1. Chapter 1 Word Under the Hood

   1. Introduction: Hacks #1-2

   2. Tweak the Interface

   3. Macros 101: A Crash Course

2. Chapter 2 The Word Workspace

   1. Introduction: Hacks #3-13

   2. Hack Your Shortcut Menus

   3. Create Custom Views

   4. Revert to Saved

   5. Quickly Change Your File → Open Path

   6. Report and Review Your Options

   7. Force Internet Explorer to Hand Off Word Documents

   8. Tweak the New Document Task Pane

   9. Browse All Button Images

   10. Create a Custom Button Image

   11. Hack the Office Assistant

   12. Build a Better MRU

3. Chapter 3 Formatting, Printing, and Table Hacks

   1. Introduction: Hacks #14-26

   2. Insert Placeholder Text

   3. Sample Your System Fonts

   4. Tab Me to Your Leader

   5. Make Styles More Manageable with Aliases

   6. Make a Simple Bar Graph

   7. Put Footnotes in Tables

   8. Repeat a Section Heading Across Pages

   9. Simplify Borders Around Imported Images

   10. Make More Flexible Captions

   11. Make PDFs Without Acrobat

   12. Create a Custom Text Watermark

   13. Include Only Part of a Heading in a TOC

   14. Put Crop Marks on a Page

4. Chapter 4 Editing Power Tools

   1. Introduction: Hacks #27-44

   2. Crunch Numbers Quickly in Word

   3. Unlink Every Hyperlink

   4. Exclude Text from Find and Replace

   5. Use Character Codes to Find or Insert Special Characters

   6. Find/Replace in Multiple Files

   7. Find and Replace Without Find and Replace

   8. Quickly Create a Custom Dictionary

   9. Create a Dictionary Exclusion List

   10. Disable Overtype Permanently

   11. Delete All Comments in a Document

   12. Delete All Bookmarks in a Document

   13. Turn Comments into Regular Text

   14. Apply Context-Sensitive Formatting

   15. Send a Document as a Plain-Text Outlook Email

   16. Swap Revision Authors

   17. Corral Basic Bullets and Numbering

   18. Cross-Reference Automatically

   19. Hack More Flexible Cross-Referencing

5. Chapter 5 Templates and Outlines

   1. Introduction: Hacks #45-50

   2. Create an Outline-Only Copy of a Document

   3. Build a Better Outline

   4. Use an Outline to Build an Org Chart

   5. Attach the Same Template to Multiple Files

   6. Quickly Attach a Workgroup Template

   7. Manage Macros with Templates

6. Chapter 6 Housekeeping

   1. Introduction: Hacks #51-56

   2. Troubleshoot Common Word Problems

   3. Control Word Startup

   4. Sidestep Formatting Restrictions

   5. Rename Built-in Styles

   6. Clean Out Linked "Char" Styles

   7. Reduce Document Bloat by Deleting Old List Templates

7. Chapter 7 Macro Hacks

   1. Introduction: Hacks #57-69

   2. Get Simple User Input for a Macro

   3. Keep the Macros Dialog Box Tidy

   4. Do Something to Every File in a Directory

   5. Run Macros Automatically

   6. Intercept Word Commands

   7. Keep Custom Menus Under Control

   8. Use Word Dialogs in a Macro

   9. Optimize Your VBA Code

   10. Show Progress from VBA

   11. Hack Documents with For Each Loops

   12. Store Settings and Data in .ini Files

   13. Generate Random Numbers

   14. Hack with Application Events

8. Chapter 8 Forms and Fields

   1. Introduction: Hacks #70-79

   2. Fake (and Easy) Fill-in Forms

   3. Hack DATE Fields

   4. Perform Calculations with Formula Fields

   5. Format Numeric Field Results

   6. Use Fields for Heavy-Duty Calculations

   7. Include an Interactive Calendar in Your Forms

   8. Use Custom Shortcut Menus to Make Frequent Selections

   9. Number Documents Sequentially

   10. Cross-Reference Among Documents

   11. Convert Field Codes to Text and Back Again

9. Chapter 9 Advanced Word Hacks

   1. Introduction: Hacks #80-89

   2. Emulate Emacs with VBacs

   3. Use Word as a Windows Backup Utility

   4. Perform Power Text Searches with Regular Expressions

   5. Show a Directory Structure as a Word Outline

   6. Automate Word from Other Applications

   7. Hack Word from Python

   8. Hack Word from Perl

   9. Hack Word from Ruby

   10. Use Python from Word

   11. Use Perl from Word

10. Chapter 10 Word 2003 XML Hacks

    1. Introduction: Hacks #90-100

    2. Get a Command-Line XML Processor

    3. Create a Word Document in Notepad

    4. Get the XML Toolbox

    5. Use IE to Inspect WordprocessingML Documents

    6. Transforming XML into a Word Document

    7. Batch-Process Word Documents with XSLT

    8. Standardize Documents with XSLT

    9. Remove Direct Formatting with XSLT

    10. Remove Linked "Char" Styles with XSLT

    11. Use Google from Your Macros

    12. Google Without Leaving Word

1. Colophon

Our look is the result of reader comments, our own experimentation, and feedback from distribution channels. Distinctive covers complement our distinctive approach to technical topics, breathing personality and life into potentially dry subjects. The tool on the cover of Word Hacks is a handheld mixer. The first patent for an electric mixer was issued in 1885. Many of the early mixers appeared very industrial, looking more suited for mixing paint than pound cake. By the 1930s, more modern glass-bottomed mixers were produced with a motor built into the lid. By World War II, mixers were mounted on a stand with a bowl underneath. Eventually mixers became smaller and contained entirely in a small plastic case with a handle: the modern handheld mixer. Today's consumer can choose from an assortment of manufacturers' handheld or the the more heavy-duty stand mixers Mary Anne was the production editor, Rachel Wheeler was the copyeditor, and Matt Hutchinson was the proofreader for Word Hacks. Sarah Sherman and Colleen Gorman provided quality control. Mary Agner provided production assistance. Johnna Dinse wrote the index.

Hanna Dyer designed the cover of this book, based on a series design by Edie Freedman. The cover image is an original photograph by Hanna Dyer. Clay Fernald produced the cover layout with QuarkXPress 4.1 using Adobe's Helvetica Neue and ITC Garamond fonts.

David Futato designed the interior layout. This book was converted Julie Hawks to FrameMaker 5.5.6 with a format conversion tool created by Erik Ray, Jason McIntosh, Neil Walls, and Mike Sierra that uses Perl and XML technologies. The text font is Linotype Birka; the heading font is Adobe Helvetica Neue Condensed; and the code font is LucasFont's TheSans Mono Condensed. The illustrations that appear in the book were produced by Robert Romano and Jessamyn Read using Macromedia FreeHand MX and Adobe Photoshop CS. This colophon was written by Mary Anne Weeks Mayo.