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Stop repeating yourself – build a Microsoft Word template

WordGuru — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:00:32 +0000

If you have a Microsoft Word document type you produce frequently, why don't you save a stripped-down version of it as a template? It will save you time in creating future document. Here's a step-by-step tutorial. Related posts:

How to redirect a reply in Outlook

The Guru — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:29:40 +0000

If you send an email to a large list, the last thing you want is someone hitting "Reply to All." Prevent a disaster with these two tricks in Microsoft Outlook. No related posts.

Using AutoText to deal with repetitive text

WordGuru — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:44:18 +0000

Ever have the same phrase, sentence or even paragraph repeat over and over in a document you're typing? Microsoft Word's AutoText feature can help automate it! Related posts:

Reviewing, accepting and rejecting others’ changes in Track Changes

WordGuru — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:24:16 +0000

Once you've produced a redlined document with Word's Track Changes feature, you can finalize the document with the Accept and Reject buttons on the toolbar. Here's how. Related posts:

Inserting comments with Track Changes

WordGuru — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:40:38 +0000

What if you (or your attorney) don't want to actually change a particular section of a document, but just want to ask a question, point out a problem, just plain make a comment? Here's a tutorial on how to insert a comment using Word's Track Changes feature. Related posts:

Showing, hiding and printing tracked changes

VideoTutor — Mon, 31 May 2010 01:18:01 +0000

Once you know how to turn on Word's Track Changes feature, you may want to be able to see the document in its original state and with all the changes without having to accept or reject changes. Here's an easy way to do that (with some caveats) Related posts:

Automatically marking document edits with Track Changes

WordGuru — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:44:12 +0000

Ever want to be able to automatically create a redline showing your document changes? You can, with Word's Track Changes feature. Here are the basics. Related posts:

Inserting a table of contents using styles

VideoTutor — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:31:04 +0000

One of the things I’m on a rant about these days is loooooong documents. Complicated documents, like 20+ page contracts and appellate briefs and stuff like that. Why? Because they always seem to need special stuff inserted in them. Like custom headers and footers. And level-1 and level-2 and level-out-the-wazoo headings. It’s enough to make [...] Related posts:

Using sections to control page numbers, headers and footers

VideoTutor — Sun, 30 May 2010 04:55:42 +0000

This is part two of a tutorial on how to control page numbers and page number formats using sections in Microsoft Word 2002-2003. Useful for changing page number styles in appellate briefs or for having distinct headers and footers in different parts of a document. Related posts:

Using and configuring AutoFormat As You Type

WordGuru — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:30:06 +0000

Ever wonder why your straight quote characters get replaced by those curly ones in Word? Or why the "st" in "1st" gets superscripted automatically? Here's the skinny on Microsoft Word's AutoFormat As You Type feature ... and how you can customize it. Related posts: