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SYN = punishing; For gruelling details on paragraph formatting,... commencer à apprendre
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very difficult and tiring
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The book goes into scintillating detail on paragraph formatting commencer à apprendre
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very clever, amusing and interesting
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The paragraph symbol in Word
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to create sth or make sth appear in surprising or unexpected way
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The obnoxious keyboard shortcut to summon the Paragraph dialog box is Alt+H, P, G commencer à apprendre
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extremely unpleasant, especially in a way that offends people
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The left margin, however, is jagged commencer à apprendre
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with rough, pointed, often sharp edges
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Both the left and right sides of a paragraph are flush with the margins commencer à apprendre
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(of two surfaces) completely level with each other
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a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again
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a child whose parents are dead
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Word conjures new pages when needed, pulling them in from the electronic ether. commencer à apprendre
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the upper part of the sky.
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That makes the concept of a page ethereal commencer à apprendre
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extremely delicate and light; seeming to belong to another, more spiritual, world
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That doesn't mean that the text is sideways, but rather that the text prints wide on a page. commencer à apprendre
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with one side facing forwards
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Most English teachers and book editors want margins of this size because these people love to scribble in margins. (They even write that way on blank paper.) commencer à apprendre
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to write sth quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time
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to pay careful attention to sb's advice or warning
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a copy of a book, piece of music, etc. before it has been printed
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You see oodles of samples, so don't cut yourself short by not scrolling through the menu. commencer à apprendre
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[plural] (of something) a large amount of something
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Pluck a page-numbering style from the list commencer à apprendre
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to take hold of something and remove it by pulling it
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You can even suppress page numbers for a section, such as not numbering the first (cover) page of a document. commencer à apprendre
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to prevent something from growing, developing or continuing
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When the urge hits you to regress a few centuries and use Roman numerals to tally a document's pages commencer à apprendre
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to return to an earlier or less advanced form or way of behaving
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When the urge hits you to regress a few centuries and use Roman numerals to tally a document's pages commencer à apprendre
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to calculate the total number, cost, etc. of something
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That's refreshing, but it's not the end of Word's capability to thrust new pages into your document commencer à apprendre
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to push something/somebody suddenly or violently in a particular direction; to move quickly and suddenly in a particular direction
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The first choice is to keep whacking the Enter key until that new page shows up commencer à apprendre
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to hit somebody/something very hard
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A menu plops down with a host of predefined watermarks that you can safely tuck behind the text on your document's pages commencer à apprendre
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A menu plops down with a host of predefined watermarks that you can safely tuck behind the text on your document's pages commencer à apprendre
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to put something into a small space, especially to hide it or keep it safe or comfortable
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A menu plops down with a host of predefined watermarks that you can safely tuck behind the text on your document's pages commencer à apprendre
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a symbol or design in some types of paper, which can be seen when the paper is held against the light
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Navigating its implementation is akin to wandering archeological digs in the Jungle of Doom. commencer à apprendre
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to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction
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Navigating its implementation is akin to wandering archeological digs in the Jungle of Doom. commencer à apprendre
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Document section helps you craft great-looking documents. commencer à apprendre
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to make something using special skills, especially with your hands
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All documents feature one section. commencer à apprendre
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to include a particular perosn or thing as a special feature
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A document, however, can sport multiple sections commencer à apprendre
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to have or wear something in a proud way
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Position the toothpick cursor where you want the new section to start commencer à apprendre
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a short pointed piece of wood or plastic used for removing bits of food from between the teeth
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to make something, especially foor or dring, by mixing different things
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The sneakiest way to slap down a cover page on your document is to use Word's Cover Page command commencer à apprendre
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behaving in a secret and sometimes dishonest or unpleasant way
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The sneakiest way to slap down a cover page on your document is to use Word's Cover Page command commencer à apprendre
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to put something on a surface in a quick, careless and often noisy way, especially because you are angry
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Headers and footers dwell in special, exclusive areas outside the realm of regular text. commencer à apprendre
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Headers and footers dwell in special, exclusive areas outside the realm of regular text. commencer à apprendre
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an area of activity, interest, or knowledge
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To accomodate your hurried desires, commencer à apprendre
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done too quickly because you do not have enough time
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To accomodate your hurried desires, you can quickly shove one of these preset headers or footers into your document. commencer à apprendre
