How to Hide Text October 18, 2007
Posted by iawalsh in : How do I ?, Formatting , add a commentYou can hide text in a Word doc.
While it still remains in the document, it will not print out when sent to clients.
Useful if you want to add/remove text at a later stage.
Here’s how it works:
1. In Word, select the text you want to hide. 2. Click Format, Font, and then the Font tab.
3. Select the Hidden checkbox.
Remember: Hidden text is displayed onscreen but will NOT be printed out.
It’s highlighted with underlines beneath the text.
Change the spacing between characters December 7, 2006
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Change the spacing between characters
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Select the text you want to change.
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On the Format menu, click Font, and then click the Character Spacing tab.
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Do one of the following:
Expand or condense space evenly between all the selected characters
Click Expanded or Condensed in the Spacing box, and then specify how much space you want in the By box.
Kern characters that are above a particular point size Select the Kerning for fonts check box, and then enter the point size in the Points and above box.
Tip: Selecting Expanded or Condensed alters the spacing between all selected letters by the same amount. However, Kerning adjust the spacing between two characters to create the appearance of even spacing, or to fit text to a given space.
Changing the background to blue with white text December 7, 2006
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From the Tools menu, choose Options.
In the General tab, select the Blue Background, white text checkbox.
Change the spacing between letters December 4, 2006
Posted by iawalsh in : Misc, How do I ?, Formatting, Templates, Cool Tricks, Tips , add a commentSelect the text you want to change. Click Format, Font, and then the Character Spacing tab.
Choose one of the following:
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In the Spacing box click Expanded or Condensed and enter the amount in the By box. This adjusts the space evenly between all selected characters.
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Select the Kerning for fonts checkbox. Enter the point size in the Points and above box.
Tip: Expanded or Condensed alters the spacing between all selected letters by the same amount while Kerning alters the spacing between specific pairs of letters.
How to Stretch Text December 4, 2006
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- Select the text you want to change.
- Click Format, Font, and then the Character Spacing tab.
- In the Scale box, enter the percentage you want to stretch the text.
Stretching is also refereed to as scaling.
Animating Text November 27, 2006
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1. Select the text you want to animate.
2. Click Format, Font, and then the Text Effects tab.
3. In the Animations box, click the effect you want, for example Sparkle Text.
You can preview the animation in the box at the bottom of the menu.
Only one animation effect can be selected at a time.
Create Subscript Text November 27, 2006
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1. Select the text that you want to format as Subscript.
2. Click Format, Font, and then the Font tab.
3. Select the Subscript checkbox.
Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+=
Create Superscript Text November 27, 2006
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Create Superscript Text 1. Select the text that you want to change into Superscript.
2. Click Format, Font, and then the Font tab.
3. Select the Superscript checkbox.
Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+SHIFT+=
Why does text disappear when I type? November 27, 2006
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Have you ever started to type and then see your words starting to delete the sentence in front of them? Usually when you type in the middle of a sentence, Word inserts the new letters between the existing words – it pushes them to the right of the page as you type.
However… sometimes Word eats up the existing material as you type in new words.
9 times out of 10 this is because Overtype was turned on by accident. Overtype, as the name implies, types over other words. You can tell if Overtype is turned on, by looking at the status bar (horizontal bar at bottom of screen) and seeing if OVR is turned on.
There are two ways to turn it off:
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From the Tools menu, click Options, click the Edit tab, and then clear the Overtype mode checkbox.
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Double-click OVR on the status bar to turn it on or off.
Hiding Text
Select the text you want to hide. Click Format, Font, and then the Font tab. Select the Hidden checkbox. Note that while ‘hidden’ text is displayed onscreen it will not be printed out. Hidden text is highlighted with underlines beneath the text.
About Line Numbers November 23, 2006
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About line numbers
Microsoft Word can automatically count the lines in a document and display the appropriate number beside each line of text. This is useful if you need to refer to specific lines in a document, such as a script or legal contract.
By default, Word numbers every line in a document. However, you can choose which line numbers to display. For example, include line numbers in all or part of the document. Or include line numbers at intervals, such as every tenth line (10, 20, 30, and so on).
Adding line numbers
To add line numbers to an entire document:
- On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Layout tab.
- In the Apply to box, click Whole document.
- Click Line Numbers.
- Select the Add line numbering check box, and then select the options you want.
To add line numbers to a selection of text:
- Select the text you want to number.
- On the File menu, click Page Setup, and then click the Layout tab.
- In the Apply to box, click Selected text.
- Click Line Numbers.
- Select the Add line numbering check box, and then select the options you want.
To skip line numbers for specific paragraphs
- Select the paragraphs for which you want to skip line numbers.
- On the Format menu, click Paragraph, and then click the Line and Page Breaks tab.
- Select the Suppress line numbers check box.
