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 […]
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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
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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
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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.,
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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
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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
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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
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Center A Paragraph Shortcut Most folks I know use the Center tool in the Paragraph group on the Home tab of their Ribbon to center their paragraph. While this is quick and easy enough, I am one of those people who do not like to move
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Summary Information Word keeps a summary of information for your documents. You can use this summary information, or you can ignore it. Some of the summary information is automatically stored for you, while other parts will need to be entered manually. One of the pieces
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For some time now, Word has had the capability for checks of both spelling and grammar as you work in your document. Formatting Inconsistencies Spelling errors are noted with a wavy red underline, potential grammar errors with a wavy green underline, and formatting inconsistencies with
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New Workbook Version I am sure that like me, you have some Excel Workbooks that you open from time to time, edit to make changes, and then click Save As and save as a new version so your original Workbook remains the same, right? I
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Suppose you have a custom footer that you would like at the bottom of all the pages in your worksheet. Left-justified in the footer, you would like the full path name for your worksheet, and centered you would like a page number in the format
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Paragraph On Same Page For some types of documents you may not wish your paragraphs to smoothly flow from one page to the next. Rather, you may want to make sure that any given paragraph appears all on one page or another. Many times this
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The captioning feature in Word will allow you to define custom labels for use in your captions. As time goes by though, you may not need a certain caption label any longer and it is always a good thing to keep a tidy “house.” Follow
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