Here's a little trick to add a word count field into your Word document so you don't have to keep checking the word count tool in the ribbon.

Microsoft Word fields house instructions that help you create dynamic content; they're flexible and powerful, if you know how to use them.

Word's built-in options for generating and formatting a table of contents are extensive--but field switches offer even more.

Some of Word’s most powerful features are hidden from view, and one of these is field codes. While you may have encountered field codes when using mail merge, that’s not the only task you can ...