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Prevent Outlook from adding the country field in Word
Writing letters in Word should be a breeze; however, Outlook may throw a snag in the process. Mary Ann Richardson walks you through the steps of how to block Outlook from automatically adding the country field to your letters. When you write letters in Word, Outlook automatically inserts...
Tags: U.S., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Groupware, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Mary Ann Richardson, desktops, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Country/Region
Technical articles 2007-06-19
Control text flow in Word with linked text boxes
When working with columns in Word, you can wind up spending a lot of time making sure the text flows evenly from one column to another. You can avoid much of this formatting by replacing columns with linked text boxes. It can be time- and labor-intensive to format...
Tags: Mary Ann Richardson, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Box, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Corporate Communications, Office Suites, Software, Marketing
Technical articles 2007-06-12
Address letters in a snap with Word's Insert Address toolbar button
When writing letters in Word, stop interrupting yourself to look up and insert addresses from your Outlook address book. Mary Ann Richardson describes how you can add a button to your Word toolbar that will allow you to easily reference your addresses. When you write a client letter, you...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, toolbar, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-06-05
Share Word 2003 documents with Word 2002 and Word 97 users
Each time you save a Word 2003 document for users still running older versions, you don't need to manually "save down" -- simply set Word to automatically save your documents to a more universal format. If you are a Word 2003 user, but some of your colleagues are still...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-05-29
Save time by using Word 2007's built-in cover pages
Word 2007 offers myriad improvements, including the ability to create cover pages more easily. Mary Ann Richardson shows how to make cover pages without taking the additional steps of setting section breaks. Prior to Word 2007, you had to manually set section breaks at the top of your...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, ribbon, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, built-In, Section Break, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-05-22
Add a header to Word 2007 documents with three mouse clicks
Word 2007 makes dealing with headers easier than ever. Here's how to create a basic header that you can edit and adjust as necessary to streamline your Word documents. While Word 2007 comes with some sophisticated built-in header styles, most documents do not require such complex headers. Sometimes...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, mouse, header, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-05-15
Let Word 2007 proofread your documents with a click of the mouse
Need a proofreader? Word 2007 comes with a feature that can check your spelling, grammar, and style. Mary Ann Richardson tells how you can set up Word Options to catch errors with a single command. Word 2007 automatically proofreads your document for spelling, grammar, and style errors as...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, mouse, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-05-08
Use Word 2007's options to change your default document folder
Each time you save a Word 2007 file, it winds up in the My Documents folder. Here's how to to change your default document folder for Word 2007 files. In Windows, all your Word documents save to the My Documents folder by default. However, your organization may require...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Click OK, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Word 2007, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-05-01
Change the default margins of your Word 2007 documents
If all your documents require the same formatting, such as margins, you don't need to set the specs each time. Here's how to set a default for each of your Word 2007 documents, so you won't have to do it again with every new file. Word 2007 makes it...
Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Click Custom Margins, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Margin, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-04-24
Keep Word commands handy with Office 2007's Quick Access Toolbar
There are a lot of useful features on Office 2007's ribbon -- there are even too many to sort through at times. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to use the Quick Access Toolbar to put the Word tools and commands you use most often. With Word 2007, there's no...
Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Quick Access Toolbar, Add Button, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Access, Toolbar, Tool, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-04-17
Keep company logos handy with Word's Clip Organizer
Keep your logos or WordArt creations organized. Mary Ann Richardson talks about Word's Clip Organizer, which can help you maintain your image files. You want all employees to use the same company logo when developing documents for both print and online, so you've created a company logo...
Tags: Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Microsoft Office, Click Organize Clips, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Company Logo, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-04-10
Let Word format your document as you type
Word contains a variety of document formats to assist you in assigning particular styles to your pages. Mary Ann Richardson discusses how you can save time while creating a polished look with the help of Word's Style Gallery. If you aren't sure how to format your document, Word includes...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Click OK, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-04-03
Use Print Preview to move objects within your Word documents
Moving objects or paragraphs within a Word document can be unwieldy, but there's an easy way around it. Mary Ann Richardson describes using Print Preview as an effective thumbnail view of your document so you can rearrange your document's elements with ease. Most of us find it easy to...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Print Preview, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Document, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-03-27
How to undo in Word's Print Preview
If you do much editing in Print Preview, you have probably wished the Undo button was on the toolbar. Mary Ann Richardson gives step-by-step instructions on how to set up your Word documents to Undo directly in Print Preview. While you can edit your Word document in Print Preview,...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Print Preview, Undo, toolbar, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-03-20
Customizing WordArt objects in Word documents
WordArt is handy for creating type treatments in Microsoft Word. If you want to customize the look of your WordArt objects, check out these tips from Mary Ann Richardson. Word gives you considerable options for designing WordArt objects. For example, suppose you want to use a certain WordArt...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, WordArt Object, Click OK, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Arrow, Object, WordArt, Company Logo, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-03-13
Change automatic reference marks for Word endnotes
If you don't like the way your Word endnote numbers look, change them! Mary Ann Richardson explains that you can change the reference marks from Roman numerals to a different format by making one simple format change. By default, Word uses small Roman numerals for endnote reference marks....
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Footnotes, drop-down list, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Difference, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-03-06
Move endnotes to the end of a Word document
After creating a Word document, you may find that the notes you so laboriously created belong at the end. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to move the endnotes where they belong. After completing your report in Word, you decide to format the table in the document in landscape...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, endnote, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Document, Section, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-02-27
Use heading styles to create an outline of your Word report
Mary Ann Richardson explains how to create an outline of a Word report by using headings, leaving the extraneous information in the original document where it belongs. Your supervisor asks to see an outline of your Word report before you submit the final version. Since you built your...
Tags: Mary Ann Richardson, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Word processors, Ctrl, Table-of-Contents, outline, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Document, Table, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-02-20
Set a language to a style in Word
When you enter non-English text into your Word document, chances are Word will not recognize it and interpret it as misspelled. Mary Ann Richardson brings a certain je ne sais quoi to the issue. If your work requires typing blocks of non-English text within your English-language Word documents,...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-02-13
Let Word create your document summary
Need to summarize the information in your Word document in a hurry? By using Word's AutoSummarize feature, you can condense your document into the length of your choice. Your team has just completed an annual report for 2006 that totals 102 pages. So, what do you do when...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, AutoSummarize, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Office Suites, Software
Technical articles 2007-02-06


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