is the "find and replace" tool. Thanks. When writing in MS Word, the most important tip you mentioned that helped the most is the “find and replace” tool.

Thanks.

]]> By: Mary Link Building Master http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-30470 Mary Link Building Master Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:24:12 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-30470 OK. RRealtor threw down the gauntlet!! You guys are the experts here (not me that's for sure!) which is better? Lotus or Microsoft Word? I've always used Word because that's what they taught us in college. I still have my Office 97 software! I am too cheap to change it. You know what they say, "if it ain't broken don't fix it" But seriously, I am interested in upgrading and I would like to know what the "pros" think in regards to lotus. OK. RRealtor threw down the gauntlet!! You guys are the experts here (not me that’s for sure!) which is better? Lotus or Microsoft Word? I’ve always used Word because that’s what they taught us in college. I still have my Office 97 software! I am too cheap to change it. You know what they say, “if it ain’t broken don’t fix it”

But seriously, I am interested in upgrading and I would like to know what the “pros” think in regards to lotus.

]]> By: SKane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-21117 SKane Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:45:05 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-21117 I concur with RRealtor1 regarding Word Pro's ease of use, to some extent. But if one wishes to use styles in Word Pro, which is not really necessary for quick documents, it does take the same sort of knowledge of how styles work, and familiarity with Word Pro's own interface, namely the tabbed properties window, beloved by all Word Pro users, and probably the styles management window (if one really wants to create and control their own styles). The major drawback with Word Pro has been its total lack of support for font pair kerning, and Word Pro appears to implement very poorly other font specifications too. This has not changed from the big 1997 release to the latest release as of 2008. The font display problems affect the printout and the onscreen display. The onscreen display of some font character pairs is so bad in Word Pro, I often switch to Word 2002 or a text editor (like EmEditor) even when I'm just writing for the web. I just cannot focus on the content of what I am writing when some characters have unseemly gaps between them, and other characters are kissin g one another ...practically laying on top of one another! This really frustrates me. The Word Pro interface has great potential, especially as an alternative to the "wizard"-based controls of Microsoft Word. Additionally, Word Pro is part of a suite which includes an extremely useful, accessible and stable database program: Approach. This is why I have kept Word Pro updated. And I fear that Approach will just disappear if IBM/Lotus does not improve Word Pro ...or Approach (beyond fixing bugs and maintaining compatibility). (Manual "kerning" is possible in Word Pro, but it's not the same thing at all. And even that is extremely inconvenient to access, because it is buried behind tabs and a button in the paragraph properties control window.) I concur with RRealtor1 regarding Word Pro’s ease of use, to some extent.

But if one wishes to use styles in Word Pro, which is not really necessary for quick documents, it does take the same sort of knowledge of how styles work, and familiarity with Word Pro’s own interface, namely the tabbed properties window, beloved by all Word Pro users, and probably the styles management window (if one really wants to create and control their own styles).

The major drawback with Word Pro has been its total lack of support for font pair kerning, and Word Pro appears to implement very poorly other font specifications too. This has not changed from the big 1997 release to the latest release as of 2008.

The font display problems affect the printout and the onscreen display. The onscreen display of some font character pairs is so bad in Word Pro, I often switch to Word 2002 or a text editor (like EmEditor) even when I’m just writing for the web. I just cannot focus on the content of what I am writing when some characters have unseemly gaps between them, and other characters are kissin g one another …practically laying on top of one another!

This really frustrates me. The Word Pro interface has great potential, especially as an alternative to the “wizard”-based controls of Microsoft Word.

Additionally, Word Pro is part of a suite which includes an extremely useful, accessible and stable database program: Approach. This is why I have kept Word Pro updated. And I fear that Approach will just disappear if IBM/Lotus does not improve Word Pro …or Approach (beyond fixing bugs and maintaining compatibility).

(Manual “kerning” is possible in Word Pro, but it’s not the same thing at all. And even that is extremely inconvenient to access, because it is buried behind tabs and a button in the paragraph properties control window.)

]]> By: RRealtor1 http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/comment-page-1/#comment-14068 RRealtor1 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:26:24 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/living-with-microsoft-word-tips-for-survival/#comment-14068 You poor poor people, sucked into usinf MS Word! If you want a kick ass word processor get Lotus Word Pro. It's 100 times better and easier to use. The learning curve is fast, jut click the right mouse button to change anything. Try it and you will never go back! You poor poor people, sucked into usinf MS Word! If you want a kick ass word processor get Lotus Word Pro. It’s 100 times better and easier to use. The learning curve is fast, jut click the right mouse button to change anything.

Try it and you will never go back!

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