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Go To specific page number in Word

January 14, 2016 By Ravi Shankar 5 Comments

In Word 2013 and Word 2010 you can go to specific page in the Word document using the Find and Replace dialog.

To display the Find and Replace dialog, Navigate to Home menu and click on the drop down arrow under Find menu.

Go To option in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Another shortcut for launching Find and Replace is by pressing Ctrl + G.

Find and Replace in Word 2013 and Word 2010

Navigate Go To tab and select Page option for Go to what and specify the page number under the textbox available under Enter page number label.

Also See: Insert and Save watermark in Microsoft Word

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2010, Word 2013 Tagged With: Go To, Office 2010, Page Number, Tips, Word 2010, Word 2013

How to insert numeric symbols in Word

November 17, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

In this tutorial, we are going to see the steps to required for inserting numeric symbols such as

?, ? in Word 2016 and Word 2013. This is in addition to earlier topic related with inserting symbol in a word document.

Insert numeric symbols in Microsoft Word

Step 1: From Home menu, navigate to the Insert menu.

Insert menu in Word 2013

Step 2: Then click the arrow pointing downwards under Symbol option and select More Symbols.

More Symbols in Word 2013

Step 3: In the Symbol window, click Font dropdown and select Yu Mincho from the list.

Symbol window in Word 2013

Also See: How to insert math symbol in Microsoft Word

Step 4: Scroll down the Yu Mincho symbol list and select numeric symbol that needs to be inserted in the document.

Numeric Symbol in Microsoft Word

You can also note down the shortcut key, if you are repeatedly going to use the symbol.

Shortcutkey for inserting symbol

Also See: How to insert check mark symbol in Microsoft Word

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: insert symbol, Microsoft Word, Numeric Symbol, Word 2013

Remove author name from file properties in Word

November 11, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Word 2016 & 2013 users have an option to remove the author name that is displayed as part of File Properties. If you have created  a word document, right click on the file and selecting properties > Details tab should display the author’s name.

File Properties of Word document

Similarly if you navigate to File > Info, the Related People section should display the following information.

Word 2013 Info menu

How to remove author’s name from document properties

Listed below are the steps for removing the author’s name from document properties.

Step 1: After Creating/Editing the document, click File menu then Info menu.

Step 2: In the Info screen, navigate to Inspect Document section and select Inspect Document from Check for Issues dropdown.

Inspect Document in Word 2013

Step 3: Click the Inspect button in Document Inspector window.

Document Inspector in Word 2013

This would start inspecting your document.

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Step 4: If your document contains Personal Information like Author then the following warning message will be displayed. Click Remove All button to clear the Document Properties and Author details.
Remove All Document Properties and Personal Information

You should see the following “Document properties and personal information were successfully removed” message.

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Now if you navigate to Related People section in the Info screen, you will not find Author details.

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And the same for the File Properties > Details tab as well (after saving the document with these changes).

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Also See: Change the author name for Tracking Changes in Word 2010

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: Document Inspector, File Properties, Remove Author, Word 2013

Export presentation handout notes to Word

November 2, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

PowerPoint 2016 & 2013 users can use the export feature to create handout notes for their presentation in Word. This is quite useful when you want to quickly take print out of your presentation notes for all your audience.

Step 1: Open the presentation in PowerPoint 2013, click File menu and select Export option from the menu list.

PowerPoint 2013 Export

Step 2: Click Create Handouts under Create Handouts in Microsoft Word (Export Screen)

Create Handouts in Microsoft Word

This should display the following Send to Microsoft Word window.

Send to Microsoft

Step 3: Now choose the Page layout in Microsoft Word and specify whether you want to add slides to Microsoft Word document and just link to the slides.

Send to Microsoft Word Outline

Since I want only the text, I have gone with Outline only option.

Step 4: Click OK button to start exporting the presentation from PowerPoint to Microsoft Word.

This should launch a new word document with content from PowerPoint Presentation.

