The Traveling Continues

This has to be the longest traveling streak I've been on in a long time. Last week I mentioned I was down in Texas, visiting with my father, aunt, and sister. Well, I was able to make it back home on Thursday, and then on the next day I flew out to Tennessee to visit for a couple of days with my youngest son and his family.

There I times I don't know whether I'm coming or going! The traveling will be drawing to a close in the near future, thank goodness. It will be nice to be able to stop and relax for a bit instead of always hurrying off somewhere.

I hope that your week has been good and that you enjoy the tips in this week's newsletter.

—Allen

WordTips (ribbon) for 13 September 2025

Generating a List of Hyperlink Targets

Word makes it easy to add hyperlinks to your documents. If you want to get a list of those hyperlinks, that's a different story. This tip looks at a couple of ways you can generate a list of hyperlinks you can use.

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(Thanks to Trevor Baker, Patrick Sedgwick, Michael Avidan (MVP), and Aprile Morgan for contributing to this tip.)

Overlining Characters

Want to add an overline above a character or two in your document? There are several ways you can try, as described in this tip.

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Special Symbols Display Incorrectly

When sharing your documents with others, you may occasionally have a problem where some of the symbols used in your document don't display properly. This generally has to do with font-related issues, as discussed in this tip.

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Counting Changed Words

Track Changes is a handy tool for those who need to see how a document changes over time. If you have a long document with lots of changes, you may want to know how many words in the document were changed due to insertions and deletions. Here's how to get the information you want.

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WordTips YouTube Channel

Do you like to learn visually? Make sure you check out the WordTips YouTube channel. New videos are added weekly. (I typically try to add them on Tuesdays and Thursdays.)

New video: Using Two Characters as a Drop Cap
Want to add drop caps to your layout? They can provide a nice, appealing design element, but how you actually create the drop caps can be critical to your success.

New video: Missing Top and Bottom Margins
You get your document set up just the way you want it, and then notice that all of a sudden Word doesn't show any top or bottom margins for your on-screen pages. This can be disconcerting, until you know that this is actually a feature in Word, as described in this Quick Tip.

Help Wanted

This section is for those having problems making Word behave. If Word is giving you fits, feel free to submit your own Help Wanted question.

If you have a solution for the problems below, click the link after the problem to send us your answer. (All responses become the sole property of Sharon Parq Associates, Inc., and can be used in any way deemed appropriate.) If your response is used in a future issue, you will be credited for your contribution to the answer.

Using the Same Font for Headings and Heading Numbering

I have a template in which I updated the default font to Aptos 10 pt. for both body and headings. When I attach the template to a document and then apply numbering to the document headings, the heading shows in the correct font, but the numbering on the headings stays in Arial 10.5 pt. How can I change the template so that any heading numbers appear in the correct Aptos font?
—David Pollacchi (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)

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