http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/rss.xml Selected Microsoft Articles Feed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:17 GMT Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT OfficeToolTips RSS Module support@officetooltips.com support@officetooltips.com http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_wildcards.html Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT Word lets you refine your searches using wildcard characters and operators. The question mark and asterisk are wildcard characters that represent characters in the search text. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_wildcards.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/hiding_pictures.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT Including a large number of in-line pictures in your documents slows down Word's performance. You can improve performance by replacing actual pictures with picture placeholders. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/hiding_pictures.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_organization_chart_tool.html Thu, 25 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT In most cases, it is recommended to use Visio to create diagrams, but in some simple cases, such as company organizational charts, you can successfully use the built-in Word tools. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_organization_chart_tool.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_revision_marks.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT You can easily change an appearance of revision marks in your document. Track Changes dialog box gives you full control on the insertions, deletions, formatting and other revision marks. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_revision_marks.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_picture_characteristics.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT There is no need to use an additional image editing software in order to create high-quality pictures for your document. Instead you can use Microsoft Word picture editing tools to correct and improve your pictures. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_picture_characteristics.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_manual_hyphenation.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT With manual hyphenation, you have more control over what is hyphenated and how it is hyphenated. You can select which parts of the document are hyphenated and where a hyphen appears in specific words. This is a huge hassle for a large document, but it does allow you to do a better job than Word might do automatically - Word sometimes hyphenates words in positions that don't look good. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_manual_hyphenation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/replacing_special_characters.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT In addition to searching for and replacing text, you can search for and replace Word's special characters, such as paragraph and tab marks. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/replacing_special_characters.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/grouping_and_ungrouping_sheets.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:00:00 GMT Sheets can be grouped (connected) to facilitate creating or formatting two or more identical sheets. For example, you can create one sheet and copy it to two other sheets, or you can group three blank sheets and enter and format the content once-no subsequent copying required. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/grouping_and_ungrouping_sheets.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:40:00 GMT You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers in Word table cells. Also you can calculate averages, percentages, and minimum as well as maximum values. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/11_shortcut_keys_to_control_font_format.html Sun, 14 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT This tip contains Shortcut Keys for formatting. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/11_shortcut_keys_to_control_font_format.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:20:00 GMT You can add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers in Word table cells. Also you can calculate averages, percentages, and minimum as well as maximum values. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/calculations_in_the_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_watermark.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT This tip describes how to add watermark text or picture. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_watermark.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:30:00 GMT The Math AutoCorrect tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box lets you to control whether and where to have AutoCorrect replace math terms with math symbols. If you use math in your documents, Math AutoCorrect can be a great timesaver; if you don't use math, turn it off by clearing the Replace text as you type check box on the Math AutoCorrect tab. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html Fri, 05 Nov 2010 01:00:00 GMT The Math AutoCorrect tab of the AutoCorrect dialog box lets you to control whether and where to have AutoCorrect replace math terms with math symbols. If you use math in your documents, Math AutoCorrect can be a great timesaver; if you don't use math, turn it off by clearing the Replace text as you type check box on the Math AutoCorrect tab. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/choosing_math_autocorrect_options_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:30:00 GMT By default, Word 2007 shows document tooltips when you hover on a button, but this option can be turned off. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 04:00:00 GMT By default, Word shows document tooltips when you hover on a button, but this option can be turned off. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/turn_on_off_document_tooltips.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:40:00 GMT Sometimes people don't use shortcut keys, because they don't know them. Word proposes very easy way to know the current shortcut keys for the toolbar button to use it in the future. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:00:00 GMT Sometimes people don't use shortcut keys, because they don't know them. Word proposes very easy way to know the current shortcut keys for the toolbar button to use it in the future. