Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007--White space

Did you know...

Microsoft 2003 and 2007 will allow you to hide the white space at the top and bottom of your document?

Here is a sample of a document in Word with the bottom of one page showing and the top of the second page showing:

When you put your cursor right on the edge of either piece of paper, you get the "hide white space" option. It will look like this:

Once you have the cursor in position so you see the "Hide White Space" option, click one time and the top and margins will be hidden. Like this:











The margins are still there, they are just hidden. This view will help you align text, graphics, tables, etc. by hiding the white space temporarily. To get it back, simply click again in the same place.



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Microsoft Outlook--Using Word as your e-mail editor

Using Word as your E-mail Editor
Did you know that...

You can use Microsoft Word as the editor for your Outlook e-mail messages? If you do this, you will have all the editing features you have in Word when you are creating a message in Outlook.

To turn on that feature:

• Open Outlook
• Click on Tools
• Click on Options
• Click on the Mail Format tab at the top

In the top portion of the window you will have selections on how to set your e-mail editing options:


You can set the "Compose in this message format:" to either html or rich text.

Put a checkmark next to both options to Use Microsoft Office Word as your editor.

Click on Okay to close that window.

Now, when you open a new e-mail message you will have all of the toobars available that you normally find in Microsoft Word.

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Microsoft Office 2003 Customize a Toolbar Button

Did you know...



You can customize buttons on your toolbar, including macro buttons. Here are the simple steps.

• Click on Tools


• Click on Customize


• Click on the Commands Tab


• Click on icon you want to change


• Click on Modify Selection


• Put a checkmark next to Default Style


• Click on Modify Selection again

Do one of two things:

Click on Change button image and select a predesigned image

OR

Click on Edit button image and using the color boxes draw your own design

When finished close all windows and see the new and improved button you just created



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Excel 2003 Macro Buttons Tips & Tricks August 2007

Excel 2003 Macro Buttons

Did you know?

You can create a button (rather than just a keystroke) for macros you create in Excel?

Assuming you know how to make a macro...

After you create the macro,

1. Right click on the toolbar
2. Click on customize
3. Click on the commands tab
4. Select MACRO from the Left column
5. From the Right column drag the macro CREATE CUSTOMIZE BUTTON and drop it on a toobar
6. Right click on button and choose ASSIGN MACRO
7. Select macro from next window that opens
8. Close the customize window

You now have a macro button on your toolbar to complete a task with one click.

Next month, how to customize a macro button.

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Outlook 2003 Sent Items

Outlook 2003 Sent items

Did you know?

You can find copies of e-mail messages you sent in Outlook by opening the sent items folder.






If you do not see any e-mail messages under the sent items, send me an e-mail and I will give you instructions on how to make each message you send copy to your sent items automatically.


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Microsoft Word 2003 Repair Damaged Document

Microsoft Word 2003
Repair a damaged document.
Did you know?
Sometimes you have a Microsoft Word document that is corrupted and you want to try to save it but don't know how. Microsoft has provided one feature to assist you and it's easy to use.

• Open Word
• Click on File
• Click on Open
• Find the document to open and click on it ONCE
• Now click on the pull down menu next to Open at the bottom of the window and select the option to Open and Repair. You just might get lucky and recover your damaged document.

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Microsoft Word 2003 Close All Feature

Microsoft Word 2003
Close All


Did you know that when you are in Microsoft Word and you hold down the shift key when you click on File - the option to Close a document changes to Close All and will close all documents you have open in Word at once. The Save option changes to Save All to save all documents at once?


If you accidentally select Close All don't worry if you have not saved a document. Microsoft will ask you to save the open documents one at a time when changes need to be saved. If you have previously saved changes the document will be closed without asking you to save.


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Microsoft Word 2003 Page Setup

Microsoft Word 2003
Page Setup

Did you know you can use Portrait and Landscape settings in the same document?

By default the document is set in portrait. If you have one or more pages you want to make landscape in the same document, do the following:

• Select the pages that you want to change to landscape (or portrait) orientation.
• Click on File
• Click on Page Setup

• Click the Margins tab.
• Click Portrait or Landscape.
• In the Apply to box, click Selected text.

• Click Ok

Microsoft Word automatically inserts section breaks before and after the text with the new margin settings. Your document will be set up like this:

Need to know more about sections breaks? Look for a class on sections breaks coming in July at http://www.fortheloveofsoftware.com/


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How to get a screen shot

Did you know...

You can make an image of any window on your computer with a simple keystroke?

How to get a screen shot of a window on your computer

1. Open the window you want a screenshot of
2. Hold down the Alt key and press the Print Screen button on your keyboard

3. You will not see anything happen (the image has been put on the computer clipboard waiting for you to paste it somewhere.
4. Now, go to Microsoft Word and open a blank document
5. Paste the image you just put on the clipboard by doing one of 3 things:

• Press the Ctrl and V key together, or
• Click on Edit and then Paste (in Word 2003) or in Word 2007 click on the Home Ribbon and then click on the Paste option, it is the first option on the Home Ribbon;
• Right click on the document and select paste from the menu you get.

Give it a try.

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