MS Office Tips, Tricks and Shortcuts - Mouse Training

Question:Who is allowed on the public highway in the UK without a car registration?

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:40:16 +0000

Answer:
The Royal family

Question: What was the first Number plate in the UK?

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:36:27 +0000

Answer : it is widely thought to have been A1. the first number plate issued in Britain. Although undoubtedly the first alphanumerically, and certainly the first issued by London, evidence shows that other authorities started issuing registrations slightly earlier than London. Earl Russell, amongst others, queued all night outside the London County Council offices in the hope of having A 1 assigned to his vehicle.

Moving between Open Documents in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Project.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:13:40 +0000

Control [F6] cycles through the documents. If you miss your file just choose Shift Control F6 to go backwards

Closing all your Excel files down in one go in Excel XP and 2003

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:45:48 +0000

Hold the [Shift] key down and select the file menu. Menu changes from Close to Close All

Short Key for Chart in Excel

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:09:50 +0000

Highlight the information you want to include and then Press [F11]

Short Key for Spell Check in All Microsoft Applications

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:55:06 +0000

Just Press F7

Quick Copy Techniques for MS Office

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:24:11 +0100

In almost all MS Office and Windows applications, you will be able to create a copy of something by using the drag and drop technique. This simply involves keep the CTRL key down when dragging.

Excel Exmaple : To make a copy of a worksheet in Excel, keep your CTRL down and drag and drop the worksheet to it's new position.

PowerPoint Example: On a PowerPoint slide, keep your control down when dragging a shape or text box.

Word Example : Select a text paragraph. Keep CTRL down and drag the selection to it's new position in the document. This will create a copy of the paragraph

MS Windows Example: When moving files using WIndows Explorer , keep CTRL down when dragging the file to it's new folder or even the same folder. This will create a copy of the file.

Closing down MS Office files

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:38:09 +0100

To close down a file in MS Office, press CTRL+w or CTRL+F4

Excel Selection - Finding Special Cells

Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:22:09 +0100

If you would like to select all cells on a spreadsheet of a certain type, e.g. All cells that contain a formula or all cells that contains text, you should make use of the GoTo Special feature in Excel.

Choose Edit | GoTo
or
press Ctrl+G
or
press F5

Select Special
Choose the type of cell to find
Choose OK