Better Communication Means Better Cooperation For Your Company

Mind reading has traditionally been the preserve of holiday camp magicians and the occasional huckster. But imagine what it could do for your business! No more memos, no more meetings, no more presentations or negotiations or suggestion boxes - just fingers on temples, concentration, and instantaneous results. Messages and ideas flit through the office air, bouncing between brains and unifying the workforce into a single hyper-productive consciousness. Success would be guaranteed!

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-956-better-communication-means-better-cooperation-your-company.html

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Get Flashy, Popular Websites Thanks To Adobe

Content is king when it comes to your website, but it is essential that text is presented in an attractive and interesting way to keep visitors returning.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1131-get-flashy-popular-websites-thanks-adobe.html

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Different Ways To Use Forms In Access 2007

Ever wondered if you're using Access database Forms in the most effective ways? You may have created Forms in Access based on tables, so you can easily view, add or edit data in your tables. You may have also built different types of forms using the Create tab in Access 2007 - the options cover regular forms, split forms and forms showing multiple items, and these are described in detail in other articles. This article looks other more unusual ways you can use forms.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-831-different-ways-use-forms-in-access-2007.html

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It's Time To Go Live With PowerPoint 2010

Most of us have been invited to attend or talk at a conference; whether it's on business issues, hobbies and interests, or product innovations, a conference is the ideal opportunity to meet and greet others with similar interests, but who you might otherwise never have a face to face conversation with. You can, literally, walk in their space. It's a time to network and also hear from learned speakers. Conferences are the ideal places to quench that thirst for knowledge, combined with our need for human interaction.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-984-its-time-go-live-with-powerpoint-2010.html

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See Who Does What With Team Planner View

Building a project can be a stressful business as there are generally many variables to consider in order for it to be a success, with your surrounding team being an important part of this equation.

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Don't Do It By The Book, Access Your Important Contacts In An Easy To Use Database

Access is an effective and easy to use program within the Microsoft Office Suite and with so many ways to effectively store data, it is a shame that we do not capitalise on its benefits and still mislay those all important phone numbers.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-809-dont-do-it-by-book-access-your-important-contacts-in-easy-use-database.html

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Perfect PowerPoint Presentations, The Quick And Easy Way!

The fictional Amorim Industries produce, by their millions, a huge variety of miniature parts for the miniature computers that keep your washing machine, dishwasher and microwave washing and cooking as they ought to. They have factories around the globe, each with their own specialist role in ensuring that the business as a whole keeps progressing and growing, and central office has always sought a proactive role in keeping all the different centres focused on working together. To this end, a group of important executives will regularly turn up at factories and offices to cast their eye over proceedings - and on Wednesday, they'll be visiting the regional headquarters at Callanfield.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1075-perfect-powerpoint-presentations-quick-and-easy-way!.html

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Let InDesign Transform Your Print And Online Presence

Keeping local news alive is an uphill struggle in a global age, but it's an important one: although it's unquestionably a benefit to be able to connect to any corner of the world, communities rely on common understanding and awareness. To maintain local news provision necessitates making it as widely accessible as possible, so that it has the opportunity to compete with, or at least be noticed in, the vast network of international information that is universally available today. With this in mind, the owners of the Corenthwaite Chronicle are looking to overhaul both their print and online services in order to reach as many people in the local and wider communities as possible.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1140-let-indesign-transform-your-print-and-online-presence.html

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The Best Presentations Yet, With PowerPoint 2010

Microsoft PowerPoint has been making presentations easier and better for many a long year now. The venerable giant of the show-and-tell market has always been essential for a wide variety of roles, including sales, corporate expansion, teaching, and promotions, and has been built around a combination of simple usage coupled with numerous and versatile tools for making the ideal presentation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1072-the-best-presentations-yet-with-powerpoint-2010.html

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Give Your Text A Make-over With Word

Creating multi-dimensional documents is possible thanks to the great array of software on the market, although word processing programmes have become so advanced they can fulfil some of the functions normally associated with more complex applications.

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Visio 2010: More Tools Than Ever For Understanding Your Business

Microsoft Office has a certain ubiquity, an electronic omnipresence; it's become increasingly rare over recent years to find a PC that isn't running at least one aspect of the Office suite, with Word, Outlook, Excel and Access being particularly universal. Indeed, there was a time (the early 1990s, to be specific) when Office comprised only those four applications. Nowadays, however, Microsoft intend their flagship software collection to cover every possible need, whether for business, home use, or education.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1069-visio-2010-more-tools-than-ever-understanding-your-business.html

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An Introduction To Microsoft Project

Nearly everyone I know dreads the thought of facing a new software application. Many project managers feel the same way and are still using old fashioned written to-do lists and plans rather than having everything in front of them at the click of a mouse. The projects you have waiting in the pipeline, all have the following points in common.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1104-introduction-microsoft-project.html

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Managing The Individuals Who Make Up The Team

A report of a football match is a good example of assessing the performance of a team and of each member of that team. The reporter may say that United were strong at the back, that they bossed the midfield or that they used the full width of the pitch. These are assessments of the team at work. After the report comes the player ratings, where the performance of each individual is given marks out of ten, with perhaps the penalty-saving goalkeeper coming out on top with eight out of ten, while the centre-forward, who missed a sitter and had a general off day, scores an uncharacteristic five.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1370-managing-individuals-who-make-up-team.html

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How To Create An Argument With Excel

For many of us formula is the F-word in the world of Excel - you either love it or hate it. But formulas are powerful equations that can perform calculations, return information, manipulate the contents of other cells, test conditions, and much, much more. A formula always starts with an equal sign (=). Some useful examples of Excel formulas include: =SQRT(A1) which makes use of the SQRT function to return the square root of the value in A1; =TODAY() this returns the current date; and =IF(A1>0,"Plus","Minus") which tests the cell A1 to determine if it contains a value greater than 0. If the result of the test is true, the text "Plus" appears in the cell; if the result is false, the text "Minus" appears.

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Reach For The Sky With Office 2010

Office 2010's appearance a year ago essentially marked the rollout of Office Web Apps, which are browser-based versions of Excel, Word, OneNote and PowerPoint for the PC. The 2010 software suite is the fastest selling update among regular consumers, and almost 50 million of us are using the Web-based versions of Office programs

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Find Out How To Stay Safe With Outlook

UK marketers sent over 1.7 billion emails in the first half of 2010 and email marketing volumes increased from around 64 million in January 2010 to around 75 million in June 2010. With this volume of email around, it's good to know that Outlook 2010 can help you sort the select from the SPAM - and even unblock messages you want to read.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1779-find-out-how-stay-safe-with-outlook.html

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Make Things Easier In Excel With Lists

In the days before the Internet would have made seeking the answer easy, my dad asked me what the significance of this combination of letters and numbers was.

