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MS Office 101

Tired of reading Times New Roman font at the tiny 10 point size? Do you find yourself immediately changing fonts and size every time you start a new document in MS Word?

Yes?

Well then, let's change the default font size once and for all. It's exactly what the "computer doctor" has ordered and it's much easier than it sounds.

To begin, got to the Format menu and choose Font. The window that will come up will let you make changes to the font type, size and many other attributes.

Once you have selected all the changes necessary, simply click on the Default button in the bottom left corner of the window.

Another window will come up asking you to confirm your decision to change the default settings based on the template you're working in (probably the normal template - the one all blank documents open with). Confirm your decision by clicking yes and doing a little chant. OK, you can skip the chant part.

That's it, That irritating font problem has been cured!

Office Tip of the Day

Tempting Templates

Do you have a certain type of document you use over and over again? Something that requires all kinds of formatting adjustments every time you create it? Or what about the files that you're forever changing and then saving under a new name, hoping you don't accidentally save over the original?

What you need to set up is a document template. A template is a file that stores any text, customizations or other items that you would use together frequently. Examples might be letterhead with a company logo, shipping labels set up with return address information, a monthly budgeting worksheet or any document formatting that you would frequently need to use.

Templates are very easy to create using the following steps:

1. Open a blank document or workbook.

2. Make any required changes such as fonts, margins, custom toolbars, headers, footers, logos, text, etc…

3. Save the file as a document template by selecting Document Template for Word and Template for Excel in the Save as Type field.

To retrieve your template simply open the program then go to File, New (control + N). A window should open displaying all the available templates. Select the one you need and open it.

Once the template is open you are free to modify it as needed and then save. When you save the file it will be saved as either a Word document or and Excel workbook, leaving your original template file intact and ready for the next time you need it.

So that's all there is to it. Set up a different template for all of your various needs. Template to your heart's content.