Microsoft Word & Excel Hacks by Ahmad Ashaari https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office Workshop (5 April 2019) en-us 2019-04-04 15:23:44 UTC 2023-10-14 13:31:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Quickly Bold, Italicise & Underline ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348580326 Bold: Ctrl + B
Italics: Ctrl + I
Underline: Ctrl + U]]> 2019-04-04 15:29:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348580326 Change Paragraph Alignment & Spacing ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348580796 Paragraph Alignment Shortcuts

Left align: Ctrl + L
Center: Ctrl + E
Right align: Ctrl + R

Paragraph Spacing Shortcuts

Single Space: Ctrl + 1
Double Space: Ctrl + 2
1.5x Spacing: Ctrl + 5

]]> 2019-04-04 15:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348580796 Clear Formatting ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348581895 If you’ve already copied multiple things into your document, and you forgot to change the formatting? Simply highlight the text you want to change and press CTRL + Space bar. This restores the default font and style settings for that section to match the rest of your document.]]> 2019-04-04 15:31:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348581895 Change Built-In Styles ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348766661 Select the style you want to change and then right-click on the style to get the context menu. Choose Modify from the menu.

You can change just about any aspect of the style including the font, colour, spacing, number formatting, and more. If you want your changes to carry over across documents, select radio button to apply to New documents based on this template.

Alternatively, if you have text in your document that already looks just the way you want it, you can update your styles to match. Just highlight the text, right-click on the style you want to modify and click Update <Style> to Match Selection.]]> 2019-04-05 01:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348766661 Find Replace ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348767650 Find: CTRL + F]]> 2019-04-05 01:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348767650 Insert a Page Break ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348768566
  • Click in the document where you want to insert a page break.
  • Click Layout > Breaks > Page.

    • ]]>     2019-04-05 01:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348768566     Remove a Page Break ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348768797
  • On the Home tab, click Show all nonprinting characters  .
  • Click to select the page break you want to remove.
  • Press Delete.

    • ]]>     2019-04-05 01:22:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348768797     Pin a File to the Top of Your List ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348769931
  • Tap File > Open > Recent.
  • In the list of files on the right, tap the More icon  next to the file you'd like to pin.
  • Select Pin.

    • ]]>     2019-04-05 01:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348769931     Use Smart Lookup for Quick Online Research ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348773210 1. Select a word or phrase,
    2. Right-click it,
    3. Choose Smart Lookup. 

    The insights pane will open with definitions, Wikipedia articles, and top related searches from the web.]]>     2019-04-05 01:34:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348773210     Use Researcher for In-Depth Research ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348775499 1. Select References > Researcher in the Ribbon.
    2. The Researcher pane appears on the right side of the screen.
    3. Type your search term into the text box at the top of the screen, and you’ll see a list of results.]]>     2019-04-05 01:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348775499     Access to Journals and Websites ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348776172 1. Scroll down.
    2. Choose Journals or Websites.
    3. Read from the pane or open in browser.]]>     2019-04-05 01:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348776172     Add Source as a Citation ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348776588 1. Click the + button to add source
    2. Or scroll down and click Add this source as a citation

    The document compiles your sources]]>     2019-04-05 01:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348776588     Preparing a Class List ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348803564 1. Access an attendance list from ITD Portal
    2. Copy Student Matric Number column
    3. Paste on Excel
    4. Right-click cell
    5. Paste Special
    6. Text]]>     2019-04-05 05:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348803564     Prepare a Numbering List ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348803942 1. Type a list of numbers i.e.: 1,2,3
    2. Highlight the numbered cells
    3. Move cursor to the bottom right
    4. Drag the cursor down]]>     2019-04-05 05:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348803942     Auto Sum ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348804233 1. Click the cell to create sum
    2. Click SUM
    3. Identify marks to sum
    4. Drag the sum for other marks]]>     2019-04-05 05:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348804233     WORKSHOP EVALUATION narmee https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348827079 https://forms.gle/trxyMbNx1xLaMZKN9]]> 2019-04-05 07:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/348827079 Select a Word ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/349113938 Double click the word]]> 2019-04-06 02:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/349113938 Select a Phrase or Paragraph ashare_alias https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/349113968 Shift + Arrows up/down/left/right]]> 2019-04-06 02:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ashare_alias/office/wish/349113968