QHow can I see what Styles are in use in a Word document?
AFair question! Look below to see two was to find this information for Windows and Mac environments.
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What Words Word Counts (compared to other software)
Word counts matter for estimating the finished length of a book, whether an article will fit in the layout, and how much time (and money) we’ll need for editing and design and other production steps. But not all words are counted equally, and even more so, perhaps lengthy words like sesquipedalian or phosphofructokinase should be counted as more than equivalent to cat or it. Such words can make technical texts considerably longer than an equivalent number of words in a novel.
What Is a Word
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Mac’s new Find in Document Pop-up for Word
Typing cmd + F now opens this Find in Document pop-up in MS Word for Mac. The pop-up works much the same way as this simple find always did. And clicking the kabob menu to the right of the Search field opens the drop-down menu shown, where you can launch the Replace window or the Search pane (sidebar) to see a list of matches for the searched characters.
Search field update!
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Insert Ribbon Review: Tables Button
The Tables group (item?) on the Insert ribbon is where to both insert a table and where to turn tabbed content into a table without the need to retype or drag and drop.
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Home Ribbon Review: Styles Group
Styles is the Home ribbon group where some of Word’s mightiest power lies. Applying Styles is easy, but the tools they unlock are some of the best in Word. Below you’ll find a roundup of posts explaining the best practices for using Styles specifically in an editorial production workflow. These posts build on top of the explanations and guides found in the multimedia guide to Editing In Word 365.
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Home Ribbon Review: Paragraph Group
Rounding up posts on the third grouping on the Home ribbon includes one of the most powerful tools: the pilcrow button. Below you’ll find a roundup of posts relating to this grouping in Word’s ribbon, explaining the best practices of using those tools specifically in an editorial production workflow. These posts build on top of the explanations and guides found in the multimedia guide to Editing In Word 365.
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Home Ribbon Review: Font Group
Moving to the second grouping on the Home ribbon, we continue our roundup of posts relating to each part of Word’s ribbons, explaining the best practices of using them specifically in an editorial production workflow. These posts build on top of the explanations and guides found in the multimedia guide to Editing In Word 365.
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Home Ribbon Review: Clipboard Group
Here we begin our roundup of posts relating to each part of Word’s ribbons, explaining the best practices of using them in specifically in an editorial production workflow. These posts build on top of the explanations and guides found in the multimedia guide to Editing in Word 365.
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Q&A: Why is my file locked for editing?
QI moved a file to another computer and Word says it’s locked for editing and won’t let me do anything with it!
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Q&A: Tracked Changes are hard to look at. Can’t we use something else?
QI find it hard to look at tracked changes; can editors use another method?
AIt’s an interesting question, and one that gives me feels, it seems. TL;DR — No! Don’t make other professionals put up with awkward kludges to assuage some initial discomfort. You get used to it, and let me share some better ways to ease the pain.