Some Word Tips that Could Come in Handy

There are so many tricks hidden in Microsoft Word that you constantly have chances to show off how much you’ve learned. These abilities could make or break your job performance under the right conditions.

Retrieval of Lost Word Files
Everyone has been in an the unfortunate situation where we have lost progress on specific files due to a power outage, hardware crash or some other similar disaster. Fortunately, there is a way to save your hard work if you haven’t had the chance before the crash happens. In Word, navigate to the Open menu. At the bottom of this page, you’ll see a button that gives you the ability to recover unsaved documents.

Compare Two Documents Side-by-Side
Collaboration is imperative to the success of all companies, but this usually includes comparing documents side-by-side, something that is difficult if you’re not in the same physical location. If you want to compare two different versions of a document and/or merge it into one, you can utilize the Review tab at the top of Word’s document screen. This provides your employees even more opportunities to work together as effectively as possible.

Attach a Functional Table of Contents
Office workers are usually asked to build out reports, but they can be difficult to look at without a table of contents. If you have some knowledge of Word, you can use it to create an easy table of contents in any paper or report. To accomplish this, first ensure the headings are all laid out in the proper order. Next, go to the References tab and click on Table of Contents. Select the style you’d like to use from the options presented and the table of contents will be generated. You’ll have to edit them to your specific requirements, but this is easy enough.

Add Custom Words to the Spell Check Dictionary
Some phrases and words will just never be identified as “spelled right” by Word, no matter how many times you use them. In cases like this, you can add custom words to the spell check dictionary so that they don’t waste even more of your time moving forward. You can add words by going through the File menu and clicking on Options. Once this window appears, you can click on Proofing.

When the dictionary list pops up, select CUSTOM.DIC and click on the Edit Word List option. You’ll be able to make changes to your custom dictionary in this way.

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