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Microsoft Office Training in Southern New Jersey - Buy Two, Get One Promotion
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 [...]
Creating Forms in MS Word 2007
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 [...]
How to Use the Ruler in Microsoft Word
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 [...]
Mouseless Formatting in Word
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 [...]
Benefits of Training
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 [...]
I have a BAR TAB!!
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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 [...]
Copy and Paste Techniques for Excel
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 [...]
Keyboard Shortcuts in MS Office
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 [...]
Default font and line spacing in Word 2007
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 [...]
Eeeek - another acronym ? DDPS and SAM…
That’s all that technology professionals need, another acronym to learn… more importantly, even when we know the acronym, what is the concept behind it ? DDPS stands for Desktop Deployment Planning Services, yet another service offering from Microsoft that provides software versioning migration planning and SAM (that’s Software Asset Management) as a component [...]
