Using the Navigation Pane in MS Word to quickly move around in a large document
If you are working with a large document in MS Word such as a Policy Manual or a Report, you will likely have used heading styles to format headings in …
Disable Reading View when you open an Outlook attachment
Chatting with subscriber Barry S. about last week’s tip and he mentioned he also finds it annoying that when he opens a Word document that’s an email attachment it opens …
Easily select entire words when dragging
When you are selecting text in MS Word you will likely have discovered that you can start dragging anywhere in the first word you want to select and as you …
How to access Paste Options using the keyboard
Subscriber Dinar S. asks: When you copy/paste in Word, is there a way to match the format that is currently being used without using the mouse? In all the Office …
How to preview a file in Word before opening it
Do you sometimes find yourself wanting to take a peek at a file you are about to open in Word? Maybe you are looking for a specific file and you …
Keyboard shortcuts to move a paragraph in Word
Want to rearrange the items in a bulleted list? Here’s a shortcut to make the job easier. Click on an item you want to move then press Alt+Shift+Up Arrow to …
Declutter the Status Bar in Word and Excel
Starting with Office 2007 you can customize the Status Bar in all the Office programs. As you likely know, the Status Bar is at the very bottom of the window, …
Password protect PDF created from Word
Starting in Office 2007, Microsoft provided the capability to create PDFs directly from all the Office programs. This was a boon for Office users as we no longer needed a …
Get Word to generate text for you
You might occasionally want to experiment with a feature in Word but you may not have a suitable document to use. For instance, you may want to add sections to …
Automatically add space after a paragraph in Word
This week we are going to look at how you can automatically add space after a paragraph in Word when you press Enter. Spacing After is a paragraph formatting option. …