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- Quickly move extra text onto its own slide in PowerPoint
- Crowded slides are guaranteed to send your audience scrambling for the exits. Luckily, PowerPoint makes it easy to scoot excess text onto a new slide. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Toolbar, Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Create a custom Flags toolbar in Outlook 2003
- Outlook 2003's Quick Flags feature is a handy tool -- if you can develop a logical system for using it. One solution: A custom toolbar that makes it easy to flag and organize messages. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook 2003, Microsoft Outlook, Toolbar, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Shortcuts for accessing the Windows Desktop
- Office (well, Windows really) is the world of keyboard shortcuts and we all have our favorites. A commonly used combination, [Alt]+[Tab], cycles through all the open applications. You might be glad to know that there’s also a keyboard alternative for switching to the Desktop: [Windows]+M minimizes all...
- Tags: Window, Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Construction, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Let Word 2003/2002 AutoText speed up your e-mail responses
- If you find yourself copying the same paragraphs into your e-mail responses -- for example, the same words to send out responses to confirm a customer's appointment -- you don't have to compose each e-mail reply individually or copy and paste text from a previous e-mail. Here's how to create...
- Tags: Toolbar, E-mail, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Online Communications, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- How to put your favorite commands at your fingertips
- Most of us use the same built-in menu commands frequently. For instance, you might insert graphics files, work with split windows, or even save new documents frequently. If a command happens to be a few submenus deep, repeating those clicks can become tiresome. Even if your favorite command is just...
- Tags: Menu, Toolbar, Icon, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- How do I... Make a glass button for a Web page using Adobe Illustrator?
- Most people use Adobe Photoshop or Macromedia Flash to create buttons for the Web, but I decided to create one in Adobe Illustrator. The best part of Illustrator is that it is vector based not pixel based like Photoshop. The subject of pixels versus vectors will be addressed in a...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Web, Gradient, Color, Toolbar, Palette, Web Page, Adobe Illustrator, Productivity, Channel Management, Marketing, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Tip: How do I add new toolbars to my desktop in Windows
- Here is a shortcut I use to keep all of my favorites accessible from my Start menu. I recommend you take advantage of adding new toolbars to your start menu. It is very simple and easy to do. Let's begin. Right-click on your desktop and choose Toolbars...
- Tags: Desktop, Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- Add a Create New Folder icon to the Windows XP Quick Launch toolbar
- Creating new folders to store files is a basic Windows XP task, but Windows Explorer does not have a button for easy creation of new folders. You can create your own shortcut by adding a Create New Folder button to the Quick Launch toolbar. Follow these steps: ...
- Tags: Folder, Toolbar, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
- Application bundling is the SPAM of software
- I love the products that the “BIG FOUR†put out but I am sick and tired of their bundling tactics. If this continues, you will lose market share. If I want a search engine toolbar, I will download and install the toolbar. If I want an instant messenger client, I...
- Tags: Software, Instant Messenger, Toolbar, Instant Messenger Client, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- SolutionBase: Get familiar with alternative Linux desktops
- Desktop customization in Linux is very flexible; from the ultra-modern KDE and GNOME window managers to with the likes of Fluxbox and AfterStep, there's a Linux desktop to suit everyone. Jack Wallen covers some of your Linux desktop options. Linux has proven amazingly flexible: after nearly 10...
- Tags: Desktop, Application, Menu, Linux Desktop, Window, Toolbar, Author, Entry, Workspace, Icon, Exec, Desktop Customization, AfterStep, Fluxbox Fluxbox, Construction, Desktops, Linux, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jack Wallen, Fluxbox
- Technical articles 2007-11-15
- Convert Word graphics to AutoShapes to type text directly on your images
- While you can use a text box to add a word or two to your Word document pictures, it is easier to position text typed directly onto the picture itself. While Word does not let you type directly onto a pasted picture, it does let you add text to AutoShapes....
- Tags: Toolbar, Font, Graphics, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Can not browse Internet from behind a Linksis WRT56G router
- Hi,I have a brand new XP pro installation on a new Dell Inspirion PC. It is connected to a WRT56G router along with another PC. Made new high speed connection to the ISP from Dell. Connection starts with no issues, files can be downloaded at a decent speed , but...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Web browsers, filipne@..., Internet, router, toolbar, PC, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Outlook 2003 Toolbars in opened messages
- One of my users does not have Outlook toolbar available in an opened message. Toolbars are prensent in Outlook but just not in the opened e-mail message. Running Exchage Server configuration with clients on Outlook (2003). Have updated MS Office and used repair disk but no help.
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, dowens@..., Microsoft Outlook, toolbar, Microsoft Outlook 2003
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Word2003 will go back to the Defualt tool bar
- pls tell me how to create new tool bar and save it.i did it on the Microsoft word 2003 using the normal way. but when i close the document & and open it back theres not new tool bar.i used this this system to create new tool barhttp://www.wellesley.edu/Computing/Office03/Word03/word03.html#toolbarstool bar...................thanks for...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Word processors, Microsoft Office, gayanwicke@..., toolbar, tool bar, tool, new tool bar, Microsoft Word
- Discussion threads 2007-11-06
- Support rich text with the Yahoo! User Interface Library
- During a recent project, my team's task was to redesign a Web page that utilized an ActiveX control as a rich text editor. One goal of the project was to replace the ActiveX control with a more standardized approach. We chose to use the rich text editor available with the...
- Tags: HTML, Yahoo! Inc., Toolbar, JavaScript, Font, Title, Rich Text Editor, Buttons Property, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Tony Patton
- Blog posts 2007-11-05
- excel macros
- can anyone help me to understand how to write simple macros in exel 2007?re: excel macrosThere are many books written to help you learn Visual Basic. But, if you want to learn using the built in help, here's how to start.Open a new blank workbook. Click Tools/Macros/Record New...
- Tags: Microsoft development tools, AMS@..., toolbar
- Discussion threads 2007-10-25
- How do I... Create custom toolbar buttons in Outlook?
- Great Post - I do this and it is a huge time saver!Great post! I've been using this methodology for several years now - I find that I will actually use macros more often if I create a button for them and putting them on a separate toolbar is...
- Tags: advena_artemis@..., toolbar, Microsoft Outlook
- Discussion threads 2007-10-22
- Link toolbar in IE6 keeps sorting
- I'm using IE6 SP2 and everytime I open it the Link toolbar has been resorted alphabetically. I spend time rearranging items in the desired order but everytime I restart or logout my links are resorted. What can I do to make my links stay in the order I...
- Tags: willisk@..., toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Internet Explorer acting funny - placement of "Links" toolbar
- Hi,I've been having this annoying problem ever since installing the latest IE 7 update recently. When I open IE, the location of the links toolbar appears as per the initial defualt settings whereas I always prefer to have the links toolbar just below the menu bar. However despite changing this,...
- Tags: Web browsers, michelle.morland@..., toolbar, links toolbar, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- How do I... Create custom toolbar buttons in Outlook?
- Running a macro is simple: Select Tools | Macros, choose Macros from the resulting submenu, select the macro you want to run, and click Run. Simple, yes. Efficient, no. Frankly, given the purpose of a macro, five clicks seems extreme. You could complete some tasks quicker than you could execute...
- Tags: Microsoft Outlook, Toolbar, Macro, Dialog Box, Figure H, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
