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MS Word: Creating an Index for Your Document

Posted on August 15, 2011 by cynmackley

Learn to create an index for your Word documents in a fraction of the time you'd think.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged ms office, MS WordLeave a comment

MS Word: Table of Contents

Posted on August 10, 2011 by cynmackley

It's not uncommon to use a table of contents or to dread the work it takes to create one manually. All the formatting involved can be the stuff of nightmares for weeks on end. Here's what you need to know in order to avoid those nightmares for good.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged headings, MS Word, Table of Contents, TOCLeave a comment

MS Word 2010: Navigation Pane = Document Map + More

Posted on August 8, 2011 by cynmackley

Out with the Document Map and in with the Navigation Pane. Use the Navigation Pane in Word 2010 to rearrange the sections of your document.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged MS Word 2007, Word 2007Leave a comment

MS Word: Open the Last File Worked On Automatically

Posted on August 1, 2011 by cynmackley

If you find yourself frequently going back to edit the last Word file closed, then I'm sure that you'd find it extremely helpful to start Word and that last file at the same time... Learn how to create a shortcut to do just that.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged MS Word, Recent FilesLeave a comment

MS Office: Finding the Close All Command

Posted on July 27, 2011 by cynmackley

Tired of closing each Word document separately? Learn where to find the Close All command in the newest versions of Microsoft Office.

Posted in MS Excel, MS Office Help, MS PowerPoint, MS WordTagged Close All Command, ms officeLeave a comment

How to Use the Insert Key

Posted on July 24, 2011 by cynmackley

Is the Insert key completely useless? Actually, it isn't. In Microsoft Word it has a couple of functions you may be surprised to learn about.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS Word, UncategorizedTagged Insert Key, Keyboard Shortcuts, ms office, MS WordLeave a comment

MS Word: Embed Fonts

Posted on July 21, 2011 by cynmackley

Most of us have seen the results of moving a file to a computer that doesn't contain the fonts that were used in its creation. The font substitution will wreak havoc on your file... find out how to avoid this problem when sharing Word documents.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged Embed Fonts, MS WordLeave a comment

MS Word: Keep With Next vs Keep Lines Together

Posted on July 1, 2011 by cynmackley

Here's a tip for those of you who have fought with MS Word to keep certain lines of text together... tired of using things like page breaks and blank lines to force the issue? Then here's the tip for you!

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged Keep Lines Together, MS Word Text LinesLeave a comment

Blank MS Word Document by Default

Posted on June 2, 2011 by cynmackley

Check out this handy MS Word tip that will show you how to make it so a blank document opens by default every time you start the program.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS WordTagged Blank Document by Default, Normal Template in Word, Word tips and tricksLeave a comment

MS Word: Copy Style Features From One Document to Another

Posted on May 25, 2011 by cynmackley

Here's an interesting little gem that will allow you to copy formatting such as headers, footers and paragraph settings from one file to another without a whole lot of hassle.

Posted in MS Office Help, MS Word, UncategorizedTagged Copy Styles, Duplicate Styles, MS Word, Style FeaturesLeave a comment

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