MS Word resources

["Janet Swisher" <swisher -at- enthought -dot- com>]

Joel wrote:

>Having only used Word for letters and 
>reports in the past, I'm kind of at a loss as to structuring such a 
>document (how to do tables of contents, chapters, indices, etc.). Do you 
>have any suggestions of where to look for some structural and semantic Word

>tips? This is Word 2000.

Here are a bunch resources related to MS Word. I hope these are helpful and
not too overwhelming. Spending a bit of time up front to set up templates
and styles (and religiously using styles instead of toolbar buttons for
formatting) will save you loads of headaches in the long run. See the MVPs
site and the e-book links for details on templates.

Official Microsoft sites:
"Assistance": 
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/category.aspx?TopLevelCat=CH010390441
033&CategoryID=CH010423181033&CTT=4&Origin=CH010390441033
Discussion groups: 
http://communities2.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx


Non-MS web sites:
MS Word MVP FAQ site: 
http://word.mvps.org/
TECHWR-L Essential Resources for Word Users:
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/wordresources.html
Word Answers: 
http://www.word-answers.com/
Woody's Lounge (Word discussion): 
http://www.wopr.com/cgi-bin/w3t/postlist.pl?Cat=&Board=wrd


E-Books:
Taming MS Word 2000 (shareware, US$10): 
http://www.jeanweber.com/books/tamewd2k.htm
Books, Typography and Microsoft Word (US$7.50):
http://aaronshep.com/publishing/books/WordType.html
Bend Word to Your Will (Mac-oriented, but still generally useful):
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/WordMac/Bend/BendWord.htm
Word Tips: Styles and Templates (US$19.99): 
http://store.vitalnews.com/wtst.html
Word Templates: A Guide to Their Creation:
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm
Intermediate Users Guide to Microsoft Word:
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm
Master Documents (despite this guide, I still don't advise using this
"feature"):
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/magazine/technical/masterdocs.doc
The Seven Laws of Word Numbering: 
http://www.microsystems.com/PDFS/sevenlaws.pdf


Mailing lists/newsletters:
WORD-PC list: 
http://listserv.liv.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=word-pc&A=1
Word Tips: 
http://www.vitalnews.com/wordtips/
The Editorium: 
http://www.editorium.com/newsletr.htm
Woody's Office Watch: 
http://www.woodyswatch.com/office/index.asp

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Janet Swisher
Senior Technical Writer
Enthought, Inc.
1-512-536-1057



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