WordTips 2008 Archive

The WordTips 2008 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

• Where Are Word’s Settings Stored?
• Word Function Key Assignments
• Shortcut for Show/Hide
• Resetting All Shortcut Keys
• Resetting a Single Shortcut Key
• Delay in Dialog Box Appearing
• Accessing the Source of a Document Link
• Selecting a Language
• Fatal Errors in Word
• Fonts Missing in Word
• Changing Word to Work in English
• Nifty Zooming with the Mouse
• Horizontally Viewing All Your Text
• Creating Custom Document Properties
• Word Unexpectedly Quitting, But Not Really
• Viewing Multiple Pages
• Jumping to the End of Page after Enter
• Unwanted Keyboard Configuration Change
• Changing the Company Name
• Getting Rid of Blue Squiggly Underlines
• Small Red Dots under Addresses
• Turning Off ScreenTips
• Displaying Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips
• Problem with Menus Crashing Word
• Getting Rid of Custom Toolbars
• Using Large Toolbar Buttons

Editing Tips

• Deleting Words
• Overcoming Automatic Word Selection
• Turning Off Automatic Capitalization
• Turning Off Capital Corrections
• Correcting Student Papers
• Different Ways of Inserting Dates
• Wrapping Spaces
• Scrolling Text Sideways
• Comparing Documents Top and Bottom
• Getting Rid of the Paste Options Box
• Inserting Foreign Characters
• Inserting a Bullet
• What Line Am I On?
• Emoticons in Word
• Redoing an Object Browse
• Quickly Finding Synonyms
• Capitalizing the First Letter after a Colon
• Creating the ‘Mils’ Symbol
• Sticking with the Dashes
• Adding Parentheses
• Overlining Characters
• Placeholders for Stamps
• Typing Pronunciations of Words
• Inserting Special Spaces
• Browsing by Heading
• Adding an Optional Break
• Creating New Windows
• Plain Text Pasting as the Default
• Turning Off Paste Options
• How Word Handles Abbreviations
• Generating a List of Dates
• Multiple Document Users
• Counting Document Lines

Markup Tips

• Changing How Changes are Noted in Word
• Using Different Colors with Tracked Changes
• Marking Changes with Only a Vertical Bar in Word 2007
• Getting a Warning for Markup
• Using the Reviewing Toolbar
• Consolidating Changes under a Single User
• Tracked Changes Won't Go Away
• Comments in Endnotes
• Pasting a Comment into Your Document
• Allowing Only Comments In a Document
• Viewing Comments
• Viewing Comments From a Specific Reviewer
• Removing All Comments

Auto Tips

• Renaming an AutoText Entry
• Changing Fonts for AutoText Entries
• Store Common Addresses in AutoText Entries
• Sharing AutoText Entries in a Network
• Automatic AutoCorrect Exceptions for Beginning Sentences
• Can't Save Formatted Entries in Word 2007 AutoCorrect
• Moving Building Blocks

Outlining Tips

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

Formatting Tips

• Noting Formatting Inconsistencies
• Applying Bold Italics
• Scaling Characters
• Changing the Format of Existing Dates
• Reversing Type
• Reversed Bolding
• Animating Your Text
• Protecting Hidden Text
• Accurately Setting Tabs on the Ruler
• Using Dot Leaders in a Paragraph
• Decreasing a Paragraph's Indent
• Removing Space Before Paragraphs
• Adjusting Space Before
• Hanging Indent Shortcut
• Formatting All Headings At Once
• Getting the Expected Space Before a Heading
• Creating an Inline Heading
• Adding Automatic Lines
• Turning Off Automatic Numbered Lists
• Applying Numbers from the Keyboard
• Continuing Your Numbering
• Increasing Space between Numbers and Text in a List
• Turning Off Automatic Bulleted Lists
• Changing the Bullet Type
• Applying Bullets from the Keyboard
• Applying Formatting in Lists
• Fixing Mismatched Bullets and Numbers
• Lines that Don't Change When You Type
• Columns in a Text Box
• Wrapping Text Around a Text Box or Frame
• Adding a Drop Shadow to a Text Box
• Unable to Set Margins in a Document
• Two Page Numbering Schemes in the Same Document
• Leaving Even Pages Blank
• Maintaining Formatting When Inserting Documents
• Squeezing Everything In
• Edits Cause Text to Switch to Odd Fonts
• Avoiding a Section Break Booby Trap
• Making Sure a Document Always Has an Even Number of Pages

Styles and Templates Tips

• Defining Styles
• Assigning a Shortcut Key to Styles
• Shortcuts for Basic Style Formatting
• Turning Off Smart Quotes for Specific Styles
• Turning Off Automatic Hyphenation for Parts of a Document
• Word Freezes when Updating Styles
• Word Won’t Take “No” for an Answer
• Adding Individual Styles to the Template
• Template Folder Location in Word 2007

