I find the following shortcuts invaluable when marking practical assessment files (Word documents, Excel workbooks, etc.). I also teach my Learners these shortcuts as I believe it gives them a huge advantage. Microsoft Word SHIFT+F1This shortcut displays the “Reveal Formatting” panel. ALT + ←When you test a hyperlink that has its target in the same […]
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Read a Word doc using COM
So I managed to write a script to read a Microsoft Word document using PHP CLI and the COM object pretty easily, but then battled to get it working in the browser. In your php.ini: ; allow Distributed-COM calls; http://php.net/com.allow-dcomcom.allow_dcom = true On your Windows PC: Run “dcomcnfg” (right-click Windows icon and select Run) to open […]
I have to have multiple Microsoft Word documents open when I am marking CAT practical assessment papers. As I have the Learner’s file, the original file, as well as the solution file open and they all, have the same name, it becomes difficult to know which one I am viewing. As constantly clicking on File […]
If you work in design or printing (or with designers or printers) you will often see some pretty weird-looking text in documents, advertisements, posters and other design work: “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation […]
Microsoft Word can be used to create a digital form complete with a variety of controls. This form can be distributed, filled out by a respondent and returned to the sender. This article deals specifically with a Form created using the Legacy Form controls. The completed form can be opened and viewed, but how does […]
How often do we see hard copies of documents with words like café where the acute on the “e” has been penned in after printing with a black pen! And all those poor people named Renée, Morné, Chloé and even Beyoncé whose very identity is brought into question! Most languages require the use of “special […]
I often use Microsoft Word’s Mail Merge feature to prepare long documents for Learners. I noticed that upon completion of the merge that the page numbering for the final, merged document was incorrect where I had used Page x of y page numbering. What I was expecting was for the numbering for each document to […]
Certain aspects of the Microsoft Word interface are definitely trickier than others. Reorganizing columns in a table is not as simple as it may seem! If you need to swap the columns in a table in Microsoft Word document, select a column and drag it to a new position. Select the left-most column (hover vertically […]