WordTips Ribbon 2016 Archive (Table of Contents)

WordTips Ribbon 2016 Archive includes hundreds of valuable tips. The following is the Table of Contents for the archive:

Introduction

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

General Tips

• Always Starting with a Blank Document
• Turning Off a Startup Sound
• Finding Default Shortcut Keys
• Getting Rid of Blue Squiggly Underlines
• Zooming with the Keyboard
• Showing Text Boundaries for Pages, not for Paragraphs

Editing Tips

• Selecting a Group of Words
• Selecting Sentences
• Quickly Deleting Words
• Deleting a Range of Pages
• Turning Off Paste Options
• Understanding Hyphens and Dashes
• Automatically Determining a Due Date
• Turning Off Capital Corrections
• Turning Off the Clipboard Icon
• Understanding Sections
• Jumping to a Section
• Inserting a Section Mark
• Deleting All Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Adding Circles around Letters or Numbers
• Automatic Non-breaking Spaces in Dates

Searching Tips

• When Replace Doesn't Work
• A Fast Find-Next
• Selective Formatting using Find and Replace
• Searching for White Space
• Searching for Adjectives and Adverbs
• Searching for Styles
• Searching for Floating Graphics with a Macro
• Replacing and Renumbering
• Replacing Two Tabs with a Space in Limited Situations
• Selectively Find and Replace Page Borders
• Replacing Formatting Functions as a Toggle
• Replacing Hidden Text
• Counting a Particular Word
• Pay Attention to Case when Searching for ASCII Codes

Markup Tips

• Pasting a Comment into Your Document
• Protecting Your Revisions
• Getting Rid of Markup
• Making Word Stop at the End of a Document when Reviewing Changes
• Resolving Tracked Changes in Footnotes or Endnotes
• Creating Multiple Highlighter Tools

Building Block and AutoCorrect Tips

• Editing a Building Block Entry
• Store Common Addresses in Building Blocks
• Storing Building Block Entries with a Document
• Deleting Multiple Building Blocks
• Uppercase and Lowercase AutoCorrect Entries
• Stopping Word from Changing Characters in an E-mail Address
• Making AutoCorrect Automatically Recognize the Replace Word
• Automatic Initial Capitals in Tables

Bookmark Tips

• Bookmark Error when Printing
• Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations

Character Formatting Tips

• Creating a Drop Cap
• Applying the All Caps Format
• Adjusting the Width of Characters

Paragraph Formatting Tips

• Understanding Justification
• Cut and Paste Formatting
• Copying Formats
• Preventing Straggling Heads
• Keeping Paragraphs on the Same Page
• Adjusting Spacing After a Paragraph
• Formatting Line Numbers
• Accurately Setting Tabs Using the Ruler
• Using Leaders with Tab Stops
• Clearing All Tab Stops
• Sign-in Sheets
• Printing Placeholders and Answers
• Removing Extra Paragraph Marks
• Setting the Distance between Text and Borders

Section and Document Formatting Tips

• Understanding Mirror Margins
• Vertical Alignment of Sections
• Spelling Out Page Numbers
• Margin Notes in Word

Styles and Templates Tips

• Assigning a Shortcut Key to Styles
• Noting the Current Style
• Changing the Style Area Font
• Can't Find or Delete a Style
• Can't Select Style Instances
• Checking Bilingual Documents
• Increasing Envelope Address Lines
• Changing the Default Font for Envelopes
• Turning Off Proofing for Superscripts
• Inconsistent Prompting to Save Normal Template Changes

Lists Tips

• Creating a List
• Skipping Numbering
• Applying Numbers from the Keyboard
• Reverse Numbered Lists

Tables Tips

• Indenting a Table
• Adding Multiple Rows to a Table
• Moving a Table Row
• Adjusting Table Row Height
• Moving a Table Column
• Distributing Columns Evenly
• Right Aligning a Table Column with an Indent
• Summing a Table Column
• Fitting Text Into Cells
• Adding Borders to Cell Contents
• Placing Text in Empty Table Cells

