Q. How do I make it show the outlines of the cells of a table even when the table's border is invisible?

A. Go to the “Table” menu and select “Show gridlines”.

Q. How do I set the default dictionary and make it stay?

A. The answer is likely to be different depending on what version of MS Word you are running, however there are a few different places where the default language can be set. This answer is based on Word 2003 and Windows XP.

• Go to the Tools menu –> Language –> Set Language. This will pop up a language selection dialoge. Choose the language you want and click the “Default…” button.
• Start Menu –> All Programs → Micorsoft Office Tools → Microsoft Office Language Settings. Choose default language and click OK.
• Another set of useful settings for MS Windows in general is in the Control Panel, under “Regional and Language Options”:
  • In the “Regional Options” tab, in the “Standards and formats” section choose “English (Australia)” (using the “Customize…” button here allows you to change to a 24-hour clock if you want to). Then in the “Location” section choose “Australia”.
  • In the “Languages” tab click “Details…”, and in the window that appears click “Add…” in the “Installed services” section and choose “English (Australia)” and “US” in the two drop-downs then click “OK”. Choose this new entry in the “Default input language” drop-down then click “Apply”. Remove the “Englich (United States) entry from the “Installed services” section then click “OK”.
  • In the “Advanced” tab choose “English (Australia)” from the drop-down.
  • Click “OK”. (Thanks to Edward for that one)