How many times have you needed to highlight a section of text in Word and you click at the beginning and slowly start to scroll and then it just takes off and you end up having the whole document highlighted, rather than just the paragraph that you needed.  Well, you can use your keyboard to highlight your text and have a little more control.  It’s a very simple trick. Just place your curser at the beginning of the section you would like to highlight then press the F8 key and use your arrow keys to navigate.  There is another way to navigate in the extended selection mode as well, for example, if you press “o” it will find the next “o” and automatically highlight to that point. Once you finish making your selection you will remain in the extend selection mode until you change the formatting or copy your selection.

Many times we are working on multiple documents and switching back and forth between documents.  Here is a neat trick that will save you having to switch back and forth to save each one; there is a Save All button that will save all your open Word documents with just 1 click! To be able to use this neat feature we first have to make the button visible.  To do that click the File tab, and go to Options. Once in Options, select the Quick Access Toolbar.  Now in the drop down menu labeled “Choose Commands from” choose the selection Command Not in the Ribbon.  Then scroll down until you see the command Save All with a small icon next to it. Once you have selected this command click the Add button, and finally Ok.  Now right above your ribbon in your Quick Access tool bar you will see that same icon.  So, next time you need to save multiple Word documents at the same time you can just click on that icon.