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
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
Office 2010 SP2
If you’re using Microsoft Office 2010, make sure you download Service Pack 2! For more details, see support.microsoft.com/kb/2687455. Included in the changes are the following bug fixes for Microsoft Word: “Fixes issues regarding bookmarks, fields, track changes, templates, tables, object wrapping, autocorrect options, and email addresses. Additionally, it fixes general … Read More
Word 2013 Table Features…
Word 2013’s table features are definitely an improvement: See http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/be-more-efficient-with-word-2013s-new-table-features/7830
Office 2013 Licensing…
…In a nutshell, here are the major changes in how Office is licensed: There is no purchasable physical, removable media – when you buy an Office 365 subscription or one of the single user copies of Office 2013, you will receive a product key code. You will have to use … Read More
Word 2013!
Microsoft announced Office 2013 yesterday. So what’s new in Word 2013? Your personalized settings will now be available across all platforms, including custom dictionaries When you open a document, the cursor will be where you left it, not at the beginning of the document You will be able to open … Read More
64-bit Office – is it Worth the Trouble?
It looks like the speed improvements for large documents, etc., would be a real benefit to our proposal world. Sad to say that Wordman has not invested in a copy of Office 2010 yet, but this might be the reason, since I have 64-bit desktop and laptop hardware. Is anyone … Read More