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10 tips for boosting your Excel 2007 productivity

December 15, 2008 12:00am PST

If your users have recently made the jump to Excel 2007 -- or an upgrade is just around the corner -- you could be in for a lot of hand-holding. This collection of tips from our Office Suite...

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Use custom views in Excel to enhance your presentations

February 14, 2006 8:00am PST

With Microsoft Excel's custom views, you can readily access whatever worksheet areas you need, which will help your presentations to flow. Here's how to get started.

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Add visual appeal through background shading in Word

March 7, 2006 8:00am PST

You can make any text, paragraph, table, cell, table or heading stand out on a Word page simply by adding background shading. Follow these steps for surprising results.

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Create a form-type Data Access page in Access

April 12, 2005 2:38pm PDT

It would be useful if your mobile users could view and edit data from their Access database anywhere, anytime from their mobile devices. Learn how to do just that by creating a form-type Data...

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Quickly summarize group data in Access 2007 reports

June 19, 2007 12:00am PDT

Access 2007 makes it easy to compile a summary from your group data -- in fact, there's even a special dialog box for it. Here's how to create a thorough Access report using group data.

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Provide Web access from any Access form

December 12, 2006 8:00am PST

You can let users access the Web from within Access forms by using Explorer's Web browser control. Mary Ann Richardson talks more about this handy add-on.

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Split an Access database to increase application performance

February 6, 2007 8:00am PST

Trim the fat and make your Access app more nimble! By splitting the database, you can keep the bulk of the memory-heavy application on the network file server, leaving the process you really need...

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Create a command button to open an Excel spreadsheet from an Access form

January 10, 2006 3:27pm PST

It's common for users to go back to original documentation when they're working with records on a Microsoft Access form. See how easy it is to create a button on a form that uses a hyperlink to...

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Allow users to run their own Access reports from parameter queries

August 29, 2006 7:00am PDT

Why re-invent the wheel? Here's a way to make consistent Access reports from similar data, while allowing your users to set their own data parameters.

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Quick tips for resizing Access report labels

June 6, 2006 7:00am PDT

Text running over in an Access report label? Don't resize the text—resize the label! This Access tip from Mary Ann Richardson offers quick solutions to resizing report labels for a clean look.

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Quick tips for working in Access' Forms design view

August 8, 2006 7:00am PDT

If you often work in Forms design view, there are shortcuts that can make it easier to find your Access menus and windows. Here's how to find them.

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Two tips to make your forms run faster in Access

September 19, 2006 7:00am PDT

Make your Access forms leaner and meaner—and faster. By giving your form less data to digest, you can make it run faster and more efficiently. Follow these steps and learn two new ways to make...

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Increase the accuracy of your Access data with Control Tips

October 3, 2006 7:00am PDT

One little known but handy Access trick is the capability to add notes to give your users more information on the data they're entering. Here's how to include help tips for any control on any form...

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Use Access' Where clause to calculate query totals for specific conditions

June 5, 2007 7:00am PDT

Access is versatile enough for you to sort parameter query totals that are unique to certain conditions. Mary Ann Richardson shows how to use the Where clause to make calculations based on...

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Keep Word commands handy with Office 2007's Quick Access Toolbar

April 17, 2007 7:00am PDT

There are a lot of useful features on Office 2007's ribbon -- there are even too many to sort through at times. Mary Ann Richardson explains how to use the Quick Access Toolbar to put the Word...

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Place an Access table in a Word document

June 26, 2006 6:30pm PDT

Are you frequently called upon to export Access tables that can be incorporated into users' documents? Mary Ann Richardson shows how you can output an Access table to a Word document in just two...

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Drag-and-drop an Access query into a Word document

October 5, 2005 1:19am PDT

If you want to include your Microsoft Access query directly into your Word document, find out how simple it is to accomplish this task in five steps.

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Link an Excel database table to an Access database

June 30, 2006 7:00am PDT

Microsoft Office is more than the sum of its parts—you can link an Excel database table to an Access database, integrating your data and adding value. Here's how.

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Open Word's Mail Merge Wizard from within Access

June 7, 2005 7:00am PDT

See how you can use the OfficeLinks feature to open Microsoft Word's Mail Merge Wizard from within Access. This simple process will save you from having to export an Access table or query.

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