Archive for the 'MS Word' Category
Supressing Blank Lines in a Word 2007 Mail Merge
January 11th, 2008In earlier versions of Word, you were easily able to suppress the blank lines in a mail merge. In Word 2007, it does not seem to automatically do this.
Say for example, you have a data file with Address 1, Address 2, and Address 3. When you add the fields to your merge document, they […]
Permanently Remove Tracked Changes and Comments from a Word 2007 Document
May 17th, 2007Track Changes is an indispensable tool in Word that lets a group of people edit a document, while Word keeps track of what changes were made to the document and who made them. However, a persistent problem in earlier versions of Word has been the difficulty in removing all tracked changes and comments from […]
Create and Publish Blog Postings from Word 2007
May 15th, 2007Microsoft Word 2007 lets you create blog postings and publish them directly from Word. (Actually, I’m doing it right now!) Using Word is generally easier than most blogging software, which requires users to edit HTML code.
To create a blog posting from Word:
Click the Office button.
Select New, select New blog post, and then click […]
Close All or Save All Word Documents
November 11th, 2005If you often work with several docs open in Word, you’ll love this tip!
Hold down the SHIFT key when you click on the File menu. Close and Save will appear as Close All and Save All, allowing you to close or save all open files with one click!
(Note: If you select […]
Add a Work Menu to Word for Quick Access to Frequently Used Documents
November 10th, 2005Word lets you add a Work menu to your Menu Bar that you can use to access frequently used documents. Although few people know about this Word feature, it can be quite useful.
To add the Work menu to the menu bar:
Select Tools | Customize, and click the Commands tab.
In the list of […]
Edit the Custom Dictionary in Word
November 10th, 2005If Word flags words that you use frequently as misspelled, such as names or acronyms, you can add them to Word’s custom dictionary by right-clicking on the Word and selecting Add to dictionary.
You can also edit the dictionary directly. This is useful if you need to remove words from the dictionary that you previously […]
Add a Watermark to a Word Document
November 10th, 2005A watermark is text or a graphic that appears behind the text. Watermarks usually appear “washed out” or faded so that the text can still be read. Watermarks are often used to identify the status of a document as a draft, copy, etc. Graphics can also be used as watermarks to […]
Lengthen Your Recently Used Files List in Word and Excel
November 10th, 2005By default, Word and Excel list the last four files you opened at the bottom of the File menu. You can increase the number of files on this list to nine by changing a program setting.
Here’s how:
Select Tools | Options.
Click the General tab.
Change the number in the Recently used file list to 9 entries.
Click […]
Use CTRL to Select Noncontiguous Items in a Word Document
November 10th, 2005Word 2002/2003 lets you select multiple noncontiguous items in a document.
Although this feature has been available in Excel for some time, it was not introduced in Word until ver. 2002, and is still available in ver. 2003.
For example, you can select the headings of two or more sections in a document, without selecting […]
Changing the Default Font in Word
October 21st, 2005To change the default font for all future blank documents:
Select a font in the Format | Font dialog box.
Click the Default… button.
Word will warn you that you are about to make a change in the Normal Template.
OK.
All documents created with the NORMAL.DOT template (the standard template) will use the new default font.