Archives for the 'Word' Category

Search Commands: Find What You’re Looking for In Word 2007 [GTD Wannabe]

Are you using Office 2007 with new, potentially befuddling, ribbon interface?  Do you find yourself yearning to know where esoteric commands are now?
It used to be the case that you would have to read the help (ugh), or even head online to an interactive guide (such as this one for Word) that essentially translated the [...]

29 May 2008 | Word | No Comments

Tired of “Getting Started” with Microsoft Word? [Stuff for Getting Things Done]

Are you tired of seeing the "Getting Started" Window Pane in Microsoft Word each and every time you start Word?  You can turn it off.  From the Tools menu, Select Options, then uncheck Startup Task Pane.

Original post here: Tim Kwiatkowski

23 February 2008 | Word | No Comments

Doing research within Microsoft Office Apps [Stuff for Getting Things Done]

An often overlook feature in Microsoft Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook) is the Look Up function.  With the Look Up function you can;

Look up a word in a dictionary (with pronunciation and definitions)
Get a list of synonyms and homonyms from an online Thesaurus
Translate a word or phrase to a different language
Find references to [...]

18 January 2008 | MS Office, Powerpoint, Word, excel, outlook | No Comments