WordTips 2003 Archive

The WordTips 2003 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

• Missing Toolbars
• Too-Big Toolbars
• Using the Function Key Display Toolbar
• Unchanging Toolbars
• Locking the Position of Custom Toolbars
• Hiding a Stubborn Toolbar
• Using Large Toolbar Buttons
• Changing a Toolbar Button Image
• The Case of the Disappearing Icons
• Finding a Lost Menu Bar
• Misbehaving Rulers
• An Unruly Ruler
• Changing the Insertion Point Cursor
• Full Path Names in Word
• Displaying Path Names in the Menu Bar
• Word Function Key Assignments
• Forcing the Properties Dialog Box to Appear
• Factory Default Settings for Word
• Permanently Getting Rid of 'My Pictures' and 'My Music'
• Easily Backing Up AutoText Entries
• Alternative Ways of Creating Random Text
• Reveal Codes in Word
• Automatically Opening a Document at a Specific Zoom Setting
• Changing How Word Presents Your Document
• Seeing Small Rectangles when Inserting Symbols
• Disabling the Caps Lock Key
• Displaying System Information
• Modifying Behavior of the Open Dialog Box
• Getting Audible Feedback
• Nifty Zooming with the Mouse
• Reducing Word's CPU Load
• The User Options Path
• Potential Shortcut Key Problems
• Horizontally Viewing All Your Text
• Fatal Errors in Word
• Blue Background Blues
• Accessing the Source of a Document Link
• Where Are Word's Settings Stored?
• Excellent XML Resource Available
• Wrapping Spaces
• Turning Off ScreenTips
• Tools to View Field Codes

Editing Tips

• Understanding Click and Type
• Default Click and Type Paragraph Style
• Selecting a Word
• Overcoming Automatic Word Selection
• Deleting Words
• Transposing Two Characters
• Pasting Clean Text
• Jumping to the End without Repaginating
• Understanding Hyphens and Dashes
• Understanding the Document Map
• Navigating In the Document Map
• Controlling the Outline In the Document Map
• Checking for Matching Parentheses
• An Automatic Two Spaces After a Period
• Selective Undo
• Editing Headers and Footers
• Using Manual Line Breaks with Justified Paragraphs
• Generating a Count of Word Occurrences
• Using ASCII and ANSI Characters
• Store Common Addresses in AutoText Entries
• Understanding Sections
• Changing How Changes are Noted in Word
• Pasting a Hyperlink
• Inserting Foreign Characters
• What Line Am I On?
• Emoticons in Word
• Inserting a Bullet
• Making Bookmarks Bold

Formatting Tips

• Changing the Default Font
• Understanding Monospace Fonts
• Creating a Drop Cap
• Understanding Justification
• Double Indenting
• Formatting Fractions
• Vertical Alignment of Sections
• Creating Thin Spaces
• Using Parallel Columns
• Removing Automatic Lines
• Creating a Full-Page Border
• Non-printing Page Borders
• Breaking Lines in E-mail
• Sign-in Sheets
• Understanding Lists
• Creating a List
• Converting List Types
• Changing the Bullet Type
• Skipping Numbering
• Continuing Your Numbering
• Applying Formatting in Lists
• Lining Up Numbered List Numbers
• Converting Lists to Text
• Using Very Large Font Sizes
• Automatic Blank Pages at the End of a Section
• Automatically Setting Right Leader Tabs
• Changing Text Case
• Aligning Text on a Specific Character
• Wrapping Text Around a Text Box or Frame
• The Line That Won't Go Away
• Creating Sideheads
• Accurately Setting Tabs on the Ruler
• Applying Bullets from the Keyboard
• Applying Numbers from the Keyboard
• Ensuring Consistent Lines on Each Page
• Fixing Mismatched Bullets and Numbers
• Formatting All Headings At Once
• One Change Affects Everything
• Two Page Numbering Schemes in the Same Document
• Turning Off Automatic Numbered Lists
• Getting the Expected Space Before a Heading
• Adding a Drop Shadow to a Text Box
• Icon-based Fonts
• Scaling Characters

Styles and Templates Tips

• Defining Styles
• Applying Styles
• Assigning a Shortcut Key to Styles
• Removing Unused Styles
• Problems with TOC Styles
• Jumping to Styles in the Task Pane
• Creating a Boilerplate Document
• Changing the Attached Template
• Templates and Page Setup
• Word Won't Take "No" for an Answer
• Protect Your Document Templates
• What Changes Did I Make In That Template?
• Creating a Letterhead Template
• Overwhelmed by Template Tabs
• Adding Individual Styles to the Template

