Mac Forum / Applications / Word / October 2005

On 17/10/05 2:52 AM, in article 161020051752026272%nospam@yrl.co.uk,

Hello Richard,

As a rider to the advice you've received from Elliott and CyberTaz:

You have asked the first logical question on the "Minimum maintenance"
journey, which all document professionals go on.  There are lots of other
simple ways to format documents so you don't have to go back and manually
amend them before printing or sending them -- or if you do, you only have to
make minor tweaks here and there. Long ago, I used to have to spend more
than an hour re-formatting a draft of a long document every time it was
needed for a Board meeting or whatever -- all lost time, because I would do
the manual amendments on a Saved As copy that could not be used again
(otherwise, the next day, as soon as it was amended, the formatting would
fall apart). Now it takes, typically, 10 minutes for say a 200-page
document, mostly on scanning through "just in case".

If you're interested, have a look at "Bend Word to Your Will", available as
a free download from the Word MVPs' website
(http://word.mvps.org/MacWordNew/Bend/BendWord.htm). Appendix A is an
article on this subject.  You will also find various discussions if you do a
Command-f for "keep with next".

[Note: "Bend Word to your will" is designed to be used electronically and
most subjects are self-contained dictionary-style entries. Be sure to read
the front end so you can use the document to best advantage and select the
right settings for reading it.]

Combine this with using styles, which Elliott has pointed to, and you'll
find you won't look back!

Cheers,

Clive Huggan
Canberra, Australia
(My time zone is at least 7 hours different from the US and Europe, so my
follow-on responses to those regions can be delayed)
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On 10/16/05 12:52 PM, in article 161020051752026272%nospam@yrl.co.uk,

Being a stone tablet & chisel guy myself I can understand how you youngsters
kinda take things for granted :)

Couldn't agree with you more!

Regards |:>)