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 Microsoft Word / General Formatting If you use a particular symbol on a regular basis, you may want to consider assigning a shortcut key to the symbol; if you choose to do so, you will be able to insert the symbol into your document by using a keystroke and bypassing the Symbol dialog box altogether. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting If you use Outlook as your personal information manager (pim) and regularly update it with all the vital information on your contacts, you probably have a good mail merge data source. Fortunately, just as you can use Excel spreadsheets as data sources for a mail merge function, you can use your Outlook contacts folder(s) as a source for your Word mail merge documents. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting There is a very good reason people spend upwards of US$400 on office suites: The ability to take data created for a specific use in one component and drop it into a document created in another component. Nowhere has the adage "killing two birds with one stone" been truer. And nowhere is this synergy more apparent, not to mention easier to use, than with the mail merge feature in Word. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting Once you have outlined your document and are ready to create your Word template, follow these simple steps: |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting A watermark can be a valuable addition to your Word document – whether you want to enhance the appearance of the document by adding a seal or image or whether you want to add a text watermark that identifies the document contents as a draft or confidential information, the watermark feature in Word is a definite asset for intermediate to advanced users of Word. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting The interoperability of Microsoft Word and Outlook can save you from having to look up addresses for letter recipients and then type them into your documents. However, while you have easy access to your Outlook contact information when you're setting up a mail merge, the command to insert contact information from Outlook into a single document is somewhat difficult to find. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting Oftentimes it is necessary to put vital information about your document either at the top of the page, at the bottom of the page, or a combination of both. While you can easily enter things such as document title, page numbers, creation date, author, etc. at the top or bottom of your document body, if you place them in a header or footer outside of the document body, you can rest assured that this information will always retain the correct placement, no matter how much you edit the content of your document. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting For US versions of Microsoft Word, the default paper size is 8.5 X 11 inch letter. While you will probably print most of your letters, reports, and other documents on this size paper, at some point in time you will probably want to use a different size paper like legal size or some other more obscure paper. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting The default page orientation in Word is Portrait mode, and most of the time this is how you are going to want to set up your documents. Simply put, Portrait mode means the page is longer than it is wide. Sometimes, however, when you are working with charts or when you're creating something like fliers, you'll want to turn the page so the horizontal edge is longer than the vertical edge. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting The standard margins for a Word document are 1 inch at the top and bottom of the page and 1 ¼ inch from the left and right hand sides of the page; each new document you open in Word will have these margins. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting If you want to apply the same formatting to different portions of your document and you're not using a template or styles, there is a shortcut. Word's Format Painter will help you copy and apply your formatting with a few clicks. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting Text boxes will give you control over the position of a block of text in your document. You can place text boxes anywhere in the document and format them with shading and borders. Learn more by reading my step-by-step tutorial. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting Special characters are symbols that do not appear on the Windows keyboard. Of course, what is determined to be a special character will vary from country to country, depending on the keyboard you are using and the installation language for your version of Word. Note: Word differentiates between symbols and special characters, but this seems a bit unnecessary - most users won't notice much of a difference between a special character and a symbol, except that special character is a more restrictive definition. |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting When you paste text from another document or from an outside source, the original formatting is retained. In most cases, you will probably want the text to blend seamlessly into your document. Microsoft anticipated this and has included the Paste Options button. It provides quick access to changing the formatting of pasted text. Find out how to use the button. Or, if the button bothers you, find out how to disable the feature! |
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Microsoft Word / General Formatting Adding a caption in your document makes it easier for readers to understand your tables or pictures. It also makes it easier for you to refer to the objects. Word makes inserting a caption easy. Word will also automatically update the numbring of the captions. |
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