Archive for the ‘Shortcut Keys’ Category
Friday, August 15th, 2008
The Format Painter is a tool that allows you to copy formatting from text to text, or from one graphic or table to another. You can copy formatting between documents, too. It will copy text and paragraph formatting. It's a tool I go to when numbered or bulleted lists don't ...
Posted in Bullets & Numbering, Cut, Copy & Paste, Paragraph Formatting, Shortcut Keys, Text Formatting, Word 2007 | No Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
These work in many programs, like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and are worth trying in any program where you need additional control in positioning graphic elements in a project. The "extra" keys are usually going to be Ctrl, Alt or Shift, so if you don't remember which one to use, don't ...
Posted in Clipart & Graphics, Shortcut Keys, Text boxes, Word 2007 | No Comments »
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Spell Check = F7
Thesaurus = Shift + F7
Word will open the Research pane and look up whatever word the cursor is currently in using the built in Thesaurus.
Research Lookup = Ctrl + Shift + O
Opens the Research pane and looks up whatever word the cursor is currently in; you can ...
Posted in Proofing Tools, Shortcut Keys, Word 2007 | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Here’s how to create a keyboard shortcut that will insert a symbol.
In the Insert tab, Symbols group, click Symbol, then More Symbols…
In the Symbol box, choose the Font: that the symbol is from (like Symbol or Wingdings). Find the symbol you want to use and single click to select it. ...
Posted in Customize, Shortcut Keys, Special Characters & Symbols, Word 2007 | 1 Comment »
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Word doesn't come with too many predefined keyboard shortcuts for working with tables. Here they are:
Select Table = Alt + Clear (Keypad 5, turn off Num Lock)
Move to Top of Column, End of Column = Alt + Page Up or Alt + Page Down
Move to Beginning of Row, End of ...
Posted in Customize, Shortcut Keys, Tables, Word 2007 | 9 Comments »
Friday, April 25th, 2008
Use these Shortcut Keys instead of the Office button
Remember that you can add actions from the Office button to the Quick Access Toolbar by right-clicking on it and choosing Add to Quick Access Toolbar.
New = Ctrl + N
Open = Ctrl + O
Save = Ctrl + S
Save as = F12
Print = ...
Posted in File Related, Shortcut Keys, Word 2007 | No Comments »
Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Here are the steps to assign a keyboard shortcut to an AutoText entry, which is part of the Building Blocks in Word 2007. First, you will insert the file name and path field, then save it as an AutoText Building Block, and finally assign a keyboard shortcut to use with ...
Posted in Building Blocks, Customize, Fields & Quick Parts, Shortcut Keys, Word 2007 | 15 Comments »
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
These shortcut keys can help you control the Word window without leaving your keyboard.
Maximize = Alt + F10
Restore = Alt + F5
Close or Exit = Alt + F4
Toggle between open files = Ctrl + F6
Previous window = Ctrl + Shift + F6
Next window = Alt + F6
Split document window horizontally ...
Posted in Screen Parts & Views, Shortcut Keys, Word 2007 | No Comments »
Friday, April 11th, 2008
How do I divide labels?
Once you have generated the labels you want and have them on-screen in Word, you could use a Table Tool to divide the labels.
With your cursor anywhere in the labels, look for the Table Tools button at the top of your screen, it has two ...
Posted in Fields & Quick Parts, Headers & Footers, Labels & Mail Merge, Shortcut Keys, Tables, Word 2007 | 2 Comments »