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Find Out Your Age In Days With Excel

Would you like to know for how many days you have been alive? Excel can show you using a simple formula. This is a fun thing to discover, but it also shows the rather unusual way that Excel handles dates.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1749-find-out-your-age-in-days-with-excel.html

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How To Protect Your Work In Excel 2010

We live in an increasingly security-conscious world, and never more so than when it comes to data. We've come a long way since the introduction of the Data Protection Act, but some people still aren't sure how to protect their data at work, expecting their employer to take care of it.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1764-how-protect-your-work-in-excel-2010.html

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Time Management. Effective Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Day

What is the meaning of life? Is it about being on earth for a set number of years and working hard to accomplish success? Or is it about enjoying the process of achieving goals? I believe it is the latter...because goals involve experiences which are sometimes good and sometimes bad. Experiences take place as they happen but accomplishments are something which are completed over a period of time. Reading a magazine is an experience but it would hardly classify as an accomplishment.

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Learn The Secrets Of COUNT Functions In Excel

Once you've created calculations in Excel you might then have moved on to use Excel's own built in calculations in the form of functions. A popular Excel function is COUNT and this article summarises the different COUNT functions available and describes how each are used.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1747-learn-secrets-count-functions-in-excel.html

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Professional And Management: Are You A Perfectionist Boss Or Perfectionist Employee

When you have worked hard to climb the corporate ladder, it is only natural that you want to do your very best. There is nothing more rewarding than being appreciated for your hard work whether you are a boss or employee. However, as a perfectionist you will work harder than anyone else to achieve results and suddenly your profession can become an obsession.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1733-perfectionist-boss-or-perfectionist-employee.html

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It Pays To Learn To Speak The VBA Language

In Visual Basics for Applications (VBA) it is easy to record a simple macro in Excel. The record button offers a quick and easy fix for those little oft-repeated tasks you have to complete but it does have its limitations. And while recording a macro is about as easy as using as a TV remote control, it has to be conceded that typing programs is a tad more complicated - although certainly not to the extent that it is an off-putting factor.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1334-it-pays-learn-speak-vba-language.html

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Time Management. Instil New Habits Or Replace Bad Ones With A Thirty Day Trial...

When you want to make significant changes to your life, try out something new or change a bad habit, a thirty day trial is a great way to make behavioural changes naturally and instil them as part of your everyday life.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1736-time-management--new-habits-thirty-day-trial.html

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Edit Anywhere With Mobile Spreadsheets

No longer are you required to spend hours at a time sitting at your desk reviewing and altering Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, thanks to mobile technology.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1547-edit-anywhere-with-mobile-spreadsheets.html

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Data Validation In Excel

If you're entering lots of data into Excel or perhaps someone else is doing this for you, then Data Validation can be a really useful feature to use in Excel. This article covers what data validation is and how it can be used effective data entry.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1554-data-validation-in-excel.html

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How To Identify The Most Critical Data In A Large Excel Spreadsheet

Microsoft Excel 2010 can hold a lot of data. And when I say a lot, I really do mean a lot: more than a million rows, more than 16,000 columns. It's safe to say that however many records you need to put into Excel, and however many different pieces of information about each record that you have, there's room to put it in there.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1529-how-identify-most-critical-data-in-large-excel-spreadsheet.html

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Create Buttons To Navigate Between Worksheets

Microsoft Excel is a mighty big application. If you were to scroll down to the bottom row in Excel 2010 you would be busy for quite some time; there are a maximum of 1,048,576 rows. Multiply this by the 16,384 columns and we are talking a serious number of cells. Of course none of us are ever likely to use Excel to that extent but

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1491-create-buttons-navigate-between-worksheets.html

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The Key Settings In Excel 2003's Options Panel

Sooner or later you'll use this panel to change an Excel feature or find out more about Excel's settings. This article takes a look at some of the key settings and describes how they are used. With Excel open, the panel is accessed by clicking on Tools in the upper menu bar and then selecting Options. The Options panel then appears with its twelve tabs.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1555-the-key-settings-in-excel-2003s-options-panel.html

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Discover The PMT, IPMT And PPMT Functions In Excel

If you've used the Excel PMT function, you'll know that it can be used to calculate period repayments for a loan, such as a mortgage, taken out for a particular term at a fixed interest rate. This article recaps how to use the PMT payment function, and also describes two other very useful payment functions IPMT and PPMT used to calculate the interest and capital elements of these period repayments.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1619-discover-pmt-ipmt-and-ppmt-functions-in-excel.html

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How Excel Can Help You See Into Your Business's Future

Roman tradition had it that the god Janus was blessed with two faces - one that could see into the past, another that could look forward into the future, a gift presented to him by Saturn, god of time and age. All that had passed and all that was to pass was Janus's to observe; with hind- and foresight unblinkered, he could strike against the Roman army when they would do ill, and protect them when they fought in the interests of what was right. Sadly, our eyes look out only into the present, and though we can keep the past alive, the future remains forever shrouded in mist.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1466-how-excel-can-help-you-see-into-your-businesss-future.html

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How To Create A Multiple Pie Chart In Excel

If you've created pie charts in Excel you'll have found them very straightforward to build and easy to understand. However pie charts as you know only show one set of numbers at a time. In this article we'll look at how to create a pie chart surrounded by several smaller pies, so several sets of data can be shown at the same time. The separate pies can then be grouped together to form a single item, our multiple pie.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1459-how-create-multiple-pie-chart-in-excel.html

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What Do The Formula Error Messages Mean In Excel?

