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Greg Edwards
Iron Contributor
Apr 18, 2018

What's the best way to ensure that a figure or note stays with the paragraph that precedes it?

For starters, I know about the "keep with next" setting. 😉 Here's the thing that's always bugged me about Word. I write a lot of technical instruction sheets, and my typical model for steps is some...
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Damien_Rosario
Silver Contributor
Apr 27, 2018

Hi Greg

 

On a small tangent, my company uses PowerPoint for instructional/technical and other docs, etc. I am the training coordinator and write heaps of stuff and have found PowerPoint to be surprisingly awesome to work with and easier to move things around.

 

They made A4 (or Letter) sized dimensions for the slide (if there is heaps of text or something procedural), Portrait orientation, and then templated something that you could easily use anytime you want to a standard.

 

They have also have designed Landscape slides for when you use the instructions on computer as monitors are landscape not portrait, so it's easier to see info. I have also found that I could fit more content (2 A4 pages into one) if I used the landscape option.

 

You could also use two columsn on an A4 page to fit more content on as well.

 

Just my thoughts.

 

Best wishes with your work!

 

Cheers

Damien

 

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