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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.office.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>The Microsoft Office Blog</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 1.5.134.15456 (Build: 5.5.134.15456)</generator><item><title>Our eight best tutorials on Excel charts </title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/30/excel-tutorials-on-charts-.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31369</guid><dc:creator>Emily Warn</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/3884.1680_5F00_Summary_5F00_PowerPivot_5F00_300x166_5F00_jpg_2D00_550x0.jpg" alt="Excel tutorials on charts" title="Excel tutorials on charts" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" /&gt;Excel spreadsheets are all about numbers. But tons of numbers are often not the most effective way to communicate what you want. That's where charts come in handy. Charts can display numeric data in a graphical format, making it easy to understand large quantities of data and the relationships among data.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you want to learn about Excel charts, you've come to the right place. We've pulled together out best tutorials and articles to get you started. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/30/excel-tutorials-on-charts-.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31369" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Excel+2010/default.aspx">Excel 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Excel+tutorials/default.aspx">Excel tutorials</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/charts/default.aspx">charts</category></item><item><title>Announcing Office 365 for Government:  A US Government Community Cloud</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/30/announcing-office-365-for-government-a-us-government-community-cloud.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31362</guid><dc:creator>Kirk Koenigsbauer</dc:creator><slash:comments>9</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Today, I'm pleased to announce some great news for government customers in the United States. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;First, we're introducing Office 365 for Government.&amp;nbsp; Office 365 for Government is a new multi-tenant service that stores US government data in a segregated community cloud. Like other Office 365 offerings, it includes productivity and collaboration services including Exchange Online, Lync Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Professional Plus.&amp;nbsp; Customers can contact their Microsoft representative for details and to explore the service.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We also know that security and privacy play a big role in any decision to move to the cloud.&amp;nbsp; Today, Office 365 supports the most rigorous global and regional &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/trust-center.aspx#fbid=FhNP1ga4j_6?Compliance"&gt;standards&lt;/a&gt; such as ISO 27001, SAS70 Type II, EU Safe Harbor, EU Model Clauses, the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the US Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and the &lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/03/fisma-security-certification-office-365.aspx"&gt;US Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; To meet evolving needs, we also plan to support IPv6 in Office 365 for Government by September of this year, and we're taking steps to soon support Criminal Justice Information Security (&lt;a href="http://publicintelligence.net/u-s-doj-fbi-criminal-justice-information-services-cjis-security-policy-2011-draft/"&gt;CJIS&lt;/a&gt;) policies.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We look forward to working with our government customers on these initiatives in the coming months.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kirk Koenigsbauer&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Corporate Vice President&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Microsoft Office Division&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="160" src="http://blogs.office.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-60/5751.logo_2D00_office_2D00_365.png" alt="Office 365 " style="float: left; margin-right: 12px; border-width: 0px;" title="Office 365" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/SharePoint+Online/default.aspx">SharePoint Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Exchange+Online/default.aspx">Exchange Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Lync+Online/default.aspx">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/government/default.aspx">government</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Cloud+Solution/default.aspx">Cloud Solution</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365+cloud/default.aspx">Office 365 cloud</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365+Blog/default.aspx">Office 365 Blog</category></item><item><title>MommaSaid Office can keep you organized</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/30/mommasaid-office-timesaver-tips.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 14:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31340</guid><dc:creator>Emily Warn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-06/3618.Summary_5F00_AndersonCooper_5F00_300x166-_2800_2_2900_.png" alt="Anderson Cooper &amp;amp; Jen Singer Office Tips" title="Anderson Cooper &amp;amp; Jen Singer Office Tips" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px;  float: left;" /&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-46/0083.TransparentSpacer_5F00_1x1.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;(Guest blogger Jen Singer is the creator of &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommasaid.net/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;MommaSaid.net&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;a Forbes Best of the Web community for moms, and &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href="http://parentingwithcancer.com/"&gt;&lt;em&gt;ParentingWithCancer.com&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this post, I share some ways that I keep my &lt;a href="http://mommasaid.net/"&gt;MommaSaid.net&lt;/a&gt; empire running from home (and my car, and soccer practice) with the help of Microsoft Office. I let Anderson Cooper in on some when I appeared on his TV show, but time was too short to fit them all in. Check out all the tips here. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/30/mommasaid-office-timesaver-tips.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31340" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Anderson+Cooper/default.aspx">Anderson Cooper</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/jen+singer/default.aspx">jen singer</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+2010+tips/default.aspx">Office 2010 tips</category></item><item><title>Webinar: Our favorite Office timesavers</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/25/office-15-minute-webinar-favorite-office-timesavers-mommasaid.