Good news, everyone! You’ve got an email from your Uncle Tobias. Bad news is that he seems to be ticked off about something because IT APPEARS FROM THE WAY THAT HIS EMAIL IS WRITTEN THAT HE IS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS ABOUT THAT COMPUTER ISSUE HE WANTS YOU TO LOOK INTO. Uncle [...]
Do you have a favorite font that you like to write all of your essays, TPS reports, and other documents in? Do you have to manually select that font every time you load up Microsoft Word? If so, then you are probably getting sick of constantly changing it. After all, the font list in Word [...]
Earlier, I showed you how to Explore the Contents of a .docx File in Windows 7 and promised you a few groovy uses for this trick. Here’s a handy one: extracting images and pictures from a Word document. With this trick, you can quickly and easily save all the images that are embedded in a [...]
Have you ever had one of those moments while writing where you knew what you wanted to say, but you couldn’t think of the right word express it? If so, you’re not alone. Anyone who has spent time writing is probably well-familiar with this dilemma. The best way I’ve found to overcome this problem is [...]
Microsoft Office, the software, is a bit like The Office, the TV show: there’s a British version and an American version (actually, there’s a French, German, Israeli and Chilean version, too). All jokes aside, if you ever find yourself writing for a U.K. audience but proofing using the default U.S. Word 2010 dictionary, you’re going [...]
Copying and pasting items in Microsoft Office works great, but it also makes a Paste Options pop-up appear. This pop-up menu has a few useful options, but it also gets in the way and likes to linger around longer than necessary. Are you fed up with the Paste Options pop-up? Let’s get rid of it! [...]
Alright, so you have your document written out –but you don’t like the way it looks. No problem! Changing the font of the entire document in Microsoft Word is easy and can be done in a few simple steps. If you are using Open Office, Google Docs, or another alternative: the process is very similar. [...]
If you are looking for a free way to convert a PDF to an editable document, my first suggestion would be Google Docs. But, if you’re an avid Facebook user and you’d prefer something in-house –the PDF Converter (aka PDF to Word) app is worth a look. It isn’t without its limitations, but the app [...]
We’ve already looked at customizing the Office 2010 ribbon in detail, but this time we’re going to be a little more specific. The Developer tab is a pre-built custom tab that by default has a good variety of advanced actions, and enabling it is simply a lot faster than searching for and adding these to [...]
If you’ve ever right-clicked in Microsoft Word 2010 or Word 2007, you’ve noticed something new: the Mini Toolbar. This right-click toolbar appears above the usual contextual menu and is essentially the same as the Font Toolbar in your Home ribbon. In other words, its mostly extraneous and to most of us, totally annoying. By popular [...]
Did you know Word 2010 has a single click feature that converts Tables to Text? Don’t feel stupid if you didn’t. Microsoft Office / Word 2010 is packed full of so many features, everyday I’m still finding things I never even knew existed. Anyway, let’s take a look at this quick tip in Word starting [...]
Blazing through Word documents isn’t just a matter of how many words per minute you can type. That’s because your overall speed and efficiency is affected by how often you have to take your hands off the keyboard to work the mouse. When working in Word 2010, you’ll most likely be reaching for the mouse [...]
I spend a lot of time in Word 2010 everyday so I’m always looking for shortcuts, tips and tricks to increase my productivity and save time! For instance, have you ever had trouble with specific words you write that have a special symbol in it? This used to be a daily time consuming task to [...]
Microsoft Word 2010 makes it simple to configure the number of Recent Documents which are displayed from the File Menu Ribbon interface. The Recent Documents tab in Word is very handy as it makes finding and opening document a snap.
