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To format a word (bold, italic, etc) in Microsoft Word, you don’t need to select the word before formatting it, simply have the cursor in the word somewhere, then format it. It will by default format the entire word.
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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