Summary

In this chapter, we highlighted a few common problem scenarios where several mostly automatic features that were designed to be helpful are, sometimes, unintentionally problematic. Most of these issues had to do with Word's AutoCorrect feature. However, the last issue we explored centered around one of Word's proofing tools. The Add to Dictionary button, though convenient, invites users to add words accidentally to the roaming dictionary but doesn't offer a way for them to easily undo the action—not without knowing exactly where to go and which dictionary in Word to edit. In this humble author's opinion, that's a design flaw.

So, this chapter demonstrated several methods and tips regarding how to work around these potential frustrations. We examined where to go to quickly edit our author name and initials in the case that our user profile was what Word was inserting incorrectly. We also discussed how to turn on and off certain AutoFormat controls...