[January 15, 2010]
Let me start this issue with an apology. When the first issue of the year was published, 1 and 1, the company that hosts my site, had a server glitch and the e-mail that I sent to everyone letting them know the January 1st issue was available, was dated January 1, 2008 and so more than likely it was buried deeply in your e-mail Inbox,. For this I apologize. I have been assured by the good folks at 1 and 1 that this problem has been resolved now and am hopeful that you will receive your e-mail in the normal timely fashion.
I stood at the window one morning this week at 6:30 a.m. and thought to myself...brrr....it looks to cold and desolate out there; it gave me a shudder. But then some energy kicked in I guess because I told myself - you're on the right side of the dirt Carol so it's a pretty beautiful day after all. Sometimes it's all in your perspective isn't it? It has been so terribly cold in our region for the past couple of weeks! I was outdoors the other night admiring the stars and it was bitterly cold. At times like that I sometimes get the feeling I am the only person in the world. Like I said, it was bitterly cold but beautiful at the same time. There is nothing like a dark country sky full of stars. It was sixteen degrees when I left my humble abode one morning this week! Great sleeping weather if only I had more time to sleep in!
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Table of Contents
Add Useful Icons to your MS Excel Toolbar - Timesaver!
Indenting a Paragraph to the Next Tab Stop - Another timesaver!
Saving All Open Documents - Hidden menu items!
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Add Useful Icons to your MS Excel Toolbar
Almost 50% of the menu bar line is empty. You can use this empty real estate space to add useful icons such as Page Setup, Custom Views, Macro, and many more.
Follow the steps below to learn how:
- Place your cursor on one of the toolbars and right-click.
- Select Customize from the ensuing shortcut menu.
- Select the Commands tab.
- From Categories, select File and drag the Page Setup icon to the menu bar.
- Repeat step 4 for the Custom Views icon (from View) and for the Macro icon (from Built-in Menus) .
- Click Close.
These new icons also hae keyboard shortcuts, which are used by pressing ALT and the underlined letter.
Indenting a Paragraph to the Next Tab Stop
Using the toolbar, you can quickly and easily indent a paragraph to the next tab stop for that paragraph. If there are no tab stops set for the paragraph, it will be indented to the next default tab stop, which in MS Word is every half inch.
To indent your paragraph to the next tab stop follow the steps below:
Make sure your insertion point is int he paragraph that you would like to indent or that you have selected at least some of the text in the paragraph.
- Click on the Increase Indent icon on your toolbar.
Saving All Open Documents
MS Word allows you to have multiple documents open at the same time. You can also view those documents at the same time. MS Word makes it extremely easy to work on several documents during one session. Sometimes, however, when you have been hard at it, working on all those open documents you cannot always remember which ones you have saved and which you haven't, before ending your session in MS Word.
To learn how to save all your open documents, follow the steps below:
- Depress your Shift key and click on the File icon simultaneously.
- When the resulting menu opens, you may notice that a command appears on that menu that normally is not there and that is the Save All command, which replaces the normal Save command. Depressing your Shift key adds the All qualifier that takes the place of the Save command.
- Select the Save All command and you will then be asked if you want each document saved. You can click either yes or no to reply.
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- Edit MS Word 2007 Documents in Print Preview
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