Microsoft Word tutorials and guides

Word and Outlook - Dictate with Auto Punctuation and Voice Commands

The Dictate feature in Word and Outlook has been greatly improved. Dictate will now allow Auto Punctuation, Voice Commands, and a Profanity Filter. The Dictate command works in the Desktop apps - Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Interestingly, the new improvements only work in Word and Outlook.

Email mail merge: personalized emails using Excel - Word & Outlook

Need to send personalized emails to individuals all at one time? That is called an "Email Mail Merge." I'm going to use Excel, Word, and Outlook - part of Microsoft 365 - to create and send bulk emails out. The order these apps are used would be Excel, then Word, and finally, Outlook.

8000 royalty-free images are available in Office 365 - April 2020 update

Microsoft brings 8000 royalty-free images and icons to Office 365. These images work in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Right now, these are only available to Office 365 Fast Insiders.

Word: use Insert Text from File to combine multiple Word documents

To combine multiple Word documents, use Insert > Text from File.

Microsoft Word – Mail Merge with If…Then… Else statement

You can use Word's If...Then...Else to make a mail merge field have a condition. If one thing occurs, do this. If it doesn't occur, do something else.

Word - remove the blank page after inserting an envelope

When you insert an envelope in Word, you end up with page 2 being a blank page. Page 1 is the envelope. Here are the steps for removing the blank page.

Create an Index in a Microsoft Word document

An index is a great way to lists the terms and topics that are discussed in a document, along with the pages that they appear on.

Create odd and even headers/footers in Word for duplex printing

If you need to print two-sided or duplex printing, in Microsoft Word you should use Odd and Even Headers to align your page numbers.

Many to One Mail Merge in Microsoft Word

By default, Microsoft Word performs a mail merge and One to One, but you can use Graham Mayor's add-in to make Word perform a Many to One mail merge.

Create your own custom Watermarks in Microsoft Word

You can create your own text custom watermark in Microsoft Word. After creating the watermark, you can move it anywhere on your Word document.

Word - make headings 1 always show on a new page using Page break before setting

In a long Word document, it is often desirable to have Heading 1 styles show at the top of a new page and never have two headings 1 on the same page.

Click and type anywhere in Microsoft Word

In Microsoft Word, you can double click and start typing anywhere. By clicking and typing anywhere you can use insert images and pictures anywhere.