WordTips for 17 May 2008

This week's issue includes the following tips. Click the title of the tip (shown in bold) to see the full tip.

Adding Column Headings to a Table of Contents. Word makes it easy to create a Table of Contents. If you want column headings in that table, getting them takes a bit of ingenuity. Here's some ideas.

Hiding Gridlines. For those times when you remove the borders from your tables, Word provides a way that you can display non-printing gridlines. These help you to see the structure of your table.

Adjusting Spell Check for Internet Addresses. When writing technical documents, URLs are a common thing to include in your text. Normally Word will mark these as incorrectly spelled. You can, however, configure Word so that it ignores them.

Bumping Numbers in a Document. If your documents include words that contain numbers (such as a list of parts numbers) you may need a way to increment those numbers. Here's a way you can do it quickly using a macro.

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