WordTips Ribbon 2023 Archive (Table of Contents)

WordTips Ribbon 2023 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

• Word Features, by Program Version
• Understanding Sections
• Always Starting with a Blank Document
• Turning Off Background Repagination
• Inverting Colors in a Document
• Copying the Quick Access Toolbar
• Ruler Disappears when Entire Document Selected
• Zooming with the Keyboard
• Helpful Pop-up Screen Tips
• Cannot View Multiple Pages at Once
• Getting Rid of Blue Squiggly Underlines
• Changing the Style Area Font
• Changing Characters on Keyboard Keys
• Finding Default Shortcut Keys
• Shortcut Keys Don't Work as Expected
• Protecting Custom Shortcut Keys

Editing Tips

• Navigating Your Document Using Outline View
• Jumping to a Section
• Jumping Back in a Long Document
• Selective Undo
• Quickly Deleting Words
• Deleting a Range of Pages
• Arranging Paragraphs
• Keyboard Changes to Unwanted Foreign Language
• Automatically Determining a Due Date
• Changing Text Case
• Turning Off Paste Options
• Strange Characters when Pasting Text from the Web
• Inserting a Section Mark
• Reverse Numbered Lists
• Getting Rid of a Spiked Square
• Understanding Hyphens and Dashes
• Stepping through Sentences
• Selecting a Group of Words
• Turning Off Capital Corrections
• Turning Off the Clipboard Icon
• Store Common Addresses in Building Blocks
• Non-breaking Em Dashes
• Inserting Text with a Shortcut Key
• What Line Am I On?
• Setting Paste Default to Use Target Formatting
• Deleting All Text in Linked Text Boxes
• Selecting an Entire Section
• Removing Sequential Duplicate Words
• Automatically Using Smart Quotes
• Inserting a Sound File in Your Document
• Quickly Inserting the Date Your Way
• Automatic Non-breaking Spaces in Dates
• Understanding Default Insert Date Formatting

Searching Tips

• A Fast Find-Next
• When Replace Doesn't Work
• Changing Decimal Commas to Decimal Points
• Quickly Changing Tab Alignment
• Replacing Two Tabs with a Space in Limited Situations
• Selective Formatting using Find and Replace
• Replacing Formatting Functions as a Toggle
• Replacing and Renumbering
• Sentences Containing a Search Term
• Formatting Partial Results of a Search
• Selectively Find and Replace Page Borders
• Finding Documents Containing Multiple Occurrences of a Word
• Replacing Hidden Text
• Searching for Styles
• Searching for Adjectives and Adverbs
• Pay Attention to Case when Searching for ASCII Codes
• Searching for White Space
• Preserving Bookmarks During Replace Operations

Markup Tips

• Getting Rid of Markup
• Useable Printed Pages with Markup
• Locking Track Changes On
• Resolving Tracked Changes in Footnotes or Endnotes
• Protecting Your Revisions
• Making Word Stop at the End of a Document when Reviewing Changes
• Changing Revision Bar Thickness
• Comments Only Visible When Hovering Over a Word or Phrase

Character Formatting Tips

• Quickly Displaying the Font Dialog Box
• Copying Formats
• Creating a Drop Cap
• Applying the All Caps Format
• Adjusting the Width of Characters
• Highlighting Information Using Shading
• Engraving and Embossing Text
• Discovering the RGB Value of a Custom Text Color

Paragraph Formatting Tips

• Understanding Justification
• Understanding Leading
• Adjusting Spacing After a Paragraph
• Making All Lines in a Paragraph the Same Height
• Removing Extra Paragraph Marks
• Keeping Paragraphs on the Same Page
• Preventing Straggling Heads
• Extending a Paragraph into the Left Margin
• Setting the Distance between Text and Borders
• Cut and Paste Formatting
• Clearing All Tab Stops
• Resetting Tab Stops to the Default
• Aligning Text on a Specific Character
• Accurately Setting Tabs Using the Ruler
• Using Leaders with Tab Stops
• Creating a List
• Skipping Numbering
• Printing Placeholders and Answers
• Margin Notes in Word
• Applying Numbers from the Keyboard
• Turning Off Hyphenation for Individual Words
• Adding Paragraph Numbering

