The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) in Office 2007 programs have their own shortcut keys using the number keys. Alt + 1 for the first icon on the QAT, Alt + 2 for
If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create a shortcut which does just this. If you frequently find yourself wanting to edit the same document you were using in your last Word session, you can create
Here’s how to delete the Microsoft Word document you’re currently editing. Here’s a rather more complex macro you might find useful. This one lets you delete the document you’re currently editing. Word normally won’t let you do this: you must first close the document, then delete it. That’s a sensible
Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) only, Microsoft has disclosed a unpatched security glitch in Word 2002 (Office XP) – that’s the bad news. The good news is that the problem seems limited to only Word 2002. Later versions of Word (2003, 2007, Word
How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. How do you spell ‘Barack Obama’? Maybe it’s ‘Barrack Osama’ ? Word 2003, Vista or Windows Server 2008 might tell you that. Word can have some quirky results
How to copy revision information from one Word document to another. The Word’s Spike feature will cut and paste revisions in a document plus standard paste will work if you know the trick. We love feedback from readers, especially when it uncovers some peculiarity in Microsoft Office. Anne C. read
Word’s Spike lets you quickly reorganize snippets of text and graphics. You grab the snippets from different locations in your document, place them one by one on the spike, then use the Insert From Spike command to paste them as a block into your document. Microsoft has long produced software
Office 2003 SP3 has a bug in the Documening Imaging program – Microsoft has a fix if you need the hotfix and if you can find a way to ask for it! Microsoft has released a ‘hotfix’ to a repair a bug that arises in Office 2003 Service Pack 3.
From: Altova StyleVision Supports Word 2007 / OOXML; Altova Lowers Price. Case Study – MapForce EDI Conversion Optimizes Business Transactions. Tips & Tricks – Content Re-Use in XMLSpy with OOXML & XSLT 1) StyleVision Supports Word 2007 / OOXML; Altova Lowers Price 2) Case Study – MapForce EDI Conversion Optimizes
Even Fortune magazine gets Oscar fever These days everyone gets Oscar fever — even Fortune magazine manages to shoe-horn some articles into their web site. There’s an article about the price of an Oscar statue – $1 according to the Academy. And an analysis of the speeches given by winners (which can be done in
There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should you install it or not? Microsoft has chosen to make that decision a difficult one for all Office 2003 users. There’s a big question mark over the third service pack for Office 2003 – should
We look at marking index entries across multiple pages, hidden text and a nifty add-on for regular indexers. By Michael Barden In the last issue of Office for Mere Mortals we looked at the basics of indexing in Word – setting up a document to be indexed and then generating
An index is a list of terms or topics that can be found within the document. We look at how to create an index in Microsoft Word. By Michael Barden In this and the next issue we’re going to talk about creating indexes in Microsoft Word. ‘Real’ books often have
How to make a Table of Figures in Microsoft Word. By Michael Barden In last week’s issue, we looked at how to make a table of contents. This week, we’ll look at the similar concept of how to make a table of figures. That’s a list of the images, graphs,
The basic options for making a Table of Contents in a Word document. In this issue we’ll look at the basic options for making a Table of Contents in a Word document. It’s very easy to do this in Word and it’s not just for people who are making books,
From: Microsoft As Microsoft Corporate Vice President Peter Pathe prepares to retire, he discusses the lasting legacy of a product he’s overseen for more than a decade. REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 4, 2007 With the release of Microsoft’s new generation of technologies in 2007 comes an interesting highlight about a venerable
A neat little hack to add the Word 2007 and Excel 2007 icons to Sharepoint 2003. Wictor Wilén has a neat little trick to add the Word 2007 and Excel 2007 icons to Sharepoint 2003 when you upload .docx and .xlsx documents. He provides the two small GIF icons plus
Here’s a list of the October 2006 security updates for Microsoft Office for Windows. There are five security updates for Microsoft Office this month, all of which are rated ‘Critical’ by Microsoft. Powerpoint for Windows and Mac See https://office-watch.com/kb?924163 PowerPoint 2000, PowerPoint 2002, PowerPoint 2003, Excel 2004 for Mac, Excel
We’ll show you the basics of sharing a Word document and how it’s certainly better than the way you do it now. JUST WORD Microsoft loves to talk about collaboration, sharing, reviewing and otherwise scare many people into thinking that these Word features are way too complex. Once you’ve tried
Yet another vulnerability in Office was revealed this week, this time it effects Word 2000 even with all the latest patches installed. Yet another vulnerability in Office was revealed this week, this time it effects Word 2000 even with all the latest patches installed. A malicious document could, via Word
In part 2 of our “Invisible Office” articles, we point out another assortment of simple, yet often “invisible” features in Office. THE INVISIBLE 80% OF OFFICE – PART 2 By Michael Barden According to Microsoft, around 80% of the feature requests they get for Office are already currently within the
In this article we’ll explain what section breaks in Word are, how they work and some nifty purposes that you can put them to. SECTIONS BREAKS IN WORD You may have noticed the Insert | Break option in Microsoft Word and wondered what it was for, or worse, tried to
A watermark is any text or graphic that appears either on top of or behind existing document text when the document is printed. WHAT IS A WATERMARK? By Michael Barden A watermark is any text or graphic that appears either on top of or behind existing document text when the
From: The New York Times Some interesting photo tips from Michele McNally from the New York Times ‘Talk to the Newsroom’ is a Q & A feature in the New York Times which, this week, comes from Michele McNally their Assistant Managing Editor for Photography. Aside from the journalistic questions,
