Learn Outlook’s Keyboard Shortcuts Like Microsoft Word, Excel, and other Office apps, Outlook has unique keyboard shortcuts so you don’t have to waste time moving your mouse around or drilling down through menus. Learn the ones you use most and you’ll speed through your Outlook […]
I believe it is a truism that whenever you add something, you will later want to delete it. When you have finished with a project or you do not have a need for a particular view, you will want to get rid of it. Follow
Word’s configuration settings are stored in the Normal template. This template is used to help create new, blank documents and to define some of the system-wide settings used by Word. As you make changes to these settings, Word marks the Normal template as “dirty” so
Disable Document Protection If you have previously protected your document for tracking changes, comments, or for forms, then you will most likely need to un-protect your document at some time so you can make unrestricted changes. Follow the steps below to learn how: Display the
Automatic Hyphenation In Part Of Document A subscriber of mine has contacted me because she is working on an extremely long legal document that has contributions from other colleagues. One of those parts has automatic hyphenation in it and she wants to know how to
I am sure that most of you know by now that if headers and footers are defined for your document, you can add a page number by simply editing the header or footer and then using one of the choices available by simply clicking the
Outlook Attachments If you have recently worked on something, there is no need to search for it. It is most likely already on the Attach File menu. Follow the steps below to learn more: Save a file in any Office application. Press CTRL + N
When you are working in academia, law offices, insurance offices, etc., there may be times when you do not want to clear all the tab stops in the document you are working on– you only want to clear some of them. Selectively Clear Tab Stops
Line Spacing There are several methods you can use in Word for your line spacing. The default spacing is Single. This means your line spacing will be adjusted, automatically, as a single line. Word’s definition of single means that the spacing is 120% of the
There are many uses for columns in Word, like newsletters, newspapers, catalogs, etc. A lot of people are fearful of using them and that is because they do not know how to use them. I encourage you to become familiar with this feature. Column Widths
As you are most likely already aware, the Format Painter in Word 2016 copies formatting from one source of text in your document and applies it to another block of targeted text in your document. Once you have created your font, size, weight, formatting (i.e.,
Word has a full-featured footnote system that will allow you almost total control over where and how your footnotes are printed. If you have inserted footnotes into your document previously, and you would like to duplicate one of those footnotes, you can employ these tried and
Word will allow you to assign specific key combinations to macros and commands. These key combinations are called shortcut keys, and when they are used, they will execute the command or macro. When you create a macro by recording it, Word gives you the opportunity
One of my subscribers recently asked me if when he finishes keying in a footnote or end-note in Word, is there a way to jump back into the text of his document using his keyboard instead of his mouse. There are actually a couple of
