Word-less

In the world of computers - i.e. the world I live in at work - I know next to nothing technical. I listen.  I research.  I try to absorb.  But in the end I'm pretty much clueless in comparison to the people I work with.  However, I do know Microsoft Office.  Now, I know you're saying that everyone knows Microsoft Office.  And you'd totally be right. But it's a personal point of pride with me that I'm very good at making Office - PowerPoint, Word, Outlook - do things I want it to do.  

I can make pretty presentations, and teach others how to set up documents.  I can create specific forms of documents and make them look professional and polished.  I can create beautiful templates in PowerPoint with great graphics - perfect for teaching classes (which is good since that's sort of my job in a nutshell.) But today I've met my match.  Today was the day I set out to create a template in Microsoft Word.

Yeah, it didn't go well to say the least.  It's about 9:00 pm and I still haven't cracked it. You'd think this would be a fairly easy process.  You'd think a few google searches would get me there.  But you'd be wrong.  A few google searches showed me how to save a template as a template.  Newsflash google, I got that.  That's small potatoes!  It's the actual template itself I'm finding so impossible.  I need sections, and sub-titles.  I need numbered headings and graphic titles.  I need figures and appendices.  And yet, I've got nothing.  

Why oh why is Word so darn difficult?  After hours upon hours, I thought about moving over to Publisher or even Adobe.  But Publisher had squat and I remembered I don't actually have a license for Adobe.  So there's that. 

That was my day...Hope yours was a little more productive.