I gave an informal talk today to science editors about using macros, but it was my very first tip that generated the most excitement: You can add a new tab to the Word ribbon! Here’s how.
Tag: MS Word
Create a table of contents using Word Styles
Creating a table of contents in Word is super easy if you have applied styles to your headings.
Use Word Styles for navigating around and restructuring your document
Word Styles offer more than simply and consistently formatting text; they give you lots of power in organising your whole … More
What are Word Styles and how do you use them?
What Word style is your text is formatted in?
Here are six ways to check what Word style your text is in (the last two are my favourites): Six … More
Microsoft Word skills for editors: basic to advanced
Many editors prefer the features and power of Microsoft Word – especially when copyediting – over Google Docs and other … More
Tips and tricks: Opening your Word document in multiple windows
It can be really useful to look at your Word document in two separate, independent windows. And it’s very simple, … More
Tips and tricks: Summarising tracked changes in Word
Four ways to show your Track Changes edits in MS Word – so your client (or collaborator) won’t overlook key editing changes or queries when they review the document.
Tips and tricks: Post to your blog directly from Word
I’m insanely pleased to have discovered this, even though I don’t actually blog very often. But I could have used … More
Editing Indigenous content and other tips
I include a regular ‘Tips and tricks’ column in the Editors Victoria newsletter, linking to many online resources and tools. … More
Review: Lots of tips and procedures for better onscreen editing
I wrote this review for the Editors Victoria newsletter. The title of Geoff Hart’s book Effective Onscreen Editing (3rd edition) … More