Business Software Made Easy - Time Saving Tips

Use AutoCorrect for nomenclature

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:26:16 GMT

Oct 3 2005

Q: In my industry, I have several nomenclatures that are quite lengthy to type. Is there a way that I can just type in the first few letters of the word then have the rest of the word appear?

A: Yes. MS Word has a feature called AutoCorrect. You can use this feature for this task as well as correct commonly misspelled words. Here’s how:

In Word:

1. Tools > AutoCorrect Options...

2. In the Replace field, type in the first few letters. Ex. ‘stereol’

3. In the With field, type in the complete word. Ex. ‘stereolithography’

4. Click OK

Now every you type in ‘stereol’, Word will automatically replace it with stereolithography.

That's it!

Center text vertically on a cover page

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:08:59 GMT

Oct 17 2005

Q: I write several reports a year in Word. Is there a way to center the text of my cover page quickly? When I try to do it manually, it takes several tries before I get it right.

A: Yes Here’s how:

-In Word:

1. Type in the Text that you want on your cover page

2. File > Page Setup…

3. Click the ‘Layout’ – tab

- Under the ‘Page’ section

4. Select ‘Center’ from the drop-down list

5. Place your cursor at the absolute end of your document

6. File > Page Setup…

7. Click the ‘Layout’ – tab

-Under the ‘Page’ section

7. Select ‘Top’ from the drop-down list

8. Under the ‘Apply to:’ section

9. Select ‘This point forward’

10. Click OK

That’s it!

Two clicks away from your Contact's phone number

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:49:55 GMT

Oct 10 2005

Q: Is there a fast way to look up the phone number of a person with whom I have Meeting scheduled on my ACT calendar?

A: In ACT:

-While viewing your Calendar

1. Right click on the Icon (Two hands shaking) for the scheduled Meeting on your Calendar

-The mouse menu appears

2. Select ‘Go to Contact’

-That Contact record is automatically pulled-up

That’s it!

Bonus:

You can use the same technique when looking at your Task list too!