When you travel to another computer within your company and need to get to your email, here's what to do.
By compressing, you "zip" the file so that it is smaller and requires less disk space. Zipping a file is especially helpful if you are planning to send the file as an e-mail attachment or transfer...
Internet telephony is an inexpensive way to carry on voice conversations in real time. In general, two people can only communicate via Internet telephony if they have the same or similar programs.
A "workbook" is a Microsoft Excel file. Each workbook can hold many "worksheets" (individual spreadsheets). Use multiple worksheets to group related data. For example, you might have a sheet for...
You can add as many worksheets as you like to a workbook. Be sure to delete worksheets that you're no longer using, though, to remove clutter from your file and avoid confusion. These steps work...
You can copy a worksheet, along with the formulas it includes, so you can base other worksheets on it. These steps work with Microsoft Excel 97.
By default, worksheets are labeled "Sheet 1," "Sheet 2," and so on. Especially if you're using many worksheets, it really helps to label them something more specific ("Marketing Budget,"...
You can change your Microsoft Excel numerical data to currency, dates, text and other formats. The following steps work with Excel 97.
You can change the font in a MS Access table to any type, size, style or color. These instructions apply to Microsoft Access 97.
You can add background colors and grids to your Access fields, and add special text effects. These instructions apply to MS Access 97.
You can set the number of decimal places in a MS Access table field to display between 0 and 15 digits. You can manipulate both the way numbers appear in the table and how they are stored; to...
The default datatype for a Microsoft Access field is text, but you can specify others. Choosing the most specific datatype ensures that you will get the results you want from your queries and...
A datatype specifies what kind of information - text, date/time, currency, numbers, and so on - can be entered into an Access table field. Assigning the appropriate datatype to a field simplifies...
You can change a datatype in a Microsoft Access field at any time. These instructions are for Access 97.
You can insert a picture, sound, video file, graph or Microsoft Office document into an Access database. You must first create a OLE Object datatype field, then insert your "objects" (sounds,...
You can use two list types in a MS Access table field. A Value list contains values that you create. A Lookup list contains values that you take from another table or query. Your choice depends...
You can put values from one table into another with a Lookup list. For example, if you were an artist, you might have one table for your paintings and another table for the galleries that display...
Providing a choice of predefined values for a field is useful when values rarely change. For example, in a Salutations column, you might enter predefined values of Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., etc. When...
By inserting hyperlinks in a database, you can jump to another location in the database, to another file in any MS Office application, or to an address on the Internet or a company's intranet. You...
Sometimes you may want to include only a portion of a graphic in your document. Cropping is a photographic term. When you crop a graphic, rather than resizing it, you cut out the part of the...
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