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How to Update Microsoft Word Templates

In Microsoft Word, you get a free set of templates for many everyday business situations. You can modify these templates in a few simple steps. In this exercise, we will change the Memo template’s font type and size. On my PC, the Microsoft templates are located in C:Program filesMicrosoft OfficeTemplates. The Memo template on my […]

How to Improve Word Templates

In certain situations, you might want to extend an existing Word template, and add on new styles. For example, your Proposal team might use a standard RFP template which you want to modify for the Sales team, who also contribute to your proposals. Rather than create an RFP template from scratch, we modify the existing […]

How to Reduce MS Word File Size – Tip 4

How to Quickly Reduce Microsoft Word File Size – Secret #4 Before we go, here are some final tips that may help reduce the size of your Microsoft Word files. Compress graphics – Crop you images (where possible) and reduce the image resolution to reduce the graphic’s overall file size. Turn Off Fast Save – […]

How to Reduce MS Word File Size – Tip 3

In the final article in this series, we look at the role graphics play in determining the file size. In many respects, the ease in which you can create a Microsoft Word file is its own undoing. Both Adobe FrameMaker and MS Word have similar approaches to importing graphics. But after almost ten years using […]

How to Reduce MS Word File Size – Tip 2

In the last article, we discussed how multiple bullet lists can corrupt your Microsoft Word files. We outlined some techniques to reduce the file size, mostly by creating pre-formatted bullet lists in advance. But what happens if you’re given a file that’s already bloated to massive proportions. It’s too late to create fancy new styles […]

How To Generate Leads To Develop Your Business

Running a small business involves many balancing acts, few of which are more important than generating new leads. You have to work at creating leads. It’s naïve to expect that lucrative business leads will walk up to your front door or passing strangers will throw checks in your letter box. It doesn’t happen. I’ve seen […]

MS Word Developer Center

MSDN offer in-depth content, code walkthroughs, downloads, product information, and more at this one-stop resource for Word developers http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ In addition to technical articles, developer documentation and other resources, you can find excellent information for: Word Developer Portal Word on Office Online Word Product Information Word Solution Providers Office 2003 Resource Kit Office Talk Column […]

Frank Rice’s Tips When Using Word 2003

Frank Rice at Microsoft’s MSDN site offfers some great tips on using Word 2003. “This article consists of a compilation of various tips from the Microsoft Word newsgroups. By using these procedures and modifying them for your own use, you can make your own applications more robust and provide more options to your users.” The areas he […]