Some people call them keyboard commands. I’m fond of the term keyboard shortcuts. Perhaps the most bizarre term (meaning it probably came from Microsoft itself), is the term accelerator keys. No matter what you call them, using them will make working on the PC go faster.
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April 8, 2009Accelerator Keys
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March 27, 2009Word Has Its LimitsMicrosoft Word is a heck of a word processor. It does a lot: text, graphics, images, table of contents, references — all the features they could cram into the thing. Most people never use that stuff. And the people who do use it, shouldn’t.
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October 3, 2008Word Style Tricks, Part III
October 1, 2008Word 2007 Style Tricks, Part II
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September 29, 2008Word 2007 Style Tricks, Part II’ve grown accustomed to Word 2007. Overall, I prefer it to the older Word paradigm — save for the way Word 2007 handles styles. But now I’ve discovered a few Word 2007 style tricks that I’d like to share. August 13, 2008Spaced OutWhat is the nature of space? No, not outer space. I’m speaking of the spaces between words.
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August 11, 2008An En and an EmA hyphen is a minus sign is a dash, but that’s not entirely true. There are different types of dashes available for your writing pleasure. Before the media releases a panicked news flash, know which is which and how to use them in Microsoft Word. July 14, 2008Finding Template Files in WordOne of the major frustrations in Word is knowing how to edit a template file. Once created, you can use the template over and over. But to edit the template file, you have to follow some rather stupid and outrageous steps.
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