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  • Two Opportunities to Learn about Word’s Content Controls!
    Training Update
    December 27, 2021
    anemptytextlline
  • Color Themes
    MICROSOFT WORD: COLOR THEMES
    Helpful Tips
    March 9, 2021
    anemptytextlline
    Before you start writing that proposal, you need a good proposal template. Before you create that template, you need a Color...
  • Training Update
    Baachu Scribble is Hosting a Wordman Q&A Online Session - 20 November 2020
    Training Update
    November 19, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    There are a few seats left to register for the Friday morning, 20 November 2020 online Wordman Q&A Session at...
  • Helpful Tip
    Microsoft Word: Diacritics
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    September 22, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    Need to insert a character with an accent into your Word document? Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our...
  • Helpful Tips
    Microsoft Word: Dummy Text
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    August 31, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    If you want people to see how your new Word template will look with text, you'll need some easily-insertable dummy...
  • Wordman's Helpful Tips
    Microsoft Teams vs. Microsoft Office: When Shortcut Keys Clash
    Helpful Tips
    August 26, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    Following an unexpected problem during a virtual training event using Microsoft Teams, Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our...
  • Helpful Tip
    Microsoft Word: The Secret to Perfect Table Bullets
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    August 11, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    In his latest article, Wordman (aka Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, our Vice President of Corporate Support), shows you how...
  • Wordman's Helpful Tips
    Microsoft Word: Understanding the Paragraph Properties Mark
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    July 29, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman (aka Dick Eassom CF APMP Fellow, SMA’s Vice President of Corporate Support) exposes the secrets behind Microsoft Word’s Paragraph...
  • Microsoft Word: Run-on Headings and More Using the Style Separator
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    July 13, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    The Style Separator is one of Microsoft Word’s best-kept little secrets. If you need to separate run-on headings from text...
  • Wordman's Helpful Tips
    Microsoft Word: End-Of-Line Hyphenation
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    June 16, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    End-of-line hyphenation can save space, especially in page-limited proposals, and Microsoft Word has excellent hyphenation tools. Here’s how to use...
  • Scribble Talk 14 with Wordman
    Scribble Talk Episode 14, Featuring Wordman
    Consulting Update, Training Update, Uncategorized
    April 13, 2020
    anemptytextlline
    A few weeks ago, Dick Eassom, CF APMP Fellow, Vice President of Corporate Support, also known as Wordman, was interviewed by...
  • RFP Success Show Podcast Interviews Wordman
    The RFP Success Show Talks to Wordman
    Consulting Update, Training Update
    October 1, 2019
    anemptytextlline
    “Wordman” Shares MS Word Tips and Techniques to Make Your Life Easier – with Dick Eassom- EP053 Last month, Dick Eassom,...
  • Wordman's Helpful Tips
    On the Virtual Desktop: organizing your screen space in Windows 10
    Helpful Tips, Word Updates
    February 20, 2017
    anemptytextlline
    How often do you find yourself working on a proposal, with Word, Outlook, and a couple of file explorer windows...
  • Tips Ask
    Wordman's Word Tips: It's Back!
    Helpful Tips, Word Updates
    February 17, 2017
    anemptytextlline
    SM&A sponsors Wordman's Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word's features, and how you can use them...
  • Helpful Tips
    Wordman's Word Tips: On the Virtual Desktop
    Helpful Tips
    January 21, 2017
    anemptytextlline
    SM&A sponsors Wordman's Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word's features, and how you can use them...
  • Wordman's Helpful Tip
    It’s Back! Checking your grammar AND style in Word
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    January 17, 2017
    anemptytextlline
    In Microsoft Word’s proofing options, in addition to checking your spelling as you type, you could also select to check...
  • Thank you
    California-APMP Chapter
    Content Update, Uncategorized
    January 4, 2017
    anemptytextlline
    I am proud to have been elected Chair of the California-APMP Chapter of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP®)...
  • Office Update
    Wordman's Word Tips: A Space Odyssey
    Content Update, Helpful Tips
    December 12, 2016
    anemptytextlline
    SM&A is now sponsoring Wordman's Word Tips, presenting short articles explaining some of Microsoft Word's features, and how you can...
  • Wordman's Art Tables
    New Art Tables!
    Product Update
    September 11, 2016
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman's Art Tables has been updated! New features include Update Fields, which updates all the fields in your document, including...
  • PowerPoint table sort (free!)
    Product Update
    August 22, 2015
    anemptytextlline
    Fed up with sorting PowerPoint tables by pasting into Excel, sorting, pasting back into PowerPoint and reformatting? Wordman's Table Sort for...
