If there is one app that’s used by almost every enterprise professional, it has to be Word, so I thought it might be useful to put together a short collection of productivity tips to help iPad users get more from the application. Show Tap, Tap, double-tapMost Word on iPad users know about tap. When working with text, tap once to place the cursor. Or, tap twice to select a word – or tap three times to select the entire paragraph. You’ll then be able to cut, copy, delete the text and apply text effects. Place the cursor accuratelyThere are now two ways to place a cursor accurately when using Word, the Apple way and Microsoft’s alternative:
Copy formattingFormatted a section of your document in a particular way and want to re-use the same formatting elsewhere in the piece? Good news – you can in Word on iPad. It’s easy:
Use with different cloud servicesOffice will use your OneDrive for document storage by default, and you can integrate this into your Files on iPad set-up. Word will also let you directly integrate third-party services into your Places archiving setup. It’s really easy to do. Launch Word and take a look in the Open pane. You’ll see Recent Folders, One Drive and “Other Locations” all listed. Most are self-explanatory – you can add folders to OneDrive and dig into the files you store there from this window, but you can also add support for other services, or explore files held in your iCloud Files menu.
Finding Apple’s Share paneiOS users will already make lots of use of the Share pane, but it’s not particularly visible when working in Word.
I do think it’s naughty that Microsoft has chosen to hide the Share item behind three taps, rather than making it easy to get to within the Word interface (and creating some useful Shortcuts). [Also read: 6 best note-taking apps for an Apple iPad]Learn the keyboard shortcutsMost iPad apps offer a selection of Mac-like shortcuts that work when you use an external keyboard with your Apple tablet, and Word (Excel and PowerPoint) are no exception. To see a list of all the available shortcuts for any app, tap and hold the Command button on the keyboard and a list of available ones should appear. The following Word shortcuts will probably be familiar to any Mac user:
Change the DictionaryYou can change Word’s default dictionary in Settings>Language& Region. You’ll see a section called Preferred Language Order within which you’ll see Add Languagewritten in blue. Tap this and you can select your choice of dictionary (including UK English). In future when writing you can set your choice of dictionary by holding the globe/emoticon item on the keyboard and selecting which language you want to use for that document. (I tend to accidentally changing language when typing with a clumsy thumb, so do watch out for that). Want more advice for using an iPad for productivity? Check out my extensive six-part guide to using an iPad as a laptop replacement – or quickly review these 12 generic iPad productivity tips. Work smarter, not harder! Please follow me on Twitter, or join me in the AppleHolic’s bar & grill and Apple Discussions groups on MeWe. Copyright © 2019 IDG Communications, Inc.
This article explains how to clear formatting in Word in a couple of ways in Word 2019, Word 2016, Word 2013 and Word 2010. It includes information on using a plain text editor to remove formatting.
There are several ways to clear formatting in Word using its built-in tools or a plain text editor. Use the Clear Formatting option in the Styles group to clear the formatting of a section of text or the entire Word document.
The same results can be achieved using a shortcut button on the ribbon. Clear formatting from any or all of the text in a document.
Strip text of any formatting using a plain text editor, such as Notepad. This is beneficial if you've copied and pasted text from the internet or want to paste text from Word into an online content management system.
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