Magic in microsoft word

There are many secrets, features, and magic that are kept in MS Word. These tips and tricks in word help you make your document work faster and easier.

So, there is no doubt that you don’t know all these secrets. I challenge you. You may be aware of some of these, but not all of them. I hope you must read this Magical Shortcut Keys and Hidden Secrets from scratch to the end to get a clear idea.

Table of Contents

• Video tutorial on Magical and Hidden Secrets in MS Word
• Getting Started with Magical and Hidden Secrets
  • Secrets to Insert Different Lines:
  • Tricks to Create a Numbered and Bulleted List:
  • Tricks to Insert a Table:
  • Inserting Copyright and registration Symbols:
  • Inserting Smiley ad Sad Symbols:
  • Secrets to Insert Arrow Symbols:
  • Magic to Insert All other Symbols:
  • Tips and Tricks to Insert Arrow Keys:

Secrets to Insert Different Lines:

→ Press minus key more than 3 times (– – -), then press  Enter to get a thin straight line as given below.

→ Press and hold down the Shift key and press minus key more than 3 times (– – – ), then press Enter to get a thick straight line as given below.

Press the = key more than 3 times (=== ), then press Enter to Draw a thin double line.

Press the * key more than 3 times (*** ), then hit Enter to draw a dotted line.

To Draw a Straight Curved Line Using Shortcut Key, press and hold down the Shift key and press the ~ key more than 3 times (~~~), then press Enter.

To draw a thick straight line between the thin lines, Press and hold down the Shift key and press the # key more than 3 times (### ), then press Enter.

Tricks to Create a Numbered and Bulleted List:

There are many ways to create a numbered and bulleted list in a Word document. But, in these magical shortcuts and hidden secrets, creating a numbered and bulleted list is a very simple task to create. Carefully, follow the list given below.

Type the number beginning number (1) followed by a dot (.) and press the Space bar, then type something you want, and then strike the Enter key to create a numbered list. If you do this as many times as you want, you can create a number list as given below.

1. MBA

2. MCA

3. M-Tech

Type the letter A followed by a dot (.) and press Spacebar, then type something you want, and then strike the Enter key, do like this as much as you want.

A.     MBA

B.     M-Tech

C.      MCA

Type the letter a. and press the Space bar, then type something you want to create a number list, and then strike the Enter key, do like this as much as you want.

a.      MBA

b.      M-Tech

c.      MCA

Press * and press the Space bar, then type something you want to create a bulleted list, and then strike the Enter key, do like this as much as you want.

·        MBA

·        M-Tech

·        MCA

Press – and press the Space bar, then type something you want to create a bulleted list, and then strike the Enter key, do like this as much as you want.

–        MBA

–        M-Tech

–        MCA

Press – – and press the Space bar, then type something you want to create a bulleted list, and then strike the Enter key, do this as many times as you want.

Tricks to Insert a Table:

Press +—+—-+———-+ or press +     +       +                   + as much as you want, then strike the Enter key to insert a table, If you would like to insert more rows, position your cursor at the last column, and then press the Tab key.

Note:  Table width is based upon the number of – (minus) signs or spaces between the + signs.

Inserting Copyright and registration Symbols:

→ Ctrl + Alt + C

(or)

→ Press and hold down the Shift key, then press ( C  and again press and hold down the Shift key, and then press )

→ Ctrl + Alt + R

(or)

→ Press and hold down the Shift key, then press ( R and again press and hold down the Shift key, and then press )  

To insert a smiley face as in the screenshot above, press and hold down the Shift key, then press  : (

To insert a frowning face as in the screenshot above, press and hold down the Shift key, then press  : )

To insert a neutral face as in the screenshot above, press and hold down the Shift key, then press

Secrets to Insert Arrow Symbols:

Press and hold down the Shift key and press > (less than) key, after that release these keys, and then press  – – (press minus key two times) to get the left arrow (Like the first arrow in the screenshot above).

Press – – (press minus key two times)  and press and hold down the Shift key, then press < (greater than) to get the right arrow (Like the second arrow in the screenshot above).

Press and hold down the Shift key and press > key, then release the Shift key, and then press  == to get the left thick arrow (Like the third arrow in the screenshot above).

