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Increased Productivity with Microsoft Office 2007

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 [...]

Tagged as: How To, MS Office, PowerPoint, Word

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Software: Locating Product Version Numbers

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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Free PDF Creator add-in for Microsoft Office 2007

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 [...]

Tagged as: MS Office, PDF, PowerPoint, Word

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New File Formats for Office 2007 Documents

by MikeM on April 17, 2008

With the release of Office 2007 Microsoft began using a new default file formats for Office documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007. The default formats for saving files in Office 2007 programs are quite different from the default formats for saving files in earlier versions of Office and the are not backwardly compatible.
The relatively [...]

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Copying Text from A Web Page

by MikeM on March 17, 2008

Question: I periodically copy text from a web page into a document or into an email and many times the formatting of the document I was working on becomes all messed up. Is there a way around this?
Answer: Your problem is caused by unseen formatting instructions that are embedded within the text in the web [...]

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Free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (Word Excel and Visio Also)

by MikeM on December 2, 2007

Question:  I don’t own a copy of PowerPoint but I would like to view PowerPoint files. Is there a way I can do this without having to spend $100 plus to buy the PowerPoint program?
Answer:  Yes, Microsoft provides a free Powerpoint viewer that can be downloaded from their web site. This program will allow you [...]

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