HX10236754http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/FX102254211033.aspxA peek into the hearts and minds of Microsoft employees — people working with Office every day ... just like you.en-ushttp://office.microsoft.com/global/images/default.aspx?AssetID=ZA102537291033http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx16536Two of Microsoft's top typography experts offer examples that will help you make your text as readable as it can be.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA103454131033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Good worksheet design is more important than you might think, especially when you plan to share your worksheet data with other people. In this month's column, Frederique goes over some basic practices you may want to implement whenever you create a new worksheet. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102876401033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=It's impossible not to notice the fact that the Web is changing how we function, write, and think; to even talk about it is borderline-passé. Or so I thought. And then I spent two days listening to speaker Gerry McGovern discuss Web content and I realized we're just at the start of the conversation.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102878801033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Each year, the week following Thanksgiving, our extended family gathers together at a ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. We enjoy some great times and I snap a lot of photographs. Upon returning home, I create a photo album in PowerPoint using the photographs from our trip. And then I give a copy (in the form of a CD) to each family member as a gift.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102835011033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=How does a no-bullets approach work for scientific presentations? And is it realistic to be all visual, all the time? Two experts weigh in.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102900591033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=In the unforgettable words of Marvin Gaye — "What's goin' on?" We've looked at Web 2.0 jargon and social media tools we can use every day. But there's a bigger event unfolding — a pivotal change in the who and how of work. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102781541033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=This article demystifies Web 2.0 by exploring its many parts and people. From social networking to blogs, you'll find it all explained here.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102781531033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Are you a 1.0 person living in a 2.0 world? Here is one information worker's take on what Web 2.0 means for information work, some techniques and tools for adapting, and why you should care.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102781521033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=If "out of sight, out of mind' ever causes you to miss messages or assignments, Favorite Folders may have a solution. Located at the top of the Navigation Pane, this folder list provides a place to keep your most important e-mail folders, right where they can catch your attention. Find out how you can customize, minimize, or even remove Favorite Folders.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102775891033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Quick Print? Form? Send to Mail Recipient? In Office 2007, a lot of those commands are still around — and if you can't find them, or you want to get to them faster, you can add them to the Quick Access Toolbar for single-click ease. Read on to find out how. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102781611033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Ever wish you and your team could share project-related ideas and information without spamming each other in e-mail waiting your turn to check out and edit group documents on a SharePoint site? In this month's column, Michael Oldenburg shows how easily you can collaborate with your teammates with a shared notebook in OneNote 2007.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102750221033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=There you are, pulling a PowerPoint presentation together, with pictures and animation effects. You want polish — if not perfection — but your result feels sadly lackluster. Who ya gonna call? Julie Terberg, MVP.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102744201033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=Office is a treasure trove of hidden features that make everyday life easier. Although each version of Office has made improvements in helping users discover the available features, I find that some of my favorite features are still not well-known amongst friends and family.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102750211033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033How much fluorescent photocopy paper does it take to publicize a school event? Change things up and make posters and flyers stand out with a simple technique: a gradient fill or photo background in Publisher. 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Wouldn't it be great if you could share all that scattered expertise, and simultaneously increase the group's sense of community?http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102566281033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033For many of us, the 9-to-5 work shift is a thing of the past. Having uninterrupted access to work and personal information is fast becoming more necessity than convenience. Ever wish you could take your Office programs and files on the road with you, even when you don't have access to a PC or a laptop? In this month's column, Michael C. Oldenburg shows you how to use your favorite Microsoft Office 2007 programs on your cell phone.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102402571033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Does the phrase "Too Much Information" apply to your working day? Is it documents, documents, everywhere, but not the ones you need? Or perhaps you retrace your steps because you can't find the item you need? Don't run screaming yet. Views can help you tune into the information that's most important to you on a SharePoint site.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102537151033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033It was a gamble. And it gave us pause. Could we give a PowerPoint presentation and use NO BULLET POINTS? Could we divorce ourselves from the tried and true — and deadly boring? We decided to try.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102403491033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033It takes time to get used to a new version of a product, particularly one with a revamped interface. Microsoft employees aren't immune to the productivity hit when called to upgrade. Anneliese Wirth aims to lessen that hit for you by offering tips for surviving the upgrade to Excel 2007.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102487791033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Getting your business known through networking has always been a good idea. With social networking sites, you have an opportunity to network online, to find key contacts and potential customers you might never have met in person. See these tips from experts in Web marketing.