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December 27, 2021anemptytextlline
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March 9, 2021anemptytextlline
Before you start writing that proposal, you need a good proposal template. Before you create that template, you need a Color... -
November 19, 2020anemptytextlline
There are a few seats left to register for the Friday morning, 20 November 2020 online Wordman Q&A Session at... -
September 22, 2020anemptytextlline
Need to insert a character with an accent into your Word document? Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our... -
August 31, 2020anemptytextlline
If you want people to see how your new Word template will look with text, you’ll need some easily-insertable dummy... -
August 26, 2020anemptytextlline
Following an unexpected problem during a virtual training event using Microsoft Teams, Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our... -
August 11, 2020
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In his latest article, Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our Vice President of Corporate Support), shows you how... -
July 29, 2020anemptytextlline
Wordman (aka Dick Eassom CF APMP Fellow, SMA’s Vice President of Corporate Support) exposes the secrets behind Microsoft Word’s Paragraph... -
July 13, 2020anemptytextlline
The Style Separator is one of Microsoft Word’s best-kept little secrets. If you need to separate run-on headings from text... -
June 16, 2020anemptytextlline
End-of-line hyphenation can save space, especially in page-limited proposals, and Microsoft Word has excellent hyphenation tools. Here’s how to use... -
April 13, 2020
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A few weeks ago, Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, Vice President of Corporate Support, also known as Wordman, was interviewed by... -
October 1, 2019
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“Wordman” Shares MS Word Tips and Techniques to Make Your Life Easier – with Dick Eassom- EP053 Last month, Dick Eassom,... -
February 20, 2017anemptytextlline
How often do you find yourself working on a proposal, with Word, Outlook, and a couple of file explorer windows... -
February 17, 2017
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SM&A sponsors Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can use them... -
January 21, 2017
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SM&A sponsors Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can use them... -
January 17, 2017anemptytextlline
In Microsoft Word’s proofing options, in addition to checking your spelling as you type, you could also select to check... -
January 4, 2017anemptytextlline
I am proud to have been elected Chair of the California-APMP Chapter of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®)... -
December 12, 2016anemptytextlline
SM&A is now sponsoring Wordman’s Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word’s features, and how you can... -
September 11, 2016anemptytextlline
Wordman’s Art Tables has been updated! New features include Update Fields, which updates all the fields in your document, including... -
August 22, 2015anemptytextlline
Fed up with sorting PowerPoint tables by pasting into Excel, sorting, pasting back into PowerPoint and reformatting? Wordman’s Table Sort for... -
August 3, 2015
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At the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) Bid & Proposal Con in Chicago in 2014, I presented “Start to... -
May 31, 2015
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A big thank you to all the attendees at my presentation, “Start to Finish: From Blank Word Document to Proposal... -
April 29, 2015
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Wordman’s Hiliter is now compatible with Windows 8. Download the latest version here. -
April 29, 2015
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Wordman’s Acroliter is now compatible with Windows 8. Download the latest version here. -
September 16, 2013anemptytextlline
Dear Friends of Wordman I’m sorry to have to remove Google Merchant as a method of payment in Wordman’s Store, due... -
August 14, 2013
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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... -
July 16, 2013
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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 -
July 11, 2013
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Do you follow Wordman on Facebook? I post useful tips and links to useful websites regularly, especially websites that offer free... -
July 8, 2013anemptytextlline
Thanks to user feedback, I just fixed a bug in Wordman’s Rextractor. A new version is now available on the... -
June 16, 2013
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There is another new version of Wordman’s Acrogen, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the... -
June 2, 2013
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There is a new version of Wordman’s Hiliter, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the... -
June 2, 2013
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My latest article, “Redactio!”, has been published in the Journal of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). Covering the... -
May 5, 2013
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There is a new version of Wordman’s ReviewIt!, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the... -
May 2, 2013
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Just for fun! “Make the famous WW2 poster yourself, and countless variations, in Microsoft Office” See: shop.office-watch.com/keepcalm/ -
May 2, 2013
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Wordman recommends Notepad++ for editing text files that contain software code or XML. It’s free at notepad-plus-plus.org/. -
April 10, 2013
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I just installed Office 2013 Professional (alongside 2010 and 2007) on my laptop at the weekend. However, it kept crashing... -
February 28, 2013
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…In a nutshell, here are the major changes in how Office is licensed: There is no purchasable physical, removable media –... -
