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Preflight checklist for your PowerPoint presentations
- Date: February 9th, 2010
- Author: Jody Gilbert
- Category: Microsoft PowerPoint, Tips
- Tags: Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentation, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Jody Gilbert
Office challenge: How can you get a list of referenced libraries in an Access database?
- Date: February 9th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Access, Microsoft Outlook, Office Challenge
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Library, Microsoft Office, Databases, Storage, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Hardware
In this week's challenge, test your Access skills and learn the solution to last week's Outlook challenge.
Print multiple copies of individual pages in a Word document
- Date: February 8th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Word
- Tags: Copy, Document Management, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Office Suites
Use a built-in printing feature in a little-known way to print multiple copies of specific pages in a Word document.
A fast way to center a heading across Word columns
- Date: February 5th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Word, Tips
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Column, Title, Productivity, Susan Harkins
Don't wrestle with column width and alignment formats when you want to add a title above multi-column text. This trick lets you add it as you would any other title.
Quickly display all you need to know about Excel functions while entering a function
- Date: February 3rd, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Excel, Tips
- Tags: Function, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Most functions require a bit of information in the form of arguments -- which aren't always easy to remember. If you don't know what's expected, use one of these quick methods for displaying information.
Office challenge: How can you quickly increase the text size of an Outlook message without permanently changing settings?
- Date: February 2nd, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, Office Challenge
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Mouse, Default Resolution, Mice, Microsoft Excel, E-mail, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Peripherals, Office Suites
This week, test your Outlook skills and learn the solution to last week's challenge on Excel's Auto Fill feature.
Eliminate a mostly blank page from the end of an Excel report
- Date: February 1st, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Excel, Tips
- Tags: Page, Fit, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Excel has a built-in feature that lets you control the number of pages used to print data. This feature enables you to eliminate a last page that has only a few records or to expand data over more pages than it really requires.
Office poll: What's your most common support call on Word?
- Date: January 29th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Word, Office Poll
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Almost all of us support Word users. What issues and problems do you get the most calls for?
An efficient method for adding a text box to a Word document
- Date: January 29th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Word, Tips
- Tags: Box, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Don't spend time adjusting the size of a text box to fit the text when Word can do the job for you.
Use Word's Find feature to highlight all occurrences of a word or phrase
- Date: January 28th, 2010
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Microsoft Word
- Tags: Word, Find, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Word's Find feature locates text, but you can also use it to highlight all occurrences of a word or phrase in a document.
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