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102487821033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Learn how a writer for Microsoft Office Online uses Visio in a cool and creative way to have fun and connect with readers. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102537141033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033In this story, inspired by true events, this week's columnists teaches us about how Document Protection and Information Rights Management (IRM) enabled collaboration among a wide variety of people working all working on a project.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102538281033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033If anyone is passionate about Office, it's this week's Office Hours columnist, Steven Sinofsky. Although he's spent years in Office product development, it's as an Office customer that has Steven so excited about many of the new features of the 2007 Microsoft Office system. http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102513141033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Training is a great way for you to learn about Office. But guess what? There's a flip side to training that you may not know about. We, the writers here at Microsoft who write the training, also learn things from you. What have we learned? Read on and I'll tell you.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102487781033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033This week's columnist is a writer for Microsoft Office Online. Read on to get the lowdown on how and why she and the rest of the training team create the free Office Online training courses.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102480291033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033People are often curious about which applications and technology I use, and if there are features in the new version of Office that have changed the way I work. I think that without a doubt, the 2007 Microsoft Office system enables me to get my work done more easily and quickly than before.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102402071033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033If your small business needs to find better ways to collaborate or reach your best customers, and you aren't using a password-protected workspace, you may be missing out. But even if you are using an intranet or extranet today, you may not be using it to full advantagehttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102465141033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Feeling a bit like you’re paddling upstream when it comes to managing team documents? SharePoint libraries help people organize documents and keep up with changes, so your team won’t feel like it's swimming against the current.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102365821033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033RSS Feeds can grow to become RSS weeds — if you're not careful. But with the folder management and search capabilities of Office Outlook 2007, you can get control of your feeds before they get control of you.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102284291033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Sometimes love at first sight lasts for years. This week's columnist offers new and interesting ways of using Excel. J.P. loves Excel like no one we know, so sit up straight and pay attention to what he has to say. Then watch your efficiency speed up (while having some fun too).http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102284301033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033In this week's Office Hours column, our columnist gives you the inside scoop about the changes we made to the Word 2007 spell checker. We think you'll be pleasantly surprised.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102365841033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033When Office Online lost Janet Galore to the Stategic Prototyping group, it lost a true voice for creativity and forward thinking. Luckily for everyone here at Microsoft, Janet is still in the building (well, one of the buildings). This week she shares her ideas about how to create a sense of community from within a company ... with the help of a blog.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102282221033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033The technical folks in your company can do a lot of complex and tricky things with InfoPath forms, but you don't need to work in an IT department to benefit from InfoPath.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102255601033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033You may think of PowerPoint as simply the best way to deliver a presentation and communicate ideas (which, of course, it is). But as this week's columnist, Agnieszka Girling, explains, if you're "designing an argument," you need to go beyond tables and bullet points to in order to get your audience to really "see" things your way.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102258371033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033In this month's column, Anneliese Wirth shows you how her team uses simple forms to collect and share data more informally.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102264631033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Why do so many small businesses still not have a Web site? Many won't outsource the content and site creation work, but have no time to do it themselves. Creating a single-page site could be their solution. Here's how.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102255621033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033For this week's Office Hours column, Michael Oldenburg spent some time looking over the shoulder of Microsoft Business Division president Jeff Raikes, who finds OneNote an indispensible tool for information workers.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102282211033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Even Microsoft employees are not immune from the everyday pitfalls and mistakes that everyone is bound to make at work. Read Philip Su's hilarious take on how some of us Office "experts" make the same mistakes our customers do ... over and over again.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102255591033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033People don't always work together smoothly, but in this week's Office Hours column, Gray Knowlton tells you how you can get various version of Office to play nice. Now all versions can get into the game.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102255571033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033This week's Office Hours columnist is an expert in all things Outlook. Michael Affronti explains how you can make the most of your RSS content all from the comfort of Outlook 2007.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102255561033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033Taking notes on a Tablet PC should be as easy as falling off a log. What could be easier? I've got a pen, I've got a flat surface, and the program even looks like binder paper! Software doesn't get any more intuitive than this.http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102249621033.aspx?CTT=4&Origin=EC102367551033