Find all the short cuts here …īe careful Blogging Brexit Business Celebration Computers Copy-typing Copyediting Ebooks Errors Ethics Excel Facebook Guest posts Iris Murdoch Jobs Language use Localisation Marketing New skills Newsletters Organisation PowerPoint proofreading Prosopagnosia Punctuation Reading Reference materials Reviews SEO Short cuts Skillset Small Business Chat Social media Students Trados Transcription Troublesome pairs Twitter Uncategorized Volunteering What Do I Do? Why bother Windows Word WordPress WritingĪ fascinating book /shinynewbooks/… - 2 days agoīook review - Larry McMurtry - "Moving On" /6/boo… - 2 days ago Select all the text in the document by hitting Ctrl+A and then use either of those same methods (Ctrl+Shift+H or Font > Hidden) to unhide all hidden text in the entire document (except in. If you’ve got a lot of hidden text to unhide, or you don’t want to search the whole document for hidden text, no problem. Select the hidden text and use Ctrl+Shift+H or the Font > Hidden setting to unhide the text.
This is part of my series on how to avoid time-consuming “short cuts” and use Word in the right way to maximise your time and improve the look of your documents. Hidden text has a dotted line underneath it to differentiate it from regular text. Auto-Hide ribbon hides the ribbon for the best. Show tabs shows only the ribbon tabs, so you see more of your document, and you can still quickly switch among the tabs. Show Tabs and Commands keeps all the tabs and commands on the ribbon visible all the time. I bear no responsibility for any pickles you might get yourself into! At the top-right corner, select the Ribbon Display Options icon. Always save a copy of your document before manipulating it.
Mac compatible versions of Word should have similar options. Please note, these hints work with versions of Microsoft Word currently in use – Word 2007, Word 2010 and Word 2013 all for PC. I hope you’ve found these hints helpful! Do share or pop a comment on this post if I’ve helped you learn something new or solved a tricky problem for you, and do explore the rest of my blog if this is your first visit! To turn off the rulers, simply press that button again, and they will disappear! This will display both of your rulers, and you can use the sliders to adjust your margins: If you can’t see the rulers, click on the View Ruler button at the top of your right-hand scroll bar: If they don’t, here are instructions on how to make them display. The top and side rulers in Word are used to set your margins, and also any Indents you might require for your paragraphs.