How do I insert my signature on a letter?
How do I insert page numbers on all pages of a document except the first page?
When doing a label mail merge, only one label is printing out.
I was sent a few new fonts that I would like to use in Word. Where do I save them?
I cannot see all of the buttons on my toolbars.
The spell checker is not underlining misspelled words.
How do I insert my signature on a letter?
- Have your signature scanned and saved as a graphic file.
- Save the file to your computer's hard drive.
- Place your cursor in the document where you want the signature to appear.
- Click on the INSERT menu, choose PICTURE, then FROM FILE.
- Browse for the file and double click it when you find it.
- It should now be inserted in the document.
- Resize as needed.
How do I insert page numbers on all pages of a document except the first page?
- Click on the INSERT menu and choose PAGE NUMBERS.
- Choose the position of the page number (top or bottom).
- Choose the alignment of the page number (left or right).
- To OMIT the page number from the first page, UNCHECK the box next to "Show number on first page."
- Click OK.
When doing a label mail merge, only one label is printing out.
In Step 4 when you arrange your labels, you insert the fields on the first label. Before you click "Next: Preview Your Labels" to go to Step 5, don't forget to click on the "Update all labels" button! That will put the fields on ALL of your labels so an entire page will print.
I was sent a few new fonts that I would like to use in Word. Where do I save them?
There is a font folder on your PC. Save them all to it. It can be found on all Windows XP machines in the following location: C:/Windows/Fonts
I cannot see all of the buttons on my toolbars.
- Go to the VIEW menu and click on TOOLBARS.
- Choose CUSTOMIZE.
- On the OPTIONS tab, place a check into the box next to "Show Standard and Formatting toolbars on two rows."
- Click CLOSE to save your settings and close the dialog box.
The spell checker is not underlining misspelled words.
- Go to the TOOLS menu and choose OPTIONS.
- Click on the SPELLING & GRAMMAR tab.
- Make sure there is a check in the box next to "Check spelling as you type."
- Click OK.
This should turn on the spell check but if it still isn't working, you can manually start a spell check by clicking on the SPELLING & GRAMMAR button on the toolbar (or going to the Tools menu and choosing Spellign & Grammar).
When doing a mail merge with an Excel spreadsheet as my data source, the leading zeros on my zip codes won't print. But I formatted them as zip codes in Excel and I can see the zeros.
You must use "Dynamic Data Exchange" (DDE) to connect to the Excel worksheet that contains the data that you want to use. To do this, follow these steps:
- Start Word, and then open a new blank document.
- On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the General tab.
- Click to select the Confirm conversion at Open check box, and then click OK.
- Close Word. Then open it back up and begin your mail merge.
- On the Tools menu, point to Letters and Mailings, and then click Mail Merge Wizard.
- In the Mail Merge task pane, select the type of document that you want to work on, and then click Next.
- Under Select starting document, select the starting document that you want to use, and then click Next.
- Under Select recipients, click Use an existing list, and then click Browse.
- In the Select Data Source dialog box, locate the folder that contains the Excel workbook that you want to use as your data source, select the workbook, and then click Open.
- In the Confirm Data Source dialog box, click MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls), and then click OK.
- In the Microsoft Excel dialog box, under Named or cell range, select the cell range or worksheet that contains the data that you want to use, and then click OK.
- Continue with your mail merge as you usually do.