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Quick Access Toolbar And Office Button In Microsoft Excel 2007

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 contains no menus or toolbars. However, it does include a feature called the Office Button which bears a remarkable similarity to a menu as well as a Quick Access Toolbar which functions a lot like the toolbars found in previous releases of Microsoft Office. In this article, we’ll take a look at these two features and see how they work.

Creating Formulas in Microsoft Excel 2007

As you probably know, to create an Excel formula, you begin by typing an equal sign: this distinguishes it from other types of data. A formula consists of a series of expressions. There are three key components in these expressions: arithmetic operations, such as add and subtract; Excel functions; and cell references.

Creating Meta Tags With Dreamweaver CS4

A web page has two main areas: the head element and the body element. The body element contains all of the visible content which will be displayed in the browser window. The head element, by contrast, is designed to contain information about the web page; meta information as it is sometimes called. In this article, we will look at the different ways in which Dreamweaver allows users to modify elements within the head of a web page. Let’s start with the title.

Working With The Display List In Flash ActionScript 3

Flash ActionScript 3 has drastically changed and improved the way in which visual elements are added to a project. In fact, in previous versions, visual elements were not treated as belonging to the same group: different coding techniques was required to handle different visual elements. ActionScript 3 rationalises the process of working with all visual assets by introducing a new, flexible and powerful concept called the display list.

QuickMask Mode and Alpha Channels in Adobe Photoshop

A typical Photoshop document consists of three colour channels: Red, Green and Blue. However, in addition to the colour channels, Photoshop also uses channels to store information which can be used in the process of selecting and masking different pixels within an image. To distinguish them from colour channels, these channels are normally referred to as alpha channels. Alpha channels are a huge topic in Photoshop but, in this article, we will focus on two techniques which cause alpha channels to be created automatically: the Save Selection command and QuickMask mode.

The Most Common Mistakes Made By Microsoft Word Users

Ask just about any computer user if they use or have used Microsoft Word and you can confidently expect the answer “yes”. Word is everywhere, even on Apple Mac. So, most bosses automatically assume that their people know how to use it and they do, up to a point. But many casual Word users make some pretty basic mistakes. This article looks at the most common.

Common User Errors in QuarkXPress

If you are a new user of QuarkXPress, then this article may just point out some of the mistakes you may be making. So read through our list of common errors made by QuarkXPress user and see how many of them you yourself are making!

The Most Common Errors Made By Microsoft Word Users

Microsoft Word can be found on almost every computer in the known world, and not just PCs either. Macs run Word too. It’s probably because it’s so widely used that most people never get trained in how to use it and, as a consequence a lot of Word users make some pretty basic mistakes when creating their documents.

Instant PowerPoint Presentations Using The PhotoAlbum Feature

PowerPoint presentations are a great way of communicating and influencing your clients, work colleagues or audience. One of the most important components within presentations are images. This article will show you how to take a group of images and turn them, as if by magic, into a PowerPoint presentation.

Creating And Distributing Acrobat PDF forms

An interactive PDF form is a great way of capturing information from a group of people and Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional makes the creation of these forms a breeze. It also has features for distributing the form and then tracking people’s responses.