We had a colleague in the Chemistry Department, Laura End, who went off to teach in Malaysia. She generously left behind a large number of Chemistry resources but they were all in Clown font – Comic Sans. If you change the font of a document to Grown-Up font, Arial, it won’t change the contents ofContinue reading “change text font in a text box”
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format a document in House style with one click
Dan L Urea, my American colleague in the Chemistry Department at Southampton Exam Factory, said, ‘Wouldn’t it be good if you could convert any document to our House style with just one click.’ House style in Chemistry is Arial size 11, justified, single line spacing and tab stops every 1cm: If, in every Chemistry documentContinue reading “format a document in House style with one click”
add ‘Your answer’ and the box to multiple choice questions
I produce a lot of practice papers for my A level students and I take multiple choice questions from AQA and Edexcel papers. This means that I need to add the ‘Your answer’ and the box. I used to just copy and paste it from a different paper but now I click on my macroContinue reading “add ‘Your answer’ and the box to multiple choice questions”
format all subscripts and superscripts with one click
Every year at Southampton Exam Factory we set our Year 12 students a project to write on an area of interest to them. The end results are wonderful in their scope and execution but why won’t they use the subscript and superscript buttons? It really grates on my nerves to see Pt(NH3)2Cl2 (sorry). My colleagueContinue reading “format all subscripts and superscripts with one click”
set up your Quick Access Toolbar
I have taught Chemistry for 102 years and, for several decades of that time, when making a new resource I have clicked on a button at the top of the screen to go to a new menu, then clicked on another button then finally clicked on yet another button to get the thing I want.Continue reading “set up your Quick Access Toolbar”
create a macro and add code to it
If you have the code for somebody’s macro and want to add the macro to your own list of macros do this: 1. Click on Developer 2. Click Macros 3. Select the Normal template 4. In the Macro Name box call the macro BigAl or whatever you want to call it (make sure the nameContinue reading “create a macro and add code to it”
write the mass number above the atomic number
I used to write the mass number as a superscript then add a text box to get the atomic number. But the text box goes walkies and isn’t very pretty. Then my colleague in the Physics Department at Southampton Exam Factory, Mrs Eda Lunar, showed me how to write a perfect symbol. Go to theContinue reading “write the mass number above the atomic number”
Chemistry Word VBA macros 