To insert an emoji in a Word document, press Windows key + . (full stop) or Windows key + ; (semi-colon). Use the Arrow keys to move around the different emojis or type to search for a specific emoji. Press … Read More
In Ireland, typing in the Irish Gaelic language involves use of the “fada” on vowels (also known as an acute accent). To get this accent, we usually hold down the Alt Gr key and press the required vowel (resulting in … Read More
There is a visual feature in Word for checking where line breaks and page breaks have been used, amongst other things. These are called non-printing characters and include: A dot to indicate a space. A small arrow to the right … Read More
We all know that pressing Enter in Word starts a new paragraph. For a line break without starting a new paragraph, also known as a soft return, press Shift + Enter. This will start a new line directly underneath the … Read More
Screen reading software packages (such as JAWS, NVDA etc) have a very handy shortcut – Caps Lock + F – which details all the formatting settings at a particular position in a Word document. If you do not use screen … Read More
A bulleted list is an unordered list of items where every item has a graphical bullet. Bulleted lists help the author structure a list of points or items in a better way. To create a bulleted item, press Control + Shift … Read More
Different paragraph formatting includes alignment, indentation, hanging paragraphs, line spacing and paragraph spacing. If you need to undo it all, press Control + Q. This will take the paragraph back to defaults, which goes back to left alignment and single line … Read More
Paragraph spacing is the amount of space before and after a paragraph. This can be specified in the paragraph settings (Shift + F10, then P). But a quick way of adding 12 pt spacing before a paragraph is to press … Read More
Line spacing refers to the distance between the lines in a document. The default line spacing is single, where there is no space between lines. Certain writing styles use double line spacing and others use 1.5 line spacing. To set … Read More
To create a hanging paragraph, position on the paragraph and press Control + T. Keep pressing Control + T to increase the indent of all but the first line of the paragraph. To move back, position on the paragraph and press Control + Shift … Read More