When you would like to insert special characters in a document such as a speech at appropriate points to emphasize making a pause or emphasis, use something like a bullet to signal short pauses, medium pauses , and long pauses . As you create the document, type something like a slash (/) for short pauses, an asterisk for medium pauses, and a number (#) sign for long pauses. When you have completed your document, use the Search and Replace feature to replace all occurrence of these symbols with the square bullet.

Example: Search for #
         Replace with Control V, 4,2 (enter) 4,2 (enter)
         4,2 (enter)

Saved by the Comment

Have you ever worked with someone who constantly asks that a paragraph be deleted and replaced with a different paragraphăandăthen wants the original paragraph. Well, there is a way to hang on to the original paragraph without disrupting the document. I put the text that may need to be retyped into a comment.

Turn on Block (Alt-F4) at the beginning of the text to be replaced and move the cursor to the end of that text. Press Text In/Out (Ctrl-F5) and answer (Y) Yes to the prompt Create a comment? No (Yes).

The text in the comment will not print but will be visible on the document screen. To change the comment back into text, position the cursor just after the comment code, press Text In/Out (Ctrl F5), (4) Comment, (3) Convert to Text.

Additionally, comment codes can be very helpful for leaving yourself and others notes, or for providing pertinent editing information. For example, at first glance, a Table with the lines turned off can be hard to identify. A simple Comment can quickly identify it. Can you tell by looking at the text whether numbers were aligned using a Decimal Tab, or a Tab Alight Code? A Comment can tell you quickly what codes were used so when the document is edited by you 6 months later, or by someone else tomorrow, the codes will remain consistent.

Comment codes are inserted by positioning the cursor at the point where the Comment is to appear, press [Ctrl F5] Text/In Out, 4 Comment. Type the text of the Comment and press [F7] bit. The comments can be edited later to add additional information.

Line Spacing

To squeeze more text onto a single page, change the line spacing from single spacing to either .95 or .93. By doing this, you will be able to squeeze three to five more lines onto a single page.

Tab Tricks

Without changing your tab settings you can use the following different kinds of tabs:

Centered tab:         Home + Shift F6
Right aligned tab:    Home + Alt F6
Decimal tab:          Ctrl + F6

Deleting From Speller

Most words can be deleted from your supplemental dictionary by using the following:

To edit the supplemental dictionary in WP6.0/6.1, press Speller (Ctrl+F2), (6) Edit Supplemental Dictionary. Next, highlight WPCWP}US.SUP and press (Enter). In the Edit Supplemental Dictionary dialog box, highlight the word you want to delete, then press (3) Delete, (Y) Yes. Press Exit (F7) three times to return to the document screen. When you run Speller, the words are no longer skipped.

Note: Words can also be added this way. Retrieve the file as mentioned above and press (2) Add instead of (3) Delete, and type the word you want to add. Make sure you press (Enter) to start a new line for each word.

To delete words from 5.1, press List (F5), type the path of your WordPerfect directory, such as C:\wp51, and press (Enter). In List Files, press (N) Name Search, then type wp{wp}us.sup and press (Enter). Press (1) Retrieve to retrieve the Speller file. Notice that all the words you've added are on a separate line. Simply delete the ones you don't want in the dictionary, including the blank line. Then save and replace the file.