Details, details! To see the details, or to get the Big Picture, you employ a program’s Zoom command. Most programs have such a command. Zooming is a basic feature of using a smartphone or tablet. It’s also something that causes undue woe.
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April 9, 2014The Joy of Zoom
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March 12, 2014The Terror of the Macro-Enabled DocumentWord macros can be useful and it’s fun to explore the possibilities. Macros also have a sordid past, which is why creating Word documents that contain macros requires special care.
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March 5, 2014Assigning a Word Macro to a ButtonI prefer using keyboard shortcuts for my macros, but there are only so many keys on the keyboard. The Ribbon, however, remains a vast, fertile land into which you can add all sorts of buttons, as does Word’s Quick Launch bar.
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February 26, 2014Assigning a Word Macro to a Shortcut KeyWelcome to Weird Word Wednesday here at the Wambooli Wamblog. Last week’s post was about creating a macro, which is fun and useful. It becomes even more funner and usefuller when you assign the macro to a keyboard shortcut.
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February 19, 2014A Simple Word MacroThe first macros in Word were simple keyboard recorders. You turned on the Macro command and anything you typed was dutifully recorded for playback later. Such simple macros can still be created in Word.
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February 14, 2014Become a Word Developer
January 24, 2014Updating Your Old Word DocumentsWord 2007 introduced a new document format. Along with it came a tornado of confusion and anger. January 17, 2014Paragraph Formatting DissectionA paragraph is anything from a single word to multiple run-on sentences. As master of those words, it’s your job to write them down and hopefully have them all make sense. As master of the document, it’s Word’s job to format that paragraph, adding space for readability as well as presentation.
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January 3, 2014Manage Templates in Word 2013Recently, I upgraded one of my computers, replacing my copy of Word 2007 to the newest version, Word 2013. Everything worked well, and I find Word 2013 quite compatible with Word 2007. One thing I didn’t like, however, was that all my personal Word 2007 templates seemed to be missing.
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December 20, 2013Bordering on ChaosOne of Word’s most annoying formats is the paragraph border. Allow me to explain.
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People who use Word as a mere word processor aren’t even scratching the surface of what it can do. The program’s power is vast and intimidating. It goes beyond writing and formatting text. Word also contains tools that let you completely overhaul and customize the program.