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_see_the_current_shortcut_keys_for_the_toolbar_button.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:30:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST You should display the Developer tab when you want to write macros, run macros that you previously recorded, or create applications to use with Microsoft Office programs. Do the following: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/show_the_developer_tab.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST This tip contains shortcut keys for simple and faster work with fields. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST This tip contains shortcut keys for simple and faster work with fields. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/field_keyboard_shortcuts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:30:00 BST It is worth to know that, instead of cropping a picture to a conventional rectangle, you can crop it to a circle, a triangle, an arrow, or even a thought bubble: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:00:00 BST It is worth to know that, instead of cropping a picture to a conventional rectangle, you can crop it to a circle, a triangle, an arrow, or even a thought bubble: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/cropping_a_picture_to_a_shape_.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST If you use tables in Word, sometimes you need sort it by one, two, or three columns. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:30:00 BST If you use tables in Word, sometimes you need sort it by one, two, or three columns. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/sorting_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_enter_or_change_property_information_for_a_document.html Tue, 19 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST To make documents easier to identify via searches, and to help the Windows Indexing Service to store the appropriate key information about documents, you can enter property information. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_enter_or_change_property_information_for_a_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/modifying_an_organization_chart.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST How to create an organization chart see Using the Organization Chart Tool. This tip is about how to change or modify an organization chart in Word. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/modifying_an_organization_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_shapes_into_an_organization_chart.html Mon, 11 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST How to create an organization chart see Using the Organization Chart Tool. This tip is how to add a new shape an organization chart in Word. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_shapes_into_an_organization_chart.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/viewing_document_and_readability_statistics.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 04:00:00 BST Writing simple and easy to understand documents is a unique ability that lays somewhere between art and science. Microsoft Word can help you to improve you writing skills by providing readability statistic metrics. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/viewing_document_and_readability_statistics.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/printing_autotext_entries.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 03:00:00 BST To help you manage your AutoText (Building Blocks) entries, you can print the names and contents of AutoText (Building Blocks) entries attached to the current document. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/printing_autotext_entries.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_automatic_hyphenation.html Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:00:00 BST Automatic hyphenation inserts optional hyphens. An optional hyphen is a hyphen that Word uses only when a word or a phrase appears at the end of a line. If the word or phrase moves to a different position because of editing, the optional hyphen is removed. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_automatic_hyphenation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/displaying_word_count_statistics.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:00:00 BST Sometimes you need to see a word count statistics without obtaining readability or AutoSummarize information. For example, you might have been given a limit on how many words a document can be for a particular assignment - magazines and newspapers commonly set this type of limit. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/displaying_word_count_statistics.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/getting_to_the_point_with_autosummarize.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:30:00 BST In Word 2010, this feature is no longer used. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/getting_to_the_point_with_autosummarize.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_captions_with_autocaption.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:00:00 BST Use the AutoCaption feature if you want to add captions to all items of a particular type automatically. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_captions_with_autocaption.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/comparing_documents_side_by_side.html Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:30:00 BST You can easily compare two Word documents using Compare side by side feature. Synchronous scrolling makes it extremely convenient. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/comparing_documents_side_by_side.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_replace_text_with_a_graphic_or_an_object.html Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:30:00 BST Although the Find And Replace dialog box doesn't directly support replacing text with graphics or objects, you can easily perform this action using the Clipboard and the ^c wildcard. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_replace_text_with_a_graphic_or_an_object.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_replace_text_with_a_graphic_or_an_object.html Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:30:00 BST Although the Find And Replace dialog box doesn't directly support replacing text with graphics or objects, you can easily perform this action using the Clipboard and the ^c wildcard. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_replace_text_with_a_graphic_or_an_object.