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Jun

Microsoft Office Training in Southern New Jersey - Buy Two, Get One Promotion

By Jeff Tincher

I’d like to spend a few minutes of your time to let you know that my company, Springhouse Education and Consulting Services, is offering three Microsoft Office 2007 classes in Southern New Jersey this summer. We’ll be offering classes in Word, Excel and Outlook 2007.

Also, here is something to entice you to register. We are offering a Buy 2 Training Classes, Get 1 Free promotion, so why not register for all three of the following courses. Not only will you be taking a more advanced class in the leading office applications, you’ll also save on you wallet or training budget!

The Summer of Learning promotion runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2009!! The following three courses are part of the Summer of Learning!!

Take advantage today and sign up!

Click on a class date to register or course title for more details:

Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 2 - 6/12, 7/8

Microsoft Excel 2007 Level 3 - 6/18, 7/14

Microsoft Outlook 2007 - 6/22, 7/24

Use promocode SUMMER09

You can also view our full list of classes that are part of the Summer of Learning Promotion.
View our Upcoming Schedule of IT Training classes.

Read the FAQS and Terms of our Summer of Learning Promotion.

Introducing the Springhouse iLearn Webcast Series (springhouse.com)

Filed Under Excel, Featured Articles, Office Applications, Outlook, Word |

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Mar

We’re In Search of a Developer

By Springhouse

Who out there remembers In Search Of? That great mid-1970’s TV show with Leonard Nemoy as the host. They were always In Search Of … Bigfoot or other strange creatures and such.

Well it is now Spring 2009 and search has a very different meaning…and this time we hope we find what we’re In Search Of…

A Developer with SharePoint experience.

Springhouse Education and Consulting Services has an immediate opening for a full-time Developer with SharePoint experience. We are seeking a dynamic, hard-working professional with a solid education or background and a desire to work for a fast-paced, growing organization.

Job Requirements

Three plus years experience with ASP.NET, ASP, XML, XSL and CSS

Three plus years experience with Active Server Pages, IIS, SQL Server

Experience with the SharePoint MOSS 2007 platform, SharePoint Designer and extension applications such as custom workflows and webparts is required.

You can read the full job posting on our website and also submit your résumé.

Also take the time and link to us on the following social networks:

Filed Under Excel, General, SharePoint, SharePoint Designer, Word |

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Sep

Creating Forms in MS Word 2007

By Sheri T

In MS Word 2003 there was a Forms toolbar which allowed you to place fields on a document for input on a generic form. The fields could be customized to be restrictive as to the type of input. In 2007, where there aren’t any toolbars, these form fields are not by default on the ribbon.

First click on the Office button, then click on the Word Options button along the bottom of the menu. Check Show Developer Tab on Ribbon.

This allows you to find fields to add to your document. BUT the problem is that the ab| field does not allow you customize its properties.

The solution is to click on the Legacy Tools button (found in the bottom of the Controls group on the Designer tab). The Legacy Tools are the same buttons that you had available to you in the 2003 version of MS Word! The ab| field found here allows you to limit the type of data that is input into this field to text, number, date, time or a calculation.

Filed Under Office Applications, Word |

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Aug

How to Use the Ruler in Microsoft Word

By Jane H

The ruler, when displayed in Word, is a very helpful tool. However, it would sometimes be very nice to know a bit more than what the ruler shows you by default. For instance, you can see on the ruler that you have a tab set at three inches, but what if you want to know how far that tab is from the right margin instead of the left?

Word includes a nifty feature that allows you to see exactly where your tabs and margin settings reside on a line. To take advantage of this tool, click on a tab or margin marker on the ruler. Do not release the mouse button, however. Now, click on the right mouse button. You should now be holding down both mouse buttons.

Notice that the normal ruler measurements disappear, and instead there are distance measurements. Click the thumbnail (small image) above. The measurements outside the margins show how far to the edge of the paper (1″); those inside show how far it is from a tab to both margins (1.38″ from the left margin and 5.12″ from the right margin).

