[June 15, 2008]
Well, summer is certainly here now! We had a terrible storm the other night and it took down one of our old trees and we lost power for approximately nine hours. I can tell you I truly missed my air conditioning!
Wherever you are and whatever you're doing, I hope that you are enjoying your summer.
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Let's get to the tips now!
Table of Contents
Hyperlinks that Open in a New Window - This is great!
Canceling a Command in MS Excel - So Easy to Do!
Don't Be Redundant in MS Word - Use your Thesaurus!
Hyperlinks that Open in a New Window
Using hyperlinks makes it much easier for readers to quickly visit a Web page without abandoning their MS Word document. Can you imagine how much easier still it could be if the Web page opens in an entirely new window?
Follow the steps below to learn how to make this happen:
- Click anywhere in your document where you would like to insert a hyperlink to a Web page.
- Click CTRL + F9.
- Key in the code below:
- HYPERLINK"http://www.microsoft.com" no "This Web Page will open in a new window."
- Select the Field code.
- Click in the code.
- Click F9.
Using the F9 function key will convert the code to a hyperlink to the Web address.
When the user hovers the mouse over it, the hyperlink is displayed in the document with a screen tip.
Canceling a Command in MS Excel
If you start to perform a command or action within MS Excel, you may sometimes find that you did it by mistake or want to cancel it for whatever reason.
To accomplish this, the general rule is to click the ESC key. This should cancel any command or action that Excel is processing. You can also use this to close just about every dialog box that could possibly pop up in MS Excel.
Don't Be Redundant in MS Word
Don't you hate it when you have finished a document for your boss or a letter to your best friend and you realize you have used the same word within three or four paragraphs?
Well with the Thesaurus feature in MS Word, you no longer have to worry about these things! MS Word comes with a built-in Thesaurus and it is very easy to use.
Follow the steps below to learn how to use the Thesaurus in MS Word:
In Older versions of MS Word, follow these steps:
- Highlight the word that you would like to replace with another word and then open up the Thesaurus.
- You can access the Thesaurus in a couple of ways. You can click on Tools | Language | Thesaurus but that seems like a lot of work to me and you all know that I love to save time and keystrokes! I usually just use the shortcut and click on Shift + F7.
A dialog box will open with a list of definitions Word may have and a list of synonyms for you to select from.
- Select the word you would like to use.
- Click Replace.
You can even click on one of the definitions and get another list of synonyms as well.
If you are using the latest version of MS Word (2007), the process will be slightly different.
- You will find the Thesaurus on the Review ribbon and you can access it here by clicking on Shift | F7 as well.
Once the Thesaurus button is clicked with your word highlighted, it should open on the right-hand side of your program window.
You will see a whole list of alternatives and you can click on one of the suggestions and receive other synonyms for that word as well - just like in older versions.
- To use a word, click the down arrow and select Insert from the menu.
Happy word hunting!
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