Tagged: Word

December 20, 2011

When you save, Word for Mac crashes or quits

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When you save, Word for Mac crashes or quits. I had a friend have this problem today. This is a nice list of how to fix it. I like how Microsoft is doing a better job at documenting its problems.

September 4, 2011

How can I clean up useless formatting from alien documents?

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TextSoap. I just used this and it works great. I had a problem with some useless formatting that Microsoft Word applies. Why is Word so convoluted? Doesn’t Microsoft understand that most people are not typographers?

August 29, 2011

Newt3: Remove Document Protection in Word 2007

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Newt3: Remove Document Protection in Word 2007. Interesting that this is supposed to secure the document but it does not. I wonder how many people rely on Microsoft security to keep their documents safe?

February 1, 2011

Missing Spaces in .docx Files (via Kan’s Home)

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What strange behavior. Why not just assume a .pdf format spacing as the default and only overwrite that if the user specifies a printer expressly?

I recently encountered a weird problem in .docx files. I have Microsoft Word 2010 installed at home, where I saved my homework in .docx format and synced it to Dropbox. But when I opened the same file on school computer, which has MS Word 2007 installed, I noticed that some spaces between words are missing. I thought “Wow how could I be so careless?” and added those spaces back. However, the spaces were gone again when I opened the document at ho … Read More

via Kan’s Home

January 24, 2011

Revision and change tracking in Scrivener (via davidhewson.com)

This is an easy way for a GUI revision control for Mac. Very helpful for small companies.

It’s amazing how rapidly Scrivener has developed over the years. I recall back when I first started using it, perhaps in 2007/8, whining that it didn’t have much in the way of revision facilities or change tracking. Keith, the developer, said very honestly that he didn’t have the resources to do something as fancy as the very capable change tracking you see in Microsoft Word. How things have changed. Scrivener 2′s approach to revisions and change … Read More

via davidhewson.com

January 22, 2011

Spellcheck (via Ken Marable’s Blog)

Has this ever happened to you? It feels strange sometimes doing long periods of writing doesn’t it?

Ok, I think I might use computers too much. I was handwriting a note to my new office mates when I wrote a word that I thought might be spelled wrong. So, I kid you not, I paused for a half second to see if it would be underlined. … Read More

via Ken Marable’s Blog