Microsoft Office articles
I had a PowerPoint file that contained over 200 images and I needed the images for another project. I could have right-clicked each picture and downloaded them one at a time, but I thought there should be a better way. Then I remembered that the […]
I have been teaching word processing for decades. WordPerfect was what I used and taught for years. Then the college I taught at entered into an agreement with Microsoft and I learned Word and the rest of the Office suite. Now, most of my work
Field codes are useful placeholders for data that may change in your document. You can also use them to automate certain aspects of your document. Field codes are inserted for you when you use Word features like page numbers or table of contents, but you
Do You want to add some visual interest to your documents? Well, you’re in luck if you are so inclined. You can add a background color using the Page Color button. Why not just go crazy with it and add a watermark as well?? Follow
In most jobs, you will use Microsoft Word or Excel at some point. When using these programs, it is always a good idea to make sure you are saving your work frequently. Recently, I was working on a long project in Word when all of
Outlook displays temperatures by default using the Fahrenheit scale. You can, however, have it displayed using the Celsius scale. Follow the steps below to learn how: Click on File | Options | Calendar. Under Weather, click Celsius. Click OK. Now, Outlook will display temperatures in
I am sure a lot, if not all of you, know what a robust tool Track Changes is in Word. It is also a good editing tool because it will show you the changes made in a document over a period of time. Of course,
It is easy to change the return address in Word although it is not always very intuitive to figure out where to go to do this. Changing The Return Address Follow the steps below to learn how: Click File | Options | Advanced. Scroll to
Charting data entered into an Excel spreadsheet does not have to be a complicated procedure. This article shows you step-by-step how to make that happen. First, we will create a simple worksheet and add some random data. Then we will create a quick chart of
Columns of names in a spreadsheet are often entered as full names (first and last). This works great for mailing labels where the complete name is used. It is not convenient when only the first or last name is needed, like when you need to
Word is possessed of powerful editing tools that we can use to do more than manage our text. So if you find that you are working with images and pictures, you can access some formatting options to help you out! Crop An Image Follow to
I bet you never thought you had a Document Assembly System in Word! Well, in a manner of speaking, you do and it’s called AutoCorrect! Say you work in a law office and you are at the very bottom of your document and you need
Even though it is highly unusual to encounter stability issues with Microsoft Word, it does happen on occasion. If Word is not starting properly, you can start it in Safe Mode to try to sort out what the problem may be. Follow the steps below
If you are like me, you use your computer at night, especially when the children finally go to bed and there is finally some free time. When we use our computer at that time, we normally have the lights off or low– hoping to keep
