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I know that a lot of you know many keyboard shortcuts that you use all the time in MS Word, but I have a couple to share with you in this newsletter that I don't think that most of you are aware of, and let's face it, you can never have enough ... shortcuts and quick keys, right?? CTRL + K Inserts a link CTRL + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen CTRL + M Indents the paragraph CTRL + F Changes your font CTRL _ Del Deletes word to the right of the cursor CTRL + Spacebar Resets highlighted text to the default font CTRL + N Opens a new Document F7 Spell and Grammar check ... (view more)

As all my subscribers and readers know, I am all about saving time and keystrokes. With that in mind, check out the quick keys in MS Access below: To bring database window to the front -- F11 To cycle between open windows -- CTRL + F6 To restore the ... selected minimized window when all windows are minimized -- ENTER To open a new database -- CTRL + N To open an existing database -- CTRL + O To close MS Access -- ALT + F4 I think you will find these quick keys invaluable, just like me! When you become a member at CarolsCornerOffice.com, you have access to this and many, many more articles that ... (view more)

MS Excel formats date and time values in a way that is meaningful to us, such as 12/01/08; December 1, 2008, 2:15 p.m., 12/01/08, 14:15, etc. With just a quick glance, we know precisely what the date and time string represents, but internally MS ... Excel uses a serial value, not the formatted value that we see. When working with time and date values, it can be very beneficial to know the serial value and Excel makes it easy for us to have a quick look and see. Follow the steps below to learn how: Enter some date and time values: Click CTRL + ; to enter the current date. Click CTRL + Shift + ; to ... (view more)

If you use MS Outlook for your e-mail, and you like keyboard shortcuts instead of using your mouse, I am sure you will love the shortcuts below: CTRL + F will forward a selected e-mail. CTRL + R will reply to a selected e-mail. CTRL + Shift + R Will ... reply to all for a selected e-mail. CTRL + Enter will send your e-mail quickly. Once you are in your e-mail you can use the Tab key to move through your e-mail and Shift + Tab to back up through your e-mail. Less time and less keystrokes; that's what I am all about! When you become a member at CarolsCornerOffice.com, you have access to this and ... (view more)

The buttons on the Drawing toolbar have useful tools for -- what else? -- drawing objects, such as shapes and lines. Not only can you make simple squares, circles, ovals, and lines, but MS Word provides AutoShapes, a gallery of typical shapes such ... as stars, pentagons, block arrows, etc. A special type of AutoShape, a callout, combines a text box and indicator line and is used to attach explanatory text to a specific part of the document, much as a speech balloon in a comic strip attaches to a character, or a label points to part of a cell or organism in a biology diagram. Other buttons on the ... (view more)

When entering numbers in Excel you can type the numbers into a cell by using the keys on the top row of the keyboard or, if Num Lock is turned on, by using the keypad on the right side of the keyboard. To do so, follow the steps below: Type the ... numbers in the cell and press Enter. If you type decimals, such as 1.5000, Excel often eliminates the trailing zeros and displays 1.5. Note that another future article will tell you how to control this. You can also type dollar signs, commas, or percent signs, and Excel displays them with the numbers. Even when you type these symbols, Excel interprets ... (view more)

A hanging indent is created when the first line of the paragraph starts at the start of the left margin, but the second and subsequent lines are indented. Hanging indents are a very common format used in many documents because it coordinates ... information. In MS Word, you can initiate a hanging indent by pressing CTRL+T on your keyboard. This "hangs" a paragraph to the next tab stop. If there are no previously defined tab stops in the paragraph, Word indents to the next default tab stop (typically in one-half inch intervals). Each press of the shortcut (CTRL+T) indents the paragraph one more ... (view more)