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• Confessions of a hardware slacker

  27 May 2011

  Today's post was written by Cathy Moya, a designer on the Microsoft Hardware team. Confession time: I completely ignored my extra mouse buttons and keyboard hot keys until I decided to interview for the group at Microsoft that makes mice and keyboards, and then I had to cram. It was actually pretty easy...
• OneNote for the iPhone: Keeps getting better

  29 Apr 2011

  I like notes; I take a lot of them and got into a lot of trouble passing them, as an overly chatty schoolgirl. Today I find notes here, there, on sticky pads, on my kid's homework, even on my own hand sometimes. But on my computer or my phones I only use OneNote and truthfully, all the other methods...
• Finding and fashioning fonts

  11 Apr 2011

  If you read last week's two posts about fonts— Fonts I: The families and their styles and Traveling and tails: Best practices —you should be pretty up-to-speed about 1) some font terminology (families, styles, tails); 2) how to travel successfully with fonts (a BIG issue among my readers...
• Fonts: Traveling and tails—Best practices

  8 Apr 2011

  Now that you understand some of the basics of fonts , let's take a crack at some basic font etiquette and practices: How to make sure your fonts travel with you Print or screen: Choosing the right font for the job Consider your audience: Cautions about going overboard Best practice #1: Have font will...
• Gardening with Office, not so foolish...

  1 Apr 2011

  Yes, today is April 1st, and this post is a light-hearted attempt to get you gardeners excited about using various Office programs to plan, plot, and perfect your garden. Really! When spring has sprung and you've finally flung all your sweaters and boots into storage, When the buds on the trees make...
• Women’s History Month: Trailblazers in technology

  7 Mar 2011

  March is Women's History Month, with March 8th being the traditional day International Women's Day is celebrated. There are many, many women who have contributed to the technological advances and work regarding mathematics, computers, and software. Today I've chosen three to highlight. Grace Murray Hopper...
• OneNote notebooks, sections & pages: What's the diff?

  21 Feb 2011

  Today's final "jargon demystified" post is going to cover the basics of OneNote , that über popular and oh-so-useful (not to mention favorite) Office program for note taking. We're going to define the three most basic of OneNote features today, the ones that seem to be confusing to some of you:...
• Publisher's master pages, autoflow, & paper vs. print size explained

  18 Feb 2011

  Publisher has a lot in common with Word. Both have to do with text, images, and complicated types of formatting. But consider this: You wouldn't use a hedge clipper to trim your precious baby's toenails, now, would you? So when you're creating posters, greeting cards, catalogs and brochures, or any sort...
• 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...
• Dear Crabby: What's up with those wacky keyboard keys?

  14 Jan 2011

  Late last December I wrote a post to remind you about the ribbon roadmaps , interactive guides that you can download and use as reference workbooks. Today is about a comment I received on that post that had absolutely nothing to do with roadmaps at all... Or did it? Barbara Leedom, a spunky retired schoolteacher...
• Crabby's—I mean YOUR—2011 New Year's resolutions

  31 Dec 2010

  This is my ninth Crabby Office Lady "New Year's Resolution" column ( I mean, blog post ). For the past nine years, I've done a “New Year’s Resolutions” piece at the end of each December (and even if it rolls into January, I leave the date as "December"). To be frank (who me? candid...
• Be your own Top Chef with Office templates

  8 Dec 2010

  Today's post is all about food. As you know, I'm a big fan of the Office templates, and whether you're the one who does the cooking at home or you're considering opening up a restaurant of your own, we have a template for that—probably more than one. Below is an example of what I mean, and if you...
• Black Friday: A little planning can keep out the red

  24 Nov 2010

  A little history: "Black Friday" didn't always mean toss-us-your-money-so-we-remain-in-the-black ; no. The terms dates as far back as the nineteenth century when it was used to refer to the financial crisis of 1869 . Then, in the early 1980s, an economic theory claimed that retailers operated at a loss—or...
• The future of health care: Want to see Crabby's corns? (video)

  15 Nov 2010

  Health care is on the minds of everyone in this country. I think I can safely say that wherever you stand on the recently passed health care bill (where "general crabbiness" is no longer a pre-existing condition), what you want is outstanding, affordable health care for everyone in your family. Am I...
• Crabby's holiday survival guide

  29 Oct 2010

  Okay, so, the holidays are looming (don't pretend you don't know what I mean), and rather than rolling your eyes and being known a the yearly kill-joy (who, me?), you've decided to put on a happy face and dump on (and share digital movies of) everyone later. Alright, so: You're already thinking about...
• Visions & Concepts: A walk through the Productivity Future Vision Video

  29 Sep 2010

  Working at Microsoft has its advantages: free drinks, casual Friday every day, and access to the latest and greatest technology. Today you get to see what's coming in the next several years in the area of collaboration, planning, and communication. This isn't a short blurb of a video; it's almost six...
• Visions & Concepts: Bill Gates demos TouchWall

  22 Sep 2010

  In May of 2008, then Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates delivered his final CEO Summit keynote address titled "The Next Wave of Business Productivity and the Challenge of Continual Innovation" to more than 115 CEOs from around the world. He talked about a little of this and lot of that but we're interested...
• Dear Crabby: Creative Outlooking

  17 Sep 2010

  People continually try to use Office programs in magical ways that neither I nor the people I work with even thought of. And when the magic works, all is well with the world once again. First up: Sue wants to create a virtual poke using Outlook "Can I make Outlook send out nasty reminder e-mails? I would...
• Be a part of something: Enter the Template Idol Contest

  9 Sep 2010

  Today I'm proud to announce that our yearly Template Contest has come 'round again and this year we want your very best 2010 or 2007 Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Publisher calendars. You can enter as many as you like, and entries will be accepted through September 30th and winners will be announced October...
• Visions & concepts: StickySorter

  18 Aug 2010

  I love the StickySorter intro: "Ever found yourself lost in the eye of a brainstorm?" Um...yes, and apparently I'm not alone. This Office Labs project was created and inspired by a real-life problem at work: Two Microsoft employees, Julie and Sumit, were looking for an easier way to capture, sift through...