Check Out Terrific Tables

Just a quick reminder that the updated Microsoft Word Terrific Tables e-book is on sale right now. (I mentioned this in last week's newsletter.) It will remain on sale for a few more days, with the 30% discount ending after Wednesday. After that, this e-book won't go back on sale for years.

Anyway, check it out before the opportunity is gone. You can find full information here:

https://store.tips.net/T010060

Have a great week!

—Allen
     

WordTips (ribbon) for 16 March 2024

Envelopes
Printing Just the Envelope

When you add an envelope to a document, Word adds it to the beginning of the document. Printing just the envelope can be a bit confusing, however. This tip describes how to do the printing and how to get rid of the document to leave just the envelope, if desired.

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(Thanks to Leonard Berkowitz, Veronica Pavia, Michael Avidan (MVP), Tomek Dluzniewski, and Benjamin Morin for contributing to this tip.)

 
Styles
One Change Affects Everything

Have you ever made one formatting change in your document, only to see that change applied to all the paragraphs in the document? If so, you'll want to read this tip, as you can fix this odd behavior rather quickly.

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Word Macros, from the Ground Up

Macros are the key to making Word do what you really want it to do. I've written a complete tutorial that explains, from the ground up, how you can harness the power of macros. Word VBA Guidebook provides the information you need to finally conquer Word macros.

 
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A Quick-and-Dirty Word Count

Word provides a tool that counts the number of words in a document. Here's an alternative method of calculating the a word count.

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Graphics
Wrapping Text Around a Graphic

Place a graphic in your document, and you may want to make sure that your document text "wraps" around the edges of the graphic. Here's the quick way to change how Word wraps the text.

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Deleting Footnotes and Endnotes

Deleting either footnotes or endnotes is a simple process. Just select the reference mark and delete it. Assuming you are using automatically numbered notes, the remaining notes are renumbered for you, as if the deleted note had never existed.

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Printing
Printing Personalized Copies of a Document

Need to have a series of documents customized for individual users? Mail merge may be overkill, but the macro presented in this tip will help make short work of the individualized printouts.

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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.

 
Specifying Criteria for Automatic Hyphenation

I would like to automatically hyphenate my document, but I want to be able to specify that any hyphenated part of a word should be at least 3 characters in length. Can this be done in Word?
—Bill Thomas (provide an answer for this Help Wanted question)

 
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