Tips

Microsoft Office – 10 quick tips

I’ve seen these things several places, and they usually go into extra detail, but I just wanted a quick reminder of these tips. If you want the details, visit the link.

10 Word Tricks

  • Alt-Shift up/down arrow – Current paragraph/table row shifted
  • Shift-F5 – Return to last edit location after opening a document
  • Shift File – Changes the Save to Save All to save all of your open documents
  • Alt Drag – Selects text vertically
  • Tools Calculate – Add the Tools Calculate command to a toolbar then you can select numbers and calculate them
  • Quick Formating Access
    • To open the Page Setup dialog box, double-click on the horizontal or vertical ruler.
    • To open the Paragraph dialog box, double-click on an indent marker on the horizontal ruler.
    • To access bullet or number options, double-click on a bullet character or number in a numbered list.
    • To access AutoShape options, double-click on an AutoShape.
    • To open the Table Properties dialog box, double-click the Move Table Column marker (those little dotted squares you see on the horizontal ruler when you’re in a table) or the Table Move Handle (the four-headed arrow that appears at the top-left corner of a table in Print Layout view).
  • Use Replace All to globally reformat text
  • Ctrl-Shift-C & Ctrl-Shift-V – Copies and pastes formatting
  • Ctrl Drag – Duplicate selected text or objects using the mouse
  • Start Word with /t – Create a shortcut to launch Word using a particular template