Footnotes and Endnotes Tips

• Formatting Footnotes and Endnotes
• Different Layouts for Footnotes
• Changing the Way Footnotes Are Numbered
• Sequentially Numbering Footnotes
• Using Multiple Reference to the Same Footnote
• Formatting Endnote Reference Marks
• Default Numbering Format for Endnotes
• Endnotes by Chapter
• Adding Endnotes in Text Boxes
• Shortcut to Return to Document Text

Header and Footer Tips

• Insert AutoText Tool Unavailable on Header and Footer Toolbar
• Different AutoText Entries in Header and Footer
• Dynamic Path and Filename in a Footer

Tables Tips

• Drawing a Table
• Creating a Table Using the Keyboard
• Designing Standard Tables
• Resizing Your Table
• Adjusting Column Width Using Menus
• Resizing Table Columns with the Mouse
• Selecting Individual Cells in a Table
• Jumping to the Ends of Table Rows
• Jumping to the Ends of Table Columns
• Quickly Accessing the Column Tab
• AutoFitting Tables
• Finding a Cell Reference
• Cannot Set Heading Rows in a Table
• Keeping Table Rows Together
• Adding Column Headings to a Table of Contents
• Hiding Gridlines
• Taming Unruly Tables
• Blank Lines Before Tables
• Space after a Table
• Different Table Captions on Multiple Pages
• Setting a Default Table Border Width
• Erroneous Table Math
• Jumping to Tables
• Headings On Your Printout
• Table Header Rows after a Manual Page Break
• Keeping Table Rows Together
• Quickly Removing Table Borders
• Fitting Text Into Cells
• Changing Spacing Between Table Cells
• Aligning Decimal Numbers in Tables
• Protecting a Table Column
• Freezing Cell Size when Inserting Pictures
• Table Borders Won't Print
• Converting Tables to Text
• Formatting an ASCII Table with Spaces
• Formatting an ASCII Table with Tabs
• Putting Something in Every Cell of a Table

Fields and Forms Tips

• Controlling Field Shading
• Tools to View Field Codes
• Copying and Pasting Field Codes
• Removing Specific Fields
• Using TC Fields for Notes
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to an Item in a List
• Entering a "Slashed Zero" in Your Document
• Differences between SEQ and LISTNUM Fields
• Special Characters in Fields
• Understanding the Advance Field
• Inserting a Page Number Field
• Setting Up an Array with Fields
• Displaying Blanks when Summing to Zero
• Understanding the COMPARE Field
• Creating an AutoText List
• Forcing the Date to the Next Wednesday
• Text Form Fields in Word 2007
• Converting Forms to Regular Documents
• Turning Off Document Protection

Searching Tips

• Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations
• Adding Tags to Text
• Quick and Dirty Paragraph Count
• Replacing Multiple Spaces with Tabs
• Erratic Behavior of Ctrl+PgDn
• Finding Text Boxes
• Special Differences when Searching
• Removing HTTP from URLs
• Replacing with a Subscript
• Finding and Deleting Rows

Printing Tips

• Understanding Page Sizes
• Opening and Printing a Document
• Reducing the Curl in Printed Documents
• Toggling Print Preview
• Editing in Print Preview
• Print Preview Freezes Word
• Printout Doesn’t Match Preview
• Fonts Unavailable in Word
• Transferring Fonts
• Problem Printing Quotation Marks
• Unwanted Cover Pages with Print Jobs
• Removing Blank Pages at the End of Your Document
• Easily Changing Print Order
• Dealing with the X of Y Bug
• Printing Copy Numbers
• Printing Documents in a Folder
• Printing Documents without Markup
• Printing Close to the Edge
• Adding One More Line
• Changing the Default "Print What" Setting
• Printing Only Changed Pages
• Using Only Odd Page Numbers
• Printing Comments
• Printing AutoCorrect Entries
• Always Printing Drawing Objects
• Printing Document Properties
• Printing Show/Hide Characters
• Creating a Mail Merge Data File
• Beginning a Mail Merge
• Using Merge Fields
• Merging with Two Data Sources
• Selecting Different Trays in a Mail Merge
• Vertically Centering Labels
• Creating Custom Labels
• Blank Envelopes are Printing
• Printer Won't Print Envelope Font
• Printing Multiple Envelopes
• Using Delivery Point Barcodes

Graphics Tips

• Drawing Lines
• Using the Drawing Grid
• Understanding the Drawing Canvas
• Making Pictures Show in Word
• Filling A Drawing Object
• Flipping a Drawing Object
• Duplicating Drawing Objects
• Inserting Multiple Drawing Objects
• Moving Drawing Objects
• Nudging a Graphic
• Sending Drawing Objects to the Back or Front
• Changing the Size of a Drawing Object
• Positioning Graphics Evenly
• Wrapping Text Around a Graphic
• Problems Pasting Large Pictures
• Using MPF Graphic Files
• Selecting Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Automatically Adjusting Height for Text Boxes
• Selecting a Graphic Behind a Text Box
• Converting a Text Box to a Frame
• Understanding Graphic Linking
• Using Object Anchors
• Permanent Watermarks in a Document
• Saving WordArt Graphics as Files

