Word

• To see TOC of section headers:
  View - Navigation pane

• Header on first page only:
  • Check "Different first page".

• Document properties section is almost invisible:
  File - Info - on RHS: "Properties" (tiny dropdown menu) - Advanced properties

Spacing

• To insert a page break:
  Position cursor. Insert - Page Break.

• To insert a line break (but keep within same paragraph):
  Shift-Enter

• To insert space before/after an element:
  Select element. Layout - Spacing - Before/After

• Blank page at end of document:
  • How to delete blank paragraph at end
  • How to delete blank section break at end

Proofing

• Track changes
  • Review - Track Changes (inserts change tracking into text)
  • Review - All Markup - No Markup (hide changes and show new document)

• To change to UK English proofing: Review - Language - change proofing language

• Review - Editor
  • This is pretty extreme. Huge numbers of (mostly useless) suggestions. Exhausting going through them all.
  • Strategy: Fix the smaller groups.

• Remove proofing marks:
  • File - Options - Proofing - uncheck "Check spelling" and "Mark grammar errors"
  • File - Options - Advanced - Editing options - uncheck "Keep track of formatting"

Network files with macros

• Trying to edit a file on network (with sftp) that contains macros.
• Security settings block this.
• Lot of issues setting a network location (with sftp) as a "Trusted location".
• Quick solution: Copy to C: drive for editing. Copy back to network when done.

Images

• To insert picture:
  • Insert - Picture

• To make image sharp and high-quality:
  • File - Options (at bottom) - Advanced - Image Size and Quality
    Do not compress images
    Default resolution - High fidelity
    Set for "All new documents"
  • Maybe: Right click on image (or "Picture Format" top menu) - Size - Scale 100%

• To make image span 2 columns:
  • Insert image.
  • Format - Wrap text - Top and bottom.
  • Set to size 100%
  • (Or select bottom RHS and drag it to expand to size you need.)

• Save as PDF - "More options"
  • Can set custom title (not just filename).
  • Tools - Do not compress pictures

Screenshots

• Word seems to prefer if ClearType is on for screenshot text.
• ClearType-off screenshot text looks fine in Paint, bad in DOC, though fine again in printout.

• To insert screenshot with Cleartype on:
  • Cleartype on.
  • Regular web browser font. Normal 100% size.
  • Screenshot. Paste into Paint.
  • Insert image in DOC. Let it auto-size (not necessarily 100%).

Open issues in Word

• Some things may not be hyphenated
  e.g. long URLs moved to new line, making lines before them look odd.
  Can workaround this by breaking URL by hand with a space inside it.
  Q. How can you force hyphenation in long URLs and other long strings?