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Last updated: 10 November 2014

MS-Word: Type In the Middle or Anywhere in a Document

December 26, 2013 By Lalit Kumar 5 Comments

Now you can type anywhere in an MS Word document. No need to keep pressing space bar to position typing cursor. This feature is available in Office XP and above.




Ah! I was just thinking that it has been a couple of weeks since I had published an article on Microsoft Word. And guess what! Just now someone asked me an MS Word related very simple question whose answer is equally simple. The person asked me how to begin to typing in the middle of an MS-Word document. Usually typing begins on the left edge of the document. The question is whether you can begin to type, for example, one inch from the left edge? or type just about anywhere in the document?

Well, I am sure you all know that you can keep pressing spacebar until the blinking cursor reaches the exact point in a line where you want to start typing. For this you can use TAB key also, but TAB gives you lesser precision on positioning (do you know that, by default, one TAB is equal to eight spaces?).

But if you don’t want to get into this business of pushing a line to the right by filling spaces on the left –then you have another neater method.

Double Click to Type Anywhere

Since, Microsoft Office XP, the MS-Word has been coming with a feature that enables you to type anywhere in the document. Just double click anywhere in the document and your typing cursor will be placed exactly at that place.

SEE ALSO: Learn even more MS-Word Tips to boost your productivity at work.

With this feature, Microsoft intended to imitate a paper sheet in MS-Word. You can write on a paper sheet wherever you want. Now you can do the same in your computer as well. Say good bye to positioning text with the help of spaces!

Note: In versions older than Office XP –you’ll have to use the same old space or tab filling method.

Do let me know if this tip was useful for you. Also, if you want to add something more useful in this article –please write in comment.

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Last updated: 10 November 2014 | Published on: 26 December 2013 | Authored and Edited by: Lalit Kumar and Team | Filed as: Home » Software » MS-Office » MS-Word: Type In the Middle or Anywhere in a Document

Filed Under: MS-Office

Lalit Kumar is the Principal Author and Founder of TechWelkin. He is a web explorer and he enjoys finding useful information on the Internet. He loves to put things together to create a bigger solution. Lalit is passionate about technology, languages and literature. You can contact Lalit via email (techwelkin [at] gmail [dot] com) or Facebook (facebook.com/techwelkin).

Comments

  1. Craig says

    November 8, 2019 at 3:59 am

    Seems it doesn’t work anymore in Word in Office 365 :(

    Reply
  2. Salam Javed says

    September 10, 2016 at 6:58 pm

    Thanks Lalit, Can you tell me how to save a whole paragraph or block of text in word and excel and paste exactly with same indents in word and excel.

    Reply
  3. Sanjeev Kumar says

    May 26, 2016 at 3:36 pm

    Amazing!!

    Reply
  4. Rahul says

    November 2, 2015 at 2:27 pm

    Thanks for this shortcut. Very useful.

    Reply
  5. Lisa says

    October 5, 2015 at 3:48 am

    Thank you, had a bit of a duhhh moment today while updating my CV. So simple yet easy to forget!

    Reply

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