3 Easy Tips To Microsoft Word Mastery
Have you ever struggled with certain formatting issues in Microsoft Word
? I have. Simple tasks that ought to be intuitive or simple are anything but! Once in awhile, the built in Help feature will render a quick answer, but not often. "Help" becomes a rabbit trail of information that isn't useful. I have been training people to use Microsoft Word for years. I offer you 3 great tips on formatting with Microsoft Word.
Creating Lists with Bullets and Numbers
* Type your list and press {Enter} at the end of each item in your list. If your information runs onto the next line, just let it run and don't press {Enter} at the end of the first line
* Select the list. Using your mouse, highlight all the text in your lists. You can click on the bullet list or the number list icon when you see that it is highlighted. These icons have 3 little short lines with either small dots or numbers on the right side.
* If you decide to switch from bullets to numbers, just highlight the area again, and click on the other icon.
Changing the bullets to another character - Sometimes you may not be satisfied with that plain little black dot and you want to make your bullet points more interesting. No problem! * Look on your menu options along the top of your page. You'll see one labeled "Format."
* Click on "Format" and choose "Bullets and Numbering."
* Make sure the Bullets tab is selected. * Select one of the bullet styles that are available.
* If you're not happy with any of the styles shown, just click on one of the styles shown, then click on "Customize." You will be shown some different options. Some fonts are little graphics that can be used, or you can choose a character, a symbol, or even an appropriately sized picture.
* When you're finished selecting the bullet you like, just click on OK.
Changing the formatting of a word every time it appears - The "Find and Replace" tool is really useful when you use a word or phrase more than once in a document and you want to change all the formatting for that word or phrase. Let's say you want to change the color of a word each time it appears, or you want to make the font bold, or make it ALL CAPS, then is the tip for you.
* Make sure you are at the very beginning of your document.
* Press {Ctrl+H} and this will bring up the Replace tab in your "Find and Replace" tool. * The Find What and the Replace With boxes should be empty.
When you know the word you want to find, enter it in the "Find What" box.
* Press the Tab key to move to the "Replace With" box. If you are simply changing the formatting and not changing the words(s), then put the same word in the "Replace With" box.
Look for "Format" at the bottom of the box and click there. If you don't see it, click on "More" and your options will be expanded. Make the changes from the formatting menu. You can change the font, the font color, size, and many other options that you will see listed.
* When you're finished with your changes, click OK.
* To complete things, click "Replace All."
by: Jeanne Kolenda
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