Tips, Tricks, and Answers

The following articles are available. Click the article's title (shown in bold) to see the associated article.

Adding Drop Caps. Drop caps are formed by making the first character in a paragraph larger than normal, so that it occupies several lines of the paragraph. This finishing touch is easy to add using Word's built-in tools.

Adjusting the Width of Characters. Need to adjust how your characters look horizontally? Word provides an easy way you can scale the horizontal appearance of your text without affecting the height. Here's how to do it.

Creating a Shortcut Key for Strikethrough Formatting. Word provides shortcut key combinations for many different formatting options. One common formatting attribute that does not have such a combination is strikethrough. This tip can help you create a shortcut key for strikethrough formatting.

Making Sure Hidden Text is Printed. One of the formatting attributes you can apply to text is to make it "hidden." You can control whether the text formatted in this manner is printed or not.

Use Shading to Highlight Text. Need to draw attention to some text in your document? If used judiciously, you can use shading to highlight text and draw the attention you require.