Archive for the ‘Microsoft Office’ Category
Monday, February 8th, 2010
Clients often ask us...is there a free and effective way for me to convert PDF's into a Word or Excel document?
We recently came across the websites 'pdftoword.com' and 'pdftoexcelonline.com', both of which provide impressive results and are by far the best of their kind (out of the free sites we've ...
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Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
Today is my final attempt to encourage all XP users to make the switch to Windows 7. My aim is to show that the differences between the two operating systems aren't mammoth or too confusing but are well worth the switch! In this final blog I will discuss Security and ...
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
In January this year we released version 1.1 of our simple Address Book, since then we have had a number of clients trial the software out for us and we can now release version 1.2!
Mainly just fixing a few minor bugs and improving the style of the interface. Unfortunatly there ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I have come across a number of people that need a simple tool to manage their address list (usually for Christmas Cards!) with the ability to easily print labels. So I decided to put together a simple Microsoft Access database that can be used for just that, plus the ability ...
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
While on site working on client machines I will often use a number of shortcuts to speed up the job and with clients peering over my shoulder I get a common remark "Wow, how did you do that?". So I thought I would share my most commonly used keyboard shortcuts.
Windows
WinKey ...
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Sunday, November 25th, 2007
This is a popular question at the moment, should I upgrade to Office 2007?
The first question you really need to answer for yourself is: Will my system cope? Firstly take a look at the Offical Microsoft Office system requirements. I have to add that I was surprised when I say ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
Those of you that follow the blog here at Brandstar will notice a significant change in the old blog and this nice shiney new one! :) With the introduction of Office 2007 we have been playing with the ability to blog straight from Microsoft Word! This is very ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
At Brandstar we often get asked about deals on Microsoft Office for students and recently we have come across an almost unbelievable offer! Microsoft are offering university students Microsoft Office 2007 Ultimate for under £40! Not bad eh? We believe this offer will run until April 2008, but ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
In Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft have disabled the function of being able to clear or edit the 'recent documents list'. However, Brandstar have discovered a way to do this! All you need to do is follow the instructions below. You will need to have some knowledge of ...
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Tuesday, November 20th, 2007
At Brandstar we like to provide follow up resources for our clients as well as on site support and a range of these resources will be made available online.
These resource documents will be aimed at our clients and their needs, however can be used to assist anyone who wishes to ...
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