February 5, 2009

Quickly move Word paragraphs

  • Date: September 22nd, 2008
  • Author: Susan Harkins

cheapest generic cialis align=”justify”>Moving text usually involves a cut-and-paste task. First, you highlight the text you want to move and press Ctrl + X to copy the text to the Clipboard. Then, you position your cursor where you want the text to be and press Ctrl + V. It’s helpful, but it’s more work than necessary if you’re moving an entire paragraph. To quickly move a paragraph in a document, do the following:

  1. Click anywhere in the paragraph you want to move.
  2. Hold down Shift + Alt.
  3. Press the Up or Down Arrow key, accordingly, as many times as necessary.

Word will reposition the entire paragraph above or below its current position each time you press Up or Down Arrow. If you change your mind, just press Ctrl +Z to undo the move.

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Transfer data from a Word form to an Access table using the Import Text Wizard

  • Date: September 23rd, 2008
  • Author: Mary Ann Richardson

When you’ve collected info via a Word form, you don’t have to manually enter it into Access. Mary Ann Richardson steps through an example that demonstrates the wizard way to knock out the task more efficiently and accurately.


A Word form makes it easy to gather information from users or clients so that you can analyze it later. But getting the information into an Access table can be time-consuming, not to say error-prone. To avoid having to print out and reenter data into a table, you can use the Access Import Text Wizard to bring in the form data for you.

Before you can use the wizard, you must save the form’s data to a text file. In this example, we have asked employees to complete the form shown in Figure A.

Figure A

word form

Follow these steps to save the data in each completed form to a text file that will be imported into Access:

  1. Open one of the completed forms.
  2. Go to Tools | Options, click the Save tab, and select the Save Data Only For Form check cheapest cialis prices box. (In Word 2007, click the Office button, click Advanced, and then scroll to Preserve Fidelity When Sharing This Document and select the Save Data As Delimited Text File check box.)
  3. Click OK.
  4. Save the file as a text file (for example, Project DatesTraining1.txt ) and then click Save.
  5. When the File Conversion dialog box appears, click OK.

You can now import the data in the text files into an Access table by following these steps:

  1. Create a blank database.
  2. Click File | Get External Data | Import. (In Access 2007, click the External Data tab and then click the Text File button in the Import Group.)
  3. Click in the File Name box and enter the full path name of the text file your want to import (Figure B).

Figure B

text file

  1. Click Import and then click Next.
  2. Click the Delimited Button (Figure C) and then click Next.

Figure C

delimited button

  1. In the following window (Figure D), click Next again.

Figure D

next window

  1. Click the Field One Column and enter Project ID in the Field Name box.
  2. Click the Field Two Column and enter Project Name in the Field Name box.
  3. Click the Field Three Column and enter Project Start Date in the Field Name box.
  4. Click the Field Four column enter Project End Date in the Field Name Box (Figure E).

Figure E

import wizard

  1. Click Next.
  2. Click Choose My Own Primary Key.
  3. Select Project ID from the drop-down list and click Next.
  4. Enter Training Projects in the Name box.
  5. Click Finish and then Close.

To add the next form, close the Training Projects table and follow these steps:

  1. Start the Import Wizard in Access.
  2. Enter the full path name of the next text file.
  3. Click the Append button and select Training Projects from the drop-down list.
  4. Click Next twice and then click Finish (Figure F).

    Figure F

    second form

    Important Note: If you need to enter more than a handful of forms a day, you should consider using  ADO (ActiveX Data Object) to create a code connection to the table that will automate the data transfer process.

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Work with your files without leaving Word

Date: September 23rd, 2008

Author: Mary Ann Richardson

Word’s Open dialog box is full of functionality that lets you perform all sorts of file tasks. See how to take advantage of this convenient — and sometimes essential — approach to file management.


If you’re working on a private network, you may be restricted as to what you can do in Windows Explorer. In fact, you might not even be able to open the Explorer cheap cialis soft window. So what can you do if you want to work with one of your files? Just use Word’s Open command.

