Microsoft Word articles
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 […]
Field codes are useful placeholders for data that may change in your document. You can also use them to automate certain aspects of your document. Field codes are inserted for you when you use Word features like page numbers or table of contents, but you
Do You want to add some visual interest to your documents? Well, you’re in luck if you are so inclined. You can add a background color using the Page Color button. Why not just go crazy with it and add a watermark as well?? Follow
In most jobs, you will use Microsoft Word or Excel at some point. When using these programs, it is always a good idea to make sure you are saving your work frequently. Recently, I was working on a long project in Word when all of
I am sure a lot, if not all of you, know what a robust tool Track Changes is in Word. It is also a good editing tool because it will show you the changes made in a document over a period of time. Of course,
It is easy to change the return address in Word although it is not always very intuitive to figure out where to go to do this. Changing The Return Address Follow the steps below to learn how: Click File | Options | Advanced. Scroll to
Word is possessed of powerful editing tools that we can use to do more than manage our text. So if you find that you are working with images and pictures, you can access some formatting options to help you out! Crop An Image Follow to
I bet you never thought you had a Document Assembly System in Word! Well, in a manner of speaking, you do and it’s called AutoCorrect! Say you work in a law office and you are at the very bottom of your document and you need
Even though it is highly unusual to encounter stability issues with Microsoft Word, it does happen on occasion. If Word is not starting properly, you can start it in Safe Mode to try to sort out what the problem may be. Follow the steps below
Word automatically maintains several pieces of information regarding you, as a user. One of these pieces is your address, which is changed on the User Information tab of the Options dialog box. Follow the steps below if you would like to automatically insert your user
I know that when some folks read this, they will pooh-pooh what I have to say. But I can tell you from personal experience, this is something you should NEVER do in Word. Having said that, if you are creating a Word document that you
If you reference information from online sources, sometimes when you copy the information directly into Word, there can be issues, such as it does not look exactly the way you thought it would or how you wanted it. In most instances, you will not want
I am loving Office 365! There are so many new innovations that you can make use of that will save you time and keystrokes. I just love using it. Below is but one of the new time savers that I highly recommend. Dictating In Word
You can now use your finger or a digital pen when you are working on a touch device. In addition to drawing, writing and highlighting, Ink Editor will let you use natural gestures like circling to select and crossing out to delete, adding a new
