See the section that says “Save AutoRecover information”? While we’re in this Save section, look up a bit. In the box enclosed in red above, you can specify where Word can find your custom templates in the box enclosed in blue above, you can tell Word the default location you want save your documents to. The recent versions of Word differ somewhat in how those templates are presented, but the way you point Word to your template collection is the same in all the Ribbon-based versions. “Easy access” means that, when you use the Create New Document command, you get a dialog box or screen that includes your custom templates. If you’ve got a collection of custom templates you use to create documents, you’ll want to have the easiest access possible to all of them. Click here for some technical explanations about how that feature has changed in version 2016.) Personal Templates and Other File Locations (If you’re using Word 2016 and the document was created in that version, you may not have any Compatibility Options listed. Check that box, and your document justification should behave much better.
HOW DO I GET OUT OF VIEW OPTIONS IN WORD FULL
You should see the check box “Do full justification the way WordPerfect 6.x for Windows does” (highlighted in the illustration above). In the Options dialog box, go to Advanced, then scroll all the way down until you see Compatibility Options: Infuriating!įortunately, there’s a way to force Word to use WordPerfect’s justification algorithm to calculate how much space to add within a line to make it perfectly justified. Unless you turn off full justification for your paragraphs, that little gap is never going away.
In Word, you’ll occasionally see gaps within words that look like this: Here’s a little secret (that’s not so much of a secret to WordPerfect users): Word’s full paragraph justification algorithm just isn’t as good as WordPerfect’s. Set Justification to the WordPerfect Setting Once you’re in Options, you’re ready to rock. To get there (a necessary prerequisite for all of the exercises below), go to the File tab (if you’re still using Word 2007, click the Office Button) and click Options. Most of the default behaviors in Word are set within the Options dialog box. Here are my suggestions for changing Word’s defaults to work better in a legal environment: First Step: Going into Options Some things you’ll want to get out of your way, some things you’ll want to make easier to access. Most users don’t know they’ve got options for how certain features perform. A big part of making Word work better for you is molding the way it works to the way you work.
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