February 28, 2013
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Bye bye Clippy! For a cool infographic of what features are new in Office 2013, and what current features have been... -
February 11, 2013
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If you BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) to work, separating your private and work data, and synchronizing the latter across... -
December 21, 2012
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My 43nd Wordman article. “Table Styles,” has been published in the APMP Perspective. Before Microsoft introduced table styles in Word 2002, part of... -
October 23, 2012
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All Wordman addins are now compatible with the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010. -
October 2, 2012anemptytextlline
My 42nd Wordman article. “Pitch Points,” has been published in the APMP Perspective. Does it contain the answer to life, the... -
August 8, 2012
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My forty-first Wordman article, “A Matter of Styles,” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their... -
August 5, 2012
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With the release of Wordman’s ReviewIt! recently, I have updated the other addins: Wordman’s Acrogen now allows you to optionally highlight... -
July 23, 2012
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Do you spend valuable time combining comments from Color Team reviewers into a single Word document for your proposal team?... -
July 17, 2012
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Microsoft announced Office 2013 yesterday. So what’s new in Word 2013? Your personalized settings will now be available across all platforms,... -
July 11, 2012
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If you work on IT proposals, this is for you: www.techrepublic.com/blog/career/oh-for-the-love-of-god-put-a-space-after-your-verbs/4461 -
June 14, 2012anemptytextlline
My fortieth Wordman article, “Get a Head(er),” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective... -
January 29, 2012anemptytextlline
My thirty-ninth Wordman article, “Your Own Ribbon,” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective... -
November 2, 2011anemptytextlline
My thirty-eigth Wordman article, “Take A Short Cut,” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their... -
September 19, 2011
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Do you have trouble laying out floating graphics, with their captions, in your proposal text? Do you need a quick... -
September 5, 2011
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Here’s a useful article from TechRepublic on capitalization. Not every noun needs an initial capital letter, no matter how important... -
August 19, 2011
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Ever wonder why advertisements on LinkedIn seem targeted to you? Check your LinkedIn Social Advertizing settings… http://www.v3im.com/2011/08/linkedin-policy-compromises-user-security-check-your-settings/#axzz1VTt1tWOM (My thanks to Lisa Tinsley... -
August 6, 2011
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My thirty-seventh Wordman article, “Plain English,” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective online... -
July 27, 2011
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It looks like the speed improvements for large documents, etc., would be a real benefit to our proposal world. Sad... -
July 22, 2011
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If you’re on LinkedIn and would like to ask Wordman a question, or discuss solutions to proposal and technical document... -
July 20, 2011
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Do you insert RFP references in your proposal response, e.g. “”, and you’d like to create a cross-reference or compliance... -
July 18, 2011
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What’s the most unusual page numbering scheme you’ve had to create for a proposal? Most proposal documents, I’m guessing, have some... -
July 14, 2011
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Should Technology push out Cursive Writing Instruction? Despite the fact that we all spend most of our time writing on a... -
July 5, 2011
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From TechRepublic: Here’s a cool attention-grabber: a countdown to kick off your presentation or lead into a big announcement. Follow these... -
June 11, 2011
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…at my recent “Wordman’s Microsoft Word 2007 for Proposal Professionals” training event at the Sheraton Downtown in Denver, Colorado, on... -
May 9, 2011
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Buy Office Home and Student 2010 ($149.00, good for three PCs) and get free Microsoft e-Learning classes to the value... -
April 11, 2011anemptytextlline
My thirty-sixth Wordman article, “Three Word Tricks,” was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective... -
April 5, 2011
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Watch Microsoft’s historical videos and avoid PowerPoint presentation pitfalls… www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint-slidefest/do-and-dont.aspx -
March 22, 2011anemptytextlline
Since some people have had trouble purchasing registrations for my Wordman Training session in Denver on 31 May, I have... -
February 24, 2011
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Wordman is holding a one-day Microsoft Word for Proposal Professionals preconference training workshop in conjunction with the 22nd Annual APMP®... -
January 22, 2011
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Creating a master abbreviation list for your proposal? Want to make sure that all abbreviations are stated in full on the... -
January 21, 2011
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Check out this video tribute to Microsoft Word by the Great Rapsby… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rJTZrYPcI -
January 17, 2011
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Reusing content from prior proposals and want to make sure that you’ve caught all instances of that client’s name? Does...