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Change the default font in your Word
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Often times a
document needs to be in a specific format to include font type and size.
If this requirement is causing you to change the default font in nearly
all of your Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 documents, then this tip will save
you a great deal of time. Follow the steps below to change the default
font in the Normal Template:
- Open a new document
- Go to Format>> Font
- Select the settings that you want
for your default font.
- Click the Default button
- When the popup window appears, it
will ask you to confirm this new setting. Click Yes.
The Normal Template is what all new
documents are based on when you start Word, or when you click the New
Document button.
If you would like to change another template, this is done by attaching
the template to a new document before changing the default font. Here's
how:
- Open a new document
- Go to Tools>> Font
- Click the Attach button
- Select the template you would like
to change
- Click the Open button and Click OK
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Fit a multiple page Word 2000 document
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If you have a Word
document that is over one page long. You can easily reduce the document
to fit on one page in your Print options. Here's how:
- With your document Open, select
File
- Click Print from the resulting
menu
- Find the Zoom section in the
Print window
- If your document is 6 pages, then
in the Pages per sheet: drop down menu, select 6 pages
- Click OK
Once you click OK, your document will
now automatically be formatted to fit into one page. Keep in mind that
the more text there is in this document, the smaller the font size will
be.
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Delete the Last Word |
Have you ever been typing along, trying to hurry to catch all of your thoughts
on paper when you suddenly make a spelling error and have to backspace to where
the error occurred? Well, it might be a time saver and helpful in retaining your
train of thought, to just use a couple of keystrokes and wipe out the last word
instead of slowing down to fix the error. The key strokes are:
- CTRL + BACKSPACE (Windows)
- COMMAND - DELETE (Mac)
This is also a very useful trick when searching for just the right word to
insert into a sentence. Such as;
The computer constantly (ctrl-backspace)
The computer continuously (ctrl-backspace)
The computer randomly reboots without warning.
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Apply a Border to Text in Word |
If you need to make a block of text stand out, creating a border around it can
do the trick. Here's how this is done:
- Open a Word document that has several blocks of text.
- Select the particular block of text that you would like to have a border
around.
- Select Format>> Borders and Shading.
- On the Borders tab, select a border setting.
- For a thicker line, go to the Width section.
- For a different color, go to the Color section.
- If you would like to select a different line style, go to the Styles
section.
- Once you are satisfied with your border style, click OK.
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Create Custom Word Templates |
[Word 2002]
If you don't like the default font style, you can create a custom document
template in which you chose your own font style and use it whenever you like.
Here's how:
Create a custom document template:
- On the View menu, select Task Pane.
- If the New Document task pane is not visible, select it from the
drop-down menu in the upper right corner of the task pane.
- In the New Document task pane, select General Templates.
- In the Templates dialog box, choose the General tab, and click Blank
Document once to select it (this will be the base for your new template).
- Under the Create New section, click Template, and then click OK.
- In the new template, add any text and graphics you want to appear in all
new documents that you base on the template, and delete any items you don't
want to appear.
- Make the changes you want to the margin settings, page size and
orientation, styles, and other formats. For example, change the font to
Tahoma.
- On the File menu, click Save, give your template a name, and then click
Close on the File menu.
Your new customized document template will now be available under General
Templates in the New Document task pane.
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Quick Text Selections in Word |
Below, are some handy methods to quickly select text in Word.
- Select a word:
Double click on any part of the word.
- Select a line:
Click the left margin next to the line.
- Select a sentence:
Hold down the CTRL key, then click anywhere in the sentence.
- Select a paragraph:
Triple click any word within the paragraph.
- Select the whole document:
Triple click in the left margin, or hold down the CTRL key, then click anywhere
in the left margin. Yet another method you can use is to hold down the CTRL key,
then press the letter A.
- Make a vertical text selection:
Hold down the ALT key, then drag the mouse up.
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Make Business Cards With Word |
With Microsoft Word, you can make quick and easy business cards. Or, if you have
the right software, you can make them with your own logo or a picture of
yourself. Here's how:
- Open Word and from the File menu, select New.
- Go to Tools and select Envelopes and Labels.
- Click Options.
- From the Product Type menu, confirm that Avery Standard is selected.
- In the Product Number menu, select "3612 - Business Card" and then click OK.
- Click New Document. A card template will now appear giving you the proper
margins to create a business card.
- From the Insert menu, select Picture. Now browse your hard drive for a logo
or a picture to insert in to your card.
- Select a font and type your name, address and contact information (or whatever information you would like to put on your card).
- Once you are finished with the design of your card, copy and paste it in to
each of the open spaces on the page.
- If you would like to see what it is going to look like in a larger view,
click Print Preview.
- Place your blank business cards in to your printer.
- From the toolbar, select Print.
- Go to File and Save your design if you are satisfied with it.
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Disable
Hyperlinks |
If you would like to disable the
hyperlinks in MS Word, here's how:
- Open Word
- Go to Tools>> AutoCorrect>>
AutoFormat As You Type
- Uncheck the entry titled:
Internet and network paths with hyperlinks
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