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Select a Graphic Behind your Text

Friday, May 20th, 2011

Once you position a graphic behind your text, it may seem as if you can no longer select it.

MS Word allows you to arrange your graphics so they are behind your text, so that your text appears in front of your graphic. But suppose you need to edit your graphic for one reason or another?  Yes, I have had inquiries about this from users in a quandry because they do not know exactly how to select the graphic.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Be certain the Home tab of your Ribbon is displayed.
  2. In the Editing group, click the Select tool and then click on Select Objects.
  3. Click on the graphic you want to select, with no worry about the text that may be covering it.
  4. When you are finished editing or working with your graphic, be certain you again follow steps one and two above to turn off the Select Objects tool, or click on Esc.
  • If you do not turn off the Select Objects tool, you will not be able to edit any of the text in your document.

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Five Methods of Selecting Text with your Mouse in MS Word

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

We all know that selecting text in MS Word is a common task, but do you know how many different ways you can accomplish that task using your mouse?

I am all about saving time and keystrokes and love to show other folks how to as well.  Check out the five time-saving methods of selecting text in MS Word below.

  1. Double-click a single word to select it.
  2. Click in the left-hand margin next to a line of text to select it.
  3. CTRL + click anywhere in a sentence will select the entire sentence.
  4. Triple-click anywhere in a paragraph to have it selected. You can also highlight the entire paragraph by clicking twice in the left-hand margin.
  5. Click three times in the left-hand margin to select your entire  document.

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Open Multiple Files at Once in MS Office

Friday, February 27th, 2009

I am a multi-tasker. I almost always have several applications open at any one time, for instance, when I am creating my newsletter! So, in the interest of saving time, I usually open all of these documents, spreadsheets, etc. all at once.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Click on File | Open, or in 2007, click the Office button and Open. You can also use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + O.
  2. Find the files you would like to open.
  3. If the files are contiguous, click on the first one to highlight it and then depress your Shift key and while still holding it down, click on the last item in your list.
  4. If the files are NOT contiguous, simply click on the first one and then depress your CTRL key and keep it held down while you select your other files.
  5. Once you have selected your files, click on Open.

NOTE: These files must all reside in the same folder for this method to work.

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