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31336</guid><dc:creator>Doug Thomas</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommasaid.net"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommasaid.net"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In this week's webinar, author and popular blogger Jen Singer (&lt;a href="http://MommaSaid.net"&gt;Momma Said.net&lt;/a&gt;) joins us to share some of her favorite Office timesavers. Plus, you'll learn more of them from the Help writers at Office.com who use every day. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KyYJq9dmXqI" height="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/25/office-15-minute-webinar-favorite-office-timesavers-mommasaid.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31336" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/tips/default.aspx">tips</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+webinar/default.aspx">Office webinar</category></item><item><title>What's the dif?  Gridlines vs borders in spreadsheets</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/23/the-difference-between-gridlines-and-borders-in-excel.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31316</guid><dc:creator>Dail Bridges</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/2768.Summary_5F00_Gridlines_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Gridlines and borders in Excel" title="Gridlines and borders in Excel" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px;  float: left;" /&gt;A lot of you want to know the difference between gridlines and borders. Gridlines help you work in a spreadsheet, and borders help you highlight important information in one for your audience. Gridlines appear automatically so you can see how your data is organized into rows and columns; borders need to be added by you so you can highlight certain cells.&amp;nbsp;This post describes how to work with both of them. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/23/the-difference-between-gridlines-and-borders-in-excel.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31316" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Excel+2010/default.aspx">Excel 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/gridlines/default.aspx">gridlines</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/borders/default.aspx">borders</category></item><item><title>Using crosstab queries in reports</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/2012/05/23/using-crosstab-queries-in-reports.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 16:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31319</guid><dc:creator>Emily Warn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;A well designed database stores data in a normalized format with dates defined in a field so that new data is simply added as additional records. However, people want to see data with dates grouped by columns.&amp;nbsp;This can be done by using a &lt;a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/make-summary-data-easier-to-read-by-using-a-crosstab-query-HA010341832.aspx?CTT=1"&gt;crosstab query&lt;/a&gt;. However, when creating reports based on crosstab queries, we need to control the specific column names that are returned by the query. Otherwise, the report cannot refer to the query's fields.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/2012/05/23/using-crosstab-queries-in-reports.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31319" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/tags/Access+2010/default.aspx">Access 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-access/archive/tags/cross+tab+queries/default.aspx">cross tab queries</category></item><item><title>Change page numbers in different sections in a Word document</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/22/word-of-the-week-different-page-numbers-in-different-sections.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 18:48:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:2303</guid><dc:creator>Joannie Stangeland</dc:creator><slash:comments>38</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;Watch this video to find out how to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: black; font-size: 9pt;"&gt;how to use 1, 2, 3 page numbering in the main part of a document and i, ii, iii page numbering in the appendices:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X-L2jnwxKeI&amp;amp;hl=en_US&amp;amp;fs=1?rel=0" width="480" height="385"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;embed&gt;&lt;/embed&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;-- Joannie Stangeland&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/22/word-of-the-week-different-page-numbers-in-different-sections.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=2303" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/Word+2010/default.aspx">Word 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/page+numbering/default.aspx">page numbering</category></item><item><title>Webinar: Working with Office for Mac 2011</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/21/office-15-minute-webinar-office-for-mac-2011.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31279</guid><dc:creator>Doug Thomas</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Office for Mac 2011 and PCs are working better together. In this week&amp;rsquo;s webinar we&amp;rsquo;ll show you Office for Mac 2011 including some features that make that possible. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/7agXnCHTJl8" height="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Outlook now on the Mac &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;SkyDrive for the Mac&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;How a Mac and a PC...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/21/office-15-minute-webinar-office-for-mac-2011.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31279" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+for+Mac/default.aspx">Office for Mac</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+webinar/default.aspx">Office webinar</category></item><item><title>Schedule crammed? Try searching your Calendar</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/17/how-to-search-calendars-in-outlook.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31249</guid><dc:creator>Dail Bridges</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-55/7433.Summary_5F00_SelectCalendar_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Search Outlook Calendar" title="Search Outlook Calendar" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" /&gt;Now when is that neighborhood planning meeting and will it conflict with the business dinner your boss just asked you to attend? Your calendar is so full that scanning it won't help. You might not know that the Outlook Calendar has its own Search to help you sort out the dates. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/17/how-to-search-calendars-in-outlook.