If you are anything like me, you use the same MS Office programs over and over again, so why not save some time and keystrokes and energy by having those programs open automatically when you turn on your computer? Follow the steps below to learn how to work this particular magic: In Microsoft Windows: On
I am sure you knew that you can copy multiple blocks of text in MS Word – at least I hope I have taught you that much! But did you know that you can paste multiple blocks of text rather than the last chunk that you copied? Well guess what? You can! Follow the steps
MS Excel in this latest version, has some very easy browsing techniques. Having said that, suppose you aren’t exactly sure what you are looking for? Suppose you know what you need but can’t remember the name of the formula? It is easy to become aggravated under these circumstances. Surely there must be a quicker way
A lot of legal secretaries have written to me asking for ways to quickly change the line spacing in a document as they are frequently moving from single line spacing for block quotes and double line spacing for text and then back to single line spacing for signature blocks in pleadings. It really isn’t all
Let’s say you have just finished a document and you decide you don’t like the formatting. Oh geez, do we have to go back and reformat each and every paragraph? Luckily, the answer is no. Follow the steps below: Click on CTRL + A to select the entire document, or select the portion of the
Each new Excel workbook starts out with three blank worksheeets and an index tab at the bottom of each worksheet identifies the sheet by name. You can add a new worksheet or delete an existing worksheet and rename or rearrange worksheets to suit your whim. A fourth tab is the Insert Worksheet tab. Click it
Sometimes you want to be careful to use gender-neutral words in your documents. Word’s grammar checker offers an option that will underline words that violate this gender neutrality with a green squiggly line, similar to what it does for sentence fragments and run-on sentences. To ask Word to check for gender-specific terms such as policeman,
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Shortcut Keys Function Editing Key Select a column Click the columns top gridline border Select a row Click to the left of the row Select multiple rows, cells, columns Highlight the column, row or cell Select the entire table Click the Smart tag on the left top corner of the table. Select a cell Click
AutoComplete has been disabled in Word 2007 due to the enormous quantity of Building Blocks (the expanded successor to AutoText) that would otherwise cause AutoComplete to occur just about all the time. To force completion after typing the first four characters, you’ll need to press the F3 key. This will work with any Building Block,
