WordTips 2007 Archive

The WordTips 2007 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
• Getting Context-Sensitive Help
• Where is the Options Dialog Box?
• Finding Word 2007 Equivalents
• Displaying ScreenTips
• Controlling Display of the Status Bar
• Forcing the Properties Dialog Box to Appear
• Turning On Property Information Prompting
• Text Doesn't Wrap at Margin in Normal View
• Changing How Word Presents Your Document
• Unwanted Graph Paper Effect
• Letters Turn Into Squares
• Automatically Updating Fields and Links
• Turning Off Background Repagination
• Default Units that Change
• Getting Rid of Wizards and Templates
• Turning Off a Startup Sound
• Getting Audible Feedback
• Alternative Ways of Creating Random Text
• Direction Arrows Confused
• Automatically Opening a Document at a Specific Zoom Setting
• Avoiding the Update Links Message
• Displaying System Information
• Changing Colors of Spelling and Grammar Underlines
• Changing the Insertion Point Cursor
• Factory Default Settings for Word
• Understanding Default Insert Date Formatting
• Changing the Maximum Undo Levels
• Modifying Behavior of the Open Dialog Box
• Understanding Unicode Characters
• Understanding ASCII and ANSI Characters
• Using ASCII and ANSI Characters
• Putting Character Codes to Work
• Deleting Menu Items
• Customizing a Toolbar
• Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
• Quickly Removing a Toolbar Button
• Signing a Protected Form

Editing Tips

• Understanding Click and Type
• Default Click and Type Paragraph Style
• Understanding Smart Cut and Paste
• Selecting a Word
• Automatically Selecting Words
• Selecting a Group of Words
• Selecting a Line of Text
• Selecting an Entire Paragraph
• Arranging Paragraphs
• Quickly Moving Text With the Mouse
• Slowing Down Mouse Selection
• Understanding Sections
• Selecting an Entire Section
• Understanding Hyphens and Dashes
• Inserting a Non-Breaking Hyphen
• Pasting Clean Text
• Inserting the Date and Time
• Jumping Back in a Long Document
• Jumping to the End without Repaginating
• Getting the Proper Type of Ellipses
• Turning Off Word's Second Guessing with Quote Marks
• Checking for Matching Parentheses
• Moving Breaks Quickly
• Transposing Two Characters
• Selective Undo
• Dealing with Run-On Sentences
• An Automatic Two Spaces After a Period
• Generating a Count of Word Occurrences
• Using Manual Line Breaks with Justified Paragraphs
• Highlighting Text Using the Keyboard Only
• Pasting a Hyperlink
• Tracked Changes Notification when Opening
• Turning Track Changes Off for Selected Areas
• Pasting Text with Track Changes
• Protecting Tracked Changes
• Understanding the Document Map
• Navigating In the Document Map
• Controlling the Outline In the Document Map
• Navigating Your Document Using Outline View
• Changing Outline Heading Level
• Controlling How Body Text Is Displayed

Auto Tips

• Editing an AutoText Entry
• AutoText Entries Don’t Stick
• Easily Backing Up AutoText Entries
• Quick Recall of Table Formats
• Shortcut for AutoCorrect Dialog Box
• Superscripted Registered Trademark Symbol
• Editing AutoCorrect ACL Files
• Automatic Initial Capitals in Tables
• Using AutoComplete Tips
• Where is AutoFormat?
• Removing Automatic Lines
• The Line That Won’t Go Away
• Creating an Executive Summary

Formatting Tips

• Understanding Monospace Fonts
• Quickly Changing Font Sizes
• Quickly Displaying the Font Dialog Box
• Using Very Large Font Sizes
• Default Font for Page Numbers
• Strikethrough Shortcut Key
• Understanding Underlines
• Using Shading to Highlight Information
• Changing Text Case
• Superscript and Subscript at the Same Place
• Understanding Nonprinting Characters
• Creating a Drop Cap
• Understanding Single Line Spacing
• Understanding Justification
• Full Justification in Word 2007
• Double Indenting
• Automatically Setting Right Leader Tabs
• Aligning Text on a Specific Character
• Understanding Lists
• Creating a List
• Understanding and Creating Lists
• Creating a Numbered List
• Converting List Types
• Lining Up Numbered List Numbers
• Skipping Numbering
• Removing a List
• Converting Lists to Text
• Automatic Numbers with Leading Zeroes
• Mixing Column Formats On a Page
• Using Parallel Columns
• Margin Notes in Word
• Adding Sidebars
• Creating Sideheads
• Changing Text Orientation
• Rotating a Page of Text
• Precise Ruler Adjustments
• Copying Formats
• Creating Thin Spaces
• Underlining Section References Automatically
• Creating a Full-Page Border
• Non-printing Page Borders
• Deleting Borders
• Formatting Text Files
• Automatically Formatting an ASCII File
• Formatting Fractions
• Formatting Currency
• Breaking Lines in E-mail
• One Change Affects Everything
• Sign-in Sheets
• Vertical Alignment of Sections
• Automatic Blank Pages at the End of a Section
• Ensuring Consistent Lines on Each Page
• Making Bookmarks Bold

