r/word

i run a small business and spend most of my day dealing with contracts, invoices, proposals, and random documents clients send in different formats, so i’ve always used word mostly for basic editing and formatting without thinking much about the extra features. recently i discovered it can handle things like pdf conversion, templates, forms, mail merge, collaboration tools, and workflow automation, and it made me realize i’m probably only using a fraction of what it offers. what are some genuinely useful word features or services that people overlook but actually save a lot of time in everyday work?

I realized my workflow is weird now because I don’t really stick to ONE document app anymore

Current setup:

* Microsoft Word for important/shared files

* Google Docs for collaboration

* WPS Office for quick offline edits

* sometimes LibreOffice on Linux

Honestly wps office surprised me the most because it feels very close to classic Word visually, especially for simple DOCX editing. A lot of users mention the same thing when comparing alternatives.

Curious if other people here also bounce between multiple writing tools depending on the task.

Hi everyone,

I have around 1350 images in a folder and I need to insert them into a Microsoft Word 2016 document.
Last time I somehow managed to do this using a trick (possibly some kind of code/template or ChatGPT help), but I can’t reproduce it now and I’m stuck.

My goal is:

Insert all images automatically (not one by one)
Arrange them in a grid layout (e.g. 2 images horizontally × 3 vertically per page, or similar)
Images are different shapes (portrait, landscape, square)
They don’t need to be perfectly identical in size, but should be reasonably uniform
Ideally everything should be done in one automated step or with minimal manual work
Doing this manually is not realistic because of the number of images. (I have tried)
I’m using Word 2016 and my Word/automation knowledge is pretty basic, so I suspect this requires some kind of field codes, script, or workaround.

I would really appreciate the help. This is for exam preparation and it would save me a huge amount of time.

This post is not just complaints, but also a cry for help.

I recently bought and installed Word 2024 to be able to work with threaded comments on new project... and I'm shocked how bad everything else is. Before I used Word 2007/2010 since circa... 2006? I'm using Word for work, many hours daily and small issues and missing features in new edition really add up and significantly hamper my efficiency.

So far, after only few days, I am missing a number of right-click context menu features like:

• Altering image size using precise dimensions.

• Rotating image.

• Setting border style for the image.

• Setting horizontal and vertical alignement of tables.

• Accessing font and paragraph setting from right there.

Of course all of that is available from the ribbon, but it is hidden behind many more clicks and mouse movements which really adds up over time and disrupts my workflow.

On top of that general performance is absolute dogwater. Word 2010 handled large documents (thousands of pages, hundreds of MB) flawlessly. On the same machine, the same documents in Word 2024 have significant input lag (letters appear around 0.4 s after typing); scrolling, navigating document is also choppy and laggy.

Do you have any advice how to restore functional right-click menu and improve performance?

Help me r/Word, you are my only hope!

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