January
2004 Tidbits
- Manual duplex printing in Word 2002
- Reposition your Quick Launch toolbar
- Spell checking in Excel
- Adieu
Manual duplex printing in Word 2002
Some printers come with a duplex printing feature that enables you to print two-sided documents with no intervention on your part required. However, most of us can't afford this feature and end up wasting paper by printing on only one side of a sheet.
In Word 2002, you are able to print on both sides of a page by using a new feature called "Manual Duplex." Here's how you can give it a try:
- Open the document you would like to print.
- Choose FILE > PRINT.
- In the PRINT window,
check the Manual Duplex check box and click the OK button. (See below.)
- Word will print the odd pages and then prompt you to remove the pages and place them back in the printer's feed tray. (You will need to know how to position the pages, so the blank side of each page will be printed on.) Click OK.
All printers tend to behave differently, so you may need to make some modifications to these instructions. Give it a try and see how it works on yours!
Reposition your Quick Launch toolbar
I use the Windows Quick Launch toolbar all the time for easy access to the applications I use the most on my computer. If you use it, too, you're probably as big a fan of it as I am. Did you know you can move it's position on your desktop? I moved mine to the right side of my desktop, so that it doesn't interfere with the open application buttons on my taskbar. If you'd like to give this a try, here's how:
- Place your mouse pointer over the vertical bar on the left edge of the Quick Launch toolbar.
- When the pointer turns
into a double-sided arrow, you can drag the toolbar to any location on
your desktop.
Note: if you drag it to a corner of the desktop or way to an edge, it will snap and anchor to one side of your desktop. - Once you have it where you want it, you can resize it to fit where you would like it to be.
When you have it all sized and positioned, you'll want to right-click on the toolbar and select ALWAYS ON TOP so it won't get lost under other open windows.
Spell checking in Excel
It's always a good idea to spell check your worksheets, but sometimes it can be a pain if you have included abbreviations, acronyms, or unusual field names. Hitting that Ignore button can get old, so you might want to try this tip.
Configure Excel to ignore all uppercase words while spell checking. This should eliminate some of the unnecessary stops you experience, and often, uppercase words are things that are unique and do not need checking. To do this, start the spell checker on info that you know will cause the spelling dialog box to be displayed. Once the Spelling dialog box is open, select the Ignore UPPERCASE check box and click the OK button.
This setting will stay in place for all workbooks until it is disabled by you.
Adieu
Farewell until next time from the library system where all the computers are fast, all the books are worth reading, and all the librarians are above average!
This issue of Tidbits was written by Beth Carpenter, Web Services Manager for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System. Please send any comments or questions about this issue to Beth.
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