November 2017 – Carol's Corner Office

Carol’s Ramblings

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Carol Bratt

Posted in Carol's Ramblings

It is most definitely Fall now! The temperature is very, very low and I can see my breath when I take my fast paced walk in the morning! Even though I am not a fan of cold weather, I still bundle up and take my walk every morning. The cold air makes me walk even faster and I get finished even more quickly. Then I have time to do other more enjoyable things knowing that I have already done something good for myself.

Before you know it Thanksgiving will be upon us and I will be baking pies and making cookies. For now, I am knitting furiously trying to get elves made for little children, along with snowmen, reindeer, penguins, etc.! I love every minute of it too.

No matter where you are or what holiday traditions you share, I wish you all the very best and I pray your are surrounded by family and friends who love you and care about you. Don’t forget to let them know how you feel either!

Also, as always, please remember those less fortunate than yourselves. Please make a donation to a homeless shelter or a food bank to feed, clothe and make those less fortunate feel better and know that someone cares.

Until next time, take care of you…

How to Transfer Fonts in Word

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Carol Bratt

Posted in Subscribers Word 2016

Fonts are a necessary part of any computer system, but especially systems that use word processing programs (i.e., Microsoft Word). Very often, different systems have different fonts. There could be times when one may consider transferring fonts from one system to another. You should know that fonts are stored in files on your computer system.

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How to Quickly Change Columns in Word

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Carol Bratt

Posted in Word 2016

On the Page Layout tab of your Ribbon, Word provides a tool you can use to modify the number of columns in your document or in a text selection.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

In the Page Setup group, click on the Columns tool. Word shows a list of six options:

One. Use a single column.
Two. Use two equal-width columns.
Three. Use three equal-width columns.
Left. Use two columns, where the left column is narrower than the right column.
Right. Use two columns, where the right column is narrower than the left column.
More Columns. Display the Columns dialog box so you can set up the columns as you desire.

To use the Columns tool, simply select one of the options above. If you have a text selection selected before using the tool, then the choice you make will be applied only to that selected text. If you do not have text selected, the entire section in which your cursor is located is formatted using the number of columns you chose.

Easy peasy!

Subscribers: How to Use Find and Replace in PowerPoint 2016

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Carol Bratt

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When you are working with longer presentations, it can be tedious trying to find and locate a specific word or phrase. The good news is PowerPoint can quickly and easily search your presentation using the Find feature and can just as easily and quickly replace words and phrases using the Replace feature. Follow the steps

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Subscribers: How to Set Up an Out of Office Vacation Auto-Reply in Outlook 2016

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Carol Bratt

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Nowadays taking your mail with you is so very easy! Apparently, what folks think is difficult is leaving it behind! We all know that wherever you wander, taking all your e-mail with you is oh so easy, although perhaps leaving it home is the wisest choice. Outlook makes it very simply for us to take

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Subscribers: How to Mail Merge Using An Excel Worksheet

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Carol Bratt

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Mail Merge is used to create multiple documents simultaneously, which of course saves tons of time and keystrokes! These documents have identical layout, formatting, text, and graphics. Only specific parts of each document will vary and be personalized. You can create varied documents using Mail Merge, such as bulk labels, letters, envelopes, e-mails, etc. There

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How To Add a Background Image to A Message in Outlook

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Carol Bratt

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Do you have a background in Outlook? If so, is it monochromatic or very colorful? You are not locked into a white background in Outlook. You can use any image as a background for an e-mail you compose. I don’t know that I would recommend having a background, but lots of folks like to have just that. So if you are one of those people this is the tip for you. And even if you aren’t one who likes a background, it never hurts to have a little extra knowledge does it?

Follow the steps below to learn how:

Be sure the message you are composing uses HTML formatting.
Place your cursor in the body of your message.
Be sure the Options tab of your Ribbon is active and expanded.
Click Page Color in the Themes section of the Ribbon.

Select Fill Effects from the menu that has opened.

Go to the Picture tab.
Click Select Picture.
Find and highlight the background image you would like to use.
Click Insert.
Click OK.

Now sit back and admire your handiwork!

Subscribers: How To Highlight Cells Containing Certain Text In Excel

Posted on November 3, 2017 by Carol Bratt

Posted in Subscribers Excel 2013

The conditional formatting feature in Excel can be used to draw attention to cells that contain specific text in in your Worksheet. Suppose, you have a range of cells and you would like to know which ones contain the letters "carpe." Highlighting comes in very handy at this point. Follow the steps below to learn

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