Help and How-to for Microsoft Office Word 2003

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Get side-by-side translations with Microsoft Translator

See the original document and the translation side-by-side with the new, free Microsoft Translator. The Microsoft Translator is available in many language pairs, and can be used with Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007.

Downloading Office Online templates

Learn about how to get the most out of templates from Microsoft Office Online.

Prevent a document from printing onto an additional page

Need to squeeze a little extra text onto the page? Find out how.

Answer Box: Print mailing labels in Word

Explore some of the trickier issues that can arise when you're creating labels.

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word

Your mail merge appears to be working just fine, but suddenly you notice that prices, dates and other numbers don't look right in your merged documents. Learn how to avoid this particularly costly problem.

Add or delete a page in Word

In Word, you can add pages when you need them or to remove any extras.

Word mail merge: A walk through the process

Take it one step at a time: The end-to-end story for mail merge in Word 2003.

Compare documents side by side

Not sure what changed? No revision marks anywhere? You can open up two versions and scroll through them together.

Merge comments and changes from several reviewers into one document

After you send that document for review, it's time to gather all the feedback. Find out how to get all of the suggestions in one place.

Create or modify e-mail signatures

Learn how to create a signature for your messages.

Double-space lines in a document

See how to double-space your entire document with just a couple of clicks.

Demo: Delete the first-page header and footer, or make them unique

Watch this demo to see how easy it is to remove or customize headers and footers on the first page of a document.

Answer Box: Send e-mail messages to a group using mail merge in Word

Use mail merge to you quickly send an e-mail message to a group of people (and avoid those common problems and pitfalls).

Repeat a table heading on subsequent pages

Make tables that span multiple pages easier to read.

Add a background or watermark

Insert a picture or text, such as "Draft" or "Confidential" across each page of your document, or add a colorful background.

Create a distribution list

Create a list of names to make sending e-mail faster.

Change page margins

Want to put more text on the page? Find out how to adjust the margins of your document.

Select page orientation

Choose the long way or the wide way, portrait or landscape.

Profiling your target audience

How well do you know your customers? Learn more, and use these tools to get started collecting valuable customer information for your business.

Create a storyboard

This article by Cliff Atkinson tells you how to use a Word template to make a storyboard for your PowerPoint presentation.

Understanding how templates work

You can control how documents and templates interact in a number of ways. Learn more about how to work with these powerful tools.

Create a calendar

Use the Calendar Wizard to make a personalized calendar.

Refer to the same footnote or endnote more than once

Learn how to add a reference multiple times.

Should you become a Microsoft Office Specialist?

Add power to your resume with a Microsoft Office Specialist certification. Find out more.

More speech recognition commands in Office

Talk to your computer! Find out about what you can do with speech recognition in Word and other Office programs.

Customize speech recognition voice commands in Office

Say the name of a button for a voice command on a custom toolbar or the name of a macro you want to run, and quickly get your work done.

The pure and simple logic of building extraordinary tables

Learn more about the extra options, timesavers, and great results you can get from a few clicks in the Tables Properties dialog box.

One extreme job-hunting strategy that worked

Read about one man's search and the strategies he used to get started and keep going until he got the right job.

Demo: Develop your marketing strategy

Templates in Microsoft Word 2003 can help guide you as you progress from developing your marketing plan to making strategic marketing decisions.

A balanced plan for career development

For employers, a look at how you can approach the career needs of your employees.

Resumes for recruiters vs. resumes for employers: A question of length

Learn how to tailor your resume based on where you're sending it.

Six steps to developing a great resume

Is your resume holding you back? Karen Hofferber provides six ways to make your resume stand out.

Write effective job descriptions

When you're looking for the right candidate, a solid job description can get you closer to your goal.

Make the best of a company reorganization

Whether you're in an HR department or you are the HR department, help employees navigate change.

Demystifying keywords: How (and why) to maximize keyword density on your resume

More information about making a resume that will stand out and help you get that interview.

Using your Web site as a marketing tool

Ready to build your site? Plan ahead, and read this information on how planning can save you time and increase the impact of your site.

12 tips for writing a winning proposal

A great proposal can be decisive in winning a project. Follow these tips to write compelling proposals every time.

Improve project performance by sharing information

When people collaborate to achieve goals, good communication contributes to success in several ways. Read on.

Incorporate project team input using the Compare and Merge feature

Now that you have everyone's ideas, find out how to get them all together.