“How do I turn off widows and orphans in Word 2010. In other Words I go to Format,paragraph, line and pagebreaks, Can’t find that in 2010.”

The poster is correct, in Word 2007 and 2010 the location of the dialog box for this option moved a bit.

So if you are looking to adjust or turn off Widow and Orphan controls in Word follow the instructions below.

1. Click the Home tab so that it is the active tab in Word.

2. Click the small square with an arrow on the bottom right corner of the Paragraph group on the Ribbon to open the options dialog box.

3. When you click this icon the Paragraph dialog box will appear. Click the Line and Page Breaks tab.

4. In the Pagination section uncheck Widow/Orphan control.

Click OK to save the changes and close the Paragraph dialog box.

By unchecking this option you have turned off Widow/Orphan Control in Word 2010.

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Software/Hardware used: Word 2010 running on Windows 7 Ultimate.

You can download the game here for free. Whether you’re a Word pro or not, this is a game that your boss can’t stop you from playing. You can watch the short video of Doug Thomas showing how Ribbon Hero 2 works:

Software/Hardware used: Word 2010, but the same applies to Office 2007 and 2011 with slight variations.

How to Create a Flowchart in Word

The first thing you need to do is have a new or existing document opened.

1. Click on the Insert tab in the Office Ribbon.

2. Click on the SmartArt button in the Illustrations group.

3. The Choose a SmartArt Graphic dialog box will open. Click on the Process group to select one of the SmartArt presets.

4. Click on the graphic that you like best (you can preview the graphic on the pane to the right). Click OK.

Adding process steps is very simple. You will notice that small box will appear with a bulleted list. Each bullet represents a step in the process. To add a step to the process simply enter text and hit Enter to move to the next step. Repeat until all of your process steps have been entered. If you have decision trees or process steps that require a different shape you can always use the Design tab in the SmartArt Tools section to customize the look of each step in the process (see below).

If you wish to remove a step click on it and hit Delete on your keyboard, or you can backspace and add something else.

The Design and Format tabs for SmartArt Tools allows you to customize every aspect of your process chart. You can change the layout, colors, and much more.

If you find that the SmartArt tool is too basic for your needs you can always insert custom shapes and arrows using the Shapes tool to have total control of the look and feel of your process maps.

These two tools provide a very powerful set of options for those looking to create process maps in Word. You miss out on certain tools found in Visio like database connections, stencils, and other advanced features, but for the basic process mapper Word should suffice.

If you have any comments or questions please post them in the comments section below.

Software/Hardware used: Word 2010 running on Windows 7.

How to Insert a Signature Line in Word

1. Click the Insert tab on the Office Ribbon.

2. Click Signature Line in the Text group.

3. You will be asked to setup your signature. Enter your information as you would like it to appear on the signature line.

4. Click OK to insert the signature line.

5. To insert the actual signature, right-click on the signature line you just inserted.

6. Click Sign…

7. To sign the document you must have a Digital ID. Since this is the first time you are doing this you will need to Get a Digital ID. You will have the option of creating your own digital ID (which is not verifiable) or use a digital ID from one of these providers.

8. Click OK after you’ve made your choice.

The following steps pertain to users creating their own digital ID’s.

9. Enter the information for the Digital ID you are creating and click Create.

To continue with the creation of the digital ID you will need to actually sign the digital document. You can do this by entering your signature into an application like Paint using your mouse or a digitizer. Save the image to an accessible location so that you can access it in the following step.

10. When prompted click Select Image.

11. Locate the signature file you created and click Select.

12. Once you’ve added the digital signature, click Sign to digitally sign the document.

The document you are working on was just signed. Repeat the steps above to sign other documents.

If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form at the end of the article.

Note: Word 2010 was used for the screenshots below.

1. Click on File to open the menu.

2. Click on Save & Send.

3. Click on Create PDF/XPS Document under File Types.

4. Click on the Create PDF/XPS button on the right pane.

5. When the Publish as PDF or XPS window opens you will have several options.

A. You can name the PDF in the File Name text box.

B. Make sure that *.PDF is the selected Save as type format.

C. You will have the option to preview the file once it has been converted from doc to PDF. You will also have the option of optimizing the PDF conversion for the online and printing or just for online.

D. Click on the Options button for additional PDF file options.

6. When you are ready to start the file conversion click on the Publish button.

The Options window allows you to specify the range of pages that are converted to PDF, the information included in the final PDF file and the ability to encrypt the file.

When conversion from doc to PDF is complete you will find the PDF file in the location you designated.

Note: Word 2010 was used for the screenshots below, however these instructions will also apply to Word 2007.

