Meaningless Text

The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, or so the story goes. Here's how to put this type of meaningless text into a document.

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Complex Searches for Documents

When working with lots of documents, you may have need from time to time to discover which of those documents contain some specific bit of text. Finding the documents within Word can be difficult, so the answer to your searching needs may rest with a third-party utility.

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Discover the Power of Styles

The real power behind formatting documents in Word is wielded through styles. Discover how to use styles and you can format documents faster, easier, and more consistently than ever before. Here's the way to unlock the secret.

Using AutoText

AutoText is a timesaving feature that allows you to assign a word, phrase, paragraph, or graphic to a mnemonic name. Type the name, press a shortcut key, and the mnemonic is replaced with the word, phrase, paragraph, or graphic. Discover how you can take advantage of this powerful tool.

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Adding Page Numbers in Headers or Footers

While Word has a default format for page numbers, you can design and specify how you want them to appear in your document. Headers and footers make this possible and this tip explains how.

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New video: Adjusting Shadow Settings
Insert a shape into a document and Word allows you to add a shadow behind the shape. You can also adjust the properties of the shadow, as described in this tip.

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