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How to add filename to footer in Word

October 15, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Word 2016, 2013 and 2010 allows users to add filename to the footer section using Quick Parts. For example, if you want add filename in a three column footer then you can do the following.

Insert Footer

In the Word document, navigate to Insert menu, click the Footer option and pick Blank (Three Columns) from drop down list.

Insert filename in Footer

After selecting the column where you want to insert filename, navigate to Quick Parts under Text section and click the Filed menu option.

In the Filed window, select Filename under Field names and choose your preferred format i.e. Uppercase, Lowercase, First capital, Title case and None.

If you want to add path to the filename then navigate to Fields options section and tick the check box with label as Add path to filename. Click OK button to confirm and save the changes. Now your Footer section will reflect the filename with the path.

Update filename in Footer

In future if you change the name of the file then you can update the footer with the new filename by right clicking on the filename section and selecting Update Filed menu option.

How to add background color to paragraph in Word

October 9, 2015 By Ravi Shankar 2 Comments

In this short tutorial we are going to see how to add background color to texts or paragraph in Word 2016, Word 2013 and Word 2010. For example, if you want to add background color to a paragraph then you can follow the below mentioned steps.

Select the paragraph and navigate to Paragraph section under Home menu.

Click the arrow pointing downwards with paint icon.

Now pick the desired color under Theme Colors or Standard Colors. You could immediately see the preview of the color shading effect for the selected Paragraph.
If you want to add background shading with custom color then click More Colors option and define your colors under Custom tab.

How to insert horizontal line in Word

January 7, 2013 By Ravi Shankar 5 Comments

Listed below are the steps required for inserting horizontal line in Word 2013.

Step 1: Open the document where you want to add horizontal line in Word 2013.

Step 2: Position mouse cursor at the point of insertion.

Step 3: Navigate to the Paragraph section in the Home menu.

Step 4: Click the Border menu option and select Horizontal line from drop down menu list.

This should insert a horizontal line at the current cursor position as shown below.

Add Title, Tag and Category to PowerPoint Presentations

July 18, 2011 By Ravi Shankar 2 Comments

This tutorial explains how to add title, tag and category information to a PowerPoint Presentation file. Adding Title, Tag and Category information will keep you more organized and also help us during searches in a shared environment. To add these information to your PowerPoint Presentation file, click the File menu then Info menu option.

In the Info screen navigate to the section on the right hand side.

You can start providing the required details for your presentation file by editing the field adjacent to Title, Tags and Categories respectively. Also using the Related People section you can addition authors information as shown below. You can add the people from either your contacts or using the your address book.

After adding the required information, click the File –> Save options to save the entered details.