Improve Your Word Processing Skills With Time-Saving Shortcuts
By James Marshall, About.com Guide to Word Processing
Creating professional looking documents in Microsoft Word and other word processing programs doesn't need to take a lot of time. You just need to learn how to take advantage of shortcuts and time-saving features like mail merge, templates, and hotkeys. Don't delay--start saving time today. These great tips will help you get started!
- Put Commands at Your Fingertips With Word Shortcut Keys
- Use Word Templates to Format Your Documents
- Automate Complicated Tasks With Word Macros
- Tweak Word to Work Faster and Easier
- Create Multiple Documents at Once With Mail Merge
- Manage Your Documents More Efficiently
Put Commands at Your Fingertips With Word Shortcut Keys
There are countless shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. Virtually every command has a predefined shortcut key. And, the shortcut keys are customizable. If a command isn't assigned a shortcut key, you can create one. Or, change the particular shortcut key assigned to a command.
There's just one problem with all of these shortcut keys: It can be difficult to remember them. While you don't need to learn them all, you should at least learn the shortcut keys for frequently used commands. These quick tips will help you get started with shortcut keys and more!
- Time-Saving Tips for Office 2007
- 6 Time-Saving Secrets for Microsoft Word 2007
- Learning the Word 2007 Shortcut Keys
- Frequently Used Shortcut Keys
- Displaying the Shortcut Keys in Microsoft Word
- Customizing Shortcut Keys in Word
- Displaying Microsoft Word's Function Key Commands
- Resetting Keyboard Shortcuts and Keys in Word
- Restoring Disabled Keys in Microsoft Word
- Disabling Keys or Keystrokes
- Listing all the Commands Available in Word
- Return to a Previous Editing Location
- Inserting Bookmarks in Your Word Document
- Wildcards in Find and Replace
- Automatically Updating Text in Many Documents
- Using Word's Search Feature to Search for Files
- Formatting Your Word Document With Styles
Use Word Templates to Format Your Documents
You may spend a lot of time creating documents that are similar to each other, except for a few minor changes. In that case, you can get a lot out of document templates. The template will contain your document formatting and boilerplate text. Later, you can create custom documents based on your template!
- Introduction to Word Templates
- Create Word Templates Quickly
- Start-up Problems & the Normal Template
- Protecting the Normal Template
- Finding Word Templates on Office Online
- Blogger for Word -- Managing a Blog With Microsoft Word
- Creating Shortcuts to Your Templates
- Protecting Templates with File Sharing Passwords
Automate Complicated Tasks With Word Macros
Is there a series of actions you perform over and over in Word? Then you should automate the series of events with a macro. Then, you can have Word perform the events at the touch of a key.
- Macros!
- Changing Word's Macro Security Level
- Using Word Macros to Format Select Text
- AutoExec Macros: Running a Macro at Word Startup
Tweak Word to Work Faster and Easier
Do you ever get the feeling that Word was designed for you? Then change it! You can change the way Word looks or behaves. That's because Microsoft wanted you to customize Word to get the most out of it.
- Customizing Microsoft Word for Greater Productivity
- Disabling Smart Tags in Microsoft Word
- Customizing Word's AutoCorrect Feature
- Changing Word's Markup Viewing Options
- Setting Word Selection Preferences
- Adding terms to your Custom Dictionary
- Creating and Inserting AutoText in Microsoft Word
- Turn on Document Properties Prompt
- Setting Word to Print in Draft Quality
Create Multiple Documents at Once With Mail Merge
Mail merge was created just for mass mailings. You can use it for a lot of things. In fact, it is perfect for any document where you need information pulled from a data source.
- Using Outlook Contacts in a Mail Merge Operation
- Mail Merge Data Files and Excel
- Introduction to Mail Merge
- Inserting a Date Field in Your Document
- Saving Word Form Data for Use in Excel
- Choosing a Mail Merge Data Source
- Highlighting Mail Merge Fields
- Mail Merge Proofing Tips
- Mail Merge and Punctuation
- Mail Merge and Verbs
- Inserting Text Based on the Contents of a Merge Field
- Changing How Word Displays Numbers in Mail Merge
- Retaining Excel Formats in Mail Merge
- Using Excel Data in a Mail Merge Process
- Using Mail Merge for a Single Document
- Notes in Mail Merge Fields
Manage Your Documents More Efficiently
It's easy to end up with a hard drive full of documents. It is much more difficult to keep these documents organized. If you're feeling overwhelmed by Word documents, check out these tips. They'll help you get your hard drive in order!
