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New in Word 2007 is the mini-toolbar, which provides quick access to common formatting commands. The commands are displayed whenever you hover your mouse over the mini-toolbar.

Some people really like the new toolbar as it can be convenient if you quickly want to format highlighted text. Others however, find it cumbersome and even annoying. If you fit into this latter category, good news! You can easily disable it.

Disable Mini-Toolbar in Word

To Disable the Mini-Toolbar

  1. Click the Microsoft Office button.
  2. Click Word Options.
  3. Click Popular in the left column.
  4. Uncheck the “Show Mini Toolbar on selection” checkbox.

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Printing PowerPoint Handouts

by on July 2, 2009

Handouts are printed output of your presentation with 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 slides on each page that your audience can use for future reference. In the Print dialog box, select the number of slides you want to be included in each page and the order of the slides (horizontal or vertical).

You might want to consider passing out the handouts at the end of your presentation so that the audience is not reading your handouts instead of listening to you!

Print Handouts in PowerPoint

To Print Slide Handouts

  1. Click the Microsoft Office button and then click Print from the menu.
  2. Select Handouts from the Print what: drop-down list.
  3. Select the number of slides to be printed on each page from the Slides per page: drop down list.
  4. Select the order of the appearance of the slides on the page (horizontal or vertical).
  5. Set any additional print options.
  6. Click OK.

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Adding Columns in PowerPoint 2007

July 1, 2009

New in PowerPoint 2007 is the ability to create columns within a text box. This is especially handy if you have a long list of items that you wish to transform into two, three or more columns. After you insert your columns, you can then modify the spacing between them. The columns button is located [...]

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Using the Notes Pane in PowerPoint 2007

June 30, 2009

When preparing a presentation, you can use the Notes Pane to provide anecdotes, additional details relating to a slide, or any other information that you want to mention in your presentation but do not want to include on your slides. The Notes Pane is displayed in Normal view and you type text directly into the [...]

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Adding Headers and Footers to Slides in PowerPoint

June 29, 2009

Headers and footers are text that is displayed on the top or bottom of every page of your slides, notes or handouts. Headers and footers can consist of specific text, such as a company logo, the slide or page number, or a date. Headers will appear at the top of every printed page while footers [...]

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Moving Cells in Excel

June 25, 2009

If you accidentally enter data into the wrong cell or need to move a range of data to a different area of your spreadsheet, there is a quickly and easy way to accomplish this using your mouse. Of course, you can always use the standby “cut and paste” method. Using the mouse however, can save [...]

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Microsoft Looking for Volunteers to Test Drive Office 2010

June 24, 2009

Microsoft is looking for volunteers willing to test drive Microsoft Office 2010 - and in return, you’ll receive a free version in Office when it ships (in the meantime, you get to use Office 2010 on a loaner PC) as well as unlimited tech support and training.
You need to be willing to commit to six [...]

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Hiding E-mail Addresses when Sending to Multiple Recipients in Outlook 2007

June 24, 2009

Because of privacy concerns, it is not recommended to display everyone’s e-mail address when sending mail to multiple recipients. Some people may even become quite upset with you if you do so. One option is to send an e-mail to yourself and Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) your recipients. Unfortunately, e-mail sent this way is often [...]

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Setting Tabs using the Tabs Dialog Box in Word 2007

June 19, 2009

If you need to set more precise tabs, you can type in the exact postion of your tabs using the Tabs dialog box (this is actually my preferred method of setting tabs). Positions are measured from the left margin. For example, if you set a tab stop position at 2.4, then a tab will be [...]

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Changing the Postion of Tabs in Word

June 18, 2009

In yesterday’s post, we looked at how to set tab stops in Word. You may at some point however, need to modify the tabs that you set. Changing the position of tabs couldn’t be easier – simply click on the tab in the Horizontal Ruler and drag it to a new location! Note however, that [...]

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