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How to Copy Paragraph Styles Between Word Documents

Introduction You have to copy paragraph styles between two separate MS Word documents. Problem You’d like to export the paragraph styles from one document (A) to another (B) since you like the styles of document A better. How would you do it? Solution ANSWER: By using the style organizer. Imagine you have these two Word…

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What is “Compatibility Mode” in MS Word?

Introduction Compatibility Mode is a feature in MS Word that allows you to open and edit documents saved in older versions of the software. The Compatibility Mode is used for opening and editing documents saved in older versions of Word. This mode can be useful when working with legacy documents, or if your company still…

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How to Create a List of Tables in MS Word

Follow these steps in MS Word: (1) Give all your tables a title. Create a “Table Title” style and assign that style to all your table titles. (2) Click your cursor at where you’d like to place your List of Tables. Its traditional location in a technical document is right after the Table of Contents…

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How to use the Odd-Page and Even-Page Breaks in MS Word

You are using MS Word. Imagine you need to flow your story only on the odd-numbered pages of your document and reserve the even-numbered pages only for images that go with the relevant odd-number page. The document you have in mind is one when opened the reader would see the image on the left and…

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Word place holders

How to Replace Large Images with Word Place Holders

Introduction to Word Place Holders MS Word place holders can save you from a lot of headaches if your document includes hundreds and even thousands of images. If you have a long MS Word document jam-packed with large images it can take forever to download and/or open them. The Solution If all you’re trying to…

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How to Configure Macro Settings in MS Word

MS Word macros can ruin your day if you’re not careful enough. A macro is not necessarily a bad thing. There are many occasions when you need to record a macro and distribute MS Word documents that have a macro embedded in them. However, a “black hat” programmer can insert a macro into a MS…

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How to Review and Add Comments to a MS Word Document

MS Word offers a pretty elaborate review and commenting functionality through its Review tab. Imagine we start with the following sample document: (Click to enlarge all images) We will make 3 changes to this document: Replacing “In addition to” with “Besides” by typing over it. Delete “and employees” from the second sentence. Insert a comment,…

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