Files Tips

• Opening Word 2007 Files in Older Versions
• Cannot Open Word 2007 Documents Even When Saved in Earlier Version
• Opening a Word Document when Starting the Computer
• Saving Documents as Read-Only by Default
• Determining If a File Exists
• Converting WordPerfect Labels to Word
• Read-Only Embedded Fonts
• Confirming File Conversions
• Having Numbered Lists in Subdocuments Restart their Numbering
• Moving Quickly Between Directories
• Saving in PostScript Format
• Finding Where Templates Are Stored
• Embedding TrueType Fonts
• Extra Document File Being Saved
• Creating an XML File from a Word Document
• Combining Word Documents
• Using a Standard Format in a Suggested File Name
• Changing Information in Multiple Documents
• Making Common Information Accessible
• Determining if a Document is Corrupt
• Word Slow to Open Documents
• Noticeable Delays when Switching Documents
• Understanding Background Saving

Online Tips

• Differences in Behavior of Links
• Getting Rid of 'Mail To:' in E-mail Links
• Specifying Your Target Monitor
• Saving Your Web Page
• Adding Hyperlinks
• Setting Web Fonts
• ScreenTips without Hyperlinks
• Hyperlinks in Protected Documents
• Getting Rid of Many Hyperlinks

Tools Tips

• Fast Spelling Corrections
• Spell-checking Uppercase Words
• Spell Checking when Closing Documents
• Ignoring Punctuation in Names
• Spelling Errors on Internet Addresses
• Adjusting Spell Check for Internet Addresses
• Allowing for Words that Contain Numbers
• Limiting Spell Checking
• Spelling Errors Resulting from Erroneous Spaces
• Hiding Spelling Errors
• Hiding Errors
• Expanding a Custom Dictionary
• Inconsistent Adding of Words to a Custom Dictionary
• Looking Up Antonyms
• Creating a Table of Contents from Heading Levels
• Specifying a Table of Contents Entry
• Creating a Table of Contents from TOC Fields
• Customized Tables of Contents
• Two-Line Headings in a TOC
• Creating an Index Entry
• Deleting Index Entries
• Cross-Referencing Index Entries
• Creating an Index Entry for a Range of Pages
• Creating a Normal Index
• Indexing a Range of Pages
• Indexing Based on a Range of Letters
• Improper Index References
• Specifying Index Section Dividers
• Specifying an Index Entry Separator
• Specifying an Index Page-Range Separator
• Multiple Indexes in a Document
• Adding Quoted Words to an Index
• Creating a Table of Authorities
• Generating a Table of Authorities
• Creating Categories for Your Table of Authorities
• Hyphenating a Selection
• Preventing the Loss of Personal Information
• Versions Not Saving Correctly
• Creating a Quick Letter
• Displaying Quick Document Statistics
• Counting a Particular Word
• Word Count is Zero
• Word Count in Multiple Selections
• Understanding the Organizer
• Using the Organizer to Manage Styles
• Using the Organizer to Manage Macros
• Using the Organizer to Manage Toolbars
• Equation Editor Font Color
• Changing Document Links
• Breaking a Document Link

Macros Tips

• Continuing Macro Lines
• Declaring Variables
• Understanding Document Variables
• Debugging a Macro
• Adding a Macro to a Toolbar
• Turning Off Screen Updating
• Inserting Text with a Macro
• Checking for a Text Selection Length
• Creating a String
• Trimming Spaces from Strings
• Occurrences of a Text String within a Document
• Counting the Instances of a Text String
• Swapping Two Numbers
• Swapping Two Strings
• Determining an Integer Value
• Determining a Random Value
• Controlling the Bold Text Attribute
• Controlling the Italic Text Attribute
• Resetting Character Formatting in a Macro
• Aligning Paragraphs in a Macro
• Determining How Many Styles are Available
• Moving the Insertion Point in a Macro
• Moving the Insertion Point to the Beginning of a Line
• Moving the Insertion Point to the End of a Line
• Determining the Horizontal Position of the Insertion Point
• Adding Smart Quotes through Macro Text
• Finding Long Sentences
• Bumping Numbers in a Document
• Displaying the Document Title Right Away
• Renaming a File
• Counting Words the Old Fashioned Way
• Jumping to the Top of a Page
• Displaying a Message in the Status Bar
• Determining the Current Page Number
• Determining if Caps Lock is On
• Aligning a Paragraph in a Macro
• Determining the Number of Pages in Your Document
• Saving a Document in a Macro
• Selecting a Bookmark in a Macro
• Determining an ANSI Value
• Determining How Many Windows are Open
• Controlling the Hidden Text Attribute
• Accessing Paragraphs in a Macro
• Clearing the Undo Stack in a Macro
• Determining the Number of Bookmarks Defined in a Document
• Moving Through a Table in a Macro
• Determining if Overtype Mode is Active
• Creating a New Document in VBA
• Copying a File in VBA
• Determining the Number of Fonts Available
• Calculated Dates
• Determining the Week of the Year
• Determining the Month of the Year
• Determining the Day of the Month
• Determining Differences Between Dates
• Creating a Directory
• Determining the Current Directory
• Changing Directories in a Macro
• Removing a Directory

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