Many of us use the Print Screen button to capture screenshots... basically it's a copy of whatever was on the screen when you hit the button and then it's available to paste into your programs. You may also know about the advantage of combining the Alt key with the Print Screen - it captures only … Continue reading Get Your Screenshot Without Leaving Word 2010
Choose Which Formatting Marks to Display in Word
MS Word: Pick and Choose Which Non-Printing Characters to Display If you've ever used Word's ability to display the non-printing characters in a document, you know how helpful it can be to visually verify information such as the actual number of spaces, tabs or paragraph marks present. However, when you use that feature you get … Continue reading Choose Which Formatting Marks to Display in Word
Using a Spreadsheet within a Word Document
MS Word: Using a Spreadsheet Within a Document On more than one occasion, I've found that within a document I've needed to present data that really should be set up in Excel. Don't get me wrong, Word's tables are great, but when it comes to calculations and numeric data displays, Excel wins hands down. Some … Continue reading Using a Spreadsheet within a Word Document
Paste with the Enter Key in Excel
If you're anything like me, you believe that there's only one option when using the keyboard to paste in MS Excel - Ctrl+V. While that obviously will paste your copied or cut information as it always has, you do have another option if you're only looking to paste in one location. Now you're wondering why … Continue reading Paste with the Enter Key in Excel
Numbering Tables in MS Word
MS Word: Stop Numbering Table Rows Manually, Word Can Do That for You It's not that uncommon... you've got a table in MS Word where you need the rows numbered, so you find yourself manually keying them in. ...1 - down arrow - 2 - down arrow - 3 - down arrow - 4 - … Continue reading Numbering Tables in MS Word
MS Excel: Format Cells Dialog Box
MS Excel: Finding a Long Lost Friend... the Format Cells Dialog Box Let's be honest, there are times when faced with the Ribbon and all its tabs, groups and buttons, that we miss our old friend the Format Cells dialog box. It was our "one-stop" formatting source. From within that one dialog box, we could … Continue reading MS Excel: Format Cells Dialog Box
Retain Text Formatting in MS Word
MS Word: How To Ensure That Your Formatting Is Kept When You Copy And Paste Text When you copy and paste text, do you ever find yourself wondering why sometimes certain formatting traits were pasted with the text and at others aren't? It can seem sort of random to most people... and random is frustrating. … Continue reading Retain Text Formatting in MS Word
Pictures and Shapes in MS Office
MS Office: A Picture of a Different Shape Today I want to point out a very simple and quick way to change the way pictures and graphics are displayed in your documents, presentations, worksheets, etc... We're going to take a look at how the fill of a shape can really make a difference in the … Continue reading Pictures and Shapes in MS Office
Using Character Spacing in PowerPoint
Powerpoint: Making the Difficult Fonts More Readable When putting together a document and using some more interesting fonts, I'm sure that you've run into the same thing that I have... the font is cool, what you want, but not very readable for some people. The design of the font just makes it feel "squished" together. … Continue reading Using Character Spacing in PowerPoint
Adjusting Line Spacing in Word 2007
Rose from Coon Rapids MN asks: When I am typing a document in Word 2007, I get a wide space between the lines. How do you reduce that space? Rose, thanks for the question. The search for your answer helped me find an answer to a question I was too lazy to find for myself. … Continue reading Adjusting Line Spacing in Word 2007