Microsoft Word articles
You are able to customize the tools that are available in Word. This means that you are able to add to your Quick Access Toolbar (QAT). Your QAT is located in the area just above your Ribbon, at the top left-hand side of your screen. […]
People copy text from various places and then just plop it into a Word document and then are surprised when their document starts to act wonky and they cannot make it behave. They find they have different fonts, and backgrounds, sizes, styles, etc., they simply
Word Documents Need Protection There are some Word files that need to be protected with a password. Perhaps files with details about investments, banking, business letters, etc. You do not need a third-party program or some special “vault” to store the files. Microsoft Word makes
I found some papers I had written years ago and wanted to be able to digitize them. When I purchased a scanner back in the Windows 98 age it included the ability to do optical character recognition or OCR. It would scan the printed document
We are very comfortable with our normal keyboards and find it really easy to type a letter, write an article, create and answer emails. But what about when we need some kind of special character? The other day, I was asked how to enter the
Microsoft Word’s Powerful AutoCorrect One of the best features in Microsoft Word is the ability to add words to your personal dictionary. Some of you may already be aware of this feature but it is not limited to just that. To access AutoCorrect, click on
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One of the first things I do after installing Microsoft Word is to add items to the Quick Access Toolbar. It makes many functions I use much easier to perform. Out of the box, when Word is first installed, it comes with access to Save,
We are all familiar with using Word to create a document such as this one. It is done in portrait orientation on 8.5 x 11-inch paper. Some of our printers can even print on both sides automatically but others require printing all of the odd
I love that my smartphone takes such great pictures. Years ago when I got my first flip phone it took pictures but they were not good enough to print very sharp or large images. Size-wise they were about 100 KB or less. Today’s images are
With any job, you probably have to work in Microsoft Word. That is no different for me and sometimes I need to convert that Word doc into a PDF. I have written a few articles on working with PDFs. Here are a few you can check
Have you ever completed a table, had it exactly the way you wanted it, all formatting done — a real work of art — and you hand it in to your boss and he says, ”well that’s great, but I would really rather see it
Flowcharts One of the great features in Microsoft 365 is the ability to get Add-ins. In this article, I cover one of my favorite types– Flowcharts. At this time, Word gives you three choices: Lucidchart, Draw.io Diagrams, and Visual Paradigm Online. Each of the programs
Typing a document is the easy part. Formatting a document for easy reading and printing takes a little more effort. This paper will look at the left, center, right, and full justify. Also, automatic hyphenation and using a non-breaking space. Let’s use the random function
A lot of folks are afraid of fields and would rather use old methods of doing things instead of familiarizing themselves with the lovely Fields in Word. I love fields and now I am going to spread the love so that you, dear readers, will
