Microsoft Word

Work smarter using the Clipboard

This post is part of the Working Smarter series by Thrive - short, sharp posts that help you to better use Microsoft Word in a way that suits you and your business.

The Clipboard in Word

Now, I know what you are going to say. Really. Surely, everyone knows how to cut and paste, which is what the Clipboard is all about.

And yes, people do know how to cut and paste. Everyone has their own way of doing it. 

But this post is literally going to show you the funct…

Introducing the 'Work Smarter Series' of blog posts

Thrive is about to launch a series of sharp and focussed blog posts, all under the banner of the 'Working Smarter Series'. One of the things I love to say is that I want everyone to work smarter, not harder. And how better to demonstrate that it's possible than by sharing that knowledge with you, here, in an easy to search and follow way?!

Why?

Each day, I get a dose of 'memories' from social media. Recently, memories started popping up from a …

This post is a part of the series 'Thrive's Top Tips' - these blog posts are focussed on different elements of programs or systems that can help you to #worksmarternotharder. This post is about using the Formatting Marks tool in Word to help you identify formatting issues before it leaves your desk!

If you are a member of our Document Dynamos group over on Facebook, you will have seen the Live video I did where we ran through what a difference using the 'formatting marks' button can make to your…

This post is a part of the series 'Thrive's Top Tips' - focussing on a specific topic to help you #worksmarternotharder, with some of my personal shortcuts and tips thrown in for good measure!

This post is about creating and managing tables in Microsoft Word.

If you work in documents regularly, chances are you have wrangled more than once with a table that just will.not.play.

Trust me - it happens to the best of us! 😊

So, what I wanted to do was cover off on some of the things I always do when I cre…

This post is a part of the series 'Thrive's Top Tips' - these blog posts are focussed on a different program or system that can help you to #worksmarternotharder, with some of my favourite ways to use these programs that might be new or helpful to you!

Today, I want to walk you through an element of Word - Styles!

A huge part of your brand, and the way your clients recognise you, is in the way your documents look. This is a combination of some basic elements, namely:

• colours,

• fonts,

• …

This post is a part of the series 'Thrive's Top Tips' - these blog posts are focussed on a different program or system that can help you to #worksmarternotharder, with some of my favourite ways to use these programs that might be new or helpful to you!

As a virtual admin (VA), I spend a LOT of time in front of the computer.

In fact, I was spending a lot of time here well before I became a VA too - in my 'former life', I was a PA, an EA, an all-round admin superstar employee. All of which requir…