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Publisher's NotesNormally such wishes are made at the end of the year. Today is an important holiday in United States history, however—Independence Day. Similarly, Canadians celebrated their Independence Day this past Wednesday, on July 1. So, it is a week of holidays for many readers. I hope your celebrations are happy and safe, and that this week is a good one for you and yours. —Allen TipsIf you have an idea for a tip, send it our way. Any tips contributed will be credited in the issue in which they appear. You can learn more about the tips in this week's issue of WordTips by clicking the links provided below. Program Opens without the Desired DocumentDouble-click a document link in the recent documents list maintained by Windows, and you may be surprised if Word doesn't open the document. There is a reason for not opening such a document, most likely that Word can no longer find the document. (Thanks to Dave Pettit for contributing to this tip.) Understanding Font StylesFonts, by default, come with one or more styles that define variations of how that font is displayed in your document. Understanding font styles enhances the way in which you can format your text. Macros! Macros! Get Your Macros Here!WordTips: The Macros has all the information that you are ever going to need to help you learn the best ways to create and effectively use macros for Microsoft Word. Discover how powerful macros really are and how you can use them to make Word do your bidding. Get your macros here... Easily Extending SelectionsThe F8 key is a shortcut that allows you to turn on Word's extend mode. This mode is used to "extend" the text being selected. It is not the only way to select text, but it offers benefits that other selection methods do not offer. Here is one of the handy benefits of using the extend mode. Converting Inches to PointsTypographical measurements are often expressed in points. There are several formatting settings that, when accessed through a macro, require measurements to be made in points. Fortunately, VBA provides a function that can handle the conversion from inches into points for you. Need More WordTips?You are reading the free version of WordTips. There is another version you could be reading right now: WordTips Premium. This week WordTips Premium subscribers also learned about:
Each weekly newsletter is in a professional PDF layout and presents double the tips (Premium subscribers see articles you won't in regular WordTips) with great, useful graphics. Plus, WordTips Premium subscribers get valuable money-saving benefits. For more information (including a sample issue), visit the Tips.Net store. Help WantedThis 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, 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. Converting from Open Office to WordI had computer repairs done after a system crash and the repair people installed Open Office instead of Microsoft Office. I used it for a while, and my existing Word files opened in Open Office, but when I then saved them they were in ODT format, which is used by Open Office. After a while I decided to purchase and install Office 2007. Now all my converted files (in ODT format) refuse to open in Word. The repair people told me to remove Open Office and all would be right again, but that didn't work; I still can't open the ODT files. How can I get my hundreds of ODT documents into Word? Table of Authorities Categories Incorrect on Other SystemsI have a document in which there is a Table of Authorities. This table uses many custom categories for the authorities. When others open my document and update the TOA, the user-defined categories don't appear as they should. Instead of the proper category names, which appear fine on my system, they show up on the other systems using a number, such as "8." Why is this happening and how do I fix it? |
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