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Contents
- 10 Essential Microsoft Word 2010 Tips for Advanced Users
- Use Word to Write and Post to Your Blog
- Add a Redaction Tool to Word
- OpenType Typography in Word
- Create and Use Building Blocks As Reusable Document Parts
- Back up and Edit Word's Default Document Template
- Delete Normal.dotm and Restore the Default Version or a Backed-up Copy
- Give Word a More Readable Default Font
- Save and Restore Your Macros
- Enable or Disable Word's New Protected View
- A Word AutoOpen Macro that Works with Protected View, Part 1
- A Word AutoOpen Macro that Works with Protected View, Part 2
Have you used Microsoft Word for more than a decade? Was it your late-night friend in college, by your side for every all-nighter? And is it now your most trusted co-worker? Have you known it longer than you've known your own children? If you were an early computer adopter, you may even have a nearly 30-year history with the word-processing program.
Despite everything you think you know about Microsoft Word up through the Office 2010 version, there are a few features you might not have come across if you never needed to look for them. In this article, we list 10 great tips, tricks, and 'how-to's, all with accompanying screenshots for clarity, that all Word power users should have in their tool belts. From the new OpenType Typography support in Microsoft Office 2010 Word to an unofficially supported redaction tool, these are features you surely won't want to miss.
For the more technical users, we also have detailed information about manipulating Normal.dotm files, including a bonus tip that's undocumented in Microsoft Word about using the template to restore older Word files and macros. We'll help you circumnavigate the whole "protected view" conundrum and even explore how to integrate Word with a blog.
For more Microsoft Office 2010 tips, including beginner, intermediate, and advanced tips for Word, Excel, and Outlook, see the complete list of links at the end of this article. Also see our complete reviews of Microsoft Office 2010 ($389 street, 4 stars) and Microsoft Office 2010 for Mac ($99 street, 4.5 stars). You can either read our tips in the slideshow below or page through them in the Table of Contents.—Next: Use Word to Write and Post to Your Blog >
For more Office tips, see:
• 5 Essential Microsoft Office 2010 Tips for Everyone
• 15 Essential Microsoft Word 2010 Tips for Beginners
• 10 Essential Microsoft Excel 2010 Tips for Beginners
• 14 Essential Microsoft Outlook 2010 Tips for Beginners
• 14 Essential Microsoft Excel 2010 Tips for Intermediate Users
• 10 Essential Microsoft Word 2010 Tips for Advanced Users
• 5 Essential Microsoft Excel 2010 Tips for Advanced Users
• 8 Essential Microsoft Outlook 2010 Tips for Intermediate and Advanced Users
• 9 Essential Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Tips
• 10 Essential Microsoft Access 2010 Tips for Beginners