MS Word

Seeing Continuous Text Flow in the Print Layout View Everyone has one. It's inevitable. Yes, we all have a preferred view in MS Word. Some of us like the Normal view and others use the Web Layout view on a daily basis. If you're like me, you are a fan of the Print Layout view … Continue reading Seeing Continuous Text Flow in the Print Layout View

Reversing a Spell Checker "Oops" Have you ever realized that either part way through a spell check or when you're done, you've just told MS Word to Ignore All on something that should have been corrected? Did you find yourself staring blankly at your computer, dreading the Find/Replace procedure you're forced to run to fix … Continue reading Reversing a Spell Checker "Oops"

Zipping Around the Word Screen So, I'm sure we all know about the Page Up and Page Down buttons in MS Word, right? They're a quick and easy way to jump through a document, moving one screen space at a time and scrolling through the document as it goes. But, what about a few other … Continue reading Zipping Around the Word Screen

Envelopes and Labels with Pizzazz Have you ever found yourself in MS Word's Envelopes and Labels window, desperately trying to change a font, but with no luck? You probably noticed that the ways you make those changes in your document are locked to you. As long as that window is open, you're not going to … Continue reading Envelopes and Labels with Pizzazz

Out of the Table and into the Document Have some information in an MS Word table you need to get out of the table and into your document, just as plain old text? I bet you're dreading the thought of the old copy/paste routine to get all of that information out of the cells. Interested … Continue reading Out of the Table and into the Document

How Far to the Margin? Have you ever felt frustrated when working with MS Word's tabs? I mean, you're trying to set up your tab stops, but you're finding it difficult to ensure that they are placed properly between the margins. You've got the ruler displayed (View menu, Ruler choice), but it's still a bit … Continue reading How Far to the Margin?

Your Ruler Preference Do you use MS Word's ruler feature with your documents? (You know, View menu, Ruler choice). Ever find yourself wishing it was in a different measurement unit? (Let's say it's in inches and you want it in centimeters). Or, maybe you weren't even using the ruler, because the way it measured just … Continue reading Your Ruler Preference

Graphic Headers for Word Okay, so yesterday we discussed the placement of graphics (for example, company logos) into the header of an MS Excel worksheet. Now, if you're a Word user, you may have wanted that same ability in your documents and you may have took the initiative to look for that Insert Picture button … Continue reading Graphic Headers for Word

Customized Highlighting in Word Have you ever found it annoying that MS Word highlights text in lines? That is, it moves the highlight through the document one line at a time. Ever wish you could just create a quick rectangle at any location and copy only what's in the rectangle? You know, maybe the first … Continue reading Customized Highlighting in Word