For this week's Tech Tip Tuesday (T3), here's an article I recently wrote for the Indiana Lawyer about creating Outlook e-mail distribution lists to reduce email frustration. How do you use Outlook to improve efficiency?
T3:06 | Using Word Styles to Make Table of Contents
Tech Tip Tuesday (T3:06) This week, we'll build on T3:05 Microsoft Word Heading Styles to use Word's built-in heading styles to create an automatic Table of Contents. Open the document you created last week, or read through the instructions again. Insert a Table of Contents Now, return to the top of your document and insert … Continue reading T3:06 | Using Word Styles to Make Table of Contents
T3:05 | Microsoft Word Heading Styles
Tech Tip Tuesday (T3:05) In last week's tip, T3:04 | Microsoft Word Styles, I discussed using Styles in Microsoft Word to apply "set it and forget it" formatting in your documents. This week, you will learn how to make Headings and Subheadings using the same principles. Then, in the next Tech Tip Tuesday, you can … Continue reading T3:05 | Microsoft Word Heading Styles
T3:04 | Microsoft Word Styles
Modifying Word Styles This week's Tech Tip Tuesday will introduce Microsoft's Word built in styles. This tip is best learned with hands on the keyboard. So, open a new blank Word document. What is a Style? A style is a predefined set of formatting, applied to a paragraph in Word. Word formats between its paragraph … Continue reading T3:04 | Microsoft Word Styles
Weekend Project: Introduction to Autohotkey (Screencast)
One of my favorite programs for Windows is Autohotkey. This video is a brief introduction to just one of its many capabilities. Take 20 minutes this weekend to start working with this incredible program. What is Autohotkey? Free and open source text expansion software. Type a few characters (e.g., "btw" and the phrase expands to … Continue reading Weekend Project: Introduction to Autohotkey (Screencast)
T3-03 | Tech Tip Tuesday | How to Use Numbered Lists in Microsoft Word
This week's Tech Tip Tuesday discusses using numbered lists instead of manually typing 1., pressing enter, 2., and so on. Many folks have trouble with the way Word automatically changes numbers. This tip should help you take advantage of Word's auto-numbering feature. If you have already disabled Word's auto-numbering features, the tips in this article may not … Continue reading T3-03 | Tech Tip Tuesday | How to Use Numbered Lists in Microsoft Word
Using Things to Duplicate Tasks
I use "Things" as my primary life and task manager. I like to track when I have made a phone call to someone and also track the "waiting for" if I'm waiting for a return call. As I explain in this video, I use the "duplicate" feature in Things to create a duplicate task … Continue reading Using Things to Duplicate Tasks
T3-02 | Tech Tip Tuesday | How to Clear Formatting in Microsoft Word
The Issue: You cannot get Word to format the way you want Have you ever felt like just typing an entire Word document over again, because you just couldn't get Word to format your document they way you want? Have you ever received a document from someone that you need to edit and you cannot … Continue reading T3-02 | Tech Tip Tuesday | How to Clear Formatting in Microsoft Word
T3-01: How to change single to double space in Microsoft Word
Welcome to the first edition of Tech Tip Tuesday! In this first edition of Tech Tip Tuesday (T3), I'll walk you through how to change from single space to double space in Microsoft Word. Using the Mouse Find the "Paragraph" section of the Microsoft Word ribbon. Look for the icon shown in the below photo. Left-click … Continue reading T3-01: How to change single to double space in Microsoft Word
The Form Tool Webinar
TheFormTool, LLC, maker of a Microsoft Word document automation add-in TheFormTool, is hosting a webinar "Visualizing Document automation: Five Steps for Success" on July 31. The registration link is here. If you have not seen what this tool can do, I recommend attending the webinar to get introduced to the tool. I have spent many … Continue reading The Form Tool Webinar