WordTips 2004 Archive

The WordTips 2004 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

• Word Won't Start Right
• Word Won't Maximize
• Opening Word with a Full Screen
• New Document Sources
• Disabling the Getting Started Task Pane
• Cleaning Up the Task Pane
• Outlook Slows Down Word
• Shortcut for Show/Hide
• Automatic Sound Clips
• Tiling Documents
• Creating Custom Document Properties
• Removing Author Information
• Committing Clippy-cide
• Updating Automatic Links
• Understanding View Options
• Viewing Your Entire Document Width
• Viewing Multiple Pages
• Creating a Calendar Tool
• Locking Down Word
• Locking the Position of Tools
• Returning Word to Default Settings
• Understanding the Clipboard
• Misbehaving Mouse Scrolling
• Speeding Up Cursor Movement
• Helpful Pop-up Screen Tips
• Displaying Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips
• Pop-up Comments
• Converting from Excel to Word to Excel
• Speeding Up Document Display
• Closing All Documents
• Resetting a Single Shortcut Key
• Resetting All Shortcut Keys
• Quickly Customizing the Keyboard
• Unwanted Keyboard Configuration Change

Editing Tips

• Showing Only Added Text with Track Changes
• Placeholders for Stamps
• Redoing an Object Browse
• Quickly Finding Synonyms
• Inserting Special Spaces
• Turning Off Capital Corrections
• Capitals After Colons
• Turning Off Automatic Capitalization
• Non-breaking Em Dashes
• Sticking with the Dashes
• Using Optional Hyphens
• Getting Rid of Unwanted Foreign Characters
• Overlining Characters
• Creating the 'Mils' Symbol
• Organizing AutoText Entries
• Unsatisfactory Pasting into AOL E-mails
• Adding Parentheses
• Browsing by Heading
• How Word Handles Abbreviations
• Understanding the No-Width Characters
• Alt+Ctrl+I Shortcut in Windows XP
• Creating New Windows
• Learning a New Keyboard Layout
• Adding an Optional Break
• Turning Off Paste Options
• Plain Text Pasting as the Default
• Generating a List of Dates
• Multiple Document Users
• Setting Change Bars Manually
• Messed-up Typing
• Different Ways of Inserting Dates

Formatting Tips

• Unable to Set Margins in a Document
• Adjusting Margins in Print Preview
• Squeezing Everything In
• Avoiding a Section Break Booby Trap
• Decreasing a Paragraph's Indent
• Adjusting Space Before
• Removing Space Before Paragraphs
• Hanging Indent Shortcut
• Turning Off Automatic Bulleted Lists
• Increasing Space between Numbers and Text in a List
• Following Number with Different Characters
• Using Dot Leaders in a Paragraph
• Columns in a Text Box
• Creating See-Through Text Boxes
• Formatting Captions
• Letters and Numbers in Page Numbers
• Applying Bold Italics
• Edits Cause Text to Switch to Odd Fonts
• Applying Paragraph Styles to Characters
• Adding a Font Menu
• Reversing Type
• Animating Your Text
• Toggling Animation
• Protecting Hidden Text
• Reversed Bolding
• Embossing Text
• Formatting Line Numbers
• Adding a Background to Your Document
• Adding Automatic Lines
• Noting Formatting Inconsistencies
• Boxes in Boxes
• X-ing Out Text
• Setting Consistent Shading
• Complex Compound Formatting
• The Standard on the Ruler
• Stubborn Phantom Paragraphs
• Adjusting Bottoms of Pages

Styles and Templates Tips

• Shortcuts for Basic Style Formatting
• Quickly Displaying the Style Dialog Box
• Word Freezes when Updating Styles
• Changing Styles for E-Mail Editing
• Changing Caption Numbering Styles
• Variant Style Names Appearing
• Cleaning Up a Document that Mixes Styles with Direct Formatting
• Automatically Updating Styles
• Listing All Styles in the Style Drop-Down List
• Starting with a Different Template
• Using Alternating Styles
• Preventing Corruption of Normal.dot
• Startup Template Changes

Footnotes and Comments Tips

• Sequentially Numbering Footnotes
• Including Footnotes and Endnotes in Word Counts
• Removing All Comments

Header and Footer Tips

• Missing Header and Footer Toolbar
• Dynamic Path and Filename in a Footer
• Making Wider Footer Margins

Tables Tips

• Creating a Table Using the Keyboard
• Quickly Inserting Tables that Don't Go From Margin to Margin
• Aligning Decimal Numbers in Tables
• Quickly Removing Table Borders
• Table Borders Won't Print
• Adding Diagonal Borders
• Erasing Table Lines
• Blank Lines Before Tables
• Jumping to Tables
• Designing Standard Tables
• Formatting Lots of Tables
• Keeping Table Rows Together
• Shading Rows in a Table
• Jumping to the Ends of Table Rows
• Quickly Accessing the Column Tab
• Adjusting Column Width from the Keyboard
• Jumping to the Ends of Table Columns
• Selecting Individual Cells in a Table
• Squaring Table Cells
• Freezing Cell Size when Inserting Pictures
• Fitting Text Into Cells
• Putting Something in Every Cell of a Table
• Converting Tables to Text
• Converting Tables to Charts

