As a journalist, I get asked to produce articles that contain a certain number of words. I don’t actually count them – Microsoft Word handles that for me. I also like to keep track of the file name, page number, date of creation and other stuff in
Read more →If you create a long business document, chances are you need to use the same concepts in more than one place. So to prevent redundancy, you create a cross reference that says something like “as discussed in topic X on page Y.” If you type this, then
Read more →The usefulness of things like tables of contents, cross-references, index entries and so forth relies on whether they lead to the right pages. You can automate the creation of these document elements, but it’s a good idea to refresh (or update) them before you share documents.
Read more →People trust Adobe’s portable document format when they need to send documents to other people and need to retain the “look” of said document. Adding things to PDFs used to be an expensive prospect given you could do it only using paid applications, Adobe’s Acrobat being the
Read more →It sounds like it ought to protect you, but you’re not entirely sure how – or even if your computer has one!
Read more →Sometimes a table of contents (TOC) indicates problems elsewhere in a document. For instance, a heading style might be applied to body text and that text appears in the TOC. Check out this example:
Read more →Ever tried rearranging sections in long Microsoft Word documents? Even if you use Heading styles and can quickly find your headings, even if you created a table of contents to help you navigate the document, finding and moving stuff using the onscreen page is a cumbersome process.
Read more →Knowledge is the secret sauce that keeps clients coming back to you. You ought to bottle it. But first, you have to know what you want to bottle, and why. Ted Tjaden, McMillan LLP’s national director of knowledge management, sought to help people understand the what and
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