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Microsoft Word 2010 – Make Sure Others Can See Your Fonts

19 Oct

Embed fonts inside your Word 2010 documents to ensure others can see your texts as designed.

If you plan on exporting a Microsoft Word 2010 document to an earlier format for those with older versions of Office, or if you use non-standard fonts in your documents, others may not be able to see them as designed.

By default, Word 2010 does not include copies of fonts inside document files. If you send a file to a friend, co-worker, or family member, and they do not have the fonts referenced in the document, their copy of Word will try to substitute alternate fonts. Thus, your documents may not display as designed. However, this setting can be changed:…

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Animations or Video Displaying Poorly?

09 Oct

An old graphics card or poorly-implemented driver may be causing display problems for your PowerPoint 2010 presentations. Learn how to switch to software-based rendering for increased compatibility.

In some situations, a complex Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation with videos, transitions, and animations may display poorly on a computer with an older or non-standard video card. This may be due to the fact that PowerPoint is trying to use the graphics card’s hardware-based acceleration features, but these are not implemented correctly.

If updating your video card’s drivers (if applicable) does not solve video and animation problems, you may wish to turn hardware acceleration off in PowerPoint. Note that doing so may slow down videos or animations, especially if you have other processes running….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Fade an Image to the Background with a Soft Edge

03 Oct

Apply customizable soft edges to photos and clip-art inside PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

Instead of simply placing a picture inside a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation, one option for stylistic effect is to apply a soft edge. This makes the picture seem to fade to the background around the edges, a sometimes pleasing effect. See the below screenshot for an example.

1. Select an image to modify….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Fade an Image to the Background with a Soft Edge

03 Oct

Apply customizable soft edges to photos and clip-art inside PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

Instead of simply placing a picture inside a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation, one option for stylistic effect is to apply a soft edge. This makes the picture seem to fade to the background around the edges, a sometimes pleasing effect. See the below screenshot for an example.

1. Select an image to modify….

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Microsoft Publisher 2010 – Save AutoRecover Information More or Less Often

28 Sep

If you’re worried about program crashes and power outages, you may want Publisher 2010 to save AutoRecover information more often to reduce the chances of losing work.

By default, Microsoft Publisher 2010 saves AutoRecover information for open publications every 10 minutes. So, if a program / operating system crash or power failure shuts down Publisher before you forget to save your open files, upon restart of the software you may be able to recover some of your editing.

10 minutes may be too long an interval; a theoretical crash 9 minutes and 59 seconds after the latest save or AutoRecover save can cause you to lose a great deal of work. Reducing this interval may cause less work to be lost due to catastrophic failure. On the other hand, you might find it quite annoying that Publisher pauses so often to save the information and decide to increase this interval….

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Microsoft Publisher 2010 – Save AutoRecover Information More or Less Often

27 Sep

If you’re worried about program crashes and power outages, you may want Publisher 2010 to save AutoRecover information more often to reduce the chances of losing work.

By default, Microsoft Publisher 2010 saves AutoRecover information for open publications every 10 minutes. So, if a program / operating system crash or power failure shuts down Publisher before you forget to save your open files, upon restart of the software you may be able to recover some of your editing.

10 minutes may be too long an interval; a theoretical crash 9 minutes and 59 seconds after the latest save or AutoRecover save can cause you to lose a great deal of work. Reducing this interval may cause less work to be lost due to catastrophic failure. On the other hand, you might find it quite annoying that Publisher pauses so often to save the information and decide to increase this interval….

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Apply Artistic Effects Including Blur, Cement, Chalk Sketch, Film Grain

25 Sep

Apply artistic effects to pictures / photos in a PowerPoint 2010 presentation without loading an external image editor.

Artistic effects can help photographs stand out in a presentation, and in some cases when needed, blend in. Instead of editing images using an external editor, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 comes built-in with a variety of effects.

For example, “Blur” may be useful when trying to place text on top of a picture, making it more readable. “Glow Edges” makes a photo look as if it is lit in neon. “Light Screen” creates a cubist / 8-bit / blocky image. “Paint Brush” may alter some photographs to look instead like paintings. PowerPoint comes built-in with 22 such artistic effects….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Remove White Space Between Pages in Print Layout View

23 Sep

In Word 2010, if there is too much white space between pages when viewing documents in Print Layout View, here’s how to reduce it.

When viewing Microsoft Word 2010 documents in “Print Layout” view, a small amount of space is added between pages, presumably to make the separation between pages more clear-cut onscreen.

If you perform document editing where you need to look at the bottom of one page and the top of the next page, you might find these few pixels a waste of space, especially on smaller monitors. Thus there are a couple of ways you can reduce the space between pages to only a couple of pixels:…

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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Filtering Data in a Worksheet, with an Example

22 Sep

Instructions on how to filter data in an Excel 2010 worksheet, with screenshots showing filters performed on an example worksheet.

When viewing a worksheet in Microsoft Excel 2010 with a large series of data, it might prove useful to only display a subset matching desired criteria. Examples may include only showing salespeople with over $ 25,000 in monthly sales, budget items costing $ 5,000 or more, or students scoring at least an 80 on a test.

To display this subset you can use Excel 2010’s Filter tool. …

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Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Toggle Gridlines, Guides, and Rulers When Designing Slides

22 Sep

Use rulers, drawing guides, and / or gridlines to arrange objects inside slides in PowerPoint 2010 presentations.

Designing complicated slide layouts in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010?

It might prove useful to show items to aid in arranging text, images, graphs, and other objects on a slide. With a couple of clicks you can view horizontal and vertical rulers, gridlines on which objects are aligned, and adjustable drawing guides….

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