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31249" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Outlook+2010/default.aspx">Outlook 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Outlook+Calendar/default.aspx">Outlook Calendar</category></item><item><title>Split and merge data in URLs </title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/16/splitting-and-recombining-data-in-urls-.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31270</guid><dc:creator>Stacey Armstrong</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Issue: I have a list of URLs with their corresponding page views. The URLs include a section of the site and the date when the page was published. I'd like to calculate the total number of page views by site section and the total number of page views by publication date. I want to reduce the time it would take to manually enter this data into new columns. To save time, I plan on using the &lt;b&gt;Text to Columns wizard&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Concatenate&lt;/b&gt; &lt;strong&gt;function &lt;/strong&gt;rather than a complex formula. Once you learn the steps, it will take you only a few minutes to complete the tasks. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/16/splitting-and-recombining-data-in-urls-.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31270" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Excel+2010/default.aspx">Excel 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/split+and+merge+data/default.aspx">split and merge data</category></item><item><title>More SmartArt graphics: Hexagon Radial and Picture Frame</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/05/16/more-new-free-smartart-graphics-hexagon-radial-and-picture-frame.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:26398</guid><dc:creator>Erik Jensen</dc:creator><slash:comments>11</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2011/07/11/more-new-free-smartart-graphics-hexagon-radial-and-picture-frame.aspx"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-46/3286.Summary_5F00_SmartArt_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Smart Art PowerPoint 2010" title="Smart Art PowerPoint 2010" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; float: left;" /&gt;We're always looking for ways to improve our products and provide content that meets your needs. So this post introduces you to two brand new &lt;a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/learn-more-about-smartart-graphics-HA010354757.aspx?CTT=1"&gt;SmartArt graphics&lt;/a&gt; -- &lt;b&gt;Hexagon Radial&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;Picture Frame&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is the third in our series of blog posts discussing &lt;a href="/b/office_blog/archive/2011/06/27/10-new-smartart-graphics-available-for-excel-outlook-powerpoint-and-word.aspx"&gt;10 new SmartArt graphics&lt;/a&gt; that are now available, for free. Today's post was written by Adam Callens, Program Manager. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/05/16/more-new-free-smartart-graphics-hexagon-radial-and-picture-frame.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=26398" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/tags/design/default.aspx">design</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/tags/SmartArt/default.aspx">SmartArt</category></item><item><title>Part 1:  The Office 365 approach to privacy in the public cloud – Responsibility</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/15/privacy-public-cloud-office-365.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31217</guid><dc:creator>Stephen Bury</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><description>Microsoft Office 365 is an online business service that was purposely built to optimize the flexibility, responsiveness, and efficiency of the cloud. It was also created with a strong emphasis on data protection and with Microsoft's three tenets of privacy - responsibility, transparency, and choice - at its core. This week we'll explore each principle as explained in the Microsoft whitepaper "Privacy in the Public Cloud: The Office 365 Approach" and on the Office 365 Trust Center , which provides...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/15/privacy-public-cloud-office-365.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365/default.aspx">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Trust+Center/default.aspx">Trust Center</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Cloud+Solution/default.aspx">Cloud Solution</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365+cloud/default.aspx">Office 365 cloud</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365+Blog/default.aspx">Office 365 Blog</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/privacy/default.aspx">privacy</category></item><item><title>Filtering emails in Outlook</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/14/filtering-emails-in-outlook.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 22:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31248</guid><dc:creator>Dail Bridges</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Outlook offers several ways to filter emails. A filter lets you see only those messages that meet certain criteria. For example, you could pick a filter that lets you see only emails that have attachments or are unread. Here's how it works.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/14/filtering-emails-in-outlook.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31248" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Outlook+2010/default.aspx">Outlook 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/filter+emails/default.aspx">filter emails</category></item><item><title>Webinar: What is Office 365?</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/14/office-15-minute-webinar-office-365.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:38:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31247</guid><dc:creator>Doug Thomas</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;In this week&amp;rsquo;s webinar, you&amp;rsquo;ll learn about Office 365. For small and big businesses, it gives secure, anywhere access to email and calendars, and lets you collaborate with others using Office Web Apps, instant messaging, conferencing, and file sharing. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fcU5fNH2kaM" height="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/14/office-15-minute-webinar-office-365.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31247" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+365/default.aspx">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+webinar/default.aspx">Office webinar</category></item><item><title>Quick Trick:  Resizing column widths in pivot tables</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/14/changing-column-widths-in-pivot-tables.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31214</guid><dc:creator>Stacey Armstrong</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Who could be better than a Business Intelligence analyst at teaching us a thing or two about Excel? We asked our own number-crunching wizard Stacey Armstrong to share some Excel tricks she's learned along the way. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In this first one, she shows us how to change the default width of a column in a pivot table.&amp;nbsp;Knowing this is especially helpful when you're working with data that that makes a row really long.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/14/changing-column-widths-in-pivot-tables.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31214" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Excel+2010/default.aspx">Excel 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/Pivot+Tables/default.aspx">Pivot Tables</category></item><item><title>Grouping emails by conversations </title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/11/grouping-emails-by-conversation-in-outlook.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:53:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31238</guid><dc:creator>Dail Bridges</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-55/0207.Summary_5F00_ShowConversation_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Group emails by conversation in Outlook" title="Group emails by conversation in Outlook" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px; float: left;" /&gt;Have you ever had to find an email that was part of a long thread--an email with lots of replies about the same topic? For example, your boss might have asked for the results of last month's important meeting, and you know Sherry sent an email outlining them, but then you remember that Todd followed hers with more information. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you group your emails into conversations, you can find the emails you want more quickly.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/11/grouping-emails-by-conversation-in-outlook.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31238" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Outlook+2010/default.aspx">Outlook 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Conversation+view/default.aspx">Conversation view</category></item><item><title>Tricks from Word Expert Hilary Powers</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/11/hilary-pwer.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31243</guid><dc:creator>Emily Warn</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>If Hilary Powers can teach editors tricks about using Word, then we ordinary folk can definitely benefit from listening to her. Hilary's the author of Making Word Work for You , a handbook for editors, and the maker of creatures out of felt. As an editor, I collaborate with a lot of people and so continually use Track Changes . If you know how to use it, your back and forth with co-workers, or in my line of work, with authors, speeds up getting a document from first draft to final draft. Here are...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/11/hilary-pwer.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31243" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/Track+Changes/default.aspx">Track Changes</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/Outlook+2010/default.aspx">Outlook 2010</category></item><item><title>Conditional Formatting: Highlight your most important mails</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/10/conditional-formatting-highlight-your-most-important-mails.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:18927</guid><dc:creator>Outlook Team</dc:creator><slash:comments>28</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Conditional formatting is an Outlook tool for making sure your important email messages stick out in your Inbox. The tool lets you customize how different messages appear in your Inbox based on criteria that you set. This post shows you how.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2012/05/10/conditional-formatting-highlight-your-most-important-mails.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=18927" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/mail/default.aspx">mail</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/2010/default.aspx">2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/Outlook+2010/default.aspx">Outlook 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/inbox/default.aspx">inbox</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/tags/information+overload/default.aspx">information overload</category></item><item><title>Customize your public facing website with Office 365 and gadgets</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/10/customize-public-website-office-365--gadgets.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31216</guid><dc:creator>Stephen Bury</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Microsoft Office 365 provides small businesses with simple tools to create professional-looking websites. Powered by SharePoint Online, you can choose your own domain and use the provided tools and templates to build, publish and maintain your site. Gadgets, which are standalone applications that come with SharePoint Online, allow you to further enhance your website with everything from videos to a PayPal button. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/10/customize-public-website-office-365--gadgets.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/small+business/default.aspx">small business</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/SharePoint+Online/default.aspx">SharePoint Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/website/default.aspx">website</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/video/default.aspx">video</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/domains/default.aspx">domains</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Cloud+Solution/default.aspx">Cloud Solution</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365+Blog/default.aspx">Office 365 Blog</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/gadgets/default.aspx">gadgets</category></item><item><title>Download the PowerPoint 2010 Viewer </title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/05/09/powerpoint-viewer-available-for-download.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:55:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:13234</guid><dc:creator>PowerPoint Team</dc:creator><slash:comments>62</slash:comments><description>(This post, originally published in 2010, announced the availability of the PowerPoint 2010 Viewer. This post remains incredibly popular because so people find the Viewer to be a useful tool. We're republishing it so readers of our blog can find and use it, too.) I&amp;rsquo;m excited to announce that our new PowerPoint Viewer is now available here for free download . By installing the PowerPoint Viewer, you can open and watch PowerPoint presentations in all formats, no matter what computer you&amp;rsquo;re...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/2012/05/09/powerpoint-viewer-available-for-download.