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[How To] Automatically Insert ‘Boilerplate’ Text in MS Word
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If you frequently need to insert a word, line or block of text into MS Word documents you can easily automate the process with a simple keyboard shortcut. Highlight the text and press Alt + F3, to create an AutoText entry, then give it a name or accept the default that appears in the dialog […]
To increase or decrease the font size in a Word document, follow these steps:
What’s the quickest way to delete text? Forget the backspace or delete keys. Instead, try this: Select the block of text you want to delete and CONTINUE TYPING. Word automatically deletes the text when you start to type.
How to add sound To Word Documents
When working on long documents it is sometimes useful to be able to see and edit other sections of the text at the same time. Word will let you do exactly that, though unless you stumble on the feature by accident you’ll probably never know it exists. It’s really easy to use, all you have […]
ScreenTips are those little boxes that appear when you ‘hover’ your mouse over a hyperlink. As the name implies, they usually provide a small tip, or piece of information, about the word or phrase in question.
How to add a format a Word document
Has your computer crashed when you tried to copy and paste text from a website into a Word document?
This happens when the webpage has lots of underlying HTML code that Word tries to digest when importing the content. Even though you might only want the raw text, Word will try to import the JavaScript, images, links, and other code, crashing the PC in the process. The way to get around this is to tell Word that you want only the text and nothing else. To do this, use the under-used ‘Paste Special’ feature in Word.
You can hide text in a Word doc. While it still remains in the document, it will not print out when sent to clients. Useful if you want to add/remove text at a later stage. Here’s how it works: 1. In Word, select the text you want to hide. 2. Click Format, Font, and then […]