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Errata / Corrections
- Word 2007 - June 2008
- Do you miss the Save All command? Here's how to get it back.
- Word 2007 - January 2008
- Some graphical goofs: The "margin art" at the top of page 177 is just a gray box. That's wrong. The image shown for Figure 20-6 (page 269) is not the Design tab; the Layout tab is mistakenly shown in its place. Here is what Figure 20-6 should look like:
- Word 2007 - April 2007
- Page 179 in the Tabs chapter, the value 1.1875 should really be 1.875 or 1 7/8 inches. This value is rounded up to 1.9.
- Word 2002 - November, 2004
- The second keyboard shortcut should be Ctrl+' (apostrophe or 'tick'). The font used is really a right-tick, which looks like a back-tick. Tick talk! Anyway, the text accompanying the table puts it properly.
- Word 2002/2003 - November, 2002
- The information on modifying a template no longer applies. Instead, refer here for information on how to modify a template.
- Word 2002 - April, 2002
- On page 40 it says to press Ctrl+(right arrow) to move the cursor to the previous word and Ctrl+(left arrow) to move the cursor to the next word. This is backwards:
move the cursor to the start of the next word.
move the cursor to the start of the previous word.- Word 2002 - June, 2002
- The instructions in the book about deleting a file are incorrect. They say to just click on the file. Actually you need to right click and then choose Delete from the pop-up menu — just as it works in Windows Explorer.
- Word 2002 — May, 2002
- On page 316 I state that there is no way to turn off the personalized menus in Word 2002, but there is; they just hid the option from me! Choose Tools
Customize. Then click the Options tab in the Customize dialog box. There you can choose to display full menus all the time, or to have Word display the full menu after a brief pause. Sorry for the error!
Latest Information & Updates
- Deleting an unwanted file from the Office Menu in Word 2007
- The file may be gone, but the remnants remain in the stupid Office Menu. Yes, you can remove that bad file reference, but it's not easy. Read more...
- Whoa! I cannot open those DOCX files created by Word 2007!
- Word 2007 uses an entirely new and completely incompatible file format. Learn more about this new format and how you can train your older version of Word to be compatible. Read more...
- Does my Word 2002 book cover Windows XP?
- Yes, it does. Despite that Windows XP is not listed among the compatible operating systems on page 3, the book and Word 2002 software are fully compatible with Windows XP. Note that Word 2002 for Dummies is not a Windows book; it covers the word processing software only. It really doesn't matter which version of Windows you have. As long as you can run Word 2002 on your computer, the book is fine.
- What's the difference between Word 2002 and Word XP?
- Nothing. Word 2002 is Word XP is Word 2002. They are the same product, but Microsoft gives it two different names. By itself, it's Word 2002. In the Office package it's Word XP. And if you really want to confuse yourself, internally Microsoft calls it Word 10.
- Word and Personal Information
- Every document that you create in Word carries with it personal information about you, perhaps sensitive stuff you don't want others to be snooping around in. Can you get rid of that information? You bet! Read more . . .
Supplemental Material
- Spaces and Dashes Galore!
- Over on my Wambooli Blog I have two posts of interest. One is on the em dash and en dash, the second is on em space and en space. Discover what these things are and how to use them.
- The Document Looks All Weird Trouble!
- Ever open a document in Word and it looks really weird on the screen? It's a Word document, but for some reason it got trashed! What did you do? What did you do? Read about what you did.
- Creating a Vinculum in Word 2007.
- I, too, didn't know what a vinculum was until a reader wrote me. I soon discovered that Word 2007 can not only do vinculums, but it can do them well — and it's a useful trick to know. Read more...
- Finding Text Formatting
- I talk about this in the books, but it's not really explained well enough. This tutorial should help. Read more...
- Disabling StickyKeys
- The StickyKeys feature helps out folks who have trouble using the keyboard, which is great. But it can also interfere with your word processing, which is not great. Happily, the StickyKeys shortcut feature can be disabled. See my Troubleshooting book for more information.
- Getting rid of the dreaded menu deletion thing: Ctrl+Alt+hyphen
- This has been an issue ever since Word version 2! It's the nasty command that deletes menu commands for no reason whatsoever! Now a solution is at-hand. Read more...
- Adding a New Button to the Formatting Toolbar
- I wrote this supplement to specifically address a reader's question. He wondered why there was no keyboard equivalent for the Strikethrough text format, so I showed him to how add that formatting button to the toolbar as a quick fix. Read more...
- Doing Mail Merge in Word 2002/2003
- This got cut from the book to save space. Click here for the details.
- The Ultimate Envelope Printing Guide
- Sure, Word has an Envelope button. But what if you want a customized return address or fancy fonts or a memo on the envelope? Then you need to click here and read this Wambooli Dispatch all about envelope printing.
