Archive for 'MS WORD Tips'
Removing URL Underlines
by Ruth Rogers ‘07
I find it highly annoying when software acts as though it knows what I want better than I do. One such quirk of WORD is its insistence on changing the font and color and underlining when I type in a URL (website address). As if that’s not insult enough, it’s so sure [...]
Posted: October 26th, 2008 under MS WORD Tips.
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Aligning a List
by Ruth Rogers ‘07
There is only one type of list that is acceptable for use in an APA style paper (see Lists in APA Style). You can’t have bulleted lists, but numbered lists can be used. Look for it on page 116 of the APA manual (5th ed.).
The number for each item in the list [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2008 under MS WORD Tips.
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Page Breaks in MS WORD
by Ruth Rogers ‘07
To start a new page, instead of hitting the ENTER key repeatedly until you get to the right spot, just use CTRL-ENTER. The advantage of this is that not only is it quicker and easier, but if the length of the preceding text changes, your page break will stay where it belongs.
Posted: October 12th, 2008 under MS WORD Tips.
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How to make right-aligned page headers in MS WORD
by Ruth Rogers ‘07
With your document open, click on the View menu and select Header and Footer.
Any text you’ve typed in the body of your document will become greyed out, and a dotted boundary will appear around the header area of the page (or the footer, if you’re closer to the bottom of the page), [...]
Posted: October 5th, 2008 under MS WORD Tips.
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