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April 2, 2008

Drop-Down Form Field

Automatic List
If you have a routine word to add in your document, the Forms is one of the solutions to solve that matter. Otherwise, you have to type the words repeatedly.
To do that, you have to use Forms in your document.
The followings are some steps to do:
1. Click View on the menu bar and click [...]

October 21, 2007

A location and creation of backup copy

Autorecover files
To save an important document, you have to determine file location or folder where your backup file will be saved.
The first thing to do is to set up file location by clicking Tools, Options then click the File Locations tab, choose AutoRecover files in the File types box and click Modify to locate in [...]

October 19, 2007

Auto bold and italic format in Microsoft Word

Bold and italic format
In a certain sentence, we as a user use bold or italic format for a certain word. There is another way to make certain word formatted automatically.
Here are some steps to do:
Click Format on the menu bar.
Choose AutoFormat.
Click AutoFormat now on radio button.
Select General document in dialog box.
Click Options…, then click [...]

September 29, 2007

Automatic text in Microsoft Word.

AutoText
If you often use certain text or sentence that you type, the best way to do that is to set options AutoText in Microsoft Word by clicking Tools, AutoCorrect Options then click AutoText tab.
Type the word or sentence in Enter AutoText entries here box.
For example: How are you today, Mr. Automatic ?
Click Add button then [...]

September 2, 2007

Mail Merge in Microsoft Word

Mail Merge
Microsoft word provides Mail Merge in Microsoft Word. It means, we can send the same letter to many people. From my experience, we have to create two documents if we want to create a mail merge.
The first document is for the main letter and the second documents for keeping track of the data [...]

August 21, 2007

Auto recovery and Automatic back up in Microsoft Word.

Automatic back up
Not only can Microsoft Word save your document to restore the complete document if your computer system crashes before you have a chance to save your work, but also it can save a copy of the original document.
To do that you have to set file-saving features in Microsoft word by clicking The Tools, [...]

August 21, 2007

I do not want to see the wavy lines in Microsoft Word.

Wavy lines
If you see green and red wavy lines indicate that Microsoft Word found a possible grammar error. The easy way to hide wavy lines is to set in Tools options.
To do that, follow these steps:
- Click Tools, Options and click Spelling and Grammar tab.
- Click any language, select or clear the Check spelling as [...]

August 21, 2007

Text selection in Microsoft Word

Selecting Text
When you create a document in Microsoft Word, there are many ways to select any text, word, sentence and paragraph. There are some selection options in Microsoft Word to select any text, you just click your mouse at the start of the text then drag the mouse to the end of the text.
To select [...]

July 18, 2007

Mail Merge Microsoft Excel file with Microsoft Word

Combination of Microsoft Excel file and Microsoft Word
First, create data in Microsoft Excel (Sheet1)

Save excel file that you make.
Open Microsoft Word.
Click View, Toolbars, Mail Merge.
Create format letter as you like.
Click Tools, Letters and Mailings, Mail Merge.
Click Letters on radio button.
Click Next:
Starting document , Select recipients,
Click Use an existing list radio button,
Click Browse
Choose excel file in [...]