Archive for June, 2008

Hi there loyal TheNewPaperclip.com readers!

Over the last few months, your fearless paperclip has been busy writing his very first e-book!  And now it is at a stage ready for public consumption… well almost!

I am looking for 10 people from around the world to be ‘beta testers’ for my new e-book.

All I ask from you is to answer a few questions over email, maybe a IM conversation, or even a quick read of my draft.  In return I will give you a free copy of the e-book when it is published in a few weeks.

You want in?  Simply email my friend Paul Woods (by clicking on this address – paul@paul-woods.com) with a little bit about you, where you are from and why you want to be one of the beta readers!

I look forward to hearing from you.  Get in quick!  I can only accept nominations up until Friday 13 June 2008 (spooky!) and my favourite 10 will be part of the program.

’till next time!
TNP

I was surfing over at Simply-Basic.com today and stumbled across a great trick that you will find really handy!

In the post John Kolbert explains how Word 2007 interprets dashes, dots, asterisks and more and turns them into different horizontal lines – very cool indeed.

Do you want a simple horizontal line? Type 3 dashes in a row (“—”) and hit enter

What about a thicker line?  Type 3 underscore lines in a row (“___”) and hit enter

So what you say!  What about something trickier like a double line?  Type 3 equals signs in a row (“===”) and hit enter.

There are a few other types of lines that you can create using this great trick – check out the rest of the post for more information.

’till next time!
TNP

Is there a feature of Office that you KNOW exists… but can’t for the life of you find it?

Maybe it was an old feature you remember from Word 2003, or Excel, or PowerPoint.  They didn’t cover it in the course that work sent you to, you can’t find it in the help file, and Google hasn’t returned any results!

Panic?  Not quite yet!

Here is a neat little trick that I learnt from Tim Anderson over at ITWriting.

1. Go to the Quick Access Toolbar (you know the one beside the big Office button (the old file menu!))
2. You will see a little arrow that points down – click on it and then “Customize Quick Access Toolbar”
3. Click on “More Commands”
4. In the “Choose commands from” dropdown box, select “All Commands”
5. Scroll through the list to find your long lost friend!

Simple as that! Kudos to Tim @ IT Writing for a fantastic find!

’till next time!
TNP