ms word tips and tricks
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Presentation slides used during the Word Tips and Tricks Breakout session during the 2010 Fall ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
Lorna Olsen
NDSU Information Technology Services
“ Is Bird the Word ?
? ?”
Or
“is Word the bird ? ?
?”
Word is for
? ? ?
the birds ! ! !
Welcome
Birds
Check Your Options
1. File Options (2010)
– OR –
2. Office Button Word Options (2007)
This is where you make Word work the way you want it to!
Have it Your Way!
Use the Status Bar and the Quick Access Toolbar
1. Right Click on the Status Bar to bring up options
2. Select the options you’d like to show
The Quick Access Toolbar can also save time
Add Additional Lines to Bulleted and Numbered Lists
1. Start a new line without a new bullet by
pressing Shift + Enter to create a “Line Break”
2. To add unnumbered text inside numbered list:
1. Press Enter twice to end the list – type text outside of
list
2.Turn on numbering again - Click Continue
Numbering “Smart Tag”
Edit Two Parts of a Document
1. Select the View tab
2. From the Window group select the Split icon(or)
Select the tiny divider tool at the top of the right scroll bar(or…
Edit Two Parts of a Document
1. Click View | New Window
2. While in the View Tab select Side by Side as the display
3. Note the difference between these two ways of viewing
1.Click Synchronous Scrolling button to scroll each independently
Rearrange Paragraphs with Keystrokes
1. Click in the paragraph you’d like to move
2. Hold down Shift + Alt
3. Use your up and down arrow keys to move one paragraph at a time!
The “Select Browse Object” Button
1. Click on the Select Browse Object Button
2. Hover your mouse over the pictures to see the options
3. When you make a choice the chevrons (double arrows) will turn blue
Working with Pictures
1. Insert/Select Picture
2. Picture Tools Format tab Wrap Text
Use the Crop Tool
Compress Pictures for online viewing (smaller file sizes=good!)
More Working with Pictures
1. Change the default Insert Picture/ Text Wrap settings
2. Options (or Word Options) Advanced Cut,Copy,PasteInsert /Paste picture as:
1.Inline = default – change to Square or Tight
Add “Path” to a Footer and a Pic to a Header
1. Open Header/Footer area (double-click on top or bottom of page)
2. From the Header and Footer Tools Design tab select Quick Parts Field
3. Select FileName and check the Add path to filename box
Add “Path” to a Footer and a Pic to a Header
1. Open Header/Footer area (double-click on bottom or top of page)
2. Insert Picture
3. Change Wrapping, contrast, move it, etc. and click off of the Header
Autotext Keystrokes
- - - + Enter, creates a line
_ _ _ + Enter, creates a bold line
=== + Enter, creates a double line
- -> will do this
<- - will do this
==> will do this
<== will do this
Insert and Format Symbols
1. Go to the Insert Tab and select Symbol
2. Find a Symbol you wish to use and double-click on it
3. You can now format the symbol as if it were text (it is)
Try a Symbol as a Drop Cap!
Print Currently Selected Text or Charts/Graphics
1. Select the contiguous text or chart/graphic
you wish to print
2. Select File (2010) or Click the Office button
(2007)
1. Click Print Select Print Selection under Settings (2010)
2. Click Print Print Print Selection (2007)
3. Don’t Click the Print button on the Toolbar!
Using the Research Feature
Alt + Click on a word or selected
text to bring up the Research Pane
Shortcuts
Ctrl + F6 lets you move between all open documents!
F4 Repeats your last action or formatting
Shift + F5 jumps to the last change you made in the document
S’more Shortcuts
F7 runs the Spell Checker
F12 opens the Save As dialog box
Shift + F3 cycles through 3 case styles
UPPERCASE
lowercase
Title Case
Aa toolbar button has 2 more options
Thank You…
…Birds
These slides will be available online at:
www.slideshare.net/tag/NDSUFallconf10
After the conference!