Microsoft Word

This post explains how you can work smarter with fields in Word. By using 'automation' tools you can ease your workload, and improve the consistency of your documents!

Fields in Word is part of the Working Smarter series - short, sharp posts that help you to better use Microsoft Word in a way that suits you and your business.

Have you heard of Fields?

Recently, I did a really great Document Discussion livestream in my Facebook group, Document Dynamos. It was all about using fields to help 'automa…

This Working Smarter post is about using Styles in Microsoft Word, and how they can make your documents more consistent and on-brand, without all the stress!

The Styles section of the Home Ribbon is one that you have probably looked at once or twice, but not really had any idea about how powerful it is, so have completely ignored it!

Let's fix that today, with this quick guide to Styles to get you started.

From the beginning....

NOTE: All notes and images in this post are based on using Micr…

Working Smarter for Paragraphs

This post is part of the Working Smarter series by Thrive - short, sharp posts to help you use Microsoft Word in a way that suits you and your business. This post is about the Paragraph section of the Home Tab.

Paragraph on the Home Ribbon

This section of the Home Ribbon is one that you probably use in every document.

Again, while it might seem straightforward, let's get stuck in and see what I can help you with in here!

So, let's go!

As always, when you open up any …

Work smarter with Fonts

This post is part of the Working Smarter series by Thrive - short, sharp posts that help you to better use Microsoft Word in a way that suits you and your business.

The Font Section on the Home Ribbon

This section of the Home Ribbon is the one that most people probably play in whenever they use Word.

While you might know your way around the basics of this section, I'm sure there will be a few pointers in this post to help you get more out of using it in future! 🤓

So, let's …