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How Do I Convert Word Files To PDF Documents?
Tuesday, December 11th, 2012Advanced Office Password Recovery
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012If you’ve forgotten your Microsoft Word document password, recover it for free with the Advanced Office Password Recovery program. Continue reading
Opening Display Write Files
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012Have some old Display Writer files sitting around that you’d like to open? Here are some tools to do that if you don’t want to have to start trolling Ebay for a Display Writer console. Continue reading
E-mail to DOC
Wednesday, January 25th, 2012How to save your e-mail to a Word document by utilizing Google’s “Gmail Labs” feature. Check it out! Continue reading
How to Change the Default Font in Word 2007
Monday, January 16th, 2012This tip will show you how to change the default font in Word 2007 – meaning that you won’t ever have to change the font to your personal favorite when opening a new document ever again. Continue reading
Replacing Fractions in Word
Friday, December 9th, 2011How to replace fractions with fraction characters in Word 2010 in a few easy clicks! Check it out! Continue reading
DocX Viewer
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011Have you ever tried to open a Microsoft Word document created in Microsoft Word 2007 using any previous version? If you have, you have run to the problem that many others are now experiencing. There are converters and other software out there designed to help you with this, but I have found a viewer that is very easy to use and very light. It is a
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 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
Using a Spreadsheet within a Word Document
Friday, March 18th, 2011MS Word: Using a Spreadsheet Within a Document
On more than one occasion, I’ve found that within a document I’ve needed to present data that really should be set up in Excel.
Don’t get me wrong, Word’s tables are great, but when it comes to calculations and numeric data displays, Excel wins hands down.
Numbering Tables in MS Word
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011MS Word: Stop Numbering Table Rows Manually, Word Can Do That for You
It’s not that uncommon… you’ve got a table in MS Word where you need the rows numbered, so you find yourself manually keying them in.
…1 – down arrow – 2 – down arrow – 3 – down arrow – 4
Retain Text Formatting in MS Word
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011MS Word: How To Ensure That Your Formatting Is Kept When You Copy And Paste Text
When you copy and paste text, do you ever find yourself wondering why sometimes certain formatting traits were pasted with the text and at others aren’t?
It can seem sort of random to most people… and random is
Adjusting Line Spacing in Word 2007
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Rose from Coon Rapids MN asks:
When I am typing a document in Word 2007, I get a wide space between the lines. How do you reduce that space?
Rose, thanks for the question. The search for your answer helped me find an answer to a question I was too lazy to
Drag and Drop Table Rows and Columns in MS Word
Friday, February 25th, 2011MS Word: Manually Move Table Rows or Columns Without Copy and Paste
Let’s face it, there are just times when the table you’ve set up now seems to be “out of order”. You find yourself wishing that the 3rd row was now the 5th row and that the 4th column should have actually have been the 2nd.
Drop Caps in MS Word
Friday, February 11th, 2011It’s called a Drop Cap and, while this may not be something that we would use every day, it is a quick and very easy way to add a little something extra to your documents, making it something that would be a good addition to our “Hey, I know how to do that” list.
Text Rotation in MS Word
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011MS Word: Moving In a New Direction
Ever find yourself looking to rotate text in MS Word?
Maybe you’re trying to make a flyer with phone number tabs across the bottom? Or, maybe you need to run some text down the side of a document and you don’t want
Applying Options in MS Office
Thursday, January 20th, 2011When you’re in the Options dialog box for one of these newest MS Office programs, have you ever noticed this part of a section header? (You’ll notice that not all section headers have one…)
Even if you did notice it…did you take the time to investigate?
For many people the answers are no…
Using the Clipboard in MS Office
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011MS Office 2007 & 2010: I Thought That the Clipboard Could Hold More Than One Item?
You’re right – it can…
you were used to accessing something like this via the Edit menu in older
versions of MS Office:
A clipboard pane where all
the items that have been copied or cut, are stacked in a list… Continue reading
Using Windows Snipping Tool with Word
Monday, January 10th, 2011In Windows 7, when using the Snipping tool, (one of the greatest features of Win 7), I can copy the snippet OK and place it in MS Word, but I cannot place the object right or center nor can I text wrap around the object. Any ideas?
Back in the days before the introduction of Windows 7 and Vista, if you wanted to take a picture… Continue reading
Reducing the Size of Word Documents
Friday, January 7th, 2011Thom, from Dallas asks:
Why do Word and Excel files get so large when the content is so small? As I make numerous changes and saves to a Word file, the file becomes bloated over time. If I open the large Word file and copy (Ctrl-C) and paste the content to a newly created word document, the file
MS Word 2007: Editing in Print Preview
Thursday, December 30th, 2010I can’t speak for everyone, but I’m a die-hard fan of Print Preview.
It gives me a sense of the overall look of the final product, which I find to be an invaluable tool.
Word 2007 has the Print Preview option under the Office Button in the Print choices.
Earlier versions of Word used to allow me to get into the… Continue reading
