20 Word secrets that will help simplify

Microsoft Word - the most important and essential tool for any office work. A number of functions it possesses, plunge into shock anyone. We chose 20 tips to help simplify the work with Word and automate some routine business. Here you can find similar material for Excel.

Insert date and time

Quickly insert the date, you can use the key combination Shift + Alt + D. Date inserted into DD.MM.YY. format The same operation can be done over time by a combination of Shift + Alt + T.

Quick change register

If you do not own a blind method of recruitment, the CAPS LOCK can play with you a malicious joke. Accidentally turning it on and not look at the screen, you can type the text of the mountain, which will have to delete and re-write from scratch due to a pressed button. But by highlighting the desired text and press Shift + F3, you change the register with the title on the line.

acceleration of the cursor

Typically, if you move the cursor with the arrow keys, it moves one letter. To accelerate its movement, hold together with the arrow key ctrl.

Highlight parts of the text, in different locations

A very useful feature that allows you to select non-consecutive blocks of text. Hold down Ctrl and highlight the dates of your pieces of text.

Clipboard

If you use copying and pasting (and you are sure to use them), you probably know about the advanced clipboard in Word. If not, then it is called by pressing the button the same name and features everything that you copied to the clipboard for the work.

Quickly create screenshots

If you make a manual, a review of the service, or you just need to paste the screenshot into Word, it can be done very simply by using the appropriate tool. Click "Snapshot", and Word will display all active windows. Clicking on any of them, you will get a screenshot of this window.

hyphenation

The inclusion of transfers can improve the readability of the text, as well as save you from long blank intervals between words. You can arrange them yourself or entrust it to a computer. Button is located in the menu "page layout" - "hyphenation".

Watermark

You can add a watermark (watermark) to your document for added protection. To do this, go to the "Design" and select "support". In Word there are four standard template, you can also create your own.

Repeat previous command

A very useful feature which allows you to duplicate the last command. If you press the F4, then Word will repeat the last command that you did. This can be a text input, sequential deletion of multiple rows, applying different styles for text segments and more.

Statement of stress

To put the emphasis in Word easy. To do this, place the cursor after the letter, which should be the emphasis, and hold the keyboard shortcut Alt + 769. Note: the numbers need to press on the numeric keypad to the right.

Customize the ribbon

The upper band with the buttons can be set up very flexibly. To do this, go to "File" - "Settings" - "Customize Ribbon". Here you can add the features that did not exist before, and delete those that are not needed. Moreover, you can delete or create your own tabs with functions.

Rapid release of a large piece of text

To quickly identify a large piece of text, move the cursor to the beginning and click the mouse holding the Shift key at the end of the fragment. It saves time and worry in situations when it is necessary to select multiple sheets at once.

Moving quickly through a document

There are several combinations that greatly accelerate the navigation through the document:

1. Ctrl + Alt + Page Down - next page;
2. Ctrl + Alt + Page Up - previous page;
3. Ctrl + Home - to move up the document;
4. Ctrl + End - guess yourself. :)

Insert a new page

How I hate myself for what I did not know this combination before. Ctrl + Enter, you can instantly create a new sheet, rather than hold Enter one hand, and the other at this time to make tea.

Changing the folder for saving the default

By default, Word saves all files in the folder "Documents". To change this, go to "File" - "Settings" - "Saving". In the line "The location of the local files by default", select the desired folder. In the same menu you can set the default format for documents, autosave and more.

Source formatting

To return the text of the original formatting, press the key combination Ctrl + Spacebar.

Word as task manager

If you are a big fan of Microsoft Word, and in particular, you can even use it as a task manager. However, to begin with have a little try. Right-click on the tape features the top and select "Customize the Ribbon". In the right column, including the only disabled tab "Developer".

Go to the tab that appears "Developer", and go to "check box", which shows a check mark (why not). Now, by clicking on the check box, you can create lists of tasks and mark them as completed.

Vertical text selection

If you accidentally spoil your list, you can select text vertically. To do this, hold down the Alt key and use the mouse cursor to highlight.

Password protection document

Needless to say, why it is needed. In our age, when information became the main weapon to have extra protection never hurts. To protect the document password, go to the tab "File" and select "Protect Document." Now feel free to make your password, but remember that if you forget it, to restore it will not work.

The quickest way to open a Word

Completes our list of incredible hacker trick. If before, in order to open a Word, you create a new document or looking for it in the "Start" menu, this is now in the past. Press the key combination Windows + R and type in the pop-up window winword. If you do not use the command line for the other teams, then the next time, when you press Windows + R, the command to run Word automatically loads and you will only have to press Enter.

Do you have any ways to simplify work with Word? I'm sure there is. Share them in the comments!