WordTips 2001 Archive

The WordTips 2001 archive includes hundreds of valuable tips.
The following is the Table of Contents for the archive:

Introduction

• What's In This E-Book?
• What About Viruses?
• Need More Tips?
• A Special Note of Thanks
• Sharing this Document

General Tips

• Understanding the Word Name Game
• Understanding Views
• Writing to the Word Development Team
• Embedding Your Phone Number in a Document
• Canceling a Command
• Automatically Saving Changes to Defaults
• Turning Off Dynamic Menus
• Planting the Clipboard Toolbar
• Removing Errant Buttons
• I Can't Transfer My AutoText Entries
• The Case of the Vanished Menu Bar
• Changing Bookmark Colors
• Getting Word to Remember the Default Date and Time Format
• Retrieving Built-in Commands
• Quickly Switching Languages
• Finding and Using a Music Font
• Changing Above-the-Line Fonts
• Increasing the Size of the Draft Font
• Displaying Actual Font Faces
• Using Your Own File Extensions
• Status Bar Icons
• Working With Document Panes
• Meaningless Text
• Creating or Changing Wizards
• Arranging Document Windows
• Controlling Document Properties
• Controlling Scroll Bars
• Changing the Startup Directory
• Deleting Menu Items
• Turning on Picture Placeholders
• Resetting Word Menus
• Using Text Boundaries
• Changing Measurement Units
• Displaying Nonprinting Characters
• Backing Up Your AutoText Entries
• Backing Up Your AutoCorrect Entries
• Backing Up Your Custom Dictionaries
• Minimized Word Window

Editing Tips

• Viewing Your Spaces
• Controlling Overtype Mode
• Entering a Page Break from the Keyboard
• Inserting a Copyright Mark
• Inserting a Section Mark
• Inserting a Non-Breaking Space
• Using the Insert Key to Insert Text
• Differences Between Deleting, Clearing, and Cutting
• Sequentially Numbered Labels
• Deleting All Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Creating Compound Characters
• Ensuring Consistent References with AutoText
• Using Document Properties to Ensure Consistent References
• Viewing More of the Left Margin Area
• Jumping to a Specific Page
• Using Go To With a Percentage
• Removing Entire Paragraphs from Your Document
• Adding Tabs at the Beginning of a Line
• Moving Text Using the Mouse
• Using the Spike to Edit
• Understanding the At and Ln Indicators
• Adding Quotes
• Transposing Two Words
• Selecting the Entire Document with the Mouse
• Strip Trailing Spaces
• Using Extend Mode
• Easily Extending Selections
• Selecting a Text Block
• Using the Copy or Move Text Keys
• Talking to Yourself
• Asking for Delete Confirmation
• Changing Paragraph Order

Formatting Tips

• Determining Page Layout
• Quickly Displaying the Page Setup Dialog Box
• Understanding the Gutter Margin
• Understanding Mirror Margins
• Using Text As a Page Border
• Adding Columns to Your Page Layout
• Changing the Number of Columns
• Quickly Changing Columns
• Columns Within Text Boxes
• Formatting a Cover Page
• Eliminating "Before Spacing" at the Top of a Page
• Aligning Borders with the Page Margins
• Getting Rid of Section Breaks, But Not Section Formatting
• Adding Page Numbers
• Changing the Starting Page Number
• Adding Line Numbers
• Turning Off Line Numbering
• Quickly Formatting Multiple Documents
• Selecting a Paper Size
• Selecting a Paper Source
• Understanding Paragraph Alignment
• Keeping Paragraphs on the Same Page
• Setting a Negative Paragraph Indent
• Centering a Paragraph with the Keyboard
• Controlling Automatic Indenting
• Removing Extra Paragraph Marks
• Adjusting Spacing After a Paragraph
• Double-Spacing Your Document
• Triple-Spacing Your Document
• Indenting a Paragraph
• Creating a Hanging Indent
• Paragraph Formatting Shortcuts
• Preventing Straggling Heads
• Resetting Paragraph Formatting
• Understanding Leading
• Adding Borders to Paragraphs
• Adjusting the Distance between Borders and Text
• Adding Drop-Shadows to Paragraphs
• Deleting Borders
• Understanding At Least Line Spacing
• Controlling Widows and Orphans
• Selecting Default Paragraph Formatting
• Breaking Your Text
• Forcing a Page Break Before a Paragraph
• Making All Lines in a Paragraph the Same Height
• Setting the Wrapping Default for Objects
• Quickly Displaying the Tabs Dialog Box
• Changing Tabs Using the Ruler
• Setting Tab Stops Using Menus
• Deleting Tab Stops
• Clearing All Tabs in a Document
• Clearing All Tab Stops
• Using Leaders with Tab Stops
• Flush Left and Flush Right On the Same Line
• Unable to Use Bulleting and Numbering
• Problems Using Words as Bullets
• Compound List Formatting
• Understanding Hard and Soft Returns
• Understanding Font Styles
• Understanding Strikethrough Formatting
• Engraving Text
• Applying the All Caps Format
• Applying Formatting to Words
• Changing Font Size Using a Shortcut Key
• Smushing Text Together
• Font Substitution Problems
• Changing the Default Font in Word 2000 and Word 2002
• Automatically Formatting Text within Quotes
• Underlining Quoted Text
• Changing Text Case
• Changing Kerning
• Making Live URLs Into Normal Text
• Understanding Point Sizes
• Copying Character Formatting
• Automatically Using Smart Quotes
• Adjusting Small Caps Text
• Adding a Little Color
• Highlighting Information Using Shading
• Stubborn Highlighting
• Resetting Default Character Formatting
• Extra Shaded Lines
• Detailed Measurements
• Working with Other People's Files
• Changing the Types of Numbers in a Numbered List
• Absolutely Getting Rid of Formatting
• Cut and Paste Formatting
• Quickly Displaying Formatting Specs
• Using Non-Printing Notes

