In a previous article, I wrote about how to change the default font and document settings in Word 2010. I recently ran into a frustrating problem on a computer where even though I was saving the settings as default like shown in the mentioned article, when I would close Word and then re-open, the old default setting still remained. Every new document that you create in Word is actually based off...
The release of Microsoft Office 2007 brought some major changes to the popular office suite. Many did not care for these changes at first, but users soon started to enjoy the newest features of Word, Excel, and other Office 2007 programs. One feature in Office 2007 still seen in Office 2010 is a change in the default font from Times New Roman at Size 12 to Calibri at Size 11. While the new fon...
It’s almost been a year since we covered the release of Microsoft Office 2010 Beta. In the time since the Microsoft Office 2010 Beta was released, over 9 million people have downloaded and installed the beta version. But since all good things must come to an end, the free Office 2010 beta will soon expire. In a release from Microsoft, they say: Dear Microsoft Office user: Your Microsoft ...
The world of online storage is a growing one, with different services and new features coming out all the time. Quanp, pronounced “Quan-Pah”, is one which I’ve found to be quite useful not only for its online storage, but the way in which it organizes and displays your files on your desktop. This is the home screen for the Quanp Desktop Software Quanp, short for Quantum Papers, c...
Procrastinating at work. We’ve all done it at some point during the five day work week. Whether it be surfing the blogs, catching up on favorite shows, or playing the unprecedented amount of free online games out there, we have all found different ways to break from the insanity called the eight hour workday. Subsequently, it is a known fact that when we do take a break from worki...
If you’re a big Word and Excel user, you may open and save several documents in a day. Word and Excel are set by default to save in your My Documents folder on Windows XP or Documents library on Windows Vista/7. This default location is OK if you’re a home user but may not be ideal if you’re in a work environment where mapped drives and other network shares are common. In thi...
Microsoft Office 2010 is scheduled to release in June, but there’s no need to hold off from purchasing Office 2007 in the meantime. Microsoft recently announced free upgrades to Office 2010 if you purchase and activate an Office 2007 product between March 5, 2010 and September 30, 2010. Several qualifying Office 2007 products are listed below, and you can check out the complete list at the e...
If you’ve ever written a document in Microsoft Office Word, chances are you’ve wanted to save it as a PDF for easy sharing. Publishing to PDF isn’t included in the standard installation of Microsoft Office Word, but you can add it in a few easy steps which I will cover in this quick tip. Step 1: Head over to the Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS Add-in for 2007 Microsoft Office prog...
Microsoft Office 2010 has recently been released as as a public download. The download weighs in at a fairly light 685 MB and includes Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, OneNote, Access, Publisher, InfoPath, SharePoint Workspace, and Communicator (which is an instant messenger for Outlook). If you’re working in the IT field and want to prepare for the future, I would suggest downloading thi...