Show All Menu Commands in Office 2000

By default, Office 2000 displays only the commands that you use most often on the new, personalized menus. Do you wish you could see all of the commands at once like you could in Office 97? Here's how.



To turn off personalized menus:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Options tab.

2. To show all the commands on the menus, clear the Menus show recently used commands first check box.

You can do this from any Office 2000 program, and it applies to all of your other Office programs as well.

Show Shortcut Keys in ScreenTips In Office 2000

You can teach yourself keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used commands in Microsoft Word by turning on shortcut keys in ScreenTips. When you choose to show toolbar ScreenTips, you can specify that Word also display a shortcut key combination for the toolbar button.



To display shortcut keys in ScreenTips:

1. On the Tools menu, click Customize, and then click the Options tab.

2. If it's not already selected, select the Show ScreenTips on toolbars check box.

3. Select the Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips check box.

Editor's Note: When you select the Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips check box, the setting affects all Office programs except Microsoft Excel.

Repeat Your Most Recent Action - Office 2000 Tips

For repetitive formatting tasks, remember the F4 key. Whenever you press that key, you repeat your most recent action, whether it was adding borders, applying bold formatting to a selected word, or inserting a file or picture.



Format Painter is better for applying complex formatting, but if you just need to repeat a single action, then F4 is the key to use

Editor's Note: This tip works in the following programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint®, Microsoft Visio®, and Microsoft Word.

Change the Font or Size of Text Using Keyboard Shortcuts - Office 2000 Tips

Here's how you do it:

1. Select the text you want to change.

2. Press CTRL+SHIFT+F to access the Font box or CTRL+SHIFT+P to access the Font Size box.

3. Press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to select the font name or size you want.

4. Press ENTER to accept the font name or size.

Editor's Note: This tip works in the following Office 2000 programs: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FrontPage®, PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, and Word.