Styles and Templates Tips

• Understanding Styles
• Applying Styles
• Renaming a Style
• Deleting Styles
• Protecting Styles
• Developing Style Families
• Quickly Copying Styles
• Formatting Styles Using the Keyboard
• Printing a List of Custom Styles
• Finding Unused Styles
• Preventing Changes to Styles in Documents
• How Word 2002 Treats Normal.Dot
• Stepping Through Head Formats
• Intelligently Starting a New Paragraph
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to the First Style on a Page
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to the Last Style on a Page
• Turning Off a Dictionary for a Style
• Using the Style Area
• Understanding Templates
• Editing a Template
• Saving a Template with a Preview
• Protecting Templates

Headers and Footers Tips

• Creating Page Footers and Headers
• Changing Headers and Footers
• Copying Headers and Footers
• Basing Headers and Footers On the Previous Section
• Deleting a Header or Footer
• Floating Footer
• Inserting the Date in a Header or Footer
• Putting Document Names in Headers or Footers
• Adding Page Numbers in Headers or Footers
• Changing the Type of Page Numbers Used in Headers or Footers
• Using Chapter Numbers with Page Numbers
• Using Continued Lines
• Using Last-page Headers and Footers

Footnotes and Comments Tips

• Heavy-Duty Footnotes
• Copying and Moving Footnotes
• Using Cross-References in Footnotes
• Center-column Footnotes
• Adding Comments to Your Document
• Changing the Comment Color

Forms Tips

• Understanding Forms
• Working With Form Fields
• Saving and Using a Form
• Entering Calculations in a Form Field
• Calculating Form Fields
• Field Calculations in Locked Forms

Tables Tips

• Converting Text Into a Table
• Merging Table Cells
• Splitting Table Cells
• Clearing the Contents of a Table
• Filling Table Cells with a Macro
• Centering Information in Table Cells
• Validating Data
• Line Numbering and Tables
• Entering Tabs In a Table

Fields Tips

• Getting Information About Fields
• Displaying Fields
• Jumping Between Fields
• Locking a Field
• Converting Field Results to Text
• Updating Calculated Fields in a Form
• Inserting Custom Properties with Fields
• Updating Fields in Locked Forms
• Starting Chapters on Odd-Numbered Pages
• Using Mandatory Form Fields
• Calculating Dates with Fields
• Including Section Numbers in an Index
• Printing Field Codes
• Inserting the Name of the Last Person to Save the Document
• Referencing a Page Number In Another Document
• Inserting a Document's Location
• Word and Character Count Information
• Sequentially Numbering Elements in Your Document
• Numbering With Sequence Fields
• Inserting Summary Information

Searching Tips

• Searching for Special Characters
• Searching for Formatting
• Searching for Character Formatting
• Pay Attention to Case When Searching for ASCII Codes
• Selective Formatting in Searches
• Selective Formatting in Replacements
• Finding Formatted Bulleted Paragraphs
• Moving Found Text Down On a Page
• Changing the Formatting of All Instances of a Word
• A Fast Find-Next
• Using Search Text in the Replacement
• Searching for Paragraph Marks and Line Breaks
• Quicker Multiple Replace Operations

Printing Tips

• Getting a Double-Spaced Printout
• Printing a Document's Mirror Image
• Two Page Numbers Per Physical Page
• Using Duplex Printing
• Printing On Both Sides of the Paper
• Correct Line Numbers When Printing Selections
• Changing Print Dialog Box Defaults
• Printer Name on the Status Bar
• Making X of Y Work
• Suppressing ASK Fields When Printing
• Defining Default Printers On a Document Level
• Selecting Printing of Color Pictures
• Preventing Printing
• Changing Label Printing Order
• Printing Style Sheets
• Printing a Draft of a Document
• Printing Only Selected Pages
• Preparing Files for the Printer
• Printing Reversed Images
• Printing a Font List
• Adding a Diagonal Watermark with a PostScript Printer
• Adding a Horizontal Watermark with a PostScript Printer
• Printing a Circle Using PostScript
• Printing All Open Documents
• Use Good Quality Labels
• Understanding Background Printing
• Printing a Key Assignment List
• Collating Copies
• Reversing Print Order
• Printing Comments
• Working With Multiple Printers

