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Adding Stamp Or Vertical Or Rotated Content In Microsoft Word

First the method for the Word 2000 to 2007 is shown, and then the Word 2010 and higher method is shown. 
This article took about 2 hours to make.

 

For Word 2007 and before.  I have tested it on 2000 from what the below images are from.

  1. Go to Insert >> Picture >> WordArt.

    Selecting WordArt On Microsoft Word

  2. Select the Wordart format you want.  I suggest the outline format.  If you just want vertical text, then just select the vertical options given at the right side of that window, and you can skips some steps and go to step 7.

    MS Word WordArt Gallery Window

  3. Type the Word or Phrase you want (Such as Copy, or Confidential, or Duplicate).
  4. Select the font size and type from the pull down menus of the Edit WordArt Text window.

    Edit WordArt Window
  5. The inserted WordArt content should already be selected, but if not, then select it

    Select the WordArt made

    Once the WordArt is selected, you will see a WordArt window appear to allow you to format the content.  On the WordArt window select the Free Rotate radio button.

    Select Free Rotate button on WordArt window.
  6. Four colored control points appear around the WordArt. Select a point and rotate the content to the angel you want.

    Rotate the WordArt content.


  7. Turn off the rotation by clicking on the Free Rotate button again.   Move your mouse over your WordArt content and hold down the mouse button when you click on it and move the item to where you want it to show within your word document.
  8. Click on the Text Wrapping button on the WordArt Window and select the format you want. 

    Press the Text Wrapping button
    For this example I have select it to go behind the text of the document by selecting the Behind Text choice.

    WordArt After Text Format Set To Behind.

  9. You can play with the formatting by clicking on the Format WordArt button. In the following, I had it set to fill with Red and made it semi-transparent.

    Formating WordArt
    The result is this:

    Formated WordArt

 

For Word 2010

  1. Select the text box, or select some text inside of the text box to see the Format tab.  A quick note that in this version of Word, you can apply WordArt formatting to either the Text within a text box or the text bot itself.

  2. Click the Format tab.

  3. Click the Quick Styles command in the WordArt Styles group, and then from the drop-down menu select the Style/format you want.

    2010 Word Fromat Tab Menu and WordArt

  4. You can select the Text Direction too in the Format menu.  Rotate the text by grabbing the Rotation Handle and rotating in the the direction you want.

    Grab Word 2010 Text Box Rotate Handle

 

I point out that the above techniques can easily be used to place Watermarks on any document.  Images can also be inserted and rotated and be placed behind the document content.


 

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Enable or Disable Autocorrect Options In Word Of Microsoft Office 2010 (Word 2010) And Info

This article simply helps you locate where the Autocorrect option settings are for Word 2010 or Microsoft Office 2010, and lists the option settings.  It took more than one hour to make this article.

 

  • Accessing the Autocorect Options:
    From the Word menu, select File tab, then Options, then Proofing, and then click the AutoCorrect Options button.

  • A window will show (the Autocorrect window), and the Autocorrect tab will be selected already.  Enable by checking or disable by removing a check mark from the appropriate checkbox.  You can enable or disable "Show AutoCorrect Options buttons", "Correct TWo INitial CApitals", "Capitalize first letter of sentences", "Capitalize first letter of table cells", "Capitalize names of days", "Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key", and "Replace text as you type".  More on these checkbox options below.

    Microsoft Word Autocorrect window

  • A final option is to add text that you want replaced with another text or phrase.  For example, lets say you want to Replace "WHW1" with the company's full name of "Web Hosting With $1".  Or maybe you want all mentions of "Web Hosting With $1" to be replaced with "WHW1.com".
    1. In the "Replace" field type the content to locate for replacement.
    2. In the "With" field type the new phrase or word or acronym, or whatever you want to be shown instead.

 

Meaning of the Autocorrect options

Show AutoCorrect Options buttons:
When you hold your mouse cursor over the corrected word you’ll see the AutoCorrect Options button show.

Correct TWo INitial CApitals:
This replaces two consecutive capital letters in a word with just the first letter being made capital. For example, TWo would become Two, INitial wold become Initial.

Capitalize first letter of sentences:
It simply makes the first letter of the first word in a sentence be a capital letter.

Capitalize first letter of table cells:
Makes the first letter of the first word in a sentence be a capital letter in a Cell of a Table. Also, when you push tab to go to the next cell, or press the space-bar, the capitalization is applied on the first letter of the first word in that cell.

Capitalize names of days:
Microsoft Word knows the names of the days, and this option causes it to Capitalize the first letter of those names.
Correct accidental usage of cAPS LOCK key: Causes programmed intelligence to determine when you accidentally left the Caps Lock button on and corrects the text you type.

Replace text as you type:
This is useful for helping you not type the whole word, as it lists and/or replaces the replacement word/phrase.  If you got many long phrases and/or acronyms that you regularly type, this can be a big time saver.


 

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Location And Recovery Of MS Word Temporary File

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Introduction Regarding Microsoft Word Temporary File and Location.

When you open a Microsoft Word document, and as you type and change things, it creates a temporary file.  Even if you never saved your document, that temporary MS Word file can be used to recover what you wrote in case the computer crashes, or the software crashes, or power goes out, or any other reason why the MS Word would cease to function suddenly.

On Windows XP and some other Windows OS computers, the temporary file is within the Windows temp directory typically located at C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Application Data\Microsoft\Word.  Look below for a list of other locations the temporary file can be in.  If the file is stored on a network drive, then the temporary file will be created in that network drive location.

Also, if you open a existing Word document, a temporary file can be created as well, and that temporary file would be in the same folder that the Word document you opened is in.

Name And Format Of The Temporary MS Word File.

  1. A MS Word document can end with a .tmp or a .wbk.

  2. A MS Word document starts with a ~, telda symbol.

  3. Here are two examples of such files: ~WRL1287.tmp and ~WRA2009.wbk

 

To Recover Lost Data Or Not Saved MS Word

Simply find the temporary file and open it, and it should automatically be opened with MS Word.  If not, then select it with your right mouse button and select Open With, and then choose from list the Microsoft Word software to open the temporary file with.

 

List Of Locations The Temporary File Can Be Listed In

  1. On Windows XP and other Windows Systems the locations would be:

    1. C:\ Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Word
    2. C:\ Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp
  2.  On Windows 7 and Vista the locations will be:

    1. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Word
    2. C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp

 

 


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