Press = = (press the equal key two times)  and press and hold down the Shift key, then press < (greater than) to get the right thick arrow (Like the fourth arrow in the screenshot below).

Press Shift + <, then press  =, and then Press Shift + > to get the double-headed arrow (Like the fifth arrow in the screenshot above).

Magic to Insert All other Symbols:

Press Alt +1 (1 on the numeric keyboard) to get the smile emoji as below.

Press Alt + 2 (2 on the numeric keyboard) to get the smile emoji as above.

Press Alt + 3 (3 on the numeric keyboard) to get the heart emoji as above.

Press Alt and 4 ( on the numeric keyboard) to get the diamond emoji as above.

Press Alt+5, Alt+6, Alt+7, and so on to get more results.

Tips and Tricks to Insert Arrow Keys:

There are many ways to insert arrow directions in a word document. But, in these magical shortcuts and hidden secrets, inserting an arrow is very simple. Simply, follow the list given below.

Press Alt + 24 (on the numeric keyboard) to get the up arrow as below.

                                ↑

Press Alt + 25 (on the numeric keyboard) to get the down arrow as below.

                                ↓

Press Alt + 26 (on the numeric keyboard) to get the right arrow as below.

                                →

Press Alt + 27 (on the numeric keyboard) to get the left arrow as below.

                                ←

For more symbols, Press Alt and 1, Alt and 2, Alt and 3, Alt and 4, Alt and 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11…etc. on the numeric keyboard at a time. 

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In my opinion David Blaine is one of the best magicians of recent times. He did court controversy in later years with some of the stunts he performed, but the early series’ of Street Magic are about as good as it gets and the intimacy of having the audience right there participating adds to the wonder. Memorable tricks include an astounded driver whose watch moved very mysteriously and the sheer delight on the face of a down-and-out as his cup of coffee literally overflowed with coins. Watching a re-run of Street Magic has given me inspiration so prepare to be dazzled as I mingle among you to demonstrate the magic of Microsoft Word.

You are working away on a Word document with several other documents open for reference purposes. You feel that you would work better with a little music and so decide to access your preferred player, which sits on your desktop. Don’t waste time minimising each window individually to get to the desktop, simply hold down the Windows key and press M and every window will disappear at a stroke. After you have selected your tunes and you want to get back to your document, hold down Shift with the Windows key, and press M again. You’ll be back right where you left off, with all of your other windows restored too.

So back at your document you continue typing with great industry. You type the line ‘I’d like to go, but…’, and you want to put the word ‘like’ in italics for emphasis. The usual way to do this would be to highlight the word and click on the Italics icon on the Formatting toolbar. Performing this task in this manner takes your hands away from the keyboard, which interrupts your flow, but there is a neat way to format your text on the fly, without the sometimes tricky operation of highlighting a single word with the mouse. Simply place the insertion pointer anywhere within the word you want to format and then, to italicise, press Ctrl + I and, hey presto, the word will magically comply. Ctrl + B will apply bold text and Ctrl + U will underline. If this does not work for you, go to Tools/Options, and click the Edit tab. Check the ‘When selecting, automatically select entire word’ box and click OK.

Looking at your document you feel that it would read better if one of the paragraphs was repositioned to an earlier point. A common way to do this is to highlight the paragraph to be moved and then copy and delete it, and paste it in its new position. This is unnecessarily time wasting as there is a far quicker and easier way to move blocks of text around. Simply place the insertion pointer anywhere within the paragraph you want to move, and hold down Shift and Alt. Now press the up and down arrow keys and, your paragraph will move accordingly.

This next trick shows how to perform a task you may never have to do in reality, but it looks unusual, rather like a cigarette being passed through a pound coin. You know that Word allows you to select text by dragging the insertion pointer up and down and left and right, but it always highlights horizontally along the lines. Well if you place the insertion pointer on the left side of the document and hold down Alt, you will see that you can select text vertically. I have yet to find a use for this function, but I’m sure there are some out there.

Of course these tricks will not astound you to the point that you run away screaming like some of Mr Blaine’s street audience. But picking up little tit-bits of information on those lesser-used aspects of Word helps build a greater understanding of how this tremendous application works.