How To Set Left, First-Line Indents With Tabs In Word
One way to quickly set your left or first-line indent is to simply use your Tab key. One of the AutoCorrect features in Word is to automatically set a left or first-line indent for you when you press...
View ArticleHow To Remove Manually Applied Character Formatting
On a Facebook chat room, I saw someone inquiring if there was any way to highlight all text with additional formatting applied (i.e., formatting that is not part of the Word style for that text). Well,...
View ArticleHow To Remove Manually Applied Character Formatting II
This is a follow-up to a previous post on this subject. And I think you will find it interesting but you have to have read the previous post so that it will make sense to you. This will be the third...
View ArticleHow To Create Section Breaks In Word 365
In an earlier post, I explained how to create page breaks in Word. This time I will explain how to create section breaks. Ok, you know there are page breaks and there is another category of breaks as...
View ArticleHow To Create Page Breaks In Word 365
I know this is old news to some folks, but there are newbies out there who do not know how to do this and so I will now enlighten them. So, once you decide what sort of break is appropriate for your...
View ArticleHow To Edit A Template In Word
To edit a file and make it your own so that you can use it again later, you must first save it as a template. Follow the steps below to learn how: If you look at the top title bar for that file, you...
View ArticleHow To Unlink Cross-Referenced Fields In Word
One of my clients called me in a complete tizzy about a month ago. It seems they needed to find out how to unlink cross-referenced fields as well as automatic caption numbering. Now the real reason...
View ArticleHow To Use Find, Replace Without Capitalization
A subscriber contacted me recently and asked if they could replace an all-caps abbreviation/acronym (ie., NAACP) with another word without all caps. They said every time they used Find and Replace it...
View ArticleHow To Find, Replace Spaces/Tabs Before A Pilcrow
Recently I came across an article about how to find and replace unwanted spaces and/or Tabs before a paragraph. I found this interesting because many, many people have no idea how powerful that Pilcrow...
View ArticleHow To Change List Indents In Word
Bullets and numbers are indented 0.25″ from your left margin in a list. The next text is then indented 0/50″ from the left margin. This is the default setting, but you can change the position of these...
View ArticleHow To Use Quick Tables In Word
There are many ways to create custom tables in Word but a lot of folks just want the quickest and easiest method and thankfully we have that. It is called Quick Tables. And what is more, it really is...
View ArticleHow To Convert Text To Table In Word
Table tools can make lists far easier to customize and reorganize. Let’s say you would like to convert your contact list into a table. Let’s also assume that your list contains names – first, middle,...
View ArticleMicrosoft Copilot Not What I Expected
Microsoft has released Copilot on both Dev and Beta Insider channels. Usually when a preview is released, I am reluctant to write an article about it because it might not make it to the final version...
View ArticleHow To Draw A Table In Word
In a previous post, I told you how to insert a table in Word. Now that you have that down pat, I will tell you how to draw a table in Word. Yes, it is possible to manually draw your table in Word. Me?...
View ArticleEasy Method To Resize Table Columns
I have had more than one complaint about how it is becoming more and more difficult to resize very large documents by dragging the column divider. It seems as if this has only been occurring with very...
View ArticleHow To Create A Custom Table In Word
There are a fair number of folks out there who consider it very tricky and difficult to create a custom table. I suppose if you want to get all fancy-schmancy with it, it will quickly become a lot...
View ArticleHow To Set As Default In Paragraph Settings
You most likely have noticed the Set As Default option when you were in your Paragraph Settings window when adjusting tab stops or indention. It’s not a big deal, really. It is actually quite easy to...
View ArticleHow To Add Page Numbers To Footers
Say you are working with a table of contents in Word and you decide you would like to customize something like page numbers. Navigating to the header and footer area is the last place most folks will...
View ArticleHow To Change Page Orientation In Word
We covered inserting a section break in a previous post and I promised to follow up with changing page orientation. There are many reasons why one might want to change the orientation in your documents...
View ArticleHow To Use Breaks In Word
Folks who are not in the know often make the mistake of creating new sections or pages by simply hitting their Enter key repeatedly until they have created the appearance of a new page or a new section...
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