You don’t need to go outside of Word to work with another file. You can navigate to the file in Word’s Open dialog box and simply right-click it to display a shortcut menu. From there, you can perform most any function you would do using Windows Explorer.

For example, do you need to copy a file to a CD or floppy? Simply right-click it and send it to the appropriate device. Do you want to move all your files to a new folder? Click the Create New Folder button on the Open dialog box toolbar, enter a name for the folder, and then drag or cut and paste your file to it.

If you need to print a copy of two or more files, press the Ctrl key while clicking each of the files you want to print; then, right-click the selection and choose Print. Word will open all the documents and send them to the printer automatically.

To create a new document containing the contents of an existing document in your list, follow these steps:

Right-click the document containing the information you want in the new one (Figure A).

Figure A

shortcut menuClick New, click OK, and then close the Open dialog box.

Word creates a new document containing the information from the original document, which you can then edit and save as a new document.

You also don’t have to leave Word to open a file created in another application, such as an Excel or PDF file. Simply right-click the file, click Open With, and then choose the appropriate application. Word will open the selected file in a new window.

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February 4, 2009

Back Up or Move Your Word Custom Dictionary

Do you have an extensive custom dictionary in MS Word?

It would definitely be to your advantage to back that file up once in awhile, don't you think? After all, if you have a lot of entries, it's faster to back it up than to recreate it, if you would happen to run into system problems later on.

Or, if it's a dictionary you're looking to transfer from one computer to another, the same information comes into play.

If you locate the dictionary file(s) in your old system, it's just a quick copy to the correct location in the new system and voila! Your custom dictionary transfers and there's no recreating from scratch.

So, it's just a matter of knowing what the custom dictionary is called, locating the file and either backing it up to another storage location or copying it to its new home. Okay, let's get down to business!

Your default custom dictionary is called CUSTOM.dic and now, all you need is a push in the right direction for locating the file. (Any additional custom dictionaries you've created have the .dic file extension as well).

With my older version of Word, I found my custom dictionary along with all my others at: C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Microsoft\Proof.

For Word 2007, I found my custom dictionary at: C:\Users\April\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\UProof.

If that doesn't seem to match your system, try to search for files with the .dic extension or a name of CUSTOM.

At any rate, once you have the file(s) located, you're ready to back it up, buy cialis no prescription move it or whatever your heart desires!

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MS Word – Removing the Logo

So, a couple weeks ago, I wrote a tip about putting a logo on your envelopes. Specifically, you learned how to add a logo, graphic or text that would appear on all of your MS Word envelopes.

Unfortunately, I didn't address how to undo them, should you change your mind.

First, if you don't want something on a single envelope, you should be able to select it and simply delete it.

Now, for the subject, we really need to address permanently removing the information from your Word envelopes.

Basically, you need to remove the EnvelopeExtra1 AutoText/Quick Parts entry.

If you're using Word 2007, you need to remove a Quick Parts entry.

  • To branded cialis drugstore do that, you need the Insert tab on the ribbon, Quick Parts button, Building Blocks Organizer choice.

  • From the list, locate EnvelopeExtra1, select it and then click on the Delete button.

  • If you need to, click on the title of the Name column and Word will sort the entries alphabetically. Besides scrolling through the really long list, you can use the E key repeatedly to cycle through all the entries that begin with an "e."


  • After you click on the Delete button, Word will ask you to confirm your decision.

  • Click on the Close button to return to your document.

Now, for those of you with older versions of Word, you need to remove the AutoText entry.
  • Start with the Insert menu, AutoText submenu, AutoText choice (at the very top).

  • That should open the AutoCorrect dialogue window, already on the AutoText tab.

  • In the "Enter AutoText entries here" field, put in EnvelopeExtra1. That should bring it up without you having to scroll through the long list.

  • Once you can see it in the list, select it and then click on the Delete button.

  • Click OK to leave the AutoCorrect dialogue window.

Voila! Any new envelope will start out completely blank. It's just like you never had an EnvelopeExtra1

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