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.
Now use the Insert… Continue reading
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
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
Here’s the deal. You open up My Computer and start browsing for a particular file or folder. About five minutes into it, you realize you would have been better off doing this with Windows Explorer. What to do? Is it time to start over? Is all hope lost? Am I being too dramatic?
Anyhow, when faced with the situation above, most of us would close My Computer, open Explorer, 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
Q:
What’s the difference between Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer?
A:
Actually, nothing. It’s a program with a split-personality. The Internet Explorer side of the program is for surfing the web. The Windows Explorer side is used for exploring the files, folders, drives, and directories on your computer.
What’s cool about it is they work very much the same manner. For example, click the Back button on Internet… 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
Landscaping in October?
Ever have a file that you wanted to print on the paper sideways or “landscape”? Not sure how to set landscape printing? Would you like to know? (Not a bad idea to to find out because even if you don’t need it now, it could come in handy in the future.)
If you’re in an MS Office Suite program, then you’re going to need to go to… 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
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
Q:
My mouse is acting funny. Yes, it’s one of those ancient roller-ball mouses and sometimes I have to move it a few inches before the cursor starts to move. Is it time for a new mouse?
A:
I’m guessing the problem is that your mouse guts are dirty. Don’t worry, you don’t need to get in touch with some sort of computer vet to fix the little… Continue reading
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Save vs. Save As… Is There A Difference?
Ever find yourself thinking that exact question when you were trying to save your work? Is there a difference?
Yes, there is, but I think you knew that. I mean, why else would they both be listed in the File menu?
Well, to put it simply, Save will save the current file under the same name in the same location. (Meaning it… Continue reading
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Q:
What is POP3 Email?
A:
POP3 means “post office protocol, version 3″. It is a protocol for getting e-mail off of a web server. If you use Outlook Express, Outlook, Netscape Mail, or Eudora you’re using POP3.
Some web-based e-mail accounts use this protocol as well. I know that Hotmail and Yahoo (for a price) allow you to get your mail via POP3. AOL does not.
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Improve the Quality of Graphics in AOL
If you browse the web with AOL, you know that sometimes graphics just don’t look so purdy. Never fear! I’m here to show you how to turn off the built in image compression.
AOL says this image compression helps images download faster. Blah! This may be, but a typical human can’t see any significant difference in speed between having compression on vs off… Continue reading
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Mouse-less Cell Formatting
So, you’re working in MS Excel and you’ve got some cells to format. What do you do?
Oh, wait, I know.
You highlight the cell(s) to be formatted and then use the Format menu, Cells choice (or Ctrl + 1) to open the Format Cells window. This is followed by some “quality mouse time” spent scrolling through the choices until you find the right format.
What was… Continue reading
The “Save All”
Have you ever had several MS Word documents open at once and want to quickly save them all?
Maybe you’re going to close the program and would like to avoid the continual pop-up boxes asking you to save each document.
Or, maybe, you’re going to walk away from your computer for a few minutes and would like to quickly save everything “just in case”. You know how… Continue reading
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They often call me the “Hotkey Master” around here because I like to use keyboard shortcuts. Well, I found out something cool in Windows Vista and XP—I can create my own document short cuts! I have a few files that I’m always using and having hotkeys for my shortcuts is a real time saver.
First thing to do is create a shortcut on your desktop. Bring the… Continue reading
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Above The Table
Have you ever created a table in MS Word at the beginning of the document only to find that it was a mistake? Since you began this document you’ve re-thought the layout and some text just has to go above that table.
But, of course, you’re learning the hard way that MS Word isn’t going to easily cooperate.
Every time you try to get to the top… Continue reading
Creating Custom Shortcut Keys In MS Word
Are you a keyboard enthusiast who finds yourself constantly wishing you had a shortcut key combination for one thing or another? Maybe a keyboard combination for the “Save All” trick from Tuesday’s newsletter?
If your answer is “Yes!” and you’re a Word user then this is a tip for you. (I tried this in Excel and PowerPoint and couldn’t find it—but it’s still… Continue reading
Let’s take a quick minute to expand on last Tuesday’s (11-2-04) “Save All” tip.
Last week we discussed that when you hold the Shift key down and go to the File menu you get a new command on the menu, “Save All”.
Take a look at the command just above Save All…
See it?
Close All works pretty much like you’d expect. It will close all open… Continue reading
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Office Tip of the Day
Three Key Range Highlighting in MS Excel
Have you ever found yourself playing the highlighting game in MS Excel? You know, where you’re trying to highlight with the mouse and find the file flying by creating incredibly huge highlighted areas?
Many of you may know lots of keyboard tricks for highlighting using the Shift key combined with the arrows, Page Up, Page Down, Home and… Continue reading
Q:
In Windows XP, is there a way to empty “My Recent Documents” or to just get rid of it ?
A:
“My Recent Documents” holds the last 15 items that you opened. You can delete individual items in the usual manner (Right-click then choose “Delete”), but the number stays at fifteen. That’s because the contents are in a hidden file called “Recent” that is… Continue reading
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The Mouse-less Right Click
There are many people who are new to the right click menus that my tips are always referring to.
These right clicks are great for everyone who’s comfortable with the mouse. And many people aren’t even remotely interested in trying to remember all the key combinations necessary to replace all the stuff the that right click can do.
But what about the rest of you? The… Continue reading
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Have you ever needed to get at a program’s folder? Usually, it involves opening Windows Explorer , then the Program Files folder, then sifting around through all the sub-folders until you find what you’re looking for. Heck, even then you sometimes have to sort through more sub-folder before you actually get to where you want to go.
There’s gotta be a better way, right?… Continue reading
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What is Over-Clocking? Find out here! Continue reading
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Adding Shortcuts to the Taskbar
I know, this is kind of a basic tip for you long time Windows users, but we’ve been getting a lot of questions on this lately. So, if you want to add icons to your taskbar – or make the ones you already have on it bigger, read on!
OK, first we’ll talk about getting the icons there in the first place. By… Continue reading
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Change Your Search Companion
If you search for a file in XP you’ll notice the little dog at the bottom. Rover is there to help you sniff out files you need. Well, what if you don’t want him sniffing around? Maybe you’re a cat person. Did you know you can change the Search Companion? Here’s how…
Go to Start/Search and click “Change Preferences”. If you don’t want any character, choose… Continue reading
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