Word is certainly not InDesign. Over the years it has been given a considerable number of publishing features, like formatting multiple columns, but it lacks some fundamental abilities when it comes to imitating a design software. Designers try to use Word in much the same way as in InDesign, but […]

The Word we have now is far more capable than the first version in 1983 for the IBMPC. The original concept and interface started out as a software called Bravo, it would seem, developed as part of the Xerox Parc labs. [which is the same labs that Steve Jobs took […]

What actually is a Word template? Every Word document is created from a very basic template file called Normal.dot. This lives in the default template folder, and there always is one, otherwise Word couldn’t open. Think of the Normal.dot file as the parent of any basic documents you create when […]