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10:30AM Angus Kidman | If you’re leaving home for an extended period, there’s always an extensive list of tasks to complete before you go. A free template for Word users covers all the main points you’re likely to need to cover. More »
Checklist Template For Before You Go On Holidays
10:30AM Angus Kidman | If you’re leaving home for an extended period, there’s always an extensive list of tasks to complete before you go. A free template for Word users covers all the main points you’re likely to need to cover. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | Messy line spacing is one of the most common problems with Word documents, especially when text is pasted from a variety of sources. Learn how to fix those issues via a handy video guide from Microsoft. More »
Fixing Line Spacing In Word Documents
10:30AM Angus Kidman | Messy line spacing is one of the most common problems with Word documents, especially when text is pasted from a variety of sources. Learn how to fix those issues via a handy video guide from Microsoft. More »
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OfficeTab Adds Tabs To Microsoft Office
6:00AM The How-To Geek | Windows only: Microsoft Office plug-in OfficeTab adds tabbed document support to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint—one can only wonder why Microsoft doesn’t include this feature by default. More »
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Microsoft Ordered To Stop Selling Word
12:30AM Kevin Purdy | Finding that Microsoft had violated a patent on XML usage owned by i4i of Toronto, a Texas judge ordered Microsoft to stop selling any Word products within 60 days that use XML coding in any way—which is pretty much all of them at the moment. Microsoft plans to appeal the injunction and $US290 million in damages, and likely won’t lose the ability to sell its flagship product. Still, it’s not exactly great timing for a day when Microsoft planned to announce Office availability on Nokia phones.
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2:59PM Angus Kidman | Budding poets and aspiring academics have a common need — tracking where they’ve sent written work and whether it’s been accepted. One easy solution to that problem is to use a specifically designed tracking document. More »
Track Writing Submissions With A Template
2:59PM Angus Kidman | Budding poets and aspiring academics have a common need — tracking where they’ve sent written work and whether it’s been accepted. One easy solution to that problem is to use a specifically designed tracking document. More »
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How To Highlight Text Like A Keyboard Ninja
5:30AM Dustin Luck | When we showed you how to master highlighting text with your mouse, commenters were quick to point out keyboard alternatives. Considering keyboard shortcuts are our first and only serious love, here’s a few handy ways to select text without leaving the keyboard. More »
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How To Master Text Highlighting With Your Mouse
12:00AM Dustin Luck | Depending upon the font size of a document and your hand-eye coordination, it can be difficult to position the mouse cursor exactly where you want it when selecting text. Here’s how to quickly select text blocks with minimal fuss. More »
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10:42AM Angus Kidman | Adding a simple page number in a Word document is pretty straightforward, but once the formatting gets complex, so do the solutions. A stressed-out Microsoft staffer offers some solutions to common problems. More »
Fix Problems With Page Numbers In Word
10:42AM Angus Kidman | Adding a simple page number in a Word document is pretty straightforward, but once the formatting gets complex, so do the solutions. A stressed-out Microsoft staffer offers some solutions to common problems. More »
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Turn Off The Magnifier To Edit In Word 2007’s Print Preview Mode
1:05AM Kevin Purdy | Over at the How-To Geek’s home away from Lifehacker, blogger Mysticgeek points out a Word 2007 tip many of us had no clue about—you can edit a document in Print Preview mode by turning off the “Magnifier” switch. More »
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