Useful one-line macro

There comes a point, in using Microsoft Word, where you realize you’re more productive using your keyboard than a mouse, and very often, it’s easy to encapsulate a mouse action into a keyboard-activated macro.

For example, the text I translate often involves superscripts and subscripts, for which Word helpfully offers toolbar buttons. The following one-line macros [...]

If you must PowerPoint…

“PowerPoint is a necessary evil,” said an acquaintance of mine several years ago. “It’s necessary, and it’s evil.”

Presentation or document?

I disagree, because I’m not sure PowerPoint is entirely necessary.

I say this because most of the PowerPoint presentations I’ve translated over the years are actually documents masquerading as presentations. They provide speakers with something to [...]