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Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks: shortcuts

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Add shortcut icons to your Quick Access toolbar in Microsoft Word 2007 In Microsoft word 2007 there is a quick access toolbar at the top of the screen next to this   symbol. See in the screenshot below. I have circled the quick access toolbar. By default the quick access toolbar has a save shortcut icon, an undo, and a redo icon. However you can add or remove shortcut icons from the quick access toolbar by choosing to customize it.  How to add shortcut icons to the quick access toolbar? As shown in the screenshot below, click on the  dropdown arrow  to choose what icons to add to the quick access toolbar. If you want to add a shortcut icon it must have  a tick next to it. If the icon you want is not in the list, click on  More commands  to see more details. See the screenshot below.  All the possible shortcut icons  that you can add to the quick access toolbar are shown here. To choose one simply  select it...

Microsoft Word: Compatibility

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How to save a word 2007 document to be compatible with Word 97-2003 When I first started using Microsoft Word 2007 I had no idea that the files were not compatible with earlier versions of Word. It was not until I had sent a document created using Word 2007 in an email and received complaints from recipients not being able to open the file. At first I thought there was something wrong, because I had seen no mention of incompatible files on the internet or the packaging Office 2007 came in. Finally I realized that the file extensions were different. The old Word 97-2003 files were saved as .doc and the new Word 2007 are saved as .docx.I had just presumed that the programs would be compatible because all earlier upgrades had been. However they were not compatible and Microsoft word 97-2003 could not open a file with the extension .docx because it did not exist when these programs were created. Luckily Word 2007 includes a feature that lets you save a document to be compatible...

Microsoft: youtube into powerpoint

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How to embed a Youtube video into a PowerPoint Presentation Many businesses and large organizations have found that embedding a  Youtube video into a PowerPoint presentation can be a great way to get your point across. It can really make your PowerPoint presentation stand out from the rest. What you will need to embed a Youtube video into a PowerPoint presentation: You will need the PowerPoint program installed on your computer. You will need the url of a Youtube video that you want to embed. You will also need to edit the URL for it to work. When viewing the finished product you will need to be connected to the internet for the video to work. How to find the URL of a Youtube video? You can find the Youtube video URL on the page where you are watching the actual video on Youtube. The URL is located in the box next to the video on the right as you can see in the screen shot below. So now you need to make that text blue, then right click on it and choose copy. The ...