Archive for March, 2010

Do you prefer to use commas when you write long numbers?  Those commas are called “Thousands Separators”, and you can quickly add them to the cells in your Excel 2007 spreadsheet.

To turn on the thousands separator:

1) Select the cells you want to apply the commas to

2) Make sure you are on the “Home” tab of the ribbon

3) Look for the “Number” group – in the middle of the ribbon

4) Click on the button that looks like a comma!

‘till next time!
TNP

If you have ever printed handouts for your PowerPoint presentations before, you know that they can be pretty bland.  Just the slides all stacked up on a page, with plenty of whitespace.

Well did you know that you have complete control over how those handouts actually look?  You can add your company logo, or a copyright statement, or remove the date or the page numbers.  You can do whatever you want!

All of this is controlled from what is called the “Handout Master”.  Those of you familiar with the “Slide Master” will know exactly what we are talking about.  The easiest way to describe the handout master is that it is the template for all the handouts printed from the presentation.

To access the Handout Master in PowerPoint 2007:

1) Click on the “View” tab in the ribbon

2) In the “Presentation Views” group on the left hand side, click on “Handout Master”

Once you are in the master, you can control all manner of different things, including the page setup, the handout orientation (portrait or landscape), the slide orientation on the handouts, and how many slides will appear on each page.

To get out of the “Handout Master” view… simply click the “Close Master View” button on the right hand side of the ribbon

‘till next time!
TNP

Do you want to quickly insert a blank page into your Word 2007 document?  Instead of hitting enter 40 times, why don’t you use the Insert Blank Page button?

All you have to do is:

1) Make sure you are on the “Insert” tab of the ribbon

2) Look for the pages group – on the left hand side

3) Click on “Blank Page”

Now you will see a blank page appear in your document where your cursor was.  To add multiple blank pages, just keep clicking that “Blank Page” button!

‘till next time!
TNP