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Readonly recommended flag for Word documents

Published 09-19-2006 2:30 PM | jokiz

I was browsing the NMock documentation when it prompted me to if i want to open the document as readonly or not (readonly as default) and i was curious where is the setting for this. I found out it's setting was here: I wonder if there really is a setting...

Filed under: tips, ms word

Keyboard shortcuts for Word 2002 and for Word 2003

Published 09-14-2006 3:30 PM | jokiz

I just found this keyboard shortcut list for Microsoft Word, just what i need. For those who still don't have this bookmarked, here it is: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;290938

Filed under: ms word, keyboard shortcuts, lifehacks

dropping dropdowns

Published 08-10-2006 11:54 AM | jokiz

i haven't really used this shortcut key for the past years and eversince i used firefox with the web search, i became hooked into it. i've been using it in every application (ms excel, visual studio) to toggle the dropdownlist items. no need to...

Filed under: techie, tips, visual studio, ms word, keyboard shortcuts

word selection through double click (with extra space)

Published 06-26-2006 4:52 PM | jokiz

double clicking almost anywhere selects the word where the curret is currently in. i used it a lot to add hyperlinks on blog posts and it's beginning to be a pain when it always select the space after the word. similar post here .

Filed under: techie, tips, ms word

adding page breaks

Published 03-13-2006 7:12 PM | jokiz

i'm among the microsoft word users who uses a series of return/enter key strokes in order to reach the next page. i know it's not the correct way of editing since it will adjust the next page once i edit and added new lines on the previous page. i knew...

Filed under: tips, ms word

power alt

Published 03-05-2006 9:34 PM | jokiz

power alt is the term i use in doing this: just hold that ALT key while you do your mouse select i usually do this when removing those tab characters from VS when copying code to a forum or a blog post.

Filed under: tips, visual studio, ms word

The secret world of nonprinting characters

Published 01-18-2005 7:23 PM | jokiz

Have you experienced the following using MS Word? your pages are not breaking as you like your printer is adding a blank page at the end of your document an automatic number insists on being bold even though you have applied bold formatting to only a...

Filed under: techie, tips, ms word