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Published April 23, 2012

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Working with the Toshiba Portégé Z830

For the past few weeks I have been working with the sleek and stylish Toshiba Portégé Z830. The Portégé Z830 is one of the lightest 13” PC on the market, weighing in at just under 2.5 pounds, and incredibly thin at just 16 mm (a literal hair over 0.6”).

Published March 6, 2012

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Change the default line spacing in Word

When the default line spacing in documents changed from single spacing in Word 2003 to a slightly roomier 1.15 spacing in Word 2007 and Word 2010, customers asked the inevitable: Why did the default line spacing change? And how do I change it back?

Published February 27, 2012

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Conditional Formatting Rules Simplified

Conditional formatting is a popular feature and is a great way to easily identify cells with a range that meet some criteria.

Published February 17, 2012

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Circular Reference? Excel’s most popular (!#?%) error message explained

Millions of people using Excel don’t get why they see the “circular reference” error message right after they’ve entered a formula. The message means that your formula is trying to calculate its own cell–kind of like when a dog chases its own tail. Because so many of you (millions) searched on “circular reference” on Office.

Published February 10, 2012

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Tip: How to cut and paste without messing up formatting

Why does formatting sometimes get messed up when you cut and paste text? And what is that thing that appears at the end of the last sentence every time you paste-like a fly returning to honey.

Published February 7, 2012

2 min read

OneNote Mobile for Android is now available worldwide

You asked, we listened. Today marks the exciting debut of OneNote Mobile for Android in over 20 international markets. With this release, OneNote Mobile is available across a variety of platforms, all of which let you effortlessly collect, find, use, and share your notes and ideas on the go.

Published January 18, 2012

3 min read

Customize! 5 table of contents tricks

The Word 2010 gallery makes adding a basic table of contents quick: Click the References tab, click Table of Contents, and then click the gallery table of contents you want. But what if you want more? What if your table of contents needs to provide different information–more levels, or fewer levels?

Published December 8, 2011

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Organize your recipes with a OneNote cookbook

Do you like to test out new recipes? When you find a good one, I bet you hang on to it. When one falls flat, you scratch it from your collection fast. And then there’s that outrageous dessert you brought to the holiday party-everyone wants a copy of that recipe! How do you keep track?

Published November 15, 2011

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The Excel part of mail merge

Hey, the holidays are fast approaching, which means you’ve got to get your cards signed, sealed, and delivered! This post goes out to those of you who keep your address list in Excel and need to figure out how to use it to create mailing labels in Word.

Published November 8, 2011

4 min read

Free update for OneNote 2010 improves SkyDrive and sync features

In response to customer feedback that many of you have reported on the OneNote forums on Microsoft Answers in the past months, the OneNote development team has released a free update for the desktop client version of Microsoft OneNote 2010.

Published October 18, 2011

2 min read

Two tips for faster worksheet navigation

If your workbook contains a ton of worksheets, it can be a hassle to navigate to just the right sheet. For one thing, you often can’t see all the sheet names at the bottom of the workbook.

Published September 16, 2011

1 min read

Use cross-references to link to other parts of a document

You’ve heard that cross-references can enhance the professional quality of a research paper. What are cross-references and how do they work? A cross-reference is a pointer or link to an item that is in another location in a document – for example, “See Figure 1” to link to a salient graphic.

Audience: Personal and family

Working with the Toshiba Portégé Z830

Change the default line spacing in Word

Conditional Formatting Rules Simplified

Circular Reference? Excel’s most popular (!#?%) error message explained

Tip: How to cut and paste without messing up formatting

OneNote Mobile for Android is now available worldwide

Customize! 5 table of contents tricks

Organize your recipes with a OneNote cookbook

The Excel part of mail merge

Free update for OneNote 2010 improves SkyDrive and sync features

Two tips for faster worksheet navigation

Use cross-references to link to other parts of a document

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