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Some of these hints have been taken from the Microsoft site or from Help sections.
To view system properties in a micro second
windows key + pause
changing icon background text
Appearance tab in Display properties... go to desktop and change colour icon to change font and size.
Error Reporting
To enable error reporting for your operating system Open System in Control Panel. On the Advanced tab, click Error Reporting. Under Enable error reporting, select the Windows operating system check box.
Quickly enter text into MS Word
Microsoft Word allows you to quickly insert sample text into a document. To do this, type =rand() in the document where you want the text to appear, and then press ENTER. By default, the sample text contains three paragraphs, with each paragraph containing five sentences. You can control how many paragraphs and sentences appear by adding numbers inside the parentheses. The =rand() function has the following syntax =rand(p,s) where p is the number of paragraphs and s is the number of sentences that you want to appear in each paragraph.
Examples: =rand(1) inserts one five-sentence paragraph of text
=rand(1,1) inserts one one-sentence paragraph of text.
=rand(1,2) inserts one two-sentence paragraph of text
=rand(2) inserts two five-sentence paragraphs of text
=rand(2,1) inserts two one-sentence paragraphs of text
=rand(10) inserts 10 five-sentence paragraphs of text
=rand(10,1) inserts 10 one-sentence paragraphs of text
=rand(10,10) inserts 10 ten-sentence paragraphs of text
Note When you omit the second number, the default is five sentences of text. The maximum number that can be used inside the parenthesis is 200 (this number may be lower depending on the number of paragraphs and sentences specified).
APPLIES TO • Microsoft Office Word 2003 • Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition • Microsoft Word 2000 Standard Edition • Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This feature is turned on by default, and is disabled when the Replace text as you type option is turned off. To turn this option on or off, click AutoCorrect on the Tools menu, click the AutoCorrect tab, and then click to select or clear the Replace text as you type check box.
Note Word will not insert sample text when the insertion point immediately follows either a PAGE BREAK or a COLUMN BREAK.
Moving Table Rows Quickly
You can move rows by following these steps:
Position the insertion point in the row you want to move, or select the rows you want to move.
While holding down the Shift and Alt keys, press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow to move the row. this works for paragraphs too
Find toolbar macro names
Q. What macro is being run under, say, the ¶ (called a pilcrow) button?
A. To find out simply press the key combination Ctrl Alt + (the mouse pointer changes to a 4-leaf clover) then click on the button again. Word will display a form revealing the macro name.
Formatting Email text in Word
Paste text from an Email into Word then select it and press Ctrl Alt K. All the extraneous paragraph marks are removed. Ctrl Space Remove direct formatting Ctrl Q Remove paragraph formatting Ctrl Alt K Remove extraneous paragraph marks
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