  • Training Update
    Wordman on APMP TV!
    Training Update
    August 3, 2015
    anemptytextlline
    At the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) Bid & Proposal Con in Chicago in 2014, I presented "Start to...
  • Thank you
    Thank you! #APMP2015
    Training Update, Word Updates
    May 31, 2015
    anemptytextlline
    A big thank you to all the attendees at my presentation, "Start to Finish: From Blank Word Document to Proposal...
  • Wordman's Hiliter Artwork
    Windows 8 Hiliter Update
    Product Update
    April 29, 2015
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman's Hiliter is now compatible with Windows 8. Download the latest version here.
  • Windows 8 Acroliter Update
    Product Update, Training Update
    April 29, 2015
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman's Acroliter is now compatible with Windows 8. Download the latest version here.
  • Helpful
    No more Google Merchant
    Uncategorized
    September 16, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Dear Friends of Wordman I'm sorry to have to remove Google Merchant as a method of payment in Wordman's Store, due...
  • Office Update
    Office 2010 SP2
    Helpful Tips, Word Updates
    August 14, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    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...
  • Office Update
    Word 2013 Table Features...
    Word Updates
    July 16, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    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
  • Helpful Tips
    Wordman on Facebook
    Helpful Tips
    July 11, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Do you follow Wordman on Facebook? I post useful tips and links to useful websites regularly, especially websites that offer free...
  • Wordman's Rextractor
    Wordman's Rextractor Bug Fix
    Product Update
    July 8, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Thanks to user feedback, I just fixed a bug in Wordman's Rextractor. A new version is now available on the...
  • Wordman's Acrogen
    New Wordman's Acrogen!
    Product Update
    June 16, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    There is another new version of Wordman's Acrogen, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the...
  • Wordman's Hiliter Artwork
    New Wordman's Hiliter!
    Product Update
    June 2, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    There is a new version of Wordman's Hiliter, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the...
  • Redactio!
    "Redactio!" published in APMP Journal
    Content Update
    June 2, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    My latest article, "Redactio!", has been published in the Journal of the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP). Covering the...
  • New Wordman's ReviewIt!
    Product Update
    May 5, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    There is a new version of Wordman's ReviewIt!, an add-in for Microsoft Word 2007, 2010 and 2013, available in the...
  • Keep Calm and Wordman!
    Uncategorized
    May 2, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Just for fun! “Make the famous WW2 poster yourself, and countless variations, in Microsoft Office” See: shop.office-watch.com/keepcalm/
  • Helpful Tip
    Need a good text editor?
    Helpful Tips
    May 2, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman recommends Notepad++ for editing text files that contain software code or XML. It's free at notepad-plus-plus.org/.
  • Helpful Tip
    Having stability issues with Office 2013?
    Helpful Tips
    April 10, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    I just installed Office 2013 Professional (alongside 2010 and 2007) on my laptop at the weekend. However, it kept crashing...
  • Office Update
    Office 2013 Licensing...
    Word Updates
    February 28, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    ...In a nutshell, here are the major changes in how Office is licensed: There is no purchasable physical, removable media...
  • Helpful Tip
    What's In and Out of Office 2013
    Helpful Tips
    February 28, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    Bye bye Clippy! For a cool infographic of what features are new in Office 2013, and what current features have been...
  • Helpful Tips
    Making BYOD Easier
    Helpful Tips
    February 11, 2013
    anemptytextlline
    If you BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) to work, separating your private and work data, and synchronizing the latter across...
  • Table Styles
    Latest Wordman Article Published
    Content Update, Training Update
    December 21, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    My 43nd Wordman article. "Table Styles," has been published in the APMP Perspective. Before Microsoft introduced table styles in Word 2002, part of...
  • 64-bit Wordman Addins
    Helpful Tips, Product Update
    October 23, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    All Wordman addins are now compatible with the 64-bit version of Microsoft Office 2010.
  • Wordman 42 published!
    Content Update, Helpful Tips
    October 2, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    My 42nd Wordman article. "Pitch Points," has been published in the APMP Perspective. Does it contain the answer to life, the...
  • Matter of Styles
    New Wordman Article Published!
    Content Update, Helpful Tips
    August 8, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    My forty-first Wordman article, "A Matter of Styles," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their...
  • Wordman Software Updates
    Product Update
    August 5, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    With the release of Wordman's ReviewIt! recently, I have updated the other addins: Wordman's Acrogen now allows you to optionally...
  • Wordman's ReviewIt!
    Product Update
    July 23, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    Do you spend valuable time combining comments from Color Team reviewers into a single Word document for your proposal team?...
