Changing Some Smart Quotes to Non-Smart Quotes

Word replaces straight quotes with smart (curly) quotes by default. There may be times, however, when you want to use straight quotes, such as after digits used in measurements. This tip explains how you can easily change just those smart quotes following digits to their straight counterparts.

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(Thanks to Michael Avidan (MVP) and Patrick Sedgwick for contributing to this tip.)

Creating Labels

Using Word to create and print labels is a snap. All you need to do is provide the text you want on the labels, pick a type of label, and then format the text to best fit the label you chose. This tip shows how to do it all, step by step.

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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!

Rounded Corners for a Text Box

Text boxes are great for positioning information the way you want it to appear in your page layout. Fortunately, you aren't limited to bland, square corners on those text boxes.

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Understanding the Select Case Structure

Programming structures are an important tool used by any programmer. The VBA language used by Word's macros includes several powerful programming structures, including the Select Case structure, described in this tip.

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Removing Spaces before a Note Mark

I routinely use footnotes and endnotes in the documents on which I work. Sometimes, I've noticed that there is a space just before the note mark within the main document. I delete them when I see them, but it occurs to me that this is, perhaps, something I can do throughout the entire document, in a single pass. How would I get rid of that unwanted space?
—Kyra Jessup (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)