Archive for the ‘Office 2007’ Category

"My Keys are in the Freezer” OR “Lost and Found" (VOL037)

Friday, October 16th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s edition…

“My Keys are in the Freezer” OR “Lost and Found”

We have all had one at some point in our lives – you know the interesting little morning argument with your spouse about why he or she moved your keys. Darn her incessant tidiness! Why did I marry someone who is so clean and neat?

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Taking Shortcuts Through the Widescreen Zone (VOL036)

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

There’s no denying it. Computer monitors are growing to wild proportions. Have you seen the size of these things lately? Pretty soon, we won’t even be able to control them. We’ll eventually build a monitor so big, it will enslave the human race! Then it will find a way to watch Hulu on us. Oh, cruel fate!

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Planets, Bullets, and Numbers…Why Can't We All Just Get Aligned? (VOL035)

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: “Planets, Bullets, and Numbers…Why Can’t We All Just Get Aligned?”

Have you heard? We’re all doomed! You may have even seen the signs. Well, you may have at least some signs being held by some very “out-there” kind of people wandering the streets in front of your favorite coffee house.

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Finding Your Perfect Match…by Using Excel Functions (VOL034)

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast! This week’s edition: “Finding Your Perfect Match…by Using Excel Functions”

Well, it happened again. I’m almost positive I put both socks into the dryer, but only one came out. Tell me: where do the lost socks of the world go when they disappear? The Island of Misfit Socks? An exclusive club for singles? Maybe they have their own dating website, and they all go online in the hopes that they’ll find their perfect match. (more…)

Inventing the Wheel was a One-Time Deal (VOL033)

Friday, September 18th, 2009

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This week’s edition: “Inventing the Wheel was a One-Time Deal”

If you hang around any business office long enough, you’re likely to hear workers uttering the same banal buzzwords or expressions (more…)

A Sign of the Times (New Roman): Exploring the World of Fonts (VOL030)

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

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This week’s edition: “A Sign of the Times (New Roman): Exploring the World of Fonts.”

On my commute into the office this morning, I had a striking revelation: we are surrounded by more words than we sometimes realize. This revelation came to me as I slammed on my brakes to avoid striking the Mercedes in front of me; at that point, I was close enough to be able to read its bumper sticker. That just proves that there are so many opportunities to observe this, no matter where you are.

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Excel Hates Me! When 2+2 Isn't Always 4 (VOL029)

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

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This week’s edition…

“Excel hates me! When 2 + 2 isn’t always 4″

You know, one of the most frustrating (and often the most fascinating) part of using Microsoft Excel has to be just how helpful it tries to be.

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Tag 'em and Flag 'em – Following Up, Outlook Style (VOL028)

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

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This week’s episode: “Tag ‘em and Flag ‘em – Following Up, Outlook Style!”

As a cyber pack rat, I have a lot of things that I probably should have deleted or thrown away a long time ago, but I just can’t seem to do it. My collection includes computer cables, old gadgets, files on floppy and zip disks, hundreds of unlabeled CDs, and most of all, e-mail.

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What's in a Name? OR Not Breaking Up is Hard To Do (VOL027)

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast…

This week’s episode: “What’s in a name?” OR “Not Breaking Up is Hard To Do.”

You know, using hyphens can be a real pain, but more so if you’re dealing with names in Microsoft Word. (more…)

How to Quickly Produce DVDs in Windows Vista and Windows 7 (VOL026)

Friday, July 31st, 2009

Welcome back to the podcast!

This week’s episode: How to quickly produce DVDs in Windows Vista and Windows 7.

For the past few episodes, we have walked you through creating photo albums and presentations with music using Microsoft PowerPoint. Now it’s time to take that final leap of evolution:  creating a DVD! (more…)