Microsoft Office articles
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 don’t know about you, but I am usually as busy as a one-armed paper hanger with the itch at the office. That being said, I absolutely avail myself of all the quick shortcuts I can to save time and keystrokes. I really like to
I had a PowerPoint file that contained over 200 images and I needed the images for another project. I could have right-clicked each picture and downloaded them one at a time, but I thought there should be a better way. Then I remembered that the
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
Outlook displays temperatures by default using the Fahrenheit scale. You can, however, have it displayed using the Celsius scale. Follow the steps below to learn how: Click on File | Options | Calendar. Under Weather, click Celsius. Click OK. Now, Outlook will display temperatures in
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,
