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Archive for the ‘Microsoft Word’ Category


Office 2007 Ribbon Tip

Office 2007 Ribbon Tip The Ribbon in Word and other Office 2007 programs takes up quite a bit of space in your window. If you want to concentrate on your document for a while, just double click on the tab that is active at the top of your ribbon to minimize it. You can easily [...]

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Word 2007 Views

Word 2007 Document Views Dear Computer Lady, I really hope you can help me. Normally, when I open a Word document, it looks like a sheet of paper and when I type in the window, I can see the document just like it will look when I print it out. The other day, I opened [...]

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Insert Picture in Word

Dear Computer Lady, Hi there! I am having trouble with Word. I cannot insert a picture in there at all. I know there is some kind of setting somewhere but I sure can’t find it. Can you please help me? Mary

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Inserting Tab Leaders

Dear Computer Lady, I’ve been a fan of your column since forever. I’ve checked the manuals I have for Word, but can’t find out how to do the “. . .” when you are typing a table of contents. I’ve been doing it manually, but it’s taking me forever. HELP!! HELP!! HELP!! Thanks for whatever [...]

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Keyboard Word Problem

Dear Computer Lady, You are the best! I cannot even guess at how many times you have helped me. But now I have a problem. I have Windows XP and Word 2003. My keyboard in Word will suddenly change. That is, the keys type different letters. I have to shut down Word, wait a few [...]

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AutoCorrect Shortcuts

Dear Computer Lady, I use expanders for long words or phrases when typing documents at work. For instance, when I type “tyvm” the letters automatically expand to “thank you very much”. How can I do the same thing in other word processing programs on my home PC such as Works or Open Office? Thank you [...]

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Transfer Word Custom Dictionary To New Computer

Dear Computer Lady, I am a medical transcriptionist who over the past 5 years has added medical words to my spell check on Windows XP. For example, when the computer highlights an incorrect spelling, I look the word up, type it in correctly and then add it to the dictionary. Is there any way that [...]

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Word 2007 Files Not Compatible

Hi Computer Lady. I’ve been enjoying your newsletter for some time now and have a question. I have Word 2007 on my new Del laptop and Word 2003 on my Dell XPS 400 desktop. Documents from the laptop will not print when I copy them to my desktop computer. How can I make them compatible? [...]

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Word 2007 Files compatible

Dear Computer Lady, I recently installed Office 2007 on my computer, and now when I send a Word document attached to an email, no one is able to open it. What happened, and how can I save all my documents so that others can open them? Thanks, Nancy

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Typing Fractions

Dear Computer Lady, Please tell me how to make fracions. I am copying my recipes to the computer. Thanks, Joan

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