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Tips from the Ambrose Office Expert |
The THRILL of Labels, without the AGONY of Mail
Merge
(Different addresses on one label sheet)
Mail Merge...Ugh! Sometimes it seems like
it'd take longer to learn Mail Merge than it would be to simply stick that
label sheet into the typewriter and type them all in! (Of course, since
they took that typewriter away back in 1998....) Here's how you can get
Word to do that for you!
| In Word, choose File + New |
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| Click on the "Letters &
Faxes" tab, and choose "Mailing Label Wizard." |
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| In the Office assistant bubble click on
"Create one label or a page of the same label." |
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| Then, in the "Envelopes and
Labels" dialog box, click "Options." In the Options
dialog box, under "Product Number," select the label type
that matches your label sheet; then click OK. |
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| Back in the "Envelopes and
Labels" dialog box, click "New Document." At that
point Word generates a table, the cells of which correspond to the
labels on your label sheet. Type different addresses in the cells,
and your ready to print! |
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Submitted by Mark DiMascio
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Free Software from the Web
There are dozens of software packages available for free
from the Internet which you can simply download and install. Here's a short
list gleaned from the pages of The Help Desk (see Internet
Resources).
 Blender
http://www.blender3d.com/
Blender is a fully-functioning 3d animation creation
environment. It is powerful enough to generate animations and movies
which rival anything you see on video or the Web. It has one
substantial advantage over other such products - it's free for
download! Dense, but at that price, worth the trouble! |
 Graphmatica
http://www8.pair.com/ksoft/
It's getting a little long in the tooth, but
Graphmatica is still one of the best equation and function graphing
tools out there, and it's still free! Capable of two- or
three-dimensional graphs, it displays equations in multiple variables
and with a variety of mathematical functions, including trigonometry.
It can be a great resource for inquiry-based exploration of equations
in a pre-algebra or algebra setting. |
Hot Potatoes
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
Hot Potatoes has generated a whole cluster of
commercial software products, but the original, first developed by
on-line University of Victoria Humanities Computing and Media Center,
is still free for download. This web development tool is specifically
aimed at easily providing interactive content for your website. So
easy, anyone can use it! Downloads and tutorials are available on the
site. (Look for tech professional
development sessions in the use of Hot Potatoes with Maggie
Wilson.) |
 VCW
VicMan Photo Editor
http://www.vicman.net/vcwphoto/
It's still in beta (under development), but, yes,
it's free! The website, very graciously, does not require you to enter
any personal information before offering the download (just click on
"I don't want to enter personal information" on the download
page). The program gives you a very friendly, feature-packed picture
editing environment with support for the Windows platform. There are a
lot of controls PhotoShop users will recognize, and it will accept
some PhotoShop plug-ins! The free version does not export GIFs (that
would require VCW to pay a fee), but since most digital cameras and
Scanners generally use JPG format, this isn't much of a hardship. If
you have to have GIF support, the pro version is just $29.95! |
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Submitted by Jeffrey
L. Jones |
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