1. Select the text you wish to add a link to.

2. Click on the Insert tab on the Office Ribbon.

3. Click on the Hyperlink button in the Links group.

The Insert Hyperlink window will open.

A. Click on what you would like to link to.

• Existing File or Web Page
• Place in This Document
• Create New Document
• Email Address

B. In this guide we will be linking to a website so enter the Address to the link to.

C. Click on the ScreenTip button to include a small tip when users hover over the link (see screenshot below).

D. Click on the Bookmark button to select a bookmark from the document.

E. Click on the Target Frame to set where the document will open when the person clicks on the Link (see screenshot below).

5. When you are done click OK to set the link.

Set Hyperlink ScreenTip dialog box.

Set Target Frame dialog box.

You will notice that the linked word or phrase will appear blue and underlined, identifying it as a link.

If you wish to edit the link or remove it, right-click on the link and use the options from the list.

• Edit Hyperlink
• Select Hyperlink
• Open Hyperlink
• Copy Hyperlink
• Remove Hyperlink

In order to gauge your document’s readability you can use the highlighted below, however before you use the readability score tool you will first need to enable it using the instructions below. The tool uses the Flesch Reading Ease score and Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level to test your document’s readability score.

If you have any comments or questions, please use the comments form at the end of the article.

Note: Word 2010 was used for the screenshots in this guide.

Enabling Readability Statistics in Word 2010

1. Click on the File to open the Backstage View.

2. Click on Options from the list.

3. when the Word Options window opens, click Proofing from the list.

4. Check Show readability statistics under When correcting spelling and grammar in Word.

5. Click OK to save the changes.

How to Check Readability Statistics

1. When reviewing a document click on the Review tab located in the Office Ribbon.

2. Click on the Spelling & Grammar button in the Proofing group.

When the Spelling & Grammar check is complete you will be presented with the document’s Readability Statistics window.

A. The Readability section will list the following information about the document:

Passive Sentences – Percent of passive sentences in the document.

Flesch Reading Ease – This test rates text on a 100-point scale. The higher the score, the easier it is to understand the document. For most standard files, you want the score to be between 60 and 70.

Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level – This test rates text on a U.S. school grade level. For example, a score of 8.0 means that an eighth grader can understand the document. For most documents, aim for a score of approximately 7.0 to 8.0.

As you can see in the screenshot above, I have a monthly data set for about 100 keywords. I used Sparklines to give me a visual representation of keyword’s trend over the past 6 months (a small chart per keyword). To learn how to use Sparklines in Excel 2010, please follow the instructions below.

If you have any comments or questions please use the comments form at the end of the article.

Note: I used Excel 2010 for this guide.

1. Click on the cell you would like to insert the Sparkline into.

2. Click on the Insert tab on the Office Ribbon.

3. Click on one of the Sparklines listed. In this guide I plan on using the Line Sparkline because it will show me a linear trend which is what I’m looking for.

You will have the option to use one of the three following options:

Line

Column

Win/Loss

Use the one that best suits your data set.

4. Click on the Data Range button to select the data range.

A. Return to the spreadsheet to select the data you wish to plot with the Sparkline.

5. Click OK to save the range.

A. You will notice that the Sparkline you created will appear in the selected cell.

B. You can edit the Sparkline’s colors, format, and more using the Sparklines > Design Tab on the Office Ribbon.

6. If you wish to copy the Sparkline to other cells using the same formatting simply place the mouse cursor on the corners edge of the cell containing the Sparkline and click.

a. While holding the left mouse button drag down to fill the other cells. Let go of the mouse button when you are done.

With this option you will be able to customize the Navigation Pane, Reading Pane and To-do Bar. The font, font style and text size can be customized for each of these panes. If you have any questions or comments please use the comments form at the end of this guide.

Note: Outlook 2010 was used for the screenshots below.

1. Click on the File menu button.

2. Click on Options from the men.

3. When the Outlook Options window opens, click on Advanced from the list.

4. In the Outlook panes section click on one of the Outlook panes that you wish to customize: Navigation Pane, Reading Pane and To-Do Bar.

5. When the Options window opens for the selected pane click on one of the pane’s elements from the list.

6. Then click on the Font button.

7. Set the Font, Font style and Size for the selected element.

8. When you are done click OK. Repeat the steps above for other pane elements.

If you have other Outlook 2010 tips to share, please use the comments form below.

Note: I used Outlook 2010 for this guide.

1. Click on Contacts in the left pane.

2. Click on Suggested Contacts under My Contacts.

3. A list of of contacts that you have emailed will be listed.