In this slide show I will show you how to setup the Microsoft Word 2000 Options to better serve you!  Open your Word 2000 program and follow along with the slide show. 

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In this slide all that you want to do is Click On the Tools menu and go down and select Options.  Do this in your program.

After you selected the Tools menu and then Options this is the window you will see.  As you can see Word has many options.  In this slide show we are going to just cover a few of them to make the program a little more user friendly.  Just leave this window as is and click on the General Tab in your program. 

In this window the only thing that I change to begin with is the Recently used file list.  The default setting is 3 or 4.  I always change that to 9 which is the Max setting.  This makes it easy to recall documents you may have worked on 2 days before.  The only other thing I change in this window is the Measurement Units.  I like Inches myself but each person has their own preference   Now click on the Edit Tab in your program.

In this window the only thing that I change is the Picture Editor.  If you have the full version of Office 2000 installed you should have a Photo Editor listed here.  If you have Microsoft Draw installed it will also show up in this list.  Next click on the Print Tab in your program.

When starting out with Word I just leave the Print Options as they are.  Click on the Save Tab.

In this window you will want to make sure that Save AutoRecover info has a check mark in the box.  This will save your document info every 10 minutes or what ever you specify.  Picture this: you have worked on a new document for 3 hours and you haven't saved it.  The power fails and you have no UPS backup.  You just lost 3 hours work!!  As long as AutoRecover is active you have only lost 10 minutes of the document.  As you will also notice Word can save your document in many formats.  

Yes we are still in the same window.  I wanted to show you one more feature in this window before moving on.  Near the bottom of the window you will notice that you can password protect  any Word document you create.  You can select a Password to open or Password to modify.  You can also select Password to open with a check mark in the Read Only recommended box.  This will keep other's form changing your document.  One word of warning....If you protect a document with a password make sure you remember the password.  You will be asked the password each time you open it also.  Now Click on the Spelling &Grammar tab in your program.

In this window make sure Check spelling as you type has a check mark  We will discuss some of the other options in another slide show.  You can change the writing style in the drop down menu at the bottom of the window.  If you are new to Word just leave the Standard Style selected.  Click on the File Locations tab in your program.

This window is where Word stores the settings that control the locations of new documents you create.  By default Word saves all the documents you create in the My Documents folder.  You can change this location by making sure documents is selected and then just clicking on the Modify Button.  If you are a New Word user I would  just leave these settings as they are.  Click on the Compatibility Tab in your program.

In this window you can make more changes in way Word saves you documents.  You can even save a Word document created on a PC to work on a Macintosh provided you have Word installed on the Macintosh.  Now click on the User Information Tab.

This window stores your User Information.  I recommend entering you Full Name, Initials, and your Mailing Address.  Word uses this information in certain  locations of Word documents.  Now click on the Track Changes tab in your program.

If you are a new Word user I would just leave the setting the way they are and click on the OK button at the bottom of the window in your Word program. 

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