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Wouldn't it be nice to have the ability to just open up an Excel spreadsheet or a Word document, and without having to do anything at all, data gets read directly out of a text or CSV data file and loads directly into a chart embedded onto your spreadsheet or Word document? This is a form of automation using Office products, because if it's possible to automate the charting of data in Office, just think of the possibilities.
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I’m coming to the end of my trial period with Microsoft Office 2013. Over the weeks it has been a reasonably solid experience with one or two quirks causing me no end of frustration. But do I want to upgrade? Do I want to pay for a subscription or full purchase or would I prefer to stick with Microsoft Office 2010, a suite that I've been using successfully for several years now? Indeed, should I even think of abandoning Microsoft in favour of an open source alternative?
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Over the years, Microsoft Word has become one of the best word processors in the world. I'm sure there are people out there that disagree - particularly Linux or Mac folks who would really rather not give Microsoft so much credit. But, lets face it, Microsoft has established a very large foothold in this area, and they've evolved Microsoft Word over the years to the point where it is extremely efficient and easy to use.
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It’s been three years since Microsoft launched Office 2010. Released alongside online versions (Microsoft Office Web Apps) of its popular applications, the jewel in the crown of the suite was, of course, Microsoft Word. Offering some minor improvements to the user interface following the introduction of the ribbon menu in Word 2007, the 2010 release looks very much like its predecessor. With Word 2013, however, things are slightly different.
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Do you have $1000? Go ahead and buy a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6. But if you don’t have the Benjamin’s and aren’t too inclined to climb the steep learning curve but still want to conjure up some imaging magic, look elsewhere. Don’t bring out the telescope yet, because a nice little software that goes by the name of Microsoft Word is sitting there on your computer. What! MS Word as a replacement for Photoshop!
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Isn't it amazing how something as simple as creating a chart can feel so complicated sometimes? In this article I'm going to show you how to use a really convenient and simple VBA object from Microsoft Office Web Components that lets you insert a Chart directly into a document, presentation or anything else where you can create VBA code to run it.
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Word or Excel have numerous built-in shortcuts, and once you know them, they really are much faster to use than futzing around with the mouse and menus. The only question is: How do you get to know all of these shortcuts? Enter KeyRocket, a free application that teaches you keyboard shortcuts for Office interactively, as you work.
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One of the most frustrating parts of working with VBA inside specific applications, is that it’s not always easy to get two applications to “talk” to each other. You can try for very quick transactions of information between applications is passing data to the clipboard, and then reading that information from the other application.
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During your work week, there are probably lots of times that you find yourself copying and pasting information from Excel into Word, or the other way around. This is how people often produce written reports based on data that’s accumulated and updated in an Excel spreadsheet. In this article, I’m going to dive a little more into the background VBA scripting that allows you to actually program connections between data in Excel and Word.
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Brainstorming your ideas visually helps with clarity and allows you to connect ideas and interlink them together. That’s where mindmapping took off. You might know zilch about it, but even age old habits of doodling your ideas is better than a blank page. But you don’t have to draw aimlessly because MS Word offers you a few free templates to structure your ideas and sharpen your thought process.
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Several days ago we reported that a nasty new Windows bug had been found. It is particularly nasty for two reasons – it involves a previously unknown exploit, and it may be the brainchild of the same group that developed Stuxnet. Now, Microsoft has released a temporary fix. The fix is not a patch, but rather a workaround.
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A new virus is making the rounds, and this one has the potential to be very serious. The Duqu virus has source code similar to Stuxnet, which was believed to have played havoc with Iran's nuclear program. Everyone is looking to unlock the secret behind this serious virus, but for now it looks like it is being linked with a piece of software downloaded from corrupted Microsoft Word documents.
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If you are not a power user on MS Word, I am assuming that you haven’t heard about the Document Map. The Document Map is one of those little features tucked away in MS Word. The Document Map helps you navigate through a long Word document and access different parts of it.
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Some people choose to bookmark all the pages that they find temporarily useful for whatever project they may be working on, while others go through the long, common processes. Going to the page in Firefox, copying it, opening Word, pasting the content into Word, and then saving it. You can shortcut this process by using Notesaver, a Firefox add-on.
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We have seen quite a few ways to tweak MS Office 2010 for our own productive ends. Granted, the whole MS Office suite is a productivity tool to begin with, but there’s still some spanner work you can do to make it more personalized. In this Word tutorial, we improve our workflow by adding a favorites tab to the Ribbon with all our frequently used commands.
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