Spring has Sprung

I hope your week has been a good one. Spring is busting out all over in our area, which is a pleasant change from just a week or two ago. It is nice to see the trees budding and hear birds once again singing.

I hope that you are enjoying your spring!

—Allen

WordTips (ribbon) for 11 April 2026

Flagging Sentences Starting with Undesirable Words

In your writing or editing, you may want to draw attention to sentences that begin with certain words. This can be done rather easily with a macro, as described in this tip.

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(Thanks to Michael Avidan (MVP), Rhonda Bracey, Shelley List, Andy Feldstein, and Julie Faas for contributing to this tip.)

Word Adds Extra Space before Footnote Marker

When using full justification of your text, you may get extra spaces in places you never wanted. This tip examines one such instance and what can be done about it.

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Automatic Page Numbers across Multiple Documents

Word allows you to specify the starting page number for a document, which comes in handy if you have multiple documents you need to print in sequential order. This tip discusses how you can set page numbers to automatically "flow" from one document to another.

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Resetting Character Formatting in a Macro

Shortcut keys are a great way to apply styles to text in a document. You can easily create a shortcut key assignment for any style you desire. This tip explains how.

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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: Printing Very Large Paper Sizes
Do you need to print on large pieces of paper? Word has a limit on the size of the paper it can use, but that might not be the only limiting factor.

New video: Adjusting Shadow Settings
Insert a shape into a document and Word allows you to add a shadow behind the shape. You can also adjust the properties of the shadow, as described in this tip.

Help Wanted

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Undoing a Typeface Change

I edited a fifty-page document to which I applied paragraph styles as necessary for our in-house needs. The styles use the Aptos typeface. I sent the document back to the author for some revisions. When he sent it back, he had selected the entire document and changed the typeface to Times New Roman. So now, in the Styles task pane, every paragraph shows as similar to "Body Text + Times New Roman." How can I undo what the author did without the need to reapply paragraph styles throughout the document?
—Denice Kinsella (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)

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