Microsoft Word and Other Time-savers

• Microsoft Word Tips, Tricks, & FAQs
• Timesaving 101 - Word document
• Tips and Tricks for Working with Office - Word document
• Windows XP Tips and Tricks
• Quick Reference Guides - zip file (you'll need to extract this zip file using Windows XP's extract feature or Winzip)

• Typing Foreign Language Characters on Your Mac or PC

• Shortcuts for Selecting Text

• Quick Reference - Word document
• Formatting Tools (AutoCorrect, Styles, Templates) Word Document
• Tables - Word document

• Mail Merge Links

  • Mail Merge Exercise (Word 2000)
    • Restore the Mail Merge Helper in Word XP/2003
    • Solve the Data Format Problem in Word XP/2003

• Newsletter Links

• Getting Started With Word 97 - from the University 
  of Illinois

• Word 2000 Introduction - from the University of Illinois

• Word 2000 Intermediate - from the University  of Illinois

• Word 2002 (XP) - from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

• Word 2003 - from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

• Using Clip Art - from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

• Word Exercises (pdf files) - Letter Exercise with Envelopes and Labels; Completed Exercise

• Microsoft Office 2000/XP - Microsoft Word Activities with "Animals" document and "koala.jpg" files to download

Education Links

• Microsoft in Education

• Work Essentials for Elementary Teachers

• Work Essentials for Middle School and High School Teachers

• Create a Lesson Plan with Word

• In and Out of the Classroom – Word 97

• Software Tutorials

Using keyboard shortcuts 

I'm a fast typist and therefore I hate to have to take my hands off the keyboard to grab the mouse (after all, I started using computers before mice became a necessity), so I quickly became proficient at keyboard shortcuts which save loads of time.   Microsoft® Word offers several ways to indent and align text, such as using the ruler, the Paragraph dialog box, or the Increase Indent toolbar. You can also use keyboard shortcuts to indent or align text as well as format, cut/copy/paste, save, print, undo, etc.  The following list provides most of the commands and their corresponding keystrokes that I use frequently.  (Remember to hold down the CTRL key on the keyboard while you tap the associated letter key.)

To select one sentence (up to a punctuation mark) hold down the CTRL key and click with your mouse on the sentence you wish to select.

Font Size Surprise - Highlight the text as normal, hold down the CTRL key and press the ] (right bracket) key to increase the font size and the [ (left bracket) key to decrease it.

Other keyboard shortcuts can be found by choosing Contents and Index in the Help menu in Word 97 or by choosing Microsoft Word Help from the Help menu in Word 2000, selecting the Index tab and typing in Keyboard Shortcuts.  You will find numerous shortcuts that will serve you well.  Excel and PowerPoint have keyboard shortcuts listed in their respective Help files as well.

• Microsoft Excel

• Microsoft Internet Explorer

Want to export your Internet Explorer bookmarks to

another computer or browser?

    Here's the four step method:

1. Select "Import and Export..." from the File menu

2. Export Favorites to a file (e.g. a:\bookmark.htm)

3. Take the floppy to the other computer

4. Open Explorer, select Import from the file menu, and import the file from the floppy.

It's refreshing to find a search engine that does nothing but search. 

And search well.

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