When you’re editing a document or having a document edited by someone else, it’s often useful to know the number of the line of text on the page. For example, if a co-worker says you have a typo in the third line of your doc, that’s easy to find. But if they say you [...]
Tag archives for Word
Replacing With a Special Character in Microsoft Word
I recently completed a document that included a log of em dashes (a dash about the width of an M). Most of the time, if you type two hyphens together, Word will replace them with an em dash. But sometimes it doesn’t. I ended up with dozens of double hyphens in my document. I needed [...]
tags: Special Characters, Word
Nonbreaking Spaces and Hyphens in Microsoft Word
Have you ever had a hyphenated word break lines when you wanted to keep the word together? Or had a name that you wanted on the same line, but the last name kept ending up on the second line of text? If you’ve run into a situation like either of these, then you’ll like non-breaking spaces and hyphens in [...]
category: Word
tags: formatting, Word
Quickly Generate Text in Microsoft Word
Maybe you’re looking to test out some formatting, maybe your boss is walking by and you want to look busy, maybe it’s something else, but sometimes you just need some text on the page in a hurry. A couple of tricks in Microsoft Word can help you out. Generate Lorem Ipsum in Your Word Doc (Word 2007 [...]
category: Word
Show/Hide Formatting Marks (Dots and Arrows) in a Word Doc
Have you ever noticed paragraph marks, dots, and arrows in your document and wondered what they were? These are formatting marks. They denote where you have a space (the dot), a line break (the paragraph mark) or a tab (the arrow). They also show where page breaks and section breaks are. Viewing formatting marks in [...]
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The McCombs Technology Training Team helps UT Austin business students, faculty, and staff with their technology resources, and with Microsoft Office. The trainers are Holly Green and Ben Bond.
Jeff Hauger, a previous team member, contributed several blog posts.
