Keeping a hyphenated word together in Microsoft Word

One of my coworkers pointed out another Microsoft Word trick involving keeping words together on the same line. In this case, it’s if you want to keep a compound word (two words separated by a hyphen) together on the same line so it doesn’t appear to be a single word broken at the end of the line with a hyphen. Here’s how you do that…

Keeping two words together on a line in Microsoft Word

Here’s a quick tip I learned today from my wife Tamara. If you’re typing along in Microsoft Word and you end up with two words split between two lines, you can use this tip to make sure those two words stay together on a single line. Here’s how that works…

Comparing two documents in Microsoft Word

I ran across this feature from a video by Dr. Mitin Paranjape. He showed how to use the Compare feature in Microsoft Word to automatically get a comparison of two documents without having to try and pick out the changes yourself. I wasn’t even aware of this feature (it’s been there forever), but I think it might become one of my favorite ones moving forward. Here’s how it works…

Removing text formatting in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint

It’s not uncommon to copy text from some source into an email, and you find that it’s copied over all the formatting that was part of the source material. You can try various techniques to remove the formatting before you paste it, but you can also remove the formatting once it’s in your email, Word document, or PowerPoint slide. Here’s how to make that happen…

Transcribing an audio file in Word for the web

Have you ever interviewed someone, saved the audio file to your computer, and then had to start the laborious task of transcribing it? By using Word for the web, you can upload that audio file and Word will transcribe it for you! Sounds like a great way to get the majority of your transcription work done automatically. Here’s how it works…

Text predictions for Microsoft Word on the Web

Much like you’ll find in the browser-based version of Microsoft Outlook, you can now have the browser-based version of Microsoft Word offer up text predictions, saving you time as you type. Here’s what that looks like…

Using Designer for Microsoft Word on the Web

hard to find a consistent look-and-feel on a document that you’re creating in Microsoft Word. Now you have some help in the browser-based version of Word… Designer. Here’s how it works…

Using the Tell Me feature in Microsoft Office

Tamara Bredemus wandered into my office yesterday and said “here’s a tip you might want to use…”, and she was right! You can ask the Tell Me feature in Microsoft Office to show you how to accomplish tasks without having to figure out the exact search terms or find the menu options. Here’s how it works…

Dictation in Word and Outlook for Windows

While I prefer to write emails and documents using my keyboard, there are some people who prefer (or need) to use voice dictation to get “words on paper.” Fortunately, there’s a Dictate feature in Word and Outlook for Windows that makes that easy. Here’s how it works…