COMPUTER TIPS

TIP OF THE MONTH: MICROSOFT WORD
Grow Font and Shrink Font Tool

Here are four quick ways to change the size of selected text (don't forget to select what you want to change):

1. Click on Format, Click on Font and then specify the desired point size, Click on OK.
2. Click the Font Size button on the Formatting toolbar and select an entry from the drop-down list.
3. Use the Grow Font and Shrink Font shortcuts, which are [Ctrl] plus the close- and open- square bracket characters, respectively. Ctrl+[ is the Grow Font, Ctrl+] is the Shrink Font.
4. You can also add the Grow Font, Shrink Font tools to the formatting toolbar. Click at the end of the Formatting Toolbar on the Toolbar Options
   (see picture on left), click Add or Remove Buttons and then on Formatting (the toolbar name). The list of available buttons then appears; the buttons that are presently on the toolbar have a check mark next to them. To add a button to the toolbar, click the buttons named Grow Font and Shrink Font, and a check mark will appear. (To remove a button, click the button name and the check mark will disappear.) It's easy. To close the button list, just click somewhere else in the window. Now the Grow Font and Shrink Font tools will also be on the toolbar for you to use anytime.
5. Press Ctrl+Shift+P moves your cursor to the Font Size list box in the standard toolbar. Then, you can press the up or down arrow on the keyboard to cycle through the available font sizes, and press the Enter key on the keyboard when you reach the font size you want.
6. If you just want to cycle through the available sizes without moving the cursor to the toolbar, press Ctrl+Shift+> to increase the font to the next larger size in the Size list box. Similarly, pressing Ctrl+Shift+< decreases the font to the next smaller size.
7. If you already know what size you want your font to be, you can type the font size in the Size list box before pressing Enter. You can specify a size as small as 1 point or as large as 1638 points. You can even enter half-points, such as 15.5.

Do you find that using the keyboard is sometimes quicker than using your mouse? Shortcut keys can help you bypass menus and carry out commands directly. You can use shortcut keys in many ways with Word, from accessing commands and toolbar buttons to repeating your last action. Shortcut keys are sometimes listed next to the command name on Word menus. For example, on the File menu, the Print command lists the shortcut CTRL+P. For a comprehensive list of shortcuts, ask the Office Assistant for help. Press F1 to display the Assistant, and then type shortcut keys in the text box. Here are some of the most useful Word shortcut keys:

MICROSOFT WORD TIPS

Remove Text Formatting: You can remove text formatting (i.e. bold, underline, centering, etc.) easily by selecting the text and press CTRL + Spacebar. REMOVE

Paragraph Formatting: Place the cursor at the beginning of the paragraph and press CTRL + Q.

Switching Between Open Documents: To switch quickly between open documents use CTRL + F6 for the next document, CTRL + Shift + F6 for the previous document. (This works for other Microsoft Programs such as Excel, Internet Explorer.

Change Text Case - Title, CAPITAL, lower case: You can quickly change the case of text from Title to UPPER CASE to lower case by selecting the text and pressing SHIFT + F3. Each time you press SHIFT + F3, the case will change. NOTE: CTRL is the Control key on your keyboard.