Section and Document Formatting Tips

• Understanding Mirror Margins
• Stopping Margins from Moving
• Vertical Alignment of Sections
• Formatting Line Numbers
• Adding Page Numbers in Headers or Footers
• Letters and Numbers in Page Numbers
• Two Page Numbering Schemes in the Same Document
• Sign-in Sheets

Styles and Templates Tips

• Noting the Current Style
• Assigning a Shortcut Key to Styles
• Preventing Styles from Changing
• Making Language Changes Apply to Text in Footnotes and Text Boxes
• Managing Corporate Templates
• Pasted Text Not Formatted as Expected
• Getting Rid of Modify Style Message
• Can't Select Style Instances
• Can't Find or Delete a Style
• Where is the Normal Template Stored?
• Determining Which Template is Attached to a Document
• Inconsistent Prompting to Save Normal Template Changes
• Making a Customized Theme Available to Others

Tables Tips

• Automatic Initial Capitals in Tables
• Selecting a Table Row
• Adding Multiple Rows to a Table
• Moving a Table Row
• Adjusting Table Row Height
• Printing Only Selected Rows from a Table
• Moving a Table Column
• Distributing Columns Evenly
• Creating Tables with Specific Column Widths
• Adjusting Column Widths on Copied Tables
• Right Aligning a Table Column with an Indent
• Indenting a Table
• Splitting a Table
• Deleting a Table
• Viewing Formulas in Table Cells
• Placing Text in Empty Table Cells
• Adding Borders to Cell Contents
• Summing a Table Column
• Fitting Text Into Cells
• Table Numbers are Skipped
• Tabbing from One Table to the Next
• Repeating Table Captions with Modifications
• Sorting by Headings
• Controlling Sorting Order
• Sorting Tabular Tables

Footnotes and Endnotes Tips

• Jumping to a Relative Footnote
• Formatting Footnote Reference Marks
• Controlling Footnote Placement
• Changing the Footnote Separator
• Changing the Footnote Continuation Separator
• Changing Space between the Footnote Separator and Footnotes
• Accessing Footnote Numbers in a Macro
• Changing the Line between Text and Footnotes
• Changing How Footnote References Appear
• Getting Rid of Hyperlinks in Footnotes
• Getting Rid of Extra Spaces at the End of a Footnote
• Jumping to an Endnote
• Changing Endnote Numbering Style
• Default Numbering Format for Endnotes
• Numbering Endnotes and Adding Chapter Headings
• Selectively Changing Endnotes to Footnotes
• Standardizing Note Reference Placement

Header and Footer Tips

• Copying Headers and Footers
• Putting a File Name and Path in a Default Footer
• Turning Off "Link to Previous" by Default
• Preventing the Left Margin of a Footer from Moving
• Keeping Centered Headers and Footers Centered
• Decreasing Space between Body Text and Footer Text
• Applying Standard Headers and Footers to a Document

Fields Tips

• Tool to View Field Codes
• Changing a Field Parameter
• Updating Fields Automatically
• Converting Field Results to Text
• Inserting the Total Number of Pages in Your Document
• Inserting a Cross-Reference to an Item in a List
• Inserting the Subject in Your Document
• Spelling Out Page Numbers
• Unwanted Page Breaks in Cross-References
• Formatting a SEQ Field Number
• Inserting a Page Number Field
• Using the INFO Field
• Understanding Default DATE Field Formatting
• Stopping DATE Fields from Updating when Opening a Document
• Monday's Date on Friday's Report
• Converting All DATE Fields to Text
• Stopping Fields from Updating when Printing
• Field in Footer Won't Update
• Sequentially Numbering Elements in Your Document
• Word and Character Count Information

Printing Tips

• Setting Up Your Printer
• Printing Only Some Pages
• Stable Layout on Different Printers
• Scaling Your Output
• Doubling Your Money
• Creating Tent Cards
• Margins On the Screen Don't Match Printout
• Specifying a Paper Tray in a Macro
• Centering a Custom Paper Size on a Piece of Letter-Sized Paper
• Upside-Down Printing
• Printing Documents without Markup
• Bookmark Error when Printing

