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Find All the Acronyms in Your Word Documents

Wed, 13 May 2009 10:01:00 -0400

Our language today is riddled with acronyms. However, to be effective our written communications must consider our target audience. In other words, what we write must be easily understood by our target audience. For this reason, it's important to evaluate whether the meaning of any acronyms we've used is known to our audience. Here's a tip for quickly locating all the acronyms in a Word document. [More]

More on Office 2007 Backwards Compatibility

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:02:00 -0400

In an earlier post, I provided instructions on how to install the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (MOCP). You can read that post here. However, if you regularly share documents with people who use older Office versions and don't have the MCOP, here's a tip that might reduce the number of Office headaches you experience. [More]

Hide Text in Word 2007

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 06:47:00 -0400

First, why would you want to hide text in Word? One scenario that comes to mind is you have sections of text in a long document that you don't want to permanently delete. For whatever reason, you want to keep these sections, but you don't want the document recipient(s) to see the text. Maybe you're thinking you might use this text when you rewrite the document for a different audience. If you have a need to keep but hide text, here's how to do it. [More]

Office 2007 Stalling?

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:21:00 -0400

If you've recently installed Office 2007 and it keeps stalling, or runs very slow, most likely you don't have enough RAM to handle it. [More]

Understanding Word's New "Ribbon"

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:14:00 -0400

Believe it or not, Microsoft actually used logic to organize the new "Ribbon" found in the 2007 edition of all Microsoft Office programs. In this article, I'll explain the logic behind Word's ribbon. [More]

Create Forms Where Only Fields are Editable

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:57:00 -0400

Personally, I prefer to use Excel to create forms. It's much easier to align fields and make the ends of horizontal lines "match up". It's also easy to prevent users from editing anything other than the fields you want them to complete. [More]

Office 2007 and Backwards Compatibility

Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:36:00 -0400

The latest version of Microsoft Office, 2007, isn't entirely backwards compatible with older versions of Office. Files created in 2007 cannot be opened in earlier versions of Office unless you download a Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (MOCP). [More]

Reach Favorite Files Faster

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:00:00 -0400

In Office 2007, you can access Recent Documents by clicking the Office button. But did you know you can keep frequently used files there all the time? [More]

Pulling Your Hair Out Over a Microsoft Application?

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:24:00 -0400

Did you know there's a handy discussion forum Microsoft has on its website? It's called the Microsoft Communities, and it's a godsend for those of us trying to squeeze more out of our MS Office applications. [More]