When faced with those pesky widows and orphans in your document, what can you do? Here are some ideas you can try to keep those widows and orphans from being alone.

Ever wonder how documents were prepared for press before desktop publishing software? Learn about the tools required then and now to layout and design publications.

Enhancing and editing your writing is easier than ever before. With so much available at your fingertips today with word processing programs that have spelling and grammar checks and the internet for researching, there is no need to buy a set of encyclopedias any more.

Word 7 has lots of ways to enhance text in your documents. We all know about boldface, italics and underscore, and maybe have ventured and added color to our text. But have you explored some of the other options such as scaling, adding a drop shadow or embossing your text?

There are a lot of people who use Word. But how many people actually know how to use all the functions that Word has to offer? Even if you are a seasoned user of word processing software, as I am, with software constantly being updated, there are always new things to learn.

Setting up and using tabs in your document will keep indents, columns and numbers in their places even if you change your font, format or import your text to a desktop publishing program.

Once set up, style sheets and templates help keep the style of your publication(s) consistent, and they can also help save you time and effort!

Drop caps are a great way to add a visual graphic element to your published page -- whether it be the first line of a chapter paragraph or a newsletter article. Using drop caps in Word is pretty easy to do!

Have you ever received a letter or an email from someone that just did not make sense? With the way we abbreviate what we write in email and text messages proofreading becomes more essential than ever.

When creating a publication it is good to know whether the it is going to be viewed on the Internet or printed. If printed, will the publication be printed in black and white or in color? If color, spot or full color? Knowing this ahead of time will help you in preparing your publication.