Filed Under: MS Office, PowerPoint 2010, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2016, Word 2013 Tagged With: Export, handout notes, PowerPoint 2013, Word 2013

Insert currency symbol in Word 2016 & 2013

October 27, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

This tutorial is about the steps required to insert symbols in Word 2016 and Word 2013 document. Let us say you want to include Indian Rupees in the document and want to add Rupee symbol.

Step 1: In the word document, navigate to the place where you want to insert Rupee symbol.

Step 2: Click the Insert menu followed by Symbol drop down under Symbols section.

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Step 3: If the Rupee Symbol is not listed in the dropdown list then click the More Symbols option.

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Step 4: Select Currency Symbols in Subset dropdown and pick Rupee symbol from the list. Clicking the Insert button should add symbol to the document.

If you are going to be use the symbol frequently then you can assign a shortcut key for the Rupee Symbol. Click the Shortcut Key button and enter a new shortcut key (e.g. Alt+Shift+S) in Customize Keyboard window.

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Click the Assign button after entering the Shortcut key. Now if you want to insert rupee symbol in the document then use the Keyboard shortcut (e.g. Alt+Shift+S).

Filed Under: Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: Assign Shortcut Key, insert symbol, Office 2013, Rupee Symbol, Word 2013

Different ways to link another document in Word

October 26, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

Users of Word 2016 and 2013 can create a link to another document within their document using the Insert Object or Hyperlink feature. This is quite useful when you want to include reference documents inside your document.

Insert Object

Step 1: In the main document, navigate and place the cursor to the position where you want to insert the document.

Step 2: Click the Insert menu then the Object option available under Text section.

Insert Object Word 2013

Step 3: In the Object window, click Create from File tab and choose the required file via browse button.

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Make sure to mark the check box with caption as “Display as icon”. If you want the changes to linked document to be reflected in your document then mark checkbox with label as Link to file.

Step 4: Click the OK button to confirm and save the changes. Now your document will have a link to the other document as shown below

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Hyperlink

Another alternate way to link a word document is by creating hyperlink pointing to that document.

Step 1: Access the Insert Hyperlink window via the right click Context Menu or Hyperlink option under the Links (Insert menu)

Step 2: In the Link to section choose Existing File or Web Page then select Current Folder option under Look in section.

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Step 3: Give a name to the Linked document by entering the name in Text to display and then pick the required document.

Step 4: Click Ok button to confirm and save the changes.

This should create a link to the document as shown below.

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Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: Creat Hyperlink, Insert Object, Link document, Office 2013, Word 2013

How to print black and white in Word

October 25, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

All programs do not provide option to choose the colour for printing pages. Word 2016 and Word 2013 users can print their coloured document in black and white using the option available as part of the Printer properties.

Step 1: Click the Fie menu and select Print from menu list.

Printer Properties in Word 2013

Step 2: Navigate to Printer section and click the Printer Properties.

Step 3: In the Printer Properties window, click the Paper/Quality tab.

Black and White Print Out in Word 2013

Step 4: Navigate to Colour section and mark the radio option with caption as Black & White. Then click OK button to confirm and save the changes.

Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: black and white, Print, Printer Properties, Word 2013

Missing file extension while saving document in Word

October 21, 2015 By Ravi Shankar Leave a Comment

If you are working on Word 2016 or Word 2013 on Windows 7/8/10 operating system then while saving the document by default the file extension will not be displayed.

Missing file extension Word 2013

Listed below are the steps to make Word 2016 and Word 2013 to display the file extension on Windows 8.

Step 1: Launch Windows Explorer on Windows 8.

Step 2: Navigate to the View tab in Windows Explorer and click Options

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Step 3: Then select “Change folder and search options” under Options.

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Step 4: In the Folder Options window, navigate to Advanced Settings under View tab. Then unmark the checkbox with label as “Hide extensions for known file types”.

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Click OK button to confirm and save the changes. Now when you try to save any Word document, you will notice the file extension as part of the file name in Save dialog.

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Filed Under: MS Office, Word 2010, Word 2013, Word 2016 Tagged With: file extension, Folder Options, Missing, Save Documents, Windows 8, Word 2013

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