Heather Ackmann

Explore Word's top tools and undiscovered features, and learn how to use them optimally in a business or real-world setting

Key Features
Use MS Word more efficiently and leverage this handy guide to help you when you get stuck
Collaborate online effectively and format a variety of professional documents expertly
Hone your MS Word troubleshooting skills to solve formatting problems and issues encountered by everyday users
Book Description
Microsoft Word, or MS Word, is a… Show more

Explore Word's top tools and undiscovered features, and learn how to use them optimally in a business or real-world setting

Key Features
Use MS Word more efficiently and leverage this handy guide to help you when you get stuck
Collaborate online effectively and format a variety of professional documents expertly
Hone your MS Word troubleshooting skills to solve formatting problems and issues encountered by everyday users
Book Description
Microsoft Word, or MS Word, is a word processor developed by Microsoft. Although Word is one of the office productivity applications included in the Microsoft Office suite, it can also be purchased as a standalone product. MS Word enables you to create, edit, and save professional documents, among other helpful features. Anyone who wants to get better at working with Word will be able to put their MS Word knowledge to use with this practical guide.

The book takes a hands-on problem- and solution-based approach to implementation and provides associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts and practical examples, you'll begin by exploring different versions of Microsoft Word and understand how these versions impact collaboration with others, along with exploring the features available. Throughout the book, you'll learn how to work more productively and efficiently, with others as well as by yourself, using Word's sharing and collaboration features and the new reading and accessibility features.

By the end of this Microsoft Word book, you will be able to troubleshoot common issues that may arise when working with documents. Show less

Last summer, when Pokémon Go debuted, the world around me appeared to go crazy, at least according to local media. Reports of people wandering into traffic, car crashes, armed robbery, even people falling off cliffs in attempts to capture tiny cartoon “pocket monsters” appearing in the physical space around us, abounded (though I never witnessed these events personally).

What I did see was my suburban town of Schaumburg, IL transform from a place I liked living to a place I simply loved.… Show more

Last summer, when Pokémon Go debuted, the world around me appeared to go crazy, at least according to local media. Reports of people wandering into traffic, car crashes, armed robbery, even people falling off cliffs in attempts to capture tiny cartoon “pocket monsters” appearing in the physical space around us, abounded (though I never witnessed these events personally).

What I did see was my suburban town of Schaumburg, IL transform from a place I liked living to a place I simply loved. I couldn’t wait to go outside, to the PokéStop-rich town square, not just to catch Pokémon, but to see, walk, and interact with neighbors I’d never met—who seemed to have been in hiding since I was a little girl. Show less

The article describes a unique add-in for PowerPoint designed to make presenting code easier.

Learn how hackers use PowerPoint to infiltrate businesses and what you can do to help protect yourself and your company.

Microsoft Office has gone through quite a few changes over the last few years since Office 365 intruded upon what was once a very simple suite of applications. Now, “Microsoft Office” is a confusing term often applied to any number of applications and online services, both free and via paid subscription. This book is designed to dispel any confusion, and make you smarter as you support and consume Office.

Learn when and how to create clickable buttons inside your online PowerPoint Office Mix video presentation with this written tutorial.

When Office 365 first arrived, people often confused this offering with the popular Microsoft productivity suite "Microsoft Office." A year or so later, the confusion between Microsoft Office products and the Office 365 subscription packages continues as Microsoft now offers the Office Suite under two names: Office 2013 and Office 365 Home Premium. This article strives to clear up some of that confusion.

At TechEd 2012 I had the pleasure of attending the Women in Technology Luncheon, featuring Speaker and Brand Strategist Catherine Kaputa. The talk on "The Female Brand" and comments from the women attendees stirred up quite a few memories, feelings, and thoughts on women's role in the world and the IT workplace. I share a few of those thoughts here.

A brief review of Sudhir Diddee's book Priceless Computer Tips at Your Fingertips.

After a year since the release of PowerPoint 2010, Heather shares which new features live up to the initial hype.

Heather and Bill look back over the past year of Office 2010 and discuss which improvements and additions withstand the test of time.

Heather and Bill demonstrate how easy collaboration and co-authoring can be by uploading documents to Windows Live SkyDrive.

A collaborative evaluation of the latest Office suite, discussing the highlights and disappointments in each application.