Microsoft
Outlook
Just Five More Minutes
If you are a regular Microsoft Outlook user, you may ask it to remind
you when you are supposed to perform certain tasks. On the reminder
dialogue box in Outlook, click Snooze to be reminded again. You will
then be able to choose the period of time by which you want the reminder
to be delayed.
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Microsoft
PowerPoint
Get Flashy with PowerPoint Animations
Forget about learning complicated animation programs. In Microsoft
PowerPoint version 2002/XP, adding animation for professional-looking presentations is not only easy, it's fun.
To apply a custom animation:
- In normal view, display the slide that has the text or objects you want to animate.
- Select the object you want to animate.
- On the Slide Show menu, click Custom Animation.
- In the Custom Animation task pane, click Add Effect, and do one or more of the following:
If you want to make the text or object enter the slide show presentation with an effect, point to Entrance and then click an effect.
If you want to add an effect to text or an object that is on the slide, point to Emphasis and then click an effect.
If you want to add an effect to text or an object that makes it leave the slide, point to Exit and then click an effect.
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Removing Formatting From A Document
Here's a great way to remove all of the formatting from a Word document or just a selected portion of the
document
- Select the whole document by pressing CTRL+A or just select the portion of the document you wish to
change
- Press CTRL+SHIFT+N.
Presto! All of your formatting is removed from the document or selection.
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Microsoft Excel
Quickly Clear All Spreadsheet Formatting
Here's an easy way to quickly clear all formatting in your Excel spreadsheet.
In Excel 2002/XP
- Click any cell in the spreadsheet and then press CTRL+A to select all cells in the worksheet.
- On the Edit menu, point to Clear, and then click Formats.
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Microsoft
FrontPage
Specify Default Settings for Tables in FrontPage
It easier than ever to specify default settings for tables. Using the Set as default for new tables check box, you can specify table settings once instead of reentering the settings each time you create a new table. This helps keep your tables consistent from page to page.
- On the Table menu, click Insert, and then click Table.
- Specify the number of rows and columns.
- Select your preference for table alignment, border size, cell padding, cell spacing, and table width.
- Under Set, select the Set as default for new tables check box.
Click OK.
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Microsoft Access
Print a Map of Table Relationships in Access 2002/XP
Proper design of tables and the relationships between them is critical to building a good database. Access 2002 helps you evaluate your design by generating a graphical representation of table relationships in your database.
- On the Tools menu, click Relationships.
- On the File menu, click Print Relationships. A report is generated that displays the relationships as they appear in the Relationships window.
- Save or print the report, if desired, and then close the report window.
- Close the Relationships window.
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Microsoft
Internet Explorer
Check Your Browsing History
It's happened to all of us. You know you visited a certain Web
page just yesterday, but you absolutely cannot remember its address.
Even if you don't remember where you were, Internet Explorer does.
Go into History click on View, then select, By Date. Click on the
day representing yesterday. All the sites you visited will then be
listed in alphabetical order. Of course, some sites contain cookies
of pages you might have visited. Click on a link in the listing and
you will be shown all the pages at the site where you surfed. If you
see one you want to revisit, just click on it and the page should be
loaded.
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