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How to redeem a gift card, Xbox download code or token. Both Microsoft and Xbox gift cards and download codes and tokens work the same way: once redeemed to your Microsoft account, you can spend your balance at Microsoft Store online, on Windows or Xbox, and you can get downloads for the latest apps, games, movies, TV shows, and Surface, Xbox, and accessories.

To do this. Press. Cut selected object or text. Ctrl+X. Copy selected object or text. Ctrl+C. Paste cut or copied object or text. Ctrl+V. Duplicate selected objects.

Supported languages. Read Aloud uses the proofing language set for the document. To change the language, see the help article Fix text-to-speech reading in wrong language.. Voices. Depending on your platform, text-to-speech (TTS) uses software that comes built into your device or by a Microsoft service.

On the Home tab, in the Alignment group, select Wrap Text. (On Excel for desktop, you can also select the cell, and then press Alt + H + W.)

Get answers to common questions about WordPad. Here are a few tips to help you use WordPad: To open and save files, select File, then select New to create a new document, Open to work with an existing document, or Save to save your document.(If your document doesn't have a name, WordPad will ask you to provide one.)

Summary. This article describes how to change keyboard layouts for the Microsoft keyboards listed in the "Applies To" section. You can configure your keyboard to use a different language or keyboard layout, such as Canadian Multilingual, Spanish, or United States-Dvorak.

Data sources. Your first step in setting up a mail merge is to pick the source of data you'll use for the personalized information. Excel spreadsheets and Outlook contact lists are the most common data sources, but if you don't yet have a data source, you can type it up in Word, as part of the mail merge process.

Share a photo, video, or other kind of file with a friend who has a phone, laptop, or tablet. Make sure the other device you want to share with is paired with your PC, turned on, and ready to receive files.Learn how to pair

Alarms and timers work even if the app is closed or your device is locked. If you see a warning that notifications only show if the device is awake, make sure your device doesn’t go to sleep (Go to Start > Settings > System > Power & sleep to adjust your device’s sleep settings).