Sunday, April 29, 2012

I Didn’t Know You Could Do That With a Word Processor

Word processing isn’t just for writing; there’s LOTS more you can do, such as:

Spell Checking: Set your preferences to check spelling as you go;  save all those embarrassing mistooks!

Tables: Organize info in separate squares (across and down); edit, add shading, colors, headings, sort alphabetically or numerically.

Templates: Pre-formatted documents to use as is or customize with your text and graphics. Make professional looking greeting cards, invoices, brochures, invitations, business cards, certificates, newsletters, calendars and more. Just fill in the blanks!

Columns: Another way to make info easy to see and find; similar to tables but no lines around items.

Tabs: Tabs can be centered, left, right, with dot leaders or line up at decimal point or symbol.

Special Characters/Symbols: Multinational, math, scientific, iconic characters or symbols, accented letters, smiley faces and lots more, just select to insert at cursor.

Page Numbering: Numbered at center, left, right, top, bottom; auto re-numbered after changes. Saves lots of time.

Headers and Footers: Include text, lines, file name, path, time, date, page number on each page; auto reformat after changes.

Bulleted and Numbered Lists: Bullets, numbers, symbols inserted at  start of each line; numbered lines re-number if you add or remove items.

Explore these and other possibilities. Details on everything at: