February 5 - 11, 2007
Take control of how Word selects words (Word 97/2000/2002/v. X/2003)
Selecting text is hardly a complicated task, but sometimes it can get a little tricky. Because the mouse pointer isn't the most precise pointing device, you may occasionally have trouble starting and ending a selection at the right place. You might begin a selection on the second or third character of a word when you meant to start at the beginning. Or you might over- or undershoot the end of a word when you wanted to extend a selection exactly to its end.
Fortunately, Word offers an option--Automatic Word Selection--that makes selecting text easier. When this option is on, you can start selecting text anywhere in a word, and as soon as you extend past the end of that word, Word selects the entire word. In addition, each time you extend the selection into the next word, Word selects that entire word too.
If you don't always want to select complete words, you may prefer to turn off Automatic Word Selection. To do this, choose Tools | Options from the menu bar and click on the Edit tab. (On the Mac, choose Word | Preferences from the menu bar and then click on Edit.) Next, deselect the When Selecting, Automatically Select Entire Word check box and click OK. You can still quickly select an entire word when the option isn't active. Simply highlight the word you want to begin the selection by double-clicking on it. Continue to hold down the mouse button after you make the second click. Then, drag the mouse to extend the selection a whole word at a time.
Changing an application's title and taskbar icon (Access 97/2000/2002)
By default, the text appearing in an Access application's title bar is simply Microsoft Access. This is the same text that appears in the application's Windows taskbar button. While the role of such title text may seem trivial, things can get confusing if you have multiple Access files open--changing the title text to something more meaningful simplifies keeping track of the open windows if you find yourself switching between the applications.
Fortunately, it's easy to change the title text. In addition, you can replace the default key icon that appears in the title bar and taskbar button with an image that helps differentiate applications. To do so, open your database and choose Tools | Startup from the menu bar. Then, enter the title you want your application to use in the Application Title text box. To replace the icon associated with the application, click in the Application Icon text box and then click the associated Build button. You can select icon files with .ico or .cur extensions or change the Files Of Type setting to select a bitmap file. Simply locate the file you want, select it, and click OK. Finally, click OK to close the Startup dialog box. Your changes are immediately applied to the file.
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