by MikeM on February 26, 2009
Microsoft Office 2007 introduced some user interface enhancements to Word, Excel and PowerPoint that have caused some frustration for users. A key area of change is access to common commands and the introduction of the Office Ribbon Bar and Office Quick Access Toolbar. While both elements have the potential to increase productivity for users and [...]
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by MikeM on January 27, 2009
Outlook allows you some control over how your email messages look. Within Outlook 2003 & 2007 it is possible to change the default font, its point size, style (bold, italic) and color. The same level of control is also available for the font you use in replying to or forwarding a message. A separate set [...]
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by MikeM on December 30, 2008
Clean Up Outlook Email Deleted Items
Housecleaning isn’t always fun, but most people feel much better after it is done. An often overlooked Microsoft Outlook email clean up task for Microsoft Outlook is emptying the Deleted Items folder. Most people probably don’t need to hang onto messages or junk mail that they deleted back in 2004 [...]
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by MikeM on December 10, 2008
You have been shopping for a new computer and have narrowed the search down to the one you want. Here are five other essential items to remember to make your computing experience complete.
New Computers – Best Items to Include with Your New System
1. Monitor for a desktop computer — OK, you’re saying that this is [...]
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by MikeM on December 4, 2008
Periodically you need to find the version number of a piece of software that you are using. Locating this bit of information is not always an intuitive process. However over the years a bit of a standard has developed for where the software product version number resides.
To locate this information launch the program and go [...]
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by MikeM on September 16, 2008
A free Adobe Acrobat Reader has been available for years for reading documents in PDF format. However if you owned a version of Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) prior to Office 2007 and wanted to convert your MS Office documents into PDF format you needed to purchase a full copy of Adobe Acrobat for ~ $299. Another [...]
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