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I couldn’t possibly count the number of times I’ve accidentally typed teh and watched as Word magically rearranged the letters to spell the.  Nor can I count the number of times Word has made up for my inability to apply the i before e rule correctly.  Word is constantly correcting words like receive for me without my [...]

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Track Changes is a great feature in Microsoft Word that can be really helpful in editing and collaborating.  When you use Track Changes, any changes made to the document by you, or another person, will be marked.  Reviewers can also add comments.  All changes can later be accepted or rejected, and comments can later be deleted.
One not so [...]

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After last week’s post about formulas and functions essentials, it occurred to me that people might wonder how they can learn functions on their own.  The way I see it, there are two steps.  The first is to find out what function you need to learn.  The second is to find out exactly how the function [...]

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In honor of Earth Day, we decided to do an Earth friendly blog post.  In searching around for articles on how to be green with computers we stumbled across this article -  Living Green at the Office.
One of the suggestions is about cutting down on the number of pages you print.  Here are instructions on how [...]

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I can’t tell you how many times I’ve typed a few sentences, then realized that Caps Lock was on.  And then there are all the times I’ve typed a title in a document, then decided that I wanted to capitalize the first letter of every word.  In the past, I would retype the text, or [...]

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The default view in Word 2007 is Print Layout, but I’ve heard from several people who prefer to work in Draft view.  Changing the default view to Draft view is a two step process.
First, enable a document to be opened in Draft view.

Close all but one of your Word documents.
In Word, click on the Office button.
Click on [...]

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Thanks to sskennel on Flickr for the pic.
Picture it - you check your email, and find that your friend Sue has sent you and twenty of her closest friends an email with pictures of a cat and a dog cuddling, saying that if cats and dogs can get along, can’t we all get along.  You smile at [...]

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One of the lesser know programs in the Office 2007 Enterprise Suite and Ultimate Suite, Microsoft Groove is available for McCombs Faculty and Staff. Groove is a collaboration software program that helps teams work together even if team members work for different organizations, work remotely, or work offline. Microsoft provides a nice online demo about Groove. The [...]

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Customizing Multilevel List Styles

I once helped someone who had very specific needs in a list.  The first level of the list should be Roman numerals, the second should be lettered, and the third should be bullets, but not be indented any further than the second level.  Needless to say, there was not a predefined list [...]

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*  To learn more about AutoArchiving, go to the Training Team’s Managing Your Mailbox Size page.
** My grocery lists are not this organized, and they’re usually done on the back of a used envelope.

Create a Mulitlevel List
Often when making a list, you will need to make a subcategory of one of the items on your list.  When [...]

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