Microsoft Word 2007
The goal of this page is to write down a few Microsoft Word 2007 tips that may help writing a real text. I don't plan to turn this into a real World tutorial (see the links section for some of these).
See also Microsoft Word 2003.
For the moment I don't have time to work on this. I'll just copy/paste some stuff and then arrange later - Daniel K. Schneider 16:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC).
Word 2007 does seem to have better ergonomics, but some stuff, e.g. using styles still seems to be absolutely dreadful.
Options
Options can be found at the bottom of the window that opens when you hit the big "Office" button on top left.
Suggested options:
- (to be written)
- Click to enable "Show Developer tab in the ribbon". Else you won't be able - for example - to import styles
Importing styles
Source: Herb Tyson, How do I import styles from one document into an existing document, retrieved 16:25, 6 November 2008 (UTC).
Do you have an existing template you want to use, or do the styles you want to copy exist only in a document file? I find that Word will let me "apply"a different document's styles to a given document, but that unless the format is .docx, Word tells me it's not a valid template. So, for example, if I apply the styles in document1.doc, I get an error message, but if the file is document1.docx, it works fine. It seems to work even when there's an error message, but it leaves you with an uncomfortable sense that something didn't quite go as planned.
The more traditional route, however, is to apply a .dot, .dotx, or .dotm (template files) to a document.
Having said all that... the method is as follows:
- Developer tab.
- Click Document Template.
- Click Attach to navigate to the target document or template.
- Once back in the Templates and Add-ins dialog, click to enable Automatically update document styles.
- Click OK.
Document templates
If you see something like "Contacting the server for Information. Press ESC to cancel" and experience some freezing, then Word may attempt to find a document template that you had on a network drive.
To fix this:
- Enter the "developer tab", Click on "Document template",
- then either replace the template by a local version of the *.dot file or else erase the file name. It will be back to "normal" in the latter case.
Word probably will also do this for other reasons, e.g. trying to have some conversation with a network printer. As last resort you can switch of the network...
Crossreferences
Are still a disaster in Word 2007 or maybe it's just me. I still can't create a crossreference type that would for instance include both numbers and text and formatting
To update all crossreferences (it's not automatic and not in the references tab ....)
- Hit ctrl-A (select your whole text)
- Hit F9 (and wait ... word will also prompt to know how to update the TOC, Table of figures, etc.)
Links
Selected Issues
- Microsoft Word 2007 Style Basics, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, LTS OnLine Help Documentation.
- See the associated Word 2007 bible blog