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  • New Excel macro training videos for beginners

    16 May 2011
    Today's post was written by Angela Chu-Hatoun, a senior programmer writer on our big Office team who's, frankly, much more technical than I am and is good at exploring the deep underbelly of programming, how it works, and how YOU can do it too. This post originally appeared last Friday, May 13, on the...

  • Visio shapes & stencils, drawings & diagrams explained

    16 Feb 2011
    I've never had particularly strong spatial abilities; I nearly flunked geometry in the ninth grade. Even today I probably couldn't find my way out of an origami-folded paper bag. You too? Meet Visio, the Office program that provides all the shapes, templates, and connectors (and all that stuff) so that...

  • You create your own freedom: Go get your ribbon roadmap

    27 Dec 2010
    When Office 2007 first came out, what everyone noticed first was the new interface, namely, the ribbon. This ribbon replaced the menus and toolbars—yes, the self-same menus and toolbars that you constantly griped about and yet were suddenly so enamored of (you cannot imagine how much whiny feedback...

  • Pretty darn fancy, those PDFs

    22 Nov 2010
    Sometimes the Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations or other things you've created using Office 2010 or 2007 cannot be viewed by others, inviting bad blood and general crabbiness. There are a couple of reasons why these folks cannot look at the files you worked so hard on: Your...

  • You're missing out on Visio: Crabby's Daily Tip

    11 May 2010
    Common to Visio 2010 & 2007 Updated or only in Visio 2010 Read more about it Data graphics : Display data on shapes using text call-outs, data bars, or icons, or by coloring the shapes based on the data. As the data changes, the data graphics update accordingly. The data graphics feature is now integrated...

  • Doing it your way with the Quick Access Toolbar: Crabby's Daily Tip

    10 May 2010
    If you know me (and many of you do), you know I'm about customizing. All of us are like snowflakes, each one a unique and special individual. We have our individual tastes, likes, dislikes, fashion sense, lack of fashion sense, love for the ribbon just as it is, want to make it our own... The Quick Access...

  • Get to know your Office MVPs

    22 Mar 2010
    Last month, I attended the MVP Summit in Redmond. MVPs (Most Valued Professionals) from all over the world were there: I met a Word MVP from New Zealand— a boisterous Kiwi wearing jandals in the middle of February (well it IS summer down there); a delightful Visio Fräulein MVP from Germany...

  • Shapes connect themselves in Visio

    4 Mar 2010
    AutoConnect is new in Visio 2007. It's this great functionality takes all the work out of connecting shapes. This feature automatically connects, evenly distributes, and aligns shapes for you—with only a couple clicks (of your mouse, not your ruby slippers). You can use AutoConnect when you drag...

  • Using Viewers —now everyone can play

    8 Feb 2010
    If you receive a file that you can’t open, all is not lost. You can download a viewer from Office Downloads and see what it is the sender wants you to see. Same thing applies if you're sending a file to someone who doesn't have the program: Either attach the viewer to your e-mail or include a link...

  • Easy text editing: Make F2 your butler

    5 Feb 2010
    When you want to edit text within a shape in Visio, sometimes double-clicking doesn't get you into text mode. Same with Excel when you want to edit right within a cell. In Visio , select a shape, press F2, and edit away. Press ESC to exit editing mode. In Excel do the same thing except select a cell...

  • Pretty Darn Fancy, those PDFs

    19 Jan 2010
    When all your hard work— your documents, spreadsheets, whatever— can't be opened by the people you send them to, it's frustrating, to say the least. But now you can turn those files into universally accepted (and beloved) PDFs. Let's face it: Sometimes the Word documents, Excel spreadsheets...