Have you ever typed a formula into Excel and then been faced with an error message? Most of us have been faced with this situation at one time or another. Sometimes the error code makes sense but at other times it may not be too meaningful. There are only a limited number of these error messages and this article describes what these different error messages mean with examples of how the errors are caused.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1556-what-do-formula-error-messages-mean-in-excel.html

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How To Add A Second Axis To An Excel Line Chart

Working with Excel charts lets you present data in many different ways, but sometimes some data may looked squashed if the chart is also showing other data with much higher values. For example if you build a line chart showing Sales, Costs and Profits lines, the Sales and Costs data will show clearly but if the profit values are relatively small, the profit line may be difficult to see, particularly if you need to see variations in the line. Find out in this article how to add a second vertical axis in a line chart to sort out this kind of situation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1458-how-add-second-axis-excel-line-chart.html

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Backstage Management With Excel 2010

If you go to see a theatrical performance, a music concert or pretty much any live event the chances are that what you take away with you will be the action that unfolds before you on the stage. And this is how it should be. It is what you have paid your money for and what you are expecting. But there is another aspect to the event that you may not even consider, namely the lengths gone to behind the scenes to ensure that the play moves you or the band rocks sufficiently. The technical stuff may not be hugely exciting but it is absolutely essential and without it the spectacle you have enjoyed would simply not happen.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1595-backstage-management-with-excel-2010.html

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Tell AutoFill What To Do And It Will Oblige

You are probably familiar with the AutoFill function in Excel. If you type in a number or other predictive data, such as days of the week or months of the year, and pull down the handle at the bottom right of the cell, then AutoFill will automatically fill the cells with what you require. This is at its most basic but it can perform many more intricate tasks than entering the days of the week. But before we look at those here are a few points about the basics of AutoFill.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1420-tell-autofill-what-do-and-it-will-oblige.html

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How To Make Excel Open A Particular File When It Launches

Do you want to have a certain file open when you launch Excel? Whether you keep accounts, update records or carry out other Excel tasks, you may want to have a particular file open when you start working with Excel. One way to achieve this is to store this file in a folder called XLStart.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1414-how-make-excel-open-particular-file-when-it-launches.html

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Want To Create A Presentation In Excel?

Create a presentation in Excel? Shouldn't this mean PowerPoint? Actually you haven't got to use PowerPoint to create a presentation. If you intend to show slides of tables and charts with perhaps text explanations then you can create an effective presentation in Excel. This article describes how you might go about this.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1416-want-create-presentation-in-excel.html

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Conditional Formatting: A Useful Feature Of Excel

Outside of the office one of the most common uses that Excel is put to is in keeping track of the household budget. I have a workbook set up to track my finances for the whole of 2011 (where each monthly sheet is accessed by the use of nifty buttons) and I have applied a simple formula to do some of the calculating for me.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1563-conditional-formatting-useful-feature-excel.html

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Update Your VAT Rates In Excel

When VAT rose from 17.5% to 20%, retail outlets across the land were adjusting computerised records, calculating new prices and applying new tags to goods.

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Create An Improvised Bar Chart In Excel

At the firm of T Pegg & Son, Camping Goods Warehouse, the eight employees looked up from their teacups as the boss marched into the canteen, evidently not best pleased. He cleared his throat to get their attention, and then told them all to meet in his office immediately after lunch. They slurped their tea and dunked their biscuits wondering what on earth could be wrong. Gingerly they gradually filtered into the office.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1361-create-improvised-bar-chart-in-excel.html

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Some Mouse Click Tips In Excel

There are many keyboard shortcuts that are to be found within various Office applications. Among the benefits of using these shortcuts are increased productivity and heightened focus without the interruption to the flow that comes through constantly switching between keyboard and mouse.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1360-some-mouse-click-tips-in-excel.html

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How To Use The Subtotal Function In Excel

You may be surprised or even amazed at how useful the subtotal function in Excel can be. This article reveals how versatile this Excel function is and describes three really useful features. When in use, the function formula looks something like this =SUBTOTAL(9,D1:D4) showing you that within the brackets there's a code number, followed by a range of cells.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1346-how-use-subtotal-function-in-excel.html

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How To Split A Stacked Chart In Excel

Have you ever wanted to split the stacks in an Excel stacked chart? This is surprisingly easy to do and lets you compare parts of the stack in separate columns. For example you might want to compare the stacked two lower parts against the stacked two upper parts of a four part stack. In this article we'll recap what a stacked chart is and how to build one. Then we'll cover how to split a single stack into two pieces. Once you've got the hang of the technique you'll be able to break down multiple stacks within a single chart.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1345-how-split-stacked-chart-in-excel.html

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How To Use Functions In Excel 2010

As Excel has evolved, functions have remained a core feature, and using them is even easier than ever. This article summarises different ways a user can add a function, covering the traditional Insert Function panel, the new Formulas tab or by selecting one from the new pop down functions list. You can also find help on particular functions via one click in the functions panel.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1620-how-use-functions-in-excel-2010.html

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Tips To Help You Excel

Adopting good habits is beneficial in all areas of life but it is a particularly useful aid to effective time management. The commuter, who covers his windscreen as a matter of course on those icy winter nights, heads for work in the morning while his neighbours are scraping and de-icing theirs. And the woman who habitually prepares the following day's sandwich before she goes to bed is at the bus stop while her yawning colleagues are getting butter from the fridge.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1296-tips-help-you-excel.html

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How Excel Can Boost Even The Smallest Business

If you're self-employed, it's likely that the decision to go into business on your own wasn't motivated by a love of finance. Of course, it might well be that you have a knack for the numbers, but we could all still do with a little help, particularly if the rationale for going into business by yourself had nothing to do with managing accounts. Yet those accounts still need to be managed, and your business cannot grow unless you stay in control of incomes and expenditures.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1258-how-excel-can-boost-even-smallest-business.html

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Discover The Top Ten Changes In Excel 2010

Want to find out the key changes in Excel 2010? This article brings you details of the top ten changes to help you to get to grips with what's new in Excel 2010.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1117-discover-top-ten-changes-in-excel-2010.html

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Excel 2010 Can Make Your Reports Better And More Detailed Than Ever

Tempo-Tech (a fictional company for the purpose of this article) has been growing significantly over the past few years, successfully combining cutting edge IT and gadgets with a commitment to friendly customer service and welcoming stores. One significant growth area for the business has been their in-store technical support, and they've recently moved on from this to providing IT maintenance for businesses at the clients' own premises. However, management have begun to doubt whether this venture was a wise idea, or if they should perhaps have continued focusing solely on their core retail enterprise.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1021-excel-2010-can-make-your-reports-better-and-more-detailed-than-ever.html

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What Makes A Good Spreadsheet?

