https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html Software application hints and tips from our Microsoft Qualified trainers en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:54:56 GMT Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:54:56 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/rss-feeds.php a. In Word click on the File tab b. Select Options from left hand side c. Choose the Customize Ribbon section d. Click the New Tab button (below the list of tabs on the right hand side of the dialog box) e. Select the New Tab (Custom) and enter a name, by clicking the Rename button (below the list of tabs on the right hand side of the dialog box) f. Select the New Group (Custom) and enter a name, by clicking the Rename button (below the list of tabs on the right hand side of the dialog box) g. Add commands to your tab and group by locating them on the list on the right hand side (remembering that you can change the list using the drop down box at the top of the list of commands) and clicking the Add button between the two panes to add them to your tab and group h. You can rearrange the commands in your group, the groups on any tab or the tabs, using the up and down arrow buttons beside the list of tabs. i. Click OK to apply your changes https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-666 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-666 a. In Word, click on the File tab b. Select Options from left hand side c. Choose the Customize Ribbon section d. Click the box next to Developer in the list of tabs on the right hand side of the dialog box. When ticked the Developer tab will be visible. e. Click OK to apply your changes https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-673 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-673 To edit and replace text in Word, select the text first then simply overtype. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-662 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-662 Use the following shortcut keys to move much more quickly through text. Ctrl+ left/right cursor keys ... moves through text word by word rather than character by character. Ctrl+ up/down cursor keys ... move through text paragraph by paragraph rather than line by line. Ctrl+ home/end ... moves to start or end of the document rather than start or end of the line. Ctrl+ PgDn/PgUp ... moves through text page by page rather than screen page by screen page. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-663 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-663 To avoid the problems of breaking text into sub-paragraphs with the Enter key, select your paragraph and use Ctrl+2 to change to double line spacing. Ctrl+1 returns to single line spacing. Ctrl+5 changes to 1.5 line spacing. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-664 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-664 The Quick Access Toolbar is included in virtually every Office product, including Outlook 2010, Word 2010, Excel 2010, and PowerPoint 2010. You will find the Quick Access Toolbar in the top-left side of the window. To begin, click the Customize button (it's the little black arrow at the end of the toolbar). Simply click the commands you want to include. Virtually any command can be added to the Quick Access Toolbar. Click the More Commands option and a new window will open from where you can browse the commands including those not on the ribbon. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-634 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-634 You don't ave to re-type all the text out again in Word 2010 if you decide you want to change the case of the text. Here's a really quick way of doing it without typing it all out again. First, select the selection of text you want to change. Then, just press the Shift + F3 keys and keep pressing until the text looks the way you want. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-617 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-617 When you copy text and paste it into Word, the formatting is the same as where you copied the text from originally. You can change it to match the formatting of the current document but to avoid having to do this every time you paste text, follow the following steps: 1) Click the Office button 2) Then Word Options 3) Go to Advanced 4) Under the Cut, copy and paste heading, use the first four drop-down menus to choose a default setting for format pasting. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-618 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-618 A hanging indent is where the first line of a paragraph is not indented but all the other lines are. It is less frequently used but because of this, it could mean that your Word document stands out more. If you want it to have this different effect, then here's what you do, Select the paragraph, go to the Home tab and double click the arrow icon in the lower right hand corner of the Paragraph pane. On the Indents and Spacing tab, use the ''Special'' drop down menu to select the ''Hanging'' option and then indicate the indentation level. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-619 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-619 Text space can be adjusted to ensure that a heading fits on a single line, rather than, for example, wrapping onto a second. Select a line of text, right click and select Font from the context menu. The widths of the letters can be adjusted by selecting a new size from the scale drop-down menu and you can use the up and down arrows in the spacing section to expand or compress the space. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-620 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-620 Word allows you to open 2 files side by side, very useful when you want to compare them for whatever reason. Simply open the documents that you want to compare and move to the View tab of the ribbon. Click the View Side by Side button and then click Arrange All. Press Synchronous Scrolling and you will be able to scroll through both documents at the same time. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-621 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-621 When you insert shapes in a Word document, the easiest way to move them around is to use the Selection Pane on the Drawing Tools tab on the Ribbon. This tab only appears when you're working with graphics. Or if a shape is hidden behind another shape, just select it from the list on the page and use the arrows to move it backwards or forwards. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-622 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-622 You can insert screen captures easily into a Word 2010 document by selecting Screenshot from the Insert tab. This launches a gallery of windows currently open and you can click one to insert an image of the window into your document. When you press Enter, the screen capture gets inserted automatically. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-623 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-623 If you don't want Word to underline your spelling or grammatical mistakes in red and green when typing a document you can remove this function. Go to File, then Options then Proofing and clear the check-box next to ''Check Spelling as you type.'' This gets rid of the red underlining. Then to remove the green lines check the box ''Mark grammar errors as you type.'' Done! https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-624 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-624 If you want to make your Word 2010 document brighter, more colourful and more vibrant to look at then why not try using some text effects such as making your text glow. Here's how, Select the text then select the Home tab on the Ribbon, go to Font and select Text Effects, a menu will then pop up, select Glow then another menu will appear giving you various types of ''Glow''. If you want even more control over the type of ''Glow'' click Glow Options and you can tweak all you like until you reach the effect you want to make your document stand out. https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-595 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://www.stl-training.co.uk/hints-tips-word-15.html#tip-595