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Self Help Documents: Microsoft Office Tools

OTS is pleased to offer the following PDF publications and Flash movie tutorialsmovie tutorialas self-help technology resources for the Towson University community. (For other non-profit use please refer to our copyright information.) To open a publication or play a movie tutorial, click on its title. If your browser does not properly display the publication, you may need to install a free copy of Adobe Reader. If your browser does not properly display the movie, you may need to install a free copy of Adobe Flash Player. To search this page for a specific word or phrase, press Ctrl-F.

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 AutoCorrect
If you frequently type the same phrase in your Word documents, you may create an autocorrect entry to save keystrokes. In this self-help document, you will learn how to create an autocorrect entry which may be used in other software packages in the Office Suite of packages.
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Closed CaptionedAudio Content Included Changing Images Within Office 2007 SmartArt
The 2007 versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook support SmartArt objects, some of which allow you to integrate your own images. However, once images are added, the procedure for changing them is far from obvious. Using PowerPoint as an example, this brief movie demonstrates how to insert and modify images within SmartArt. [Click CC on the playback bar to display captions.]
icon office 2007 Office 2007: Shortcuts, Tips and Tricks

This document contains useful shortcuts and tips for common procedures in Word, Excel and PowerPoint 2007.
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 Office 2007 Integration: Adding Words to a Custom Dictionary
In this self-help document you will learn how to customize the Office 2007 custom dictionary to include words of your choice. Since the dictionary is shared among all the Office Suite of packages, you only have to update the dictionary once.
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Closed CaptionedAudio Content Included Office 2007: The Ribbon
This movie tutorial gives an introduction to an innovative new feature in Microsoft Office 2007: The Ribbon.
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 Office 2007 Integration: The Clipboard
The Office clipboard is used to copy multiple items (up to 24 items) from multiple programs and paste those items into any office file. This self-help document will step you through how to copy information from Excel and from Word and paste that information into a PowerPoint presentation.
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Office 2007 Integration: Embedding Content
If you wish to share content between different software packages, you may want to embed the content. To embed means to make a copy of that content. This self-help document will show you how to embed objects and how edit those embedded objects. You will also learn how to drag content between packages and embed specific content.
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Linking Content
When you link content between packages, you create an active copy of the content. This means that any changes you make to the source document will be reflected in the destination document. This self-help document will show you how to link content between packages.
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