Posted on May 20, 2008 under Office Tips |
AutoSave is a feature in Word 2007 that automatically saves your document at certain intervals just in case your PC malfunctions in the middle of your work. AutoSave can be enabled or disabled by using the following steps:
1. Click on the Microsoft Office Button and click the Word Options button.
2. Click Save on the left pane.
3. Now you can uncheck the box for Save AutoRecover information every x minutes if you wish to disable the AutoSave feature. Check the box to enable it. You can also set the length of time in between when Word 2007 saves AutoSave data.
Posted on Apr 22, 2008 under Office Tips |
How to split your Word 2003 document text into columns.
1. Using your mouse, highlight the text you wish to split into columns.
2. Click Format > Columns…
3. Select how many columns you would like to apply to the text. Set the other options as needed. Click OK when done.
Posted on Mar 26, 2008 under Office Tips |
How to save attachments from an Outlook 2007 email.
1. Select the message in the Inbox.
2. Click File > Save Attachments.
3. Select the attachment to save.
4. Navigate to the folder where you want the attachment saved.
5. Change the name of the file if you like. Click Save.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008 under Office Tips |
Want to automate all of the slides in PowerPoint 2007? Here’s how.
1. Click Home then click somewhere in the left Slides pane.
2. Hold down Ctrl and press the A key. All of the slides should show as highlighted on in the pane.
3. Click the Animations tab. Over to the left you can select Automatically After and set time you wish to display each slide.
Now your slides should change to the next one automatically.
Posted on Mar 22, 2008 under Office Tips |
If you have a file that is sensitive to changes, you can force Excel 2007 to prompt the user to open as Read Only whenever they attempt to open the file. Here’s how to enable this setting.
1. In Excel, click the Microsoft Office Button and click Save As.
2. Click Tools > General Options.
3. Click the box for Read-only recommended.
4. Click OK.
5. Click Save.
6. If prompted, click Yes to update the file with the read-only setting.
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Office Tips |
How to forward your Outlook 2007 email automatically to another email address. Useful for when you are going away on vacation, or using a different email address for a certain period of time.
1. In Outlook 2007, from the Tools menu, select Rules and Alerts. From the Email Rules tab, choose New Rule…
2. Select under Start from a blank rule select Check messages when they arrive and click Next.
Read more… »
Posted on Nov 26, 2007 under Office Tips |
Enable or prevent showing formulas in the spreadsheet in Excel 2000, 2002 and 2003.
1. Click Edit and select Preferences…
2. Click the View tab. Under Windows Options, check the Formulas to display formulas in the spreadsheet. Uncheck it to disable formulas in the spreadsheet.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
How to change the color of hyperlinks in your Word 2007 document.
1. From the Home tab, click the small icon to the right of the word “Styles“. Alternatively, you can use Alt+Ctrl+Shift+s .
2. In the Styles menu, hover your mouse pointer over Hyperlink, and then click the triangle that appears to the right. From the drop-down menu that appears, select Modify… .
3. In the Formatting section, choose the color you want, and click OK.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
How to copy and paste the values from fields in Excel 2007 without copying the formulas.
1. Select the cells or ranges you wish to copy.
2. On the Home tab, under Clipboard, select Copy.
3. Select the top left cell you wish to paste your values to.
4. Click the lower half of the large Paste button; from the extended menu that appears, select Paste Special, and then Values. Click OK.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
How to enable or disable the Micro Virus Protection Tool in Word 2007.
To change your macro security settings, follow these steps:
1. Click the Office Button menu and select Word Options.
2. Click Trust Center, and click Trust Center Settings.
3. Click Macro Settings on the left, and then select from the following security levels:
- Disable all macros without notification will allow only macros installed in trusted locations to run. Any other macros, signed or unsigned, will be disabled.
- Disable all macros with notification will prompt you to choose whether or not a macro can run.
- Disable all macros except digitally signed macros allows macros signed by trusted publishers to run automatically, prompts you for signed macros from other publishers, and prevents unsigned macros from running.
- Enable all macros allows all macros to run. This setting is not recommended, because it allows potentially dangerous code to run without warning.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
What to do when you have lost your file in Word 2007.
If Word 2007 has crashed and you lost your document, you can try to search for a backup of the file.
In Windows XP, you can choose Start > Search > Files and Folders
In Windows Vista, you can just click Start and then type your search in the Start Search box.
Search for the following individually:
*.docx
*.asd
*.wbk
*.tmp
~*.*
After each search is complete, check the date these files were created. If they are new files, try to open them in Word to see if it is the document you lost.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
How to set your document so that a password is required to view or modify it.
1. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Save As.
2. Click Tools, and then click General Options.
3. You can type a password in Password to open or Password to modify.
4. Click OK.
5. When prompted, retype your passwords to confirm them, and click OK.
6. Click Save.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
Disable the ability for an email recipent to forward a message.
To use this feature, you will need the Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services Client.
1. While in a new message, click the Microsoft Office Button.
2. Click Permission and select Do Not Forward.
Note: The recipent of your message must be an Outlook user.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
Enable the grid lines to print when you print your spreadsheets in Excel 2003.
1. Under the File menu, click Page Setup… .
2. Select the Sheet tab.
3. under the Print section, click the Gridlines checkbox, and click OK.
Now the grid lines should print on future printouts.
Posted on Nov 19, 2007 under Office Tips |
Insert page numbers into your Word 2007 document.
1. Select the Insert tab, and then select the Page Number icon.
2. Select the position and alignment.
3. If you want to change the numbering style or starting number, click Format Page Numbers. When done click OK.
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