There has never been a better number cruncher than Excel. Whenever, I think of this software I automatically relate it to spreadsheets and know that it is an amazing piece of mathematical genius. However, it is up to us to ensure that those tables, charts and graphs catch the eye and are clear and easy to read.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1043-what-makes-good-spreadsheet.html

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Using The Drawing Toolbar In Excel

To the beginner coming face-to-face with Microsoft Excel for the first time, the experience can perhaps be compared to meeting that unfortunate character from literature, the Hunchback of Notre Dame, in that it serves a useful purpose, but is not very pleasing on the eye. Let's face it, a screen comprising nothing but data-filled cells is hardly a visual treat that is likely to set the pulse racing. And yet Excel is an amazingly powerful application that is used and relied upon by millions every day.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-976-using-drawing-toolbar-in-excel.html

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Working Together Is Easier Than Ever With Excel 2010

Doug makes his living in sanitation. It's not the most glamorous job in the world, but it needs doing. He's not alone, of course; Doug works for the local authority in a large, metropolitan city, and the sanitation and public health section is a very substantial operation employing a large and diverse staff. Numerous different situations in many different areas and circumstances need to be monitored, and it's vital that the authority have access to all of the data and analyses to make sure that no problem is permitted to develop.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1071-working-together-easier-than-ever-with-excel-2010.html

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Excel Brings You The Tools To Spice Up Your Spreadsheets

Before new technology parked picture editing firmly on the desktop, I remember marking up photographs by hand to be scanned by the reproduction department: size, ratio, cropping and whether the image was worthy enough to be treated as colour were instructions that had to be written on the back of each photograph with a chinagraph pencil.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1085-excel-tools-spice-up-spreadsheets.html

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Radio Buttons And Check Boxes In Excel

As efficient as Microsoft Excel is, there is little that is visually pleasing in a screen full of columns and rows. This does not really matter, for while other Office applications may offer more in the way of visuals, Excel is the brains of the family; the hard working son who gets on with his homework while the rest of the family get ready for a fancy dress party. That is not to say that Excel is a stick-in-the-mud; there are many ways to brighten up your worksheets with different coloured backgrounds and lines, and by adding graphics. You can also achieve that professional touch by adding radio buttons or check boxes.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1081-radio-buttons-and-check-boxes-in-excel.html

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How To Create An Excel Formula Using Data From Several Worksheets

As you develop your skills using Excel you may need to create a formula to combine data from more than one worksheet. This article describes several ways to do this and summarises advantages and disadvantages of each. The ways are to use arithmetic operators such as +,-,* or /, or use a function such as SUM(range) or use consolidation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1622-create-excel-formula-using-data-from-several-worksheets.html

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Summing Up Scenarios With Excel

I like to think of myself as a wordsmith more than a data analyst, so it's a given that when I compare notes with my buddies it will be about the merits of serif type as opposed to sans serif; the benefits of tracking changes in Word; and the amazing captioning abilities of PowerPoint.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1635-summing-up-scenarios-with-excel.html

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Adding Effects To Drawing Objects In Excel

It was quite a few years ago now that I had my first encounter with Excel. I remember opening it up with a clumsy paw that had only just mastered controlling a mouse. When it opened up and I saw the familiar grid of columns and rows, I didn't have a clue what it was, or what its purpose was.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1645-some-tips-add-style-your-excel-worksheets.html

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Importing Excel Data Into Access

Incompatibility causes misery wherever it occurs. When your new girlfriend calls to break things off because she doesn't share your passion for train spotting in January, that's incompatibility. Back in the fledgling days of the home video player, that night in watching a new release was scuppered when it was discovered that the tape was VHS - completely incompatible with the Beta Max player that sat beside the television. And a more current example of incompatibility is that you cannot play a Wii game on the X Box 360.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1335-importing-excel-data-into-excel.html

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Why Budgeting Is Essential In Project Management

Since projects are always moving and changing, most of the elements that comprise a project can be moved or changed flexibly to suit the deadlines and milestones it contains. There's one element of a project, however, that could scupper the entire project as a whole: the budget.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1657-why-budgeting-is-essential-in-project-management.html

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Healthier Staff Make For A Healthier Business

As managers, we have a certain responsibility for those in our charge. We want them to have a successful career within the company, to contribute to its progress, and to be able to have a pleasant time in and out of work. However, some things are beyond our control; no matter how good we are to our staff, we can't guarantee everything will go swimmingly for them. And unfortunately, one of the most significant and common obstacles that we can't prevent is illness.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1723-healthier-staff-make-healthier-business.html

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Communicating Without Talking - Learn The Secrets To Getting On With Others

People are designed to communicate and voice their thoughts to others, but this does not always mean we are naturals when it comes to expressing ourselves.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1394-communicating-without-talking-learn-secrets-getting-on-with-others.html

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Managing Others For The First Time: Points To Note

It can be daunting becoming a manager for the first time. Suddenly you're not only responsible for your own time management, priorities, work-life balance, or performance: you have to look after those aspects in others, too. Here are some points you might want to consider when making the transition from employee to employer for the first time.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1650-managing-others-first-time-points-note.html

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Remote Project Managing: Three Ways To Do It

Thanks to advances in technology, project management doesn't have to be confined to the office any more. In addition, the best project managers need to be sourced from afar in order to get the best performance, and this may mean hiring someone to manage your projects remotely. Can it be done? With a little effort, yes. Here are three ways that you could project manage outside the office:

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1651-remote-project-managing-three-ways-do-it.html

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Three Steps To Becoming More Assertive At Work

Assertiveness doesn't come naturally to many people. They confuse it with aggression or dominance in the workplace, and fear becoming a hate figure or a pushy individual at work. Unfortunately the latter characteristics are the wrong side of assertiveness, and we've all heard of those who take it too far. There's also a flip side to assertiveness, where people are far too genteel to become assertive.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1653-three-steps-become-more-assertive-at-work.html

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What Shouldn't A Project Manager Do?

