5 Key things about Word which you cannot afford NOT to know!

How many people use Microsoft Word to create their documents? When we researched this – it was 90%!! That is a very high percentage, and of them how many are using Word correctly?  Of course there are other Word Processing Software like Google Docs, but you will find that you can transfer your Word skills to another Word Processing Software. So many people use Word but badly! Have you ever pressed enter enter enter to go to a new page or turned bullets and numbering on and off to get the bullets to work how they want.

• When you want to use a new page you MUST insert a Page Break – In Word you can use Control and Enter to do this. This ensures that you are managing your document in the right way
  NEVER press return return return to get to the next page
• Dragging is a Drag! Never drag across text to highlight it. In Word move your mouse into the left margin until the arrow turns to an arrow, click once to select a sentence, two clicks for a paragraph and three clicks for the entire document.
  If you want to select a sentence then Control and Click on a Word and it picks up the full sentence.
• When inserting bullet points – turn them on and start typing. To then write a second line in the same bullet point use Shift and Enter to go to the next line in the same bullet point.
• Styles are underutilised and SO important to ensure your document is technically put together correctly. All text in your document should be based on a Style whether it is Normal, or Heading Styles.
• Every time  you use the return or enter key you are entering this information into your document. It is called a non printing character. To view the non printing characters press the Show/Hide icon in your paragraph buttons