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- Create a custom letterhead template in Word
- Printing your own stationery can save you significant bucks -- you can print on an as-needed basis and make changes whenever you want without incurring any charges. Here's what you need to know about using Word to set up a letterhead template. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Page, Margin, Template, AutoShape, Susan Sales Harkins, Document Management, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Printers, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Office Suites, Hardware, Peripherals, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- How to avoid a potential problem with disappearing hyperlinks in PowerPoint 2007
- PowerPoint controls the way a hyperlink looks, but it's easy to work around that limitation by covering the hyperlink text with an AutoShape, adding the hyperlink to the AutoShape, and then making the AutoShape disappear. The original text that you meant to hyperlink is all the user sees. You can...
- Tags: Hyperlink, Microsoft PowerPoint, AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Compare two sets of Excel chart data using transparent columns
- It's difficult to compare two sets of data in an Excel chart when one data series almost totally obscures the other. For example, let's say you create a bar chart comparing monthly sales for one subsidiary against monthly sales for the entire company. You click the data series for the...
- Tags: Sales, Microsoft Excel, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- How to Disguise Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
- Every product seems to underline hyperlinks by default, which is a good visual clue that the text is actually a link. However, in a PowerPoint presentation that you’re controlling, I find the format a bit distracting. I can’t help wondering if the audience is thinking more about what’s behind the link...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-02
- Add pizzazz to your Word text with AutoShapes
- Rectangular text boxes may be fine, but sometimes your Word document needs a little something extra. Find out about the variety of non-rhomboidal AutoShapes available for your text—clouds, banners, and more! You are not limited to rectangular text boxes when it comes to positioning and formatting text for...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Click AutoShapes, AutoShape, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-02-21
- Moving and resizing Word AutoShapes with the Mouse
- You can use your mouse to change the size, shape, and position of an AutoShape to build your own custom drawings. Here's how. Word 2002 and later comes with a wealth of AutoShapes that you can use to build flow charts, room plans, and...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, AutoShape, Mice, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Microsoft Office, handle, mouse, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Object, Hardware, Peripherals
- Technical articles 2005-06-27
- Tech Tip: Create a custom Word background fill/Add selected values in Excel/Enter and display Access dates
- Create a custom background fill for anAutoShape In addition to using various colors andpatterns, you can use graphic images to create a custom fill for anAutoShape object. For example, suppose you've drawn and enlarged anoval AutoShape. You can create a custom background fill from apicture. ...
- Tags: SELECT, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, AutoShape
- Technical articles 2004-08-03
- Add a popup window to a PowerPoint slide
- Animate callouts on a PowerPoint slide to display optional information with just a quick click. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Window, Graphic, Trigger, Microsoft PowerPoint, Popup Window, AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
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- Can anyone help me make a Custome Autoshape please ?
- Hello AllIs there anyone out there that can help me make a Custome Autoshape please ?I have a drawing of what i need but have no idea how to do it, any help would be much appreciatedthanksScottFor your own custom drawingIt would probably be best to create it in...
- Tags: Custome Autoshape
- Q&A 2009-06-17
- 10 ways to get more mileage out of PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office users know that PowerPoint is a powerful presentation package, but some of them find it easier to write the content than to create and deliver the final show. The truth is that PowerPoint is just as easy to use as all the other Office applications, but a lot...
- Tags: Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Presentation, Action Buttons, Format AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- How do I... Spice up a list in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation?
- Most of us use bullets or numbers to introduce specific ideas or points. There's nothing wrong with them, but they are rather ordinary. In a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you might want to forgo the ordinary and go with something a bit more novel, and certainly unexpected. The...
- Tags: Item, Arrow, Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Figure D, Figure J, Figure K, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Create high-impact charts with Excel's AutoShapes
- Charts are visual representations of data, so why not use Excel to further illustrate your information using actual illustrations? Mary Ann Richardson talks about AutoShapes and how to use them in your Excel charts. Try adding AutoShapes to make your Excel charts stand out from the crowd. For...
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Sales strategy, Desktops, Click Rectangular Callout, AutoShapes, laptop computer, Click Draw, Click OK, callout, notebook, toolbar, Microsoft Office Suite Excel Tips Newsletter, Chart, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Technical articles 2007-01-02
- MS Word Help - Text box with check boxes
- I need to create a letter template with specific requirements. I need to have the 1st page of a letter with a box in the lower right hand corner that contains active check boxes. The problem I'm having is I need this box to stay on the first...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., check box, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- 34 timesaving mouse tricks for Word users
- This information is also available as a PDF download. Keyboard shortcuts are a mainstay for most Word users who are trying to streamline their work. Even brand-new users start slinging around Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V soon after mastering the intricacies of scrolling. But keyboard shortcuts are often...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Dialog Box, Mouse, Jody Gilbert
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- 10 obscure Word tricks that can expedite common chores
- Over the years, successive versions of Word have introduced some solid innovations, some mind-boggling changes-for-change's-sake, and a few usability-crushing "enhancements." But through it all, one thing has remained constant: Buried within Word are lots of cool tricks that not too many users have discovered. These are small things--shortcuts that, in...
- Tags: Tips, Support, 10 things
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Teach your PowerPoint students to create custom design templates
- PowerPoint's prefab design templates are handy, but your students can create their own tailor-made templates that are just as easy to use.PowerPoint offers a healthy assortment of “design templates,” which give users a head start on slide show formatting. They can either choose a template when they create a new...
- Tags: Jody Gilbert, Microsoft PowerPoint, rectangle, design template
- Technical articles 1999-11-11
- Change the shape of Excel's comment box
- How to stop 'User Name' from appearing in comments?Susan, is there a way to stop my bolded name from appearing by default at the top of a new comment? I'm the only one who inserts comments in my spreadsheets, so tracking comments by author is unnecessary for me. I...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, PRODUCTIVITY, comment box, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel 2007, Tool Tips
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- inserting objects in Excel formulas
- i'd like to reference an object autoshape in a simple excel formula. specifically, i want to use an if-then statement to display a green up-arrow created using autoshapes when a condition is true and a red down-arrow also created using autoshapes when the condition is false. i can only get...
- Tags: excel, formula, lbour@..., Microsoft Excel, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-09-13
- watermarks
- Looking for a simple way to create watermarks on documents.Thank you,WaddaWord 2003FormatbackroundPrinted WatermarkYou can insert your own or use simple textual oneshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010563291033.aspxGood LuckBKWord 2003FormatbackroundPrinted WatermarkYou can insert your own or use simple textual oneshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010563291033.aspxGood LuckBKsorry for double submittoo quick on the clickIn older versions of Word, you just insert a...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Microsoft Office, waterMark
- Q&A 2005-12-08
- Insert text within an oval - Word 2000
- How can I use Word to produce text within an oval shape?All that I have been able to get text in a rectangular shape within the oval that I selected.I want the text to be "tight justified" against the oval boundary.How was the "oval shape" created?Have you thought of using...
- Tags: oval, rquisenb@..., software, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Word 2000
- Q&A 2006-02-17
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