PowerPoint 2007 / 2010 Tutorial - Create Graphics The Easy Way

Here's a quick tip for creating graphics with PowerPoint.

I often use this quick shortcut to create website buttons and other graphics.

• Create the graphics on a PowerPoint slide. SmartArt is a good tool for this.
  
  
• Select the items.
  Hold down your SHIFT key while you select the items, or left-click and drag a box over all of the items.
  
  
• Right-click, and select Save as Picture.

That's it! Now you have a picture you can use in any number of ways.

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Word 2007 Tutorial - How to Get Rid of the Calibri Default Font

While teaching a Word 2007 course recently, a student mentioned how annoying it was to have to change the font every time she started a new document. (As you may know, Word 2007 comes with a default font of Calibri.)

Fortunately, changing this option is really easy.

Type CTRL D to launch the Font dialog box.


Click the FONT tab.

Make the changes to your font.

Click the Default button at the bottom of the dialog box.

A dialog box pops up asking if you want to make the changes to your Normal template.

Click Yes.

It's that simple.

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Outlook 2007 Tip - Edit Quick Parts

In a previous blog post, Increase Efficiency with Quick Parts, I went over the steps for creating a quick part you can use over and over again.

Unfortunately, Outlook 2007 doesn't provide an easy way to edit quick parts. The way to do it is to make changes to the Quick Parts item, and re-save it, using the same name as the original Quick Parts.

Editing Quick Parts Message - Steps.

Start a New Email Message.
Click the Insert tab.
Click Quick Parts in the Text group.
Click to Insert the Quick Parts.
Make your changes.
Select the text.
Click the Insert tab, the drop down next to the Quick Parts.
Click Save selection to Quick Parts Gallery.
Use the same name as the existing Quick Parts.
When prompted, click OK to overwrite the existing Quick Parts.

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