Whether you're about to become a project manager for the first time or if you consider yourself a seasoned professional, there's always room for improvement when it comes to project management.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1656-what-shouldnt-project-manager-do.html

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Communication Skills And The Use Of Humour

There can be few lonelier places than that occupied by the stand-up comedian whose routine is falling on unappreciative ears. With the spotlight shining, almost emphasising the fact that he is alone out there, he delivers gag after gag to a wall of silence, punctuated by the occasional nervous cough. With dry throat and sweating brow he plods on amidst the heckling until, finally, he gets the biggest cheer of his set when he walks off the stage.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1364-communication-skills-and-use-humour.html

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Common Negotiation Myths You Shouldn't Believe

Thanks to movies about hard-nosed businessmen and politicians, there are many misunderstandings when it comes to the purpose, look and feel of negotiation. It's a more genteel art than you would believe. Here are some common myths that you can safely ignore when you're learning the rules of negotiation in business.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1357-common-negotiation-myths-you-shouldnt-believe.html

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Communication Skills And The Use Of Humour

There can be few lonelier places than that occupied by the stand-up comedian whose routine is falling on unappreciative ears. With the spotlight shining, almost emphasising the fact that he is alone out there, he delivers gag after gag to a wall of silence, punctuated by the occasional nervous cough. With dry throat and sweating brow he plods on amidst the heckling until, finally, he gets the biggest cheer of his set when he walks off the stage.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1362-communication-skills-use-humour.html

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Making It Easy To Turn Printed Publications Into Effective Online Content

Car & Bike Monthly have been reviewing and discussing cars and bikes (yes, on a monthly basis) for generations, and their accumulated hundreds of back issues contain a tremendous array of information on every model of car and bike ever to pass along this country's roads. In recent years, their website has become an increasingly prominent part of their business, receiving a great number of hits from visitors browsing the web for information about this car or that bike. However, the feedback section on their site regularly includes requests for old reviews and discussions, from second-hand buyers to classic car and bike enthusiasts; consequently, the editors have decided to embark upon the mammoth task of placing pre-web content online.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1339-turn-printed-publications-into-effective-online-content.html

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How Stepping Up To 7 Can Mean A Major Boost For Your Business

Almost half of all PC users still work with Windows XP, substantially more than any other operating system - and for many businesses, it's been easier to stick with the tried, trusted and already licensed XP than to move onto a new version. It's also not uncommon for companies and individuals to have chosen specifically not to upgrade, given the negative press and public concerns surrounding Windows Vista; under such circumstances, it can hardly come as a surprise that some would prefer to stay put, rather than spending on new software that they're not entirely sure about.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1341-how-stepping-up-7-can-mean-major-boost-your-business.html

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VBA: It's Easy To Record Macros In Excel 2007

Every year, when the Christmas celebrations are over, trees and decorations are consigned back to the attic. The last of the Christmas cake is put out for the birds and all of the memories are stored safely on a DVD marked Crimbo 2010. Getting the camcorder out at Christmas time is a very popular way of saving those precious memories, from the excitement of children opening presents to that covert footage of Gran asleep in the chair after one too many sherries. And if you yourself were captured in the recording, the chances are your reaction would be 'Blimey, do I really sound like that?'

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1332-vba-its-easy-record-macros.html

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Access: Things You Probably Already Know

Although Microsoft Access is the world's leading database system with millions of users worldwide, there are many of us who would still shy away from entering its complicated world if we could get away with using Excel instead. When it comes down to a King Kong versus Godzilla type showdown between Access and Excel, many of us would be rooting for the latter with its familiar interface and toolbars. There are many tasks we can perform in good old Excel, that reliable old Swiss Army Knife of an application, without waking the Access icon on the start menu. But if we look into it, we may find that Access is not quite so fearsome as we thought.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1330-access-things-you-probably-already-know.html

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Data Validation In Excel: Not As Daunting As It Sounds

Sometimes the name of something can appear more daunting that what it describes. For example if the doctor tells you that you are suffering from nasopharyngitis, you might faint in shock, thinking your days are numbered. When the doctor brings you round and explains that nasopharyngitis is simply another term for the common cold, you straighten yourself up, dust yourself down and leave the surgery displaying the classic symptoms of an Idiopathic Craniofacial Erythema; that's a red face to you and me.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1328-data-validation-in-excel-not-as-daunting-as-it-sounds.html

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Working With Multiple Workbooks In Excel

Imagine, later on this year, as we shiver in the grip of midwinter it is only natural that our thoughts should turn to summer and warmer days, culminating in that carefree holiday in some exotic location where mosquito bites are more of a concern than frostbite. With this in mind we set off for the travel agent's to see what is available, and we return with sufficient brochures to wallpaper a bedroom.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1329-working-with-multiple-workbooks-in-excel.html

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A Better Impression For Your Business, With Adobe Dreamweaver

Ed sells sheds. Rather more than that; Ed runs his own business, erecting bespoke sheds in a range of styles and models to fit whatever outside storage needs his customers might have. Some years ago, Ed's friend Dennis designed a website for the company (as Dennis was looking to establish his own business in web design). Initially, this produced very positive results. Today, however, things aren't going as well - his local rivals have websites of their own that are more modern and enticing, and Ed feels that with his site looking outdated, it's hard for his voice to be heard in a crowded market.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1137-a-better-impression-your-business-with-adobe-dreamweaver.html

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Time Saving Tips In Photoshop

One of the great things about Photoshop is its universal appeal. It is used by all comers, from professionals at the top of their game to dabblers messing about with snapshots. Amateurs can airbrush out crease marks in old photographs and forums up and down the land are awash with crudely put together collages of 'Photoshoppery' that reflect some recent happening.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1223-time-saving-tips-in-photoshop.html

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Improving Your Images To Make Your Publication Perfect

Once upon a time, using pictures in newspapers and magazines was a very straightforward business. Photographs were taken manually, developed in a hurry, and positioned on the page ready for printing - none of this editing, manipulating, airbrushing and tweaking of images to provide just the right look to support the story. Before modern photo-editing tools, publishing images was much more honest. Wasn't it?

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1187-improving-your-images-make-your-publication-perfect.html

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Excel Offers A More Relaxing Way To Work Out

We have all heard of the merits of flexible working: you can work from home; it can be more productive; it's better for the environment; and now, thanks to recent technological advances, it's even easier to base yourself out of the office. The time saved in front of your remote screen might otherwise be wasted on an unproductive journey, when it can be impossible to read or write on the way to and from work.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1157-excel-offers-more-relaxing-way-work-out.html

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Don't Make Your Social Network A Public Practice

While social networking sites have become part of our everyday lives, it's still surprising to learn that an astonishing 40% of UK employees condemn their workplace online. This means that quite a few of us are openly criticising our place of work on social networking and blogging sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. A further 20% admit to insulting or ridiculing their bosses online, seemingly unaware that their current Facebook setting means that employers could well be reading their posts.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1163-do-not-make-your-social-network-public-practice.html

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How Using Your Mobile With PowerPoint 2010 Could Help Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Today it is considered extremely unusual not to own a mobile phone. Hardly any of us know someone who does not have a mobile - whether it's a simple, easy to use calls-only mobile, or the latest smartphone. As surreal as the analogy seems, the mobile brings to this century the independence and resourcefulness that the stagecoach brought to remote communities in the 16th century. The mobile now delivers mail, news, and even far off visitors right to our virtual doorstep - or desktop.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-983-how-using-your-mobile-with-powerpoint-2010-could-help-reduce-your-carbon-footprint.html

