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How Can I Add the Last-Saved Date to the Footer of a Microsoft Word Document?

February 24, 2007 Feb 24, 2007 02/24/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I put the date that a Microsoft Word document was last saved in the footer of that document? Oh: and how can I center that footer while I’m at it?-- GH(image) (image) (image) Hey, GH. Well, the best way to go about – say, wait a second here: that sounds suspiciously like two questions, one about ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a New Item to the Microsoft Office Word AutoCorrect List?

January 9, 2007 Jan 9, 2007 01/9/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a new item to Office Word’s AutoCorrect list?-- OK (image) (image) (image) Hey, OK. To begin with, we should point out that we have no way of knowing whether your initials really are O and K; after all, they could just as easily be TR, and you could actually be Tony Romo, quarterback of the ...

How Can I Clear All the Formatting From a Microsoft Word Document?

January 3, 2007 Jan 3, 2007 01/3/07
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I clear all the formatting from a Microsoft Word document?-- TF(image) (image) (image) Hey, TF. After a much-deserved holiday hiatus we are back, with the first official Hey, Scripting Guy! column for the year 2007. And yes, we know: technically we did have a column yesterday. As it turns out, however, ...

How Can I Change the Default Highlight Color for a Microsoft Word Document?

November 10, 2006 Nov 10, 2006 11/10/06
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the default highlight color for a Microsoft Word document?-- TW(image) (image) (image) Hey, TW. You know, any time the Scripting Guy who writes this column wants to terrify the Scripting Son, he tells the blood-curdling saga of the first TV the Scripting Dad remembers: a TV that showed everything ...