Saving Time And Effort With Automation In Microsoft Word

Automatic (adj & n) 1: (of a machine, device etc, or its function) working by itself, without direct human intervention.

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You've Got Mail Merge

It's 4pm. It's Friday. You've got the weekend on your mind and all you can think about is finishing off your work and hitting Shut Down. But just when you get ready to switch off, you're asked to get 200 personal mail outs to every employee. Unlike you, the internal post left the building 30 minutes earlier. What are you going to do? Well, how about sending everyone a personal email using Mail Merge?

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When Out Of Sight Is Not Alright

We all dread sending an email which has slipped through without a spell check. And becomes nad, and best wishes, vest fishes. My favourite sign off is - "please contact me if you have nay queries". Nay queries? Why would the client dream of getting in touch if they didn't have anything to query?

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-459-when-out-sight-is-not-alright.html

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Excel Charts As Easy As Pie

Doughnuts...mmm. Pie...mmm. Which one would you pick? No, it's not a dilemma to share with Homer Simpson! These are two of the chart styles available in Microsoft Excel 2007. And the rest of the categories are just as appetising. But when do you choose a doughnut instead of a pie?

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Charting Another Dimension With Excel

If you've mastered the basics of Microsoft Office Excel 2007, it's a good time to learn more about really making a statement with your data and learning how to use the Charts tool to create another dimension to your worksheet.

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Growing With Microsoft Office As It Leaves Behind Its Teenage Years

Microsoft Office is not the only suite of desktop applications in the market; it has many rivals, particularly with the recent (and free) launch of openoffice.org. Yet a report (June 2009) by Forrester Research has shown that some 80% of offices favour the Microsoft suite in providing the software for administering their enterprises. This extraordinarily dominant position spreads across both PCs and Macs, and may seem to have been around forever.

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Microsoft PowerPoint Gets Your Message Across

Conveying information has never been easier thanks to Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. This programme is perfectly designed to enable you to put-together great slides that bring your presentations to life.

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Microsoft Outlook Offers You Much More Than Email Functions

Many people find email is useful for sending updates and attachments to friends and colleagues but those wanting more functions should consider using Microsoft Outlook. This programme is often used for creating messages but it boasts a host of other features that can help you organise your business appointments and share important data securely. One of the main advantages to using MS Outlook is that a vast amount of information can be accessed in just one place.

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Microsoft Excel Can Ensure You Keep On Top Of Your Finances

Whether you own a large business or run a smaller company you are advised to take advantage of the number-crunching abilities integrated into Microsoft Excel. In addition, the programme is likely to appeal to home owners who simply want to keep an eye on their incomings and outgoings, so they are update-to-date with their finances.

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From Novice To Expert Users - Microsoft Excel Fits All

If you have never created a spreadsheet you should not be put off by the process when using Microsoft Excel as the programme is designed to be user-friendly. The latest edition of the software boasts many features that can help you to quickly design documents, while also offering an impressive array of options for the professional user.

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It's So Easy To Access The Information You Need

You're running a small business, based in your own living room. You sell, shall we say, distinctively Japanese cuddly toys. You could never have afforded a conventional business, with a physical store on a street, with all its incumbent overheads; however, the rise of internet commerce has allowed you to have a virtual store, where customers can peruse and purchase your wares as if they were sitting on a shelf, all with much far less cost and difficulty for yourself. What's more, having an online enterprise also brings a lot of benefits to your relationships with both customers and suppliers.

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Make Office Work For You With VBA

Microsoft's Office suite brings to the user a wide range of applications to fulfil the demands of a modern business or home office situation. The software provides word processing, spreadsheets, databases, note taking and presentation, and a good deal else besides; the user can attend to, and millions have attended to, all their operation's administrative needs, within an array of easy-to-use and fully compatible applications.

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OOPS Visual Basic Did It Again

All users of Microsoft applications have come to rely on the language and coding of Visual Basic. The smoothness and accuracy of the functions embedded within VBA have made it possible to access and analyse data quickly and efficiently across a whole suite of programs.