Fields Tips

• Removing Specific Fields
• Controlling Field Shading
• Copying and Pasting Field Codes
• Special Characters in Fields
• Creating a Simple TOC
• Understanding the Advance Field
• Inserting a Page Number Field
• Displaying Blanks when Summing to Zero
• Setting Up an Array with Fields
• Understanding the COMPARE Field
• Creating an AutoText List
• Using the INFO Field
• Using the SYMBOL Field
• Using RD Fields with Chapter Headings
• Entering a "Slashed Zero" in Your Document

Sorting and Searching Tips

• Special Differences when Searching
• Sorting Tabular Tables
• Replacing Multiple Spaces with Tabs
• Finding Text Boxes
• Adding Many No-Width Optional Breaks
• Sorting Dates Numerically
• Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations

Printing Tips

• Opening and Printing a Document
• Printing Documents in a Folder
• Always Printing Drawing Objects
• Printing Comments
• Printing Documents without Markup
• Printing Only Document Changes
• Printing Close to the Edge
• Removing Blank Pages at the End of Your Document
• Mysteriously Changing Margins
• Errors While Printing
• Peculiar Font Differences
• Printing Show/Hide Characters
• Printing Non-Printing Characters
• Selecting Different Trays in a Mail Merge
• Changing the Default "Print What" Setting
• Duplex by Default
• Doubling Your Money
• Guidelines for Laser Printer Letterhead
• Reducing the Curl in Printed Documents
• Adding One More Line
• Toggling Print Preview
• Unwanted Lines on Printout
• Unwanted Lines on Printout, Take Two
• Booklet Printing in Word
• Documents Printing Out of Order
• Printing in White
• Formatting Labels
• Setting Default Label Formats
• Creating One-time Labels
• Changing the Return Address Location
• Using FIM Barcodes
• Blank Envelopes are Printing
• Printing Multiple Envelopes

Graphics Tips

• Understanding the Drawing Canvas
• Getting Rid of the Drawing Canvas Completely
• Inserting from the Clip Art Gallery Doesn't Work
• Putting Clip Art on the Hard Drive
• Clip Art Sizing Difficulties
• Using Object Anchors
• Wrapping Text Around a Graphic
• Positioning Graphics Evenly
• Understanding Graphic Linking
• Easily Changing Document Links
• Drawing Lines
• Moving Drawing Objects
• Using AutoShape Connectors
• Moving an AutoShape Connector
• Understanding Page Border Art
• Selecting a Graphic Behind a Text Box
• Problems Pasting Large Pictures
• Displaying the AutoShapes Menu
• Using Static Graphic Sizes
• Adjusting Shadow Settings
• Keeping Callouts Positioned
• Starting Microsoft Graph
• Picking a Chart Type
• Importing Excel Information Into Chart
• Adding Titles to a Chart
• Displaying a Chart Legend
• Adding Data Labels to a Chart
• Selecting Fonts for a Chart
• Specifying Colors in Chart
• Editing the Color Palette in Chart
• Changing the Perspective of Your Chart
• Unlinking an Excel Chart Automatically
• Adjusting Chart Size
• Changing the Orientation of Your Chart
• Changing the Default Chart Type
• Selecting a Chart Pattern
• Including a Data Table with Your Chart
• Formatting Datasheet Numbers
• Selecting a Custom Chart
• Controlling Display of Chart Axes in Microsoft Graph
• Specifying an Axis Scale in Microsoft Graph
• Picking a Number Format for an Axis
• Selecting Text Orientation for an Axis in Microsoft Graph
• Controlling Chart Gridlines
• Changing Shapes in Microsoft Graph
• Changing Datasheet Column Width
• Inserting Datasheet Rows or Columns
• Deleting Datasheet Rows or Columns
• Including Datasheet Rows or Columns in a Chart
• Changing Borders for Data Series
• Adding a Border Around Text in a Chart
• Placing WordArt Over Graphics
• Changing WordArt Text
• Specifying a Font in WordArt
• Changing Text Color in WordArt
• Aligning Text in WordArt
• Applying Text Options in WordArt
• Using Different Shapes in WordArt

Files Tips

• Creating a Document Shortcut
• Embedding TrueType Fonts
• Confirming File Conversions
• Noticeable Delays when Switching Documents
• Jumping Around Folders
• Saving in PostScript Format
• Finding Where Templates Are Stored
• File Sizes In Word
• Decreasing File Sizes of Documents with Graphics
• Saving Text Versions of HTML Files
• Changing Information in Multiple Documents
• Making Common Information Accessible
• Using a Standard Format in a Suggested File Name
• Combining Word Documents
• Converting from Professional Write
• Blocking the First Sentence from File Info
• Understanding Background Saving
• Controlling Names of Backup Files
• MRU List Doesn't Change
• Documents Opening in the Wrong Program
• Opening a Document as Read-Only in Windows Explorer
• Limits on Path Length in Word
• Turning Off HTML Conversions

