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Monthly Archives: December 2015

Merry Christmas from Me to You

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It is finally that time of year!  My favorite!  Christmas!

Oh, of course, I am crazy busy and feeling overwhelmed and thinking I will never get it all done in time, but I always do somehow or other – all the baking, gift buying, wrapping, sewing, knitting, decorating, etc.

But the main thing – the reason for the season  is not all of the above.  No matter whom you worship or how you worship, that is the main event.  This year more than ever we need to pray for peace.  Our world has gotten a bit out of kilter and there is a lot of hate floating around.  Let’s all try to be the change we want to see in our world.  Be kind to one another and look out for your fellow man. Give as much as you can.  And always let the folks you love and care about, know how you feel.

I know you may not share my beliefs or my religion but I still wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year. I just wanted to share my holiday with you.

See you next year!

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Subscribers: How to Accurately Set Tabs Using your Ruler in Word

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Hopefully, you know that Word allows you to set tabs in a paragraph by clicking on the Ruler at the top of your document window. The tab that is inserted depends on the tab type selected at the left side of the Ruler. You can then click on the tab and drag it to the

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Subscribers: How to Use Check Marks in Excel

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It is not out of the ordinary to use Excel to create different types of lists and forms that are used by other people. When you are creating your checklist, you may want to actually put a check mark into a cell. There are a couple of methods you can use to do this. Both

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How to Move Text in your Word Document without Using Copy & Paste

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Most people who use Word use the old standby of CTRL +X to move text and CTRL + V to paste it within their Word documents.

Did you know there is an alternate method to do that? No? Well surprise, surprise!  There is!

Follow the steps below to learn how:

  1. Highlight any block of text that yo would like to move.
  2. Click F2.
  3. Place your cursor at the place where you would like to move your text to.
  4. Click Enter.

Your text has now been moved!

Go ahead and try it – it’s pretty cool and I am sure there will be many times when you can use this handy little trick.

How to Insert Unicode Characters in Word Using your Keyboard

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If you know the unicode for a character, you can quickly add it to your document by keying in the code followed by ALT + X.

  • For example, the unicode for the Euro symbol is 20AC.
  • So go ahead and key in 20AC using your Numpad and then click ALT +X and voila! The actual Euro symbol appears in your document.

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Subscribers: How to Add a Text Box to your Return Address in Word

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Many times we need an envelope that includes a text box under the return address. The text box could contain the words RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED or PERSONAL & CONFIDENTIAL (among other things) all in caps, bold, and underlined. So how do we do this quickly and without reinventing the wheel every time we need this?

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Subscribers: How to Add Commonly Used Addresses to AutoText in Word

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If your office generates a lot of letters, this is the tip for you! This will show you how to store common addresses that you use often in AutoText entries. You will then only need to input the first name or surname of the contact you need, press F3, and the address will be inserted

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Subscribers: How to Align Decimal Points in your Excel Columns

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As I am sure you know, there are instances where we need to align the decimal points in a column of one of our worksheets. Luckily, this is fairly easy to accomplish using the Format Cells function. Follow the steps below to learn how: Select the column of numbers which you would like decimal aligned.

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Subscribers: How to Remove Specific Fields in your Word Document

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If, like me, you use fields in your documents, you might have an occasion where you need  to delete a specific kind of field, without removing all the other types of fields in your document. You can use the ^d special character in the Find What box when doing a Find and Replace, but using

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