Pre-Travel Checklist

Before you leave your house and set off, there are probably a few things you need to take care of. So why not create a pre-travel checklist, which you can then personalise with your own tasks. This may include making sure all electrical appliances are either switched off or unplugged, ensuring all doors and windows are locked, and blinds and curtains are drawn. This may include stopping all home-delivery services i.e. milk or newspapers or arranging a neighbour to pick them up, deciding whether to keep any food you have in the freezer or throw it away if it’s perishable.
 

Packing Checklist

Making sure you have everything you need before you leave is very important, there’s nothing worse than getting to your destination and realising you have forgot something. Create a to-take list so that you know you haven’t missed anything. This should include taking passports, tickets, debit and/or credit cards or other financial means. You could also include other items such as clothes and toiletries to organise your packing.
 

Travel Itinerary

Travel Itinerates are very useful for travel information, you can use these for flight details such as airline name, your flight number, and departure and arrival times of your plane/train/bus etc. You can also include information such as your hotel’s address and contact details. Having this list ready will save your time, rather than rummaging through all your documents trying to find the right piece of paper.
 

Designed Luggage Tags

At the airport you might spend ages trying to recognise your luggage on the conveyor belt. So why not create a personalised luggage tag, to make your suitcase stand out more. You can choose from a wide range of template designs available in Word or create your own. And if your luggage accidently gets lost, the airport staff will be able to recognise it and contact you to return it.
 

Trip Planner

If you have anything planned out for a day, or have a busy schedule you might want to look at the trip planner. It is designed like a calendar and has time slots to plan out the activities you want to do. You will not need to remember all activities and guarantee you do not miss anything interesting.
 

Travel Booking Error

In the unfortunate event that you aren’t happy with a service from your holiday, you probably need to write a complaint letter. So use Microsoft Word template like a Travel Booking Error Complaint letter. You can customise the template and write, for example, to the hotel or airport and explain what you were unhappy about.
 
 
The great advantage of creating these forms on your computer is that once you’ve created them, you only need to update them with additional info. Having the list ready will make preparation and the trip itself less stressful and enjoyable.
 

There are so many useful features of Microsoft Word, from writing letters to creating posters. You can find a huge variety of these designs on the Microsoft Word templates page so why not have a look.

Before you start the diagnostics:

• Run the diagnostics when you do not need to use your computer
• Make sure you are connected to the Internet
• Close other programmes
• Make sure you have Microsoft Office installation disk in case there are problems and your program will need an access to the disk to repair

If Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access are still working then to start the Microsoft Office Diagnostics follow the steps:

1. Click the Microsoft Office Button , and then click Word Options (or Excel Options or PowerPoint Options or Access Options)
2. Click Resources
3. Click the Diagnose button
4. Click Continue, and then click Run Diagnostics.

If InfoPath, OneNote, Outlook, Publisher, Project, SharePoint Designer, or Visio are still working then to start the Microsoft Office Diagnostics follow the steps

1. On the Help menu, click Office Diagnostics.
2. Click Continue, and then click Start Diagnostics.

If any of the above programmes has crashed so badly that they not start, you can run Office Diagnostics from the Start menu.

1. In Windows, click the Start button
2. Point to All Programs, then to Microsoft Office and then to Microsoft Office Tools
3. Select Microsoft Office Diagnostics

To check which tests are available read Tips and Tricks: Microsoft Office 2007 – Why Use Microsoft Office Diagnostics?

Want more tips? Click on Microsoft Tips & Tricks

You can select the text vertically. In order to do that, just hold down the <Alt> key on a keyboard whilst you are selecting the text as usually. You will get this result.

Now you can apply any formatting to it (here we selected Chicago font style).

Although in the example above we selected text at the beginning of the lines, you can make vertical selections anywhere on the page.

Want more tips? Click on Microsoft Word Tips & Tricks

To do – stop using scraps of paper

Do you have scraps of paper with ‘to do’ tasks scribbled on them? Confusing isn’t it? And bits of paper have an uncanny knack of getting lost just when you need them. Keep it together with a Word activities checklist.

