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(Almost) Pain-Free Calendars in Outlook 2013
Sep 26, 2013
Katherine Murray shows you how to create three different types of appointments, drag and drop items into your calendar, and share your calendar effectively.
10 Mail Merge Tricks for Word 2013
Oct 3, 2013
Katherine Murray offers 10 tips to help you reduce the time you spend setting up your merge print and shortcut the problem-solving when things go wrong.
5 Things to Try in Office 2013
Sep 12, 2013
Katherine Murray offers up a few of the new features worth trying as you’re considering whether Office 2013 is right for you.
Absolute Beginner's Guide to Quattro Pro X : Navigating in a Notebook
Jan 27, 2006
Navigating a new software package is like finding your way around a new town after a move—you need to learn how to move around in it efficiently. In Quattro Pro, you also need to learn how to select so that you can move and copy information as those actions become necessary. In this chapter, you'll learn how to move around a notebook, select cells, enter information into a spreadsheet, correct mistakes, and, most importantly, save a notebook so that you save the fruit of your efforts.
Access 2010 for Access 2007 Users: What's New
Feb 15, 2011
Roger Jennings runs through the features of Access 2010 that users of Access 2007 will find most useful.
Access 2010 Macros: A New Way of Programming
Jun 25, 2010
This exciting article takes you on a tour of the new Access 2010 macro designer and the new features available with Access macros. After reading the article, you will be comfortable with the Access 2010 macro designer and will be able to take advantage of all that it offers.
Access Fear Factor I: Basics
Dec 30, 2005
Afraid of the dark? Spiders? Heights? If you are an experienced Word/Excel user who has Access-phobia, this article is for you. Herb Tyson shows you how to use Word and Excel to start creating what should be a simple database. When limitations become obvious, you learn how to use an Excel spreadsheet as the starting point for an Access database that ultimately will be more useful.
Add Captions and Callouts to Your Video in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010
Jun 21, 2010
Add captions to your videos using the new Trigger to Bookmark features in PowerPoint 2010. Learn a bit about animations and other new video features along the way.
Adding Art to Documents in Office 2013
Mar 1, 2013
This chapter shows how you can add pictures, charts, and other graphics to spruce up your Office 2013 documents.
Adding Art to Office Documents
Sep 10, 2010
Steve Johnson shows how to grab your audiences’ attention by creating Office 2010 documents that are vibrant and visually interesting.
Adding Ink in Microsoft OneNote
Dec 12, 2011
After a brief but vigorous campaign by pen users, Microsoft added ink rendering to its OneNote Web App. Office expert Laura Acklen walks you through it.
Advanced Find-and-Replace Tools in Word
Oct 28, 2005
One of most valuable tools in Word is the Find and Replace command, which makes it a snap to locate any text and replace it with new text. But you might not know that this command goes way beyond the basics to provide a truly flexible tool for working with document content and formatting. Peter Aitken shows you how to use all the powerful options that this command offers.
Advanced PowerPoint 2007: Rediscover Charts
Apr 3, 2008
Here are the new features that the reworked charts in PowerPoint have to offer, including some tips and tricks that will enable you to do your job more efficiently.
Alternatives To Apple’s iWork Apps For Managing Microsoft Office Files On An iPad
Mar 1, 2012
Jason R. Rich offers a handful of solutions for iPad users who want to create, view, edit, print, and share Microsoft Office-compatible files and documents on their tablet.
Anyone But Microsoft
Feb 8, 2002
For a small but growing sector of the PC marketplace, seeking alternatives to Microsoft operating systems and software has become something of a Holy Grail. Columnist and author Ed Tittel will examine some of the options available, including some compromise approaches, as he explains necessary pieces and parts.
Appending an Access 2007 Form Using Email
Jun 22, 2009
Tom Bunzel explores the Access email form feature in detail, taking you through the process step by step and comparing it with other ways that also let you bring user data from external sources into an Access table.
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Jan 1, 2003
Avoiding Snares and Gotchas in Word 2003
Jan 28, 2005
If you don't turn off some of the metadata options in Word, you could unknowingly be e-mailing documents containing all sorts of sensitive or embarrassing data. Find out how to fix it, before it fixes you.
Begin Customizing Your Home Page in Sharepoint
Nov 4, 2005
Haven't used SharePoint web parts? Laurie Rowell demonstrates the steps to get you off and running, possibly even dancing, as you arrange your SharePoint Services or SharePoint Portal Server workspace for your own convenience.
Building a Word 2003 Template: The Basic Hammer-and-Four-Nails Guide
Jul 23, 2004
Are you formatting the same document over and over? Want to kick your formatting into overdrive? Laurie Rowell shows you that building your own templates in Word 2003 is easy, and the results offer you great-looking documents in a fraction of the time.

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