Tips & Tricks 191
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Shortcuts on Creating an Item or File
 
Create an Appointment
Ctrl+Shift+A
Create a Contact
Ctrl+Shift+C
Create a Contact Group
Ctrl+Shift+L
Create a Fax
Ctrl+Shift+X
Create a Folder
Ctrl+Shift+E
Create a Meeting Request
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Create a Message
Ctrl+Shift+M
Create a Note
Ctrl+Shift+N
Create a Microsoft Office Document
Ctrl+Shift+H
Post to This Folder
Ctrl+Shift+S
Create a Search Folder
Ctrl+Shift+P
Create a Task
Ctrl+Shift+K
Create a Task Request
Ctrl+Shift+U

Preventing Styles from Automatically Updating

Word (2007 - 2013)


If you are working in a document that other people will also work on, you can prevent the styles you have used from changing. 

  1. Click on the Home tab.
  2. Click on the dialog box launcher in the lower right of the Styles group to display the Styles pane.
  3. Hover the mouse pointer over a style name in the Styles pane. You should see a down-arrow appear at the right side of the style name.
  4. Click on the down arrow and select Modify.
  5. Make sure the Automatically Update check box, at the bottom of the dialog box, is unchecked.
  6. Click on OK.
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Excel (2007 - 2013)

Setting a Print Area

 

There may be times when you only want to print a portion of a worksheet. You can accomplish this easily by setting a print area. 

  1. Select the worksheet you want to print.
  2. Click on the Page Layout tab.
  3. Click on the dialog box launcher in the Page Setup group (the small arrow in the lower-right of the group).
  4. Click on the Sheet tab.
  5. Enter a range representing what you want printed in the Print Area text box.
  6. Click on OK.

Alternate method:

  1. Select the range of cells you want to print.
  2. Click on the Page Layout tab.
  3. Select the Print Area drop-down and choose Set Print Area.
  4. Repeat the process, selecting Clear Print Area, to print the entire worksheet.


 
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Changing Footnote Reference Mark Formatting

 

A built-in Word style is used to format footnote reference marks. You can edit this style to change the formatting.
 

  1. Click on the Home tab.
  2. Click on the dialog box launcher of the Styles group (the small arrow in the lower-right of the group) to display the Styles pane.
  3. Hover the mouse pointer over the Footnote Reference style in the Styles pane. You should see a down-arrow appear at the right side of the style name.
  4. Click on the down arrow and select Modify.
  5. Make the desired changes to the footnote reference number.
  6. Click on OK.
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Add Voting Buttons

 

You can create a poll in Outlook by including voting buttons in a message that you are sending. Recipients' votes are delivered to your Inbox. 

  1. In an open message, click Options.
  2. In the Tracking group, click Use Voting Buttons.
  3. Click one of the following:
  • Yes;No - When you want a definite yes or a no, this is the best choice.
  • Yes;No;Maybe - This voting option offers recipients a third option.
  • Custom - Create your own custom voting button names. For example, you can ask your colleagues to choose among restaurants for a lunch meeting. When using this selection, the options need to be separated with semi-colons.

Notes: Recipients can vote in the Reading Pane or in an open message. In the Reading Pane, click the Click here to vote line in the message header and then click the option that you want. In an open message, click Message. In the Respond group, click Vote, and then click the option that you want. The sender can see all responses in a table. On one of the response messages, click the The sender responded line in the message header, and then click View voting responses.  

 
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