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- Create a custom letterhead template in Word
- Printing your own stationery can save you significant bucks -- you can print on an as-needed basis and make changes whenever you want without incurring any charges. Here's what you need to know about using Word to set up a letterhead template. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Page, Margin, Template, AutoShape, Susan Sales Harkins, Document Management, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Printers, Microsoft Office, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Office Suites, Hardware, Peripherals, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- How to avoid a potential problem with disappearing hyperlinks in PowerPoint 2007
- PowerPoint controls the way a hyperlink looks, but it's easy to work around that limitation by covering the hyperlink text with an AutoShape, adding the hyperlink to the AutoShape, and then making the AutoShape disappear. The original text that you meant to hyperlink is all the user sees. You can...
- Tags: Hyperlink, Microsoft PowerPoint, AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-01-22
- Compare two sets of Excel chart data using transparent columns
- It's difficult to compare two sets of data in an Excel chart when one data series almost totally obscures the other. For example, let's say you create a bar chart comparing monthly sales for one subsidiary against monthly sales for the entire company. You click the data series for the...
- Tags: Sales, Microsoft Excel, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- How to Disguise Hyperlinks in PowerPoint
- Every product seems to underline hyperlinks by default, which is a good visual clue that the text is actually a link. However, in a PowerPoint presentation that you're controlling, I find the format a bit distracting. I can't help wondering if the audience is thinking more about what's behind the link...
- Tags: Uncategorized
- Blog posts 2007-06-02
- Add pizzazz to your Word text with AutoShapes
- Rectangular text boxes may be fine, but sometimes your Word document needs a little something extra. Find out about the variety of non-rhomboidal AutoShapes available for your text—clouds, banners, and more! You are not limited to rectangular text boxes when it comes to positioning and formatting text for...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Click AutoShapes, AutoShape, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-02-21
- Moving and resizing Word AutoShapes with the Mouse
- You can use your mouse to change the size, shape, and position of an AutoShape to build your own custom drawings. Here's how. Word 2002 and later comes with a wealth of AutoShapes that you can use to build flow charts, room plans, and...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, AutoShape, Mice, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Microsoft Office, handle, mouse, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Object, Hardware, Peripherals
- Technical articles 2005-06-27
- Tech Tip: Create a custom Word background fill/Add selected values in Excel/Enter and display Access dates
- Create a custom background fill for anAutoShape In addition to using various colors andpatterns, you can use graphic images to create a custom fill for anAutoShape object. For example, suppose you've drawn and enlarged anoval AutoShape. You can create a custom background fill from apicture. ...
- Tags: SELECT, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, AutoShape
- Technical articles 2004-08-03
- Add a popup window to a PowerPoint slide
- Animate callouts on a PowerPoint slide to display optional information with just a quick click. by Susan Harkins
- Tags: Window, Graphic, Trigger, Microsoft PowerPoint, Popup Window, AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
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- inserting objects in Excel formulas
- i'd like to reference an object autoshape in a simple excel formula. specifically, i want to use an if-then statement to display a green up-arrow created using autoshapes when a condition is true and a red down-arrow also created using autoshapes when the condition is false. i can only get...
- Tags: excel, formula, lbour@..., Microsoft Excel, windows
- Discussion threads 2005-09-13
- Create high-impact charts with Excel's AutoShapes
- Charts are visual representations of data, so why not use Excel to further illustrate your information using actual illustrations? Mary Ann Richardson talks about AutoShapes and how to use them in your Excel charts. Try adding AutoShapes to make your Excel charts stand out from the crowd. For...
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Sales strategy, Desktops, Click Rectangular Callout, AutoShapes, laptop computer, Click Draw, Click OK, callout, notebook, toolbar, Microsoft Office Suite Excel Tips Newsletter, Chart, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Technical articles 2007-01-02
- Compare two sets of Excel chart data using transparent columns
- Only works for Bar Charts?I have done this in the past, and have come to the conclusion that the ability to make charts transparent ONLY works with bar charts. I have tried to make any other type of charttransparent(i.e. pie chart, area chart) and have had no luck. ...
- Tags: mtrevino57@..., Excel Chart, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- AddinTools Create (exe)
- Make hundreds of combines of Charts, Diagrams, AutoShapes, Drawings, WordArts, Reports, Tables, Cards, Labels, Forms and Sheets in Microsoft Excel just a minute. You could input complicated formulas into Diagram, AutoShape, WordArt, Drawing and other objects now. Immediately, you become a Excel expert and programmer. Don't need any special skill,...
- Tags: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Marketing Research, Office Suites, Software, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-01-19
- Convert Word graphics to AutoShapes to type text directly on your images
- Great TipWow, what a terrific tip. I have been adding text boxes all my life, grouping, being cognizant of the order, no more. Thanks!Stetches the imageThis is a great tip -- thank you!! How would you set the picture in the AutoShape box while preserving the picture's proportions?Do the same...
- Tags: dcecka, text box, graphics
- Discussion threads 2007-11-14
- Move or resize multiple Word objects at once
- A drawing in Word is more than the sum of its parts—that is, until you try to move it. Mary Ann Richardson shows you how to move or resize layered drawings or objects in Word without them falling apart. Most drawings in Word consist of more than one object....
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Mary Ann Richardson, Word processors, Grouping, Microsoft Office Suite Word Tips Newsletter, Object, Office Suites, Software
- Technical articles 2006-05-23
- How do I... Spice up a list in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation?
- Most of us use bullets or numbers to introduce specific ideas or points. There's nothing wrong with them, but they are rather ordinary. In a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you might want to forgo the ordinary and go with something a bit more novel, and certainly unexpected. The...
- Tags: Item, Arrow, Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Corp., Figure D, Figure J, Figure K, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Convert Word graphics to AutoShapes to type text directly on your images
- While you can use a text box to add a word or two to your Word document pictures, it is easier to position text typed directly onto the picture itself. While Word does not let you type directly onto a pasted picture, it does let you add text to AutoShapes....
- Tags: Toolbar, Font, Graphics, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- watermarks
- Looking for a simple way to create watermarks on documents.Thank you,WaddaWord 2003FormatbackroundPrinted WatermarkYou can insert your own or use simple textual oneshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010563291033.aspxGood LuckBKWord 2003FormatbackroundPrinted WatermarkYou can insert your own or use simple textual oneshttp://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010563291033.aspxGood LuckBKsorry for double submittoo quick on the clickIn older versions of Word, you just insert a...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Word processors, Microsoft Office, waterMark
- Q&A 2005-12-08
- 10 ways to get more mileage out of PowerPoint
- Microsoft Office users know that PowerPoint is a powerful presentation package, but some of them find it easier to write the content than to create and deliver the final show. The truth is that PowerPoint is just as easy to use as all the other Office applications, but a lot...
- Tags: Slide, Microsoft PowerPoint, Truth, Presentation, Highlighter, Format AutoShape, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Teach your PowerPoint students to create custom design templates
- PowerPoint's prefab design templates are handy, but your students can create their own tailor-made templates that are just as easy to use.PowerPoint offers a healthy assortment of “design templates,” which give users a head start on slide show formatting. They can either choose a template when they create a new...
- Tags: Jody Gilbert, Microsoft PowerPoint, rectangle, design template
- Technical articles 1999-11-11
- 34 timesaving mouse tricks for Word users
- This information is also available as a PDF download.Keyboard shortcuts are a mainstay for most Word users who are trying to streamline their work. Even brand-new users start slinging around Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V soon after mastering the intricacies of scrolling. But keyboard shortcuts are often nonintuitive and hard to...
- Tags: Word processors, Mice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, mouse, Jody Gilbert, Double-click, dialog box
- Blog posts 2007-06-22
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