Jakob Nielsen warns us that users hate change. He recommends that “it’s best to stay with a familiar design and evolve it gradually. In the long run, however, incrementalism eventually destroys cohesiveness, calling for a new UI architecture. ”
You often hear design team members (or their management) say, “We need a fresh design.” This usually [...]
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Why Users Want Familiar Web Design and User Interfaces
October 13th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
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How to fix the Normal template (Normal.dot) in Microsoft Word
July 1st, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
The Normal template opens in the background whenever you start Word.
It includes default styles, AutoText, macros, toolbars, and other customizations that determine the basic look of your document.
The Normal template is a global template that you can use for any type of document. You can modify this template to change the default document formatting or content.
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Business Process Design Tutorials
June 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Technical Writing
Business Process Design Tutorials
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Examples of metadata stored in your MS Word documents
June 16th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
How to Remove Metadata and File Property info in Microsoft Word 2000 Documents
What are the main Process Definition Lifecycle Activities?
June 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
I spent most of this afternoon developing a set of process design templates (more of that tomorrow) and got to thinking about the main activities involved in process definition. I’m mentoring graduates business analysts and walking them through the ABCs of process design. It’s baby steps for now. Here’s what we came up with this afternoon.
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Training Plan Templates
June 10th, 2009 · View Comments · How To
This Training Plan template outlines the steps required to design, develop and deliver a training program.
It allows you to outline the objectives, needs, strategy, and curriculum to be addressed when training users on a new or enhanced system.
This training plan template pack includes an 20 page MS Word template, as well as 14 MS Word/Excel forms, checklists, questionnaires, [...]
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PerfectIt Review – Advanced Proofing Software for Technical Documentation and Business Reports
June 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · How To
Summary: UK-based Intelligent Editing Ltd has developed PerfectIt, a Microsoft Word add-in that helps professionals writers edit and refine their documents.
You can access PerfectIt in the same way you run PDF conversion tools or Snagit’s screen capture in Microsoft Word.
PerfectIt is targeted at technical writers, editors, and other business users who: Write collaborative documents, Edit complex technical, legal or medical documents
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How to go to the END of a Word document on opening
November 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
There are two ways (at least) to do this.
How to embed a TrueType font in Word
November 17th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
You can embed a TrueType font in a Word document so that you can view and edit the font. You can do this even on a computer on which the font is not installed.
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How to create a Striped Table style in Word
October 18th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
In Word, you can create table styles with formatting, such as stripe patterns. This article describes how to create a new style that applies a stripe pattern to your Word tables.
How to Force the Spell Checker to Accept Non-US Spellings
October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
Word 2003 accepts both standardize and standardise as correct spellings in the same document. But I want to avoid the American spellings as my document will be sent to a UK company. How can I get around this?
Problems with Word file formats
October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
I created Word files using a trial version of Word 2007. The trial period has expired and now I can’t open the files. Is there a way around this without having to buy it?
Why can't I get hyperlinks to appear in Word?
October 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
I used to be able to see e-mail and web addresses as hyperlinks when I used Word 2007. But now they are gone. What do I need to do to see these again.?
How to Remove a Heading from the Table of Contents
October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off · Tips
To remove a heading from the Table of Contents, apply a new style to the marked text:
