How many of these shortcuts do you know?
How many of these shortcuts would you like to know?

Below are some of the easy to learn Micrtosoft Word features and shortcuts you’ll find in the WordTipster.

How many of them do you know how to do?


Learn the creation codes for dozens of the best bullet points and symbols. You can place them anywhere in your document and modify them in hundreds of ways. Use some of them as text separators instead of hyphens.

These are some of the bullets and symbols you’ll be able to instantly create. Each one can be changed in hundreds of ways with color, stretching, positioning and WordArt

Below is an example of several ways I modified the basic ► bullet to give you an idea of what can be done.

Increase and decrease text size 1 through 600 pts in 3 seconds: no more time consuming entering each size in the change window to see how it looks as you change fonts, font styles and page design.

Change your text size or space between lines of text in ½ point increments to fine tune your documents.

In Tables, quickly shrink column width to fit the text.

Repeat Table headers in each page of a multi-page table.

Add columns and rows of numbers in a Word table as an alternative to an Excel table.

Get precise ruler dimensions from the cursor location to the left and right margins for accurate graphics placement.

Instantly get the Page Set-up menu, for page orientation (landscape and portrait), margins and more, with a double-click of the mouse.

When your pinky finger once again accidentally hits the CAPS LOCK key and you look up at the monitor and find a string of words in all caps, you no longer will need to fix it by erasing the words and retyping them. With a simple key combination all of the highlighted text to changed to lower case or caps, if that is what you intended. Change a headline to all CAPS in a flash.

Change the line spacing of your text from single to double to 1 and a half, in a flash, with the right key combination.

Get some graphics arts software capabilities with the WordArt feature.


Cram together or spread out the letters of your text. This is really handy when making headlines.

Nudge large text horizontally or vertically in I point increments. When you use the space bar large text moves in large increments equal to the size of the text.

Position some words above or below the base line of your sentence for impact.

Automatically replace all instances of a word in your document with a saved graphic, like a logo at one time.


Use to be more professional with the correct spelling of names and words with accented letters used in Spanish, French, German. They are automatically created, with the provided codes, in the font style and size of the text you’re typing.

Change the size of all Drawing Tool shapes from the center rather than from one side. Doing this keeps the image centered in the correct position

When moving text boxes and Drawing Tool images, keep them perfectly aligned, horizontally or vertically. Keep them in line easily and nudge them into place 1 point size at a time.

Does your text box or Drawing Tool image jerk across the page as you drag it? You’ll learn how to fix it to make positioning much more accurate and smooth.

Learn how to place the images from your monitor onto your documents. This is very helpful in creating training materials

Give a name and location to places in your document with Bookmarks, to easily find them again.


Learn how to shade text as an alternate to underlining.


Learn how to create documents and send e-mails with “invisible ink”


Start where you left off when you closed the document. This is really helpful in a multi-page document


Learn how to create and print fancy envelopes with WordArt, graphics and photos


Learn how to highlight both vertically and horizontally through lines of text in new ways.
* To select one screen down, press Shift Page Down.
* To select one screen up, press Shift Page Up.
* To select to the end of a document, press Ctrl Shift End.
* To select to the beginning of a document, press Ctrl Shift Home.
* To select the entire document, press Ctrl A

Backward and forward in time
Did you make a mistake in your document and can’t figure out how to get back to where you were before? Learn how to go back in time to more than 15 previous changes you may have made.

Learn how to access lots of information about your document on one dropdown menu. You’ll get the number of words, lines, paragraphs, pages, characters and revisions; also the date created, date last modified, date printed, total editing time and more.

Learn how to view and edit different portions of a multi-page document at the same time on your monitor.

Learn how to view and print up to 16 thumbnail pages of a long document on a single screen or sheet of paper.

Name a group of documents in way that puts them in the correct order in your folder.

Cut multiple items from your document and paste them all at one time in a new location or document.

Save all open documents with one action.

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