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- Measure Up With the Horizontal Ruler: Set Margins, Indents, and Tabs
- In Word, one can quickly set up margins, tab stops, and paragraph indents in one convenient place: the horizontal ruler. The horizontal ruler is the bar across the top of the Word document with measurements marked out on it. Many people ignore it and use the various dialog boxes instead....
- Tags: Layout, Ruler, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Use Word's Tabs dialog box to set multiple tabs
- Better to use the ruler!My only problem with not using the ruler is that you lose the ability to "eyeball" the setting of the tabs. I like to set a tab using the ruler, then double-click on the tab mark which takes you into the Tab dialog box. ...
- Tags: Leadership, janetdart@..., ruler, dialog box, Use Word
- Discussion threads 2007-09-05
- MB-Ruler (zip)
- A tool to measure distances and angles on the desktop. The distances can be measured in pixel, cm, inch, points or twips and the angle in radiant or degree. The ruler is almost transparent so you can have it on the screen, while you are working with the applications below....
- Tags: Screen, Distance, Ruler, Productivity, Construction
- Software downloads 2007-03-20
- On-screen Ruler (msi)
- This program is a semi-transparent on-screen ruler with keyboard shortcuts to help you lay out GUIs and Web pages or measure anything on your screen. Right-click to learn the options and shortcuts. The ruler saves its settings upon exit, so it always looks the way you configured it last. The...
- Tags: Program, Ruler, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2006-04-18
- Save time with multiple control selection in Access
- Whether you design forms or reports, you will most likely need to make the same modification to more than one control at a time. Fortunately, you don't have to modify each one separately. Here are some tricks for using multiple control selection in Access. When you need to make...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Microsoft Excel, ruler, Microsoft Office Suite Access Tips Newsletter, Microsoft Access, Control, Databases, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Technical articles 2006-02-14
- How to use the mouse to change your Word document's margins
- When using the mouse and the ruler to change margins in Word documents, users often confuse the ruler's document margin markers with the paragraph indent markers. Learn how to find and move the correct marker to change the left and right document margins with your mouse. When users try...
- Tags: Mice, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, ruler, mouse, marker, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Margin, Word Processors, Hardware, Peripherals, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2005-07-26
- Word 2003 - Bullet/Tab problems...
- We just upgraded to Office 2003, and I of course have to have the most issues. I experience the problem with the centimeter ruler; even with Inches selected. Resolved that one....now onto the next problem. When using Bullets and Numbering; The first item in the list has a bullet when...
- Tags: allignment, arrow, bullet, marker, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word 2003, MzZoo, ruler, windows
- Q&A 2005-12-27
- Indent Word paragraphs with one click
- Indent First Line of Paragraphs in WordI tried your suggestion and it didn't work for me. Clicking on the button at the far left of the horizontal ruler only gave me four options; left tab, right tab, center tab and decimal tab. As you can see none of...
- Tags: Ctrl, cursor, kittieangel1@..., Microsoft Word, paragraph, ruler, tab key
- Discussion threads 2004-11-15
- Indent Word paragraphs with one click
- Help your users get the most from Word, Excel, and Access. TechRepublic's weekly Microsoft Office Suite newsletter offers three powerful tips to help your users increase productivity. Automatically sign up today! Indent paragraphs with one click A popular method for indenting paragraphs is to drag Word's First...
- Tags: marker, Microsoft Word, ruler
- Technical articles 2004-10-14
- Tech Tip: Indent Word paragraphs with one click/Take advantage of Excel's DATE function/Safely back up data in Access 2003
- Indent paragraphs with one click A popular method forindenting paragraphs is to drag Word's First Line Indent marker tothe desired position on the ruler. But this method is also the mostdifficult for new users, who often end up changing the left margininstead. However, there's...
- Tags: Access 2003, backup, DATE function/Safely, marker, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, ruler
- Technical articles 2004-09-09
- Tech Tip: Indent Word paragraphs/Excel page breaks/Search with Access parameter query
- Word: Quickly indent paragraphs and lists Although you can use the Paragraph dialog boxor the Ruler, using the Formatting toolbar's Increase Indent orDecrease Indent buttons may be the quickest method to indentparagraphs or lists. Clicking the Increase Indent or Decrease Indentbuttons increases or decreases the indent from...
- Tags: Author Name, Decrease Indent, Increase Indent, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word 2002, Page Break Preview, Ruler
- Technical articles 2003-12-08
- Tab tactics: Lining up numbers with dollar signs
- What's one thing that new and experienced Word users have in common? They hate tabs! Here's a simple, practical scenario that proves tabs aren't so bad after all.Ask a classroom full of inexperienced Word students to set up a price list in a document, and what will happen? Odds are,...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Jody Gilbert, dollar sign, ruler
- Technical articles 1999-12-30
Additional Resources
- A Ruler for Windows (exe)
- A Ruler for Windows is an on-screen pixel ruler for your PC. It provides your choice between a rich wood grain ruler, or at the touch of a button, a clear see-through plastic ruler. As you can see through the clear plastic ruler you can even continue your typing under...
- Tags: Length, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-05-14
- Screen Ruler (exe)
- Screen Ruler is an innovative strip magnifier. It enlarges the horizontal strip under the cursor and provides easier viewing of anything on the PC. Screen Ruler will assist anyone with viewing and concentrating on text or pictures. The "strip" or "ruler" across the screen can be magnified, can have the...
- Tags: PC, Cursor, Screen Ruler, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2004-09-27
- Clever Ruler (exe)
- Clever Ruler is a powerful measuring tool for Windows. It's simple and easy to use. It can be transparent and rotatable. The features are: transparent, can slant and rotate. It contains pixels, cm, inch, custom unit. You can also make the ruler not show any unit. It allows you adjust...
- Tags: Pixel, Clever Ruler, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-10-15
- Desktop Ruler (exe)
- Desktop Ruler is, just as its name indicates, a virtual ruler utility/tool for your desktop. It has customizable size, color, transparency, orientation and scale in pixels, centimeters or inches, as well as some other useful features like Precise Measuring Tool with adjustable zoom, capable of measuring on-screen distances in any...
- Tags: Desktop Ruler, Desktops, Hardware
- Software downloads 2006-01-24
- G-Ruler (zip)
- G-Ruler is an Aqualicious on-screen ruler that measures items on your screen, ideal for graphic designers and developers who need to measure screen elements. It features multiple unit types, pixels, picas, CM and inches. It is possible to add multiple rulers each with different settings.
- Tags: Gorgeousity, G-Ruler
- Software downloads 2005-07-11
- DKRuler - Desktop Ruler (zip)
- DKRuler is a sizable drag and drop Horizontal, Vertical and Translucent ruler for your computer s desktop. DKRuler stays on top of all applications and file system windows. Uses: Keep your position on screen when reading and working with documents. Align & organize text, graphics and other objects on screen....
- Tags: Screen, Window, DKRuler, Construction, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2006-04-25
- Ruler Bars (exe)
- Ruler Bars is a pop-up set of vertical and horizontal rulers that you can drag to any position on your screen. The rulers can be set to measure inches, centimeters, or pixels. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Multimedia, Multimedia Science, Ruler Bars
- Software downloads 2008-03-17
- WonderWebware Screen Ruler (exe)
- Measure the distance between two points on your screen, get the exact location and size of an element on a Web page, measure in pixels, centimeters or millimeters, both horizontally and vertically? Screen Ruler is your choice. Version 3 can load image as background.
- Tags: WonderWebWare
- Software downloads 2008-05-15
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