Word includes a captioning feature that will allow you to manually or automatically add captions in your document. These captions are typically placed with tables or other objects to identify them. For instance, you might have a caption such as “Figure 1” that appears below […]
Word includes a tool that will allow you to quickly and easily set up labels. If you are using labels that have more vertical space than is required for the information you are printing, you may want to vertically center your text within the label.
When you create your documents, there might be paragraphs that should always begin at the top of the page. One example could be that you have a certain paragraph format that you are using as section headings. Your document design needs all sections to begin
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I just read an article about a user who was revising a long list of styles in a template and came across the Hide Until Used feature in the Recommend tab of the Manage Styles dialog box. If she marks a style as hidden, it
If you would like your Outlook calendar to include all the public holidays, you do not have to Google them and insert each and every one of them individually into your calendar. Outlook can automatically add them to your calendar for you! And there are
Many of my subscribers lament the fact that WordPerfect used to have Block Protect wherein you would highlight a block of your text and protect it so that it would always appear on the same page. Well, guess what? You can do that in Word
One of my subscribers uses Acrobat InDesign more than she uses Word, and some of the differences between the two are very frustrating for her. For instance, in InDesign, she can use Find and Replace without automatically moving to the next occurrence of what she
Word Tables Working with tables in your Word document can seem complicated at times depending on what you are trying to accomplish. If, for example, you are trying to create a form, merging cells is a common activity you might employ. Follows the steps below
Two-Line Custom Formats Excel is very flexible in how it will allow you to set up custom formats for displaying all manner of values. Most custom formats are straightforward and easy to figure out once you have an understanding of how custom formats work. Suppose
If you work with large Excel workbooks that contain multiple tables, it can become very tedious moving from one to the other. This is a quick and easy way to do just that and I think you will love it. Follow the steps below to
I have a subscriber who regularly adds lines and arrows to flowcharts that she has created in Excel. She inquired whether there is a way to set a default line weight, color, and arrow because it is very tiresome changing the attributes all the time.
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One of my subscribers has a document that contains labels with names on them. The document is intended to be printed using Avery 5162 labels, but she wants to change the document so it uses Avery 5163 labels. She would like to do this without
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
