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Automatically create backups of your documents |
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 16:21 |
Tools, options, save and
check "always create a backup copy"
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Automatically save every 10 minutes |
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 16:22 |
Tools, options, save and
change the time to 10 minutes
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Cancelling the last command |
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Pressing ESC will cancel the last command you actioned.
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Encrypt documents |
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 16:22 |
Tools, options, security
and enter a password
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Finding a Lost Menu Bar |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:28 |
From the top menus select TOOLS and then choose CUSTOMIZE.
Word displays the Customize dialog box.
Make sure the Toolbars tab is displayed.
Scroll down the list of available toolbars until you see the Menu Bar option.
It should be impossible to uncheck the check box beside the Menu
Bar option, but you can still select the option. Do so and click the
Reset button.
Word displays a dialog box asking if you want to reset
changes to the menu bar.
Click Yes.
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Get rid of the task pane |
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 16:23 |
Tools, options, view and
check "Startup task plane"
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Give your document a theme |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:08 |
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Theming your documents can make them look more attractive. To do this, go to Format > Theme and select the theme you wish to use.
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Highlighting a word or words |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:20 |
Using the mouse pointer, point to the word you want to select.
Double-left-click on the mouse.
If you want to select additional words, hold down the mouse button
after the second click and drag the mouse across them. Word adds one
word at a time to your selection. Once the words are selected, you can
do any other editing function on those words.
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Insert a header or footer |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:06 |
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Go to View > Header and Footer and you can edit the header. To edit the footer, simply scroll down to the bottom of the page and click inside the footer.
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Insert a picture |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:37 |
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To insert a picture into your document, go to Insert > Picture and select the picture type to insert.
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Insert a table |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:00 |
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Go to Table > Insert > Table and enter the number of columns and rows you would like the table to have.
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Keyboard shortcut: Centre a paragraph |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:33 |
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Pressing Ctrl + E will centre the paragraph that the cursor currently sits in.
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Keyboard shortcut: Changing the font size |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:37 |
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Pressing Ctrl + Shift + P
selects the font size. After entering in your new size pressing enter actions the change.
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Keyboard shortcut: Check the spelling |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:11 |
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Press F7 to check your document for spelling and grammatical errors.
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Keyboard shortcut: Delete entire words |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:57 |
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To delete entire words, hold down Ctrl and press Backspace.
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Keyboard shortcut: Easily move an entire paragraph |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:42 |
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Left click inside the paragraph you wish to move, then hold down Shift + Alt and press the up/down arrow keys to move the paragrah up or down.
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Keyboard shortcut: Open thesaurus |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:13 |
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To open thesaurus, press Shift + F7.
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Keyboard shortcut: Repeat the text you just typed |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 11:02 |
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If you type a word, phrase or other piece of text, you can simply repeat it by pressing F4.
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Password a document |
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Wednesday, 24 May 2006 10:14 |
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To password a document, go to File > Save As. In the Save As window, click on Tools in the top right corner, click Security Options and enter a password to open and/or a password to modify the document.
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Zooming with the Mouse |
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Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:22 |
Hold down the CTRL key as you turn the mouse' scroll wheel. Each turn up or down increases or decreases the zoom factor by 10%.
Note: This may only work if you have one of
the newer Microsoft IntelliPoint mice on your system (The IntelliPoint mouse is the one
that has the small wheel between the left and right mouse buttons.)
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