Not to brag, but I make a mean mint chocolate chip cookie. A neighbor asked for the recipe* and as I typed it, I noticed something funny about fractions in Word. When I typed 1/2, the fraction shrank down to about the size of one letter. This is called a fraction character. When I typed 1/3, [...]
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Measurement in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Sometimes when working on a document or slide or spreadsheet, seeing the ruler helps you design. Other times, it just takes up screen space. In Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, you can select to view or hide the ruler (although in Excel it’s only available in Page Layout view). Show or Hide Ruler in Office 2007 and [...]
Distribute Objects Evenly – No Math, No Grid
This week’s post goes hand in hand with last week’s Align Objects Without a Grid post. If you’ve ever needed to spread objects (shapes, pictures, graphs) evenly across a slide or page, you’ll love the Distribute tools on the Align button. They’re available in PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel. They allow you to distribute objects evenly, either [...]
Align Objects Without a Grid
For a long time I thought the only way to align shapes or pictures in PowerPoint and other programs was to turn on the grid and painstakingly move objects to align perfectly to a gridline. I caused myself a lot of unnecessary work that way. PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and Excel all have a built in Align [...]
Add a Drop Cap to Paragraphs in Word
You’ve probably seen drop caps at the beginning of chapters in books (fairy tales are a prime example). A drop cap is the first letter of a paragraph that extends down below the first line of the paragraph. A drop cap can be set inside the paragraph, like the first paragraph in the image above, [...]
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The McCombs Technology Training Team helps UT Austin business students, faculty, and staff with their technology resources, and with Microsoft Office. The trainers are Holly Green and Ben Bond.
Jeff Hauger, a previous team member, contributed several blog posts.