Online Tips

• Building Your Own Web Page
• Previewing Your Web Page
• Saving Your Web Page
• Specifying Your Target Monitor
• Hyperlinks in Protected Documents
• Getting Rid of Many Hyperlinks
• Sending E-Mail at a Later Date
• Funny Behavior on E-mailed Documents
• Wrong Microsoft Web Sites Referenced
• Internet Content in Word Documents Under SP2

Tools Tips

• Limiting Spell Checking
• Spell-Check Won't Work
• Rechecking Spelling and Grammar
• Thesaurus Won't Work
• Turning Off Proofing for Superscripts
• Adding a Caption
• Automatically Adding Captions
• Turning Off Automatic Captioning
• Adding a Caption Label
• Deleting Caption Labels
• Displaying Quick Document Statistics
• Consolidating Changes under a Single User
• Getting a Warning for Markup
• Creating a Quick Letter
• Customized Tables of Contents
• Turning Off Paragraph Hyphenation
• Hyphenating a Selection
• Versions Not Saving Correctly
• Getting Hung Up On Document Comparisons
• Using Correct Apostrophes
• Allowing for Words that Contain Numbers
• Correcting Student Papers
• Hiding Errors
• Creating an AutoText Reference List
• Changing Default Languages
• Printing XML Tags
• Hiding Grammar Errors
• Truncated Merge Fields
• Hiding Spelling Errors
• Exclude File Woes
• Word Count in Multiple Selections
• Counting a Particular Word
• Creating a Table of Authorities
• Generating a Table of Authorities
• Creating Categories for Your Table of Authorities
• Counting Document Lines
• Sharing AutoText Entries
• AutoText Limits
• Removing Confusion When Using AutoCorrect
• Deleting a Discussion Server
• Starting the Equation Editor
• Choosing an Equation Style
• Choosing What You See in the Equation Editor
• Entering Regular Text in the Equation Editor
• Entering a Measurement in the Equation Editor
• Setting Superscript Height in the Equation Editor
• Setting Subscript Depth in the Equation Editor
• Adding Lines in an Equation Editor Matrix
• Setting Matrix Column Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Line Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Limit Depth Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Matrix Row Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Fraction Bar Thickness in the Equation Editor
• Setting Numerator Height Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Spacing for Radicals in the Equation Editor
• Setting Fraction Bar Overhang Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Limit Line Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Denominator Depth Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Limit Height in the Equation Editor
• Setting Bracket Clearance Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Gap Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting Prime Height Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Setting a Spacing Adjustment in the Equation Editor
• Setting Embellishment Spacing in the Equation Editor
• Choosing a Character Size in the Equation Editor
• Aligning Equation Elements
• Nudging an Equation
• Equation Editor Out of Memory?

Macros Tips

• Declaring Variables
• Continuing Macro Lines
• Debugging a Macro
• Disabled Macros
• Making Macros Readily Available
• Can't Save a Macro
• Creating a String
• Trimming Spaces from Strings
• Bumping Numbers in a Document
• Creating a Directory
• Determining the Current Directory
• Changing Directories in a Macro
• Removing a Directory
• Moving the Insertion Point to the End of a Line
• Displaying a Message in the Status Bar
• Determining an Integer Value
• Controlling the Bold Text Attribute
• Controlling the Hidden Text Attribute
• Turning Off Screen Updating
• Determining the Number of Pages in Your Document
• Determining the Current Page Number
• Jumping to the Top of a Page
• Renaming a File
• Swapping Two Numbers
• Determining if Caps Lock is On
• Determining if Overtype Mode is Active
• Aligning a Paragraph in a Macro
• Determining an ANSI Value
• Checking for a Text Selection Length
• Inserting a Break with a Macro
• Counting Words the Old Fashioned Way
• Determining the Number of Fonts Available
• Clearing the Undo Stack in a Macro
• Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document
• Getting the Names of Defined Bookmarks
• Selecting a Bookmark in a Macro
• Determining How Many Styles are Available
• Finding In-Use Styles in a Macro
• Determining a Paragraph's Style in VBA
• Saving a Document in a Macro
• Accessing Paragraphs in a Macro
• Replacing Text in a Macro
• Moving Through a Table in a Macro
• Numbers to Text
• Understanding Document Variables
• Creating a New Document in VBA
• Aligning Paragraphs in a Macro
• Copying a File in VBA
• Converting Paragraphs to Comments
• Determining How Many Windows are Open
• Determining the Month of the Year
• Determining the Week of the Year
• Determining the Day of the Year
• Determining the Day of the Month
• Determining the Hour of the Day
• Determining Differences Between Dates
• Calculated Dates

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