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Empowering Your Meetings With PowerPoint

Are you tired of meetings that follow the same old boring format? The agenda gets handed out, the discussion takes place, the minutes are written up, and that's it? Restore some enthusiasm in your meeting attendees and project participants by using PowerPoint.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-953-empowering-your-meetings-with-powerpoint.html

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Trust PowerPoint To Theme Your Presentation Professionally

Just as important to web designers and those who build web pages, it's not just what we look at on a page online, but how we look at the page; that is it's not only about which pages we select to view, but how we really look at these pages. The mechanics of how our eyes move from top to bottom, and from left to right of the screen is the key that unlocks the secret to what is an effective web page.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-925-trust-powerpoint-theme-your-presentation-professionally.html

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How To Make Colour Work In All Your Presentations

The correct and clever use of colour in any presentation is essential if you want to pitch - and win over - your audience. Indeed, it's so important to find a winning hue that well-known professional colour creators Pantone have even nominated a specific combination as the Colour of 2010: PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise. The colour is claimed to combine the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green; turquoise inspires thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a comforting escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1086-how-make-colour-work-in-all-your-presentations.html

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Discover The Top Ten Changes In PowerPoint 2010

Want to find out the key changes in PowerPoint 2010? This article brings you details of the top ten changes to help you to get to grips with what's new in PowerPoint 2010.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1119-discover-top-ten-changes-in-powerpoint-2010.html

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SuperPreview - Expression Web's Key To Understanding Your Website

If you're a chef, you'll taste the food you make before you serve it to your paying customers. An electronics company will rigorously test their products in every imaginable situation. A TV producer will show their programmes to audiences long before they're released to the wider public. It pays, in any situation, to ensure that what you intended to create is what your target audience will actually see, and whether it all comes together as well as you'd hoped.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-583-superpreview-expression-webs-key-understanding-your-website.html

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The Most Effective Styling For Your Site With Expression Web.

Consistency and uniformity in design can be fundamental to retail success. Whether it's the packaging on a supermarket's own-brand produce, or the livery on a courier's vehicles, or the colour scheme of a hotel chain, adhering to the pattern helps create a sense of familiarity and trust between company and customer. The consistent appearance promotes the comforting understanding for the consumer that they know what to expect, that they're entering into a no-risk experience: they've trusted this company before, and they know instinctively through recognising the design that they can trust them again.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1138-effective-styling-your-site-with-expression-web.html

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Designing For The Future With Expression Web

These days your company is nothing without a website. Even the smallest family-run concern will have a snazzy looking web page with more links, video clips and interactive widgets than you can shake a flash drive at.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1170-designing-future-with-expression-web.html

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Keeping Your Website Looking Its Best, With Expression Web

Your company probably has a website. It certainly ought to. Customers and clients from all walks of life expect a business to have an online presence, providing a range of information and means to access the goods and services provided. However, as important as it unquestionably is to establish your company's spot on the world wide web, that should never be seen as an end in itself. To preserve, and indeed increase the advantage to your business, it's absolutely essential that your site is kept thoroughly up-to-date - both in terms of the content and what it says about your company, and also with regard to technology and style, to ensuring that your site never appears obsolete or old-fashioned.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1182-keeping-your-website-looking-its-best-with-expression-web.html

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Are Your Emails Socially Acceptable?

Over the last five years the role of social media has presented many exciting opportunities to businesses. According to a new survey, engaging with a brand on social media sites makes consumers 79% more likely to recommend that brand. With research like this, it is not surprising that businesses are embracing social media and finding new ways to connect with their customers.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1164-are-your-emails-socially-acceptable.html

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Building Your Ideal Website Is Easy With Dreamweaver

Glen knows his breads. He knows his meats and his spreads and his salad vegetables. He knows all about making a good sandwich, that's how he makes his living, but he knows rather less about computers, and decidedly little about constructing and managing an effective website. However, his mobile sandwich service needs to have an internet presence in order to flourish, and this leaves him in a quandary: the company needs a stylish and professional website in order to get more business from local offices, but Glen doesn't want (and can ill afford) to hire a web designer.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1183-building-your-ideal-website-is-easy-with-dreamweaver.html

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Ensuring Your Website Looks Its Best, Wherever Your Customers May Be

How does the public see your business? It's an important question, in two quite different senses. Generally, it's answered in terms of impressions, of opinions formed over time, of the view that individuals take on your company. Does the public see your business positively or negatively?

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1184-ensuring-your-website-looks-its-best-wherever-your-customers-may-be.html

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A Quick Guide To The Dreamweaver CS5 Workspace

In keeping with its tradition of supporting different user groups, Dreamweaver CS5 offers several different views each containing different features of interest to particular groups. These views are called workspaces and this article covers how to use them.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1190-quick-guide-dreamweaver-cs5-workspace.html

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Email's Great - But Why Use Outlook?

Once upon a time, we didn't have email. Seems a long time ago, doesn't it? Not many were able, fifteen years ago or so, to foresee how big an impact it would have, how universal it would become. Nowadays, of course, everyone has email, everyone knows how to use it and what it's there for. But not everyone uses it in the same way, and few really think about how they go about it. Just as with, say, the water that comes out of your tap, availability and access are everything, and the means by which it gets to you is often overlooked.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1185-emails-great-but-why-use-outlook.html

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How Photoshop Can Help You Get The Most From Dreamweaver

You need your company's website to look good. What that might constitute does, of course, depend upon what impression you intend to convey, what manner of goods or services your business provides,and how you need potential and existing customers to see your organisation.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1186-how-photoshop-can-help-you-get-most-from-dreamweaver.html

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An Introduction To Financial Functions In Excel 2010

In this article we'll look at four of the essential financial functions available in Excel 2010. These are Future Value, Present Value, Net Present Value and Payment.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1192-an-introduction-financial-functions-in-excel-2010.html

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How To Create A Data Table In Excel 2010

A Data Table in Excel 2010 lets you expand on a formula to show the different results for different values of one of the parts within the formula. You can list the different values for that part down a column and show in a separate column the formula results corresponding to each value of the input data column.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1194-how-create-data-table-in-excel-2010.html

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How To Use The New Timeline View In Project 2010

