Specifications

RESEARCH
If you don’t remember where you read something or perhaps are still work-
ing on your research, use the integrated Research pane to search both Word’s
internal thesaurus and an array of online research sources. Currently, the
online sources are mostly Microsoft-owned sites (Encarta is probably the best
known), but there is a provision for third parties to make additional research
sites available. To bring up the Research pane, you can Alt-click on a word, or
go to Review | Research.
CITATIONS
There is nothing I hate more about writing research papers than muddling
thr
ough formatting the bibliography. Word 2007 makes it a snap by automati-
cally generating one based on data you type in. In the References tab, choose
a reference style (for example, APA or Chicago). Then click on Manage Sources,
then New to create a reference list. That done, making citations, footnotes, and
a bibliography really is as simple as clicking on the Insert Citation, Insert Foot-
note, and Bibliography buttons.
NOVEMBER 6, 2007 PC MAGAZINE 115
WORD TIP
Changing Cases
Hey thanks, Microsoft, for fi nally making a but-
ton to change the case of selected text, and put-
ting it on Word 2007’s Ribbon. Till now, I’ve had
to make do with my favorite secret key combo:
Shift-F3. (Keyboard monkeys will be pleased
to hear that the combo still works: Select your
text and press Shift-F3 to change the case from
all-lowercase to all-uppercase to sentence
capitalization.) In fairness, the button adds two
options that Shift-F3 won’t give you: initial caps
on all words, and toggle case (for when you
accidentally iNTERcAP in reverse).
—SP
OUTLOOK TIP
Better Searching
There are so many buttons, flags, pull-downs,
and assorted gewgaws in the new Microsoft
Outlook that it took me months of using the
much-improved Search to notice the pull-down
arrow—not the one in the box, but the double-
arrow to the right of the box. And wouldn’t you
know it, that arrow leads to a real, advanced
search, with actual multiple fields and every-
thing.
—Sarah Pike
EXCEL TIP
Cell Navigation
Need to enter data in a number of noncon-
tiguous Excel spreadsheet cells? Rather than
inputting a value, clicking on the next loca-
tion, and repeating, fi rst select all the cells you
want using Ctrl-click. After that, hitting Enter
or Tab will cause the cursor to jump automati-
cally to each successive selection until you
break the spell by clicking on a cell that’s not
in the chosen group. Entry will start on which-
ever cell you select last, then roll around to the
fi rst.—Gary Berline