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How to Change the Margins in Your Word Document

Submitted by schwarz on September 14, 2011 - 3:38pm

If you're writing a document you want to fit on a single page, but changing the text size would make it too hard to read, try adjusting the margins to see if that will do the trick. (The margin are the blank space around the edges of the text and images on a page.)

Watch these helpful video tutorials to learn how to adjust margins, depending on the version of Microsoft Word that you use:

Customize Word so Commands You Use Most are Easy to Find

Submitted by schwarz on August 15, 2011 - 6:46pm

The quick access toolbar in Word contains the commands you're likely to use often. But what if the ones you use most often aren't there? Watch this short video below to see how easy it is to customize Word's quick access toolbar so it works best for you:

Copy & Paste to Word, Minus All the Formatting

Submitted by schwarz on July 14, 2011 - 11:59am

scissors and glue In Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007 when you copy & paste text from another document or website, you might not want all the colors, fonts, bullets, and other formatting from the original source.

So instead of using the regular Paste command (or keyboard shortcut Ctrl + V), follow these steps instead:

Word 2007:

Printing Collated Multi-Page Documents

Submitted by schwarz on June 15, 2011 - 4:18pm

If you're printing more than one copy of a multiple-page Word document, set it so they'll print out collated to save yourself to work of doing it manually. The trick is remembering to click one little box...

Here's how:

Wrap Text in Excel

Submitted by schwarz on June 15, 2011 - 3:21pm

When you enter text into a cell in an Excel spreadsheet, but it overflows the cell, you can instead have the wrap automatically,

how to wrap text in an Excel cell

Add Your Favorite Commands to Office 2007's Quick Access Toolbar

Submitted by schwarz on May 16, 2011 - 8:50am

Put the Office 2007 commands and buttons you use most often within easy reach — put them on the Quick Access Toolbar. This toolbar above the Ribbon contains buttons by default, but you can add the commands you use the most.

Computer Help for Your Patrons: Tips to Success

Submitted by schwarz on May 13, 2011 - 11:31am

computer training If you train patrons or help customers (or relatives) use email or word processing applications, here are resources to help you — and your customers — succeed:

Excel Tip: If You See #### Instead of Numbers

Submitted by schwarz on April 18, 2011 - 11:46am

Basic Excel tip: if you're looking at an Excel spreadsheet and instead of seeing numbers you're only seeing ######, it usually means the number is wider than the column . All you need to do is increase the column width in order to see the number instead.

To fix it...

1. Position your mouse pointer on the right boundary of a column heading until it turns into a double-sided arrow.

Send Documents as E-mails Directly from Word & Excel

Submitted by schwarz on January 14, 2011 - 4:50pm

Lots of people know you can email a Word document or Excel spreadsheet by attaching it to an email message in Outlook, but not everyone knows you can do this right from the document itself. Here's how:

Office 2007:

Edit Word Documents in Print Preview

Submitted by schwarz on December 15, 2010 - 5:18pm

If you use Print Preview to check your Word document and discover something you'd like to tweak, it's possible to edit the document right there instead of leaving Preview mode.