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Why Don’t More Writers Know How to Navigate?

The absolutely fabulous Word tool that lets you structure and restructure as you write

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Aimee Liu
Sep 13, 2023
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Hi everyone,

I do a lot of ghostwriting, often working with teams of people who are experienced writers, editors, and executives, as well as their minions — people, in other words, who use Microsoft Word every day. I have yet to meet one who knows what I’m talking about when I describe Word’s most valuable (IMHO) feature: the Navigation Pane.

If you do use and love Word’s Navigation Pane, consider yourself part of the cognoscenti; you can stop reading here. But if you have never heard of this feature, please stay with me, especially if you write long complex documents, such as books, theses, briefs, or reports.

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