Those of you who have experience with Microsoft Office should recognize the term “WordArt”.
It was that handy little feature that allowed you to take any text and really turn it into a piece of art.
If you’re now switching to OpenOffice then you may have wondered a time or two if there is an equivalent feature available.
Of course there is… you just have to know what it’s called:… Continue reading
Looking for another way to say it?
Need a synonym? Need it quick?
Well, then I have a little treat for you…
Next time you need a quick word, try a right-click.
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Yep, that’s all it will take. Just right-click over the word for which you need the synonym. (You don’t have to select the word – just… Continue reading
Marvin asks:
I was doing a spell-check the other day and I accidentally added a word that wasn’t spelled right to the Dictionary. Can I get rid of it or do I just watch for the misspelled word?
A:
Hi, Marvin, thanks for asking about this – I hadn’t ever even thought about it. I’ll bet my dictionary couldn’t win a lot of… Continue reading
Recently a reader wrote in asking if formulas can be used in Word 2007 tables – good question!
The “good” answer is YES they can, and while some may question the reasons you might want to use Word for calculations I can see your point.
If the primary purpose of the table is to present non-numerical information and you simply need one or two… Continue reading
Let’s talk about paragraph spacing in our Word documents…
Specifically, let’s discuss what happens when you need just a bit more space before a particular paragraph.
What do you do?
Do you track down the paragraph formatting in either the Format menu / Page Layout tab of the Ribbon? Make the change for just
You’re working in MS Word and you’ve got a beautiful table. I mean, it’s perfect!
Well, almost perfect.
Unfortunately, for whatever reason, you’ve just come to the conclusion that it really should be two different tables.
Now what?
Are you having copy/paste nightmares?
Or, worse yet, you’re picturing a situation where you’ve got to create… Continue reading
If you’ve ever used MS Publisher then you’ve probably have run across the “phenomena” of linked text boxes.
Not being a regular user of such things you probably don’t know what’s going on when you bump into such things…
Well, it’s just what it sounds like – the boxes are linked and when the first one fills up with text it will overflow into… Continue reading
These days we all have a whole lot of fonts in our computer systems – which is nice on the side of creativity and giving things your own personal touch – but not so nice on the side of changing from font to font.
We’ve all done it… select some text then go to the Font drop-down list and scroll, scroll and scroll some more to get… Continue reading
Shift + F3. How often do you use that one?
Remember its little gem? It takes the highlighted text and rotates it between the Title Case of lowercase and UPPERCASE letters.
But, what if you’re tired of rotating through the choices and just want to jump straight to UPPERCASE?
Can we find a quick
If you’re an MS Word table user then it’s quite possible that you’ve spent some time trying figure out how to wrap the text of your document around the table.
There isn’t an overly obvious answer so I’m sure that many of you have just given up on truly wrapping the text around the table.
For those of you who have unsuccessfully searched here’s… Continue reading
For years we’ve all used Microsoft Word and have come to rely upon our handy little underline button.
Assuming that you’ve made the transition to Word 2007, then I’m sure you were happy to see the Underline button safe and sound (not to mention easy to find) on the Home tab of the Ribbon.
But, have you really looked at the new Underline button?… Continue reading
Here’s a quick Word tip for all of you who are attached to your emoticons… you know, the little 
and 
we’re so fond of using in text and e-mail?
Well, if you like these little guys and haven’t tried one in Word lately then you really should!
As part of the AutoCorrect list there are three emoticons set to be replaced by… Continue reading
Have you used a table in MS Word lately?
Find that your column is a little too narrow to fit the data?
Now, if we were working in Excel we’d just double click the right border of the column label… but this isn’t Excel so we’re out of luck, right?
Wrong. AutoFit works on Word tables too!
All… Continue reading
Do you have a custom logo, picture or return address set up that you really wish would just show up every time you print an envelope?
That sure would be nice. I mean, no messing with templates, copy/pastes or other methods you may dream up to get your envelopes to your liking.
Well, I have good news. That “dream come true” is easier to… Continue reading
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 – or – View tab on the Ribbon, check the Ruler option), but it’s still a bit of a pain to double… Continue reading
Do you use MS Word’s ruler feature with your documents? (You know… View menu / Ruler choice or View tab of the Ribbon / Ruler checkbox.)
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 isn’t the way… Continue reading
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 half of many lines of text or the middle of a paragraph.
The… Continue reading
Sometimes it’s just a good plan to have the lines of your Word documents numbered.
They could come in handy if you’re trying to communicate with someone about specific portions of the document or maybe they would be useful for your own editing notes.
Whatever the reason, sometimes it’s just a good idea to have them and that makes it an even better idea… Continue reading
Ever copy text from the Internet or an e-mail into MS Word?
Did something come along with the text that you weren’t necessarily expecting or hoped wouldn’t?
Yeah – I hear you – all those hyperlinks are a big pain at this point, aren’t they?
I mean, you’ve got the information in Word, you’re creating a document (not a web page), you have all these
Every try to open an MS Word document only to have the program tell you that it can’t open the file because it’s corrupt?
Come on, if you use Word with any frequency then I’m betting that you’ve run into this gem a time or two.
Made your day, didn’t it?
I mean, what better way to spend your… Continue reading
I can’t speak for everyone but I know that when I’m at work I find myself constantly revising the Word documents that I use. Being a teacher, most times that a document is used I find adjustments to the lesson that need to be made for next time.
All those adjustments result in the need for revision dates so that a new version isn’t accidentally replaced with… Continue reading
Have you invested quite a bit of time creating custom key combinations for various tasks in Word 2007?
If you’re anything like me then the number of key combinations can be many and I will go through phases where the newest ones are needed daily so the older ones are sometimes forgotten.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have a printout of all those key… Continue reading
Did you know that when working in MS Word, there is no need to highlight an entire paragraph to make changes to paragraph traits (such as tabs, justification, line spacing and indents?)
All you have to do is click anywhere inside the paragraph and the changes will automatically apply to the entire paragraph.
Have more than one paragraph to work with?… Continue reading
Do you find yourself constantly drawing horizontal lines in MS Word? You know, using the drawing toolbar to draw lines as borders or dividers, in order to give your document a little extra pizzazz.
Are you tired of all the mouse work involved in the drawing toolbar? You know, turning on the line tool, drawing the line and then changing the style.
Wish you… Continue reading
If you work with Microsoft Word a lot then I’m sure that you’ve created documents containing columns at one time or another.
I know that I use them frequently when I have long lists of short items… things that could be easily put into two or three columns across the page. The columns will save on printed paper as well as give a pleasing layout that would… Continue reading
Have you ever felt the need to move an entire row in an Word table?
Maybe you’ve decided that the first row of information should really be the 5th row… so, what did you do?
Did you insert a new row below the 4th one, copy & paste the information into its new position and then go back and delete the first row? Or… Continue reading
