Tag Archives: Word 2010

When writing a document which primarily covers mathematical signs and equations then using Word 2010 built-in Equation feature would be of great help. In Word 2010, you can insert Equation from the built-in list instantly. Handling equation that you have written by yourself would be a bit tedious task to get by, but through this feature of Word you can manipulate them by performing simple actions and clicks. In this post we will explain how easy it is to use Equations in Word. Read More

Like previous Word versions, Word 2010 also includes a powerful dictionary to detect misspelled words, and suggest you to choose alternatives, etc., but one major downside of this feature is that it always points-out when you have written names and special terminologies in the document. Although you can add them in the default Word dictionary, but it would be better if you could make your own dictionary that contains special terms, phrases, and names that you frequently use while writing. Word 2010 also provides users with an option to add another dictionary. In what follows, we will explain how you can add your custom dictionary in Word 2010, so that it stops showing the red squiggly line underneath the unknown words. Read More

Word 2010 provides you an excellent feature to compare documents, it happen sometimes that while writing documents, the system stops responding or crashes due to some reason. Though Word has an Auto Save option to recover it back, but then it would be bemusing for you to compare both documents manually. By using Compare Document feature you can automate the process to cope up with this problem of comparing both versions. It would be also useful when you need to compare two versions of document for viewing detailed changes. Read More

Watermark lets user to mark the document as private, confidential, and write any text that informs about the usage & credibility of the document. Either text or image can be included as watermark, that appear on printed page to mark it for specific use. It could be an emblem of some brand, logo of a company, monogram of a product that you want to include as watermark. In Word 2010, using Watermark feature would be helpful to inform audience of your document about the constraints over the usage you have applied. Word supports both text and image watermarks. Read More

The Status bar is at the bottom of the Word document window and provides useful information from the Word app. It describes the status of document, and give a quick look on word count, running macros, number of line being edited, etc. Word provides an option to customize Status bar, so you can add, delete information from it. In this post we will be showing some important info in Status Bar. Read More

If you are about to start working on a colossal document in Word, that may take days to complete then Building Blocks Organizer will be able to shorten the time it would take. There are numerous Building Block galleries in Word 2010, available to you; Headers, Footers, text Boxes, Cover Pages, Watermarks, etc to make your document look, more professional and organized. Word 2010 provides a way to customize building blocks to fit your needs. Creating custom Building Blocks are very simple task to pull-off, you can also add them to relevant galleries for future use. This post will put some light on Building Blocks Organizer and how to add customized block to it. Read More

Many times you are required to write documents in columns, most magazines are printed in two column. You can split-up in certain ways but the most easiest way around is to let Word 2010 know that we will be writing in columns. This post will be focusing on how to split the simple document in two columns Read More

Microsoft Word 2010  includes numerous new feature which make it more interactive and easier to use, and makes document editing more easier than ever before. But we were astonished to find out that it has missed out a very important feature; Speech Recognition. Read More

Track Changes feature allows MS Word to keep track of the changes you make in a document. It is also known as redline, or redlining. Its real usage can be seen when, two or more persons need to edit the document. In that case, you would like to know which changes have been made to it or which content is deleted, inserted,or formatted. Through this feature you could track almost every change that has made to the document. This post demonstrates how to make Microsoft Word 2010 track the changes. Read More

Sometimes while working in Microsoft Word document we need to open other Microsoft Office suite applications, to check and analyze the data or for any other reason, for this we open the apps from start menu which becomes time consuming. Now in Word 2010, there is an option to access Microsoft Office suite applications directly without having to minimize or close the document. This post will cover how to make Microsoft apps apparent to access them with single click. Read More

Word 2010 includes Mail Merge feature, which enables user to create documents (Letter, Emails, Fax etc) that are essentially the same but contains unique elements such as recipient Name, Address, Contact No, City, State, etc. It helps user to create a document for multiple recipients more easily by just selecting recipient names and choosing the document. Personal details of the respective recipient will be automatically added in the document which prevents users to write each recipient's personal info in every document, eventually saving a lot of time. This post will cover how to use this feature through a simple wizard. Read More

Microsoft Word 2010 includes Prepare Document feature to give more powerful control over the document content, by using its various options such as; document protection, embed digital signature in the document, add meta data information, check compatibility with previous version of Word, and encryption, you can make your document more resilient and protected. It prepares your document for world-wide distribution or publication by providing options to enforce different actions over the document. You need to follow a tedious procedure to use it in Word 2010 since it is hidden by default. This post will cover, how to make these options apparent and explain core usage of each option it encapsulates. Read More

By creating a simple macro it is now easier to find out the last edited line in Microsoft Word. Now you can be start from the exact same line where you stopped writing, after reopening a closed document. Microsoft Word 2010 enables users to write macros to integrate their own functions to be applied over the document. Read More

Sometime you need to place an audio file into Word to complement the document content. This post covers almost every way to insert an audio file in Word 2010. Read More