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Alicia is officially an author! If you loved her classes, you'll love her writing. This is not a book about HOW to use Word on a PC. Lots of people have already written about that... This is a book about how to USE Word. How to bend it to your will. How to be creative...
Microsoft Word's Advanced Find and Replace feature can do WAY more than just replace one word with another one. In this video, I show you how to replace a list of items separated by commas, and turn it into a numbered list running down the page. For example, you could...
When you insert a graphic into a document, by default, Word treats it like a giant alphabet letter. Any text beside it is aligned so that its first line is even with the bottom of the image, with the rest flowing underneath. Most of the time, it’s more effective to...
The title on a cover page is traditionally located about 1/3 to halfway down the page. Have you found yourself pressing Enter repeatedly to get there? Don't! Instead, follow these steps to center the page vertically, from top to bottom. 1. Insert a Next Page Section...
If you're multitasking, or using one document as a reference, you need to quickly switch between two or more documents. Here are four ways to move back and forth between them. Ctrl-F6 Press CTRL-F6 on the keyboard to toggle between Word’s open windows....
If you need to insert the date in your documents, save time by using these shortcuts instead of typing. Insert As You Type As you type the date in your document, Tooltips appear that predict what you're going to type. Press Enter to accept the suggestion. For example,...
The graphics editing features in Microsoft Word have certainly come a long way. You no longer need Photoshop for some common picture editing. For example, Word's Picture Tools can remove backgrounds and colors from images. Remove the Background From an Image This...
When applying the same character and paragraph formatting several times throughout a document, save dozens of repetitive steps by applying a Style instead. Word comes with dozens of pre-designed Style sets, and you can modify them or create new ones at any time. Apply...
In books, chapters usually begin on the right, odd-numbered pages. If you're formatting your manuscript for publication, don’t spend any time adding extra page breaks to force this to happen. Later edits may break this alignment. Use Odd Section Breaks instead. Odd...
Let's say you just finished typing your novel in Microsoft Word and decided you want to change the main character's name from Michael to Sonny. Your publisher also wants you to use Paragraph Spacing Below to separate your paragraphs, instead of pressing Enter twice!...