Every Word document is based on a template.  In 2003 it is Normal.dot and in Office 2007 it is Normal.dotm. When I get a new version of Word, I like to make some changes especially to the font.  So how do you change the Normal template?  Here’s how:

There are several changes in Microsoft Vista but one of the fun ones is Gadgets.  As is typical in Windows, you can customize this to suit your needs or hide it entirely.  Here’s how:

Last week, I was in a meeting where a person distributing a document had listed the path and document name in the footer.  Some others in the meeting were not aware of this Word feature so I thought this would be a good time to remind everyone how to insert this into your documents.