Archive for August 2008
How to Insert a Web Link into a Word Document
How to insert a web link into your MS Word document? Follow these easy steps to insert a web link 2) Press CTRL and K keys to launch the Insert Hyperlink dialog box. 3) You can link the word selected to an existing file or web page, a bookmark within the same document, an e-mail…
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How to Use the “Paste All” Word Function
Introduction MS Word can store 24 items in its Clipboard and then paste all of them in the same order that you saved them (the last one saved pasted the last), thanks to the “Paste All” Word function. Why is this such a great function? Because it allows you to gather study and research materials…
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How to Change the Image of Word Toolbar Button and How to Record a Macro
How to Change the Image of a Toolbar Button If you do not like the way an MS Word toolbar button looks, you can change its image very easily. 1) Select Tools > Customize from the main menu to display the Customize dialog box. 2) Select the button (the image of which you would like…
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How to Create a Word Customized Dictionary
Introduction Microsoft Word comes with a powerful dictionary and spellchecker. It is very easy to add new words to MS’s default customary dictionary (file name: CUSTOM.DIC) as well. When MS comes across a word that is not in this default dictionary, the right-click pop-up menu asks whether you’d like to “Add to Dictionary”. Click that…
Read MoreMS Word – How To Make Global Changes To Your Text Document Based On Paragraph Styles
Imagine you have a long MS Word document containing all kinds of paragraph styles. What are you going to do if you’d like to indent all section headers SIMULTANEOUSLY by one tab to the right and then change their color to red? Obviously the Find-and-Replace functionality is of no help here. Yes, you can search…
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MS Word Custom Fields – How To Import Text And Images From Another Document
Introduction MS Word Custom Fields are used to store data in MS Word. Fields are used to store data in MS Word. They are delimited by a start field and an end field. The fields can be used for storing text, numbers, or formulas. Custom field codes allow you to create your own shortcuts for…
Read MoreHow to Use MS Word Bookmarks for Global Corrections and "Running Headers or Footers"
Imagine you have a 200 page MS Word document with repeating text elements like an address, a name, or a date which repeated over and over throughout the document. And imagine, after finishing the document, or when it’s time to update it, your boss tells you to change the name from “John” to “Bob.” One…
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How To Remove Personal Information From Your Word Documents
Introduction It’s good practice to remove personal information from MS Word files. Did you know that MS Word records a lot of information about you, and even about your computer and the network you’re working on, and then saves them with the text document you are creating? If you are using MS Word as your…
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How to Attach Graphics to FrameMaker Headers
Introduction Imagine you’d like to attach graphics to FrameMaker Headers like when you’d like to have the sweet image of a finch accompanying every section header in your FrameMaker document that has something to do with “Birds.” For example, let’s say you want the readers to see the image of a finch right before every…
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How to Create a FrameMaker Template Master Pages
Introduction A FrameMaker template will make life much easier. Once you create a template, you can import such components like the Master Pages, paragraph and character styles, etc. easily by importing them to your new document. You do not need to create such document settings from scratch every time. How To Create a FrameMaker Template…
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