April Showers and May Flowers

There's an old saying that "April showers bring May flowers." That may be true in some areas of the world, but definitely not in all areas. (Do those in the Southern Hemisphere even know what this old saying means?) It certainly isn't immediately true in our area, and at our altitude. Yes, we've been having some Spring showers for the past week, but we are still a good ways off from having flowers. The grass is just starting to grow, and the trees have yet to leaf yet.

Even so, it is nice that we are finally past most of the snow and that we can look forward to warmer days ahead. I hope that your corner of the world is cozy and comfortable and that you enjoy the tips in this week's newsletter.

—Allen
     

WordTips (menu) for 27 April 2024
Microsoft Chart
Starting Microsoft Graph

Microsoft Graph is a simplistic graphic tool that you can use to quickly add graphs to your document. Here's how to start the program and add a chart without using Excel.

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Track changes
Accepting All Formatting Changes

Tired of wading through a bunch of formatting changes when you have Track Changes turned on? Here's how to accept all those formatting changes so you can get to the other, more substantive changes.

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These Autos are Amazing!

Word provides four "auto" tools that can make developing documents faster, easier, and more consistent. When you put AutoText, AutoComplete, AutoCorrect, and AutoFormat to work for you, you've harnessed some serious tools. Uncover the secrets of these tools!

 
Files
Setting a Default Document Format

Word allows you to save your documents in a variety of different formats. You can specify the format when you actually save, or you can change the default format, as described in this tip.

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Paragraph formatting
Adding Paragraph Numbering

You may search high and low for a way to add automatic numbers to paragraphs in a document. You won't find the capability, but there are some workarounds you might try.

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WordTips YouTube Channel

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New video: Always Start with a Blank Document
When you start Word, you are presented with a bunch of choices that aren't always helpful. Wouldn't it be awesome if you could skip all of that and just open a blank document? In this Quick Tip I show how to force Word to do just that.

 

New video: Numbering Things in Your Document
Word provides a variety of ways you can number items in your document. In this video I reveal what I consider to be the most flexible way of numbering things.

 
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