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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.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
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
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
2009-01-23 How do you turn on/off the Show/Hide spacing and paragraph symbols on a word doc for 2000 sr-1 prof:
I understand perfectly. Here's my spiel on the show/hide button: http://www.officearticles.com/word/show-hide_button_in_microsoft_word.htm Sorry it's so lengthy, but it is good information for you
2009-01-21 Mysteriuos Solid Square:
Hi, Al! This sounds to me like the square that indicates that there is paragraph formatting on the paragraph following the square. I explain it about halfway down this page: http://www.officearticles
2009-01-21 symbol translation:
Hi, John! Choose the Office button, then Word Options. Then go to Proofing, then choose Autocorrect options (Autocorrect tab should already be chosen by default). In there, the 3rd item in the list
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