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Word for Windows
Page x of n codes in footers
The Header/Footer tool bar makes it easy to put in the current page number.
But if you want it to say Page 1 of 25, you have to go a bit further. Place
the insertion point in the Footer where you want the page numbers to appear.
Type Page and click the Page Number button in the tool bar, press space bar
and type of and press space again. Now choose Insert, Field and select
Document Information from the Categories List. Select NumPages
from the Field Names list. If you want to change how the numbers appear
(Roman numerals vs Arabic), click the Options
button, make your choice and add it to the field, then click OK to return to
your document. There is a catch. The NumPages field
does not automatically update as you edit your document. It will update when
you open or print the document. To update the fields at any other time,
select the field and press F9 to update the field.
Non-Breaking Spaces
To avoid dates like February 28, 1997 and titles like Dr. Dawn Jones from word wrapping and
splitting the text, use non-breaking spaces. To enter this special kind of
space, press Ctrl+Shift+Space Bar. No more pesky
word wrap to deal with for the two words connected with this space.
Change the Default Location of Addresses
on Envelopes
Using the Options button in the Envelopes and Labels dialog box only changes
the location of the address for the current envelope. To make the change in
the default, you must edit the style called Envelope Address. Select Format,
Style and choose All Styles in the List list and
highlight Envelope Address in the Styles list, then click the Modify button.
Select Format, Paragraph and change the indention of the paragraph. Click OK
and close out of the dialog boxes. You will not notice any change in the
Envelopes and Labels dialog box, but the envelope will print with the address
in the new location.
WordPerfect for Windows
Turn off Automatic
Capitalization
Automatic features are useful,
but not always as smart as they should be. When typing an abbreviation or a punctuated
acronym, you may not want WordPerfect to automatically capitalize the first
letter following the period. To turn off this feature, select Tools, QuickCorrect and click the Options button. Click
Capitalize First Letter to turn the feature off. Click OK, then
click Close. That's all there is to it.
Windows
Mouse-Less Tabbing
Ever been in a Properties dialog box and wished you could move to the next
tab without having to use your mouse? No problem. Simply click Ctrl+Tab to move to the next tab, or Ctrl+Shift+Tab
to move back one.
Remove the Unremovable
When you double-click Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, you get a
list of all the programs that Windows can automatically remove. Want
to remove an item from this Install/Uninstall list--an item that Windows won't
remove, or that you've already taken off yourself? Open the Registry Editor
(choose Start, Run and type REGEDIT) and navigate your way to
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ Software\ Microsoft\ Windows\ CurrentVersion\
Uninstall. In the left pane, with the right mouse button, click the folder
(under Uninstall) that represents the item you want to get rid of and choose
Delete. Close the Registry Editor, reopen that Add/Remove Programs Properties
dialog box, and that item is nowhere to be found! A word of caution. Be VERY
CAREFUL when working with the Registration Editor. This is where all the Windows settings
are stored. If you accidentally delete or change something, choose Cancel
instead of OK.
What's This?
If you don't understand a button or an option in a Windows dialog box, get some help-and we
don't mean by choosing Help in the Start menu and weeding through the index.
Right-mouse click the button or option, and in most
cases, you'll see a What's This? button. Click it
for the inside scoop.
Gimme Details
When you open Explorer and switch to Details view (select Details under the
View menu), you'll see columns of information in the right pane. And the nice
thing is, the arrangement of those details isn't
carved in stone. You can sort by any column or change the width of any or all
columns to get the details look you want.
To sort information by a particular column,
click its gray column heading once. Click it again to sort by that column,
but in reverse order. To change a column's width, hold the cursor over the
black line to the right of the column's heading, and when it changes to a
double-pointed arrow, click and drag left or right.
Branching Out
Need to expand every branch of a folder in an Explorer view? Don't waste time
clicking all those plus signs (+). Highlight the folder, then press the
asterisk key (*) on your numeric keypad. The contents of every folder within
will unfold before your eyes. Ready to collapse it again? Don't bother with
all those minus signs (-). Simply click the minus sign next to the top of the
branch, then press F5.
Add Up Your Properties
Want to know how much space a selection of folders
and/or files takes up on your hard drive? (Knowing this would come in handy
if, for example, you've selected items to copy to a floppy disk.) In an
Explorer or My Computer window, hold down Ctrl as you select each item you'd
like to tally. Then right-mouse click on any selected item and choose
Properties. The resulting dialog box will display the total size of all
selected items, including a count of each item type (files or folders).
Refresh That Window
If you're viewing the contents of a floppy disk, and then insert another disk
into your floppy drive, how do you view the new disk's contents? We hope not
by opening My Computer and double-clicking the Floppy Drive icon again.
There's a much faster way. Simply hit F5 to refresh the open floppy disk
window's contents. The contents of the old disk will disappear from the
window, replaced by those of the new one.
