TITAN TECH TALK

Many of you have grown up in a world devoid of the technological marvel that is the typewriter.  If you don't know what a typewriter is, think of it as a computer keyboard hooked up directly to a printer.  As you type, each letter would print.  As you can imagine, it takes a great deal of forward-thinking to type a document without making mistakes.  It also takes on a whole new meaning to making revisions.

Since the dawn of the computer, these tasks have been simplified.  So why do I bring this up?  The standard program to write documents today is Microsoft Word 2007.  As advanced as the program is, few people use it to its full potential.  Many people type as if it were still a modern typewriter.  It is much more than that.

Pet peeve No.1:  People who repeatedly use the "Enter" key to get to a new page.  When in the midst of your document, realizing you need to start a new page, many people will just hit the "Enter" (or "Return") key until the next page comes.  The preferred method would be to insert a "Page Break." 

At the end of the text you've already entered on the page you would like to end and start a new one, simply click on the "Insert" ribbon, locate and then click on the "Page Break" button.  This will end the page you were on and bring up the next new page.  Why this is preferred becomes more evident when you come back and do some editing later.  For instance, if you added a paragraph before the page break later on, your document would still look fine; whereas if you had hit the "Enter" key several times your document would end up looking strange.