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.
I received a message from a reader earlier this week that went something like this: It IS kind of a complicated question, because the answer depends on which method he used to create the TOC.
One of the things I’m on a rant about these days is loooooong documents. Complicated documents, like 20+ page contracts and appellate briefs and stuff like that. Why? Because they always seem to need special stuf inserted in them. Like custom headers and footers. And level-1 and level-2 and level-out-the-wazoo headings. It’s enough to make…
A Legal Office Guru reader wondered how to print a document excerpt without having to figure out which page numbers to print.
Ever wanted to click on a link to take you to another point in your Microsoft Word document, then click another to take you back to where you were? Here’s how to create hyperlinks that are reciprocal.
Does your court require you to not only conform to word number requirements in your filings but to certify the number of words, either within the filing itself or in a separate certificate? Here’s how to meet that requirement without tripping over some sneaky Microsoft Word limitations. Unless otherwise noted, all instructions and screenshots are…
If you find yourself stuck typing “Brief in Support of American Amalgamated Consolidated Widget Corporation’s Second Amended Motion for Leave of Court to Conduct On-site Inspection” for the umpteenth time, let me show you how to get out of all that repetitive typing. It’s a concept called “text expansion”, and you don’t even need extra software to do it. Click the link below to learn how to use this feature in Microsoft Word.
You know how I’m always telling you that the best way to get your old WordPerfect text into a new Microsoft Word document is to just copy it over? Well, that’s not always the case. Sometimes Microsoft Word doesn’t “translate” WordPerfect text into just the right Microsoft Word equivalent. A reader pointed out that doing a straight copy of WordPerfect footnotes into Word makes the numbering sequence go all wonky. Click the title above to find out how to copy those footnotes so you don’t spend forever fixing them. (Oh, and look at the very bottom of the tutorial. You’ll see a section that says “Members Only” which contains a link to a downloadable pdf version. If you don’t see the link, go to https://legalofficeguru.com/login and put in your user id [your email address] and password.)
There’s a whole host of ways you can make the various Microsoft Office applications easier to use. In fact, most users don’t take full advantage of the options for customizing these applications to make the Office suite work better for them.
Today, we’re going to talk about one of the easiest customizations: the Status Bar.
Changing character case (from uppercase letters to lowercase and vice versa) is easy. Here are instructions for Word versions 2002-2010.
Ever converted a WordPerfect document to Microsoft Word and discovered a watermark you couldn’t delete? Here’s how to fix it.
Ever wonder why your straight quote characters get replaced by those curly ones in Word? Or why the “st” in “1st” gets superscripted automatically? Here’s the skinny on Microsoft Word’s AutoFormat As You Type feature … and how you can customize it.
Ever type “(c)” in Microsoft Word and somehow mysteriously get a copyright symbol? Here’s how to fix that.
Here’s how to use the Format Painter button to copy formats from one block of text to another in Microsoft Word.
How to insert multiple columns into your Microsoft Word document, plus navigating between columns and starting-and-stopping columns mid-document.
Got a brief or other long document? Ensure consistent formatting throughout with Microsoft Word’s Styles & Formatting feature.
For text that repeats at the top or bottom of every page in Microsoft Word, use headers and footers. Here’s a basic tutorial.
Word has a nifty replacement for WordPerfect’s Reveal Codes feature. Find out about it here.
Whether you need to simply indent a paragraph a bit on the left, or need to create a double-indented quote or a hanging indent, the Format Paragraph function in Microsoft Word is what you’ll need.
How to place a watermark on every page in Microsoft Word.
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