How often do you find yourself working on a proposal, with Word, Outlook, and a couple of file explorer windows open, and then you have to change gear to work on another urgent project? You close all the windows, and start on the new project, only to have to reopen … Read More
Wordman’s Word Tips: It’s Back!
SM&A sponsors Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can use them with your proposal or technical document development. In this article, “It’s Back!,” I provide a refresher on Word’s style checker, recently restored in Word 2016 thanks to a Office update … Read More
Wordman’s Word Tips: On the Virtual Desktop
SM&A sponsors Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can use them with your proposal or technical document development. In this article, “On the Virtual Desktop,” I show how you can organize your activities using virtual desktops in Windows 10. I know … Read More
It’s Back! Checking your grammar AND style in Word
In Microsoft Word’s proofing options, in addition to checking your spelling as you type, you could also select to check your grammar, and your “style.” In this case, “style” refers to your use of capitalization, passive sentences, etc. While writing compelling proposal content, we conventionally favor a first person, present … Read More
California-APMP Chapter
I am proud to have been elected Chair of the California-APMP Chapter of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®) for 2017–2018, and I am looking forward to working with the chapter Board of Directors to deliver benefits to our affiliated members. Links: APMP California Chapter APMP International
Wordman’s Word Tips: A Space Odyssey
SM&A is now sponsoring Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can use them with your proposal or technical document development. In my first article, “A Space Odyssey,” I look into Microsoft Word’s odd spaces, and how we can use them in … Read More
New Art Tables!
Wordman’s Art Tables has been updated! New features include Update Fields, which updates all the fields in your document, including fields in headers, footers and text boxes! If you are an existing user, simply download the new version and replace your old version. Wordman add-in users get lifetime free updates!