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Ever been staring at Word and thought, how do I create/merge labels? Don't lie, I know at least some of you have (it is the number 4 requested how do I topic). So, to those of you thinking, how do I "insert awesome ability here," I dedicate this post. I introduce to you the top 25 how do I issues in Word as of today (25-50 coming in a separate post to keep you on the edge of your seats). This is some terrific work done by our friends in UA (Genevieve in particular, who built up the list) and I hope you find all these resources to be helpful. Some of these issues kill me because it means we aren't doing a good enough job getting the word out (booooo shameless pun). As another aside, you will notice that Jon only answered a few question for his parents in the last post. I am answering 25 questions, some of which my parents might not have even known they wanted to ask. Clearly, 25 > 1, and I love my parents more than Jon.

THE TOP 25 (lame humor and commentary on the top 10)

1. How do I open Word 2007 documents (.docx) in earlier versions? Some things never change. Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074/en-us
2. How do I save so earlier versions of Word can open my documents? Talk about a one-two punch… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074/en-us
3. How do I use or locate commands in Word 2007? You'd know if you read our blog… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928027 or for people that like really cool interactive stuff… http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx?pid=CH100487431033
4. How do I Create/Merge labels? Opening documents, saving documents, finding commands, and Create/Merging labels. One of these things is not like the others… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294684/en-us
5. How do I recover a lost or over-written file? Who says the "are you sure" dialogs are annoying… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827099/en-us
6. Where is save as? Astute readers would use 3 to answer 6… Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx?pid=CH100487431033
7. How do I create a mail merge? The fifth tab on the Ribbon is a brand new take on Mail Merge. Would love to know what people think about it… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294694/en-us
8. How do I create/merge envelopes? The aforementioned and esteemed (who loves right click 'synonyms'?) fifth tab… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294685/
9. How do I customize the ribbon? Terrific question! I award 50 points to people that asked this…. Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102277541033.aspx
10. How do I find templates or wizards? Office button, New, left pane of the dialog… Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924460/en-us
11. How do I use AutoText in Word 2007? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101746101033.aspx?pid=CH100626221033
12. How do I create/locate a shortcut to Word? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100777101033.aspx
13. How do I turn off track changes? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA012189951033.aspx?pid=CH100243831033
14. More about not being able to find commands… Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100744321033.aspx?pid=CH100487431033
15. How do I save in PDF format? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100649921033.aspx?pid=CH100793971033
16. How do I scan documents into Word 2007? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101786621033.aspx?pid=CH100675901033
17. How do I insert barcodes? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102103291033.aspx
18. How do I locate the speech tool? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102243561033.aspx
19. How to do stuff with templates? Answer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924460/en-us
20. How do I create forms or use form fields? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100307461033.aspx?pid=CH100991571033
21. How do I change the default font? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP100144081033.aspx?pid=CH100487461033
22. How do I do even more with AutoText? Answer: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA101746101033.aspx?pid=CH100626221033
23. How do I create/insert/use tables? Answer: Draw a table http://office.microsoft.com/enus/word/HA100343141033.aspx?pid=CH101732061033 Move or copy a table http://office.microsoft.com/enus/word/HA100343161033.aspx?pid=CH101732061033 Move or copy items in a table http://office.microsoft.com/enus/word/HP100363081033.aspx?pid=CH101732061033
24. How do I work with page numbers? Answer: Insert page numbers http://office.microsoft.com/enus/word/HP012265131033.aspx?pid=CH100626191033 Remove the page number from the first page http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP012276571033.aspx?pid=CH100626191033 Demo: Headers and footers made simple http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA102296481033.aspx?pid=CH100740901033
25. How do I email a file? Answer: How to send a Word document as e-mail in Word http://support.microsoft.com/kb/290936/en-us The "E-mail" command is missing or is unavailable in Excel 2007, in PowerPoint 2007, or in Word 2007 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918792/en-us

So there you have it, the top 25 questions we get with answers too! I will be posting 25-50 soon (doubling the amount I love my parents more than Jon). -Reed