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Getting To Grips With Access 2007's Opening Screen And User Interface

Even if you've used earlier versions of Access, you may need to spend a little time becoming familiar with Access 2007's new opening screen and user interface.

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Conditional Formatting In Excel 2007

Most Excel versions let you apply conditional formatting such that various formatting features in a range of cells can be set to be dependant on cell values. So some cells could show with bold text, or coloured text or coloured cell backgrounds depending on the values in the cells.

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So What's Different In Office 2007?

You may be considering upgrading to Office 2007, or perhaps you've started to use the new suite - and if you're looking for a summary of the differences, then this article may be of interest. It describes the main changes common to all the core applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook). The biggest change is the introduction of the new navigation bar - the Ribbon.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-446-so-whats-different-in-office-2007.html

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How To Deliver A Positive Presentation

You know the old saying, that public speaking is a fear worse than death, It needn't feel like you're dying up there, trying to present a business meeting, share ideas, hold a workshop, or any other scary speaking-related task you might be asked to do. Presentations are a part of everyday business life, and it's often those people who are good at them who get noticed. If you shy away from them, it's time to take control and present a better you!

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Preparing To Pivot: Why All Excel Users Should Know About Pivot Tables

Many Excel users, even the intermediate to advances ones, are intimidated by Pivot Tables. They've heard of them, sure - but it's one of those things that sound too fancy, too scary, and too downright complicated to use. Data that pivots? No thanks! It's hard enough getting a formula to work, right?

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Powerpoint: Better Than Watching Paint Dry

Who hasn't been inspired by the proposition 'why move when you can improve'? It's a brilliant marketing concept for promoting the less drastic solution of sprucing up your existing home and not having to worry about buying a new property. It makes sense to stay where you are if you're happy with your surroundings. Perhaps it's just a case of improving the decor: freshening up the walls with a different shade of paint, and maybe a new rug or cushion covers. But for some, the choice of a new colour scheme, trying to create harmony with subtle shades, or a defining statement with new, bold colours is just too confusing. The array of helpful colour swatches only adds to the confusion. Who is certain that they know the colours that go, and the ones that don't?

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Mind Your Ps And Qs

Creating a well written, well laid out document is essential if you want to make an impression - and it couldn't be easier with Word 2007. But sometimes spelling errors and bad grammar can really let you down. If you are responsible for inputting and checking text in a Word document, it's sometimes simply a case of minding your Ps and Qs - especially when following the rules of the apostrophe.

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Use Microsoft Access To Manage Your Work/life Balance

Once you have navigated your way around MS Access 2007 you are likely to find that the programme can help you organise aspects of your home life, in addition to aiding the organisation of business projects.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-437-use-microsoft-access-manage-your-work/life-balance.html

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MS Access Can Promote Teamwork

Attempting to run projects among your colleagues may prove difficult in a busy office or if members of your team work remotely.

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Edge Ahead Of Your Competitors With Microsoft Office

If you have recently purchased a MS Office suite you are sure to realise how universal the programmes are and how they can propel you beyond competitors who do not use MS products.

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How MS Office Can Help Revolutionise Your Company

Whatever the size of your business, MS Office 2007 could help revolutionise your company with its many programmes.

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There's A Lot More To Word Than Just The Words

We're all quite familiar, no doubt, with the word processor. A staple of home computer software for as long as there have been home computers, the job of the word processor is well known. It's easier on the fingers than the traditional typewriter. Mistakes can be easily corrected. Letters can be larger or smaller, bold, italic, all with a click or a button pressed. Words can be counted, spelling checked. That, in a nutshell, is what word processors are here for.

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It's Only Words: The Importance Of Compatibility

First there was XP, then Vista, and soon there'll be Windows 7. That's just the operating systems. What about Microsoft Office? No doubt that Office 2007 will soon be making way for the latest version, too. Hard to keep track, isn't it? More importantly, how does this affect you, as a Microsoft Office user? Many of us don't run out and upgrade our software straight away at home, yet businesses often do.

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