A few weeks ago, Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, Vice President of Corporate Support, also known as Wordman, was interviewed by Ashley Kayes and Baskar Sundaram, for their ScribbleTalk podcast. In this episode, Ashley and Baskar probed Dick’s early life in United Kingdom, his technical expertise at The Marconi Company, his entry … Read More
The RFP Success Show Talks to Wordman
“Wordman” Shares MS Word Tips and Techniques to Make Your Life Easier – with Dick Eassom- EP053 Last month, Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, Vice President of Corporate Support at SMA, Inc., was interviewed in his “Wordman” persona by Lisa Rehurek, founder and CEO of The RFP Success® Company for her podcast, The RFP … 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
Wordman on APMP TV!
At the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) Bid & Proposal Con in Chicago in 2014, I presented “Start to Finish: from Blank Word Document to Proposal Template“. This was recorded and is now available on the APMP TV website. You can get the full video from APMP for 90 (Non-Member) … Read More
Thank you! #APMP2015
A big thank you to all the attendees at my presentation, “Start to Finish: From Blank Word Document to Proposal Template,” at the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) Bid & Proposal Con in Seattle last week. #APMP2015 You filled the room until no more chairs could be brought in, … Read More
Windows 8 Acroliter Update
Wordman’s Acroliter is now compatible with Windows 8. Download the latest version here.
Latest Wordman Article Published
My 43nd Wordman article. “Table Styles,” has been published in the APMP Perspective. Before Microsoft introduced table styles in Word 2002, part of Office XP, you had to format your tables manually. This became laborious for table designs with alternating row banding, a popular table design in proposal templates. Table styles allow … Read More
Wordman’s Forum on LinkedIn
If you’re on LinkedIn and would like to ask Wordman a question, or discuss solutions to proposal and technical document design, development and production, join Wordman’s Forum at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Wordmans-Forum-4015004. I’m looking forward to seeing you there!