Microsoft Office Quick Tips

MS Office – Opening Multiple Windows in Outlook
If you want to have multiple windows open in Outlook (for example your Inbox and Calendar), Simply right-click on the new item and select Open in New Window This makes it a lot easier to cut and paste between Outlook applications.

MS Office – Selecting Columns in Word
Selections in MS Word are usually lines or paragraphs. To make a selection for a column across lines or blocks just press Alt key while you select your text. You will see that the selection does not select all of the line. It just selects the block or the area that had the mouse over it. Try it!

MS Office – Recovering Damaged Text Files with Word 2000 or 97
Here’s a handy tip to recover a corrupt or damaged text file through MS Word. It doesn’t have to start out a Word file either. This can be used to recover any file that contains text. Here’s how you do it: Open Word; click File | Open and click the file you wish to recover to select it. Down near the bottom of the page on the “Files of type” section, choose “Recover text from any file” Click “Open”.