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Today, Windows 7 goes on sale . There have been many excellent reviews (including CNET , PCWorld , and the New York Times ), but as an employee, I just gotta say I’m standing a bit taller today (full disclosure: I know people working on the product).
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If a picture says 1000 words, why are we still using loads of them in our presentations? Here are some advantages of using images and a new add-in from Fotolia so you can search for great images without leaving PowerPoint or Word. Office Casual: Why pictures
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Is your PowerPoint looking a bit ho-hum, boring, or just plain dead-on-arrival? Jazz your slides up --and deliver your information better--with SmartArt. Doug Thomas shows you how-to preview and create better slides in seconds with PowerPoint 2007. Office
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The first public look at the online version of Office Suite is now in Technical Preview. Online versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint can be used and tested by several thousand users. If you have used Windows Live SkyDrive (a free 25MB online storage
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Doug Thomas shows you how the powerful new Microsoft Translator raises the bar for translating three ways: on the Web, for Office 2007 & 2003, and a unique translation widget for your site. See the links below to get the particular tool you want.
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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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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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If you don't deal with flowcharts, chances are you haven't opened the Visio program. Let me show some other uses for this diagramming, visual-based program--that's just sitting idle on many business computers—for moving your office, or setting up a meeting
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There are more than a dozen ways to follow Twitter, but TwInbox (formally known as OutTwit in its beta stages) places some powerful Outlook capabilities in the hands of us Twitters. Here's a short video on TwInbox . Office Casual: How to Twitter in Outlook
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Here's a challenge: can I make a business card in 90 seconds? Learn a thing or two about to work with the free templates at Office Online. Office Casual: How to make a business card in 90 seconds? Now, I don't know if you would want to make business card
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How would like to make a quick call and do things in Outlook like send email, schedule meetings, and create notes? I made this Office Causal video about a service called Jott and a nifty free add-in from Office Online. You can learn more about Jott here
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Did you know the interface used in Office programs before 2007 was designed way back in 1992? That's something I learned when researching the Office 2007 interface, the ribbon. Here's some cool tools to help you get the most out of it. The interactive
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The Internet and job engines have digitized everything and you need to fortify your resume the same way companies use search engines: by using keywords. Office Casual: How to get your resume noticed This video is part of our new Job Seeker site created
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A teammate was wondering how to stop the flow of email from her business Outlook account over a long weekend. For a Windows Mobile 5.x or 6.x device, here's what you can do: Office Casual: How to separate work and home on your phone There is an alternate
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Doug Thomas has been busier than ever since his video series Office Casual caught on. Visit him behind the scenes to see how the videos get made. It's amazing what you can do with a little gear and a good idea. Office Casual: Behind the Scenes We're producing
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