Word Tips and Tricks

Learn helpful tips and shortcuts to create more professional-looking documents in Microsoft Word.

Microsoft Word contains a multitude of helpful features that can streamline your document creation workflow. In this course, Nick Brazzi shines a spotlight on some of the software's lesser-known features, sharing useful tips that can help you improve your productivity and efficiency in Microsoft Word. Follow along with Nick Brazzi as he shares a variety of power-user formatting tricks, including how to select text more effectively, maintain text format when you're copying and pasting, and add a drop cap effect. Plus, learn how to share custom dictionaries, work with nonprinting characters, leverage the Resume Assistant, and much more.

Note: This course was recorded on Word for Office 365; however, most of the contents will benefit anyone using Office 2019 or 2016.

Introduction

• Explore some less-known features in Microsoft Word

1. Application and Document Defaults

• Disable the Start screen
• Set default font for new documents
• Update Word

2. Adding and Formatting Text

• Use automatic text replacement
• Insert placeholder text
• Work with website links
• Select text more effectively
• Maintain format during copy and paste
• Use the Drop Cap effect

3. Spelling and Proofing Tools

• Add words to the custom spell check dictionary
• Share custom dictionaries
• Set the spell check language or disable spell check

4. Useful Tools

• Show non-printing characters
• Word and character count
• Compress pictures to decrease file size
• Cite your sources with Researcher
• Get help writing a resume from the Resume Assistant
• Lock a document to restrict editing

Conclusion

• Next steps