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WordTips (ribbon) for 17 May 2025

Hidden Numbered Items Still Affect Numbering

Word allows you to make text hidden and then control whether the hidden text is displayed or printed. If your hidden text includes automatically numbered items, their being hidden does not affect the numbering. This tip provides two approaches to making sure that numbering is affected.

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(Thanks to Michael Avidan (MVP), Tomek Dluzniewski, Jean Allard, and Viviane Schmit for contributing to this tip.)

Formatting All Headings At Once

If you need to apply a common formatting change to all the headings in your document, a quick way to do it is to use the Outline view of Word. This tip presents a simple technique that can save you loads of time.

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Journal Your Life

Journals go by many names--diaries, sketchbooks, or simply blank books. Regardless of the name, though, journals provide a way for you to record, track, create, dream, and illustrate your life. Journals make it not only possible, but easy. Check out our complete line of high-quality, convenient journals today!

Specifying a Label Stock for Saved Documents

When you create a document designed to be printed on a particular type of label stock, it might be helpful if Word remembered which label stock the document was designed for. Unfortunately, that information is not maintained with the document. You can, however, note the information so it is always available using one of the techniques in this tip.

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(Thanks to Benjamin Morin and Alison Miller for contributing to this tip.)

Shading Table Rows

Need to format the rows of a table so that your data is showcased better? Here are a few ways you can get the shading you need.

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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: Viewing Your Entire Document Width
The Zoom tool is very useful to help you see all of your document information. Here's how to make sure you can see all the document information horizontally.

New video: Setting User Information
Need to change the information that Word stores about you? This Quick Tip explains how to find the info.

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.

Adjusting Gridline Spacing

I can turn on gridlines in a document, which seems to be used as a guide for object placement. Is there a way to adjust the gridlines in order to specify a distance between each of the lines?
—Dennis Kelson (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)

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