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Jul

Mouseless Formatting in Word

By Jane H

Basic formatting can be done quickly from the keyboard, reducing the amount of time you spend using the mouse. As with any formatting it starts with selecting text, which also can be done from the keyboard. To select text, try the following:

Use the directional arrows located between the keyboard and numeric keypad to position the insertion point at the beginning of the target text.

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Jul

Benefits of Training

By Sheri T

People are either thrilled or upset when their company tells them they have to attend a training. I do understand that when you are already very busy, it just makes your day more stressful to be away from your desk for several hours. BUT, when you take the time to learn the most efficient way of performing task, you will be more efficient. Training.com states that you will actually be 230% more effective than someone who has not been trained. This means that the few hours you give up in a training class, you will make up for in efficiency multiple times over!

In today’s economy the best thing you can do for your career is to be up-to-date with the latest technology as well as being an efficient user of that technology.

Don’t consider training a burden on your day. Consider it a benefit, one that no one can take from you (even if you do have to change jobs). It is reassuring that your company is spending their money investing in your skills.

Filed Under Certifications, Excel, Microsoft Access, Office Applications, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Word |

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Jul

I have a BAR TAB!!

By Jane H

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Yup! And I’ve been meaning to talk to you about it. As you know, tabs control the flow of text in your Word document when you use the Tab key on your computer keyboard. You can set Left, Right, Center, and Decimal tab stops to control your text placement. However, the Bar tab doesn’t control text placement. It does help you to quickly display a vertical bar, which can be used to visually define columns. Kind of nice when you don’t want to bother with creating a table. Read more

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May

Copy and Paste Techniques for Excel

By Jane H

Most people know how to do a basic copy and paste procedure within the same Microsoft application. But did you know that when you copy cells of data from Excel, the way you paste it into Word or PowerPoint will produce different effects?

In both the 2003 and 2007 versions of Microsoft Office, you will find not only a simple copy/Paste function, but the ability to paste Excel information into Word or PowerPoint as a Link or a Picture! When you paste the Excel information as a link, changes to the data will be reflected on the Word or PowerPoint file. Pasting information from Excel as a pictures ensures that no one changes the data on the Word or PowerPoint file. Read more

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Dec

Keyboard Shortcuts in MS Office

By Sheri T

Here are some of my favorite shortcuts. If you feel like you can’t find any of your commonly used features now that you have MS Office 2007, all the keyboard shortcuts have remained the same.
Feel free to add your favorites to the list!

All of MS Office

Ctrl-Home	Move to the beginning of the file
Ctrl-End	Move to the end of the file
Ctrl-x	Cut
Ctrl-c	Copy
Ctrl-v	Paste
Ctrl-p	Print
Ctrl-a	Select All

Excel

F11	Charts the selected cells
Ctrl- +	Inserts a new row or column
Ctrl- -	Removes the selected row or column
Ctrl- *	Select an entire block of information
Ctrl-PgDn	Goes to the next sheet in the workbook
Ctrl-PgUp	Goes to the previous sheet in the workbook

Word

Ctrl-Enter	Inserts a page break
Shift-Enter	When using bullets or numbering to stay at same pointbut go to a new line

PowerPoint

F5	Run the presentation from Slide 1
Shift-F5	Run the presentation for the current slide

	When running the presentation, type the number of the slide and press Enter to go to that slide

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Dec

Default font and line spacing in Word 2007

By Sheri T

With the rollout of Office 2007 came a new default font and line spacing in Word; the Calibri font at 1.15 line spacing. If the corporation you work for requires a different font for all correspondence, you might possibly want to change the font for all new documents.

Font:

Click on the arrow in the bottom right of the Font group on the Home tab of the ribbon to bring up the Font Dialog box. Select the desired font and font size, then click on the Default button in the bottom left of the window. Click Yes to apply this change to all new documents created in Word from this point forward.

Line Spacing:

You change the line spacing in a similar way. Click on the arrow in the bottom right of the Paragraph group on the Home tab of the ribbon. Change the line spacing to Single. The spacing After a paragraph can also be set to 0pt. Click on the Default button along the bottom of the window; click Yes to make this a permanent change.

Now all new documents created from Word 2007 will have your desired font and spacing.

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