It’s a simple question about ordering monthly data in Word – there’s many answers which give a glimpse into what you can do with Office. ” I want to have a monthly log of items, each month separated by a page or section break, but be able to “toggle” the
New wrinkles on an old Microsoft Office =rand() ‘random’ or filler text trick Old Word hands know there’s a quick way to enter text into a document as a placeholder for testing or to help formatting while you’re waiting for the real content to arrive. Type =rand() and some text
Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Microsoft has released a series of updated help files for Office 2007 programs. Each program has a separate download. In most cases the download includes updates for both the main user help file and the developers help
Soon Apple iPhone and iTouch users will be able to edit MS Office documents on a tiny but crisp screen. When Apple released the latest iPhone with direct support for Microsoft Exchange Server, it left the question of access to other parts of the Office suite. DataViz has announced that
A strange spelling anomaly appeared in Word 2003 and Word 2007 — all to do with a possessive Donna. ” At some point “recently” (like within the past year?) the last name Donna, when you add a possessive, Office 2007 spell checker thinks it is spelled wrong. Try it with
More comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. I suppose it was inevitable .. after mentioning Monty Python and the MS Word dictionary last week (admittedly tongue-in-cheek) someone has asked about more comparisons between the legendary comedy team and Microsoft Office. “Great point about Monty – if mere
Why isn’t Sarah Palin in the MS Word dictionary and the suggested spellings offensive to some people? We explain why Microsoft is NOT to blame, what’s happening and how to fix it. You can tell election fever is getting too hot when poor old Microsoft Office gets dragged into arguments between
How does Word cope with a grammar quiz in The New York Times? The New York Times has a grammar quiz today (free registration required for some of the NYT web site). ” When we stumble over sound-alike words, readers accuse us of turning our editing chores over to a
There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. Here’s a quick guide to some of the options including free downloads. There are plenty of ways to make an Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Microsoft Office programs. PDF files retain most of the
‘Remote Code Execution’ is the phrase for August 08 updates for a wide range of Office products. August 2008 brings two security updates for Access plus Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Office. It’s really a case of ‘once more around the roundabout’ with most of the patches fixing yet more
The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The Office 2007 can disappear to make more screen room available for your document – not only that but it does so intelligently. The ribbon can be
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.
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Word 2007 has changed the Rand() feature and not entirely for the best. One of Word’s quirky, tucked-away features is the rand() function. It lets you quickly insert a block of text in a document. To use the function in pre-2007 versions of Word, at the beginning of a line
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
