Rotate a Page of Text in MS Word
I can think of several reasons why one would want to rotate one page of text in their document, but I am sure you could all come up with a few on your own. Having said that, there are a couple of methods to do […]
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Little Known Mouse Shortcut in MS Excel
There is a little known shortcut in Excel if you like to use your mouse, that allows you to navigate your worksheet. It is a kind of fun little trick I think. When you select a cell, Excel places a bold outline around your cell.
sCycling Through Colors in MS Excel
There is a tool in MS Excel that allows you to cycle through the font colors available to you, however, it is little known because it is not readily available to you. Follow the steps below to add the tool so that it is available
Insert Endnotes in your MS Word Documents
Endnotes are references that are placed at the end of a section or the end of your document in MS Word. Follow the steps below to learn how to insert Endnotes in your documents: Place your cursor where you would like your Endnote to appear
Renaming your AutoText Entry in MS Word
So now you know that you can create special AutoText entries to use in your documents. But wait, suppose you have a need to rename it at a later date? Well rest easy. There is a very easy method to accomplish this task. Follow the
Add an AutoText Entry in MS Word
You will want to customize the AutoText feature in Word in order to get the most benefit when working with words and phrases that you find yourself using over and over again. Fortunately, it is very easy to do this in versions 2007 and 2010.
Editing your AutoText Entry in MS Word
Once you have created your AutoText entries, you may, at a later date, have a need to edit them. There is no special editing feature to accomplish this in MS Word unfortunately. The best method to edit an AutoText is described below. Follow these
Save your Document as Read Only in MS Word
There may be occasions where you want to send your document to your colleagues, but you don’t want them to edit your work. There are more than one way to make your document read only. The easiest way to accomplish this is to create your
Inserting Pictures in your MS Word Documents
Many folks insert pictures into their Word documents. If you are one of those people inserting JPG images, you should consider using the Picture option on the Insert tab of your Ribbon, rather than copying and pasting and I will tell you why. Word handles pictures differently when
Quotation Marks Not Printing Properly?
I have have readers write to me in the past because when they print their document, they notice that the quotation marks are not printing properly even though they look fine on the screen. There could be a couple of causes of this behavior. To
Hide Formatting Changes When Tracking Changes in Word
Many offices employ the Track Changes feature in MS Word. It is a great feature when you are working on a “round trip” document. For instance, suppose you are negotiating a settlement of some sort or attempting to put together a contract. First, you create
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Adding Borders to your MS Word Tables
Yes, I wrote an article about adding borders to tables last week. This is he same article but with clarifications. One reader wrote to me who said that she “had a hard time following the items mentioned in this article.” Everyone learns in different ways
Ignore Hyphens When Performing a Word Count in MS Word
A client recently sent me a query, wanting to know if she could somehow omit the hyphenated words when performing a word count in her document. I am sure she is referencing compound words in her document (i.e., son-in-law, built-in). Actually there is no built-in way
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Apply Borders to your MS Word Tables
Once you have created a table in your document, you may want to spiff it up a bit by changing the borders. Luckily it is not all that difficult to do in Word and there are several methods you can use to accomplish this: Select