Microsoft Office just came out in a new version for 2013. But some of us (Joy’s looking at you, Bob) haven’t upgraded Microsoft Word since 2003. This can be a problem when Joy sends Bob a file created in a newer version.
If Joy forgets to save a Word document in the “Doc” f
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Previewing the new Microsoft Office 2013 is a blast. It’s totally unlike our experience trying to preview Windows 8, which crashed our test computer every few minutes. Office 2013 Preview is a free download from Microsoft.com/Office/Preview. The preview leaves your existing copy of Office in place, so there’s no risk of overwriting it. Unfortunately, 55 percent of Windows users won’t be able to try it, since it doesn’t run on the still widely used XP or Vista operating systems. But here’s our take for the Windows 7 users: While the Office 2013 preview is installing on your machine or tablet, you can experiment with a PowerPoint presentation that comes up automatically to tell you about the new features. You can [...]
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Mindflash.com is a web-based service that makes it easy to create online courses. It’s free if you have ten trainees or less.
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Just two weeks before Joy was scheduled to give a PowerPoint presentation at a statewide convention for P.E.O. women’s clubs, she was sent a copy of the book, “Beyond Bullet Points” to review. Death by PowerPoint was narrowly averted! Most PowerPoint presentations are deadly. We have been the recipients of more than our fair share as public relations people stop by to present formal pitches. They take so long to get to the point that we’ve nodded off before they get there. Joy says this new book has changed her life. “It is terrific” she says. “It gets you to stop putting in the usual baloney that most people do when they create PowerPoint presentations, which are usually a series [...]
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Put your PowerPoint presentation on the web for free.
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You can share Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and Powerpoint presentations on Facebook.
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“SmartDraw 2010” is very similar to Microsoft’s Visio diagramming and charting program but costs less: $197 versus Microsoft’s $259 for Visio.
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Using PowerPoint to create complex illustrations.
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New “Office on a Stick” from Corel.
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When you’re giving a speech, you may wish you had a teleprompter, but these can cost thousands of dollars.
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