When you view a report in SirsiDynix WorkFlows, you can use Excel 2007 to sort the data to make the information easier to read & use. For example, you can sort titles in alphabetical order, call numbers or zip codes in numerical order, or whatever suits your needs.
If you moved from Office 2003 to Office 2007, you might find the new features to be quite handy. However, if you find them annoying you can easily turn them off (and re-enable them too if you want them back).
The Mini Toolbar pops up when you select text in a document. It allows you to change fonts, underline, bold, italicize the selection and more.
As a follow-up to a recent Ides post on Sharing Word 2007 Documents, I got a call from a library director — who just migrated from Office 2003 to Office 2007 — asking how she could set it so every Word and Excel document gets saved in 97-2003 format, instead of the Office 2007 format.
To find out how you can do it too, view these brief instructions at the How-To Geek:
If someone sends you an email with a Word or Excel file attachment you're supposed to revise, first save the attachment to your computer before you begin editing it. Then — when you're finished editing it — attach the revised document to your email reply.
If you instead work directly on an attached e-mail file, chances are good the edits you made will be ignored, and when you reply all the person will see is the file as he or she first sent it to you.
Bulleted lists are a handy way to organize & make easy to read the information in a Word document. Take a look at How to Customize Bullets in Word 2007 Bulleted Lists to find ways you can break out of the boring bullet habit.
If you need to print out information in an Excel spreadsheet — but printing out the whole document would end up wasting extra paper — follow the instructions at The How-To Geek to find how to use Print Area and Page Layout to print only the specific areas you need.