Styles and Templates Tips

• Applying Styles
• Preventing Styles from Changing
• Removing Unused Styles
• Can't Select Style Instances
• Getting Rid of Modify Style Message
• Problems with TOC Styles
• Templates and Page Setup
• Determining Which Template is Attached to a Document
• Changing the Attached Template
• Continually Saving Normal.dot
• Protect Your Document Templates
• What Changes Did I Make In That Template?
• Creating a Boilerplate Document

Footnotes and Comments Tips

• Understanding Footnotes and Endnotes
• Inserting Footnotes
• Inserting Endnotes
• Copying and Moving Footnotes and Endnotes
• Deleting Footnotes and Endnotes
• Continuous Formatting for Footnotes
• Viewing Footnotes and Endnotes
• Jumping to a Relative Footnote
• Jumping to an Endnote
• Jumping to a Relative Endnote
• Controlling Footnote Placement
• Controlling Endnote Placement
• Changing the Footnote Separator
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Separator
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Notice
• Changing How Footnote References Appear
• Formatting Footnote Reference Marks
• Changing the Way Endnotes Are Numbered
• Adding Information after the Endnotes
• Printing without Footnotes
• Deleting All Footnotes
• Creating a Bibliography from Footnotes
• Converting Endnotes to Regular Text
• Converting Individual Endnotes and Footnotes
• Jumping To a Comment
• Searching for Comment Marks
• Changing Comment Bubble Colors
• Deleting All Comments

Header and Footer Tips

• Editing Headers and Footers
• Protecting Headers and Footers

Tables Tips

• Selecting a Table
• Quickly Inserting Table Rows
• Moving a Table Row
• Moving a Table Column
• Quickly Moving Your Table
• Putting Tables Within Margins
• Indenting a Table
• Splitting a Table
• Deleting a Table
• Heading Changes for Multi-page Tables
• Repeating Rows for a Table Footer
• Creating Tables with Specific Column Widths
• Keep Your Headings in View
• Deleting Cells
• Rounded Table Edges
• Distributing Table Rows Evenly
• Distributing Columns Evenly
• Inserting Cells in a Table
• Changing Table Cell Text Direction
• Adjusting Table Row Height
• Deleting Table Columns with Track Changes Turned On
• Spacing Table Rows Vertically
• Footnotes for Tables
• Changing Cell Alignment
• Index Number for the Active Table
• Setting Decimal Tabs in a Table Using the Keyboard
• Expanding Width of All Tables
• Counting Values in Table Cells
• Noting Table Rows Containing a Character
• Blank Page Printing after Table at End of Document
• Adding Borders to Cell Contents
• Summing a Table Column
• Fitting Your Text In a Cell

Fields Tips

• Inserting Fields
• Selecting a Field
• Inserting the User’s Initials
• Inserting the User's Address
• Inserting the Template Name in Your Document
• Date Last Edited
• Inserting the Edit Time
• Inserting the Total Number of Characters in Your Document
• Inserting the Total Number of Pages in Your Document
• Field Reference to Number of Prior Pages
• Maintaining Fields in a Merged Document
• Using Fields for Fractions
• Inserting the Document Title in Your Document
• Auto-incrementing Form Fields
• Inserting the Date Your Document Was Last Printed
• Locating Locked Fields
• Inserting a Document’s Size
• Inserting the Document Revision Number
• Including Headers and Footers when Selecting All
• Understanding Default DATE Field Formatting
• Adding a Dynamic Total in Your Document
• Inserting Page Number Cross-References
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to Text
• Inserting the Subject in Your Document

Sorting and Searching Tips

• Sorting by Headings
• Controlling Sorting Order
• Selective Formatting using Find and Replace
• Ignoring Accented Characters in Searches
• Find and Replace in Text Boxes
• Searching for a Specific Field
• Searching for Text that Does Not Have a Certain Format
• Searching for Paragraph Formatting
• Searching for Styles
• Replacing Text with a Graphic
• Searching for White Space
• Searching for Text With a Certain Format
• Searching for Footnote and Endnote Marks
• Searching for Non-Black Text
• Searching for Periods Not Followed by a Space
• Searching for Adjectives and Adverbs
• When Replace Doesn't Work
• Understanding Pattern Matching
• Searching for Characters
• Special Characters in Pattern Matching
• Matching At the Beginning or End of a Word
• Setting a Default for the Object Browser