Footnotes and Comments Tips

• Controlling Footnote Placement
• Controlling Endnote Placement
• Viewing Footnotes and Endnotes
• Jumping to a Relative Footnote
• Jumping to an Endnote
• Jumping to a Relative Endnote
• Copying and Moving Footnotes and Endnotes
• Formatting Footnotes and Endnotes
• Different Layouts for Footnotes
• Changing the Way Footnotes Are Numbered
• Changing the Way Endnotes Are Numbered
• Changing the Footnote Separator
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Notice
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Separator
• Converting Individual Endnotes and Footnotes
• Deleting All Footnotes
• Formatting Footnote Reference Marks
• Formatting Endnote Reference Marks
• Using Multiple Reference to the Same Footnote
• Jumping To a Comment
• Deleting All Comments
• Viewing Comments
• Viewing Comments From a Specific Reviewer
• Searching for Comment Marks
• Pasting a Comment into Your Document
• Allowing Only Comments In a Document

Forms Tips

• Converting Forms to Regular Documents
• Turning Off Document Protection
• Allowing Only Form Field Changes

Tables Tips

• Taming Unruly Tables
• Resizing Your Table
• AutoFitting Tables
• Putting Tables Within Margins
• Indenting a Table
• Quickly Moving Your Table
• Quick Recall of Table Formats
• Adding a Line Before a Table
• Expanding Width of All Tables
• Setting Decimal Tabs in a Table Using the Keyboard
• Hiding Gridlines
• Deleting a Table
• Distributing Table Rows Evenly
• Keeping Table Rows Together
• Resizing Table Columns with the Mouse
• Adjusting Column Width Using Menus
• Differing Column Widths when Pasting
• Hiding Table Columns
• Protecting a Table Column
• Summing a Table Column
• Erroneous Table Math
• Fitting Your Text In a Cell
• Changing Cell Alignment
• Finding a Cell Reference
• Changing Spacing Between Table Cells
• Adding Borders to Cell Contents
• Headings On Your Printout
• Formatting an ASCII Table with Tabs
• Formatting an ASCII Table with Spaces
• Setting a Default Table Border Width

Fields Tips

• Inserting Fields
• Selecting a Field
• Locating Locked Fields
• Using Fields for Fractions
• Inserting the Total Number of Characters in Your Document
• Auto-incrementing Form Fields
• Inserting the Document Revision Number
• Inserting the Date Your Document Was Last Printed
• Inserting a Document's Size
• Adding a Dynamic Total in Your Document
• Inserting the Document Title in Your Document
• Inserting the Subject in Your Document
• Inserting Page Number Cross-References
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to Text
• Using TC Fields for Notes
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to an Item in a List
• PRIVATE Fields in WordPerfect Documents

Searching Tips

• Replacing Text with a Graphic
• Replacing Graphics with Graphics
• Searching for White Space
• Searching for Text With a Certain Format
• Searching for Paragraph Formatting
• Searching for Explicit Formats
• Find and Replace in Text Boxes
• Searching for Styles
• Adding Tags to Text
• Searching for Periods Not Followed by a Space
• Searching for Non-Black Text
• Erratic Behavior of Ctrl+PgDn
• Searching for Footnote and Endnote Marks
• Searching for Adjectives and Adverbs
• Quick and Dirty Paragraph Count

Outlining Tips

• Understanding Outlining in Word
• Changing Outline Structure
• Condensing and Expanding Headings
• Changing a Heading to Body Text
• Changing Body Text to a Heading
• Controlling How Body Text Is Displayed
• Changing the Number of Headings in an Outline
• Formatting In Your Outline

Printing Tips

• Understanding Page Sizes
• Multiple Pages Per Sheet
• Previewing Before You Print
• Multi-Page Print Preview
• Print Preview Freezes Word
• Printout Doesn't Match Preview
• Printing a Short Selection
• Remembering Copies to Print
• Printing Copy Numbers
• Dealing with the X of Y Bug
• Fonts Unavailable in Word
• Scaling Your Output
• Printing an Outline
• Non-Printing Hyperlinks
• Printing without Footnotes
• Removing Comment Brackets for Printing
• Problem Printing Quotation Marks
• Printing Document Properties
• Printing AutoCorrect Entries
• Automatically Printing an Envelope
• Default Envelope Margins
• Using Delivery Point Barcodes
• Changing the Default Font for Envelopes
• Printing Post Office Permits on Envelopes
• Creating Labels
• Creating Custom Labels
• Left and Right Aligned on One Line in a Label
• Vertically Centering Labels
• Making Use of Extra Labels
• Saving Money on Printing Labels
• Beginning a Mail Merge
• Using Merge Fields
• Creating a Mail Merge Data File
• Checking Your Data File
• Merging and Printing
• Losing ZIP Code Zeroes on Mail Merges
• Using Mail Merge to Complete Documents
• Creating Files with Mail Merge
• Formatted Merging
• Speeding Up Mail Merges

