Selection Direction
Have you ever been working in MS Excel and found yourself wishing that the cell selection would go in some other direction after you hit the Enter key?
Let’s face it, sometimes the data needs to be entered in rows, not columns.
Never fear! A couple of clicks and bingo, you’ve changed the direction the Enter key moves the cell selection.
Wanna know how?
Sure you do.
To… Continue reading
Faster File Access
Do you have a file or two that you find yourself opening constantly? Maybe a template that is used almost daily?
Tired of waiting for a program to load so that you can finally use File / Open to get to the file? You know what I’m talking about—the file or template that you’re forever opening and closing.
The fastest way I know to open templates and… Continue reading
Q:
I often see and hear references to shortcuts. I know this has nothing to do with a map and my car—so what’s a shortcut?
A:
A shortcut is an icon that is linked to a specific file or program. When the shortcut is double-clicked it starts a program or opens a file and the program needed to view the file (it all depends on what it’s linked… Continue reading
Pictures In MS Word On Demand
Do you have a picture or logo that is frequently used in your MS Word documents?
Are you tired of the constant routine involved with the insertion of the picture into document after document?
I know I get pretty tired of it. (I can’t stand to repeat myself unnecessarily! :- )
Anyway, if you’re in this situation where you have a logo or other… Continue reading
Seeing The Roots
Have you ever found yourself working on a complicated Excel formula and trying to decipher where it all comes from?
I mean, this formula references another cell but when you get there you find another formula that references yet another cell. And so it goes… on and on. (These endless cells are the “roots” of the formula in question.)
Frustrated?
You bet.
Looking for a way to… Continue reading
MS Excel: Headers & Footers Demystified—Part 2
Let’s continue on our journey through the world of headers and footers. The train stops next at the MS Excel station.
To access headers and footers in Excel, you will go to the View menu, Header and Footer choice.
The Page Setup window will open with the Header/Footer tab already selected.
The top preview box shows the header for the worksheet(s) currently… Continue reading
Q:
I’ve seen people with their taskbar on the side or at the top. How did they do that?
A:
To move your taskbar:
Grab a blank area with your mouse (left click & hold) and drag it to whatever location (top, bottom, or sides) you want. Note that you need to grab the taskbar in the area where your open program buttons sit… Continue reading
MS Word: Headers & Footers Demystified – Part 1
(Yes, we accidentally ran part 2 of this Tues instead of today. Sorry about that, here’s part 1. If you want a review of part 2, click here)
So, now you know what they are, I’d bet that the next question you’re dying to ask is “How do I get to these wonderful little miracles?” (All right, I… Continue reading
Have you ever been looking for a page on a particular web site and haven’t been able to find it? You may know the site name ( www.sitename.com) but the actual page name eludes you.
Well, with Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox, you can type in just the name of the site, like www.worldstart (note you don’t really need the “.com” part) then hit your down arrow… Continue reading
MS PowerPoint: Headers and Footers Demystified – Part 3
Welcome back to our ongoing header and footer discussion! The previous two issues covered the two big MS Office Suite programs (Word & Excel). Now it’s time to wrap up our discussion by addressing PowerPoint.
You will get to the header and footer window in the same way you did in the other two programs: View menu, Header and Footer choice… Continue reading
