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PowerPoint 2007: Switch to the Slide Master

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on October 29, 2006 – 11:35 am

In the corporate world, there is a tendency to want to brand every slide with your company logo.  Even worse, use the company colours and washed out ‘people shaking hands’ image that the CEO demands is on every slide.  How can you make sure that the logo or image appear on every slide?  By putting […]



Excel 2007: Name a Range

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on October 15, 2006 – 2:47 pm

A colleague of mine came running over to my desk the other day in quite a pickle!  He said “The New Paperclip… how on Earth do I name a range in Excel 2007?”
“Simple my friend” I replied.  Little did he know that I have no idea where it was, but I put my faith into […]



Word 2007: Minimise the Ribbon (Minimize the menu)

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on September 26, 2006 – 8:37 pm

Do you find that the Ribbon is gets in the way every now and then, and steals valuable screen realestate?  Here is a simple solution.
To minimise the Ribbon, simply double click on the tabs above the ribbon.  This will minimize the ribbon to just the tabs.  Instead of double clicking, you can use the keyboard shortcut […]



More than just word count - All the document statistics you want in Word 2007 using Status Bar Configuration

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on September 24, 2006 – 1:21 pm

In my last post on Word Count in Word 2007, we saw how we can quickly find out how many words are in a document, how many words are in a selection of text, and how we can find some general statistics about the document.  But what if that isn’t enough?  Well, there are a […]



Download Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Technical Refresh (TR)

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on September 21, 2006 – 9:06 pm

Looking to download the latest bits for Office 2007?  You can download the patch for Office 2007 Beta 2 from Microsoft right now.  The download is about 495MB, so you might have to grab a coffee or two whilst you wait (especially on 56K, it will take just over 20 hours to download).
Hopefully I will […]



How often is my work saved in OneNote 2007? Part II

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on September 13, 2006 – 9:27 pm

Ok… I didn’t mean to scare all you OneNote fans out there.  The picture isn’t as bleak as I made it out in my last post about how often OneNote automatically saves your work.  Luckily Chris Pratley, one of the team at Microsoft responsible for OneNote put me on the straight and narrow!
Keep in mind […]



How often is my work saved in OneNote 2007?

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on September 12, 2006 – 11:21 pm

Ever wondered why there isn’t a save button in OneNote?  Because OneNote automatically saves your work as you go.  That is great to know, but what if you are working away at your masterpiece, the best idea you have ever had… and you loose power!!!  Have you lost all your work?
Well that depends on where […]



The New Paperclip… Coming Soon!

Icon Written by The New Paperclip on August 22, 2006 – 10:20 pm

You thought I was gone… think again… I am back with a new Outlook on life!  I dumped my old style, bought some new fashionable glasses, and use some new fancy metal polish… it is not what you are thinking… I prefer to call myself a metrosexual paperclip!  Take my Word for it.  I Excel at all things Office 2007, […]