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Monthly Archives: February 2021

Subscribers: How To Create A Timeline In Word 365

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There are times when you may need to create a timeline (i.e. company meeting, family reunion, etc.). Do not panic. It is not all the difficult to do and I have complete faith in your ability. Follow the steps below to learn how: Launch Microsoft Word. Press CTRL +O to open a new document. Go

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Carol’s Random Rambling

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First, I will wish you an early happy Valentine’s day! You don’t have to have anyone special in your life to celebrate – just celebrate love, giving and happiness!

Moving on, we have had several “snow events’ in our area lately and it was beautiful and I absolutely loved seeing the cardinals at the feeder with that beautiful white background, but I have now had enough of Mother Nature’s surprises and am longing for Springtime.  I try to keep busy during this pandemic, but I’m pretty much sick of that too, as I am sure you all are.  Ok enough griping. There are far more things to be grateful for than things to gripe about!

I hope you are all faring well this Winter and that you are all safe and healthy.  Until next time…

 

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Subscribers: How to Use Shortcuts in PowerPoint

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Who doesn't like to save time and keystrokes? As you all know I am all about saving time and keystrokes. Because of that, I am going to share some really good shortcuts to use in Microsoft PowerPoint with you. Follow the steps below to learn how: Creating Presentations: CTRL | N - New presentation CTRL

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More Microsoft Office Shortcuts

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As promised, this article is full of more useful Microsoft Office shortcuts.

Follow the steps below:

SHIFT F3 – Toggles between uppercase, lowercase, and title case

CTRL = – Will subscript highlighted text

CTRL SHIFT – Will superscript highlighted text

CTRL | SHIFT | F9 – Will remove any hyperlinks in your text

CTRL |Space – Will remove any font effects and reset it to the default size, font, and color

CTRL ] -Will increase font size

CTRL [ = Will decrease font size

ALT | W | R – will toggle your Ruler

CTRL M – Will add a new slide to your editor in PowerPoint

CTRL | SHIFT | D – will Duplicate your current slide

CTRL P – Will activate your Pen Tool

CTRL A – Invokes your cursor during a presentation

CTRL H – Hides your cursor during a presentation

ALT | P – will Play/Pause embedded media in your slide

ALT |  Q – Stops playback

ALT | Up or Down Arrow – will adjusts the volume of your playback

CTRL | Page up or Page down – Will scroll between multiple tabs

ALT | Enter – Enters a new line in an Excel cell

CTRL | ; – Will quickly enter the current date

CTRL | SHIFT | : – Will quickly enter the current time

CTRL 1 – Will invoke the Formatting dialog

CTRL ‘ – Will toggle between cells to reveal content or formulas

CTRL 0 – Will hide a column

CTRL 9 – Will hide a row

CTRL | SHIFT |0/9 – Will unhide anything hidden using shortcuts above

ALT |= – Will automatically apply SUM to any highlighted cells

CTRL | SHIFT | * – Will select your current row or column

Even if you only use a few of these fabulous shortcuts, it is well worth it!

Little Known Microsoft Office Shortcuts

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Again, anyone who knows me knows that I love to save time and keystrokes.  In this article you will learn to save time and keystrokes as well. Once you start using these you will find that you cannot do without them.

Follow the steps below to learn how:

CTRL A – Selects all items on screen

CTRL B – Formats as bold

CTRL I – Italicizes text

CTRL U – Underlines selected text

CTRL P – Launches Print dialog

CTRL C – Copies the selected text to your clipboard

CTRL X – Cuts the selected text

CTRL V – Pastes your clipboard content

CTRL Z – Undoes the last action and can also be used repeatedly

CTRL Y  – Redoes your last action

F4 – Repeats your last action, whether that be formatting or deleting text

CTRL  F1 – Hides/Shows your ribbon interface

SHIFT F7 – Reveals the Thesaurus tab

CTRL K – Adds a hyperlink to some text to link to another file or Web address

CTRL S – Saves your document

CTRL | SHIFT G – Invokes the Word counter

F7 – Opens Spelling and Grammar

More to follow!

Subscribers: How To Turn Off Paste In Excel 365

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Do not ask me why, but some users find the Paste icon to be distracting when they are working in an Excel worksheet. It does not bother me, but to each his own! Should you be one of those folks it does bother, as was the client that asked me how to get rid of

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Subscribers: How To Use Read Aloud in Word 365

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Ok, first a few facts about Read Aloud: It is only offered in Office 2019 and Word 365. There are also several other methods to use: Immersive Reader, Speak, Narrator, and Speech. In my humble opinion, Read Aloud is far and away your best option. Follow the steps below to learn how: On the Review

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Subscribers: How To Convert Voice to Text In Word

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You would be hard pressed to go into an office today and find a steno pool, or even an administrative assistant to transcribe dictation.  Dictation is so old school now. And why wouldn't it be? Microsoft Word makes it so easy to convert voice to text that you will find that you are much more

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Subscribers: Let’s Learn Proper Terms In Word

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One of the biggest problems Help Desks complain of is people describing their problems using incorrect terms. You cannot fix something, if someone is telling you it is one thing and that thing is not broken! I remember when I taught Microsoft Word to adults at night at a local community college and students would

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