I call them 'Word's Diamonds in the Rough' because, despite their enormous potential, Microsoft has failed miserably in resolving long standing bugs and in providing enhancements to functionality to fully realize this potential.
This Microsoft Word Help & Microsoft Word Tips page serves to introduce Content Controls and list links to several more specific articles on Content Controls that are available on this website.Ĭontent controls were introduced with the release of Word 2007 and have changed little with the subsequent release of Word 2010.