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Regarding Tuesday's edition of MS Office Tips & Tricks. Thanks for all the feedback and words of encouragement. One reader reminded me of a point that really should be made. If you are working on someone else's computer and need to change things to be more efficient, it is definitely proper etiquette to return the program to the condition in which it was found.

I always try to remember that my computer is like my home. I wouldn't want anyone to rearrange the living room furniture and not put it back. The same definitely applies to my computer.

Awesome Program - Must Have for MS Office Users!

OK, we all use MS Office, and we all know there's not much in the way of a good dictionary included. So, here's one you've gotta have:

The American Heritage Talking Dictionary - A Dictionary that *talks* to you! We've ran this in the past and it gets an incredible response. I figured this would be perfect for MS Office users :-)

Let me tell ya, these are *really* cool. You type in the word you're looking for and the dictionary pronounces it with a real human voice. If you've ever had a problem figuring out the pronunciation of a word, you can already see how cool it would be to own one of these CDs.

In addition, it also features a thesaurus, maps, and pictures to go along with the definitions - all fully integrated.

What if you don't know the correct spelling of a word? Don't worry, this has several features to help you find the word you're looking for.

For example, let's say you don't have the correct spelling of a word and your word processing software catches it. However, the word processing software doesn't suggest the correct word as a replacement (yeah, we've all been there). Normally, when I can't get the correct spelling of a word through my word processor, I can get it through this program.

We're not the only ones who like it. Here's a testimonail we recived lat time we ran this one:

"HI,
Just want you to know that my company ordered that American Heritage Talking Dictionary back in March. We work with a tech team out of India and part of the product we produce includes a voice recording done in India. Before we bought the dictionary, we had a lot of do-overs due to mispronunciation. Thanks to your software deal, those errors have been reduced to less than 1%. So thanks for the software offer, it really helped my company out!"
~ Lisa

I can sell these for $12.95 ea and give you FREE SHIPPING in the US. Normally these retail for $39.95, so this is really a heck of a deal. Check out the link below for more *lots* more info and / or to order:

http://www.worldstart.com/store/americanheritagedict-MST.htm

Don't miss out on this one! I can't recommend it highly enough!

MS Office 101

How do you know when the document you're working on is perfect and ready for printing? Have you ever used the scroll bars to navigate through the document in the hopes of trying to see if everything is proportioned properly (a task which is almost impossible in a large Excel file)? Or, are you the person who prints a document over and over, making small adjustments each time until an entire tree, one ink cartridge, and an hour of time have all been exhausted?

There's a simpler, more efficient way to see if the document is ready for printing. A handy little trick called Print Preview.

You can access the Print Preview a couple of different ways. The first is through the File menu, Print Preview. The second method is through the Print Preview button located in the standard toolbar.

Either way, you instantly find yourself in another window where you can see the entire document, as it will be printed.

To take a closer look at things simply click on the document in the area you would like to inspect and click again to see the entire document.

Many other options exist in this window and are waiting to be explored. When you decide you're done you can choose the close button at the top and be taken right back to where you came from in the original document.

Save a tree, Print Preview before you print.

Office Tip of the Day

Moving Toolbars in MS Office Applications

In the last issue of MS Office Tips & Tricks I discussed the availability of different toolbars. As some of you may have noticed, some of the toolbars will be displayed as another toolbar across the top, bottom, left or right of the screen, around your document, and some of the toolbars will show up as floating little windows on top of your document.

The question becomes, what do you do with these toolbars to move them out of your way and yet still leave them displayed so you can use them?

It turns out that the solution is easier than you think.

If it's a toolbar that you always want displayed simply use the title bar to drag the toolbar to either the top, bottom, left or right side of the window. You will notice that the program adjusts the document to make room for the toolbar and if you let go of toolbar it drops into the location you have chosen.

OOPS - you dropped it in the wrong place! What do you do now?

Never fear, there's a simple solution. Click on the double bar located either at the top (for toolbars on the sides of the window) or left of the toolbar (for toolbars located at the top or bottom of the window) and drag it to wherever you really want it to be located.

I know what some of you are wondering… Does this work with all the toolbars, including the ones that didn't show up as a separate floating window? Much to your relief, the answer is yes. Clicking on the double bars and then dragging the toolbar around works with all of them.