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=13234" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-powerpoint/archive/tags/Viewer/default.aspx">Viewer</category></item><item><title>Office Tip Classics: Make table headers repeat, get a prom date (video)</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/09/how-to-make-table-headers-repeat-in-word.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31196</guid><dc:creator>Steve Birge</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-45/7345.Summary_5F00_TipClassicsParents300x166.jpg" alt="how to make table headers repeat in Microsoft Word" title="how to make table headers repeat in Microsoft Word" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px;  float: left;" /&gt;Edna Jean's parents aren't sure about Conrad taking her to the prom, even though he's her "hunky wunk". Then she tells them that in Word, he can make table headers repeat over multiple-page tables. Will this seal the deal with Edna Jean's parents?&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/2012/05/09/how-to-make-table-headers-repeat-in-word.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31196" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/Microsoft+Word+2010/default.aspx">Microsoft Word 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-word/archive/tags/table+headers/default.aspx">table headers</category></item><item><title>Webinar: Keyboard Shortcuts for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/07/office-15-minute-webinar-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31183</guid><dc:creator>Doug Thomas</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;In this week's webinar, you'll learn about nifty keyboard shortcuts in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. There's a lot more than Ctrl+X for Cut and Ctrl+V for Paste. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe width="640" frameborder="0" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/niI1pi9uNOM" height="480"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What you will learn at Tuesday's webinar:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Why shortcuts? &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Keyboard shortcuts in&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2012/05/07/office-15-minute-webinar-keyboard-shortcuts.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31183" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/office+training/default.aspx">office training</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/tags/Office+webinar/default.aspx">Office webinar</category></item><item><title>Count values that meet a condition with the COUNTIF function</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/04/count-values-that-meet-a-condition-with-the-countif-function.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:24548</guid><dc:creator>Gary Willoughby</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2011/03/15/count-values-that-meet-a-condition-with-the-countif-function.aspx"&gt;&lt;img width="160" src="/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-44/3005.COUNTIF_5F00_img1.png" alt="Try it for free: Count values that meet a condition with the COUNTIF function" title="Try it for free: Count values that meet a condition with the COUNTIF function" style="float: left; margin-right: 12px; border: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update: See near the bottom of this post for the latest Office how-tos on embedding Excel and PowerPoint files on web pages.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;You probably know how to use the COUNT function to count cells that contain a value. But what if you want to count only the cells that meet a condition, such as being greater than or equal to a number or date you specify, or that matches text? That's where the COUNTIF function comes in really handy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Keep reading to learn more, and try out this great function for free using the embedded worksheet in this post.&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/2012/05/04/count-values-that-meet-a-condition-with-the-countif-function.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=24548" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/functions/default.aspx">functions</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-excel/archive/tags/embed/default.aspx">embed</category></item><item><title>Getting Started Tip 5:  Connect task lists &amp; turn notes into emails</title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/05/04/turn-onenote-notes-into-outlook-emails.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31155</guid><dc:creator>Dail Bridges</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Blogs-Components-WeblogFiles/00-00-00-00-17/2500.Summary_5F00_ON_2B00_OneNote_5F00_300x166.jpg" alt="Turn OneNote Notes into Outlook Email" title="Turn OneNote Notes into Outlook Email" style="border: 0px currentColor; margin-right: 12px; margin-left: 12px; float: left;" /&gt;Did you know OneNote and Outlook are well connected? You can send emails via Outlook right from OneNote. And you can track your To-Do list in both of them at the same time. This post shows you how. &lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/2012/05/04/turn-onenote-notes-into-outlook-emails.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.office.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=31155" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-onenote/archive/tags/OneNote+2010/default.aspx">OneNote 2010</category></item><item><title>FISMA becomes latest security certification for Office 365 </title><link>http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/03/fisma-security-certification-office-365.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">53587256-c606-4c9b-bad4-97c86b12ce62:31175</guid><dc:creator>Julia White</dc:creator><slash:comments>12</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;Today, we're pleased to announce Office 365 was granted the authorization to operate under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) by the &lt;a href="http://www.bbg.gov/"&gt;Broadcasting Board of Governors&lt;/a&gt;. FISMA is important to our customers because it creates a process for federal agencies to certify and accredit the security of their information management systems.&amp;nbsp; IT solutions with FISMA certification and accreditation have federal agency approval for their use in line with the level of security established by that agency. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/2012/05/03/fisma-security-certification-office-365.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)</description><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Office+365/default.aspx">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Trust+Center/default.aspx">Trust Center</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/Security/default.aspx">Security</category><category domain="http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/archive/tags/cloud+service+provider/default.aspx">cloud service provider</category></item></channel></rss>
