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Tips and Tricks



Internet Browsers
In Internet Explorer or Netscape you can use the print button on the toolbar to print the page you are viewing. However this will not allow you to choose any print options and will print with your normal defaults.

In Internet Explorer or Netscape you can use Ctrl+p to print the page you are viewing.

Productivity Suites
In Microsoft Word, you can hit Ctrl+s to save your work at any time.

In Microsoft Word, you can easily change the font and presentation of your text by highlighting the text you want, right clicking, and then selecting "Font."

If you hold down the Shift key while selecting the File menu in Word (or in Outlook when composing a message), the menu options change. You get handy options to Save All and Close All open files. In Excel, you get a Close All but not a Save All option.

In Excel you can press Alt-Enter to start a new line within a cell.

The AutoCorrect feature in Office can automatically place symbols in your documents. Here are some of our favorites.
(c) will do this: ©
(r) will do this: ®
(tm) will do this: TM

You've probably noticed that Word completes certain phrases, such as "Best Wishes," before you've finished typing. You can customize this list so that Word completes only the phrases you define. Select AutoCorrect Options from the Tools menu, then go to the AutoText tab. Delete any items you don't want to keep, then add names and phrases that you type often, such as your name, company, or address

A spectacular yet underused feature is Word's ability to display two different parts of a document at the same time. To do this, you can either select the Split option from the Window menu to display a dividing line in the current window.