Graphics Tips

• Creating a Drawing Object
• Inserting Multiple Drawing Objects
• Selecting Drawing Objects
• Changing the Size of a Drawing Object
• Duplicating Drawing Objects
• Filling A Drawing Object
• Grouping Drawing Objects
• Flipping a Drawing Object
• Sending Drawing Objects to the Back or Front
• Hiding Graphics
• Creating Oval Pictures
• Understanding Fill Effects
• Getting Pictures Out of Word
• Editing Wrap Points
• Understanding Grayscale Images
• Using the Drawing Grid
• Motion Clips that Automatically Play
• Making Pictures Show in Word
• Default Picture Settings
• Nudging a Graphic
• Automatically Formatting Graphics and AutoShapes
• Converting a Text Box to a Frame
• Displaying Clip Art Details
• Clip Gallery in a Word 2002 World
• Understanding WordArt
• Saving WordArt Graphics as Files

Files Tips

• Options in Opening Files
• Word Slow to Open Documents
• Linking Word Documents
• Weird Characters in File Names
• Deleting an Old Document Version
• Automatically Saving Versions
• Saving an Old Document Version in a Separate File
• Multiple Document Directories for Word
• Copying Custom Properties
• Deleting the Open Document File
• Inserting Only Part of a File
• Saving Documents Faster
• Password Protection Loophole
• Removing All File Properties
• Determining the Length of a Non-Document Text File
• Too Many Temporary Files
• Converting WordPerfect Labels to Word
• Using Seek In a Macro
• Determining If the End of a Text File Has Been Reached
• Appending to a Non-Document Text File
• Sizing the Preview Pane
• Defective Opening Document
• Don't Work Off Floppies
• Floppies Can't Handle Word Documents?
• Converting Word for DOS Documents
• Read-Only Embedded Fonts
• Moving Quickly Between Directories

Online Tips

• Opening an Attached Word File
• Controlling the Program Used with Hyperlinked Images
• Adding Hyperlinks
• Adding a ScreenTip
• Editing a Hyperlink
• Weird Hyperlink Behavior
• Setting Web Fonts
• Understanding Discussions
• Connecting To a Discussion Server
• Adding a Discussion Server
• Editing a Discussion Server
• Starting a Discussion
• Using the Discussion Pane
• Refreshing the Discussion
• Filtering a Discussion
• Printing a Discussion

Tools Tips

• Creating an Executive Summary
• Ignoring Punctuation in Names
• Counting Characters in Text Boxes
• Fast Spelling Corrections
• Spell-checking Uppercase Words
• Spelling Errors on Internet Addresses
• Inconsistent Adding of Words to a Custom Dictionary
• DLL Problem with Spell Check
• Using Revision Marking
• Using the Reviewing Toolbar
• Finding Changes, by Editor
• Protecting Your Revisions
• Changing Document Links
• Updating Document Links
• Breaking a Document Link
• Creating a Table of Contents from Heading Levels
• Specifying a Table of Contents Entry
• Creating a Table of Contents from TOC Fields
• Insert a TOC without Upsetting Pagination
• Creating an Index Entry
• Cross-Referencing Index Entries
• Creating an Index Entry for a Range of Pages
• Improper Index References
• Deleting Index Entries
• Creating a Normal Index
• Indexing a Range of Pages
• Indexing Based on a Range of Letters
• Specifying Index Section Dividers
• Specifying an Index Entry Separator
• Specifying an Index Page-Range Separator
• Embedding an Excel Worksheet
• Embedding an Excel Chart in a Word Document
• Collapsing and Expanding Subdocuments
• Changing Subdocument Status
• Understanding the Organizer
• Using the Organizer to Manage Styles
• Using the Organizer to Manage Toolbars
• Using the Organizer to Manage AutoText
• Using the Organizer to Manage Macros
• Automatic AutoCorrect Exceptions for Beginning Sentences
• Word Count is Zero
• Adjusting Spell Check for Internet Addresses
• Automatic Initial Capitals in Tables
• Renaming an AutoText Entry
• Sharing AutoText Entries in a Network
• Controlling Sorting Order
• Sorting by Headings
• Equation Editor Font Color
• Using the Equation Editor for Fractions
• Changing the Office Assistant
• Getting Rid of the Office Assistant

Macros Tips

• Changing a Macro Description
• Attaching Macros to Documents
• Offering Options in a Macro
• Adding a Macro to a Toolbar
• Understanding the While…Wend Structure
• Invisible Macros
• Running Macros from Macros
• Using Call to Run VBA Macros
• Moving the Insertion Point in a Macro
• Moving the Insertion Point to the Beginning of a Line
• Inserting Text with a Macro
• Extracting INCLUDEPICTURE File Names
• Toggling Font Assignments in a Macro
• Saving Changes when Closing
• Automatically Inserting Tomorrow's Date
• Editing Word's Built-in Commands
• Determining if a Text Selection Exists
• Converting Strings to Numbers
• Getting User Input in a Dialog Box
• Passwords for Creating Macros
• Deriving an Absolute Value
• Reversing a String
• Resetting Character Formatting in a Macro
• Determining the Length of a String
• Determining If a File Exists
• Swapping Two Strings
• Determining a Random Value
• Controlling the Italic Text Attribute

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