All In The Family Window Closing
Do you often end up with a lot of related windows together on screen - for
example, after double-clicking a folder, then double-clicking one inside of
that, and so on? When you're ready to close them all, don't
waste time clicking each and every X caption button (the one in the
upper-right corner of each window). Just hold down Shift as you click the X
of the last window you opened. Doing so closes that window and all of its
"parents" in one fell swoop.
Buy Yourself More Real Estate
Looking to increase your desktop real estate? You can change your screen
resolution, or the number of dots displayed per inch without restarting your
system. The higher the resolution, the more you can fit on screen.
Right-mouse click the desktop, choose Properties, and click the Settings tab.
Slide the lever under Desktop area towards Less or More to see the resolution
settings available for your system. As you do, you'll see a preview of each.
When you find one you like, click OK twice to see the change in real life.
Then choose Yes or No to confirm or cancel the change. If this option is not
available to you, you may need to click on the Change Display Type button and
select another type of monitor.
Put Some Meat On Your Scrollbars
If a window's contents can't fit in that window all at once, Windows provides
you with scrollbars on its right and lower edges to scroll through the
contents. Think those bars are too small? If you'd like a little more to
grab, make them bigger. Right-mouse click the
desktop and choose Properties to open the Display Properties dialog box. On
the Appearance tab, select Scrollbar under Item (or click the scrollbar in
the preview) and change its Size to whatever you'd like (the defaults for
most of the color schemes are 13 or 16). You'll see the effect of your change
right in the preview. When you're happy with the new size, click Apply or OK.
Trash Come Back
If you've sent an item to the Recycle Bin that you suddenly decide you need
back. Well, you're in luck-as long as you haven't emptied the Recycle Bin
since you deleted that item. Double-click the Recycle Bin desktop icon to
display its contents. When you find the item you'd like back, right-mouse
click it and choose Restore. Windows returns the item to its original
location. (Note: Items deleted from A: drive will not appear in the Recycle
Bin.)
Using Send To
If you need to copy a file or folder, or lots of them, from your hard drive
to a floppy, the Send To command offers the quickest route. Right-mouse click
the file(s) or folder(s) you need to copy, select Send To and then select
your floppy drive in the popup menu (making sure there's a disk in the drive,
of course!).
Adding Items to Send To
When you right-mouse click a file and choose Send To, you see a menu of possible
destinations. Did you know you can add items to this list? Just add a folder
or application's shortcut to the C:\Windows\SendTo folder.
Suppose you want to add the Start menu to the Send To list (doing so makes it
easy to send any item directly to the Start menu). In an Explorer window,
navigate your way to C:\Windows\SendTo, so that the right pane displays its
contents. Right-mouse click on the Start Menu folder (which just happens to
be in plain view), drag it into the right pane, and when you let go, choose
Create Shortcut(s) Here. Close Explorer. Now for the big test. Right-mouse click any file or folder, choose Send To, and select Start
Menu from the list. Click the Start button, and there's that item.
Drop Additions to Your Start Menu
Need to add an application to your Start menu? You could right-mouse click
Start, choose Open, and then click and drag the application icon into the
Start Menu window, but there's an easier way. From an Explorer or My Computer
window, drag and drop the application's .EXE file on the Start button and let
go. (Or, drag and drop an application on the Start menu.) Click Start, and
there's your new shortcut!
Choose Your Associate Program
Want to open a file in an application other than the one with which it's
associated? (In Windows , each file type is
associated with a particular application. For example, when you double-click
a .TXT file, it automatically opens in NotePad.)
Hold down Shift as you right-mouse click the file,
and you'll notice a new item in the context menu-Open With. Select this
option, and in the resulting dialog box choose the application you'd prefer
to use. Click OK and the file opens in your application of choice.
The Night The Lights Went Out In MS-DOS
When you choose Start|Programs|MS-DOS Prompt, DOS
opens in a Windows window, complete with borders
and a toolbar across the top. (Note: If you don't see the toolbar, click the
MS-DOS icon in the upper-left corner of the screen and select Toolbar.) If
you prefer to work in the old-fashioned DOS view - nothing on screen but text
and darkness - press Alt+Enter on your keyboard.
You're still running DOS under Windows ; it just
doesn't look that way. If and when you want to return to the window view,
press the same keyboard combo.
No-Cloud Startups
Tired of seeing that cloud StartUp logo every time
you boot Windows ? You can get rid of it by editing
your MSDOS.SYS file. The first thing you need to do is remove this file's
hidden and read-only attributes: Open up Explorer and locate MSDOS.SYS,
right-mouse click it and select Properties, deselect Read-only and hidden,
and click OK. Next, open MSDOS.SYS in Notepad and add the line
"LOGO=0" to the [Options] section (or change the line LOGO=1 to
LOGO=0). Select Save under the File menu and close Notepad.
Return the hidden and read-only attributes to MSDOS.SYS (using the same
technique you did to remove them). Try restarting your system, and those
clouds are gone with the wind(ows).
If your OK with the clouds, but would like to see all the
"thinking" your system is doing behind the scenes as it starts up,
press the ESC key when the Clouds screen comes up. The clouds will go away
and you will be looking at the familiar DOS start-up process.
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