Work with Microsoft Word documents including accessibility, language settings, and transcription.
Instructions for adding or changing the title and author in a Word document's properties (metadata) on Windows and Mac. Filling in the document title makes files easier to identify and improves accessibility for people who use screen readers. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using Microsoft Word.
Explains why the EndNote "Cite While You Write" add-in fails to load in Microsoft Word on Apple Silicon Macs and shows how to work around the error by setting Word to open using Rosetta. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff who use the EndNote add-in in Word on an Apple Silicon Mac.
Explains how the Transcribe feature in Word for the web converts speech to a text transcript that separates each speaker, so a conversation, interview, or meeting can be reviewed with time-stamped audio playback and edited. Covers recording directly in Word and uploading an audio file, and links to Microsoft's detailed instructions. Applies to Bowdoin students, faculty, and staff using Word for the web with a Microsoft 365 account.