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/skip_spelling_and_grammar_check_for_the_selected_text.html Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:00:00 BST Sometimes you need to skip parts of the document during a spell check. E.g., memos and letters can have headings and address blocks with names and other text that slow down the spell checker. Blocks of programming code or foreign words should not be checked for spelling too. Also you may need to quote words and phrases with mistakes. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/skip_spelling_and_grammar_check_for_the_selected_text.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/price__sum__amount_and_other_numbers_in_words.html Fri, 17 Sep 2010 06:00:00 BST In some cases you want to show in your Word document the number or amount in words. You can use macros, but Word proposes easy and simple way by using fields. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/price__sum__amount_and_other_numbers_in_words.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_default_font_in_documents.html Fri, 17 Sep 2010 03:00:00 BST When you create a new blank document, any text you type appears in the default font, which is called Calibri, at a font size of 11 points, which is a standard size for text in everyday documents (such as letters or reports). http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_default_font_in_documents.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_number_of_the_most_recently_used_documents.html Fri, 17 Sep 2010 02:00:00 BST Having your 25 most recently used documents on the File tab, in the Recent menu is handy, but you may find it's not enough. You can increase the number shown up to 50, and you can pin (fasten) particular documents to the menu so that they remain there even if you haven't used them recently. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_number_of_the_most_recently_used_documents.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_greek_symbols_into_the_equation.html Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:00:00 BST In Word 2010 equation many symbols can be inserted using a \+name of the symbol: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_greek_symbols_into_the_equation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_symbols_and_templates_into_the_equation.html Mon, 13 Sep 2010 07:00:00 BST In Word 2010 equations many mathematical symbols can be inserted using a the \+name of the symbol (how to insert Greek symbols, see Shortcut keys for inserting Greek symbols into the equation): http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_symbols_and_templates_into_the_equation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_document_browser.html Mon, 13 Sep 2010 05:00:00 BST There is a handy, but rarely used, tool to navigate through your document - document browser. This little, but nevertheless effective tool, enables you to move through your document quickly in a variety of ways. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_the_document_browser.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_abbreviations_for_fast_and_error-free_typing_of_organization_and_person_names.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 BST Typing a long organization or person name takes a lot of time and often causes typing errors and inconsistencies. To resolve this issue you can introduce abbreviations and expand them through AutoCorrect feature. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_abbreviations_for_fast_and_error-free_typing_of_organization_and_person_names.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/quick_typing_of_mathematical_and_other_symbols.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:00:00 BST Mathematical and other texts require a large number of special symbols that are not present on the keyboard. To simplify this task, you can assign a shortcut for frequently used symbol. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/quick_typing_of_mathematical_and_other_symbols.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_autocorrect_substitutions_for_fast_typing_of_greek_alphabet_and_mathematical_symbols.html Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:00:00 BST Typing mathematical symbols like Greek alphabet or symbols "≤", "≥", "≠", "∞" etc. takes a lot of time. To resolve this issue you can assign and expand them through AutoCorrect feature. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_autocorrect_substitutions_for_fast_typing_of_greek_alphabet_and_mathematical_symbols.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_do_anything_with_paragraph_format_with_keyboard.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:00:00 BST The following tips contain Shortcut Keys or Hotkeys for changing style parameters of paragraph without mouse movements. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_do_anything_with_paragraph_format_with_keyboard.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_different_headers_and_footers_on_odd_and_even_pages.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:00:00 BST Sometimes odd and even pages need to have different headers and footers. In a document with facing pages (mirror margins), odd-numbered pages appear on the right side and even-numbered pages on the left. You may want left-aligned headers on even-numbered pages and right-aligned headers on odd-numbered pages; this way, the headers always appear on the outside edges of your document. You can even create different odd and even headers and footers for each section in your document. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_different_headers_and_footers_on_odd_and_even_pages.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/working_with_headers_and_footers.html Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:00:00 BST This tip describes how to place various information into Headers and Footers. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/working_with_headers_and_footers.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_type_of_brackets_in_citations.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:30:00 BST Usually Word surrounds citations by the round brackets (see How to create a citation for more details). But you can insert a citation in the square brackets or use other symbols. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_type_of_brackets_in_citations.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_type_of_brackets_in_citations.