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Give Me A Break!

Since we’re all here for the same reason—to find out all about MS Word’s section breaks—I’ll get right to the “how to”.

The most obvious step is to have a Word file open that would benefit from having different sections.

Once your file is open you’ll need to place your cursor at the point where you want to create a section break.

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Paragraphs, Pages And Now There’s Sections?

OK, so we all have experience with paragraphs and pages in MS Word… but did you know you have further options for sub-dividing your documents?

No?

Well, let me fill you in.

According to Word’s online help, Sections are “a portion of a document in which you set certain page formatting options. You create a new section when you want to change such properties… Continue reading

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Breaking the Connection of Word’s Headers and Footers

Here’s the scenario: you’re working in MS Word and it’s time to set up your header or footer information.

Everything is going well except there’s one small catch. (Isn’t there just always “one small catch”?)

Anyway… the document you’re working on requires different header or footer information at different locations. (Maybe you need the first few pages numbered with Roman Numerals and… Continue reading

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White Space Be Gone In Word XP

If you’re like me then you like to work in MS Word using the Print Layout view.

I simply like to be able to see my whole page—margins and all. I like to keep an eye on the layout of the document without always jumping to Print Preview.

Anyway, once in a while I find myself working on documents that have a lot… Continue reading

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Stop the Open/Close Madness

You’re working in, oh, let’s say, MS Word and you need to switch to a new document.

Tell me. Do you close MS Word, saving the current file, and then open Word all over again? Are you one of the many people I see everyday who spends an unbelievable amount of time opening and closing the same files and programs over and over again?

Hopefully that’s… Continue reading

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Working With Multiple Files In MS Word Simultaneously

So, here you are feverishly working on several different MS Word files trying to read, copy / paste and type all at once.

You’re in file A, read a few lines, flip over to file B and type. Now over to file C, copy a paragraph, back to file B and now paste. Back to file A for another copy. Return to… Continue reading

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Seeing Blue

Are you one of the many people who find it easier to read light printing on a dark background?

Would you like to see the “light” in MS Word?

Word has the option of setting your screen to display a blue background with white lettering!

And I don’t mean actually changing text to white and the background to blue. No, this setting in Word that makes the color… Continue reading

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