The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Praxis

Volume 9   Issue 2  Mar. 2005
 
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Praxis is a publication of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Editor: Pat Morrison
Designer: Nozomi Yokoo

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Get Easy Access to Documents You Use Often
The Work menu is a great Word feature that few people know about. You can use the Work menu to keep an easily accessible list of your favorite Word files.

To add the Work menu to the menu bar or a toolbar:
1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Commands tab.
2. In the Categories box, click Built-in Menus.
3. Click Work in the Commands box and drag it to the menu bar or displayed toolbar.

With the Work menu in place, you can add any open Word document to your list. Here are the options:

- To add the current document to the Work menu, on the Work menu, click Add to Work Menu.
- To open a document on the Work menu, on the Work menu, click the document you want to open.
- To remove a document from the Work menu, press CTRL+ALT+- (dash key). Your cursor will look like a large, bold underscore. On the Work menu, click the document you want to remove.


   

   

Modify Your Custom Dictionary in Word


You are probably already aware of the fact that you can add your own commonly used terms to the Word 2002 custom dictionary (such as names and acronyms). But once you add a word to the dictionary, do you know how to remove or edit it? Here's how.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Spelling & Grammar tab.
2. Click Custom Dictionaries.
3. Select the check box next to the dictionary you want to edit.
4. Click Modify.
5. Then, do one of the following:
- To add a word, type it in the Word box, and then click Add.
- To delete a word, select it in the Dictionary box, and then click Delete.
- To edit a word, select it in the Dictionary box, modify it, and then click Add. Delete the misspelled version.


 
          Finding your place inside a long document

The tip above highlights how to more easily navigate to important information when working with long documents. What if you just need to find where you made your last edits? Without this tip you'll spend a lot of time scrolling through your document. This tip shows you how Word can automatically take you to the last three locations in your document where you typed or edited text.

Here's how: Inside your document, press SHIFT + F5 together. The cursor will appear at the point you made your last change. To see the previous change press SHIFT + F5 again.

 

 

Pat Morrison