This FAQ is maintained (lightly) by me, Charles Kenyon.
I am not an expert at any of this but read a
lot. The questions and answers come from the various newsgroups on
Word. Corrections to the FAQ (or additions) can be sent to
word FAQ at Add Balance.
Unless otherwise indicated the answers here are for Word 97-2016 (and
probably apply to Word 95, 98 & 2K). I believe that the
answers as to page numbers, headers & footers, and dates apply
to all versions of Word released within the since Word 95. If
I'm wrong please let me
know.
This FAQ is posted in the spirit of
"giving forward." I am a trial lawyer and this is a hobby
for me. I am not an "MVP" on the
Microsoft Word newsgroups. (I am constantly humbled by their combined
expertise and willingness to help others.) While I read much of my e-mail, I don’t respond to it all, and often am
untimely in my responses to those I do respond to. (I usually receive more
than 50 e-mails a day.) My failure to respond to many of these is not intended to be
rude, it is just a fact of life in my life. Since my clients are depending on
me (and paying me) to attend to their problems, they take priority over my
hobbies.
The suggestions herein are “as is”
and without any warranty.
A brief version of this FAQ was regularly posted on a
number of the newsgroups on Microsoft Word.
This FAQ is cursory. A number of fine (and more
extensive) FAQ web pages are out there and you are encouraged to
check them out (see Web Resources for Microsoft Word
for URLs).
Also, the answers to most of your questions are
in the Help screens that came with Word - if you can only find the
right screen. Try using the office assistant (that ^$#*@&
paperclip) in Word 97-2003 and help in Word 2007-2010!
Menu trees:
In this FAQ menu tree selections are indicated
by the vertical bar ( | ).
Format | Paragraph means choose Paragraph from
the Format menu.
Format
| Paragraph | Line
Breaks and Spacing (tab) means click on the “Line Breaks and Spacing” tab
of the Format Paragraph Dialog box.
Over
the next several months I will be switching this FAQ to use of arrows in place of
the vertical bars. Sorry for any confusion this may cause.
Format =>
Paragraph means choose Paragraph from
the Format menu.
Format
=>
Paragraph =>
Line and Page Breaks (tab) means click on the “Line and Page Breaks” tab
of the Format Paragraph Dialog box.
