How to turn on the automatic spell check in Word 2010

by Ravi Shankar on March 2, 2010

 

In general Microsoft Office products provides options for automatic spell check such auto spell check in word 2007 or auto spell check in Outlook 2007. Similarly Word 2010 has a automatic spell check feature. This can be turned on or off using Word 2010 options.
Click on the File menu –> Options

Select Proofing options and navigate to When correcting spelling and grammar in Word section. This has a checkbox with label as Check spelling as you type. By checking this field, you can turn on the automatic spell check as you type in Word 2010.

How to Record Macros

How to record macros in word 2010 document?
If you want to get your repetitive work done in a faster & quicker way then Microsoft macro is a solution. Macro can automate series of actions which you perform repeatedly, with a single command by recording and running it. Macro groups your different commonly used tasks which you can use in other documents with a single click. With the help of macros you don’t need to perform the same actions in a document.
Suppose you want to change a formatting of a text in a document, and you have to repeat this same step in every other document then macro is best option for it.
First run the Microsoft Word and open a document in which you want to change the formatting. Now before you start formatting , you have to start macro recording as below.

Then you have to name your macro where no space and special characters are allowed then you can assign a keyboard shortcut to this macro which will work as a hotkey which is optional. Now you have to store this macro as an “All Documents” so you can access this macro in all other documents as well, as the below image shows:

When you click on the keyboard button in the above set following window will appear where you can assign different key combination to run this macro from the keyboard as the following screen shows:

When you click on start recording your cursor will show a tape recorder like image which means that recording is started and now your formatting will be recorded.

When the entire formatting has been completed then click on the stop button as following image shows:

Now when you want to apply the formatting on new document as per the saved macro formatting, just open the new document which required changes:

You can run the saved macro through the run macro button or also from the hotkey you assigned while you were named the macro. After executing the macro all the required changes will be applied in the new document instantly like the “macro” word has been changed with the “new macro” word and it’s bold now:

This is a macro enabled document and you should save this new document as a “world macro enabled template” while saving this document.

Using the Sort Function in Microsoft Word

How To Sort Microsoft Word Lists Alphabetically

By Austin Krause on October 4, 2010in Microsoft

If you are putting together a list of names in Microsoft Word, usually people will want that list to be in alphabetical order. Rather than doing the alphabet in your head, you can let Word do it for you. The process is pretty simple, but if you aren’t an old Word-veteran then it’s likely that you haven’t used it before. Let’s take a look.
The process is fairly similar no matter what version of Office you are using, but the screenshots below may vary as they were taken using Microsoft Word 2010.

 

Step 1

This How-To assumes that you’ve already written your list in Microsoft Word.
Select your bulleted or numbered list.

Step 2

Under the Home ribbon and the Paragraph tab, Click the Sort button. The sort button looks like the letters AZ with a down arrow next to them.

Step 3

The Sort Text dialog should appear. Under Sort by Select Paragraphs and under Type Select Text. Then choose whether you want Ascending (A to Z) or Descending (Z to A) sorting. Once finished Click OK.

Done!

Now your list should be sorted alphabetically! That sure was a lot easier than manually moving them around and typing them in order yourself.

NVDA

NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, it enables blind or vision impaired people to access computers running Windows for no more cost than a sighted person. Major features include support for over 35 languages and the ability to run entirely from a USB drive with no installation. NVDA is developed by NV Access, with contributions from the community.

About NVDA

General Features

Providing feedback via synthetic speech and Braille, NVDA allows blind and vision impaired people to access and interact with the Windows operating system and many third party applications.
Major highlights include:

• Support for popular applications including web browsers, email clients, internet chat programs and office suites
• Built in speech synthesizer supporting over 43 languages
• Reporting of textual formatting where available such as font name and size, style and spelling errors
• Automatic announcement of text under the mouse and optional audible indication of the mouse position
• Support for many refreshable braille displays
• Ability to run entirely from a USB stick or other portable media without the need for installation
• Easy to use talking installer
• Translated into many languages
• Support for modern Windows Operating Systems including both 32 and 64 bit variants
• Ability to run on Windows logon and other secure screens
• Support for common accessibility interfaces such as Microsoft Active Accessibility, Java Access Bridge, IAccessible2 and UI Automation
• support for Windows Command Prompt and console applications

It is important that people anywhere in the world, no matter what language they speak, get equal access to technology. Besides English, NVDA has been translated into 36 languages including: Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Galician, Georgian, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Thai, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

I chose to research NVDA because I am a Caregiver and my client is legally blind. He actually gave me the idea to research this because I am around him and see him use this program to operate his computer. I think it is wonderful that these types of programs are available because it makes those that can't see be able to still feel like a normal person. With this program, he was able to attend Columbia State a few years back and receive his Associate's Degree.

My resources for this blog are http://www.nvda-project.org/wiki/About and http://www.nvda-project.org/