Word hacks

Microsoft Word ships with Office on both Windows and Mac, and millions of people rely on it daily. Most of them, however, use only a small fraction of what it can do. The program's apparent simplicity tempts users to stick with the obvious options, even when those options fall short. Many people grumble about the Bullets and Numbering buttons or spend hours resizing every heading in a long report, yet few take the time to explore the deeper features and extensive customization options that could solve these problems.

Word Hacks is a collection of practical tips, tools, and workarounds aimed at readers who already know the basics and want more control. Rather than a step-by-step tutorial, it targets specific tasks, recurring frustrations, and harder problems. Author Andrew Savikas covers advanced and often overlooked features, including reducing document bloat, customizing the interface, complex search and replace, building tables of contents and indexes, importing and exporting files, working with tables and comments, and even using Google as a dictionary.

The book addresses Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003. It explains how the program works under the hood and shows how to use features that were once limited to page layout and graphics software.