Envelope, Label, and Mail Merge Tips

• Selecting Different Trays in a Mail Merge
• Checking Your Data File
• Mail Merge and Data Source Documents become Unattached
• Can't Merge Alphanumeric Data Correctly
• Speeding Up Mail Merges
• Left and Right Aligned on One Line in a Label
• Changing the Default Font for Envelopes
• Increasing Envelope Address Lines
• Saving an Envelope for Future Use
• Merging to Individual Files

Graphics Tips

• Vertical Alignment of an Inline Graphic
• Displaying Thumbnails and Full-Size Images
• Removing a Watermark
• Drawing Lines
• Inserting Multiple Graphics in a Document
• Images in Documents Shared with Others
• Default Picture Location
• Editing Wrap Points
• Finding and Removing Stubborn Graphics
• Searching for Floating Graphics with a Macro
• Figure Captions Change Incorrectly
• Automatically Adjusting Height for Text Boxes
• Using Non-Printing Text Boxes
• Extracting Text Box Contents
• Getting Rid of the Layout Options Context Menu

Files Tips

• Read-Only Documents
• Modifying the Backup Copy File Name
• Closing a Document and Creating a New One
• Listing Documents with Passwords
• Documents Lock on Their Own
• Documents Marked as Security Risk
• Automatically Setting Document Properties
• Documents Significantly Larger in Microsoft 365
• An Automatic File Name
• Using Header Information as the Filename

Online Tips

• Adding Hyperlinks
• Getting Rid of the Ctrl+Click Message
• Resetting Hyperlink to Original Color
• Stopping E-mail Addresses from Being Initial Capped

Spelling and Grammar Tips

• Spell-Checking from the Keyboard
• Limiting Spell Checking
• Spell-Check Won't Work
• Limiting a Spelling Check
• Contractions Flagged as Incorrect
• Rechecking Spelling and Grammar
• Spelling Errors on Internet Addresses
• Hiding Spelling Errors
• Hiding Grammar Errors
• Forcing Word to Display Spelling and Grammar Errors
• Ignore Setting on Misspelled Words not Persistent
• Editing Custom Dictionaries
• Adding Hyphenated Words to the Dictionary
• Adding Ampersands to Custom Dictionaries
• Spell Checking Only Checking Grammar
• Capitalizing Spring
• Making Sure Words in Caps are Spell Checked
• Allowing Sentence Fragments

Tools Tips

• Creating a Table of Contents from Heading Levels
• Paragraph Numbers instead of Page Numbers in a TOC
• Turning Off the Check for Repeated Words
• Changing Between English Variants
• Turning Off Proofing for Superscripts
• Setting Defaults in Cross-reference Dialog Box
• Crosschecking Citations and References
• Editing a Building Block Entry
• Storing Building Block Entries with a Document
• Restoring AutoText Entries via Macro
• Stopping Word from Changing Characters in an E-mail Address
• Counting a Particular Word
• Making AutoCorrect Automatically Recognize the Replace Word
• Uppercase and Lowercase AutoCorrect Entries
• Creating Multiple Highlighter Tools
• Looking Up Antonyms
• Adding Captions
• Improper Index References
• Deleting Index Entries
• Indexing a Range of Pages
• Multiple Indexes in a Document
• Creating a Table of Authorities
• Generating a Table of Authorities

Macros Tips

• Changing a Macro Description
• Offering Options in a Macro
• Saving a Document in a Macro
• Inserting a Formatted Text Box with a Macro
• Converting Paragraphs to Comments
• Converting Inches to Points
• Converting to Lowercase and Small Caps
• Determining the Number of Fonts Available
• Determining the Upper Bounds of an Array
• Breaking Links in Lots of Documents
• Generating a List of Unique Words
• Determining the Month of the Year
• Printing and Exiting Word in a Macro
• Bumping Numbers in a Document
• Saving Changes when Closing
• Determining How Many Windows are Open
• Swapping Two Numbers
• Accessing Paragraphs in a Macro
• Determining if Caps Lock is On
• Copying a File in VBA
• Setting the Right Indent of a Paragraph in a Macro
• Counting the Instances of a Text String
• Creating a Lorem Ipsum Tool
• Getting Bookmark Information in VBA

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