Category Archives: Word

Word: Things you should never do #2

 

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Word: Things you should never do #1

 

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Word: Keyboard Shortcut Method for the FORMAT PAINTER

 

Tip#2: Where is that command?

 

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WORD: Protecting a Word document from copying or plagiarism

 

It’s one thing to protect a document from being edited. But the instructions below will stop your text from even being selected (and therefore copied to another location).

 

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WORD: SPELLCHECK – how to skip selected text

 

Scenario: You’re writing a book that contains a section of text using poorly-spelled slang or unusual acronyms or short-forms – and you’re tired of having to deal with the myriad of red-lining that automatic SpellCheck adds to your document (or having to stop at each of these instances when you actually run the Spelling & Grammar function).

 

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Word (and PowerPoint): How to Obtain Unicode Characters

 

I was writing a manual and needed a ? character to describe file security. I didn’t want a GRAPHIC IMAGE – that would have been bigger than my texts and, frankly, cumbersome.

 

Well, there are many special characters that can be obtained – not through Wingdings (although that is one way to obtains special characters) – but using the UNICODE method.

 

First, you need to know the Unicode for the symbol/character, you want. Here are some fun ones…

 

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Word: Editing a Password-Protected Document

 

First of all – this tip is NOT about being open a Word document that is locked via a PASSWORD-TO-OPEN password. If you’ve lost that password – you are out of luck.

 

This tip is about how to remove the password from a FILL-IN FORM that you’ve created and locked (FOR EDITING) but forgotten the password (or the employee has left the company, etc.)

 

It’s a lot of steps – but those of you who have been faced with the daunting task of recreating a fill-in form will appreciate that it’s still fewer steps than starting from scratch.

 

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Word: Two Table Tips

 

Tip #1: Auto-Number Table Rows

 

Tip #2: Quick-Delete Table

 

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Word/Excel/PowerPoint: Storing & Using Multiple Clipboard items

 

People often (mistakenly) think that you can only store one piece of information at a time in the Windows CLIPBOARD: and when you cut or copy a new item…you lose the first item. Not true. You can store up to 24 items in the Windows Clipboard. And access any of them throughout your day.

 

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WORD: Side by Side Documents

 

I often create two manuals for a course: one for the students and one for the instructor. The instructor’s copy will have adding text to aid in teaching the course.

 

I need to make sure that as I add to the students copy I also add to the instructor’s – and an easy way to do that is to scroll through them both…at the same time.

 

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