Word 2007

Background colors and images will not print in Word 2007

May 31, 2010

It is so annoying when you have worked really hard on a document, but when you go to print it, the background does not print. For example if you press on print preview you will immediately see your background images or colors missing from the document. However there is no need to panic, because there [...]

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Change UPPERCASE text to lowercase in Word 2007

May 31, 2010

It is annoying when you have text that is not punctuated correctly or is all UPPERCASE or all lowercase. Sometimes you are happily typing along and later realize you have the Caps Lock key pressed on. All your text is in Capital letters and you have typed too many words to redo it. However this [...]

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Change UPPERCASE text to lowercase in Word 2007 – VIDEO

May 31, 2010

Watch this video to see how to get rid of capital letters and change to lowercase text. You can also see a written tutorial on Changing UPPERCASE to lowercase complete with step by step instructions and screenshots. I often use this feature to captalize every word in blog titles and to also remove uppercase on [...]

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How to enable or show the developers tab in Microsoft Word 2007

May 31, 2010

 In Microsoft word 2007 the developers tab contains an entire lot of features to use, however it is not enabled to show by default. Therefore the developers tab will not show until you change the Word options. Some of the features the de3velopers tab reveals are advanced controls and hidden elements to your document that [...]

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How to link to a heading, title or bookmark in a word 2007 document

May 31, 2010

When you are writing a long Microsoft word document, sometimes you need to link to parts of the document instead of having to find different sections manually. This allows a reader to jump from one section to another by clicking a link. You might have a table of contents at the beginning of your document [...]

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How to make a bookmark in a word 2007 document?

May 31, 2010

A bookmark is a marker in a document that can be linked to. For example you can make a bookmark to jump from one section to another or from page to page in a document. Go to the insert ribbon tab. Click on bookmark in the Links section. A bookmark window will appear. Where it [...]

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How to make headings and titles in a word 2007 document?

May 31, 2010

I do not know about you, but I like documents with clear headings or subheadings that label sections in a document. It makes it easier to see sections that interest you and it defines the area you are reading. In Microsoft word 2007 it has been made so easy to format text into headings and [...]

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How to remove text formatting in word 2007 document

May 31, 2010

When you are creating a document, if you want it to look professional, you need to have the text formatted in a uniform manner. Having different text formatting throughout a document just looks terrible. See the screenshot below. There are a few different formats of test here and it just looks messy. This happened because [...]

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Type abbreviations and use autocorrect to finish words for you

May 31, 2010

If you write all the time like me you will love this little trick. Well its not a trick, I am just using autocorrect in Microsoft Word to my advantage. I am going to show you how to make Word translate your text abbreviations you use into finished words. Yes, Word is going to finish [...]

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Shortcut to delete all html hyperlinks from a Word document

May 31, 2010

Sometimes when you copy text from a webpage, (which could be breaching copyright laws) there will be html hyperlinks included in the text. If you paste this text to a Word Document the hyperlinks will now be in your document. These links will lead to wherever the original author intended. Why would you want to [...]

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Select all text with a similar format style in word 2007 document

May 31, 2010

In a Microsoft word 2007 document it has this great feature that enables you to select text throughout the document that has a similar formatting style. This means that you can select all the headings or subheadings throughout a word 2007 document and then change their style and font all in one go. How to [...]

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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks

May 31, 2010

Change UPPERCASE text to lowercase in Word 2007 How to enable or show the developers tab in Microsoft Word 2007 How to embed a Youtube video into a PowerPoint Presentation Embed Youtube video into a PowerPoint 2007 presentation CD. How to save a word 2007 document to be compatible with Word 97-2003 Add shortcut icons [...]

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