If you prefer to keep your hands off the mouse while typing, here’s a list of keyboard shortcuts for Word 2002, Word 2003, Word 2007 and Word 2010.
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If you’ve ever needed to copy columns of text from a tabbed list and thought you had to retype them, think again. Try this trick instead.
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Ever converted a WordPerfect document to Microsoft Word and discovered a watermark you couldn’t delete? Here’s how to fix it.
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I get questions from readers periodically. Here’s one I received this week: “Microsoft word is very slow starting up, finding documents and shutting down. How do I speed it up?” Click the link for the answer(s).
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Have you ever typed a few dashes in between paragraphs (like as a placeholder or something), hit enter, and somehow wound up with a line all the way across the page that you can’t get rid of, no matter how many times you hit the Delete key?
Infuriating, isn’t it? But I’m here to tell you: It’s both fixable and preventable. (Yay!) Here’s how.
Read MoreNo, I’m not talking about a medieval torture instrument (sorry to those of you who are disappointed) — I’m talking about a cool “undocumented” feature in Microsoft Word that allows you to gather up several different pieces of text into a holding area and paste them as a block into a document.
Read MoreIf you have a Microsoft Word document type you produce frequently, why don’t you save a stripped-down version of it as a template? It will save you time in creating future document. Here’s a step-by-step tutorial.
Read MoreOnce you’ve produced a redlined document with Word’s Track Changes feature, you can finalize the document with the Accept and Reject buttons on the toolbar. Here’s how.
Read MoreOnce you know how to turn on Word’s Track Changes feature, you may want to be able to see the document in its original state and with all the changes without having to accept or reject changes. Here’s an easy way to do that (with some caveats)
Read MoreEver want to be able to automatically create a redline showing your document changes? You can, with Word’s Track Changes feature. Here are the basics.
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Inserting comments with Track Changes
by WordGuru on May 30, 2010
What if you (or your attorney) don’t want to actually change a particular section of a document, but just want to ask a question, point out a problem, just plain make a comment? Here’s a tutorial on how to insert a comment using Word’s Track Changes feature.
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