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Virtually all common questions about Microsoft Word, including all versions. Help with formatting and troubleshooting, templates and long documents.
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Author of Dreamboat on Word and Co-Author of Office VBA: Macros You Can Use Today. Me and Word have been together for about 15 years.
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The F4 key repeats the last action! Try learning to work in Word with the Show/hide button ON; you'll learn so much more about formatting that way.
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Troubleshooting Word is simple! You'll find the steps to take right here: http://www.officearticles.com/word/steps_to_troubleshooting_microsoft_word.htm
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Recent Answers from Anne Troy
2011-11-22 MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD 2003:
I would completely uninstall it (Word or the entire Office suite, whichever the case may be). Then reinstall it. When you do, choose a custom install, and choose "Run All From My PC". Some people don't
2011-11-20 Excel and Word versus open office and libre:
Hi! Of course, Microsoft Office is better. However, if you're an average user, you'll find Open Office is just fine for you. You may run into limitations, but certainly not for creating a resume. Good
2010-01-04 Embedding Word into Outlook:
No, it's not possible. You are trying to make Outlook use Word's capabilities. The absolute best method for what you're doing is to have a form created online, and send the URL via email. You can easily
2009-01-29 Editing sections of an existing Word 07 doc.:
You must insert a section break. Click on Page Layout. Click on the Breaks dropdown arrow, and choose Next page. While the following article doesn't cover 2007, the types of section breaks are the
2009-01-26 Lowercase:
In Word 2007, just below the front size box on the Home ribbon, is a button that changes the case for you. In lesser versions, it's under Format-->Change case. In any version, you must first select
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