When you're working on a Word document and you want to look up a better word to use, double-click the word to mark it, and then press the Shift + F7 keys.
When you copy text from a web site or document into a Word file, Word will reproduce the typeface, color, and font size displayed in the original page.
But if you'd rather have the pasted text match the formatting in your document, use Edit | Paste Special, and choose Unformatted Text.
If you find yourself often entering the same "boilerplate" text, headers, footers, images, or formatting into a Word 2007 document, try using the Quick Part feature to create re-usable "building blocks". Here's how:
1. In a Word 2007 document, use your mouse to select the text and/or images you want to re-use.
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).
Bad news: the calendar in Outlook 2007 doesn't display holidays, unlike previous versions of Outlook. Good news: adding holidays to your calendar is easy! Just follow these steps...
Open Outlook
Click Tools on the menu bar
In the Tools dropdown menu, click Options
In the Options dialog box, click the Calendar Options button
In the Calendar Options dialog box, click the Add Holidays button
In the Add Holidays to Calendar dialog box, click the box next to United States, and then click the OK button
The Import Holidays window will open
When a "The Holidas were added to your Calendar" confirmation dialog box pops up, click the OK button to close it
Click the OK button to close the Calendar Options dialog box
Click the OK button to close the Options dialog box
You've compiled a big, complicated spreadsheet full of numbers and you want the important ones to stand out. Give conditional formatting a try - it's an Excel technique that changes cell appearance based on rules you set up, like "Turn the cell green if its value is less than 100."