June 7, 2010

Image Formatting In Word, Part IV

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Aside from pictures, you can insert shapes into your document. Lots of shapes. I promise that this is the final chapter in my Image Formatting series.
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June 4, 2010

Image Formatting In Word, Part III

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I suppose another reason I don’t write a lot about images in Word is that the process is frustrating. Again, that’s why I recommend using a DTP program instead of Word for complex image and text manipulation.
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June 2, 2010

Image Formatting In Word, Part II

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I’ve never heard of anyone actually using a nail gun to keep an image from jiggling around within their Word document. Doing so, however, wouldn’t surprise me.
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May 31, 2010

Image Formatting In Word, Part I

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Allow me to drag myself, kicking and screaming, into a frightening realm of what Microsoft Word attempts to do when formatting images.
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May 28, 2010

The SuperPhone

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The best cell phone out there, without a doubt, is the Nexus One. Yes, I say that even knowing that I’m an Appleholic, and that I was one of the few idiots who overpaid for the first iPhone. Well! I’ve changed my mind.
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May 26, 2010

Codes Revealed Part II

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Microsoft Word doesn’t have anything remotely similar to the WordPerfect Reveal Codes command. It does have two commands that come close.
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May 24, 2010

Codes Revealed Part I

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One of the features I miss the most from the old, original WordPerfect was called Reveal Codes. It was a nerd’s delight, but also a key to cleaning up your text.
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May 21, 2010

The iPad is Crack

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The temptation for someone like me to buy an iPad is irresistible. Apple has discovered high-tech heroin.
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May 19, 2010

My Email Filters Are Working

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Bonk!

That’s the noise I hear when my email program catches porn spam floating into my inbox.
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May 17, 2010

Word 2010 For Dummies Is Here

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I’m happy to announce the latest release of my word processing book, Word 2010 For Dummies. Please buy several copies at once.
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