Footnotes and Endnotes Tips

• Standardizing Note Reference Placement
• Controlling Footnote Placement
• Changing Space between the Footnote Separator and Footnotes
• Changing How Footnote References Appear
• Formatting Footnote Reference Marks
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Separator
• Jumping to a Relative Footnote
• Creating a Bibliography from Footnotes
• Selectively Changing Endnotes to Footnotes
• Jumping to an Endnote
• Default Numbering Format for Endnotes
• Changing Endnote Numbering Style

Header and Footer Tips

• Applying Standard Headers and Footers to a Document
• Keeping Centered Headers and Footers Centered
• Preventing the Left Margin of a Footer from Moving
• Turning Off "Link to Previous" by Default
• Copying Headers and Footers
• Using Header Information as the Filename
• Decreasing Space between Body Text and Footer Text

Fields and Forms Tips

• Changing a Field Parameter
• Converting Field Results to Text
• Exactly Positioning Text
• Tools to View Field Codes
• Understanding Default DATE Field Formatting
• Stopping DATE Fields from Updating when Opening a Document
• Inserting a Page Number Field
• Monday's Date on Friday's Report
• Updating Fields Automatically
• Inserting the Subject in Your Document
• Using the INFO Field
• AutoFormat within Form Fields
• Stopping Enter from being Pressed In a Form

Printing Tips

• Setting Up Your Printer
• Printing Only Selected Pages
• Changing Print Dialog Box Defaults
• Printing Documents without Markup
• Centering a Custom Paper Size on a Piece of Letter-Sized Paper
• Margins Incorrect When Printing
• Specifying a Paper Tray in a Macro
• Creating Tent Cards
• Left and Right Aligned on One Line in a Label
• Margins On the Screen Don't Match Printout
• Upside-Down Printing
• Opening and Printing a Document
• Scaling Your Output

Graphics Tips

• Choosing an Insert Method for Pictures
• Making Pictures Show in Word
• Inserting Multiple Graphics in a Document
• Editing Wrap Points
• Grouping Images Changes Text Wrap to Inline
• Drawing Lines
• Automatically Adjusting Height for Text Boxes
• Wrapping Text around a Graphic in a Text Box

Files Tips

• Read-Only Documents
• An Automatic File Name
• Positioning the Cursor in a New Document
• Listing Documents with Passwords
• Multiple Users Using a Word Document

Online and Other Programs Tips

• Adding Hyperlinks
• Resetting Hyperlink to Original Color

Spelling and Grammar Tips

• Limiting Spell Checking
• Spell-Check Won't Work
• Hiding Spelling Errors
• Rechecking Spelling and Grammar
• Forcing Word to Display Spelling and Grammar Errors
• Spelling Errors on Internet Addresses
• Compiling Misspelled Words from Documents
• Editing Custom Dictionaries
• Ignore Setting on Misspelled Words not Persistent
• Adding Hyphenated Words to the Dictionary
• Adding Ampersands to Custom Dictionaries
• Words Disappear from the Custom Dictionary
• Hiding Grammar Errors
• Contractions Flagged as Incorrect
• Capitalizing Spring
• Spell Checking Only Checking Grammar
• Converting Word to German

Tools Tips

• Breaking Links in Lots of Documents
• Generating a Table of Authorities
• Creating a Table of Authorities
• Improper Index References
• Indexing a Range of Pages
• Deleting Index Entries
• Adding Captions
• Looking Up Antonyms
• Adding Hyperlinks to an Index
• Controlling Sorting Order
• Sorting by Headings
• Sorting Tabular Tables
• Adding Headers or Footers to a TOC
• Can't Merge Alphanumeric Data Correctly
• Mail Merge and Data Source Documents become Unattached
• E-mailing from a Mail Merge

Macros Tips

• Changing a Macro Description
• Swapping Two Numbers
• Accessing Paragraphs in a Macro
• Converting Inches to Points
• Getting Bookmark Information in VBA
• Determining How Many Windows are Open
• Determining the Upper Bounds of an Array
• Offering Options in a Macro
• Saving a Document in a Macro
• Printing and Exiting Word in a Macro
• Determining the Number of Fonts Available
• Saving Changes when Closing
• Bumping Numbers in a Document
• Generating a List of Unique Words
• Determining the Month of the Year
• Creating a Lorem Ipsum Tool
• Determining if Caps Lock is On

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