Graphics Tips

• Disappearing Graphics Groups
• Understanding Object Anchors
• Moving Object Anchors
• Absolutely Positioning a Picture
• Choosing an Insert Method for Pictures
• Determining Picture Size in VBA
• Creating Usable Figure Captions
• Inserting Multiple Clip Art Gallery Clips
• Merging Graphics Into Word Documents
• Resize Graphics Outside of Word
• Changing Defaults for Text Boxes and Callouts
• Inserting a Picture in Your Document
• Extracting Pictures from a Document
• Changing the Size of a Graphic
• Searching and Replacing Graphics
• Graphics and Line Height
• Cropping Graphics
• Graphics in Address Labels

Files Tips

• Understanding MRU Files
• Deleting MRU Entries
• Grabbing the MRU List
• Mass Search and Replace
• Saving Documents in an Older Format by Default
• Saving All Open Documents
• Saving Everything
• Recovering Corrupt Document Files with StarOffice
• Reliable Conversion to WordPerfect
• Opening Multiple Documents at Once
• Read-Only Documents
• Opening a Document as Read-Only
• Opening Only a Merge Document
• Opening Only a Merge Document, Take Two
• Merging to Individual Files
• Removing Hidden Personal Information From a Document
• Specifying a Location To Save Automatic Backup Files
• Creating a Document Clone
• Use Filenames That Sort Properly
• Printing a File List

Online Tips

• Keeping a Document Open After Hyperlinking
• Using Relative HTML Font Sizes in Word 2000
• Maintaining Proper Hyperlinks in Word 2000

Tools Tips

• AutoCorrecting for Your Common Errors
• Using AutoText
• Adding an AutoText Entry
• Deleting an AutoText Entry
• Disappearing AutoText Entries
• Understanding and Using Bookmarks
• Reusing a Bookmark
• Deleting a Bookmark
• Adding an Equation Editor Tool
• Checking for Commonly Confused Words
• Checking for Sentences Beginning with Conjunctions
• Checking for Incorrect Numbers in Text
• Quickly Accessing Spelling and Grammar Options
• Editing Your Custom Dictionaries
• Creating a Spelling Exclusion List
• Editing While Spell-Checking
• Condensing Figure Caption References
• Fonts in WordArt
• Randomly Resetting Numbering
• Hyperlinks in an Index
• Accessing a List of Outlook Contacts
• Picking a Starting Label
• Conditional Processing During a Mail Merge
• Can't Place Merge Field In Header Of a Catalog Merge Document
• Chapter Numbers in Indexes and TOAs
• Changing Sort Order
• Alphabetizing By Last Name
• Inserting a Text Box
• Hyphenating Your Document
• Sorting a Text Selection
• Working With Document Links
• Using Multiple Tables of Contents
• Capturing a Screen
• Spell Checking Forms
• Sorting Text

Macros Tips

• Writing a Macro from Scratch
• Intelligible Names for Macros
• Understanding Subroutines
• Understanding Functions
• Passing Parameters to Functions
• Renaming a Macro
• Deleting a Macro
• Clean Up Your Macro List
• Understanding Precedence
• Understanding Variables in VBA Macros
• Assigning a Macro to a Shortcut Key
• Removing a Macro from a Shortcut Key
• Finding and Changing Word's Internal Commands
• Finding Long Lines
• Determining the Upper Bounds of an Array
• Batch Template Changes
• Numbers to Text, Take Three - Over a Million
• Quickly Dumping Array Contents
• Converting Inches to Points
• Inserting a Paragraph from within a Macro
• Cleaning Up Text in a Macro
• Checking for a Security Certificate
• Pulling Out Spelling Errors
• Setting the Left Indent of a Paragraph in a Macro
• Setting the Right Indent of a Paragraph in a Macro
• Repaginating in a Macro
• Calculating a Future Date
• Automatically Inserting Brackets
• Creating a Document Font List
• Using AutoCorrect to Start Macros
• Setting Maximum Line Lengths in Word E-mail Messages
• Printing Styles in a Macro
• Printing Comments from a Macro
• Printing Shortcut Key Assignments from a Macro
• Printing Summary Information from a Macro
• Creating a Command List
• Repeating In a Macro
• Understanding the If ... End If Structure
• Understanding the Select Case Structure
• Understanding the For … Next Structure
• Converting Numbers to Strings
• Jumping to the Start or End of a Document
• Hiding Macros
• Assigning a Macro to a Button in Your Text
• Printing Graphic Thumbnails

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