Microsoft Word Tips

How to add Bullet Points Using The Key Board?

Type an asterisk(*) and the hit the space bar(Located between both alt keys) once. You can then begin typing and a bullet point will appear.

How to use the same action twice using the keyboard shortcut?

To use the same action more than once hint the F4 key (located at the top of your key board). For exapmle, if you had changed the font for a random selection, you cant use this shortcut if you would like to se it again on a different part of your writing.

What it should look like when you highlight the section you are editing.

How it should look after you have made the two font changes.

How To Un-Do Mistakes on Micraosoft Word?

Press the CTRL key and the letter Z on the key board. It back spaces once, or hold it down and all of it will delete.

How To Copy, Cut and/or Paste a Selection Into a Microsoft Word Document and/or Print it?

First you have to HIGHLIGHT the text. After you highlight the text, right click on the mouse and on the drop down menu press copy or cut. (Shortcut: CTRL + C)

This is what your text should look like when you highlight your selection.

This is what your screen should look like after you've highlighted and righ clicked and pressed copy on the drop down menu.

After you Copy or Cut your selection you open Microsoft Word or Note Pad. Once you've opened Word or Note Pad you right click and on the drop down menu and click paste. (Shortcut : CTRL + V)

After copying your selection you open Microsoft word and right clicked. This is what you screen should look like once you've opend the drop down menu.

Now to Print and or Save you first have to un-highlight the text. Just click anywhere else on the screen (where the white is). Once the test isn't highlighted anymore you can save it. Use your mouse and puch the file button located at the top of your screen. A drop dwn menu will appear and you will see, Save or Save As. Pushing Save As you can Re-Name the document. Pushing Save will do the same exact thing the first time you save it but if it is not the first time it will just update your work. (Shortcut: CTRL + S) [[ No Shortcut for Save As ]]

After you've pasted your text you move your mouse to the office windows button and click save or save as. After you save it you go back to the Office Wondows Button and click print and choose your printer.

[[ * Office Wondows sign/button is only for Microsoft Word 2007. You would have to look for File at the top of your screen for word 2006 or later * ]]