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We can help you make sense of the different versions of Microsoft Office.  Lisa Burnside is a Microsoft Office User Specialist who is master certified in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.  Get your staff up to speed today with quick tips and techniques to be more efficient.

Quick tips:

Word

• To change the default line spacing in Word 2007 from 1.5 back to single space, open the Paragraph dialogue box on the Home Ribbon, change the settings to Single and “After” to 0pt.  Select DEFAULT to set it for new documents.
• Select single word – double click on the word
• Select paragraph – triple click in the paragraph

Excel

• Wrap Text – To add a line break where you want it in the cell, ALT+ENTER.
• To add a quick formula – Click in the cell to add the formula, click the drop down Arrow on the ∑, select formula.
• To show Formulas – CTRL+~

PowerPoint

• Add a New Slide – CTRL + M
• To advance slides automatically – TRANSITIONS, ADVANCE SLIDE AFTER, give it the amount of time you want to advance the slide
• Use contrasting backgrounds with text.  Dark backgrounds and light text for large audiences – the other way around for close-up viewing.

Outlook

• Unclog your inbox by saving your emails outside of Outlook.  F12 allows you to save it to a folder on your drive.  If Outlook crashes, you still have your conversations!
• To add a contact from an email – open the email, right click on the email sender, select ADD TO OUTLOOK CONTACTS.
• To create an additional Contact file in Outlook, right click on your Contacts file and select NEW FOLDER, give it a name like “People I Meet”, OK.

There are so many more tips!  Contact us today to improve your efficiency.