MSWord Help
- Creating Labels & Envelopes with Word, Excel, & MSWorks
- Replacing NORMAL.DOC when MSWord Becomes Unstable
- Password Protecting Word & Excel Documents
Pictures & Text Boxes
- Picture in a Text Box
- Placing Both Text & a Pic in a Text Box
Other Document Types
- MSWord, Wordpad, Notepad, Google's Writely/Docs
- Converting Data between MSWord & PDF Files
- Show a Spreadsheet in PowerPoint (using Paint)
- Less Complicated Word Processing Programs
Working with Columns
- Dividing a Page into Columns
- Lining Up Numbers in a Column
Bullets & Page Numbering
- Using AutoCorrect for Bullets & Numbering
- Add Page Numbering to a Word Processing Document
Telling a Story with Your PC
- Writing a Personal Memoir
- Creating a Newsletter
- MSWord Paragraph Formatting
- Convert CAPS to lower case (& vice versa)
- Sending a Family/Holiday Newsletter
- Automatic Backup of MSWord Documents
- Free Trials of MSWord 2007 & of WordPerfect Office X3
- Various Computer Audio Formats, such as WMA, WAV, MIDI, etc.
- Finding Free Downloadable Music Online
- Recover Songs from your Temporary Internet Files
- Converting Music Formats (WAV to MID, etc.)
- Converting Vinyl LPs & Audio Tapes to Digital Music Formats
- More on Converting Musical Collections to Digital Music Formats
- Playing Songs Continuously in Windows Media Player 11
- Compatibility Issues with MSOffice 2007
- Make Your Own Icons
- Free MSOffice-Compatible Programs + Accessibility Options
- Using a Watermark in a Document or on an Image
- Working with Music Files & Windows Media Player
- Tips on Downloading Music from This Site
- Putting Music in Your Email + Dealing with Email Spam
- Some USB (Universal Serial Bus) Fundamentals
- Function Keys & Keyboard Shortcuts + Dealing with the Infamous "Insert" Key
- Backing Up Your Computer's Hard Drive & Moving Files to a New Computer
- Start a Screensaver with a Mouse-Click + Spell-Checking in Outlook Express
- Deleting Duplicate Files
- Temp Files with Cryptic Names + Various Save Options in MSWord
- Observations on Windows Vista, Windows XP, as well as Macintosh Computers
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Norton Internet Security vs Various Free Programs
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Tips on Sorting (Alphabetizing), Paragraph Spacing, & Using MSWord Tables
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Can't Be Too Careful Recently Had an Email Address & Credit Card Hacked
- Creating an Email Address Book for Bulk Mailings
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Finding Lost Files on Your Computer
- Filling Out Forms on a PC + a Few Words about OCR
- Less Complicated Word Processing Programs (Sometimes Smaller Is Better)
- Writing Your Memoirs - Do It Yourself or Hire a Ghostwriter
Pictures & Text Boxes
Other Document Types
Working with Columns
Bullets & Page Numbering
Telling a Story with Your PC
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My Favorite Webmail Service
I try to maintain an account with all the major webmail services so I can answer questions from readers who use them. However, my favorite is definitely Google's Gmail, since it has several features not offered by most of the others. For instance, you can have all your incoming Gmail messages copied to an Outlook Express Inbox. Log onto your Gmail account and click on "Settings." Next, click "Forwarding & POP," and follow the prompts. Gmail also has an "auto-response" feature. Log onto your Gmail account, click on "Vacation Settings," and follow the prompts. Another thing I like about Gmail is the fact that messages and replies to those messages are grouped together in a special way. This may take a little getting used to, but it can be very useful at times. Google is also very good about filtering spam. To delete all the messages in the Spam folder, click the top item, press Shift, and click the bottom item. This will select all spam messages so that clicking "Delete Forever" will kill them all at once. |
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Several readers have asked if there is a way to arrange photos in a particular order inside a folder. They've noticed that icons on their Desktops can be rearranged any order they want, and ask how to do this in regular yellow folders.
Here's a typical letter: "I put 200 pictures in a folder with a 1-2-3 sequence (all flowers, all cars, all people, etc.) But when I click on the slideshow of that folder, the pictures are all out of sequence. What am I doing wrong?" Well, files in a folder are always listed alphabetically. However, you can edit file names to make them appear in any order you prefer, by preceding the actual name with numbers. For instance if you want Able, Baker, Charlie and Dog to be listed as Baker, Dog, Charlie, and Able, change their names to something like 1-Baker, 2-Dog, 3-Charlie, and 4-Able. If your list contains hundreds of names, using three-digit numbers such, as 001 and 002, is recommended. Pecking Order: Symbols, Numerals, Alpha Characters Most computer sorting systems put numbers ahead of alpha characters, and certain punctuation marks ahead of numbers. My favorite way of bringing any file name to the top of a sorted list is to precede the name with one or more underscores. Thus, _Zebra will appear ahead of Able and __Charlie will precede both of them. Changing the Name of a File or Folder Any file name can be edited by right-clicking it and choosing Rename. However, I prefer doing a single left-click on a name, waiting a second, and doing another left-click. Speaking of alphabetizing, there are several "Sort Protocols" used by computer systems. A column of items in a spreadsheet, for instance, can be sorted many different ways. The default is "General," which uses the Symbol, Numeral, Alpha character method described above. However, a column can be pre-formatted to sort by Text, by Number, or by Date, as well as by several other criteria. Highlight a column by clicking on its alpha-header, and go to Format>Number or Format>Cell>Number, whereupon these options will appear. Choosing the correct protocol is important when you want to sort, say, phone numbers or numeric parts-nomenclature as text rather than numbers. Sorting Lists in Microsoft Word To alphabetize a listing of items in MSWord, place your cursor at the beginning of the list and go to Table>Sort, whereupon Text, Number, and Date will be your sort options. For sorting just part of a column, mouse-select it and do as above. An interesting "sorting problem" I've heard described many times is in regard to a name such as Wagner insisting on being at the head of a list, rather than with the other W-names. In each case, an unnoticed blank space had been inserted before the rogue name, meaning it would always come first in any otherwise regular list. How to Create a Folder Back to the question of arranging lists of all the digital photos we put on our hard drives these days, creating folders for various groups is essential. A folder can be created on your Desktop by right-clicking a blank area and choosing New>Folder. Creating a folder inside another folder is done by clicking File>New>Folder. Folders can be named in many ways, including by numeric date (such as 01-31-07 or 013107) to make them easier to find later on. |
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