Project 2010 included many new features compared to the previous version, including the new Timeline View which appears at the top of the screen above the Gantt chart and tables. The Timeline view shows a single bar across the screen containing tasks and milestones showing overall project progress from start to finish.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1196-how-use-timeline-view-in-project-2010.html

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How To Use The New Manually Scheduled Tasks In Project 2010

One of the biggest changes made to Microsoft Project 2010 is "Manually Scheduled mode" for new tasks. This articles describes what this means for task scheduling and how it affects project planning. Tasks in Project 2010 are manually scheduled by default but you can change this to auto schedule as in previous Project versions if you wish.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1197-how-use-new-manually-scheduled-tasks-in-project-2010.html

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Looking After The Pennies In Microsoft Project

Your budget is likely to be split among many different variables and it is important to factor in bills and fees for the smallest elements of your assignment, as well as the largest.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1201-looking-after-pennies-in-microsoft-project.html

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No More Shaky First Steps Thanks To Microsoft Project's Ribbon

Project managers who don't usually use software to run tasks may feel intimidated by the applications available to them, leading them to avoid IT tools that could actually help them.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1202-no-shaky-first-steps-microsoft-projects-ribbon.html

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Planning Projects With Microsoft Office

To see all the elements to Microsoft Office packages, it might be useful to take a look at how different products are utilised in the workplace.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1203-planning-projects-with-microsoft-office.html

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Simplifying The Web With Dreamweaver CS5

Adobe's Dreamweaver is pretty much the daddy of web design programs, such is its reputation and influence on all that came after its first incarnation. Without it, the story of website creation would be very different as it was the first software to recognise the importance of custom design and applications.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1206-simplifying-web-with-dreamweaver-cs5.html

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Break The Mystery Of Code With Excel Macros

With the introduction of Excel 2010 came slicers (to enable better filtering of data in pivot tables); sparklines (tiny charts that fit into a cell); the AGGREGATE function, the Equation Editor and a smoother way to paste. But for many of us, by far the best feature is the new and improved Macro recording functions. Now, you can even record macros to automatically manipulate shapes. It is big and it is clever, but it's also very easy to use.

The full article appears here:
http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1224-break-mystery-code-with-excel-macros.html

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How Office Clipboard Cuts Across Program Boundaries

We learn something new every day. Like the fact that a typical adult brain contains 15 billion to 200 billion neurons. This number represents the amount of information in 10 billion Encyclopaedia pages. The brain is a very big place in a very small space. Our brains can processes 400 billion bits of information a second, but we are only aware of 2,000 of those.

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Why It's Time To Listen To The Natives And Get Online

Whether you're a digital native - someone who was born into the digital era; or a digital immigrant - those of us who grew up without digital technology, but adopted it later, it's probably fair to say that many of us have found our own way through the maze of the internet without knowing exactly how we equipped ourselves for the journey.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1226-why-it-is-time-listen-natives-and-get-online.html

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If It's Not Broken Why Should You Fix It? Find Out With VBA

Many people stand behind the phrase 'if it's not broken then don't fix it', but you may not feel quite the same way when it comes to repetitive computer-related tasks.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1199-if-its-not-broken-why-should-you-fix-it-find-out-with-vba.html

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Tips On Getting VBA Bugs To Bug-off

Improving your Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) skills could be a challenge if the code you've written just won't seem to work, though there are several ways you can get around these issues.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1198-tips-on-getting-vba-bugs-bugoff.html

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Why Use VBA In The Office 2010 Suite?

All the Office 2010 applications allow users to create their own Visual Basic code to carry out particular actions in the Application. But why do you need to do this given that each application comes with a host of powerful features? The answer lies in how these features are used. This article summarises three different ways VBA can be used in Office 2010. These points all apply to Word 2010, Excel 2010, PowerPoint 2010, Outlook 2010, Project 2010 and Publisher 2010. Access 2010 creates VBA code a little differently and will be covered in other articles.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1191-why-use-vba-in-office-2010-suite.html

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How To Ensure You Don't Make The Wrong Connections With Outlook

Just how much power and influence social networking sites have was shown recently when one well known high street clothes retailer tried to redesign its logo, and was met with such a huge barrage of unrest that they had to do a U-turn and abandon the new branding.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1230-ensure-you-do-not-make-wrong-connections-with-outlook.html

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Turn Your Warm Leads Hot With Business Contact Manager

Does the sound of that leaking tap, creaking door, or the irritation of a flickering screen drive you crazy? Just as you get your well earned cup of tea or switch on the TV to have a little chill out time, there it is in the background - the constant drip, squeak or flash that permeates into your inner sanctum and reminds you that you haven't got round to sorting something out.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1231-turn-your-warm-leads-hot-with-business-contact-manager.html

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How To Make Sure Your Website Is Accessible To All

Your business's website needs to have a wide appeal, so as not to limit your customer base. But it shouldn't be sufficient merely to find what appeals to people, what can persuade them to favour your company. There are also more practical issues that you must always keep in mind when designing and maintaining a website for your business. Visitors to your site may have visual, auditory, motor and other disabilities; it's essential to ensure that your site is available to everyone, whatever their requirements. What's more, this isn't just a question of ensuring your company can reach every client and customer: in some countries, including the UK, US, Ireland and Australia, there exist legal obligations to requiring these provisions to be made.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1252-how-make-sure-your-website-is-accessible-all.html

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Combining Dreamweaver With Other Adobe Software For The Perfect Website

Adobe Dreamweaver's raison d'être is the creation of websites. That's what it's there for, that's what it's good at, and it leads the market. However, it doesn't need to work alone. Because Dreamweaver comes from Adobe, users have the advantage of being able to run the program and build websites in tandem with a host of other applications from the same stable - a wide range of content goes into making a modern commercial website, and Dreamweaver can work directly with software such as Photoshop, Fireworks, Flash, Catalyst and Device Central to ensure that content is of the very highest quality.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1253-combining-dreamweaver-with-other-adobe-software-perfect-website.html

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Let Expression Web Transform Your Online Presence

Lucas knows that his business needs a new website - the existing one was put together some years ago, and rival companies have been benefiting from a much more impressive online appearance. This would be a good time to put out to tender a web design project, to hire professional expertise to produce the perfect website to restore his company to a position of success. No prominent organisation can expect to remain in such a strong position without retaining an engaging and effective internet presence; with a team of specialists creating the most up-to-date and attractive site, Lucas could be certain of a brighter future for the business.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1255-expression-web-transform-online-presence.html