Printing Tips

• Setting Up Your Printer
• Previewing Before You Print
• Multi-Page Print Preview
• Printing More Than One Copy
• Remembering Copies to Print
• Printing Odd or Even Pages
• Printing Hidden Text
• Scaling Your Output
• Multiple Pages Per Sheet
• Fitting to a Single Page
• Margins Incorrect When Printing
• Printing an Outline
• Printing a Short Selection
• Printing AutoText Entries
• Printing Color Separations
• Printing Custom Properties
• Printing Shortcut Key Assignments
• Using Unique Document Serial Numbers
• Forcing Printouts to Black and White
• Automatic Font Color Won't Print Properly
• Disabling Printer Notifications
• Setting the Default Print Preview Zoom Factor
• Non-Printing Hyperlinks
• Printing via Macro without Messages
• Speeding Up Mail Merges
• Checkboxes in a Merged Document
• Formatted Merging
• Merging Only a Date from Access
• Using Mail Merge to Complete Documents
• Creating Files with Mail Merge
• Automatically Printing an Envelope
• Maintaining Delivery Address Information for Envelopes
• Printing Post Office Permits on Envelopes
• Increasing Envelope Address Lines
• Default Envelope Margins
• Creating Labels
• Saving Money on Printing Labels
• Left and Right Aligned on One Line in a Label
• Making Use of Extra Labels
• Specifying a Label Stock for Saved Documents
• Getting Rid of Blank Labels in a Filtered Merge

Graphics Tips

• A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words
• Faster Picture Displaying
• Hiding Graphics
• Replacing Graphics with Graphics
• Pictures Move on their Own
• Wrapping Text around a Graphic in a Text Box
• Creating a Drawing Object
• Rotating a Drawing Object
• Grouping Drawing Objects
• Changing an AutoShape
• Resizing a Text Box or Frame
• Removing the Box from a Text Box
• Changing Compression Print Resolution
• Adding WordArt Libraries
• Displaying Thumbnails and Full-Size Images
• Getting Pictures Out of Word
• Understanding Fill Effects
• Editing Wrap Points
• Understanding Grayscale Images
• Understanding WordArt

Files Tips

• Changing the Default File Name
• Inserting a File
• Inserting Only Part of a File
• Renaming a Document
• Setting a Default Document Format
• Read-Only Documents
• Read-Only Documents Without a Password
• Read-Only Files
• Opening a Backup File
• Use Filenames That Sort Properly
• Opening a Text File and Template from the Command Line
• Leading Spaces in Document File Names
• Weird Characters in File Names
• Opening Documents in Print Layout View
• Deleting the Open Document File
• Copying Custom Properties
• Problems Opening Documents after Installing Word 2003 SP3
• Removing All File Properties
• Linking Word Documents
• Saving Documents Faster
• Cannot Convert a Document File to a Readable Document
• Understanding Master and Subdocuments
• Creating a Master Document Using Existing Subdocuments
• Moving Master and Subdocuments
• Removing a Subdocument From a Master Document
• Getting Input from a Text File
• Appending to a Non-Document Text File
• Determining the Length of a Non-Document Text File
• Determining If the End of a Text File Has Been Reached
• Using Seek In a Macro
• Creating Microsoft Reader Files in Word 2007

Online Tips

• Hyperlinks Not Found
• Creating Hyperlinks from E-mail Addresses
• Closing Documents after a Hyperlink
• Getting Rid of the Ctrl+Click Message
• Checking for Valid Hyperlinks
• Editing a Hyperlink
• Creating a Hyperlink that Opens the Linked Object
• Weird Hyperlink Behavior

Tools Tips

• Limiting a Spelling Check
• Turning Off Spell Checking
• Making Spell Check Ignore Characters
• Spell-Checking From the Keyboard
• Spell Check Misses Misspelled Words
• Adding Ampersands to Custom Dictionaries
• Making Ignore All Work for a Document on All Systems
• Only Showing Readability Statistics
• Inserting a Sound File in Your Document
• Page Ranges in a TOC
• Generating a TOC that Includes Text Boxes
• Insert a TOC without Upsetting Pagination
• Locking Lines in a TOC
• Ensuring Proper Page Numbers for a Table of Authorities
• Finding Related Words
• Pop-up Windows in Word
• Specifying Sub-entries in an AutoMark File
• Auto Creation of an Acronym List
• Counting Characters in Text Boxes
• Word Count for a Section
• Enforcing a Do-Not-Use Word List
• Updating Document Links

Macros Tips

• Disappearing Macro Menus
• Restoring a Keyboard Shortcut
• Changing a Macro Description
• Understanding the While…Wend Structure
• Offering Options in a Macro
• Getting User Input in a Dialog Box
• Determining if a Text Selection Exists
• Converting Strings to Numbers
• Deriving an Absolute Value
• Determining the Length of a String
• Reversing a String
• Running Macros from Macros
• Using Call to Run VBA Macros
• Character Frequency Count
• Saving in Document Format from a Macro
• Suppressing the Control Toolbox Toolbar
• Counting Open Document Windows
• Toggling Font Assignments in a Macro
• Printing and Exiting Word in a Macro
• Saving in a Macro Using a Desired File Name
• Extracting INCLUDEPICTURE File Names
• Automatically Inserting Tomorrow’s Date
• Saving Changes when Closing
• Highlight Words from a Word List
• Setting Table Values to Three Decimal Places
• Editing Word’s Built-in Commands
• Attaching Macros to Documents
• Processing Information Pasted from a PDF File

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