How to Make Word Comments Hide Until Hover
As you may or may not know, in Excel you can add a comment to a cell that is only visible when someone hovers their mouse over it. But can you do it in Word as well? The short answer is no, it does not […]
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What To Do With Long Address Lines In Word
Word will create address labels for you from data that has been stored in a different source (i.e., Access database or Excel workbook). Essentially, Word takes the information from those sources and places it into the format that you designate in Word. Because it has
How to Create One Word 2010 Document of Multiple Envelopes
I don’t know about you, but I really dislike creating an envelope manually, especially when I have more than one. You know, when you need to send out a payment or something that you do not have a letter for where you can just highlight
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How to Protect Confidential Word 2013 Documents
Many times you find yourself working on a confidential or sensitive document and sometimes that document is so confidential and sensitive that it requires a level of protection and security. Of course, your document can be marked final or you can assign special privileges to
Word 2013 – Start Chapters On Odd Numbered Pages
Word will allow you (IF you use styles) (and I sincerely hope you do), to force your headings to begin on a new page. But suppose you want your heading to begin on an odd numbered page? Ok, so there is no automatic way based
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Use Multiple References to the Same Word 2010 Footnote
I remember once I was asked to use multiple references to the same footnote and I freaked. My first thought was, “great…how do I do this?” Luckily my normal approach to these things is “I know this program can do this, all I need to
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How to Cross Reference an Automatic Number in Word 2013
When I say Automatic Number I mean using a field for a number in your document. I am sure that there are lots of folks out there that use these in Academia and legal fields, insurance companies, realtors, etc. For instance, suppose you have a
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How to Split a Word 2010 Document
Not sure what key combination I accidentally hit the other day in my office while working on a document (time sensitive of course) but lo and behold I suddenly had a split screen in front of me! Half of my document was in the top
How to Use Custom Footnote Marks in Word
As you know, footnotes are used in documents to provide references or annotations. It is very easy to insert automatic footnotes in documents using Word, but suppose you would like to use a custom footnote mark? Turns out you can do this and just as
How to Add Cross-References to Footnotes in Word 2013
In Academia there are often very lengthy documents that have myriad footnotes and they sometimes necessitate cross-referencing. This often occurs in technological business manuals as well. The issue here is that when you use automatic footnote numbering the cross-references can be a burden if you
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How to Format E-mail with Word AutoFormat
Folks receive an e-mail and notice that there is what they call a “hard return” at the end and double returns between paragraphs. One could waste a forest and print out the e-mail the way it is, but that seems a bit silly doesn’t it?
How to View Formulas in Word 2010 Table Cells
I was recently asked if it were possible to view the formulas that are in table cells, which were usually too long for the smaller cells in the table and not completely visible. And wouldn’t it be lovely if Word had a feature like those
How to use Building Blocks to Insert a Date in Word
Here’s a lesser known method to insert dates into your Word documents. Follow the steps below to learn how: Place your cursor on a blank line in your document. Display the Insert tab on your Ribbon. In the Text group, click Date & Time to
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Create Compound Characters in Word
One of the questions I am often asked is how to create compound characters in Word. Sometimes folks want a caret in mathematics or scientific equations. Word, by default, makes certain compound characters available to you straight out of the box. These characters depend on