  • Office Update
    Word 2013!
    Helpful Tips, Word Updates
    July 17, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    Microsoft announced Office 2013 yesterday. So what's new in Word 2013? Your personalized settings will now be available across all...
  • Backup that login...
    Content Update, Helpful Tips
    July 11, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    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
  • Get a Head(er)
    40th Wordman Article Published!
    Content Update
    June 14, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    My fortieth Wordman article, "Get a Head(er)," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective...
  • New Wordman Article Published
    Content Update
    January 29, 2012
    anemptytextlline
    My thirty-ninth Wordman article, "Your Own Ribbon," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective...
  • Take a Shortcut
    New Wordman's Corner Published
    Content Update
    November 2, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    My thirty-eigth Wordman article, "Take A Short Cut," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their...
  • Wordman's Art Tables
    Wordman's Art Tables
    Product Update
    September 19, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Do you have trouble laying out floating graphics, with their captions, in your proposal text? Do you need a quick...
  • Helpful Tip
    Avoid Sloppy Capitalization
    Helpful Tips
    September 5, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Here's a useful article from TechRepublic on capitalization. Not every noun needs an initial capital letter, no matter how important...
  • Helpful Tips
    LinkedIn Social Advertizing
    Helpful Tips, Uncategorized
    August 19, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    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...
  • Plain English
    New Wordman Article Published
    Content Update
    August 6, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    My thirty-seventh Wordman article, "Plain English," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective online...
  • Office Update
    64-bit Office - is it Worth the Trouble?
    Helpful Tips, Word Updates
    July 27, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    It looks like the speed improvements for large documents, etc., would be a real benefit to our proposal world. Sad...
  • Tips Ask
    Wordman's Forum on LinkedIn
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    July 22, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    If you're on LinkedIn and would like to ask Wordman a question, or discuss solutions to proposal and technical document...
  • Wordman's Rextractor
    Wordman's Rextractor!
    Product Update
    July 20, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Do you insert RFP references in your proposal response, e.g. "", and you'd like to create a cross-reference or compliance...
  • A Word Page Numbering Question
    Uncategorized
    July 18, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    What's the most unusual page numbering scheme you've had to create for a proposal? Most proposal documents, I'm guessing, have some...
  • Helpful Tip
    Technology & Cursive Writing
    Helpful Tips, Uncategorized
    July 14, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Should Technology push out Cursive Writing Instruction? Despite the fact that we all spend most of our time writing on a...
  • Helpful Tips
    A 10 Step PowerPoint Countdown
    Helpful Tips
    July 5, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    From TechRepublic: Here’s a cool attention-grabber: a countdown to kick off your presentation or lead into a big announcement. Follow these...
  • Training Update
    Thanks to all Attendees...
    Training Update
    June 11, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    ...at my recent "Wordman's Microsoft Word 2007 for Proposal Professionals" training event at the Sheraton Downtown in Denver, Colorado, on...
  • Helpful Tip
    Free Microsoft e-Learning
    Helpful Tips, Training Update
    May 9, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Buy Office Home and Student 2010 ($149.00, good for three PCs) and get free Microsoft e-Learning classes to the value...
  • New Wordman Article Published
    Training Update
    April 11, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    My thirty-sixth Wordman article, "Three Word Tricks," was published by the Association of Proposal Management Professionals (APMP) in their Perspective...
  • Helpful Tips
    Don't Let History Repeat Itself!
    Helpful Tips
    April 5, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Watch Microsoft's historical videos and avoid PowerPoint presentation pitfalls... www.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint-slidefest/do-and-dont.aspx
  • Google Checkout Added
    Content Update
    March 22, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Since some people have had trouble purchasing registrations for my Wordman Training session in Denver on 31 May, I have...
  • Training Update
    APMP Preconference Training
    Training Update
    February 24, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Wordman is holding a one-day Microsoft Word for Proposal Professionals preconference training workshop in conjunction with the 22nd Annual APMP®...
  • Wordman's Acrogen
    Wordman's Acrogen now available!
    Product Update
    January 22, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Creating a master abbreviation list for your proposal? Want to make sure that all abbreviations are stated in full on the...
  • Microsoft Word Tribute Video
    Content Update
    January 21, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Check out this video tribute to Microsoft Word by the Great Rapsby...   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-rJTZrYPcI
  • Wordman's Hiliter Artwork
    Wordman's Hiliter now available!
    Product Update
    January 17, 2011
    anemptytextlline
    Reusing content from prior proposals and want to make sure that you've caught all instances of that client's name? Does...
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