MS Powerpoint 2003, MS Word 2003
I just received a call from a colleague. She is in the midst of creating a training manual based on her PowerPoint presentation, and she wondered if there's an easy way to transfer the information.
Copying and pasting the information slide by slide was taking all day.
Fortuntately, there is.
On the File menu, click Send to, then Microsoft Word.
When the dialog box pops up, click Outline Only, and then OK.
All of the information in your PowerPoint slides will be transferred into a new Microsoft Word document.
I often use this when creating training manuals for my Software and Internet Marketing Courses. It makes the PowerPoint presentation and training manual in sync, and makes creating manuals a snap.
Removing those pesky icons from your taskbar.
Works with Windows XP
The taskbar, which is the blue bar that runs across the bottom of your screen, can get cluttered with a lot of useless items.
Here's a way to streamline the taskbar by removing the icons you don't need that show up on the bottom-right hand side of your screen.
Right-click anywhere in the taskbar.
Click on Properties.
Make sure the Taskbar tab is selected.
Put a checkmark next to Hide Inactive Buttons and click Customize.
You'll see a list of items under the heading Current Items.
For each item (ex., Outlook) that you want to remove from the Taskbar, click the item and change the value in the dropdown box from Hide When Inactive to Always Hide.
Streamline your taskbar now to free up valuable space at the bottom of your screen.
The taskbar, which is the blue bar that runs across the bottom of your screen, can get cluttered with a lot of useless items.
Here's a way to streamline the taskbar by removing the icons you don't need that show up on the bottom-right hand side of your screen.
Right-click anywhere in the taskbar.
Click on Properties.
Make sure the Taskbar tab is selected.
Put a checkmark next to Hide Inactive Buttons and click Customize.
You'll see a list of items under the heading Current Items.
For each item (ex., Outlook) that you want to remove from the Taskbar, click the item and change the value in the dropdown box from Hide When Inactive to Always Hide.
Streamline your taskbar now to free up valuable space at the bottom of your screen.
Add Words to your Custom Dictionary
Works with Windows XP and Office 2003
When you run spell check, does your dictionary keep checking for words that you know are spelled correctly?
Here are some examples:
Your last name
Blog
LinkedIn
Facebook
When you run spellcheck within any Microsoft Office 2003 program (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) you have the option of adding mis-spelled words to your custom dictionary.
Wouldn't it be nice, though, if you could just add all of the words to the custom dictionary at once?
Here are the steps.
Remember, as you add words to your custom dictionary, don't forget to add the word "blog."
When you run spell check, does your dictionary keep checking for words that you know are spelled correctly?
Here are some examples:
Your last name
Blog
When you run spellcheck within any Microsoft Office 2003 program (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) you have the option of adding mis-spelled words to your custom dictionary.
Wouldn't it be nice, though, if you could just add all of the words to the custom dictionary at once?
Here are the steps.
- Find the Custom.dic file.
- Open Custom.dic (use the Notepad program).
- Copy and paste (or type) all of the words you'd like to add to your custom dictionary. Make sure there is one word to a line.
- Save and close Custom.dic.
In Windows XP, Type CTRL + ESC, then S.
Click All files and folders.
In the box called "All or part of the file name" type custom.dic.
Run the search, and Windows should find the file (Custom.dic) in your Proof subdirectory.
Remember, as you add words to your custom dictionary, don't forget to add the word "blog."
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