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- Let Word address your letters for you
- Inserting addresses in a Word document doesn't have to be a chore. Using Smart Tags, you can automatically pull in the address of anyone in your Outlook contact list. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Quickly apply multiple formats in a Word document
- Applying multiple formats throughout a document can be a tedious task. Bust the task with this easy-to-use keyboard shortcut. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Format, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Video: What if fonts were people?
- Premise: What if fonts were people? What if those people unionized? And what if that union controlled access choice employment in word processor programs like Microsoft Word and Final Draft? Yep, it would result in inter-typeface violence, with a touch of supervillainy. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Video, Font, Word Processors, Software, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Create a custom letterhead template in Word
- Printing your own stationery can save you significant bucks -- you can print on an as-needed basis and make changes whenever you want without incurring any charges. Here's what you need to know about using Word to set up a letterhead template. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Page, Margin, Template, AutoShape, Susan Sales Harkins, Document Management, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Printers, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Office Suites, Hardware, Peripherals, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Wrap text around text in Word 2007
- Word 2007 expands your wrapping options in a text box. Here's a look at how to wrap around text rather than around the text box boundaries. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Box, Microsoft Word 2007, Figure D Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- What to do when styles don't seem to match
- Sometimes, there may be variations in the appearance of your text, even if it carries the same style. As Mary Ann Richardson explains, Word's Reveal Formatting feature can help you ferret out any discrepancies. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Change all instances of a style at once with Word's Formatting And Styles pane
- Here's a lightning-fast way to globally replace styles in a Word document. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Style, Section Heading, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Create a Strikethrough shortcut in Word
- Applying the Strikethrough format to text in a Word document requires a trip to the Font dialog box -- which will get old in a hurry, if you use that format a lot. Taking a moment now to create a keyboard shortcut will provide a big efficiency payoff. by Jody...
- Tags: Dialog Box, Keyboard Shortcut, Strikethrough, Word 2007 Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Keyboards, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Fix numbers that deviate from your numbered list format
- If one of your list numbers appears in a different format from the rest, the problem isn't the number format -- it's paragraph formatting. Here's how you can eliminate the formatting to make the number match the others. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Five Word borders you can apply as you type
- Word offers a variety of border styles you can use to separate or set off areas in a document -- and you can apply them automatically with these keyboard tricks. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Quickly copy a column and row in Word table
- By holding down the Ctrl key, you can copy a Word table's row or column to create a new row or column. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Column, Word Table, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-06-27
- Use Word's Numbering styles to include chapter numbers with page numbers
- If you use Word's Numbering styles to format your chapter headings, you can automatically include the chapter numbers with your page numbers in a header or footer. Here's a look at how it works. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- Use Word fields to customize your form letters
- When you need to send out two versions of a form letter, you don't have to create separate mail merge documents. Using Word's IF field, you can vary the text based on criteria you set. by Mary Ann Richardson
- Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Mail Merge, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Save images in Microsoft Word documents as separate files
- You can save all the pictures in a Word document to individual image files using the Save as Web page option (Word 2000, Word 2002/XP, and Word 2003) or by unzipping the .docx file (Word 2007). by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Microsoft Office Word, tip, it dojo, bill detwiler
- Image galleries 2008-06-13
- Save images in Microsoft Word documents as separate files
- You can save all the pictures in a Word document to individual image files using the Save as Web page option (Word 2000, Word 2002/XP, and Word 2003) or by unzipping the .docx file (Word 2007). by Bill Detwiler
- Tags: Document, Microsoft Corp., Image, File, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Bill Detwiler
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Let Word's Mail Merge feature insert Access data into your Word documents
- If you need to report on the latest data in the company's employee database and don't have Access, you can use Word's Mail Merge Directory feature. With this feature, you can quickly add data from any Access table into a table in any Word document. Follow these steps: ...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Mail Merge, Cell, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Align just the numbers in Word's automated numbered lists
- I use Word's automated lists features a lot. Almost everything I write has at least one bulleted or numbered list. It's an easy choice because most of the list defaults are adequate. However, you only have to create one long list to run into a perplexing problem -- Word aligns...
- Tags: List, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Gather feedback by routing your Word documents
- You've just completed the documentation for your upcoming training course. Before presenting it, however, you would like to send it out to your colleagues for review. You can use Word 2002/2003's Routing Slip feature to send the document as an e-mail attachment to each reviewer in the order designated by...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Force a page break before a specific paragraph
- Everyone knows that Word automatically inserts new pages as you insert text and graphics. You don't need to do a thing but add the content. However, you can manipulate where a page breaks yourself, if you want to. Simply choose Break from the Insert menu and click OK. Page Break...
- Tags: Break, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- Add hyperlinks that open in a new window
- Hyperlinks make it easy for users to quickly go to a Web page without leaving their Word document, but you can make it even easier if the page opens in a new window outside of Word. Follow these steps: Click where you want to insert the hyperlink...
- Tags: Hyperlink, Window, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
