• OneNote for school (video)

    Class assignments, schedules, homework, projects, and research can all be kept and searched in OneNote. In this short video, I  show students a few tricks about using images and how to share OneNote between multiple PCs, slates, Macs, and phones.

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  • Email signatures in Outlook: An Out of Office Casual special (video)

    For The Office Show holiday video, I showed off why having multiple email signatures can help in sticky situations and are easy to switch in Outlook. Watch this segment and if you want more information, you can read about email signatures at Office.com.

    --Doug Thomas

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  • Now hear this: 1,500 more free sounds and music files at Office.com

    sound iconAs reported in TechCrunch this week, Office.com recently added 1,500 free sound and music files from AudioMicro. These sounds can enhance a PowerPoint presentation, surprise readers in a Word doc, or provide background music for a slide show.

    AudioMicro offers a free credit if you want to buy sounds and music from their immense 250,000 file site. But the array of free offerings at Office.com is far-ranging, including the mundane (a sneeze, a baby cryingtyping on a keyboard, a Happy Birthday riff, and some excellent background music:

    • A building synthesizer piece (And Now)
    • A Schwarzenegger-ish action...
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  • Getting Started quickly with Office

    Here are a few starting points for when you get a new copy of Office 2010 (or an earlier version). In this short video, I’ll show you how Office.com gives you great information about your new program whether you are a pro and just need to know about the latest bells & whistles, or you're a newbie to these programs in general. Read the full post for links I mention in the video.

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  • Office tips from a screensaver? (video)

    Yesterday we launched the Office 2010 Getting Started screensaver. It’s not your father’s typical screensaver. Watch how you can learn a few tips on using Office 2010:

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  • Using Quick Styles in Word (video)

    Yes, yes, you can use Quick Styles in Word. This video is an excerpt from an earlier Office Casual video titled How to create and email a report with impact. Watch my brisk overview of this helpful feature.

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    --Doug Thomas

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  • Organizing Word 2010 documents with the Navigation Pane

    When moving sections around in a document—especially big ones—you don’t have to cut-and-paste sections anymore. With Word 2010, the Navigation Pane does the heavy lifting. Let me show you in this short video.

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    Take a self-paced lesson about the Navigation Pane at Office.com and see a short video introduction on Styles in Word.

     

    --Doug Thomas

    For more free resources, visit Office.com
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  • Office for Mac 2011: PowerPoint (video)

    Office for Mac 2011 has some key additions including Outlook. In this short video excerpt, I show students how a new Mac-only tool in PowerPoint can help design better slides.

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  • How ideas stick with OneNote Linked Notes (video)

    OneNote 2010 has a new feature allowing OneNote to stick to other projects, say research for a PowerPoint presentation. In this short video I’ll show you how Linked Notes works. You can read more about Linked Notes at Office.com.

    --Doug Thomas

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  • How Office Casual works from home

    We decided to take a little extra time to talk about Office tools that can help you work from home (WFH). Millions do it a day or more a week, many more want to, and some fear the separation from the mother ship, even for a day. If you can WFH, it can come in handy when someone (like yourself) is sick, or, well, just watch the video.  To find out more about the tools mentioned in this video, click the read full post link below.

    --Doug Thomas

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