MS Word

Not the Usual Paper Have you ever tried to print something from MS Word onto a special sized piece of paper? Maybe you're printing an invitation, announcement or something similar. If so, how did it go? For those of you who answered something along the lines of "not so good," let's take a look and … Continue reading Not the Usual Paper

Always Looking for a Shortcut? Have you recently made the switch over to MS Word 2007? If so, do you miss your custom keyboard shortcuts from previous versions? Looking for a way to get those back? No problem! They're still there, but the route you take to get to them is slightly different. You either … Continue reading Always Looking for a Shortcut?

Change Case Saves the Day! Here's another tip regarding the Change Case trick I told you about a few days ago! A reader wrote in asking what you can do when you've accidentally hit the Caps Lock key and you don't realize it until it's too late. You know, after you've already typed out a … Continue reading Change Case Saves the Day!

Now, Where Did They Put the Templates? I recently received a question from a reader regarding templates in MS Word 2007. Specifically, where are they? If you're like me and you use the Quick Access Toolbar (or Ctrl + N) to start a new document, you probably go directly to the blank document, right? In … Continue reading Now, Where Did They Put the Templates?

Where'd They Hide the AutoCorrect? Using MS Word 2007? Still searching for the AutoCorrect options? (You know, the feature that controls the automatic capitalization at the beginning of your sentences and corrects your common typos). I'm sure you've noticed that Word is still fixing the typos while you work, so the feature has to be … Continue reading Where'd They Hide the AutoCorrect?

Insert Quick Parts Quicker So, if you followed Friday's discussion on Quick Parts in MS Word 2007, you know they can easily be inserted into your document at the place where the cursor is sitting. But what if you want the building block somewhere else? You know, like a header, footer or maybe at the … Continue reading Insert Quick Parts Quicker

Playing with Building Blocks In your older version of MS Word, did you use the AutoText feature regularly? Are you a little upset that you can't seem to locate it in Word 2007? Well, wipe that frown off your face, because the basic idea of it is still there. Yes, it had a face lift … Continue reading Playing with Building Blocks

Alphabetize It! Ever find yourself wanting to alphabetize a list in MS Word? How did you accomplish that? I know there are at least a couple of you who moved everything around manually, am I right? And I don't have to tell you twice that if the list was really long, it took you quite … Continue reading Alphabetize It!

Drag and Drop with a Right Click? Yep, you read that right. I said right click! We often find ourselves moving text in MS Word with a quick drag and drop, but did you know if you use a right click instead of a left click, Word will offer you far more? The next time … Continue reading Drag and Drop with a Right Click?

Automatic Numbering in Word Tables Did you know you can use the Numbering feature in MS Word within a table? Let's suppose you need to number an entire row, column or a block of cells. You could go through and hand-type each number, but that could turn out to be a nightmare if you tried … Continue reading Automatic Numbering in Word Tables