Microsoft Word annoyances and fixes
I’ve noticed people have a love/hate relationship with Microsoft Word, more hate than love I’m afraid. In fact, when I mentioned to some teachers that we have to start moving off of AppleWorks, I got some from angry reactions. Mostly it’s because Word tries to help the writer a little too much, moving things around or auto-correcting stuff. There is help out there:
You use your browser a lot. You use your e-mail program a lot. But the chances are better than even that you spend a big chunk of your workday in Microsoft Word. There’s no way any application used by so many people for so many different tasks is going to be set up just right for you. Here are the five settings I changed to make Word work my way, more or less.
I’m going to add a few more, getting rid of automatic bulleted lists, automatic numbered lists, and automatic borders. Go to Tools → Autocorrect → Autoformat As You Type and uncheck the relevant boxes. You will probably want to do it to the Autoformat tab too.
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