The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Praxis

Volume 11   Issue 1  Feb. 2007

 
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FAQ

Workshops

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Praxis is a publication of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Editor: Pat Morrison
Designer: Nozomi Yokoo

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catl@gcccd.net

http://www.grossmont.net/catl

TINY TIPS

To look up words in a Thesaurus (can be done with most Microsoft products):

1.  On the TOOLS menu, click RESEARCH.

2.  In the SEARCH FOR list, select THESAURUS.

3.  Type in the word you want synonyms for.  Results appear in the RESEARCH task pane.

To create a folded booklet in MS Word:

1. Start a new blank document.

2.  On the FILE MENU, click PAGE SETUP, and then click the MARGINS tab.

3.  In the MULTIPLE PAGES list, select BOOK FOLD.

4.  In the inside and outside boxes, type the amount of space you want for those margins.

5.  In the SHEETS PER BOOKLET list, select the number of pages you want to include in a single booklet.

6.  Now add text, graphics, etc.

 


 
 

 

Lightening the gridlines in Excel

To lighten the gridlines in Excel,

  • From the Tools menu, click Options.
  • Click the View tab.
  • Click the Color box.
  • Choose one of the gray shades to lighten the gridlines.

Click OK to save your settings.

 

 


Hints,Tricks, etc.
TO SIZE MULTIPLE GRAPHICS AT THE SAME TIME in PowerPoint (All Versions)
Often when you size artwork in PowerPoint, you need to size it so that several elements retain the same size relationship to each other. The best way to accomplish this is to size all those elements at the same time. Let's suppose you have three pictures that need sizing and must retain their size relationship. Click on the first picture then hold down the Shift key and click the other two pictures. Now use the mouse to drag the pictures to their new size.

 

 

 

Pat Morrison