From TechWriter

To try and keep as many people happy as possible, Word is engineered for the lowest common denominator users out of the box. This suits the vast majority of users creating very simple documents but can lead to a lot of frustration for Engineers and Scientists preparing technical reports. Happily, with a few templates and setup-tweaking, Word can be much easier to use for technical writers.

Not everyone has the time to figure out how to configure Word properly though. To save you some time, we've put together Category:Word Templates and guides to configure Word for technical writing.