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Microsoft Word – How to Print Track Changes (Only)

Microsoft Word – How to Print Track Changes (Only)

Do you ever use the Track Changes feature in any Microsoft Office products? It’s great! I use it in Word all the time. It’s especially useful when I’m working with a client and they have revisions to make to documents. Track Changes makes it easy to locate and see exactly what changes they’ve made. Recently, we’ve had to(…)

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Creating a Contact Group in Outlook 2013

Creating a Contact Group in Outlook 2013

Do you ever find yourself continuously sending emails to the same groups of people? I do. Still, it feels like I’m constantly reviewing and thinking “who did I miss?” Then I wised up and realized there’s a solution for that! Now you can stop racking your brain with questions like, “who was on that committee?” And there’s no longer(…)

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Power Corrupts, PowerPoint…

Power Corrupts, PowerPoint…

Most people are familiar with the saying that power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. Some people know that the expression is associated with Lord Acton (1834 – 1902). But few people know anything about the contex or that the quotation isn’t entirely accurate. The complete remark was “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power(…)

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Color-Coding Messages in Microsoft Outlook 2013

Color-Coding Messages in Microsoft Outlook 2013

Learning Solutions would like to thank System Source for writing this blog article. Did you know that Microsoft Outlook 2013 can change the color of email messages sent to you by a particular person, like your boss, your best customer, or a co-worker? Let’s say that you’d like to color-code the emails from your co-worker, “Suzanne.”(…)

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Microsoft Unveils Project Spartan – The Successor to Internet Explorer

Microsoft Unveils Project Spartan – The Successor to Internet Explorer

I think many of us have been waiting for the day we could stop using Internet Explorer. And now, finally, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Yesterday, at the Windows 10 press conference, Microsoft showed off boatloads of new software and technology. Among these announcements was a brand new web browser that will come(…)

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Insert Audio for More Engaging PowerPoint Presentations

Insert Audio for More Engaging PowerPoint Presentations

Unfortunately, we’ve all been subjected to a couple (or more) dull, verbose, and graphically painful PowerPoint presentations that would make anyone happily poke her eyes out with a dull pencil instead of sitting through the 100+ slides. Here’s how you can insert audio into your PowerPoint presentation to make things more interesting. (Please note: These instructions are(…)

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PowerPoint Tips for Design: Back to Basics

PowerPoint Tips for Design: Back to Basics

Before PowerPoint was developed, most presentations were made within departments that shared common knowledge sets. With a changing work environment in the 60s and 70s came a need to clearly communicate between departments. A simple, illustrated guide was needed to organize and share information. The outcome was the presentation medium of 35mm slides, followed by less-expensive(…)

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