Category Archives: Word

Word: Fancy-schmancy Page Number Trick

 

Page numbering means numbers, right? Not necessarily…

 

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Word: Delete One Page in Your Document

 

Scenario:      You have a multi-page document and you want to delete a page (text and all) from somewhere in the middle.

 

Rather than have to try to select from the start to the end of the page (without accidentally deleting something you shouldn’t have) – let Word select the page for you.

 

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Word: Getting Rid of That Annoying Automatic List Indent

 

Scenario:      Word now indents numbered and bullet list – specifically .25” from the left margin.

 

But you want your list to start back flush with the left margin (like the olden days).

 

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Word/Excel: Trust me – I’m a doctor

 

If you are constantly opening up files (from a source you say is good – like a shared network drive) – and Word, or Excel, is displaying the Protected View banner….you can disable this.

 

Protected View is a read-only mode in which most of the editing functions are disabled to help protect you from potentially malicious software.

 

But if you’re opening up files from a source you know and trust – like a shared drive…you just have to let Word (and Excel) know that this source is trustworthy.

 

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Word: Replacement Fonts

 

I recently purchased a new computer. When I opened up my Weekly Tip from last week (to edit it for this week) – the font was….really different. Not the VEGGIEBURGER (seriously, that’s the name) font that I normally use.

 

That’s because the VEGGIEBURGER font wasn’t on my new computer.

 

And although the font that Word had substituted wasn’t suitable for a Tip….I REALLY liked it and knew that I’d like to use it in other situations.

 

But how can I use this new font if I don’t know its name? Word simply showed VEGGIEBURGER up in the Font box – nowhere did it display the name of the new font. I wanted to know.

 

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Microsoft Office: These are a Few of My Favourite Things

 

One great shortcut for each of Word, Excel, Outlook, Windows and PowerPoint.

 

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Word: ♬ You’ve Got to Move It ♫ Move It ♪

 

Sorry that song will now be in your head all day (ha ha – no I’m not!)

 

TIP #1: This tip works with both regular Word paragraphs – but also ROWS in tables. It also works in the body of Outlook email! The next time you need to move a paragraph UP or DOWN the body of your document…

 

TIP #2: If you want to move something other than an entire paragraph – like maybe just a sentence…

 

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Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint: Take Your Best Shot

 

You know you’ve been hitting the PRINTSCREEN button for years – then dealing with that sad little Paint program just so you could get a screenshot into a document or email? Well, have no fear – Screenshot and Screen Clipping is here!

 

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Word: Quick Line Borders

These borders are so quick and easy to create – and look terrific below a title or at the top of a résumé.

 

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Remembering Where you Left Off & Save All Open Documents at Once

You are working on a long document. You’re tired. You finished some edit somewhere within the document. SAVE it (by using [CTRL] S, of course!) and close down for the day…

and…

You’re in a hurry to run out the door…but you have four Word documents on the go and you want to re-save ALL of them in a hurry…

 

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