Archive for the 'Office 2007' Category

Why Vista is ‘Universally Hated’ and Other Training Truths

August 18th, 2008

After 27 years in the business, you end up with a few observations. Ron Miller, an old friend of mine, interviewed me about Vista, Office 2007, and my observations on technical writing. All opinions expressed are my own, but I did get a chance to say some things. Take a look at the interview: http://www.daniweb.com

Supressing Blank Lines in a Word 2007 Mail Merge

January 11th, 2008

In earlier versions of Word, you were easily able to suppress the blank lines in a mail merge. In Word 2007, it does not seem to automatically do this.
Say for example, you have a data file with Address 1, Address 2, and Address 3. When you add the fields to your merge document, they […]

Permanently Remove Tracked Changes and Comments from a Word 2007 Document

May 17th, 2007

Track Changes is an indispensable tool in Word that lets a group of people edit a document, while Word keeps track of what changes were made to the document and who made them. However, a persistent problem in earlier versions of Word has been the difficulty in removing all tracked changes and comments from […]

Create and Publish Blog Postings from Word 2007

May 15th, 2007

Microsoft Word 2007 lets you create blog postings and publish them directly from Word. (Actually, I’m doing it right now!) Using Word is generally easier than most blogging software, which requires users to edit HTML code.

To create a blog posting from Word:

Click the Office button.

Select New, select New blog post, and then click […]

File Formats: New vs. Old

May 15th, 2007

By default, Office 2007 saves files in new XML-based formats. Word uses the .docx and .docm extensions. Docx files do not support macros, while docm files are macro-enabled. Presumably, this is to cut down on the number of viruses aimed at Word documents.
Similarly, Excel uses the .xlsx and .xlsm extensions, […]

Save Files as PDF’s in Office 2007

May 15th, 2007

Office 2007 now lets you save any document, presentation or spreadsheet as a PDF (without having to purchase Adobe Acrobat). However, you have to download a plug-in to add this functionality.
You can download the free plugin from Microsoft at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4D951911-3E7E-4AE6-B059-A2E79ED87041&displaylang=en
After you have downloaded the plug-in, to save a file as a PDF, click […]