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to put something somewhere roughly or carelessly
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You can even suspend the header and footer for a page or two. commencer à apprendre
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to officially stop something for a time; to prevent something from being active, used, etc. for a time
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You can alter the header or footer for a given document section. commencer à apprendre
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to become different; to make somebody/something different
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Such agility requires knowing a few tricks, which I'm happy to share. commencer à apprendre
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the ability to move quickly and easily
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A style is a single command that applies a virtual stew of formatting commands. commencer à apprendre
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a dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly in liquid in a container that has a lid
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Caption style for figure and table captions commencer à apprendre
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a picture, diagram, etc. in a bot, that is referred to by a number
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These types come into play when you create your own styles as well as when you're perusing styles to apply to text commencer à apprendre
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to read something, especially in a careful way
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Styles dwell on the Home tab, in the aptly named Styles group. commencer à apprendre
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in a way that is suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
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The shortcut key to summon the Reveal Formatting pane is Shift+F11 commencer à apprendre
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to call for or try to obtain something
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As you hover the mouse pointer over a style in the Style Gallery,... commencer à apprendre
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(of birds, helicopters, etc.) to stay in the air in one place
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..., where you can remove or alter the formatting commencer à apprendre
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to become different; to make somebody/something different
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The dialog box is brimming with style command buttons commencer à apprendre
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to be full of something; to fill something
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Right-click the style you want to obliterate. commencer à apprendre
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to remove all signs of something, either by destroying or covering it completely
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Awash in a sea of styles, it's easy to overlook some of the more subtle aspects of Word's styles. commencer à apprendre
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having sth in large quantities
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Like just about anything in Word, the Normal style can be modified - but I urge caution if you do so. commencer à apprendre
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to recommend sth strongly
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SYN. awkward; Press the ungainly Ctrl + Shift + Alt + S key combination. commencer à apprendre
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moving in a way that is not smooth or elegant
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This trick can be useful, but the Style Gallery shows only a pittance of the styles available to a document. commencer à apprendre
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A very small amount of money that sb receives, for example as a wage, and that is hardly enough to live on
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Computers are supposed to save you time, so why exert great effort on the formatting task commencer à apprendre
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to use power or influence to affect sb/sth
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These tools format your prose easily and rapidly. commencer à apprendre
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writing that is not poetry
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You can choose from a preset template or theme commencer à apprendre
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If you enjoy the thrill and excitement of templates, you'll just burst at the thought of creating your own. commencer à apprendre
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a strong feeling of excitement or pleasure; an experience that gives you this feeling
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SYN. Speed Up; Your own, custom templates greatly help expedite your document production duties. commencer à apprendre
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to make a process happen more quickly
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..., giving your written efforts a professionally formatted feel while keeping hordes of graphics designers unemployed. commencer à apprendre
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a thing that is used as a model for producing other similar examples
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the subject or main idea in a talk, piece of writing or work of art
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You have no need to pore over the keyboard and scout out the best character to highlight some chunk of text in your document. commencer à apprendre
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a fairly large amount of sth
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SYN. Examine; You have no need to pore over the keyboard and scout out the best character to highlight some chunk of text in your document. commencer à apprendre
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to look at or read sth very carefully
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PHR V.; You have no need to pore over the keyboard and scout out the best character to highlight some chunk of text in your document. commencer à apprendre
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to find out what an area is like or where sth is, by searching
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As a paragraph format, a border is coupled to a paragraph on the top, bottom, left, or right or some combination thereof. commencer à apprendre
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(formal) of the thing mentioned
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A hanging indent isn't in imminent peril. No, it's a paragraph in which the first line breaks the left margin. commencer à apprendre
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(especially of sth unpleasant) likely to happen very soon
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A hanging indent isn't in imminent peril. No, it's a paragraph in which the first line breaks the left margin. commencer à apprendre
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To fully flex Word's border bravado, summon the Borders and Shading dialog box. commencer à apprendre
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to bend, move or stretch an arm or a leg, or contract a muscle, especially in order to prepare for a physical activity
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To fully flex Word's border bravado, summon the Borders and Shading dialog box. commencer à apprendre
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a confident way of behaving that is intended to impress people, sometimes as a way of hiding a lack of confidence
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One gem hidden in the Borders and Shading dialog box is the tool to place a border around an entire page of text. commencer à apprendre
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a person, place or thing that is especially good
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That's how it works, up until the information you're trying to organize is best presented in a grid. commencer à apprendre
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a pattern of straight lines, usually crossing each other to form squares.
