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Formatting Headings in Word 2000!
If you are not using other headings in your document, you can use the outline-numbered Heading styles even if you are not using them all for *true* headings. Some documents—military documents are a good example—have every paragraph numbered. This makes it easy for them to referred to later. You can also bookmark them and cross-reference them. Then, if an item's number changes because you inserted another item, the cross-reference stays linked with the correct paragraph.

To format for headings, follow the same instructions as above, except that now you should choose a Heading style outline number scheme. Edit to desired.

Warning: Some of these numbering schemes can get quite wide in the amount of space they take up. For instance, an item numbered 10.12.22.4 that is followed by a half-inch indent can take up quite a bit of the body width of your document. Your paragraph of text is now indented considerably and an otherwise short paragraph can take up a lot more page length. Using Outline numbering for your heading styles is not recommended unless it meets requirements of your company or firm, or if your document is limited to perhaps Heading 3 or 4.
Converting Julian Dates in Excel 2000!
Since the 1950s, astronomers and geophysicists have used Julian dates to track time in continuous, absolute terms, without bothersome seasons, leap years, or man-made conventions. Julian dates associate a date with the number of days elapsed since January 1 of the same year. (For example, Jan. 2, 2000, has the value of 2.)

Excel doesn't have a built-in option to convert dates to Julian time, but you can use this shortcut to convert today's date to the Julian format.

Just type this equation into any cell in your worksheet:

=VALUE(RIGHT(YEAR(TODAY()),2)&TEXT(TODAY()-DATE(YEAR(TODAY())-1,12,31),"000"))

Now, you'll need to format this value to display five digits.

1. Right-click the cell that contains the value and select Format Cells.

2. On the Number tab, choose Custom from the Category list box.

3. In the Type text box, enter 00000.

Click OK.
Freeze columns in Access's Datasheet view (97-2000-2002)

Anyone that's used Excel extensively knows how helpful the ability to freeze panes can be when working with large worksheets. This feature lets you keep specific data continuously displayed on the screen as you scroll through the worksheet.

Access provides similar functionality for working with datasheets. You can freeze columns in Datasheet view and continue to horizontally scroll through records. To freeze a column, click on the field's name in Datasheet view to select the column. Then, choose Format | Freeze Columns from the menu bar. Access moves the column all the way to the left of the view and freezes it. If you freeze additional columns, they are moved to the right of the last frozen column.

To return the view to normal, select Format | Unfreeze All Columns from the menu bar. Here's where you'll find a catch. Although the columns are no longer frozen on the screen, Access doesn't return them to their original positions within the Datasheet view. If you don't want your columns to be kept in the new order, be sure to select No when prompted to save the layout changes upon closing the database object.

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