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How To Create Password Protected PDF Documents
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011PDF creator lite is a useful program which can be used to create password protected PDF documents from Microsoft Office applications like Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. You can also turn images to PDF documents using this free PDF printer. Continue reading
Bringing Back Add to Dictionary in Word 2007
Thursday, September 1st, 2011Has “Add to Dictionary” in your computers’ Microsoft Word 2007 gone missing? Here is a simple way to bring this handy feature back again. Continue reading
MS Office: Customize Your Hyperlink Screen Tips
Thursday, August 25th, 2011If you’re going to see a screen tip when you hover over the link, then it might as well be something more useful than the old “Click to follow link”! Learn how to customize your hyperlink screen tips here. Continue reading
MS Word: Misspellings – Right Click to Fix Without the Click
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011Learn to “right-click” correct your spelling errors in Microsoft Word without running the Spell Check or using your mouse! Continue reading
MS Office: Switch SmartArt Layouts Without Starting Over
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Let MS Office transfer SmartArt information from one layout to another. Continue reading
MS Word: Creating an Index for Your Document
Monday, August 15th, 2011Learn to create an index for your Word documents in a fraction of the time you’d think. Continue reading
MS Word: Table of Contents
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011It’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. Continue reading
MS Word 2010: Navigation Pane = Document Map + More
Monday, August 8th, 2011Out with the Document Map and in with the Navigation Pane.
Use the Navigation Pane in Word 2010 to rearrange the sections of your document. Continue reading
MS Word: Open the Last File Worked On Automatically
Monday, August 1st, 2011If 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. Continue reading
MS Office: Finding the Close All Command
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011Tired of closing each Word document separately? Learn where to find the Close All command in the newest versions of Microsoft Office. Continue reading
How to Use the Insert Key
Sunday, July 24th, 2011Is 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. Continue reading
MS Word: Keep With Next vs Keep Lines Together
Friday, July 1st, 2011Here’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! Continue reading
Blank MS Word Document by Default
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011Check 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. Continue reading
MS Word: Copy Style Features From One Document to Another
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Here’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. Continue reading
Resetting Spell Check in Word
Monday, May 23rd, 2011If the spell checker in MS Word has stopped working, this tip describes methods for getting it back up and running. Continue reading
MS Word: Readability Statistics and More
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011Check out this handy Office Tip on how to find the Reading Level and Other Readability Statistics Pertaining to Your Document. Continue reading
MS Word: What Happened to the Normal View
Thursday, May 5th, 2011Wondering what happened to Normal View in MS Word? You may have found Draft View as a substitute, but is there any way to make it stick? April explores an answer. Continue reading
MS Word: Precision Graphic Placements
Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011Need to place a graphic in MS Word to an exact location? This helpful MS Office Word tip is just the medicine! Give it a look now and put those graphics where you want them easily! Continue reading
MS Word: When Asking for Space After Paragraphs Doesn’t Seem to Work
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Are you looking to put a little space in-between your MS Word paragraphs, but don’t know where to find the option to do so? April has your answer right here, and it’s easier than you think! Continue reading
Inserting Pre-Designed Text Boxes in Word
Thursday, April 14th, 2011MS Word: Insert Text Boxes That Come With Their Own Pizzazz
I often find myself using text boxes in Word for a variety of reasons… often it’s something that needs to stand out from all the rest of the text, or needs to be very mobile… and let’s face it, moving plain text around is just a pain.
MS Office: Add Your Locations to the My Places Bar
Friday, April 8th, 2011Some people have one central location where they open Office files from on a regular basis… but others have several locations, and it’s a bit of a pain to constantly navigate from one location to another.
The more files you open, the bigger that pain becomes until it’s an all out headache.
You’ve got to be
MS Word: Color Backgrounds for an Entire Paragraph
Friday, April 1st, 2011There are times when I’ve found myself working in MS Word, and I’ve needed a title or header for a page or section that was more of a title bar… something like this:
To create it, I could choose a text box and then format it appropriately but the reality is that it’s not
MS Word: Location and Text Wrapping in One Setting
Thursday, March 31st, 2011It’s not uncommon for us to find ourselves dragging a picture or drawing object around a document to place it where we need it, and then to turn around, go back to the Ribbon to set the word wrapping.
Let’s face it, sometimes it feels like a good 10 minutes before we’re done tinkering with these basic things, after inserting a picture
Get Your Screenshot Without Leaving Word 2010
Tuesday, March 29th, 2011Many 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 the active window or dialog box.
Choose Which Formatting Marks to Display in Word
Friday, March 25th, 2011MS 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
