Pictures aren’t common in Excel workbooks. Inserting a picture into a sheet is easy enough, but can you display a picture in an Excel comment? Last week we asked… How do you copy a style from one file to another? Instructions in Help are clear enough, in my opinion. Here’s how you copy a style from one [...]
Office challenge: How do you display a picture in an Excel comment?
- Date: July 3rd, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: General
- Tags: Style, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Help with the Office 2007 ribbon
- Date: July 3rd, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Excel, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint 2007, Word 2007
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Word 2007, Clip Art, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Excel 2007, Tool, Ribbon, Microsoft Office, Productivity, Microsoft Excel
Many users find themselves lost in Office 2007's ribbon hierarchy. Now there's help!
Office poll: Support personnel -- how much of your time is spent helping Office users?
- Date: July 2nd, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: General
- Tags:
Support personnel, take this week's Office poll.
Disable Word 2007's Mini Toolbar
- Date: July 1st, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Word 2007
- Tags: Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
If you find Word 2007's Mini Toolbar annoying, just turn it off!
The 10 most useful Word shortcuts
- Date: June 28th, 2009
- Author: Jody Gilbert
- Category: General
- Tags:
How many Word shortcuts do you remember and use on a regular basis? Fifty? Twenty? How about just 10 solid go-to shortcuts like these?
Use PowerPoint's advanced animation to imply growth or movement
- Date: June 28th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: PowerPoint, slide shows
- Tags: Movement, Frame, Smile, Property, Animation, Microsoft PowerPoint, Previous, Susan Harkins
You can make your PowerPoint presentations far more engaging with a little animation sleight of hand. Susan Harkins walks through the process and shares a sample presentation to demonstrate the results.
Determine how Outlook displays unread messages
- Date: June 28th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Outlook
- Tags: Message, Option, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Susan Harkins
Outlook displays unread messages in bold type, which might work for you. But if it doesn't, change it!
Create a Picture Link to keep an eye on Excel data
- Date: June 28th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Excel, Tips
- Tags: Data, Camera, Tool, Microsoft Excel, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
Take snapshots of Excel data so you can keep an eye on it while working in other areas of your workbook.
Office challenge: How do you copy a style from one file to another?
- Date: June 26th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Office Challenge
- Tags: Style, Microsoft Office, Keyboards, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Susan Harkins
Here's the solution to last week's challenge on displaying an icon's shortcut keys. This week, we're testing your formatting expertise.
Use invisible controls to document Access objects
- Date: June 26th, 2009
- Author: Susan Harkins
- Category: Access, Tips
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Access, Control, Susan Harkins
If you want to include helpful details about the design of an Access form or report, try this nontraditional approach: Insert invisible controls that contain your comments.
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