Word too has features most often ignored—and this, I believe, is what gives the program such a bad name for typography. Yes, if you simply open a new Word document and type away, your type will look awful. But if you know what you need, and if you delve deeply enough into the program, you can produce type that only a trained eye could distinguish from the very best possible from InDesign or Quark.
With Adobe Acrobat to help with final output, Word can now take its place in the ranks of viable publishing tools. So, here are a few tips for producing type that no book reviewer will scoff at. (Descriptions of commands and features were checked on several versions of Word for PC and Mac. If your version differs, refer to Word’s Help function.)
