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I am forever having to change lists that the originator typed in the numbers rather than allow Word to number. This will be a big time saver.
The vertical selection tip was my favourite. Wished I'd known about that years ago!
Great tip though, kudos to Jody for that one alone.
Great tip though, kudos to Jody for that one alone.
Rather than mousing, I prefer the "old school" keyboard approach:
to start "block select"
then use cursor arrow keys to select the block
to start "block select"
then use cursor arrow keys to select the block
I had a major "DUH!" moment with the ctrl+Z undoing automatic formatting. I've wasted so much time dinking around trying to fix those changes it ain't funny.
I will say in my testing this just now it looks like it might be a good idea to have a few lines in the document beyond the point where the auto-formatting has occurred. When a line was auto-generated that was on the last line of the document, after a ctrl+Z to eliminate the formatting, the next line entered would redo the line. (restore the line, as if a "redo" were issued)
Might just be me. Lord knows it has been before...
I will say in my testing this just now it looks like it might be a good idea to have a few lines in the document beyond the point where the auto-formatting has occurred. When a line was auto-generated that was on the last line of the document, after a ctrl+Z to eliminate the formatting, the next line entered would redo the line. (restore the line, as if a "redo" were issued)
Might just be me. Lord knows it has been before...
You need to type the 3 characters listed, then hit the enter key before the border automatically appears (at least in Word 2007).
Also, typing three dash/hyphen/minus characters (-) will create a line thinner than the underscore version creates.
Also, typing three dash/hyphen/minus characters (-) will create a line thinner than the underscore version creates.
These are awesome tips, but the article really needs to updated to reflect the UI for Office 2010.
...I will use it often. To bad there isn't a similar command in Excel (I looked). Tip one about vertical selection is now in my personal repertoire, too. Thank you for an excellent article!
Please make this available as a download? Thanks!!!
Please make this available as a download? Thanks!!!
Just made a PDF of this article and put it in our downloads library:
http://techrepublic.com/downloads/Five-Word-tips-that-could-change-your-life/2924241
--j
http://techrepublic.com/downloads/Five-Word-tips-that-could-change-your-life/2924241
--j
I'm sending the link to this article to a lot of the office 'power users' I know. It'll be interesting to see how much of this any of them know.
I still can't get over that vertical selection... I've dreamed about that many times, staring at some document that needs cleaning up.
I still can't get over that vertical selection... I've dreamed about that many times, staring at some document that needs cleaning up.
In Word 5.0 for DOS, CTL-Shift plus mouse drag works--just tried it. When the Microsoft Windows Word versions came along, CTL-Shift-F8 provided same. Works in Word 2007
1 or 2 of these were instinctive, at least for me anyway. But still, a good list!
1 or 2 of these were instinctive, at least for me anyway. But still, a good list!
1 or 2 of these were instinctive, at least for me anyway. But still, a good list!
There was no response from the page when I clicked "Post". Finally refreshed and saw 3 repeats! UGH!!
Hey, don't worry, it'll boost your usage stats here in the forums.
Seriously though, I see that same hesitation often. I've learned to just walk away (well, go to another tab) and wait it out. The odd thing is the occasions that it doesn't post, I find a log in (to tech republic) screen waiting for me.
I therefor assume the delay is in authentication. I notice it seems to fail more frequently since the forum software was changed a couple months ago.
Seriously though, I see that same hesitation often. I've learned to just walk away (well, go to another tab) and wait it out. The odd thing is the occasions that it doesn't post, I find a log in (to tech republic) screen waiting for me.
I therefor assume the delay is in authentication. I notice it seems to fail more frequently since the forum software was changed a couple months ago.
This is why I subscribe to TechRepublic newsletters. Very, very useful and appreciated. Thanks for these tips!
If the ribbon is taking up too much of your screen space, use to toggle minimize the ribbon. When it is minimized all you see the tab names, sorta like the old menu.
I'm a touch typist. I have the old menu commands I use regularly memorized at the "muscle memory" level, they just happen without conscious thought. So I (STILL) find that the ribbon has the same effect as forcing me to type wearing boxing gloves. EUCH!
I recently learned how to make using the ALT key to access ribbon commands work better for me. In the menu version I used to hold the ALT key all the way through the shortcut letters. That doesn't work well in the ribbon. It is a habit I have to break.
In the Ribbon, there are 2 things. First is that some, not all, of the old shortcut paths are are still active. It is trial and error. Second, if you hold the ALT key down, it takes roughly 2 seconds to display the next level of shortcut keys. Very distracting. BUT, I have found that if you press and immediately release the ALT key, the shortcut keys are displayed immediately, so you can buzz through the paths you already know quickly.
I recently learned how to make using the ALT key to access ribbon commands work better for me. In the menu version I used to hold the ALT key all the way through the shortcut letters. That doesn't work well in the ribbon. It is a habit I have to break.
In the Ribbon, there are 2 things. First is that some, not all, of the old shortcut paths are are still active. It is trial and error. Second, if you hold the ALT key down, it takes roughly 2 seconds to display the next level of shortcut keys. Very distracting. BUT, I have found that if you press and immediately release the ALT key, the shortcut keys are displayed immediately, so you can buzz through the paths you already know quickly.
The email says 25 must read Word tips, you get here and you offer 5, where are the other 20?
[TechRepublic] Inside the world's fastest supercomputer 6/24/2011 08:49 AM
"25 must-read Word tips
Five Word tips that could change your life
Five tips for making sense out of the Word 2007/2010 style tools
Five tips for using Word's Track Changes feature more efficiently
Five tips for working beyond Word's page-numbering basics
Five tips for working with headers and footers in Word 2010"
[TechRepublic] Inside the world's fastest supercomputer 6/24/2011 08:49 AM
"25 must-read Word tips
Five Word tips that could change your life
Five tips for making sense out of the Word 2007/2010 style tools
Five tips for using Word's Track Changes feature more efficiently
Five tips for working beyond Word's page-numbering basics
Five tips for working with headers and footers in Word 2010"
Most of these I'll never use, but the first (with variations) I certainly will. My question is,
what on earth do I do when I accidentally press some key (whatever it was!) and find
my doc. formatted with paragraph signs and an artificially wide margin [2 inches wide]
that I never wanted, or similar bizarre changes??! The same thing? Just 'Undo'?
what on earth do I do when I accidentally press some key (whatever it was!) and find
my doc. formatted with paragraph signs and an artificially wide margin [2 inches wide]
that I never wanted, or similar bizarre changes??! The same thing? Just 'Undo'?
On the Home tab, in the paragraph group, you are clicking on the "show/hide hidden formatting" button (or some keyboard "shortcut" to achieve the same thing) I think. If not, at least that button will reverse the paragraph signs. Of course, if you print, those signs will not show up. As for the wide margin, I don't know. My 2007 doesn't do that when I show formatting, and I'm installing 2010 tomorrow. Good luck!
Could you also tell us how to keep margin markers (or whatever those little things are called that can be pulled to set a margin area within a document) from floating, from
document to document (in other words, to keep them constant). It really drives me
nuts when I leave a doc., come back to it later and have to *reset* the bloody things
continually!
document to document (in other words, to keep them constant). It really drives me
nuts when I leave a doc., come back to it later and have to *reset* the bloody things
continually!
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