Category Archives: Word
Tip #039 – Word
Word: Making your CASE
Although there is a CHANGE CASE button on the HOME tabs – using the [SHFT][F3] keyboard shortcut is … in my ever-so-humble opinion … way better.
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Tip #079 – Word
Word: Go back, Jack
You know how, when you open up an Excel spreadsheet it automatically places the cell pointer at the location where you were when you last saved/closed it?
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Tip #099 – Word
Tip #108 – Word & Outlook
Word/Outlook: Adding Your (Actual) signature to a Word document/email
Thanks to Tracey B. for asking for this tip.
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Tip #097 – Word
Word (Intermediate): How to type text into a scanned document/form
Scenario: Someone emails you a form they want you to fill in. You don’t have Adobe Acrobat Pro – so you can’t fill it in on the computer. Oh yes you can!
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Tip #105 – Word
Word: Save the Footer
I write a lot of manuals and I love shortcuts that allow me to avoid repeating myself over and over again…like having to re-create the same footer all the time. QUICK PARTS to the rescue! Although Quick Parts can be used for a gazillion and three other shortcuts (I counted!) – this is a handy one.
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Tip #004 – Word
One of the best Word keyboard shortcuts
You have a number of paragraphs in a row and there’s one that is in the wrong position…it needs to be moved up (or down) the body of other paragraphs…
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Tip #012 – Word
Create a super-quick 1-page Poster
If you want to make a quick 1-page poster for some fun event – add a PAGE BORDER. They’ve been around since the Leafs won the Cup (ok…not THAT long…but a long time)…
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Tip #066 – Word
Word: Fast formatting tricks
PART A: Quickly cleaning up formatting you don’t want
Normally, to remove formatting you select the text that has been formatted and then proceed to toggle off any formatting features that had been applied – and choose different format settings for options that do not toggle on and off. But if you applied a lot of formatting options – this can be time consuming.
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