Missing Header and Footer Toolbar

When you need to make changes to the header or footer of a document, the Header and Footer toolbar is invaluable. What if you can't get it to display, however?

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Displaying the Outlining Toolbar by Default

The Outlining toolbar contains tools that are helpful to use, even if you aren't working on your document's outline. This tip explains how you can ensure that the Outlining toolbar is always displayed, as well as a way to access the desired tools even without the toolbar visible.

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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...

Jumping to a Footnote

Jumping to a specific footnote can be very handy if your document has a lot of footnotes in it. Word provides the capability to move to the footnote location; just use the technique described in this tip.

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Finding Text Boxes

Need to search for various text boxes in your document? It's easy to do with the handy macro provided in this tip.

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New video: Changing Cell Alignment
Individual cells in a table can be aligned any way you desire. As pointed out in this Quick Tip, just select the cell and apply the formatting.

New video: Control the Space between Cell Borders and Cell Contents
Tables can be great for organizing and presenting information in a document. If you find there is not enough white space between the contents of the table and the cell borders, you'll appreciate the steps presented in this Quick Tip.

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