Word wrap is an amazing thing -- one of the most basic benefits of word processing. Type a word that's too long to fit on the current line, and Word automatically moves it to the next line. You can't beat it with a stick. Unless, of course, Word's word wrap separates words you'd rather keep together -- such as someone's first and last name, or the word "Chapter" and the chapter number. No problem; if you want to keep two words together no matter what, link them together with a nonbreaking space:

From now on, these words always appear on the same line. If Word can't fit the second word on the current line with the first, it moves BOTH words to the next line.

When you add a Web address to a Word 97 document, Word displays it as a hyperlink. You can click on the hyperlink to navigate to the addressed website. All this is well and good, but what if you don't want web addresses to appear as hyperlinks?

To turn off this feature, choose Tools, AutoCorrect. Now click on the AutoFormat As You Type tab in the AutoCorrect Dialog Box. Now deselect the check box labeled Internet and Network Paths with Hyperlinks. Click on OK to close the Dialog Box and save your changes.

Now Microsoft Word Version 2002 users can do something Microsoft Excel users have been doing for a long time - select multiple items that aren't next to each other.

For example, you can select a word in the first paragraph, and a word in the fifth paragraph, but not all the words in between. This is helpful if you want to perform the same task on multiple items, such as delete them or change their formatting.

- Select the first item you want, such as a table cell or paragraph
- Hold down the Control Key
- Select any additional words/items you wish to edit, delete, etc.

When you click the mouse again after you've selected the words and edited them, the words will no longer be highlighted and you can resume normal use of Word.

If you have a Microsoft IntelliMouse® pointing device, you can use the wheel button, the third (middle) button, to quickly zoom in and out of an Office document. Simply hold down the Control Key as you rotate the wheel button forward or back.

Note: This tip works in the latest versions of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft PhotoDraw™, and Microsoft Project, as well as many other Microsoft Windows programs. You can also use it in Internet Explorer to increase or decrease to size of text on the screen.

Because Word is a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) word processor, it hides all formatting codes and displays your document, as it will appear when you print it. This is a very convenient feature -- until you try to determine the formatting that's been applied to a section of your document. To determine font and paragraph formatting, you could refer to the Style, Font, and Paragraph settings on the Formatting Toolbar or in the Format Menu, but this method involves a lot of tedious hunting and pecking among numerous menus and dialog boxes.

Luckily, there's a much easier way. You can determine the font and paragraph formatting for a paragraph or character using the "What's This?" feature. Simply select Help/What's This from the Menu Bar or press Shift F1. When you do, the pointer turns into a question mark. Click on the character or paragraph whose formatting you'd like to identify. Word then displays a pop-up message box summarizing the font and paragraph formatting of the text you selected. To close this message box, press the Esc Key.