Modify word defaults to make it easier to use

Many of the default settings for Word 2003 are not for our use, so let's see how you can modify these defaults to make word easier to use.

Default Picture Wrapping method

The picture wrapping style that you insert or paste in Word defaults to "inline", in which case the picture cannot rotate or drag the shift, and inserting the picture often requires that the layout be adjusted to "around" and then processed. In fact, we can change the default settings to "around", how to do this: Select the "tools → options" menu command, select the "Edit" tab in the dialog box that appears, click the "Picture Insert/Paste as" Drop-down list, select the "Around" item, and then click the OK button

Precise adjustment of objects

As many people know, hold down the ALT key in Word to drag to fine-tune the selected object. In fact, as long as a few simple settings, even if you do not hold down the ALT key to drag directly can be accurate adjustment.

Select the drawing → drawing grid command on the Drawing toolbar (the default is under the Word window), uncheck the Snap objects to grid check box in the pop-up drawing grid interface or set both horizontal spacing and vertical spacing to 0.01 (Figure 1), and then click the Default button, and the At the prompt, do you want to change the default settings for gridlines? When you click the Yes button. You can then drag directly in Word to adjust the precision.

Figure 1 "Drawing Grid" interface

If you only need to make a direct drag adjustment in the current document instead of changing the default settings completely, do not click the default button when you modify it.

Farewell Drawing Canvas

The drawing canvas appears automatically each time you insert an AutoShape or text box in Word 2003. Although pressing the ESC key allows you to temporarily disappear the drawing canvas, but always feel too troublesome, in fact, we can cancel by selecting the "Tools → options" menu command, select the General tab in the dialog box that appears, uncheck the "Create drawing canvas automatically when inserting ' AutoShapes" check box, and then click OK button.

Default formatting for AutoShapes

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Insert AutoShape by default is a 0.75-point black line, white fill, if you want to change the default formatting, you can set it by first drawing an AutoShape, then right-clicking, selecting Format AutoShape on the pop-up shortcut menu, and selecting the Colors and Lines tab in the dialog box that appears , where you customize the line and fill colors, and then click OK when you are finished setting. Finally, right-click the AutoShape again, and select the "Set AutoShape default Effect" command.