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Thanksgiving is nearly upon us and I’ve written a column about the holidays— yes those holidays— making their entrance this time of year, dragging along cheer, gluttony, and in-laws. But before you've wassailed yourself into a stupor, read my column called Crabby’s Holiday Survival guide . As...

They found water on the moon ! How cool is that? I was just on tweetdeck checking the technology news when NASA's announcement started popping up all over the place like meerkats on espresso. If it were Monday I'd tie this back into Office somehow, but it's late afternoon on a Friday (Friday the 13th...

Make your own business cards with this customizable template submitted by ingternet and featured in this Top Templates video , Add your own info, tweak the colors, font, or design if you want, and then print the results on special Avery business card paper. You can download this template now , or get...

Our series focusing on templates folks like you have submitted to Office.com continues. How many templates do we have? So many that if you train on a forklift, here’s a Certificate of Completion for you. It’s by Jeremy H. Top Templates with Doug and Ron: Award Certificates Download this certificate...

Matching colors? This popular Excel 2007 template by KRM lists every HTML color by name, with corresponding RGB and HSB values. It's a handy tool for Web designers and developers alike. You can download this template now , or get more free templates or free clip art & photos from Office.com.

We made a little video about these 157 free templates that are available for PowerPoint 2007. There are a lot of them, so they are broken down into 8 download sets. Each set below has a download link, previews, and complete instructions for customizing. If you just want to download the sets, go here...

Today’s featured template is a sheet of phone gift certificates for Publisher 2007 , one of dozens of Word, Publisher, and PowerPoint templates that Elizabeth Koon has created and submitted. Watch the Top Templates video about this particular template or just click below to download the template to your...

Today’s featured template is the ocean-themed letterhead for Word 2007 , courtesy of "Ingternet," a prolific member of the Office template community . Ron and Doug featured this template in their first Top Templates video . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Our series focusing on templates folks like you have submitted to Office.com continues. Here’s a PowerPoint template we liked, submitted by Cindy Solberg, that has a bonus feature: great advice for Making Public Speaking Easier . Top Templates with Doug and Ron: PowerPoint Slides Download Making Public...

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is a complete school report notebook kit with cover, binder spine, and divider tabs for Word 2007 . Just click the image to download the template kit to your computer.

Can you afford it? Do the math on your dream home with this home mortgage calculator for Excel 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Tracking expenses? Today’s featured template is a travel expense calculator for Excel 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Did you remember to turn the heat down, stop your mail delivery, and arrange to have someone water your plants? Today’s free Office.com template is a pre-travel checklist for Word 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

I’m happy to introduce a new series focusing on templates folks like you have submitted to Office.com. Our first look is the template Ocean Letterhead, submitted by someone named Ingternet. Top Templates with Doug & Ron: Ocean Letterhead Download Ocean Letterhead , browse more free letterhead...

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is a simple business design set (address and folder labels, business cards, and more) for Word 2007 . Just click the image to view the collection, and then click any template in the collection to download it to your computer.

Today’s featured template from Office.com is a school supplies slide design for PowerPoint 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Seth Godin 's post this morning sent me off on a crazy slalom down TechXav's list of the most popular Wikipedia articles in 2009 -- a mishmash where the Beatles keep company with swine flu and the Transformers , and where obits ( Deaths in 2009 ) and World War II beat Sex . It was an early morning so...

Create an informal "Out of Office" reply message for Outlook 2007 with today's free template. Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Create photo collections that are visually stunning with today's featured template. Instructions are included so you can customize the slides as you like, using PowerPoint 2007. Just click the image to download the free template to your computer.

Today’s featured free template is another handy set from Office.com--a collection of 15 business forms in a matching green gradient design for Word 2007 . They include a shipping label, service quote, invoices, purchase order, billing statement, packing slip, receipts, fax cover sheet, finance charge...

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is a job application tracker for OneNote 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is an employee absence schedule for Excel 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is actually a collection of flower-themed design templates for Word 2007 , including matching business card, thank you card, shipping label, return label, and file label. Just click the image to view the collection, and then click any template in the collection...

Today’s featured free template from Office.com is a Julian calendar for Excel 2007 . Just click the image to download the template to your computer.