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Word, Excel, and PowerPoint include a new feature that retains documents that you neglected to save when you closed them – this includes documents that were also saved with the name of ‘Document1’. Office 2010 preserves the last automated backup of a document and lets you open it.Click File, Recent, Recover Unsaved Documents, and then…
If a secretary works for more than one Fee Earner the name that is selected on the Change User Settings dialog box will be the one that is displayed in any drop down that contains a Fee Earners name. If you want to view details for another Fee Earner that you work for you can…
You probably know that you can right click a file or folder in Windows Explorer and you get the Send to options but did you know that if you hold down the SHIFT key whilst right clicking you will get a lot more options.
The PrtScrn key on your keyboard can be used to capture the entire image on your screen and paste it to the Windows clipboard. If, however, you only want to capture an open window hold the ALT key down whilst pressing the PrtScrn button – this will capture the window that is on top if…
If you’ve entered data into Excel and it’s all UPPER case but you’d prefer it to be lower or Title Case you can change it quickly. In a blank column enter one of the following formulas: =lower(cell reference that you want to change) – converts the cell contents to lowercase =upper (cell reference that…
The following table explains some of the terminology you may come across in MatterSphere. Term Meaning Command Centre icon This is where a Fee Earner can quickly find all Matters and associated tasks and milestones that they’re working on. Associates Associates are displayed at Matter level and refer to anyone who is related to the selected matter…
Ask for help! Although it’s always a good idea to try and work out the answer to your problem yourself don’t be afraid to ask for help. Something that may take you most of the day to work out might be a simple query for someone who uses Word regularly. Styles People who don’t understand…
How many of you have attended a presentation when all you can think is ‘I wonder what colour they used on the next slide’ or ‘I wonder how the next slide will appear?’ How many of you have been delivering a presentation where you wondered how you could move quickly to the previous or next slide or…
What do you do if your mouse suddenly decides to stop working or if you do what I do when working away from home and forget to take it with you? Well if you know some keyboard shortcuts you’ll get by. Here are a few of the more common keyboard shortcuts that can be used across…
You’ve all heard of death by PowerPoint and I’m sure some of you have even being unlucky enough to attend a presentation that left you wondering how many more slides there were!! A good tip I picked up a few years ago was to always use the 10, 20, 30 rule when creating a presentation…