- who I am - tech writer, editor, computer guy, Programs, web
- how many of you have never written with a typewriter?
- Magic Window, WordStar for CP/M
- mainframe text editor
- how many versions of Word I've used (Word 3 for Mac, Word 2 for DOS)
- do a lot of writing in text editor or e-mail client
- who are you?
- know how to set margins? using tab for indent?
- what do you do?
- how long have you been using Word?
- WP users? others?
- Mac/Win?
- what kind of editing?
- Word is excessively customizable - couldn't decide, jack of all trades
- two or three or seven ways of doing many things
- what I won't cover: installation, footnotes/endnotes, indexes, graphics tools, mail merge, tables, forms, VBA
- will show you many things you can do, but specifics may be hard to remember
- Nutshell book (esp. first 3 chapters), plus Word help (but not Mr. Clippy!), Web

- first section: overview of how Word builds documents
	- templates, layers, sections, paragraphs, characters, styles, fields, commands, views
		- pages sort of irrelevant
		- basic doc of 1 character on 1 layer in 1 paragraph in 1 section
		- section, paragraph, and character formatting
	- opens program interface (with prefs), global templates (Normal etc. Tools > Ops > User Location), user-defined templates, document settings
	- templates:
		- every document has an associated template (usually Normal - back it up)
		- doc overrides associated template overrides Normal
		- changing associated template changes all relevant styles
		- Tools > Opt > Save > Prompt to Save Normal
		- Tools > Templates and Add-Ins
	- six layers (top graph, text, bottom graph, head/foot graph, head/foot text, head/foot graph)
	- files, templates, and master documents
	- section breaks of various types (columns, margins)
	- inline and floating objects, text boxes (anchor symbols)
	- what I do when I sit down at another Word machine - let's do it together:
		- turn on formatting display - paragraph marks, tabs, and anchors
		- turn on field shading
		- turn off most other things:
			- Mr. Clippy (or Mr. Mac)
			- AutoFormat (mostly)
			- adaptive menus
			- Fast Saves
	- right-click or ctrl-click
	- don't make web pages (but open them)
	- metadata - personal info, comments (inline, Tracked, Comments)

- second section: key topics - Track Changes, styles, ToC, collab, bookmarks & xrefs
	- using Track Changes without going insane:
		- different colours for different editors
		- have a paper style sheet
		- Canadian dictionary?
		- do structural editing on paper if you want a record
		- track changes, but don't show them
		- one author per computer or user
		- give client tracked and accepted versions
		- be prepared to teach the feature
		- merge in (one at a time)
	- Insert > Comment
	- File > Versions
	- styles with inheritance
		- what the heck is Normal style and how can you preserve it?
		- Normal vs. Body Text
		- char vs. par styles
		- View > Normal, Edit > Select All, F9 (learn to love your F9 key - Expose?)
		- show styles on left side
	- table of contents generated from headings
		- indexes too
		- tables of figures
		- styles used can be customized
	- all versions of Word can be intercompatible, as can other WPs
		- RTF, older Word formats, WordPerfect
		- drag and drop weird files
		- MacLinkPlus, OpenOffice, etc.
		- Win/Mac, OO, DTP/Frame, WP, TextEdit
		- dealing with e-mail files

- third section: tips, tricks, and Q&A
	- Ctrl/Cmd-space to remove formatting
	- turn off most automated, "time-saving" options except curly quotes and dashes, and basic AutoCorrect like teh -> the
	- remove useless buttons and customize toolbars, menus, context menus, and key commands
	- search and replace quotes and apostrophes
		- first page formatting
	- Edit > Paste Special (Unformatted)
	- getting text from PDF
	- custom key combinations
	- split screen vs. new window
	- browse buttons in scroll bar (find, track changes, spelling, comments, etc.)
	- EXT to extend selection in status bar
	- Ins for paste to avoid overtype
	- background saves, AutoRecovery saves, temp files
	- Save All, Close All
	- keep together etc.
	- Tools > Customize > Commands
		- > Shortcut Menus
		- > Keyboard
	- converting web pages

- layers graphic
- record session
- online resources
	- Rich Schaut weblog
	- Penmachine
	- inera.com
	- others?