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Keeping Words Together in Microsoft Word

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A quick way to keep words together in a Word document is to use the Shortcut Keys. Tags: splitting up names Keeping words together shortcut keys Administrative Assistant. For example, I never like to split a name up in a letter i.e. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Instead of pressing the Spacebar after ‘Mrs.’,

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Me and my Quick Keys Again.

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Cross Border Spelling

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The default language setting in Microsoft Word is American English. In particular, if a Canadian company were corresponding with an American company and they were trying to get the other company’s business, in that case I would take the extra step of writing in American English and the same vice versa. Watch your Language - Settings!

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Metadata: What is it and why is it important for the assistant to know about it?

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Some of Microsoft Office document's metadata can be seen by clicking File then Properties from the program's menu. The author of the Microsoft Word-based Melissa computer virus in 1999 was caught due to Word metadata that uniquely identified the computer used to create the original infected document.”

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Frustration Busters!

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If you want to insert a fraction in Microsoft Word without going to Insert/Symbol, keep your Alt key depressed whilst keying in the following numbers on your number pad. July 30, 2009 Anonymoussaid. Alt0188 will give you the quarter symbol etc.