July 2009 - Posts
(You can read Cabby's full blog post at on the Crabby Office Lady blog ) Everybody has problems. You think Angelina Jolie doesn’t have problems? Two words: 6 kids. (OK, three more words: 7 and under.) You think Warren Buffett doesn’t have problems? What
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(*This content originally appeared on Office Online ) Ever wish you and your team could share project-related ideas and information without spamming each other in e-mail or waiting your turn to check out and edit group documents on a SharePoint site?
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Feeling crabby at work? Try these stress reducers.
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Saving time is everyone’s goal, right? My, arguably twisted, logic tells me that memorizing keyboard shortcuts offsets the time I’d save by using them. However, co-workers assure me that I am missing out on valuable time savings by sticking to only CTRL+C
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Camping is an activity that some people love— even live for. I'm not one of those people, but when I went camping in the Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, being organized helped. Here are the Office templates designed for country mouse and city mouse alike.
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Ever wonder why some text seems easier to read than others? A few basic formatting changes can make reading text much easier. Factors like line spacing, font choice, font size and margins are key to legibility. Let's look at an example. Here's a default
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Find information about government loans for business and education
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Last week, Microsoft announced the Technical Preview of Office 2010. For the latest information about the programs you use most, check out the Office 2010 product blogs. Or for a broader view, check out the product videos and info on the central Office
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In a 2007 interview, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates spoke with solution provider and podcaster Shawn Murray about Office 2007 and the future of helping people stay more productive in the workplace. Bill’s comments are remarkably enduring and insightful.
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As I merrily go about my daily life working in Office and administering advice about what I've learned, I often come across little nuggets of gold disguised as tips and tricks. These treasures make my life in front of the computer more efficient and less
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Office Causal and Office Intervention just won honors at the 30th annual Telly Awards . With nearly 11,000 entries from all 50 states and around the world, winners were selected in several categories honored for “outstanding local, regional, and cable
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( Office Hours columns are conceived and written by Microsoft employees -- for the times when only insider information will do.) It's impossible not to notice the fact that the Web is changing how we function, write, and think; to even talk about it is
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Find jobs that keep you competitive
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Perhaps you, or someone you know, has not completely adapted to the Office 2007 interface. We know that learning the fluent user interface (a.k.a. the Office “ribbon”) might appear daunting at first. We also know that once you do learn it, it’s difficult
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Whether you’re a Microsoft Office Excel beginner or an advanced user who has been around the block, you’re probably looking for ways to increase your productivity with Excel. Here are three keyboard shortcuts, and a bonus shortcut, that will save you
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It’s all over the news that Microsoft Office 2010 has reached Technical Preview . This means that Office 2010 is “baked” enough to start showing the world what it can do. Grab some popcorn and take a tour. Any of these sample links will get you to all
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Last month our Templates team called on users to submit entries for the Create a Spark PowerPoint Contest with PowerPoint presentations designed to inspire or motivate. We called upon three top Microsoft MVPs to judge the contest and they had a heck of
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I was in your shoes: two years ago in another company, SharePoint was installed. Now what? Here's what I wish I knew then: easy ways to share information with SharePoint. Below are some other references to help you dive in. --Doug Thomas Office Casual:
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Finding work when over 50
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( Office Hours columns are conceived and written by Microsoft employees -- for the times when only insider information will do.) If you visit my office, you will probably notice right away that I have three large flat screen displays that sit together
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Office Online Templates introduces our newest partner, Inkd -- a marketplace for fully editable Word templates designed by professional graphic designers from around the world. And we are marking this occasion by offering two unique Inkd design sets only
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There are more reasons for forgetting a password than there are reasons for having one. Some passwords you may need: A password to send and receive e-mail. A password to protect a presentation, spreadsheet, or other Office document. A password for your
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The summer is half over, you’ve been out of school or out of work for months, and you’re starting to feel desperate. You’re sure you’ve lost the last brain cell you ever had. Ideas, which used to be your strong suit, elude you completely. What’s next?
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There is a wide range of 2010 calendars now available on Office Online Templates. New versions are recently available for older, popular styles such as the Lunar Calendar for Word. And different types of calendars, new to Office Online Templates, are
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(Read the entire column on Office Online) Sometimes you just need a little something to tide you over until a new version of Office is released: an add-in, an update, a white paper to prevent your Office programs from going all flabby on you. A nip here,
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( Office Hours columns are conceived and written by Microsoft employees -- for the times when only insider information will do.) It takes time to get used to a new version of a product, particularly one with a revamped interface. Microsoft employees aren't
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Job resources for veterans
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