Monday, October 31, 2016

Free Design Tools

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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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Layout Contol

Unique designs

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

Custom Layout



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Saturday, October 29, 2016

Mail Excel

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 2007-2016
RDBMail

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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Friday, October 28, 2016

Hosting Info

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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Thursday, October 27, 2016

Video Tutorials Too

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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Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Productivity Guides

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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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Database Genisis

Gotta start somewhere


Microsoft has a tutorial on how to create a database.

Office.Microsoft.com



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Monday, October 24, 2016

Word Feature

New or reacquaint

2007 came up with a number of new and improved features. Most are the same in 2010-13.
Here's a description of some built in tools.

Beyond the Ribbon



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Sunday, October 23, 2016

Convert Graphic Styles

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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Saturday, October 22, 2016

Friday, October 21, 2016

Stuck in the Outbox

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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Thursday, October 20, 2016

Google Searches II

Tips


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

Parameters Cheat Sheet



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Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Selection Address

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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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

Navigate Navigation Pane

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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Monday, October 17, 2016

Custom QAT

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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Sunday, October 16, 2016

Temp Files

Where they live and breathe


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


Ed Bott



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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Flip Text

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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Friday, October 14, 2016

Display Order

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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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Historical Documents

Remember good old paper?


"Fold3 helps you find and share historic documents. We are able to bring you many never-before-seen historic documents through our unique partnerships with The National Archives, the Library of Congress and other institutions.

Our patented digitization process is helping bring other collections to life on the web everyday.

But Fold3 is more than just a dusty, digital archive online. We provide you the tools to share your historical passions and connect with others."


Fold3.com



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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Access Communities

It takes a village


Here are some links the Access groups. Someone has probably asked your question before.
Access Communities



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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Merge Formatting Extended

Manipulation

When you merge data into Word, it takes on the formatting of the target document.
This tip allows you the dictate the appearance of merged data.


WordRibbon.Tips.Net



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Monday, October 10, 2016

Onscreen Keyboard

Tap or Click?


If you would like to have a keyboard on your screen that can be activated with your mouse you're in luck

Type osk in Start Run





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Sunday, October 09, 2016

Schlub

a stupid, worthless, or unattractive person

"(Jerry is) an all-American schlub . . . He has turned these degradations into an animated Web site appropriately named ItsJerryTime.com, on which he battles a cast of tormentors that includes the Meal Moth, his landlord and an alleged telephone conspiracy perpetrated by a duo of old ladies" Wall Street Journal

ItsJerryTime.com



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Saturday, October 08, 2016

Home for PPT Ideas

A covey of notions

"PowerPoint Heaven is a PowerPoint entertainment portal for PowerPoint animations, games, artworks, showcases, animation templates and tutorials. The focus of this site is to maximize the use of Microsoft PowerPoint and go beyond its capability. Our goal is to show users that PowerPoint is not simply a presentation tool, but is also capable on leveraging into other areas such as creating games, artworks and animations."

PPTHeaven



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Friday, October 07, 2016

Order on the Right

Context Menu

Eric Leauglt shares the VBA code that can be used when "Organizing Your E-mail Using Custom Item Context Menus in Outlook 2007".

May appear to be daunting, but if you have had some exposure to VBA, it's not that bad.

Eric Leauglt



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Thursday, October 06, 2016

Command Reference

2003-2007-2010-2016

Those of you that are just now making the switch to the Ribbon world, will find this valuable.

ComputerWorld.com



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Wednesday, October 05, 2016

My One and Only Thrill

Melody Gardot


Gentle. Almost from another time.
"The story of vocalist Melody Gardot is as remarkable as any who perseveres against abject adversity. Born in New Jersey in 1985, she took up piano and played as a youngster on the nightclub scene of Philadelphia, influenced by jazz, folk, rock and pop musics. At age 19 she was a fashion student at the Community College of Philadelphia. But, on a fateful day, while riding her bicycle, the driver of a Jeep made an illegal turn, hurdling into Gardot and leaving her in the street for dead. Hospitalized for months with multiple head injuries and pelvic fractures, her love for music was the best therapy she could receive.
Her music could be described as a cross between Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, Eva Cassidy, and Shania Twain, but goes deeper than mere pop convention. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide"





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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Tips for Office

Suggestions

TechRepublic lists a number of areas that you might explore when training is needed for a new Office version.

Here are a few:
  • LINKS TO TIP SHEETS AND ARTICLES
    "Instead of telling your users to go out to Microsoft.com and do a search, put hyperlinks to the printer-friendly version of tip sheets and articles on your company's main portal page. Providing links to information you know they need will help you cover the training bases. And presenting the links on an internal web site they already use will show your users that it's okay to go outside of their four firewalls to learn something new. Include your favorite hyperlink in your signature line so it goes out in every e-mail you send."
  • ONLINE TRAINING
  • E-LEARNING
  • WEBCASTS
  • VIRTUAL TRAINING
  • MULTILINGUAL SCREENTIPS AND TRANSLATIONS
  • COMMAND REFERENCE GUIDES
  • OFFICE ONLINE AT WORK
10 ways to train your users on Office for free



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Monday, October 03, 2016

Context Clutter

Registry mop


When you Right-click the desktop, a “Context” menu appears. Some programs like to sneak in and add shortcuts to their very important applications.
If your context menu has been cluttered up, here are some instructions and tips to clean it up.


HowToGeek.com



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Sunday, October 02, 2016

Classroom PP

A few tips


Here is a tutorial on ways to use PowerPoint in the classroom.
They also talk about how to use the 2007-2010 ribbon.

Actden.com



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Saturday, October 01, 2016

Stop Reply To All

Macro magic

Scott Hanselman (who is ". . . an old fat guy with a Black Belt that used to fit") has a tutorial on how to disable "Reply to All".

How To Easily Disable Reply To All And Forward In Outlook



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