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:00:00 BST Usually Word surrounds citations by the round brackets (see How to create a citation for more details). But you can insert a citation in the square brackets or use other symbols. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/change_the_type_of_brackets_in_citations.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_keyboard_shortcuts.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:00 BST If you are the one of those who care about productivity of the work and tend to use keyboard instead of using a mouse to open menus and run commands, you might be interested how to reveal keyboard shortcuts and add more shortcuts to Word. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_keyboard_shortcuts.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/setting_tabs_using_the_tabs_dialog_box.html Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:00:00 BST You can add dotted, dashed, or underlined tab leaders. A tab leader links related but separate items across a page, such as entries and prices in a menu or chapters and page numbers in a table of contents. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/setting_tabs_using_the_tabs_dialog_box.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_nonbreaking_and_optional_hyphens.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:00 BST Use nonbreaking hyphens to hyphenate phrases or terms that you don't want to wrap to another line (for example, 02-12-10). With nonbreaking hyphens, the entire phrase or term wraps to the next line instead of breaking. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_nonbreaking_and_optional_hyphens.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_nonbreaking_and_optional_hyphens.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:00:00 BST Use nonbreaking hyphens to hyphenate phrases or terms that you don't want to wrap to another line (for example, 02-12-10). With nonbreaking hyphens, the entire phrase or term wraps to the next line instead of breaking. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_nonbreaking_and_optional_hyphens.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/navigating_in_a_table.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:00 BST There are several keyboard combinations that are useful when you work with a table: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/navigating_in_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/navigating_in_a_table.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:00:00 BST There are several keyboard combinations that are useful when you work with a table: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/navigating_in_a_table.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_keyboard_to_move_the_cursor_and_scroll_document.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 BST You can use the keyboard to move the insertion point and scroll document. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_keyboard_to_move_the_cursor_and_scroll_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_keyboard_to_move_the_cursor_and_scroll_document.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:00:00 BST You can use the keyboard to move the insertion point and scroll document. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_keyboard_to_move_the_cursor_and_scroll_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/insert_current_date_and_time_quickly.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 BST If you need to use current date or time stamp, Word provides two shortcut keys that do this for you. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/insert_current_date_and_time_quickly.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/insert_current_date_and_time_quickly.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:00:00 BST If you need to use current date or time stamp, Word provides two shortcut keys that do this for you. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/insert_current_date_and_time_quickly.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_list_with_restarting_and_continuing_numbering.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:00:00 BST You can tell Word whether to restart or continue numbering. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_list_with_restarting_and_continuing_numbering.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_different_page_orientations_inside_one_document.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:00:00 BST Sometimes page orientation for a particular page has to be different to the rest of the document. E.g., big tables or pictures look better in the Landscape, while the rest of document should have Portrait orientation. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_different_page_orientations_inside_one_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_lists_with_autoformat_or_turn_it_off.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:00:00 BST You can create standard numbered and bulleted lists by typing in a way that triggers the AutoFormat feature to apply list formatting. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_lists_with_autoformat_or_turn_it_off.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_numbered_lists.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:00:00 BST You can customize an existing numbered list or apply your own specifications to the number format using the Customize button in the Numbered tab of the Bullets and Numbering dialog box. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/customizing_numbered_lists.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_numbered_lists.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:00:00 BST Numbered lists are created in a manner similar to bulleted lists, except that instead of bullets Word places sequential numbers. This is a very useful feature, because if you add a paragraph in the middle of a numbered list or rearrange the order of the paragraphs in a list, Word automatically renumbers the paragraphs so that they retain their sequence. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_numbered_lists.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/align_text_vertically_on_the_page.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:40:00 BST You can align text between the top and bottom margins of a page if the text on the page does not fill the page. For example, centering text vertically often improves the appearance of short business letters or report cover pages. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/align_text_vertically_on_the_page.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/align_text_vertically_on_the_page.