10 Writing Tips for Microsoft Word

John Gruber
GitBit
Published in
6 min readOct 13, 2018

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While working for Microsoft, Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie developed the first version of Microsoft Word. The two developers chipped away at Xerox Bravo, the principal WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processor. Word 1.0 launched in October 1983 with versions for Xenix and MS-DOS. The first Windows adaptation launched in 1989, with an enhanced interface. The completion of Windows 3.0 in 1990 turned Word into an enormous business achievement. As of late, Microsoft’s major improvements to this old software have gone unnoticed. Microsoft has added some excellent features to help improve your writing and productivity using Microsoft Word.

I have purposefully ignored some of Microsoft Words best features. Microsoft has enhanced document sharing, reviewing, and co-authoring in the most recent versions. My intention is to shed some insight on how Microsoft Word can improve your writing and productivity. Sharing, editing, and workflows are out of this articles scope.

1. Text to Speech with Dictate

You type all day long to get things done. Responding to email, writing documents, and creating presentations to communicate your ideas. Sometimes, this gets tiring. Your fingers get sore, your wrists hurt. Do you ever wish you could just talk to your computer and have it write for you? Research shows you can…

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John Gruber
GitBit

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