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Enhancing The Customer Experience With Access

Leon has dreams of building a retail empire, but sadly they haven't come to fruition just yet. But he is getting there, gradually; his online business selling quirky and retro clothes has been growing apace, and he hopes to markedly expand his range and to attract significantly more customers in the coming months. However, in order for this to happen, he's going to have to make some progress in managing data for both his stock and his customers.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1251-enhancing-customer-experience-with-access.html

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The Most Efficient And Successful Projects Thanks To Microsoft Project

Brunton General Hospital is starting to look a little the worse for wear. It's as clean as can be; its staff are friendly and take pride in their workplace. But since the hospital was built in the 1980s, very little has been done to keep the facilities up-to-date, and a thorough modernisation and refurbishment is long overdue. However, the hospital managers need to be sure that they can carry through the work with as little disruption to patients and the general public as possible - after all, commencing the work won't stop local residents falling ill and having accidents.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1254-efficient-and-successful-projects-thanks-microsoft-project.html

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Perfect Publishing Across All Platforms, With Adobe InDesign

Major changes are afoot in the county of Wessex. The long-established system of local government in the county, with the majority of responsibilities being dealt with by six district councils, is to be consigned to history; in future, the Wessex unitary authority will have all local issues within its remit. This switch hasn't been universally welcomed, and there's quite a lot of confusion about what the process entails.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1256-perfect-publishing-across-all-platforms-with-adobe-indesign.html

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Perfect Promotions And Posters With Adobe InDesign

Leon is rather proud of his position as one of the leading music promoters in the northwest. However, he always needs to keep on his toes, and to ensure that shows are pushed as firmly as possible in order to maintain his company's pre-eminence. A lot of this comes, of course, from plugging concerts in magazines or getting attention on the radio - but an essential part of his business is still advertising in print, online and with posters plastered about the city.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1257-perfect-promotions-posters-with-adobe-indesign.html

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Manage Your Macros With Access 2010

It may seem like a small thing but the macro is surely one of the most revolutionary developments in information technology. Without it, think of how many keystrokes even the most basic operational commands would require and the knock on effect that that delay would have on efficiency, work rate and productivity.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1259-manage-macros-with-access-2010.html

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Learn The Secrets Of Customising An Autonumber Primary Key In Access

Have you ever wanted to customise an autonumber primary key in an Access table? For example if you delete some records from a table, the auto numbers originally used by the deleted records are not used again, so there are gaps in the primary key numbers. You might then want to reorganise the primary key with successive numbers. Or suppose you want to have a primary starting at a different number, for example 100, you might wonder how to do this. This articles shows you how to restore an autonumber list so there are no missing numbers, and also shows you how to make a custom autonumber list.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1261-learn-secrets-customising-autonumber-primary-key-in-access.html

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How To Create A Simple Currency Convertor In Excel 2010

Image you have a list of prices in pounds in one column in Excel 2010, and you want to add another column of the same prices in dollars. This article shows you how to multiply all the cells in one column with a value such as a pound to dollars conversion rate, and produce a second column showing these converted values.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1263-how-create-simple-currency-convertor-in-excel-2010.html

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An Essential Guide To Using The Northwind Database In Access 2010

Many Access users learn about databases from the Access templates and among these is Northwind. This article describes how this database can be very helpful in learning how to use Access 2010. Many Access users have a look at Northwind but are sometimes put off because there is so much data to look at in so many different places within the database. However if you are new to using Access 2010 or want to build your Access skills it can be an excellent starting point.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1262-essential-guide-using-northwind-database-in-access-2010.html

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How To Sort A List Of Vehicle Number Plates In Year Order In Excel 2010

You may think this is a peculiar topic, but it's an interesting one if you're a license plate dealer, or you keep lists of vehicles and you want to list the vehicles by licence plate date. As the UK license system changed in Sept 2001 we'll only look at sorting license plates lists issued after this date. License numbers since then take the form AB53 CRD or LN04 ABC where the first two letters indicate registration location and the following two numbers are the year identifiers. The final part consists of three random letters. We'll exclude personalised number plates which do not conform to these rules. So for these two examples the year identifiers are 53 and 04.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1265-sort-list-vehicle-number-plates-year-order-excel-2010.html

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How To Create A Real Line Graph In Excel 2010 Rather Than A Line Chart

Once you've got the hang of using Excel charts and explored the main types of column, bar, pie and line you might just be wondering how to create a real line graph - like the kinds you drew at school or college, with an X axis and Y axis and a plot line sloping one way or another. You may have created a line chart in Excel, but you'll find that the line just joins vertical or horizontal values. A line graph on the other hand will show the values of X change as you vary the values of Y.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1264-create-real-line-graph-excel-2010.html

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An Essential Guide To Customising The Navigation Ribbon In Office 2010

One of the key changes made to Office 2010 is that the Ribbon navigation tabs can now all be customised, in addition to the Quick Access toolbar. In Office 2007 you can only customise the Quick Access Toolbar. In Office 2010 you can now add tabs, change tab order, create new command groups and add any built-in commands to any customised group in any tab. All this can be done from the Customize Ribbon options.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1266-essential-guide-customising-navigation-ribbon--office-2010.html

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Essential Guide To The Backstage View In Office 2010

Launch Office 2010 and you'll see that the Office button launched in Office 2007 has gone! Its replacement is the Backstage view, so called because it shows you what's going on behind the scenes. It's now become the new File tab on the far left of the navigation ribbon. This article looks at how it can be used.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1267-essential-guide-backstage-view-office-2010.html

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A Potted History Of Photoshop

As I write articles on many aspects of modern working life, I have made observations as to how certain technological advancements have caused decline, even extinction, to existing products as the great technological evolutionary process continues and the weakest go to the wall. Among these have been the demise of the typewriter, which was all but wiped out by the more user-friendly word processor, and the vast thinning down of the telephone directory caused by the rise of the mobile phone.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1300-a-potted-history-photoshop.html

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How To Use Rewards As An Efficient Motivational Tactic

It is very tempting to use rewards as a way to motivate staff to complete a job well or go beyond their call of duty and this is not unreasonable. An additional reward can be anything from a "well done2 box of donuts to an extra monetary bonus and is designed to generate good will amongst hard working staff since it is a practical demonstration of gratitude. It is important to look at rewards for motivational purposes to see that they are appropriate and effective.

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http://www.microsofttraining.net/article-1301-how-use-rewards-as-efficient-motivational-tactic.html

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