Word Tips - Text
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Working with Text:
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Word Tips - General 		 

Centre text on the page between the top and bottom margins by choosing File, Page Setup, Layout tab and setting the Vertical alignment to Centre.

 To create a printable list of shortcut keys choose Tools, Macro, Macros. Under Macros in Select text by holding the [Shift] key as you move with the cursors or use [Shift] + [Ctrl] + a cursor to move one word at a time.
Strip all formatting from text pasted from the Web by choosing Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted text. Embolden text as you type by placing an asterisk before and after it - switch this on by selecting Tools, AutoCorrect Options, Auto Format as you Type and ticking the *bold* and _italie_ with real formatting box before clicking OK.

Select text and press [Ctrl] -t-[Space] to remove all character formatting from it.

Apply bold, italics or underline to an entire word by clicking in the word - no need to select it - then pressing the appropriate toolbar button
or a shortcut key ([Ctrl] + [I] for italics, for example).

Create your signature or company logo as an AutoText entry by selecting it in a document and choosing Insert, AutoText, New, typing a name for it and clicking OK. To use the AutoText entry in your document, type its name and press [f$\ (or press [Return] when the tooltip appears). Count the words in a selection by choosing Tools, Word Count, or view the Word Count Toolbar in Word 2002 by selecting View, Toolbars, Word Count.
Copy the format of one piece of text to use on another by clicking the Format Painter button then clicking the text to copy the format to.
Start a new page at any time by pressing [Ctrl] + [Return].		 To see what a selected piece of text will look like in a font, choose Format, Font, select the font and check the Preview window. Adjust the spacing between letters in a word by selecting the word and choosing Format, Font,
Ungrouping a WMF image Enables you to change some of its colours and to remove unwarned pieces from it.
Fill a drawn shape
How to draw any closed shape then fill it with an image.


Create a shape in your document using either the Rectangle or Oval tool or a shape from the AutoShapes collection. You can even use the AutoShapes, Lines, Freeform tool to draw a freehand shape.
Click the shape, right-click and choose Format AutoShape, Colors and Lines tab. From the foot of the Fill Color palette choose Fill Effects, Picture tab and click the Select Picture button.
Locate and select an image on your disk (this works best if the image has approximately the same dimensions as the shape). Click Insert and press OK twice.