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1.Create Tables to Your Own Specifications

Want to add a table with specific dimensions to your Word document? Here’s how:

1. Position the cursor on the area of the document where you want to insert your table.

2. On the Insert tab of the Ribbon, click Table, and then click Draw Table.

3. Define the table size. Right-click to select the area where you want the table to appear.

4. Use the mouse to draw the internal table lines the way you want them. To erase any lines you've drawn by mistake, press the SHIFT key, and the pointer will change from a pencil to an eraser.

Note: The design tools in Microsoft Office Word 2007 give you plenty more features—for example, the ability to create other tables within those you've already designed.

2.Reuse Tables in Word To save a table in Microsoft Office Word for reuse in the future:

1. Select the table that you want to save.

2. On the Insert tab of the Ribbon, click Table, point to Quick Tables, and then click Save Selection to Quick Tables Gallery.

3. In the Create New Building Block dialog box, give the table a name, classify it with some basic parameters, and then click OK.

To reuse a saved table:

1. Position your cursor where you want to insert a saved table.

2. On the Ribbon, click Insert, click Table, and then point to Quick Tables.

3. From the list, click the table you saved previously. This table will now be inserted into the document.

3.Pre-define the Format for Pasting in Word 2007

In a Microsoft Office Word 2003 document, each time you paste some text or an image, you can select the format (source formatting, destination formatting, or text only) by clicking the clipboard icon. In Microsoft Office Word 2007 and Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, you can still do this manually or, more conveniently, set the default paste formatting mode.

Here’s how:Go to Advanced Options or click the Set Default Paste option when the clipboard icon appears, and then set your preferences. The pasted text and images will now be formatted automatically according to your settings.

4.Rearrange Paragraphs in Word

Swapping paragraphs in Microsoft Office Word can be complicated. As well as having to cut and paste, you often have to reformat line breaks afterward to make the paragraph line up properly. Instead, you can use the SHIFT+ALT keyboard shortcut.Click the paragraph that you want to move, hold down SHIFT+ALT, and move the paragraph up or down by using the arrow keys. Each press of an arrow key causes your selected paragraph to jump over one adjacent paragraph.

5.Line Breaks Without Bullets

When you're creating a bulleted or numbered list in Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office PowerPoint, you might want an item to appear in the list without a bullet or without incrementing the number. You can start a new line without a bullet by pressing SHIFT+ENTER. The next time you press the ENTER key, the new line will continue the bulleted or numbered list.

6.Get More Information from the Microsoft Office Word Ruler

You can get helpful layout information from the ruler in Microsoft Office Word.

1. On one of the rulers (horizontal or vertical), click a tab or margin marker and hold down the left mouse button.

2. Now click the right mouse button. Hold both buttons down. The normal ruler measurements disappear, and instead you can see distance measurements that help you lay out your document.

7.Change the Microsoft Office Word Smart Quote Auto-correct Setting

By default, Word replaces straight quotes with smart quotes. To change this setting:1. Click the Office button.2. Click Word Options.3. Click Proofing, and then click AutoCorrect Options.4. Click the AutoFormat tab.5. Clear the Straight quotes with smart quotes check box.6. Click the AutoFormat As You Type tab.7. Clear the Straight quotes with smart quotes check box.8. Click OK twice.