Bookmarks, CrossReferences, and Ranges

Bookmarks, Cross-Referencing, and Ranges

As a follow-up to my post and Quora answer (here) the other day, we can address this using the functions mentioned in the subject, there. In Word, you can cross-reference most anything: headings, footnotes, endnotes, etc. For everything else/in-between, we can x-ref it using bookmarks. However, when we use bookmarks in Word, we’re essentially defining […]

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Flowing-Text-Boxes

Flowing Text Boxes

Joshua asked this question on a video on my YouTube channel: “Alright, I have a strange challenge for you, although your analogy of the kitchen paper makes me doubt the possibility… anyway, here’s what I’m trying to do: I want to break a paper into four separate papers, and I want to do that in […]

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Funky-Find-and-Replace

Funky Find & Replace

Today, I added the 21st template to my Microsoft Word For Businesses Templates pack. This time a checklist template. When we’re setting up something like a checklist from scratch, the tendency is to do everything manually: set up the styles, tab across, paste in the checkbox, arrow down, repeat, and so on. But something like […]

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How to Batch Replace Soft Returns in Microsoft Word Documents

How to Batch Replace Soft Returns in Microsoft Word Documents

I know, it keeps you awake at night, too! Ha, ha… But, if that’s what floats your boat–and how to batch replace soft returns in multiple Word documents is on your mind–then fantastic. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy way of doing this. Caveat: there are some wonderfully fantastic people out there who are […]

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13 QuickTips Styles

Tip #1 – Word’s Styles

Here we look at THE most important element of Microsoft Word – styles. Forget what anyone else has taught or told you about Word, if you don’t know about, learn, and master styles, you will always struggle with Word. They’re that important and tie into every single aspect of Word. You must learn them. Everything […]

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13 Quick Tips - Direct Formatting

Tip #2 Direct Formatting (is a no-no in Microsoft Word)

I could rock a lot of boats in this video as this’ll probably go against the grain of everything you know (or think you know) with using Word. The direct formatting options are there, in your face, and they’re there to be used, right? Yes, and no. But NOT in the way that you think. […]

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