Archive for April, 2004

Changing Word’s Memory Allocation

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004

Editors are often afraid to work on big documents in Microsoft Word. I routinely work on documents larger than 300 pages, so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. I do believe in having plenty of RAM (random access memory) on a computer (at least 256 megabytes), so ...

From Word 2K to 2003 Part 1–Looking up the Mountain

Wednesday, April 21st, 2004

[Editor's note: This week marks the first installment in a series of reports by Word expert Steve Hudson on Word 2003--installation, features, and much, much more. If you're thinking of upgrading, you won't want to miss it. Next week, we'll return to our regularly scheduled feature articles and include the ...

Show Me the Menu!

Wednesday, April 14th, 2004

In the 1996 film Jerry McGuire, Tom Cruise shouts "Show me the money!" I know the feeling, but right now I want Microsoft Word to show me the *menu*--all of it! In Word's default state, many menu items are hidden until you click the little arrows at the bottom of ...

Insert Boilerplate

Wednesday, April 7th, 2004

Boilerplate is text you can use over and over again as needed. For example, the Fine Print section of this newsletter is boilerplate. Here's a little-known but useful way to create boilerplate in Microsoft Word: Share