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In olden times, writes used the Tab key to build a table, setting various and clever tab stops and formatting the text accordingly. commencer à apprendre
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what was life like in the olden days, Gran?
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Word offers something better: the Table menu and its array of Table-making commands. commencer à apprendre
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a group or collection of things or people, often one that is large or impressive.
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These feats are beyond the capabilities of the silly old Tab key. commencer à apprendre
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an action or piece of work that needs skill, strength or courage
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Free your mind from the constraints of conventionalism, clutch a crystal, and use the mouse to draw a table inside your document: commencer à apprendre
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Free your mind from the constraints of conventionalism, clutch a crystal, and use the mouse to draw a table inside your document:
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Free your mind from the constraints of conventionalism, clutch a crystal, and use the mouse to draw a table inside your document: commencer à apprendre
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If you’ve used the Tab key to create rows and columns of text, you can quickly snap that part of your document into an official Word table. commencer à apprendre
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to move, or to move sth, into a particular position quickly, especially with a sudden sharp noise
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SYN. mixture; Word comes with an assortment of spiffy predefined tables commencer à apprendre
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a collection of different things or of different types of the same thing
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SYN. mixture; Word comes with an assortment of spiffy predefined tables commencer à apprendre
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attractive and fashionable
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To utterly remove the table from a document, text and all, heed these destruction directions: commencer à apprendre
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used to emphasize how complete sth is
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At some point, you may surrender the notion of needing a table. commencer à apprendre
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an idea, a belief or an understanding of sth
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Although a single cell can deftly handle vast quantities of text commencer à apprendre
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You can also perform math in tables, similar to what Excel does but without all the heartburn. commencer à apprendre
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a pain that feels like sth burning in your chest caused by indigestion
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It makes the cell formatting all funky. commencer à apprendre
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When the pointer is in the sweet spot, it changes to a downward-pointing arrow. commencer à apprendre
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a location or combination of characteristics that produces the best results
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You may need to add or remove a row or column, adjust the width or height, or otherwise fine-tune and format the table. commencer à apprendre
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to make very small changes to sth so that it is as good as it can possibly be
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Use the Split Cells dialog box to determine how to best mince up the cell. commencer à apprendre
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to cut food, especially meat, into very small pieces using a special machine
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Unless you want your table to look like it was made from hog wire, I recommend applying some table formatting. commencer à apprendre
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a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eating
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Rather than get bogged down with details, you should know that the spiffiest way to spruce up a table is to choose a preset format from the Table Styles gallery. commencer à apprendre
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to prevent sb from making progress in an activity.
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Rather than get bogged down with details, you should know that the spiffiest way to spruce up a table is to choose a preset format from the Table Styles gallery. commencer à apprendre
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to make sb/sth/yourself clean and neat
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position the mouse pointer at a thumbnail in the gallery to see a preview. commencer à apprendre
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a very small picture on a computer screen which shows you what a larger picture looks like, or what a page of a document will look like when you print it.
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If you choose that format, the borders vanish, and it makes working with the table more difficult. commencer à apprendre
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to disappear suddenly and/or in a way that you cannot explain
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The best way to stick a title or caption on a table is to use Word’s Insert Caption command commencer à apprendre
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to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly
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The best way to stick a title or caption on a table is to use Word’s Insert Caption command. commencer à apprendre
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words that are printed underneath a picture, cartoon, etc. that explains or describe it.
