January
2006
Tidbits
- Email Your Digital Photos (a.k.a. Make 'Em Smaller, Please!)
- Adjust Text to Fit (MS Excel)
- Insert Button Switcharoo (MS Word)
- Adieu
Email Your Digital Photos (a.k.a. Make 'Em Smaller, Please!)
A friend of mine is always sending me pictures of her kids, which is great! I like to see what they've been up to lately. The problem is that she doesn't resize them for email delivery before she sends them. Thank goodness I have a fast cable connection at home or it would take hours to download the photos!
What's my point you ask? Maybe you like to share photos of your library's latest events with others and pop them off in an email to brag about how great you're doing. Do you resize them before you hit the send button? If not, you may be causing headaches similar to the one my friend is causing me. Do everyone a favor and use Windows to send your photos in a manageable size.
Visit the October 2003 issue of Tidbits to find out the easy way to email your digital photos.
Adjust Text to Fit (MS Excel)
When working in Excel, I often force the size of a cell to enlarge to fit what I am trying to include in it. For the most part, this works just fine. But sometimes it would be nice to do the opposite and force what I'm trying to put in it to fit the original cell size. Well, wouldn't you know, there's an easy way to do this.
- Select the cell you want to adjust.
- Press CONTROL + 1 (a very handy keyboard shortcut for Excel users!).
- Click on the ALIGNMENT tab.
- Select the SHRINK TO FIT check box
- Click OK.
This isn't always the best way to go, but it's a nice option to have!
Insert Button Switcharoo (MS Word)
If you're like me, you probably don't use the INSERT button on your keyboard very often. In fact, I sometimes get aggravated when I hit it accidentally and end up overwriting something I didn't intent to. When I came across this tip online, I nearly jumped with glee: assign your insert button to paste the contents of your clipboard into your Word document instead!
Here's how:
- Select TOOLS > OPTIONS from the menu bar.
- Click on the EDIT tab.
- Check the USE THE INS KEY FOR PASTE check box.
- Click OK.
Now let's say you have an object you would like to place repeatedly throughout your document. Place it in your clipboard by selecting the image or text and pressing CONTROL + C.
All you'll have to do from here on out is just place your cursor where you want the text or image to appear and press INSERT. It will paste in your clipboard contents in a snap.
Cool beans... yeah?
Adieu
Farewell until next time from the library system where all the computers are fast, all the books are worth reading, and all the librarians are above average!
This issue of Tidbits was written by Beth Carpenter, Web Services Manager for the Outagamie Waupaca Library System. Please send any comments or questions about this issue to Beth.
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