Microsoft Word articles
We all know Word is a versatile program. One great feature of Word is creating mailing labels. Lots of folks, myself included, create mailing labels using the Mail Merge feature of Word, which pulls names and addresses from a data source and formats them for […]
If you use fields in your documents, there might be times when you would like to select the fields quickly. Follow the steps below to learn how: To step forward to the next field in your document, press F11. To step backward to the previous
It is common practice to insert the date and/or time in your document’s header or footer. When you do this, the date is printed on every page of your document. To insert the date, you can follow these steps if you are using Word 2019
As I am sure you know by now, the table options in Word are plentiful and very flexible by default. You know how it is, you create a table and every single time you spend time modifying the properties. If it seems you use the
If you find the need for a list in your document, Word will very quickly and easily accommodate you. Follow the steps below to learn how: Key in your list, only pressing Enter at the end of each item on your list. Select all the
For whatever reason, some folks have documents that are full of hidden text. Then comes the time when they want to make that text un-hidden. What to do? Well, the short answer is to use Find and Replace. Follow the steps below to learn how:
It can, at times, be very difficult to get your head around Word’s page numbering options, particularly in a multiple-section document. Fortunately, controlling how your pages in each section are numbered is actually pretty easy. To quote Microsoft, a section is ”a portion of a
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Microsoft Word gives you the option to allow automatic hyphenation. This evens out left-aligned paragraphs and minimizes the extra spaces between words in justified paragraphs. Hyphenation splits words into syllables separated with a hyphen so the first portion of the word is on one line
This article covers versions 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019, and Word in Office 365. Word, as you should know by now, allows you to add columns to your page layout. Occasionally you may decide to add vertical lines between each column on your page. Follow
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Many retirees I meet are working on compiling their memories or memoirs into a book to pass on to their offspring. The typing although tedious is not the difficult part. Often they type each portion of their life on separate documents. Of course, these individual
If you really want to fully utilize Word’s Building Blocks, you will want to customize it to assist with words and phrases you use most often. Follow the steps below to learn how: Select the text and/or graphics for which you would like to create
How many times have you typed your document in Microsoft Word and had it continue on a new page for just a few lines? There is an easy way to make it fit on one. To demonstrate, we will create a document that is a
You should know by now that you can use your mouse to select text by holding down your left mouse button and dragging your mouse to make a selection. There is, however, a much quicker method to select text using your mouse. Follow the steps
I have been teaching word processing for decades. WordPerfect was what I used and taught for years. Then the college I taught at entered into an agreement with Microsoft and I learned Word and the rest of the Office suite. Now, most of my work