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And if you think of rows of marching soldiers or rolling tanks, you’re a military buff commencer à apprendre
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..., so a typical sheet of paper can have up to 12 columns — not that such a layout would be appealing or anything. commencer à apprendre
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When you desire to impress someone with your word processing prowess, I suggest putting two columns on the page. commencer à apprendre
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If you create text after setting the number of columns, you see your scribblings flow down the left side of the page and then hop up to the upper right to start a new column. commencer à apprendre
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The space between columns is called the gutter. Word sets a gutter width at 0.5” (half an inch). commencer à apprendre
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SYN. keen; You might find Word overly eager to format a list for you. commencer à apprendre
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To choose a different bullet style, click the menu triangle next to the Bullets command. commencer à apprendre
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..., or you can concoct a numbering scheme by choosing the command Define New Number Format. commencer à apprendre
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As long as you use Tab and Shift+Tab to organize the topics, you don’t break the format, and the list stays intact. commencer à apprendre
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Unless you remember the trick about pressing Tab and Shift+Tab to format the list, things can get screwy. commencer à apprendre
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It’s sacrilege, of course. Word processing is about words. commencer à apprendre
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Images and words mix and mingle in the software realm of desktop publishing commencer à apprendre
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Images and words mix and mingle in the software realm of desktop publishing commencer à apprendre
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The door to Word’s graphical closet is found on the Insert tab commencer à apprendre
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liter, be littered with sth Your computer is most likely littered with picture files commencer à apprendre
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A nifty picture to stick at the end of a letter is your signature. commencer à apprendre
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Shapes need not be clunky, colorful distractions commencer à apprendre
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To slip a smidgen of text into a shape commencer à apprendre
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The image can float in front of the text, like some little kid pasted a sticker on the page. commencer à apprendre
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SYN. restrict; After choosing either Behind Text or In Front of Text, you see the image released from the confines of the text. commencer à apprendre
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It’s as if the image is linked or anchored to a specific paragraph, which helps keep the document’s graphics associated with the tidbit of text that references them. commencer à apprendre
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Then look for the Anchor icon, shown in the margin, next to a paragraph of text. To change paragraphs, drag this icon to another paragraph — hopefully, one that references the image. commencer à apprendre
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you can use the Height and Width controls to nudge the image size vertically or horizontally commencer à apprendre
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to push sb/sth gently or gradually in a particular direction
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In graphics lingo, cropping works like taking a pair of scissors to the image commencer à apprendre
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In graphics lingo, cropping works like taking a pair of scissors to the image commencer à apprendre
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to cut off part of a photograph or picture
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..., just as an angry, sullen teen would use shears to remove his cheating scumbag former girlfriend from a prom picture commencer à apprendre
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..., just as an angry, sullen teen would use shears to remove his cheating scumbag former girlfriend from a prom picture commencer à apprendre
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..., just as an angry, sullen teen would use shears to remove his cheating scumbag former girlfriend from a prom picture commencer à apprendre
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You have two handy ways to rotate an image, neither of which involves turning the computer’s monitor or craning your neck to the point of chiropractic necessity. commencer à apprendre
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to learn or stretch over sth in order to see sth better; to stretch your neck
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You have two handy ways to rotate an image, neither of which involves turning the computer’s monitor or craning your neck to the point of chiropractic necessity. commencer à apprendre
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the medical profession which involves treating some diseases and physical problems by pressing and moving the bones in a person's spine or joints.
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you can choose to rotate the image 90 degrees to the left or right or to flip the image horizontally or vertically. commencer à apprendre
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to turn over into a different position with a sudden quick movement; to make sth do this.
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To wash out a picture you placed behind the text, click the Color button and choose the Washout color from the Recolor area. commencer à apprendre
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to be removed from clothes by washing
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A slew of interesting, artistic brushstrokes and other effects are found on the aptly named Artistic Effects button menu. commencer à apprendre
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a large number or amount of sth
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Graphics are plunked down on a page one atop the other. commencer à apprendre
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to put sth down on sth, especially noisily or carelessly
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To change the order and shuffle images in front of or behind each other commencer à apprendre
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to move paper or things into different positions or a different order
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When you use smaller shapes to cobble together a complex image, use the Group command. commencer à apprendre
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to produce sth quickly and without great care or effort, so that it can be used but is not perfect
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