You're reading from Microsoft 365 Word Tips and Tricks Discover better ways of creating, customizing, and troubleshooting your documents

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800565432

Length 472 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Microsoft Word

Concepts

Document Preparation

Authors (2):

Bill Kulterman

Heather Ackmann

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Working More Efficiently, Together or Alone with Word

2. Chapter 1: There Is No One Word FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Working with Others Remotely (Sharing and Collaboration)

4. Chapter 3: Reviewing Documents Remotely

5. Chapter 4: Concentrating Better with Microsoft Word

6. Section 2: Making Sense of Formatting Short and Long Documents

7. Chapter 5: Working with Short Documents

8. Chapter 6: Lists and Characters

9. Chapter 7: Structuring Long Documents for Better Organization

10. Chapter 8: Saving Time and Ensuring Consistency with Styles

11. Chapter 9: Working Faster with Automation

12. Chapter 10: Working with Illustrations, Charts, and Tables

13. Chapter 11: Writing for Everyone – Understanding Document Accessibility

14. Section 3: Help! Word Is Being Strange! Troubleshooting Common Problems

15. Chapter 12: Formatting Problems – Too Much Space

16. Chapter 13: Transforming Annoying Automation

17. Chapter 14: Fixing Frustrating Numbers and Bullet Lists

18. Chapter 15: Stuck Like Glue – Word's Deceptively Simple Paste Options

19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 13: Transforming Annoying Automation

There are many things to love about Word. Throughout this book, we have covered several tools and features of Word to help make you more efficient and productive in your workflows: from using and modifying Word's Styles, Quick Parts, and building blocks to utilizing Word's proofing and accessibility tools more effectively.

However, there will be times when Word will automatically add or change text when you don't want it to. Word will think it is being helpful, but for you, it will be so annoying trying to figure out what is happening and where you need to go to stop and correct the problem. That is what this chapter is all about. In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics: