Say you are working with a table of contents in Word and you decide you would like to customize something like page numbers. Navigating to the header and footer area is the last place most folks will go to look. So, if you do not […]
You most likely have noticed the Set As Default option when you were in your Paragraph Settings window when adjusting tab stops or indention. It’s not a big deal, really. It is actually quite easy to miss because there is a lot of other information
Every now and then you may have a reason to put a picture in your documents. Maybe you just want to spice it up some or perhaps you need a picture to make your point clearer. Whatever the reason, you will be happy to learn
As someone who reads my posts or knows me, you should know that I am all about saving time and keystrokes. I hate to waste a minute! In that vein, below is a very handy, dandy, little shortcut that will do just that for you
There are a fair number of folks out there who consider it very tricky and difficult to create a custom table. I suppose if you want to get all fancy-schmancy with it, it will quickly become a lot trickier than it needs to be. Me?
I have had more than one complaint about how it is becoming more and more difficult to resize very large documents by dragging the column divider. It seems as if this has only been occurring with very long documents with lots and lots of tables.
In a previous post, I told you how to insert a table in Word. Now that you have that down pat, I will tell you how to draw a table in Word. Yes, it is possible to manually draw your table in Word. Me? I
Table tools can make lists far easier to customize and reorganize. Let’s say you would like to convert your contact list into a table. Let’s also assume that your list contains names – first, middle, and last. It also contains the city, state, region, and
There are many ways to create custom tables in Word but a lot of folks just want the quickest and easiest method and thankfully we have that. It is called Quick Tables. And what is more, it really is quick and easy! Quick Tables are
As I have said many times, “Nobody knows everything about Microsoft Office.” And yet, I am always amazed at the things that I do not know! I don’t know why but I am! Thankfully there are folks out there way smarter than me in this
Someone wrote to me recently complaining that “Excel keeps changing my numbers to dates!” Obviously, they wanted to know why and if they could fix it and fix it permanently. I have to be honest so full disclosure here – I do not use Excel
What??? You have never heard of percontation and its use in Microsoft Office? Well, you are definitely not alone. I too had never heard of it but then I saw an article that someone had posted and became educated in that regard. Although percontation sounds
It seems I did not do enough research on the above subject. All I addressed was importing issues. Now I will tell you how to avoid data formatting that is now imported. Apparently, the problem arises once you decide to go a different path than
Bullets and numbers are indented 0.25″ from your left margin in a list. The next text is then indented 0/50″ from the left margin. This is the default setting, but you can change the position of these indents in a list. Not only that, but
