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2 years ago in Tech

Accidentally open the Research Pane? Here is how to disable it in Office (Excel, Word)

The Research pane is a small utility build in some Office applications. It allows to search the meaning of a word, get synonyms, pronunciation… The Research Pane is,  however, often opened by accident. When pressing the ALT key and clicking, the window opens on the right side. This can be very annoying to say the Continue reading →

 
3 years ago in Tech

Microsoft Word: turn just one page to horizontal (portrait)

In Microsoft Word, you have a lot of options for page layout. One of the options is to rotate the page from vertical (default) to horizontal page orientation. But, if you do so, all the pages in that Word document will be oriented vertically or horizontally. What if you only want to have one horizontal Continue reading →

 
3 years ago in Tech

Add a background colour to Word on just one single page

In Word, you can give documents a background colour. It means that you change the default white to any other colour, or with a fill effect even. To do this, go to the Page Layout ribbon tab and choose Page Color. From there, you pick the options you want.   However, this method will make Continue reading →

 
4 years ago in Tech

Word guide: how to make banded/alternate rows in different style/colour

By default, there is no styling in Word to mark even and odd rows. This increases the readability of tables in Word for your viewers. It means one row will be in a certain colour, the following will be in another, and so on. Luckily, Word allows you to have alternate rows in tables by Continue reading →

 

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