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:20:00 BST You can align text between the top and bottom margins of a page if the text on the page does not fill the page. For example, centering text vertically often improves the appearance of short business letters or report cover pages. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/align_text_vertically_on_the_page.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_a_multilevel_list.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:40:00 BST Multilevel lists can contain numbered and bulleted lists. This is a very useful feature, because if you add a paragraph in the middle of a numbered list or rearrange the order of the paragraphs in a list, Word automatically renumbers the paragraphs so that they retain their sequence. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_a_multilevel_list.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_a_multilevel_list.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:20:00 BST Multilevel lists can contain numbered and bulleted lists. This is a very useful feature, because if you add a paragraph in the middle of a numbered list or rearrange the order of the paragraphs in a list, Word automatically renumbers the paragraphs so that they retain their sequence. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_a_multilevel_list.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_your_own_menu.html Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:00:00 BST Creating custom menus in Word is a funny feature you can use to create groups of the options that you use most often, and then plug them into the menu you name and use yourself. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/creating_your_own_menu.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_add_and_remove_horizontal_lines_between_sections_of_the_document.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:40:00 BST Word proposes very simple way to add horizontal lines to a document, but if you would like to remove these lines this wouldn't be so obvious. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_add_and_remove_horizontal_lines_between_sections_of_the_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_add_and_remove_horizontal_lines_between_sections_of_the_document.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:20:00 BST Word proposes very simple way to add horizontal lines to a document, but if you would like to remove these lines this wouldn't be so obvious. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_add_and_remove_horizontal_lines_between_sections_of_the_document.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/duplicate_table_column_headings_across_pages.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:40:00 BST If you have built a long table that extends across two or more pages, you can create a table heading from the text appearing in the first row of the table, and Word will automatically repeat that row at the top of each page. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/duplicate_table_column_headings_across_pages.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/duplicate_table_column_headings_across_pages.html Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:20:00 BST If you have built a long table that extends across two or more pages, you can create a table heading from the text appearing in the first row of the table, and Word will automatically repeat that row at the top of each page. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/duplicate_table_column_headings_across_pages.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_citation.html Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:00:00 BST Either you do your scientific research work at school or college, or write an article to the reputable magazine you need to reference sources of your information. To simplify this hard work Word 2007 provides you automatic tools for inserting citations. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_citation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_a_bibliography.html Wed, 18 Aug 2010 06:00:00 BST If you use citations in your Word documents, you might need the bibliographic specs for each source that you have referenced. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_a_bibliography.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_paragraph_borders_and_shading.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:00:00 BST You can use paragraph borders, but removing these borders isn't easy for somebody. This tip is how to insert and remove paragraph borders and shading. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_paragraph_borders_and_shading.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_the_style_inspector.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:00:00 BST With all the different kinds of formatting that Word offers, you may sometimes find it hard to see exactly what formatting is applied to particular characters or a paragraph. Word provides two tools to help you find out: the Style Inspector and the Reveal Formatting pane. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_the_style_inspector.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_drop_cap.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 04:00:00 BST Drop Cap is short for dropped initial capital letter. Typically a drop cap is an oversized, single capital letter designed to stick up above a line of text or to stand out in a block of text. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_a_drop_cap.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/a_perfect_text_alignment_using_tabs.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 03:00:00 BST One of the most common word-processing mistakes is using spaces to align text. Using tabs ensures that your text is aligned perfectly and makes it much easier to modify settings. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/a_perfect_text_alignment_using_tabs.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/review_the_text_formatting_quickly_using_the_reveal_formatting_task_pane.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:00:00 BST This feature allows you to review quickly the font and paragraph formatting (and section formatting) used in your text. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/review_the_text_formatting_quickly_using_the_reveal_formatting_task_pane.