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• Exploring the new OpenType features in Office 2010

  15 Dec 2010

  This post comes from John Berry, program manager in the Typography group, and Bill Davis, of Monotype Imaging. Microsoft Word 2010 and Publisher 2010 include new text features previously available in high-end professional publishing applications. Now you can produce documents with text that rivals the...
• Ready for widescreen? How to manage aspect ratios in PowerPoint (16:9 vs. 4:3)

  23 Jun 2010

  Widescreen, with its 16:9 aspect ratio, is taking over video screens faster than Godzilla in a scale model city. And that's a good thing, with PowerPoint. As the name implies, widescreen brings wider, more beautiful images onto your TV and computer screens. So why does your PowerPoint presentation suddenly...
• OneNote saved my life

  18 Mar 2010

  OneNote saved my life! Or at least my sanity. I'm at a web design conference in Las Vegas at the moment. Like any good conference there's a ton of really great talks and interesting people to meet. I'm taking notes in OneNote like crazy so I can look back on everything I saw and everyone I met and make...
• Get a SharePoint make-over

  18 Mar 2010

  This is March Rogers, Design Lead for office.com. This week I've been attending a web design conference in Las Vegas. One of the hot topics is the ability to change the colors, fonts, layout and pretty much everything else on a SharePoint site. Since I read recently that 61% of companies surveyed by...
• How does usage data improve the Office User Experience?

  9 Feb 2010

  Hello, my name is Tim Briggs – I am a user experience (UX) Researcher in the Office Design Group (ODG). Usage data is one of the important feedback mechanisms we look at to understand how Office is being used in the real world. Answering questions like Read More...
• CES 2010: Tablet and Slate PCs: The future of productivity? (video)

  13 Jan 2010

  At the opening keynote speech, Steve Ballmer showcased a new tablet PC . The Office Blog team looked into this movement at CES. Touch technology has been on Tablet PCs for years, but advance technologies have begat a better experience. Before, your finger or stylus "mashed down" on a screen. Now the...
• See and use cool pictures without leaving home

  14 Oct 2009

  Do you use stock photos? Well, as you might have read in Robin Wauter's post on TechCrunch today , you're in luck because you can have access to over 7 million royalty-free, high-resolution images with a free (yes, free ) add-in ribbon for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint 2007, courtesy of our friends at...
• “Give me something to hate,” he says

  5 Oct 2009

  A prominent member of the PowerPoint and presentation community, Tony Ramos, wrote a provocative blog post about creating content in general. Quoting a colleague, Tony mentions how paralyzing it is to attempt perfection on the first try and how liberating it can be to allow your rough draft to be horrible...
• A method to presentation madness (several)

  28 Sep 2009

  Professional presenters don’t just throw words onto slides when they’re creating a slide show. Instead, they purposefully craft every presentation to evoke an effect from their audience.   I recently revisited this excellent gem on the site of a presentation trainer – a concise listing (with examples...
• It was a dark and stormy diagram

  1 Sep 2009

  Who is Harrison Clarity? And what can’t he do with Visio? Check out the latest video: - Eric S.
• This or that: Take a card, any card

  31 Aug 2009

  Someone who blogs on this site has a really snazzy electronic business card for Outlook. Truly, it is a business card to be envious of. So, following some instructions , I decided to create some electronic business cards on my own. (I’ll admit, though, that hers is MUCH cooler.) Vote Now! Between these...
• Graphics cage match! Newsletter nameplates

  24 Aug 2009

  Every day when I open my mailbox, I mostly see two sorts of things: bills and newsletters. And honestly, I like newsletters. (They’re certainly better reading than the other kind of mail.) I want to know about on-going sales and events at the local co-op, coffee shop, or music store. Occasionally, I...
• This or that: what makes a logo interesting or memorable?

  17 Aug 2009

  Logos. You see them everywhere and on just about everything. Companies spend a lot of money to create, promote, and protect their own logo. (And just to be clear, sometimes we might call something a “logo” that is more properly a “mark” or a “lettermark.”) A memorable logo creates a visual signifier...
• This or that: Which slide is more effective?

  10 Aug 2009

  You may have heard some rumors that PowerPoint can cause terminal symptoms. However, I argue that it is the improper use of PowerPoint that causes problems, not PowerPoint itself. In short, a boring presentation is a boring presentation, no matter what software you use. Conversely, some presentation...
• Valentines?

  8 Feb 2008

  I heard an ad today for valentine's flowers that ended with the punch line, "Don't you know St. Valentine is the patron saint of chocolate?" If you, like I, have completely forgotten that Valentine's day is next week, you might want to check out our free clip art and templates . There's still plenty...
• Are you ready for the holidays?

  29 Nov 2007

  I don't know about you, but I am always surprised at how quickly the days fly by this time of year. I shop online because I don't have time to go to stores. I do send Christmas cards, but often in a 'reactionary' mode - as a response to cards I receive from friends who are either more thoughtful or more...
• Guidelines for creating Word 2007 templates now available online

  11 Oct 2007

  How many times, when you've needed a new resume or a thank you card or a fax cover sheet, have you thought you could just reuse something you've made before - only to find that it's not actually very easy to modify? (Hopefully in that case you've discovered the free, downloadable templates on Office...
• The name is Yip, Vern Yip. And he has $25,000 for you

  15 Jun 2007

  Take a moment and look at your home office.Yeah, that table and computer in the dark corner of the living room. Remember the salad days when it was in a bedroom or study before the kids or the sewing machine took over? Ever dreamed of making your space look beauteous? Your dreams can be come true by...
• Let's get to the (power) point

  11 Jun 2007

  USA Today turns 25 this year--really. In the tradition of what they do best--listing items in quick, bite-size, oh-I-got-to-read-them list--is a collection of 25 lists like top TV moments, best books, biggest public meltdowns of the last 25 years. A recent list was top 25 inventions . Number 1 was a...
• All things new in spring

  14 May 2007

  Today's entry comes courtesy of Doug Thomas, a new addition to the Office Online editorial ranks. Welcome, Doug. Howdy. When last I wrote for a blog it was about the dandy DVD set of The Larry Sanders Show and the passing of forgotten director Stuart Rosenberg. In other words, I had another job. So now...