http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog Software Training and Bespoke Training Blog Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:41:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you regulary use the File menu and Save As to save copies of documents, try this shortcut key to open the Save As dialog box: Press F12 on the keyboard. http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2010/03/04/microsoft-word-shortcut-for-save-as/ When deleting unwanted emails from your Inbox, try out this shortcut key to permanently delete the email. NOTE: This avoids the email going into the Deleted Items folder. Press SHIFT and DELETE on the keyboard. Click Yes to confirm you want to permanently delete the email. http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2010/01/13/microsoft-outlook-shortcut-to-permanently-deleting/ Cropping is the process of chopping off the edge of a picture. It can be used to focus on part of a picture, or to neaten the edges of a messy scanned image. We will use Microsoft PowerPoint in this example, however the following can also be done within Microsoft Word ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/microsoft-powerpoint-cropping-pictures/ If you regulary type in dates on an Excel spreadsheet which include the day of the week i.e Wednesday 25 Novemeber 2009, use this custom date format to quickly change a short date (25/11/09) into a long date format: Highlight the cells that contain the dates you wish to format. Right mouse ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/microsoft-excel-formatting-dates/ On occasions you may find that you have blank pages at the end of your document. The usual reason for this is due to hidden characters on the page(s). Here's how to remove them: Click the Show/Hide button on the toolbar. This will display the hidden characters on the blank pages. Highlight all ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/microsoft-word-blank-pages/ Did you know that in Office 2007 you can now save your documents, spreadsheets, presentations in PDF format without the need for seperate software. We will use Microsoft Word for our example: Within Microsoft Word, open the document you wish to save as a PDF file. Click the Microsoft Office button. Hover over Save As ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/office-2007-saving-as-pdf/ Now that Windows 7, the much-heralded upgrade to Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is here, should you make the switch? Here's an interesting article written by FL1 Group that may help you to make your decision: http://blog.fl1group.com/2009/11/04/should-i-upgrade-to-windows-7/ http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/27/windows-7-should-you-make-the-switch/ When printing a spreadsheet, Excel will not by default print the gridlines that you see on the Excel screen. Rather than having to apply numerous borders to the sheet, try this much simpler way of viewing and printing gridlines: Within Print Preview, click the Setup button on the toolbar. From the Page Setup dialog box, ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/25/printing-gridlines-in-excel/ Invitation to vote for the FL1 Group Website Design of the Year 2009 It is that time of the year for Awards (and parties) so FL1 Group has pleasure in inviting you to participate in their very first Website Design of the Year Awards. As a Thank You for judging some of ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/11/25/website-awards/ We can't believe the end of the year is approaching so fast! Our feet have hardly touched the ground this month, running lots of courses and winning some fantastic new contracts. We're really excited at the prospect of working with our new contacts in the coming months. Just a reminder that ... http://www.trainingu.co.uk/blog/2009/10/30/this-month-at-training-u-2/