Keep track of the kids

Everyone knows that taking care of little ones requires extreme organisational resources. Even a trip to the local park can feel like an outing for an ‘A’ list celebrity. There are the bags, the toys, the clothes, the demanding dietary requirements….and that’s before you even get to the park! Why not create your own checklist to keep all those child-related chores on track?

Dream a little dream (and make it happen)

You know the saying – “What gets measured gets managed.” Create your very own dream checklist to state your goals and keep tabs on how close you are to them. Whether you’re working hard towards your ideal home or that perfect job, a checklist can help you clarify exactly what you want. And that should get you closer to your goal.

A gift for giving

Every year we know when those important birthdays are due, not to mention Christmas. But most of us still find ourselves rushing around the shops at the last minute to find the perfect present. How much would a present shopping checklist reduce your stress levels? You could even build in your time and budget for when the sales are on and grab the perfect present and a bargain at the same time!

Something for the book lovers

Still wondering where that favourite book went? Wish you could keep track of all the books you’d like to read in the future? Once you’ve got the knack by taking one of our Microsoft Word courses, you can create your very own Word checklist to keep track of your fiction, your non fiction and that new biography you’ve been wanting to read for ages….

There are so many other ways you can put Word checklists to good use. From preparing for big life changes like having a baby, to everyday essentials like keeping track of your bills. And all that gives you more time for a sit down and a nice cup of tea…

In the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Word has become that software. Now you can create blog posts from within Microsoft Office Word 2007 with a few simple clicks of the mouse. This article shows you how you can start blog posts with Office Word 2007.

Follow these steps to start a new blog post:

1. Start Word 2007.
2. Click the Microsoft Office Button, then select New.
3. In the New Document window, click New Blog Post.

The Blog Post window opens, and you will receive a popup dialog box asking you to register your blog account.

If you already have a blog account with one of the blogging service provides (such as Windows Live Spaces, Blogger, TypePad, WordPress or other), then select Register Now button and select the service to enter the information for that account as shown below.

If you do not then click Register Later and you are returned to the Blog Post window.

The Blog Post window includes two command tabs: Blog Post and Insert. Mainly you will be working with the Blog Post tab, where you have tools for working with your blog, clipboard, entering basic text, applying styles, and proofing your entry. The Insert tab is available only if your blogging service enables you to include photos.

The work in the Blog Post is based on WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) technology, in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output. It is the same as creating any other document—you click and type your text as you want it to appear.

Good luck in writing your first article!

1) Build documents easily

Do you get fed up of repeatedly typing out the same phrases or content in different documents? In just a few clicks, Office Word 2007’s Building Blocks feature allows you to pull documents together from frequently used content or a predefined gallery – everything from disclaimer text and pull quotes to sidebars, cover pages, and other types of content. You can even create your very own Building Blocks for your business to easily add custom content such as legal disclaimers. No more time wasted on recreating content or copying and pasting between documents! This handy feature also helps you keep all your business documents looking consistent and professional.

2) Share documents effortlessly

Want to share project information with colleagues? Office Word allows you to do this without the need for specialist software. You can convert your Word documents to Portable Document Format (PDF) or XML Paper Specification (XPS) format to help you reach out to your contacts – whatever platform they’re on.

All you need to do is install a simple add-in and then save the document as a PDF or XPS file from 2007 Microsoft Office.

3) Be a brilliant blogger

Blogging is fast becoming an essential part of online business marketing. Communicate easily with your customers on the net by composing and publishing your blog from within Office Word 2007 to many different blog services, including Office SharePoint Server 2007, MSN Spaces, Blogger, Typepad and Community Server. You can configure Office Word 2007 to link directly to your blog site – and use the rich Word experience to create blogs with images, tables, and advanced text formatting features.

4) Keep sensitive information safe

Preparing business documents often involves sensitive information such as comments on edited text and personally identifiable data. It is vital that this is kept safe. Office Word’s Document Inspector allows you to check every document you produce and send out for potentially sensitive information. Whether it’s unwanted comments or hidden text, this feature will ensure sensitive information doesn’t escape when your documents are published.

5) Keep track of document changes

Keeping up with changes to a document in development can be confusing. But Office Word 2007 makes it easy to stay up to date. Its great new tri-pane review panel helps you see both versions of a document with deleted, inserted, and moved text clearly marked.