The Power of the “Find” function in Word’s Edit menu will lower your frustration level.  Place your cursor (Insertion Point) at the very top of your document… now let’s get started. Scenario: You have a form letter that you have addressed to a customer and you want to call the customer but you’re not sure [...]

Page Borders often present a problem that is easily solved, but is frustrating until you know about one small adjustment. The problem is that when you print your masterpiece, the page you have worked on so carefully, the bottom of the border does not print. The border looks fine, it is exactly as you wanted [...]

Sometimes you want to move a paragraph or two around in your document. For instance, you might want to move a paragraph from its current location to before the preceding paragraph. You can quickly move paragraphs by following these steps: Position the insertion point in the paragraph you want to move. While holding down the [...]

I was working on a document with a student one day when we noticed a change needed to be made at the beginning of the line.  I mentioned it and the student immediately held down the left arrow key to get to the error and fix it.  I became impatient… using the arrow key takes [...]

Suppose your writing a multi-paragraph document but you would like to separate each with a formatted line. Try this … it will give your document a more professional look. Enter some text in a new Word document… don’t waste time typing… just copy any junk from an existing document. At the end of the text, [...]

Inserting a frequently used item as an AutoText entry in Microsoft Word If you hate typing this is the tip for you. AutoText offers a way to store and quickly insert text, graphics, fields, tables, bookmarks, and other items that you use frequently. Microsoft Word comes with a number of built-in AutoText entries that are [...]