One of the thrills of Desktop Publishing is making your document look like a professional designed it, right? Lining up … More
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Publisher Hyphenation – Turn It Off!
I love creating cards and newsletters in Publisher, but one of the things that bothers me is the constant hyphenation … More
Publisher Basics – Start Desktop Publishing
Years ago, word processors were for text, photo-editing software was for graphics, but they did not combine well. What if … More
Compress Images in Windows… Resize Using Paint
Sometimes you are uploading an image, like a profile picture, to a website, and the website tells you the image is too large – huh? Sometimes you want to email a picture of your garden to some friends, and your email software says the image is too large – huh again?
My Look-Back Book: Organizing All Your Children’s Papers
Report cards, sports certificates, class and team photos, standardized test results, programs from the school play – if you are … More
Automatically Playing an Embedded YouTube Video in PowerPoint 2019
PowerPoint 2019 can now embed and automatically play a YouTube video during your slide show! (Over the last few years … More
MS Office / Word / Excel / PowerPoint: Customize Your Quick Access Toolbar
When you first open any document in MS Word, MS Excel, or MS PowerPoint, you should notice there are little … More
MS Word: Insert Date and Automatically Update
Your computer knows what day (or date) it is, right? Instead of typing the date in Word, why not let … More
Excel Basics
I am a guest blogger on Noobie.com. They asked me to create some new-to-Excel posts for beginners. Just click the … More
MS Word: Introduction Lessons
I teach an Introduction to MS Windows class for a community education program. Noobie.com asked me to type up those … More
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