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Microsoft Excel 2010 – Clear Cell Formatting

14 Jun

A few mouse clicks or a keyboard shortcut are all it take to clear formatting from a cell or group of cells.

Have you ever had a cell or group of cells in a Microsoft Excel 2010 worksheet that contain a lot of formatting applied, such as combinations of different fonts, colors, underline styles, effects, etc.? If you need to remove formatting from these cells try the following:

1. Select the cell or group of cells from where you want to remove formatting, or press Ctrl +A to affect the entire worksheet….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – Allow the Insert Key to Overwrite Existing Text

25 May

Overwrite existing text in Word 2010 documents simply by pressing the Insert key.

Normally when you type inside pre-existing text in a Microsoft Word 2010 document, your new text pushes existing text to the right. This “insert” mode is the default and lets you easily add text to pre-existing paragraphs.

In some cases, however, you may want your text to overwrite what is already in the document. Perhaps you have written a word and transposed a couple of characters. You could carefully highlight the offending characters and then type the correct order. Or, move your cursor to the right of the offending characters, press Backspace twice, then type the correct characters. However, with an “overwrite” or “overtype” mode you can move your cursor directly on top of the first offending character, press the Insert key, and then start typing – your new characters will overwrite the existing text….

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Microsoft Word 2010 – W0rds w8th Numbers Pass the S0ellchecker!

21 Apr

Prevent potentially embarrassing mistakes by turning off a Microsoft Word spell check “feature”

5his s3ntence c0mpletely pass3s the sp3llchecker in M8crosoft W0rd…

That’s right – type the above sentence in Microsoft Word 2010 and note that none of the ‘words’ contain red squiggles underneath. That’s because Word’s spell checker, by default, ignores any words containing numbers. …

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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.

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.

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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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Posts Tagged ‘Microsoft’

Microsoft Excel 2010 – Clear Cell Formatting

Microsoft Word 2010 – Allow the Insert Key to Overwrite Existing Text

Microsoft Word 2010 – W0rds w8th Numbers Pass the S0ellchecker!

Microsoft Word 2010 – Make Sure Others Can See Your Fonts

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 – Animations or Video Displaying Poorly?

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

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

Microsoft Publisher 2010 – Save AutoRecover Information More or Less Often

Microsoft Publisher 2010 – Save AutoRecover Information More or Less Often

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

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