Archive for May, 2009

Do you want to add a classy touch to the publication that you are working on in Publisher 2007? 

A drop cap is a great way to do that.  For those that don’t know what a Drop Cap is… it is one of those big letters you see at the start of a paragraph.

In Publisher 2007 it is easy to add a drop cap.

1) Click on the paragraph of text you want to add the drop cap to

2) Click on the “Format” menu

3) Click on “Drop Cap”

4) Select the drop cap style you want to use.  If you want to make something really special, click on “Custom Drop Cap” and select the letter position, size, font and colour

5) Click “OK”

Too easy!

‘till next time!
TNP

Do you use OneNote 2007 so much that you start to run out of space on the pages of your OneNote notebooks?

Well there is a neat little feature in OneNote 2007 which enables you to create more whitespace by pushing the content on your page out of the way.

To find it:

1) Click on “Insert”

2) At the bottom of the menu, click on “Extra Writing Space”

3) Click on your page where you want the whitespace to start, then drag to where you want it to end.

Simple as that!

‘till next time!
TNP

If you regularly collaborate with others creating Word documents, or Excel spreadsheets – I am sure that you are very familiar with the commenting feature.

Basically it allows you to add comments throughout the document or spreadsheet for others to see when they are reviewing the work.

Well you will be happy to know that you can also add comments to the slides in your PowerPoint 2007 presentations.

Here is how:

1) Go to the “Review” tab in PowerPoint 2007

2) Look for the “Comments” group

3) Click on “New Comment”

4) Write your comment

5) Click on the comment and drag it to where you want it to appear on your slide

… but how do I change the name associated with the comment?

Good question!  PowerPoint takes that information from the information that has been entered in the PowerPoint options menu.

1) Click on the “Office Orb” – that is the old file menu in the top left hand corner of the screen

2) Click on “PowerPoint Options”

3) Look for “Personalize your copy of Microsoft Office”.  You will find the User Name and Initials there.  Simply change them to the right details and your comments will now be attributed to the right person.

‘till next time!
TNP

Are you always having to resize your columns in Excel 2007? 

Wouldn’t it be great if you could reset the default column width so whenever you open a spreadsheet you didn’t have to resize those columns once you start filling them with data!

It is very simple to do…

1) In Excel 2007, on the “Home” tab look for the “Cells” group

2) Click on the “Format” button”

3) On the menu that appears Click on “Default Width…” (about the fifth one down)

4) Type in your preferred default column width and click “OK”

So there you have it – no more unnecessary column dragging!

‘till next time!
TNP