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_research_pane__thesaurus__dictionary_and_translation_tools.html Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:00:00 BST With Research pane you can: find synonyms (a word that means essentially the same thing as the word it replaces) and antonyms (a word that means the opposite of the selected word), while Word's thesaurus primarily finds synonyms; search words in public dictionaries (e.g., Encarta World Dictionary); translate words and texts. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_research_pane__thesaurus__dictionary_and_translation_tools.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_hyperlink_without_holding_ctrl.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:40:00 BST By default, hyperlinks are used with pressing or holding Ctrl. But you can turn off this function. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_hyperlink_without_holding_ctrl.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_hyperlink_without_holding_ctrl.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:20:00 BST By default, hyperlinks are used with pressing or holding Ctrl. But you can turn off this function. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/use_hyperlink_without_holding_ctrl.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_switch_to_symbol_font_for_fast_typing_of_greek_alphabet.html Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:00:00 BST Typing mathematical symbols like Greek alphabet takes a lot of time. To resolve this issue you can switch to Symbol font and use the corresponding Latin letters to enter Greek letters. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_switch_to_symbol_font_for_fast_typing_of_greek_alphabet.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/collapse_the_ribbon_to_get_more_space_on_screen.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:00:00 BST When you need as much space as possible on screen to view a document, you can collapse (or minimize) the Ribbon to only its labels by double-clicking the label of the tab you're currently using. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/collapse_the_ribbon_to_get_more_space_on_screen.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_commands_to_the_quick_access_toolbar.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:00:00 BST Suppose you'd like to add a couple more commands to the Quick Access toolbar. Also, say you're a big fan of AutoText, which lets you assign long strings of text to a couple keystrokes. You can add the AutoText button to the Quick Access Toolbar, so you can quickly create and use AutoText to collect frequently used commands. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adding_commands_to_the_quick_access_toolbar.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/time_saving_tips_with_autotext.html Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:00:00 BST If you're a fan of the way AutoText worked in earlier versions of Word, you may be dismayed to see it buried as one of the Galleries in the Building Blocks Organizer. Fortunately, it's as easy as ever to create and retrieve an AutoText entry using the F3 key. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/time_saving_tips_with_autotext.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_paragraph_borders_and_shading.html Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST You can use paragraph borders, but removing these borders isn't easy for somebody. This tip is how to insert and remove paragraph borders and shading. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_use_paragraph_borders_and_shading.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_document_merge_to_simplify_routine_work.html Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST If you want to send several letters with the same text, but with different attributes (e.g., names of recipients and their addresses), you can merge a document with a database (e.g., a table of Excel). http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/using_document_merge_to_simplify_routine_work.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_a_bibliography.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:30:00 BST If you use citations in your Word documents, you might need the bibliographic specs for each source that you have referenced. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/create_a_bibliography.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_citation.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST Either you do your scientific research work at school or college, or write an article to the reputable magazine you need to reference sources of your information. To simplify this hard work Word 2007 provides you automatic tools for inserting citations. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_create_a_citation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/draw_flowcharts_in_word.html Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST If you need to draw a diagram, such as a flowchart, in the most of cases you need neither Visio, nor PowerPoint, use Word to draw with AutoShapes. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/draw_flowcharts_in_word.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_greek_symbols_into_the_equation.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:00:00 BST In Word 2007 equation many symbols can be inserted using a \+name of the symbol: http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_greek_symbols_into_the_equation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_spacing_and_alignment_in_an_equation.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 05:30:00 BST Word 2007 automatically handles formatting, nonetheless, you can manually adjust the spacing and alignment of equations. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/adjusting_spacing_and_alignment_in_an_equation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_symbols_and_templates_into_the_equation.html Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST In Word 2007 equations many mathematical symbols can be inserted using a the \+name of the symbol (how to insert Greek symbols, see Shortcut keys for inserting Greek symbols into the equation): http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/shortcut_keys_for_inserting_symbols_and_templates_into_the_equation.html http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_insert_an_equation_with_fractions__square_roots_and_exponents.html Sat, 10 Jul 2010 04:00:00 BST This tip display how to insert an equation for example, the normal, or Gaussian distribution. http://www.officetooltips.com/word/tips/how_to_insert_an_equation_with_fractions__square_roots_and_exponents.html