If you’re someone who spends a long time looking at boring black and white Microsoft Excel spreadsheets you’ll appreciate this top to add some colour to your sheets. In Microsoft Office 2007 it is possible to use any picture you want as the background for all your spreadsheet data thus adding a bit of spice […]
For the 2007 release of Office Microsoft have completely redesigned the Office user interface and have done away with all the different menus and dialogue boxes in favour of a whole new interface that is commonly referred to as ‘Pick & Click’ This new Office user interface does away with all the searching through various […]
With the release of Office 2007, Microsoft have taken the opportunity to overhaul the Office file formats for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new Office file formats are known as the Microsoft Office Open XML file formats, and are themselves derivatives of the XML (Extensible Markup Language) file formats commonly used in Web applications. The […]
One of the most used and useful features of Microsoft Word is its ability to check your documents for both spelling mistakes and grammar inaccuracies. The checking can be performed ‘live’ as you type in your document, or you can choose to switch this off and have the document checked at a time of your […]
Here is a selection of some of the most often used Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts, along with a few you may have never used before, or even know existed! If you have any others that you would like to add, then please E-mail your tip to us, and we will include it with a credit […]
Like most programs, Microsoft Word has certain terms and phrases that are specific to it. We have attempted to list as many of the terms you are likely to come across below. If you come across a word or phrase that you either don’t understand, or that you think should be in this glossary, please […]
Creating a nice looking booklet in Microsoft Word is actually much easier than people realise, but there are a few caveats that people need to be aware of before starting. Follow the simple guidelines below and you will have no trouble in producing a booklet that appears to have been professionally laid out. A […]
When you create a new document in Word, the program loads a blank template called ‘normal.dot’ which contains all of the settings such as margin sizes, fonts etc for the document to use. It is highly likely that the settings in the template supplied by Microsoft are not suitable for your purposes so you will […]