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Word Hacks: Show Progress From VBA
White Papers Within a macro, one can use the StatusBar property to display text in Word's status bar - the little area at the bottom of the window that displays the current page, line count, and so forth. Before adding a full-fledged progress bar to the macro...
[October 10, 2007, 0:00]
Word 2000 Flaw Still Lacks Patch
News Microsoft on Tuesday provided patches for three security flaws, but it does not have a fix yet for a Word 2000 vulnerability being exploited in cyberattacks. What's not there is more news than what is there, from what we can see," said Amol Sarwate...
[September 13, 2006, 10:15]
Word's Password Feature 'not A Security Tool'
News Microsoft has hit back at critics of Word's password-protect feature, which the company has admitted is not safe from hackers. A set of relatively simple instructions on how to bypass the security of a password-protected Word document was published...
[January 7, 2004, 16:40]
Word 12 (beta 1)
Talkback The big problem with earlier versions of Word is the instability of paragraph numbering. Is paragraph numbering handled any better in Word 12? In a long technical document with several levels of paragraph numbering (using 'Heading' styles) keeping...
[April 4, 2006, 22:53]
Word Side By Side: What's New & Different
White Papers This is a five-minute webcast focusing on quick tips for using Microsoft Word efficiently.
[May 6, 2008, 0:00]
Word Flaw Opens Door To Trojan Horse
News A month-old flaw in Microsoft Word has opened up PCs to attack by a new Trojan horse, antivirus researchers said on Thursday. Dubbed "Goga," the malicious code poses as a Word document saved in rich text format but actually reaches through the Net...
[June 15, 2001, 8:31]
Word: Spelling And Other Tools
White Papers This paper shows how to use Word's spelling, grammar, and research tools. Right-click the word to see spelling suggestions. Double-click the Spelling and Grammar Status icon (looks like a book) on the Status bar to jump to the next misspelled word...
[October 10, 2007, 0:00]
Add Pop-Up Lists To Your Word Documents
White Papers Starting with Word 97, one can point to key words or phrases in the documents and right-click to switch to some other word or phrase. To accomplish this, all one has to do is set up an AutoTextList field for each key word or phrase.
[May 4, 2008, 0:00]
Support Republic's Ultimate Word Compilation
White Papers Don't wait for users to ask for advice; be proactive and help them improve their Word skills with this compilation of Word tips. This download contains over 100 pages of invaluable Word advice.
[May 23, 2006, 0:00]
Attackers Exploit 'extremely Critical Flaw' In Word
News An "extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000 is currently being exploited by malicious attackers, which could lead to remote execution of code on a user's system, security researcher Secunia advised on Tuesday.
[September 5, 2006, 17:00]
About Templates In Word
White Papers Every Microsoft Word document is based on a template. A template determines the basic structure for a document and contains document components and settings, such as AutoText entries, fonts, key assignments, macros, menus, page layout, special...
[May 4, 2008, 0:00]
Who Needs A Word Processor?
Talkback Word has about a squillion features which you pay for, and about 10 that you actually use. Personally, I've been doing most of my work in Wordpad now for quite some time, and very infrequently do I need to use Word itself.
[May 5, 2006, 19:41]
Smart Tags In Word-Level 100
White Papers Learn how to use the default smart tags included with Microsoft Word and how you can take advantage of additional smart tags available for download from microsoft.com. Microsoft Office applications recognize certain kinds of data that it labels...
[October 18, 2004, 0:00]
50 Indispensable Microsoft Word Tips
White Papers Looking for a list of Microsoft Word tips and tricks for your end users? The editors at TechRepublic have put together a collection of their favorite timesavers for using Word 97, 2000, 2002 (Office XP), and 2003.
[May 23, 2006, 0:00]
Draw Flowcharts With Word And PowerPoint
White Papers For someone who needs to draw a diagram, such as a flowchart, but is not sure if he or she should use Word or PowerPoint, this paper is useful. Word is a word-processing program that includes drawing tools, whereas PowerPoint is geared toward slide...
[May 4, 2008, 0:00]
Make Business Cards Using Word
White Papers This paper will explain how to create Business Cards using Microsoft Office Word. Users can quickly create attractive and professional business cards in two ways using Word - by using ready-made business card templates from the Microsoft Office...
[May 4, 2008, 0:00]
Microsoft Office Word 2007 Product Overview
White Papers Office Word 2007 helps information workers create professional-looking content more quickly than ever before. With a host of new tools, the user can quickly construct documents from predefined parts and styles, as well as compose and publish blogs...
[February 18, 2007, 23:00]
34 Timesaving Mouse Tricks For Word Users
White Papers The techniques listed here are easy to remember and lightning-fast—most just involve a simple double-click in certain places within a Word document window to bring up options for tasks like page setup, text formatting, and object editing.
[May 17, 2006, 0:00]
New Word Usage...?
Talkback At what point did some authoratative body sanction the word "leverage" to be used as a verb? Anyone using the 'L' word as a verb is automatically ranked 'Loser'. We use it as a way of screening e-service cold-callers.
[April 13, 2007, 15:48]
Large Scale Collocation Data And Their Application To Japanese Word Processor Technology
White Papers Word processors or computers used in Japan employ Japanese input method through key-board stroke combined with Kana (phonetic) character to Kanji (ideographic, Chinese) character conversion technology.
[April 12, 2008, 0:00]
