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Add your Own Menu Items in MS Excel

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

MS Excel is a robust piece of software that can make your life so much easier, but you do not want to wade through menu items that you hardly ever use, right?

You can customize Excel to meet your specific needs and have it your way just like the popular fast food franchise boasts.

Did you know that you can add a macro you have created to a menu?  Well you can! You can customize your menus to reflect your own personal commands.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Click on Tools | Customize to display the dialog box.
  2. Be certain the Commands tab is selected.
  3. In the Categories list, select the category of commands you would like to add to your menu or, alternatively, select Macros if you wish to add a macro to your menu.
  4. In the list of available commands for the category, select the one that you would like to add.
  5. Drag the selected command to the menu where you would like it added. The menu appears as you move the selected command over the command name.
  6. As you reach the point where you would like to add the item, simply release your mouse button.

That’s all there is to it!

Versions 97, 2000, 2002, 2003

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Insert Dates and Have it Your Way in MS Word

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

Some folks prefer to use AutoText to insert the date in their documents and this tip will show you exactly how to do that and do it in such a way that you will not have to change the format.  It will be the way YOU want it!

Follow the steps below to learn how:

Position your cursor on a blank line in your document, where you would like your date to appear.

  1. Click on Insert | Date and Time and the dialog box will display.
  2. Select the display format that is the closest to what you would like in your document.
  3. Be certain the Update Automatically check box is selected.
  4. Click OK.
  5. The date, using the selected format will appear in your document.
  6. Select the date field and click F9 which will dispay the actual DATE field coding.
  7. Change the format within the quotation marks to reflect the way you want your date to appear.
  8. Click Shift + F9 to display the DATE field results instead of the coding.
  9. Select your date field again.
  10. Click on Insert + AutoText which will display a submenu.
  11. Select New from the submenu and MS Word will display the Create AutoText dialog box.
  12. Type the word Date in the Name field, replacing  the original text.
  13. Click on OK.

Your DATE field is now properly formatted and saved under the Date AutoText entry.

To use your new Date entry,  key in the word Date and click on F3. The word will now be replaced with your DATE field a you saved it.

 

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LINE SPACING IN MS WORD 2007

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

We all have our own way of setting up our own document – our own “look” sot to speak. Many folks like single spacing in their documents. Me, I prefer lots of room between my lines of text simply because it is easier for me to read and edit. In any event, line spacing is a very important factor in your document formatting.

The default line spacing in version 2007 is 1.15. Luckily, it is fairly simple to format your line spacing in this version.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. On the Home tab of your Ribbon, in the Paragraph group, click on the Line Spacing button.
  2. You will see lots of choices, such as 1, 1.15, 1.5, 2, 2.5 or 3.
  3. Select the line spacing that you prefer.
  4. For a more granular line spacing, in the Spacing menu, click on Line Spacing Options.

Told you it was easy didn’t I?

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