Make WordPerfect documents coexist peacefully in a Microsoft
Office!
Make WordPerfect documents coexist peacefully in a Microsoft
Office world by saving them with the filename extension .doc. This
lets Word open them automatically and display them in its File |
Open dialog box. When you save a file, simply add .doc at the end
of the filename. When your coworkers double-click on the file,
Word will open it and transparently convert it into Word format.
If you don't have Word on your system, you can assign the .doc
extension to WordPerfect so that all the files you create on your
system will have that extension and will open automatically in
WordPerfect. Use Tools | Settings, go to the Files tab, make sure
that Use default extension on open and save is checked, and
replace .wpd with .doc as the extension to use.
Data Entry Solutions with the Excel 2000 Template Wizard!
One of the hardest parts of gathering data from users is creating
the right collection application. The data collection front end is
often a series of forms in Access or ASP pages. However, the setup
and security issues associated with these methods are sometimes
too much to deal with for smaller data collection needs.
Excel 2000 ships with an add-in that can help this situation. The
Template Wizard with the Data Tracking add-in will help you create
an Excel template that will accept data from users in a familiar
environment and then transfer the data to an Access database after
it's saved. The wizard will walk you through the steps of defining
the tables where the data should be inserted.
This is a great solution for such things as purchase order
requests, invoices, or expense forms. Your users would enter their
data in Excel, and the data structures set up by the Wizard would
place that data into the Access database. The data would be
collected into one repository for easy reporting and analysis.
The Wizard is easy to follow, but Microsoft Knowledge Base article
Q214246 explains the process in detail. http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q214/2/46.ASP
Animating Powerpoint ClipArt in PowerPoint 2000!
How would you like to have a ClipArt picture put itself together
right before the audience's eyes? To see how to create this kind
of animation, run PowerPoint and choose Insert/Picture/ClipArt.
Right-click the picture you want to use and choose Insert to place
it on your slide. We suggest you use the knife, fork, and spoon
set found under Signs.
Now select the picture, then choose Draw/Ungroup. Next, choose
Slide Show, Custom Animation. When the dialog box opens, click the
Effects tab. In the "Check to animate slide objects" list, click
the first object. Then hold down the Shift key and scroll down to
select the last object. With all objects selected, click the arrow
at the right side of the "Entry animation and sound" list box and
select an effect.
Now click the Order & Timing tab and then select the radio button
labeled Automatically. Click OK to close the dialog box and then
press F5 to run the slide show. Each part of the ClipArt picture
will appear as you instructed when you chose an effect
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came from over 8 years of online help. Couple that with over 5000
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