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Certification

2010-03-07T03:20:00.000-08:00

Get your paper

"Discover the only worldwide, performance-based certification program that validates the skills needed to get the most out of Microsoft Office and Windows Vista. Whether you want to stand out in the job market, improve your performance, or better prepare your students to enter the workforce, the Microsoft Business Certification (MBC) program can help you attain the valuable expertise you need—and businesses rely on—to succeed."

Microsoft Business Certification

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Hidden Data

2010-03-06T03:06:00.000-08:00

Secrets revealed

Ed Bott has a discussion on Metadata. That information, such as names and notes, which is hidden in Word documents.

EdBott.com

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Free Design Tools

2010-03-05T03:12:00.000-08:00

Simple and free

Mauricio Duque has collected a list of 45 no cost design programs.

"Some of them are pretty decent alternatives, not only for those who are not willing to spend the big bucks, but also for those who need some specific tasks done, like resizing a batch of picture without needing to run the almighty Photoshop."

Snap2Objects.com

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Layout Control

2010-03-04T03:56:00.000-08:00

Unique designs

How a slide is laid out can be captured as a custom template.
You are not restricted to the schems that come out of the box.

Custom Layout

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Mail Excel

2010-03-03T03:39:00.000-08:00

VBA + sample

Excel Guru Ron de Bruin has put together the VBA code needed to send Excel via email.
He has also included the sample workbooks for those that are not VBA literate.

Also:

". . . a new add-in named RDBMail for Excel/Outlook 2007-2010
http://www.rondebruin.nl/mail/add-in.htm

The add-in create a new tab on the Ribbon named RDBMail with a lot of mail options.
You have the option to send as workbook or PDF for every mail option."

Code to send mail from Excel

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Hosting Info

2010-03-02T03:05:00.000-08:00

Who dat provider?

Find out which provider a site is using.
Find out which internet providers are most reliable.
Find out which operating system is being used by which provider.
Find out . . .

Netcraft.com

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Video Tutorials

2010-03-01T03:40:00.000-08:00

What you see

"MIStupid.com is The Online Knowledge Magazine that publishes information that everyone should know, wants to know, or forgot.
MIStupid.com was created in 2001 by Greg Renza with the desire to eradicate the world's stupidity."

A few of the lessons include:

Concatenating Cells
Conditional Formatting
Subtotals
Data Sorting
Formulas and Named Cells
Create Graphs and Charts

MIStupid.com

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Productivity Guides

2010-02-28T03:57:00.000-08:00

Free suggestions

Microsoft provides 22+ guides to productivity in the office.

"Microsoft IT created Work Smart productivity guides (previously Everyday Productivity Education (EPE) guides) to bridge the gap between technology and users. Work Smart guides provide employees with scenario-based, best-use productivity aids on Microsoft products and technologies. As more Work Smart guides are published, Microsoft IT expects to see more consistent, productive, and cost-effective use of products and technologies across the company."

IT Showcase

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Database Genesis

2010-02-27T03:40:00.000-08:00

Gotta start somewhere

Microsoft has a tutorial on how to create a database.

Office.Microsoft.com

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Word Features

2010-02-26T03:29:00.000-08:00

New or reacquaint

2007 came up with a number of new and impoved features. Most are the same in 2010.
Here's a description of some built in tools.

Beyond the Ribbon

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Convert Graphic Styles

2010-02-25T03:18:00.000-08:00

Straight forward

Often you will have pictures in one format and want to explore using it in a different manner.
Built into Office 2003/7/10 is a mini app called Microsoft Office Picture Manager.

1. Go to Start > All Programs > Microsoft Office > Microsoft Office Tools > Microsoft Office Picture Manager
2. Browse to the images you want to convert and select them
3. Go to File > Export
4. Under Export with this file format, click the dropdown and select one of the formats (TIFF, PNG, JPG, BMP. . .)

Converting WMF's

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One-Slide Timer

2010-02-24T03:35:00.000-08:00

Easy tip

You can use this before a show, or when you take a break.

PowerPoint: A Codeless One-Slide Timer

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PDF Form Fill

2010-02-23T03:17:00.000-08:00

Free tool

Have you ever been stymied by this PDF warning?

You can enter data, but you can't save the file with the new information.
Nuance has a free answer:

"Fill and save PDF forms - Most other PDF viewers do not enable you to fill and save PDF forms without support from a premium product.
Nuance PDF Reader provides frequently used annotation tools, letting you highlight, cross-out, and underline text."

Nuance PDF Reader

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Stuck in the Outbox

2010-02-22T03:58:00.000-08:00

Steps to try

Some suggestions about how to empty your outbox and speed your greatest thoughts on their way.

How to troubleshoot messages stuck in your Outbox

Outlook Troubleshooting Tips

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Google Searches II

2010-02-21T03:27:00.000-08:00

Tips

Here's a link to a PDF file that shows how to maximize Google searches.

Parameters Cheat Sheet

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Selection Address

2010-02-20T03:58:00.000-08:00

What's the count

". . . know what range is selected at any given time. You can look at the Name Box, but that only show the active cell."

Display number of Rows and Columns

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Navigate Navigation Pane

2010-02-19T03:08:00.000-08:00

Ahoy

Here's the Microsoft tutorial:

Meet the Navigation Pane

Also:

"We have heard a few of you have missed the ALT D shortcut to open an object in design. As you know, ALT in ribbon apps now allows you to access ribbon shortcuts. Next time you want to open an object in design view, try Control Enter."

Navigation pane tip

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Custom QAT

2010-02-18T03:28:00.000-08:00

Access additions

Applications put most of the most-used commands on the Home tab's Ribbon, not everything is there. You may want to add Close, Close All, or Print commands, for example.

In the upper Left corner is the Quick Access Tool bar.

To update the QAT:
Click the down-pointing arrow to the right of the QAT.
Choose any common commands (New, Close, Print, etc.) by checking the option.

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Temp Files

2010-02-17T03:39:00.000-08:00

Where they live and breathe

Ed Bott discusses temp files; care, feeding, and cleaning.

EdBott.com

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Flip Text

2010-02-16T03:51:00.000-08:00

This text is right side up

uʍop ǝpısdn sı sıɥʇ

This site accepts your perfect prose and turns it around.
(with unicode)

RevFad.com

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Performance and Exhibition

2010-02-15T03:24:00.000-08:00

Techniques

PowerPoint can be one element, but there are other considerations when delivering information.

Presentation
Creation
Delivery
Venue
Technology
Products

Presentations.com

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Display Order

2010-02-14T03:42:00.000-08:00

What’s on top

Outlook allows you to rearrange how information is displayed in your email list.

(Outlook 2010)

HowToGeek.com

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Quotes and Apostrophes

2010-02-13T03:04:00.000-08:00

HTML codes

A left double quote is &ldquo;
A right double quote is &rdquo ;
A left single quote is &lsquo ;
A right single quote is &rsquo ;

OfZenandComputing.com

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Custom Toolbars

2010-02-12T03:07:00.000-08:00

You’re not restricted

You can create your own toolbars. Here's some code that helps:

Toolbars for Fun and Profit

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