In a previous article, I wrote about how to change the default font and document settings in Word 2010. I recently ran into a frustrating problem on a computer where even though I was saving the settings as default like shown in the mentioned article, when I would close Word and then re-open, the old default setting still remained. Every new document that you create in Word is actually based off...
The release of Microsoft Office 2007 brought some major changes to the popular office suite. Many did not care for these changes at first, but users soon started to enjoy the newest features of Word, Excel, and other Office 2007 programs. One feature in Office 2007 still seen in Office 2010 is a change in the default font from Times New Roman at Size 12 to Calibri at Size 11. While the new fon...
If you’re a big Word and Excel user, you may open and save several documents in a day. Word and Excel are set by default to save in your My Documents folder on Windows XP or Documents library on Windows Vista/7. This default location is OK if you’re a home user but may not be ideal if you’re in a work environment where mapped drives and other network shares are common. In thi...
If you’ve ever written a document in Microsoft Office Word, chances are you’ve wanted to save it as a PDF for easy sharing. Publishing to PDF isn’t included in the standard installation of Microsoft Office Word, but you can add it in a few easy steps which I will cover in this quick tip. Step 1: Head over to the Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for 2007 Microsoft Office prog...