SUMMARY: Focus> 

One way to focus a reader’s attention>Ctrl + U. But what if you want to really draw focus to an important word or phrase? Underline it twice – here’s how.

1. Select the text you wish to double underline.


Either:

A. Select “Format” – “Text” in the main menu, or right-click the selected text and choose “Format” – “Text” from the popup menu.


The “Text” dialog box appears. Click the “Underline” pull-down and select “Double”.

Click “OK” to close the dialog box.

B. Press Ctrl + Shift + D

SUMMARY: Optimize Visio 2007 display options for slower computers or those rendering complex drawings.

Depending>

* Next to “Greek text under”, raise this size from the default of 4. This way Visio will not render extremely small text but will instead use gray boxes to signify where text is located. This lets you zoom out of a complex drawing and not have Visio try to render all the text.

4. Click “OK” to close the dialog box when done.

SUMMARY: Add copyright, trademark, and registered trademark symbols to your Visio 2007 documents.

When designing flowcharts and other diagrams in Microsoft Visio 2007, you may need to label items with copyright, trademark, and/or registered trademark symbols.

Inserting such symbols is similar to how it is done in other Office applications. Enter the following text and it will automatically be converted to the proper symbol:

(c) – Copyright
(tm) – Trademark
(r) – Registered Trademark

If this fails to work, you may need to turn>

SUMMARY: Select all shapes in a Visio 2007 diagram within a mouse selection rectangle, whether or not the rectangle completely surrounds the shapes.

When you use the pointer tool in a Microsoft Visio 2007 document, you can hold the mouse button down and move the pointer to create a selection rectangle that selects multiple shapes simultaneously. This allows you to perform tasks>
3. Underneath “Drawing window options”, check “Select shapes partially within area”.

4. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.

SUMMARY: Allow more than 20 levels of undo in Visio 2007.

Just as with other Microsoft Office applications such as Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 and Microsoft Word 2007, if you make a mistake in Microsoft Visio 2007 you can undo the operation. You can undo by pressing Ctrl + Z or clicking the “Undo” button in the toolbar. You can also click the pull-down next to the “Undo” button and undo multiple operations at>
3. Underneath “General options”, click the box next to “Undo levels”. You can adjust this value from 0 – 99.

4. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.

SUMMARY: Prevent Visio 2007 from displaying the Getting Started screen every time you start the software.

By default, when you start Microsoft Visio 2007, a “Getting Started with Microsoft Office Visio” screen appears. This provides access to recent documents, recent templates, and links to help and information.

While some people appreciate this welcome screen, others would rather start with a blank slate when opening Visio 2007. Thus, this screen can be disabled:

“Getting Started with Microsoft Office Visio” Screen

1. Select “Tools” – “Options”.

2. The “Options” multi-tabbed dialog box appears. The “View” tab should be selected.

3. Underneath “Show”, uncheck “Getting Started Screen”.

4. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.

SUMMARY: Embed TrueType fonts and include linked images into your Publisher 2007 document so it can be distributed to another computer.

Need to send a copy of a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document to another computer? It’s not as simple as saving the file and copying / e-mailing it to someone else. The document may have fonts not included>Activating Publisher 2007′s “Pack and Go” Wizard

2. Click “Next” when the wizard’s introduction appears.

Publisher 2007′s Pack and Go Wizard

3. Select whether you want to burn the publication to disc, copy to removable storage, copy to a floppy disk, or choose a different folder to store the file. Note that not all radio buttons may be accessible depending>Selecting the destination for your packed Publisher 2007 document

5. Now, choose which packing options you want by clicking the appropriate checkboxes:

* Embed TrueType fonts – Select this if you are sure your fonts are not>Selecting font and image options when packing a Publisher 2007 document

7. The wizard then gives you>Confirming packing a Publisher 2007 document

8. Note that you may be asked to insert removable media – follow the>

SUMMARY: Configure whether or not Publisher 2007 should automatically hyphenate text when creating a new text box.

Depending>Turning off hyphenation for new text boxes in Publisher 2007

4. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.

SUMMARY: Move an entire page when editing a Publisher 2007 document.

After working>
* Select “Edit” – “Move Page” or press Alt + E then M.


A “Move Page” dialog box appears. Click a radio button to determine whether to move the current page before or after a desired page, and then select the page where you wish to move the current page before or after. Click “OK”>

Note that if you are viewing the document as a two-page spread, two pages will move together as a unit to ensure a page designated for the left side of a book will not get placed>

SUMMARY: Without opening an external image editor, adjust an image’s brightness or contrast level in a Publisher 2007 document.

After inserting clip-art, a photograph, or other image in a Microsoft Publisher 2007 document, you may find that the graphic is too bright or too dark, possibly sticking out too much from the document or conversely blending in too much. This especially may be a problem if you place text>Picture Toolbar in Publisher 2007

3. If this toolbar does not appear, select “View” – “Toolbars” – “Picture”.

4. Click the toolbar button of a sun and an upward-pointed arrow to increase the brightness; clicking the toolbar of a sun and a downward-pointed arrow makes it darker. To increase the image contrast, click the picture of two half circles ->