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An easy way to put common symbols into a Microsoft Word document is to let its AutoCorrect feature do it for you.

Here are some handy examples:

Type (c) to create this symbol: ©

Type (r) to create this symbol: ®

Type (tm) to create this symbol: ™ 

Type -> to create this symbol: →

Type <- to create this symbol: ←

Note: If text isn't replaced with a symbol, you may need to turn on Word's AutoCorrect
feature.  You can do that by following these steps:

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button (in the upper left-hand corner of the ribbon).
2. Click the "Word Options" button.
3. In the left-hand menu column, click "Proofing".
4. Under AutoCorrect options, click the "AutoCorrect Options" button, and then click the AutoCorrect tab.
5. Click the checkbox next to "Replace text as you type".
6. Click the "OK" buttons to exit out of the Options menu.

You can easily alphabetize the text of a one-level bulleted or numbered list in MS Word 2007.

Here's how to do it:

1. Select the items in a bulleted or numbered list.
2. On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, click the AZ button to choose Sort.
3. In the "Sort Text" dialog box under "Sort by" click Paragraphs, and for "Type" click text, and then click either Ascending (A to Z) or Descending (Z to A).

 

When you're creating a bulleted or numbered list in Word or PowerPoint, you might want an item to appear on the list without a bullet, like this:

• Non- Fiction
• Fiction
  Mysteries
  Romances
  Science Fiction
• Audiobooks

To do this, press the Shift key and the Enter key; this will start a new line without a bullet.

The next time you press the Enter key, the new line will continue the bulleted or numbered list.

You're working in a long document, but you have to leave for the day. When you come back tomorrow, wouldn't it be nice to open the document, and then quickly return to the spot where you stopped? Press Shift-F5 and you're there! In fact, you can repeat the key combo to go to the last three places in the document where you made changes.

The dialogue box for adding page numbers is found under Word's Insert menu with the Page Numbers option. This box lets you choose where you want the numbers to appear on the page and how they should look. Click into each section to adjust the page numbers for that chapter.

Uncheck the box next to "Show number on first page" in the Page Numbers box. This will remove the page number from the first page of your document. Handy if you've got a cover page.  read more »

1. Open your Word document
2. Click File
3. Select Print
4. Click the Options button
   
5. Check the Reverse Print Order box
   
6. Click OK to close the Print Options window.
7. Click OK to start printing

How do I change the default font for things like page numbers, headers, footers, footnotes, and endnotes?

These are all styles. You can change the attributes of any style for the current document or for all documents based on the current template. If the current template is the Normal template and you select the Add to template option below, all of your ordinary new documents will reflect the style changes that you make.

Word 2000:  read more »

In newer versions of Word, the default view for opening documents is something called the Reading Layout. For those of you who don't like this view,
here's how you turn it off.

• While in Word, click on Tools - Options.
• Click on the General tab.
• In here, uncheck the box for Allow starting in Reading Layout
  
• Click Ok - Ok.