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I trust that you will find the tips in this week's newsletter helpful.

—Allen

WordTips (ribbon) for 29 November 2025

Finding Long Paragraphs

If you want to call out paragraphs that contain too many words, the best approach is to use a macro. This tip provides two macros you can use for this purpose.

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(Thanks to Andrew Feldstein for contributing to this tip.)

Understanding Background Printing

We click the button to print our document and seldom think of what is happening behind the scenes. Word prints documents, by default, in the background as we continue to work. You can change this behavior, if you desire; here's how.

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Become a Mail Merge Wizard

Do you want to become a mail merge magician? Discover everything from the basics to being able to complete all your documentation needs—it's all here! Experience the magic today!

Special Characters in Fields

If you try to add a quote mark or a backslash as part of a field parameter or switch, you may be surprised at what you actually end up with. In order to use these characters you need to apply the technique covered in this tip.

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Extracting INCLUDEPICTURE File Names

If you use the INCLUDEPICTURE field to add images to your document, you may love the macro in this tip. It allows you to pull all the filenames used in the field, resulting in a handy image file list.

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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: Resizing a Table
Do you need to make your table a different size? It's easy to do, using the same general technique you use when resizing a graphic. This Quick Tip walks you through the steps to do the resizing.

New video: Searching for Footnote and Endnote Marks
Do you want to quickly search for any footnote or endnote marks in your document? It's easy to do using Word's powerful Find and Replace capabilities.

Help Wanted

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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.

Copying Tables to a New Document

I have a document that includes several tables. I would like to copy all of these tables to a new document. What is the best way to go about this?
—Carol Bradford (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)

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