by Laura | Jun 15, 2019 | Microsoft Word Tips
It helps if you can see the non-printing characters. To make them display, click on the Paragraph Symbol mark in the Paragraph section of the Home tab. You can select that paragraph symbol with the mouse. At that point you can click on Bold and also another color if...
by Laura | Jun 15, 2019 | Microsoft Word Tips
Click on the Insert menu and select Chart. Select the Chart type you want. In this example, the type is Pie in 3D. Click OK. An sample Excel worksheet opens with sample data. How much data depends on what type of chart you chose. Start replacing the sample labels and...
by Laura | Jun 15, 2019 | Microsoft Word Tips
With Word 2010 and later you can use the Remove Background feature. Click on the image and select Remove Background from the Picture Format tab. Word will try to guess which part of the image is the background, and it will mark the area with a magenta fill. It will...
by Laura | Jun 13, 2019 | Microsoft Word Tips
This problem arises because the table has been set to automatically resize to fit contents. Word will change the column widths. For example, in the following example, let’s say that you want the table to remain the width it is. As you enter information in the...
by Laura | Jun 12, 2019 | Microsoft Excel Tips
There are several ways you can do this. Enter the first date in a cell. Drag the fill handle down as many rows as you want to fill. When you release, the range will be filled with consecutive dates. If you don’t want to increase by 1 day at a time, you can...