If anyone has questions about accomplishing something or solving a nagging problem in MS Word, feel free to contact me directly. This is a small way in which I can contribute to the Hatrack community.
And as long as we're not the subject, I learned something yesterday about MS Office for those of you who use it...the default margin width is 1.25", not 1" as standard manuscript format dictates. I've been sending off manuscripts with the wrong margin width for God-only-knows how long. To change that, you can do the complicated thing I did in modifying the templates (which first requires FINDING the templates, and MS doesn't seem to want you to do that. I actually found all the hidden directories I ran into highly offensive.) or you can hit the default button when you change it once. ("Now you tell me!" I said.)
Just wanted to add that little bit of help for any of you who got caught in the same trap as me...I know there has to be *someone* else out there....
Create a blank document, change everything about it to conform to manuscript formatting, and the click File --> Save As.... Open the Save as type list underneath the File Name field, and choose Template. Name it Manuscript or something. Don't change the save location! It's going to put it in the templates folder, where it belongs. To use your template, click File --> New.... Your template will be under the General tab.
Don't how I managed it, though...
I have to admit, back before computers got so insanely "user friendly", I was a lot less scared of them. I miss the old days when I would modify information stored on my hard disk with a magnet and a screwdriver...
I believe you should switch to 30mm instead.
GROAN...Smart a**. (I know better than being a dumb a**)
[This message has been edited by NewsBys (edited October 11, 2004).]
I'd rather be able to apply the styles myself, in my own time, or even just not bother with them altogether and do it manually...
Cheers!
to change autoformat bits and bobs.
Any ideas?
I do NOT love WORD, but it works if you know what you are doing. I suppose.
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Under Table Properties, I have tinkered with the settings in several differant ways, but it still breaks for no good reason. Any clue what could be wrong or how to fix it?
It might depend on what you're putting into the table and what style settings are applied to those things; e.g., checking "page break before" on a heading then putting that heading into a table.
Could also be as simple as accidentally inserting a page break when you didn't mean to. Page breaks can be deleted. You can see them in normal view in order to select and delete.
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How about inserting section breaks so that headers for different sections can be different?
You have to create all the different headers. You can't have a different heading 1 or whatever for one section vs. another. Format ==> Styles, then create a new style.
You DO understand that I meant Headers/Footers and not Headings, right?
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You DO understand that I meant Headers/Footers and not Headings, right?
My writer's group has sent lots of critiques using the "Reviewing" function in Word. I don't know much about it, I never even heard of it before my WG started using it, but it raises some questions.
When I use it on some submissions, my comments appear as cool little word balloons off to the right side. When I use it on other submissions all I get is a dorky text box at the bottom of the screen. From my POV I'm doing the same thing to all the docs.
Is this happening because the docs were originally written in different versions of Word? Is there something I can do to make my own view less confusing?
And most of all, can I change the color of hilighting when I select a passage for comment?
This has been driving me nuts. If you have the correct answer questions like this, I owe you a Scotch, or whatever you prefer.
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When I use it on some submissions, my comments appear as cool little word balloons off to the right side. When I use it on other submissions all I get is a dorky text box at the bottom of the screen. From my POV I'm doing the same thing to all the docs.
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And most of all, can I change the color of hilighting when I select a passage for comment?
I know there is a way to have two different alignments on the same line, but I can't get it to work. It used to be as simple as highlighting the bit of text you wanted to send right and then clicking the button. Now, if you want half the line left-aligned and half the line right-aligned, there seems to be a secret process you have to use.
MicroSoft Help is an oxymoron, because it is less than helpful!!!!!!
[I will attempt to stop pulling out my hair and banging my head against the wall while cursing the plague unleashed by Bill Gates!]
[This message has been edited by Robyn_Hood (edited October 20, 2004).]
Sometimes it bumps an entire paragraph to the next page to keep it together. That leaves too much whitespace at the bottom of the first page.
Is there a way to turn that off?
Check to see what is checked.
Widow/Orphan Control: This will stop you from having one line of a paragraph either at the very bottom or very top of your page. For most documents you want at least two lines of a paragraph on each page. (I would recommend leaving this one on).
Keep Together: I can't remember what this one does; I never have it checked anyways.
Keep Lines Together: This will move an entire paragraph to the next page just to keep it togehter. (Usually leave this one off)
Page Break Before: more or less the same as last. (Usually leave this one off)
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You can always play with the veritcal justification to avoid some white-space issues, but be careful, it can also be a pain in the butt. I would only use it with Widow/Orphan Control to adjust things slightly. If you use it with some of the others, it will spread your lines out noticibly.
[File...Page Setup...Layout...Vertical Alignment...Justified]
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Alignment is an attribute of the entire paragraph. Therefore, there is no way to have part of a paragraph aligned one way, and another part aligned another way. To acheive a similar effect, however, you could create a two-column table and set the borders for zero so they won't print (you'll still be able to see them). You can then align the contents of the table cells any way you like.
I thought about going to the trouble of creating two columns, etc., etc., but for the sake of one line it seemed like more effort than it was worth.
Now that I think about it, it may have WordPerfct that you could manipulate the placement along the line.